MORGANTOWN -- Ed Hawkins wrote the book on Camp Muffly. Literally. The English major turned dentist is finalizing a nearly decade-long passion project to document a place he’s held dear since his first camp adventure as an 8-year-old boy. He’s 76 today, or, as he describes it, ...
For 16 years, Becca Fint-Clark has been a 4-H fixture in Monongalia County. Clark, a 4-H agent with WVU’s Extension Service, has been schooling pre-teens and teens for that long on topics from environmental awareness to money management. If you want your offspring to learn the ...
Mildred Fizer didn’t exactly shatter the glass ceiling 58 years ago. Rather, she simply etched her way through it, with grace and quiet confidence. “Somebody, some woman, had to do it,” said the Morgantown woman who turned 103 Wednesday. In 1966, she became the first female in ...
Fourth-graders at Ridgedale Elementary School didn’t pay any mind to those dreary clouds on the other side of the classroom window Wednesday afternoon. Inside, the light of learning was literally shining forth. That’s because Becca Fint-Clark was making like a candle-powered ...
Earth Day, the 2022 edition, was firmly taking root at Marilla Park on Friday, and William was right there. “We have bees at my house,” the 4-year-old said. “And spiders.” “And we watch out for ‘em, right?” asked his mom, Lena Swiger. “You and Aiden.” Aiden is ...
It’s the community’s kitchen — from farmers to for-profit businesses; from individuals to agencies — and now it has a name. The Community Food Innovation Center, located within the Monongalia County Extension Services and 4-H Center, 270 Mylan Park Lane, was opened up to the ...