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State Fair of WV Announces 2013 Limited Edition Collector Basket LEWISBURG, WV - The 15th Edition Collector Basket commemorating the 89th Annual State Fair went on sale Monday July 15. The Silverware Carrier basket is adorned with a commemorative brass tag, a cobblestone basket weave, dark brown fabric liner and a wooden divider that sits inside the basket finished with an iron handle. The basket measures 7" x 5.5" x 11.75" and is 100% custom made in the U.S.A. You may register your basket online for a lifetime warranty. This is the final year that the State Fair of West Virginia will feature Collector Baskets and quantities are limited. You can purchase your basket by stopping by the State Fair office, calling 304-645-1090, or picking one up during the 2013 State Fair. The cost of the basket is $50.00 and shipping is available to your address for an additional $8.00. FAIR ON PAGE 5
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Bloomin’ Wonderful Rhododendrons at many West Virginia State Parks SOUTH CHARLESTON - West Virginia is still celebrating its 150th anniversary of statehood, so now is a good time to get acquainted with the state flower: Rhododendron maximum. It typically blooms at the end of June well into July. “Folks tend to confuse the spring bloom time of Rhododendron catawbiense with the state flower bloom time,” said Jon Teets, Superintendent at Audra State Park. Teets says “the” state flower is in bloom now in Barbour and Upshur counties, which includes Audra State Park. Bryan Danford, Naturalist atTwin Falls State Park says the“blooms are getting ready to explode big-time” at this Wyoming County destination. Photographers travel to Twin Falls for a good opportunity to capture the pastel images. Other state parks in mountainous areas of the state with rhododendron blooms include the Bluestone Gorge area at Pipestem State Park, and at Camp Creek, Blackwater Falls and Canaan Valley state parks. The overlook at Blackwater Falls Lodge is a focal area. Holly River also reports rhododendron blooms this week and ex-
(Photo by Jon Teets) pects a few more weeks of picturesque flowering. Watoga State Park indicates cabin and camping guest will have peak bloom the week of July 8 and a little longer According to “The Checklist and Atlas of the Vascular Flora of West Virginia,” there are seven rhododendrons listed in the Ericacea Family (heaths) that bloom in late June into July.
Rhododendron maximum is the state flower. The more bold color of the Rhododendron catawbiense is the earlier blooming species at Hawks Nest and Babcock state parks in May into June. A picnic or trip to a West Virginia state park in July can reward visitors with blooms of the state flower. State-operated parks and forests do
not charge an entry fee. Hiking trails, picnic grounds, campground, and lakes for fishing are good outdoor excuses to visit. Parks with lodges and cabins are open year-round, many offering event, activity, or better-rate packages. Visit www.wvstateparks.com or call 800 CALLWVA and ask for a park by name. About Rhododendron maximum The Rhododendron maximum, often called the “great laurel,” is the state flower ofWestVirginia. It sometimes is a small tree up to 33 feet in height depending on location and growing conditions. The leaves are very thick and leathery, elliptical-oblong or lance-oblong and very smooth. It thrives in damp woods in most if not all of the counties in the state.The delicate pale pink or white bloom, mottled with either red or yellow flecks, is showy in the shadows of the forests and evergreen leaves of the plant. It is a shrub of the heath family. Rhododendron maximum was selected as the state flower on January 29, 1903, by a joint resolution of both houses of the WestVirginia legislature, following a vote by pupils of the public schools.
Spiritual Training: Transforming your Life CHARLESTON - People everywherearelookingfordirectionandsecurity in their lives. Practitioner of Christian Science healing, Josh Niles, says, “Spiritual alertness brings solutions and guidance to my life. It's a kind of listening and takes an inner quietness or the use of one’s spiritual senses to hear the answers.” Niles, a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship, will be giving a lecture titled,“SpiritualTrain-
ing” on Saturday, July 20, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. in theWalkerTheater at the Clay Center, One Clay Square, corner of Washington St. and Brooks St., Charleston,WV. Therewillalsobetime beforehand, between 3:00 and 3:30pm,tomeetandgreetourspeaker. “As spiritual thinkers we are on the front lines, practicing and sharpening ourspiritualsense,hearingandlearningtotrustGod’sdirection,”saysNiles. “In this lecture we will explore how
youcanhearandtrustdivineintuition aswellascombatthedistractionsand mental ambushes that keep us from hearing God’s direction.” During his talk, Niles will reference the original sourcebook on Christian healing,The Bible, along with Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures byMaryBakerEddy,abookofuniversal ideas on practical spirituality. Josh Niles has been actively serving othersformuchofhislife,inthingslike
tutoring, coaching, teaching Sunday school, as well as serving as an Officer in the Army and leading a platoon in Baghdad, Iraq. Since 2008, Niles has been dedicated to healing spiritually as a practitioner of Christian Science healing and sharing with others this scientificprayer-basedsystemofhealing. He is a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship and speaks internationally, travelling from his home in Boise, Idaho.
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