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Above: Ben Draper stumped. Below: Matt Burton bowling. Pictures by Roy Honeybone It was arguably one of the best and most dramatic matches there have been in 21 years of ECB Southern Premier League cricket. South Wilts, defending a relatively modest 203, reduced St Cross Symondians to 84-9 before the Winchester club’s last pair Ed Ellis and Matt Haworth share a century stand to send nerves jangling and the deficit to a mere 12 runs. Then, with St Cross 191-9 and potentially only two scoring shots away from a quite remarkable victory, South Wilts’ wicketkeeper captain Ben Drape...

Bigger isn’t always better — especially in the case of last year's harvest in Washington State. “Overall, a good year,” said Steve Warner, president of the Washington State Wine Commission, in announcing a tonnage of 178,500, an 11% decrease compared to 2019. “But,” he adds, “across the state, farmers reported smaller berry size and extended hang time, traditionally a recipe for higher quality wine — and that’s proving to be the case. “Last year was obviously a challenge,” he said of the double-digit decrease attributed to several factors. “We encountered some freeze e...

Garth Brooks has broken numerous records and won many prestigious awards, including multiple ACM Entertainer of the Year awards. His EotY win in 1992 was extra special, though, because it was his third consecutive win in the night's biggest category. Brooks won his first ACM Awards two years earlier, in 1990. That year, he won Top Male Vocalist, Song of the Year for "The Dance," Single Record of the Year for "Friends in Low Places," Country Music Video of the Year for "The Dance" and the coveted Entertainer of the Year award. The next year, in 1991, Brooks took home Top Male Vocalist and...

Published: 9:00 AM April 22, 2021    Young ambassadors are taking on a 30-Day May Mission in support of Children’s Hospice South West. - Credit: CHSW Young supporters of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) are encouraging people to take on a 30-themed activity to celebrate the charity’s 30th anniversary next month.  The 30-Day May Mission is open to everyone, whatever their age or ability, with participants asked to challenge themselves with an activity of their choice and raise a few pounds at the same time.  The initiative has been created by CHSW’s Young Ambassadors, a group o...

Proud time to be a Coloradan High-fives all around! Watching our governor and the mayor of Denver smiling ear to ear celebrating that they have secured the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game! This — the MLB decided — after those short-sighted legislators in Georgia decided to amend their voting laws. So the millionaire players and owners of MLB decided this action did not reflect “their” values — commendable. So who suffers from this decision? Atlanta (where the game was to take place) — the nation’s 4th largest Black-majority city at 52% — 22% of which lives below the p...