The Brooke County Reading Council held its annual appreciation dinner at the Station Grille.
Honored for their support of the groups efforts to promote literacy were the following schoolteachers: Kim Rager of Colliers Primary School, Linda Miller of Beech Bottom Primary School, Sandy Baldauf and Robyn Heaton, both of Wellsburg Primary School; and Debbie Rea of Jefferson Primary School.
The councils officers are Maryann Ehle and Sharon Cuomo, co-presidents; Carolyn Forrester and Carla Bensie, co-presidents; Jenny K. Stucin, treasurer; Elaine Merriner, membership chairman; and Shirley Cuomo, secretary.
The group also celebrated its 12th Anniversary. Over the years it has been involved in various literacy programs for children, including A History of the Underground Railroad through Quilts, Newspapers in Education and A Picnic with Books, often in partnership with the Brooke County Public Library.
