Kicking Off Fall

The students are back at school and the days are growing shorter. It all adds up to the most wonderful time of the year: football season.

Friday night high school football teams snap on their helmets and look to make somebody pay for long two-a-day practices in the summer heat. Marching bands, sweat out the late August night in their uniforms, while the booster clubs crank up concessions stands in support.

Forget the calendar, football is the official kick off to autumn. It is a reminder that before the schedules reach there mid-point, the nights will require light jackets and Denver Downs will have their corn maze ready, fields full of pumpkins.

Hanna is at Westide, Palmetto and Wren are playing at home, BHP is at Laurens, so get out and celebrate the the season. And buy something at the concessions stand.