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HURRICANE â One area elementary school student has his eye on the prize and his bow expertly aimed at the target as he prepares to represent the Mountain State on the world stage of archery.
Lenon Hodge, a 10-year-old student at Hurricane Town Elementary School, has qualified for the 2021 National Archery in the Schools Program World Archery Championship. Hodge qualified for the world championship by finishing in the top 100 in the United States in the NASP National Tournament.
The National Tournament was held virtually this spring. Hodge took second place in the state of West Virginia in the national tournament and he took 54th place in the United States among the elementary division. A record 15,683 archers from 1,053 schools competed in the 2021 Nationals.
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Hidden Figures highlighted her role as a NASA mathematician during the space race (
SN: 1/21/17, p. 28). Those works showcased Johnson’s ability to perform high-stakes calculations to send astronauts to space, all while she endured racism and sexism from her colleagues. But crunching numbers for NASA is only part of Johnson’s story. Her posthumous memoir,
My Remarkable Journey, tells the rest (
SN: 2/24/20).
Cowritten with two of her three daughters, Johnson’s memoir spends surprisingly little time explaining her work at NASA. Instead, the book focuses on Johnson’s personal life, including many experiences that reveal insight into the United States’ tumultuous race relations in the 20th century.
CHARLESTON â Businessman Douglas Ray Cook, of Charleston, died May 5 at age 86, but is being remembered as a man who was always willing to help others.
âHe was such a kind man, and he genuinely cared for people,â recalled Mary Ann McClure, of Madison, West Virginia. âHe was always quick to jump in and help resolve a problem or a bad situation. His family were great people. He was a gentle man. That is how I remember him.â
Soon after graduating from Marshall University, Cook co-founded the Heckâs Department Store chain in 1959. Heckâs would eventually be listed on the New York Stock Exchange and grow to over 120 stores in nine states.