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Russian Duo Makes the Grade at Wood Tech Center

(CU and The Inter-Mountain/Carra Higgins) INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS — AVA Co. in Omsk, Siberia, sent Roman Lisunets and Roman Matyushchenko to take classes at the West Virginia Wood Technology Center to learn hard lumber inspection skills.

May 2, 2008

At 4 a.m. on a cool morning in March, Roman Lisunets and Roman Matyushchenko first stepped foot in the United States at the Pittsburgh International Airport from Omsk, Siberia. From there they began their journey to an unknown and unheard of area in West Virginia to take wood technology classes.

Elkins is a vast difference from Omsk, and for that matter, all of West Virginia is. The population of Omsk is approximately 1.5 million, Lisunets said.

“We are used to a big city,” Matyushchenko said.

Although they are used to a metropolis way of life, they have enjoyed their time in the Mountain State, which is the type of atmosphere outside of Omsk. Mountains, lakes and streams provide an escape from Omsk, they said.

“The beauty and nature remind me of my birthplace,” Matyushchenko said.

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May 2, 2008

Walking into the Kissel Stop, you observe a mother/daughter having lunch, and something is strangely familiar about the scene: There is no conversation.

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If You Build It, They Will Skate

April 26, 2008

Youth Empowered Solutions (YES) is more than its name implies. It’s a group of young Elkins residents who took action to make sure others have an alternative form of recreation in the city.

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Donated Warehouse Site of Future Youth Center

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A skatepark in Glendale Park is not the only project Youth Empowered Solutions is currently undertaking. A generous donation of a warehouse in the industrial park could be transformed into a youth resource center by the end of the year.

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You are standing in line at Wal-Mart and someone bumps you with their cart and does not even offer an apology ... they simply stand there staring at the ceiling and looking annoyed that you had the audacity to be in their way.

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FBLA Riverside Project Heads to National Competition

April 19, 2008

Students from Future Business Leaders of America at the Randolph Technical Center hosted a dinner and dance in February for the Riverside Alumni Association to assist in the restoration of the historic Riverside School.

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