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Beth Wilkes: Wheeling’s Quiet Kindness Hero In 1968 a young lady named Beth Wilkes boarded a bus from Buffalo, New York destined for Wheeling, West Virginia a city she would call home for the next 50 plus years. Beth, a recent graduate of Nazareth College in Rochester and daughter of pediatrician Dr. Frederick B. Wilkes and nurse Elizabeth M. Wilkes, was sent to Wheeling on assignment through the Americorps’ Volunteer in Service to America (VISTA) Program. Beth was a slight, quiet woman, but she had a heart and compassion far greater than anyone else. Three years prior to her arrival in Wheeling, Beth found herself watching the 1965 March on Selma, Alabama which was broadcast around the country. This moment, which changed the trajectory of our country and changed the Civil Rights movement, also changed Beth Wilkes. On her breaks from college, she traveled to Selma where she regularly volunteered within the local community, specifically teaching African-American ....
Becker Editor’s Note: The following is the first in a series of articles profiling The Inter-Mountain’s staff. ELKINS Joyce Becker, The Inter-Mountain’s Commercial Print Manager, is one of the paper’s most experienced and versatile staff members, having held numerous positions at multiple newspapers over the years. “I’ve worked for Ogden Newspapers for 34 years,” Becker said. “I’ve worked at three of their locations The Inter-Mountain twice, Wheeling News Register/Intelligencer in Wheeling, and The Times Leader in Martins Ferry, Ohio. “I’ve worked in every department except for running the press over the years,” she added. “I started in classifieds/inside sales, moved into building ads by hand and worked on the old design machines at The Inter-Mountain. It was a time of transition (in the newspaper industry) right after hot lead. ....