When two Marshall County School employees let it be known they would be leaving their positions at the board office it resulted in a number of changes, some of which reached into three schools.

Among the changes are:

– Karen Klamut, who was formerly the director of student services, now becomes assistant superintendent. Filling Klamut’s old office will be Casey Storm who most recently was principal at Central Elementary.

– David Soltesz has a new position as director of personnel within the school district.

– Shey McGuire, formerly principal at Moundsville Middle School, now takes over the position which Soltesz formerly held which is WVEIS Facilitator.

– The new principal at Moundsville Middle School will be Robert Chavanak.

– Katie Dantrassy, who last school year was an assistant principal at John Marshall, will be the principal at Central Elementary.

– Chad Clutter will be an assistant principal at John Marshall.

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The Cockayne Farmstead in Glen Dale will be the site of “Summer Saturday” from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. today (Saturday).

This month the focus for kids of all ages will be on Native American and 18th century skills and crafts.

The youngsters will learn to make ink just like early settlers would have used in their quill pens, try throwing a spear, learn about Native American headworks and plant the “three sisters,” taste corn cakes from the fire, and try colonial games such as Graces and Ninepins.

They will be able to tour the farmhouse with a scavenger hunt and see if they can spot Bennett the Blacksheep.

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The Marshall County Commission this past Tuesday approved several requests from staff members for different matters. They included:

– Awarding a contract to Bowen National Research to undertake a Housing Study & Needs Assessment. The cost will be $33,000. It is anticipated that the work will take between six and seven months. The work will be turned over to not only the commission, but the six cities in the county.

– Two persons, Melissa Renzella and Nicole Earnest, were hired for the County Clerk’s Office.

– Another person employed was Carrie Durig, who will be fill a vacancy in the E-911 office.

– Fred Brunner was re-appointed as a member of the Marshall County I-68 committee. Brunner is currently the board’s president.

It was announced that the county had been approved for the 26th straight year with a grant for STOP Violence Against Women. These funds provide a cohesive partnership which teams a veteran deputy sheriff with a YWCA victim service coordinator and an assistant prosecuting attorney. The group works together from the initial report to the final prosecution, to help streamline the legal process the victim encounters.

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It was announced that Mark Ackermann, who for the past three years been employed by the Marshall County Health Department, has accepted a position for the state of West Virginia.

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The Marshall County Board of Education has purchased property on Fifth Street adjacent to the south entrance to the basketball and football facilities.

There was a structure at the site when the property was purchased, but since then the house has been removed.

The new site will be utilized for increased parking. It is anticipated that work will be completed on this undertaking by the first football game.

Also, another building, this one located on Court Avenue at the north end of the football stadium, has been purchase by the MCBOE.

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If you are pickleball or ground hockey player your playing sites have recently been switched.

The pickleball facility — there are two courts — is now located at the East End Playground, while the hockey rink has been moved to the Park View playground.

While on the subject of sports, the wiffleball field at Valley Fork Park had the largest number of participants in its two years as some eight teams took to the fields.

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The Marshall County Commission will be holding a Business After Hours at the Shadyside Health and Rehabilitation on Aug. 4. Hours are from 5-7 p.m.