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Every Saturday in the fall Dwight Widen trades in the tools of his livelihood, the superintendency, for a whistle, a cap and a zebra shirt.


Every Saturday in the fall Dwight Widen (left) trades in the tools of his livelihood, the superintendency Su`per`in`tend´en`cy

n. 1. The act of superintending; superintendence.
, for a whistle, a cap and a zebra shirt. That's because he's an NCAA NCAA
abbr.
National Collegiate Athletic Association
 football official for the Big 12 Conference, a rigorous role he's filled on weekends for the past three years. Widen, a former AASA AASA American Association of School Administrators
AASA Asian American Student Association
AASA Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia
AASA Aging and Adult Services Administration
AASA Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army
 Governing Board member as superintendent in St. Ansgar, Iowa St. Ansgar is a city in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,031 at the 2000 census. History
St. Ansgar is named for the patron saint of Scandinavia, a French Benedictine monk who christianized much of Denmark, Sweden, and northern Germany between
, is on the field for eight games and in the replay booth for another one or two. Widen says the need to move fast and be agile is essential in both roles.
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Title Annotation:SIDELIGHT
Publication:School Administrator
Date:Oct 1, 2006
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