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Capito makes working stop at telecenter By DAVE McMILLION / Staff Writer, Charles Town RANSON, W.Va. - U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito paid a visit to the BizTech center in Ranson Tuesday to call attention to the success of the telecenter. The center, which opened in 1997, gives local federal and private sector workers a place to complete their jobs at computer stations instead of commuting to nearby cities. Capito, R-W.Va., said it is time for the marketplace to "embrace the practice of telecommuting.

martinsburg@herald-mail.com Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert lived up to his job title Friday night, speaking for a half-hour on everything from his past to the country's plans for Iraq before a crowd of hundreds of area Republicans. He spoke at a formal dinner at Heritage Hall on U.S. 11 in Inwood to support U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, who is seeking re-election. As members of the large crowd sat at round tables and forked through salads, Hastert applauded the efforts of Capito, R-W.Va.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia's lone Republican in Congress says she wants to serve another two-year term. Second Congressional District Rep. Shelley Moore Capito filed her re-election papers Tuesday to officially kick off her campaign for a fifth consecutive term. The Republican from Kanawha County says she wants to continue working with both Republicans and Democrats in Congress to create opportunities for West Virginia. According to the Secretary of State's Web site, Capito is the only candidate to seek the GOP's nomination for the 18-county district seat.

MARTINSBURG, W.VA. -- Rep. Shelley Moore Capito said her visit Friday to the Berkeley County Senior Center was all about an effort to spotlight the need for residents to file a 2007 tax return, even if they don't have a tax obligation, to receive an economic stimulus check. "I'm just trying to get the level of awareness up," said Capito, who spoke to about 25 seniors gathered at the center in Martinsburg. "I want to make sure everybody in this room due a rebate gets a rebate," said the Republican lawmaker, who later billed her visit as district field work.

MARTINSBURG, W.VA. - Rep. Shelley Moore Capito said her visit Friday to the Berkeley County Senior Center was all about an effort to spotlight the need for residents to file a 2007 tax return, even if they don't have a tax obligation, to receive an economic stimulus check. "I'm just trying to get the level of awareness up," said Capito, who spoke to about 25 seniors gathered at the center in Martinsburg. "I want to make sure everybody in this room due a rebate gets a rebate," said the Republican lawmaker, who later billed her visit as district field work.

RANSON, W.Va. - U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito stopped at the BizTech center in Ranson Tuesday to show her support of a bill that would allow federal contractors to work at telecenters. The BizTech telecenter at 401 S. Fairfax Blvd. is an office building where federal government and private sector workers can work at their jobs through the use of computers instead of commuting to nearby metropolitan cities. The center has been growing in use, although some federal agencies have been slow to allow federal contractors to telecommute, said a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Mike Callaghan, the former federal prosecutor challenging Republican Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito in the November general election, celebrated the opening of his campaign headquarters Monday in downtown Martinsburg. A Democrat, Callaghan was joined by Berkeley County Commission candidate Ryan B. Frankenberry, Morgan County House of Delegates candidate Gary Lee Nelson, Jefferson County Commissioner Dale Manuel and former Berkeley County Commissioner Robert Burkhart, among other supporters, at 123 S. Queen St. for a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

martinsburg@herald-mail.com MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito visited Rosemont Elementary School Monday afternoon and read a portion of Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham" aloud to first-graders before giving a copy of the book to each student. Accompanied by Susan B. Neuman, assistant U.S. secretary of elementary and secondary education, and Laurie Rich, assistant secretary for intergovernmental affairs, Capito, a Republican, said the three came to Rosemont "to really highlight reading.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- Passionate about honoring as many students for academic achievement as possible, Orchard View Intermediate School Principal Joyce Chapman admits she might need to tweak the school's academic excellence award requirements with the arrival of the state's new test this year. "The scores are probably not going to be as good," Chapman said. On Tuesday, Chapman, joined by U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., honored 51 of about 275 fifth-graders at the Martinsburg school for earning the President's "gold seal" Awards for Educational Excellence.

charlestown@herald-mail.com SUMMIT POINT, W.Va. - U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito climbed into a car used for high-speed road maneuvering exercises at the Summit Point Automotive Research Center Thursday morning to get a better feel for the track's ongoing anti-terrorism training. Employees of government agencies such as the U.S. State Department receive evasive driver's training at the 10-turn asphalt racetrack to help protect them from possible terrorist attacks. To handle increasing demand for the training, owners of the track are expanding the course by 8,700 feet at a cost of $5.6 million.