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A Possible Motive
Photo by Sam Shawver
Washington County sheriff's deputies continued to guard the crime scene at the home of 21-year-old Amber Wesley on Lang Farm Road.
July 25, 2008
MARIETTA — Questions over Amber Wesley’s possible involvement with another man and the paternity of her youngest child might have led to her death, police said.
“There was an argument concerning her relationship with another male,” Washington County sheriff’s Lt. Detective Brian Schuck said Thursday.
It was the first time police offered a possible motive for Wesley’s death. The 21-year-old mother of two young children was found bound, strangled and wrapped in a blanket Tuesday afternoon in the bedroom of her mobile home at 85 Lang Farm Road.
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Another Murder
July 25, 2008
NEWPORT TOWNSHIP — A 42-year-old man was found shot and killed outside his Bells Run Road home Thursday afternoon, sparking the second homicide investigation this week in Washington County.
Killed was Patrick E.
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Minimum wage hike takes effect
July 25, 2008
PARKERSBURG — Many local residents were among two million Americans to receive a pay raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage increased Thursday from $5.85 to per hour to $6.55.
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Motorist hurt after striking utility pole
July 25, 2008
PARKERSBURG — A motorist was injured Thursday after striking a utility pole on Murdoch Avenue.
Rhonda S. Blair, 803 16th St., Vienna, was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital after the 11:33 a.m.
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More, Really?
Thu, July 24, 2008 @ 10:40AM
This blog is quickly becoming nothing but my outrage at Hollywood's lack of inventiveness with the rising number of remakes and sequels, but I couldn't resist this one. Entertainment publication Variety is reporting that MTV will be remaking the cult classic “Rocky Horror Picture Show.” I beg the question: why? Is there an actor out there who can take on the roll of Dr. Frank-N-Furter with the pizazz and gusto Tim Curry threw into the role? Who can play the naive and awakening Janet like Susan Sarandon? Also, Riff Raff? Who is going to pull off the amount of creepy as Richard O'Brien and be willing to shed their looks for those of a pasty hunchback? Its absolutely preposterous to me to want to change the perfection of the 1975 version that launched so many careers. Can't movie makers leave anything well enough alone?
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Can't run 13.1 miles?? Try 2 instead
Thu, July 10, 2008 @ 9:04AM
Want to be a part of race weekend and running 13.1 miles is absolutely out of question for you? Want to try something a little bit more practical for your fitness level? Consider running or walking in the Parkersburg News and Sentinel Two-Mile Race. This race is great if you are trying to set a personal record, testing your summer training, or a high school or college team looking to get some race experience before the season starts. Most participants are a part of a team from work, or a group of friends who work all summer long to better their health.
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Goodbye 600 Starbucks
Wed, July 2, 2008 @ 1:56PM
Starbucks has announced it will be closing 600 stores and cutting 7 percent of the workforce, about 12,000 full-time and part-time jobs. I'm not surprised. Starbucks has been advertising recently - they have basically never advertised before because they have not needed too. Word of mouth got them enough business to expand. While I have never been in favor of purchasing $4 cups of coffee daily, many people disagreed with me. Until gasoline became $4 a gallon. I think that $4 morning indulgence is only the first thing people are going to cut out of the daily budget.
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The envelope please
Fri, July 25, 2008 @ 10:23AM
I can understand why it's not done, but the city of Parkersburg should put a payment envelope in the bill for garbage, police and fire fees. That way you don't have to look around for an envelope to mail the check. I get around the hassle by dropping my payment off at the drive through at the city building. The water and sewer bill from the utility board must have been designed by a origamist, but at least it works.
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Artichoke's Heart by Suzanne Supplee
Mon, July 21, 2008 @ 9:45AM
A thought-provoking book for any age, not just young-adult readers is Suzanne Supplee's "Artichoke's Heart." Rosemary Goode is an unassuming girl whose mother owns the local beauty parlor and wants to keep a low profile from the schoolás mean girls, The Bluebirds, who have tortured Rosemary for years about her weight, calling her Artichoke after she wore green. The Bluebirds aren't the only ones remarking on her weight. Her aunt and mother buy her an expensive treadmill and tickets to a diet show. Rosemary doesn't like being overweight but doesn't like to be reminded of it either. She'd rather daydream about cute football player Kyle. But he'd never pay attention to her except to tease her, would he? When one of her mother's customers has a massive heart attack due to her weight, Rosemary begins to take a second look at losing the weight.
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Fri, July 25, 2008 @ 9:44AM
Steroids and high school athletics. Depending on who you talk to the two might seem to go hand in hand. Fans around here often accuse successful football programs - PHS, Williamstown and the championship Parkersburg South team - of having players on the juice. But it's not just here the talk of steroids in high schools is happening. People believe the problem is rampant, so much so a number of counties and states are implementing testing of high school athletes. With startling results. Texas, which recently approved a $6 million plan for steroids testing of high school athletes completed testing. Officials tested more than 10,000 kids at 195 schools, including 3,300 football players. Two. That's right T-W-O tested postive for steroids. There were four tests that were unresolved, three students who refused to be tested, one who left the testing the area and 18 unexcused absences the day of testing.
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Lewis Wetzel Chronicles
Thu, July 10, 2008 @ 11:00AM
In the late 1700s, Indians could attack settlements in present day West Virginia, burn some cabins, kidnap some people, steal some stuff, and feel safe once they crossed the Ohio River. Before Lewis Wetzel, that is. When Lewis was a young man, he was a likeable enough fellow to have around. The older he got, however, the crazier he got and with each passing year he became more eccentric. He had tassels hanging from his split earlobes. He grew his hair down to his knees so that any Indian who took his scalp would have a scalp worth the extra effort it would take to kill him. Everybody knew he was a nut, but folks were glad to have him around. Wetzel was a scout during Virginia Col. Daniel Brodhead's campaign against the Delaware on the Muskingum River in 1781. General George Washington himself had ordered the expedition to maintain some control over the Ohio River while the Continental Army fought the British farther east.
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Tags make pages easier to find
Sat, July 5, 2008 @ 9:42AM
Nearly every person on the planet has now used a search engine. For most that means they go to Google and type in a few key words and what they are looking for pops up. The magic behind returning exactly what you are looking for has made Google billions and has spawned the new "science" of search engine optimization. If you operate a Web site you try very hard to supply the search engine what it wants. Google uses some 200 factors when rating sites, exactly how they use them remains a trade secret. Tons of books, articles, and web pages have been written to offer tips on how to make pages more search engine friendly. It boils down though, to having good content and then letting the search engines index the site. A good web site helps this task out by having special tags on a site.
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Using every penny
Tue, July 22, 2008 @ 8:57AM
Back in May my daughter gave me a BP gasoline card for my birthday. I used it a couple of times, dropping its value down to 43 cents, which I just couldn't sqeeze into the tank on the last fillup. Well, being the frugal person I am, I was not about to let BP make an extra 43 cents off me. On Sunday my wife and I had to do a little shopping and she jokingly suggested we stop at a BP station and use the last of the gas card. We both laughed about getting a tenth of a gallon of gasoline, which probably would only take us a couple of miles. As I pumped the last 43 cents from the card into the tank, the man on the other side of the gas pump was laughing along with us about the meager amount of gasoline we were getting, compared to the $80-$100 he was putting into the tank of his SUV that got about 15 miles a gallon, he lamented.
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From Mandy Clark
7/24 - Steve Hussey Band
4th. Day - Senior Night