We’ve Got Sax Appeal: Thousands worldwide expected to attend 2023 international band competition in Buckhannon
BUCKHANNON – City officials started marching through 2021 on the ‘right foot’ as they learned Buckhannon was selected to host an incredibly unique event – one that promises to put Buckhannon, Upshur County and West Virginia on the map.
During a virtual announcement on Friday, Robert Eklund, International President and CEO of the World Association of Marching Show Bands, announced that Buckhannon will be the site of the WAMSB Championship Event in 2023. This is only the second time in the competition’s history that the host site has been in the United States.
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Year in Review: Remembering the headlines of 2020 Pictured in January are (l-r) Hillsboro administrators introduced to city employees: council president Tom Eichinger, mayor Justin Harsha, chief of police/systems administrator Eric Daniels, safety and service director Brianne Abbott, public works superintendent Shawn Adkins and auditor Alex Butler. (HCP photo by Caitlin Forsha.) Demolition of the former Parker Hotel began in February 2020. (HCP photo by Caitlin Forsha.) On Jan. 24, then-Director of the Ohio Department of Health Dr. Amy Acton declared novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) an immediately reportable disease. Pictured is the Ohio Public Health Advisory System map as of Dec. 17. (Photo courtesy of the Ohio Governor s Office.)
December 16, 2020
Marianne Lester, 72, of Milton, died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at her winter home in Dunedin, Fla., after a long battle with cancer.
She is survived by lifetime partner, Bet Orr; and sister and brother-in-law Sharon and Randy Saunders. She is also survived by her nieces, Fallon and Michelle, and Michelle’s husband Scott Davis. Well-known in the area, Marianne will be greatly missed by many dear friends.
A graduate of American University, Marianne spent her 30-year career as a Washington, D.C. journalist. She entered the field with The Army Times Publishing Company and capped her career as editor-in-chief of the Federal Times.