Mother's Day Bouquets Honor Local Efforts and Students
The week salutes Better Hearing Month and the County Easter Seal Society with Dr. Glenn McCormick for preschool language programs. Special bouquets go to Morgantown cleanup volunteers, the Morgantown Area Chamber of Commerce, and City Council for Clean-Up Week sponsorship. Also recognized are Mason-Dixonland students, Golden Horseshoe participants, and a warm salute to mothers.
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County Easter Seal Society
Glenn McCormick
McCormick
Morgantown
Letter to the editor on preserving one room schools
A Morgantown reader urges preserving the county’s rural one room schools. She recalls eight years in a one room school, cites memories from former students in California Michigan Virginia and Ohio, questions progress and argues the rural voice deserves respect and continued access to education for handicapped and gifted alike.
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California
Florida
West Virginia
Morgantown
Monongalia County
Red Cross
Recreation Department
California Nurse’s Association
Pacific Ocean
Michigan
Virginia
God
Legislature performance and reforms for state legislatures
A detailed study by the Citizens Conference on State Legislatures outlines nine core factors shaping legislative efficiency including time, staffing, compensation, committee structure, facilities, leadership, rules, structure, and ethics. It argues for larger but representative bodies, consolidated committees, adequate offices, coterminous leadership, and updated rules, noting West Virginia’s 1969 rankings and current session structures.
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Citizens Conference On State Legislatures
Citizens Commission
Commission On Uniform
House of Delegates
Senate
House
Citizens Advisory Commission
West Virginia
Charleston
Symposium and Prayer Highlight West Virginia Issues
A West Virginia University symposium at Mont Chateau explored national and state problems, urging realism over utopian fixes and stressing the media’s role. It links fear frustration and fragmentation to Mountaineer life, notes legislative processes, and cites John Quinn’s Editor’s Prayer amid calls for responsible journalism and public notice of legislative actions.
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West Virginia University
Mont Chateau
West Virginia
John Quinn
Arthur Snider
Chicago Daily News
Praying for Guidance in a Job Change
Guidance on changing work through prayer and Bible reading. Seek God’s plan, not personal preference, and act only when led. Trust clear inner leadings to decide and follow God’s will for your employment.
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Mason-Dixonl
Knights
Mason-Dixonland
Upsy
Daisy
League OF Women Voters
Sarver
Marie Moore
Chamber
Ray Martin
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