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Toward the end of the first half of its 5A-I football quarter final game with Chandler Basha, Mountain Pointe was playing with deuces.
But in the end, when it was time to put all the cards on table, the Pride had an ace up their sleeve.
After the Bears went up 21-14 in overtime, Pride senior running back Davon Jones scored on a 2-yard run, leading Pride first-year coach Norris Vaughan to gamble the jackpot and the undefeated season on a two-point conversion to win.
I though we were going to kick the extra point, then after the penalty coach asked everyone if we wanted to go for it. We all said, ‘Yeah,’ and then he said to me give the ball so I just did it. -Davon Jones
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A wide-open spirit of nurturing nature flows like Mountain Run through a new memoir by a retired English professor who spent his boyhood romping around Culpeper in the 1930s and '40s.
Preston M. Browning Jr. also writes about class, religion and race in "Affection and Estrangement: A Southern Family Memoir" — a candid and expertly crafted reflection of a Culpeper and a south that's quite different from today.
Browning, who taught 35 years at the University of Illinois in Chicago and now runs ...
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Barber said he doesn't think Harrah's will be able to proceed with construction of Margaritaville Casino with the size and scope the company originally intended unless partners share the cost.
"Our phone is ringing constantly," he said, not just on Margaritaville but on other casino development.
Barber was at the meeting at the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino to get approval of a name change for the Sheraton Casino and Hotel to the Tunica Roadhouse Casino and Hotel.
We’re taking a very cautious and slow approach into the Internet market -Dennis Gallagher
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Legalized gambling began in Deadwood on Nov. 1, 1989, when an actor portraying Wild Bill Hickok, accompanied by a woman portraying Calamity Jane, shot a revolver into the air.
This month the historic town celebrates not just 20 years of legalized gambling, but also the economic rejuvenation that has come along with it.
Before voters approved the change in the state constitution that allowed casinos to open in Deadwood, buildings around town were crumbling and businesses were dying.
They might ask the Legislature to put it on the general election ballot, but I think that might be a little premature -Tom Nelson
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Palmer Town Councilor Paul E. Burns, who has publicly endorsed development of a casino in Palmer, said his support for local gaming is qualified.
In a presentation to municipal officials in Franklin County, given at Franklin County Technical School on Thursday night, Burns said whether or not he supports a casino in his town will depend on the details in the casino legislation that determine how much in revenues the host community receives.
"It depends upon the formula," he said in an address to the Franklin County Selectmen's Association.
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