ELKINS - Randolph County Meals on Wheels volunteers Rhonda Coffman and Beverly Bennett spoke with the Elkins Rotary Club at a recent Monday meeting. The Meals on Wheels program originated in Europe in 1943 during the London blitz of WWII. The Women’s Voluntary Services provided meals from ...
MORGANTOWN — As West Virginia marked another year of statehood and the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, historians, alumni and community members gathered Thursday afternoon inside the Milano Reading Room at West Virginia University’s Downtown Library to reflect on the stories that ...
BUCKHANNON - Members of the Buckhannon American Legion recently went above and beyond the call of duty to honor a veteran who had a special request when he passed away. Ed Smith, Commander of the Buckhannon Post 7 Honor Guard, said he recently received a call from the daughter of a veteran who passed away in Buckhannon. The daughter told Smith her father requested that he be buried with his wife in Elizabeth, West Virginia, but that she was having difficulty finding someone in that area to perform a military funeral. "The daughter called me and told me that her dad ...
Are You a Doer or a Developer? If you leave, who will take your place? If there’s a family emergency, who can fill in for you? Should job openings be filled externally or internally with a candidate who has been developed along the way? A related question: Are individuals who achieve great individual results great at developing others? Most know the answer is “not always.” It could be that things come more naturally to them, and they assume the same is true for others. Most organizations have great individual performers who don’t achieve success in a broader sense. They ...
CHARLESTON – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. June 21, 1920: Wheeling Steel Corporation was organized when La Belle Iron Works, Whitaker-Glessner Company and Wheeling ...
