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• Applause to Brian Allman, a social studies teacher at Buckhannon-Upshur High School, who has been named the West Virginia History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
State History Teachers of the Year receive a prize package including a certificate of recognition, a $1,000 award, and a collection of classroom resources. Each winner's school will become a Gilder Lehrman Affiliate School. Winners are honored in a ceremony in their state.
Allman was also honored with West Virginia's Milken Educator Award in 2019.
• Applause to the 27 people -- hailing from 18 different countries -- who became United States citizens during a naturalization ceremony at the Jennings Randolph Federal Center in Elkins last week.
The new citizens originally came from Argentina, Canada, Columbia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Libya, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Syria and Vietnam.
Thomas S. Kleeh, chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, said he believed 27 was a record for the most new citizens at an Elkins naturalization ceremony.
• Applause to Tennerton United Methodist Church, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary on Sunday, Aug. 20 at 11 a.m.
The public and especially all current and past members/attendees of the church are invited to attend the special event at the church, located at 126 Tallmansville Road in Buckhannon.
• Applause to Randolph County Sheriff Rob Elbon, who this week announced extra patrol units have been added on Beverly Five-lane as a precaution to protect public safety in the community.
Elbon said numerous traffic violations have not only been reported, but witnessed by law enforcement personnel at the Sheetz, Walmart and Chenoweth Creek intersections. He is determined to make those areas safer for both drivers and pedestrians.