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Change of Venue for Zumbathon for Meso When: Aug 24, 2013 Time: 11-2 Cost: $20 registration Where: ELEANOR TOWN HALL Red building beside of Fruth Pharmacy in Eleanor.
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Three nominated for Putnam Rotary scholarships The awards were selected on the basis of community service and scholarship. Kayla Michelle Lynn Hinkley will use her scholarship award to defray part of the $34.500 cost of her sophomore year at West Virginia Wesleyan College. She is a mover and a shaker in tobacco-cessation on the Buckhannon campus while making top grades and leading the school's cheer leading squad. She also worked as a volunteer for the Upshur County Visitors Bureau. Back at home in Putnam County for the summer, Kayla is active in the 4-H Club cleaning the exhibit hall and working the food booth at the fair in Eleanor. She also serves as a
Pictured (left to right) are Rotary President Steve Patrick, scholarship winner Braxton Maddox, his mom Joann Maddox, Laura Lilly, her daughter scholarship winner Lauren Lilly, and Rotarian Bonnie Prisk. Courtesy Photo.
Unable to attend the scholarship presentation was Kayla Hinkley. Courtesy Photo May 14, 2013.
counselor at the 4-H summer camp. "The greatest instance of gratitude," she says, "is the one that I receive after helping someone else."
ward a degree in elementary education at West Virginia University. On campus, she has served as
Kayla is the daughter of Virginia Hinkley of Hurricane. Lauren Marie Lilly is a threetime winner of a Rotary scholarship. This fall, Lauren will begin her third year of work to-
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West Virginia State Park Foundation Assists “Walking in the Footsteps of Soldiers” A Memorial Conclusion at Droop Mountain Battlefield November 5-6
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HILLSBORO, WV - The Battle of Droop Mountain occurred on November 6, 1863. On November 6, 2013, 150 years ago to the date and time, a group of individuals will arrive at the battlefield after an overnight hike that commemorates the route taken by Echols’ Brigade, Confederate Army of Southwestern Virginia. The hike begins in Lewisburg on November 5. It will be a 30-mile route, overnight, and will test the hike registrants who will repeat history’s footsteps. Mike Smith, park superin-
tendent at Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park in Pocahontas County, has designed and coordinated four memorial hikes in 2013 to honor not only West Virginia’s 150th birthday, but also to pay tribute to the men and families of both sides the Civil War that ultimately contributed to the creation of West Virginia as the 35th state. There are two hikes remaining in the series, August 31 and November 5-6. More information is available online at www.droopmountainbattlefield.com .
An additional tribute is planned at Droop Mountain. A ceremony placing a native stone marker with a bronze placard listing known men who died or died as a result of wounds that occurred at the Battle of Droop Mountain will occur around 2 p.m. after the fourth memorial hike arrives at the state park on November 6, 2013. Smith will install the bronze on a near-perfect natural obelisk and flat feature stone of approximately 4 x 6 feet. The soldiers’ memorial will become one of many mark-
ers erected at Droop Mountain identifying battle history and individuals. The West Virginia State Park Foundation is accepting donations to be used to offset the memorial cost. Donations can be mailed to: Robert Hoke, WVSPF Treasurer, 6304 Kaybro St., Laurel, MD 20707, and should indicate it is for the Droop Mountain Memorial. Donations received are acknowledged in writing. Any amount donated is appreciPARK ON PAGE 5
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