Month: September 2012
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League of Women Voters works to get everyone active in political system
The following article is reprinted with the permission of the Dominion Post and was originally published December 2, 2012. BY CASSIE SHANER The Dominion Post Nicole Bowman/The Dominion Post Graphic Free babysitting led to nearly a lifetime of political activism for Shirley Rosenbaum. Rosenbaum moved to Morgantown more than 45 years ago as a young mother with […]
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LWVUS convention a wonderful experience
By Linda Yoder, LWV of Morgantown/Monongalia County Never in my dreams, in my forty years of passion for the League of Women Voters, did I imagine myself holding up a huge “West Virginia” sign and speaking for sixty brief seconds about the West Virginia League I am proud of. But it happened in June in Washington, DC […]
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Water and Wellness: Health Impacts of Fossil Fuel Extraction
Sept. 8th Conference, Morgantown, WV Media Advisory Aug. 27, 2012 Contact: Robin Blakeman, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, 304-840-4877 or robin@ohvec.org Cindy Rank, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, 304-924-5802 or clrank2@gmail.com Bill Price, Sierra Club, 304-389-8822 or bill.price@sierraclub.org What: Water and Wellness: Health Impacts of Fossil Fuel Extraction Keynote speaker, […]