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ADVANCED FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2015 AND THEREAFTER Charleston Broom Company owner Jim Shaffer fashions a bundle of corn straw into a broom at his workshop near Kanawha State Forest. Shaffer, 85, has worked for the company for 68 years and became owner in the 1980s. He is one of the only remaining broommakers in West Virginia. (AP Photo/Charleston Daily Mail, Bob Wojcieszak)
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