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Unitarian Universalists Fellowship Morgantown to honor Duane Nichols

Community

A long-time advocate who looked  for the good while helping to fight the bad will be honored Tuesday by the Unitarian Universalists Fellowship.   Duane Nichols died June 14.  Longtime friend, Bill Reger-Nash has planned a service to honor Nichols from 11 a.m.-noon Tuesday at  the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 429 Warrick St., Morgantown.  Nichols was a long-standing member and leader of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.   Tuesday’s service is open to the public. For additional information, contact  Reger-Nash at ...

‘Big Boys’ director talks about creating movies that they wanted to see while growing up

Entertainment

One of the benefits of being a creator is the ability to make something you wish you had been able to experience in your youth. That is part of what drove Corey Sherman to write and direct his new film “Big Boys.”   The Dominion Post had an opportunity to sit with Sherman and talk about making his film.  The movie, which follows Jamie, a 14-year-old who gets a crush on his cousin’s boyfriend while they’re out camping, is  sweet and wholesome. We asked Sherman why he went that route with his movie.  “I love movies that are life-affirming in a subtle ...

James Isaac House Pregnancy Resource Center provides support for families in need

Community

KINGWOOD — For more than 35 years, the James Isaac House Pregnancy Resource Center has provided pregnancy services to Preston County residents. The nonprofit was founded in July 1989 as Mountaintop, and later changed its name.   “We offer prenatal classes to help prepare the parents for the birth of their baby and classes to better equip parents to care for their baby.” Director Vicky Gamblin said. “There is no income requirement and no fees involved.”  Classes are not the only service offered. Gamblin said the center also offers material assistance to ...

Leadership Monongalia is a great way to meet new people

Community

As children, opportunities to learn and make friends are plentiful. School. Extracurricular activities. Clubs. Recess.  When you become an adult, those opportunities don’t present themselves nearly as often, and even when they do, sometimes they are mired down with family ...

June was hot, but not the hottest

Community

CHARLESTON  — Chances are at least once during the month of June you engaged in a conversation with somebody about the heat.  While it was certainly hotter than usual, record keepers at the National Weather Service said it was well short of any record ...

Here’s a fun craft to do while cooling off inside

Outdoors and Travel

When the Fourth of July is through the week like this year, we always like to spend the whole weekend celebrating the holiday. That’s when family can come to visit and we can have a nice relaxing time. We always enjoy a cookout, playing outside, letting the kids play with little Pop-Its firecrackers, and seeing fireworks our town puts on.  This year, we plan on doing all that again, but we have to make adjustments due to the weather. The temperature is supposed to be close to triple digits and that is too hot for my kiddos to be outside all day. So, I found a cute little craft ...