AMATEUR RADIO ‘FIELD DAY’—Members of the Bristol Amateur Radio Club (VA/TN) and the Mountain Empire Amateur Radio Society (Smyth and Washington Counties, VA) will be participating in the national amateur radio Field Day exercise, Saturday, June 24, at 2 p.m. and Sunday, June 25, at 2 p.m. at White Top...
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If you were lucky enough to be playing golf at that age, so did the ‘bigger’ junior golfers you competed against. They could drive cars and everything! I remember watching in awe as they smashed the ball miles down the fairway. Fortunately this does not affect Bury St Edmunds Junior...
FLORENCE, S.C. – Gregory Dolce knows he has a chance – after they divide players into flights, that is. During Friday’s first round of the QAT Florence Amateur Championship at Traces Golf Club, Darlington High’s golf coach scored a 6-over-par 78. But Dolce can still find himself contending for a...
FLORENCE, S.C. – Gregory Dolce knows he has a chance – after they divide players into flights, that is. During Friday’s first round of the QAT Florence Amateur Championship at Traces Golf Club, Darlington High’s golf coach scored a 6-over-par 78. But Dolce can still find himself contending for a...
James McLaughlin has been celebrating clinching the first Cambridgeshire County Championship title of his career at St Ives Golf Club. However, it was far from a straightforward success for the Ely City Golf Club member, who went close to winning the top prize in 2021 when he finished runner-up to...
WAYNE, Neb. — Indiana signee Nicole Kolbas, who is seeking her first Nebraska girls match-play title, is part of an all-Lincoln set of semifinals Wednesday at Wayne Country Club. Joining the recent Lincoln Pius X graduate will be Elly Honnens, 11-year-old Naryn Kim and Eden Larson. Honnens won a playoff to...
Question: Of the thousands of words in the English language, only three English words, according to Webster, begin with the letters “dw,” a number bumped up to at least four if you include proper nouns and names, and specifically one Central Illinois town. Can you name the dw- words? Answer:...
Question: Across from the courthouse in downtown Metamora are the statues of Abe Lincoln and a woman, Melissa Goings. Abe we know, but why is Goings there? Answer: In an 1857 trial in Metamora at which Goings was accused of killing her abusive husband, her lawyer, Lincoln, believed the killing...
1888 — James McLaughlin sets the record for wins by a jockey in the Belmont Stakes, six, when he rides Sir Dixon to a 12-length victory. McLaughlin’s record is matched by Eddie Arcaro in 1955. 1899 — Jim Jeffries knocks out Bob Fitzsimmons in the 11th round in New York...
Washington County’s Board of Supervisors is slated to hold seven public hearings on zoning issues at Tuesday’s meeting. That includes a request by Jerrod Funk to build a golf practice facility on Funk’s nine acres off State Route 75 (Green Spring Road) near the Green Spring community. If the Board...