Editorial

20 Years Ago  Week of May 23, 2002 Pendleton School  First In  PROMISE Scholarships   The first high school seniors in West Virginia to receive PROMISE scholarships from Governor Bob Wise were 30 college-bound students at Pendleton County High School.  Although Wise was scheduled to hand out those scholarships personally...

Eugene Varner’s mushroom was 5-3/4” tall with a stem measuring 8 inches in circumference. This allowed for two to three messes of eating mushrooms. Sugar Grove By Paula Mitchell The date of Decoration Day, as general John A. Logan, the commander-in-chief of the Union veterans called it, was chosen because...

Sugar Grove By Paula Mitchell A former resident of Sugar Grove returned Saturday afternoon to be with many friends and relatives who had assembled at the VFW Pavilion to help him celebrate his 90 years of age.  “Junior” Grogg had a grand time at his birthday party, despite the weather...

10 Years Ago  Week of May 10, 2012 SUGAR GROVE Good Old Days  Weren’t So Good    The “good old days” seemed to have life moving slower, neighbors helping neighbors, and everyone had a snug home and lived comfortably off the land. But perhaps the good old days weren’t always...

By Dave Ellis With all the rain the area is getting, residents may never get a change to plant the gardens. The rain is making the grass grow faster. But who knows when the sun will come out to dry the gardens and grass. Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches...

20 Years Ago  Week of May 9, 2002 SUGAR GROVE Mothers Have  A Challenging  Rewarding Career   There is no assignment on earth that requires the array of skills and understanding that is needed by a mom in fulfilling her everyday duties. She must be a resident psychologist, physician, theologian,...

By Dave Ellis What a week the area had, nothing but rain. The days were good for ducks, but not fishermen. The area received more than 3 inches of rain, starting Friday night. The rain canceled the Trout Rodeo. Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins -...

The photo is of the Franklin Elementary School’s 1970-1971 second-grade class. Mattie Adamson taught until January, with Paula Schulz Mitchell finishing out the year. Students were, from left, first row, Mark Hevener, Jay Mallow, Larry ‘Chip’ Harper, Mark Glover, David Waggy and Carl Hevener; second row, Gary Rexrode, Greg Moyers,...

20 Years Ago  Week of May 2, 2002 Habitat To Dedicate  51st House May 8  On May 8th, Almost Heaven Habitat for Humanity (Habitat) will dedicate the 51st house they have built in Pendleton County.  This exciting and successful housebuilding ministry has spent over $2 million dollars in materials to...

Members of the Sugar Grove Maple Leaves 4-H Club picked up five bags of trash, including some larger items, from Sugar Grove Road to the Sugar Grove Rescue Squad Building to Stoney Run Road. Participating in the trash collection were, from left, Emma Puffenbarger, Ava Bowers, Ben Puffenbarger and Nathaniel...