Responsible timbering makes sense

February 10, 2018

Improving the health of West Virginia’s State Parks is the objective of Senate Bill SB270 and House Bill HB4082. Gov. Jim Justice appears to be in favor of this legislation. According to State Park officials, West Virginia’s 81,000 acres of forested land within all of the parks are in need of at least $40 million worth of improvements and repairs. At the present time, there has been no timbering or logging in any of the state parks or forests for more than 80 years, with the exception of Kanawha State Forest. In a situation like this, the forest or woods have just overly ...

Dirt tracks in full swing in the south

February 8, 2018

The dirt tracks in Georgia and Florida are in full swing for the next two weeks. Speedweeks 2018 gets started at Golden Isle Speedway with the Rhino Ag Super Bowl of Racing. This was two nights of Lucas Oil Super Late Model Racing. West Virginia’s own Josh Richards showed why he was last year’s points champion by sweeping both nights of the event. Night one on Feb. 2 saw Josh take his Best Motorsports Rocket Chassis to the lead and he seemed to be the class of the field. There was a spoiler lurking back in the field however. Young Hudson O’Neal was moving up from his 16th ...

Grouse, rabbit and squirrel seasons in

February 3, 2018

Grouse, rabbit and squirrel seasons in For all practical purposes, the 2017-2018 hunting seasons are nearly over. Winter has set in and cold weather is in the forecast for this weekend. The big game hunting seasons are now history, and the weather picture for next week does not look at all favorable for this area. For hunters who would still like to be in the outdoors, the cottontail rabbit, ruffed grouse and squirrel seasons don’t go out until Feb. 28. This may be a good time to consider going after the cottontail rabbits. Rabbit hunting is not one bit like squirrel hunting. ...

NASCAR season is just around the corner

February 1, 2018

Engines were roaring around Daytona International Speedway to kick off Speedweeks 2018. The Rolex 24 at Daytona is one of the most important endurance races in the world. It draws drivers from all over the world and every type of racing. There are three groups of different cars that race the same time on the same track. There is approximately 20 mph difference in speed between the classes. This makes for action-packed racing as the faster cars race around the slower classes. This race is sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association. The three divisions are the Daytona ...

Dirt racing, Danica and car auctions

January 25, 2018

I was supposed to be recovering from carpal tunnel surgery this week but it seems that having cellulitis takes a front row seat over elective surgery. After multiple days of bed rest and antibiotics it seems I may be going to the hospital if they can find a bed for me. Please pray for all the people dealing with this flu that’s trying to take over. The elderly are especially in trouble or those that may have compromised immune systems or respiratory issues. The literally wanted to keep me at the hospital this evening but there were six people ahead of me waiting for beds and no ...

Archery program thriving in schools

January 20, 2018

The National Archery in the Schools Program was actually started by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources in 2002. Its purpose was to address the lack of archery competition shooting in physical education classes of public schools. To date, millions of youth have participated in this program, not only in the United States, but also in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. NASP teaches two-week archery classes to students in the grades 4 through 12. Some of the topics that are discussed with this subject include the history of the sport, equipment, safety, ...