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2 - Hinton Ne Tues. March 2. 1999
Letter to the Editor
HArCC Stalled by Gov. Snag
. .," : . _ _ which was in their possession. Just
l recenuy attenaed a meeting of sort of makes one wonder doesn't it
the Hinton Area Community Center. Just M O inion
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For those of you who don t know Shirle_" y Stone
about this group, let me enlighten Hinton
you. This group of volunteers have Ed Note: Hinton Mayor
taken on the monumental task of James A, Leslie called the news
trying to open a place where the office Monday night, Feb. ,
children and adults of the Summers without any knowledge of the
County area can go to enjoy some above letter, but in response to
'wholesome entertainment and a
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chance to mix and mingle with their
peers in a tobacco, alcohol and drug
free environment. They have plans
for schools aimed at job training, to
open classrooms in their building.
Some of these programs are
absolutely free and some even pay
you to attend.
Well enough of touting their
praises, that is not the reason for
this letter. In their efforts to provide
this place for the people, they
approached Sen. Anderson about the
possibility of some grant money to
offset the costs of renovating the
building for which they had acquired
a lease. Sen. Anderson secured the
grant moneys and all was looking up
for the people of Hinton and
Summers County. This group,
having worked with the Summers
County Commission on other
projects, like the annual West
Virginia Days Celebration, asked
the Commission to forward a letter
to the Gqvernors office in support of
this project and agreeing to act as
the governmental agency by which
the grant money would be
distributed, which they gladly
agreed to do, To this point,
everything is going along as planned
for opening the community center.
Then comes, the snag, it seems
that in July, 1998, according to the
office in Charleston who is
responsible for sending out the
paper work for such grants
mistakenly sends said paper work
to the City of Hinton, without the
knowledge of this group. After
waiting a reasonable amount of
time, and having received none of
the expected paper work, the
Community Center makes
numerous phone calls (you know
how phone tag can be). They are
informed that the grant application
had been mailed. Great they think,
a letter sent to him earl/st by me
as Treasure of the Hinton Area
Community Center, Inc. In my
letter I questioned the
unreasonable time delay after
being told by the Charleston
office that the application was
sent to the City in July. Leslie
assured me that he did not
receive any correspondence
from Charleston in July
concerning this, or any other,
grant. According to Leslie he
talked with representatives in
Chariest.on in December and
they maintain that the
Community Center's grant
application, along with other
grant applications for the City,
were sent to him in July but had
not been returned to their office
for processing. He said, he told
them he did not receive any of
them and had them fax the
applications to his office. Those
for the City of Hinton were
completed and returned to
Charleston and the one for the
Community Center was
forwarded to me on Feb. 1.
Letter to the Editor
Looking for Yancey
Dear Editor,
I am looking for a Charles
Edward Yancey who may live in
Hinton or in a nearby town.
Although I do not know much
information, I do know that he was
married to a Kathy Petty and had
two sons, Ricky and Justin. Charles
would be in his 60's now. If you have
any information that may be helpful,
please contact me at the below
listings:
Any information that you may
have would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
and they wait some more. Still not Sincerely,
." " ..... at the Brandi Wallace
' "' ictlnn tt¢ Z DOX li,J
b, made, the ( " y
is finally informed that the grant
had been inadvertently mailed to the
City of Hinton. It is now late
January and the grant has been
sitting at City Hall for almost seven
m 0v the. The apilidation was finally
forward to the Community Center
on February 1, 1999. Stop by their
secretary's place at 212 Temple, you
may find their correspondence files
interesting.
Doesn't it make you wonder just
how much City Government really
cares about you, the people
I for one have really been looking
forward to the opening of the
Community Center, we really have
no place where the young and young
at heart can go where you can shoot
a game of pool, play a game of
checkers, throw a few darts, play a
video game or two, or just have a cup
of coffee or a cold drink and enjoy
some good old fashioned
conversation. I enjoy pool, but since
I'm not a drinker, it has left me no
place in Hinton to go if I want to
relax playing a game or two.
I was beginning to get a little
upset at the amount of time it has
taken to open the doors, then came
the.knowledge of the City of Hinton'a
actions (dumb, underhanded
tricks?)• Or is it just the Mayor? It
seems that' no one else in city
government even knew almut the
existence of the grant application
bkwal11998_1998@yahoo.corn
SCHOOL MENUS
Week of March 10th. thru 16th.
BREAKFAST
Wed. Mar. 10th. Honey Nut
Cheerios, Cinnamon Apple donut,
100% apple juice, milk.
Thurs. Mar. 11th. Pop Tarts,
cereal, 100% grape juice, milk.
FrL Mar. 12th. Berry Berry Kix,
Cinnamon roll, 100% juice, milk.
Men. Mar. 15tk Cheese toast,
hash brown, 100% apple juice, milk.
Tues. Mar. 16th. Breakfast
burrito, salsa, choice cereal, 100%
orange juice, milk.
SMS AND SCHS WILL HAVE
SALAD BARS ON WED.
LUNCH
Wed. Mar. 10th.Spaghetti/meat
sauce, hot roll/honey, toss salad/
crackers, fat-free dressing, mix fruit,
milk.
Thurs. Mar. llth. Brown beans,
chicken nuggets, cornbread, kale,
apple, milk.
Fri. Mar. 12th. Thick hot
vegetable soup w/crackers, peanut
butter & jelly sandwich, orange,
milk.
Men. Mar. 15th. Baked ham,
green sweet peas, mashed potatoes.
hot roll, coconut cookie, apple, milk.
Tues. Mar. 16th. Chicken
sandwich w/trimmings, french fries,
rotini salad w/crackers, oatmeal and
raisin cookie, banana, milk
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RAILROAD
.......... ,; 00RECOLLECTIOHS
would only go to Kanawha Falls that compared with the meanest of all very elegant young gentlemen, with
night and that another, faster train
would leave Charleston at 6 p. m.
and get to Kanawha Falls at 8 p. m.
So, we decided to stop at Charleston
until 6 p. m. and see the "Capital
City" and then go to the Falls on the
6 p. m. train.
We crossed the Kanawha River by
ferry to Charleston, and dined at the
"Hale House" - a pretentious hotel
with more "frills" than "grub" and
as the streets were so awful muddy
that they wouldn't let us have a
carriage to ride about in, we walked
on the driest sidewalks, and saw the
rude brick barn that is dignified by
being called the "Capital" - and saw
the hand full of stores and houses
states - West Virginia. We speak of
that we do know, and testify to that
we have seen. We left there at 6 p.
m. and reached Kanawha Falls at 8
p.m.
Had a dramatic experience
crossing the Kanawha River below
the Falls in a skiff that night, by
moonlight - to an old house on the
opposite shore, where we were to
remain Sunday. Such a wild, weird
place - and such precipitous,
tremendous cliffs and wild scenery.
Two gentleman with us were ex-
Confederate officers: Major Stratton
and Captain Rand. Major Stratton
was a very pleasant kind fellow,
500 Juniors Attend WVEA's "Know
Your State Government Day"
The 49th. annual "Known Your
State Government Day" was held on
Feb. 8th. at 1:00 p. m. at the
Cultural Center.
Over 500 high school juniors and
foreign exchange students from
across the state were invited to
participate in the program featuring
members of West Virginia's Board of
Public Works, Secretaries and
division directors.
Government officials
participating in the program
include: Congressman Robert E.
Wise, Jr., U. S. House of
Representatives; The Honorable
Cecil H. Underwood, Governor of
West Virginia; Samuel G. Bonasso,
P. E., Cabinet Secretary Dept. of
Transportation; Robin C. Capehart,
Secretary Dept. of Tax & Revenue;
Otis G. Cox, Jr., Cabinet Military
Affairs & Public Safety; Gus R.
Douglass, Commissioner of
Agriculture; Joseph T. Deneault,
State Highway Engineer, Dept. of
Dalton, Chapmanvil!e High, Logan
County; Josh Grim, Valley High
School; Wetzel County; Kelli Hall,
Valley High School, Fayette County;
Amanda England, Braxton
County High School, Braxton
County; Pinaki Santra, Randolph
County High School, Randolph
County; Lee Bose, Nicholas County
High School, Nicholas County;
Ingrid Magean, University High
School, Monongalia County; Marcus
Jordan, North Marion High School,
Lincoln County; Ree Moore,
Jefferson High School, Jefferson
County; Tony Castillo, Weir High
School, Hancock County; John Luke,
Martinsburg High School, Berkeley
County; Manessa Young,
Williamstown High School, Wood
County; Adam Lehotay, George
Washington High, Kanawha
County; Allison Spadaro, Princeton
Senior High, Mercer County; and
Jessica Huff, Tolsia High School,
Wayne County.
a mustache a la Napoleon III, waxed
out fully five inches straight on each
side. Here, at the house where we
stopped, Capt. Rand surrendered at
the close of the war. Gen. Cox was
there entrenched and Rebel Gem
Floyd came up on the heights
opposite (Major Stratton was then
with Floyd) - and an artillery fight
ensued.
That was early in the war.
Will detail our romantic stay
there, verbally, hereafter. One
incident now. Sunday evening as I
was looking around the Falls, one of
the Negroes came to me and
inquired ifI was the gentleman from
Bangor, Maine.
'/es."
There was a man there - shot -
who had lived there and wanted to
see me. What now, I couldn't
imagine. Klu-Klux. etc.? I went with
the Negro to a room in another part
of the great straggling old house,
and found a man laying on the bed
there with his leg outstretched -
bandaged - a bullet hole through it
below the knee. His face showed he
had suffered much. Evidently a
gentleman. He said his name was
McHenry and when on the Coast
Surwey before the war, he had been
in Bangor frequently. He had been
in the Southern Army through the
war. He belonged in Baltimore. He
was engaged in constructing the C.
& O. R.R. and on Jan. 2 was shot
deliberately with a rifle by one of the
laborers, who had taken offense at
him. His wound doesn't heal, and
seems to be a serious one.
A Mr. Piatt, there, a raih'oad
contractor, showed me where a
bullet had been shot into his arm,
and another into his chest - and an
ax-clip on his head.
Oh, this is a sweet country to live
in down here.
Continued next week
COMMUNITY CENTER
The Hinton Area Cc:dmunity
Center's Board of Directo]s meet or
.the second Tuesday of every month
at 6:30 p. m. at King's Restaurart
212 Temple Street.
The meetings are open to the
public•
COl AVt & I"IDOLJ fir.
HINTON, WVm, PHON 44m-|lPl
Mark
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Vaccine Approved for
Lyme Disease
Lyme disease was first reported
in the US in i976 in children who
lived in Lyme. Connecticut. This
disease, which has been reported
more recently in more than 40
states, occurs as the result of an
infection caused by an organism
transmitted to humans by a tick.
The tick bite causes an area of
redness which is often followed by
flu-like symptoms (e.g., chills, fe-
ver. lethargy). Complaints of head-
ache and neck pain may indicate
that the infection has reached the
nervous system. A type of arthritis
called "'Lvme arthritis" can occur.
While the infection sometimes re-
sponds to antibiotics, prevention is
preferred to treatment.
In December. 1998. the US Food
and Drug Administration approved
the first vaccine in the US t0r lhe
prevention of Lvme disease. The
vaccine is called LYMErix. Clini-
cal trials involving almost 11.000
ersons showed that the new vac-
cine protects 75 to 100 percent of
those who receive it. The vaccine
s recommended for those who
live. ork. or vacation in wooded
or grass}' areas of the US where
carrier ticks reside (e.g.. North-
east. upper Midwest. and the Pa-
cific Northwest). Because the vac-
cine is not full) protective, insect
repellent and appropriate clothing
(long pants and long-sleeved shirts)
are also recommended.
OPEN DALLY
Serving full breakfast, including homemade
waffles & omlets from 6 to 11 am.
I.'[ Open dally from 6 am to 7 pm
466-1700
Men., Quarter Pounder Hamburger (evehing) .................. $!.25 '¢J
r 5 ues-, BBQ (ovorything, ....................................... $1229 N
Wed., Hamburger (everything) .................................. .. 99€ N
Turs., Ham & Cheese (ovorythincj, .............................. $1.29
rl., Hoagle ............................................ $2.25
HOME OF THOSE DELICIOUS HOT DOGS!
ll00IY CUI:I:N
Michael R. Lilly Jr. has been
promoted in the U. S. Air Force to
the rank of staff sergeant.
Lilly is a satellite systems
technician assigned to the 301st
Intelligence Squadron at Misawa Air
Base, Japan.
The sergeant is the son of Michael
R Lilly of Cool Ridge, and Belva G.
Adkins of 303 Country Club Drive,
Beaver.
His wife. Alicia, is the daughter
of Gerald D. Johnson of Jumping
Branch.
He is a 1991 graduate of Shady
Spring High School.
NEED GLASSES
The Hinton lAons Club is in need
of used eye glasses.
I fyou have any please drop ell'at
Briers, Don Sport Sbep. ot "( ",m "ry "s
Used C-u" la)t.
ON THE HINTON BY-PASS
Servicemen In The
News
Matt Durnan, Carolyn Huffman,
Niki Jackson, Kristin Milburn, D. F.
Mock, and Tom Fitzsimmons-
sponsor.
LETTERS POLICY
Letters are welcome, but no more
than one letter each month will be
aocepted from the same writer. Pref-
erence will be given to lettera of 300
words or leu. Lomger letters may be
shortened or rejeotecL Letters must
be signed and must ilude an ad,
dress and phone number. The tele-
phone number will not be publ/shed.
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, Hinten, WV
25951.
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-FREE SEMINAR-
TUESDAY, MARCH 2
6:00- 8:00 P.M.
Summers County Memorial Building
Would you like to:
1. help plan for improvements to Summers County's
school buildings?
2. see proposed plans for our school buildings for
the next 10 years?
3. have input into what happens with our school
facilities during the next 10 years?
4. see a careful evaluation of the condition of our
current school buildings?
ff you would fike to participate in this process the Summers
County Board of Education invites you to a public forum for
developing the Comprehensive Educational Facilities Plan for
the decade starting in the year 2000.
The Public Forum for "CEFP 2000" will be
held at Summers County High School
Auditorium 6:30 p. m.
March 2, 1999
Please attend!
Education & the Arts; Darrell V.
McGraw, Attorney General; Joseph
F. Markus, Cabinet Secretary Dept.
of Administration; Michael P. Miano,
Commissioner Bureau of
Environment; Robert A. Reintsema,
Commissioner Bureau of Commerce;
William F. Vieweg, Commissioner
Bureau of Employment Programs;
Jerry Simpson, Assistant Treasurer.
High school juniors chosen as
student panelist include: Derek
A reception was held immediately
Highways; David W. Forinash, . " 2 30 m to
DeputySe00etaPyDept.ofHeal00m ° L r :" iI
tll, Dtate Auaor" ken recn,f. ,___ '=: :n attendance • , ' [ [II
LeDstaor were also •
Secretary of State; David Ice, 'ISt a Sm
Cabinet Secretary Dept. of Local students who attended
were: Summers County High School, aft