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Serving Those Who Serve, Honoring Veterans

November 15, 2009

“You know,” a friend remarked to me Thursday morning, “Wheeling’s a pretty good place.” I’m confident that had we been in an airplane looking down on the Ohio Valley, he’d have said the same thing about our entire area. But we were on Main Street in Wheeling, and all he could see was the hundreds of people within a couple of blocks who had lined the sidewalks for a solemn occasion. Army Spc. Julian Berisford, of Benwood, was coming home. He died a hero in Afghanistan and, on Thursday morning, the hearse carrying his casket from the Wheeling-Ohio County Airport was escorted down W.Va. 2 to Marshall County. What struck my friend was, as he explained, the large number of people who turned out, some of them on very short notice, to honor Berisford. Though it was a chilly morning, many of them stood along Main Street for more than half an hour, because no one knew with certainty when the procession would pass by. When the hearse carrying Berisford’s casket passed by, you could have heard a pin drop. It was one of the most moving experiences I’ve had in some time, in large measure because of the enormous number of people who felt it was important for them to honor a neighbor who fell in our service. It was like that all along the route the procession took, I’m told. Thousands of people were involved. Police and sheriff’s department cars from throughout the area, along with firefighters, the Army and the Patriot Guard Riders motorcycle unit, provided the honor guard.

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2010 Election Activity Is Starting; Veterans Honored, Fed

November 15, 2009

Long before voters cast their ballots in the Nov.

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Christmas Is Coming to Marshall County

November 15, 2009

Two Christmas-related events will be taking place this week in Moundsville.

The annual Tree Gala will be held at 6:30 p.m.

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Readers Speak Out

November 15, 2009

Last week I suggested that mandatory national service in one of many different fields would be a good way to bridge the gap between high school and the real world.

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Don’t Give Up on Petition Drive

November 14, 2009

One could not blame George Jones and Bill Hefner if they simply threw up their hands and walked away from the campaign that engaged so much of their time and effort during the past year.

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Making New Memories

November 14, 2009

Sometimes I find myself standing at the bottom of the escalator at Stone & Thomas, trying to decide whether to go up to the housewares department or downstairs to the bargain basement.

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