July 7, 2009: The Shinnston Farmers Market will open on July 8, 2009 at 7 AM at the Trailhead of the West Fork River Rail-Trail on US Rt 19. This will be the second year and I have been told we will have great participation from the local farmers again this year. All items being [...]
I am saddened to have to say the Independence Concert and Fireworks have been cancelled due to old man weather! We tried but the consensus between the Board of the Band and the Sound Crew was cancel. Bright spot is that there is going to be an attempt to reschedule this Concert within the next [...]
July 1, 2009: I have been saying Rain, Rain GO AWAY! all day – and it did. But it came back. Then it was pretty and then the rain came back. We will try again tomorrow, July 2 to hold the Concert and Fireworks. The Swim Team will be back with their bake sale and [...]
June 30, 2009: Tonight was final rehearsal and it was awesome. There will be 65 musicians blowing their brains out (OK, the drum line always has to be different) for the pleasure and entertainment of all who come to Shinnston City Park Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Think of it! How many cities with a population [...]
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June 13, 2009: After our guests departed this morning, I joined the “cleaning detail” at the Shinn House. I am happy to announce that after a hiatus of several years, the Gillum House is once again able to take interested guests for a tour of the Shinn Log House. This 2-story log house was built [...]
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June 9, 2009: Just back from blowing my brains out. Not what you think. I play baritone sax in the Shinnston Community Band and Tuesday evenings we get to blow our brains out at rehearsal. No brag, just fact – we are AWESOME!!! This is going to be a great concert. We will be playing [...]
Shinnston has awakened from a cold winter. Our Spring flowers have bloomed and gone and Summer is putting on her finery. The rhododendrons are blooming! They are so beautiful! The Drive-in is open, the Museum is open, the pool will open on May 24, and activities are planned all Summer. The Garden Club engaged the [...]
Old Man Winter decided to put a VERY slick snow down over north-central West Virginia this afternoon. Sections of I-79 were closed because of accidents (WVU is playing South Florida tonight) of people going the game hitting the black ice. Shinnston was so slick, the City called off the Parade – we did not want [...]
The Shinnston Christmas lights were hung with care last Friday by the Shinnston Area Development Association – the non-profit organization that owns and maintains the lights. They also sponsor the annual Christmas Parade and Concert by the Shinnston Community Band. The Parade starts at 6:30 pm (they give the Catholics time to clear their parking [...]
November 19 is the Community Thanksgiving Service in Shinnston. Then, Thanksgiving Weekend, Prickett’s Fort has its Christmas Market and Lambert’s Winery is having an Open House.The Shinnston Community Band is in rehearsal for the Christmas Concert that follows the Parade on December 6. Then on December 13, the Lumberport Baptist Church is doing a Christmas [...]
It looks as if it is going to be a glorious leaf season! The leaves are beautiful and within the next couple days, will be nothing but WOW! If you cannot get away immediately, do not despair as we also have enough green to indicate there will be what we call a second season. Remember [...]
After 13 years of talking about it, the Gillum House finally bought a bike carrier for the car. It is a 2-bike carrier that fits on the trunk, but we can now do a pick-up/delivery between Shinnston and the North Bend Rail-Trail at Wolf Summit for guests at the B & B. It will also [...]
Today was the big day of the former Shinnston High School Alumni Homecoming. Since I marched (with bari sax I may add!) in the Alumni Parade with the Alumni Band (I graduated from Toronto High School, Toronto, OHIO) and many of the Shinnston Community Band members do march with the Alums and then I played [...]
By 5 pm the green in front of the bath house at Ferguson Memorial Park was already filling with people. The program of the evening was not scheduled to start until 7:45. The Swim Team Parents had already set up their fundraiser table of cookies, fudge, and snacks. Lines were forming at the concession stand [...]
Today is the annual Independence Concert at Shinnston City Park. People will start coming to the Park by 4 in the afternoon to get a good parking spot and stake out a good section of green for their chairs or blankets. We had over 3000 people there last year.About 7 pm a young member of [...]