Follow the musings and analysis of Ajuga team member Sutton Stokes on Elkinite.com. Here’s an excerpt of a recent article:
It’s not just April Fool’s Day in Elkins
(April 1, 2017) Do you know what today is? If your only answer is April Fool’s Day, you don’t live in Elkins, West Virginia.If you do live in Elkins, West Virginia and your only answer is still April Fool’s Day, you apparently haven’t entered an important date having to do with the city government into your calendar: Today is the day that the victors in the March 7 city election take office. (They were sworn in, prospectively, at a 5 p.m. ceremony at city hall last night. Congratulations, everyone!)Yes, since 1901, when Elkins revised and readopted its charter just after absorbing South Elkins, the city’s council members and mayors have shouldered the solemn duties of their offices on a date otherwise widely associated with the opposite of solemnity.