The Register-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia

Sun, May 11 2008

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Summer is just around the corner, and the kids of Raleigh, Wyoming, Fayette, Nicholas, Webster, Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties are looking forward to their camp experience this year.....more>>

Proposed King statue is powerful
The Washington Post reports a federal arts commission is not happy with the latest artist rendering of a statue honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and wants the image changed.
Annie, Miley Ray’s ‘Achy-Breaky’ photo session gathers attention
The recent nanosecond blip on the media’s radar screen concerning Annie Leibovitz and teen star Miley Ray Cyrus reminds me why I stopped holding in high regard most Hollywood celebrities many years ago.
Now every donation will be matched for Camp-4-Kids
Hello to all the readers of this wonderful paper and thank you to those who have already made the dream of camp for a week in the Eastern Panhandle, and a fun day camp here, possible for the kids of our community.
Time travels fast through phone
“What’re you doin’?” That question from an elementary school friend dissolved the more than 30 years that had passed since we spoke to or saw each other.
And just exactly what shade of ‘green’ were you this past week?
Judging from the amount of media coverage allotted last week to “Earth Day” and “Earth Week” related events, I think it’s reasonably fair to say that “going green” has gone mainstream. But when did “going green” become so cool?
Women must take care of themselves to care for others
If Momma ain’t healthy, ain’t nobody healthy.
Of more odds than ends — This lil’ piggy went to market ...
Note from Christian: I’m stumped for a good column idea this week so here’s another helping of offbeat stories taken directly from the Associated Press. However, I have taken the liberty of writing the headlines. Here’s hoping my writer’s block doesn’t last too long. To make up for my lack of original prose, I have included a funny photo for your enjoyment that I took recently. Carpe Diem everybody. Have a great week.
Mountaintop removal — unnecessary threat to communities
When the Friends of Coal (West Virginia Coal Association) takes select media personalities on well choreographed flyovers of carefully manicured show sites, they are careful to avoid the real impact of mountaintop removal on communities. While the FOC’s computer-generated bug commercials tell West Virginians that valley fills only affect bugs and the bugs like it, real people deal with the permanent threats these abominations pose to their lives, homes and property.
Being open for business vs. open for favors
Open for business is not the slogan of the West Virginia Division of Labor. The DOL is open for favors. The DOL distributes cookies and ice cream to a few favored at the expense of most workers and certainly the West Virginia taxpayers.

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Opinion

• Milestones
• Thumbs - Saturday, May 10, 2008
• Promotion
• Move on
• Ordinance

Sports

• Rapids swift in victory
• Wheeling outlasts Rapids 1-0
• Red Devils win section title
• All-MSAC is again a mockery
• The Raven at Snowshoe set to open Monday

Life!

• Birthright director loves role of supporting moms
• New River Health Association
• Mother’s Day honors the mom for all seasons
• Wake-up call
• Even with boring pastor, church may be safest place to be

Business

• Wacky Jack’s Singing Telegrams
• Digital transition won’t affect Suddenlink customers
• Postal rates to go up by 1 cent Monday
• Newspaper introduces ‘Al the legal Alien’
• Gaming center to host career fair

2008 BNI

• BNI dates announced

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