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...snazzy production of music, lights, video highlights and patriotism, the big moment came down to the contestants pulling fish out of a sack. Local pro George Cochran had the biggest haul, at 10 lbs. 3 oz., which he displayed to thunderous applause. Game over. By winning the Forrest L. Wood [FLW] Championship, Cochran collected $500,000, which isn't bad for a couple of days' fishing. Two weeks later, at the competing Bassmaster Classic in Pittsburgh, Pa., of all places, the winner's haul of 4 lbs. 3 oz. was worth $200,000. Both events were televised in lavish productions...
Carver came with immediate problems: Jacobs had to sell more boats in a soft economy. Among Carver's assets was Ranger Boats, which had been founded by Forrest L. Wood, a pine-tree- tall Arkansan in a Stetson who is pretty much the Paul Bunyan of bass fishing. Ranger, along with other fishing-industry firms, had for years sponsored fishing tournaments, but the payouts had been small because the companies couldn't afford big prizes...
...lived where my family’s lived for generations. The paint on the wood siding is chipped, and there are old, rusting cars in the backyard, right next to the metal-roofed cinder block shed. No one noticed. So what if the power company cuts off the lights from time to time? The bill will get paid tomorrow, so you just go to bed at sundown. No big deal—or so I thought...
...mean what I said about Elijah Wood and Jay-Z. This column should chronicle our journeys into manhood. Or at least multi-celled-organism-hood. Or something like that...
...familiar. The church’s name, St. Mary Star of the Sea, is so bland as to give it the feeling of an “every church.” While located in Brooklyn it could just as easily be in Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, or Chicago. The wood of the pews gives off that comforting sense of having been used, and one can almost feel the prayers of those pitiable nineteenth century immigrants that once sat here. There are plaques and statues to “St. Mary’s boys” who died in both...