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Little Lecture Series opens with Jean Edward Smith Talk on Eisenhower CHARLESTON, WV - The Little Lecture Series of the West Virginia Humanities Council opens on March 17 with a program by one of today’s most respected biographers, Jean Edward Smith. Smith will talk about the subject of his latest critically acclaimed biography, Dwight D. Eisenhower. The book, Eisenhower in War and Peace, was published by Random House in 2012 and has been credited with reintroducing the virtues of the American war hero and 34th president known as “Ike.” Political columnist George F. Will has called Smith “today’s foremost biographer of formidable figures in American history.” Smith’s distinguished writing career includes outstanding biographies of John Marshall, Ulysses S. Grant and Franklin D. Roosevelt. His book Grant was a 2002 Pulitzer Prize finalist and FDR won the 2008 Francis Parkman Prize of the SEE LECTURE ON PAGE 4
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Entries solicited for Quilts and Wall Hangings 2013 Juried Exhibition at the Culture Center CHARLESTON, WV – The West Virginia Division of Culture and History invites West Virginia quilters to enter the annual Quilts and Wall Hangings Juried Exhibition. This year’s exhibition will open Friday, May 24, with an awards ceremony at the annual Vandalia Gathering at the Culture Center on the State Capitol Complex. The free summer-long exhibition will be displayed through Sept. 2, 2013. “The quilt exhibition in the Great Hall is one of our most popular and colorful exhibitions,” said Commissioner Randall Reid-Smith of the Division of Culture and History. “Visitors from around the country enjoy the fine handiwork of West Virginians whose creativity and appreciation of tradition are
from Haymarket, Va., will be the juror for this year’s exhibition. She made her first quilt for a friend when she was in high school, and became a dedicated quilter in 1996. Fine focuses her work on monoprinting, or using an etching press and/or fabric marbling, as well as dye-painting and shibori techniques. Her work has been exhibited in juried shows, including the Fitchburg Art Museum and the Johsonia Gallery in Fitchburg, Mass.; the Whistler House Museum of Art, the Brush Art Gallery and Studios and the New England Quilt Museum, all in Lowell, Mass. She recently co-authored the book Guide to Judged Quilt Shows, available through www.nqa.org showcased in the quilts and wall hangings we feature.”
Beverly Fine, a National Quilting Association Certified Judge
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Buffalo High School - Reflecting on the Past and Projecting the Future SUBMITTED STORY BY MARY TROTTER February 22, 2013, the class of 1959 and I, their teacher, stood on the grounds of the new Buffalo High School and reminisced about the way it was when they graduated and how it has grown into what it is today. The structure, nestled between the Kanawha River and the hills, is a glowing example of what is to come in the town of Buffalo. For on one end of Buffalo stands the Buffalo Academy
founded in 1849 and on the other end of Buffalo stands the new high school. In 1952, a new building was built and the students were moved from the Academy to the middle of town. The new school at the time was large enough to house all its students but by 1959 the student body had outgrown the building. Laughingly we talked about the white wooden structure some distance from the yellow brick main building.
The single paned windows were nailed shut which prohibited cross ventilation in the open concept room. A pot-bellied stove stood in the middle of the room which glowed brightly when some mischievous student added an extra lump of coal to the stove. Sitting close to the stove in the winter was unbearable, while those sitting away from it froze. The only ventilation was the front door. I don't see how the building passed the fire safety inspection
or lived up to the fire code. Since the building housed the art, band and music classes I referred to it as the "Academy of Fine Arts." Returning to reality, a brief overview from Principal Grimm was shared with a question and answer period then he turned us over to two tour guides. We were led down the halls, stopping at several rooms while the guides explained what was being taught and how they would SEE SCHOOL ON PAGE 3
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