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PARKERSBURG Two local students will be among 23 cadets to be presented for commissioning as second lieutenants during a ceremony at 10 a.m. today at the Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown
They are: Peter Keiser of Vienna, a graduate of Parkersburg Catholic High School, B.S. business management, West Virginia Army National Guard, Quartermaster Corps. Aaron Sealey, Little Hocking, a graduate of Little Hocking High School, B.A. in finance, West Virginia Army National Guard, Armor.
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Nicole Henniger, Central Kitchen site manager for Washington Morgan Community Action Senior Nutrition Program, accepts a delivery of Blessing Bags from Comfort Keepers for Meals on Wheels recipients. (Photo Provided)
MARIETTA The Mid-Ohio Valley came together to help Comfort Keepers of Mid-Ohio Valley collect 4,697 pounds of food through the Feed Seniors Now food drive for local seniors.
Feed Seniors Now is a national initiative of Comfort Keepers and runs Oct. 1 to Dec. 31. The local Comfort Keepers franchise has sponsored the food drive in the MOV since 2008.
This year, due to COVID-19, the members of the local Comfort Keepers team needed to think outside the box on how to increase access to food among the area’s seniors. They decided, in addition to the iconic red barrels at partner locations, they would offer drop ship options directly to the office and accept monetary donations.
Feb 8, 2021
UP: To Lacey Cale at Emerson Elementary School, Edna Ruth Patrick at Madison Elementary School, Deanna Cunningham at Kenna Elementary School in Jackson County and Lori Franks at Tyler Consolidated High School, for being among the recipients of the 2021 STEM-Minded Educator Grants. The awards of up to $1,000 are meant for materials or technology that can be used either in the classroom or in students’ homes. As the coronavirus pandemic has put us on the fast-track for educational adaptability, these teachers have shown they are ready to give our kids the tools they’ll need to live in the world that awaits them.
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PARKERSBURG Parkersburg Catholic High School was awarded with the College Board Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science Female Diversity Award on Wednesday.
Parkersburg Catholic, one of seven schools in West Virginia, earned the distinction for expanding female representation in AP Computer Science courses during the 2019-2020 school year. A total of 1,119 schools are being recognized for reaching 50 percent or higher female representation in one of the two AP computer science courses, or a percentage of the female computer science examinees meeting or exceeding that of the school’s female population. “I’m exceedingly proud of our students. They exceed expectations every time we ask them to meet a level, they exceed them. That’s what our lady Crusaders continue to do, both in the classroom, on the court and on the field. I’m just really proud of them,” Parkersburg Catholic High School principal Mary Caren Heffner said. “We try to in