Remembering Jocelyn Desmond a girl with fire and grace
Parents Jaletta Albright Desmond and Alan Desmond honor their daughter Jocelyn who died after a period of pain. They recall her gifts for music art and justice, her love of family and friends, and her brave choice to donate organs saving three lives, while urging peers to kindness online.
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Dinefield Daily Telegraph Staff Roster Note
A listing shows News Editor Sports Editor Daryl Hudson Publisher Andy Patton and senior editors Brian Woodson Samantha Perry and others. The page features a biblical quotation about honoring parents and long life on the land granted by God.
McDowell County Tops West Virginia Health Ranking Again
A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin study ranks McDowell County as the unhealthiest in West Virginia for a third year, with Mercer, Buchanan, and Tazewell counties also scoring poorly. The report cites high premature death, smoking, obesity, and inactivity, amid a county drug problem drawing national attention. Local officials back two new treatment facilities and the Reconnecting McDowell initiative to drive jobs, housing, and services, urging action to improve health metrics and Kid's Count standings.
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Move to democracy and the struggle for rights
A letter references the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act signed by President George H W Bush and urges voters to seek leaders with a strong game vision of government, citing historical founding aims. A Princeton writer questions whether the founding fathers wanted more than male barriers, noting ongoing efforts toward democracy. Jeff Johnson Athens
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Violence on TV Provokes Public Moral Outcry in Bluefield
Mary Mullins of Bluefield laments media violence seen daily on television. She argues such depictions of killing sex and horror harm societal morals and reflect a loss of decency, urging viewers to seek healthier programming.
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Mary Mullins
Bluefield
Obama Romney clash on economy foreign policy and health care
The piece compares Obama and Romney positions on the economy with tax cuts and regulation, foreign policy with Russia and Afghanistan, debt, the Ryan budget, health care reform, oil and energy subsidies, and social programs. It notes Romney’s emphasis on deregulation and smaller government and Obama’s on middle class strength and targeted spending. Ann McFeathers provides the analysis.
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