2020-12-23

Make getting fit be a good yearlong goal

Senior News

Where do you want your fitness level to be a year from now? To get to that point, we need to take the first step. For most of us, that’s going to mean exercising at home. Here are some resources: Sit and Be Fit (www.sitandbefit.org) can be found on your PBS station (if it’s not, call the station and ask […]

Moments in time

On Dec. 23, 1620, one week after the Mayflower arrived at Plymouth harbor in present-day Massachusetts, construction of the first permanent European settlement in New England begins. The term “Pilgrim” was derived from a manuscript in which Gov. Bradford spoke of the “saints” who traveled to the New World as “pilgrimes.” . On Dec. 22, 1808, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony […]

This week’s top DVDs

Top 10 DVD, Blu-ray Sales 1. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (PG-13) Warner Bros. 2. Elf (PG) Warner Bros. 3. The Grinch (PG) Universal 4. Harry Potter: Complete 8-Film Collection (PG-13) Warner Bros. 5. The Lord of the Rings: The Complete Motion Picture Trilogy (PG-13) Warner Bros. 6. The Polar Express (G) Warner Bros. 7. Mulan (2020) (PG-13) Disney 8. Home […]

Bible trivia


1. The main Christmas story is paraphrased from what two New Testament books? Mark/John, Acts/ Romans, Matthew/Luke, Jude/Revelation 2. From Luke 2:34, who prophesied to Mary that this Christ child is set for the fall and rising again of many? Melchior, Simeon, Cyrenius, Felix 3. What bright phenomenon led the wise men (Magi) to the young Jesus and Savior? Whirlwind, […]

The Newsday Crossword

The Way We Were

Clips from available Mountain Eagle pages since our founding in 1907

Mine rescuer writes to Eagle after Wise County mine blast killed eight miners in 1910 EDITOR’S NOTE: Mine rescuer John Cook of Roda, Virginia provided The Mountain Eagle with the following account of a December 14, 1910 mine explosion at the Greeno mine near the town of Tacoma in neighboring Wise County, Virginia. The blast killed nine men, including the […]

Moments and Memories of WHS

All in the family

Highlights of F.N.H.S.

1966

Should accessories be turned off when shutting off the car?

Car Talk

Dear Car Talk: When I was learning how to drive back in the 1970s, I was told that before turning off the car, a driver should first make sure all of the accessories (wipers, radio, heater blower, rear window defroster, etc.) are turned off. The idea was that it would be “easier” and better for the car to not have […]

Arnold Bolling succumbs at 69

Arnold “Honk” Bolling, 69, of Mayking, died December 10 at Hazard Appalachian Regional Hospital. He was a son of the late Oliver and Lathie Adams Bolling. Surviving are his wife, Pamela Smith Bolling; two daughters, Lathie Collins and husband Brian of Craft’s Colly and Tammy Hampton and husband Greg of Eolia; two sisters, Monica Bolling of Spotsylvania, Va., and Dora […]