Feb 4, 2021
In lieu of its traditional large-scale in-person Annual Meeting, the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation & Regional Affiliates recently held its Annual Meeting virtually Jan. 15 which featured a “State of the State” address from its Executive Director, Judy Sjostedt Ritchie.
Sjostedt Ritchie noted that 2021 marked the 22nd Annual Meeting that she has had the privilege of conducting. The PACF’s grantmaking capacity has grown significantly over its history. In 1964, one year after the PACF’s founding, the Foundation awarded $2,000 in community grants.
By contrast, at the end of its 2020 fiscal year, the PACF awarded $2.9 million in grants and scholarships.
“As a public charity, anything and everything that the PACF can do is directly to the credit of the generous local citizens who support it,” said Sjostedt Ritchie.
where president trump is heading our way. he s about to board air force one after that raucous rally overnight in phoenix. and he s heading to reno where he ll talk to veterans at the american legions annual convention. just before the president got there, we asked some folks in nevada what issues matter the most to them. watch. i want to see more economic growth in a positive fashion where we get better paying high-end jobs. people want good jobs. people want to good health care. people want high-quality of life. we get distracted with other things. it comes down to mostly economics and quality of life. i m a teacher. i just want the education to always be utmost. continue to work, work through millennial scholarship. so, jobs, jobs, jobs. to talk about them, here with us is somebody who has a pretty good job. john ralston editor of nevada independent back here with me. john, let s talk about this
we are back now in nevada with time thoughts from john ralsten. we re in this state, dean heller and danny tarkanian trying to fall all over themselves to be closer to donald trump at maybe the lowest point of his presidency. think of how weird that is. we ll be back, i m sure at some point before the 2018 elections. thanks very much for being on the set. you bet. today s big picture comes to us from south africa. workers holding down a tranquilized rhino after taking out its horn to deter poaching of one of the world s most endangered species, just 30,000 rhinos remain worldwide. the photographer of this picture here for reuters. we d love to hear your thoughts online, on social media and do not miss tomorrow s show. we re staying on the road outside the beltway headed to
fast. here s what i said on saturday. we re closely following the terrible events unfolding in charlottesville, virginia. this is me speaking. we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence. so, hallie, that s part of what he said last saturday, a week ago saturday on charlottesville. he let go the most crucial parts of that. the single most important clause on his remarks. that s how he s been recasting. what we ll see tonight or this afternoon, rather. monday night s trump. the afghanistan speech trump. much more on message. talking about veteran issues and talking about things that will play to the specific audience in the room and less of what we saw on tuesday. i want to bring in before we go over to you, john. political reporter for washington post and political analyst robert costa. hey, bob. hey, you heard garrett talking about the monday night donald trump. we also had the tuesday night donald trump.
president wants to get done in the fall. is it possible here in nevada and texas and people in maine where we were this week aren t going to see this as a presidential problem but instead a congressional problem, a swamp problem? if the president continues to separate himself from the republican party, politically, in spirit in terms of what he s saying at these rallies. you can see some of the republican base, especially if it s spurred on by breitbart and steve bannon who is there. you can see the president try to take advantage of these divisions. and, bob, there s a tweet the president said this morning going after somebody he did not name specifically last night. garrett and john. he said jeff flake. the phoenix crowd was a packed house, loves the great state of arizona after tweeting about this. i m not a fan of jeff flake. weak on crime and border.