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WVU-P marks 20 years with WVU
Brandon Amos, 23, an employee at West Virginia University at Parkersburg, cooks hot dogs Wednesday at the college’s 20th anniversary celebration of the school as a regional campus of WVU. (Photos by Michael Erb)
July 2, 2009
PARKERSBURG – Though rainy skies moved the party indoors, nothing could dampen the celebration of West Virginia University at Parkersburg’s 20th anniversary as a regional campus.
Students, staff and officials gathered Wednesday at the school for a cookout and celebration. Several state legislators and local officials also attended.
“We are celebrating 20 years of progress,” said President Marie Foster Gnage, who celebrated her fifth year Wednesday as president of the college.
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Parkersburg down in U.S. Census
July 2, 2009
PARKERSBURG — The latest U.S. Census estimates released Wednesday show Parkersburg lost another 41 people from 2007 to 2008.
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911 official disputes Hollis claim
July 2, 2009
PARKERSBURG —An official with the Wood County 911 center is disputing some statements made by the Humane Society concerning an incident with a vicious dog.
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Teenager’s body pulled from lake
July 2, 2009
STAATS MILL — The body of a 17-year-old man was recovered Wednesday from O’Brien Lake in Staats Mill in Jackson County.
Jackson County Emergency Services Director Walter Smittle said the agency received a 911 call at 1:59 p.m.
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In the dispute between the 911 center and the humane society about an alleged vicious dog, which side do you believe?
The 911 center telling the humane society an officer was on scene
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Michael
Thu, June 25, 2009 @ 9:01PM
With the sudden death of pop star Michael Jackson today (June 25) part of my childhood has also died. Being named after a song, music has been part of my life from second one. Some of my earliest memories involve Jackson in some manner or another. I was a little older than 2 when "Thriller" was released and - as my parents tell it - I insisted they buy the album for me. For several years after that I was known to dance around our dining room table to now classics "Billie Jean" and the title song. I stayed a fan through the Bad years and have continued to enjoy his work through the insanity of his plastic surgeries, marriage to Elvis' daughter and other insanity. I was even looking forward to the tour he had planned to begin this summer in England. That, of course is over now. I feel sorry for the three young children he leaves behind, but most of all I feel remorse for the life he lef.
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"By Invitation Only" Review
Mon, June 29, 2009 @ 7:50AM
Summer at the Hamptons with some great characters in "By Invitation Only" by Jodi Della Femina and Sheri McInnis. Soak up the atmosphere in this highly entertaining book of socialites and townies as two women return back to their roots and find love over the summer. Toni Fratelli is returning home to live with her father after her Manhattan restaurant closes and her relationship with her boyfriend ends abruptly. As she is thinking of all of the things she'll miss about New York, she is reminded of what she won't miss - job-addicted power-hungry men, as she is partially helped and then ignored in the street by a handsome businessman. Returning home, she begins work at her father's restaurant, opening a side catering business in the hopes of paying him back his loan sooner and maybe starting her own career over again.
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Surrogacy vs. Prostitution
Tue, June 30, 2009 @ 9:13AM
Can someone explain to me how it is legal for a perfectly healthy woman to have children via a surrogate yet prostitution is illegal? A woman or a couple can pay another women to bear a child for them - because they don't want to deal with the trappings of pregnancy (see Sarah Jessica Parker) - and it's all nice and legal. But purchasing sex is illegal. I understand the logic behind prostitution being illegal. I get it. But how can anyone make the argument for the legitimacy of surrogate motherhood in the same breath? How is one OK and the other not? So you can purchase the end result of the deal, which is a lifetime committment, but you'll be fined and ridculed if caught trying to buy a booty call. I ain't see'n the logic h.
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Jackson news traveled quickly
Thu, June 25, 2009 @ 10:29PM
The news of Michael Jackson’s death Thursday spread like wildfire around the planet. In this day of instant communication it doesn’t take long for major stories to spread from source to consumer. For many, learning the details of a big story come not from conventional media, but from networks of social networking sites, text messages and other non-centralized communication methods. For those old enough to remember other music icons that have died before their time, the news likely came from reading it in a newspaper, seeing it on TV, or hearing it on the radio. I heard about the death of Michael Jackson while visiting Cleveland Thursday. My wife Lori was taking part in the Teaching Institute at the Rock in Roll Hall of Fame and I visited the museum all afternoon Thursday. Along with hundreds of other archives of rock legends, you can find a special collection of things that belonged to the king of po.
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Another thing I don't understand!
Mon, June 29, 2009 @ 2:03PM
There are many things in life I simply don't understand, and here's another one! My wife and I drove to Washington, D.C., last Thursday after filling her car with gasoline at $2.699 a gallon. We stopped in Clarksburg and again in Grantsville, Md., for her to go to three quilt shops. At each locale gasoline was in the $2.699-a-gallon range. But, when we stopped in Hancock, Md., which is near the I-68/I-70 split, gasoline at all but one service station in the town was $2.459 a gallon. Why? In Washington, gasoline ranged from $2.669 to $2.799 at the stations we saw. When we stopped in Hancock on the way back to Parkersburg Sunday afternoon, gasoline was still at $2.459 ... and we filled up. When we arrived in Parkersburg, gasoline at the stations we passed was $2.69.
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