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August 23, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

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On his "Hot Topics" blog at www.herald-dispatch.com, Jim Ross looks at:

  • The site of the proposed consolidated middle school.
  • Unasked questions pertaining to the "invisible floodwall" idea.
  • Efforts in Kentucky to preserve barns.
  • And the Guyandotte boat ramp on a summer morning.

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Reader looks for memories of school

December 01, 2008 @ 08:20 PM

I can still see it as I climb the ridge at the south end of Johnstown Road. And those who turn onto West Virginia 527 from Miller Road and Pleasant Valley Drive can see it, too. That is, if they attended the little red brick school that made its home in the valley where Interstate 64 now runs east and west. It sat in the middle of a vast green meadow. Johnstown Road ran past it, almost at its door, and there was a lazy little creek on the north side of the dirt playground where we spent many a recess. We played marbles in the dust. We played ball and jacks and all the things that can be done in 15 minutes worth of free time. We developed lifelong relationships there, and our teachers taught us so many things. What a wonderful place Pleasant Valley Elementary School was. The interstate took it years ago, but my mind's eye still sees it from the hill.
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Tri-State Theater

On Stage in December

December 1, 2008 @ 11:26pm

Who says there's not much to see in December? (Well, I did, but I was way off base.) Here are the shows you should be watching for in the month ahead: - The 1940s Radio Hour - (ARTS) at the Renaissance Center in Huntington on Dec. 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 14 at 3 p.m. - Mary - (CYAC) at the WVSU Capitol...

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