http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/-t1.htm Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:10:28 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/prosilver/site_logo.gif http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/-t1.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/board-of-education-to-take-over-grant-schools-t3963.htm SamCogar “What is happening here is students are not being given the kind of education they need," state school board member Lowell Johnson said. "I really think that they ought to be ashamed of themselves.” http://www.dailymail.com/News/200911090889 Local News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:10:28 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/board-of-education-to-take-over-grant-schools-t3963.htm#37193 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/board-of-education-to-take-over-grant-schools-t3963.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/but-there-s-not-a-wealth-creator-in-the-bunch-t3818.htm SamCogar Finally, a DM Editor had the nerve to publically state what I have been saying for years on these Forums. West Virginia needs more wealth creators When Wal-Mart and government are the top employers, trouble's ahead The No. 1 employer in West Virginia is government. More than 130,000 people in West Virginia work for government at all levels. That is roughly one in five workers in the state. As individuals they pay taxes like everyone else, but the bottom line is that their ... Local News Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:39:19 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/but-there-s-not-a-wealth-creator-in-the-bunch-t3818.htm#36518 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/but-there-s-not-a-wealth-creator-in-the-bunch-t3818.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/braxton-shrinking-its-middle-school-t3866.htm SamCogar BRAXTON COUNTY, W.Va.--As the Kanawha County school system moves forward with its plan to relocate Bonham, Flinn and Sissonville Elementary's fifth-graders to Sissonville Middle School, Braxton County is also preparing to move its fifth and sixth grades. Back into elementary schools, that is. For the 2008-09 school year, enrollment at the county's six elementary schools ranged from 206 students at Davis Elementary to just 81 students at Little Birch. By contrast, Braxton Middle ... Local News Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:07:05 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/braxton-shrinking-its-middle-school-t3866.htm#36802 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/braxton-shrinking-its-middle-school-t3866.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/another-male-teacher-with-a-female-student-t3849.htm Aaron This one in my neck of the woods. The former volleyball coach at Poca High School has been summoned to appear in Nitro Municipal Court for allegedly contributing to the delinquency of a minor, after he was discovered in a motel room with a female student. Christopher Miller, 27, was discovered by his wife around 5 a.m. June 30, in a room at the Econo Lodge in Nitro with the juvenile, according to the criminal complaint filed in the Nitro Municipal Court. The girl is a ... Local News Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:08:31 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/another-male-teacher-with-a-female-student-t3849.htm#36690 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/another-male-teacher-with-a-female-student-t3849.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/what-happened-to-equal-rights-regarding-sexual-predators-t3815.htm Aaron Had this been a female IT specialist, the male student would have gotten a pat on the back while the female got a pat on the wrist. This young man got 11 to 25 years even though the act was consensual and the girls mother recommended time served. Murderers get less time. Where's the justice??? CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A former computer technician at Capital High School was sentenced in Kanawha Circuit Court Thursday to up to 25 years in prison for having a sexual relationship with a ... Local News Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:23:21 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/what-happened-to-equal-rights-regarding-sexual-predators-t3815.htm#36500 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/what-happened-to-equal-rights-regarding-sexual-predators-t3815.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/the-transplant-has-a-question-t3731.htm Stephanie Could someone explain to me why this creep wasn't arrested at the scene? How can it be it took two weeks for an arrest warrant to be issued? Man allegedly hit woman with broom over watermelon MARMET, W.Va. -- Police are looking for a Marmet man accused of striking his girlfriend with a broom after an argument over a broken watermelon. Marmet police were dispatched Aug. 3 to an assault in progress at a Maryland Avenue home after a concerned neighbor reported a man beating a woman ... Local News Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:08:29 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/the-transplant-has-a-question-t3731.htm#36066 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/the-transplant-has-a-question-t3731.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/it-s-been-a-long-week-t3752.htm Aaron Zachary and 2 friends were in an auto accident

http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/55041407.html]]> Local News Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:45:15 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/it-s-been-a-long-week-t3752.htm#36134 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/it-s-been-a-long-week-t3752.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/baaaaahhhh-baaaahhhh-i-feel-that-poochs-pain-t3586.htm SamCogar BAAAAAHHHH, … BAAAAHHHH, ….. I feel that pooch’s pain. Marion County man arrested after allegedly having sex with dog FARMINGTON, W.Va. -- A man was arrested Thursday after allegedly breaking into a Farmington home and having sex with the dog inside, according to a criminal complaint filed in Marion County Magistrate Court. http://www.wvgazette.com/News/policeblotter/200907140348 . Local News Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:47:39 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/baaaaahhhh-baaaahhhh-i-feel-that-poochs-pain-t3586.htm#35304 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/baaaaahhhh-baaaahhhh-i-feel-that-poochs-pain-t3586.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/anyone-wanna-make-a-bet-t3668.htm SamCogar August 7, 2009 Braxton police look for vandals who stole weapons, ammo BURNSVILLE, W.Va. -- Police are searching for suspects behind two acts of vandalism near the Burnsville Dam that left a bathroom trashed and police equipment stolen out of a cruiser. The suspects broke into a locked compound below the dam on Tuesday or Wednesday and broke out two windows in a Braxton County Sheriff's cruiser. The suspects stole an AR-15 rifle with scope, ammunition, gun accessories, three hand-held ... Local News Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:06:51 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/anyone-wanna-make-a-bet-t3668.htm#35774 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/anyone-wanna-make-a-bet-t3668.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/wonder-how-this-will-impact-graduation-rates-t3647.htm Stephanie Why is it so many in public education are more interested in what's best for the students they profess to serve than they forcing everyone to live up to some standard? If there is genuine concern in increasing graduation rates, they won't be so anxious to deny students and their families that bit of glory that accompanies participation in graduation exercises. Graduates must finish to march CHARLESTON, W.Va.--Kanawha County high school seniors who walk across the stage at graduation ... Local News Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:07:32 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/wonder-how-this-will-impact-graduation-rates-t3647.htm#35687 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/wonder-how-this-will-impact-graduation-rates-t3647.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/oh-wow-anyone-we-know-t3575.htm SamCogar Jury indicts 50 Jackson County residents on meth charges CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A special grand jury has indicted 50 Jackson County residents on more than 1,000 meth charges including counts of conspiracy, manufacturing and distribution, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Bright said. Among those arrested was Ravenswood resident Jessica Sullivan, a family law and criminal defense lawyer, he said. Most of the others were blue-collar workers and some who made their way only by selling meth, ... Local News Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:23:02 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/oh-wow-anyone-we-know-t3575.htm#35244 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/oh-wow-anyone-we-know-t3575.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/us-high-court-judges-must-avoid-appearance-of-bias-t3386.htm ziggy WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Monday that elected judges must step aside from cases when large campaign contributions from interested parties create the appearance of bias. By a 5-4 vote in a case from West Virginia, the court said that a judge who remained involved in a lawsuit filed against the company of the most generous supporter of his election deprived the other side of the constitutional right to a fair trial. "Just as no man is allowed to be a judge in his own ... Local News Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:40:48 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/us-high-court-judges-must-avoid-appearance-of-bias-t3386.htm#34102 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/us-high-court-judges-must-avoid-appearance-of-bias-t3386.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/allowing-employees-to-trade-sick-days-t3479.htm SamCogar State officials decided in 2001 not to let employees hired after that point trade in sick days for health insurance premiums in retirement. In a study commissioned by former Gov. Bob Wise, nearly 67,000 people covered by the public retirement programs had built up 7.4 million sick days. If all those employees were to trade sick leave for insurance premiums upon retirement, it would cost the state between $919 million and $1.5 billion, the study said. The state eliminated ... Local News Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:56:30 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/allowing-employees-to-trade-sick-days-t3479.htm#34688 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/allowing-employees-to-trade-sick-days-t3479.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/spend-now-pay-later-t3470.htm SamCogar The working taxpaying citizens will fess up the money sooner or later so don't worry about it. WESTON, W.Va. -- Weston's fire department will no longer be staffed around the clock after City Council cut its paid staff from four firefighters to two. City Council approved the layoffs Thursday night. The move is expected to save about $100,000 a year. Weston is working with the Internal Revenue Service on a plan to pay $230,000 in back taxes and $60,000 in interest. In April, ... Local News Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:56:02 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/spend-now-pay-later-t3470.htm#34647 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/spend-now-pay-later-t3470.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/court-rejects-appeal-of-coal-silo-near-elementary-t3399.htm SamCogar CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Supreme Court rejected an appeal Tuesday that sought to bar construction of a coal storage silo some 260 feet from an elementary school. The court said in a unanimous opinion that a Kanawha County Circuit judge correctly upheld a state Surface Mine Board decision approving a permit for the silo. The board had approved the permit after it was rejected by the state Department of Environmental Protection. In the opinion written by Justice Menis Ketchum, ... Local News Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:38:21 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/court-rejects-appeal-of-coal-silo-near-elementary-t3399.htm#34164 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/court-rejects-appeal-of-coal-silo-near-elementary-t3399.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/how-much-do-you-owe-and-are-you-going-to-pay-any-of-it-t3349.htm SamCogar A top legislative leader believes West Virginia is wrong to hold county boards of education responsible for the future health care costs of their teachers and school workers. The total unfunded liability in West Virginia is around $7 billion and growing. http://www.dailymail.com/News/200905290141 That is $7,000,000,000 in the red. And that doesn’t include the same unfunded liabilities for County and State employees, Judges, State Police, etc. . Local News Sat, 30 May 2009 08:19:51 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/how-much-do-you-owe-and-are-you-going-to-pay-any-of-it-t3349.htm#33909 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/how-much-do-you-owe-and-are-you-going-to-pay-any-of-it-t3349.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/that-damnable-mtring-did-it-again-t3325.htm SamCogar CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Heavy rains on Monday afternoon and evening led to flooding in Nitro and St. Albans that left many streets impassable and homes inundated with water. Heavy rains started to fall about 4 p.m., with almost 2 inches of rain accumulating in half an hour. Sewage started to seep into houses in St. Albans after drainage pipes could not handle that much rain in such a short period of time, according to a Metro 911 dispatcher. http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200905250409 ... Local News Tue, 26 May 2009 10:12:13 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/that-damnable-mtring-did-it-again-t3325.htm#33755 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/that-damnable-mtring-did-it-again-t3325.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/duff-says-wv-is-the-future-of-america-t3327.htm ohio county http://www.playboy.com/articles/duffonomics-west-virginia-is-the-future-of-america/index.html

Idiot or savant?]]> Local News Tue, 26 May 2009 12:42:32 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/duff-says-wv-is-the-future-of-america-t3327.htm#33759 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/duff-says-wv-is-the-future-of-america-t3327.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/good-news-for-wv-public-schools-t3326.htm SamCogar CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- If history is any indicator, about a third of West Virginia students who finish high school this spring will have to take a remedial class in college. Data from the state Higher Education Policy Commission show that last fall, 5,700 state high school graduates were enrolled in developmental courses at state colleges. The courses are designed for students who are considered unprepared for normal college subjects, mostly English and math. Most of those students were ... Local News Tue, 26 May 2009 10:49:32 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/good-news-for-wv-public-schools-t3326.htm#33756 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/good-news-for-wv-public-schools-t3326.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/counties-unhappy-over-transfer-of-benefit-debt-t3291.htm SamCogar CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- On paper, at least, county school boards across West Virginia are saddled by mushrooming debts that total an estimated $262 million this year, and a lawsuit against state officials over the predicament is possible. (snip) Thanks to medical inflation and other factors, the estimated OPEB liabilities of county school boards grew sixfold this year from 2008, when it was $45.3 million. They are expected to swell at a similarly quick rate over the next several ... Local News Mon, 18 May 2009 13:36:29 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/counties-unhappy-over-transfer-of-benefit-debt-t3291.htm#33512 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/counties-unhappy-over-transfer-of-benefit-debt-t3291.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/i-am-so-really-really-happy-now-t3290.htm SamCogar I can't wait until my Electric Bill is increased to pay for this. Gov. Manchin has issued West Virginia's first carbon dioxide sequestration permit, for the Mountaineer generating plant in Mason County. Owner Appalachian Power is spending $70 million to capture CO2 from coal fumes, compress it into liquid, then pump it 8,000 feet underground into a depleted natural gas field. Appalachian deserves praise -- but remember: this project removes just 1 percent of the plant's CO2 pollution, ... Local News Mon, 18 May 2009 13:30:08 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/i-am-so-really-really-happy-now-t3290.htm#33509 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/i-am-so-really-really-happy-now-t3290.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/verizon-leaving-t3267.htm Stephanie Good riddance. I have never suffered worse service of a utility in my life than I did from Verizon in West Virginia. I hope for those who continue to have land lines, Frontier provides better service. Local News Wed, 13 May 2009 22:16:37 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/verizon-leaving-t3267.htm#33354 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/verizon-leaving-t3267.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/file-those-lawsuits-file-those-lawsuits-t3251.htm SamCogar
Go gittum Zigster, …… go gittum.]]> Local News Sun, 10 May 2009 13:50:53 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/file-those-lawsuits-file-those-lawsuits-t3251.htm#33278 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/file-those-lawsuits-file-those-lawsuits-t3251.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/1900-workers-facing-lay-off-in-wheeling-t3263.htm Stephanie Severstal to Lay Off 1,900 at Wheeling Plant

The company plans to suspend coating and cold-rolling operations at its Wheeling plant because of “the continued deterioration of economic conditions and a further decline in customer orders."]]> Local News Tue, 12 May 2009 19:55:21 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/1900-workers-facing-lay-off-in-wheeling-t3263.htm#33342 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/1900-workers-facing-lay-off-in-wheeling-t3263.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/peia-medicare-advantra-freedom-coverage-in-limbo-t3243.htm SamCogar CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Public Employees Insurance Agency Finance Board members will meet next week to deal with a request for a "substantial" rate increase from the company that provides Medicare Advantage coverage to 35,000 retired state and public school employees. Coventry Health Systems has requested what Administration spokeswoman Diane Holley called a substantial increase in premiums for participants in the Advantra Freedom plan. "We don't anybody to be concerned," ... Local News Fri, 08 May 2009 10:01:22 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/peia-medicare-advantra-freedom-coverage-in-limbo-t3243.htm#33239 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/peia-medicare-advantra-freedom-coverage-in-limbo-t3243.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/delay-and-cta-tactics-have-begun-t3229.htm SamCogar Trooper depositions postponed in alleged beating of lawyer CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Three state troopers will not have to give depositions under oath until a federal grand jury has completed its investigation into the alleged beating of a Charleston lawyer while in police custody, a federal magistrate ruled Friday. Roger A. Wolfe sued four troopers after he was hospitalized following his arrest on DUI charges in June 2007. Wolfe alleged that Paul A. Green and Jason S. Crane beat him so ... Local News Wed, 06 May 2009 08:51:01 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/delay-and-cta-tactics-have-begun-t3229.htm#33163 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/delay-and-cta-tactics-have-begun-t3229.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/an-addendum-to-an-older-discussion-on-coal-mining-t3222.htm SamCogar Inmates vying for coal mining jobs in Appalachia HARLAN, Ky. — Jerry Elliott hopes to trade his jail jumpsuit and slippers for a hardhat and work boots when he comes up for parole later this year. Mining is one of the few bright spots in Kentucky's otherwise dismal economy, and with coal prices high, officials have picked an unusual classroom — a county jail — to teach potential miners a dangerous, difficult job. Elliott and about 20 other inmates at the Harlan County Detention ... Local News Tue, 05 May 2009 10:53:09 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/an-addendum-to-an-older-discussion-on-coal-mining-t3222.htm#33150 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/an-addendum-to-an-older-discussion-on-coal-mining-t3222.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/ut-oh-those-damnable-practices-done-did-it-again-t3214.htm SamCogar . MTR mining and timbering has done cause another round of severe flooding in WV. . Local News Mon, 04 May 2009 11:20:31 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/ut-oh-those-damnable-practices-done-did-it-again-t3214.htm#33137 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/ut-oh-those-damnable-practices-done-did-it-again-t3214.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/judge-says-mezzatesta-should-be-rehired-t3182.htm SamCogar WHAT, ...... no one has posted this story? Former House Education chairman could get old job, back pay http://www.wvgazette.com/comments?build=yes&ContID=200904260375 You should read it, .... especially all the "comments" posted at the bottom of the article. Local News Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:48:18 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/judge-says-mezzatesta-should-be-rehired-t3182.htm#33024 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/judge-says-mezzatesta-should-be-rehired-t3182.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/what-s-a-kid-gotta-do-to-get-an-f-these-days-t3183.htm SamCogar What's a kid gotta do to get an "F" these days? At a growing number of middle schools and high schools across the country, students no longer receive failing marks when they fail. Instead, they get an "H" — for "held" — on their report cards, and they're given a chance to rectify their poor performance without tanking the entire semester. Educators in schools from Costa Mesa, Calif., to Maynard, Mass., are also employing a policy known in school hallways ... Local News Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:58:20 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/what-s-a-kid-gotta-do-to-get-an-f-these-days-t3183.htm#33025 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/what-s-a-kid-gotta-do-to-get-an-f-these-days-t3183.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/the-wild-wonderful-whites-of-west-virginia-t3175.htm Stephanie Buzz is big for new Jesco White movie

I'd boycott MTV and Jackass but I haven't watched MTV in 20 years and I've never watched Jackass anyway.]]> Local News Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:28:42 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/the-wild-wonderful-whites-of-west-virginia-t3175.htm#33011 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/the-wild-wonderful-whites-of-west-virginia-t3175.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/be-wary-its-a-gettin-closer-t3172.htm SamCogar NEW YORK — The swine flu virus that sickened a 9-year-old Ohio boy is the same strain as the one that has killed over 100 people in Mexico, an emergency official said Sunday. Laboratory tests by the Ohio Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the case matches the deadly strain, said Lorain County Emergency Management Agency spokesman Clifton Barnes. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518015,00.html Local News Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:41:13 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/be-wary-its-a-gettin-closer-t3172.htm#33007 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/be-wary-its-a-gettin-closer-t3172.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/the-collaborative-for-21st-century-appalachia-t3118.htm Stephanie WVa growers promoting field-to-home system ROANOKE, W.Va. (AP) - Some West Virginia growers want to bring a whole new meaning to farm fresh. Five farmers in the Upshur County area are launching a program to deliver fresh produce to West Virginians. Starting in July, the produce will be packaged and shipped by UPS to people who join the program. The price of a summer's worth of produce for two is $250, and for four $480. Each week brings a different variety of fresh ... Local News Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:21:44 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/the-collaborative-for-21st-century-appalachia-t3118.htm#32705 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/the-collaborative-for-21st-century-appalachia-t3118.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/wva-agency-plans-weevil-release-to-combat-vine-t3100.htm Stephanie http://www.dailymail.com/News/200904150185 This doesn't seem like a very good idea to me. Aren't they running the risk of the weevils becoming an invasive pest? What else will they attack and feed on? CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia is planning to release weevils in hopes of controlling a fast-growing vine that damages trees. The state Department of Agriculture says a weevil native to Asia can be used to control so-called mile-a-minute vine, which can grow up to 6 inches ... Local News Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:26:53 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/wva-agency-plans-weevil-release-to-combat-vine-t3100.htm#32560 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/wva-agency-plans-weevil-release-to-combat-vine-t3100.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/braxton-couple-arrested-trying-to-sell-drugs-to-pros-atty-t3105.htm ziggy CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Webster County prosecutor Dwayne C. Vandevender never uses the text message feature on his cell phone because it costs too much. So he was surprised to get a text message Wednesday asking if he wanted to buy some drugs. Vandevender said he was in his office on Wednesday when a text message came through. "Are you looking?" the message read, a common inquiry made by drug dealers seeking customers. Vandevender recognized the query immediately. "I've ... Local News Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:49:58 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/braxton-couple-arrested-trying-to-sell-drugs-to-pros-atty-t3105.htm#32627 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/braxton-couple-arrested-trying-to-sell-drugs-to-pros-atty-t3105.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/thanks-obama-t3053.htm SamCogar West Virginians could get nearly $100 million in extra Social Security benefits from the economic stimulus plan, with one-time $250 checks that should start arriving in May. To receive payments, people must have received Social Security or Supplemental Security Income payments between November 2008 and January 2009. The Social Security Administration Web site reports that 424,614 West Virginians received Social Security benefits in December 2007, the most recent data available. About ... Local News Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:27:42 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/thanks-obama-t3053.htm#32160 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/thanks-obama-t3053.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/news-flash-computer-caputz-t3052.htm Char5 Greetings to all. It has been forever since I last visited this fine forum to see what was happening here. I am stopping by this morning to let you all know that Stephanie called me yesterday with news that her computer's motherboard is FRIED! She said it might be a week or two before she is back on here and just wanted you all to know that she is fine, just without a computer for a while. I thought it was newsworthy enough to have a separate post. She really enjoys her time here on the forum ... Local News Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:38:28 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/news-flash-computer-caputz-t3052.htm#32157 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/news-flash-computer-caputz-t3052.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/no-wonder-they-need-my-cigarette-tax-money-t3049.htm SamCogar The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in an affidavit filed in support of search warrants, gave the public an insight this week into the role government programs can play in prescription drug abuse. The taxpayer is the supplier. Special Agent M.A. Withrow, an investigator with the department and a former investigator with the state Medicaid program, contended in the affidavit, among other things: - that Justice Medical Complex in Stonecoal, ……….. - that Justice ... Local News Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:18:56 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/no-wonder-they-need-my-cigarette-tax-money-t3049.htm#32101 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/no-wonder-they-need-my-cigarette-tax-money-t3049.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/no-see-this-story-in-gazette-or-daily-mail-t2999.htm SamCogar Expert: W.Va. health reform may save $2.7B State needs to focus on obesity, chronic ills, or health spending may double CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia could save roughly $2.7 billion in public and private health care costs by 2018 if it focuses on combating the twin scourges of obesity and chronic illness, a national expert told lawmakers Tuesday. If the state does nothing, though, the same expert warned that total health spending in the coming decade [b]could double from ... Local News Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:52:38 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/no-see-this-story-in-gazette-or-daily-mail-t2999.htm#31843 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/no-see-this-story-in-gazette-or-daily-mail-t2999.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/joke-of-the-month-winner-t2960.htm SamCogar However, an amendment by Senate Education Chairman Robert Plymale, D-Wayne, would eliminate that additional cost. It provides that teachers and school personnel would not get paid for days when school is cancelled, if the closing announcement is made prior to 6 a.m. "What audacity this committee has to write a bill to give superintendents the discretion to withhold pay," WVFT President Judy Hale protested. "This is a bill we don't think we can even work with in the House." WVEA ... Local News Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:03:18 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/joke-of-the-month-winner-t2960.htm#31607 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/joke-of-the-month-winner-t2960.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/favorite-truck-serves-as-burial-plot-t2904.htm ziggy Favorite truck serves as burial plot for WVa man March 13, 2009 @ 10:32 AM By RY RIVARD / Charleston Daily Mail Herald-Dispatch.com CHARLESTON — In a burial plot that is 19 feet long and nine feet wide, Albert Dancy Jr. lies in a casket in a vault in his 1967 Chevy pickup. Wearing Realtree camouflage, Dancy, 50, went on to the next life accompanied by a couple of other favorite things: his Old Timer pocketknife and Remington .243-caliber deer rifle. Dancy said he ... Local News Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:32:11 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/favorite-truck-serves-as-burial-plot-t2904.htm#31247 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/favorite-truck-serves-as-burial-plot-t2904.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/almost-heaven-t2893.htm ohio county I would have missed this since I don't often visit Newsweek.com. I'm going to let my 20 year old subscription expire. I'd cancel it but I want something for my money. Is this a fair representation of West Virginia? I don't think so. Note the correction at the end of the story. Maybe they shouldn't have run it. http://www.newsweek.com/id/186715/page/1 Note: there's a lot of empty space at the top - scroll down for reading pleasure. Local News Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:32:41 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/almost-heaven-t2893.htm#31083 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/almost-heaven-t2893.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/just-a-drop-in-the-bucket-for-starters-t2875.htm SamCogar CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power plan to file a request to raise electric rates by 18.5 percent later this year - the largest rate hike ever proposed by a West Virginia utility. The two power companies, both subsidiaries of American Electric Power, also want to increase rates by 14.5 percent next year and 13.2 percent in 2011. "The size of the increase takes your breath away," said Byron Harris, head of the state Public Service Commission's Consumer ... Local News Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:50:14 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/just-a-drop-in-the-bucket-for-starters-t2875.htm#30938 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/just-a-drop-in-the-bucket-for-starters-t2875.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/so-that-s-where-the-money-has-been-going-t2876.htm SamCogar With engineering consultants eating up as much as 69 percent of some state construction project costs, Gov. Joe Manchin is calling for changes to West Virginia's bidding process. The governor wants competitive bids to decide which engineering and design firms get state-funded contracts. His bill, introduced Friday, would apply both to Division of Highway and state Water Development Authority projects - but only when they involve nothing but state funding. Projects aided by federal dollars, ... Local News Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:55:38 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/so-that-s-where-the-money-has-been-going-t2876.htm#30939 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/so-that-s-where-the-money-has-been-going-t2876.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/state-in-the-red-delegates-push-for-raises-t2857.htm Stephanie http://dailymail.com/News/statehouse/200903030101 Some of these salary increases seem reasonable, even to this very conservative woman in these extremely bleak times. For example, Del. Sharon Spencer, D-Kanawha, wants to boost the minimum amount a state worker can make to 125 percent of the federal poverty level. Times are tough, but state workers shouldn't be forced to survive at the poverty level. However, a couple of them are simply outrageous. Like this: Del. Bill Wooton, ... Local News Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:43:33 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/state-in-the-red-delegates-push-for-raises-t2857.htm#30747 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/state-in-the-red-delegates-push-for-raises-t2857.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/state-to-bail-out-ohio-county-t2851.htm ohio county http://theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/521310.html?nav=515

This is the development east of town that is anchored by Cabela's. This is a classic case that displays the efficiencies to be gained through Home Rule. The county has green fields that beg for development while the city has brownfields that cry for remediation.]]> Local News Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:18:21 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/state-to-bail-out-ohio-county-t2851.htm#30710 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/state-to-bail-out-ohio-county-t2851.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/west-virginia-where-bacon-grease-is-a-condiment-t2826.htm ohio county http://bestbyfarr.wordpress.com/



bacon grease mayo. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.]]> Local News Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:10:51 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/west-virginia-where-bacon-grease-is-a-condiment-t2826.htm#30279 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/west-virginia-where-bacon-grease-is-a-condiment-t2826.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/chambers-overruledagain-t2760.htm Aaron Court denies reviews of mine permits Coal industry to benefit CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- For the fourth time in eight years, a federal appeals court has overturned a court ruling that would have required more thorough permit reviews of mountaintop removal coal-mining operations. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision, issued Friday in Richmond, Va., was a major victory for the coal industry, and a huge setback for environmental groups that want to stop or seriously limit large-scale ... Local News Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:03:33 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/chambers-overruledagain-t2760.htm#29803 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/chambers-overruledagain-t2760.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/teachers-crying-poormouth-again-t2728.htm SamCogar Judy Hale, president of the West Virginia chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, said her group would like to see a $5,000 across-the-board raise next year, followed by $2,500 increases in each of the next two years. http://www.dailymail.com/News/200902100665 WOWEE, a $10,000 raise in 3 years. I wonder why they think they are deserving of said? . Local News Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:13:56 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/teachers-crying-poormouth-again-t2728.htm#29625 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/teachers-crying-poormouth-again-t2728.htm http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/the-bad-and-ugly-of-wv-labor-unions-t2730.htm SamCogar The state spends more than $1 billion a year on construction projects subject to prevailing wage law, Acker said. "If the prevailing wage were accurately calculated, for the same $1 billion you would hire 2,000 more workers at an average salary of $60,000, build four new schools and pave 25 miles of road - all for the same price we're paying now," he said. "Every single year. That's the difference." The state calculates the prevailing wage by sending ... Local News Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:23:53 GMT http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/the-bad-and-ugly-of-wv-labor-unions-t2730.htm#29633 http://gazzfriends.forumotion.com/local-news-f4/the-bad-and-ugly-of-wv-labor-unions-t2730.htm