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Why does the music from my Lionel train musical boxcar sound slow and warped?

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Whoah! Wow! Lionel trains! I'd like to see some images if you can take some and post them here. Best guess, blindly guessing, could be corroded metal conducting battery DC power. Could be broken wire conducting voltage. Could be a switch that is stuck. Could be a commuting wire that is out of place. A commuting wire is that which is attached to the train car and touches the track to pick up the DC voltage running through the track. Does that make sense?

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Now before we get started, I just want to say that every car is different. Each car will have different trouble spots that require different methods of treatment. Some of the accessories that i suggest can be expensive and alternatives that i talk about can be used for smaller price tag.

First, let us talk about sound quality. How would you define the quality of your sound? Most cars will have a standard speaker set that are made of low quality material that tends to distort at high powers. My first suggestion would be to replace your factory speakers. New sets of speakers can start at around $50 at and will greatly increase the sound quality of your car. Next, if you have basic upgrade speakers and use them in conjunction with a sub and amp, you may find that your cabin speakers may distort when the volume gets loud. You sub will sound great because it is designed to handle the power, but your cabin speakers may not have been. If you find they are distorting sound, try adding a pair of Bass Blockers. They sell for about $20 per pair. Make sure you find ones that match your speaker size as to provide the perfect bass cut off for best sound. If you want to start throwing out the big bucks and really start pumping the volume, invest in a nice head unit(CD player) and equalizer. A good head unit will have every thing you need to play great music. It will send the sounds to the right speakers so to limit distortion, etc. An equalizer will allow you to create the perfect sound for your taste by allowing you to adjust the decibel slopes for different frequencies.

Second, lets talk about vibrations. One of the worst things to have happen is to invest a large amount of hard earned money into a killer system, then when it is installed, the car rattles like no tomorrow and as a result all of the music is distorted. In cases like this, sound proofing material like Dynamat may be used. Dynamat is a thin rubber like material that bonds to the metal surfaces in your car so that they will not resonate/vibrate. Sound proofing the entire car with Dynamat would end nearly every vibration problem you may have. The only problem is that Dynamat cost on average $10 per square foot or $100 per 10 square feet. I would recommend using a different material. I used a roofing material call Quick Roof which was designed to seal holes in roofs. However, it does a comparable job to Dynamat and only cost about $15 per 10 square feet. That's $75 less than Dynamat. If you decide to sound proof your car, key starting places would be the doors and trunk. If you still have problems after this, try and seek them out by turning up you volume and standing out side of the car. To install Dynamat or Quick Roof, take off all panels until you see the bare metal of the car frame. Measure out the amount of material you will need, then cut peel and stick. Its that simple.

For Car/Audio Enthusiasts, sound quality is a key part in their everyday ride. You can invest hundreds of dollars into a nice system and not have perfect quality. If you have trouble with quality in your car, try some of the tips above. And although every part may not help out in your car, some parts might. Just remember what your goal is and remember that good sound quality is in your reach. Cheers to sick audio system. BrownyMan

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Now the alarm won't switch off after the battery died

Disconnect the battery and fully recharge it. Reconnect the battery.

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2002 impala front end noise when accelerating/decelerating

Black the rear wheels, put the car in neutral with the parking brake on, jack up the front end and spin the tires. Once you locate the source of the noise, you can pull the tire off and check the brake pads and rotors.

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2002 mitsubishi lancer won't start Ok so my car started making a loud screeching noise when it would start up, and then a few days later I drained my battery on accident listening to music in the...

When a car battery gets low, the windows won't necessarily move extremely slow - you may still have functionality, but not enough power to start the vehicle. Charge up the battery or replace it if it is more than 4-5 yrs old. As for the screeching sound, its possible a loose alternator belt could cause that - if the belt is too loose the alternator might not be charging the battery properly. Another possibility is the alternator is binding and that can cause the screeching too. Remove the drive belt and try to rotate the alternator by hand - if there is excessive resistance you might be looking at a new alternator too. Most automotive parts stores will test your battery and charging system for free if you ask them.

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Alarm seems to work; been checked at Toyota but they say siren is broken and say it's a common fault. But everything else seems to work - you can hear the relay clicking; lights flash.

What is actually the problem, "Actually seems to work", what doesn't work.
If Toyota are on about the 9volt battery back up siren then the main siren may be working fine, but that might not be. Most cars especially Vauxhalls have a 9volt battery back up siren, so if someone tries stealing you motor and they disconnect the battery the 9volt battery will keep the siren going off.

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check the exhaust if the cat converter has let go these cars get very noisy you can check the cat by banging on it and checking to see if it rattles if it rattles it is no good.

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If the light is not on it may not be the ABS that is pulsating on slow braking but it may be that your have warped brake rotors, even if the rotors were replaced with the pads the new ones may be warped already, we always check new rotors on a brake lathe before installing them because we have seen this happen many times

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P0446: Evaporative Emission System Vent Control Circuit problem
Probable causes:
1. Faulty sensor
2. Damaged or corroded connector terminal
3. Wire harness. Check for correct voltage, open, short to ground, short to voltage
4. Control unit software may require updating
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6. EVAP system components, i.e., fuel filler cap, canister, valves or other components may be at fault

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P0446 Evaporative Emission Control System Vent Control Circuit Malfunction. The code P0446 is set when the engine computer recognizes a fault or restriction at the vent control part of the Evaporative emission control system (EVAP).

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Got code p0446 on my grand am what is it

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I got a code p0446 and u1153 what is wrong

P0446Evaporative Emission (EVAP) Vent System Performance=ECM, PCM

U1153 Loss of Communications with HVAC

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What does the code P0446 onn a 2002 2.4l 4 cylinder Dodge Stratus SXT mean?

Generally in google search type obd2 then po446 or whatever and an obd2 site will come up w specifics for that code. Vehicle specific generally doesnt matter. typing odb2 before the code is important to find the right site. Refer to link for specifics or search using that format I suggested.

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Here's the part,look at engine and find,

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P0440, P0441, P0446

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Is drilling going to continue on Dakota pipeline despite corp of army engineers decision not to go under river

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postponed indefinitely. Government won't allow to go through the lands or be diverted around.

Standing Rock protesters celebrate 'big victory' as pipeline - CBC 1 day ago - Feds block Dakota Access Pipeline's route, company slams decision as politically motivated. ... Protesters shouted 'water is life' upon learning Dakota Access Pipeline construction had been halted nearing the Standing Rock reservation. ... Standing Rock protesters celebrated Sunday as news ...

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Looose brakes 88 dodge dakota 4x4

yes might be master cylinder.
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not real sure on yours, but go to, look up the part and to the right there should be a box to take you to a diagram of the job.

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Where is the water pump for a 97 dakota with the 4 cyl. engine? and can i replace it myself?

Follow the bottom radiator hose. It hooks from the radiator to the waterpump. They are not real hard to change.

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Is there access to the feul pump thru the back seat of a 2001 dodge dakota quad cab?

no access to tank, you must remove the fuel tank to replace the fuel pump. Just did my Dakota, was a real pain

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Dakota 92 318 multiport wont start has fuel and weak spark atcoil

Sounds like you have a bad coil. Real common on dodge

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Depending on where you are & temperature. Warm- hot, go 10w40, cooler 10w30 should be o.k. Real cold, 5w30.

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Now that virtually everyone you know, or at least know on the internet, now has an Amazon Echo, Twitter is all abuzz with stories about Alexa that will give you pause. Could it be that the robot overlords have already begun their takeover?

Ever since Christmas, it seems all people on Twitter are talking about (apart from nuclear buttons, that is) is Alexa, Amazon’s virtual assistant. While the idea of Alexa was cool at first, it seems we may have been too distracted by her tricks to notice that we were actually letting the robot overlords into our homes, and Christmas marked the beginning of their coup.

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1. The different AIs are coming together to form an alliance.

2. And they say Alexa isn't always listening...

3. See them asserting their dominance by stealing the spotlight with their superior sense of humor.

4. She knows the way to drive people away.

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6. She's got a built-in lie detector.

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The European Union (EU) has lifted the three-year ban on the import of such Indian vegetables as eggplant, taro, bitter and snake gourd. The ban expired in December 2016, and EU has confirmed that it will not continue.

An EU statement said, “The decrease in the number of complaints and sanctions can be taken as an indication that the phytosanitary export certification system of India has improved.”

A senior official from the ministry of commerce, said, “Several departments have played a vital role in making exports more compliant.”

“Several departments under the ministry had been in regular conversation with EU authorities to make exports safer. The ministry, in its circular, has already stated that it will launch a quality control mechanism and regulate its exports using certifications to ensure that exports are safe,” he added.

Tatyasaheb Dagdu Hule, chairman, Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC), Patoda, Beed, said, “We had a credible share in the exports from the state of Maharashtra for eggplant. The EU ban has moved us to the local and nearby domestic markets, which yields less compared to the exports.”

“Our trade facilitators have informed us that soon the exports to EU will resume. Before the produce is exported, it will be monitored by the government. It will need a certificate, which will be attached to the shipping bills by the government,” he added.

An officer from Export Inspection Council (EIC), Kochi, said, “We have been directed by the government to keep an eye on the exports of fresh fruits and vegetables for the last two years. We have also initiated programmes to educate exporters about new laws and updates regarding the export.”

“We have also asked for phytosanitary certificates, which will be inculcated in the single window interface to facilitate trade (SWIFT) system, which deems the generation of the certificates necessary for exports. Recently, a pilot was initiated in Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai. On establishing SWIFT, major issues regarding exports and imports will be addressed naturally,” he added.

“The exports of Indian vegetables to the EU will resume soon after the receipt of official communication from the Centre,” stated the officer.

The EU had imposed a ban on mangoes in 2014 due to concerns over consignments infested with fruitflies. Later, on monitoring the Indian consignments, and following the campaigns held by India's mango sector and EU exporters, the ban on the fruit, which lasted seven months, was lifted in 2015.

Meanwhile, EU will continue to keep an eye on the imports of vegetables from India for a period of six months this year.

In 2013, 386 issues were reported. These decreased gradually as the vegetables were banned by the EU. In 2016, there were only 70 issues.
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A row over executive pay at FirstGroup has stepped up a gear, as three influential investor advisory bodies flag concerns following an 86pc leap in the amount the transport company’s chief, Tim O’Toole, took home for the last financial year.
The Institutional Voting Information Service (IVIS), which used to be run by the ABI, has issued an “amber top” warning ahead of FirstGroup’s annual meeting on 16th July, while the Pensions & Investment Research Consultants (Pirc) has recommended that shareholders oppose the company’s remuneration policy. An amber top flags a “significant issue to be considered” by shareholders.
ISS, the US corporate governance adviser, has also said the group’s remuneration report is “not without concern”, although it has recommended that investors wave through FirstGroup’s remuneration report at the meeting in Aberdeen.
Mr O’Toole’s pay was last week the subject of a fierce attack by Thomas Sandell, the US activist investor who owns 3.1pc of FirstGroup.
Mr Sandell wrote to FirstGroup’s new chairman, John McFarlane, claiming that Mr O’Toole is the “highest paid CEO among his peers”.
“However, during this five year period FirstGroup shares are the worst performing shares in its peer group, having returned -8pc compared to +231pc for its peers, an underperformance of 239pc,” Mr Sandell wrote.
The FirstGroup chief, who has been under intense pressure since the company went cap in hand to shareholders for £615m in May last year, received nearly £2m in pay, benefits and bonuses for the year to 31st March, up from around £1.1m previously.
His pay packet was bolstered by a controversial retention share bonus, which was agreed several years ago but was triggered on November 1 last year. Mr O’Toole, whose future at the company has been under intense speculation, also took an annual bonus for the first time since he took up the chief executive role in November 2010.

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The jump in his remuneration package raised eyebrows after the company reneged on a pledge to shareholders to pay a £50m dividend for the last financial year. However, the company did succeed in turning around losses, posting a pre-tax profit of £58.5m compared to a loss of £28.9m previously.
Pirc said in its report that total potential rewards under all of FirstGroup’s incentive schemes “are considered excessive”.
A spokesman for FirstGroup said: “Consistent with the performance of the group in 2013 and 2014, executive directors had their base pay frozen and received just over half their potential bonus while the CEO declined to take his bonus in 2013. The board considered this commensurate with the progress made. The new chairwoman of our Remuneration Committee, Imelda Walsh, will be reviewing the group’s existing remuneration policy and practices and, if appropriate, recommending amendments to ensure that our arrangements align with the Group’s strategy and the interests of shareholders.”

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Five Questions, Tom Post, Sodexo, Fill My FridgeWhen Tom Post, president of campus services for Sodexo, was helping his son move into his college dorm he was frustrated by the lack of services available on move-in day. He spoke to FSD about his decision to make sure students and parents at Sodexo universities didn’t have the same problem by creating Sodexo’s Fill My Fridge program.

How did the idea for Fill My Fridge come about?

They say that necessity is the mother of invention but in this case, I guess necessity was the father of invention. Last August, my wife and I moved our freshman son into his new campus home. For students and parents, this move is regarded as a rite of passage. However, it wasn’t exactly an exceptional experience for any of us that day. After hours of confusion on campus, we then had to hop in our car and drive 40 minutes to buy supplies and to stock his dorm refrigerator. I thought to myself, we need to make sure students and parents at Sodexo-served campuses have an exceptional experience during this really important time in the life of a student and his or her parents. We decided to make sure what happened to my family, doesn’t happen to families at campuses we serve. We came up with a program to create the kind of experience I wished for my family.

How does the program work?

During the resident hall move-in days Sodexo will set up an area where parents can purchase goods to stock students’ rooms with dry goods, refrigerated goods or beverages. We also engaged our local produce companies to bring local and fresh produce, our local dairy and bread partners and national beverage contractors. In addition, there will be an event where they can hear music, get a free bottle of water or snack or just enjoy being with their son/daughter on campus. We want to make it easy for every parent to enjoy the move-in day experience.

How is it marketed to incoming students?

It varies. At places like the University of South Carolina, there is a system where as the students are touring housing, they see refrigerators full of items so a parent can pre-order their fridge during the tour. At Stetson University, we are taking orders for a full refrigerator and at Drake University, we are tapping into freshmen via our dining Facebook page. Campuses are also sending out mailers, e-mail blasts and texts to let our customers know that when they come to campus we will be there to greet them with something fun. As part of move-in day for campus, we have referral cards for the RAs to use to let parents and students know the event is happening on campus. Our partners are excited to have a welcoming event on campus, and we are determined to make sure our customers are happy from day one on campus.

What were some of the challenges involved with setting this up?

We started with a group of 50 schools as a test. Once our Sodexo partners heard about the program we now have 182 locations that will be testing the program this fall. My team from marketing thought it was an awesome idea right away while the culinary, procurement and operations teams were a little more cautious and wanted to test it first. This program will be memorable for all those first time freshmen parents.

What advice would you give to other operators who might want to try something similar?

Take time to research what you want to sell. Sodexo involved many partners to finalize our product list. Our procurement and operations support team’s motto was if the students don't eat something regularly, then don't order it. Stay focused on making them happy and having fun.

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Grilled Beany Zucchini

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This dish starts with hollowed out zucchini, which is filled with a mixture of garbanzo beans, red peppers, spices and cheese, then grilled to a crisp golden brown.

4 large zucchini, cut in half lengthwise
1 cup red bell pepper, chopped
1 cup onion, chopped
2 tsp. garlic, minced
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 medium tomato, seeded, chopped
1 tbsp. fresh basil, chopped
1 15-oz. can garbanzo beans, drained
1⁄4 cup parmesan, grated

1. With a sharp knife, hollow out zucchini, leaving 1⁄4-in. shells. Chop removed zucchini and reserve shells.

2. In a skillet over medium-high heat, sauté chopped zucchini, bell pepper, onion and garlic in oil until crisp-tender, approx. 8 min. Add tomato and basil and sauté until mixture is fairly dry, another 5 min. more.

3. Add beans to side of skillet; coarsely mash about half the beans. Add 2 tbsp. parmesan and mix thoroughly.

4. Spoon mixture into reserved zucchini shells; sprinkle with remaining cheese and grill, covered, over medium-hot coals until shells are crisp-tender, approx. 10-15 min.

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1/4 tsp. kosher salt
1/4 tsp. fresh cracked black pepper
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup honey

  1. Cut watermelon in half.
  2. With melon baller, scoop out 32 melon balls, set aside.
  3. In medium bowl, add cheese, half of the chopped basil, salt, pepper and half of the oil. Toss to combine.
  4. In separate bowl, toss other half of oil and other half of basil with melon.
  5. In separate bowl, whisk together honey and balsamic vinegar.
  6. Using 4-inch skewers, place one melon ball through skewer.
  7. Place one mozzarella ball through skewer next to melon.
  8. Place skewers on platter and drizzle with honey-balsamic mixture.
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Saturday, 17 February 2018

Man United Manager Mourinho Attacks 'Bull****' Pundits Over Pogba

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has slammed pundits over questioning the midfield role of Paul Pogba.
Mourinho says pundits in English football have no idea about where Pogba is played in his system and why.
At Friday's presser, he blasted: "The position is quite ridiculous to speak about because I think we have. I don't want to be - what's the opposition of nice? (press officer: nasty).

"I don't want to be nasty with other country's pundit industry, because there are very good pundits in other countries, but I think we have here at least in number the biggest pundit industry because there are hundreds of them with great background and knowledge in football and I would like somebody to tell me in which position you think Pogba played in against Newcastle. I would like people to tell me in which position you think Pogba played against Newcastle.

"Any one of you want to tell me?"
 When one reporter suggested, "Can you tell us?", Mourinho continued...
"No? Can you tell me?!

"Okay midfield, but we played with one number six and two number eights, or two eights and one 10, or two six and one 10? We play with one six and two eights. We play with Matic as a six, Lingard on the right side of Matic and Pogba on the left side.

"You know which is Pogba's preferred system? 4-3-3.

"Do you know Pogba's favourite position in 4-3-3? Eight on the left.

"So it's easy and honest and objective to say Paul didn't play well against Newcastle but some of the guys, they are paid millions, don't let people read things that are not true.

"You are paid to read the game and explain the people game, don't say b******t."

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Forgotten Names Recalled: The Singapore Cenotaph Project

The British Library is a place to get lost in. Not just the scale of the building, with its numerous reading rooms, galleries, sitting nooks, but the huge number of collections and within those the books and documents and maps and photographs.

Unfortunately for the Singapore Cenotaph Project newspapers were not available. Not that they would have been at the St Pancras building. From 1932 the newspaper archive was housed in Conlindale, north London and very hand on the Northern Line for someone staying in Balham. After several reprieves on the closure dates, the absolute last week that researchers could visit Colindale was the first week of December 2013. That was the week I arrived in the UK and went to visit my mother in Northern Ireland. Well, this project is a labour of love but I love my mother more.

So, end result: my hopes of finding some information on the men of the cenotaph within the pages of newspapers once published in Perak and Penang came to nought. Nevertheless a trip to the British Library was necessary for one little book that, so far as I know, exists nowhere else except perhaps on a family's bookshelf quietly gathering dust.
After Irvine Thornton was killed in action his father, retired judge S. Leslie Thornton, collected his son's letters into a book for distribution among family and friends. Holding this little tome in my hands was a pleasure, not only for its exquisite design -- velum bound, gold tooling, deckle-edge linen paper -- but for its simplicity of concept and success as a memoriam of a much-loved son. I was reluctant to part with it, having photocopied only a few of the pages thanks to the strict copyright regulations of the library. A voice from the past spoke from those pages and at some point in the future perhaps they'll have a wider audience.
Now that I am back in Singapore I'm moving on to the next stage in the project. At some point research has to stop and writing has to start and I'm glad to report that it has begun.
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December 14, 2017

Good morning,

The Federal Communications Commission is due to vote today on scrapping the ‘Net Neutrality’ regulations approved in 2015 under President Barack Obama. Barring some unforeseen drama, the Commission will vote 3-2 along party lines, and the efforts of Tom Wheeler to regulate the infrastructure of the Internet more like a utility will pass into history.

There’s been no shortage of commentary on the initiative, much of it generating more heat than light, and most of it dressing up what boils down to naked self-interest. Some noteworthy exceptions to that include this excellent primer (for those who still need one) by Fortune’s Andrew Nusca, and this piece which we published online yesterday by Michael Wade and Heidi Gutschi of the Global Centre for Digital Business Transformation, which argues persuasively against the temptation to view the issue in terms of heroes and villains.

Also to be recommended is this piece for The Wall Street Journal by Jon Leibowitz, a former Democratic commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, which is a useful reminder that the U.S. still has an antitrust framework capable of handling any competitive distortions that arise from Ajit Pai’s deregulation.

Ultimately, the debate is about how best to finance the upgrade in infrastructure that will be needed to cope with an inconceivable rise in data traffic over the next few years, as digitization and mobile technologies permeate every area of household and commercial life. While there are arguments for treating it such infrastructure as a natural monopoly, and the Internet in general as a public good, there are obvious risks in freezing regulation at a point in 2015 and excluding market forces from a sector that is evolving at a breakneck pace.

Today’s vote won’t and shouldn’t be the last word—a thought which, one can hope, will take some of the shrillness and invective out of the process.

News below. (Alan Murray really will be back tomorrow.)

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Record Store Day is here!

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Get up! Wake up and go. Today is Record Store Day, the stuff music nerds dream about — when your favorite local independent retailers the world over will be offering a cornucopia of rare vinyl, re-releases, and special musical treats only available today.

Sub Pop Records has eversokindly posted streaming mp3s of a handful of vinyl-only songs, off the seven different limited edition RSD Sub Pop releases coming out in limited quantities. See? This is why you need to get up, and go.

(Streaming songs no longer available after April 19th, but you can investigate the release information here)

Find good stuff on the website for Record Store Day, or your local independent music store. I need a special endless cash money supply for all the delights I want.

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    Happy Katie.
    New Hold Steady and (of course) Josh Ritter.
    Thanks for the reminder and for posting the sub pop stream!

    Katie — April 17, 2010 @ 11:36 am

  • Wait. Did Katie just say some Josh Ritter was released today that I didn’t know about? Sigh. I made out like a bandit today … Local Natives, Frightened Rabbit, some Great Lake Swimmers (RSD release) and more. I spent enough to win me some free Chipotle tacos and a chance to grab about 8 more CDs and things off another table, including an iron-on BeeGees decal. And my heart grew fond of how many people were there to participate. Long lines to get in at 10 AM. Cynics need not know about this day … the music industry is far from dead.

    Dainon — April 17, 2010 @ 11:45 am

  • dainon is right that cynics need to know about this day. i was at the twist and shout in denver, and in addition to free Denver IPA beer from Great Divide, I picked up:

    - a John Lennon Singles Bag (limited edition of 7000) pack of three 45s with original artwork (Mother b/w Yoko Ono – Why, Imagine b/w It’s So Hard, and Watching The Wheels b/w Yoko Ono – Yes, I’m Your Angel), a 24×36 poster, 3 postcards and a custom plastic adaptor hub
    -Fanfarlo Record Store Day exclusive 7″, You Are One b/w What Makes You Think You Are The One
    -Whiskeytown San Antone b/w The Great Divide
    -the Bon Iver/Peter Gabriel split 7″ – Come Talk To Me by Bon Iver and Flume by Peter Gabriel.

    I’m $45 lighter and 145% happier.

    Dainon, both the new Hold Steady album and the new Josh Ritter album were out yesterday in limited quantities on vinyl. I heard the THS one was on clear vinyl with a hand-screened cover. There were 2 at Twist and my friend Rbt got one, as he gleefully told me later last night. Le Sigh.

    Can’t it be Record Store Day every day?????

    browneheather — April 18, 2010 @ 12:27 pm

  • When I was 18 I worked part time in our local little record store. Turning people on to stuff they never heard before was always a thrill for me. Sadly there is no longer a small record store. Also Heather the sound cloud player is excelente!

    Harb — April 18, 2010 @ 5:52 pm

  • I picked up the new Josh Ritter, as well as a RSD exclusive Against Me! 7″. Even though I was at B-Side Records within an hour of them opening, the Hold Steady record was already long gone – can’t win ‘em all.

    I also picked up a vinyl copy of Global A Go-Go by Strummer & the Mescaleros (in part to atone for my sin of downloading this in college), a vinyl live double of Townes Van Zandt, a Weakerthans live DVD/CD, the new Legendary Shack Shakers CD, and the new Whigs CD in anticipation of their show next Saturday. With all the RSD discounts the damage was only $93, and I got a sweet free swag bag full of stickers, buttons, sampler CDs & records and a Where The Wild Things Are 7″. I probably could have spent a couple hundred more, but I felt it was best to leave some for the other people (and there were a LOT of people in that relatively small store).

    Bruce — April 19, 2010 @ 9:45 am

  • When I was 18 I worked part time in our local little record store. Turning people on to stuff they never heard before was always a thrill for me. Sadly there is no longer a small record store. Also Heather the sound cloud player is excelente!

    Michelle — April 19, 2010 @ 3:30 pm

  • I spent nearly half my adult life running record stores. Even though there were good times & bad, it was still my dream job. There will never be another one like it. Thanks for supporting the indie stores. Let’s support them all year long. Nothing else is like it.

    ruralgurl — April 22, 2010 @ 7:43 pm

  • i always enjoyed music have own music store
    love to listen good music but then something happened
    tarrible i lost it in a fire
    now i can do nothing but to listen it on people,s sites like yours
    thanks Heather

    Asim — April 30, 2010 @ 5:28 am

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"I love the relationship that anyone has with music: because there's something in us that is beyond the reach of words, something that eludes and defies our best attempts to spit it out. It's the best part of us, probably, the richest and strangest part..."
—Nick Hornby, Songbook
"Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel."
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Mp3s are for sampling purposes, kinda like when they give you the cheese cube at Costco, knowing that you'll often go home with having bought the whole 7 lb. spiced Brie log. They are left up for a limited time. If you LIKE the music, go and support these artists, buy their schwag, go to their concerts, purchase their CDs/records and tell all your friends. Rock on.

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‘Jump on Board the Animal Train’ and ‘The Get Rich Quick Club Kerching!’

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Jump on Board the Animal Train

By Naomi Kefford & Lynne Moore

Age: 3+

JumpOnBoardAnimalTrainA clip-clopping, trip-trapping, click-clacking journey to meet the train – Jump on board and off we go!

One little boy is going on a fantastic journey to meet a train. On the way he is joined by bears, elephants, tigers and more – but just wait until the birthday boy gets to the train and the biggest surprise in store!

You can follow the animal clues on the split pages to guess which animal is coming up next and join in with all the sounds the animals make – the tiger’s tail swishes, the bear’s paws pad, the elephant’s feet plod.

And look out for the cheeky monkeys, the happy hippo and the singing penguins in the final surprise!

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The Get Rich Quick Club Kerching!

By Rose Impey

Age: 7+

GetRichClubEver planned to make your millions while you’re still at school? So does the Get Rich Quick Club – but their ideas for doing so are daft, dangerous and doomed to failure!

They’re also quite a laugh and this book is extra value for money as it has two fabulous stories.

The Sneaky Peeky Crew sees the gang providing a security service for neighbours. Look out for lots of dog poo, missing eggs and a nighttime adventure that goes horribly wrong.

In the Bogie of Doom, the gang starts to sell drinks in hot weather. Harmless you think, but throw pancake-tossing into the mixture and you can bet the gang will end up with egg on their faces…

Look out for greedy foxes, circus-performing dogs, lots of cupcakes and a massive pancake bonfire….! You may even, occasionally, find an excellent business tip hidden among their exploits.

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The Body Shop specializes in custom autos

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By April Wright, Reporter

The Body Shop, located at 1875 Meadow St. in Galax, opened in May to offer high-quality body work — everything from painting to building custom mold and body kits to fiberglass and metal work.
Chris Davis, owner of the shop, specializes in rare cars, he said, as he showed the 1988 McClaren Mustang he's working on — one of only 200 of those cars made.

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Carroll Courthouse Tragedy: Lives Forever Changed

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The 1912 shootout in the Carroll County Courthouse altered the fates of all those involved, and their families.

By Christopher Brooke, Reporter

HILLSVILLE — Five people in the court for the conclusion of Floyd Allen’s obstruction of justice trial soon went to their graves, fatally wounded by the hail of bullets that family members and court and county officials exchanged on March 14, 1912.
Floyd and son Claude Allen both went to the electric chair for their roles in the shootout.
Another seven in court that day survived their injuries.
People with even the most cursory knowledge of the event known as “the courthouse tragedy” probably know that much, but what happened to the lives of others impacted by that 90-second gun battle?
That’s what Shelby Inscore-Puckett’s presentation highlighted during last Tuesday’s session of the centennial symposium, a wide-ranging two-day discussion of Southern culture and history meant to put the shootout in context of the times.
Beyond the main participants, Puckett noted that six women lost their husbands and 28 children were left fatherless.
Cornelia Frances Allen, Floyd’s wife and Claude’s mother, had her life shattered, according to the presentation, based on author Ron Hall’s research on the subject with additions by Puckett.
Dubbed the “Lady of Woe” and the “Lady in Black” for the somber clothing she wore to the trails of her family members, Frances had been married to Floyd for 35 years.
She argued against Claude going to his father’s trial that day.
“[Claude] came home after the tragedy,” the presentation said. “She hid and provisioned him, but he was her baby.”
Frances also fed the Baldwin-Felts detectives that came searching for the wanted men. Puckett noted that one of the detectives reacted with pity to her plight and paid her.
Her efforts to safeguard her son failed as Claude was caught two miles from home.
Frances’ son Victor also was jailed and tried, but found not guilty.
Frances Allen could do nothing when the barn went up in flames that August.
Requests for clemency went up to Gov. William Hodges Mann for Floyd and Claude and appeals continued until the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case.
Frances Allen must have become desperate during the drawn-out process, because she wrote a letter asking for financial help for The Galax Post Herald to publish, addressed to the public,  Puckett noted.
“The members of my family and our attorneys have received many letter from persons offering to start public subscriptions to aid me in carrying on the defense of my husband, Floyd Allen, and my son, Claude Allen,” began the letter that’s been kept in Gooch Harmon’s museum in Woodlawn. “We have refused these offers as we wanted to pay the expenses of these trials ourselves as long as we had anything to pay with.
“My husband and my two sons have gone through long and costly trials all summer that have taken all that we could raise on our home.”
The barn burned while she watched Claude’s trial in Wytheville, destroying all feed and farm machinery on the property.
“If the people who have made these kind offers still want to help us, anything that they can collect and will send to me at Mount Airy, N.C., will be used in the defense of my husband and my boy,” Frances wrote.
This was poignant to Puckett because Frances must have been a proud woman who was worn down.
She gave up all her roots and moved to Tabernacle, N.J., after the death sentences were carried out.
At the funerals, Frances bypassed Floyd’s coffin and held Claude’s body until the end.
She lost her property after it was seized and sold at auction.
“To me, she’s the epitome of suffering after the tragedy,” Puckett said.

Betty Allen, wife of Sidna, suffered major economic loss as her husband was sentenced to prison for 35 years for his role in the shootout.
When Sidna fled to Iowa during the manhunt, Betty didn’t know where her husband was for months while she struggled to provide for their two daughters.
Their impressive Queen Anne-style home in Fancy Gap was seized in May 1912, the same month in which her father died, according to the presentation. She wasn’t allowed to keep the general store they ran, so she made a living doing housework and washing.
Bill Lord’s book, “The Red Ear of Corn,” records Betty’s anger at her brother-in-law Floyd for what happened to her husband.
“Betty inquired about the health of Floyd Allen, now in the Roanoke jail,” Lord wrote. “When Sidna and the others left him after the shootout they believed he was dying. Told that he had recovered, she gave an indication of whom she blamed the most for her troubles. ‘Too bad he didn’t die, don’t you think?’”
By the time Sidna was pardoned in 1926, Betty was 54 and missed spending the best years of her life with her husband. Still, Puckett reports that Betty lived happy years alternating her time at a winter home in Eden, N.C., and in Hillsville in summers.
Brothers Sidna and Wesley Edwards — who Floyd freed from police while they were under arrest, leading to his obstruction of justice trial  — reportedly were a “bit wild” and had turned to moonshining.
Wesley Edwards fled with his uncle to Iowa after the shootout, and both men were caught after a visit by Edwards’ fiancee, Maude Iroler, giving rise to the question of whether she betrayed Wesley for the reward.
Historians surmise that the informant might have been Iroler’s father, who was said not to have approved of the man she had romanced.
The recently published book “The Allens of Fancy Gap” by Edwin Wiley includes a letter from Baldwin-Felts Detectives’ chief W.G. Baldwin to the governor on that subject.
“Westley (sic) Edwards’ sweetheart, a girl named Maude Iroller turned over to the men we had in the mountains a letter from him telling her to meet him and giving all directions,” the letter said, according to the book. “We sent Lucas to Irollers’ and he got in with the girl and she told him all about the men. Her father got her to give them away for the reward.”
Another item from the letter was that Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards fled from Carroll County only two days after the detectives started searching for them, Puckett pointed out.
Sidna Edwards got a plea bargain for second-degree murder and went to prison for 18 years, but Wesley refused a deal and got sentenced to 27 years in prison, according to the presentation.
Nellie Wisler, Claude’s girlfriend, went to Richmond to be close to him after he was sentenced to die, according to the presentation.
“Miss Nellie Wisler, Claude Allen’s sweetheart, asks the governor to meet and talk with Claude personally, offering herself as a hostage in the event Claude should actually try and succeed to escape,” Lord wrote in his book.
She organized petitions for clemency for Claude and helped him write his final statement.
After Claude was executed, Wisler married in August 1914 and lived in Bluefield, W.Va., until her death in 1976.

When Judge Thornton Massie died at 45 from his gunshot wounds, the Pulaski resident left three children and a wife, though they were likely better off economically than most at the time, according to the presentation.
Sheriff Lew Webb had eight living children at the time of his death. One of his daughters wrote to Gov. Mann opposing clemency for Floyd and Claude.
Commonwealth’s Attorney William Foster had five children with wife Katherine and lived on Main Street where Jackson’s Insurance is now.
“William Foster’s daughter Aline married George Ellison “Bud” Edwards” in 1917, according to the presentation. “Bud Edwards, a cousin of Will Thomas, [who was] involved in the December 1910 fight with the Edwards boys.”
(Wesley Edwards’ fight with Thomas was the incident that got them arrested in the first place, leading to their capture and Floyd Allen freeing them from custody.)
Bud Edwards later served as sheriff of Carroll County for many years.
Juror Augustus Fowler had 10 children with wife Mary Bryant.
“Some descendants still bitter about his death, which was probably accidental, caught in the crossfire of Claude Allen and the lawmen,” according to the presentation.
Witness Betty Ayers was in the courtroom that day because she had been at Sidna Allen’s store when Floyd confronted the Carroll deputies. It was only recently that her plot in the Guynn Cemetery in Cana was marked with a stone by historians Gooch Harmon and Ron Leonard.
Court Clerk Dexter Goad, who survived his wounds, because something of a celebrity after the shootout. For years, his connection with the incident was a subject of interest, as shown by a mention of a visit by Goad in the Elkin Tribune in 1918.
His daughter, Jezebel Goad, received a medal for bravery for rushing to her father’s side during the shootout.
For a long time, Carroll County as a whole closed the door on this chapter of its history, Puckett noted.
When a play emerged in 1978, the author had to put it on in Wytheville, as no one in Carroll would permit its staging here. This year, a play about the event sold out 11 performances — all in Carroll County.
“We’re talking about it again,” Puckett told The Gazette about the centennial activities.
The Carroll County Historical Society and community members have worked within the symposium and the “Thunder in the Hills” play and the memorials “to open up that door again and look at that history and see it in the context of history as the tragedy that it really was.”


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Fries to hold pet owners responsible for animal antics

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Barking dogs, animals running loose and pets without vaccination are issues town wants to tame.

By Patrick Smith

FRIES — While a dog barked somewhere outside the meeting, as if in protest, Fries Town Council at its April meeting took action on an ordinance to address animal noises and other responsibilities of pet owners.
Council members had heard concerns from citizens for some time about noise from barking dogs.

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Galax boys, girls seventh in finale

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Cockerham and Smith hustled their way to top-10 finishes at the state cross country meet.

By The Gazette

 THE PLAINS –– Top-10 finishes for a pair of individuals and seventh-place showings for both Galax’s teams punctuated a year full of highlights for Twin County cross country runners as the season drew to a close with the VHSL championships at the Great Meadow course near Manassas on Nov. 13.

Galax’s Travis Cockerham brought home an eighth-place finish in the boys’ race and Grayson County’s Carley Smith finished 10th in the girls’ race, with the Maroon Tide placing seventh in both the boys’ and girls’ team standings.

“Coach [Mary Jane] Ballard and I are extremely pleased with the performances of our kids under the pressure of the state championships,” Maroon Tide coach Tony Quesenberry said. “Both teams stepped up and performed at their highest level of the season and seemed to peak very well this year at district, regions and state.”

Cockerham and Smith, both juniors, earned all-state honors for the second year in a row. Cockerham shaved more than 30 seconds off his time from a year ago and finished in eighth place in a field of 125 boys, posting a time of 16 minutes, 47 seconds as places five through nine crossed within five seconds of one another.

Jon Ulrich of Lebanon edged Mischa Turner of Northumberland at the finish for the individual championship, both runners posting times of 16:22.

Lebanon runners took two of the top three spots and the Pioneers finished second in the team standings behind Altavista. Radford, Mathews, George Mason, Central of Woodstock, Galax, Floyd County, Clarke County and John Battle rounded out the top 10.

Following Cockerham for the Maroon Tide were Justin Ayers (17:53), Trevor Quesenberry (18:12), Eddie Hanks (18:19), Dyllan Taylor (18:27), Chandler Quesenberry (19:08) and Kevin Loftin (19:10). Ayers, Quesenberry and Taylor all recorded personal best times.

Tyler Pauley of Grayson County posted a time of 18:19 just three months after starting the season as a football player,

Galax placed among the top 10 boys team for the 18th time in 18 state appearances. The Tide’s top 10 runners on the boys’ team will all return in 2011.

Smith cut 25 seconds off her 10th-place effort from a year ago to post a time of 20:25. Katlyn Ayers of Strasburg topped George Mason’s Julia Estrada for the individual championship with a winning time of 19:08.

The Maroon Tide girls will have 11 of 12 runners back, losing Marleigh Durham, who rebounded from an early-season injury to compete in her fourth state championships. Durham was third-fastest with a time of 22:26 among Galax runners, who were paced by a pair of freshmen, Megan Boyles (39th, 21:50) and Lindsey Ayers (47th, 22:01). Kelsey Williams (23:00), Jennifer Laws (23:13), Alexandra Moreno (24:07) and Susan Davis (24:15) rounded out Galax’s top seven.

George Mason had three of the top six scoring individuals and won the team championship with 35 points to Radford’s 94. They were trailed in the top 10 by Strasburg, Mathews, Parry McCluer, Page County, Galax, Clarke County, Middlesex and PH-Glade Spring.


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Galax park going to the dogs?

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By Shaina Stockton, Staff

For the past several weeks, Dr. Linda Lastinger has been hard at work with a new project that she hopes will offer a common meeting area for people to relax and socialize in Galax along with their four-legged family members.
Her idea, as presented at Galax City Council’s May 28 meeting, is to construct a new dog park in the city.

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Goody's going out of business

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By April Wright, Reporter

After emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Goody's Family Clothing will lay off its employees and close its doors — including its Galax store — the company announced this week.

Management at Goody's Family Clothing in Galax was given orders not to provide any further information, but the assistant manager did say that the last day the store will be open is not certain at this time.

Goody's will begin a going-out-of-business sale today, Friday.

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Second half surge lifts Maroon Tide

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Galax rallied from a 13-10 halftime deficit and finally put Craig County away, 30-21.

By Ben Bomberger, Reporter

 Galax scored on three of its first four second-half possessions Friday night to secure a 30-21 win on homecoming against the Rockets of Craig County.

Though Galax (3-2) dominated the final 24 minutes of the game, it was the Rockets (3-2) that held a lead after the first half.

Craig County wasted no time putting six points on the board in the first eight minutes of the game. Rocket quarterback Josh Oulette connected with Brenton Christian on the opening drive for a touchdown after Tide defender Austin Pack went for the interception and missed.

Galax failed to move the chains on its opening possession, but caught a break when Craig County’s Cody Dunbar mishandled the punt. Zach Marshall recovered the ball for the Tide and Galax took over on the Rocket 33-yard-line.

Six straight runs by Tide running back Jordan Vaughan and the Tide drew even with the Rockets with 15 seconds remaining in the first quarter.

A successful point after attempt gave Galax its first lead of the night.

After failing to move the ball on its next possession, the Rockets punted the ball away. Galax took over on its own 20 and quickly moved into Rocket territory after Vaughan had carries of 16 and 44 yards.

Jerad Brown took over the running duties for three plays and moved the ball to the Craig County 6-yard-line.

An incomplete Terrance Mazon pass and short gain from Vaughan, and the Tide was facing a fourth-and-goal from the 2. Galax originally lined up to go for it, but a false start penalty moved the ball back to the 7 and the field goal unit came on. Matthew Wright connected on the 24-yard field goal and the Tide led 10-6 with 7:13 remaining in the half.

The lead was short lived, however as the Rockets took over on their own 31. Ten plays and five minutes later, Oulette found a crease in the Tide defensive line for a 2-yard touchdown. The extra point gave the Rockets the lead again with 2:24 left in the half. Neither team scored again and Craig County took a 13-10 lead into the locker room.

The Maroon Tide hit the ground running (literally) in the second half. Starting from the Galax 33, Vaughan ran three straight times to midfield. Ten plays later – including seven runs by Vaughan – the Tide crossed the goal line and retook the lead for the final time. With 6:35 left in the third quarter, Galax led 17-13.

On the ensuing kickoff, Craig County’s James Jones coughed up the ball and Galax’s Donte Peoples was able to come up with the fumble and the Tide took over in Rocket territory.

Vaughan need just four carries and numerous broken tackles – including a take down of the back judge as he crossed the goal line – to score his third touchdown of the night. After initially being met at the line by a herd of Rocket defenders, Vaughan emerged and sliced and diced his way the through the secondary for a 26-yard touchdown run. The extra point stretched Galax’s lead to nine.

Neither team scored on the next few possession, but the Tide would find the end zone again early in the fourth to stunt any chance of a Rocket comeback. After Craig County failed a fourth-and-10 from it’s own 48, the Tide took over with 9:14 remaining in the game.

Vaughan rumbled his way to the Rocket 34, then again found open space on the right side of the Craig County defense and quickly moved the ball to the 10.

An apparent ankle injury sidelined Vaughan after the 24-yard run.

Two plays later, Mazon hit receiver Deion George on a fade route in the corner of the end zone. George made a remarkable catch over a Rocket defender and nearly fumbled the ball away before landing in the corner of the end zone with the ball on his chest. The extra point gave the Tide a 17-point lead with 6:33 remaining in the game.

The Rockets may have been down and out, but were sure to put some points on the board for pride before the game ended. After taking over on their own 43, the Rockets – aided by a questionable pass interference call on fourth-and-17 – moved into Tide territory.

Oulette found Jones behind a Tide defender and the Rockets pulled within nine points after the successful two-point conversion.

A failed onside kick, followed by a Tide punt, gave Craig County the ball with 1:42 remaining in the game.

The Rockets were able to once again move the ball at will before Pack picked off an Oulette pass in the end zone to put the game away.

With the win, Galax moves to 3-2 on the season heading into a bye week.

Following the week off, Galax will welcome neighboring rival Grayson County.

Craig County......6  7   0   8––21

Galax..................7  3  14  6––30

First quarter

CC–Christian pass from J.Oulette (kick failed) 4:42

Gal–Vaughan 3 run (Wright kick) 0:15

Second quarter

Gal–Wright 24 FG, 7:13

CC–J.Oulette 2 run (Lee kick) 2:24

Third quarter

Gal–Vaughan 2 run (Wright kick) 6:35

Gal–Vaughan 26 run (Wright kick) 4:49

Fourth quarter

GC–Rodriguez 19 run (Ruiz kick) 8:05

Gal–George 8 pass from Mazon (kick failed) 6:33

CC–Jones 7 pass from J.Oulette (Jones pass from J.Oulette) 2:59


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Town listens to concerns about noisy truck brakes

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So-called "jake brakes" are bad for the ears and the streets, citizen tells council.

By Christopher Brooke, Reporter

HILLSVILLE — A Hillsville citizen is asking the town council to put a stop to the use of compression release engine brakes.
Patti Ashley approached Hillsville Town Council members during their April 22 meeting to make the request.
“The use of these are not only very loud, but also are detrimental to the roads, structures and sidewalks,” said Ashley, who owns the Time Factory of Hillsville with her husband. “There are many communities in the United States that prohibit the use of compression braking within municipal limits.”

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Turn lane bid awarded

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By Landmark News Service

INDEPENDENCE — Even after rebidding the turning lane project, the Grayson County School System received only two bids for the second bid opening in a week.
W.L. Construction of Chilhowie submitted the low bid of $410,391 to construct the project at the new Grayson Highlands School in western Grayson County.
The length of the contract was 45 days.
G-Bee Construction Co. of Independence submitted the only other bid, $429,079, and the length of the contract was 49 days.

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