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According to Nielsen's report, he had been working in Ripley for the week. When he returned for the weekend</description>	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:26:51 -0600</pubDate></item><item>	<title>TCMS participates in National Geographic Geography Bee</title>	<link>http://www.mountainstatesman.com/V2_news_articles.php</link>	<guid>http://www.mountainstatesman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&amp;page=72&amp;story_id=3469</guid>	<description> GRAFTON - According to materials made available through the National Geographic website, each year thousands of schools in the United States participate in the National Geographic Geography Bee using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society. 
The contest is designed to encourage teachers to</description>	<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:38:05 -0600</pubDate></item><item>	<title>Incalculable hours spent investigating Jenkins' deception</title>	<link>http://www.mountainstatesman.com/V2_news_articles.php</link>	<guid>http://www.mountainstatesman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&amp;page=72&amp;story_id=3452</guid>	<description> GRAFTON - Taylor County Prosecutor John Bord, and several of those involved in the investigation of Marli Jenkins' embezzlement of funds from the Taylor County Library, met to discuss the numerous hours that they had invested in the case with the Mountain Statesman Tuesday.
To</description>	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:51:39 -0600</pubDate></item><item>	<title>Taylor County Community Corrections saves the county money</title>	<link>http://www.mountainstatesman.com/V2_news_articles.php</link>	<guid>http://www.mountainstatesman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&amp;page=72&amp;story_id=3468</guid>	<description> GRAFTON - Taylor County has an asset. An asset that works toward rehabilitating those, who have found themselves facing time in prison, and assisting the community at the same time. The asset is the Taylor County Community Corrections Program under the direction of Tammy Narog.</description>	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:46:55 -0600</pubDate></item><item>	<title>Writing competition winners honored</title>	<link>http://www.mountainstatesman.com/V2_news_articles.php</link>	<guid>http://www.mountainstatesman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&amp;page=72&amp;story_id=3460</guid>	<description> PRUNTYTOWN - At the regularly scheduled Taylor County Board of Education meeting, held last Tuesday, January 24, 13 Taylor County Middle School (TCMS) eighth graders were honored for their efforts in a recent writing competition. 
The Holocaust Literacy Program, sponsored by the West Virginia</description>	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:43:07 -0600</pubDate></item><item>	<title>City holds workshop on deteriorating structures</title>	<link>http://www.mountainstatesman.com/V2_news_articles.php</link>	<guid>http://www.mountainstatesman.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&amp;page=72&amp;story_id=3447</guid>	<description> GRAFTON --- Local officials came together Friday morning to discuss the continuing problem of deteriorating buildings within the city limits of Grafton.
Grafton City Manager, Kevin Stead, presented a slide show of buildings within Grafton that had been cited for violations of city codes, or</description>	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:23:52 -0600</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
