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Watching NASCAR races has been a weekly tradition for Autumn Anderson that began long before it was legal for her to drive. Though she loves the excitement of watching the cars reach speeds upwards of 175 mph as her favorite drivers, Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards, fight for the checkered flag, it was during a commercial break that Autumn’s heart would really start racing.

“I saw a commercial for the NASCAR Technical Institute,” Autumn said.

Fire is used for everything from food preparation to home heating to generating electricity, but it is also one of the most underestimated natural occurrences on earth. And in the case of curious children, fire can be a dangerous attraction.

On a cold February night, Terry Cook and his two younger brothers, Zackary and Connor, sneaked outside their Tennessee home to set some grass on fire.

“I’d been messing with lighters before the accident,” Terry, now a sixth-grader at Taylor County Middle School, said.

It’s a problem, but not one found only in Taylor County.

Drug abuse can be found everywhere, local law enforcement and drug officials say, and its impact can be felt everywhere it takes root.

“There’s always been a problem,” Taylor County Sheriff Allen Newton said. “Every county has it. It’s society. It’s sometimes accepted in certain cultures today.”

Taylor County Cattlemen's Association will accept applications for the County Agricultural Investment Program beginning Monday, April 22, at Taylor County Extension Office.

Applications will be accepted through Friday, May 3, during regular business hours from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Investment areas are agricultural, diversification, large and small animals, farm infrastructure, fencing and on-farm water, forage and grain improvement, on-farm energy, poultry and other fowl, technology and leadership development and marketing.