http://www.timeswv.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:11:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_213213852.html http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_213213852.html Everybody loves the beefsteak tomato because just about everybody grows them ... or knows someone who does.And as we all know, tomatoes are summer’s gift that keep on giving.But the Marion County Master Gardeners want you to know there’s more to tomatoes than the beefsteak. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:40:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_206232917.html http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_206232917.html With just a little over a month left in the summer vacation season, you’re going to want to do something really special with the kids.Something more meaningful than a trip to an amusement park or swimming pool. Something fun yet worthwhile, and out of town yet not too far away. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:51:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_199224123.html http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_199224123.html Kasha Patel swayed from side to side with the exotic music pounding from the CD player resting in the window seat of the bay window in her Fairmont home, her long, elegant fingers splayed dramatically on each side of her face.Everybody has a defining moment in their lives ...She dance-skipped toward the window and back, and then leaped into the air in a graceful pirouette.... when years of hard work and self-sacifice ... Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:40:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_195014041.html http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_195014041.html For pro golfer Tim O’Neal and his wife Melody, “road trip” is more than a jaunt to the supermarket.It’s a well-planned, smoothly running, weeks-long way of life that takes them from their home in Savannah, Ga., across the country from tournament to tournament. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:13:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_188001347.html http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_188001347.html Every woman deserves to be treated like a queen ... pampered and catered to, all while wearing a formal gown and sparkling tiara. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:54:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_180233544.html http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_180233544.html Jeff Burdoff has a “no cat left behind” kind of philosophy about cats.The lifelong animal lover is making sure unwanted cats find a safe, loving home.“I have a real calling for cats,” said Burdoff, treasurer of the Marion County Humane Society Inc. and former county employee.First was Patch, the multi-color shorthair with a great big loving personality. She had two strikes against her when she allowed him to adopt her: She was about a year old and missing her right eye.“The older a cat is, the less likely it is to be adopted,” he said. “Certain people out there want a perfect little cat, so I had to take her. She was just begging to be adopted. Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:32:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_173203258.html http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_173203258.html Little Hayden Branson is always up for a road trip.While Mom and Dad (Mike and Sondra) gather the food, clothes and other boring grown-up stuff, Hayden takes care of the most important part of the whole trip: loading up his toys. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:24:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_164232154.html http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_164232154.html One hundred years ago a member of a Fairmont Church came up with the idea to hold a service to honor all fathers in the community. Grace Golden Clayton, a member of the Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South, came up with the idea for the service during the aftermath of the Monongah Mine Disaster, which took the lives of so many fathers. Therefore, two years after the disaster, the first service in honor of all fathers, both living and dead, was held at the church, said D.D. Meighen, former pastor of Central United Methodist Church. Thu, 29 May 2008 21:35:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_150213724.html http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_150213724.html If Fairmont State University has its way, no child will be left unentertained this summer. From the wee ones to the tween ones (and older), there’s always something to do this summer.The following classes are being offered by FSU College Education and the Pierpont Community and Technical College.Children’s classes at Duck SoupCommunity Education has teamed up with Fairmont’s Duck Soup toy store to offer a summer-long series of fun. Thu, 15 May 2008 19:32:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_136193259.html http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_136193259.html Every day, Angi Bradley is comforted by reminders of her little girl, Taylor Marie Watson, who passed away two years ago from a rare brain tumor.Taylor is everywhere. Thu, 01 May 2008 18:58:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_122185929.html http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_122185929.html This year is dedicated to the best mother in the world.Yours.Anna Jarvis felt this way about her mother, Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis, and dedicated herself to establishing a day to honor all mothers. Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:54:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_117235936.html http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_117235936.html Springtime in Marion County. Is there a better time of year?The days are longer and sunny. Birds are singing and flowers blooming. You want to be outside, to go places with your family, to have fun and enjoy the wonderful weather. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:19:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_108192024.html http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_108192024.html What is the color of the footprint you’re leaving on Mother Earth?Is it eco-friendly green ... or is it ugly-consumer brown? Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:50:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_101185120.html http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_101185120.html Karen Lewis never was much of a student.She didn’t like school. She liked boys. So, when she was a junior in high school, she quit.“A junior! Can you imagine a junior dropping out of school?” she asked. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:08:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_081000934.html http://www.timeswv.com/tempo/local_story_081000934.html When Timothy Joseph Quigley was born on July 1, 2002, his parents Joe and Tara were ecstatic. With his older sister, Ally, now their family was complete.Then in early 2004 he got sick ... really, really sick. It was far worse than anything doctors first thought.