Opinion
Thumbs, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009
Thumbs up ... to Dave McCollam, winner of the 12th annual Beckley Half Marathon. Sharon Peake, who won the 2006 title, won the women’s division. The Corporate Cup was captured by the law firm of Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown and Poe. The firm plans to donate its winnings to the MS Society.
Thumbs up ... to Beulah Foley Mills, formerly of Ghent. Mills celebrated her 107th birthday in Blackshear, Ga., where she makes her home with her son and daughter-in-law.
Thumbs up ... to the Beckley Police Department and Raleigh County Sheriff’s Department. They received major financial shots in the arm with the arrival of about $350,000 in federal stimulus funds.
Thumbs up ... to Marquee Cinemas for combining interest in the “Toy Story” movies with a toy drive. New toys brought in will be given to Burlington United Methodist Family Services of Beckley to help make Christmas special for underprivileged children in the region.
Thumbs up ... to three West Virginia artists honored with 2009 Tamarack Foundation Fellowship Awards: Ron Hinkle, a glass artist from Buckhannon; Lori Doolittle, a ceramic artist from Richwood; and Karen Vuranch, a performing artist from Fayetteville.
Thumbs up ... to a new service offered by the Beckley VA Medical Center. A free valet parking service helps patients not only with parking, but any sort of assistance they may need getting in or out of a vehicle of with a wheelchair.
Thumbs up ... to an $83,000 grant for Beckley, underwritten by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program and financed by the Action Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The money will be used to replace the windows and lights at city hall as well as replacing bulbs in city traffic lights with brighter LED bulbs.
Thumbs up ... to the Mount Hope High School Alumni Association’s 2009 Hall of Fame honorees. Inducted were Kathleen Leonard Scott, William G. “Bill” Caperton, Jack Stone, George Owens, Patrick J. “Pat” Buffa and Robert F. “Bob” Dorado.
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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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