Winston-Salem Journal

1 day ago | journalnow.com | Lisa O'Donnell

This summer at Camp Keyauwee, girls with dirt under their fingernails are learning how to build a campfire, hiking through the woods, paddling canoes and falling asleep to a chorus of tree frogs and crickets in an environment blissfully free of Soulja Boy ringtones and iCarly reruns. Camp Keyauwee, a 350-acre spread in Randolph County that serves Girl Scouts in a 13-county area, has been giving girls a back-to-nature experience for more than 60 years.

1 day ago | journalnow.com | Eileen Ogintz

Let’s hear it for ambitious kids!A 12-year-old boy named Hussein was desperate to get a job on Englishman Howard Carter’s archaeological dig in Luxor, Egypt. It was 1922 and Carter was struggling. For years, he’d been searching unsuccessfully for the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, the “boy king,” who died as a teenager. His patron, George Herbert, the fifth Earl of Carnarvon, and an avid collector of Egyptian antiquities, told Carter he was cutting off his funding after the season.

2 days ago | journalnow.com | Lisa O'Donnell

Given all the thrills that Arthur Morrison has experienced, perhaps it's not surprising that he so readily embraced the laidback lifestyle that you find at family campgrounds, where often the most pressing issue is whether to grill hamburgers or hotdogs. Morrison has been a trooper with the N.C. Highway Patrol, a pilot for USAir Express and a helicopter gunner during the Vietnam War. And, apparently because his life wasn't exciting enough, he took up motorcycle riding.

2 days ago | journalnow.com | John Dell

Momentum and confidence are two of the best qualities to have as a driver at Bowman Gray Stadium, and Bryan Sykes Jr. has both. As the 18-year-old in the Street Stock Division can attest, it’s not always like that. He was disappointed the rainstorm came through last weekend that cancelled the races, because he's already had an early season win that helped him build some momentum. It was a popular win throughout the pits in mid-April because of who is behind Sykes' team.

2 days ago | journalnow.com | John Dell

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