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More on Saturday's Charley West Music Fest, plus State Tourism Commissioner Chelsea Ruby and Morganne Tenney from the Putnam County Development Authority.

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Monday, May 19, 2025  An Adventure Getaway at Pipestem Resort State Park is Calling Your Name. The WVU NASA program helps students in STEM education . And students sign on to West Virginia Toyota's 4T Academy program and start their career path right out of high school- on today's daily304.com. #1 - WV State Parks - If you've been looking for the perfect excuse to ditch the living room and step outside, Pipestem State Park's Adventure Zone is ready to deliver. Whether your crew is made up of adrenaline junkies, casual fun-seekers, or a family looking to create lasting memories, this is the place where everyone can come together for a day of unforgettable fun. Read more:  https://wvstateparks.com/an-adventure-getaway-at-pipestem-resort-state-park-is-calling-your-name/amp/   2 - WVU - Melanie Page, director of the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium, said,  “When students from WV are given access to the same resources as others, they achieve amazing things and the NASA WV Space Grant Consortium exists to make sure that happens.” The Consortium's programs focus on student fellowships, research, collaborations with industries, as well as K-12 and public outreach programs. And it prepares current college students for their future careers. Learn more about Emily Certain - WVU Grad and now a NASA Engineer and her story and how the consortium offers college students opportunities to inspire talent and support students with scholarships. Read more: https://magazine.wvu.edu/stories/2025/02/08/out-of-this-world-wvu-nasa-program-helps-youth-blast-off-into-stem   #3 - WV Metro News - Dozens of upper-class high school students from across the region are the newest inductees in the advanced manufacturing work-based learning program for Toyota. Toyota West Virginia recognized the newest 4T Academy class during a ceremony and signing event held at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. It's the academy's fourth year, and high school students across Kanawha, Mason, and Putnam counties take part in the program. These newest inductees from those counties will get the opportunity to start work with the company at its advanced manufacturing facility in Buffalo this fall while they finish school. Read more; https://wvmetronews.com/2025/05/06/students-sign-on-to-west-virginia-toyotas-4t-academy-program-for-its-fourth-year/ Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. Advantage Valley is hosting workshops for those interested in starting their own childcare businesses…Bridging Innovation Week is coming to Shepherdstown in April--register now for a great networking and learning opportunity…and check out the talented lineup coming to Mountain Stage on March 9…on today's daily304. #1 – From ADVANTAGE VALLEY – Are you interested in starting a childcare business or expanding your current facility? Advantage Valley's FASTER WV childcare business workshops will provide you with the tools and resources to get started! This free workshop begins with a brief presentation featuring Advantage Valley, the West Virginia Small Business Development Center, Wonderschool, the local health department, childcare resource and referral agency, fire marshal, and more. Following the presentations, attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and connect directly with experts for guidance and resources. Workshops are scheduled in the coming months in Jackson, Putnam and Kanawha counties. Register today! Learn more: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/advantage-valley-55321568063?utm_source=Advantage+Valley&utm_campaign=54e96ff54f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_02_18_05_58&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-54e96ff54f-73365994&ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_19_2025_15_11)&mc_cid=54e96ff54f&mc_eid=60d91b5b34   #2 – From WV ESHIP ECOSYSTEM – Bridging Innovation Week is the state's premier entrepreneurship event. The annual week advances entrepreneurship-led economic development by providing connection and education to business owners, current and prospective entrepreneurs, and entrepreneur-serving organizations throughout West Virginia. This year's Bridging Innovation Week takes place April 28 through May 2 in Shepherdstown. Whether you're just starting or looking to scale, this is the place to explore entrepreneurship opportunities in the Mountain State. Register today and secure your lodging. Rooms with special rates have been set aside at the historic Bavarian Inn in Shepherdstown.  Learn more: https://wveshipecosystem.org/#bridging-innovation   #3 – From MOUNTAIN STAGE – Be a part of the live audience as Mountain Stage records a fresh episode for NPR Music with Kathy Mattea! Guest artists for the March 9 show at the West Virginia State Capitol's Culture Center include the MC Taylor Goldsmith Show (Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes and MC Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger), Jonny Fritz, Kat Edmonson, Scott Mulvahill, Ken Pomeroy. Reserve your tickets today before they sell out! Learn more: https://mountainstage.org/event/the-mc-taylor-goldsmith-show-ken-pomeroy-and-more-on-mountain-stage/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. Take a hike! A Fayetteville outfitter offers perks to encourage folks to get out and explore the great outdoors…the WV SBDC launches a program to increase access to affordable childcare in coal counties…and learn how Appalachia got its name (hint: it's a mix of Native American, Spanish and French influence)…on today's daily304. #1 – From WOAY-TV – Got those midwinter blues? Shake it off with a hike in the great outdoors.  Hike three trails a month and receive 10% off a store purchase, plus a free coffee drink from Waterstone Outdoors in Fayetteville. The retail store is just a stone's throw from the New River Gorge National Park, which offers  countless miles of hiking trails and breathtaking scenery.  To help kick off the trail challenge, Waterstone Outdoors has partnered with Active Southern West Virginia to host a free group hike every month. To receive your reward, submit proof of the hike. Waterstone Outdoors is accepting photos from the trailhead, in app trackers and mid-hike photos. Read more: https://woay.com/waterstone-outdoors-issues-trail-challenge/   #2 – From BLUEFIELD DAILY TELEGRAPH – The West Virginia Small Business Development Center has launched a pilot program intended to increase access to affordable child care. The initiative, “Childcare West Virginia: Building the Business that Supports Business,” aims to establish new profitable childcare businesses, help existing childcare providers operate more efficiently and allow employers to recruit and retain workers by offsetting childcare costs. The project is funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission's POWER Initiative and is in partnership with the West Virginia Workforce Resiliency Office and private childcare development firm Wonderschool.  The project area for the pilot program will include eight coal-impacted counties: Boone, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam, Roane and Wirt. Read more: https://www.bdtonline.com/news/state_region/childcare-west-virginia-building-the-business-that-supports-business-initiative-launched/article_af0625c4-3bd1-5f11-8c28-8cc14b7a9ac8.html   #3 – From WOWK-TV – Did you ever wonder how Appalachia got its name? According to legend, the name traces back to early European expeditions.  In 1539, a Spanish expedition under the command of Hernando De Soto came across a Native American tribe near modern day Tallahassee, Florida and named them and the province Apalache (Apalachee) as a derivative of the neighboring tribe of Apalachi. In 1540, De Soto's expedition named the mountainous region of Appalachia after the tribe.  As for naming the mountain range Appalachian, the distinction goes to French artist Jacques le Moyne de Morgues, who travelled in the 1564 French Huguenot expedition of René de Laudonnière. While at the mouth of St. John's River on the Florida coast, Le Moyne painted a scene of natives collecting gold from streams running from the “Apalatcy Mountains.” Read more: https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/how-appalachia-got-its-name/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. Meet some of West Virginia's women farmers who are combining traditional farming methods with entertainment and community building…learn about the many food and agriculture companies that have said #YesWV…and a WV state park receives national attention for its part in the Underground Railroad…on today's daily304.   #1 – From WV EXECUTIVE – In West Virginia, roughly 36% of farm producers are women, according to the 2022 Census of Agriculture.  Three women—Brookedale Farm Owner and Operator Donna Brooke-Alt, Sunset Berry Farm Owner Jennifer Gilkerson and White Picket Farm Founder and Owner Deb Hartshorn—are leading the state in agritourism Check out the story in WV Executive to learn how they're combining traditional farming methods with entertainment and community building offerings. Read more: https://wvexecutive.com/female-farmers/   #2 – From WV DED – West Virginia has a long history of food and agriculture. Farming here dates back to the Native Americans and early European settlers. Today, West Virginia's food and agriculture is growing. Last year alone, the state's farmers produced $800 million in a wide variety of products from produce to livestock. The West Virginia agriculture industry is continuing to expand and diversify so it may meet the changing face of the agricultural economy. Visit the West Virginia Department of Economic Development online to learn more about food and agriculture companies that have said #YesWV. Read more: https://westvirginia.gov/industries/food-and-agriculture/   #3 – From WOWK-TV  – A West Virginia state park is receiving national recognition for its part in the Underground Railroad. Tu-Endie-Wei State Park in Point Pleasant has been added to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. West Virginia State Park officials say the recognition is in honor of the significant role the Shawnee Tribe played in protecting escaped enslaved people. There are still some final approvals to complete, but once that is done, a commemorative plaque or letter will be put in the park “in recognition of the Shawnee people's bravery and role in this part of American history.” Tu-Endie-Wei State Park is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers. The name comes from the Wyandotte language, meaning “point between two waters.” It is home to a granite obelisk honoring the frontiersman who fought and died in the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant, as well as to the grave of legendary Shawnee Chief Cornstalk.  Read more: https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/mason-county-wv/tu-endie-wei-state-park-added-to-national-underground-railroad-network-to-freedom/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Friday, Oct. 4, 2024  Businesses in southern West Virginia are invited to a free seminar centering on building tourism around the Hatfield-McCoy Trails…treat yourself to culinary delights from the New River and Greenbrier Valley region at Lewisburg's 38th annual Taste of Our Towns festival…and state officials and higher learning institutions gather to recognize key events in West Virginia that contributed to the American Revolution…on today's daily304. #1 – From BLUEFIELD DAILY TELEGRAPH – A free seminar, “The Hatfield-McCoy Effect: How to Expand Your Tourism Business” is coming Oct. 15 to the Bluefield Art Center Theater in downtown Bluefield.  The Hatfield-McCoy Trail system in southern West Virginia has seen increasing ridership each year. In 2023, the trail authority sold a record 92,500 trail passes and the goal this year is 95,000. Jeffrey Lusk, executive director of the Hatfield-McCoy Trail Authority, will speak about the trail system's impact, the industry's needs and how to grow tourism-related businesses. Mercer County has seen a lot of entrepreneurship with lodging investments in Bramwell, Bluewell and the Bluefield area, Lusk said. Besides lodging, there are opportunities for businesses offering ATV rentals, parts and services for off-road vehicles, restaurants and food services. The seminar is free and registration is not required. Read more: https://www.bdtonline.com/news/bluefield-looking-to-grow-businesses-near-atv-trails/article_4ffd14bc-7b52-11ef-a191-6bd4099130c8.html   #2 – From WV NEWS – Get set for the 38th annual Taste of Our Towns festival, which takes place Saturday, Oct. 12 in downtown Lewisburg. This popular event serves as a major fundraiser for Carnegie Hall, a prominent cultural institution in the Greenbrier Valley and New River regions, dedicated to promoting arts education, performances, and exhibitions. During the festival, downtown Lewisburg transforms into a lively culinary hub where attendees can explore food booths with a map that highlights ticket stations, tasting areas, entertainment spots, and art exhibits. The Davisson Brothers Band will perform a concert. To learn more or purchase tickets, visit www.carnegiehallwv.org/taste-of-our-towns Read more: https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/38th-annual-taste-of-our-towns-toot-festival-set-for-october-12-in-downtown-lewisburg/article_a7f4fcfe-7b87-11ef-98f1-271c5254cac1.html   #3 – From GAZETTE-MAIL – The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History will partner with communities across the Mountain State and higher education institutions Oct. 9-11 to remember the state's history and recognize the key events that contributed to the American Revolution and the nation's independence. Activities kick off with a lantern convoy from the Greenbrier County Courthouse to Tu-Endie-Wei State Park in Point Pleasant, with waystations in Fayette and Kanawha counties. A conference at Marshall University, exploring West Virginia's impact, with participation from other state higher education institutions, will conclude the state's commemoration. Read more: https://www.wvgazettemail.com/metrokanawha/wvdach-events-to-note-w-va-s-contributions-to-american-revolution/article_2a1a17d4-7690-11ef-ae40-7b36602554a3.html   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.

Oktoberfest season has arrived and Oktoberfest beers are everywhere. On this episode of West Virginia Beer Roads, we review 12 Oktoberfest-style beers available in West Virginia. Podcast hosts Erin and Charles are joined by Chris Brown, president of the Kanawha… Continue Reading… The post Octoberfest 2024 Beer Tasting Notes and Favorites appeared first on BrilliantStream.

Join us this morning on 580 Live for a full lineup of discussions. First, Aaron Wood joins us in the studio to talk about the highly anticipated Ribfest event. Next, Bek Berg from Charleston Area Medical Recycling shares details about the upcoming Recycle for Recovery event. Lastly, Kanawha County Prosecutor Deb Rusnak discusses the recent guilty plea of one of the 14-year-olds charged in the murder of a tobacco store employee.

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. New campgrounds are coming to Lost River and Cass Scenic Railroad state parks…plan a biking adventure in one of West Virginia's charming small towns…and Tu-Endie-Wei State Park is the newest location of an Instagrammable Almost Heaven swing…on today's daily304. #1 – From WV EXPLORER – Lost River State Park and Cass Scenic Railroad State Park are slated for nearly $13 million in expansions to be completed in 2025, according to West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice. Cass's new campground -- its first -- will border the Greenbrier River. The site will feature 100 campsites with water and 50-amp electrical service, two bathhouses, a check-in station, an RV dump station, and paved roads and utilities. Lost River State Park will also see significant upgrades with the addition of 35 modern campsites, each featuring water and 50-amp electrical service. The new facilities will include one bathhouse, a check-in station, an RV dump station, and paved roads and utilities. The campground projects are part of an ongoing investment in the West Virginia State Parks system. During the Justice Administration, more than $250 million in improvement projects have been completed. Read more: https://wvexplorer.com/2024/08/22/cass-scenic-railroad-lost-river-state-parks/   #2 – From WORLD ATLAS – Thanks to its rugged terrain and magnificent scenery, West Virginia offers some of the most scenic and challenging cycling opportunities in the eastern United States.  Likewise, its small towns offer a unique blend of charm and outdoor experiences that appeal to cycling enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels. These communities support the sport with dedicated bike paths and trails, along with businesses and clubs that further enhance the local cycling culture.  Check out bike-friendly destinations like Shepherdstown, Davis, Fayetteville and Marlinton. You'll find a variety of single-track, rail trails, towpaths and more, combined with cozy shops and restaurants and amidst loads of mountain scenery. Read more: https://www.worldatlas.com/cities/6-most-bike-friendly-towns-in-west-virginia.html   #3 – From WOWK-TV – West Virginia's newest Almost Heaven swing is situated at Tu-Endie-Wei State Park in Point Pleasant, where the Kanawha and Ohio rivers meet. Tu-Endie-Wei, which is a Wyandotte word for “point between two waters,” commemorates the frontiersmen who fought and died at the Battle of Point Pleasant on October 10, 1774.  The West Virginia Department of Tourism has installed dozens of the oversized wooden swings at scenic locations throughout the state. Visitors are encouraged to snap a photo of their party on the swing and share it to social media using #AlmostHeaven. Visit wvtourism.com to learn more and discover more Almost Heaven swings. Read more: https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/mason-county-wv/point-pleasant-gets-almost-heaven-swing-at-tu-endie-wei-state-park/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. Marshall University's flight school expands its degree program to the Eastern Panhandle…the WVDNR announces two early black bear firearms seasons…and West Virginia University's robotics program prepares students for everything from aerospace to agriculture…on today's daily304. #1 – From WV PUBLIC – Marshall University has expanded its degree program for professional pilots into the Eastern Panhandle. This fall, students can pair online classes with in-person training at an airport in Martinsburg. The four-year degree includes all their licensing to be a professional pilot, according to Nancy Ritter, director of Marshall's Bill Noe Flight School.  She added that Marshall has several different career opportunities in aviation, including airframe and powerplant mechanic or aircraft maintenance technician. The flight school's UAS -- unmanned aircraft training -- will also be offered in Martinsburg. There will also be flight attendant and dispatcher certification programs. Ritter said there's been a lot of interest among Martinsburg residents in pursuing the program. “It's been really great reception from the area. A lot of community involvement, a lot of excitement from different military units in the vicinity, and a lot of outreach from school districts within the counties that border Martinsburg and really the whole Panhandle area,” she said. Read more: https://wvpublic.org/marshall-university-expands-aviation-program-to-eastern-panhandle/   #2 – From LOOT PRESS – The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has announced that two early black bear firearms seasons will begin on August 31 and October 5. Hunters are encouraged to prepare by purchasing the necessary licenses and stamps. The first season runs from August 31 to September 8 in Logan, McDowell, Mingo, and Wyoming counties, while the second season is from October 5 to October 11 in Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Nicholas, and Raleigh counties. During both seasons, hunters have the option to hunt with or without dogs. According to WVDNR Director Brett McMillion, the counties designated for these early seasons are above their bear management goals, so it is important to harvest additional bears to meet these objectives. He noted that the advantage of early seasons is that bears are still active since they won't begin to den until later. Visit wvdnr.gov to learn more or purchase a hunting license. Read more: https://www.lootpress.com/wvdnr-reminds-bear-hunters-about-early-firearms-seasons/   #3 – From DOMINION POST – West Virginia University's new robotics engineering program is slated to receive a $1 million NASA grant.   Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin separately announced the funding, obtained by them through Congressionally Directed Spending requests and included in the Fiscal Year 2024 funding bill.   The bachelor's in science program launches this fall semester within the Statler College Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering. Program courses are hands-on and cover fundamentals of robotics systems, mobile robotics, robotic manipulators and autonomy. The four-year program includes a yearlong capstone project.  “Our new Robotics Engineering major builds on more than a decade of WVU robotics success. WVU student teams have earned over 20 placement awards, including nine first-place finishes in high-profile national and international robotics competitions,” the school's website says. “With a WVU robotics engineering degree, you'll be ready for careers in industries like aerospace, defense, transportation, healthcare and agriculture — as well as positions in government or academia.”   Read more: https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/08/15/wvus-new-robotics-engineering-program-is-slated-to-receive-a-1-million-nasa-grant/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

This morning on The Dave Allen Show, we're joined by Kanawha County Prosecutor Deb Rusnak for an important discussion on local legal matters. Woody Woods will also be here to talk about today's Salango Law Backpack Attack, providing much-needed supplies to students. Additionally, we'll delve into the Appalachian Power project and its impact on the Meeks Mountain Trails system, with insights from officials at Appalachian Power.

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Developments in separate murder cases in Kanawha and Cabell Counties--Charges against a woman stemming from a violent arrest which was videoed and went viral over the weekend are now dismissed. --It's the National Night Out Against Crime tonight, a national effort to link police and the communities they serve--In Sports: High School Football preseason drills are underway across the state 

Point Pleasant, West Virginia - is a small city located at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers, known for its association with the legendary Mothman. The town gained notoriety after a series of strange sightings in 1966-1967, culminating in the tragic Silver Bridge collapse, which some connect to the Mothman legend, making it a chilling destination for paranormal enthusiasts and mystery seekers. Discover more TERRIFYING podcasts at http://eeriecast.com/ Follow Carman Carrion!  https://www.facebook.com/carman.carrion.9/ https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/?hl=en https://twitter.com/CarmanCarrion Subscribe to Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY Please Review Us on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Music and sound effects used in the Destination Terror Podcast have or may have been provided/created by:  CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA Myuu: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ Jinglepunks: https://jinglepunks.com/ Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/ Dark Music: https://soundcloud.com/darknessprevailspodcast Soundstripe: http Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Give to help Chris make Truce In 1974, Alice Moore was a member of the school board in Kanawha County, West Virginia. The board met to hear the recommendations of the textbook committee and approve them. But Alice protested when she read a portion from the Autobiography of Malcolm X, which thanked Allah for preventing Malcolm X from being a black Christian. From there they uncovered a number of potentially offensive texts, some because of language, others because of discussions of rape. Race was likely a factor as well, though Moore denied it. Local pastors decried what they saw as secularism and humanism creeping into public schools. Parents blocked school buses, and others kept their children at home. Soon, there were fights, and dynamite was used to blow up school buildings. What started as a disagreement over books erupted into an all-out war. One that echoed in other parts of the country at the same time as families wrestled with changes in education. Sources: "The Great Textbook Wars" - award-winning documentary on the battle "The Invisible Bridge" by Rick Perlstein "Soul on Ice" by Eldrige Cleaver (archive.org) "Androcles and the Lion" by Aesop Texas Monthly article about the Gablers Video of the Gablers talking to William F Buckley on "Firing Line" The New York Times article about schools closed in WV The New York Times article about the textbook war Radio interview about the John Birch Society Discussion Questions: Had you heard of the textbook war before? What did you think of the passage from "Soul on Ice"? Should it be read by senior students headed for college? What about other students? Who should decide what gets taught in local school districts? How about nationally? How did Alice Moore and others act appropriately? How about inappropriately? The KKK and John Birch Society show up a few times this season, often opportunistically. Does their appearance automatically smear all participants as racist? What else was going on in 1974 that could have escalated the panic of the era? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mac & Kat head to West Virginia to confirm it is, in fact, “almost heaven.” Ridley Scott's Robin Hood is a real stinker, The Hunter is charming but foul, and we remind you that it is good to get away for a little while.   Movies & TV: Robin Hood (2010 MGM+) The Abyss X2   Books: The Hunter by Tana French   Sam & Mena's registry   Ben's short film: Something's Out There  Other great stuff we like: Pacem in Terris Retreat Center Picnic Blanket Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam and Mena's podcast: Engaged at 18 https://www.fatimafarm.com/ liturgical calendar from Sofia Institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great's St. Nicholas Guild Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac's book! Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.

We are releasing this bonus podcast because this month marks a significant milestone for Us & Them, West Virginia and actually American history. Fifty years ago today, on June 27th, the Board of Education in Kanawha County, West Virginia set off a chapter of the nation's culture wars as it debated whether to purchase a controversial series of new textbooks. The meeting room was packed and emotions were hot. 

In this episode, the Creeps try something special because it was picked out by Kelsey's daughter, but something abominable because this thing was *spoiler alert* gross - gross in a way that only a sour candy flavored pickle could be. They tried Warheads Extreme Sour Dill Pickles. For those keeping score at home, I believe we're now 3 for 3 on awful pickle themed picks. Your favorite editor joins the fun for this one. Then, Matt gives you the gift of his love for our state and all of its weirdness, it's eccentricities, it's cryptids. This time, he tells the tale of the sheepsquatch, also known as a "white thing", a creature that is said to lurk deep in the hills of Southwestern West Virginia and parts of Virginia. It can be found predominantly around Boone, Putnam, Mason, and Kanawha counties. The Main Creeps also talk about accent interpreters, how to pronounce locations, and hair dye for animals.

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Monday, May 27, 2024.  Catch up on what you missed during Bridging Innovation Week as the daily304 chats with some of WV's most innovative entrepreneurs…Toyota West Virginia welcomes Mason County students to its latest 4T Academy class…and meet the brains behind the research at Touchstone Laboratories in #YesWV…on today's daily304. #1 – From THE DAILY304 – Bridging Innovation Week is the state's premier entrepreneurship event. If you missed this year's event, we've got you covered. Check out the daily304's interviews with some great entrepreneurs effecting positive change in #YesWV. Watch the videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbTIXU2Zp-KkVm2V1E8iFiSoUu3w8Lz52   #2 – From TOYOTA WV – Toyota West Virginia celebrates the newest 4T Academy class and welcomes a new school system to the program. Mason County students will now join their peers in Kanawha and Putnam counties in the work-based learning program at Toyota West Virginia. Toyota established the 4T Academy in the Mountain State in 2022 to help connect upper-level students in local high schools with career opportunities in advanced manufacturing. During the four semester-program, students gain real world experience while working alongside and learning from industry professionals. Seniors receive an hourly wage during their final semester. Read more: https://pressroom.toyota.com/toyota-west-virginia-welcomes-mason-county-school-students-to-4t-academy-for-upcoming-school-year/ #3 – From WESTVIRGINIA.GOV – Touchstone Research Laboratory started in 1980 in the basement of a monastery, where founder, Brian Joseph, rebuilt a scanning electron microscope purchased for $100.  The laboratory has come a long way in four decades. Touchstone moved into the Millennium Centre in Triadelphia, West Virginia, in December of 1989. Its offerings expanded, and so did the company. In the 1990s, Touchstone grew in the area of metal matrix composites, building one of the best mechanical testing and characterization facilities available. Meet the brains behind research in #YesWV and some of West Virginia's coolest spinoff businesses — Touchstone Research Laboratory. Read more: https://westvirginia.gov/meet-the-brains-behind-research-in-yeswv-and-some-of-west-virginias-coolest-spinoff-businesses-touchstone-research-laboratory/ Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

In 1974, the Kanawha County Board of Education introduced a new set of language arts textbooks, following state and federal guidelines to provide a more multicultural education. A newly elected board member, who ran against sex education, denounced the books and set in motion a culture war that resounded around the nation. 

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Monday, March 25, 2024.   Advantage Valley seeks regional companies for its Economic Gardening program. A Martinsburg barbershop's partnership with the WV SBDC helps the business secure funding. And get your registration in today for Bridging Innovation Week…on today's daily304. #1 – From ADVANTAGE VALLEY –  Wanted: Participants for Economic Gardening, a program designed to provide sophisticated technical assistance to local companies poised for growth. Advantage Valley is seeking growth-oriented companies in Boone, Cabell, Clay, Kanawha, Putnam, Lincoln, Mason, Jackson or Wayne counties that sell to markets outside the region, have 6-100 employees, and have experienced growth 2 out of the past 5 years.  Advantage Valley is offering this program for free to select companies through a partnership with the National Center for Economic Gardening, an organization that has patented this successful approach to economic development over 20 years. Learn more: https://advantagevalley.com/business-services/economic-gardening/   #2 – From WV COMMERCE –  Walking into the Rugged Gentleman Barber Shop, you'll step on classic black and white checkered floors and sit in 100 year old barber chairs. In this familiar atmosphere, you'll find children getting their very first haircut and old friends laughing together.  When the Martinsburg shop needed funding, owner Austin Hale worked with the West Virginia Small Business Development Center to help him create a business plan and do some financial projections that helped him to secure a loan. “Because of the SBDC we are able to keep barbing in our family for a third generation with me and will hopefully continue on with a fourth generation with my kids,” Hale said. Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcQUwPqIIkA   #3 – From WV ESHIP ECOSYSTEM – Register now for Bridging Innovation Week, set for April 8-11 in Huntington! Bridging Innovation Week is the state's premier ​entrepreneurship event. The annual symposium ​advances entrepreneurship-led economic ​development by providing connection and education ​to business owners, current and prospective ​entrepreneurs, and entrepreneur serving ​organizations (ESOs) throughout West Virginia. Whether you're just starting or looking to scale, this is ​the place to explore entrepreneurship opportunities ​in the Mountain State! Learn more: https://wveshipecosystem.org/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Friday, March 1   Start your engines! The Hatfield McCoy trails are roaring into Kanawha and Boone counties. The little-known Paint Creek is one of the state's most beautiful trout streams. And a new boutique hotel opens in Elkins--#YesWV…on today's daily304. #1 – From GAZETTE-MAIL – Boone County hopes to benefit from a reboot of their link to the Hatfield- McCoy Trails system with a trailhead opening. The Hatfield-McCoy Trails system is under development in 14 counties from McDowell to Clay counties. The next two counties to open will be Kanawha and Boone, according to Jeffrey Lusk, executive director of the Hatfield McCoy Regional Recreation Authority. “ Kanawha will receive an e-bike and off-road motorcycle park in Tornado, at Meadowood Park. In Boone County, the “Big Coal River Trail System” will open in May and include a trailhead in Peytona, where riders of ATVs, UTVs, dirt bikes and more will be welcomed. Read more: https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/southern_west_virginia/hatfield-mccoy-trail-head-in-peytona-set-for-launch-in-may-kanawha-link-coming-soon/article_05aa976b-730d-5619-a475-15b91bf47be1.html   #2 – From WV EXPLORER –  Few motorists traveling the West Virginia Turnpike between Beckley and Charleston may know that one of the state's most beautiful trout streams lies hidden in the mountain forests along the way. But now scenic Paint Creek, named for ancient trees once painted blood-red by Native American warriors, is gaining ground as a destination for fishing, paddling, and back-road travel. William Hughes, the mayor of the Town of Pax, through which the Paint Creek wanders, is a chief proponent of careful development along the stream. “If there's one thing that Pax has been known for, it's that it has a trout stream, and that's something not every town can claim,” Hughes says. “People have always come to Pax to fish.” A longtime fan of the stream, photographer Molly Wolff has begun kayaking it and has found it even more attractive since. “It's wonderful to have a road that continues along such a beautiful stretch of water with fantastic spots to get out and enjoy, though now, after getting into whitewater kayaking, I love and appreciate Paint Creek even more,” she said. Read more: https://wvexplorer.com/2024/02/22/paint-creek-trout-pax-west-virginia-turnpike/   #3 – From LOOTPRESS – Visitors to Elkins have new lodging options with the opening of The Tygart Hotel in February.  Located inside the newly remodeled 1906 building that anchors the Downtown Elkins Historic District, the boutique hotel features 56 unique rooms and a lobby cocktail bar and restaurant. “We hope the new Tygart Hotel reflects the community that built and maintained the building for the past 115 years, and that it continues to act as a community hub as well as a place where visitors can feel and see what we love about this area,” said Dave Clark, Executive Director of Woodlands Development Group, owner of the Tygart Hotel. The hotel includes a small conference room that can accommodate up to 60 people.The ground floor and lobby will feature Oxley House, a full service cocktail bar and restaurant. Executive Chef Anthony Eads is developing an exciting menu that will feature seasonal and locally sourced foods and blend of innovation with traditional items. Lobby and guest room are decorated with work from West Virginia artists that celebrates past eras and towns that were once located in the nearby mountains and natural features. The Woodlands Group hopes that the artwork encourages visitors to use the Tygart Hotel as a hub for exploring the area more extensively. Read more: https://www.lootpress.com/woodlands-development-group-and-taylor-hospitality-announce-the-opening-of-the-historic-tygart-hotel/ Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

GoodThe residents of Kanawha, West Virginia held a candle light visual for a #Hooters that closed down during a pandemic; there was hope from the residents of somebody buying and restoring the Hooter but ultimately it was demolished. BadArizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick has hinted at a possible relocation for his team; Kendrick is asking help from the public in Phoenix to help fund around 400-500 million dollar in renovations. DumbBest Buy announced that they are fazing out all their DVD and Blu-ray sells. 

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Tuesday, Feb. 13  TC Energy will move into the Downtown Charleston spot vacated by CASCI. Disaster unemployment benefits are available to those in affected counties. And here's your 5-day itinerary to adventure and fun in the New River Gorge…on today's daily304. #1 – From WOWK-TV – Officials with TC Energy and the City of Charleston have confirmed TC Energy will be moving into a new downtown Charleston building where the former CASCI building currently stands. Officials with TC Energy say the current building on the property will need to be replaced, and that a new building will be built by Remington Development Corporation. TC Energy says they expect construction will be complete sometime in 2025 and the move will occur in 2026. According to City of Charleston officials, the new facility is expected to cost about $60 million. “We are thrilled TC Energy has made the decision to remain in Charleston, invest in a new facility along Kanawha Boulevard, and bring the company's 450 employees to our Downtown,” said Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin. ” TC Energy has had a strong presence in Charleston since the 1950s and its employees continue to play a critical role in delivering energy throughout our country.” Read more: https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/kanawha-county-wv/tc-energy-to-build-new-downtown-charleston-location/   #2 – From WORKFORCE WV – Disaster Unemployment Assistance benefits are now available to qualifying individuals living or working in Boone, Calhoun, Clay, Harrison and Kanawha counties, following flooding in 2023. These counties were designated as major disaster areas by the President on January 30, 2024 following an official request by Gov. Jim Justice. Individuals living or working in these counties who lost their job due to the severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides may apply for federal unemployment benefits.  The DUA benefits are available to self-employed workers, including farmers, who are usually not entitled to unemployment insurance benefits. Those who apply must provide proof of past earnings, such as business records or bank statements and income tax forms no more than 21 days after the application has been filed. Those affected must contact WorkForce West Virginia by sending an email to ucpolicy@wv.gov or by calling 304-558-3340 between the hours of 8 am and 4 p.m. Claims must be filed by March 6, 2024. Read more: https://workforcewv.org/newsroom/disaster-unemployment-assistance-benefits-are-now-available/   #3 – From LAFAYETTE FLATTS –  When the New River Gorge was designated a National Park in 2021, the area immediately saw a huge influx of travelers who were interested in expanding the list of national parks they had visited.  How much time should you invest in your New River Gorge trip? There's no one-size-fits-all answer. The folks at Lafayette Flats Boutique Vacation Rentals have designed a 5-day sample itinerary to help you plan a perfect visit to America's newest national park, whether you are looking for adventure, nature, history, or culture. Enjoy dining from a wide range of local eateries in Fayetteville, take in the Gorge's beauty from the Endless Wall Trail. Plan an aerial adventure with TreeTops Zipline Canopy Tours. Travel to the southern entrance to the park to take in stunning views of Sandstone Falls. Shop at Tamarack Marketplace for beautiful handmade goods. And if you need a place to stay, check out Lafayette Flats in Fayetteville, which offers a special discount code for booking 5 or more nights.  Read more: https://lafayetteflats.com/new-river-gorge-itinerary/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.

Greetings dear listeners! What do Eric Stangeland, Thee Saturday Knights, Heterophobia, ASCA, Vague Choir, Rhiannon Box, and Kanawha all have in common? They're all badass bands and musicians from Reno, they're all on ToneMark Sounds record label, and they're all our musical guests this week, courtesy of Mark Earnest and Tony Ashworth, owners of the […]

Greetings dear listeners! What do Eric Stangeland, Thee Saturday Knights, Heterophobia, ASCA, Vague Choir, Rhiannon Box, and Kanawha all have in common? They're all badass bands and musicians from Reno, they're all on ToneMark Sounds record label, and they're all our musical guests this week, courtesy of Mark Earnest and Tony Ashworth, owners of the […]

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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) -- On this week's episode of Inside West Virginia Politics, we talk about the West Virginia Treasurer candidacy, child poverty, Habitat for Humanity and healthcare. In Segment One, we talk to Steven Schetrom (R-Candidate for WV Treasurer) about his candidacy. In Segment Two, we talk to Sean O'Leary, West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy, about child poverty in WV. In Segment Three, we talk to Andy Blackwood, CEO of Habitat for Humanity for Kanawha and Putnam counties, about what is going on with the organization. We end today's episode with Ray Harrell, Boone Memorial Health, about rural healthcare.

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Monday, Sept. 4  A Kanawha library's new nutritional literacy initiative honors Chef Otis Laury…WVU and Marshall team up for First Ascent -- a program to encourage graduates to remain in the state…and, want to see Tyler Childers? Single-day tickets are now available for the Healing Appalachia fundraiser…on today's daily304. #1 – From THE GAZETTE-MAIL –  A few years ago, as word began to spread about just who had moved into the house on the corner, Will Ellis hopped off the school bus, spotted his new South Hills neighbor working in the yard and promptly seized the moment. “I asked if I could help him in the garden in exchange for some cooking lessons,” said Ellis, now 14 and an incoming freshman at George Washington High School. The man next door is Otis Laury, West Virginia's unofficial chef to the stars, who's served as executive chef under three governors here and has catered parties for some of the region's most prominent families for decades. It was a win-win for both: Ellis points to dozens of photos of sophisticated dishes he's learned to prepare, and Laury's garden is a work of art.  The Kanawha Valley is also set to pick up a win: The main branch of the county's Public Library is poised to open its Otis Laury Center this fall, a nutritional literacy initiative with books, resources, recipes, and -- perhaps best of all -- an area for culinary lessons, presentations and demos by some of the best chefs around. Including Otis himself. Read more: https://www.wvgazettemail.com/life/food_and_dining/from-forbidden-to-forever-new-kanawha-library-center-to-honor-otis-laury/article_5c7d084c-e97a-51f7-aef3-18fe2d095c28.html   #2 – From METRO NEWS –  Leaders of West Virginia University and Marshall University have teamed up to introduce a new initiative designed to keep West Virginia college graduates working and prospering here in the Mountain State. The new initiative is called First Ascent and is built on the foundation of Ascend WV, said Danny Twilley, WVU's assistant vice president of economic, community and asset development for the Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative, which is tied to Ascend WV. First Ascent provides multiple pathways for 1,000 WVU and Marshall graduates to stay here and work remotely, work a hybrid format, or start or expand a business, he said. They can live in one of six locations: the five Ascend WV locales – greater Morgantown, Greenbrier Valley, the Eastern Panhandle, greater Elkins or the New River Gorge — or in the Huntington area close to Marshall. The program offers success coaching, mentorship, networking, an outdoor recreation package, co-working spaces, organized social activities and support for those who want to start or scale a business. Its estimated 1,000 participants could have a $317 million economic impact and create 941 new jobs. Read more: https://wvmetronews.com/2023/08/30/university-leaders-want-more-college-graduates-staying-in-the-mountain-state-for-work/   #3 – From WBOY-TV – If you were overwhelmed by the price of three-day tickets for the Healing Appalachia fundraising concert happening in Lewisburg, the single-day tickets are now available. Tickets for the full event, which includes entry for Thursday, Sept. 21 through Saturday, Sept. 23 and a camping pass, are $174 each. But if you just want to see certain acts, you can now buy tickets for just one day. Thursday's headliner is Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. Friday features Gov't Mule. And Saturday features Tyler Childers. Tickets for Thursday and Friday's shows are now available for $60 plus fees, and tickets for Saturday's show are available for $90 plus fees. Camping passes for each day are also available. For detail, visit Healing Appalachia on Facebook. Read more: https://www.wboy.com/news/west-virginia/single-day-tickets-for-west-virginias-healing-appalachia-concert-featuring-tyler-childers-now-on-sale/ Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

 Aloha friends. It's Robert Stehlik. Welcome to another episode of the Blue Planet Show where I interview foil athletes, designers, and thought leaders. I talk not just about the equipment technique and so on. but also try to find out a little bit more about their background, what inspires them and their plans for the future and so on.You can watch this show right here on YouTube or listen to it on your favorite podcast app. Just search for the Blue Planet Show. I've been trying for a long time to get the Spencer brothers to come on the show and I finally met up with them after the Molokai To Oahu race and I got them both on the show today. So really stoked about that. Finn recently won the Maui to Molokai race and the Molokai to Oahu race, even though he had a major infection on his foot. So congrats on that. And they are both amazing athletes, not just in wing foiling, but also downwind foiling, prone foiling, surfing. They do everything. Really great guys to talk to. Hope you enjoy the show. So without further ado, here are Finn and Jeffrey Spencer. Alright, Finn and Jeffrey, welcome to the Blue Planet show. It's great to have you here. I've been trying to get you for quite a while. And then I finally ran into your dad at the finish of the Molokai Toahu race. And then Jeffrey gave me your text your cell phone number. So finally getting you guys on the show. Stoked. Yeah. Thank you for having us. Yeah. So you're on Maui. I'm on Oahu. And on Maui, just, since the Molokai race and not too long ago, I was in Lahaina like right before the Maui to Molokai race and everything was fine and now it's all gone. So can you talk a little bit about the fires on Maui and what, and. If you know anyone that got affected by it totally, yeah, we we had this storm that was passing to the south of the islands and it was like, usually it's not too concerning because it didn't look like it was actually going to hit us. But what happened was it ended up generating extremely crazy strong winds, like through the whole thing, but there was no rain or anything. So it's just. Like the most windy it's ever been, especially over on the West side in Lahaina. And they're just not used to having, that crazy amount of wind. So tons of stuff was getting knocked down. And I think just in the chaos, like the fire started, it was, there was ones on both sides of the island. There was some up country up in Kula and then also in Lahaina. So it was probably pretty difficult to be able to actually like. Control everything, especially in that amount of wind. It spread extremely quickly. And yeah, it's pretty devastating, but yeah, most the entire town of Lahaina pretty much burnt. Quite a few places up country as well, but look, it wasn't as bad up there. Yeah, it's not as densely populated now, at least but yeah, I was just reading in the paper this morning that there was some like live video of the power lines getting knocked over and then just falling into the grass and just like a line of fire starting instantly. Stuff like that. And then yeah, the wind was so strong that day that it just spread super fast and I guess people didn't even have time to. To get away, it's pretty, pretty tragic. It's like probably the big, the worst fire in, in recent history. Yeah. And then, so do you know anybody that got affected by it or lost their home or? Yeah. A bunch of our friends on the West side that we know and grew up with Santa paddling and foiling and surfing and just lost everything like lost their homes and pretty much everything. Yeah. Anyway, yeah, so if yeah, and then I guess I talked to Zane yesterday who lives over on that side too and Zane Schweitzer, he, and he said like they don't need more clothes and stuff like that. Everybody's been sending clothes, but they just need like certain things like VHF radios and containers and things like that. They need it quickly. So because shipping stuff there, it takes a while, so anyway. Probably the best way to support Maui's is by making a donation. Absolutely. Yeah. The best way is like supporting the families directly. If I know personally, like the Clayton's and the flex from paddling, they're good family friends and there's tons of others. We're able to find them on there, especially social media has been a really good way for people to communicate through all this and the Maui strong foundation as well as a really good resource that they're able to take the funds and use them wherever's most needed at the current moment. That's another really good one to donate to. All right. Yeah. Best wishes for everyone on Maui. That's just a tough situation to be in for sure. But anyways, let's talk a little bit about you guys. How, where did you, have you always lived on Maui or how did you grow up? And, what, how did you get into water sports and all that kind of stuff? Yeah, since we were, We've lived here since we were babies. We were born in Canada, but basically our entire lives was here. We weren't even a couple of years old when we moved here. So yeah, it's just been my way. But interestingly, it took us a while to get super into water sports. We did a bunch of, the average like school sports growing up team ones, like basketball, volleyball, stuff like that. And then we started stand up paddling around. Probably 10 years ago, actually, at this point, but then just from there, like we always had fun bodyboarding and surfing and Santa paddling and then got into it from there. Yeah, right on. Who's older or what are your ages? I'm older and 19, 22 and 19. All right. So I guess when you started, you were. Like around, I was probably 13. We'd always play in like the shore break with boogie boards and, when we were really young, but we didn't really start like getting into it more. Until, yeah, until I was 13 and you were probably like 10, 11. Yeah. Yeah. And that was that your dad taking you down, down to the beach and putting you on a board or did you just show interest in it or like, how did that work out? We would actually, we'd go over to the west side near Lahaina, we'd go to Laniopoko and the waves there are super fleet friendly, the best place for any, anyone to learn. We just take long boards and stand up paddle boards and spend the days over there in the summer. Nice. Nice. Okay. And then how did you start getting into foiling? What was how did you first start foiling? I think it was a while ago now. I think before it all started, we talked to Alex Aguero about just trying some surf foils. Cause he was making kite foils at the time. And then it was funny, he said he had just started working with Kai Lenny on the same thing. So then we started doing that with them, just went to Sugar Co. and had the first GoFoil prototype that we tried and then just started going to the west side a bit and just getting into it and then Kai put out that video of him downwinding and that just exploded it. Yeah. Then everyone was like, Oh, I want to try this. But you were basically tried some of the very first prototypes that Alex was making him. Totally. Yeah. We just be like us in the beach down here, just going with Kai and on this old sub board with a tunnel box drilled into it and Yeah, just testing stuff. It was fun. Yeah. And then where are you mostly trying to do downwinders or more in the surf or both or what were you guys doing? Most part, it was in the surf. For the first couple of months. And then we started to try a couple of downwinders and realize that it was super fun. So then we started doing that a lot more too. Yeah. The foils quickly evolved to be good enough for downwinding. Yeah. And then in the beginning you were using GoFoils and then I guess at some point you got sponsored by Slingshot or or how did that evolve? We'd run GoFoils as well and it was great. And then we had an opportunity to. To try the slingshot stuff as well and it worked really well for us. So yeah, we, we met with Tony Ligo. She's a awesome designer and Yeah wrote with them for a while, which was amazing. Okay. And then did you have like influence in the design and things like that? Developing products or not so much. They just would send you stuff and you'd play with it. We'd help them test stuff, but we're a lot of new stuff and the wings and then all the coils and boards. And so it was super fun. Learned a lot from that for sure. We're definitely still very early on in like our experience though. So it's not like we were saying like, oh, this is. What you should do to make it good, it's like more just Feeling it out and helping as much as we could. Yeah. And then probably the equipment you were using on Maui was like smaller and you guys are lightweight too, right? It's probably like smaller than what they could sell to the average consumer, right? So yeah, and then you were some of the, I think, were you the first to do a back loop on a wing foil board or yeah. That's awesome. I remember seeing that video and I was wow, that's insane. Yeah, I just remember we were doing them surf foiling off of waves. You could come back out and hit the ramp. And I'm just thinking oh, I think this would probably work with the wing after I just had a wave session. And then right after that, I'm like, in my mind, I could see how it would work. And then after that, I went straight back out that night and tried it for a few hours. And then. The next didn't get it, but I got like close. I like fully saw the potential. And then the next day I yeah, went out and tried again and somehow made it work, which was honestly really strange. Like usually if you're trying a new trick, it takes a lot longer to learn. Like even for me, it I usually take weeks to figure some stuff out. But I think the backflip is just so it's such a natural movement on the wing of the foil with that, that it it worked out pretty well. So what are, after people say, are you doing it? Then a lot of people figure it out how to do it, but, I'm still doing it, being the first to do it is always you don't have someone else's videos you can watch to figure out how to do it. So what are the biggest challenges of doing a back flip with a wing? I think a lot of it's very mental because it's it's difficult to, see yourself actually going upside down with the foil, especially. And I think the most important thing safety wise is just to keep your feet like in the straps with the foil facing away from you. Cause as long as that's good, it's not, you're not going to connect with the foil, which is pretty much the main way to hurt yourself if you're trying it. And after, after time of doing it to the biggest. Things that I've learned to help is if you're able to do one surf foiling or even start with a backflip on a trampoline and then transition to do one surf one, so you get the feel of how you move through the air with the foil on your feet. And then, after all that, if you can transition to doing it with the wing, make sure you have enough speed, really stay strong, it's easy to get disconnected with your legs and your upper body when you're going through it. Yeah, if you're able to work on all those things, it makes it a. Much, much more possible. Nice. Okay. Those are some good pointers. What about the wing handling? It seems if you don't get the wing right on the landing, you end up getting backwinded and falling into the wing. Like, how do you deal with that? Totally, yeah. A lot of it's for a lot of wing tricks, so much of it's in the takeoff which, or how much speed you have and what direction you jump when you get in the air. So for that one, it's really about Making sure you get enough height and angling off the window a little bit, because if you turn up too much, you'll come around and that's when it'll backwind. So if you're a little more angled down away from it, when you get that height and then suck your knees in and pull it around, it'll really focus on just pulling that top hand up. It'll not catch as easily when you're coming out of it. Yeah. You guys have amazing Instagram accounts. I'm just looking through it. I'm going to actually screen share this a little bit and maybe you can tell me how far back I need to go to find that when you first started doing backflips, it's pretty close a little further, I'd say. What is this? You're wearing a plastic bag. That was a ghost costume for Halloween. But yeah, a lot of it was not easy to breathe in if you ended up in the water. I think right there. I think, yeah, with the red board on the left and this one. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So let's watch this. Oh yeah. I remember what, Watching this and being blown away, and you have a really small wing too, I guess that, that helps too, right? Absolutely, if especially if you're learning, the smaller the wing, the easier it is just to maneuver. I'd fully recommend if you're beginning, if you can get a good bump or ramp of a wave to go off of, and then a small wing, it's by far the easiest way to learn. That one right there is a three meter wing. Yeah. Just having less wingspan makes it easier. Yeah. Totally. Yeah. That compact style definitely helps as well. Not like you getting a huge amount of air, but that probably helps to getting high, the higher you get, the more time you have to rotate. But then I guess there's also more risk of injury, right? Probably, yeah. It's tough because sometimes you think so, but giving yourself more time to rotate in the air, actually, it just makes it easier. That's one of the things now I always work on with, especially the backflip, is I just try and get as high as possible. And you don't actually, unless you're going off a massive ramp, you don't end up going that high, just because you have to consider up. But then also as soon as you start pulling the wing back, you, you stop going up, it you just want to give yourselves as much time as possible to come around. Okay. Is there like a, another video you would, that one, your mouth is on right now is a pretty light. This one. Yeah. I'd say this is when I've got it consistent. I'm still using a bit of ramps, still not that much height. It's still pretty early on, but this was, I was feeling more comfortable with the double. Yeah. Nice. Yeah. And then you're doing it, on the way into the beach, just cause that's your natural your natural regular foot or why is it that you're doing it on this tack? We're both regular footed. So we pretty much all our tricks going in, which is a bit of a bar for here. Cause. If we were goofy footed, we'd have way better ramps, but yeah, we try and make it work going in. It's good for surfing here since you're with the window a lot of the time, but yeah, for the wind sports, it's not as not as easy to find a good ramp. And then what about you, Finn? I guess you probably picked up the backflip pretty soon after your brother, or how long did it take you to figure it out? A while, actually. I started trying them pretty soon after, but I had never really done a backflip doing anything before. So I was doing them very weird and not going over backwards, like doing them sideways a bit. And then I went to a trampoline park and learned and then felt comfortable doing them and then went surf foiling and learned them going out off of waves. And then the next time I went, I was getting them down a lot more. Yeah. Finn was funny. His first attempts were so sketchy, which is why I say it's so important to keep the foil away from you and learn all the backflip stuff because he would get straight upside down and then just fold in half and land on top of the wing. But as soon as as soon as he figured it out on the surf foil, it was like night and day compared, for his technique compared to what it was before. I think it was later. It's so important to do this. All your backflip flips? Yeah. Yeah. I've seen, I've had friends who are trying it and it just yeah, like the board coming off their feet in the middle of the jump and there's like the foil landing on their wing and getting, trashing many wings and all that kind of stuff. And plus, yeah, it looked dangerous. What is this move? That looks nuts. But a backflip without the, without using the wing basically. Yeah, just going out and then you drift the wing and then do a flip off the wave. Wow. Yeah. So you guys are definitely on the forefront of all these tricks, but let's talk a little bit about the races. There was a lot of races over the last month. And and you guys both of you guys did really well in in these races. So let's talk first, I guess about the Maui to Molokai race. I, I was there and experienced it and just saw, I saw you, Finn like I was wing foiling too, and I saw you just disappearing on the horizon, just going it seemed like you were just going in a straight line as fast as you could locked into like a real steady, fast downwind angle. Yeah, the wind angle was pretty good. We were able to pretty much shoot straight from the start to, the Kanakakai buoy or the Kamalabouyam, the Kamalabouyam, yeah, and it was just weaving a bit downwind from there. But yeah, that first leg was pretty straight and just. Going super fast the whole time. So then, yeah, and I talked to Bobo Gallagher. He said that he didn't really see you until clo until you guys got close to Molokai. So did you see Bobo at all or after maybe 10, 15 minutes into the start? I think I did a turn and he kept going, and then I just lost sight of him for the, until around the buoy. But that whole race, I couldn't, or that whole section of the race, I couldn't really see anybody, so I had no idea where I was. And then . When I got to the booty I saw him a fair bit ahead of me and I was like, oh, shoot I gotta speed up. So then I just worked super hard and was going as fast as I can to catch up. And then we're, that gap was staying pretty similar to him ahead of me. And then I think once the wind got a bit lighter, I had a bit bigger wing and was able to pull up to him and then pull ahead to the, towards the finish. . So what size wing were you on? I was on a six meter. Yeah. And then Bobo was on like a 5'5 or something. Yeah. Yeah. And then, and you were both on the same foil. Like he showed me the duotone foil. He was using like a kite surfing, kite foil. Yeah, we were both on the Daytona race foil they have. Yeah. Daytona race. Yeah. That thing was, I think probably the foil is the most important thing for going fast. And, but of course also the wing is important for, because that's what powers you along basically. All pretty fast foil and then just a big, powerful wind. You can go as downward as possible. Yeah, and then when and you finished in 114 or something like that. Is that right? Yeah Which is amazingly fast for whatever it was 28 miles or something like that, right? Do you know what your average speed was on that run? I don't I think until the wind got lighter is probably around 28 to 30 miles an hour and then once you got lighter, it really slowed down a lot So at the end when I came towards the end, like everyone that was in my kind of around me just came to completely came off the focus, it wouldn't just completely died for a while. And then after a bit, then there was another gust and I was able to get back up on foil and fly over the line. But how was it for you guys? Did you have the wind completely die and you have to like just pump or how was it at the end? It got pretty light. I think even on the six, I was pretty underpowered and probably for Bobo on the five, five too. But we were both able to pump our way into the finish. Yeah. Yeah. So then, and you ended up finishing all I guess it was pretty close to like he was a minute or two behind you only or something like that. Yeah. So yeah. And from what I could tell is it seemed like you had more of a straight line and Bobo was trying to go more downwind on the way to Molokai. Yeah. So what's I know, like when, cause when the more downwind angle you have, the less power you have in your wing, basically. So how did you figure out your ideal angle to the wind and to the waves? And did you just go on a straight line or did you try to use the energy of the ocean or like how do you maximize your speed? It was mostly just using the winds and just trying to go as downwind as I could. And then just, Yeah. To keep enough power in the wing that I was able to go pretty fast. And then when it got lighter, I had to bear, go a bit slightly more upwind. And then, yeah, just trying to have as much power as possible. So yeah, you have to do that to keep some pressure in your wing. But do you try to weave a little bit to use the bumps or do you just go straight? Do you make any adjustments? When I, when the wind gets lighter. Then you can use the bumps a bit more, but when it's really windy, you're going a lot faster than them. So you're just cutting straight through. Okay. Or like it, you have to stay super focused when you're doing that. Cause you have to go up and down and try not to over foil or hit your board on a bump. And then. Yeah, especially when you're overtaking a bump, then it's easy to overfoil behind it, right? As you're coming down the face. What size mask were you using? I was on a 105. Okay, so pretty long mask, too. And then that, that foil, the Daytona, what's the how many square inches, do you know, like the the surface area? It's around a five. 60 square centimeters. Yeah. And it's not like a super high aspect shape, right? It's almost more like a little bit. Yeah. Like you can control and really just really locked in at high speeds. Yeah. So what do you think makes that foil so fast? I don't know. What is it that, is it a thinner profile or just like the overall, I think it's just. The mast is really slim and fast and then all the connect. It's a full one piece lower, so it's super. Sleep like the fuselage really thin and the wing connections and then the wings are really good shape and good profiles. So Just a lot of that makes it just super fast and low drag all right, and then jeffrey you did the maui to mulukai on a standard foil board, right? So yeah, so talk a little bit about how that went and and the whole experience Yeah, that was good. I same type of thing with Finn. After the start you get going for a bit and then you, it's, the bumps are, even though, it was a good day, there's just so much swell and water in the channel that you don't really see. Anyone else, like even if they have boats and everything, it's actually hard to tell where you are in relation to to everyone. So I was just coming and I had no idea where I was basically, but the run was really good. I think at the start, I had a pretty good line, but then definitely, Were you able to get up on full right away, right from the start or? Yeah, I was able to get going right away, which definitely is important in the races. You can lose quite a bit of time If you're off oil, which I figured out at the end, but about halfway, I think I went too close to the island and I would, the bumps just weren't as fast as they would have been further out. And I was worried about the wind angle being tough to fight against at the end, but it turned out to just get light. It wasn't actually hard to come in. So I think if I was, yeah, to do it again, I would have. Taking a much wider line especially through the finish where near the end, I accidentally, or I actually went too far over the reef and my wingtip came out on just a little accident as I was pumping in. And it was right before the finish where the wind was the lightest and the bumps were super, super small and I did my best to get back up on foil and got up for a second. But it was, if I had stayed further out, I would have had the energy to keep it going to stay in. But. On the inside, it was not the move. I lost tons of time there. Did you, and I was shallow. So you hit the reef or did you go around the reef? It wasn't too bad. I wasn't like all the way inside. I think the tide was pretty high when we were coming in. So I. I luckily didn't hit it. I hit it I was paddling on my stomach coming in, but it was just, once you get over that shelf, the, even the little bumps that you would have just outside of it, just aren't even there. so I just flattened out the bumps basically. Yeah. Yeah. And then you ended up finishing like in 14th place or something like that. Huh? You said 14, but and then what kind of what kind of foil were you on and board and foil? I'm just curious. Yeah, I was on a, just some prototype, a foil board we're working on. And a same thing with the front wing. It's about an 800 square centimeter size, but all the rest of the stuff is production stuff. I was using the mast and fuselage and all that. Like how long of a mass we're using on a standard flow board. I've been actually liking the shorter stuff. I've been using a 75 centimeter mast. Maybe when the conditions get really crazy, it can be nice to ride. A bit longer, so you have a bit more forgiveness just in that trimming and that height. But otherwise, yeah, the 75 is really nice. It feels like you have really good control and that's honestly one of my favorite parts about the whole duotone setup is how stiff it is. So you really feel like you have really good control the entire time when you're riding. Yeah. And then for stand up foiling, it seems like with the shorter mass, it's a little bit easier to pump up on foil too, right? And then you also have less drag from the mass, right? The shorter it is, the less drag is in the water. Cause when you're getting going, that whole mass is just sitting down in the water. So any length you're adding on is just. Pure drag when you're getting going. So that's probably a big reason. But it just helps with being a little bit more comfortable and having more control and more margin of error when you're, especially on wing foiling, I like to, I have a one or three mass and it just gives you that a little bit of extra time to react to, to like getting too high or whatever yeah, but cause when you're on a shorter mass, you really have to follow the contours of the water. Like you always have to go up and down. over every little bump versus the longer mass. Sometimes you can fly over the smaller chop without making too many adjustments, yeah, exactly. Interesting though. I like how, I think it is a little bit different in wing foiling than in standup foiling, like the, or downwind foiling, what size mast you're using. Totally. With the wing, it's nice to have that length. So you can just like, because you don't want to have to worry about going up and down. You just want to cut straight through everything. And then for downwind. Like that control you get from the shorter mass is definitely worth it. So even if you have to change your angle a bit, it's, I think it's nice. Yeah. So when you, when Jeffrey, when you wingfo, do you use the same size mass or do you use a different, or do you wingfo race at all? Or yeah, absolutely. I would use the same setup and was on, if I was doing. Yeah, interesting. Right on. And then the next day was the Molokai Holokai, and I guess only you stayed stuck around on Molokai Jeffrey. And then, yeah, so how did that next day go, the race, just on the Molokai coast? Yeah, it was great. Our our friends had a place for me to stay. So it was really easy for me over there. And it was great. There was tons of the people that live over there that were into doing the canoe race and everything. And the conditions I think were actually, yeah, it was a little lighter. And I think the the whole race was super interesting. Like we paddled way out to the Camelot buoy and which is just offshore near the the start of the run down the coast. And then we, yeah, basically started pumped up the bumps were really slow, which was, it was like kind of work to keep it going, but it was very like, they're just lined up and even it was hard to really gain a bunch of grounds. And when I started the race, the two other people who were really fast and that was Oscar Johansson and Aiden Nichols. And we all took super different lines like. Me from the day before I was thinking, okay, no matter what, I don't want to be too far in. So I went really wide into the middle of the channel and Oscar went in the middle and then Aiden went really close. And I think just the style of the bumps kept us all like really close. We were like super spread out the whole race and then we were coming into the finish and it was crazy after the whole, I forget how long it was exactly. But after that whole time, after the 10 miles or whatever it was, we were all basically in a line next to each other, like almost on the same bump. Basically. Yeah, pretty much. Yeah. So it became like a super hard pumping race and both goes, both those guys are super, strong and super good at pumping, especially like. Oscars of machine when it comes to that stuff. So it's very much for me. I knew I really have to focus on the technical part of it and really make sure I'm like taking the best line to each bump, making sure I save as much energy as possible. But I was still pumping as hard as I could some of the times. And just before the end, luckily, I think Oscar said he made a couple. Like bump mistakes. And then I was able to just pull ahead of them by 10 seconds before the finish. And then Oscar and Aiden were, I think it was 0. 4 seconds apart across the finish, which is extremely close for a race, right? Over 10 miles. Yeah. Yeah. It's unheard of. I think it was just because the conditions out there and the type of bumps were. They were so lined up. It was so hard to actually make distance on anyone, even though like we all took completely different lines. So it really doesn't make sense that we were right next to each other at the finish. Yeah. Yeah. That's just how it went, which it was pretty fun. It was like, I, it was the hardest I worked. I think in most of the races, just because they were right next to me, I just had something to really push for and really like really focus on to that was the most I focused in, or the most I had to focus in any of the race scenarios. From the past couple of weeks. Yeah. And then that, that just, that length of that race, it's almost, yeah, it's more like you can really go all out the whole way. It's not like you have to conserve for the last part, like on the mobile or whatever. It's really tough on the longer ones to know how much energy you should use at the start. Especially for M2O, that's the scariest part, is that basically, flat water pop up at the start and just thinking okay, if I use this much energy here, how much am I going to have for the end? And so for the Molokai Holokai race, it was like much more of a sprint the whole way. So yeah, it was a full grind. But yeah, it was really fun. Yeah. So yeah, so the Molokai or Maui to Molokai race and the Molokai Holokai, that was like two weeks before the M2O race. And then I think the following weekend there was the gorge challenge in Hood River and also the paddling mua on Maui, right? Finn, which one did you do again? I went to the gorge and then Jeffrey stayed here for Paddleamua. Okay, so how did the gorge, how was the gorge challenge? It was super fun. It was decently windy, a lot lighter than it usually is in the gorge, and then they ran both the wing downwind race and the sub downwind race on the same day, but they were, luckily this year they spaced it out by three or four hours, so we had time to do that one and then go back up to the second. So which ones did you compete in? Which races? I did the wing foiling downwind and course race, and then the sub downwind race. Sub foiling, right? Okay. So how, and then, yeah. So tell us a little bit about how those races went. So the first day they did all the downwinders, so at, in around 10 in the morning, they started the wing one and it was pretty light. We were all, everybody was just on their biggest wings, pretty much. I had a 6'5 and the, everyone started super close. And then these two guys, Johnny Heineken and Joey Pasquale, who are really good kite racers or kite foil racers, and now wing foil racers, they pulled a bit ahead. And then. I was trying, I was keeping with them a lot and then just slowly falling back and then just stayed like that the whole way down and just came in third in that one, maybe 15, 20 seconds behind Johnny and first and then 10 seconds. Wow. So that was a super close race too. Then how, what distance is that? Like how long is it? I think that one's not eight or nine miles. And what was the time on that one? 24. And you're going against the river current too, right? So that, that makes it a little bit slower then. Yeah. If you, yeah. Yeah. When it was super light. Yeah. Yeah, so I guess obviously if the wind was stronger, the how it is a lot of times, then you guys would have had faster times, right? And then in terms of the foils, we're using the same one that used in the M2M or? For the wing race, I was using that same Daytona foil. Yeah, so I guess depending on the wind conditions, you just use a bigger hand wing, but not necessarily a bigger foil. Yeah, usually. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. There's also a 6'5 unit D Lab for that one. Do you know what what kind of wing Johnny Heineken was on foil? I think both him and Joey were on the Mike's Lab foils. Do you know what size by any chance? No. I think the, either the 540 or the 600. Yeah, and those are super fast foils as well. But interesting. Okay. And then how did the Paddle in Mura go? You stayed on Maui, Jeffrey, right? And then how was that? Paddle in Mura was awesome. That event is a fundraiser to support kids with special was. I think 300 people registered to do the race and they had to close registration because it was so full, which was just, yeah, it was so incredible to see the race launches from legal gulch. So having everyone down in there, like the whole. Canoe paddling community. And then all the oil community as well was like, just so incredible to see, and yeah, the race itself was really fun. The conditions were good. We had all had a nice, good start out in the wind line and went down to Kanawha and it was, yeah, pretty good race. I was feeling good. The other guys, there's some other really fast guys. I think James. Casey Andrew, I was where they got a bit ahead of me through the middle of the race. And then I was coming in next to Kai. And then I did the same thing that I did in a M2M where my wingtip came out and I fell and I had to grind back up to get up. And then Oscar came in and passed me just before the finish. And then I was able to like, run past him on the beach to the end. Cause it was like this crazy beach run finish, but it was a super fun race. And also I will mention Edo ended up like just coming out just to be part of it. He wasn't even able to get in just because it was so full, but he was faster than anyone, which was pretty cool to see. Oh, so Edo actually won the race, but he wasn't officially registered kind of thing. Interesting. That was pretty cool. And then, those guys are the ones who've finished in the front on the M2O race as well. Yeah. So that's interesting. But yeah, so let's talk about that. The big one, the paddle board world championships, the Molokai Toahu race that one you guys both did. And so how did that go for you guys? That was good. I think it went very well for me. Yeah, it was super fun. Except for one thing. Yeah, we had good wind and then pretty good bumps the whole way, but it was a bummer for me. A couple days before I started getting this weird pain in my heel and was having a hard time walking. And then the day or two before the race, it just, this weird spot started coming in. And then up until the morning of the race, it just kept growing until a big blister on my heel. And I still just couldn't really put any weight on it. And then did the race. Luckily I had footstraps on my board, so I was able to. Kind of not put much pressure on it and use my toes on my foot a bit more. And then when I got to the finish, I just had to go to the doctor and they like drained it all out and then had to cut all the skin away. And yeah, I saw you briefly at the finish and you were limping and I was like, what's going on? And you showed me, and it's it was almost like a tennis ball size blister on your heel. It was huge, ugly looking too. It's yeah, the night before we were looking at it, wondering should we try and drain it and bandage up now or we ended up just yeah, I talked to Scott Trudeau, and who's Kai's, Scott Sanchez, sorry, who's Kai Lenny's trainer and he just said that I should probably wait to drain it because I don't want getting infected, which was good advice because I think if we had tried to pop it, it might not have been able to race. And then, but luckily made it and then just had to go to the doctor right after. Yeah. And then they basically just cut off all the skin and just cleaned up the infection kind of thing, or did they, do they know what kind of infection or what would happen? No, not really. I think it just, I got like a weird bruise inside and then it was bleeding a little maybe, and then got infected. So are you still healing up from that? Or is that all done now? Yeah, still healing, I think. Still on crutches right now trying not to put much weight on it. And then I think it's maybe another couple weeks before I can do stuff again. And you're taking like some, you probably had to go through some heavy antibiotics and stuff? I had to go through a week after. Yeah. And yeah, wow. But yeah, it was the first time they had the wing flow division at the at the Molokai Molokai Tuawa race. So I always get those mixed up, but anyway so it's cool that you were able to win that one. And it was a really good battle with Bobo and then Aiden Nicholas. Yeah. Most of the whole way, I think. Did you see them? Did you see them going across? Or I know that you guys were all pretty close, but yeah how was that? Yeah, we all started really close and we're pretty much on the same line, all in a pretty tight pack going towards Molokai. And then once the wind got a bit lighter, I think I had a bit more power in my wing and I was able to just drop a bit below them further downwind and pull ahead. And then. Once we got a lot closer to Oahu and further up the coast and we had to start weaving downwind, then I think I really pulled ahead a lot just because I had more power and was able to ride the bumps a bit more when it got really light. And then I think. But before that we were all super close. Yeah, and that's something to mention too that I mean I guess at the start the wind was actually pretty decent but then in the middle of the channel it got really light in some spots and then and it didn't really get seemed like it maybe got a little bit windier again towards the end towards Oahu, but And then once you got around the corner, then it was light again, right? Did you get any lulls coming in towards the finish or? I think I came about as close to coming down as I could have, and then just got another puff of wind, as I was about to come down and kept going, but it was, yeah, it was close coming around the point where there's this big dead zone of wind before you got the wind coming from Hawaii. And then I guess Bobo is a natural goofy footer, which is helps in the Molokai race because you're going in that stance most of the way. So for you, do you feel like you can go faster in your regular stance than in your in when you switch feet in the goofy foot stance or how do you, it's pretty similar right now. And then I will, I need to spend more time going goofy though, cause I think it would be faster, but. With my foot to that race I, it was like, he was my back foot. So I didn't have to put as much weight on it. I had to use that as my front foot. It would have felt a lot worse, but yeah, both, both Bobo and Aiden were goofy footed. So on the. The kind of first reach over to a Wahoo, I think it was a lot more comfortable for them. And then Aiden is from New Zealand, right? And he's on a, he was on the Armstrong foil, right? Yeah. What kind of foil he was on or what size and I think he just had a prototype one. He said it was around 470. Oh, so even smaller than yours, huh? A fair bit smaller than ours, which I think it helped him when it was windier. And then when the wind got lighter, he was just having a hard time going as downwind. So that's another thing to to mention too, like basically on a really small foil. Yeah. Like sometimes you can't get the same downwind angle because yeah, it starts dropping off foil. So you need a little bit more pressure in your wing. Yeah. So it's always like a gamble a little bit. If you are too small. It helps going faster, but then you're also taking a risk at when the wind gets lighter. So yeah, for sure. Cause that's what happened was at the start he was super fast and actually pulling ahead a bit when it was windier. And then once he got lighter, I caught up a lot to him and then was just able to go more downwind and the same speed towards the finish, just put a big gap on him because it was really light. And I was able to go more downwind. And then what handling were you on? It was the duotone. I was on the duotone unit D lab six meter, which I think I would've preferred to have a six five, but it's so hard to tell what the wind is doing. Apart from, do you mind sharing what your weight, your body weight? I think like one 40 to one 45. Okay. So yeah, so six meters, pretty big for you, for your body weight. And what about your board size? What's, what were the dimensions of the board you were using? Four, four, 35 liter sky free board or sky. It's a pretty small board, like basically a sink sinker, right? So it's nice for the weighing down one to just use something that. Cause you're using such a big wing. You don't really need a ton of board to get you going. And then you want something that once you're up is just really out of the way, so you're not catching it on other bumps. And there's a lot of moments there. I feel like they make it a lot easier to control the foil at high speeds. And then, yeah, you're not really too worried about it catching. And you didn't fall at all during the whole way across or did you have any, right at the start, maybe a minute or two in, I was. I think I just hit a weird warble and then the nose started going down and I tried to put weight on my back foot and put it right on my heel where it really hurt and then just. Stuff that knows I've been flying and then luckily God pretty fast, like 10, 15 seconds and was going again. Oh, good. Yeah. That's I always like to use a little bit longer and board higher volume board for racing, because yeah if you do fall or come off and it's light, then it just makes it so much easier to get back on foil for like course racing and then if the wind's lighter, that's definitely the way to go. Cause then it's the worst when you're just stuck down in the water and everyone's passing you and. Yeah, I can't get going again now. All right. Jeffrey, talk about your experience at the Mali to Molokaris. I heard from A lot of stand up foilers that the start was tough. And then all the wing full escort boats went across or, made wakes and chop and world up the water and stuff like that. So yeah, talk a little bit about how the start was and then, yeah, how the whole channel crossing went for you. Totally. Yeah. The start of the race is always difficult since you start just below the island. Time to. Generate as big as they'll be in the middle of the channel yet. And the wind at your back definitely helps. It's, it makes it like much easier than a completely flat water pop up. But the hardest part is you're able to grind up and get going. And that's something I practice a lot, especially like in flat water stuff, but just staying up for that time until you actually get into the bumps that you're able to relax and regain some energy is definitely the difficult part. So my focus on the start was just getting up, getting going and then keeping my heart rate as low as possible and trying to ride as efficiently as possible to not. Burn so much energy. So about how long did it take the pumping in the beginning where you just couldn't even rest at all, like until you reach some bumps where you could just take a little breather, you can take like tiny rest. Cause there was like a little bit of motion, especially like with all the boats going around. Some of it was bad. Some of it, you had to pump through, but then some of it, you could use to, to ride a little bit, I ended up. On the south side of the line at the start. So the boats actually cut across me really quickly, which was bad because it was right at the start and I hadn't gotten on a glide yet. But then I got to the other side of this boat wake and got a tiny bit of rest, which actually might've helped me a little bit. It didn't last very long. It was probably a few minutes before any good rest and then several more until you were like. You could actually ride a bump for a bit. Yeah. Yeah. But my friend Eli was saying he had a couple times where boats went like right in front of him and I think that's something that they need to educate the escort captains on that when we just can't go through a boat wake when it's all turned up. It's not, we just, the foil doesn't work in that, yeah, it makes it super difficult to divide when those currents are moving in the water off the prop. Yeah, it's definitely tough. I'm sure next year we'll have it all figured out, because... It's tough starting the wing and the sub at the exact same time as well. Yeah, there's... Yeah. I guess there's talk of doing the foiling on a different day than the paddling. What do you think of that? Do you think that would be a good way to do it? Yeah, I think that could be awesome. And I'm sure even if they do that, there'll be separate starts for the wing and foil, or maybe the boats will start further out for the wing since they have to like... If they let, if the wingboats let the going to catch up with how fast the wings are going, especially like this year was pretty light winds and which is easier for the boats to drive in and makes the rider slower. But if it's strong, it's going to be even more difficult. So I think I think a separate day in general could be awesome. It would. I think give them more customizability for the race course and just start further on the wind. And then there's maybe talk of finishing down at like Waikiki area. So you have bumps all the way to the finish. And then it's still a cool, like finishing the run that all the guys do over there. And I think it could be nice for like their Just managing everyone in the water. It won't be so many people on one day which is always good for safety as well. Yeah. And then, we were talking about do we really, does every foiler really need an escort boat? Cause it's not like you have to switch out hydration packs or whatever. It's, usually. You don't have that much interaction with your boat. It's for safety, but everyone also had the satellite tracker and whatever. So if they had enough safety boats, maybe not every foiler needs to have their own escort boat. I feel like that's overkill. What do you think about that? I don't think any of the foilers or especially the ones that were going fast had any interaction at all with their boats unless something went wrong, like you said. And I heard that a couple of spoilers, the boats didn't even find them, like they basically went across the whole channel without their escort boat. Oh man. Yeah, I think there were a couple of guys that they didn't find them until they were coming in at the finish. That's crazy. It's tough with so many people out there. Yeah. Yeah. And then you said you... Yeah, pretty good positioning at the end, like you were like around fifth place or something like that coming towards the China walls, Portlock, and then what happened like that. That last part is always so challenging. So how did that go for you? Yeah, I was coming in and I was like, I'd saved enough energy coming into the end that I'm like, okay, I want to save a good amount for the finish here because you always know how tough it is, especially when the swell is small, you're just going to have to pump quite a bit. And I tried coming in. I ended up just on the back of a swell along the wall where the wave breaks. I'm like, okay, I'm not going to make it over this thing. I should just try and pull off, catch another wave. And then when I tried to pull off on the one behind me, it just wasn't breaking. So I ended up going over to the other boil next to it and did catch a wave. And then, but it was too big and I fell on it. And just, yeah, just messed around, wasted tons of time doing it. Was it, sorry, this was at China Walls or further down? China Walls, okay. Yeah, right after I finished, me and my mom and dad went back out on our boat and then was just watching him come in. And, oh, it was such a bummer because he was doing so well and like up with, like up ahead of Kai and Mateo, I think. Mateo was like next to me coming in. Yeah, I think he was running like fourth or fifth. Was just in between two waves coming around, like right at China wall and then came down and then there, there just weren't many ways to catch. So it was, yeah, it was a moment. Yeah. There wasn't that much energy. There wasn't many waves coming through that day. And then and then where did you just paddle straight towards the finish from there? Or what was your strategy after that? Were you trying to catch another bump or were you prone paddling the whole way? Or what, how did it go after that? I decided to wait and catch a bump just because I, there was enough swell that I figured something would come and I did get, I got one first one and then just couldn't hold on to it when I first caught it. And that would have been like good. I wouldn't have lost that much time if I got on that one, but then I had to wait for another one, got on that. And I think it might have actually been faster if I just paddled in, but. I guess I saved a little bit of energy and then I ended up catching another wave at the next reef inside and pumping as far as I could on that. And then, yeah, just paddling all the way in. Yeah. And then just prone paddling or did you paddle on standing up or both? I prone paddled most of the way. I know a bunch of people were actually like doing the knee paddle thing which might've been faster, but I don't know if it was. For me personally, I felt like I could grind pretty well laying down. And then once I got close to the finish where it wasn't as windy, I stood up and paddled in. Yeah, because standing up or kneeling also has more you have more surface area and it's a really strong offshore wind there. So yeah, it's but yeah, it's funny how that the last part is a little bit anticlimactic where it turns into a paddle race, right? But yeah, it's definitely challenging. A lot. Yeah, a lot can change in that last, not even a mile, really, I think even for first place, I think Oscar was actually the first one to the point. And then James was a little behind and even came down, but luckily got back up on a wave just at China wall and then was able to pump like the connection was really good. And he was he's really good at pumping as well. So he's able to like pump further in. Yeah. Yeah. Actually, I think he caught a wave further in. He like, he pumped out to like pillars. Yeah, and then caught a wave there and then was able to connect it all the way over the reef and into the channel. So that's how you want it. So yeah. Cool. Yeah. So that so that was a bunch of exciting races and in a couple of weeks. Yeah. And what's next? Are did you guys know we're doing a wing full race here on Oahu on August 26th? That's like the, we're calling it the Hawaii wing full state championship. So I don't know if you guys can come to that, but that would be. Another somewhere else plan, but if not, yeah, we're certainly considering it because that could be super fun. You should come over for that Yeah, that'd be cool to have you guys But any do you have any other races planned or doing other competition stuff currently? I think you were considering going. Yeah, there's a kind of wing wave event in Morocco that I think I'm gonna go do and then Yeah, after that, not much. Yeah, otherwise we're considering other downwind races if they happen, but yeah, we'll see what comes. Yeah, right on. When is that race in, or the wave event in Morocco, when is that? I think it's end of September. Okay. So if you could design your own competition what would you include? Would it be like racing and freestyle or wave riding or yeah. What would, or does it, would it combine different? Like standup foiling and wing foiling, or what would you like what would be like your ideal race? If you could pick and choose. Everything would be pretty fun. Definitely a downwind subfoil section and then maybe downwind wing and then maybe some surf foiling and wing freestyle wing and waves. Just everything would be super cool. So like almost like four different division four different competitions and then have a combined score for every, everything. That would be cool. Yeah. Thanks. I'd be crazy. Yeah, that'd be super fun. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. We're thinking about maybe trying to put something like that together for Oahu. Yeah. So let's talk a little bit more about, about your equipment. So after you, after your sponsorship with Slingshot Energy you're both writing for Duotone Fanatic now, or yeah. So how did that come about and how's that going? We were just talking to those guys and it. It ended up working out really well because their design team is based on MAUI, which makes it really easy for us to work with them for testing and designing and everything like that. It's really nice to be able to like, meet with people and actually go and ride together sky Solbeck, who's done a lot of the wing boards, and then Ken Winter, who does all the wings, pretty much. They live super close to us, so it makes it really easy. And yeah, it's been awesome working with them on everything. Yeah. And I interviewed Ken and Alan Cadiz and I guess they, they go together on like upwind and downwind to test the wings and see which wing is faster going upwind, which wing is faster going downwind and things like that. Do you guys go out with them too, or do you, are you part of that kind of the testing crew for the wings? Absolutely. We do a bit of that with them. And then I think a lot of reason why we came in was to test the wings for kind of freestyle and jumping too. Because I guess they don't do that a lot. Yeah. Yeah, they don't like I know I don't get this doesn't jump at all that's and I think that's pretty smart because yeah for me too like I like to jump but it seems like I always get hurt when I jump that's how I end up getting hurt so I try to avoid it too lately but Yeah. So what have you guys had any serious injuries? I would, I guess that the infection doesn't really count as a foiling injury, but like what kind of injuries have you had from foiling or water sports? I've had a couple pretty bad, like knee injuries. One a couple of years ago, we were towing and then. I like fell with one of my feet in the straps and got a little rolled and just twisted my knee super weird. I think I'm, I think I strained my MCL. So that was, I was out of the water for two or three months. And then another time, I think it was the first time I was trying front flips winging. I just landed one super weird and tweaked my knee again. And then was out the water for another couple months after that. So actually the front flip the forward loop. If we can't, let's is there like a good video that you can maybe talk about that a little bit? Jeffrey will have a lot more video. I think you posted the one where you hurt yourself. Oh, yeah, I think yeah, it shouldn't be too far down. Maybe Pass this a little further Did you post it? Yeah. Okay. I think yeah the one in the center at the bottom. No, yeah this one Oh, yeah, that's the one I heard myself on. Okay first time trying. Oh, that was your first attempt Yeah. Oh, yeah. It looks like a kind of a rough landing. So what happened, your knees got discontinued, got tweaked forward or something like that? My front knee, I think I just jammed it super hard into the board and then just tweaked it weird. Okay. So that's what, that's, yeah, I guess for somebody trying it, they don't want to visualize it where you hurt yourself, right? So let's I. Okay. So do you have a one that you can, is this a forward loop? I think you should go to Jeffrey's page. He's got a lot. Yeah, tell us which one was a good video that you, where you can talk about the doing. Probably. Yeah. A little up. Oh, wait. Yeah. Back a little. The one at the bottom of the center. That one's actually, yeah, that one's good. This one? Yep. I think the one before might be the first one I posted. Okay. And it was, I don't think like when I was doing this one, I don't think anyone was doing it this style. Like a lot of guys we're doing very like forward loop style ones which were good, but that's when you get like those super hard landings, which can be really tough on the knees and on it. Like when I was first trying this, I didn't actually like. The rotation is much harder for landing than the backflip, because when you come around the backflip, the board's moving forward, so it's very easy to plane out and get right back on foil. But with the forward, you really have to like, slow yourself down in the air so you have a soft landing. So I was pretty happy when this kind of all worked and it all made sense. I actually to learn this one, I wasn't completely blind. Wyatt Miller, who's this really good wind surfer was doing basically forwards on a wing. And I like watched his videos and saw his body movement and saw what like I could adjust a little bit. And yeah, then it all worked out, which was nice. Did you guys ever windsurf? Or before, before starting wing foiling? I can, but I Not a single Not like a single jump windsurfing Is that like how you tuck in on this one it looks A lot like windsurfing like a forward forward loop and wing foiling Like that tucked in Yeah, totally. I'd say the biggest difference is I'm looking like under my right shoulder instead of back up and over it. But they're very similar for sure. Yeah. So yeah. So give us some pointers on or is there another video we can play here? Yeah, near the top there should be some good ones. Okay. Let's look further up. At the very top, I've been posting lots of downward stuff. That one on the right, right there. Yeah. Perfect. Okay. So there's, oh yeah, that's a high one. Oh, over rotated. Yeah. So talk, give us some pointers on how to do this move. Totally. Yeah. So the biggest thing I look for is a decent gust. And that's like for the day you want to make sure when you're in the air, you're not going to hit a hole in the wind and lose power. Cause that's The sketchiest thing and the sketchiest thing is like committing to that forward rotation, right? So as long as you get up and have the power I find it's very consistent to get around. And yeah, once you get over, it's not it doesn't feel dangerous anymore. Like you can land on your stomach or back even, but the foil under you or to the side of you and it's fine. So yeah, I go, I focus on finding a decent gust. Try and get a good amount of height. It's the same as the backflip, where if you give yourself a little more time to come around, you're generally going to have it's generally going to be easier to actually make it. And then the biggest thing is I, so I jumped, get in the air, like a, just a big straighter. But then as I'm coming up, I tuck my legs up under me and keep the board pretty like flat. And then I wouldn't say flat, but like foil facing down. And then once you're at the apex, it's really all about pointing the nose of the wing, just straight down and holding your whole body, like compact and together and strong and then obviously coming out of it, once you feel like you're halfway through the rotation, then you start to extend your legs, trying to reach out and feel for the water on your landing because with front flips you're blind when you're coming in. Like you don't have the, when you're doing a back flip, you can. Look up and you actually get to see how far you are from the water when you're coming into touch. But on front flips, it's like mostly all about feel. So the more you can reach your legs out and feel that water, the like easier time you're going to have. Absorbing the impact of the landing. So I guess, yeah, like for tricks in general it's always good to use like the smallest wing possible handling possible, right? It seems having a smaller wing but at the, it's obviously you don't want to be overpowered and stuff, but you're saying like, yeah, use it basically use a small wing, wait for a good gust. And then. But yeah, I guess this is saying it's you don't want to be like probably overpowered with a wing that's going to be too big or whatever. And yeah, yeah, the bigger wings just make it more like you more technical, I'd say, like your technique has to be a little more on point because otherwise it'll pull you or throw you in a weird direction that you weren't expecting. And with the smaller wings, you just get a bit more of that control which definitely makes it easier to learn. Okay. Cool. Yeah, and then I guess, and also you don't really have that issue where you get back winded, like in the back loop, like if you get the wing in the wrong position, it's not like you're going to get back winded or whatever, but what are some of the potential mistakes or things to avoid when you're doing it? Yeah. It's a funny thing. Cause a lot of. A lot of people that do front flips are they do end up shutting the power off and going much more like over the front and then you can have points where it can potentially backwing but I like to try and keep the power in it just so I don't have that problem. But yeah, the definite, what are the things that I'd say people struggle with the most? I think a big thing is just keeping your legs really connected to your upper body because a lot of times, especially when I was learning them, I would go with the wing and then just leave my legs and the board a bit behind and then just get stretched out during the rotation. Yeah, it's really easy to leave the board and foil behind because there's quite a bit of even though the stuff is super high performance and super lightweight, there still is like volume and weight with everything that's on your feet there. So being like focusing on, you get that jump and you're focusing on the height, really just sucking your feet into your or just your knees up and your knees to your chest basically. And it's not even that much. It's just enough so that you have a good connection. Finn was saying and accusing it all tucked in a little bit, keeping your legs close to your body. The other thing I do is same with backflips. I make sure to not turn too much up into the wind when I'm doing it. And I think that very, like that allows me to keep the power in the wing a lot easier. And it really makes it so that when you're up in the air and you go to point the wing down, that it really like. throws you around and gives you that rotation because it's easy to come up and Force yourself over, but it doesn't throw you around the same way that it does when you're able to turn off the wind a little bit and really open up that wing to the wind and have it throw you around. Yeah, but it seems like also like you always pop up and try to get some height before you throw yourself forward, right? Like you don't want to just instantly throw yourself forward as soon as you come off the water, right? Totally. Especially for front flips, it's a lot easier to get a high jump than for back flips. Because of the way you're holding the wing and the rotation of it. So I always like focus, I jump and then pause for a second and think okay, I want to keep going up here. And then when I feel that I'm high enough for the rotation, then I'll commit to the point in the window and talking and going for it. Yeah. So how about some tips for landing? Not just and when you're doing flips, but just in general, what's, what are some tips for make sticking a landing and making the landing. Totally. Yeah. And in general, foiling is actually really nice for landing because you get. Yeah, the front wing and tail wing extended off that mass. So you get like a nice kind of cushion when you're coming in, as opposed to just straight windsurfing, you land so much harder without the foil. Breaking your fall on the water for basically any foil trick. The most important thing is to reach out as you're coming in and you don't want to reach out to the point where you're overextending your knees because then you could hurt them in another way, but you want to reach out enough just so you get elongated when you're coming in. And then as soon as you feel that water coming up, then you want to start compressing and compress as much as you can coming in, using the wing to support your weight as much as pos

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#52: Philip Bowen from @philipbowenmusic comes back on to the podcast to join Brittney for a second time to catch up on the whirlwind his career has been in the last year since he shared his story. We talk about how he is navigating his new normal of touring and writing. While also honoring his relationships as an entrepreneur for himself, his spouse, and family. We discuss his debut album Old Kanawha, what writing an album was like, and the story behind his. We go in-depth about his song Old Kanawha, the meaning of the song, how it resonates with Brittney and the audience. What building up others on social media looks like, and being kind; the goodness that can transpire from doing so. His audition on America's Got Talent and what he has to come. He's a true inspiration whether you are a musician, a business owner, or just a family man.  Read the Article here or Watch the episode here. Get our FAVORITE links, codes & more here! EPISODE MENTIONS: Philip's TikTok Philip's IG Listen to Philip Bowen here too:Spotify Facebook Youtube.com/Philbow55  MTN OPS for the best supplements and gear use code BRITT for 20% OFF your order! RUGGED ROAD COOLER GET 10% OFF your lightweight and organized cooler here! CAMOFIRE for 50-70% Off On Hunting Gear From Stealthcam, Vortex, Mystery Ranch and more! TONIC SITE SHOP for customized website designs, use code RECKONING15 for 15% OFF! Follow Us on Social:  Brittney Long IG Reckoning IG Britt's TikTok Affiliate Disclaimer.  Show Notes may contain affiliate links.  If you click through my referral link, at no additional cost to you, I may earn a small commission if you make a purchase.  Thank you for supporting RECKONING LLC. Production music courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com

From 'Watch for Deer' to Wisdom: A Journey of Creativity, Resilience, and Self-Discovery with Pamela Kesling Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! I'm your host Skip Lineberg. Growing up in the countryside of West Virginia, my dear friend Pamela Kesling was infused with a creative spark that continues to shine brightly in her life today. Her journey is a captivating tapestry of creativity, resilience, and wisdom. It's one that's seen her wear many hats, from being a business development director for a law firm to the president of the board for Habitat for Humanity, and from being a writer and singer to a joy-seeker. We fondly reminisce about our shared country roots and explore how her childhood catchphrase 'Watch for deer' embodies her journey from rural life to her cross-country music tour, never losing sight of her beginnings. As we delve deeper, Pamela authentically shares her experiences on how remaining soft and open can help to connect with diverse people, rewrite our narratives and strengthen our resilience in the face of life's adversities. We touch upon her spiritual journey of self-awareness and inner peace, exploring her practices of reading religious texts, meditating, and journaling. Listen in to discover how Pamela's insights on mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and the power of introspective moments can bring clarity and calm to your life. Get ready for an inspiring conversation with one of the wisest people I know, Pamela Kesling. Brief Bio for Our Wise Guest Pamela Kesling is the business development director for Spilman, Thomas and Battle, a mid-sized regional law firm based in Charleston, West Virginia. She is also the president of the board of Habitat for Humanity of Kanawha and Putnam. In her free time, Pamela is, by turns, a writer, singer, creator and joy seeker. Pamela has co-founded an online music festival, helped produce albums and performed on stages across the country. She also enjoys photography, but her real love is reading and writing poetry. She is a mother to a 10 year old boy and a rescue dog and cat.   Resources Connect with Pamela Kesling on LinkedIn Pamela Kesling on Instagram: @pamelalives Pamela's website for her shared creative works Books recommended by Pamela, both by author Don Miguel Ruiz: The Four Agreements The Fifth Agreement   Credits Editor + Technical Advisor Bob Hotchkiss Brand + Strategy Advisor Andy Malinoski PR + Partnerships Advisor Rachel Bell Graphic Design Chloe Lineberg   Stay Connected with Us on Social YouTube @themainthingpod Twitter @themainthingpod Instagram @themainthingpod Facebook  @TheMainThingPod LinkedIn   How Can You Help Support the Growth of this Podcast? Become a subscriber. Share the podcast with one or two friends. Follow us on social media @TheMainThingPod Buy some Main Thing Merch from our Merchandise Store. Become a patron of the show and support us on Patreon with funding. Episode Chapters (0:03:55) - Growing Up in Rural West Virginia and “Watch for Deer” Pamela Kesling shares her childhood creativity and wisdom on nature's role in her life. The story behind her Tweet, an essential WV phrase that went viral (0:7:30) - Making a Lifelong Connection Serving coffee in a book shop, leading to a career in marketing and business development, plus a lifelong friendship. (0:10:00) - Pamela's Main Thing Wisdom Pamela shares her journey to inner peace through reading, reflection, meditation and intentional joy-seeking. Her focus on being soft and open is key to letting go and being resilient. (0:12:40) - How to Avoid Getting Caught Up in the Swirl Being present and pausing: a quick, in-the-moment meditation to become  centered and calm. Pamela discusses her journey to self-awareness and learning to trust herself. ~~~~~ Show notes developed in part with resources from:  https://podium.page

In today's episode of The Drive, host Paul Swann speaks with Chris Tatum, the mayor of Barboursville, to discuss the exciting news that West Virginia has been selected to host the USYS Eastern Regional Presidents Cup for the fourth time in five years. Taking place from June 14-18, 2024, the prestigious event will be held at the Barboursville Soccer Complex and Shawnee Sports Complex in Cabell and Kanawha counties. Join us as we explore the significance of this achievement and its impact on the local soccer community. Subscribe to The Drive podcast and follow @PaulSwann on Twitter for more updates. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Subconscious Realms Episode 203 - Pre-American History PT1 - The Adena Culture "Mound Builders" - Dr. Robert. Ladies & Gentlemen, on this Episode of Subconscious Realms we welcome one of the most Fascinating Individuals Earth Realm has to offer,..A Mentalist, Magician who possesses the Ability to Demonstrate Extraordinary Mental Powers, such as Mind Reading, Dr. Robert! To discuss Pre-American History. With this Topic being so Vast it will be a Series & to kick things off PT1 shall focus on - The Adena Culture. Prepare yourself!! Doc delivers Utter Fascination from start till end...

On the morning of July 19th of 2006, Melanie Metheny dropped off her three children at daycare in Belle, West Virginia – just a little south of the state capital in Charleston, but she never returned to pick up her kids. Many clues were found in the search for Melanie, but her whereabouts are still unknown to this day. What happened to this Kanahwa County mother of three? Could foul play have been involved? Join Nate Metz as he dives into this Mystery of the Ohio Valley.https://melaniemetheny.wordpress.com/https://wchstv.com/news/local/cold-case-files-kanawha-county-mother-of-three-melanie-metheny-now-missing-16-yearshttp://www.melanieshope.org/?fbclid=IwAR3W87GEucmEaNiOMfzrbSr94cxpmitY_OIfJtfp6Nifo3dL-Zbw1uCT3vs

Last time we spoke about the disastrous first Arakan campaign and the Pacific Military conference of 1943. Yes Mr. Irwin had royally messed up the Arakan offensive, so much so it was gradually bringing his bitter rival General Slim into the mix. While Irwin failed, Slim gradually was placed in operation control and would soon unleash a box strategy against General Koga's forces in Burma. On the planning front, the war between MacArthur and King raged on, but compromises were finally hashed out. The July 2 directive, became the Elkton plan which in turn would evolve into Operation Cartwheel. The allies were learning how to play nice together in the Pacific at last. MacArthur was gradually shifting the war towards his own personal goals. However while all of this was going on, the Japanese were also forming their own plans, which would soon be unleashed. This episode is the Operation I-GO Welcome to the Pacific War Podcast Week by Week, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on world war two and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel you can find a few videos all the way from the Opium Wars of the 1800's until the end of the Pacific War in 1945.  It is April of 1943, a year ago, the Empire of the Rising sun stood proud and victorious over the Pacific. The Japanese had taken Malaya, the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, Burma and pretty much anywhere they went, victory was at hand. Yet as Admiral Yamamoto moved his flag from super battleship Yamato to the Musashi, he looked quite withered down. The past 14 months since the great raid on Pearl Harbor had aged him considerably. His close-cropped hair had turned almost entirely gray and his eyes looked discolored. It was rare to see him leave his quarters and whenever he did it was quite briefly, usually him waving his hat in the air as a departing sign to a squadron of aircraft. Rarely did he join his fellow staff officers for a game of ring-toss on deck. In a letter he wrote at the end of January of 1943 he asserted he only set foot ashore 4 times since the previous august, only to check in on the sick or wounded men at the hospitals or to attend funerals. Critics of Yamamoto would claim he actually made considerable amounts of visits to the “naval restaurant” on an island in the lagoon. This “naval restaurant” was actually a well-known brothel near Yokosuka Naval base in Tokyo Bay. The commander in chief seemed resigned to his fate. When he was asked in October of 1942 what he would do after Japan won the war he replied “I imagine I'll be packed off either to the guillotine or to set Helena”. On most occasions he would openly declare he did not believe he would live through the war. Yamamoto mourned the loss of so many IJN officers and sailors and was especially saddened by the loss of the commanders who refused to leave their doomed ships. Yamamoto had actually campaigned to reform the principle that a captain could and should honorably survive the destruction of his ship, but it was to little avail. The belief was so hard-wired into the Japanese naval officer corps.  Yamamoto knew Japan was staggering towards a catastrophic defeat, but he could not openly say it to those around him. He had tossed everything he could to thwart the war in the first place, warning everyone of the great industrial power of America that would gradually overwhelm Japan. His operation against Midway in june of 1942 was a major gambit aimed at forcing a decisive victory to bring the Americans closer to the negotiating table. The utter failure at Midway had ensured the war would be prolonged, it would become a war of attrition and one that Japan could not hope to win. On the morning of April 3rd, 1943 Admirals Yamamoto and Ugaki accompanied by more than a dozen officers of the combined fleet staff boarded two Kawanishi flying boats enroute for Rabaul. The battles of Guadalcanal and Buna-Gona-Sanananda were extremely heavy setbacks to Yamamoto's plans of extending the defensive perimeter towards the east of Australia so it could be strangled of supplies. The disaster that occurred at the battle of the Bismarck Sea showcased how vulnerable their shipping lanes were. The state of their land-based aviation was abysmal, it failed to protect the convey sent to Lae resulting in the terrible loss. As Commander Toshikazu Ohmae stated “The land-based air groups at Rabaul were not effective, largely because there were only a few experienced pilots in them.  Vice-Admiral Ugaki was even harsher, adding “We cannot expect much of the land-based air force partly because of a passive atmosphere among them.”  Admiral Kusaka's 11th air fleet had suffered tremendous losses from a series of serious ongoing issues, but two were of vital importance; 1) the poor health and low morale of those at Rabaul. Men were succumbed to widespread diseases, such as malaria and chronic diarrhea. And 2) the terrible situation when it came to replacing men such as their valuable veterans. As Yamamoto put it “They used to say that one ‘Zero' fighter could take on five to ten American aircraft, but that was at the beginning of the war. Since losing so many good pilots at Midway we've had difficulty in replacing them. Even now, they still say that one ‘Zero' can take on two enemy planes, but the enemy's replacement rate is three times ours; the gap between our strengths is increasing every day, and to be honest things are looking black for us now.” The new recruits were unfamiliar with the aircraft employed by Kusaka's command, requiring to be re-trained upon their arrival to Rabaul. Without their veteran pilots to train these men the task took longer and resulted in less capable pilots and crews. The replacement issue for aircrews was a fleet-wide issue forcing the IJN to shorten their training syllabus for commissioned and enlisted pilots by 2 months. To achieve this reduction, the amount of instructional time devoted to skill areas like tactics, gunnery and formation flying were reduced or in some cases even eliminated. The veterans who began the war in a third position of a 3-plane sector and were still alive now took upon the role of shotai or chutai leadership. Shotai leaders were responsible for flights of 3 aircraft and Chutai leaders were responsible for 9 aircraft or better said 3 shotai. However many of these men did not really have the necessary experience to assume such responsibilities. On March 25th a directive was established to quote “create a superior and impregnable strategic position”. In other words, Tokyo was demanding the Army and Navy come up with a plan to stop the allies southern offensive. Tokyo wanted the two services to actually work together so they could defend the precious gains they had made in the early part of the war, like their holdings in New Guinea which were currently being hammered upon by MacArthur's forces. To implement the new directive, General Imamura summoned a conference on Rabaul for April 12th. Commanders of the 17th and 19th armies, the 6th air division would be in attendance. During the conference it was decided General Hyakutakes 17th Army would take on the responsibility for defending the northern solomons in coordination with the Navy. They would also have to help assist the navy who was expecting allies attacks directed at the central solomons. General Adachi's 18th army was given responsibility to defend Lai-Salamaua, but because of the shipping lane crisis this would have to be done mostly via land routes. They were going to establish a major overland and coastal supply route linking Madang and Western New Britain to the Lae area to aid this. Furthermore naval and air bases would be built up in eastern New Guinea to aid Lt General Itahana Giichi's 6th air division to operation in the region. Despite all these grand plans, American air power was already making Tokyo express runs to places like Finschhafen impossible. The Japanese war effort in New Guinea was gradually being torn apart by constant air raids. Therefore, the only way to get men and supplies to places like Lae would be using the ever glamorous submarine or barge methodology. Now that is all for the Imperial Japanese army boys planning session, but what about Yamamoto and the Naval gang. By the time of the conference, MacArthur's efforts in New Guinea had basically ruined Yamamoto's expansionist strategies. A complete strategic rethink was now necessary. Yamamoto was quartered in a cottage high on a hill behind the town of Rabaul. He spent the following week inspecting airfields and other military installations, meeting with the local army and naval commanders all around New Britain. As was typical of him, he bid good luck to the departing air squadrons, with his usual wave of his hat. Yamamoto set to work creating a new offensive directive erected as part of the March 25th plan. The IJN planned for an air campaign against allied positions in New Guinea and the Solomons. The 11th air fleet, on its lonesome would not able to mount an effective strike, thus Yamamoto called upon the 3rd fleet to augment them.  Admiral Ozawa who led the 3rd fleet voiced opposition to this, not wanting his precious elite units to be squandered. But he eventually gave in and provided aircraft carriers and agreed to supervise plans for the new operation. At the same time it was decided that Yamamoto and Ozawa would shift their headquarters temporarily to Rabaul, this would prove to be a fateful mistake on his part. You see him doing so was announced using a radio message. His operations officer Commander Yasuji Watanabe would go on the record complaining that the information about Yamamoto's visit to the Ballalae Airfield should had been done by courier and not by radio, but the communications officer replied “this code only went into effect on april 1st and cannot be broken”. It would be broken, but more about that later. Now the Zuikaku, Zuiho, Junyo and Hiyo would toss up 160 aircraft: 54 Vals, 45 Kates and 96 Zeros to augment the 155 aircraft of Admiral Kusaka pushing them to a strength of over 350 aircraft. The aircraft were dispersed to multiple airfields such as Buka and Kahili on Bougainville and Ballale in the Shortlands.   Now before Yamamoto and his team launched their new offensive, Admiral Kusaka decided to do a preliminary fighter sweep down the Slot on April 1st. He hoped to draw out large portions of the allied airpower on Guadalcanal to soften them up. Kusaka launched a first wave of 32 and second wave of 25 Zeros which intercepted 42 fighters of Admiral Mason's ComAirSols command. The allied force consisted mostly of Wildcats, some P-38's and a few new F4U Corsairs. They were intercepted over the Russell Islands causing a giant melee of dog flights lasting over 3 hours. The Americans had home field advantage over the Japanese, managing to shoot down 9 Zero's at the cost of 5 Wildcats and a Corsair. It was not exactly a promising start for the Japanese. As usual both sides of the air battle submitted exaggerated reports. The Americans claimed to have taken down 18 Zeros and the Japanese claimed to have downed 47 American fighters. So yeah the Japanese claimed to have shot down more aircraft than they even encountered haha. Now it was on April the 3rd when Yamamoto and his staff arrived in Rabaul and he personally took command of the upcoming operation alongside Admirals Ozawa and Kusaka. Now Yamamoto had accurately anticipated the allied advance into the solomons and New Guinea would focus on the subjugation of Rabaul. Within five days of the battle of Guadalcanal being officially declared on February 9th of 1942, Lt General Kenney had authorized a plan to take down Rabaul. This plan commence on the night of February 14th with a bombing raid consisting of 12 B-29's from the 63rd bomb squadron. They targeted the fuel dumps and munitions. A second wave of 10 B-29's from the 65th bomb squadron came in dropping incendiaries upon the town of Rabaul. The Japanese had managed no fighter interceptions. Yamamoto had further predicted the allies would launch a double-pronged advance through New Guinea and the northern Solomon islands. To meet this advance he had set up a ring of airfields around Rabaul. His visit to Ballalae airfield was part of developing the rings and it would be his death sentence in the end. The result of these plans led to a triangular combat zone with Port Moresby on its west point, Guadalcanal at its east and Rabaul as its northern apex.  Yamamoto knew the US forces would advance under the cover of air superiority which in turn depending upon their ability to build forward airfields. In anticipation of his Yamamoto had as we mentioned gathered a massive build up of aircraft with the intent to hammer the allies ability to supply materials and build further airfields. The battle for Henderson field on Guadalcanal was the first of these contests and many would follow. Yamamoto hoped the shorter lines of supply from airfields closer to Rabaul would give them an advantage over the Americans, but despite all the claims of great air victories, Yamamoto's personal tour was revealing the opposite. In fact, as Yamamoto used the post-guadalcanal lull in action to bolster his defenses for a anticipated battle ahead, Halsey had likewise prepared his forces for their advance into the central and northern solomons.  Halsey would have a number of new toys to play with such as the Chance Vought F4U Corsair and Grumman F6F Hellcat. 4 new airbases were built upon Guadalcanal and during march of 1943 allied bombers made sporadic attacks on the Japanese airfields at Ballalae, Kahili, Shortland Island and Munda. On top of that large scale reconnaissance efforts were made to get a good picture of the Japanese build up of their airfields. When reconnaissance found out the Japanese were developing a seaplane off southern bougainville, the Japanese launched a dawn fighter attack on March 28th. Led by Captain Lanphier of the 70th squadron, 6 P-38's destroyed 8 Japanese seaplanes. Now after a week of sporadic bombing raids from both sides, allies watchers on the New Guinea coast indicated a major offensive was afoot.  Yamamoto's grand air campaign was codenamed operation I-GO with attack day X set for april 5th. The first target was to be guadalcanal, but bad weather forced a postponement of 2 days. Japanese reconnaissance since March 25th had indicated the allies had roughly 300 aircraft on the island, alongside transports, cargo ships, warships and other goodies going between Lunga Point and Tulagi. In the early hours of April the 7th, Yamamoto unleashed a massive strike force consisting of over 224 planes, the largest striking force since the attack on Pearl Harbor. 67 Vals and 157 Zeros were enroute to smash Guadalcanal. But the allies enjoyed great intelligence and received several warnings of the impending offensive. The coastwatchers were hard at work transmitting their sightings. Rear-Admiral Marc Mitscher , the new commander of AirSols scrambled 76 fighters consisting of Wildcats, Lightnings, Airacobras and Kittyhawks from Hendersonfield, Milne Bay and other outlying airfields. Despite the prior warnings, the allied scramble was rather disorderly and to make matters worse the Japanese cleverly split up their attack force into 4 groups to confuse the allied radar systems. 4 squadrons of Vals were preceded by 2 sweeps of Zeros which were intercepted by 3 squadrons of Wildcats. Marine 1st Lt James E Sweet of the VMF-221 was credited with shooting down7 Vals and possibly an 8th using his Wildcat. His aircraft was badly mauled during the combat forcing him to make a water landing outside Tulagi harbor. He would be awarded the Medal of Honor for this great feat.  Despite valiant efforts made by the allies, the Vals laid havoc to the Tulagi anchorage. The destroyer USS Aaron Ward, New Zealander corvette Moa and US tanker Kanawha were sunk. THe crews over in Henderson field were fortunate as it was not hit too hard as the dog fights broke up the Japanese Vals and Zeros who were forced back towards Bougainville. For their efforts the Japanese lost 12 zerosand 12 vals. The Japanese pilots claimed to have downed 41 allies aircraft, which turned out to be 7 Wildcats and 12 major warships which were the 3 previously mentioned. With what seemed to be a large success for operation X, Yamamoto felt confident and decided to launch operation Y of I-GO. While operation X of I-GO was directed at Guadalcanal, operation Y would hit New Guinea. On april 11, 27 Vals and 73 Zeros departed Rabaul to hit Oro Bay which was adjacent to the rapidly expanding airdrome complex at Dobodura. The allies scrambled 50 aircraft consisting of Lightning and Warhawks of the 7th, 8th and 9th squadrons. The vals managed to sink a US cargo ship, heavily damaging a transport and an Australian minesweeper. The next day Yamamoto traveled to Vanukanau airdrome to personally send off another strike and announced he would do a tour of the forward bases of Buin, Ballale and Shortland island. The signal was picked up by allied listening posts. Cryptanalysts at Station Hypo led by Joseph Rocherfort decrypted the message and pronounced it a jackpot. The message referred to Yamamoto was easily deduced, and the geographic designators for Rabaul, Ballale and Buin were easily extracted. Better than that the message contained the specific information that Yamamoto would be traveling on a medium bomber escorted by 6 fighters, and would arrive at RYZ at 8am. This would put Yamamoto's aircraft over the southern end of Bougainville on the morning of the 18th, a location just within the fighter range of Henderson Field. I will not be speaking anymore of this as it will be discussed in depth in a future episode, just a tease I know. At Vanukanau Yamamoto presented himself in his crisp white uniform, waving his hat to the crews of 43 Bettys followed up shortly by 65 Zeros. A second group of 66 Zeros assisted the raid to perform a sweep, leaving a combined total of 174 aircraft. They flew in two large formations with an initial course direction going towards Milne Bay. Allied radar picked them up prompting General Kenney to scramble every fighter had in the area. However the course the Japanese took was a feint and without warning they broke out going across the Owen Stanley range enroute for Port Moresby. 44 allied fighters were able to intercept them, but many of the bombers managed to get past them. The bombers hit the airstrips, damaged installations alongside 15 grounded aircraft. The Japanese would claim sinking a transport anchored in the harbor and the destruction of 28 enemy planes in the sky, though only two P-39's were shot down at the cost of 2 Zeros and 7 Bettys.  On april the 14th, Yamamoto again personally waved off another attack, this time targeting Milne Bay. 23 vals and 75 Zeros were launched from carriers Hiyo and Junyo joined by 54 fighters and 44 Bettys from the 11th air fleet for a total of 196 aircraft. Here the Japanese scored some luck, because as a result of the air raid against Port Moresby the allies had actually rerouting most of their shipping to Milne Bay. The allies scrambled 44 fighters, 36 Kittyhawks from Milne Bay and 8 lightnings from Dobodura to intercept them. Despite the efforts of the allied airmen, Japanese bombers broke through making their way to Milne Bay in several waves. The high level bombers dropped at least 100 bombs over the anchorage, while the dive bombers attacked the allied shipping. The Dutch troop transport Van Heemskerk was forced to beach itself after suffering several hits lighting her ablaze; the British cargo ship Gorgon was also hit many times and lit on fire; the Dutch transport Van Outhoorn and Australian minesweepers Wagga and Kapunda were damaged by near misses. In the battle in the sky one Kittyhawk was shot down, 4 p-40's were severely damaged and 1 lightning was forced to make a crash landing. The Japanese claimed to have sunk 3 large and 1 medium transport, heavily damaged 6 transports and shot down 44 aircraft. During the air battle one Lt Richard Bong was starting to make a name for himself having shot down a pair of Betty's. He would earn a lot of attention from General Kenney who described him “as a little blonde-haired Norwegian boy. Best watch the boy Bong”.The Japanese claims was so incredible, upon hearing of it Emperor Hirohito sent a message stating “please convey my satisfaction to the commander in chief, combined fleet, and tell him to enlarge the war result more than ever”. To contrast this, General Kenney made some remarks about the intense air raids “the way yamamoto had failed to take advantage of his superiority in numbers and position since the first couple of month of the war was a disgrace to the airman's profession”. The reason he had this scathing remark was because apart from the rare exception of mass attacks, the Japanese attacks were marked by their use of aircraft in Penny-packets. What Kenny did not know was how the IJN's air forces were being hampered heavily by logistical issues. Their inability at this time was a result of lack of experienced aviation engineers, ground crews, adequate airfield facilities and airfield equipment. They simply were not the same aviation force that had hit Pearl Harbor, the spear had been heavily blunted. Yamamoto planned to perform another fighter sweep of the 16th, but reconnaissance flights failed to turn up adequate targets on New Guinea's northeast coastline.  On April the 17th, Yamamoto's chief of staff, Vice-Admiral Ugaki Matome held a conference to review the lessons learned from their air offensive. The staff were reluctant to admit a startling and horrifying truth. Hundreds of aviators had been burnt to a crisp because the aircraft engineers messed up installing the protected fuel tanks. This led to countless aircraft catching fire from minor hits, even tracer rounds. When Japanese aircraft saw they were on fire, they assumed they had been scored a fatale hit from the enemy, though in most cases their aircraft were minorly damaged. Many of the pilots in these situations chose to kamikaze their aircraft. Thus Operation I-Go was finished, but despite all the unrealistic exaggerated reports from the Japanese pilots, the entire operation only really amounted to setting back the American operations in the Solomons for about 10 days. While the Japanese believed they had inflicted tremendous damage, in reality the only real insignificance for the allies was to postpone some bombing raids and minelaying activity. The most significant consequence of operation I-Go would actually end up being Admiral Yamamoto's decision to personally carry out a tour of the forward airbases, as he tried to raise morale for the men like he had done at Rabaual. This would have a very dire effect on the future of the Empire.   I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. Operation I-Go was quite the lackluster offensive, despite what the Japanese pilots were claiming to their leadership. The leadership likewise believed the claims or were unwilling to see the truth of the matter. They had only accosted the allies about 10 days in the solomons.

Music enriches every aspect of life so why should it not enrich our lodge meetings as well?  Brother Mike has been adding music into the meeting of his lodge—Kanawha #25 in West Virginia—to great success.  Obviously, music can be used in all the places indicated in the ritual, like singing the Odes, but this episode goes further and talks about some of the musical background of Odd Fellowship and also gives suggestions for other places to have music, like the Initiatory Degree, various other public ceremonies, and even just in some of the slow parts of lodge meetings.  Our previous episode about music, The Musical Heritage of Odd Fellowship, is available here.  The Members Resources page mentioned in this episode is accessible here.  The Shoutout goes to Union Lodge #16 of St. Catherines, Ontario, for their fine work getting active and doing more to engage their community.  For the Odd Podge, Ainslie tells about his lodge's bowling trip, Mike tells about his lodge's upcoming baseball game (and matching shirts), and Toby shares a new balloting Ode written by Bro. Stephen Coulson of British Columbia.

If you're making a visit to The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs or the famous Pumpkin House in Kenova, then you'll be using highways that actually started as a part of an elaborate plan to use canals to connect the Ohio River to the Atlantic Ocean. The James River and Kanawha Canal was hoped to be on par with the successful Erie Canal in New York, but it never quite came to fruition. But the turnpike built to accommodate the canal system turned into two of West Virginia's primary highways. 

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Friday, Feb. 17 An Elkins resident lands a role in the Tom Hanks movie “A Man Called Otto.” A Morgantown High School student launches a program to get books into the hands of preschoolers. And the state reports 1,535 new business registrations in January -- #YesWV! … on today's daily304.  #1 – From THE INTER-MOUNTAIN – Veteran actor and Elkins resident Cindy Jackson has landed a role in the Tom Hanks movie “A Man Called Otto,” currently playing in theaters. Hanks, playing a grumpy senior citizen, berates a UPS driver (Jackson) for parking on his street while delivering packages.  “I've been very fortunate,” Jackson said. “I feel very lucky to be paid to act, which is something I've always loved to do and have done for free many times. It's my passion and I love it.” Jackson is an Elkins High School graduate who studied theater at West Virginia University. She landed her first TV role while still in college -- playing a dead body on the iconic show “Law & Order.” She said Hanks was a pleasure to work with. The two chatted on set about West Virginia and he said he would be interested in visiting the Mountain State some day. Read more: https://www.theintermountain.com/news/local-news/2023/02/elkins-own-movie-star-star/    #2 – From WV PUBCAST – High school student Rania Zuri has made it her mission to end book deserts in West Virginia. A senior at Morgantown High School, Zuri founded the LiTEArary Society to provide books to preschool children across West Virginia. “I decided to combine my book club with my passion for ending the book desert into the LiTEAary Society, which is a play on words of literary and tea,” she said.  This past year the group gifted a brand new book to every single preschool child in Head Start across West Virginia -- almost 7,000 books total. “I held reading circles with the children. Many of the children in Head Start didn't have any books at home … Some of the children, when I handed out the books, they were jumping up and down with excitement. That was truly a delight.” Visit www.liteararysociety.org to learn more about the program. Read the interview. https://wvpublic.org/high-school-student-uses-music-nonprofit-to-raise-w-va-literacy-rates/  #3 – From WV BusinessLink – The West Virginia Secretary of State's Office registered 1,535 new businesses statewide during January -- YesWV!. Wetzel County led the state in the percentage of new business growth through January with a total of 19 new business registrations, a 3.58% increase. The Secretary of State's Business & Licensing Division reported that Clay, Morgan, Taylor, and Tyler Counties also experienced notable growth during the month. Counties that led the state in total businesses registered for January were Kanawha, Berkeley, Monongalia, Jefferson and Cabell. Kanawha County successfully registered 155 businesses while Berkeley County reported 136 new registrations. Monongalia County reported 133. Jefferson County reported 84 and Cabell County totaled 74 new registrations. Read more: https://wvbusinesslink.com/2023/02/08/secretary-of-state-mac-warner-reports-1535-new-wv-business-registrations-for-january-of-2023/    Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.   That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.

BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 148: Drew Phipps and the Restoration of the Candy Darter America's Midwestern rivers – the Elk, the Kanawha, the Ohio and all their vast systems of arterial tributaries – are home to a mind-boggling array of some of the most bizarre creatures on this planet. Among them, the candy darter, a tiny fish of such astounding beauty that its very existence begs questions about human perception, evolution and aesthetics: Why would a fish look like this? Why is it so beautiful? Join us for the return of one of the Podcast & Blast's most popular guests, Drew Phipps of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Hatchery in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, where a successful program to restore the candy darter to its original riverine habitats is bearing fruit. Listen to the end for a bonus tale of a junk store “swan gun” brought back to life and into the turkey woods…a mammoth 10-gauge black powder market hunting relic, best test fired with duct-tape, prayers and a 20-foot piece of paracord while hiding behind a block wall. Do not try this at home or anywhere else.   Learn more about Backcountry Hunters and Anglers: www.backcountryhunters.org/

In September of 2020 at Kanawha Falls in West Virginia, a river rescue at midnight occurred and was given an award and labeled the “Midnight Miracle.”  A group of 13 kayakers and rafters responded late that night to a facebook post about a lone kayak floating at the falls.  At the 2 year anniversary of the rescue, we went with the rescued kayaker when he ran the falls again for the first time since his rescue.  He and the rescue crew tell the story.   ADVERTISING SPONSORSJack's Plastic WeldingDenver Metro Area Nissan Dealers GUESTSSam DavisFelisha CoynerBrandon RichmondCorey LillyJoel Wenblad ARTILCES & VIDEOSFelicia's Facebook PostWCHS Network NewsACA Award for rescueACA Award on youtubeKanawha Falls on youtubeKanawha Falls on Google Maps  THE RIVER RADIUS PODCAST hello@theriverradius.comwww.theriverradius.comInstagramFacebook

On this West Virginia Morning, reporter Amelia Knisely spoke with Major Joseph May, area commander for the Salvation Army of Central West Virginia, which serves Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo, Putnam and Roane counties. The post A Look At The Ups And Downs Of The Salvation Army's Red Kettle Donations On This West Virginia Morning appeared first on West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

On this West Virginia Morning, reporter Amelia Knisely spoke with Major Joseph May, area commander for the Salvation Army of Central West Virginia, which serves Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo, Putnam and Roane counties.

On this West Virginia Morning, most of us think of Thanksgiving as a time to get together with family for a large meal. But many West Virginians struggle this time of year, and the food banks are struggling to keep up, too. Assistant News Director Caroline MacGregor has the story. The post Food Pantries Hit By Inflation And Reimagining The Upper Kanawha Valley On This West Virginia Morning appeared first on West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

On this West Virginia Morning, most of us think of Thanksgiving as a time to get together with family for a large meal. But many West Virginians struggle this time of year, and the food banks are struggling to keep up, too. Assistant News Director Caroline MacGregor has the story.

Our colleagues Billy and Tara from Modern Goat Rider join us to continue the crossover begun on their show.  If you've not heard it yet, you'll want to hit up the URL above and listen to it so you've got some continuity.  The episode rolls on with more comments about marketing Odd Fellowship in unconventional ways, discussion of the impact that podcasting is having on Odd Fellowship, and a look at our motivations for doing the two shows.  The Shoutout goes to another brand-new lodge, Leatherstocking #945 in New York.  In the Odd Podge, Ainslie shares his reaction to being awarded the Meritorious Service Jewel, Toby talks about the impending revival of Prosperity Lodge #301 in Wenatchee, Washington, Mike tells about how much he enjoys going to his active, engaging lodge meetings at Kanawha #25 in West Virginia, and Billy gives us the inside scoop on his lodge's upcoming appearance on local TV in Victoria, BC.  All that and some important news about Modern Goat Rider's future production plans!

This weeks episode is brought to you by The Cellar at Alturas' live show booker, sound man, public relations director, and a local musicians best friend, Dennis McDonald . He and his son Uriah stopped by ye olde Dogwater Studios to discuss the ins and outs, highs and lows, ups and downs of a ten […]

In 1916, raging currents on the Ohio River broadsided and sunk the Kanawha. With a passenger list lost, we can only guess that up to 20 people lost their lives, a few of whom have never been found. We share the survivor's accounts of what happened that dark and terrible night at the mouth of the Little Hocking River. www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Audionautix- The Great Unknown The Great Phospher- Daniel Birch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to our last episode of the season Spooky Friends. Join Drs. Evan and Edwin on a return to the land of mythic creatures with an exploration of two fierce and flying cryptids. Learn about perpetually pregnant Mother Leeds and the birth of her devilish thirteenth child, a creature whose shriek haunts the dreams of many. Can New Jersey ever catch a break? Then head south to the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers and look to the sky for that harbinger of doom Mothman! Does Mothman show up when bad things happen (if so, why haven't we seen him on Tinder dates)?