ELKINS Youth Health Service presented an award recognizing the Elkins-Randolph County YMCA during a special ceremony at the YMCA Monday morning. Tammie Ri
Our “Apple for the Teacher Tree” open house with the Chamber of Commerce was a great way to celebrate National Education Week at Kump Education Center.
Elkins-Randolph County Chamber of Commerce and Kump Education Center will host an event Wednesday, Nov. 15, from 4:30-6 p.m. to honor teachers during National E
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Retired English teacher Jean Jory, who was beloved by her own students, has nominated Lucy Godwin as the next teacher to be named for our Kump Education Center “Apple for the Teacher Tree.”
Godwin has brought innovation and opportunity to students in rural Beverly, where there is no public library and many students have no reading material at home.
When Godwin was busy teaching 4th and 5th grade at Beverly Elementary in 2017, she earned a $3,000 grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to purchase books for a Bookmobile. Godwin and Principal Paul Zickefoose took his van on a route with 13 stops in order to reach as many students as possible. With fuel paid for by Elkins Rotary Club and a few balloons from Dollar Tree, the van went on its way every Tuesday.
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Thanks to Lisa Wood, director of the Elkins-Randolph County Chamber of Commerce, we have been building a more “Vibrant Community.” Even the coronavirus has not stopped thirty-some businesses from making improvements during the last year.
The Inter-Mountain’s “Lifestyles” section listed these vibrant businesses last week in an article about the first annual 2020 Vibrant Elkins–Randolph County community report compiled by Randolph County officials, under a delightful photo of the dancing couple at Myles Center, but the report forgot to add Kump Education Center improvements.
KEC is a nonprofit member of the chamber, but we have made many improvements in our facility providing jobs for local contractors during this pandemic. Last spring Brian Shourd of Cardamone Historical worked with AmeriCorps member Frankie Evans to rehabilitate the crumbling plaster on the second floor for new rental space.