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Chesapeake’s Bradshaw honored for blood donation
Mayor Damron Bradshaw has been a regular American Red Cross blood donor since 1965 and recently donated his 10th gallon of blood at the Glasgow United Methodist Church Annex. Bradshaw was awarded his 10-gallon pin by Nancy Pat Maloney, Glasgow United Methodist coordinator for the ARC, and head nurse Sylvia Greathouse from Parkersburg. Bradshaw has been a faithful donor at the Glasgow blood drive since 2001.
Very well-known, especially in the Upper Kanawha Valley where he has been instrumental in many community organizations and activities, Bradshaw has been mayor of Chesapeake since 1991. He also earlier served on the town council and as town recorder. Bradshaw presently is the executive director of the Upper Kanawha Valley Enterprise Community (UKVEC).
The mayor also steps up at his “day job,” boasting 32 years of perfect attendance as an employee at E.I. Dupont in Belle. An ordained minister, he is presently the pastor of the Racine United Methodist Church.
Bradshaw is a 1960 graduate of East Bank High School and is married to the former Mary Jane Caudill.
Accident victims, cancer patients, surgery patients and others are dependent on people like Damron Bradshaw who make a special effort to give blood approximately every 56 days. Every two seconds someone needs a blood transfusion and this precious commodity with a limited shelf life can only be donated by volunteer blood donors. Greater Alleghenies Regional American Red Cross supplies blood products to hospitals in parts of West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and Maryland.
On Monday, July 27, there will be another blood drive at the Glasgow United Methodist Church Annex on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Third Street in Glasgow. Every donor will receive a T-shirt.
For additional information, please contact Nancy Pat Maloney at 304-595-1040.
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Pratt was slammed over the weekend as Paint Creek left its banks and poured through homes. Torrential rains Friday night into Saturday caused flooding in the area and led to one confirmed death in Raleigh County and the suspected death of a Glasgow fireman (see related story in this edition) as he was swept away while helping rescue those trapped by floodwaters in Raleigh County.
- Waters engulf communities Torrential rainstorms combined with snowmelt from the mountains to create roaring floodwaters which left destruction in their path over the weekend.
- Future of city pool up in air Officials are still mulling the possibility of not opening the gates of the municipal pool this summer. They are considering that option, Mayor Jim Higgins says, but it’s a scenario none of them want to see come to pass.
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Fireman presumed dead
A Glasgow firefighter is presumed dead after a swift water rescue mission in Raleigh County during last weekend’s flooding.
Donald Adkins, 32, went missing when the boat he and fellow Glasgow Volunteer Fire Department personnel were in capsized as they attempted to lend aid to families hit by major flooding in the Beaver area.
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Female students exposed to engineering profession
The career of a woman who may design the bridge you drive on in 20 years could have received its impetus Thursday.
On that day, Bridgemont Community and Technical College hosted Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day in Davis Hall.
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Management plan available for review; meetings scheduled
Members of the public have the opportunity to study the results of hours of scoping sessions and background work as the National Park Service’s draft General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP) and draft Foundation Plan for New River Gorge National River have been released for public review and input.
- Sports
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- WVU Tech baseball suffers setback The WVU Tech Golden Bear baseball team dropped both games of a mid-week doubleheader last Tuesday to Bluefield College.
- Retirement ends decorated career for Tech’s Jim Fout
- Tech softball drops games; Sang honored
- Tech athletics reaching out
- Fout retires
- Obituaries
