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The Centralia Alumni Association awarded Gary Loomis, 1960 Centralia graduate with a legacy in the fishing industry and environmental advocacy, with the inaugural Distinguished Alumni Award on …

The Centralia Alumni Association has announced Gary Loomis as the recipient of the inaugural Distinguished Alumni Person Award. The award will be presented at halftime during a basketball game …

When Captain Collins Illich was approached by Greg Zwernemann about creating a fishing rod company in Texas, his first response was to advise him against it, saying, “Don’t do it. Take the money, retire and fish.” “I was out of the industry, guiding full-time and spending time with the kids,” Illich said. But the owner

I had to get in on the pre-order for the new C6O2 blank. At 1.58 oz it could be an awesome Senko rod. I've been sitting on a Torzite guide set I scored on the auction site for $50.00. Add some CF grips and it will probably be the lightest rod I own.

I have narrowed it down to the Kistler KLX line. However, it appears they have two variations of the rod I landed on. Both 7’6” XH, only one says moderate and one says moderate Fast. The lure ratings are both identical (1-4 oz) but the general applications, although similar, have some minor diffe...

Each year Preservation Virginia highlights a list of individuals and organizations performing exemplary preservation projects in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

To the right ear, the names of the bars that lined the streets of Yountville half a century ago might sound like a chorus of old friends: Claudia’s. Mexicali Rose. Yountville Saloon. The Whistle Stop. The Two Spot. At the time, Yountville was mostly dive bars. During the seventies and eighties, the list of town bars stretched at least a dozen long, with the residents of the nearby Veterans Home a vital clientele. Today the list is just a single name: Pancha’s. It was 1982 when Bobby S...