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Southside storage units burn
When the firefighters arrived on the scene, storage building A and some of the office building were fully engulfed. (Photo by Jolene Craig)
November 20, 2009
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Fire Investigation Team is looking into the cause of a Thursday afternoon fire at a storage unit on Gihon Road.
The Southside Storage Unit caught fire and a call was taken by Lubeck Volunteer Fire Department around 1 p.m., said Assistant Chief Tim Offutt.
“There have been no injuries, but we are going through the damaged units to see what we can find,” Offutt said.
When the firefighters arrived on the scene, storage building A and some of the office building were engulfed in flames, he sai.
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Commissioners reviewing Grandview options
November 20, 2009
PARKERSBURG — Wood County commissioners are exploring legal options after being informed Thursday by county compliance officers some trailers hauled away from Grandview Trailer Park on Gihon Road were not taken out of state as they had been told,...
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Market, Juliana changes debated
November 20, 2009
PARKERSBURG — About 30 people attended a public meeting Thursday night to discuss proposals to change traffic patterns and parking on Market and Juliana streets.
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Firefighter charged in brush fire
November 20, 2009
PARKERSBURG — A 19-year-old volunteer firefighter with Pond Creek Volunteer Fire Department was charged with arson Thursday after allegedly setting a brush fire in a field off California Ridge Road, near Belleville, early Tuesday afternoo.
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Tainted by Julie Kenner
Thu, November 19, 2009 @ 3:27PM
USA Today bestselling author Julie Kenner introduces a new character caught between the forces of good and evil in "Tainted." Lily Carlyle was dead. Having tracked down the man that brutally attacked her sister, she shot him, only to have him stab and murder her. And just has Lily heads toward the light, she is given a second chance. Lily wakes up in a new body, that of Alice Purdue, and with a teacher at her side. Clarence says that she is to be an assassin for the good side, killing off those working for the forces of darkness and will help prevent an apocalpse. In the midst of one of her fights, she meets the handsome Deacon, and the two are immediately distrustful of each other. Not only is Lily having trouble blending in as Alice and fighting the forces of evil, but now she finds out that Deacon is working for the other side.
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NASA video is out of this world
Wed, November 18, 2009 @ 12:49PM
If you are like me, normally you struggle to find something you enjoy watching on TV. There are a lot of options - just not that many that suit me. There are a lot of options available on the Web; many of them are even educational. There is of course You Tube, and other options that provide recorded programs and videos. NASA provides a video option that is literally out of this world, allowing you to watch what is occurring on the in the International Space Station and during a Shuttle Mission live directly to your desktop. While I write this a have small window open showing the "routine" docking of several billion dollars of space hardware hurling around the planet. The Shuttle Atlantis is delivering a variety of spare parts to the orbiting space station. At one time such a docking would have been carry lived on the three networks that most American watched. The half dozen cable news channels available today will likely make a quick mention of it today.
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The MOV crud has me
Fri, November 20, 2009 @ 4:49PM
The Mid-Ohio Valley crud has hit me. My head feels like a gigantic sponge and my voice, I'm told by staffers, sounds like a cross between Capt. Kangaroo's buddy Mr. Moose and Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse. Except for my head being full (with what I could only hope would be more gray matter) and an on-again, off-again sore throat, I feel fine ... I just don't look it or sound it. The interesting thing was I've been trying for a week to catch whatever I have so I can't blame it on the swine flu shot I received Wednesday at the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department's clinic in City Park. I have to admit, though, I teased Carrie Brainard, swine flu clinic coordinator, that it was the shot that made me sick when she spoke to the Lions Club of Parkersburg Thursday noon at the Blennerhassett Hotel. Dick Wittberg, MOVHD executive director, was scheduled to speaker, but he was called away Thursday when Gov.
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