Lending a hand
Wellsburg Elks Lodge 1553, above, donated several canned goods and nonperishable food items to local food pantry the Follansbee R.E.A.C.H. Program. Those on hand during the delivery were, from left, Russell Kocher, R.E.A.C.H. volunteer; Bonnie James, food pantry office manager; Karen Hager, office assistant; Ed Wilkerson, R.E.A.C.H. board member; Jeff Cionni, exalted ruler of the lodge; and Bruce Cionni, chairman of the lodge’s trustees. Below, former employees of the Mountain State Carbon coke plant are carrying on an annual tradition practiced by staff at the former Follansbee industry. For years, those with Mountain State Carbon have donated food to the Follansbee R.E.A.C.H. Program. Those involved in this year’s donation included, from left, Dan Sellers, Ray Metzger, Pat Smith, Russ Dudek and Dawn Fischer.
— Contributed