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The 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.

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The 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.

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In 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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The Pocahontas County Public Service District would like some concrete answers on where they could find the two to three million dollars they say is needed to change the plans for the Slatyfork Sewer Treatment Plant and move it off of the Sharp Farm. State Senator Walt Helmick would like some concrete answers on why the project is not moving forward. Helmick said Wednesday morning he would like to see a consensus on the plant location and to see the project move ahead.

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“It’s a way of sharing our beautiful community,” says Chris Elliot, of the Monterey Garden Club. The club is sponsoring its eighth House and Garden Tour, July 8-9. The theme this year is Birds, Bugs, Botany and Beauty. A featured topic will be how to design a garden that attracts birds. The tour is held every other year and each one features different houses and gardens than the tour before.

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“It’s a way of sharing our beautiful community,” says Chris Elliot, of the Monterey Garden Club. The club is sponsoring its eighth House and Garden Tour, July 8-9. The theme this year is Birds, Bugs, Botany and Beauty. A featured topic will be how to design a garden that attracts birds. The tour is held every other year and each one features different houses and gardens than the tour before.

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What would happen if an airplane carrying the pneumonic plague landed at Ingalls Field in Bath County? A team from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management was in Bath County Saturday for an extensive disaster drill to find out.

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The Bath County Local Emergency Planning Committee is organizing a regional emergency services drill for this Saturday. It involves first responders from Bath, Highland and surrounding counties. Becky Armstrong, the chair of the LEPC, says it’s an effort to find out what really happens in an emergency and what needs to be changed.

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