Man in the Mirror Move Inspires a Life Shift
Bill Archer recalls learning Michael Jackson’s Man in the Mirror during a Top Hatters Club dinner dance in Bluefield WV and turning toward community service. He practiced the song on a long drive, felt the message, and later volunteered with WE CAN, changing his focus to family faith and helping others.
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Pennsylvania
Brian Davidson
Twin State Observer
Erenda
West Virginia
Bridgeport
Main Street
Claysville
Karl Miller
Top Hatters Club
Coal City Auditorium
Bland Street
Karl
Michael Jackson
Man In the Mirror
Bluefield
Brett
Jackson
Glen Ballard
Siedah Garrett
ABC
Ben
Coleen
WE Can
Cluefield Daily Telegraph Names Editorial Leads
William Randy Deason is Publisher Samantha Perry serves as Managing Editor News Editor Brian Woodson is Senior Editor City Editor The paper prints a Psalm 66 18 quotation in its masthead style reflecting its editorial voice
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Bill Archer
Daily Telegraph
Barcher
Bottonline.com
Disaster prep urged as region faces unknown next storm
FEMA and West Virginia emergency officials press Southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia residents to assemble 72 hour emergency supply kits. Recommendations include water three days six items and NOAA weather radio plus batteries to be ready for floods landslides blizzards or other disasters.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Tazewell County
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Letter critiques Sotomayor column and media quotes
A reader argues the Sotomayor qualifications piece veered off topic by mentioning Jeremiah Wright and Obama’s former minister. The letter contends comparisons to Scalia and sexism claims lack merit and notes media remarks by Nina Toplenberg and Anita Hill.
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Judge Sotomayor
Jeremiah Wright
Shott
Obama
CNN
John Roberts
Anita Hill
Mr. Shott
Public complaint letter on toll hike and state finances
A reader from Princeton criticizes West Virginia toll increases and government spending. He cites federal funds, lottery revenue, Social Security, and rising costs to argue for delaying toll hikes and improving maintenance before rising prices burden citizens. The letter urges accountability and compassion for the average taxpayer.
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Joe Manchin
West
Washington
West Virginia
Ohio
Charleston
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Cluefield Daily Telegraph
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Samantha Perry
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Tion
Sotomayor
2Nd Court of Appeals
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Calebresi
Roberts
Nina Toplenberg
NPR
Sonia Sotomayor
Supreme Court
Scalia, Roberts
Benjamin
Troli “Ds
Marousies
JimMany
Al.com
Peon Land
Walmart
Jae
Caraeet
Donald E. Ingram
Princeton
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