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Young people had the opportunity to promote the animals they will show at this year’s Jefferson County Fair during Expo 2013, the fair’s 31st annual livestock exposition, which took place Saturday at the fairgrounds. The show, which helps kick off fair season, featured exhibitions of dairy and beef cattle, goats, sheep and rabbits, as well [...]
Four States Livestock Sales Hagerstown, Md. – 301-733-8120 May 6 SLAUGHTER COWS BREAKERS Avg. dressing To $77 BONERS Avg. dressing $69-73 LEAN Avg. dressing $64-70 FED STEERS $2-3 higher Ch 2-4 1325-1550 lbs. $123-125.25; 1600-1690 lbs. $122-124.25 CALVES Holstein Bulls returned to farm #1+2 94-115 lbs. $180-200; 80-88 lbs. $122-147 Slaughter Calves Good 75-90 [...]
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While preparing for the North River Mills/Ice Mountain festival, I kept half expecting a phone call from our fearless leader, Steve Bailes, announcing a cancellation. When the time came for the artist’s reception at the Narrow Gallery (an old corn crib) on Friday evening, we went ahead as planned. The group was the usual size, [...]
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It’s May Day as I write this. It is a perfect first day of May, with bright sun, but not too hot. It’s the sort of day that makes you feel young. I am wearing my Helen Wikowski Australian knotted raffia sun hat with the rolled brim. (Of course I can’t afford a hat like [...]
Continue reading …The time is now for common sense, bipartisan immigration reform. The agreement announced recently by the Gang of 8 Senators – Republicans and Democrats – would go a long way toward fixing our broken immigration system, while protecting American employers and American workers. As leaders representing West Virginia businesses, workers, and churches, we understand the [...]
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When the acorn dropped on Chicken Little’s head, she ran around crying out, “The sky is falling, the sky is falling!” This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng again to view it. The rest of this article is exclusive, , click “buy” [...]
Continue reading …BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Relatives of four black girls killed when Ku Klux Klan members bombed an Alabama church are split over how to mark the crime 50 years later, with some favoring the Congressional Gold Medal to honor the victims and others seeking financial compensation. Sisters of two victims said last week they favor a [...]
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Saturday night, I walked out on Zachary Taylor Street in Harpers Ferry beneath the night sky to look for the aurora borealis. Scanning north across the Potomac, there did seem to be a greenish cast to the heavens above Maryland Heights. Much more spectacular was the “every day” night sky to the west, where Jupiter [...]
Continue reading …Witness walk: The South Jefferson Ministerial Association will host a ‘Walk Of Witness’ at 10 a.m. on Good Friday. The walk begins at Asbury United Methodist Church in Charles Town and concludes at Edge Hill Cemetery. Call 304-725-5513 or visit myasburychurch.org for more information. Special service: The Jefferson County Association of Black Clergy will sponsor [...]
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HARPERS FERRY — Operatic baritone Warren Fremling will be the soloist and hymn leader at the Easter Sunrise Service Sunday. The service takes place at the Harper Cemetery on Fillmore Street in Harpers Ferry and will begin at 6:30 a.m. Fremling will also be a soloist at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 898 Washington Street in [...]
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