So get out and enjoy this terrific October weather. I love the Autumn season more then any other! Great hayrides to the pumpkin patch are available at places like Harvest Hill Farms on route 26 in Mechanic Falls, Maine along with their Haunted Nightly Hayrides,  or head over to Cranmore Ski Report in North Conway and hop on board the chairlft to the top of the mountain for their “Haunted Ghoullog”-worth the trip. JW

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That’s kind of how Carl Edwards is going about the task of winning his first Sprint Cup Championship by making sure he stays out of trouble and is somewhere within eyesight of the leaders when the race ends. In the first six races of the “Chase” Carl has finished in the top three, five and ten in all but last Sunday’s at ‘Dega where he finished a respectable 11th and increased his points lead. He is on track to be the first champion since Matt Kenseth in 2003 to capture the title with just a single win! JW

The loss of Dan Wheldon is much deeper then simply saying it’s a part of the sport and so every driver accepts the risk..I interviewed Dan three years ago and he immediately impressed me with his infectious enthusiasm and the fact that he actually seemed to be inetrested in talking to Bill and I.

His love of the sport, his integrity in a world of diminishing integrity in sports in general, and his history of caring for causes and being a role model for youth, will be greatly missed, perhaps as much as the extraordinary talent that he was! JW