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| For Immediate Release: by Frances Stewart |
West Union, WV - Congressman Nick Rahall, of the Third Congressional District of West Virginia, will be honoring the Town of West Union, WV at the Festival celebrating its 125th Anniversary.
The Town of West Union is planning a birthday cake which will serve 2,000. Everyone is welcome. The cake is being prepared by Louise Sandridge of Greenwood, West Virginia. It will be decorated with WV wildflowers made of sugar-icing.
Congressman Rahall, currently serving his 15th
term in the United States House of Representatives, will be cutting the cake,
with the assistance of several Residents of the Town of West Union who are
celebrating their July birthdays along with the Town.
Congressman Nick Rahall has helped form national policies relating to
transportation, infrastructure, energy, and the environment. Rahall
is the Ranking Democratic Member on the Committee on Resources, and the second
senior Democrat on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Rahall was a key architect in the formulation of the Transportation Equity Act
for the 21st Century (known as TEA 21), which established the Rahall
Transportation Institute (RTI), a consortium of five Southern West Virginia
colleges, housed at Marshall University. RTI’s stated mission is “Building
Jobs through Transportation” for West Virginia.
Rahall is responsible for many U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control and related projects in WV, and is a tireless fighter for the Appalachian Regional Commission, black lung benefits, veteran’s benefits, and mine health and safety issues. He is dedicated to promoting high technology development in WV as well as being the author of the 1978 legislation, which established the New River Gorge National River as a unit of the National Park System in southern West Virginia. Ten years later he gained enactment of legislation to designate the Gauley River National Recreation Area and the Bluestone National Scenic River, in the process creating the largest network of federally protected rivers in the eastern United States. Rahall legislation also established the National Coal Heritage Area in 11 southern West Virginia counties.
A 33rd degree Mason, the Congressman is a life member of the National Rifle Association, Elks, Moose, and the NAACP, and was made an honorary member of the United Mine Workers of America in 2003.. Before his election to the Congress, Rahall served as a staff assistant to U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd, and as a businessman. Congressman Rahall has three children: Rebecca, Nick Joe, III and Suzanne Nicole. Congressman Rahall is married to the former Melinda Ross of Ashland, Kentucky.
The cutting of the Town's birthday cake
will be at 3:00 PM at the Stuart Mansion, on Saturday, July 22, 2006. The
cake will serve 2,000, and all are welcome.
FOR QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:
FRANCES STEWART
304 873-3379
info@westunionfest.org
101 MAPLE STREET, WEST UNION, WEST VIRGINIA 26456
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