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| I came to fulfill the law Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:53:18 CDT Mae Stallard “Think not that I have come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.” |
| Tireless The Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce Community Service Award couldn’t be presented to a more deserving recipient than Nancy Kissinger. |
| They straightway left their nets Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:40:22 CDT Mae Stallard “And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.” |
| Fiscal management Earlier this year, the Legislature was considering a bill to revamp municipal pensions for police and firefighters. However, after considerable outcry from rural areas, and more specifically volunteer firefighters, the legislation fizzled. |
| Autism Autism is a puzzling disorder that affects one in 150 children in this country. Although researchers continue to learn more about autism, they have not been able to identify one single cause or cure. |
| Thumbs, Saturday, April 19, 2008 |
| Edwin Pratt Generations knew him as Mr. Pratt. And that’s what they called him. |
| Editorial: New River New River Community and Technical College will announce today major expansion plans. The college has received $16.5 million, appropriated by the West Virginia Legislature, for construction and renovation projects. |
| A very thin line The Associated Press released a story Sunday talking about how candidates for the West Virginia Supreme Court are testing long-standing rules which previously prevented them from offering their views on a variety of subjects. |
| Think again Rich Rodriguez obviously isn’t as smart as he thought he was, and neither are his agent and lawyer. |
| No excuse Beginning Wednesday and until May 10, you may vote at your convenience on weekdays. You may even vote on one of two Saturdays, May 3 or May 10, any time between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. All you have to do is visit your county courthouse. |
| Thumbs - Saturday, April 26, 2008 |
| Find a resolution For the past few weeks, we have provided accounts of how the possibility of a strike at The Greenbrier is affecting business at the famed resort and all around it. |
| It’s time to clean the refrigerator Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:10:19 -0500 Laura on Life Okay, I've put it off as long as I can. I'm going to have to simply suck it up and do this thing. I don't really want to, but somebody's got to do it. |
| How fortunate Forget what any of the detractors may have said or are still mumbling about, West Virginia University hit the jackpot when it promoted Bill Stewart to head up the football program. |
| What did you go see? Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:02:28 -0500 Mae Stallard “But what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yea I say unto you, and more than a prophet.” |
| How many more? Heads are rolling in Morgantown. First, WVU’s top academic officer Provost Gerald Lang and now R. Stephen Sears, dean of the College of Business and Economics, have tendered their resignations in the wake of the master’s degree snafu surrounding Heather Bresch. |
| For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:03:19 -0500 Mae Stallard “For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.” |
| Speak up! Let’s face it. We don’t like to become involved in thorny situations. We keep quiet because we don’t want to engage ourselves in “somebody else’s business.” |
| Fire levy Far-fetched? Not really. As Register-Herald reporter Mannix Porterfield pointed out in a recent series, a number of volunteer fire departments in the area are financially strapped, and unless relief is found, they could be forced to shut down. |
| Vaccinate In the past few years, the number of reported rabies cases has been large enough that we should definitely be concerned when it comes to valuable livestock and personal pets. |
| Clearly identify A 16-year-old St. Albans boy was shot and killed by a 19-year-old Tuesday morning while both were turkey hunting in the same wooded area. Division of Natural Resources investigators are calling it an accident. |
| MSU is special In today’s edition of The Register-Herald, a special 28-page publication is included which recognizes the 75th anniversary of the former Beckley College and College of West Virginia, now known as Mountain State University. |
| Thumbs - Saturday, May 3, 2008 |
| Lest the Lord see it... Tue, 6 May 2008 08:05:03 -0500 Mae Stallard “Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.” |
| Ordinance A proposed pet ordinance is more likely to land Beckley city officials in the doghouse than solve an animal control problem. |
| Tamarack To say we were a little taken aback late last week — after West Virginia Parkways Authority chairman Joe Martin took a shot at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center, and then proclaimed that the state has no intention of taking over at Tamarack until something is done about the facility’s $1 million annual deficit — is putting it mildly. |
| Thumbs - Saturday, May 10, 2008 |
| Promotion Staff and members of the Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce have been busier than usual the past few weeks, and that’s a good thing for our area. |
| Move on West Virginia University’s faculty senate has again issued a vote of no confidence for Mike Garrison — for the second time in less than a year. It didn’t want him in the first place. Nobody was surprised by Monday’s balloting. |
| Milestones This weekend initiates the benchmark experience for area students who’ve finally reached the top of their particular academic ladder. |
| Sinking ship Although the Western Greenbrier Co-Generation project is still alive, it’s hard to get too excited over last week’s announcement that $250,000 had been secured from a private source to, in manager Wayne Brown’s words, complete the first phase of the $416 million clean-coal, gob-burning project initially designed to generate enough electricity to power 85,000 homes, create hundreds of local jobs and provide a tremendous economic boost to the area. |
| What now? OK, you’ve voted. If you didn’t, shame on you. Millions of people have no say about who governs them. Those of us who have the privilege of voting should take advantage of every election opportunity. |
| The Blankenship factor part II West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Elliott “Spike” Maynard was soundly defeated in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. In fact, the likable Maynard won only in his native county of Mingo while placing a distant third behind former Justice Margaret Workman and Cabell County lawyer Menis Ketchum. |
| Thumbs, Saturday, May 17, 2008 |
| The big stage D’Antoni has reached the top of his profession Long before Mike D’Antoni became a household name in the NBA, the words “Mullens” and “basketball greatness” were synonymous. |
| Resilience The floods of 2001 ripped through southern West Virginia and left a swath of destruction that, unfortunately in many instances, changed many small communities for the worse. |
| For this cause... Mon, 19 May 2008 08:24:16 -0500 Mae Stallard “For this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.” |
| Swirling current Brrring! Brring! Brring!Hello. |
| Choking us Newsroom phones were ringing late Wednesday afternoon with more public outcry as gas prices jumped to $4.05 per gallon at many area fuel outlets. |
| Heath care Four study groups have been appointed to consider the feasibility of universal health care in West Virginia. |
| Turnpike tolls A legislative audit released this week gave the state Parkways Authority, which operates the West Virginia Turnpike, generally high marks. |
| IN OUR OPINION Mon, 26 May 2008 08:29:10 -0500 Somewhere today in the midst of all the backyard barbequing and reveling, we urge everyone to put the “Memorial” into Memorial Day. We now are down to exactly one, yes one, living World War I veteran. Those elite who claim membership in the “Greatest Generation”, those who made the greatest sacrifice this nation has ever seen in World War II, continue to see their numbers dwindle with each passing year. Korean and Vietnam veterans are beginning to age as well. And we have thousands of young men and women currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom may never make it back home. |
| Remembering It’s Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer. The weather is finally getting warmer, picnics are planned, mowers are buzzing, baseball, softball and soccer fields are active, and golf courses, streams and lakes are seeing plenty of visitors. |
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| Art Thou The King of The Jews.... Tue, 27 May 2008 08:24:29 -0500 Mae Stallard “And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, “Art thou the King of the Jews?” And Jesus said unto him, “Thou sayest.” (Matthew 27:11) |
| PROMISE What’s the deal? |
| Camp-4-Kids needs you With no end in sight to the surging fuel prices, the trickle-down effect has already kicked in, and we are feeling the impact in our pocketbooks nearly every time we go out and purchase any type of good or service. |
| Smart cars, stupid people Wed, 28 May 2008 08:26:30 -0500 The gas prices being what they are these days, my husband has been trying to find ways in which he would not have to participate in the “gas game” as he calls it. |
| With my whole heart... Wed, 28 May 2008 08:26:30 -0500 “I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart I will shew forth all thy marvelous works. |
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