Recycling winners applauded
STATE WINNERS — The Brooke County Board of Education joined the Brooke County Solid Waste Authority in recognizing Brooke County students who are state and county winners of contests promoting recycling. Among them were, from left, front, Brittany DeCapio and Justyne Obeldobel, the model and designer of a dress made with Coca-Cola cans that was the overall winner of the West Virginia Recycles Fashion Show; and back, Patrick Elcesser and Rob Robinson, representing the Brooke High School facilities maintenance class, which was named a West Virginia Recycling Champion for its regular collections of recyclable materials; Ethan Robey, a state winner of the West Virginia Recycles Day coloring contest; and Janna Bright and Caitlyn Bright, the model and designer of another winner in the West Virginia Recycles Fashion Show.
-- Warren Scott
WELLSBURG — From artwork to pop can collections, Brooke County students have helped to promote recycling in a variety of ways, and many of them received recognition at the March 8 meeting of the Brooke County Board of Education. The school board joined the Brooke County Solid Waste Authority in recognizing state and local winners of two contests and a Brooke High School class involved in collecting recyclable material. Also on hand was Carol Throckmorton, chief of recycling market development and planning for the West Virginia Solid Waste Management Board, who announced Justyne Obeldobel, a Brooke High School senior; and Ethan Robey, a kindergartener at Colliers Primary School; were state winners of the 2009 West Virginia Recycles Contest. Throckmorton said entries were submitted by more than 500 students throughout the state. For their efforts, Robey will receive $100 and Obeldobel will receive $250. The teachers of both students will receive a $200 gift card for school supplies.
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WELLSBURG — Several local rock bands are helping two choirs known for a different style of music to perform at an event in Washington.
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FOLLANSBEE — A Weirton man who has helped to pay tribute to and preserve the memories of the many who served in the military at war and in peacetime, was honored himself by the Follansbee Chamber of Commerce on March 9.
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Park to hold egg hunt
WELLSBURG — Brooke Hills Park will hold its annual Easter Egg Hunt March 27 at 2 p.m.
The cost $1 per child, and hunts will be held for children, ages 2-4, 5-7 and 8-10.
March — a month for the Census, Easter
I am sure that by now you have read in the newspaper, heard on the radio or seen on TV all of the information around the Census being taken this month.
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Bethany dinner helps Haiti, shares culture
BETHANY — As they approached Benedum Commons, Bethany College’s dining hall, on March 3, students, staff and guests were offered a cup of cornmeal porridge cooked in a large kettle over a small fire outside by Jackie Hudson, catering manager for th...
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