Kimmy Clements, with Potomac Highlands Food & Farm, is collaborating with area-natives, Kyle Weaner and Gabriel Rogers, in creating Food and Farm Workshops to begin in September. To introduce the idea, they will be hosting a Cook-Off between Kyle and Kimmy on Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Tucker County Fair...
Second Annual Brew Skies Festival is a Hit By: Ellis Boury III The Parsons Advocate Canaan Valley Resort was filled with the sounds of music and joyous crowds this past weekend, as Mountain State Brewing Company hosted their second annual Brew Skies Festival, celebrating the music and brewing heritage of...
Traveling on US219 south and on the Benbush Road the view of the windmills has changed recently. A non-working and wounded turbine is quite visible against the skyline as a 114 foot long, 14 thousand pound, blade is bent at an awkward angle. Steve Stengel, spokesman for NextEra Energy Resources,...
By: Ellis Boury III The Parsons Advocate Warfighter Sports of West Virginia held its second annual summer camp event for wounded warriors in West Virginia, with local veterans and their families invited to learn and participate in a range of outdoor activities. The event was hosted at Canaan Valley Resort,...
Blackwater Chapter DAR was honored to have our new State Regent, Barby Frankenberry, attend our meeting on July 18th at Amelia’s Restaurant in Canaan Valley. Ms. Susanne Horner, State Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Jane Larke from the Woodburn Chapter, Mrs. Mary Anger, Regent of John Hart Chapter and Mrs. Barbara McCreary,...
Five Rivers Library Summer Reading Program started this year June 26 and ended July 17 with several children coming to the library looking for fun. This year’s theme was Dig into Reading! Each week started with a book being read to the children. The books were: The ugly vegetables by...
By Mikie Dumire The Parsons Advocate Recently John Bowers was likened to Ray Kinsella from the 1989 movie Field of Dreams ‘If you build it they will come’ and come they did… all the way from Tahiti. 191 campers, numerous tents and just shy of 3,000 fans, from 28 states...
By Lois Lambert The Parsons Advocate Preston Simmons and Frank Stone attended the Parsons City Council Meeting to express their concerns about traffic on Main Street from Fourth St. to the dead end. Simmons stated, “I have concerns about the suggestion of a four-way stop. Putting in a four-way stop...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate The Parsons City Council has addressed some traffic concerns in and around the city. Parsons City Chief of Police J.E. Jones said, “Pay close attention for new signage and speed bumps in the near future.” According to Jones, there is to be some changes...
John Joseph Morton, Jr., accused of robbing the Parsons Rite-Aid at gunpoint, waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Tucker County Magistrate Court on Tuesday, July 23. The case has been bound over to the Grand Jury for consideration. According to a press release from the Parsons Police Department,...
The threat of rain didn’t dampen any spirits at Cortland Acres’ annual Residents and Family picnic. The facility’s staff pulled together on July 20 and moved the entire picnic indoors. There was plenty of delicious food, toe-tapping music and amusing games that had people laughing and dancing in the aisles....
A breakfast for the Challenged Athletes of West Virginia Wounded Warriors visiting our area was sponsored by Stevens’ Realty on Friday, July 26. The breakfast was held at St. Paul’s Methodist Church in Parsons and the vets and their families stayed at Canaan Valley Resort. Following the breakfast everyone went...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate According to a press release issued by Parsons Police Chief Jonathan E. Jones, on July 16 at about 4:30 p.m., a man allegedly entered the Rite-Aid in Parsons and y robbed the pharmacy of 300 generic Percocet pills. The robber entered the pharmacy area...
By Penny Ellison The Parsons Advocate The Tucker County Board of Education met in regular session at the Board office on July 15. Following the call to order, pledge, and roll call, the meeting agenda was approved as were the minutes of the last regular session held July 1, 2013....
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Wanda Jean Wills of 1057 Limestone Road, Parsons was charged with 25 counts of Cruelty to Animals on July 12. According to the criminal complaint filed in the Tucker County Magistrate Court, by Tucker County Sheriff’s Department, Wills allegedly had 22 live cats, one...
By Penny Ellison The Parsons Advocate The Corridor H Authority recently held a groundbreaking ceremony in Tucker County. The ceremony, which was held at a construction site close to Canaan Valley Institute in Davis, marks the official beginning of the long awaited Davis-Bismarck Segment. The target completion date for this...
One might liken John Bowers and his wife, Joyce to Ray and Annie Kinsella. In the 1989 movie Field of Dreams Kinsella was a novice farmer who kept hearing a voice that whispered, “If you build it, they will come”, and he would see a baseball diamond. His wife, Annie, was skeptical,...
Canaan Valley Ski Lodge was packed this year with participants in the 24th annual Uncle Sam’s Birthday Party dinner benefit and giveaway. Hundreds attended the traditional Independence Day celebration fundraiser, which was held Friday evening and hosted by the Tucker Community Foundation. Each year, Donna Patrick and Amy Barb...
At a rescheduled meeting held on July 9, Randy Watson of Thrasher Engineer, project manager of the Moore - Porterwood water project told Parsons City Council that the project in on pace and that he hopes the main line will be finished by next week. However he has concerns about...
DAVIS, W.Va. ) – The Tucker County Convention & Visitors Bureau recently earned three awards for outstanding achievement in marketing and communication. The bureau received top honors in the Hermes Awards for its 2013-14 Visitors Guide and Ski the Valley website (www.skithevalley.com). The Ski the Valley website also won a...
