In the news, in other parts of the country it's Veterans Day but here in Smithfield R.I. it's time for the Leaf Raking Olympics. Yes, Smithfield is the leaf capital of America and every year on Veterans day its time to clean up those nasty leaves in events like Leaf blowing, where leaves are blown with a 25 pound leaf blower in an attempt to get them in one corner of the yard while a twenty mile an hour wind blows in the opposite direction. Raking, and Piling where leaves are raked into a pile while 5 three year old kid run threw them kicking and throwing them every where, after a hour the one with the biggest pile wins.and one of the favorite events Tarp Pulling, where a ton of leaves are piled on a blue tarp and contestants attempt to pull it 100 yards into the woods and dump it. This years event sponsored by Fink, Shlink and Dink Chriopractic Services and Home Depot .

In other news, China issued a complaint against the United States today stating that The U.S. has been flooding the sports shoe market with a counterfeit brand of China's counterfeit Nike shoes. China issued a warning and stated that they will produce a counterfeit brand of the U.S.'s counterfeit of China's counterfeit shoe.
Nike spokesperson stated that they were coming out with a counterfeit brand of a Reebok shoe next month while Reebok reported they were coming out with a counterfeit Converse shoe. The question remains who make the real shoe.