Lost Acres owner opposes strip mining near Laurel Run
Kiger, owner of Lost Acres in Preston County, laments strip mining damage to Laurel Run and praises reclamation efforts. He notes his eight acres with a creek and waterfall, urges abolition of strip mining, and says he will act within the law to protect the land. He lives in Mt. Morris PA and works in Morgantown.
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Laurel Run
Lorenzo
Laurita
Kiger
America
West
Daniel Boone
Shelby Young
Preston County
Pisgah
Mt. Morris
Morgantown
First of 3 Mason-Dixon markers up
This week a state highways employee erected the first of three historical signs marking the Mason-Dixon Survey boundary. The sign sits at West Virginia Route 7 and M-39 on Mt. Morris Road near Doll's Run, noting the October 18 1767 end of the survey and the 1784 extension to Pennsylvania.
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State Department of Highways
Clarksburg
Mason-Dixon
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Mt. Morris Road
Doll’s Run
Mason and Dixon Survey
Brown's Hill
Mason and Dixon
DOH
Mason- Dixon
Consolidated Gas
M.39
Dunkard Creek
Hotel Morgan closes food services briefly for health check
Dr I A Wiles county health director says Hotel Morgan food service closed overnight about two weeks ago for unsanitary conditions but reopened by breakfast. He notes the shutdown followed an unscheduled spot check and that the department aims to inspect all food establishments at least twice yearly.
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I. A. Wiles
County Health Department
Hotel
Morgan
Preston County school consolidation proposals split by groups
A Preston County review of 31 community organizations' recommendations on school consolidation presents split views. Kingwood and Tunnelton groups urge consolidation to improve industry and roads, while nine other groups from Aurora Bruceton Fellowsville Kingwood Newburg Rowlesburg Terra Alta Tunnelton and Valley oppose, arguing that two or three high schools are needed due to road and weather challenges. The report calls for higher teacher salaries a vocational program wiser use of federal funds a kindergarten program better student teacher ratios improved communication and more varied curriculum including foreign languages driver education chemistry and physics.
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Kingwood
Preston County Schools
Tunnelton
John V. Miller Jr
Aurora
Bruceton
Fellowsville
Newburg
Rowlesburg
Terra Alta
Valley
Ptas
Kingwood man pleads guilty in petty larceny case
Morgantown resident John DeLucka, age 62, has entered a guilty plea to petty larceny related to a theft at Schwab's Drug Store in Kingwood. He is scheduled to appear for sentencing.
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Kingwood
Morgantown
Schwab
John DeLucka
Outdoor sixth grade classes delayed and rescheduled
Wet weather forced cancellation of several sixth grade outdoor classes at the 4 H Camp last week. Mr William Cunningham of the Board of Education and the County Extension Office arranged new dates. Attending groups include Sarver Brookhaven Jerome Park Second Ward Star City on Monday. Granville Riverside Central Woodburn Daybrook and Jakes Run on Tuesday. Chestnut Ridge Cheat Lake and Wiles Hill on Wednesday.
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William Cunningham
Board of Education
County Extension Office
Sarver
Brookhaven
Jerome Park
Second Ward
Star City
Granville
Riverside
Central
Woodburn
Daybrook
Jakes Run
Chestnut Ridge
Cheat Lake
Wiles Hill
Board of Education to meet on summer teacher training and People Mover
The Monongalia County Board of Education will hold a special 11 a.m. meeting tomorrow to discuss a summer training program for teachers and consider a request related to the People Mover. A state fire marshal report will be presented outlining major needs for the county schools, and a proposal from the North Central West Virginia Learning Center to sponsor a summer workshop for teacher training is expected to be approved. Board members will tour the Vocational Technical Center parking lot where WVU has sought air rights for the People Mover track.
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Monongalia
West Virginia University
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Earl L. Core
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Hotel Morgan Food Services
Forsible Correction
DeLucka
OPEL
Eormane
Mercury
FORD
Plymouth
F&p Pontiac
Brockway Ave
Chestnut Street
Mason -Dixonland
Tree OF Life Center
South High Street
Dominion Postphere
Louis Feldman
East Central District Convention of the United Pentecostal Church, Inc
Riverside Apostolic Church
Monongahela Avenue
Westover
Friend’s
Westover Foodland
James H. Saffle
W. G. Feathers
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Monongahela Power
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