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i i i i 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 r 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 Take control of your diabetes 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. Jarrell's Exxon "Your Full-Service Service Station" 466-0133 RE$ RE$ TI RE$ Winter Tire Sale 2002 ALL TIRE£" KUMIIO TIRES.." FREE MOUNT $3.00 OFF EAC# TIRE FREE BALANCE KUMIIO 7S ROAD FREE TIRE VALVES HAZ4RD " .. Note: Road Hazard o1 pImNnger TIrN Only. , ' First 50% Tread Free Replacement. c Tim Ward We're drivers toc00 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 # 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. e-mail 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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