ROLE MODEL — Gabe Arlia, a Weirton native and Follansbee resident, holds a framed certificate presented to him by Marine Corps Master Sgt. Cynthia Wolanski. A former member of the Tri-State Young Marines, she is one of many area youth Arlia has influenced through his leadership of the group. With the certificate is a glass flask containing water collected from a well at Belleau Wood, site of a major World War I battle. -- Warren Scott

WEIRTON — Weirton native and Follansbee resident Gabe Arlia has dedicated many of his 96 years to serving his country and community, from three years of service in the Marine Corps and 30 years in the Marine Corps Reserves to leading many area youth in a group designed to encourage patriotism and community service.

Arlia came to the U.S. from Italy when he

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