Apr 29, 2021
Frank Wimer was a man of faith, a man of courage and a man of determination. He was a veteran of the armed services, an educator, a coach and a father not only to his own children. He was a father figure to every student and player he taught in a classroom or on the field. Anyone lucky enough to have known Frank Wimer might well have said he was the greatest citizen Elkins ever had.
It was on a grass field and/or a coal cinder track where thousands of kids learned to grow up and start to understand how hard work and determination could result in a successful life. It was only fitting for that piece of ground in South Elkins where so many learned to bear the name Wimer Stadium.
To EHS alumni, former athletes, band members, cheer squads and all that have utilized Wimer Stadium:
I have waited for someone to question the deceitful and non-transparent information and events surrounding the namesake of former Coach Frank Wimer and our football stadium. It seems to me that our Board of Education has planned to move the football stadium, permanently.
Our young men and women performed remarkably well this 2020 football season under very difficult conditions. They had no home field to play on nor home field advantage due to the sudden closure of Wimer Field.
I am confused about how the engineering, the materials, money and planning could have gone awry in the short period of time of the “new bleachers” that should have lasted another 100 years. The thing I am most disappointed about is that I see no plan or explanation for the future of this namesake. I see no solution for our kids having a field to play or perform on in 2021.