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Village to Come Alive with Fall Fest Activities By Justin Waybright
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Healing, Hope and Heart
A purpose - A member of the Tri-State Medical Mission holds a newborn at a recent trip to Haiti. A 5k event is coming in September to help fund this annual trip. Courtesy Photo
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BARBOURSVILLE - Wind is blowing in the cooler weather of fall and with it comes the annual Fall Fest. From Sept. 11 to 14, the village will come alive and welcome the new season as well as continue celebrating Barboursville’s 200th birthday. "This is one of the biggest events we have," said Barboursville Mayor Paul Turman. "Everybody looks forward to it." Some of the activities residents are looking forward to will be the carnival, parade, car show and entertainment. The four-day event is full of fun for children, adults and families. This year's Fall Fest will kick off with the carnival Wednesday Sept. 11 at the newly acquired Sadler Field. The parade will sweep through the village 6 p.m., Thursday Sept. 12. At 8 p.m., Friday the Cabell Midland High
Country music sensation Aaron Tippin is set to perform during Barboursville’s annual Fall Fest. Courtesy Photo School Collegium Musicum will perform. At 9:30 p.m., Rick K and the Allnighters will take the stage. The Fall Fest Car Show is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday Sept. 14.
At 8 p.m. Dressed to Kill will rock the crowd. At 9:30 p.m. country music star Aaron Tippin will bring his greatest hits to the Fall Fest!
Crafts, vendors and entertainment will greet the area Friday through Saturday. VILLAGE ON PAGE 8
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CULLODEN - A group of local physicians, doctors, nurses and surgeons is on a mission to bring healing, love and hope to Haiti. Since 2010, Tri-State Medical
Operation Write Home: Huntington Women Make Cards for Deployed Soldiers other event is scheduled for September 7th, from 11am to 2pm at Our Lady of Fatima Church. To sign up, contact Kit Muth at mrskittym@aol.com or (304) 5230952. This event will be focused on making Christmas cards in time for our heroes to send home for Christmas. Operation Write Home, a nonprofit organization that helps heroes keep in touch with home, has sent not only 2.2 million handcrafted cards for heroes to write home on – which is the group’s primary mission. But
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HUNTINGTON - In July, over 40 people of all ages gathered together to make general purpose cards for deployed United States soldiers in an Operation Write Home event organized by the Huntington Cabell Republican Women. HCRW Vice President, Kit Muth, responded, “We were completely amazed by response of our community. Women, men and children of all ages from elementary to high school came out to show their support and make
these beautiful one-of-a-kind cards for our cherished soldiers!”
Due to the enthusiastic response of the community, an-
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