ID 71236 | posted on July 29 2010
Elaine Jones Hughes wanders the expanse of the Jones-Hughes Historical Park and greets visitors during Fiesta Days. Elaine and her husband Jay Preston Hughes have brought old buildings and saved bits of ...
ID 71237 | posted on July 29 2010
What's new at the fair? Something old, says Mary Quinn, director of exhibits. The tradition of displaying your best produce continues at the Ozark Empire Fair. In fact, with the growing interest in gardening ...
ID 71238 | posted on July 29 2010
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. -- The first of an estimated 120 ponies swam ashore at exactly noon Wednesday while a large crowd of onlookers cheered at the 85th annual Chincoteague Pony Swim. The U.S. Coast Guard set off ...
ID 71239 | posted on July 29 2010
IT'S HARDLY an original thought that we live in an age of shrunken attention spans. A time when three letters are often used to convey an entire thought and 140 characters is an opus on Twitter. Which helps ...
ID 71240 | posted on July 29 2010
The weather was gorgeous for Wednesday's opening program at the Sonoma County Fair, but for those that make a habit of betting on favorites and jockey Russell Baze, it was a cold afternoon. Baze, the world's winningest ...
ID 71241 | posted on July 29 2010
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Carl Pettersson felt as if someone had turned back the clock when he arrived at West Virginia’s historic Greenbrier resort. There’s the white facade of the regal hotel ...
ID 71242 | posted on July 29 2010
DONALD McCAIN'S Northumberland Plate hero Overturn heads a team of five British raiders bidding this afternoon to become the first winner of the Guinness Handicap Hurdle from our neighbouring island since Sagaman sprang ...
ID 71243 | posted on July 29 2010
Despite missing out on the big one with beaten favourite Majestic Concorde, the Dermot Weld express steamrolled through the undercard at Galway with a 27/1 treble. Weld got the ball rolling when Endless Intrigue coasted ...
ID 71244 | posted on July 29 2010
“The bunny rabbits, they’re fluffy and soft.” — Jim Schmitz, retired, Lawrence “I like the pygmy goats, they’re tiny and they seem to never grow up.” — Sarah Meinershagen, stay-at-home mom ...
ID 71245 | posted on July 29 2010
REGINA — Barb and Carl Pearson's world revolved around their three children. Then a hit-and-run driver shattered the Regina family's world. In the early hours of July 26, 2009, their son Jason, 31, was struck and ...