The Follansbee Community Days Committee and Follansbee Mayor David Velegol Jr. presented to the Brooke County Veterans Memorial Foundation $542 raised through a drawing held during the festival. The money will be used to further efforts to establish a park honoring all Brooke County veterans within Brooke Hills Park. On hand were, front, from left, Community Days committee member Shelly Smith; Velegol; Nancy Strope, the foundation’s vice president and fundraising chair; Tom Ludewig, Community Days co-chair; and Community Days committee member Ron Recchio: and back, Community Days Committee member and Follansbee Police Chief John Schwertfeger; foundation members Sharon Crabtree and Sally Cassandra, with Community Days committee member Edo Mirasola behind them; Nina Meca, Community Days co-chair; and Community Days committee members Kathy Andreozzi and Dan Reasner. -- Warren Scott
