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This is National Community Health Center week, and Highland Medical Center in Monterey is celebrating, along with a thousand other centers around the country.
“It’s a good thing to celebrate community health centers,” says the Center’s Executive Director, Polly Newlan, “because I think where we do have them, people forget why they’re there and how they came to be.”
Sixteen people in Pocahontas County would die in a pandemic flu outbreak, according to the regional epidemiologist representing West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle.
Kim Kline broke down the pandemic flu problem for a room full of health and safety planners in our community Tuesday evening.
The book bank is housed in a building that once served as a post office and a bank. The original teller window is still there with antique woodwork and iron bars. A carport in the back was enclosed to hold the adult section and the arts and crafts area, while the kids section is housed in the old bank vault.
In the community of Blue Grass, in Highland County, the book bank offers more than just books. It’s a home away from home for area kids.
This November, Pocahontas County will vote on whether to pass an excess levy to fund the county’s Senior Programs. One County Commissioner has called the levy a long shot and admits that Pocahontas County does not tend to vote for taxes. The president of the Green Bank senior satellite group says even she has not made her mind. The Green Bank group plans an information meeting August 10th to get the public dialogue started.
In an interview with the Pocahontas Times, former Public Service District Chair Calvin Hill, who resigned that position July 25th, said he quit for personal health reasons. But he cited heavier concerns weighing on his mind in a Letter to the Editor in this week’s paper.
Dr. Denise McNeel was one of fourteen people retiring from the Pocahontas County School System who were recognized at Monday’s Board of Education meeting. She was there to receive her recognition and shake hands with the Superintendent. But the retiring French teacher also spoke up in support of continuing the French program she has nurtured at Pocahontas County High School.
The Highland Center – a business incubator and economic development hub in Monterey – is hosting its eighth annual golf tournament fundraiser in August. We’ll talk with a woman who has played in the tournament nearly every year and has been playing golf for… she won’t say how many years.
The Pocahontas County Local Emergency Planning Committee is working on a plan for what to do in the event that a Pandemic Flu outbreak should ever happen here.
During discussion at their meeting Thursday, Committee members acknowledged that – more so than terrorist attacks or other disasters – a flu outbreak is probably what people here worry about most.
The first Bath County Youth Sports Day gave kids to chance to play everything from golf to soccer to basketball. It brings out their natural love of the outdoors and fosters a sense of team spirit. Amanda O’Connor talks with some of the youngsters who came out to play.
In past years, the Pioneer Days Needlework Show has fallen by the wayside, with some contestants actually bringing in work they didn’t do, and some bringing in old works that had been shown for years. The Needlework Show was kind of a motherless child, with all the work piled onto coordinators who had other things to do. But this year, the three Pocahontas County Quilt Guilds have adopted the show, and they’re giving it new life.