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Letter To The Editor argue something that he doesn’t
Two Simple State
Laws That May
Save a Nation.
The Power of
Electoral Colleges
Dear Editor:
Amending current electoral
college laws to where the electoral
votes shall be allocated by
congressional districts, the states
would be copying electoral laws of
Maine and Nebraska. This law
would be a state law, not a Federal
Law.
Bottom-up fix is the only ASAP
way to fix Washington and stop the
polarization and
disenfranchisement in Virginia. It
would put a stop to the war on coal,
gun control laws and other
intrusions on civil rights of citizens.
There are over 200 congressional
electoral votes in cealproducing
states and those states that opposes ‘
President Obama’s "immigration '
plan. If Pennsylvania had changed
their Electoral College votes from
popular vote to be allocated by
congressional district in 2012,
President Obama would (may) have
lost the election. ~
If “JUST” the coal producing
states’ governors would ask their
state legislature to change the
electoral college votes to be allocated
by the congressional districts, it
would be aASAP way to take control
of Washington.
President Obama won the 2012
election by winning the popular vote
in just 14 counties in key states to
win all the electoral votes of those
states. If the electoral votes were
allocated by congressional districts,
President Obama would (may) have
lost the election. Winning those 14
counties is an example of a
Democracy. Electoral votes by
congressional districts is an example.
of a Republic form of government
whether it is a local, state, national,
or even in a simple church
organization. ‘
In addition, this electoral change
would put lobbyists, K Street, in
CHECK. It would bring a political
nightmare to the current‘campaign
financing. The elected politicians
would be more accountable for their
actions. Campaigning in just large
cities would come to an end.
Campaigning in the “whole state”
would be the new campaign strategy.
Fair and Balance reform would now
apply to all voters.
The second state law to consider
would be to create an IN-STATE
Electoral College where votes would
be allocated by House Delegates and
. Senatorial Districts. These electoral
votes will be used to elect the state
‘offices of Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, State Attorney General
and two U. S. Senators. If there is a
tie in the electoral votes the election
will be decided by popular vote.
Joseph H. McClung
Rich Creek, Virginia
Letter To The
Editor
What
Justice
Means to Me
Dear Editor:
A prosecutor is supposed to seek
justice, but what do we mean when
we say that? This is what I think.
Justice is fundamentally about
the truth. A prosecutor must never
believe. The first person he must
convince is himself. And when he is
convinced that he knows the truth,
he must have the courage to do what
the truth requires and the skill to
make the truth clear to others.
Justice is the same for everyone.
What someone did is the only thing
that matters, not who he knows or
who got hurt.
Justice, as punishment, is
supposed to fit the crime. That is
why it sometimes looks like mercy.
Sometimes what happened isn’t
quite what the law had in mind.
Then again, sometimes what
happened is exactly what the law
had in mind. That’s when the
hammer needs to fall.
Justice prevents crimes. People
respect and rightly fear the law
when they know that crime will lead
to punishment. True, we can’t catch
everyone. And some people just don’t
care. But a reasonable certainty of
punishment holds people
accountable and helps them obey the
law.
J usticew-huma-n (justices-isn’t
perfect. No matter how ‘hard We try, '
.we can’t always know'the truth. So. i
a prosecutor must be cautious and
deliberate. It is a serious thing to
take a person’s liberty.
Justice, despite our limitations, is
a duty. The power to do justice comes
from God, and He had good reasons
for giving us this responsibility. Most
crimes are also sins, and most
crimes hurt people. Aprosecutor has
an obligation before God and his
fellow man to see that people who
do wrong are punished.
That’s what justice means to me.
David E. Gilbert
Nimitz
Letter to the Editor
Not Authorized
Dear Editor,
On February 16 an obituary for
Charles David Dobbins was
published in the Hinton News that
was not authorized by me or the
selected funeral home that was in
charge of all‘his final arrangements.
David did not want any
announcement of his death or of his
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IN-TRANSIT FEEDING.
Reprint from The Train
Dispatcher by permission.
Nourishment in route was one of
the problems needing an answer for
the early American railroads. Some
passengers would come on board
with a wicker hamper packed with
their own lunch.
In Pennsylvania the engineer
would stop the train at intervals to
let the passengers cross the pasture
to an old inn, one that probably was
well known as a stagecoach stop.
Someone thought of providing
dinner stops at the major junctions.
These were known as “refreshment
saloons.” They were insurance
against starvation. The train would
stop, the door would open, and the
passengers would all rush out like
children out of school. They would
be served pies, cakes, pastries, hard-
boiled eggs, ham, custards and a
variety of goods. A bell would ring
to signal the train’s departure.
As soon as the railroads began to
use telegraphy, the in-transit
feeding was speeded up. The
conductor would walk through the
train before a scheduled stop and
count the passengers and
telegraphed ahead to the next stop
to warn the cooks. As a rule the
trains stopped for only ten or twenty
minutes, hardly time to eat a meal.
Sometimes the service was
maddeningly slow and the food too
hot. The meal stops were planned to
fit the schedule of the train and not
the regular meal times of the
passengers.
An unsatisfactory alternative of
this kind of service was to buy from
the “news butcher” a young man who
also sold postcards, salted nuts, and
glass lanterns filled with colored
candles. The news butcher first
appeared on the New England
railroads around 1850. He started
by selling magazines, papers and
tobaceo. They branched out in many
ways limited only by their own
imaginations.
Thomas Alva Edison was a news
butcher on the Grand Trunk
Railroad when he was twelve years
old. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote
about the peddler on the overland
route, and Horatio Alger made a
hero of a fictional news boy on the
Erie road.
Apply for New River
CTC Scholarships by
March 28
New River Community and
Technical College Foundation is now
accepting scholarship applications
from new and current student as
well as graduating high school
seniors through March 28.
The College‘s Foundation expects
to award more than $40,000 in
educational scholarships during the
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or academic achievement
requirements, while others are
based upon community service,
military service, leadership, or field
of study. An essay stating the
purpose for applying letters of
recommendation, and previous high
school or college transcripts are
required to apply.
For more information or to submit
afi‘l’k
an application, visit
www.newriver.edu/foundation-and-
alumni/foundation-scholarships.
Scholarship information also is
available at the Admissions Offices
and Student Success Centers at each
New River CTC Campus.
If you have any questions or
require assistance with the
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New RIver Community and‘
Technical College serves nine
counties in Southeastern West
Virginia from the Greenbrier Valley
Campus, ( Lewisburg), Mercer
County Campus (Princeton),
Nicholas County Campus
(Summersville), and Raleigh County
Campus (Beaver/Beckley).
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Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let’s love turbulence
and use it for change.
—Ramsey Clark
many accomplishments in life. He The normal static electricity shock that
zaps your finger when you
wanted a quiet, simple and touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 arid
30,000 volts.
uneventful passing.
Even though the Friends of the
lower Greenbrier River is an
honorable organization he did not
have any affiliation with them or
ever express any desire to have any
donations made to them in his name.
What David did for conservation was
done in his own loving way, reserved,
private and in an unpublicized
manner.
I do apologize to the public for any
confusion or inconvenience that this
unwarranted obituary has caused.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Ramona H. Dobbins
Executrix
Hinton
NARCONON
Narconon reminds families that
abuse of addictive pharmaceutical
drugs is on the rise. Learn to
recognize the signs of drug abuse
and get your loved ones help if the
are at risk. Call Narconon for a free
brochure on the signs of addiction
for all types of drugs. Narconon also
offers free screenings and referrals.
800-431-1754 or Prescription-
abuse.org.
MUSEUM CLOSED
The Hinton Railroad Museum at
206 Temple Street will be closed
until April 1, 2016. We want to thank
the citizens of HintOn and Summers
County for their support during the
past year, and look forward to 2016.
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It was just a matter of time before
someone would build a restaurant
car. In 1807 the Philadelphia,
Wilmington & Baltimore took a
chance on such an idea. They used
two cars divided to create a smoking
room and an eating bar with steam
table in each. They ran these for
three years and lost money on the
venture.
George Pullman, started the first
car where the food was actually
cooked on it, in the late 1860’s. He
also found the business unprofitable
and with his usual shrewdness
turned the business back into the
hands of the railroad.
From their simple beginnings
they went on to become quite plush
and served finger bowls with lemon
scented warm water. The Sante Fe
had a well stocked library car. The
King’s diner on the Panama Limited
had five luxury courses with wines
and liquors. The railroad car
provided food and comfort for
travelers for over one-hundred years
but never were known to make
money. ,
PSD MEETING'
The Meadow Creek Public
Service District meets the second
Tuesday of each month at the Green
Sulphur District Volunteer Fire
Department at 6 p.m. Meetings are
open to the public.
AL-ANON
Are you troubled by someone’s
drinking? Al-Anon Family Group
can help. To help them, you have to
help yourself first.
Meetings every Monday nights
7:00 p.m. behind the Child Advocacy
Center at 411 Temple Street. For
more information call: 466-2760.
NOTICE
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Wuminers- County Recycling
xiMetall Buy-Back'Program until
approximately April 1, 2016 or until
prices improve, whichever comes
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FRESH PECAN S 3.
Ascension EpiscOpal Church has g:
fresh pecans, harvested this fall.
Call Cleo Mathews at 304-466-1515
or Joyce Ritter at 304-466-1135.
NOTICE
Do your New Year’s Resolutions
include any of the following:
Exercise? Stop Smoking? Eat
Healthy, Lose Weight?
Good Luck! Sorry we can’t help
.you. But if your New Year’s
Resoluctions include: Find a
carreer? Get a High School
equivalency diploma? Go to college?
Improve you employment skills?
Then The Adult Education
program at the Summers County
Public Library can help you. Come
visit us at the 3rd floor of the library
or call Shalom or Evelyn at 304-466-
4490.
Main Street Care
Certified nursing assistant
applications being accepted
Now accepting private
pay and Medicaid
residents 3
A small nursing home located
on 3rd floor of summers
county hospital.
304-466-6090
LETTERS POLICY
Letters are welcome, but no more
than one letter each month will be
accepted from the same writer.
Preference will be given to letters of
300 words or less. Longer letters
may be shortened or rejected.
Letters must be signed and must
include an address and phone
number. The telephone number will
not be published. Letters by E-mail
will not be accepted unless followed
up with a signed letter.
Letters will be edited for grammar,
spelling, taste, syntax, and libel.
Names will not be withheld.
Address them to Letters to the
Editor, P. O. Box 1000, Hinton, WV
25951.
Summers County
Humane Society/
ACWP
is a non-profit group of local
volunteers that is here to help.
Do you need to have a pet
spayed or neutered or need
assistance with vaccinations?
Please call
855-WV4-PETS
and Leave a Message.
you have a litter of puppies
or a dog to ’turnln orhave seen
our Animal Control Officer 304—
466-4860. Have you witnessed
an animal emergency?
Please call 911.
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