Deputy Carl Ballengee (L)and driver wearing 'drunk glasses'
youngsters enjoy winning prizes in the "duck pond" game
Steve Heath of the Grantsville Volunteer Fire Dept. used
a fire truck and hose to spray foam over a large group of kids
By Jean Simers
Approximately 150 people attended National Night Out at Wayne Underwood Field on Tuesday, August 2nd.
There were informational booths including Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program, Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART), Family Resource Network, Minnie Hamilton Health System, Change the Future West Virginia, Anti-Tobacco Coalition, Community Dental Health, West Virginia University Extension Service, Calhoun County Library, and Grantsville Police Department. Those attending visited the informational tables and received information about the programs along with door prize tickets.
Miss Wood Festival 2011 Mary Fluharty (L) and Drag Racing
Champion Greg Fowler; Volunteers man several information booths
Grantsville Police Chief Jeff Starcher (in white) and
Patrolman Joey Garrett; Grantsville Mayor Curt Garretson (L)
and Council members Erin Barnhart and Andrew Smith
The children (and some adults) enjoyed a bounce house, duck pond, Greg Fowler International Drag Racing Champion, drunk glasses obstacle course, fire truck, and games.
This year's National Night Out was a success thanks to all that came out and enjoyed the evening along with the volunteers.
National Night Out is designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness; generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs; strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.
Thanks to Officers Garrett and Starcher from the Grantsville Police Department, Steve "Boston" Heath from the Grantsville Fire Department, County Commissioner Chip Westfall, Mayor Curt Garretson and Town Council members Erin Barnhart and Andrew Smith.
Thanks also to Loretta Propst, Shayla Arnold, and Anne Smith for manning the sno-cone booth; Chris Church for monitoring the bounce house; Carl Ballengee for supervising the obstacle course and 'drunk glasses' - vision impairment goggles used in drunk driving prevention and awareness programs; Burl Simers and Denzil Dye for preparing the hot dogs; Deb King and Carol Sloane for helping with the booths and Queen Mary Fluharty for coming out along with many other volunteers and community members.
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