Preston County Buckwheat Festival Honors Seniors on Final Day
The 34th Preston County Buckwheat Festival caps its five day run with senior citizens honored. Registration runs 11 am to noon, awards at 1 30 pm for oldest man and woman, 3 30 pm parade with senior float. Buckwheat Bowl crowd set at 35 000 last night with bands and arts shows throughout Kingwood.
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Preston County
Kingwood
Johnny Creel
Netaria
Louisina
Ringwood
University High School
Road upgrade costs top 1.3 million across three counties
The State Department of Highways spent 1 341 000 this summer in Monongalia Preston and Taylor Counties on resurfacing and shoulder work mainly off Interstate 79. Another 170 000 will fund two more resurfacing projects before next Tuesday while two bridge projects in Morgantown and Taylor are slated for spring completion.
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State Department of Highways
DOH
Monongalia
Preston
Taylor
Star City
Morgantown
Taylor County
Arch A. Moore
Edward Hoselaw
William S. Ritchie, Jr
William Moreland
Moreland
Moratorium Sought on Septic Tanks in Monongalia County
Health officials seek a building moratorium in a south Monongalia area to halt septic tank installs and curb housing growth. Dr. I A Wiles says the move could face court challenges and would require a sewage system solution amid 100 to 150 failing septic systems and salubrious clay rocky terrain.
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State Health Department
Monongalia
Wiles
Community school registration session set at Morgantown Junior High
The Morgantown Junior High Community School Program invites residents to an orientation and registration in room two at 7 p.m. Tuesday. A 10 week course on seat weaving and chair caning runs weekly at 7 p.m. Fees are $20.
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Morgantown
WVU Fans Shine as Mountaineers, 35 18 Boston College
Norman Julian reports WVU’s 35-18 victory at Mountaineer Field lifts a dreary week. A 34,023 crowd cheered a strong start, Junior Taylor led a spirited run with the Mountaineer banner, and Dr. Herbert Warden received the game ball while hospitalized after a heart attack. The Band shined as the swollen Monongahela River framed a hopeful homecoming ahead on Oct. 18 against Tulane.
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Norman Julian
West Virginia University
Mountaineer Field
WVU
Boston College
Mountain State
Junior Taylor
Mountaineer
Artie Owens
Herbert Warden
VU Medical Center
California
Bobby Bowden
Warden
Bowden
Paul Wilcox
Boston
Lysander Dudley
WVII
Midnight Motown film gala opens Morgantown weekend
In Morgantown a Midnight Motown film series debuts with a gala Saturday night at the Metropolitan Theater. Promoter Dr. Phil Cohen hosts a champagne reception at 11 30 p m with limousines, spotlights, and a live WAJR broadcast. A $2 donation is requested from invited guests.
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Marcella Williamson
Hollywood
Morgantown
Phil Cohen
Blacksville Clinic
Robert Downey
Cohen
Bogart
Sam
Erol Flynn
Robin Hood
Busby Berkley
Metropolitan Theater
Greasey Walkey
WAJR
Peter
Tyke) Comuntzis
Western water system nearly two years away
Residents in Western Monongalia County face a 18 to 24 month wait for a new water system serving about 900 people. Farmers Home Administration officials outlined funding steps requiring updated engineering, grant and loan applications, engineer and attorney contracts, Morgantown water commitment, and 189000 from another source before a 2.5 million project can proceed. The system would serve Blacksville Wadestown Core Jake's Run Mooresville Peatress Daybrook Macdale Mt. Morris Road Crossroads and Wyler Haught Chapel.
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Blacksville
Monongalia County
Farmers Home Administration
Fmha
Robert Boyd
Clay-Battelle
Morgantown
Boyd
Wadestown
Core
Jake's Run
Mooresville
Peatress
Daybrook
Macdale
Mt. Morris Road
Crossroads
Wyler-Haught Chapel
Federal agency seeks input to curb child abuse in Morgantown
Local social service leaders urged more funding and education, better interagency cooperation, program evaluation, training, legal reform, and expanded reporting to strengthen child abuse efforts. Attendees called for research, effectiveness tracking, and parent education in schools while noting staffing shortages and stigma hinder reporting and response.
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Education Said
Barbara Rasmussen
Morgantown
Gary Koch
U.S. Office of Child Development
Mid-Atlantic Region
Family Service Association
Medical Profession
County Health Department
Department of Welfare
Monongalia County
Salvation Army
Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
Family Service
Koch
Associates, Inc
Mance
West Virginia
Department of Welfare and Family Service
Valley Community Mental Health Center
Welfare Department
Sherry Smith
Ruth Panepinto
Valley
Phyllis Elliot
Interagency Council For Child Development
Paul Rice
Boards of Education
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Art Jordan
By Barbara Rasmussen
Monongahela River
Sur
Tulane
K.C. Yost
Pete Evans
Western Water System
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