By: Mat Cloak The Parsons Advocate The new playground is ready for use. The playground next to the Thomas Community Center received an overdue facelift two weeks ago thanks to an anonymous donor. The donor gave the Thomas Parks and Recreation Board money specifically for playground equipment in Thomas. They came...
By: Mat Cloak The Parsons Advocate Beverly Cantrell, deputy 911 director Beverly Cantrell was approved by the County Commission as the new Deputy Director of the Office of 911 for Tucker County. Cantrell has worked in the 911 Office for five and a half years. Before her promotion to Deputy Director,...
By: Mat Cloak The Parsons Advocate During the audience and guests portion of the meeting, Larry Armbruster, president of the Tucker County Ambulance Authority, provided an update on ambulance services and fees. Armbruster reported that approximately $180,000 was collected so far from the EMS fee. "We are putting it to good use,"...
By: Mat Cloak The Parsons Advocate "The Family of Witches" ready for the candy walk. With Halloween falling on a Tuesday this year, many chose to host events and participate in the spirit of the season over the weekend. Chris Phares organized the fifth Zombie Walk in Thomas on Friday...
Service interruption for system reliability improvements planned for Timberline and Canaan Valley areas of Tucker County, on Wednesday, Nov. 1 Mon Power will disrupt electric service to about 760 customers in parts of Tucker County on Wednesday, Nov. 1 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. We regret the inconvenience, but the...
Class of 2018 By: Mat Cloak The Parsons Advocate As the sun set over the western hills in Parsons, the 2017 Homecoming Parade began rolling down First Street. The parade adequately displayed school and town spirit with a mix of different floats and trucks representing a variety of groups and organizations. Volunteer...
Community Corrections Director Dustin Luzier and Tucker County Commissioners Diane Hinkle and Lowell Moore toured the White House prior to the scheduled meetings. Washington, D.C. – Tucker County Commissioners Lowell Moore and Diane Hinkle joined more than three dozen West Virginia county leaders at the White House for a day...
After nearly 23 months of planning, designing, advertising for bids and acquiring all needed permits from Home Land Security, FEMA, Core of Engineers, DNR, Fish and Wildlife, DOH, SHIPO (State Office of Historical Preservation) and City of Parsons, all repairs to the damaged Parsons Diversion Wall is now complete. The...
By: Mat Cloak The Parsons Advocate Last week was the Parsons annual fall cleanup. The Parsons Maintenance Department picked up trash from 150 homes, totaling five tractor and trailer loads and one dump truck load. Marshall Parsons was the man at the helm of the big clean. As maintenance manager of the...
By: Mat Cloak The Parsons Advocate Photos courtesy of Cat Hainfeld Drive down Douglas Road in Thomas to view a more artistic approach to fall than even nature can provide. The Art of Autumn Exhibit is currently showing until Thanksgiving at Buxton and Landstreet Gallery and Studios. The gallery's manager, Cat...
By: Mat Cloak The Parsons Advocate A picture of Mills from the February 8, 1978 edition of The Parsons Advocate. In conjunction with last week's remembrance of Trooper Brown, January is the 40th anniversary of the murder of Ida Mae Cooper. While in the Tucker County Jail, Frederick Dean Hamilton, the...
By: Mat Cloak The Parsons Advocate A first reading of the EMS ordinance revisions was presented at last week's County Commission meeting. Amendments one through four under Article Four were revised. Payments should be made by or before September 1 of each year, beginning with September 1, 2018. This revision eliminates the two...
By: Mat Cloak The Parsons Advocate Election results from theTucker County Clerk's Office. Of the 823 Tucker County residents that voted in the special election, 655 voted for the road bond amendment and 168 voted against it. Over a four-year period, $1.6 billion in state bonds will be issued. Tucker County will...
A narrative by Ren Adkins Betty and Ren Adkins It all started in the summer of 1971 over a cup of coffee at Carl’s Motel. Fred and Donna Wilson ran the Parsons Hardware, an American Hardware franchise owned by Junior Anglin, who also owned the same in Philippi. Fred and I liked...
By Mat Cloak The Parsons Advocate This is a plaque the TCSO purchased through their concealed weapon fund when I was Sheriff and placed inside the booking room of the old jail. We also purchased the same type of plaques for Sheriff Hovatter and WVSP Sgt. Horne who were killed...
The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) named Pickin' in Parsons Bluegrass Festival as the recipient of the 2017 Event of the Year award on Thursday, September 28th at the Awards luncheon in Raleigh NC. Pickin' in Parsons Bluegrass Festival is a five day event that is held annually at Five...
By: Mat Cloak The Parsons Advocate The Board meeting was held in the music room of DTEMS. The Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, October 3 was held at Davis Thomas Elementary Middle School and was attended by a number of the school's faculty and staff. An example of a new...
By: Mat Cloak The Parsons Advocate Different styles and pairings fill the bottles. While the outdoor recreation industry is an economic focus in the Tucker County area, Healthberry Farm in Dry Fork contributes a different type of tourism to the area: agritourism. McKean applies smoke to the hives. Agritourism brings...
By: Mat Cloak The Parsons Advocate Large and small trash right off the road on Camp 70. Camping in the Little Canaan Wildlife Management Area will be prohibited starting January 1, 2018. According to Samantha Smith, Director of Marketing and Communications for West Virginia Department of Commerce, several factors contributed to the change in...
By: Mat Cloak The Parsons Advocate Photo by Mat CloakCommissioner Moore reads proclamation with the retired teachers behind him. The majority of the almost two hour-long Commission meeting on September 27 consisted of a debate surrounding the EMS fee. David Leary began the debate by presenting a petition signed by 1,500...
