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REACHH—Family Resource
Center will be hosting the 4th
Annual "Dam Run" SK Run/Walk
and Kids Fun Race at Bellepoint
Park in Hinton on Saturday, April
2.
The race will begin at 9:00 am,
registration begins at 8:00 am. The
5k is one of several events planned
to commemorate Child Abuse
Prevention Month. All proceeds will
go to support REACHH-FRC's goal
of preventing child abuse and
supporting families and children in
Summers County.
Registration for the race is $20
in advance, $25 on the day of the
race.
Registration forms are available
at REACHH (411 Temple Street in
Hinton), by calling 304-466-2226 or
by visiting our website at
www.reachhfrc.org.
REACHH is a community based
and family centered multi-purpose
agency whose mission is to assist,
support, protect and empower
children and families to achieve
their fullest potential.
A prevention focus is evident in
the various programs and services
we provide.
In addition to child abuse
prevention activities, REACHH
provides: Parents as Teachers, Birth
to Three, After School Program,
summer programs, Child Advocacy
Center, forensic interviewing,
therapy, truancy diversion and
many other community based
Conservation Stewardship Program Sign-ups '
programs. REACHH Executive
Director, Beth Sizemore said that
the agency "strives to collaborate
‘with community groups, area
schools, law enforcement, faith
based organizations, local
government, and community
members to maximize the limited
resources available.
By working together, we can
stretch our resources to effectively
serve more people and build a
healthier, stronger Summers
County."
REACHH was founded in 1989 as
a domestic violence program and has
since grown into the multi-purpose
Starting Points Center that serves
Summer County.
REACHH is the Child Advocacy
Center for Summers County,
providing forensic interviewing,
family support, advocacy, counseling
and case management for children
who have been sexually and
physically abused.
Emily Chittenden Laird, the
Executive Director of WV CAN
(West Virginia Child Advocacy
Network) stated that "Child
advocacy centers are fundamentally
changing the way communities
respond to child abuse.
When a child makes an outcry,
they deserve to be listened to an
heard.
They. deserve a thorough
investigation with integrity. And
they deserve a chance to heal.
CACs all across West Virginia are
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Home of _“W. Va. Water Festival”
Hinton, West Virginia Tuesday March 1, 2016
" Dam Run" 5 K
making sure children have a voice
and hope every day."
Several area "partners" have
already signed on as sponsors for
this year's 5k event. Ms. Sizemore ‘
expressed her thanks to the local V.
businesses that have sponsored the
5k by saying "Without the financial
support of our local businesses, we
couldn't continue to provide these
critical services to the children of
Summers County.
They are true heroes." Supporters
include: Concord University,
Lindsey Optical, Family Options
Providers, WV Pipeline Inc.,
Brayman Construction, First
Century Bank, Dermatology
Centers, and Mann & Mann,
Attorneys at Law.
If you are interested in
sponsoring the 4th Annual Dam
Run and supporting children in your
community, please call REACHH at
304-466-2226.
Runners and walkers of all ages
can register by calling REACHH at
304-466-2226.
If you have any questions about
REACHH or the 5K please feel free
to call or email Beth Sizemore at
bethboydsizemoregmail.com.
The entry fee is $20 before April
2 and $25 on Race Day. Registration
fees include a race t-shirt and
refreshments.
Awards will beigiven‘to the top
three finishers overall and the
winners of each age group. We hope
to see you there!
Open Producers to submit initial application
USDA's Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS)
recently announced this year‘s
deadline for producer applications
for the Conservation Stewardship
Program (CSP) is March 31.
March 31 is also the deadline by
which initial applications are needed
from farmers with expiring 2012-
2016 contracts if they want to renew
them for another five years. Some
12 million acres already in the
program are eligible for renewal this
year.
"CSP is a continuous sign-up
program, and producers can apply
to enroll at any time of the year,"
said Traci Bruckner, Senior Policy
Associate for Agriculture and
Conservation at the Center for Rural
Affairs. "NRCS applies a cut-off date
for applications to be considered
during a particular fiscal year. Once
the cut-off date is past, producers
may continue to apply, but they will
not be considered for entry until the
spring of the following year. To enroll
in 2016, you must file your
by March 31
application by March 31."
The Conservation Stewardship
Program is a voluntary stewardship
incentives program administered
by NRCS. It rewards farmers,
ranchers, and foresters for
maintaining existing conservation
and for adopting additional
measures that run beyond the farm
or ranch.
CSP pays producers for clean
water, better soil management,
improved habitat, energy efficiency,
and other natural resource benefits.
Since the program began in 2009,
nearly 70 million acres of farm and
ranch land have been enrolled in
the program.
To sign up, farmers and ranchers
should visit their NRCS local
service center and submit their
basic application form by the March
31 deadline.
"Once a farmer or rancher's
initial application is accepted by
NRCS, they are then scored based
on current and planned future
conservation activities," added
Bruckner. "If applicants meet
acceptable conservation levels, they
become eligible to compete in a
ranking process that determines
who will receive contracts. NRCS
works down through the list of
eligible applicants until acreage
allocated to the particular state for
that particular year runs out."
2012 Contracts Up for Renewal
March 31 is also the deadline for
CSP contract holders who enrolled
in 2012 to renew. CSP contracts last
for five years and can be renewed
for an additional five years,
extending and building upon their
previous conservation efforts and
current level of stewardship.
Existing CSP contracts enrolled
in 2012 will expire later this year if
they are not renewed by March 31.
Producers should act now to ensure
a seamless transition into another
five-year contract and avoid any
lapse in payments.
Approximately 12 million acres
and 8,000 contracts are up for
renewal this year.
Emily Straub-Deck Graduates
From Berea College
Emily Straub-Deck of Hinton,
West Virginia received a bachelor's
degree with a major in Women's and
Gender Studies at the Mid-Year
Recognition Service on Sunday,
December 13, at 3 p.m. at Berea
College.
The Mid-Year Recognition
speaker was Berea College alumnus
R. Elton White, who served as
President and Director of the NCR
Corporation, where he was
employed for 27 years.
In his over 40 years of work
experience, he has served the boards
of Kohl's Corporation, Keithley
Instruments Corporation, Verifone
Corporation, Conner Periperals,
Flowserve Corporation, and Duriron
Corporation.
Mr. White was also a founding
member of the J STOR Board, which
was thefirst organization to digitize
scholarlyjournals for colleges and
universities for online accessibility.
Currently, Mr. White is a board
member for the Gulf Coast
Community Foundation, where he
serves as the Chair for the
Investment Committee and helps to
manage the organization's $250
million in assets. ,
Each year the foundation
provides over $20 million of support
to local communities in need.
Additionally, he works with over 30
non-profit organizations, serving as
a project leader in providing support
and important educational
opportunities for children who are
homeless. Mr. White is the recipient
of the Distinguished Alumnus
Award from Berea College, and he
has been inducted into the College
of Business and Economics Hall of
Fame at the University of Kentucky.
Last year he and his wife Gordie
were honored with the 2015
Salvation Army Schoenbaum
Humanitarian Award.
Mr. White, who is from Gary, West
Virginia, graduated from Berea
College in 1965 and went on to earn
an MBA from University of
Kentucky. He served on the Board
of Trustees for 18 years and as the
Board Chair for five years, and after
concluding his service, was named
an Honorary Trustee.
About Berea College Berea, the
first. interracial and coeducational
college in the South, focuses on
learning, labor, and service.
Supported by Berea's No-Tuition
Promise, Berea College admits only
academically promising students
with limited economic resources,
primarily from Appalachia.
All students must work 10 hours
or more weekly, earning money for
books, room and board. The College's
motto "God has made of one blood
all peoples of the earth," speaks to
its inclusive character, and the
quality of its programs ensures that
graduates from Berea go on to
distinguish themselves and the
College in many fields.
Your work continues here in your
house. Your comments to me over
the past few days reflect the same
frustrations that I feel during this
time in our session.
Things do slow down at this point
because most of the bills we deal
with have a cost associated with
them. We must wait for the Finance
Committee to get the numbers
sorted out to see if we can advance
legislation to the final stage in the
house.
One issue that requires input
from the Finance Committee is the
PEIA funding problem coming up in
July 2016. I have been told that we
have a solution in place on the House
side.
However, because we must
reconcile our budget bill with the
Senate budget bill and then submit
it to Governor Tomblin for his
consideration that nothing should be
said about that solution
prematurely.
Several bills were passed out of
the House and forwarded to the
Senate for their consideration this“
Week. House Bill 2122, sponsored by
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50 .Cents
In The House
Your State, Your District,
Delegate Ambler, will make it illegal
to photograph a human corpse.
This bill was as a result of an
event in Greenbrier County. House
Bill 4013, requiring a photo ID in
order to vote, was passed with
bipartisan support.
The bill addresses the procedure
to be followed if the voter has no ID
to ensure that persons vote does
count.
The House Education Committee
passed HB 4014 out to the floor of
the House for consideration.
This bill when enacted into law
codifies the repeal of Common Core
that happened in December 2015.
The repeal that has taken place will
have minimal effect on students and
educators in the way their education
is delivered.
The bill also replaces the Smarter
Balanced Assessment that has been
so controversial among educators
and parents.
The bill opens the way for the
ACT test or some variation of it to
be administered in its place. As you
may recall I had sponsored a bill to
use the ACT test in place of-Smarter
Balanced Assessment.
The Education Committee
simply put my bill in HB4014.
Further, my calendar bill, HB417‘1
was passed out of committee. This
bill says that school can start no
earlier than the] 5th of August and
; that school must be dismissed bythe
1 5th
of June. This was a
p.,
compromise from my original bill
but at least it sets a window for the
school year and allows use of 8 days
of accrued time to be used.
These two bills must now proceed
through the House and Senate then
on to the governor for approval.
It was our pleasure to have
several visitors from Monroe County
here in the House this week as well.
Monroe County 4H Champions and
their coaches were here this week
as well.
Extension agents Don Dransfield,
Brian Wickline and Allison
Tomlinson accompanied them. The
Shotgun team (Logan Sharp, Brok
Ratliff, Bret Ridgeway and Lucas,
Skinner), the Beef Quiz Bowl Team
(Layla Pence, A.J. Chernowskus,
Emma Ballard, Lauren Ballard,
Sarah McClure and Cameron
Wickline), and the Lego~Robotics
team (lan Jackson, Luke Jackson,
Owen Jackson, Bryce Sabol, Shawna
Sabol, Cade McMunigal, Riley
Sparks and Lane Skinner. Also
accompanying this group were their
coaches; Candy Sabol, Callie
McMunigal, Joe Jackson, Johna
Jackson as well as Mayor Caroline
Sparks.
We have now been in session for
about 38 days and there is much
work yet to be done. ‘As always I
welcome calls and Emails here and
would remind you that my phone is
304-340-3119 and that my Email is
roy.cooper@wvhouse.gov.
Area Student Named to Dean's List 0
at West Virginia Wesleyan College
Summers County area student
was named to the Dean's List at
West Virginia Wesleyan College for
the 2015 fall semester.
Wesleyan's Dean's List requires
students to earn a grade point
average of 3.5 3.9 in 12 or more
The following article was taken
from The History of Summers
County West Virginia 1984 on page
115 and 116.
Mount Olivet Church and Camp.
Mount Olivet Church and Camp,
on Madams Creek, 2 1/2 miles west
of Hinton, has a history of 70 years.
Rev. and Mrs. John W. Harris,
founders, came to Summers County
from Ohio in 1913. Rev. Harris' first
services in the county were‘ held in
the Courthouse.
Tent meetings followed on
Madams Creek, at Jumping Branch,
Pluto and in nearby counties.
Continuing evangelism in tents,
schoolhouses, churches, and homes
developed into a pastoral circuit (in
semester hours.
Underclassman receiving
academic recognitions were Haley
Chambers of Jumping Branch.
Founded in 1890, West Virginia
Wesleyan is a private residential
college located in Buckhannon.
‘Mount Olive Church and Cam
This week's Summers County Church is from 1916, submitted by Donna
Brewster with photo by Vicky Maddy.
early Methodist tradition) serving
three new church congregations:
Madams Creek, Alderson, and
Mount Hope.
Permanent construction of Mount
Olivet Church began in October
1916, with $11, donated land and
materials, volunteer labor and cash
offerings.
Thomas R. Bennett, a charter
member, had a large chestnut tree
sawed into lumber for his new home,
then donated it to the church.
The one tree sufficed to build the
church, dedicated debt-free April 8,
1917.
Mount Olivet Camp, founded in
August 1916, has served the
community for 68 years. In early
The college offers 49 majors and
graduate programs in athletic
training, business, education,
English and nursing.
Thirteen Wesleyan students have
been selected as US. Department of
State Fulbright Scholars.
I'OWI'I
years, families stayed in small tents,
with larger tents for meals,
evangelistic and youth meetings.
More land was acquired (1927-
1947) and buildings addedz' camp
meeting tabernacle, dormitories, '
kitchen buildings. Campers and
community enjoyed baked bread in
the large wood-fired brick (or
"Dutch-oven") bakery. '
A concrete—block dining hall was
constructed in 1969; the church was
extensively remodeled in 1976.
After the founder retired, pastoral
and camp leadership was provided
by Dwight E. Harris (1957-1970).
Floyd C. Meadows (1970—75),
Clarence E. Ratcliff (1975-present).
Submitted by Rev. C. E, Radcliff.