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4 days ago
- Business
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Menards continues annual tradition of food drive
Jun. 5—WESTOVER — June marks the beginning of the annual Menards Food Drive to help give back to the community in Morgantown. The annual drive is held from June 1 until the end of July, according to Adam Stevens, general manager of the local Menards store. "We have a drop site and we're partnering with the Pantry Plus More in town here, " Stevens said. "And we're doing it for the months of June and July. We actually do get a fairly good amount of donations, whether it was something purchased at the store or elsewhere." Stevens added Menards receives at least a pallet's worth of donations whenever the store aids in a charitable cause. So far the donation cupboard is bare, but Stevens noted most of the assistance arrives on the weekends. "We just did a pet food drive recently, and each month, we look for a different opportunity to help the community out and find a different cause, " he said. "The pet food drive did fairly well. It might not be as big as the regular food drive, but it did very well. We got over a pallet's worth of goodies." Menards also participates in a back-to-school supply drive for local students, as well as toy drives at Christmas. "In the past, we've done school supply drives during July and August, " Stevens said. "Sometimes around Christmas, we will do a toy donation. Then throughout the rest of the year we do little donations for either a month or two months."
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24-02-2025
- Automotive
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NASCAR Crew Chief Says Team Happy to Accept Risk of Allowing Drivers to Race on Dirt
Shortly after the 2024 NASCAR Cup season ended, Joe Gibbs Racing decided to allow its drivers to compete in dirt track races. It's a decision that crew chief Adam Stevens believes is beneficial 'He's a race car driver. For him to stay sharp, he needs to drive a race car,' Stevens said about Christopher Bell, who won the Cup Series race at Atlanta on Sunday. 'Cutting simulator laps just really doesn't do that. You wouldn't ask a professional golfer to lock his clubs in the closet for three months over the winter and show up at the first tournament. I bet he wouldn't play very well.' During NASCAR's off-season, Bell competed in the Tulsa Shootout and the Chili Bowl. 'There is some risk that comes with that, but it's to our benefit. It's not only to our risk,' Stevens said. 'I think staying sharp and enjoying yourself is the other component. He doesn't have a lot of other hobbies. He loves to work on race cars, drive race cars, watch race cars and that's what he loves to do. When he has downtime, that's what he wants to do. It's nice to have an avenue to clear your head and focus on something in between races.'
