Blogs List
Book Nook
 Amy Mendenhall |
New non-fiction for kidsFri, October 23, 2009 @ 9:02AM Some new non-fiction stories and biographies have been released for young readers. First is "Sweethearts of Rhythmn: The Story of the Greatest All-Girl Swing Band in the World" by Newberry Honor winner Marilyn Nelson and illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Jerry Pinkney (Penguin, $21.99) that follows the story (through the remembrances of the instruments) of the International Sweethearts of Rhythmn, an all-female jazz band that toured America during the 1940s. The poems are almost written like song lyrics, accompanied by titles of swing songs and pictures that relate to it - from their start as a church fund-raiser to traveling across the country playing at picnics and then at noted clubs, like the Cotton Club and the Apollo. The poems tells of the musicians giving the people what they wanted - a distraction from World War II through the music.
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It's your internet
 Art Smith |
Keeping an eye on thingsMon, November 2, 2009 @ 3:57PM The Hino Motors Manufacturing USA plant in Williamstown made news a few weeks ago when the state of West Virginia announced that they planned to buy 79 more of the heavy-duty trucks that are put together at the factory along WV 14. A lot of officials attended the Oct. 16th meeting, among them governor Joe Manchin and U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, as well as President Yasuo Tanigawa of Hino Motors Manufacturing. It was a big story for readers in our area, it made the front page of the New and Sentinel and it made the home page of our Web site. It was also on the must read list of a small group of people more than 6,000 miles away. NewsSentinel.com had a spike of sorts on August 18 and 19 from a small city in Japan with a name very common to people in the mid-Ohio Valley. Hino, Japan, located in the middle of the island nation, recorded 28 visits to the site. The visits were short, averaging just 15 seconds.
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Editor's Log
 Jim Smith |
I hate yard workTue, November 3, 2009 @ 1:49PM I hate yard work, which includes mowing grass, raking leaves and shoveling snow. But maybe more than I hate the yard work itself, I loathe those who mow their grass into the street, rake their leaves into the street and/or shovel their snow into the street. All three present potential danger: slippery grass, flammable and slippery leaves that can clog drains and snow-covered, slippery streets. I'm led to believe it is illegal in most cities to shovel snow or rake leaves into the street, but that doesn't seem to stop people, especially those with snow-blowers or leaf-blowers. It's kind of like a former chief of police in Columbus, Ohio, used to tell me: "It's only illegal if it's enforced." In Parkersburg the city will pick up leaves along the street, but all other yard waste must be bagged and put out with the weekly trash pick-up. Bagged leaves will be picked up with the weekly trash collection. Vehicles must be off the street from 7:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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