Cheering is their job.

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Virginia High School Cheerleaders prior to cheering the Virginia High vs Lebanon Basketball game.

Photo Earl Neikirk

Robot joins Bristol Tennessee Unit

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Bomb Tech Grant Hale, Bristol Tennessee Bomb Squad, operates new robot...ANDROS F6A Bomb robot for the Joint Bristol TennesseeNirginia Bomb Unit..The robot was picked-up last month from Remotec Inc., Clinton, Tennessee

Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier

Basketball Regionals

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Castlewood High School #0 Justin Smith and Powell Valley #40 Zack Holcomb go for the ball.  Castlewood won and will continue on their quest for State.

Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier

Irving Berlin Remembered

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Peggy Rogers holds a photo of Irving Berlin. Here Choir class at Vance Middle School wrote a letter to Berlin in 1971 for his birthday. They received a letter back from Berlin thanking the students.

Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier

Candidate in Bristol

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Candidate for Va. Gov. Brian Moran came to Bristol to talk to supporters on Thursday in Bristol, Virginia at Java J's coffee shop.

Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier

Whelen practice at BMS

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Today is the testing for the Whelen mods at Bristol Motor Speedway. The move pretty well and look strange going around the track. Should be a fun week coming this March 2009.

Photos Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier

Whelen practice at BMS

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Today is the testing for the Whelen mods at Bristol Motor Speedway. The move pretty well and look strange going around the track. Should be a fun week coming this March 2009.

Photos Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier

Sullins Academy Science Fair

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Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier

Jackson Crabtree,10, 5th grade places a lit match under a balloon filled with water to show it will not burst as part of his Science Experiment. The 4th. thru 8th. grade students all developed experiments and presented the results to the lower grades at Sullins Academy.

Sullivan Central Basketball still going strong

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Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier..Science Hill #15 Jamie Hill goes for a rebound with Sullivan Central #25 Sara Belcher and #00 Jacqueline Kestner.

Warm February weather dog walking.

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Briggs,2, leads the way while walking his owner Lauren Ellis, left, and Paul Russo at Emory and Henry College in Emory, Virginia on a very warm Saturday.

Bristol Dotted

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Full moon on a clear night made for some fun with thet Bristol VA/TN sign on State Street.

Cold Weather on the Lake today

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Cold weather and really cold wind made for a nice crisp day at the lake. Small waves and only the noise of the wind added to sunlight and few clouds made a nice photo. Taken on South Holston Lake from Lakeview Dock Marina in Sullivan County, Tennessee.

Tennessee High School Basketball

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Tennessee High and Sullivan Central played a good game on Thursday. Playoff at DB have great light for High School ball.

Local Family gets chance on record deal with CBS

The Smith Family from Bluff City, Tennessee was suprised Wednesday morning by Dave Price of "The Early Show" on CBS that they are one of six finalists for the Singing Family contract. The group called "J4" will be flown to New York. All of the kids names begin with "J". Jessie, Jedidiah, Josiah and Josephine.

Rain on Wednesday

Rain all day long made for a challange in shooting today. Puddles are getting boring and cars try to splash you on the side of the road. Waterdrops hanging from the branches works for this one in Bristol, VA.

Tuesday Cold Morning

Cold morning and having to park my car outside was the perfect opportunity to shoot some ice on the windows. Each one is supposed to be different but they look similar to me.