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Thumbs up ... to Beth Perry, named 2008 Volunteer of the Year by the Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce. Perry serves on the chamber’s ambassador committee.
Thumbs up ... to Michaela Oren of Pineville, who won first place in the third-grade division in the regional portion of the 15th annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest.
Thumbs up ... to Pineville’s Evan Muscari for winning the West Virginia Junior Match Play Championship at Canaan Valley Resort.
Thumbs up ... to the Mountain State University physicians assistant class of 2011, which gave the Raleigh County Women’s Resource Center a check for $4,265. Each year, the class holds a fundraiser for a nonprofit group or organization.
Thumbs up to Valley High School staff and students who upgraded the school entrance. Marsico Brothers Concrete also donated concrete and rebar for the greyhound statue.
Thumbs up ... to veteran Bridgeport golfer Caroline Ramsey, who claimed her ninth title when she won the West Virginia Senior Women’s Amateur Championship at The Resort at Glade Springs.
Thumbs up ... to Eddie Young, Fayette County assessor, named state Assessor of the Year.
Thumbs up ... to the West Virginia Watershed Network, which recently received a Partners in Conservation Award in Washington. The national award is given for achieving natural resource goals.
Thumbs up ... to Old Kanawha Baptist Church in Pratt, one of seven Baptist churches organized before 1800 in what is now West Virginia. The congregation will celebrate its 216th anniversary June 28.
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Tired of it
We’ve come to expect it.
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Our nature
When a crisis strikes, West Virginia responds.
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Closed meeting?
Looks like our government is a step closer to completing a deal with Dow Chemical regarding the South Charleston Technology Park.
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180 days
Last year about this time, area school superintendents were commenting on the high number of so-called snow days — days when school was canceled because of snow — and blaming it on an unusual winter.
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Halfway
Less than a month away from the end of this state legislative session, only one bill has passed both the House of Delegates and the Senate and made it to Gov. Joe Manchin’s desk. That measure gives counties flexibility in setting the first and last days of school.
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We Check
Just a few days ago in this very slot, The Register-Herald raised the issue of our region’s growing prescription drug abuse problem.
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No surprise
It was last October, and Fayette County Schools Superintendent Chris Perkins, appearing before The Register-Herald editorial board, was asked what would happen if voters rejected a $49 million school bond issue in a special election to be held in less than two weeks.
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Prescription drug abuse
Southern West Virginia has a drug problem, and it may not be what you think.
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