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Travel Hockey (The Tournaments)

Travel Hockey (Midget 16U) Since moving to PA in 2000 there has always been a love for hockey in his blood. He started off playing street hockey with the neighborhood kids. I can even remember that we...

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Top 10 Hot Jobs in Charleston, West Virginia

On the Top 30 List of Cities for Finding a Job in the US at the end of 2008, Charleston was recognized by the job search engine CareerBuilder.com as the Number Thirteen (13) place in the nation for jobs. ...

2 comments    education travel careers
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Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum Facts and Fiction

Front of the Trans-Allegehny Lunatic Asylum Right in the heart of Weston, WV sits an enormous structure known as the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Currently a historical landmark, it is the largest hand-cut...

17 comments    history halloween mental health
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Plan a Vacation in Canaan Valley West Virginia

If you are looking for a true mountain getaway than Canaan Valley, West Virginia may be what you are looking for. Canaan Valley lies on the highest valley east of the Rocky Mountains. Because of its altitude...

2 comments    vacation vacations ski
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Ghost Tours - Historic Haunts to Ghostly Graveyards

If you love watching shows about ghost hunting, "most haunted" places, or paranormal event, if you enjoy a good ghost story or are fascinated with 'haunted' history... then it's time to venture out and take...

5 comments    fun history ghost
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West Virginia, Hillbillies, Barbie Dolls and More...

Hello??.. Is this thing on? Ok I just wanted to check my mike before I stood on my soapbox and sounded off.. As a West Virginian I just can't stand by any longer and watch all the bad press.. West...

8 comments    parents obesity self esteem
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Hunting The Elusive Whitetail Buck

Deer hunting is one of those things that as a kid were THE vital step into man hood. At least where I was raised, Pendleton County West Virginia. It really all started as I watched my dad, and a couple of my...

1 comment    sports hunting mountains
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Us and Them

I had a friend whose first husband was a McCoy. Of the original Hatfields and McCoys, two families who feuded during the latter part of the 1800s in Kentucky and West Virginia. The two families lived along...

4 comments    gay fighting conservative
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Canaan Valley, West Virginia- A Hidden Gem Among Ski Destinations

Do you love to ski but hate putting up with the crowds? Would you like to go down the slope without worrying about running into a bunch of people ? Well you may have found your perfect ski destination in West...

0 comments    ski west virginia
"My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view."  ~H. Fred Ale68

A Thicker Plot

Living beside rural railroad tracks near Keyser, West Virginia, sat an old man among extraordinarily large vegetable greens. My car had broken down, and I spotted him sitting on an old wooden chair, in a carefully tended backyard garden.

19 comments    money gardening garden
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