Community Events News

The 1982 Foundation Continues to Build a ”place of Community”

The updated rendering above shows in great detail the coming attractions of the Calhoun Community Center. Piece by piece, History and the Future are coming together as the 1982 Foundation adds new amenities and restores the historical aspect of the old Calhoun High School. A place where old memories lie and new memories are about Read More…

News Schools

Three Full Ride Scholarships Awarded by The 1982 Foundation

The 1982 Foundation is very pleased to announce the very first recipients of our GO Scholarship; Savannah Cunningham Lexi Gregory and Allison Stevens. The 2022 GO Scholarship will provide for academic expenses and work study opportunities totaling up to $60,000 over four years of undergraduate studies for each recipient. Foundation President, Crystal Mersh said “The Read More…

News Schools

Class of 2022 Awards Ceremony at Calhoun Middle High School

The Calhoun County High School Students attended an award ceremony during school hours on Wednesday, May 18 to witness their peers receive thousands of scholarship dollars toward their education endeavors. Awards were given by Calhoun faculty, area business leaders, and University staff attending. Those giving the awards are listed in parenthesis with the students receiving Read More…

News Schools

Calhoun BOE Honors Students & Staff, and Discusses the Wayne Underwood Field

Calhoun County Board of Education acknowledged multiple student endeavors at the May16th, 2022 regular board meeting. Several student and parents attended the end of the school event. Following a presentation by Stella Moon for the Stars program the following students were honored: STARS Students – Nickolas Dickey, Gabriel Francis, Lexi Gregory, Ava Helmick, Natalie Holcomb, Read More…

Business

Calhoun Bootstraps Project has Kicked Off!

Greater than 30 community members gathered in the Little Kanahwa Bus Conference rooms for the first meeting of the Bootstraps Project designed to assist area businesses and community leaders with information and tools to drive their success. Crystal Mersh, President of the 1982 Foundation and Shelia Burch, Director of the Little Kanawha Development Corporation lead Read More…

Government News

UPDATED: Commissioner Helmick Continues to Question The 1982 Foundation

While this drama continues to play out on The Ridgeview News, it is not for drama’s sake that we run the story of an email. It is because a Commissioner has taken it upon himself to continue to question a business owner and citizen on matters of law and making incorrect statements and he himself Read More…

Art & Music Community Events News

A Return to the Follies and the Memories it Makes

The 1982 Foundation’s Spring Fling Follies on Saturday, April 16 2022 was a huge success from the perspective of attendance and enjoyment level by all who participated, both the choir and the audience. It was estimated that there were greater than 250 people in attendance. Jim Sullivan, Event Producer, kept the two hour show rolling Read More…