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Conduct Unbecoming

Last night fellow journalist Pamela Young and I popped into the Ruby Tuesday beside our hotel for a bite to eat and a glass of wine. We chose a quiet booth adjacent to the bar so we could catch up on WEG news and gossip and solve life’s problems. There was a gentleman (I use […]
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No Country for Old Women

I had a tour of the WEG cross-country course this morning. I say “tour” and not “course walk” as the entire thing was conducted from the relative comfort of a golf cart. The course is long, winding, and runs over undulating ground, with a punishingly steep, lengthy climb to the finish dubbed “Heartbreak Hill”. In […]
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An Ill Wind

Hurricane Florence, which has been dancing out to sea for days, has just started to assault the Carolina coastline. To provide more resources for the response to this weather event, state government agencies have reportedly dramatically reduced the personnel previously scheduled to support public safety, transportation and health-related matters at WEG. This includes soldiers from […]
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Endurance: The Final Sequel

I felt bad this morning when I couldn’t quite make the 5:00 a.m. shuttle to get to the start of the endurance ride. A few hours later, it didn’t matter anyway, when the race was declared null and void during the first loop because of a rather monumental traffic screw-up and restarted at a much […]