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Friday, January 18, 2013

Woodland Hills School Board Recognized for Service

January is School Board Director Recognition Month.

In this day and age, school board members not only have to contend with hiring staff and deciding curriculum issues, but struggle with tightened state funding and fluctuating local revenue. Substitute Woodland Hills Superintendent Alan Johnson pointed out the tasks that face district school board members as he took time to recognize their efforts during Wednesday's board meeting. Johnson noted that board members are unpaid and give what's probably more than 20 hours each month to serving the district. Woodland Hills board members are: President Regis Driscoll, Vice President Marilyn Messina, Robert Clanagan, Brian K. Estocin, Colleen Filiak, Jeffrey Hanchett, Fred Kuhn, Tara Reis and Robert Tomasic. In addition to receiving a certificate, …

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Woodland Hills Alum, Former Steeler Publishes Book

Wes Lyons makes his writing debut with 'The Pursuit with Patience.'

Whether or not Wes Lyons will play in the NFL again remains to be seen—he appeared in all four of the Pittsburgh Steelers' 2011 preseason games—but his writing career is off and running with the November publishing of his first book, "The Pursuit with Patience." Lyons, a Woodland Hills High School and West Virginia University alum, started writing the book after he was released by the Steelers in 2011. (He ended up back with the team in 2012 but is no longer with them.) The goal of the book, as Lyons says on his website, "is to inspire at least one person." He continues, "That would make all the hard work and time that I have dedicated to writing 'The Pursuit with Patience' worth it in the end." Wesley A. Lyons Jr. was raised in North …

Luna

8:42 am on Monday, February 11, 2013

This book is basically self-published (CreateSpace is listed as the publisher on Amazon and it's just a tool for self-publishing) and was therefore not subject to any editorial supervision. I don't see how a self-published book merits attention, since anyone can do it. How about articles on local authors who actually go through the traditional publishing process?   more ›

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