5/20/09

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Jay Repsel Presents DREAMWAVE Wrestling: Immortality June 6th, 2009

LASALLE – Lightning can strike twice. Following their standing room only debut on April 4th, DREAMWAVE Wrestling silenced any naysayers by performing in front of another sellout standing room only crowd on May 2nd. DREAMWAVE will sell out the LaSalle Knights of Columbus again on June 6th for “immortality” featuring the finals of the DREAMWAVE Championship Cup and WWE Legend Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake. Doors open at 6:30 with a bell time of 7:00PM.

“This has been a dream come true,” said DREAMWAVE owner Jay Repsel. “People told me LaSalle was a dead town and it was impossible to draw people here. Well, I have to say the people and families of the area that make up the 1,000 plus who have attended our shows have proven them very wrong and we plan on doing our best to keep this going for a very long time.”

The card for “Immortality” is highlighted by the Finals of the Championship Cup between “Silent Intensity” Austin Roberts and Derek St. Holmes to decide the first DREAMWAVE Champion, the debut of Japanese Superstar Metal Master and “The Barber” Brutus Beefcake vs. “Legendary” Dan Lawrence.

DREAMWAVE is not resting on their success heading into the heat of the Midwest summer, according to Repsel. “We know level of interest in DREAMWAVE has continued to grow. Once we set the bar by bringing in a WWE Hall of Famer like Jimmy Snuka to LaSalle, we knew we need to continue to try and surpass it. The Championship Cup has also been a long journey over the last couple of months but the finals should be fantastic. Roberts’ popularity has risen to incredible levels in LaSalle and St. Holmes response has been quite the opposite. I think it is really clear who the fans want to see as the first champion but we will see. “The Barber” is also one of the most well known of all the WWE Legends and I think the fans are really excited to see some struttin’ and cuttin’ at the Knights of Columbus.”

With the excitement building, you don’t want to miss DREAMWAVE Wrestling: “Immortality” June 6th!

For additional information or tickets, please go to www.dreamwavewrestling.com . Any questions or comments can be sent by e-mail to dreamwavewrestling@gmail.com .

About DREAMWAVE Wrestling

DREAMWAVE Wrestling is the Midwest’s premier independent professional wrestling organization and offers the most economical entertainment value in the Illinois Valley. The company is owned and operated by DREAMWAVE Entertainment, LLC. and headquartered in Oglesby Illinois. For more information, please visit www.dreamwavewrestling.com or send questions or comments to dreamwavewrestling@gmail.com.

DREAMWAVE Wrestling is a trademark used exclusively by DREAMWAVE Entertainment, LLC. in the United States and other jurisdictions.

While many of my golfing friends were still in bed this past saturday, I was awake and standing outside gate 0 at Soldier Field.  Let me explain.  It all started back in January of this year when my 25 year old niece was pointing out how I had gained a “few pounds” lately.  A few was putting it nicely.  It was closer to 35-40 to be exact.  She was still talking up the fact that she had competed in a half marathon in Chicago  last September.  

She proceeded to challenge me to run a race with her in the Spring which would require me to train and hence lose some weight.  Maybe it was the scotch I had consumed at this  family event or my pride but I decided to accept her offer.

Since that January day I have been monitoring my food and beverage intake as well as increasing my training. (from none to some).  We had originally decided on the Shamrock Shuffle which is run at the end of March. Its a 5 miler in Chicago with about 30,000 entrants.  When race day came we decided (along with the majority of the signed up runners) to not participate due to wind, blowing snow,slippery conditions, and COLD temps!

It was my niece Amy’s job to find another race later in the year for us to measure our running talents against one another.  She found  the Soldier Field event scheduled for this past Saturday.  The problem was that it was to be twice as long as the race I originally agreed to run with her.  Its officially called the SOLDIER FIELD 10 MILE.  It’s run on the Memorial Day weekend every year and starts and ends at Soldier Field.  You officially end the race on the 50 yard line in the stadium on the field.

We joined  7365 other runners along with some active service personnel in fatigues to step off at about 7:45 am.  The beginning of the race , as you can imagine, was slow due to a large crowd in a small space.  It did open up at about the 4 mile area and one could run at the pace of their choice.  I

I need an I.V.

thought my niece and her friend were being nice and running at my pace  to keep an eye on me in the event I “went down!”  After the halfway point I decided to pick up the pace and figured they would stay with me.  Well I guess the “old man showed em somthin!” because I finished about 7 1/2 minutes in front of them.  Don’t get to excited though…I finished 4504 out of 7365 at a pace of 9:48 per mile.  The overall winner ran it at a 5 minute mile pace and probably was eating breakfast while I was at the half way point!

Well those Ethiopians can run, I’ll give them that!

In all seriousness, it was a great time and great to know we were part of a race which honored active and veteran serviceman and women around the world.  We were told there were shadow races in Iraq and elsewhere where our people are serving.

I must take a moment to thank my niece Amy for pushing me to run with her and to help me realize that the toughest step is the first when it comes to

amy "The Motivator"

getting in shape!  And now , where did I put those flyers on the half marathons coming up this year…………

I am challenging any of my fellow elected officials to join me in running this race!

I think it will be a great time and I am sure the post race buffet which is included will be delicious.

I don’t normally plug anything at this site but I have to tell you about Nike’s new (at least to me) venture with Apple’s iPod.  I run with my iPod and now I have an insert in my shoe which tracks my runs and records not only your time but distance and calories burned.  It talks to you as you run but doesn’t interrupt your music.  When you finish a run you can upload your info to a website which will track your progress and hook you up with runners around the world.  They also have training info which you can download to your iPod.  The attachment for your iPod is relatively cheap at about 30 bucks and I did have to buy a new pair of Nikes (only certain shoes have the cavity in the sole for the sensor) but I needed  a new pair anyway.  If this sounds like something you would like to check out go to nikeplus.com.

And by the way walkers would benefit from this item as well.

I look forward to seeing many of my fellow citizens on race day and hopefully a few elected officials as well. You can call Bob Rehn at (815) 882-2120 if you have any other questions about the race.

Other local little league information can be found at the League Web site.

(LaSalle Insider is looking for people who love local sports and are interested in posting game-related information on the LaSalle Insider. If interested in joining our community news site, just drop an e-mail to garry.schroeder@lasalleinsider.com.)

After what seemed like weeks of constant rain, the sun decided to shine bright in Spring Valley for the 32nd Annual Starved Rock Special Olympics Spring Games. More than 270 athletes from 26 schools and agencies showed up early this morning ready to run, throw, and share in some fun and great competition.

The combined bands from LP, Hall, and Mendota high schools kicked off the event while athletes and coaches paraded onto the field cheered on by families and friends. After the torch bearers carried the flame across the field to light the large torch, the games began. Participants competed in the following events:

50 m run
100 m run/wheel/walk
Relay races
200 m/800 m/400 m/1500 m/3K m races
Softball throw
Tennis ball throw
Shot put
Standing long jump
Running long jump
Assisted and wheelchair races

Here is the list of participating agencies

• Abilities PlusBureau Valley Schools
• Gateway ServicesGeneseo Elementary School
• Geneseo Middle School
• Grundy County Special Ed.
• Horizon House
• JFK Elementary
• Lighted Way
• Lincoln School Mendota
• Lincoln School Princeton
• L-P High School
• Malden Grade School
• Northbrook School
• Northwest School
• Ottawa Eagles
• Ottawa Elementary
• Ottawa Friendship
• Ottawa Shepherd
• Peru Public Schools
• Princeton High School
• Ransom Grade School
• Seneca High School
• Streator High School
• Tonica Grade School
• Tracy’s Boxer Club