OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WEST VIRGINIA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION

Pub. 4 2023 Issue 4

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WVADA News Magazine Pub. 4 2023 Issue 4

Toothman Ford

3rd Annual Toothman Ford Turkey Bowl
The red team won this year in dominating fashion. We are fortunate to have a family culture at Toothman Ford, with current and former employees attending the event!

Stephens Auto Center

Thank you to everyone who came to our first Trunk or Treat!

Stephens Mitsubishi

Congratulations to Stephens Mitsubishi on their grand opening!

River City Subaru

Congratulations to Michael Deakin for winning the Subaru DCA Zone Walk-Around contest for the eastern region! Since none of the other regions decided to participate, we are claiming him as the National Champion! Good job, Deakin — excuse us — Champ! If you are looking for a Sales Consultant who knows his stuff, come see Michael!

Matheny Truck Group

Matheny Truck Group’s Nitro location’s Annual Chili Cook‑Off has resulted in a new Grand Master Chili Champion, David Wandling, whose chili won by majority vote from the exclusive judges from our Sales, Service & Parts departments. Their discerning taste palates chose David Wandling’s prize‑winning chili based on spice and seasoning, declaring it the best chili despite a very competitive field of chili entries! Everyone else came in 2nd place! Until next year, enjoy your title, David!

Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Fiat of Morgantown

We are proud to partner with WVU Student Engagement and Leadership to help build Toy Mountain. All donations stay in the Morgantown area and make it to underprivileged children this Christmas! We matched every toy donated at this location during the month of November.

CMA’s Toyota of Martinsburg

Thank you to everyone who came to CMA’s Trunk or Treat! It was great to see everyone’s creative costumes!

Matheny Motors

Matheny Motors received the 2022 Mark of Excellence Award from GMC for their sales and service team being outstanding! Thank you for your loyalty and support!

#womeninbusiness ❤ celebrating a lot! Happy 45th Work Anniversary to Clara, and Happy Birthday to Taylor!

Cole Harley – Davidson

Congrats to one of our own on passing his training and growing as a technician. Awesome job, Canyon Haynes!

Our Toys For Tots donation box was overflowing! Thanks to everyone who dropped off toys!

Bill Cole Automall — Bluefield

Bill Cole Automall is taking another trip to “Flavor Town”! Team Cole held their 2nd Annual Chili Cook-Off and Cornbread Competition! The team enjoyed their break from work to put their chili and cornbread recipes to the test against each other! Many thanks to our extraordinary participants and wonderful judges!

Congratulations to our cook-off winners!

  • Best Chili: Ashton O’Dell
  • Runner-Up Chili: Kirsten Hopkins
  • Best & Runner-Up Cornbread: Cody Williams

Thank you to everyone who visited our Trunk or Treat! What a great time seeing such fun and creative costumes, and the best part, all the CANDY!

Our BDC team decided to have a little fun with a Pumpkin Decorating Contest! What creativity! Great job, ladies, on your awesome pumpkins!

Thank you to everyone who made the costume contest so much fun! We loved watching the two winners be just a single vote apart most of the day!
Our winners were…

  • 1st Place — Amber Heard with 195 Votes
  • 2nd Place — George Jung with 192 Votes
  • Congratulations!

H&M Motor Chrysler Dodge Ram Fiat

After taking a couple of days to reflect, we wanted to take a few minutes and say thank you to everyone who helped, sponsored or participated in our 7th Annual Trunk or Treat. Every year seems to be better than the last, and there is truly no way all of it could be accomplished without the effort and energy our community puts forth. We can’t wait till next year to try and up the ante. With that being said, we hope you had a spooktacular Halloween and thank you for everything you do.

We wanted to take a moment and give two very special separate shoutouts to Little Glass Slipper Company (Kristina Smith and team) and to Crazy Horse Fireworks (Kenny Detamore) for the extra entertainment. Both were incredible and the services they provided were above and beyond. If you need theatrical entertainment or fireworks, please stay local and give them a call. Thanks again for an amazing 2023 trunk or treat.

Timbrook Ford

What an excellent night it was for these kids and their families! Hopefully everyone had a great time.

Grant County Flag Football and Cheerleading League Champions. Congratulations on your accomplishment this season!

Thank you to everyone who purchased a vehicle in August. Partnered with the other #WV Timbrook Dealerships, we were able to raise $15,000 for WVU Medicine Children’s Cars for Kids fundraiser!

Dutch Miller Kia

We’d like to thank each and every organization who participated in our 5th Annual Trunk or Treat this past Friday. Another safe and successful event for our community! Thank you to everyone who came out despite a little bit of rain!

Joe Romeo’s I-79 Honda Preowned

We would like to wish CONGRATULATIONS to Nick Marsh, who has been with Joe Romeo’s I-79 Honda Preowned for 14 years, on achieving his Master Technician status!

Jack Garrett Ford

All of us at Jack Garrett Ford were cheering on the Roane Raiders! Unleash all the horsepower and beat North Marion!

A big shoutout to Chad and Krista Coon at Mountain State Awards & Graphics for once again knocking it out of the park with the trophies for this year’s WV Black Walnut Festival Car Show!

McClinton Chevrolet

Congratulations to New Era Air and Space Adventures! They won the Best Trunk this year! Did you see their pirate theme? If you haven’t checked them out, please do so. They have so many fun and exciting adventures for kids!

For those of you aren’t aware, we had a long time team member who enjoyed donating bicycles to the Mid Ohio Valley Toys for Tots. His name was Dan Talbott. Every year, he’d donate a couple of bikes, and he thoroughly enjoyed spreading Christmas cheer.

Sadly, Dan passed away a few years ago. He was a great employee for many years. As a way to honor him, Dealer Principal Ginny Bowden and General Manager Wyn Bowden donated several bikes to Toys for Tots to keep Dan’s tradition going.

We miss Dan, and it brings us great joy to keep this tradition going.

We prepped for the 5th Annual Trunk-or-Treat/First Responder Appreciation Day. Dealer Principal Ginny Bowden delivered cookies to the Parkersburg Police Department and invited the officers to attend our annual event.

Ramey Ford Princeton

Sometimes mistakes can happen, and sometimes experiences may not be perfect. But when our service department receives an award from Ford for being one of the only dealerships in the country with the highest “Fix It Right The First Time” scores, it does make you feel like you’re doing something right! Congrats to our service and parts teams for making our customers the priority and getting them the service they deserve! For AWARD-winning service, call us or schedule an appointment!

Moses Nissan of St. Albans

A Great Time for a Great Cause
The Moses Auto Group team had a fun time at the CAMC Foundation’s WeCANClimb Trail Run and Hike to benefit the Children’s Advocacy Center. We would like to thank the CAMC Foundation for putting on an excellent event and all the participants who came out to run or hike the trails in Kanawha State Forest.

Ball Toyota

So happy to have been part of multiple Ball Toyota events, where the Ball Toyota Family of Dealerships donated over $500,000 to establish virtual pantries in 247 schools across the state! This will help so many of our Communities In Schools students. A big thank you to the Ball family for all you are doing to support the students of West Virginia.

United Way of Central WV

The Ball Toyota Family of Dealerships press conference in Charleston was a full house! We are so grateful for the Ball family and their impactful work and dedication to education in West Virginia.

Mike Stuart for WV Attorney General

A great evening with Matthew Whitaker, former United States Attorney General and currently the personal advisor to President Trump, in Charleston tonight. Thank you to General Whitaker and to the hosts of the event — the WV Auto Dealers Association and the West Virginia Coal Association.

Scott Ford & Shaffer GMC

All of us at Scott Ford & Shaffer GMC would like to thank our boss, Scott Shaffer, for always giving back to our community. These groceries were sent to the Food for Preston organization. We would also like to thank the employees and volunteers at Food for Preston for all of their hard work and dedication.

Joe Holland Chevrolet & Imports

“It is with great pleasure & appreciation, that we acknowledge and recognize our awesome employees for their loyalty and outstanding dedication to customer service!” — Joey Holland. Happy September and October Work Anniversaries to (left to right) Tom Allen (38 Years), Doug McGrew (18 years), Dakota Eskew (one year), Josh Cantley (two years), Chris Campbell (four years), Daniel Harmon (seven years), Roger Miller Jr. (seven years), James May (three years), Leshia Burgess (27 years), Var Reed (two years), Dominique Lacy (one year) and Brett Holland.

Stephens Chevrolet

Trunk or Treat 2023 Stephens Chevrolet
We appreciate everyone who came out to make this event a success. Thank you to our employees for all your hard work today to make this event possible.

Thank you to the brothers of the wheel for a very generous donation of toys to the Fayette County Christmas Toy Fund.