Forty nine visitors from 15 states and the District of Columbia arrived in the Greenbrier Valley July 17 to participate in the second Elderhostel program of the summer at the Greenbrier Valley Campus of New River Community and Technical College.

Hosted by the Center for Workforce and Business Development at the GVCNRCTC, the program includes visits to North House Museum of the Greenbrier Historical Society, Carnegie Hall WV, historical district in Lewisburg, the General Lewis Inn, Grandview Park, Exhibition Coal Mine, Tamarack, Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, The Greenbrier and White Sulphur Springs, the Sweet Springs Valley, historic district in Union, Wolf Creek Winery, and the Greenbrier Valley Theatre.

"We are please to have such a great turn out for the July Greenbrier Valley Adventure program and look forward to bring visitors from throughout the United States and some foreign countries to our area," noted Terri Baker, program coordinator for the Center for Workforce and Business Development at the Greenbrier Valley Campus, who hosts the Elderhostel.

Among those attending the July 17-22 event are Alexander and Bernice Bires, Carlisle, Pa.; George Brown, Glen Arm, Md.; Mary Childers, Fairfax, Va.; Margie Chambers, Sun City Center, Fl.; Anna Marie and Mark Christiansen, Knoxville, Tn.; iroshi and Allison Dalfuku, Cincinnati, Oh.; Jane Earhart, Cockeysville, Md.; Richard and Phyllis Evans, Gaithersburg, Md.; Richard and Greta Fulton, Fairfax, Va.; Wayne Gallatin, Baltimore, Md.; Olive Green, Cowen, WV; Robert and Edythe Havekotte, Vero Beach, Fl.; Robert and Barbara Hooker, Englewood, Fl.;

Also, Katheryn Hudgins, French Creek, WV; Richard Hutzler, Cockeysville, Md.; Edward and Phyllis Judge, Etowah, NC; Gordon and Ruth Malick, Trenton, NJ; Connie Meiler, York, Pa.; Meade Roberts, Morehead, Ky.; Maxine Roulston, Hobb, NM; Warren and Irma-Lou Saunders, Cedar Grove, NJ; Donald and Patricia Schabel, Lexington, Ky.;

And, David and Judith Smith, Southhampton, Pa.; Ronald and Sue Stickle, Pisgah Forest, NC; Josephine Tretter, Camp Hill, Pa.; Eugene and Dorothy Van Hove, Carmel, In.; Paul Van Order, Arlington, Va.; Gerald and Delores Waters, Odessa, Tx.; Tim and Sara Wuska, Vestavia Hills, Al.; and William and Esther Zimmerman, Endwell, NY.

July 20, 2005

Submitted by Mike Williams