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Par Mar names community relations director

Dave Allen

MARIETTA — A longtime Tri-State broadcaster and media personality has joined Par Mar Stores, the area’s fastest-growing convenience store and quick-service restaurant chain.

Dave Allen has been named director of community relations for the Marietta-based company.

“We are very proud Dave chose to join us,” Par Mar President Brian Waugh said. “Dave’s experience in broadcasting as well as in the areas of state government and public relations and promotions will serve him well in this position.”

Allen also said he was excited to join the company.

“I’m excited to join Par Mar at this time in the company’s growth and I’m grateful to Brian and his team for allowing me to play a part in that expansion,” Allen said. “I’m particularly excited about being able to extend Par Mar’s already strong ties to each local community we serve, supporting vital local initiatives and helping with our charitable endeavors. These already include our Par Mar scholarship program, which awards tens of thousands of dollars to deserving high school students, our Wednesday Wish Day holiday program, our support of the Children’s Home Society, and more. Par Mar really strives to be a solid partner in every community we’re in, and we look forward to doing even more to support those big cities and small towns that support us.”

Allen is a native of Logan County, W.Va., and attended Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College. He graduated from Marshall University at Huntington.

He has more than three decades in broadcasting, including a 20-year stint as the morning drive announcer at WVOW radio in Logan. Allen hosts the popular “580 Live” radio talk from 9-10 a.m. weekdays on WCHS Radio in Charleston.

Allen will continue to host “580 Live” in addition to his duties at Par Mar.

He is a former field representative and business outreach director for the West Virginia Secretary of State and was head of Dave Allen Communications, a communications and promotions company based in Putnam County, W.Va.

He is a past president of Rotary International chapters in Logan and Putnam counties, was named a Distinguished West Virginian by former Gov. Bob Wise and is president of the Putnam County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Allen and his wife Ruth Ann, an executive with Encova Insurance, reside in Teays Valley, W.Va.

The Marietta-based Par Mar, named for Parkersburg and Marietta, began with just three employees as the Par Mar Oil Co. in 1967. Today, the company operates 166 stores across four states, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky, with over 2,000 employees.

Most Par Mar locations enjoy leading consumer brand partnerships including A&W, Subway, BP, Exxon, Amoco, Arby’s, Marathon, Valero, Sunoco, U-Haul and Mountaineer Mart.

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