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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
VOL. 23 NO. 164
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CONWAY — It's hard to find a silver lining in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene's rains and flooding last week, but here's one: Now that the skies have cleared, conditions could not be any finer for this year's Mud Bowl mud football championships,
which are to be held at North Conway's Steve Eastman Memorial Field at Hog Coliseum, Friday through Sunday, Sept. 9-11. “Our mud-maker, Blair Lynch, of Lynch's Land Maintenance, said the field softened up quicker than ever before when he tilled the field with the tractor
today and they poured on the water from the fire department,” said Mud Bowl field activities coordinator Mark Riley Thursday, after this week's three days of rain had cleared. see MUD BOWL page 8
Locke takes to the mound Saturday in Major League debut BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
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