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Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The headliner alone is legendary. A personal favorite and pretty much guarantees a raining sulfur fire reaction to the…
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Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor “Country boys make good in the big city”. That short sentence could…
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