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2008 - Archived Articles
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Valley Uniques, Doing Well by Doing Good
by Jeanne Mozier
Three new enterprises in West Virginia follow different, but similar paths in using business for social impact
that includes aiding the poor in Africa, supporting war-ravaged women in Afghanistan and promoting world peace.
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Gourd-eous Art to be Displayed at Festival
By Lori Rypka
If Virginia is for lovers, than the Gourd Festival is certainly for folk art lovers. In its seventh year, the Virginia
Lovers' Gourd Society's annual festival is Nov. 1 and 2 at Richards' Fruit Market in Middletown, Va.
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Valley Escapes
Hillbrook Inn Offers Retreat Close to Home
By Maggie Wolff Peterson
Chef Christine Hale traveled the culinary world, only to end up at home.
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Valley Stylemakers, Kathy Mattea is Never Far From Coal Country
By Maggie Wolff Peterson
On her family's farm 20 minutes outside Cross Lanes, W.Va., Kathy Mattea grew up in view of the coal camp where
her mother was raised. From the front porch, she could see the coal-fired electric plant that produced energy for
users far away.
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Valley Spirit
Operation Mountaineer Pride Supports Local Troops
As our soldiers have circled the globe, in World Wars I and II, to Korea and Vietnam, in Desert Storm and now in
Afghanistan and Iraq, folks at home have supported them by sending care packages.
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Recipes & What's Cooking in the Valley
Various recipes from Stonewall Kitchen, Savannah Cinnamon & Cookie Company, Robert Rothchild Farm, Cooking
Fresh - Cooking Local & Stonecrest Farms, courtesy of Ranji Hatti from Simply Delicious Indian
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Valley Programs
Beyond Soup Kitchens to Feeding America
By Christine Kowalski
For most Americans, rising food costs may mean deciding between brand-name and generic groceries.
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NOT Your Supermarket Meat Section
By their own proclamation, Kyle Loyd and Roger Smith are Two
Fat Butchers.
Really, they're just big guys. More important than their corpulence is the beef, pork and chicken they cut, grind
and sell at Two Fat Butchers, their shop in Front Royal, Va.
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Bounty & Variety at Iris Gardens
Exline's Iris Garden near the Potomac River just outside Berkeley
Springs, WV offers a six-week season of spectacular natural beauty every spring, when more than 1,000 varieties
of bearded iris are in bloom. The season begins in mid-May and peaks on Memorial Day.
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Outdoor Spaces feature Comfort Amenities
Tina Goff loves spending time outdoors. Last year, she decided
to add a pond and waterfall to her backyard in Leetown, W.Va., so she could enjoy the soothing sound of running
water nearby. "The pond is now a gathering area for my family," she said. "We are out there every
day."
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Simply Elegant Mid-Priced Mid-Century Homes
If you find one, and it's in mint condition, you've found a gem.
The classic 1960s brick ranch home set the standard for suburban living, at a time when Americans were seeking
their little patch of front lawn and some spacious indoor quarters. Characterized by solid construction and easy
utility, these homes often included full basements that were finished as "rumpus rooms," with wood paneling
and variegated linoleum tile floors.
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More to Kelly Wright than Mornings
The most moving story that Kelly Wright ever reported occurred
in 2004, in Iraq. There, at a tiny church called St. George of Mesopotamia, Wright encountered believers who refused
to give up, even in the face of unrelenting destruction and nearly insurmountable odds.
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What is this thing... Feng Shui?
You're working with a Realtor. Just when you've begun mentally placing furniture
in what you consider the perfect house, she exclaims, "You can't buy this. The feng shui is all wrong!"
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Recipes
Cornish Hens with Crabmeat Stuffing,
From Karen Bryant;
Terrine of Chocolate with Pistachios, From Tim Cartwright; Black Bean and Goat Cheese
Enchilada, From
Angie Larson; Spaghetti
al Gamberi (Spaghetti with Shrimp Sauce), From Angie Larson
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Winter Wreath... 101
Silver Ice Wreath & Centerpiece
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