What happened on July 31, 2005

NEWS

• Bester opens doors so paper can grade its progress 

• Sunday's Area Roundup 

• Bowers says it's time for fresh thinking By BOB MAGINNIS

• Richards isn't living in a field of daydreams By Bob Parasiliti

• Island flowers By Dorry Baird Norris

• Chatting online with ... County Commissioner James Kercheval 

• Cannon fodder provided By GREGORY T. SIMMONS

• Improvements moved Bester off Md. alert list 

• W.Va. man shot to death By RICHARD F. BELISLE

• The value of travel and recreation to a growing community By Tim Rowland

• Borough police department is outgrowing space By RICHARD F. BELISLE

• Burnett too tough for Nationals to tame 

• Is hospital leveling with community? By J. Michael Nye

• Violet Bachtell was a mom who was always on the move By MARLO BARNHART

• Organizations July 31 

• Motorcycles appear for first time at Mid By GREGORY T. SIMMONS

• Letters to the editor 

• Affordable housing grows more difficult to find By JAMES M. WOODARD

• More destinations will make airport fly By Anton Dahbura

• Reunions July 31 

• Prime time By GREGORY T. SIMMONS

• Mustang director turns dream into reality By JASON STEIN

• Woman's research connects boulevard to World War I vets By ANDREW SCHOTZ

• What do you think? 

• Thumbs Downs to this coaching clown By Mark Keller

• Student News 

• Father losing faith By KAREN HANNA

• Baserunning blunders runs Suns out of options 

• Obituaries 

• A blue ribbon for cleaning By RICHARD F. BELISLE

• Designer has a great solution for the space race By ROSE BENNETT GILBERT

• First-time fairgoers have fun at Morgan County fest By TRISH RUDDER

• Educators expect major improvement By KAREN HANNA

• Edsel failed on a grand scale By MALCOLM GUNN

• Sheriff's Office seeks help in finding missing teen 

• Boy, 12, dies after being struck by car 

• 'Whatever recovery we get we can call a miracle' By BONNIE H. BRECHBILL

• Two charged after Frederick, Md. standoff