Sherrard Middle School made it three championships in a row in the West Virginia History Bowl as Team No. 2 defeated Mountain View Middle School to take home this year’s state title.

Coached by Dan Gatts and Jeff Stephens, this year’s team consisted of Chase Fromhart, Connor Fromhart, Emily Gatts and Chloe Pickett. Emily Gatts was named the tournament’s MVP and earned an additional $300.

Overall, the four top winners of the first-place team each received a trophy and $500 to celebrate the achievement.

The team began its journey to The Cultural Center in Charleston by winning the 8th Marshall County Schools West Virginia History Bowl held at the Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex in November. From there, the foursome placed first at the Region VI WV History Bowl in February at West Virginia Independence Hall in Wheeling.

This year’s victory at the 15th annual competition marks the fourth time SMS has secured the state’s highest honor in West Virginia’s History Bowl.

Coach Gatts has led a record-setting seven teams to the state crown. Before becoming a teacher at Sherrard he was at Cameron High, where that school had three championship teams in 2015, 2017 and 2018.

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The Northern Panhandle Conservation District, in cooperation with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. on May 15 at the McMechen USDA Service Center.

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The final meeting of the Marshall County Association of Retired School Employees will be held at noon May 9 at the Limestone Presbyterian Church.

The program will be a Memorial Service for school employees who have died during the past year. Items for the Back-to-School Fun Fair will be collected as the group’s service project.

There will be a fee for the meal, and reservations can be made to Lexie Hanket.

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This years’ Relay for Life will take place on May 31 at the north parking lot at John Marshall High School, with registration starting at 5 p.m.

This year’s theme will be, “Back to the Future–Cancer Free.”

Activities will include a ’50s Car Show, Style Show, a Road to Recovery “Race” along with entertainment by the Ron Retzer Trio, the Honky-Tonk Sweethearts and the JMHS Strings.

Refreshments will be available from food truck Izzy and The Dinner Bell.

The 16 teams around the track will have fundraiser sites such as games of chance, raffles, bake sales and more.

Homeowners are asked to decorate front porches with purple (the relay’s color) to show their support.

Members of the committee have already decorated the outside of the courthouse.

Orders are currently being taken for “Back to the Future T-Shirts.” To purchase a shirt, contact Linda Hamilton at 304-639-2839.

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The city of Cameron has recently received grants from the West Virginia Water Development Authority and the Economic Enhancement Grant Fund to be used for three projects.

City officials are hopeful that work on the projects will start in early July.

One of the projects will enable the city to have two water tanks, something that the city doesn’t have at this time.

Another undertaking will be the replacement of water lines on Gable and Hillcrest Avenue, along with a large water storage tank, and new lines between Highland Avenue and U.S. 250.

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There will be a Marshall County Spring Clean Up at St. Joe’s Firehouse today (Saturday).

The next clean up will be May 11 at the Dallas VFD Headquarters. There will be no provisions at any of the Marshall County Spring Clean up sites to accept tires, white goods, scrap metal, car parts, fuels, hazardous materials, or household trash.

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Glen Dale Elementary School recently hosted a two-day Music Informance & Art Show put together by Music Teacher Kathy Fox. An Informance is any production that is for the purpose of educating an audience about a topic.

The presentation was a simple extension of what students do during a typical music class.

Each session consisted of Fox giving brief explanations of the activities the students were doing, these being from Pre-K through 5th graders to which their guests enjoyed the hands-on musical skills demonstrated.

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The opening of the Marshall County Farmers’ Market will take place today (Saturday).

The Market is connected from 12th Street in Moundsville to the Fairgrounds.

The hours of the Market are 8 a.m. until noon on Saturdays.