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Local DAR wins awards | News, Sports, Jobs - News and Sentinel

May 5, 2021 From left, Blennerhassett Chapter DAR Acting Chaplain Ashley Burgess, Emma Hunt and Regent Mary Ellen Hunt at the April 17 meeting. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG Awards were presented April 17 to the Blennerhassett Chapter DAR received from the virtual West Virginia DAR State Conference. The awards were presented during the chapter’s April 17 meeting at the Blennerhassett Museum. The received the following awards: ∫ State Regent’s Project – Silver Level, Refurbishment of WV Peters Cottage ∫ Membership Committee: Honorable Mention, Blennerhassett Chapter, 5 new members ∫ Commemorative Events Committee: Other Commemorations – 2nd Place, Blennerhassett Chapter, Miscellaneous, 250th Anniversary of George Washington’s Exploration of the Ohio Valley

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Parkersburg City Council finalizes 2021-22 budget | News, Sports, Jobs

Wilda L. Bungard Parkersburg Finance Director Eric Jiles explains a question raised by the West Virginia Auditor’s Office about the carryover estimate for the 2021-22 fiscal year budget during Tuesday’s Parkersburg City Council meeting at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Ryan Barber, center, is sworn in as Parkersburg’s development director after Tuesday’s Parkersburg City Council meeting, during which he was confirmed on an 8-0 vote. He is flanked by Mayor Tom Joyce and Personnel Director Sondra Wallace. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Randy Jay Riffle Susan Sheppard Ryan Barber, with the Parkersburg Development Department, speaks during a District 4 town hall meeting Monday at the Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd, as City Councilwoman Wendy Tuck listens. (Photo by Evan Bevins)

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Susan Sheppard | News, Sports, Jobs - News and Sentinel

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Blennerhassett DAR wins state, national awards | News, Sports, Jobs

Photos Provided Cathy Hinkle’s first-place entry. PARKERSBURG Two members of the Blennerhassett Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution posted wins in the American Heritage Committee annual contest open to all members. With the theme of “Rise and Shine Your Light on Your Revolutionary War Patriot,” Blennerhassett Chapter members Cathy Hinkle placed 1st nationally in the in the unenhanced color photo category and Roberta Gellner placed 2nd in the West Virginia-only contest in Machine Quilted Quilts. Hinkle’s photograph showed a candle reflecting light through a pair of old eyeglasses sitting on her family’s opened bible with her Revolutionary War patriot and his family’s names showing.

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Kenneth Gilbert | News, Sports, Jobs - News and Sentinel

Kenneth Gilbert Kenneth Gilbert, 78, of Parkersburg, WV died Saturday, April 10, 2021, at Belpre Landing. He was born in Spencer, WV a son of the late Delmer and Marie (Jones) Gilbert. Kenneth Gilbert was an active artist as well as an art educator in the Parkersburg Area. He taught on the elementary, junior high, senior high and college levels. He also served as the art coordinator for the Wood County School System. Approximately 200 of his former students are professional artist and work all over America. Other professional achievements include founding and directing the Mountain Trace Folklore Program at Parkersburg High School where he and his students produced three hardbound books, two on West Virginia Heritage and Culture and the other a History of Parkersburg High School. They also produced twenty-five paper bound volumes. He is also the author and Illustrator of the Blennerhassett Sketch Book and the children’s book, Tilly Hen. He was a recipient of a Fulbrlght to t

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