The Blue Ridge Sportsmen’s Association sponsored a second group of students in the National Archery in Schools Program. The New Midway Elementary School’s archery team participated in the National Championship in Kentucky in May and won! The team advanced to the World Championships in Daytona Beach, Florida, on June 18-20. Pictured from left: (standing) Nolan…

James Rada, Jr. Lois Olsen (pictured right) of Thurmont suspected she had a genetic time bomb inside her. Her mother needed a kidney transplant in 1989 because of a genetic condition called Polycystic Kidney Disease, and as Olsen neared fifty, she wondered if the disease would present itself in her. Age fifty came and went…