May 31, 2023
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Today is Wednesday, May 31
A Morgantown student’s Google Doodle is a finalist for the website’s homepage contest…Calling all creative types! The WV Makes Festival is Oct. 6…and the WV Waterfalls Trail adds more waterfalls for you to chase…on today’s daily304.
#1 – From WDTV – A Morgantown student could soon have her art on the Google homepage for hundreds of millions of people to see.
Kelly Meadows, a fifth grader from Ridgedale Elementary, is one of 55 Doodle for Google winners with her “Waffles and Cheese” doodle.
Doodle for Google is a contest that allows K-12 students across the United States and territories to create their own version of the Google logo.
“I have created this Google Doodle to represent my love for cheese and rats. This Doodle will hopefully show people that it’s OK to be different and like or love weird stuff,” Kelly said.
The national winner will take home a $30,000 college scholarship, and their school will receive a $50,000 tech package toward the establishment or improvement of a computer lab.
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#2 – From WV MAKES FESTIVAL – Calling all makers! The West Virginia Makes Festival, the state and region’s largest maker fair, returns Friday, October 6, 2023!
The 10th annual festival, on the campus of Marshall University in Huntington, is a celebration of creativity and ingenuity in all forms. Show off your innovations, inventions or other creative endeavors and compete for prizes, including cash. The free event features awe-inspiring demonstrations, hands-on making activities for people of all ages, music and more.
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https://www.rcbi.org/2023-west-virginia-makes-festival/
#3 – From WV GOVERNOR – Gov. Jim Justice today has announced a major expansion of the popular West Virginia Waterfall Trail. Since its launch last June, the statewide wonder has received over 35,000 participant check-ins with visitors from 49 states and 15 countries.
The trail has received rave reviews which inspired the Department of Tourism to ask West Virginians to help identify new waterfalls. Those nominations led to the addition of several new falls, which will allow those who have already started their adventures to keep exploring.
Visitors can now explore 38 jaw-dropping cascades throughout the Mountain State while winning exclusive prizes along the way. Prizes include a West Virginia Waterfall Trail branded sticker, water bottle, and T-shirt – all exclusively available through this program.
With the addition of these new waterfalls, the West Virginia Department of Tourism has also commissioned Base Camp Printing Company in Charleston to create a limited-edition waterfall art print that will be mailed to the dedicated waterfall explorers who check in at all 38 cascades along the trail.
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