The Chapmanville Apple Butter Festival held last weekend was attended by hundreds of people. Featured speaker at the dedication was W.Va. State Senator and Lt. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. (Photo/Martha Sparks)
Hundreds of people attended the annual festival.
The festival featured music, food and fun for many residents along with the chance to purchase fresh-made apple butter and enjoy many activities around the town of Chapmanville.
Along with the festival, the long awaited Tracy Vickers Community Center was dedicated Saturday afternoon. The center, located in the old Chapmanville High School building, has been in the works since the death of town merchant Tracy Vickers and the closure of the old Chapmanville High School building.
Vickers left the town close to $1 million for the specific purpose of providing a community center.
Guest speakers at the event included Chapmanville Mayor Jerry Price Jr., Robbie Queen, who read a letter from W.Va. Congressman Nick Rahall, and W.Va. State Senator and Lt. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.
Mr Vickers left the money to build a Town Community Center in his name.
He left the money to the Town of Chapmanville to see that his dream would come true.
Since his death the money has been mis-approated and used for, what I call Logan Co political purposss.
The naming of the Board of Education building as the Tracy Vicker's Community Center is a sham and a skam against the residents of the Town of Chapmanville.
What's new in the Town of Chapmanville, Earl Tomblin giving a speech.
Give me a break.