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The book bank is housed in a building that once served as a post office and a bank. The original teller window is still there with antique woodwork and iron bars. A carport in the back was enclosed to hold the adult section and the arts and crafts area, while the kids section is housed in the old bank vault.
In the community of Blue Grass, in Highland County, the book bank offers more than just books. It’s a home away from home for area kids.
Read MoreThis November, Pocahontas County will vote on whether to pass an excess levy to fund the county’s Senior Programs. One County Commissioner has called the levy a long shot and admits that Pocahontas County does not tend to vote for taxes. The president of the Green Bank senior satellite group says even she has not made her mind. The Green Bank group plans an information meeting August 10th to get the public dialogue started.
Read MoreIn an interview with the Pocahontas Times, former Public Service District Chair Calvin Hill, who resigned that position July 25th, said he quit for personal health reasons. But he cited heavier concerns weighing on his mind in a Letter to the Editor in this week’s paper.
Read MoreDr. Denise McNeel was one of fourteen people retiring from the Pocahontas County School System who were recognized at Monday’s Board of Education meeting. She was there to receive her recognition and shake hands with the Superintendent. But the retiring French teacher also spoke up in support of continuing the French program she has nurtured at Pocahontas County High School.
Read MoreThe Highland Center – a business incubator and economic development hub in Monterey – is hosting its eighth annual golf tournament fundraiser in August. We’ll talk with a woman who has played in the tournament nearly every year and has been playing golf for… she won’t say how many years.
Read MoreThe Pocahontas County Local Emergency Planning Committee is working on a plan for what to do in the event that a Pandemic Flu outbreak should ever happen here.
During discussion at their meeting Thursday, Committee members acknowledged that – more so than terrorist attacks or other disasters – a flu outbreak is probably what people here worry about most.
Read MoreThe first Bath County Youth Sports Day gave kids to chance to play everything from golf to soccer to basketball. It brings out their natural love of the outdoors and fosters a sense of team spirit. Amanda O’Connor talks with some of the youngsters who came out to play.
Read MoreIn past years, the Pioneer Days Needlework Show has fallen by the wayside, with some contestants actually bringing in work they didn’t do, and some bringing in old works that had been shown for years. The Needlework Show was kind of a motherless child, with all the work piled onto coordinators who had other things to do. But this year, the three Pocahontas County Quilt Guilds have adopted the show, and they’re giving it new life.
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“I tell a story about how I have to wrestle a mountain lion out in California and end up converting him to Christianity through baptism,” says Bil Lepp, boasting of just one of the outlandish yarns he has spun on his way to becoming the five-time champion of the West Virginia Liars Contest. Lepp will host the return of the WVMR Old-Time Liars Contest, Saturday of Pioneer Days, after the parade, at McClintic Library.
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A small group of delegates to the National Youth Science Camp, going on right now in Pocahontas County, spent their Saturday night camped out at the 40-foot telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank. Sunday morning, operating on zero to three hours sleep, these dedicated 18-year-olds used their observations to come up with a theory about the rotation of our galaxy.
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