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Applause to all the firefighters, from three different counties, and other emergency responders who worked for hours at the site of the industrial yard fire in Elkins Monday. The Elkins Fire Department and a host of other emergency personnel from throughout the area spent most of the day Monday battling the blaze at the building, which is owned by Hamer Pellet Fuel. Additional fire departments from Coalton, Belington and Beverly assisted at the scene, while the Buckhannon Fire Department covered the station for the EFD. The Randolph County Emergency Squad, Elkins City Police, and Randolph County Sheriff's Office were also at the site.
Applause to Aidan Lowther, a 15-year-old who has raised funds to install wheelchair swings at three parks in English. Lowther, who will be a junior at Elkins High School this fall, raised the money for his annual 4-H project this summer. He raised $8,000, which allowed the swings to be installed at Elkins City Park, Bluegrass Park and Glendale Park. Lowther coordinated with the City of Elkins Street Department to install the swings at their convenience.
Applause to Food Farmacy. Davis Medical Center's population health program is preparing to launch its third Food Farmacy cohort, a program aimed at addressing food insecurity and improving health outcomes for patients with diabetes. The program is designed to provide patients with access to nutritious food, and resources to better manage their condition and enhance overall well-being. The 12-month program includes six months of interactive nutrition and health education, healthy meal planning and preparation, and monitoring of vital health statistics. During the second half of the program patients use new skills and education to build sustainable lifestyle changes.
Boo to the vandals who broke into the West Virginia Autism Supportive Center's High Tunnel Greenhouse this week. Staff at the West Virginia Autism Supportive Center were heartbroken when they arrived at work Tuesday morning and discovered that the Center's High Tunnel Greenhouse and most of the vegetables growing inside it had been vandalized. Each summer, students at the school, along with their parents, work on growing plants as part of the Center's Summer Garden Program, which is designed to teach both parties how to grow and harvest vegetables. At the end of the year, the students pick the vegetables and a dinner celebration is held for them at the center's facility, which is located at 200 Weese Street Extension. All the hard work, money spent, and things learned as part of the program was destroyed by a senseless act that saw all but a few of the herbs growing inside the greenhouse destroyed. The heavy duty plastic that covers the greenhouse was also damaged to the point where it will have to be replaced.