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Atkinson Mills Sportsmen’s Club ¯ Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. The club is located at 55 Sportsmen Club Lane, McVeytown; email atkinsonmillssportsmensclub@gmail.com; online at http://atkinsonmills-sportsmensclub.weebly.com Blue Rock Sportsman Club ¯ Club meetings at 2 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month on the gun range, and at 7 p.m. in January and February in the barn. To east end Blue Rock: From Milroy, follow signs to Reeds Gap State Park. Free camping available and kitchen is open during all events except trap shoots. Decatur ...

‘Ultimate showman’ of bass fishing, Ray Scott, dead at 88

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Ray Scott, a consummate promoter who helped launch professional bass angling and became a fishing buddy to presidents while popularizing the conservation practice of catching and releasing fish, has died. Scott died of natural causes at a rehabilitation center near Montgomery, said Jim Kientz, who worked for Scott for more than two decades. He was 88. A member of the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, Scott founded the first professional bass fishing tournament in the late 1960s. Anglers could win money based on the weight of the fish they caught over several days ...

Rower plans solo trip from Virginia Beach to France

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Peter Harley has roughly 2.1 million oar strokes ahead of him. That amounts to 4,000 miles on the open ocean — or about 3-4 months of paddling the Atlantic. The 61-year-old South Africa native, who resides in Cary, North Carolina, embarked this month on a solo row from Virginia Beach to La Trinité Sur-Mer, France. “It’s only been ever attempted twice. Both unsuccessful,” Harley said of the route from Hampton Roads. “So an enormously difficult, huge challenge, and which I was very happy with.” Harley set off from the Dockside Seafood and ...

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Atkinson Mills Sportsmen’s Club ¯ Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. The club is located at 55 Sportsmen Club Lane, McVeytown; email atkinsonmillssportsmensclub@gmail.com; online at http://atkinsonmills-sportsmensclub.weebly.com Blue Rock Sportsman Club ¯ Club meetings at 2 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month on the gun range, and at 7 p.m. in January and February in the barn. To east end Blue Rock: From Milroy, follow signs to Reeds Gap State Park. Free camping available and kitchen is open during all events except trap shoots. Decatur ...

Duck Calls

LEWISTOWN — Entrepreneurs come in all shapes, sizes, ages and backgrounds. Age, in particular, is no barrier to entry. You need a solid idea, unshakeable belief, a tenacious work ethic, and a market that wants your product or service. Easier said than done. But through effort and determination, entrepreneurial success can be achieved. Proving age doesn’t matter is 13-year-old Easton Lepley of Lewistown. The young man used his jolt of inspiration to start a business — Just Ducking Around Calls. Inspiration can strike anywhere. For Easton, his journey into the business ...

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Atkinson Mills Sportsmen’s Club • Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. The club is located at 55 Sportsmen Club Lane, McVeytown; email atkinsonmillssportsmensclub@gmail.com; online at http://atkinsonmills-sportsmensclub.weebly.com Blue Rock Sportsman Club • Club meetings at 2 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month on the gun range, and at 7 p.m. in January and February in the barn. To east end Blue Rock: From Milroy, follow signs to Reeds Gap State Park. Free camping available and kitchen is open during all events except trap shoots. Decatur ...