FAIRMONT – Strike 2. Proponents asking for funding to help with a baseball turf project at Mary Lou Retton Park whiffed again in front of the Marion County Board of Education this week. It was the second consecutive time in two meetings board members said no to the $750,000 ask, which ...
FAIRMONT – Students at Fairmont State University filed into classes Monday for the first day of the fall semester. That very act made for a tall order, President Mike Davis told faculty and staffers during a welcome back breakfast last week. Everything, the president said, from ...
FAIRMONT – Call it a pragmatic riff on “Field of Dreams.” That is, if you’re going to re-turf the baseball fields at Mary Lou Retton Park, you might want to get set on how much you’re willing to spend – first. Marion County’s Board of Education was on deck with that ...
FAIRMONT – Samantha Godbey’s shelves in her office and at home are heaping with books. And, like most people who enjoy turning pages, the Fairmont State University administrator – she directs the Civics Institute and coaches the debate team – can always relate the ...
FAIRMONT – Just the act of getting out of your recliner and going to your refrigerator for a snack is akin to an electrical orchestra, taking on a performance in its own neuromuscular concert hall. Impulses from the brain set synapses into motion, which are translated – composed – ...
FAIRMONT – It didn’t take long for Michael Meade to run an inventory of the contents of his apartment the day after Father’s Day this past June. “OK, that’s my bed and that’s my couch,” he said. “The other stuff I can’t tell.” He was pointing to a pile of rubble – ...