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Nathan Smith was always interested in body building. He considered it a stress reliever, and said that he always had an interest inpursuing it competitively. That is, until receiving a pacemaker derailed his plans. Smith, a 32-year-old third grade teacher at Whitley Central Intermediate, said that he had to begin living with a pacemaker in 2010 when a condition known as heart block started giving him some serious problems. “My heart would just stop beating,” he said. “When I started passing out I knew something was wrong. The doctors gave me a heart monitor to wear. I wore it one night, and they wanted to put in the pacemaker the...

If you knew nothing about 13-year-old (almost 14) Jaine Stephens, there is a good chance you may not be able to guess her sport of choice after you first see her. At just over 100 pounds, this eighth grader at Whitley County Middle School may not be the most intimidating figure you could imagine, but as the old saying goes, never judge a book by its cover. That old saying holds especially true for Stephens, as she is currently pinning several of her male counterparts to the mat as the only female member of the Colonels’ wrestling team. That’s right, not only can Jaine hold her own as a wrestler at...