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46          Issue #100  May 2021                                                                 www.sportsenergynews.com






                             The RUFFO Report


                             with Perry Ruffo






          • 100 editions of Sports Energy!  They say distance is relative

        Congratulations to Mike Piquette  And relative to relatives I have
        and the team who have been  I’d say I’m relatively close
        bringing local readers quality, local  To breaking down

        sports content for over 8 years.  I  Because right now
        am very happy and honoured to         I feel so alone
        be a small contributor to the 100th   I’ve been missing the elements and
        edition.                              Wishing the elephant in the room

          • Once this lockdown/stay at        Would leave and kindly close the
        home order is over, our yard will       door
        be ready to go with ladder ball,  I can’t ignore
        cornhole, and Spikeball.              Him like before

                                              Not anymore
          • I’m looking forward to having
                                              Oh I, miss you most at
        the  yard  filled  with  family  and
                                              Six feet apart when you’re
        friends, playing games, having
                                              Right outside my window
        bonfires, BBQ’s, and beverages.
                                              But can’t ride inside my car
          • My Oilers are           looking
                                              And it hurts to know just how
        good heading into the playoffs.
                                                lovely you are
        #LetsGoOilers
                                              And be too far away to hold but
                                                                                    Left to right is Madison, Kim, Perry, Brittney          Photo Submitted
          • I love watching the Blue Jays.      close enough to break my heart                                                IN PERFECT HARMONY
                                                                                                        In Perfect Harmony
        This is a young and exciting club     I miss your smile                                                                                                                        DOWN

        with lots of offensive power, solid   Feels like miles                             1       2       3      4                     5       6       7       8              9     10     11     12     1  Ornamental architecture leaf
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        pitching, and plenty of swagger.      Six feet apart                             13     D   I     O  M           15     E     N  O         16           S     3  Dear: German
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                                                                                         17                         18                  19                4  Like an old movie or photograph
                                                                                                                                       5  It’s technically not a whale
          • A BIG shoutout to all the family  So far, so far but so close              G  E   E   N  A       21   C   R    I   M      22   D   I   C   E     6  Composer Jerome ___




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                                                                                          E   B   O  N  Y   A  N  D   I   V   O  R   Y        7  Erec’s Arthurian wife
        and  friends  who came  by  with  a  Like a star, out in the cosmos                           23                         24                              8  They’re falling on their faces?
                                                                                                C   S    I          E   N  C                 9  Unarmed combat?
        chainsaw, axe, or a strong back  Can’t touch, the beauty I see                   25     26     27      H           28     29     30           31        32     33     34     35   10  Mideast ruler
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        and helped with the tree project in  That’s how, it feels at six feet          A  F   O  R          A  K   E   E   A  Q  U  A   14  Takes control of
                                                                                         40                    41                           42               21  Philosophically ‘dark’ principle
        our yard.  We couldn’t have gotten  Space and time are interwoven              N  A   T   O     C   H  U  G  S      L   U  T   Z   22  TV ‘attachment’, from the 80s
                                                                                         43                    44                           45              25  Related to the raccoon
        through all that lumber without  Well at least that’s what we’re told          D   I   A  M     47   H  U  N  G        49          M   I   R   E   26  ___ to see the humor




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                                                                                       A  L     L   M   G  E      K   S   C   A  D  E   S   27  Wreck, for good?
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        your help.  THANK YOU!                When I  was young I was                                      51         52               53    54                       29  Honolulu home
                                                                                                    57    I   C   H      58       59   O  T   T     60     61        30  Le Pew, for one
                                                                                                                                     32  ‘Spotted’ at fire stations






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          • A great tune by Alec Benjamin       suspicious…                                B   L   A  C   K   A  N  D  W  H   I   T   E      33  Pinto horse or zebra family
                                                                                         62                   63                      64                65   34  L’___ coté: The other side (Fr.)
        for  these  difficult  times.    It  also   • Please continue to stay safe,    T   A   U  S      O  R   E   O     R   A    I   L   S   35  Unwinds
                                                                                         66                   67                 68                 38  Walked on, gently
        happens to be one of the “cool        healthy, and get the “jab” when          U  R   N  S      U  P   C   S        U  N  T   A   P   41  Scanning location of 67-Across


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                                                                                                                                     47  Actor Cage, to friends

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                                                                                                                                     49  Holstein, for one
        down” songs for Monday &              your time comes.                         X  R   A  Y    T     Y     K   E       ACROSS      O  N  Y        52  Piebald type of eagle

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                                                                                        1  ___ noir, like the Big Sleep       42  Backward figure-skating jump         54  Drive-___ service
        Wednesday Zumba Cornwall -              My name is Perry Ruffo & this           5  Gave the nod            43  Circle meas.               55  Comedian Roseanne
                                                                                        9  Door frame            44  Jury state                 56  Roman divine personification of
        Zumba  with  Christal  classes,  DJ   has been the RUFFO Report.              13  Over the moon, for example      45  Troublesome situation                  the moon
                                                                                      15  The Biggest Little City in the       46  Make a legal statement before          57  Mtg.
        ’ed by Val.                                                                         World, according to its Arch            proven in court               58  Race lead measure
                                                                                      16  Actress Thurman, et al.         48  NASA primary launch location         59  Unpleasant measure
                                                                                      17  The Accidental Tourist’s Davis      50  Patio drinks               60  Yugoslavia’s Marshal ___ 1943-‘80
                                                          Need                        18  ___ rec.: Rap sheet          51  ___ bin: I am (German)            61  Verve
                                                                                                                                         62  Garb for a Tenn. penguin?
                                                                                      19  Has snake eyes and boxcars?
                                                                                                              53  Baseball’s ‘Master Melvin’
                                                                                                              55  What a Jolly Roger, a puffin,
                                                                                                                                         65  ‘Mad’ mag. dark or light figure
                                                                                      20  1982 hit opening line “___ live
                                                                                            together in perfect harmony”             a crossword and a border collie                lurking in the shadows
                                                                                                                    all have in common
                                                                                            (McCartney and Wonder)
                       dilly                    business cards                        23  1  at the murder scene           62  19  Greek letters
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                                                                                      24  Placed inside the env.
                                                                                                              63  Milk buddy

                                                                                      25  Spongy orange rind tissue
                                                                                                              64  If you’ve gone off these, then
                                                     designed?                        28  1,2 and 3, for ex.                     you’ve lost control
                                                                                                              66  Ash trays?
                                                                                      31  Salem witch trial, for one
                                                                                      36  ___ effort
                                                                                                              67  Parallel ID lines
                            Lynn Dillabough
                    613-349-4694 • dillydesigns@eastlink.ca  613-349-4694             37  African evergreen             68  Release a flow of potential
                    613-349-4694 • dillydesigns@eastlink.ca
                                                                                                              69  Röntgen light and dark ‘photo’

                                                                                      39  Before fortis or vitae
                                                                                                              70  Little imp

                                                                                      40  Global alliance grp. founded
                                       dillydesigns@eastlink.com                            in 1949                 71  Electronics company with a dark               Puzzle by Douglas Taillon
                                                                                                                                     Crossword on page 28
                                                                                                                                       Puzzle by Douglas Taillon
                                                                                      41  Move along slowly
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