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(ContJiming the Hinton Daily News)
e of the W. Va. Water Festival
Hinton, West Virginia Tuesday, February 20, 1990
By Fred Long
Summers County Health Calls. Monday through Thursday) and of each month between 9 am and 12
Depa~ment will be the recipient of According to County Commis- services were eliminated, noon as long as the supply lasts.
a Kellogg Foundation grant, Hin- sioner Lonnie Mullins the grant"is The plight ofthe department has The donation of 200 Glucostix test
ton News learned Thursday, butsomewhere between $6,000 and gained a great deal of media cover- strips, she believed, wouldlast until
the amount of the award is being $8,000." He said it was his under- age including a three minute tele- the end of the fiscal year, June 30.
clothed in secrecy, standing that the grant will be cast on Cable News Network, Sat- "That's the reason we are here,"
According to Beverly Carter, sharedwithMonroecountybecauseurday. The IndependentNetworkCarter said. "We didn't want to cut
health nurse, John Hoff, executive Trail works part-time with the News also prepared a segment that any of our programs but we didn't
director ofthe West Virginia Asso- Monroe County Health Depart- WGN (Chicago) televised earlier, have the money tobuy suppliesY
ciation of Counties, made the an- ment. According to Mullins the ABC's~GoodMorningAmerica~ and~rhe state wants us to contract
nouncement at a meeting in Char- National Association of Counties CBS News have also made contact with another county to pick up the
leston last week. Carter said she contacted the State Association with the department, according to daywearn'tworking,'Plumleysaid.
was not told the amount of thewhich inturn contacted the County Trail. Thestoryhasalsobeenpicked That would help us but its not
award. Commission. upbyTheChicag'oTribuneandThe helping the people of Summers
"No one has told us how much it The Kellogg Foundation was one Washington Post, he said. County. This department would
will be," Steve Trail, sanitarian, of 15 foundations that the local ~Helpiscominginslow,'Brenda stillbeclosedonedayaweek. That's
said. health department appealed to for Plumley, secretary said. "But we the big issue."
Confirmation that an award hasfunding to offset $13,712 defcit in are getting help.~
been made to the local health de- their budget, Trail said. Donations, to date, total $858.
partment came from two different Due to the loss in revenue, the But moreimportant was a donation
sources at the W. Va. Association of department last mofith began a ofmedical supplies from the Diabe- :
Counties headquarters in Char- worldwideappealfor fundingwhichtes Resource Center in San Bruno,i~:::!!::
leston; however, no one there could included applications with the Calif.
say how much the award would be. Washington embassies of the So- ¢¢ith these supplies we will be
"It's on his (Hofrs) desk," we were viet Union, Great Britain and able to reopen our Diabetic Screen-
told. • France. Mountingbillstotalingover ing Clinic and our Blood Pressure
Although several attempts were $4,200 and a bank balance of only Clinic," Carter said. The clinics will
made to reach Hoff, he was not 13centsforcedthemtocutitsoper- reopen on March 6th and will be
available and would not return the ating hours to four days a week ( held on the first and third Tuesday
By Fred Long
A Marion County judge has been
appointed by the State Supreme
Court to preside over a disqualifica-
tion behring to determine if Circuit
Judge'Charles M. Lobban should
hear court cases involving Roger
Lee Crawford of Hinton.
Lobban asked Supreme Court
Chief Justice Richard Neely to
al point a special judge to Summers
County for the hearing after
Crawford filed complaints in Mag-
istrate Court against him and other
court officials.
By Fred Long
Summers County Delegate Ar-
nold Ryan (D) wants to do away
with all 55 county boards of educa-
tion and consolidate them into eight
regional boards, but Delegate F.
Lyle Sattes (D- Kanawha Co.),
Chairman of the Joint Committee
on Education, eafd Ryan's bill has
little if any support in the House.
A similar bill, Senate Bill 293,
has been introduced by Senator
George Warner, Jr. (R-Monongalia
Co,).
Ryan's bill, House Bill 4204,
would place Summers Co. within a
regional board of oducation (region
one) with McDowell, Mercer,
Monroe, Raleigh and Wyoming
counties. The bill would also do
away wRh the local county superin-
tendont and replace it with re-
gional superintendent of schools.
Accord t g to his bill "all duly
elected board of education
members from the former county
of education" would serve on
the regional board "until the expi-
ration of their respective terms."
The bill does not address electing or
appointing members to regional
boards.
Fred L. Fox, II, of Fairmont, has
been named to preside at the hear-
ing which will also decide ifCounty
Magistrates Bill Jeffries and James
Beasley shouldbe'di squalified from
presiding in any" court matters
pending in Magistrate Court, Jus-
tice Neely states in his Feb. 13th
order.
Charges against Crawford are
pending in both the Magistrate
Court and the Circuit Court over a
March, 1989 incident alleging that
Crawford violated State Alcohol
Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mason,
Singo and Wayne counties would
make up region two.
Region three would include
Boone, Clay, Kanawha and Putnam
counties.
Continued on page 8
According to Secretary of State
Ken Heclder, the unofficial list of
candidates filing with his office for
the May 8th Primary contains 35
candidates seeking area public of-
fice.
TWO candidates flied for State
Senate in the 10th Senatorial Dis.
trict: Leonard Anderson, (D), of
Summers County and Stephen W.
Snuffer, (R), of Raleigh County.
Filing for House of Delegates in
the 21st District: Mary Pearl
Compton, (D), incumbent, and Paul
A.Lovett, Jr.(D) Both from Monroe
CO.
One to be nominated.
For House of Delegates in the
22nd District: Democratic Party:
Robert S. Kiss, incumbent, Robert
P. Pulliam, P. L. "Penn" Raines, Pat
Reed, Jack J. Roop, incumbent, Ted
T. Stacy, Tom Susman, incumbent,
Thomas P. Vidovich. All of Raleigh
County. Perry E. Mann, Walter
Henderson Pack, Sr., Arnold W.
Ryan, incumbent, Charles E. Skid-
NAME OMITTED
In our list of candidates filing in
the Circuit Clerk's Office one name
was omitted. Nadine Woodrum is a
candidate for the Summers County
Democratic Executive Committee
from the Bluestone River District.
20 Cents
• •
Summers County Hospital needs
every citizen, organization and
business to come to her immediate
financial assistance.
An ultimatum was issued March
8, 1989 by W. Vs. Deputy Fire
Marshal, N. D. Wood, stating that
license" will be issued Sum-
mers County Hospital if a Sprin-
kler System is not installed by June
30, 1990.
According to this report, some
code violations have been in exis-
tance since 1984 with warnings on
several inspections for the past five
years. Some violations have been
corrected, but due to financial con-
ditions, some still exist. A Sprin,
kler System is the most immediate
need and an absolute necessity.
Without this system to protect our
patients from fire and smoke inha-
lation, no license will be issued.
The cost is approximately
$150,000 and the hospital has r{o
money. Summers County Hospital
is your hospital offering emergency
services, acute care, skilled nurs-
ing care and a nursing Home facil-
ity to you and your family.
A Task Force has been selected
with citizens from all areas of the
county and some area neighbors
volunteering their time for this very
serious cause. We cannot afford to
lose our hospital but it will take
every citizen'sfinancial cooperation.
Will you please contribute when a
Task Force Member contacts you.
Any donation, large or small, is a
step to solving thisimmediate prob-
Lem.
Your tax exempt contributions
may be made at the First National
Bank or National Bank of Sum-
mers of Hinton. Pledges or Contri-
butions may also be made to a
member of the Task Force or mem-
bers of Summers County Hosptial
Auxiliary.
Beverage Control Corn mi ssion rules
by keeping his former club "The
Dugout open after hours. Crawford
contends that he kept the club open
only because the police had been
summoned to arrest a man with
two outstanding warrants against
him. Although the police were
called before closing, it took them
over 70 minutes to arrive, Crawford
said.
State Police Trooper M. R. Miller,
located in Hinton at the time, filed
charges against Crawford in Mag-
istrate Court adding charges of al-
leged alcohol consumption and the
playing of mechanical music after
hours. In June JudgeLobban dis-
missed the charges, but last month
Miller took his complaints before
the Grand Jury and Crawford was
• indicted on the three misdemeanor
charges.
Crawford entered a not guilty
plea to the charges and followed his
Continued on page 8
more, Lesley E. Spade. All of
Summers County.
Republican Party: Joseph
Brouee, Mrs. Minor (Margaret)
Scott and Frank W. Williams. All
from Raleigh County.
Five to be nominated; not more
than four from any county.
For the State Executive Com-
mittee, female, Democratic Party,
10th District: Mary Pearl Comp-
ton, Monroe CO., Emilie A. Holroyd,
Mercer Co., and Karen Ryan,
Summers Co. Two will be elected.
State Executive Committee,
male, Democratic Party, 10th Dis-
trict: RichardPrince Baylor, Sum-
mers Co., Robert E. Holroyd, Mer-
cer Co., Billy J. More field, Mercer
Co., Derek Craig Swops, Mercer
Co., and John Earl (Jay) Williams,
Jr., Mercer Co. Two will be elected.
State Executive Committee,
female, Republican Party, 10th
District: Marianne R. Brewster,
Mercer Co., and Karla T. Gunnoe,
Continued on page 5
Wendy Perrone, left, holds in her arms a fright-
ened hawk that was shot early this year and
brought to the New River Animal Hospital at
Nimitz where Dr. Conne Hyler-Both, right, and
Ms. Perrone nurtured the animal back to health.
Dr. Hyler-Both is shown tying a line to one of its
legs just prior to its test flight. Below Ron Per-
lone is shown as the hawk takes flight, released
from its six week hospital stay. "Free at last," they
said.
By Fred Long
Although shot, and near death,
under the expert care of Dr. Conne
Hyler.Both, veterinarian and ower
of the New River Animal Hospital,
at Nimitz, andWendy Perrone, full-
time technician, a hawk was given
another chance at life.
"I really though that it was a
goner," Dr. Hyler-Both said of the
hawk that weighed just over a pound
when it was brought to her Animal.
Hospital by the Department of
Natural Resources on Jan. 4. The
bird had been shot in its right leg
and a close examination revealed
that this was the second time it had
been shot. Somehow it survived the
first shooting. With surgery and
proper care Dr. Hyler.Both believed
the hawk would live and fly again,
She went to work.
Repairing the leg was a delicate
operation and required the ampu-
tation of one claw. Its torn tendons
and ligaments were painstakingly
sewn together. When the job was
done the animal was turned over to
Wendy Perrone whose job was to
care for and feed the bird.
The animal "had the will to sur-
vive that was the most important
part," Perrone said. With careful
feeding and close observation, six
Weeks later the bird had doubledits
weight and wasready tobereleased.
Last week Dr. Hyler-Both, Ms.
Perrone and her husband Ron took
the hawk to an open field above
Brooks and after tying a 300 lb.
fishing line to a leather strap at-
tached to its leg, released the bird
for a test flight.
The bird opened its wings to its
full 4 and half foot wing spread and
climbed into the air. The flight was
short but successful. ROn pulled
the bird back in and released the
strap from its leg. The hawk climbed
into the air again landing in a tree
several yards away. "l hat s what
you do this for!" Dr. Hyler-Both
said as the bird took flight. "Fhat's
why you become a veterinarian. The
wild life is so special. It's giving
something back."
Dr. Hyler-Both said the unusual
thing about the incident was that
two hawks were brought to her at
about the same time. Both were
shot and the other hawk died, but
she was able to study it for the
operation that saved the other
hawks life.
Hawks have been known to kill
chickens for food but Wendy said
their diet is mostly small snakes
and rats.
~A study was done where a 1,000
hawks were killed and their stom-
ach examined," Ron said. Out of
The U. 8. Army Corps of Engi-
neers, Monday, will begin remov.
ing tons of wood piled debris accu-
mulated behind the Bluestone Dam
following Hurricane Huge.
With the aid of a crane at the top
of the dam officials hope to remove
at least 400 tons of the estimated
13,000 tonsofwoodymaterial, trash
and grabage that is jammedbehind
the structure. With only about
$20,000 available for the project
1,000 hawks they found chicken
remains in only three of them.
People are very ignorant about
shooting hawks.
ins
officials believe the funds will be
exhausted in two days,
The woody debris tbatis removed
will be placed in dump trucks and
hauled to a landfill site on federal
property near the Bluestone Lake.
All other debris will be removed to
an approved landfill.
Trash that is not removed will be
gradually passed through the dam
and released downstream.
Continued on page 8
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