Glen has worked with many Nashville recording artists since 1995, and he won the Colgate Country Showdown in 2002. His first national radio release was a self-written Top 40 hit on the country charts in 2004. He has continued to work with well-known artists such as Jimmy Fortune who recorded with Glen on Glen’s latest album. This album includes two self-written songs that hit the Top 10 (#3 and #6) on the nationwide Christian Country Top 100 in 2009.

Glen is also an IMC (Inspirational Country Music) New Artist of the Year nominee, and an ICGMA (International Country Gospel Music Association) Male Horizon and Crossover Artist nominee.

The most popular quest ion people ask Glen when they hear him for the first time is: “Where have you been?”

Huntersville is showing off and everyone’s invited!  Jeannie Dunham, one of the co-chairpersons, along with Terry and Connie Carr of the Huntersville Tradition Days says “People will get to experience some of the lost arts and workmanship of our fore fathers.”  Huntersville Tradition Day will be Saturday October 2, 2010.

It was no uncommon thing for Huntersville merchants to realize three or four hundred percent on dry goods, and not much less on groceries, during the period from 1822 to 1845.  After the Huntersville and Warm Springs turnpike was made, and the Parkersburg road penetrated upper Pocahontas, stores of importance were opened at Green Bank and Mill Point and in rapid succession at other points.  Most of the business  part of Huntersville was destroyed by fire in 1852. Continue reading Huntersville residents proud of their past

The end of June several of us from the office went out with a couple of professional photographers from Blackbird Studios in Lewisburg.  The first part of the day was spent at Clover Lick about 13 miles north of Marlinton where there is an old C & O depot that sits close to the beautiful Greenbrier River.

Several folks were game to have their photos taken while navigating the rapids of the river in a brightly colored kayak.  One man demonstrated his skill of fly fishing as he showed up his nimble casting ability.  Another couple took to the county roads on their mountain bikes. Continue reading A picture’s worth a thousand words

New neon colored street flags greet motorists along Rt 39 from the bridge

east just pass the Greenbrier River Trail  representing fun family activities in the area such as canoeing, bicycling, and winter fun in the region.  The colors and the scenes depict seasons as well….there is something to do around here all year.  Many have asked who the man with the fiddle is. Continue reading Who’s the man on the flag?

Today the Pocahontas County Chamber of Commerce announced several new events for the upcoming Autumn Harvest Festival and WV RoadKill Cook-off.  According to committee chair Sherry Radcliff of Green Bank “We’re pulling out all the stops to make sure there’s plenty of fun for every member of the family.” Continue reading WV RoadKill adds new events

Camping in Pocahontas County can’t be beat – no matter where I go in the Monongahela National Forest I am always amazed by the quality and quantity of campsites.  The fees are usually only $8.00 per night and they are all very clean.  The bears are dissuaded by the “bear-proof” trash cans.  My favorite is the first campsite on the right going into Day Run – it is within tossing distance of the Williams River and at night it’s a wonderful sound to drift off to sleep.

The 44th annual Pioneer Days celebration comes to downtown Marlinton July 7 through 11.  This festival has something for all ages from baby pageants to mud bogs to the grand parade on Saturday afternoon. For details on the daily schedule including the bands, go to this link.

Saturday June 26 is the birthday of Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck. This article on her writing is offered as a celebration of the person she was and how she still influences life today.

Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck, productive writer and humanitarian extraordinaire was born on June 26, 1892 in Hillsboro West Virginia. Her forebears had migrated to America to find religious freedom – her father’s from Bavaria in the 1760s and her mother’s from the smallest province in the Netherlands, Utrecht, in 1847.

Early education consisted of her nurse’s Chinese legends, her father’s Biblical readings, basic instruction and American history from her mother, and her own reading of Victorian novelists, especially Dickens. After her family’s escape during the 1900 Boxer rebellion and their furlough in America, Pearl received private tutoring in Chinese subjects until 1905. She then attended missionary boarding schools until 1910 when she attended Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Virginia. Continue reading A lifetime of writing . . . Pearl S. Buck

The McClintic Library is home to the largest West Virginia and Appalachian collection of any small library in the state and has a Heritage Room with local historical materials and facilities for genealogical research, as well as a subscription to Ancestry.com.  The Pocahontas Libraries have an extensive oral history archive and play a major role in the county’s veterans oral history project.  They have also partnered with local filmmakers. Continue reading McClintic Library valuable source for genealogists

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory located in Green Bank is open daily from 8:30am to 7 pm and offers free public tours at the top of each hour until 6pm. Every Friday at 2pm they offer a look at the night sky in their portable Star Lab Planetarium. There is a $3 fee per person and reservations are required. Call 304.456.2150 for more info!