Slow Time Returns As Busy World Keeps Pace
Larry Hypes notes clocks fall back giving an extra morning hour but shortening evening light. He laments constant bustle, packed schedules, and kids racing from activity to activity, recalling days when children played freely and time slowed. He praises rest for the elderly and daily meditation as balance.
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Martha Stewart
History Channel
Be ye not unequally yoked quoted Bible verse in local paper
The Baily Telegraph lists staff including Gary Adkisson as Publisher News Editor and City Editor with Jammie Toler Samantha Perry Barbara Hawkins Thomas A Colley as Executive Editor VA State Editor Bill Archer Sports Editor and Deddy Paynter as Business Editor. The issue prints a biblical quotation from 2 Corinthians 6 14 AV attributed to Jody Neal.
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City
Jammie Toler
Samantha Perry
Barbara Hawkins
Bill Archer
Deddy Paynter
Jody Neal
Make a Difference Day inspires regional help efforts
A variety of groups across Buchanan and Tazewell counties join Make a Difference Day by aiding nursing home residents, reading to children, hosting fundraisers, and collecting pet and canned foods. Princeton High School hosts a hot dog sale for Pam's Place and flood-damaged schools, while Concord College hosts a 24 hour homeless awareness project behind the College Center to support Scottie's Place.
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Buchanan County
Tazewell County
Princeton Senior High School
Pam’s Place
McDowell County
Bluefield
Wisdom Media Group
U.S
Concord College
Scottie’s Place
College Center
Princeton High School
Bluefield Rescue Squad
Box City
Tax reform urged as residents vent state woes
Letter writer John A. Presley of Anawalt West Virginia blasts state taxes car insurance premiums and political leadership. He cites his family’s 1064.71 state vehicle tax and 1171.56 annual car insurance while urging residents to contact officials and demand change. Presley notes population decline in McDowell County and laments lack of action by elected leaders.
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Daily Telegraph
Sheila Pennington
McDowell County
West Virginia
John A. Presley Anawalt
W.va
Malpractice Crisis Claims Decline in West Virginia
West Virginia figures from the Board of Medicine and Insurance Commissioner show medical malpractice claims and jury verdicts have decreased since 1993 while doctors’ incomes remain high. The Charleston Gazette cites state data and Census input to argue against a fraudulently manufactured crisis by insurers and some doctors.
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West Virginia Board of Medicine
West Virginia Insurance Commissioner’s Office
U.S. Census Bureau
West Virginia
Charleston Gazette
W.va. Board of Medicine
W.va
Board of Medicine
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Why should doctors be treated differently in tort reform
Debra Kilgore, attorney at law from Princeton, W.Va., argues against tort reform. She contends doctors seek caps on damages and expert panels to limit claims, while average physician salaries and growing numbers challenge the premise of a litigation crisis.
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America
Debra Kilgore
Princeton
W.va
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