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By Sarah Pritchett Dalton A competition that challenges high school students to expand their knowledge of business reaches a milestone this year. The Concord Business Challenge (CBC) celebrates its 20th anniversary on October 24, 2013. Sponsored by Concord University’s Division of Business, the CBC held its first competition in October 1993. “It was started as…
For the fourth year TAMARACK: The Best of West Virginia displays the world’s longest pink scarf, a visual symbol to promote breast cancer awareness. According to Marketing Direction Cindy Whitlock, this handiwork created by over 400 women and four men from 29 states, Canada and Puerto Rico now measures 6060 ft. and counting. Work continues…
Enjoy a morning cruise to Blennerhassett Island hosted by Margaret Blennerhassett Saturday, Oct. 3, 2013. Margaret will provide a glimpse into the 18th-century frontier life she and Harman experienced while living on Blennerhassett Island. She will share intriguing stories about Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Margaret’s love of entertaining makes her a sparkling…
Boone Memorial Hospital will host its annual Health Fair this Friday October 4th, 2013. The event will be held at the Madison Civic Center from 8:00am-1:00pm. This year’s theme is ‘Travel the Road to Better Health.’ Volunteers, guests and vendors are encouraged to dress-up in theme attire to coincide with the theme. “We will even…
Huntington-area middle school students will have an opportunity to design, build and program their own robots at “Arts & Bots,” an after-school camp hosted at the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) in October. The camp, co-sponsored by Marshall University’s June Harless Center and RCBI, will be conducted at the RCBI Huntington…
The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine will host its first childhood obesity conference Wednesday, Oct. 2., at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena Grand Ballroom. The day-long conference features keynote speaker Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., discoverer of the obesity gene, leptin. His presentation, “Discovery of Leptin Gene and the Biologic Basis of…