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Golf tournament to benefit local scholarships, youth endeavors
Fund established in memory of local teen
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 Members of the Chase Cain Memorial Foundation again have organized a golf tournament to benefit the foundation’s efforts. The tournament is scheduled for Nov. 6 at the Indian Creek Golf Course.

 Chase Cain, a Covington teenager, was killed in a tragic car accident in October 2004. Cain was an honor student and participated in various extracurricular activities including serving as an after-school mentor through the YMCA as well as coaching area YMCA teams. He was also involved with his church’s local mission programs.

 After his death, loved ones and community members gathered to create a memorial foundation with a mission "to empower young people to make a difference in their schools and community."

 The foundation now provides scholarships for local students to attend college, camps, training seminars, team activities and other academic programs. It also has helped support local student-led organizations such as Future Farmers of America, YMCA summer camp and a few church mission trips. In 2006, the foundation donated funds to the YMCA to build an outdoor soccer complex on Stone Road in Oxford. The field has since been named in memory of Cain and in appreciation for his memorial fund’s assistance.

 Since its inception, the fund has provided college scholarship help to 11 local high school seniors.

 The second Chase Cain Memorial Foundation Golf Tournament will have a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 6 with check-in beginning at 8 a.m. Team entry fees are $300 and hole sponsorships are $100. Team entry fees include green fees, cart fees, breakfast, range balls, entry for putting contest and door prizes.

 Awards will be giving for first, second and third place teams, longest drive and longest putt. Ginn Motor Company will sponsor a hole-in-one contest in which a winner would receive a free car.

 For more information or to register for the tournament or make a donation, visit www.chasecainfoundation.org or call event coordinator Debbie Shepherd at (770) 786-2181.

April 3 crash kills two young adults, injures third
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NEWTON COUNTY — Around 10 a.m. on Thursday, a head-on collision on Highway 212 left two young adults dead and a third hospitalized.

Joe Navarro, 21, was driving the vehicle and Breanna Smith, 18, was in the passenger seat. Katie New, 20, sat between them.

According to the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle lost control while going around a curve and crossed the centerline, where it collided head-on with a box truck. The crash report shows that their vehicle traveled another hundred feet after impact before coming to a stop. It spun, ended up facing the opposite direction on the shoulder of the opposite lane.

Navarro and Smith were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. New was airlifted to Grady Hospital. Her current condition is not known. 

Navarro, Smith and New were not believed to be wearing seatbelts when the collision occurred.

The driver of the box truck was not reported to have suffered any injuries.

This is an ongoing story. The News will post updates as they are made available.