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AND THEN AGAIN… by Tamara Pettit

…..Is 2021 the year of the “kinder..gentler” Tamara.   It may be.  No, not when it comes to issues I believe need changed. I will continue to be fervent and dedicated to the change I think needs to happen.  Inequity always has and always will raise…

Your Imagination Station

With Connie & Shauna       So, I promised to tell you all about our TALES week. What a week of fun we had, telling TALES.  We started our week by learning the difference in “tattling” and telling when something happens. We made tattletale tongues and…

AND THEN AGAIN by Tamara Pettit

…..The West Virginia Lottery Annual report showed an overall profit for the lottery.  Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort, however, did not fare so well in the year of the pandemic showing a loss of $9.2 million according to WV Metro News.   Mardis Gras Casino in…

Our History & Our Heritage by Bill Kiefer

I am getting a little tired of playing who was who in the Revolutionary War, and what was named after them. If you have been reading this you probably are tired of it too. On the other hand there is, or was, a Thaddeus Kosciuszko…

Our History & Our Heritage by Bill Kiefer

Okay Mr. Kiefer, master digresser let’s get back on topic. We started off with how did some of our local places not named “Washington, Jefferson, Franklin or Adams” get their names, in the sense that they may have been derived from Revolutionary War leaders? In…

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…