W.Va. Officials Say Preparation Is Key to Coping with Crisis
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Going without heat, with limited access to food, clean water and other essential services leaves us vulnerable, especially when it stretches beyond a few days. ONLINE EXCLUSIVE The Health Plan announced With winter weather approaching and an increased Dec. 2 it will relocate its awareness that terrorists are targeting power grids corporate headquarters from Ohio to Wheeling this in the United States, a wide variety of offi cials and spring, making it the fi rst organizations throughout the country are doing their new building constructed collective best to ensure public safety. in downtown Wheeling in nearly three decades. 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Jack Fowler, executive di- rector of the museum, said the awards are the fi rst 75 140.19 139.59 of what will become a traditional honor. DOW INDEX: 171.03 DOW INDEX: 170.31 The lifetime achievement awards will be be- 70 190 stowed on people who have had outstanding careers 185 and made signifi cant contribution to the industry. 65 180 The fi rst two awards went to Captain Steve 175 60 Pearson and Captain Les Grimm. 170 Pearson knew he was destined to be a river 50 165 man when his father, Landis Pearson, took him 160 on his work boat at the age of 5. Following gradu- 1/1/15 2/4/15 6/3/15 7/7/15 /13/15 1/18/15 2/21/153/10/153/27/154/13/154/30/155/17/15 6/20/15 7/24/158/10/158/27/159 9/30/15 11/3/15 155 ation from high school and serving a tour of duty 11/28/1412/15/14 10/17/15 11/20/15 150 in the Navy, the younger Pearson came home to ■ Headquarters: Goodlettsville, Tenn. decorations, toys, small electronics, W.Va. Index begin his career in the river industry. ■ Stock symbol: DG greeting cards, prepaid phones, gar- 145 He worked for White Brothers, Amherst Mad- ■ Number of employees: 105,500 dening supplies, hardware products, 140 Dow Index ison, M/G, B&C Towing, Ingram Barge Co. and ■ In the news: Dollar General Corp., and automotive and home offi ce sup- 135 AEP. He quickly moved to the pilothouse and be- a discount retailer, provides various plies. Stores also offer home products 130 came one of the best pilots on the inland rivers, merchandise products in the south- consisting of kitchen supplies, cook- 12/1/14 3/1/15 6/1/15 9/1/15 12/1/15 Fowler said. He created his own maps and will- ern, southwestern, midwestern and ware, small appliances, light bulbs, The West Virginia Stock Index is compiled by the Center for Business and Economic Research at ingly shared his knowledge with aspiring young eastern United States. The company storage containers, frames, candles, Marshall University. It tracks the top 25 publicly tra ded companies that operate in West Virginia as weighted by number of employees. This index accounts for more than 60,000 workers crew members. As captain, Pearson was recog- offers consumable products, includ- craft supplies, bed and bath soft throughout West Virginia. Individual company stock prices are weighted by their portion of the nized and respected for his professionalism and ing paper and cleaning products; goods, as well as apparel for children, employment total. Companies included in the index are (in order of employment): Wal-Mart, the way he looked after his boat and crew. He packaged food products; perishables women and men. As of Oct. 30, 2015, Alpha Natural Resources, Kroger, Consol Energy Inc., Patriot Coal Corp., Lowe’s, Mylan Inc., encouraged them to seek opportunity to learn and consisting of milk, eggs, bread, fro- it operated 12,396 stores in 43 states. American Electric Power Co. Inc., El DuPont de Nemours, Sears Holdings Corp., Pilgrim’s Pride advance, Fowler said. zen meals, beer and wine; snacks, The company was formerly known as Corp., FirstEnergy, CSX Corp., Rite Aid Corp., Bob Evans Farms Inc., Frontier Telecommunications, Orbital ATK Inc., Eldorado Resorts Inc., Dollar General, Darden Restaurants, BB&T, Dominion Grimm is a third-generation river captain with including candies, cookies, crackers J.L. Turner & Son Inc. and changed its Transmission Inc., Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Toyota Motor Manufacturing WV and Quad/ more than 40 years of service in the river industry. and carbonated beverages; health and name to Dollar General Corp. in 1968. Graphics. This index compares current stock prices to the same data beginning Jan. 5, 2004, and His career began as a deckhand working summer beauty products; pet products; and to- Dollar General Corp. was founded in is compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the same time period. For information about vacations and holidays while a student at West bacco products. It also offers seasonal 1939. this index, call Christine Risch at 304-528-7226. Virginia University earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration. While working in the WEST VIRGINIA UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN PROGRESS (2015-16) family business with his father, Captain Everett “Gilly” Grimm, he obtained his license as an op- erator of uninspected towing vessels and acquired Offi cial Name County Coverage Goal Nov. 30 % of a tankerman’s endorsement. He later became Goal upgraded to a fi rst class pilot of steam and motor United Way of the Eastern Panhandle Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan $800,000 $187,310 23% vessels of any gross tons and then to a master of United Way of Central West Virginia Inc. Kanawha, Putnam, Clay, Boone and Logan $2,200,000 $783,439 36% towing vessels on the western rivers. United Way of Southern West Virginia Inc. Raleigh, Nicholas, Fayette, Summers,Wyoming, Mercer and McDowell $850,000 $538,420 63% Grimm operated vessels up to 10,500 horse- United Way of Greenbrier Valley Greenbrier, Pocahontas and Monroe $250,000 $82,493 33% power with tow sizes greater than 40 barges while County United Way Inc. Hampshire and Mineral $25,000 $8,701 35% navigating the western river system. After joining Ingram Barge Co. as a captain, he became opera- United Way of Harrison County Inc. Harrison $842,000 $593,901 71% tions manager overseeing the fl eet operating on the United Way of Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur County Gilmer, Lewis and Upshur $75,000 $40,602 54% Ohio and Monongahela rivers. He later served as a United Way of Marion County Marion $435,000 $263,785 61% senior operations manager with additional respon- United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler, Wirt, Wood counties, W.Va. and $800,000 $282,633 35% sibilities regarding tow sizes and crews. His last po- Athens and Washington counties, Ohio sition with Ingram before retiring in January 2015, Mineral County United Way Inc. Mineral $100,000 $10,469 10% after 30 years of service, was director of marine United Way of Monongalia & Preston Counties Monongalia and Preston $1,540,000 $1,375,700 89% associate support and development. He assisted United Way of Randolph County Randolph $155,000 $71,007 46% with offi cer license renewal, managed the steers- United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel and Brooke counties, W.Va. and Belmont County, Ohio $808,000 $411,245 51% man program and facilitated training at Seaman’s Weirton United Way Inc. Hancock $260,000 $174,751 67% Church Institute Center for Maritime Education. United Way of the River Cities Inc. Throughout his career, Grimm remained loyal Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln and Mason counties, W.Va. and Lawrence County, Ohio $1,000,000 $154,803 15% to his home community, helping many area people TOTAL $10,140,000 $4,979,259 49% obtain employment in the river industry, Fowler said. Please help support your local community by giving through United Way.