My Diet Turnaround and a Laughable Local Myth
Greg Jordan reports a reader recounts a health turnaround after dieting and exercise lowering cholesterol and weight. He notes West Virginia’s health challenges, celebrates healthier food choices and exercise, and ends with a digressive aside about a local serial killer hoax and a Aunt Bea anecdote from The Andy Griffith Show.
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West Virginia
Princeton
Barney
Bea
Daily Telegraph Editorial Multi-role Editor Quote
The piece lists Thomas A Colley as executive editor Virginia state editor sports editor and business editor with a religious motto about living and dying unto the Lord. It presents a fragmentary byline style and role credits rather than a traditional news item.
West Virginia Overhaul Aims to Raise Education Levels
West Virginia mounts a major higher education reform. Chancellor J Michael Mullen tells Bluefield Rotarians that costs must fall while outcomes rise focusing on student needs and state goals. Plan seeks broad adult education and stronger math science and health training to boost economic growth.
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J. Michael Mullen
Bluefield Rotarians
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University
Osteopathic School of Medicine
Mullen
West Virginia
Mullens
Gov. Wise
Intervention can change school safety at Bluefield High
Randolph Phillips, assistant warden and psychologist at Wallens Ridge State Prison in Virginia, argues that Mercer County Schools punished two Bluefield High students unfairly for intervening in a threat. He urges active student involvement, warning that punitive rules deter bravery and endanger the school environment.
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Bluefield
Mercer County Schools
BHS
Randolph Phillips
Wallens Ridge State Prison
Big Stone Gap
Debating Surplus Blame and Shark Protection Debates
Newspaper editorials criticize Bush era budget blame shifting after the surplus vanished and warn against weakening protections for sharks. They cite tax cuts, economy, and rising spending as factors, urge scrutiny of military and education requests, and defend wildlife regulations amidst public fear of attacks.
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Minneapolis
Bush
Congress
House
Dennis Hastert
New York Times
Dick Armey
Clinton
Education
Pentagon
Bellingham
Wash
Florida
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