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By Liz Beavers
lbeavers@newstribune.info
managing editor
KEYSER — Mineral County's senior county commissioner has been honored with the Rising Star Award from the County Commissioners' Association of West Virginia.
Cindy Pyles was one of two commissioners from throughout the state named as recipients of the award during the annual CCAWV conference held last month in Glade Springs, W.Va.
The other recipient was Commissioner Bernie Fazzini of Harrison County.
The County Commissioners' Association is a statewide agency designed to promote the interest and general welfare of the local county commissioners, to represent county government before the West Virginia State Legislature, and to promote the exchange of ideas and solutions among those county governments.
According to Vivian Parsons, executive director of the CCAWV, the Rising Star award is given to a county commissioner who is not a member of the CCAWV Board of Directors, but who supports the board's agenda, goals and ideals to be best of his or her ability.
“Cindy has been very active on our legislative committee, and she has been active in many of the association's endeavors,” she said.
“She shows strong leadership and visionary thinking.”
The recipient of the award is chosen by the members of the board of directors.
“This is the board's way of looking through our membership for those folks who rise to the top,” Parsons said.
“In other words, it's a way of looking for our next leaders.”
Pyles says she believes it is extremely important for the state's county commissioners to have representation on the state level.
“I spend a lot of time in Charleston during the legislative sessions,” she said. “If there are issues that come up that affect our county commissions, it's important to be there.”
She also routinely attends CCAWV board meetings to keep abreast of the issues that are facing county officials across the state.
“I'm there to help,” she said. “I enjoy it.”
Pyles is currently in her ninth year as a Mineral County Commissioner, having been re-elected to her second six-year term in 2006.
She also presently serves as chairperson of the Potomac Highlands Airport Authority, the Mineral County Farmland Protection program, and the West Virginia University Extension Board, and is a member of the Mineral County Board of Health.
“She is very deserving of this award,” Parsons said.
By Liz Beavers
lbeavers@newstribune.info
managing editor
KEYSER — Mineral County's senior county commissioner has been honored with the Rising Star Award from the County Commissioners' Association of West Virginia.
Cindy Pyles was one of two commissioners from throughout the state named as recipients of the award during the annual CCAWV conference held last month in Glade Springs, W.Va.
The other recipient was Commissioner Bernie Fazzini of Harrison County.
The County Commissioners' Association is a statewide agency designed to promote the interest and general welfare of the local county commissioners, to represent county government before the West Virginia State Legislature, and to promote the exchange of ideas and solutions among those county governments.
According to Vivian Parsons, executive director of the CCAWV, the Rising Star award is given to a county commissioner who is not a member of the CCAWV Board of Directors, but who supports the board's agenda, goals and ideals to be best of his or her ability.
“Cindy has been very active on our legislative committee, and she has been active in many of the association's endeavors,” she said.
“She shows strong leadership and visionary thinking.”
The recipient of the award is chosen by the members of the board of directors.
“This is the board's way of looking through our membership for those folks who rise to the top,” Parsons said.
“In other words, it's a way of looking for our next leaders.”
Pyles says she believes it is extremely important for the state's county commissioners to have representation on the state level.
“I spend a lot of time in Charleston during the legislative sessions,” she said. “If there are issues that come up that affect our county commissions, it's important to be there.”
She also routinely attends CCAWV board meetings to keep abreast of the issues that are facing county officials across the state.
“I'm there to help,” she said. “I enjoy it.”
Pyles is currently in her ninth year as a Mineral County Commissioner, having been re-elected to her second six-year term in 2006.
She also presently serves as chairperson of the Potomac Highlands Airport Authority, the Mineral County Farmland Protection program, and the West Virginia University Extension Board, and is a member of the Mineral County Board of Health.
“She is very deserving of this award,” Parsons said.
