Chalk up another good deed by one of Susan’s Angels
Chelsea McCann, who moved to Monongah
with husband Benjamin McCann in 2018, is secretary of the Monongah Christmas
Lights Committee that put dozens of street lights in the town for holiday cheer
and are fundraising to add more lights Saturday, November 13 in the Monongah
Town Hall from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Chelsea and Ben live in the Bridge
Street home they own next door to Ann DeMary Eates, Class of 1945, widow of Joe
Eates, also Class of 1945, and the godparents of my son, John Larry Olesky.
Chelsae and Ben met via an online dating service when Chelsea was living in
Cumberland, Maryland and Ben was residing in Fairmont. They were married in
August 2016 and Ben lured Chelsea to Almost Heaven.
Chelsea and Ben have a son, Quinn.
Chelsea grew up in Matthews,
Virginia, “a very small coastal town” as she describes it accurately since it
has a population of 569 even though the 3-centuries-old town is the county seat
of Matthews County, Virginia and its residents frolic on Bethel Beach. She
graduated from Matthews High School and got a medical health associates degree
from privately owned West Virginia Junior College, which has campuses in
Morgantown and Charleston and was founded in 1892.
She has worked in animal shelter
medicine and management, nursing home Certified Nursing Attendant, retail management,
grant writing and overall management. Monongah Mayor Johnboy Palmer and Town
Councilwoman Susan Staron Sanders, Class of 1971, the Angel of Thomas Street
and a Four States coal miner’s daughter who calls her Lights Committee members
her Angels, are effusive with their praise of her work in Monongah.
Chelsea on her latest venture:
Attention craft vendors
We will be having our Thanksgiving/Holiday Craft Show on
Saturday, November 13th at Monongah Town Hall. The times will be 9AM-3PM with
set up at 5PM the night before. Table prices are $20/vendor. Only one table per
vendor. We can also accommodate outside vendors for $15/table if the weather is
nice. Please message me for any more details or to sign up!
Thank you everyone! I cannot wait to see you there!
Chelsea comes from the English word
for “chalk landing place,” aka a chalf wharf.
Well chalk up another venture for our
Chelsea.
Mark the date on your calendar.
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