By ROBERT A. DEFRANK WEST LIBERTY – Betsy Delk found her calling lending assistance to students as director of the West Liberty University Foundation. Delk is responsible for raising, managing and stewarding private funds to support and strengthen West Liberty University and provide ...
By DEREK REDD WHEELING — After 13 years as the executive director of Sandscrest Conference Center, Sarah Lydick was ready for a change. What she really wanted to do was hearken back to her first love, the culinary arts. She had studied the subject in Paris and wanted to put that knowledge ...
By ERIC AYRES WHEELING — The Ohio Valley has its share of recognizable family names, but Toni DiCarlo’s “famous” family name is one that generations of local people instantly associate with a taste of home. “My uncle, Primo DiCarlo, originated DiCarlo’s Pizza in Steubenville, ...
By DEREK REDD WHEELING — For Latisha Cummings, her role as a pastor’s wife is not a traditional one. Often, she said, the first lady of a church is found sitting in the front pew, dressed impeccably, a hat atop her head. Cummings — the wife of Suff. Bishop Darrell Cummings of Bethlehem ...
By DEREK REDD WHEELING — There was a point last year when Adrianne Manning sat at a crossroad in her teaching career. She didn’t know if she wanted to stay in the classroom — or to remain in education. She wondered if she was still making a difference. Then, her students, both current ...
By DEREK REDD WEST LIBERTY — Amanda Welsch is a millennial. “And proud of it,” she said. Yet she admits one thing about her generation — it’s resistant to engagement. Hard to engage, hard to contact, hard to get to pick up a phone. She also admits that, when offered the job as ...
