September 20, 2010: Last night the Gambill Amusements trucks started rolling in, bring the carnival to town. They will be setting up and getting everything ready for the Fall Event of Shinnston – Frontier Days! Where? Adult rides are set up right in front of the Gillum House Bed & Breakfast in the Volunteer Fire [...]
September 19, 2010: Why do I like living in a small city called Shinnston? Because I like living in a city that cares. Last week the Kiwanis did a trash pick-up along the streets of Shinnston. Our new banners are hanging on the poles though downtown. That shows we care about our city, but today [...]
August 17, 2010: Stydahar Field has new bleachers! The Harrison County Board of Education said the bleachers would be done before the first home game. And they are! HOWEVER the Press Box is NOT, therefore the first 6 Lincoln Football Games will be AWAY games! Fear not! Citizens of Shinnston who cannot go to the [...]
August 13, 2010: In a little over one month Shinnston Frontier Days 2010 begins. The Miss Frontier Days Pageant takes place September 11 with a 5K Run earlier in the day. Then on Sunday, September 19 the Car Show kicks off the Frontier Days celebration at the Lincoln High School Parking Lot. The celebration will [...]
July 27, 2010: The Lord’s Pantry Food Bank is doing a Music Fest Saturday, July 31 as a fundraiser – it is going to be a “Pass the Hat”. We hope you come and enjoy the music. Bring your lawn chairs to the practice field for Lincoln High School – across from the State Police [...]
July 6, 2010: Have you ever wanted to learn about the rifles Davy Crockett and Dan’el Boone carried on the Frontier? Have you ever wanted to experience a black powder, muzzle-loading rifle? The Appalachian Rangers Muzzleloading Club Ltd. Is making it possible for you – and children 12 and older – to have that experience. [...]
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July 6, 2010: July 18 will be a day of mixed feelings in Shinnston. That is the day The Wright Stuff Works will be auctioning wookworking and stained glass tools and inventory. For more details www.wrightstuffworks.com. Sunday, July 18, 11:ooam 229 Pike Street We wish them a good auction as we are saddened to see [...]
July 4, 2010: I got to thinking that people may not know how to get to the Bice-Ferguson Memorial Park (Shinnston City Park) for the Concert and Fireworks tonight. So here are the directions. From I-79, take Exit # 125, turn WEST toward the Exxon station and turn LEFT at the Exxon onto WV Rt [...]
June 26, 2010: The Shinnston Community Band has had to change the date of the annual Independence Concert and Fireworks. The concert will take place at Shinnston City Park as usual but it will be on Sunday, July 4! The band has a great program planned with a good mix of music, from the traditional [...]
June 15, 2010: I just had an e-mail from the Marion County Convention and Visitors Bureau about an event that is coming in July! More than 200 teams will travel from all over the East Coast to Morgantown and Fairmont for the Hoop Group Triple S Harley-Davidson Summer Jam Fest Basketball Tournament. Hoop Group is [...]
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June 14, 2010: Yesterday we took a ride to Charleston, West Virginia – to the Cultural Center located across the lawn from the Capitol and the Governor’s Mansion. The reason we went was the opening of a Motorcycle Show that will be there for 2 weeks – until July 8, 2010. There are many vintage [...]
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June 12, 2010: What a beautiful day! We had a short cloudburst but it did not dampen the afternoon at the bocce courts! Willard and the Silver Foxes (his helpers) built the bocce courts at Shinnston City Park and said from the beginning there would be a roof, lights, and a fence around it to [...]
June 1, 2010: We have tried to keep folks appraised of what is happening in Shinnston through this Blog. There is one very tired City Clerk typing this tonight. It has been a VERY long day. (It will be even longer because we are blessed with guests tonight who very kindly waited until AFTER I [...]
May 30, 2010: Thursday, June 3 begins the annual Blue and Gray Reunion in Philippi, West Virginia. The covered bridge at Philippi (longest of all the covered bridges in WV) was the site of the first land battle of the Civil War. The battle was for possession of the bridge that crossed the Tygart River. [...]
May 8, 2010: Happy Mother’s Day tomorrow to all you Mothers. I had my Mother’s Day early and it was wonderful! Our youngest daughter and her friend came in from Chicago for my daughter’s birthday. She took us to a baseball game – the three of them went to a CUB game and I went [...]
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