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AND THEN AGAIN………..by Tamara Pettit

…..How many Easters have I been writing about a bunny?    Her name was Roberta Bunny and she was Peter Rabbit’s wife.  Roberta went through many life changes over those years and many readers will tell you that “Roberta Bunny” was my alter ego.   I mean…

AND THEN AGAIN…………….by Tamara Pettit

Sine Die” – To adjourn without setting a date to come back into session. ……At midnight tonight the bell rings and the West Virginia Legislature adjourns “sine die.”.  …..The end of the session will probably be quite orderly and calm.  Since the Republicans took control…

YOUR IMAGINATION STATION with Miss Connie

   It’s NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, this week, April 6-12, and we have lots of things planned for the week ahead, at Lynn Murray Memorial Library.    Monday, I’ll be reading to the kiddos at Allison Elementary Schools, in Pre School, Kindergarten, and 1st grade. In…

AND THEN AGAIN……………………. by Tamara Pettit

…………Politics is a rough game to play and it’s not only getting rougher, it’s getting personal. Sure, the rhetoric of the presidential election attracted a lot of voters to Trump. But when rhetoric turns into reality, it often hurts. Right now a lot of people…

AND THEN AGAIN……. by Tamara Pettit

I am in Florida for a few days, I am amazed at how apprehensive I was to travel alone.    Also, this is the first time I have left Max since he arrived at our house seven years ago..  Addison has moved into my house…

AND THEN AGAIN…..by Tamara Pettit

…….I  just had a dumpster delivered today.   I love dumpsters.  They make me feel powerful.  All those things I don’t want I no longer have to drive to the dump or find someone with a truck or talk Shannon into taking are no longer a…

YOUR IMAGINATION STATION with Miss Connie

   Well, it’s been a bit of a quiet winter, here at Lynn Murray Memorial Library. We were closed so many days, because Hancock County Schools were closed, and it’s our Winter Policy to follow the school for closing and delays. But, the time away…

….AND THEN AGAIN by Tamara Pettit

……….It soon will be the 30th anniversary of the Racetrack Video Lottery Act and as one of the sponsors of the legislation, I never dreamed the distribution of the funds locally would result in a North/South war or in a County vs. Cities altercation. The…

AND THEN AGAIN…………..by Tamara Pettit

………The clock is ticking!   The West Virginia Legislature gaveled in on its 2065  60-day session on Wed., Feb. 12.  While in days past  the first few weeks legislation moved at a snail’s pace, as committees sat through budget and department hearings, I expect the process…