Accidents define a life as Kathy Kish recalls fear and crashes
A Daily Telegraph Lifestyles writer confesses a recurring accident phobia and recounts childhood bike crashes. She links fear to driving anxiety and a late admission about a police car incident in Salem Virginia. The tale mixes humor with self reflection on risk and obsession.
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Salem
Priss
the Priss
Catcher
Kathy Kish
Daily Telegraph
Woman cares for daughter in need of local facility
Lois Roark of Anawalt voices fear over her 40 year old daughter Cathy, severely mentally and physically handicapped, lacking communication and self care. Roark longs for a McDowell County facility to ensure Cathy’s care and daily visits, while enduring caregiver strain and dependence on limited home health support.
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Lois Roark
Anawalt
Cathy
Roark
Huntington State Hospital
McDowell County
McDowell
Greenbrier brand expands to Japan with West Village project
The Greenbrier licensed its name to a Japanese developer for The Greenbrier West Village in Shirakawa Japan. The 700 acre site includes two golf courses designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr and interiors by Carleton B Varney. Opening planned May 1995 with ongoing royalty arrangements and an international cultural exchange foundation. Negotiations hint at a possible Ireland expansion.
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West Virginia
Greenbrier
West Village
Shirakawa
Japan
Robert Trent Jones Sr
Carleton B. Varney
Dorothy Draper Co
White Sulphur Springs
Ted J. Kleisner
Hadeo Nishimura
CYO Japan Co. Ltd
Nishimura
Kleisner
Tokyo
Ireland
Designer colored artificial limbs catch on at Shriners
At Shriners Hospital in Minneapolis nearly 80 of 320 artificial limbs produced yearly feature bold designs and colors. Laminated art ranges from tropical fish and dragons to Michael Jordan, with some patients choosing tattoo-like motifs while others favor skin-tone bases.
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Ben
Caitlin
Shanna
Todd Anderson
Shriners Hospital
Minneapolis
Anderson
Shriners
Michael Jordan
National Endowment
Larry Johnson
Johnson
Jim L’allier
Gillette Children's Hospital
St. Paul
West Virginian nature lovers book challenges environment work
George Constantz of Alpena West Virginia channels profits from his book Hollows Peepers and Highlanders into river conservation. As founder of Pine Cabin Run Laboratory he funds research on Cacapon and Greenbrier watersheds and now heads West Virginia’s Watershed Conservation and Management Program. He donates $1 from each $14 sale to his lab and $7 when sold directly, urging readers to take concrete steps for Appalachian ecosystems.
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Alpena
W.va
George Constantz
Alcoholics Anonymous
Constantz
Pine Cabin Run
Cacapon
Greenbrier
Leah
Aldo Leopold
Sand County
Appalachia
Mountain Press Publishing Co
Missoula, Mont
Appalachian
West Virginia
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