By Cody NeffREGISTER-HERALD REPORTER

Christmas is coming. Com-mercials are already holiday-themed. Every departmentstore has its Christmasplaylist on. The Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber ofCommerce (BRCCC) releasedits new ornaments.

Yes, it’s beginning to look alot like Christmas.

BRCCC President andCEO Ellen Taylor says this isthe 12th year the chamber

has used the ornaments toraise money.

“These are what we wouldconsider historic Christmasbulbs,” Ellen Taylor said.“We do it not just as afundraiser, but it also pre-serves a little bit of history.We have sold more than sev-eral thousand Christmasbulbs. They’re great if youwant to send something tosomeone out of town. Youmight want to send themsomething that representsBeckley or you don’t know

what to get them. It’s agreat little gift, espe-cially if they’re fromBeckley.

“We have a lot of peo-ple who come backevery year and they buythe set (which includesevery ornament releasedup to this point).

“This year, we did the Exhi-bition Coal Mine as our bulb’stheme. We all know how im-portant the Exhibition Coal

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By Jessica FarrishREGISTER-HERALD REPORTER

The line-up for Beckley’s annual Vet-erans Day parade Monday will includefloats by area organizations and church-es, said American Legions Post 32 Com-mander Ron Jennings.

“It looks like we’re going to have over50-some entries, and everything is readyto go for Monday,” said Jennings, whosegroup organized the parade.

The Doug and Lucy Bowers HospiceHouse, Concord University-Beckley,Beckley Praise Church and StanafordMissionary Baptist Church are amongthe local organizations and churchesthat are hosting floats.

“There’s going to be quite a few vin-tage military vehicles,” he said. “The lo-cal bands, the JROTC program fromWoodrow Wilson High School is partici-pating. Quite a few veterans that have apatriotic-themed vehicle are going to bein the parade as well.”

Jennings said the parade has hadheavy support by local fire departmentsand other emergency responders.

New ornament celebrates Beckley’s Exhibition Coal Mine

Aura soars againGolden eagle tests her wings on release after rehab for lead poisoning

By Cody NeffREGISTER-HERALD REPORTER

Aura is finally free to goout and do what she loveswithout people botheringher all the time. She canspread her wings and flyfree. She’ll have thechance to enjoy nature.She might do some hunt-

ing. She doesn’t use guns.She’ll just go in for the killand finish off her targetwith her bare hands.

Actually, she’ll use herbare talons. Aura is a gold-en eagle that was releasedfrom Three Rivers AvianCenter (TRAC) in Sum-mers County Saturday.Aura came to the center

after a Division of NaturalResources officer found outshe had flying troubles.

When the executive di-rector and other staff ransome tests, she said theyfound out that Aurashould have been deadfrom lead poisoning.

“She came in at 58.6 on atest that only goes up to

62,” Wendy Perrone said.“We thought we were go-ing to lose her severaltimes. It gradually leechesout of the body, so sudden-ly she would spike with alead level and we wouldhave to treat her again.That’s why it took so long

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Aura the golden eagle is released from Three Rivers Avian Center (TRAC) in Summers County Saturday. She’s been inthe avian center since March, getting treatment for lead poisoning. Wendy Perrone, left, with the avian center looks on.

Parades, areaactivities areready to goVeterans Day

Monday’s grand marshal will lead the floats in a self-built Model A

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Golden eagles are also called “The Mountain Eagles.”

See ORNAMENT, 2A

See MARSHAL, 8A

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WWII veteran Jaris Tankersley.

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Add this year’sBRCCC ornamentto your collectionfor $10.

By Cody NeffREGISTER-HERALD REPORTER

Jaris Tankersley says you’ll see a realoddity if you come to Beckley’s VeteransDay parade Monday. Tankersley, aWorld War II veteran, will be the grandmarshal. He’ll lead the parade in a FordModel A “Woody” that he built himself.

“It was a Model A rolling chassis whenI bought it,” Tankersley said. “I began togather up parts and picked them up andbegan to assemble the thing. That mod-el particularly had a multi-disk clutchand that was frozen. It took about threeyears to get that apart. Once we did thatwe rebuilt the chassis.

Inside8A Wildwood House Museum in Beckley open

after Monday’s parade6B Telethon, Stand Up for Heroes event3C Country song “I Drive Your Truck” inspired

by father, son1E Local WWII veteran reflects on life

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