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Dominion Post
22-06-2025
- General
- Dominion Post
Vicky Lynn Shears
Vicky Lynn Shears, 65, of Morgantown, passed away in her residence in Morgantown Thursday, June 19, 2025.A person's obituary is, for most people, the only time their life story is told. I thought I'd write my life story.I was born June 14, 1960, at a small country hospital in Bartow, the seventh child of Bernard Shears (born August 17, 1914 – died April 11, 1998) and Hazel Gillispie (born November 1, 1917 – died March 13, 2008). The Dr.'s wife presented my mother with a wall plaque with three babies on it and a note of congratulations. I thought that was pretty neat. After a long battle with cancer, I died June 19, siblings were always there for me. There are different relationships with each because of age differences. My siblings are Warren Shears (born 1941) and wife Elizabeth; Wallace Shears (born 1942 – died 2014); Willard Shears (born 1944); George Shears (born 1946); Randall Shears (born 1950); and Charlotte Ervine (born 1952) and husband Dewey Ervine.I have enjoyed time spent with my nieces and nephews: Ron Shears, Lynette Shears Lang; Chelsey Shears Kirby; Cressie Shears, Sarah Shears; and Joni Ervine, Clinton Ervine and Hazel Ann Ervine Helton. They are all such great people.I don't know what I would have done without my husband, Dan Doyle. I would have probably given up this cancer fight long ago. His Mom and Dad were also such good people and so accepting. I love Dan so much. We had so many wonderful times together, especially our adventures travelling throughout West Virginia, the U.S. and many other countries. If you know Dan, please support him during this tough time.I loved growing up in Pocahontas County surrounded by my family and cousins. We worked hard, but we made time to have fun as well. I loved going fishing with my Dad, but we probably ate more chocolate covered peanuts than we caught fish. My Dad and I had a sweet tooth, but my Mom did, too. My mother came across as a practical and plain-spoken woman, but when asking her about growing up in poverty her later actions made sense. She could have taught a lot of mothers about parenting. She let me make my mistakes and learn from them and kept any criticism to a minimum. I loved spending time with my grandmother, Rosa McQuain Gillispie. She was a character. She also worked hard, but loved to I was a teenager, I discovered I was decent at sports and so began summer softball, time at the tennis courts, and playing volleyball on the Gillespie farm. What fun. I had great teachers at Green Bank and Pocahontas High School. There wasn't a teacher that I didn't learn something from. I also don't remember a lot of bullying or picking on each other. I'm sure it was there, but I don't remember it being excessive. In high school Title IX was just starting to change sports for women. I started playing basketball and Mom and Dad would be there in the standswatching.I decided when I was going to college that I'd get a physical education degree. What I didn't understand was I loved playing sports, but I didn't want to teach sports or coach. I wanted to play. I don't regret any class I took and I always learned something. I took some additional business classes and they, in the long run, took me on a different career path.I graduated from Fairmont State College with a Bachelor of Arts in Education (Magna Cum Laude). While I was there, I joined the basketball team and played for one year, but then switched to volleyball for three years. During the summer I hooked up with a local softball team in Fairmont. Two of the best coaches I ever had, and I played for many summers with a great group of ladies who were just good people and lots of college I worked at the U.S. Department of Energy for 15 years. I didn't like the work because it was too specialized and discovered I liked doing a lot of tasks. I had enough classes to sit for the CPA exam and so I started interviewing for jobs, but it became obvious firms didn't want older workers. I also didn't have an accounting degree, so I started and earned a Master's degree in Professional Accounting at West Virginia University. The classes were so interesting and opened my eyes to how difficult it is to run businesses and furthered my knowledge in personal financial independence. I still had no success in job interviews except there was an office manager position with The Mountain Institute in Elkins. I had been involved with the non-profit WV Scenic Trails Association for many years doing trail work and serving in various officer positions. I love the work of non-profits and their public missions. I got the position and loved headquarters was in Washington DC and they had not had a CFO for months and were behind in getting their accounting data into the accounting software. I convinced them to let me come to DC to get them caught up, which they agreed to. It wasn't very long before I got a call from the new CFO that she was leaving, and I was asked if I could come to DC and fill in. I agreed. TMI was close to bankruptcy. I stayed in the job for a while, but the stress of finding enough cash to make payroll was too much. I went out on my own for a couple of years. I had been working at the WV legislature on my bucket list and so I did that for two sessions. After that, Friends of Cheat was looking for an accountant. They had spent enough federal funds that they needed a specialized audit. Other non-profits I've enjoyed working with as a volunteer or board member were Friends of Deckers Creek, Literacy Volunteers of Mon and Preston County, and Community Educational Outreach Service (CEOS). I also enjoyed working for Allstar Ecology before I retired.I got interested in family history in the '90s. A friend was lobbying hard for me to join DAR. Everyone should do their family history – not just names, but whatever they can find something that tells about their ancestor. What you would discover is that my story is the story of American and world history. It is fascinating. The lineage organizations I joined and served as an officer were the Hagans-Evans Chapter DAR; Monongalia Valley Chapter Daughters of American Colonists; The Daughters of 1812, Colonial Wars, and Colonial Indian I look back on what I've written here what strikes me again and again are all the good people that have touched my life, including my friends and neighbors in Morgantown. I love all the medical personnel at Mon General, thank you for your care for these past 10 lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to WV Scenic Trails Association, P.O. Box 4042, Charleston, WV 25364, or accordance with Vicky's wishes, Hastings Funeral Home/Omega Crematory will provide cremation service. Burial will follow at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery in Chalk Hill, Pa., with her husband's family and family thanksHastings Funeral Home of Morgantown for its assistance during this difficult time. To leave condolences and to obtain information on future celebrations of Vicky's life, visit
E&E News
05-06-2025
- Business
- E&E News
House Republicans see ‘massive grift' in EPA climate grants
Republicans tore into the EPA green bank program Wednesday as part of a 'massive grift' and 'revolving door' that directs taxpayer money to Democratic causes and groups. The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), a $27 billion program created by the Inflation Reduction Act, was a main focus of a hearing meant to example nonprofit organizations that get federal money. It was in the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, the panel formed to further the causes of the Elon Musk-founded U.S. DOGE Service, also known as the 'Department of Government Efficiency.' Advertisement Musk's relationship with Republicans is now strained over his criticism of the party's tax megabill, a fact Democrats pointed out frequently in Wednesday's hearing.
Yahoo
17-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The real locations behind West Virginia's appearance in ‘Captain America: Brave New World'
CLARKSBURG, (WBOY) — Although reviews are mixed on the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, West Virginians might have been surprised to see their home state make an appearance in 'Captain America: Brave New World.' This article contains minor spoilers about the driving plot of 'Captain America: Brave New World,' but will not spoil any of the movie's big reveals. 'Captain America: Brave New World,' focuses on Sam Wilson, the newly-minted Captain America, and his friend Joaquin Torres, who recently stepped in to fill the now-vacant role of the Falcon. Following an assassination attempt on the newly-elected President Thaddeus Ross, Wilson and Torres begin searching for the person behind the plot to kill the president. Eventually, their search leads them to a location known as 'Camp Echo One,' which Wilson points out is situated in a secluded location in West Virginia. As Captain America and the Falcon approach the facility, the camera pans to a sign on the side of the road that says the two are entering a radio quiet zone, exactly like West Virginia's real-life National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ). Two large radio telescopes are prominent features of Camp Echo One, and Wilson comments on this during the movie, saying the radio telescopes must be a front for something more secretive. The two telescopes bear a striking resemblance to the 100-meter Green Bank Telescope at the U.S. National Science Foundation's Green Bank Observatory (GBO) and are no doubt a nod to the world's largest steerable radio telescope. How does Green Bank get snow off its telescope? However, there is another government facility in the NRQZ that could be a better comparison to the secretive Camp Echo One installation—the Sugar Grove Research Station in Pendleton County. Sugar Grove Research Station, previously known as Sugar Grove U.S. Naval Radio Station or the Navy Information Operations Command Sugar Grove, was a communications research and development base for the U.S. Navy and other government agencies, according to the West Virginia Encyclopedia. Because of this, very little public information exists online about the Sugar Grove station except that the Navy ceased operations at the site in 2015, though the National Security Agency (NSA) still operates part of the facility. According to the WV Encyclopedia, the nature of the facility was revealed as part of Edward Snowden's controversial leaking of government documents in 2013, which revealed a large-scale surveillance program targeting U.S. citizens was being carried out by the U.S. government; for years, the site was allegedly being used to monitor satellite communications and cell phone traffic. Today, the Sugar Grove campus appears to still be for sale by the Sugar Grove LLC. According to the property website, the Sugar Grove Station campus features housing for up to 400 residents, sports fields and courts, a swimming pool, a water treatment facility, a water tower, surveillance equipment like CCTV cameras and security checkpoints, administration buildings, a police and fire station, a youth activity center and even a bowling alley. A map of the facility and labels of each building are available on the property website, along with interior pictures of many of the site's buildings. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
