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The HINTON NEWS
00'00Volume 100 No. 42
(Continuing the Hinton Daily News & The Weekend Leader)
Home of the W. Va. Water Festival
Hinton, West Virginia Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003
50 Cents
00Summers County FEMA Funds Missing Signage Potential Hazard
ummers County has been funds awarded to Summers County organizations are urged.to apply.
iawarded federal funds hnder the
ergency Food and Shelter
National Board Program.
..Summers County has been
chosen to receive $5,790 to
'supplement emergency food and
helter programs in the county. This
amount represents a 25% reduction
from the previous years funding.
. The selection was made by a
National Board that is chaired by
the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) and
consists of representatives from The
Salvation Army, American Red
Cross, United Jewish Communities,
atholic Charities, USA, National
Council of Churches of Christ in the
U.SA. and United Way of America
'wich will provide the
dministrative staffand function as
fiscal agent. The Board was charged
b. dstribute funds appropriated by
'Congress to help expand the
:capacity of food and shelter
programs in high-noed areas around
the .country.
i:A Local Board made up of
representatives of the County
Commission, American Red Cross,
the-Ministerial Association, Catholic
Community Services, CASE of WV,
Frst Presbyterian Church, Loaves
and Fishes, the Senior Center, and
local clients will deterimine how the
are to be distributed among the
emergency food and shelter
programs in the area.
The Local Board is responsible for
recommending agencies to receive
these funds and any additional
funds available under this phase of
the program.
Under the terms of the grant from
the National Board, local
organizations chosen to receive
funds must:
1) be private voluntary non profits
or units of government,
2) have an accounting system,
3) practice nondiscrimination,
4) have demonstrated the
capability to deliver emergency food
and/or shelter programs, and
5) if they are a private voluntary
organization, they must have a
voluntary board. Qualifying
Summers County has distributed
Emergency Food and Shelter funds
previously with Loaves and Fishes,
First Presbyterian Church and
CASE of WV participating.
These agencies were responsible
for providing 1,706 meals, 150
nights of lodging and 40 utility
payments in the previous period.
Public or private voluntary
organizations interested in applying
for Emergency Food and Shelter
Program funds must contact Jane
Duffield for m application.
She may be contacted at 466-2110
(on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10
a.m. to 2 p.m.) or 466-3740 or by
writing her c/o Loaves and Fishes,
P.O. Box 56, Hinton, WV 25351.
The deadline for applications is no
later than February 3.
SHARE Packages Offered For February
We have some special SHARE
packages for the month of February.
.Regular Package: 1 Ibs. chicken
drums, 1 lb. salmon, smoked
sausage, Ibs. boneless chicken breast
strips (fully cooked), 10 oz. Canadian
bacon, macaroni and cheese, lb.
Colby cheese, potatoes, onions,
oranges, additional fruits and
vegetables.
Style Barbeque Ribs in Sauce (fully
cooked), 3 Ibs. Chicken Wings.
T-Bone Steak Package: 6 - 10 oz.
Steaks (2 Porterhouse and 4 T-Bone
Steaks).
We welcome all to enjoy our
SHARE packages offered in
February. The cost of each package
is $15 food stamps or $16 cash, with
no limit on the number of packages
Special Package: 2 lbs. St. Louis Continued on page 8
MovcOn.orgwants U. S. to "Let the inspectors do thcirjob"
By Peggy
In a mass |obbyi,ctmptt
members of the activist Interact
group MoveOn.org paid a personal
visit to virtually every local
congressional office in the country
o Tuesday, January 21, to deliver
this message about a possible war
in Iraq: "Please let the U. N.
ipectors do their job?
In Beckley a group of 13
!!! MoveOn.org representatives,
including six Summers Countians,
met with the staff of Congressman
Nick Joe Rahall, and conducted a
. conference call with members of the
C0ngressman's Washington DC
i;st00, i
The visits to more than 400 offices
, aV part of a campaign to protest a
i:}rush to war by the Bush
! adnihdstration.
,'" The Beckley delegation expressed
i; their appreciation for Congressman
Rahall's personal initiatives on
alfofa peaceful resolution to the
current conflict. Group members
"expressed concerns about the
-srepancies in the budget
aplLopriations process between
• spending for the military versus
: nding for domestic programs and
e effects of the anticipated costs
;Ofwar.
" The Beckley delegation also
lfse.nted a petition signed by 194
:#bters from the Congressman's
rmtrict, including 16 from Summers
Cbunty urging President Bush and
theunited Nations to "Let the
Inspections Work'. Many of the
ititioners included personal notes
and comments addressed to the
President including such sentiments
as:
t War brings only more war. We
drg you to work with the
iitternational community for peace
tl/rough diplomacy,
World opinion towards the US,
well as the fate of an indefinite
namber of innocent Iraqis, are
hanging in the balance. Please put
your full support behind letting the
inspections work.
"$ Neither Christianity nor
democracy include "preemptive
strike as a way to solve problems.
" I' Stop this senseless war before
it is.too late.
:i $.Please, please giv e diplomacy
d dialogue a chance. I pray that
the US may not be responsible for
the death of innocent children and
ohr own military personnel. Violence
liteeds violence. I implore you to
rsert to all non-violent means at
ypur disposal.
; t..We must be a better friend to
the Arab people in order to stem the
tide of anti-American feelings that
create a climate that is conducive to
ttrorists.
A delegation of 13 area representatives of the national
organization MoveOn, visited the offices of Congressman
Nick Joe Rahall in Beckley to express their concern about
the Bush administration's apparent "rush to war," and to
convey the message "let the inspectors work."
t Please cooperate with the UN
and the weapons program inspectors
in every possible way. Our national
integrity, I believe, depends on it.
t Lead by example, not by force.
t Mr. President, Your
administration's threat of
unprovoked attacks on Iraq is
making Americans into pariahs all
over the world. Your actions are
putting us at risk.
I urge you to work within the
framework of the UN resolution and
give the inspectors the support they
need to accomplish their mission
without prejudging the outcome.
t History-if we have a history-will
condemn us.
To hold back information and
then berate the inspectors only
suggests that you want war.
t Any bloodshed, we commit will
come back to haunt us. I don't want
that on my country's conscience.
$ Please reverse course. You clam
to follow Jesus Christ. As Prince of
Peace, he would never condone such
an action. Be true to God first.
t As Evangelical Christians, we
are deeply concerned that instead of
justly representing the Pri.nce of
Peace, we will be seen as bullies who
do not keep their word: Please give
the inspectors and inspections a
chance and show the world that our
faith does make a difference in the
way we conduct foreign policy.
If you kill innocent people, you
are killing the only part of yourself
that makes you human. Do you want
to risk that to save face for America?
Does it not bother you how much
we are isolating ourselves? Even
polls taken in the UK and Canada
are showing negative sentiments
toward this country.
Please don't do this. War and
hatred will bring war and hatred to
us. Let my child and your children
and their children learn love and
negotiation, not brutality and
horror.
Oil and big business are the only
winners in a move to war. Neither
you nor any of them or their children
will take an active role.
I have two little girls and I don't
know if my husband would be called
'to fight in this war. I would hate it
to come down to that. I love our
country and want what is best for
it. Please wait. Thank you.
Please listen to the heart of the
children of the world who want to
grow up and live.
t War is NOT justified and will
NOT be tolerated by the citizens of
this country.
We must not harm the Iraqi
people. They are fathers, mothers
and children just like us.
Going to war with Iraq will
cause more problems than it solves.
Keep your word that war is the
last option, we face losing too many
young adults.
It shames our democratic
aspirations as a country to make
preemptive strikes on powerless
countries. No war.
We as a nation stand to lose our
friends and allies and be vulnerable
to terrorist attack as a result of
careless decisions made by you and
your advisors. History will condemn
you. Please don't destroy the world.
I am seventy years old and I
believe that we need to lead the
world in peace, not war.
t Money spent on war should be
used to address, some of the
problems in the United States.
t Please don't send our young men
and women to die in an unnecessary
war.
t I have two sons ages 19 and 16.
More than anything I want peace for
their futures. What s the ultimate
goal? Who will pay the ultimate
price for the decisions your team is
making? Our children and the
innocent people of Iraq.
"AS soon as the first shot is fired
against Iraq, the war could easily get
out of hand and result in
catastrophe," says Wes Boyd,. the
MoveOn.org president.
"Therefore it's in everyone's
interests for the Bush
administration to proceed with due
caution and let the U. N. process
workY In various worst-case
scenarios drawn up by American
military experts an Iraqi war could
destabilize the region and risk the
possibility that nuclear weapons will
be deployed. Experts have also
raised concerns about the use of
chemical or biological weapons in
such a conflict.
The Busl administration is
trying to impose a February
deadline on the inspections, even
though chief U. N. weapons
inspector Hans Blix has said he does
not expect to complete the
inspe, ctions and file a report before
the end of March. "This is a critical
moment in history, and the U. S.
ought not plunge ahead reckiessly
when the risks are so great," says
Eli Pariser, also of MoveOn.org.
The lobbying of Congress at the
local level is the second stage of a
grassroets effort by MoveOn.org to
influence U. S. policy toward Iraq.
MoveOn.org, which has signed up
more than 600,000 members
nationwide, launched a TV
advertising campaign last week with
the same theme. The group raised
$400,000 from its membership to air
the ad in 13 major U. S. cities,
including Washington DC, Los
Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia.
The TV ad shows scenes of an Iraqi
"war spinning out of control. A
narrator announces in a voice-over,
"War with Iraq... Maybe it will
spread. Maybe extremists will take
Over countries with nuclear
weapons."
MoveOn.org is a key player in
Win Without War, a coalition of
organizations, including the
National Council of Churches,
NAACP, Sierra Club, NOW, and
others, representing millions of
Americans who favor allowing the
U. N. inspectors to finish their work
in Iraq.
!I
Missing street signage throughout Hinton make it
difficult for tourist, or just out-of-town people that are
looking to visit with a friend. But nowhere in Hinton is
the probhmJztore dominant than the area along Main St.
above *he Avi Overhead Bridge. Above, top left, going
counter clockwise, shows that no street sign is at the
intersection where the Bridge connects with Main St. A
street sign is missing at the corner of Main and State St.,
Main and Reservoir St. and Main and Cross St. Signage is
also missingon these streets from Hermon and Lower
Hermon St. But the problem is everywhere, Hinton Chief
Timmy Adkins said. It sometimes makes it difficult for
law enforcement officers and emergency medical teams to
locate homes where distress calls have originated, he
said. A survey should be made by the Street Department
of signs that are missing and signs that are in disrepair,
or painted over, so the City can begin correcting this
potential hazard this summer. Photos by Everett Crawford
Last Drug
Defendant Sentenced
By Fred Long ordered them both served
The last drug defendant from a concurrent. He has the right to do
Sept. 2000 undercover police sting that and I'm happy with the
was sentenced in Circuit Court sentence. I looked at his record. It's
yesterday, a long one and I don't think he has
"He was the last one, County ever been sentenced to prison
Prosecutor Jim McNeely said of his before?
100% record of a conviction against McNeely, shaking off his 100%
every defendant, except for one that conviction record of the first drug
died, that was indicted in March defendants returned under his
2001following the police undercover tenure, said the credit goes to the
operation, police officers that conducted the
Osbey Dell Cox, 56, was found investigation and the undercover
guilty of selling OxyContin to police informant.
informant Billy Jack Cales, Jr. Cales contacted Hinton Police
following a throe day trial in Circuit Chief Timmy Adkins, he told the
Court last Sept. He also entered a court during his testimony, to get the
guilty plea to another felony count drug dealers off his back. Adkins
of selling OxyContin. Both carried and Cales, working with State
a possible prison term of one to 15 Trooper A. S. ronf' Reed and NPS
years. Officer Christ Shrader, successfully
"I wanted the court to issue a convicted 17 area drug dealers.
consecutive prison sentence on each "I guess that wraps up the Sept.
count," McNoely said. Phat would 2000 drug bust," McNeely said.
mean a prison term of two to 30 Now the ones we sent up will be
years, but Judge [Robert] Irons coming up for parole?
--'This and That
By FredLong This year marks the 25th
The Hinton Elks Lodge will be Anniversary of New River Gorge
100 years old this year. The exact National River Park. Much has
date of its beginning is not know, but happened in this quarter-century as
back in 1903 twenty-seven citizens the NPS worked to develop a park"
of Hinton were initiated as the from acres previously mined or
charter members of Hinton Elks logged to fuel America's Industrial
Lodge, No. 821. In 1907 they built Revolution. 43,000 acres of public
the Elks' Building on Second land are now set aside to protect
Avenue, now the home of Hinton's important natural and cultural
Antiques &Artisans Guild. The Elks resources, and provide recreational
organization has been a part of opportunities. The NPS is
Hinton's history since that early sponsoring a photo contest until July.
time. On July 25, 26 and 27th., the 1, in various categories. Details are
Hinton Elks Lodge will celebrate provided in the 2003 Photo Contest
this historic event at its present brochure, available at visitor centers
home on Willewwood Country Club. or by calling 304-465-0508. The
Further information will be Anniversary's grand finale will be
published as plans develop, the dedication of the new Sandstone
• #g Visitor Center in November.