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Emergency crews from across the Eastern Panhandle joined forces Wednesday evening in a coordinated rescue and recovery operation in Grant County’s remote Smoke Hole area.
Led by Deputy Chief H. Whetzel of the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Company, responders were dispatched after reports of an injured individual in rugged terrain. The location’s steep landscape and limited access required specialized resources, including ground search teams, drones, high-angle rescue crews, and aerial support from Maryland State Police Aviation Command’s Trooper 5.

Grant County is preparing to install the county’s first and only Safe Haven Baby Box—a secure, climate-controlled and alarmed drop-off point that provides parents in crisis a safe, legal and confidential option to surrender their newborns.
The box arrived at the Grant County EMS station recently. EMS staff will install it in a designated room, meeting all safety requirements. EMS Director Jeffrey Teter explained that the box will utilize a repurposed window opening that locks automatically once a baby is placed inside, ensuring the infant’s safety until trained personnel retrieve them. “While cameras can’t be installed, to protect privacy, the setup includes a nearby trailer to give a semi-privacy shield to the box from public view of Virginia Avenue,” Teter added. 

The Petersburg High School Viking football teams of 1975 and 1980, will be recognized at the Petersburg vs Wyoming East game scheduled for Friday, Sept. 5 at Viking Memorial Stadium. Both teams finished their seasons with an 8-2 record. The event is sponsored by American Woodmark.

1975 PHS VIKINGS (front) Mgr. Buddy Alt, Mike Cosner, Elvin Cleaver, Glen Eversole, Hunter Wilson, Mark Geary, Dave Barr, Mac McVey, Curtis Porter, Bobby Jack Harman, Roger Dodd and Mgr. Randy George (back) Coaches Joe Mohr and John Moyers, Kenny Jordan, Gary Eversole, Skeet Mongold, John Haslacker, Wayne Reel, Randy Thorne, Jeff Cosner, Kenny Judy, Greg Parsons, Scott Gossard, Leslie Veach, Skip Lantz, Ricky Riggleman and Coaches Jim Spicer and Ron Stephens. According to a Sept. 24, 1975 article in the Press, the team’s “walking wounded” were Scotty Ours, Mike Cosner, Laurence Nesselrodt and Johnny Feaster.

1980 PHS VIKINGS (front) Mgr. Lawrence Redman, Rick Allen, Brad Mauzy, Mike Peters, John Sherman, Skip Bush, Bill Moore, John Halterman, Brad Huffman, Richard Mongold, Bruce Ours and Mgr. Eddie Sites, (middle) Randy Reel, Roger Nesselrodt, Keith Stump, Dea Puffenbarger, Doug Hamric, Brad Bowyer, Winston Redman, Mike Reel, Scott Hawk, Johnny Koontz, Todd Colaw, Greg Pennington and Tom Dawson, (back) Coach Greg Dorn, Coach Chuck Yeager, David Evans, William Hedrick, Rusty Puffenbarger, Troy Ours, David Peters, Jimmy Allen, Eldon Keplinger, Kenny Davey, Eddie Thorne, Allen Nesselrodt, Mike VanMeter and Coach Ron Stephens.

An exhibit of paintings by local artist, the late Bruce Schrader is now open at the Moomau Library, 18 Mt. View Street, in Petersburg.
Paintings are of scenes from the Carolinas and Florida, areas in the western U.S. and some are of local scenes. The pictures of the coastal U.S. are vivid, sunny, colorful images of waterways, lush foliage, quirky small buildings, and animals.
Schrader and his wife, Nancy, were enthusiastic travelers, and these pictures seem to show how charmed they were with these areas they visited.This exhibit, presented by Grant County Arts Council Inc. and curated by Marci Beyersdorfer, another local visual artist, is the second of several exhibits of Schrader’s paintings,
This exhibit is free and open to the public and will be available for viewing through late November, during regular library hours. Information may be obtained by calling 304-257-4891.