Now Open: Trellis Cafe in Reedsville!

Located in the wonderful Tathams Garden Center in Reedsville, WV is the new "Trellis Cafe" - featuring an exciting array of freshly brewed organic coffees, artisan teas and tasty handcrafted pastries made fresh at the cafe each morning, the cafe is an exciting addition to the area. It is the only coffeehouse in Reedsville and is also offering a selection of unique gift items ranging from the ever-popular organic Meyers cleaning products to candles, lotions and soaps & more.

Open 8-5, Trellis Cafe plans to soon start serving soups, salads and sandwiches, as well. "The new garden cafe at Tathams is a great place to experience the charm of Reedsville while wandering through the nursery paths lined with beautiful trees and shrubs," said Trellis Smith, cafe manager. This summer, Trellis Cafe will have outdoor seating where patrons can relax with a yummy treat or meal and a good cup of coffee while they look out over the gorgeous landscaping offerings of Tathams.

Be sure to stop by soon and check out this fabulous new cafe for yourself. If you need any convincing, look no further than the delicious menu found below!

Menu

Beverages

Brewed Coffee - Free Trade and Organic

Iced Coffee

Tea

Freshly Squeezed Lemonade (Weekends Only)

Bottled Soda

Bottled Water

Fruit Juices

Handcrafted Pastries - Baked Daily - Call for Today's Selection

Coconut Cupcake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Vanilla Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream

Chocolate Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream

Double Chocolate Espresso Cookie

Cranberry Orange Muffin

Blueberry Muffin

Chocolate Scone

Banana Orange Bread

Milk Chocolate Cookie

Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie

Oatmeal Raisin Cookie

Ginger Cookie

Lemon Square Bar

Espresso Brownie

Coming Soon: Sandwiches, Salads and Soups!

Congrats WVU! "Let's GOOOO, Mountaineers!"

Congrats to the WVU Mountaineers for earning their 1st ever Big East Men's Basketball title in school history!

The game was exciting and dramatic - the night really belonged to Da'Sean Butler. His lay-up in the last 4 seconds of the game was a fitting finale to his amazing college career: Named The Most Outstanding Player of the Big East Tournament, he finished the night with 20 points. Ealier in the game, he made school history by garnering his 2,000th career point.


The Mountaineers beat the Georgetown Hoyas with a final score of 60-58.

Arthurdale Heritage 25th Anniversary Elimination Dinner: April 17th, 2010!

Arthurdale: Eleanor Roosevelt's New Deal Community



SUPPORT THE ARTHURDALE HERITAGE CENTER!

Elimination dinner tickets now available!
Join us April 17th for an evening of fun and good food!

Tickets are on sale now for the Arthurdale Heritage 25th Anniversary Elimination Dinner.

Tickets are only $35 which admits one (1) for dinner and a chance to win up to $1,000.

Additional tickets for “dinner only” can be purchased for $15.00

Dinner catered by Monroe’s Restaurant! Wine and beer will be provided free of charge. Please feel free to bring your own alcoholic beverages, if you prefer. Mixers will be provided.

Location: Reedsville Volunteer Fire Hall

Doors open at 5:00 p.m., Dinner at 6:00 p.m.

Followed by Ticket Drawings:

25th, 50th, 75th, 100th, 125th, 150th, 175th, 200th, 225th Tickets win $35.00

248th ticket wins $250.00

249th ticket wins $500.00

250th ticket wins $1000.00

Tickets can be purchased online or from AHI Board Members or by contacting AHI at:

ahi@arthurdaleheritage.org or call (304) 864-3959. We now accept credit cards!

NOTE: Tickets ordered online will be mailed to the purchaser.

Silent auction items will be posted on line. We are working on some great auction items.

ABOUT ARTHURDALE'S HISTORY:

Arthurdale, WV, was first known as “The Reedsville Project” by the government employees who were sent here to establish the first New Deal community under the first of three Franklin Delano Roosevelt administrations.

Prior to FDR’s election in 1933, Eleanor became interested in the work of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker organization which had begun a child feeding program in Pennsylvania and West Virginia at President Hoover’s request. Clarence Pickett, secretary of the AFSC, was invited to Hyde Park, NY, FDR’s home, to discuss the AFSC’s efforts at vocational reeducation and subsistence living projects. FDR, after his 1933 inauguration, promoted a bevy of bills to address the problems of the Depression. One of these was a bill to establish a subsistence homestead fund. This bill interested First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and she, along with Clarence Pickett, who by then had been appointed chief of the Stranded Mining and Industrial Populations Section of the Department of the Interior, became involved with The Reedsville Project.

The Reedsville Project, later named Arthurdale after Richard Arthur, from whom the land was purchased, was begun in 1934 as a homestead community. Land was purchased, residents were selected, homes were constructed, more residents were selected, more homes constructed… until there were 165 homes and several community buildings including a school complex, built on approximately 1200 acres in rural Preston County, WV. Today, most of the community buildings still stand and most are part of the New Deal Homestead Museum.

Many of the new residents were displaced miners from the Scott’s Run area near Morgantown, WV, but some moved here from other areas of Preston County and WV. Some of the homes housed the government employees who were assigned jobs here such as teachers, physicians, surveyors, engineers, secretaries, etc.

The homesteaders themselves were responsible for paying rent, working and farming their allotted acreage, and some were employed to build new homes and the administration building, forge, gas station, cooperative store, craft shop, center hall, and school buildings. Some found work in the schools, post office, barber shop, and the Mountaineer Craftsman Association. Some were hired to work in the numerous business ventures which were enticed to the area.

The federal government liquidated its holdings in Arthurdale in 1947; all homes and community buildings were sold to private ownership. In 1984, the community celebrated the 50th Anniversary of its homesteading. This celebration resulted in the establishment of Arthurdale Heritage, Inc., whose mission for over twenty years has been to preserve the historic community of Arthurdale.

Information courtesy of http://www.arthurdaleheritage.org/

Kingwood's own "Monroe's Deli": WV's 101 Most Unique Places to Dine

Check out this fantastic article on the always-delicious Monroe's Deli in Kingwood, WV...

if you haven't been before, it's a MUST!

Restaurant Road Trip: Monroe's Deli-Style Eatery
Story by Stacy Moniot
KINGWOOD -- Monroe's Deli-Style Eatery made the state's 101 Most Unique Places to Dine list and it's easy to see why once you step inside.

The restaurant's eclectic style and menu are only part of the reason Monroe's stands out.
Jim Maier opened Monroe's in 1998. Back then it was a co-op space with several shops in the space his restaurant now occupies.
"I started a restaurant that now seats 150 people on $6,000," Maier said, "and every pot, plate, pan, stove... anything that people were willing to let me borrow or buy."
Some elements of those days remain, in the artworks and other items for sale along the walls. The Laurel Mountain Book Shop is also in the back of the building, selling books on the history of West Virginia.

Maier said that he let customers dictate what stayed on the menu and just about everything else about Monroe's.
"It kind of evolved on its own," Maier said.
Monroe's started with just a counter Maier and a few friends decided they could make one Labor Day weekend but as businesses went out of the co-op space Maier took up the space with tables. He bought the new tables one at a time, while still on a tight budget.
"A lot of the tables came from estate sales in this town," he said. "So therefore, the people, maybe their parents owned the table and chairs and you'll see those same people sitting at maybe their mother's table and chairs."
Maier said he wasn't a big fan of the eclectic look that started to evolve in Monroe's, but his customers loved it. So, the mismatched tables stayed.

It's a family business. Jim's wife and daughter help out, and the restaurant is named after Jim's father, Monroe Maier.
The specials at Monroe's change daily, and the best dishes are chosen based on a democratic process.
"We choose the best from all of our cooks to see what we're going to put on the menu," Maier said.
And it's an extensive menu. It features french bread pizzas, sandwiches, subs, and specialty pasta dinners, like their pasta primavera. It features an in-house recipe for the butter sauce that gives the vegetables, shrimp, chicken, and pasta their flavor.
Customers don't necessarily need to go by the menu, though.
"I'm having a special that's not even on the menu, but they used to serve it," customer Nancy Elkins said. "It's provolone and tomato."
Just like the food, Maier has let the community use Monroe's however they need it, and it's become home to many clubs, causes, and events.

"We like the food. And they give us this nice place to play bridge," Hope Burnside said. "It's very hard to find a place to play bridge. And we don't want to have it at home anymore."
The local Rotary chapter also has its regular meetings at Monroe's.
"We like to support Jim because each year he provides dinner for cancer survivors here in Preston County through the Relay for Life," Elkins said.
Jim's father passed away from cancer, so he said it's a cause near to his heart.
It's a big heart. Maier and Monroe's will also have more than 200 people in for a free Christmas dinner this year. That's become another annual tradition.
"We try to go above and beyond anything that's necessary," Maier said.

Monroe's Deli-Style Eatery is located at 101 E. Main St. in Kingwood.
Copyright 2010 West Virginia Media. All rights reserved.

Rowlesburg Gets $2.1 Million for Water Line Project

Story by Macall Allen
ROWLESBURG -- Rowlesburg will receive $2.1 million in grant money for Phase II of its water line project.

It will use the money to replace some of its existing water lines and to install valves and fire hydrants.
The project is funded by two grants, $920,000 will come from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and more than $1.2 million will come from the West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council (WVIJDC).

Phase I of the project was completed in June 2008 and financed by Rural Development.
The town's current waterlines were installed in the 1960s.





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We are very excited to share with you all that Preston County has to offer. Check back soon for the up and coming "COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT" which will featuring a new local business each week.