In 17th century Europe, caned chairs were all the rage. You know the kind a wooden frame with a seat woven onto it. Nowadays though, you don’t see many caned chairs around. That's because cane doesn’t last forever. Eventually the material breaks down and needs to be replaced. Here at the Seeing Hand Association in Wheeling, West Virginia, folks are giving new life to these old chairs, and finding community along the way.
This week, we visit the Seeing Hand Association. They bring together people who are visually impaired to learn the craft of chair caning. Also, corporate greed has been gobbling up newspapers for years. Now, some of those same companies are taking a bite out of mobile home parks. They’re raising rents and letting repairs slide. And, as the Mountain Valley Pipeline nears completion, people who live near it say government officials are ignoring their concerns about pollution.
The executive director of the Seeing Hand Association has been picked by Gov. Jim Justice to lend her experience and expertise to a statewide council. Karen Haught, who has worked at Seeing Hand for the past 11 years, has been appointed to the West Virginia State Rehabilitation Council to serve a three-year term as an […]
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