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The brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is our only true native trout in West Virginia as well as much of the eastern United States. They’ve inhabited our clean, coldwater streams for the last several million years. During the pre-Colonial times, brook trout were found in almost every coldwater stream and river in the eastern US. What [...]
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The joy of a healthy budget surplus in state government that has reflected an enviable status for West Virginia’s financial position during the last several years has come to an abrupt end. Secretary of Revenue Charles Lorensen informed many state agencies last week that they must come up with reductions in spending of 7.5 percent [...]
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KEARNEYSVILLE – Instead of picking up those processed Jell-O cups at the store, why not head to the kitchen for a fun time with your children or grandchildren and make a gelatin dessert the old-fashioned way? Cool and fruity, these desserts bring a splash of color to the picnic table or dining room spread. Jell-O [...]
Continue reading …In last weeks column we were leaving the Madison River Valley en route to Dillon, Mont. We stopped along the way and fished the Ruby River where we all caught a few brown trout. Andy landed a 19-inch brown and had a bigger one get off. On our way into Dillon we passed the Beaverhead [...]
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A recent article in the Charleston Daily Mail (“Online university skews W.Va. enrollment figures, August 1, 2012) downplayed the reliability of Department of Education statistics on enrollment growth at American Public University System. The paper noted that “the figures also could give the false impression that APUS is having a large economic impact on the [...]
Continue reading …West Virginia’s colleges and universities received a failing grade in a report released recently by the Institute for a Competitive Workforce. The report identified the Mountain State as one of only four in the nation that received an “F” for not meeting the standards employers demand from four-year institutions. The Institute, which is a nonprofit [...]
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Only in America can a chicken sandwich become political. The latest brouhaha for the masses comes at us, not from Hollywood, but from a certain restaurant that makes a fairly decent chicken sandwich. Speaking to the Biblical Recorder in North Carolina, Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy said, “We are very much supportive of the family — [...]
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In our last article, “Develop a Profit Paradigm,” we discussed the importance of acknowledging two important facts about your business — one, that profit is the only objective measure of its performance. And, two, that without profit your business cannot survive, let alone grow. Soon after this acknowledgement, most owners struggle to find a useful [...]
Continue reading …We survived another trip to the Big Sky state of Montana but not without a few hold ups in the beginning. Flying just isn’t fun anymore but it’s by far the fastest way to get there. We were supposed to fly out bright and early on Thursday morning until we found out that flight [...]
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In 2008, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down a handgun law brought by a resident of the District of Columbia against the federal enclave that prevented him from keeping a handgun in his home. The court’s opinion — that the law, which banned handguns and required long arms to be kept disassembled, [...]
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