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Veteran journalist Gaylen Duskey was named editor of the Calhoun Chronicle and Grantsville News by Michael Showell publisher of Mountain Media Inc., the parent company of the Chronicle. “I hope to give our readers the newspaper they want and deserve,” Duskey said. “I will give it all my best.” Duskey said a newspaper played a Read More…
It’s fantastic. I wish I had a beach body. I wish I was younger. I wish I could swim. But I get a big negatory on all three counts. Still the pool is fantastic. Let me tell you a little about the new swimming pool. It was built on Wayne Underwood Field at the old Read More…
My mother Colleen B. Duskey passed away last year on Oct. 12, 2023, failing to do one thing she wanted to do – vote for President Donald J. Trump one more time. I did it for you Mom. I voted early in the Republican primary and voted for Trump. I also voted for Jim Justice, Read More…
With all the talk I have heard recently about having a shortage of law enforcement people and no having the resources to hire a law enforcement person in the Town of Grantsville – at least I think I heard that during the internet broadcast of a recent town council meeting – it got me to Read More…
A few years ago, I lived in Alexandria, La., where I worked for The Town Talk as the sports editor. I also wrote a few non-sports for the publication and what’s going on here in Central West Virginia brought back some memories. I remember writing one about EMT/ambulance services. Rapides Parish, where Alexandria is located, Read More…
The ornery black horse that belongs to my wife’s friend Becky that I have written about several times died last night. He died when lightning struck the stable he was in. The veterinarian said his death was immediate and he never suffered. Also killed was a Clydesdale Becky had recently bought. For those who have Read More…
My friend Roger Propst took pictures of a family of bluebirds building a nest in a birdhouse he built on his property up on Phillips Run. He said he plans to continue to watch the bluebirds. I hope he does and continues to take pictures of them throughout the spring and summer until the little Read More…
What caused you to break out of sleep? You don’t know, you just know that you are incredibly lonely and there is no one to talk to so you turn your attention toward the television hoping it can bore you back to sleep. You think about your mother who passed away recently and realized how Read More…
Sometimes you don’t know how blessed you are until something bad happens to you. Then you get to see things in a new light. A light you perhaps hadn’t seen before. Or thought about. I know it happened to me. I did not feel blessed while I was lying on the ground in pain trying Read More…
