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Reading Nook by Kirsten Pierce

We hope you are enjoying the summer as much as we are. It’s so heartwarming to see our young readers bring their reading logs in to be checked off and receive their prizes. The competition ends on August 31st so make sure you have your…

AND THEN AGAIN by Tamara Pettit

……Can you or should you wear two hats when you are an elected official?  Two  elected officials doing so on a county and municipal level have raised concern.   When Weirton City Manager Joe Dibartolomeo voiced a variety of concerns to Council prior to his resignation,…

REFLECTIONS by Jeremy Alger

I’m sure that you’ve noticed this trend in the news. Shootings! Shootings every week for the last few months. There has been some American killed by gun violence so frequently lately that you have to scroll down the news websites now to find these things…

OUR HISTORY & OUR HERITAGE by Bill Kiefer

Over the Independence Day Holiday weekend I took the opportunity to sample a number of the shows dealing with the history of the United States. A personal high light was watching the entire 1993 production of Gettysburg, an ambitious project as a result of the…

AND THEN AGAIN by Tamara Pettit

……While I am pleased to see the West Virginia Derby return this year at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort, I am really sad about fans being charged an entrance fee just to watch the days’ race card.     Will horsemen who enter horses in the race…

Your Imagination Station

With Connie & Shauna    June sure has been a busy month here at Lynn Murray Memorial Library. We kicked off our Summer Reading Program with LIVE Tadpoles, and have had a “TAILS” story every day at 3:00, with a craft to make, a color…

REFLECTIONS by Jeremy Alger

Would you like an additional dose of God’s presence? Would you like some more holy wisdom? Could I interest you in a little more of God’s blessing? I bet that you said yes to at least one of those. Even if you don’t know that…

AND THEN AGAIN by Tamara Pettit

……..We truly have a lot to celebrate this weekend! Being confined this past year and restricted due to COVID the ability to move about freely among our friends and neighbors feels like a breath of fresh air.  Being afraid this past year has taken its…

Reading Nook by Kirsten Pierce

What a “taleriffic” time we had at our summer reading program! We met from 4 to 6 p.m. every day the week of June 14th through June 18th, and had twenty kids birth through 17 participate! We’d like to thank all of the kids that…