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A girl and her dog enjoy swimming together Monday evening at Waves of Fun in Hurricane's Valley Park during Putnam County's annual Dog Swim.

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A crowded pool is a happy pool as dogs and their owners enjoy the annual Putnam County Dog Swim at Waves of Fun in Hurricane on Monday.

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Happy pet lovers come through the gates of Waves of Fun in Hurricane on the only day of the year that dogs are allowed to swim. The pool opens for this celebration after the final day of business every year.

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Every year the crowd gets bigger at Putnam County Parks and Recreation's annual Dog Swim at the Valley Park wave pool in Hurricane.

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Even the smaller dogs enjoy the cool water on a hot day during Putnam County's annual Dog Swim at Waves of Fun in Hurricane.

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Putnam County Commissioner Stephen Andes, Parks Commission Member Shirley Searles, Parks Director Scott Williamson and Putnam County Commissioner Joe Haynes watch as Project Director Karen Haynes cuts the ribbon at the opening of the new dog park in Valley Park.

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Project Director Karen Haynes cuts the ribbon, signifying the official opening of the new Valley Park Dog Park on Monday. A second dog park is expected to open soon at County Park in Eleanor.

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The first pooches to use the new Dog Park after the dedication Monday evening try out the facilities at Valley Park.

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The first pooches to use the new Dog Park after the dedication Monday evening try out the facilities in Hurricane's Valley Park.

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Photo courtesy of Bill Hensley

Japanese exchange students Kanako Yano and Aimi Tsunekawa, who are being sponsored by the Scott/Teays Lions Club, are pictured at Hurricane City Hall.

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The Scott/Teays Lions Club recently host a picnic at Waves of Fun on Aug. 2 for Finnish and Japanese exchange students who are participating in the Lions Youth Exchange Program.

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The Scott/Teays Lions Club recently host a picnic at Waves of Fun on Aug. 2 for Finnish and Japanese exchange students who are participating in the Lions Youth Exchange Program. Here, the students are pictured with their host families.

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Photo courtesy of Bill Hensley

Kanako Yano, who is staying with Johnny and Sandy Thaxton of Hurricane, and Aimi Tsunekawa, who is staying with David and Kim Trader of Culloden, recently attended a meeting of the Scott/Teays Lions Club, which is sponsoring the Japanese students' visit to the United States.

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Photo courtesy of Mark Hopkins

Buffalo High School senior Amanda Young has been selected to represent West Virginia in the 2008 Macy's Great American Marching Band during this year's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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Paul Adkins of Scott Depot works on the painstaking details of one of his wood carvings.

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Pictured is a hummingbird carved by Paul Adkins of Scott Depot.

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Pictured is the carving of a full-sized red tail hawk for which Paul Adkins, of Scott Depot, won the Merit Award at the Tri-State Arts Association's Juried Exhibition 2006 at the Huntington Museum of Art.

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Paul Adkins was selected to create a cardinal to represent the state of West Virginia on the White House Christmas tree for Laura Bush's theme, "All Creatures Great and Small," during Christmas 2002. In the framed photo, Adkins and his wife, Karen, are pictured with the First Lady during a reception at the White House.

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Parents, students, teachers and neighbors check out the new Teays Valley Elementary School a couple of weeks ago.

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At Friday night's game, friends Isabella Hart, Gwyn Renick and Ali McDaniels show their Redskins pride by the clothing they wear.

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Madison Gilliam and Brooklyn Shull are ready to cheer for their Redskins Friday night at the Hurricane/Winfield game.

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Football fans Anna Collins and Abby Pack made it to the game Friday night at Hurricane High School.

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The new football season gets a "thumbs up" from these Hurricane fans on Friday night.

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These young ladies were whooping it up Friday night at the Redskins/Generals football game at Hurricane.

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Cheering for "D' Skins" are these Hurricane students at Friday night's football game against the Generals of Winfield.

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During halftime on Monday evening, 3-year-old Cameron Riggenbaugh sits atop the shoulders of Winfield graduate Brendan Langsdorf at the JV game against Hurricane.

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Twenty-month-old Candice McCord watches all of the doggies Monday evening with her grandma at the new Dog Park in Hurricane.

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Pet lover Alyssa Fazio prepares to take her Labrador retriever pup, Aspen, for a swim Monday evening at the Wave Pool.

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Photo courtesy of Teays Physical Therapy Center, Inc.

Josh Craigo, right, athletic trainer at Teays Physical Therapy Center, Inc., presents the Gamer of the Week award to Buffalo's Corey Good.

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Hurricane's Morgan Miles gets up close and personal with Cabell Midland Goal Keeper Savannah Beckett during last weekend's Lady Knights/Redskins match up.

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Cabell Midland's Danielle Darnulc faces off against the Redskins' Skye Smith Friday at the Hurricane soccer field.

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Lady Knights' forward Kelsey Matthews cuts off Redskins' junior Becca Logan Friday at Hurricane High School.

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Cabell Midland's Jessica Beihl races the Redskins' Abby Barber for the ball Friday evening in their matchup at Hurricane.

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Hurricane wide receiver Hadden Ferrell gains yardage Monday morning in the Redskins/Generals JV game.

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Winfield running back Anthony Mullins breaks away from a tackle early in the JV game against Hurricane on Monday morning.

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Redskins running back Josh Thompson catches a pass for a more than 40-yard touchdown run Monday morning in the JV game against Winfield.

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Hurricane running back Brandon Parsons avoids the attack of Winfield's Jordan France in the second quarter of the JV game on Monday.

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Winfield running back William Rose pulls away from Hurricane defensive back Nick Martin during Monday's JV match up.

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Photo courtesy of Sherry Kerns

The U10 WV Rowdies soccer team won second place at the McCrady-Jones tournament held in Parkersburg, W.Va., on Aug. 23-24. Pictured are, left to right, standing: Jeremy Young, Nathan Samples, Zane Kerns, Brayden Park, Daniel Mashayekhi and Adam Lambert. Sitting are Christian Legg and Jackson Snavely.

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After wading through a handful of Generals, the Redskins' Terrell Martin runs down the sideline for a touchdown Friday night at Hurricane.

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In Friday night's season opener, Generals' defensive back Taylor Farley tries the "shirttail slowdown" against Hurricane running back Terrell Martin.

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Winfield defensive back Alex Murray takes down Redskins' tight end Cody Steffick during Friday night's game at Hurricane.

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