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...“I tried to write this for Gary,” Victor Pearn said. “It sort of transferred itself into a novel. It’s so difficult to write about something that happened 50 years ago that’s based on interviewing people and getting things out of their memories.” Not only were the memories of the team members and cheerleaders not fully accurate, but there were no videos or films from the 1956-57 season. Pearn had scores and statistics from newspapers, most notably the weekly Ashland Sentinel, but often Ashland played twice in one week and player-columnist Jerry Conner only wrote about one of those games.

“These are small high schools in central Illinois, and they’re not getting a lot of press coverage,” Pearn said.

In the novel Ashland wins the Illinois state championship after an undefeated season. In real life Ashland won four playoff games before being eliminated by Havana High School and finished the season with a 28-2 record. “What I did with the novel is I tried to write a fictional book that basically would make all their dreams, the dreams that they had when they were in high school playing, come true,” Pearn said. “I just wrote it the way they all would have liked to have seen it turn out.” Despite the fantasies of the novel, Ashland didn’t win any games on last-second shots. The Panthers often came from behind or went into overtime, but they had safe leads by the end of the game. That resulted from the conditioning regimen Hoff brought from ...

... Liberty County Times Online - News Weather Sponsored By: Online Sections Legal News Food & Recipes Financial News Entertainment News Health News Latest Weather Town Hall Contact The Times About Us/Contact Us Letters to the Editor Subscribe Online Place a Classified Web Poll Web Search News Skin Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Friday, March 31, 2006 2:16 PM CST Skin cancer is the most common of all cancer types.

There are more than 1 million skin cancers (melanoma and non-melanoma) diagnosed each year in the United States.

That's more than prostate, breast, lung, colon, uterus, ovaries and pancreas cancer combined.

And the number of skin cancers has been on the rise steadily for the past 30 years.The good news is that there is a lot you can do to protect yourself and your family from skin cancer.

Most skin cancers are caused by too much exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays, but some may be come from artificial sources, such as tanning beds.

How do you protect yourself from Ultraviolet (UV) rays?

Limit direct sun exposure during midday, cover up, wear a hat, use a sunscreen with a sun protection factor of 15 or higher and use it regularly and properly, wear sunglasses that block UV rays, and avoid tanning beds and sunlamps.

If you notice changes in skin markings or new spots on your skin you should have these examined by your healthcare provider.

Other warnings signs are: A sore that does not heal, a new growth, spread of pigment from the border...

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