– To members of the I.B.P.O.E.W. Elks Panhandle Lodge 74, as this past week the lodge celebrated its 115th anniversary. The lodge sits at the intersection of 19th and Jacob Streets in Center Wheeling.
Members describe the Elks Panhandle Lodge 74 as a gem in Wheeling and a "lighthouse igniting the path for our community through tumultuous years to triumphant times present and ahead."
– To the latest group of local residents selected as West Virginia History Heroes -- Deborah Barto, Pete Chacalos, Steven Davis, Wendy Scatterday and Lisa Singer -- as they were honored Thursday during an event hosted by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History.
West Virginia History Heroes are nominated for their individual attention to the state's history.
Barto was nominated by the Cockayne Farmstead, where she has been a volunteer since 2013.
Chacalos was nominated by the Ohio Valley Civil War Roundtable, where he has served as vice-president since 2019.
Davis was nominated by the Wheeling Area Genealogical Society, and has spent countless hours volunteering at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Wheeling.
Scatterday, an architect, was nominated by Friends of Wheeling for her work on historic preservation and rehabilitation efforts in West Virginia, most recently Wheeling's Bridge Tavern building.
Singer was nominated by the Victorian Old Town Association, and has been a force in the preservation of buildings and in the organization of residents in the North Wheeling National Historic District.
Congratulations!