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Volume 96 No. 43 Hinton, WeSt Virginia Tuesday Feb. 9, 1999
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Senate Approves Heritage River Resolution
ThState Senate, last week, approved a Senate Resolu.on ._on four strategic eas: Ecmic Revitalization, Hisrie
recognizing and supportinglocal efforts to prepare an action and Cultural Preservation, Training and Educat,on, and
plan that would rekindle the economy of communities Protecting Natural Resources. Hannah, fifth from the left,
is shown above receiving the resolution from Anderson and
located along the New River. In Summers County about 100
are involved in developing the plan for the New River
American Heritage River Initiative. Once completed, and
approved, the action plan will be used to assist a "Federal
Navigator" in locating federal money to put the plan to work,
according to Ed Hannah, Vice Present of American Heritage
River, New River Community Partners. Hannah, who is also
President of the Summers County Chamber of Commerce,
and Ralph Wilson, President of Main Street Hinton and
member of the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors,
were in Charleston last Tuesday for the ceremony and
reading of the resolution on the Senate Floor, Hannah said.
"Senator Leonard Anderson is responsible for this," Hannah
said. 'Ie has been a tremendous help to us." The plan,
w(Lch is still in primitive stages of development, will focus
Senate President, Earl Ray Tomblin while Ralph Wilson and
other state senators look on. Shown (L to R) are: Senators
William R. WoOten, Raleigh Co.; Walt Helmick, Pocahontas
Co.; Robert Dittmar, Jackson Co.; Jeffery Kessler, Marshall
Co.; Hannah, Senator Anderson, Summers Co.; Senator
Tomblin, Logan Co.; Wilson, Senators Homer Ball, Mercer
Co.; Mike Ross, Randolph Co.; Larry Edgell, Wetzel Co.;
Michael Oliverio, Monongalia Co.; William Sharp, Lewis Co.;
and, Shirley Love, Fayette Co.
Heritage River Taskforce
The general meeting of the New
River Heritage River Taskforce met
Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Summers
County Wellness Center in Hinten.
The meeting was the first general
meeting since the four working
committees (Natural Resources,
History and Culture, Economic
Development and Training and
Education) began development of
projects and programs to summit to
the overall local action plan for the
American Heritage River initiative.
Each committee gave a report and
presented projects and programs
they felt should be part of the
Summers County work plan.
Craig White, New River
Community Partners Coordinator,
participated in the meeting and
afterwards said, "Summers County
has clearly taken the lead in West
Virginia in this Historic opportunity
by responding so enthusiastically to
AHRI's call to action. This kind of
community-based effort is what the
program is all about, developing
projects you want, and being able to
tap into the federal resources needed
to make them happen."
As the local work plan is being
developed from the committee
reports, the working committees will
continue to meet as they refine
projects and develop additional
programs.
The next general meeting is
scheduled for Feb. 25, at 7 pm in the
Wellness Center.
The Historic and Cultural
preservation committee will meet
Thurs., Feb. 11, 5:30 pm at the
Wellness Center.
The Natural Resources
Committee will attend the
Watershed Scopeing meeting for
upper New River to be held Feb. 11
in the Activities Building at
Bluestone State Park. The next
committee meeting is scheduled for
Feb. 18.
Anyone interested in attending or
joining a committee is welcome. If
you need more information call Ed
Hannah, 466-0691 or 466-3142.
Get Paid: Census 2000
There is a way for you for be paid
for helping your neighborhood,
community, city or state. Every ten
years the U. S. Federal Government
takes a count or census of every
person in the country. The
government distributes more than
180 billion dollars every year based
on the number of people counted in
each community. You can help your
community get its fair share of the
money and be paid while you do it.
The U. S. Census Bureau needs
to hire people to go out and check
the addresses. Those addresses will
be used later to mail out Census
forms that everyone will need to fill
out and mail back. If you or anyone
you know would like to be hired as
an "enumerator," a person who
checks the addresses, you can call
this toll free number: 1-888-325-
7773.
Thousands oenumerators will be
DAVID LEE SPRINGSTON
David Lee Springston, 78, of
Forest Hill, died Friday, Feb. 5,
1999, at his home with his daughter
by his side.
His passion in life was his art. He
was basically self-taught and known
to carry a sketch book wherever he
went. Upon his retirement he
achieved statewide celebrity as an
aplltd wadrcdoti; winning
several prizes, and was an active
member of the West Virginia
Watercolor Society. His sensitive
landscapes adorn the walls of
corporate offices and private
collections throughout the United
States.
Born June 28, 1920, he was the
son of the late Charles Albert
Springston and Alice Taylor
Springston.
Mr. Springston began his
professional career as a business
leader after his tour of duty in World
Dave Springston
War II, where he achieved the rank
of captain in the Army Air Corps.
He rose from a small engineering
firm in Fairmont to the presidency
of two companies, Taylor-Stiles in
Cleveland and Envirotech Coal
Services in Beckley.
He was a member of the AIME
and SME for more than 45 years and
was an active member of Rotary,
serving as its president for several
terms. He was active in the
Summers County Chamber of
Commerce, American Foundation
for the Blind, the local public
broadcasting network, and sat on
the board of many charitable
institutions.
He was preceded in death by his
wife, Constance Reed Springston;
and two brothers, Albert Lyn
"Skipper" Springston and William
Preston Springston.
Survivors include two daughters,
Susan Spicknall of Cleveland, Ohio,
and Marcia Springston-Jennings of
Forest Hill, a sister, Elizabeth
Brewer of Richmond, Ind.; a brother,
O. Nell Springsten of Columbus,
Ohio; three granddaughters; four
great-grandchildren; and all those
he came in contact with.
Memorial services wilt be I p. m.
Wednesday at United Methodist
Chttrch, Forvgt Hill. Th service will
be informal, ts evished; and-
anyone who wishes to say a few
words may do so.
In lieu of flowers, donations of
sympathy may be made to the West
Virginia Watercolor Society, c/o
Betty Cox, 912 Echo Valley, Glen
Dale, W. V. 26028; Beckley Art
Group, 600 Johnstown Road,
Beckiey, WV 25801; Three Rivers
Art Council, P. O. Box, Hinton, WV
25951; or Greenbrier Valley Hospice,
Lewisburg.
Arrangements by Pivont Funeral
Home, Hinton.
RECALL ANNOUNCED
The Summers County Health may include fever, headache, nausea
Dept. has received notification from and/or vomiting. The majority of
the W. VA. Bureau of Public Health/ people with healthy immune
Environmental Health Dept. of a systems may only show signs of a
recall of products possible fever or flu-like illness.
contaminated with Listeria Products involved in this recall,
monocytogones, according to the U. S. Dept. of
Stephen Trail with the Summers Agriculture include, "All ready-to-
County Health Dept. stated, eat consumer packaged products in
"Listeria is a bacterial disease that distribution as follows: Borman
can cause many health problems for Franks, Spartan Franks, Tops
newborn infants, pregnant women, Franks, Always Safe Franks, VTflson
the elderly and those with a Franks, Piggly Wiggly Franks,
decreased or a weakened immune Gunnoes Franks, Fairgrounds
system. It is possible for pregnant Franks, Best Franks, Colonial
women with Listeria to transmit the Franks, Nepco Franks, Hannaford
infection to their unborn fetus. This Franks, Wilson Farm Franks, Big
can then lead to a stillborn infant, Uns Franks, Carter Franks, Iowa
an infant born with a blood disease, Gold Franks, Herrud Franks, Corn
or an infant that develops King Franks, Winn Dixie Franks,
meningitis soon after birth." Schnucks Franks, Flavor King
Symptoms associated with the Franks, ThornApple Valley Franks.
Listeria monocytogenes bacteria Continued on page 6
needed to record addresses in W. VA .................
In addition, clerks, crew leaders and
supervisors will be needed to staff
local Census Offices.
Current economic conditions will
not make it easy to fill all the
positions. "Based on our experience
in the rural areas of the state, we
are mounting a more extensive
hiring campaign for the urban
areas," said Joette Mumford, Census
Recruiter. "The entire census
operation is based on the work we
do right now gathering addresses. So
with the unemployment rate so low,
we are ally going to be counting
on the folks in W. VA. to help us."
Census data is used to determine
federal legislative districts as well
as countless business marketing
plans and federal and state dollars.
Working with the Census Bureau is
an excellent way to be paid for
helping your unity.
Compton Participates
In Wellness Program
House Health and Human Resources Chair, Mary Pearl
Compton, D-Monroe, is shown above participating in the
"Pathways to Wellness. n This event gave the general public
the opportunity to receive tree health care screening.