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Newspaper Carrier’s Attack Angers Community

May 10, 2008

Last Saturday morning, I was having breakfast at the Seneca Mall Cafe and couldn’t help but overhear a conversation between a group of patrons concerning the mugging and robbery of John Zirbs. They unanimously agreed that those involved in the incident had to be a desperate group of derelicts to inflict such an act on someone as non-threatening and non-violent as he.

Some suggested that this should be a learning event. Apparently, the incident occurred at approximately 5:45 a.m., about the same time the midnight shift of the Elkins police force was preparing for a shift change at 6 a.m. It was suggested that the incident might have occurred with total disregard of the situation at the police station. Some, however, suspect the perpetrators knew the city would be without patrols at that time and took advantage of the situation. Who knows? Perhaps John just happened to appear as an easy target and the low-lifes that attacked him simply responded to the opportunity.

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Merchants Again Discuss Downtown Shopping Hours

May 3, 2008

Once again the dominate subject at the bi-monthly Downtown Merchant’s meeting on Tuesday was how to get our visitors to the downtown stores and the hours those stores are open.

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Vacationing on a Tank of Gas

April 26, 2008

Last weekend, Sue decided it was time to discuss our vacation plans, and I listened. The price of gasoline came up, as it does in nearly every conversation these days, and we talked about how it would affect our (her) plans.

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Sanitation Spokesman Addresses Illegal Disposition of Solid Waste

April 19, 2008

One might be inclined to think that Tim Hornick, and his father, Fred, are interested in the solid waste of Randolph County in terms of dollars and cents only.

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ERCCC Awards Program a Huge Success

April 12, 2008

I’m sure that by now everyone who’s interested has read The Inter-Mountain’s staff reporter Carra Higgins’ excellently written account of the Elkins-Randolph County Chamber of Commerce annual awards and dinner on Tuesday evening.

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Deerfield Village to Be Sold at Auction

April 12, 2008

Deerfield Village in Canaan Valley will be sold at a bankruptcy auction on April 18 at 1 p.m. by the Joe R. Pyle Complete Auction and Realty Service of Mt. Morris, Pa. The auction will take place on site.

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