See some of the ways that ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉäians said goodbye to 2023 and hello to 2024.
Two-year-old twins Grant and Claire Vogelsong of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä toast the new year with apple juice along with their mother, Beth, and brother, Rhys, 5, at the Clay Center’s Noon Year’s Eve gala on Saturday.
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- CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail
Cooper Moore, 10, of Huntington, is dressed for the occasion as he dances to party music while waiting to count down the clock to noon at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences Noon Year's Eve celebration on Dec. 30, 2023.
- CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail
Confetti flutters down onto hundreds of children, parents and family members after they counted down the clock to 12 noon during a Noon Year's Eve celebration at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences on Dec. 30, 2023.
- CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail
Clay Center Director of Education Zack Merritt, at right, children and their families cover their ears as Merritt demonstrates a chemical reaction causing an explosion and a loud bang during the Noon Year's Eve celebration at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences on Dec. 30, 2023.
- CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail
A boy covers his ears as he gets ready for a loud bang accompanying an explosion from a chemical reaction demonstrated by Clay Center Director of Education Zack Merritt during the Noon Year's Eve celebration at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences on Dec. 30, 2023.
- CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail
Clay Center employee Angela Murphy hands beads to Trip Cooper, 3, and his mother Hannah, of Belle, as they get ready to count down the clock to noon at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences Noon Year's Eve celebration on Dec. 30, 2023.
- CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail
Eight brave souls take the 2024 Polar Plunge at noon Monday, New Year’s Day, at Daniel Boone Park with the West Virginia Capitol in the background. This group of friends has been meeting there the past few years for the plunge and, this year, jumped off the dock into icy water of the Kanawha River from an air temperature of 34 degrees. From left are Leo Linsky, Steve Lochow, Christine Jones, Andrea Mollohan, Lee Milam, Kate Grubb, Hannah Grubb and Billy Joe Peyton.
- KENNY KEMP | Gazette-Mail
2024 Polar Plunge took place at Daniel Boone Park at noon on Monday, New Years Day. A small group of friends have been meeting there the last few years and braved the icey water and 34 degree air tempature to jump off the dock. Here they get their photo taken before the plunge. (L)Leo Linsky, Andrea Mollohan, Kate and Hannah Grubb, Christine Jones, Billy Joe Peyton, Steve Lochowall and Lee Milam, before the plunge.
- KENNY KEMP | Gazette-Mail
2024 Polar Plunge took place at Daniel Boone Park at noon on Monday, New Years Day. A small group of friends have been meeting there the last few years and braved the icey water and 34 degree air tempature to jump off the dock. (L)Leo Linsky, Steve Lochow, Christine Jones, Andrea Mollohan, Lee Milam, Kate Grubb, Hannah Grubb, and Billy Joe Peyton all took the plunge.
- KENNY KEMP | Gazette-Mail
Maxwell Gustafson and his dog, Toby, run up Middle Ridge Trail, in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä's Kanawha State Forest, on Jan. 1, 2024. Gustafson, 24, of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä, said he works out on the trails regularly, not just on New Year's Day, when state parks across West Virginia celebrate the transition with annual First Day hiking activities.
- CHRISTOPHER MILLETTE | Gazette-Mail file photo
Hikers (from left) Grace Godby, Ben Akers, Kristi Akers, Ellen Akers and Martin Akers, all of South ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä, take to the Middle Ridge Trail at Kanawha State Forest on New Year’s Day. Martin Akers said his family hikes regularly, not just on Jan. 1, when state parks across West Virginia celebrate the new year with planned First Day hiking activities.
First Day hike at Kanawha State Forest
- CHRISTOPHER MILLETTE | Gazette-Mail
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Children play with balloons and a beach ball as they wait for the clock to count down to noon at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences Noon Year's Eve celebration on Dec. 30, 2023.
- CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail
Two-year-old twins Grant and Claire Vogelsong of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä toast the new year with apple juice along with their mother, Beth, and brother, Rhys, 5, at the Clay Center’s Noon Year’s Eve gala on Saturday.
noon years celebration2
- CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail
Cooper Moore, 10, of Huntington, is dressed for the occasion as he dances to party music while waiting to count down the clock to noon at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences Noon Year's Eve celebration on Dec. 30, 2023.
- CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail
Confetti flutters down onto hundreds of children, parents and family members after they counted down the clock to 12 noon during a Noon Year's Eve celebration at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences on Dec. 30, 2023.
- CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail
Clay Center Director of Education Zack Merritt, at right, children and their families cover their ears as Merritt demonstrates a chemical reaction causing an explosion and a loud bang during the Noon Year's Eve celebration at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences on Dec. 30, 2023.
- CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail
A boy covers his ears as he gets ready for a loud bang accompanying an explosion from a chemical reaction demonstrated by Clay Center Director of Education Zack Merritt during the Noon Year's Eve celebration at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences on Dec. 30, 2023.
- CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail
Clay Center employee Angela Murphy hands beads to Trip Cooper, 3, and his mother Hannah, of Belle, as they get ready to count down the clock to noon at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences Noon Year's Eve celebration on Dec. 30, 2023.
- CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail
Children and their families play with balloons and dance as they wait to count down the clock to noon at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences Noon Year's Eve celebration on Dec. 30, 2023.
- CHRIS DORST | Gazette-Mail
Eight brave souls take the 2024 Polar Plunge at noon Monday, New Year’s Day, at Daniel Boone Park with the West Virginia Capitol in the background. This group of friends has been meeting there the past few years for the plunge and, this year, jumped off the dock into icy water of the Kanawha River from an air temperature of 34 degrees. From left are Leo Linsky, Steve Lochow, Christine Jones, Andrea Mollohan, Lee Milam, Kate Grubb, Hannah Grubb and Billy Joe Peyton.
- KENNY KEMP | Gazette-Mail
In the spitting snow participants of the 2024 Polar Plunge do a toast to the New Year. Lee Milam, Steve Lochowall, Billy Joe Peyton, Christine Jones, Leo Linsky and Kate and Hannah Grubb,
- KENNY KEMP | Gazette-Mail
2024 Polar Plunge took place at Daniel Boone Park at noon on Monday, New Years Day. A small group of friends have been meeting there the last few years and braved the icey water and 34 degree air tempature to jump off the dock. Here they get their photo taken before the plunge. (L)Leo Linsky, Andrea Mollohan, Kate and Hannah Grubb, Christine Jones, Billy Joe Peyton, Steve Lochowall and Lee Milam, before the plunge.
- KENNY KEMP | Gazette-Mail
Leo Linsky does a dance after coming out of the water after the New Year's Day Polar Plunge at Daniel Boone Park.
- KENNY KEMP | Gazette-Mail
2024 Polar Plunge took place at Daniel Boone Park at noon on Monday, New Years Day. A small group of friends have been meeting there the last few years and braved the icey water and 34 degree air tempature to jump off the dock. (L)Leo Linsky, Steve Lochow, Christine Jones, Andrea Mollohan, Lee Milam, Kate Grubb, Hannah Grubb, and Billy Joe Peyton all took the plunge.
- KENNY KEMP | Gazette-Mail
Maxwell Gustafson and his dog, Toby, run up Middle Ridge Trail, in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä's Kanawha State Forest, on Jan. 1, 2024. Gustafson, 24, of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä, said he works out on the trails regularly, not just on New Year's Day, when state parks across West Virginia celebrate the transition with annual First Day hiking activities.
- CHRISTOPHER MILLETTE | Gazette-Mail file photo
Hikers (from left) Grace Godby, Ben Akers, Kristi Akers, Ellen Akers and Martin Akers, all of South ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä, take to the Middle Ridge Trail at Kanawha State Forest on New Year’s Day. Martin Akers said his family hikes regularly, not just on Jan. 1, when state parks across West Virginia celebrate the new year with planned First Day hiking activities.
First Day hike at Kanawha State Forest
- CHRISTOPHER MILLETTE | Gazette-Mail
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