2012-02-10T12:00:27-05:00 urn:uuid:64385d9e-6546-473e-b42e-653f99beb11c Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported), except where noted. The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/entertainment_outdoors/2009+1003_cwv+entart3 2009-10-04T00:00:00-04:00

<p>Businesswoman Linda Case sought expert advice on proper care of a marsh she discovered on her farm near Charles Town. </p>

The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/entertainment_outdoors/2009+1003_cwv+tamarack 2009-10-04T00:00:00-04:00

<p>Tamarack and the West Virginia Department of Agriculture will collaborate to showcase the state's gourmet food industry in a specialty shop and demonstrations created especially for the Huntington conference. </p>

The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/entertainment_outdoors/2009+1003_cwv+trash 2009-10-04T00:00:00-04:00

<p>Zero waste. They said it couldn't be done, and some keep saying it, but they have to ignore the reality at any Toyota plant. Putnam County's Toyota engine transmission manufacturing plant, like all other North American Toyota facilities including headquarters, doesn't trash so much as a gum wrapper. </p>

The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/entertainment_outdoors/2009+1003_cwv+happenings 2009-10-04T00:00:00-04:00

<p>Here are some of the events happening in Huntington while the Create West Virginia conference is in town. For a full listing, go to <a href="http://www.herald-dispatch.com">www.herald-dispatch.com</a>. All events free and open to the public except where noted.</p>

The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/entertainment_outdoors/2009+1003_cwv+henthorn 2009-10-04T00:00:00-04:00

<p>You won't hear Greg Henthorn's voice raised in the shouting match over global warming, and it's not because he doesn't have an opinion. </p>

The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/entertainment_outdoors/2009+1003_cwv_nation 2009-10-04T00:00:00-04:00

<p>A flurry of media, including the "Today Show" on July 21, celebrated the advent of a new company on the American retail scene with an unprecedented business concept and an unexpected address. </p>

TIM MCCLUNG http://www.herald-dispatch.com/entertainment_outdoors/2009+1003_cwv+innovations 2009-10-04T00:00:00-04:00

<p>At the 2008 Create West Virginia conference a speaker said, "Almost everyone wants schools to be better, but almost no one wants them to be different." But different they must be, and difference requires an "ecology of innovation." </p>

JEFF JAMES http://www.herald-dispatch.com/entertainment_outdoors/2009+1003_cwv+better 2009-10-04T00:00:00-04:00

<p>When we were kids, few putdowns could demoralize a peer quicker. "Test buster" was handy, and "teacher's pet," but the dreaded barb was "you think you're better than us." </p>

The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/entertainment_outdoors/2009+1003_cwv+block 2009-10-04T00:00:00-04:00

<p>Kids in Rand, W.Va., relate to kids in Harlem, New York City, via Skype as part of The Block: An Urban to Rural Connection.</p>

The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/entertainment_outdoors/2009+1003_cwv+entart2 2009-10-04T00:00:00-04:00

<p>In a recent Wonderful West Virginia article, writer/artist Colleen Anderson declared, &quot;There are places of power and magic on this Earth.&quot; She claims one is in Preston County's old-growth forest known as Cathedral State Park, east of the village of Aurora on the old Northwestern Turnpike now known as U.S. 50.</p>