The February meeting of the Jefferson CEOS Club was hosted by Anne LaRue. “Connecting With Others Using the Five Love Languages” was Jamie Phipps’ program for the day. The five common patterns of the languages are: #1 Words of affirmation. – Tell other persons you appreciate them no matter how big or small. #2 Giving [...]
Continue reading …Jefferson County Schools will be the host of free tutoring and academic support for all students in grades 8 -12. The free tutoring will take place Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 − 8 p.m. at the Opportunity Learning Center located across the street from Wright Denny Elementary School’s playground. The Opportunity Learning Center turns into [...]
Continue reading …The Apollo Civic Theatre will hold open auditions for the comedy/mystery “Death By Chocolate” Sunday, Feb. 19, at 6 p.m. and Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. Roles are available for five men and five women (age range 20s to 60s). A role is also available for a heavy-set female (age range late teens to [...]
Continue reading …Beware Against Drugs is in need of volunteer drivers to pick up and deliver food to Halltown, W.Va. for distribution the first Thursday of every month and to pick up bread and sweets every Saturday and Sunday. If interested, call Stephen Luckett at 304-725-2745.
Continue reading …The Jefferson County Chapter of the League of Women Voters is sponsoring a public forum on water quality in the auditorium of the Byrd Center at Shepherd University, Wednesday, March 14 at 7 p.m. The forum will explore water related issues from regional to local and from supply to quality. There will be opportunities for [...]
Continue reading …The Potomac Valley Audubon Society is now accepting applications for its 2012 “Birding 101” course for beginning birders, which will be held in April. This will be the 27th year the Society has offered this course, and it continues to be very popular. Space will be limited so those who are interested are encouraged to [...]
Continue reading …The Potomac Valley Audubon Society will hold its 11th annual “This Race is for the Birds!” event the morning of Saturday, April 21, in Shepherdstown. The race will be held on the 538-acre campus of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Conservation Training Center (NCTC). The race will include two professionally timed races: one [...]
Continue reading …The Shepherdstown Rotary Club’s annual Christmas Charity Ball, held Dec. 2 at the Shepherdstown Volunteer Fire Department Hall, raised a total of $22,030 for 17 local nonprofit organizations. The event was entitled “Our Ball, Your Charity.” Each year, individual Rotarians help underwrite it by sponsoring tables and contributing funds toward the costs of food, beverages, [...]
Continue reading …Kenny Willingham files for wrong office “J. Kenneth Willingham stated yesterday that he would shortly file a suit in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County to seek a judicial determination of whether or not he has a right to be listed on the ballot in the coming primary election as a candidate for Clerk of [...]
Continue reading …The deadline for submission to the Second Art and Earth Juried Art Exhibit is less than a month away. The deadline for submission is Feb. 20. The Berkeley Arts Council has announced a preliminary prize fund of $600. Additional cash prizes may be offered depending on entries. The exhibit, which will be produced by the [...]
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