Marching bands from Africa, Asia, South America and Europe will be coming to town for 2023 competition
BUCKHANNON – More than 5,000 participants are expected to take part in the 2023 World Association of Marching Show Bands Championship in Buckhannon, West Virginia.
During the May 4 Rotary Club of Buckhannon-Upshur meeting, Buckhannon City Recorder Randy Sanders talked about the preparations being made in anticipation of the event.
“We have bands from Honduras, Congo, Brazil, Bahamas, Angola, Guatemala, Thailand, Poland, Colombia, El Salvador, Netherlands, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Ireland, Canada, Venezuela, Germany, Uruguay and Ecuador,” Sanders said. “I think there are four or five from Colombia alone, and the list goes on. We’re up to 29 bands right now, and we’re working across the country to secure some United States bands as well.”
Mar 5, 2021
BUCKHANNON St. Joseph’s Hospital and the Rotary Club of Buckhannon-Upshur will hold a “Save Lives-Feed Families” blood drive on Tuesday, March 30 at the Event Center at Brushy Fork in Buckhannon.
Social distancing and the cancellation of many blood drives has created an urgent need for healthy, eligible people to donate blood.
The blood will be drawn by Vitalant, the blood supplier for St. Joseph’s Hospital and United Hospital Center. Testing will also be done for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
As part of the blood drive, Vitalant will donate monies to the Upshur Cooperative Parish House Food Pantry for each blood donation made that day. An area will also be set up to accept donations of food for the food pantry by donors and the general public. Items needed are non-perishable foods including canned vegetables, canned beans, and grape jelly.
Feb 24, 2021
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With Upshur County residents still awaiting a COVID-19 vaccine, West Virginia Wesleyanâs School of Nursing â both faculty and students â have taken to the frontlines to help meet a local need for the Buckhannon-Upshur community
BUCKHANNON With Upshur County residents still awaiting a COVID-19 vaccine, West Virginia Wesleyan’s School of Nursing both faculty and students have taken to the frontlines to help meet a local need for the Buckhannon-Upshur community and turn the tide on a global health pandemic that has plagued the United States and the world for nearly a year.
John Taylor, a senior nursing major from Oakland, Maryland, was one of the scores of Wesleyan School of Nursing students who administered the vaccine on campus.
Cain
BUCKHANNON The Rotary Club of Buckhannon-Upshur recently welcomed two new members Lisa Cain and Dr. Sara Stankus.
Cain has served as a financial advisor for over 19 years and has been with Edward Jones since 2012. She has been recognized as one of the firm’s top female financial advisors. She is active with the community serving as a member of the Buckhannon-Upshur Chamber of Commerce and volunteering with the community blood screenings sponsored by St. Joseph’s Hospital and the Rotary Club of Buckhannon-Upshur.
She also volunteers with local dog rescue organizations and has fostered dogs in her home.
Stankus is the superintendent of Upshur County Schools.