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6.03.2014

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By Shelly ConlonDAILY LIGHT STAFF WrITEr

One man died after his tractor mower rolled off an incline between Interstate 35 and a service road on Monday afternoon.

At about 2:27 p.m. rescue crews responded to a single-vehicle accident in the northbound lanes of I-35 at the 399A exit and Cantrell Street bridge. The tractor rolled over and

down the incline coming to rest near the shoulder of the outside northbound lane

Justice of the Peace Jackie Miller pronounced the man dead at the scene at 3 p.m..

“It looks like he dropped off the cement embank-ment, whether his wheel dropped off it or he dropped off it, or he was sliding back down, I don’t

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TWo DIe In I-35 ACCIDenTSWoman dies, several hurt in six-vehicle wreck

By Shelly ConlonDAILY LIGHT STAFF WrITEr

At least one person died and several were injured in a six-vehicle accident on Interstate 35E near the 397 exit on Monday.

First responders from a separate fatal accident involving a flipped mower trac-tor responded to the major accident at 3:42 p.m. about half a mile south of the first fatal accident.

“The second was in fact caused by the first one, in a sense,” said Justice of the Peace Jackie Miller, who responded to the scene. “The back up.”

A Dairy Farms tractor-trailer struck a 2014 Ford Focus from the rear and pushed it 40 yards, give or take, and crushed in the rear as it was pushing it, Miller said. The Focus struck an Acura, causing it to flip and trap a person. Dur-ing this, a driver of an F150 carrying a U-haul trailer locked up it’s brakes, and couldn’t stop in time, causing the U-haul to swing into the Dairy Farms semi, said Miller. An RV and another vehicle were hit in the process.

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Photo by Scott Dorsett/Daily Lighta six-vehicle pile up caused the death of one woman, critical injuries to two and minor injuries three. the accident occured an hour after another fatality a mile north on interstate 35.

Man killed in mower rollover

Photo by Scott Dorsett/Daily Lightthe driver of a tractor mower was killed when the mower rolled over, down an incline.

By MIKe SACKeTTDAILY LIGHT CorrESponDEnT

Campfire Creek Owner Emily Oliver walked the arena that is normally the large training area for her therapeutic riding center visiting with the many friends that came for her first fundraiser for the center. After a catered fish fry dinner, the more than 200 guest bid on items do-nated for the live auction.

Many times auctioneer Terry Driggers would hol-ler “sold” calling the win-ning bids number only to

call out, “The buyer says give it back and resell it.”

One of those items was a Remington Model 870 youth shotgun. Three bid winners donated the gun back to sell again. The final winning bidder kept the gun, raising the total raised to more than $1,100.

“I guarantee this is the most that a model 879 has ever sold for,” Driggers said.

More than 80 items were donated with most going to the live auction.

“We had many local

merchant s donate to the auction, and we had many donations that were handmade. We had quilts and craft goods and paintings by Emily,” Jill Howard said.

Oliver and the Campfire Creek spent the last week combining donation put-ting together theme gift basket. Baskets including

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Thousands raised for horseriding therapy ranch

Photo by Mike Sackett/Daily Lightan auctioneer calls out bids on an oil painting of hereford cattle by Campfire Creek Onwer Emily Oliver.

Oliver

By MIKe SACKeTTDAILY LIGHT CorrESponDEnT

ROCKET – Loma Linda Events owners Teresa and Tim Choate debuted the opening of their Lodge during an open house on the Loma Linda grounds Thursday evening. The new log cabin-style con-structed lodge was the centerpiece for the festivi-ties.

“Not too long ago this area was heavy brush and

weeds. We’ve been able to turn it into a peaceful place for our guests to come to for a quiet time or to camp,” Tim Choate said.

“This is like untouched, pristine property. We want to share our love for na-ture here,” Teresa Choate said.

To introduce their new lodge and their nature preserve, the Choates held a formal grand opening of the newly finished build-ing and facilities.

“We wanted to provide a place with versatility where corporate meetings could be held, be used as a honeymoon suite, or just a quiet weekend getaway to be with nature. This place is also very scenic for photographers to use for their portraits,” Teresa said, describing the many uses for the lodge.

The gala event featured many of the vendors that have served guests while

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Loma Linda Events debuts lodge venue with open house

Photo by Mike Sackett/Daily Light

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