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Top row left to right; Dvon Duncan, Deborah Hall, Debrin Jenkins, Sally Snyder, Danette Parker, Mary Anne Cook, Andria Halsey, Jack Seitz, Dena Cushman, Bottom row Charles Houck, Roger Houck, Steve Clark

RAIL hosted a luncheon meeting at the Mullens Opportunity Center on March 24 to bring together sponsors and funders to begin a Junior Achievement program in Wyoming County.  JA is a national program that has been in existence for 90 years and has more members than any other such program in the country.  JA has a structured program for all grade levels that teach about economics and how businesses are formed.

Junior Achievement depends on volunteers.  All JA programs up to the tenth grade are done in a school room setting.  Programs in high school are structured so students can plan and start a business to earn themselves a profit.  They may do a project in a setting conducive to the product being produced for sale.  In addition to high school students the local JA program is available to all that are high school age and attending other curriculum such as GED.

Anyone interested in participating in JA as a sponsor, volunteer, or participant may call Jack Seitz at 304 294 6226 or Linda Stockbauer at 304 294 6188 for more information.

RAIL President Dewey Houck expressed appreciation to the following for their contribution to bringing Junior Achievement to Wyoming County--Susan Landis, Executive Director, Beckley Area Foundation; Dena Cushman, Chief Financial Officer, Beckley Area Foundation; Debrin Jenkins, President Junior Achievement of W Virginia & the Advantage Valley.; Sally Reed Snyder, Program Manager, Junior Achievement of West Virginia; Frank Blackwell, Superintendent Wyoming County Schools; Roger Houck, Retired Superintendent Cincinnati School District; Deborah Hall, School-to-Work Facilitator Wyoming County Schools; Mary Anne Cook, Human Resource Development Foundation Youth Program; Steve Clark, WV State Univ. Wyoming County Extension, Economic Development; Charles Houck, President City Bank, Beckley; Tanner Smith, First Community Bank, Mullens; Danette Parker, First Community Bank, Pineville; Andria Halsey, First Community Bank, Mullens; Edith Patton, Resource Coordinator; RAIL; Jack Seitz, Coordinator Appalachian Coalfield Enrichment Program; RAIL; Linda Stockbauer, AmeriCorps VISTA Special Projects Coordinator; RAIL; Barbara Lester, Coordinator Mullens Opportunity Center Activities.