NASCAR legends to be honored

January 18, 2018

Racing action is picking up! This past week more than 340 race teams made their annual trek to the River City Expo-Center for the 2018 Chili Bowl Nationals, presented by Lucas Oil Products. On Saturday evening, thousands of fans on hand and countless others tuned in through MavTV to see 24 of the top race drivers from many different groups. NASCAR, World of Outlaws, drag racing and so many short track series across the country make up this super talented field. Bet you are wondering how can you work through 340 cars to find the 24 for the feature? It is done through a series of ...

Trout stock trucks are now rolling

January 13, 2018

The weather for the first week of 2018 was not fit for anyone or anything to be stirring around in. The weather conditions for the beginning of the second week may have warmed things up, but they still leave something to be desired. The cold temperatures of the first week did not keep the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources personnel from stocking trout. From Jan. 2-5, the following lakes were stocked: Cedar Creek Lakes in Gilmer County, Hurricane Reservoir in Putnam County, Larenum Park Lake in Mineral County, and Spruce Knob Lake in Randolph County. According to the DNR ...

Many racers have died at Daytona

January 11, 2018

This week, race teams lined the streets in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with their transporters and Midget race cars to do battle in the 2018 edition of the famous Chili Bowl race event. More than 200 cars are entered and all week heat races and last chance qualifiers will be held to set the starting field of 24 cars for Saturday’s feature event indoors. These powerful little brothers of the World of Outlaws Sprint cars are powered by four cylinder power plants manufactured by Ford, Toyota and other custom engine combinations. They have more than 400 horse power and only weigh around 900 lbs. ...

Area not a habitat for grouse

January 6, 2018

I have seriously grouse hunted only once in my life. This was back about 1985 with a person I worked with at the old Memorial General Hospital who was a big-time ruffed grouse hunter. My friend had a beautiful bird dog that was good at flushing the birds out of the brush. On this particular outing, my friend was able to get one grouse, but another hunting companion and I went home skunked. I have only bagged three ruffed grouse in all of my years of sport hunting. This was while I would be squirrel hunting when I would come upon a grouse at the edge of the woods where I was hunting ...

Winter ways to enjoy auto racing

January 4, 2018

The wind chill is like 15 degrees below zero outside and it’s not a good day to be outside, period. Racers that plan to make the trip to Florida are busy preparing their cars for Speedweeks 2018. Short track racers from all over the country make the trek each year to see how they stack up against some of the best racers in the country on both paved and dirt tracks. The racing begins in Georgia in late January and finishes up with the Daytona 500 Feb. 18. Tracks like East Bay Raceway in Tampa, Florida, New Smyrna Speedway and Volushia County Raceway will host racing almost every ...

Christmas trees can improve fish habitat

December 30, 2017

For most of us (young and old), the excitement of Christmas has worn off. Right now, most adults and teenagers are looking forward to bringing in the new year, which is normal. I doubt if very many hunters in the area are in the forests or woods trying to bag some kind of game animal. The weather we are having, along with what is in the forecast for the next several days, is not fit for man or beast. This is simply a good time to be staying indoors, watching the college post-season football bowl games, and maybe trying to enjoy some of the Christmas dinner leftovers. On Jan. 6, the ...