Community remembers loved ones at Memorial Day service
At Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home mourners gathered for the annual Memorial Day service. About 100 attendees heard a sermon by Rev. F D Sexton while Movin Up gospel quartet performed. Families shared grief and memory with tours of the grounds, reflecting on loss and faith.
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Christie Stover
Stover
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Funeral Home
John Attilli
Winterville
N.C
F.D. Sexton
Beckley Church of God
South
Kanawha Street
Movin
God Bless America
Simon Cox
Ron Grimes
National cemeteries face space shortage across the United States
World War II veteran Jay Thompson questions burial options as space tightens at national cemeteries. More than half of VA sites are closed to new interments, with 1995 to 2010 death estimates showing rising demand. Perpetual care and free burials remain, but room is shrinking nationwide.
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Washington
Jay Thompson
Arkansas
Thompson
Little Rock National Cemetery
Department of Veterans Affairs
Americans drink far less water than eight glasses a day
A New York Hospital and International Bottled Water Association survey finds the average American drinks about 4.6 eight-ounce glasses daily. It notes many consume caffeinated and alcoholic beverages that increase urination, robbing the body of water. The majority are aware of the recommended eight servings.
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America
Nutrition Information Center
New York Hospital
International Bottled Water Association
Hydration tips urge kids to drink regularly
Advice stresses eight 8 ounce servings daily and more outdoors. Levine recommends water breaks for children every 20 minutes and warns thirst lags behind actual needs by about two cups. See TIPS on Page 12A.
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Levine
Kanawha County Mock School Shooting Drill Held
A Kanawha County elementary school staged a weekend mock shooting as part of National Emergency Medical Services Week. Organizers said the scenario aimed to show mass trauma response readiness, not in reaction to recent Oregon incidents.
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Charleston
Springfield
Ore
Kanawha County
Mark Higgins
Kanawha County Ambulance Authority
Anne Bailey Elementary
National Emergency Medical Services
Higgins
Oregon
Kip Kinkel
Paducah
Jonesboro
Ark
Edinsboro
Paul Niedbalski
West Side
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Chapel OF Serenity
Chapel OF PR
Lew Whitener
the Register-Herald
Daisy Murdock
Beckley
Rose Hicks
Murdock
Marine Robert Lee Murdock
Eun-Kyun Go Kim
Associated Press
Assy
News of Record 3A
Ck Nln
LOTTO
West Daily
Virginia
Reet Tel
GMC
FRUCK
Mountaineer Auto Mall
A. of Fameine
Pouiitss
Fuseshia
Byrd Drive
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