Youth Endowment grants total $2,000
Pathways, basketball and golf programs benefit
      Jason Rhinehardt, Chairman of the Clay County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC), announced this week that the council has awarded $2,000 in youth endowment grants to three local non-profits.
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CUTWORM'S A Looking Store
Daughter of county legend revives father's store
MARCUS KEELY Sentinel Writer
      Not too very long ago the windows were dark. The door, once a beckoning passageway that seemed to never close, was firmly shut. And instead of a content and jolly old man sitting outside on the sidewalk in a big wooden rocking chair, there was nothing: no man, no chair, nothing. One thing was for ...
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'Monster' madness
Drivers: Delaware track is deserving of its reputation
By RICK MINTER Cox News Service
      NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow proved to be a handful for most Nextel Cup drivers a couple of weeks back at Darlington Raceway. Few survived the weekend without putting a "Darlington Stripe" or two on their cars because they momentarily lost control and brushed the outside wall.
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Rick Minter's OBSERVATIONS
      Some key story lines as the Cup Series heads to Dover. Early rollout NASCAR's decision to use the Car of Tomorrow in all Nextel Cup races next season, instead of the planned gradual phase-in, wasn't much of a surprise to the teams and drivers.
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CATCHING UP WITH ...
KASEY KAHNE
      Kasey Kahne, driver of Ray Evernham's No. 9 Dodge in Nextel Cup, led the circuit in victories in 2006 with six, but he has struggled in 2007, going winless and stumbling to 32nd in points with no Cup victories. He recently participated in a teleconference with reporters, including Rick Minter of C...
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UP AND COMING
Promising teen gets lesson from Cup star, along with a win
      Joey Logano, a 17-year-old development driver for Joe Gibbs Racing, recently defeated Nextel Cup veteran Kevin Harvick in a door-to-door duel at Iowa Speedway. It was Logano's third victory in four starts this season in NASCAR's Grand National division. Logano participated in a teleconference with...
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Delayed-Harvest trout waters open under hatchery-supported regulations
      The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open approximately 56 miles of stream and one lake of designated Delayed- Harvest Trout Waters in western North Carolina under hatcherysupported regulations at 6 a.m. on June 2. Under hatchery-supported regulations, which are in effect through Sept.
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