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GOP candidates attend Tea Party forum
Republican candidates for the 1st District seat Sarah Minear, Mac Warner and Patty Levenson gathered Monday at a congressional candidates forum organized by the Parkersburg Tea Party. (Photos by Natalee Seely)
February 9, 2010
PARKERSBURG — Six Republican candidates seeking to unseat incumbent Rep. Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va., in the state’s 1st Congressional District attended a forum Monday evening to introduce themselves and answer questions from the public.
About 75 people gathered at the Judge Black Annex on Market Street for the congressional candidate forum organized by the Parkersburg Tea Party.
Mollohan and the other Democrat in the congressional race, state Sen. Mike Oliverio, D-Monongalia, did not attend the forum. Event organizer Sandra Staats said all candidates were invited.
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Region preps for more snow
February 9, 2010
PARKERSBURG — With some additional snow accumulation possible over the next two days, area officials remain on alert while work continues on repair damage left by the weekend snowstorm.
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Home damaged by fire in flue
February 9, 2010
PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg firefighters Monday responded to a house fire on 10 ¢Street caused by a defect in the chimney flue, officials said.
At around 7:30 p.m., firefighters were called out to 519 10¢ St.
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Animal Control Task Force turns over report
February 9, 2010
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Commission-appointed Task Force on Dog and Animal Control recommended cat licensing, expanding dog fees, as well as providing additional education and training on animal control issues.
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Thu, January 28, 2010 @ 11:50AM
With the iPad coming out, I seem to keep having discussions with fellow blogger Art Smith about why I don't have some sort of ebook reader and why I'm hanging onto "dead trees." For one thing, books smell good. I can't explain it properly, but they do. But my major hang-up with those devices is that I spend too much of my life as it is on the computer due to work. I cannot spend anymore of it reading for hours on end on yet another computer screen. Art tells me these devices do something to try to simulate a paper page. And yet it's still a simulation. It's not a paper page. While I've not read a book on one of the ereaders, I have had to read pdfs of books before. And it's a chore. I would much rather read an actual book. I also cannot imagine cuddling up on the couch with my kids and reading one of their favorite picture books - on a computer screen.
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Apple iPad, will it be a game changer, or a niche product?
Tue, February 2, 2010 @ 1:02PM
Last week Apple announced what is sure to be its next big hit. The Apple iPad. Apple and I go way back. I’ve been using Apple products since the day of the Apple II in 1983. In those days I needed a special pass to use the early version of the PC in the computer lab at Ohio University. The Apple II made it easier for me to get through my senior year of college. As groundbreaking as it was, the Apple II was rendered obsolete the following year when the Macintosh was introduced during the Super Bowl. I’ve used Macs at home and at work for more than 25 years now, going through a huge range of models that include the Mac Plus, Mac II, Mac IIci, Mac 9500, Performa 550, 6116, iMac, eMac, G, G4, G5, MacBook, Powerbook — you get the idea, I’ve spent a lot of time with the company. The iPad, is different, it’s not a Mac, it’s not an iPod, or an iPhone. Many people, me included, think it may just be the start of an entirely new category of too.
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Callous behavior amazing
Mon, February 8, 2010 @ 8:41AM
AMAZING! As city crews were trying to clear streets of snow this past weekend, some residents were foolishly and illegally clearing their driveways and sidewalks by shoveling the snow into the street. How anyone could be so foolish is completely beyond me! Don't these unthinking people realize they are just making it more difficult for motorists, including themselves, when they fill the street with their discarded snow? Don't they realize if every residents followed their nonsensical behavior, the streets never would be cleared? There is a good and reasonable reason it is illegal to shovel snow into the street, and police need to issue citations when they spot such callous behavior. We have another snow storm coming Tuesday or Wednesda.
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