All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

Fred Brooks Garden Club celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness survivors month

Garden club members Beth Post, Cindy Phillips, Vonnie Hager, Donna Carpenter and Rita Cochran.

Members of the Fred Brooks Garden Club and Upshur County CEOs gathered at the Episcopal Church in Buckhannon in October to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Survivors Month and learn about early detection education. Guest speaker Dr. Kimberly Farry addressed the group about early detection, the importance of mammograms and additional ways of self-examination screening.

Several attendees shared their stories with the group. Fred Brooks Garden Club members honored survivors with beautiful long-stemmed pink roses. Feola’s Flowers and Greenhouse donated the lovely roses for the ceremony.

Numerous door prizes were awarded, including gift cards and many gift buckets.

Refreshments were served, including pizza, assorted sweets and a beautiful “Tackle Breast Cancer” cake. Following the meeting, garden club members delivered Breast Cancer Awareness wreaths to the Upshur County Courthouse, Buckhannon City Hall, Buckhannon-Upshur County Health Department, Upshur County Extension Office and Dr. Kimberly Farry’s office.

Survivors were honored with pink roses.
The Tackle Breast Cancer Cake
BCA Wreaths and Door Prizes

Share this story:

Local Businesses

RECENT Stories

Carpenter Crunch Time Week 12; Narduzzi said what?

Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi drew criticism for dismissing the Notre Dame game’s importance, while the columnist recapped his My Buckhannon picks contest standings and weekend high school and college predictions.

Football Bucs to open playoffs at No. 1 Morgantown

Buckhannon-Upshur (2-8) enters the Class AAAA playoffs as the No. 16 seed and will visit top-seeded Morgantown (9-1) Friday night, seeking progress after a winless 2024 season.
BUHS Boys Soccer Feature Image

Five Buccaneers named to WVHSSCA All-State Soccer Team

Five Buckhannon-Upshur juniors — Coby Smith, Jimmie Green, Zack Simmons, Brady Hommema and Deacon Thorne — were named to the 2025 WVHSSCA All-State Soccer teams, with Smith leading the Buccaneers with 19 goals.

Buckhannon Community Theater seeks vintage toys for Rudolph production

Buckhannon Community Theater is seeking vintage toys to bring their holiday production of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Jr. to life on stage this December.

Charles W. Gibson Library to hold book sale starting November 20

The Charles W. Gibson Public Library will host a book sale November 20-22.

Supreme Court sides with St. Joseph’s Hospital, puts the brakes on new Lewis County hospital

The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital must obtain a Certificate of Need before building a new hospital near I-79 in Weston, siding with St. Joseph’s Hospital in a years-long legal battle that could determine the future of both facilities.

Help Wanted: City of Buckhannon seeking municipal office clerk

The City of Buckhannon is looking for a motivated, well-organized clerk to support its municipal and utility offices. The position is central to serving the public and helping manage the day-to-day operations of local government and utility services.

Upshur County Public Library offers Food for Fines program in November to support local hunger relief

The Upshur County Public Library will accept non-perishable food donations in exchange for reduced library fines throughout November during its Food for Fines program.

Upshur County Special Olympics teams bring home silver medals

Upshur County Special Olympics teams earned silver medals in volleyball and unified flag football at the state fall festival in Parkersburg, marking the program’s first flag football team in over eight years.