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Volunteers monitoring osprey nesting in Beaufort County this year have found more chicks in fewer nests.

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The Fort Lewis College women’s soccer team, with yet another match-winning goal from Hollenga, eased past Colorado School of Mines 2-1 on Friday afternoon in a tight Rocky Mountain Athletic
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Hollenga said Mines keeper Briana Schulze closed the angle on the approach.

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Erika Shisler blasted the corner kick up and over the head of the leaping Hollenga where freshman Megan Striedel one-timed the ball into the Mines’ net for her fourth goal of the season.

“She (Shisler) always gives great service off the corner,” Streidel said of Shisler, a Durango High School alumna.

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In her 36 years, Kim Hammer has gone to the N.C. State Fair at least 25 times, and each time the highlights are the same: baby ducks and Al’s french fries.

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Campbell said that as people work harder to keep their jobs amid massive layoffs at companies nationwide, they increasingly need a place to drop off their animals while they pursue other responsibilities.

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Dog owners think of their pets as family, Campbell said, and aren’t willing to stop spending money on them just because the economy is tight.

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Campbell was born in Santiago, Chile, in the late 1960s, and her mother was a dedicated cat rescuer. When the family moved to Washington after living abroad for six years, they brought 29 cats with them, Campbell said.

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This is the time of the year that my eyes get their best workout. The three months of October, November and December, I am constantly watching the TV when there are sporting events on the tube.

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She knew that Sunday night football had the Giants playing the Bears. Guess what? I don’t watch the New York Giants anymore. I would rather watch grass grow. They are a boring team.

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I watched the Ryder Cup most of the weekend, except when it was raining and they put on old video. The Ryder Cup ranks just below the Super Bowl and World Series for me. It is most exciting and I think golf should be played in match play all the time and not stroke play. Strategy counts here.

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Did you know that Bill McCarty’s girls basketball team at the Sebastian Middle School went undefeated this year? Usually I am made aware of what goes on at the middle school. Congratulations to Bill and his girls for continuing the winning tradition at the school.

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