Rant on Uninformative Ads and Shark Files
A reader vents about commercials that refuse to say what they sell, criticizing elab orate pitches for Rogaine Zantac and the Shark Files. The piece mocks advisory lines like ask your doctor and calls for clearer product aims and less fear appeal.
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Baldman
Zantac
Kathy Kish Writes Lifestyles for Daily Telegraph
Kathy Kish serves as a Lifestyles writer for the Daily Telegraph, contributing feature pieces and trend coverage in the section.
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Kathy Kish
The
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield man builds seven foot walnut table during retirement
Leo Russell, 81, retired from American Amoco Oil 17 years ago, began a long term woodworking project at home. He harvests black walnut from their Bluefield property to craft panelling, mantels, cabinets, and an oak bathtub with matching counters. The couple, including Katie Russell and their family, plans further remodeling in Charleston.
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Katie Russell
Leo
Leo Russell
American Amoco Oil
Katie
Russells
Never too late woman returns to college at 81
Bessie Smith Penn, 81, graduates from Bluefield State College in 1963 and returns to take a few Summer Session classes. A former top ten percent graduate and Dean's List student, she pursued Social Science with a Home Economics minor while raising eight children. Penn later taught in Raleigh County Schools before years of volunteer work and church leadership.
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Bessie Smith Penn
BSC
Penn
David Roebuck
Raleigh County
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Our Lord Jesus Christ” Church
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Questions on a former prisoner and singers with English accents
Readers ask about Naomi Cloud once a Princeton businesswoman and fugitive later jailed for second degree murder. The column notes she is no longer on parole and has been seen in the Princeton area amid past sentences and release plans. It also discusses why singers like George Michael and Elton John may not sing with English accents.
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Naomi Cloud
Princeton
Barbara Hawkins
Cloud
West Virginia
State Women’s Prison
Huntington
Kathy
George Michael
Elton John
Todd Taylor
Johnson
Randy Budd
Concord College
America
Avoid Problems Take Steps Before Leaving Home
A practical checklist for renters prepares for vacation absence. Notify management and neighbors, prepay rent if needed, stop deliveries, use timer lights, secure doors and windows, install window locks, prevent pests by emptying trash and refrigerating open foods, unplug small appliances, check gas burners, hold mail, and water houseplants.
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Palm Desert
Dorothy Gourley
Mission Viejo
Calif
Gourley
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