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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1975
Page
7
Weather lore and tips mix with calendars and jokes from Old Farmer's Almanac. Notes include July 1944 Hartford circus fire anniversary, Life with Father Broadway opening, SS United States voyage, Bikini tests, riddle jokes, and weeklong regional forecasts for the United States with rain, heat, and thunderstorm patterns.
The Children's Museum and Planetarium in Sunrise offers Thursday summer workshops from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for ages up to 90. Preregistration is required. Workshops run July 3 mini furniture, July 10 doll clothes, July 17 rag dolls, July 31 stuffed toy animals. Each workshop costs $5. Preschool fun shops July 11 and Aug 8 charge $1.75 from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
The Fayette County vaccination schedule lists multiple locations and dates from July 7 to July 31. Many sites include Oak Hill City Park, Mt Hope Fire Station, Beckwith Near Post Office, Fayetteville Fire Station, and more with varied morning and afternoon windows. A $3 Eco-Shop fee runs on July 15 and 17 and Aug 8 and 14. A fish clinic, puppet workshop, day in the country, basic woodworking, and a weekly story hour are also planned with specific dates and costs.
The State Nursing Homes Licensing Board renewed 35 nursing home licenses on Friday and set a July date to act on remaining renewals not reviewed. About 60 nursing homes and 50 personal care homes exist in the state. Old licenses will stay in effect until renewals are complete. Twenty six renewals are class one homes and nine are class two. One license was deferred awaiting compliance and a hearing may be held. The board also renewed 71 administrators licenses.
The Agriculture Department aims to standardize fruit and vegetable grades across 82 commodities with 152 standards while issuing shopper pamphlets on buying produce. Practical tips cover onions tomatoes carrots corn melons and potatoes, highlighting firmness ripeness color and signs of decay, plus a note on rocks sometimes found in potato bags and where to obtain official pamphlets.
City police urge engraving CB radios and car stereos with driver license numbers to deter theft. Eight thefts occurred Thursday from vehicles on city streets, as engravable devices help quick recovery and identification. Engraving sets are available free from the burglary prevention unit by calling 348-6420.
Awards announced for a dog show at Weimer McKinley playground east of St Albans with Kevin Moss Robert Moss Sara Melton Lisa Young and Paul Nartson among winners. Midland Trail Playground's senior division softball winners Pete Gwinn Greg Lester Brian Smith. junior division David Gwinn Mark Smith Lukie Lucas. peanuts division Ronnie Meadows Sandy Gwinn. Horseshoes senior winners Randy Durham Tom Newcomer Pandora Lucas. junior Lukie Lucas Anita Dunn Kevin Roberts. Greg Lester and Randy Durham won the doubles tournament.
Sunrise presents two three week art courses starting July 8 for adults. Mary McMinn leads a daytime session using watercolors, oils and acrylics from 9 30 to 11 30 a m on Tuesdays and Thursdays. David Martin teaches an evening class 7 to 9 p m on the same days focusing on drawing and oil and acrylic techniques.
County playgrounds publish a joint activity plan listing events from June 30 to July 4. Activities include ping pong, arts and crafts, tournaments in basketball and volleyball, trips to Coonskin Park for swimming and nature hikes, scavenger hunts, rafts, dress up days, and a closing note that all playgrounds close July 4.
Del Jack Canfield urges a legislative and U.S. attorney inquiry into the Department of Public Safety buying $37 000 worth of surveillance and communications devices. He questions Bonar’s claim a wiretap law prompted the purchase and notes Drug Law enforcement failures, citing 1914 data on marijuana arrests and opium cocaine cases. He says no record of a wiretap bill exists at the Capitol.
Grassland Field Day returns at 10 a.m. at Grimms Landing farm in Mason County. Organizer Gus R. Douglass of the Agriculture Commission notes last year drew over 400 attendees and this event will showcase grassland hay production, management, harvesting, and demonstrations of mower t rows haybines and other equipment on Rt 62 between Leon and Buffalo.
The West Virginia Housing and Development Fund receives 4,332,000 in subsidies from the Pittsburgh Office of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to support about 1,400 rental units for low income families over the next year. Applications from eligible sponsors are now being accepted and may be delivered to the fund offices at Charleston National Plaza, Charleston, Monday through Friday until further notice.
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