November 2000

Fire! Fire! No Accident!

One summer evening we were sitting in the bleachers at the I-5 Speedway near Alexander, Arkansas. That’s one of the best dirt tracks for auto racing in the Southeast. During an intermission between races I heard the announcer say, “Bla, Bla, Bla…….. Mary Ballad and her children suffered a fire and lost all their furniture. [...]