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Bonds? 715th homer ball sells for over $200K

Barry Bonds’ 715th home run ball fetched a winning auction bid of $220,100 on Thursday, much better than experts predicted for the shot that moved the troubled Giants slugger past Babe Ruth for second place on the career list. A spokesman for Internet auction site eBay said the winning bidder was from California, but the…

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15 years ago:

Receiving awards at the annual Pioneer Basketball Camp for 9th- through 12th-grade boys and girls were John Hitchcock, Gidget Pelham, Casey McCarter, Andy Jones, Matt Davenport, George Olesksik and Nathan Todd.(Aug. 4, 1991)

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School Board

In the only contested Warren County School Board race, challenger Gordon McGee Jr., defeated incumbent Debbie Watlington, who is the current School Board chairperson. In what was a three-way battle, McGee captured 913 votes, good for 52 percent. Watlington was second with 505 votes, 29 percent. Marty Powers finished third with 346 votes, 20 percent.

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Ross hears 50-person docket

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 50-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court. Included in court action: ? Jacki McBride was bound to the grand jury on charges of conspiracy to distribute heroine and methamphetamine. ? Haniu Ittayem was bound over to the grand jury…

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Park Theatre Happenings

Memories are coming IN: Park Theatre memories are beginning to be submitted. Called Park Reruns, everyone who has a meaningful Park Theatre experience is encouraged to submit a short recap. Here is the first one received. Park Reruns: I was a little girl, 4 or 5 years old, and my mother took me to see…

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County Commission RESULTS

1st District Sally Brock 437 Bill Zechman 507 2nd District Carl Bouldin 594Tommy Davenport 270Thomas Brady 155Ervin White 82Marty McGinnis 287Neal Smith 262 3rd District Ken Martin 466George Smartt 499Hershell Madewell 323 4th District Teddy Boyd 292Bobby Turner 269Blaine Wilcher 180Brad Cantrell 130 5th District Michael Martin 301Bill Yancy 225Jack Holland 170David Snowden 90Shanna Hillis…

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Bryant new trustee, other offices unchanged

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Incumbents had a great day at the polls for the most part, two winning their fourth terms, one winning a third, all by comfortable margins. Meanwhile, a dedicated politician, rebuffed on her first two entries into politics, finally hit paydirt on her third try, succeeding retiring…

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Bluegrass Invasion headlines concert

Members of Bluegrass Invasion are, from left, Gordon Reid, William McCormick, Garry Adams, John Wayne Harrison and Freddie Thomas. Bluegrass music lovers who want to mix good tunes with good home cooking will want to be at the Rocky River Community Center in Spencer this Saturday Aug. 5, beginning at noon. That?s when Bluegrass Invasion…

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Red Cross lessons wrap up

By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard Jacob Jordan swims under the watchful eye of instructor Kenneth Jamison at Gilley Pool on Wednesday. Sometimes lost in the hundreds of children who learn to swim every summer thanks to free lessons offered by the Red Cross are the dozens of adults who also learn the…

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Potter shellacking difficult to figure

James Clark The voters have spoken and incumbent District Attorney Dale Potter has been given a lesson on finding the door. As we begin to dissect exactly what happened on election day, what surprises me the most is the margin by which Potter lost ? especially considering his opponent. And I say that with no…

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