West Virginia welfare reform pilot shows promise amid job gaps
A $2 million pilot program by the Small Business Development Center and the Appalachian Regional Commission aims to move welfare recipients toward entrepreneurship through loans training and marketing support. About 7 percent may qualify with training at 12 microbusiness centers including Unlimited Futures Inc in Huntington which has graduated 90 students 40 starting their own ventures. The program offers potential to reduce welfare dependency despite rural hurdles while more flexible school calendars draw attention from lawmakers.
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Beckley BBC BBA thanks supporters for youth job fair
Elder David P. Moten praises community help for the BBC BBA Youth Job Fair and Symposium. He cites Bob McClure Crime Stoppers Anthony Phillips Patriot Ford Jim Matthews Professional Management Brenda Trottino Bank of Raleigh Dr Carol Johnson Jim Silosky College of West Virginia Richard Harless FCI Beckley Kerry Starks Starlight Promotions Kroger Sear s Ryan s Lone Star and Papa John s, plus a Beckley Area Foundation grant.
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Brc-Bba
Rugged talk and bold claims echo through Charleston columns
Charleston Daily Mail columnist L. T. Anderson critiques Troisi and Goldwater era bravado, notes Nixon opposition to Religious Right, and questions the Southern Strategy. The piece mocks talk radio biases, brands Springer tasteless, and cites a Georgia State study finding lawyers in courtrooms show higher testosterone.
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Richard Nixon
Charleston
Charles Hurt
Georgia State University
James Dobbs Jr
National Science Foundation
Hart Nor
Memorial Day Reflection on VA Budget Cuts
Jack E. Harvey recalls Memorial Day 1998 in Hinton as Congress approves deep VA budget cuts. He warns health care services for veterans could vanish, condemning actions he says dishonor fallen service members and threaten fragile lives.
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Jack E. Harvey
Summers County
Oprah meets W.Va. GOP head in Chicago dinner plan
Huntington Rotary President Tyson, also Habitat Angel House project lead, will dine with Oprah Winfrey in Chicago on June 12. The Rotary club, with about 250 members, is honored for charitable work in Habitat Angel House near Huntington. Governor Underwood once led the club.
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Cecil Underwood
Garfield 20th Birthday Milestone Celebrated Worldwide
Garfield turns 20 on June 19 marking two decades since his 1978 debut in 41 papers. Jim Davis notes rapid growth at 2,550 newspapers in 111 countries and a daily readership around 220 million. The cat’s global appeal includes translations, Emmys, and bestselling books, with fans flooding Paws Inc. with letters as he keeps touring cultures with humor about sleep and lasagna.
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