Does anyone know how to get in touch with Bob's friend Donna?
And recall her last name?
She had let us know that Bob had moved to his brother's place when he
got too weak to stay at home, but I don't have that email now.

Hugh

On 1/19/11, George Beetham Jr. <geobeet@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> To: WVHCBOARD@yahoogroups.com
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> From: cdellis@wildblue.net
> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:03:58 -0500
> Subject: Re: [WVHCBOARD] Fwd: Remembering Bob Handley, West Virginia
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> That is too bad. I had only had a few chances to talk with him. Last time
> we talked he told me that his father/uncle??? was Charley Handley...of
> Handley Wildlife Management Area and other fame. Such a web of connection
> and recollection for all of us...
> ~Cindy Ellis
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> John: You probably have additional info about Bob Handley in your
> fil es---or in those articles from last year about his long-ago caving
> exploits. Mike's note below mourns him from the perspective of the
> Wilderness Coalition, more good stuff he did in more recent years that
> could be included in a remembrance. He was such a character. I'm going
> to miss him at every board meeting.
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> From: Mike Costello <michael.costello@wvwild.org>
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:06:52 -0500
> Subject: Remembering Bob Handley, West Virginia wilderness hero
> To: Mike Costello <michael.costello@wvwild.org>
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> "The forest gives us an opportunity to connect with our ancestors and others
> who have loved this lan d before us." Bob Handley, 2007
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> It is with great sadness that we begin this week remembering dedicated
> activist and outdoorsman, Bob Handley, who passed away this weekend at age
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> Bob will be remembered for many accomplishments throughout his lifetime.
> Some will remember him as an avid caver, who discovered numerous underground
> passages and became the first West Virginian to receive the National
> Speleological Society's prestigious Lew Bicking Award. Others will remember
> Bob for becoming the oldest person ever to rappel from the New River Gorge
> Bridge in 2006, when he accomplished the feat alongside his son, Todd, and
> his granddaughter, Meghan, who was then the youngest rappeller at age 14.
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> Those of us at the West Virginia Wilderness Coalition will remember Bob's
> perseverance as an advocate for protection of wild lands across the southern
> Monongahe la National Forest. Bob took great pride in his pursuits, and was
> instrumental in establishing Spice Run and Big Draft, the very first
> Wilderness areas in the Greenbrier River Watershed. For his service with
> the Wilderness Coalition, Bob was recognized as a Wilderness Hero by the
> Campaign for America's Wilderness in July of 2006.
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> In his role as a volunteer, Bob was especially proud of his efforts to
> persuade U.S. Representative Nick Rahall to join him on a hike through the
> then-proposed Big Draft Wilderness Area. Congressman Rahall accepted Bob's
> invitation, and Big Draft Wilderness, Bob's favorite area of the National
> Forest, was later included in the historic Wild Monongahela Act.
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> Bob was an inspiration to all of us who have worked to protect the Mon
> Forest, and his legacy will continue to motivate those who were fortunate
> enough to know him. As we carry on with our efforts, we must appreciate the
> impact Bob had on our lives, both personally and professionally, and we can
> only hope to embody his dedication to preserving our last remaining wild
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> West Virginia's forests, rivers and caves have lost a true friend, a devoted
> guardian who will be greatly missed.
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> Mike Costello
> Campaign Coordinator
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> West Virginia Wilderness Coalition
> office: 304-497-2836*
> mobile: 304.437.1082
> fax: 888.671.2140
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> Cynthia D. Ellis
> RR 1 Box 163
> Red House, WV 25168
> 304 586-4135
> cdellis@wildblue.net
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> "We know now, from brain science, that seeing is not a direct register of
> what meets our eyes but a fast mental con struction that squares sensations
> with memory and desire: what we believe and wish reality to be." ~Peter
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