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Obituaries
SADIE M. ATKINS
Sadie M. Atkins, 87, of
Plantation, Fla., formerly of
Kpperston, died Sunday, Feb. 9,
2003, at University Hospital/
Hospice, Tamarac, Fla.
.-Born June 16, 1915, she was the
daughter of the late Stonewall and
Ella Berry Barker.
' In additen to her parents, she was
receded in death by her husband,
(eorge Atkins; a daughter, Betty; a
sn, Jack; and a sister, Esta Marts.
I Survivors include two
,randchildren, Eric Britt and Terry
qritt, both of Plantation; two
rothers, Stoney Barker Jr. of
Naples, Fla.; and O. Ray Barker of
lialto, Calif.; and three sisters, Vada
H edmond of Hinton, Melba Beckett
She was the last surviving
member of her immediate family.
Survivors include a son-in-law,
Dan Eubank of Jacksonville; two
grandchildren; five great-
grandchildren; and a great-great-
grandchild.
Graveside service and burial was
held at 11 a.m. Friday, February
14th. at Oak Grove Cemetery,
Ballengee, with the Rev. Eugene
Fullen officating. There was no
visitation.
Arrangements by Pivont Funeral
Home, Hinton.
ANNA MAE CARDEN MARTIN
Anna Mac Carden Martin, age 56,
of 5119 Midland Trail, Covington,
Virginia, died Saturday, February
o£ Logan and Barbara Gillespie of 15, 2003 at her residence.
She was born in Summers
Covington, VA.
;ervices were held at 11 a.m.
2rs. Feb. 13th. at Evan Memorial
apel, Oceana, with the Rev. Jim
!estner Officiating. Burial followed
im Palm Memorial Gardens,
latheny.
Arrangements by Evans Funeral
Iome, Oceana.
County, West Virginia, on November
22, 1946, a daughter of Josephine
Bennett Carden of Hinton, WV and
the late Allen Green Carden.
Mrs. Martin was the former
owner and tax consultant of H & R
Block in White Sulphur Springs, she
attended Calvary Baptist Church in
Lewisburg and was a Hospice
EVERETT 'True' CHATTIN Volunteer with Mountain Regional
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Everett L. "True" Chattin, 86, of Hospice.
Talcott, died at 7:40 p.m. Monday,
lfeb. 10, 2003, at Charleston Area
l[edical Center, Memorial Division,
fllowing a short illness.
Born Dec. 2, 1916, at Talcott, he
as the son of the late Walter R. and
lamie Bowyer Chattin.
IMr. Chattin was a lifelong
resident of Talcott, a retired signal
intainer for CSX Railroad and a
mmber of Rollynsburg Baptist
Curch.
:,He was preceded in death by a
bother, James Franklin Chattin;
ad a sister, Evelyn Duncan.
: Survivors include his wife of 56
years, Jean Boyd Chattin; two
dughters, Jeanette Mann and
hxlsband, Dallas of Hilldale and
rolyn Eller and husband, Stan, of
¢alcott; six grandchildren, Chris
Mann and wife, Roberta, Shawn,
I]erek and Devon Mann, Amy Smith
ahd husband, Nathan, and Lara
Ellen
:Services were held at 2 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 13th. at Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel,
Hinton, with Pastors Dana
Stalnaker and Jim Martin
fiatmg. tinal foli6nT/btt
: Ellery Wykle and men of
R011ynsburg Baptist Churchserved
as pallbearers.
. Arrangements by Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors, Hinton.
: PEGGY LOUISE COMER
:Peggy Louise Comer, 62, of 421
Chestnut St., Hinton, died at 6:19
a.:m. Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, at
Summers County Appalachian
Regional Hospital, Hinton, following
a long illness.
:Born June 3, 1940, at Ballengee,
she was the daughter of the late
John Herman and Ruby Leftwich
Meadows.
Mrs. Comer had lived most of her
life in Summers County. She was a
focmer member of the Firestone
Store in Hinton, a graduate of
Talcott High School and a member
of Miller Memorial United
Methodist Church, Hinton.
:i Survivors include her husband,
Bill Comer; and a son, Steve Comer
and his wife, Michelle, and
gandchidren, Jordan and Ashleigh,
all of Cincinnati.
:Services were held at 2 p.m.
Sunday, February 16th. at Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel,
[-Iinton, with Pastor Eugene Fullen
fficiating. Burial followed in Oak
Orove Cemetery, Ballengee.
"Pallbearers were Don Williams,
Ron Stennett, Jim Clark, Dale and
tve Hedrick, Kent Bartgis and
lm Akers.
: Honorary pallbearers were Kristi
d Jamie Clark, Scott, Chris and
?ttrick Stennett.
: Arrangements by R0nald
eadows Funeral Parlors, Hinton.
VELLA N. HESLEP
• Vella Norene Heslep, 87, of
Jacksonville, Fla., and formerly of
Huntington and Summers County,
died Monday, Feb. 10, 2003, in a
Jacksonville care center following a'
Ipng illness.
: Born Aug. 6, 1915, in Summers
County, she was the daughter of the
late Thomas Estelle and Vergie Mae
Kessler BaUengee.
* Ms. Hdslep was a former
seamstress for Huntington
Manufacturing Co., retiring in 1979.
She was a member of Twentieth
treet Baptist Church, Huntington,
and had been a resident of
.acksonville for many years.
., She was. preceded in death by a
aughter, Deloris L. Eubank, on
luly 12, 2001; a brother, Thomas E.
[allengee Jr.; and two sisters,
ernice R. Heslep and Jean
VIeadows.
In addition to her mother,
Josephine Bennett Carden, she is
survived by her husband of thirty
eight years, Ronald Ray Martin of
Covington; three daughters and
sons-in-law, Amy and Mike
McAllister and Joy Martin all of
Covington, and Holly and Joe
Gordon of Clifton Forge; two sons
and daughters-in-law, Rodney and
Staci Martin and Jonathan and Karl
of Martin all of Covington; two
sisters, Margaret Wiseman of
Hinton, WV and Mary Skidmore of
Covington; one brother, Allen "Pete"
Carden of Floyd VA; five
grandchildren, Kasey' and Austin
McAllister, Caleb and Hannah
Martin and Sydney Gordon, a
number of nieces, nephews, aunts,
uncles and cousins.
In addition to her father she was
preceded in death by two sisters,
Mary Louise Carden and Eleanor
Sue Johnson.
A funeral service will be
conducted at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday,
February 19, 2003 from the chapel
of Nicely Funeral Home, Clifton
Forge with Rev. Ralph Green
ffieiating', Entombment will folloW "
in =h'd"Aleghany Mem,0rial Park
qVIaitbleum/Low Moor. The family
will receive friends Ttwday Ovoniflg
from 7:30 to 8:30 PM at Nicely
Funeral Home and any other time
at the residence, 5"119 Midland
Trail, Covington.
The family suggest memorial
Tributes take the form of
contributions to the Mt. Regional
Hospice Volunteers, P.O. Box 637,
Clifton Forge, VA 24422.
To send condolences to the family,
register at:
/vww.nicelyfuneralhome.com.
PSI) MEETING
Meadow Creek PSD Board
Meetings are held every 2nd.
Tuesday of the month at 3:00 pm at
the PSD Office.
The public is invited to attend.
BROADWAY PLAY "
"COPACABANA"
Broadway Play "Copacabana will
be Thursday, February 20th., 8 p.m.
at the Municipal Auditorium of'the
Charleston Civic Center. Ticket
prices are: $37* - Lower level and
mezzanine. $28* - Balcony. Students
17 and Under -".$18.50" & $14.50"
All Seats Reserved. *Includes
Facility Surcharge Fee.
For ticket purchase, call Ticket
Master Charleston Area (304) 342-
5757, Huntington Area (304) 523-
5757. www.ticketmaster.com
HARRY G. PECK, SR.
Harry G. Peck, SR., of Kill Devil
Hills, NC, died Wednesday,
February 12, 2003 at this residence.
Mr. Peck, born in Hinton, West
Virginia, was a retired Occupational
Rehab Councelor and was a
graduate of West Virginia
University Institute of Technology.
He was a member of First Flight
Lions Club, a former Dare County
Hospice Board member and a
Methodist. He was a veteran,
having served in the U.S. Army
during W'WII.
Mr. Peck was the son of the late
Leo and Mary Mac Carden Peck.
He is survived by his wife, Betty
Lee Peck of the residence; a
daughter, Virginia P. Richmond and
a son, Harry G. Peck, Jr., both of
Morgantown, WV; two sisters,
Virginia Gwinn of Hinton, WV and
Jeanne Hazel of St. Charles, IL; and
one grandson, Myles Richmond of
Raleigh, NC.
A memorial service was held on
Friday, February 14, 2003 at
7:00pro, at the First Flight Lions
Club.
Twiford's Colony Chapel, Manteo
handled arrangements.
FRED W. THOMPSON
Fred W. Thompson, 77, of
Ballengee, died Saturday, Feb. 15,
2003, in the VA Medical Center in
Decatur, GA., following a short
illness.
Arrangements by PivontFuneral
Home, Hinton.
To Conduct
Training
MountainHeart Child Care
Services, a program of the Wyoming
County Opportunity Council, will be
conducting training on February
19th., from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
at the Hinton City Hall, Hinton, for
all family daycare providers, day
care center staff, and potential day
care provides• The topic of the
training will be Listening To
Families - Ways To Help Families
Deal With Everyday Problems and
Life Crises.
The training meets the mandated
safety and health requirements for
state registered family day care
de'n , "cetifietei' ' :sii
stliceil6bmpletion dfeich ibn
attended will be issued to each
participant. There is no charge for
the training and pre-registration is
not necessary. Appropriate handouts
will be available to all who
participate.
MountainHeart Child Care has
contracted services with the West
Virginia Department of Health and
Human Resources, Office of Social
Services since 1992 and offers case
management/brokering, application
for day care services, day'care
resource and referral, health and
safety training to day care center
staff and family providers, loan and
grant program, and technical
assistance in Wyoming , Mercer,
McDowell, Monroe Raleigh,
Fayette, Webster, Summers,
Nicholas, Pocahontas, Greenbrier,
and Braxton Counties.
For additional information,
please call 682-8271 or 1-800-834-
7082.
DIABETES PROGRAM
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rather than diabetes controlling you.
Summers County ARH Rural
Health Clinic is sponsoring a free
Diabetes Self-Management:
Program.:
Call 466-2905 for more lifesaving
information. Knowledge is power.
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In legislative session that has
already proven to be very
demanding, I'm in the midst of what
I believe may be one of the biggest
challenges I've faced as a delegate.
As an appointee to the conference
committee on medical malpractice
legislation, I'm one of 10 delegates
and senators charged with the task
of reaching a compromise between
the House and the Senate.
While the prospect of negotiating
over such controversial legislation
may be daunting, we House
conferees are well aware of the will
of the House of Delegates and the
House leadership, as well as the
wishes of the health care
community.
The need for legislation to
address the medical malpractice
crisis is pressing, but we plan to act
calmly and deliberatively.
The House and Senate
malpractice bills share many
similarities, but they are both
complex, and much of the differences
• U PDATE
Bg.Delegate Virginia Mahan
lie in the details. Both'versions are
sweeping bills crafted not only to
curb frivolous lawsuits and overly
large jury verdicts, but also to offer
financial relief for physicians facing
skyrocketing insurance costs.
The major difference between the
House and Senate bills surrounds
the method by which the Igislature
would offer financial relief for
doctors. The House legislation
contains a three-year, 20 percent tax
credit for physician premiums paid
over $10,000 a year. The House
income tax credit would be phased
out in three years, which is the
estimated amount of time it would
take for any tort reform measures
to result in lower insurance costs.
The Senate legislation contains a 10
percent provider tax credit on all
"tail insurance," which is insurance
to cover time periods during which
a doctor was covered by a different
plan that has since expired, periods
for which the doctor is still liable.
When the Legislature held an
More Than 1,000 WVU Students Earn
Perfect GPAs During Fall 2002
More than 1,000 undergraduate
students at West Virginia University
qualified for the President's List in
Fall 2002 by earning perfect 4.0
grade-point averages. Nearly 3.500
students also earned the 3.5
necessary to make the Dean's List.
"At WVU, we strive to give our
students every opportunity to meet
and exceed their goals, and these
students have made the most of
those opportunities, WVU
President David C. Hardesty Jr.
said. They can be proud of the
academic excellence they have
achieved and we share in that pride
with .them• They have made an
investment in their personal futures
and the future of West Virginia."
Local students on the lresident's
and Dean's List were: Melissa S.
Harvey, Hinton, Biochemistry;
Yansea K. Hutchens, Hinton, Pre-
Political Science; and Andrea L.
Johnson, Jumping Branch,
Marketing•
Scholarship Awards
Help Local Students
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emergency special session regarding
the medical malpractice problem in
2001, we passed legislation which
laid the groundwork for the creation
of a physicians mutual company. But
the Senate's current bill would take
more steps to ensure that doctors
create a physicians mutual, spelling
out more details for its enactment.
The Senate would set aside $24
million from the tobacco settlement
fund for the plan, and stipulates that
doctors play a significant role on the
physicians mutual board of
directors. The Senate would also
enact an assessment on insurance
carriers to help repay the funds
taken from the tobacco settlement
account.
The Senate also changed the
House's proposed reporting
requirements for physician
malpractice. The House would
stipulate that five judgments or
settlements within five years would
require state supervision, while the
Senate would add the provision that
if three judgements or five
settlements are made within a five-
year period, the Board of Medicine
would investigate.
The Senate would also require
that insurance companies that cover
physicians must offer coverage t all
specialties.
Regarding "tort reform," the effort
to curb lawsuits and overly large
jury verdicts, both the House and
Senate bills have similar provisions.
Both bills would tighten the
requirements for expert witnesses,
but while the House would require
that an expert spend 75 percent of
his or her time actively practicing
or teaching, the Senate lowered that
Concord College has announced percentage to 60. The Senate also
several scholarship recipients for the "eliminated the House proposal to
allow periodic payments of
2003-2004 academic year. The
following student is among those
who have earned recognition:
.Nathan M. Merritt has been
awarde d the ACT and Director's
Each student on the President's Scholarship. He is the son of Robbie
List receives a letter and and Mary Beth Merritt of Hinton,
PresidentiatAwardifov.Excellemin:, WV..J] jn,tit ,,Il ..... ',' ',H :}',;i
Sohalarshlp. e.ertificate: .frdm- '.For-Fdrmation .n atrenditlg
PresidentHardesty. . : . ....... i. Concord call 1-888-384:5249 or 1-
304-384-5248 or
admissions@concord.edu.
• NOTICE
Students who take 12 hours of
credits or more in graded courses
and earn a 3.5-3,9 GPA, with no
incompletes, qualify for the Dean's
List. A total of 3,454 students made
the Dean's List for the Fall 2002
semester.
West Virginia residents made up
77 percent and non-residents 23
percent of the 1,043 students listed
on the President's List. Of these, 62
percent were female and 38 percent
were male.
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SELLING COOKBOOKS
The Hinton Church of God are
selling cookbooks. Lots of original
and unique recipes. Make great gifts
for any occasion. Great values w/lots
of handy tips along with 400 recipes.
Priced at $8.00 each. Call 466-
5570.
judgments over $100,000. The
House bill contains a $250,000 cap
on non-economic damages. The
Senate version has a general
$250,000 cap on non-economic
damages, but would raise it to
$500,000 in cases involvin death,
loss of limb or perm'ah6t
disfigurement, or a vegetatiJStfe.
Clearly, there are distinct
differences between the House and
Senate bills, but I'm hopeful that
they're not so vast that we can't
reach a compromise. In the
meantime, I'll continue to report to
you on our progress.
I welcome and appreciate your
input on these issues, or any other
legislative matter. Please call me at
(304)340-3106 or write to Delegate
Virginia Mahan, 215-E, Capitol
Complex, Charleston, WV 25305.
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4" Salads 4" Desserts
4" Seafood Salad
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11:30 am to 4:00 pm
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Assortment of Hot Vegetables
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$8.95 per person
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