Burt Ward

It was North Andover week for the Week 7 of the "I Beat Burt" contest. Five of the 10 winners this week hailed from North Andover, including eighth grader Jeff Warden. This week Burt correctly picked nine winners out of the 13 games.  

Sports columnist Bill Burt has had better weeks. Burt picked only six winners of the 14 NFL games last weekend. In all there were 294 entries picking against Burt. Each week a maximum of 10 T-shirts are awarded. The first tiebreaker is amount of points the Patriots scored (59). Each of this week's winners had the Patriots scoring 40 points or more.  

I promised to share more of my wonderful experiences in Prince Edward Island (PEI) and somehow an entire month just whizzed right by.So here's the first of my installments...a truly exceptional morning with Chef Calvin Burt (local boy - actually, his family has been in PEI since the 1700s. (His dad a fisherman and his mom a fantastic cook) - at his magical home and cafe...a historic 1880's farmhouse in the heart of fertile North Shore Country...  

Ramsey Elementary teacher Trena Burt was recently recognized as the 2009 Idaho Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year. Anna Wilson, principal at Ramsey, knows all about Burt’s dedication, in and out of the gym, and nominated her. She also accompanied Burt to Moscow earlier this month at a statewide P.E. and health teachers conference, where she was given the award during a luncheon.  

Sports columnist Bill Burt knows what it is like to be the New England Patriots. He was roughed up. Of the 252 entries last week, 51 picked more winners than Burt's eight. This week, because nobody won last week, we will be awarding 13 T-shirts. All of the winners chose a Patriots score of 23 points or less. The Patriots scored only nine points.