Woman Adopts Russian Baby As Family Grows
Maynard, a business owner and single mother, adopted six month old Landon McNair from a Russian orphanage after navigating a lengthy process worth the effort. She moved quickly in 1997, citing need in Russia and a faster path than domestic adoption. Her story highlights patience with bureaucracy, the support of family, and hope for the child’s future as she chronicles the journey in a journal.
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Maynard
Russia
Moscow
Landon McNair
McNair
State Department
U.S
Buckhannon's Best Small Town Picks Backed by Scholarships
The piece highlights Buckhannon in West Virginia as a top small town, noting West Virginia Wesleyan College as a key feature. A $500 college scholarship prize is offered, with entries due by July 1 and a winner announced July 15 by the Buckhannon Upshur Chamber of Commerce. Don na Blankenship Carpenter describes the area as green and quiet, a retreat from city life.
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America
Norman Cramptin
West Virginia Wesleyan College
South
U.S. News
Buckhannon-Upshur Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box
Buckhannon
Fayette woman dies in Easter accident on Backus Mountain Road
Marti Reedy 34 of Meadow Bridge died after a car ran off Backus Mountain Road and struck a tree near Easter. Her husband Richard Reedy was flown to Charleston Area Medical Center with a broken jaw while a passenger Kara O Bryan escaped unharmed. Authorities will continue the investigation.
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Fayette County
Marti Reedy
Backus Road
Meadow Bridge
Reedy
Tyree
Richard Reedy
HealthNet
Charleston Area Medical Center
Webb
Kara O’bryan
Backus Mountain Road
Business groups mirror labor strategy to influence elections
Washington business groups mobilize to counter AFL CIO efforts in 1998 races. They plan bigger PAC contributions, targeted district spending, and new org Americans for Job Security while pressuring unions to secure member consent before political spending.
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Washington
House
Congress
Afl-Cio
Center For Responsive Politics
GOP
Dan Danner
National Federation of Independent Business
The
Coalition
Union Federation
Steve Rosenthal
American Insurance Association
Americans For Job Security
Labor
Dave Carney
Aflcio
Rosenthal
Local Lake Weather Forecast and Phone Numbers
Local stream conditions are listed for Bluestone Lake Summersville Lake and R D Bailey Lake. The extended forecast calls for partly cloudy Tuesday night with lows in the mid 40s. Wednesday should be mostly clear with highs in the upper 60s. Thursday and Friday bring mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers and thunderstorms and highs near 70 to lower 70s.
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Bluestone Lake
Summersville Lake
R.D. Bailey
Statistics Leap Through Time Reflecting Shifting Averages
The fragment notes figures like .62 .30 79 in 1977 and 18 in 1976, with ratios such as 1.14 and 14,16 and 30.17 and falling. It mentions a 23 percent change and references times 6:53 a.m. and 7:58 p.m. The sparse data imply historical measurements, likely rates or indices, tracked over years with noted declines and specific daily timestamps.
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Meredith
Little McNair
Thomas McKinney
Slab Fork Coal Co
Betty
Paula
Sophia Free Will Baptist Church
Fayette
Danner
Small Business Federation
NFIB
Associated Press
AccuWeather, Inc
Oregon
Arizona
New Mexico
California
Rockies
Charleston
Morgantown
Automotive Group
Oldsmobile
Beckley
One Plaza Center
Beckley, WV
Lewisautogo.com
Meadows Heating & Cooling
Nason
Bariatric
Weigt Loss
E. O. Rubio
Harper Road
West Virginia
Dr. Eibio, MD
Star Accounting & Tax Services, Inc
STAR
Neville Street
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