Welcome To My Homepage

I am Ves Chilcutt.  I  retired from the University of Michigan as a Recruiting Coordinator Oct. 17, 2008.   I worked there for a total of 21 years. I am enjoying my new life in the state of Florida.

I thought I would take a stab at building my own Web site.  Some of you may already know where I was born.  But for those of you who do not...I was born in the beautiful state of West Virginia.  Welch, WV to be exact.  

Not all of West Virginia has the beautiful scenery you see in advertisements, or movies.  There is a side of the state most people don't see.  I had the chance to visit my hometown of Welch, in  April of 2007.  I was in shock at the amount of poverty that abounds in the state.  So many people are very poor and they know no other life.  Generations have grown up in Welch and other small towns in W.Virginia, never to leave or see anything different.  Many people if given the chance to move and start a better life would never leave.  We spoke to many people who have lived there all of their lives. 

As we drove through my town, I remembered my mom telling us about houses that were built into the hills.  She told us how they could stand on their porches and look down and talk to their neighbors below them. As a young child I could not imagine any of this.  That it was possible to build a house into  the hills.   But seeing is believing.  It is an amazing experience traveling back in time.   Now that you know a little bit about my background, please take the time and view my website.  Thank you for visiting.