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Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), Boyd Company LLC, owner of Whayne Supply Company (Whayne Supply), and Cecil I. Walker Machinery Co. (Walker Machinery) today announced that Whayne Supply and Walker Machinery have acquired from Caterpillar Global Mining LLC the Bucyrus equipment distribution and support business for their territories. Whayne Supply and Walker Machinery are authorized Cat…
The Huntington Museum of Art’s Museum Shop offers its annual Holiday Preview from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Refreshments will be served. This year’s Holiday Preview is in memory of Patsy Lansaw, who was a longtime volunteer Museum Shop Manager in HMA’s Museum Shop and a member of HMA’s Board of…
The Kanawha Valley Friends of Old-Time Music and Dance (FOOTMAD) is proud to present Floorplay, from Charlottesville, Va., at its dance on Nov. 16, 2012. The event kicks off with dance instructor Will Martin, also from Charlottesville, teaching the basic moves of contra and square dancing at 7:30 p.m. Contra dancing is a form of…
Marshall University graduate student Irfan Khan took first place at the Mountain Division Table Topics speech contest, a Toastmasters International-sanctioned event, Oct. 27 in Charleston. Irfan has now qualified to compete in the District 40 contest in Cincinnati on Nov. 3. At the district level, Toastmasters from West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky compete for the…
Marshall University’s College of Fine Arts will host “Pack the Backpack,” an event to collect items for Cabell County school pantries, Tuesday, Nov. 13, on the university’s Huntington campus. Jaye Ike, special projects coordinator for the College of Fine Arts, said students from the college’s Student Leadership Council have organized this initiative in an effort…
A minor cut or scratch poses little problem for most of us. But for some 5 million Americans who do not have the ability to heal properly due to poor blood circulation from diabetes, paralysis, or other problems, a simple sore or cut can result in serious infections, gangrene and even amputation. On November 5,…