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Todd Bodine is the reigning champion of the Camping World Truck Series. In the past six seasons, he has won two championships

and never finished lower than fourth in the season standings.Though he is coming off a third-place finish at Darlington Raceway on March

12, Bodine faces challenges in defending his 2010 championship. It remains a struggle to secure enough sponsorship for his Germain Racing Toyota.

"We're not even close to set," said Bodine. "Tire Kingdom ... I think they're going to do four more (races). Valvoline's going to do a couple, and now we have one with Georgia Boot. We've still got a lot of races that we need to get sponsorship for.

"It's going to get better. I keep saying that since the end of last year, but it's going to get better. I think, by the end of the season, you're going to see a lot of things happening with sponsors, and a lot of these corporations are going to start cutting loose with some of their marketing money and swinging it our way."

Bodine, 47, is the youngest of three racing brothers. Unlike Geoff and Brett, Todd has never won at the Sprint Cup level, though he has finished in the top five seven times. With 21 career Truck victories, Bodine ranks fifth all-time.

"So far, our luck has just been horrible," said Bodine of the current season to date. "Our philosophy is to go every week, do the best we can and what happens, happens. You can't control everything. We're pleased with our performance.

Todd Bodine Keeps on Trucking

"The state of the series is pretty obvious. We've got probably the best field of trucks that we've ever seen in the history of the series, and we have a lot of younger kids coming in. The experience level may be down a little bit, but we've got a lot of kids who have a lot of talent and a lot of future and a lot of promise. The state of the series is strong ... really strong."

The winners of the season's first three races -- Michael Waltrip, Kyle Busch and Kasey Kahne -- do not compete for the championship. Bodine takes little consolation in that.

"We're here to win, not to finish second," he said.• • •

Monte Dutton covers motorsports for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte at [email protected].© 2011 King

Features Synd., Inc.

Though he hasn't won at the Sprint Cup level, 47-year-old Todd Bodine has mastered the Camping World Truck Series. (John Clark/NASCAR This Week photo)

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• On April 5, 1614, Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Indian confederacy, marries English tobacco planter John Rolfe in Jamestown, Va. Pocahontas had been kidnapped and used as a hostage for peace negotiations. By the time she was released, she had fallen in love with John Rolfe.

• On April 9, 1859, a 23-year-old Missouri youth named Samuel Langhorne Clemens receives his steamboat pilot's license. During his time as a pilot, he picked up the term "Mark Twain," a boatman's call noting that the river was only 2 fathoms deep, the minimum depth for safe navigation. He used it as a pseudonym in his writing for nearly 50 years.

• On April 10, 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is founded in New York City by philanthropist and diplomat Henry Bergh. Bergh's impassioned accounts of the horrors inflicted on animals convinced the New York State legislature to pass the ASPCA charter.

• On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn in

Athens -- 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I. King Georgios I of Greece and a crowd of 60,000 spectators welcomed athletes from 13 nations to the international competition.

• On April 4, 1913, Chicago bluesman Muddy Waters is born in Clarksdale, Miss. Born McKinley Morganfield, he wrote "Rollin' Stone," "Hoochie Coochie Man," "Mannish Boy" and "Got My Mojo Working," songs that would later provide inspiration to Bob Dylan.

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: About 40 years ago, when I was in my 30s, I was examined by a famous heart doctor who went over me with great care and concluded I had mitral valve prolapse. He put me on medicine, which I have taken to this day. He also insisted I take antibiotics before dental work.

That doctor died, and my new doctor, quite young, says I don’t have mitral valve prolapse and that I don’t need medicine or antibiotics before dental work. He saw that I doubted him, so he had me get an echocardiogram. It showed no mitral valve problem. I still wonder about this. I can’t accept that my former doctor was wrong. -- J.P.

ANSWER: The mitral valve regulates blood fl ow from the upper left heart chamber -- the left atrium -- to the lower left heart chamber, the ventricle. When the ventricle contracts, it pumps blood out of the heart. Simultaneously the mitral

valve closes to prevent backfl ow of blood into the left atrium. Mitral valve prolapse means that the mitral valve balloons upward into the left atrium during heart pumping and might leak blood.

In the 1960s, around the time you were diagnosed with this condition,

mitral valve prolapse was fi rst described and be-came a very popular diagnosis. Many of those who were then given a diagnosis of it really didn’t have it. The condition was written about in newspapers and magazines, and dire consequences were as-cribed to it.

Now, with new knowledge of how this valve works and with new equipment such as echocar-diograms (sound-wave pictures of the heart), a clearer picture of the mitral valve is obtainable. Most people who have a ballooning valve are not considered to have a serious medical condition. In only a handful of these people does a signifi cant leak of blood occur. Those are the people who re-quire treatment, and those are the people who take antibiotics before certain dental procedures.

Your doctor wasn’t wrong. He was a victim of the inadequate knowledge of that era.

Heart-valve disease is quite common. The booklet on it describes the more prevalent vari-eties. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 105W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money or-der (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

• • •DEAR DR.

DONOHUE: What is your opinion of prolotherapy? I have quite severe osteoarthritis in both thumbs and have been receiv-ing cortisone injections for it. I was told that pro-lotherapy would be more effective than cortisone and that the relief would be longer-lasting. -- B.N.

ANSWER: Pro-lotherapy involves the injection of

Mitral Valve Prolapse Rarely a Health Threat

various substances around damaged ligaments and tendon attachments. It triggers infl ammation. The infl ammation, in turn, promotes healing by stimulating collagen formation. Often the material injected is dextrose (sugar) mixed with lidocaine (an anesthetic).

Some reports say that it is quite successful in things like tennis and golf elbow, where the pain comes from ligament tears. Other reports question its effi cacy. It won’t hurt you.

I fi nd it hard to believe it is more effective than cortisone for the infl ammation of arthritis.

• • •Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual let-

ters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

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DEAR PAW'S CORNER: I have an 11-year-old black cat, "Andie," who uses her litter box and then right af-terward goes over to her water bowl and puts her paws into it. I scold her when she does it, but it doesn't help. I

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have to change her water several times a day. How can I get her to stop doing this? -- Betty, via e-mail

DEAR BETTY: Scolding won't help, unfortunately, because Andie either finds this act to be pleasurable or a relief from discomfort.

First, there are a few breeds of cat that actually like (or at least tolerate) being around and in water -- includ-ing swimming. Andie might have this trait, or she might not. She may just like doing it and has developed a habit of standing in the water bowl immediately after litter box use. If this is the case, you can try placing a tray or bowl of water near the litter box and guide Andie over to that after her toilet, then empty the water until the next time. Or, as soon as Andie gets into her drinking bowl, gently lift her out -- no scolding -- and take the

bowl away for a while. From there on, pick up Andie just before she gets into the bowl, put her down gently, and feed her a treat. Do this enough times and she just may "get it."

Another issue that's just as likely is that Andie's paws are uncomfortable after litter box use. Check her paws, especially between the pads; are there nicks or irritated areas? Is litter embedded between the pads? Whether you see any problems or not, try a couple of different litter brands to see if it makes a difference. Also, talk to Andie's vet about her behavior.

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