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  With a break in the weather and all of the snow melted off Sammy and I took the opportunity...

It might be a bit superfluous to say unrestricted donations are the holy grail of philanthropy but one cannot overlook...

This is a photo of Anderson Wolford from the Flanagan Hill Area of the County. Anderson was the son of...

The weather is set to warm up and the bird feeder is alive with activity. I have mourning doves, wrens,...

A common thread throughout the region, since the start of Tucker Community Foundation, is strong donor support that has created...

The house in this picture may not be familiar to many folks in Tucker County. However, the chimney in the...

2016 ushered in a new year and a new Youth Philanthropy Initiative for Tucker Community Foundation with Sandy Frank of...

Lunch is about ready and I am starved. When it is cold outside, all I want to do is eat....

  With snow continuing to fall and winter finally making its presence known I thought it would be appropriate to...

This is a photo of a Columbus (1824-1878) and Mary Susan Flanagan (1835-1911) Wolford. Mary was the daughter of William...

There is nothing like a good snowstorm to demonstrate how fortunate we are to live in an area where neighbors...

All through our big snow storm I had a bird feeder out for my little feathered friends. Not one bird...

This is the third article in our series on Foundation endowments that benefit the region. The Foundation manages eleven funds...

This is a photo of Elmer Ellsworth Snyder (1867-1940). He was the third child of Captain Sampson and Elizabeth Bonner...

Well, we made it through Winter Storm Jonas and a storm like that is hopefully a once a winter thing....

  The year 2015 was good to West Virginia deer hunters as 138,493 whitetail deer were checked in on the...

This is a photo of the first grade class at Bretz School for May 23, 1945. The Bretz School is...

    It appears that West Virginians will get to see elk make their return to the mountain state for...

2015 closed out on another high note with more than $650,000 in donations, new endowments, and grant funds benefitting communities...

I had a reader contact me last week wanting information about one of the recipes I had in my column....