Random musings on survival and employment life lessons
A reflective column covers prepping for doomsday and learning to hunt for food, then shifts to job hunting after high school with tips and a humorous anecdote about wet cement during a life guard interview. It ends with a local Adopt-A-Highway cleanup notice and a contact number.
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Sarah Coleman
Connie Saunders
Saunders
Harless family opens first Specialized Foster Home in Princeton
Freddie and Karen Harless and their daughter Jessica host foster children in their Princeton home as the Children's Home Society launches specialized foster care. Ruth Bailey notes PRIDE training, nine three hour sessions, and a team approach with social workers to meet children at risk. The Harlesses emphasize fun routines, stability, and nonphysical discipline while guiding foster kids toward reintegration with their families. Contact Ruth Bailey at (304) 425-8428 for PRIDE program details.
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Harless
Princeton
Freddie
Karen Harless
Jessica
Children’s Home Society
Ruth Bailey
PRIDE
Bailey
Social Worker
Social Service Agency
Sarah Whittaker
Freddie Harless
Harlesses
Karen
Concord College
Wyoming County Council On Aging
Southern Highlands Group Home
Teen Recovery
Alcoholics Anonymous
Pam Hawkins
Tamarack Art Jury Sessions Set in June at Pricketts Fort
Tamarack will host jury sessions for art on June 10 and 11 at The Log Barn Pricketts Fort State Park Fairmont with 9 am to 4 pm dropoff for West Virginia residents. A public information meeting is June 10 at 7:30 pm. New applicants urged to attend.
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Tamarack
Pricketts Fort State Park
Fairmont
West Virginia
Sarn
Caperton Center
Patterned wallpaper to shape awkward rooms
Learn how wallpaper can transform attic rooms with sloped ceilings and many windows. Experts suggest using borders along slopes, matching window coverings to unify space, emphasizing niches, and using wallpaper to alter perceived height for a more finished, cohesive look.
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Betty Lydon
York Wallcoverings
York
Lydon
Melissa Hyatt
Waverly
New York
Name Changes and Heritage Across Generations
Dear Kathy, readers ask how changing names affects lineage and heritage. Genealogist Mary Kegley explains that name changes complicate tracing ancestry, especially with multiple marriages and divorces. Death records often aid research, and biographies of actors provide some shortcuts. practical records like marriages also help map origins.
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Mary Kegley
Wytheville Va
Western Waters
Kegley
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