Families seek more college aid as applications surge
College finances drive increased aid requests with over a million families applying this year and costs shaping choices. Parents assess what they can pay, and aid may come from colleges, governments, or private programs. Students like Paulette Moore and Shelley Hagger weigh colleges while planning work, scholarships, or military routes.
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Viewpoint
Paulette Moore
Clay-Battelle High School
Monongalia County
Fairmont State
Shelley Hagger
Mapletown High School
Washington and Jefferson College
Penn State
West Virginia University
Shelley
Carl Neil Whitehair
Aurora High School
Preston County
AHS
Nine SFC students trek to France for month long language tour
Nine St. Francis Central High School French students depart Philadelphia on July 1 for a four week stay near Paris. They will study at a French school, live in dorms with local students, and earn three college credits. Excursions include Versailles Mont Saint Michel and Chartres.
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France
SFC
St. Francis Central High School
Paris
Versailles
Mont St. Michel
Chartres
International Exchange School
Salt Lake City
Utah
Philadelphia
Ecole Centrale
Chatney- Malabry
Emily Foster
Libby Isaack
Carol Maiola
Joe Fusco
Jeff Assif
Carl Hegner
Mary Beth Ryan
Joe Lester
Emily Hastings
Winifred Wainwright
Diana Gregori
St. Francis Central
West Virginia Strip Mining and Reclamation Asso
Science Club
Independent Dressed Beef Co
Westover
Pittsburgh
St. Francis
Vo-Tech
W.va
State Board
Newburg High School awards tourney prizes and honors
Senior girls and junior boys won class tournament titles at Newburg High. Seniors received trophies with prizes for best sport, most promising player, best foul shooter, and sportsmanship. Eighth grade girls and boys won junior high championships. Also noted are student teaching placement, valedictorian and salutatorian honors, a university agriculture talk, Buckwheat Festival princesses, and upcoming spring carnival activities.
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Newburg High School
Sadie Hawkins Dance Plans At Recreation Center
Daisy Mae asks Lil Abner lookalike to the Sadie Hawkins Day Dance at the Recreation Center, 8:30 p.m. to midnight, with Tri-Hi-Y selling tickets for $1 stags and $1.50 couples. Stoned Freight to perform led by WVU star Curtis Price. barnlike decorations for a Dog Patch USA look.
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Daisy Mae
Lil Abner
Recreation Center
Tri-Hi-Y
West Virginia University
Curtis Price
Lois MacDowell
Mary Anne Freeman
Rec Center
al Capp
MaChelle Charchick Leads Carmichaels High Sports Desk
MaChelle Charchick becomes Carmichaels Area High School sports editor at The Mike after starting as a volunteer. She anchors sports coverage despite restricted access to fields and showers, earning praise from CAHS peers. Rotary sends two seniors to the World Affairs Institute in Morgantown with focus on Japan.
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Valerie Stoy
Amy Miller
Carmichaels
Carmichaels Area High School
Mike
Carmichaels High School
MaChelle Charchick
MaChelle
CAHS
Rotary
Carmichaels Rotary Club
World Affairs Institute
Morgantown
Japan
Asia
United States
Susan Gideon
Suzanne Kuran
West Virginia University
Rotary Club
Machelle Clarchick
Tunnelton High to Hold Cheerleader Tryouts
Tunnelton High School will conduct cheerleader tryouts on April 7 with student body voting to pick winners. The school also plans an April 3 percussion assembly by West Virginia University and other events including a PTA balloon raising project on April 7 and a sports banquet on April 8.
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Newburg
NHS
James A. Welch
West Virginia University
College of Agriculture and Forestry
United States
Africa
Loretta Harris
Tunnelton High
Tunnelton High School
Hot Line Future Homemakers of America
FHA
Brian William
Armed Forces
THS
Fellowsville
PTA
Lions Club
Top Tunes of the Week from IPAA AA Arras
A reader chart lists the week’s top songs with performers including Neil Young Paul Simon Cher and the Osmonds. Track ranks range from one to twelve with titles such as Heart of Gold A Horse with No Name and The Lion Sleeps Tonight.
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IPAA
Neil Youn
Robert John
Paul Simon
Cher
Osmonds
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Pam Friend
Directors of Financial
Sunday Dominion Post
St. Francis High School
By Patty Sharps
Sheldon Bronze Corp
Kingwood
Sue Trickett
Becky Bolyard
Debbie
Crystal
Debbie Stephens
Crystal Andrews
Newbury High
Don Wolfe
Sadie Hawkins
By Barbara Palumbo
Morgantown High School
The
National Secretaries’ Association
Izaak Walton League
Federal Departments of Interior and Agriculture
MHS
George Clarkson
Ron Cooper
Tom Hartley
Bob Mills
Salem College
Darrell Asbury
New Orleans
Thespians
West Virginia Department of Agriculture
WVL
Carolyn Belton
Fellows
Rowlesburg
Becky Lewis
Pam Gibson
Sue Krupinski
Mildred Harriman
Beverly Grimm
Louella Wotring
RHS
Morgantown High
Tunnelton
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