Thumbs, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008

Thumbs up ... to Robert C. Byrd, the Senate’s longest-serving member, for being honored on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry with the Dr. Perry F. Harris Distinguished Fiddler Award. Thumbs up ... to the Beckley Civil Air Patrol for raising funds to work with Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit organization that honors fallen veterans at cemeteries across the country, including Arlington National Cemetery. The Beckley group will gather at noon Dec. 13 at the American Legion Cemetery in Beckley to perform a wreath-laying ceremony on the graves of fallen veterans. Thumbs up ... to the combined teams of the U.S. Navy Dominators from Virginia Beach, Va., and U.S. Coast Guard from Homestead, Fla., which rafted to victory with guide Linc Stalling on the first day of last weekend’s all-military challenge in the New River Gorge. Sixty... [read full story]