Stories from Monday, August 21, 2006

LAURENS - Brett Walker was a triple Gold Medalist to lead the Cherokee Swim Team to a fourth-place finish in the recent 10-team Conference Meet at Laurens. Walker won the boys age 9-10 50-meter Freestyle, 25-meter Backstroke, and 25-meter Freestyle. Also picking up a Gold Medal was the age 8-and-under 100-meter Freestyle Relay team...

I just heard a commercial on the radio which used the word "free" so many times I lost count. The "free" deal was something like this: Get THREE free cellphones with the purchase of any regularly - priced phone. So, for the price of a phone you get three FREE phones, too - and, oh yeah - it's all subject to agreeing to a two-year contract for services...