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Letter to the Editor
Abortion Definitely
Is Murder
Dear Editor:
I would like to say =thank you" to
Perry Mann for giving me the best
laugh I have had this long, hard
winter. I wonder if Mr. Mann has
considered writing fictional comedy?
He certainly has the talent as
demonstrated in his letter on March
4, "Killing is not Murder."
Statistics are that one out of every
three women have had an abortion.
It is likely that everyone reading this
letter has been touched either
directly or indirectly by abortion.
Many of these abortions have been
done out of ignorance because we
have bought into the lies: it's a fetus,
not a baby-- it's legal so it's not
wrong-- it's the woman's right to kill
her baby-- killing is not murder, and
the asinine reasoning continues.
When one kills defending life,
liberty, and country it is to be
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clear, precise thought process.
Furthermore, there is no reason
whatsoever for any child in America
to go hungry.
Anyway, thanks for the laugh.
Janet M. Thompson
Wayside
NAMI
SUPPORT
GROUP
MEETING
The National Alliance for the
Mentally Ill (NAMI) New River/
Greenbrier Valley will hold a public
meeting on March 18, at 7pro at the
Hinton Wellness Center. Come
prepared with your questions,
concerns and issues in dealing with
mental health issues for your family.
This meeting is open to the public
and is FREE. A new film, "Day for
Night - Recognizing Teenage
Depression" will be shown. This
film offers an in-depth look at the
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is more innocent than the unborn
child?
FAC Fetus is a Latin word when
translated into English means baby.
Why use the dead language of Latin
when we haveour modern-day
language of English? I gave birth
three times and I never had anyone
ask me how my fetus was; nor did
my doctor ever ask about the health
of my fetus. Elementary science
explains how life begins. Without the
meeting of our father's sperm and
mother's egg none of us would be
walking around today. Our lives
began at conception and no
intelligent person can dispute that
fact.
Mr. Mann says the God of the Old
Testament might side with the fetus
but the Father of Jesus would side
with the mother. The God of the Old
Testament is the God of the New
Testament and Jesus was with God
from eternity past and will be
through eternity future. Yes, God is
love and God does forgive.
Mr. Mann's statement that 35,000
children in the world die daily from
malnutrition is questionable. Even
if true, how does that justify our
aborting 40-42 million babies in
America in the last 30 years? His
rationale does not appear to be a
teenagers' families and friends as
well as interviews with health
professionals. NAMI's goal is to
provide education, support and hope
to teens suffering from this
debilitating, yet very treatable
disease. For more information on
NAMI activities, contact Carol
Jones, 445-7608 or Joyce Bolt, 536-
1623. Email: coatsRus@inetone.net
Offered Internship
Placement
Summers Co. High School
ProStart-Culinary program is proud
to announce Mr. Craig Lilly, a 2001
graduate and currently a Johnson
and Wales University culinary
student at Charleston, S.C. has been
offered an internship placement at
Emeril's new restaurant in Orlando,
Fla.
Craig will work for 3 months at
Emeril's before returning to Johnson
and Wales at the Providence, Rhode
Island campus to complete his
bachelors program.
Craig is one of three Summers Co.
graduates presently at Johnson and
Wales and three students studying
culinary at Mountain State
University.
Craig is the son of Mr. Ran Lilly
of Hinton and Threase Camara
Riggs of Orlando, Fla. Grandparents
of Hinton are Jack and Janice Lilly
and Jean Camara Bolinger of
Pipestem and the late P.B. Camara
MD. of Hinton.
Congratulations Craig !!
KINDERGARTEN PRE-
ENRONT
Parents of children who will be
attending Kindergarten at Talcott in
2003-2004 please call the school at
466-6029 so we can get an estimated
number enrolling. Thank You.
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 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.
, St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Annum Baked
Potato S al €
Friday, March 14, moo a.m. to 2.'oop.m.
Chili, Broccoli, Sour Cream,
heese and Butter & Drink $5 .00
Call466-3966 by to a.m. for delivery
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By Roy C. Long
BIG BEND AND LITTLE BEND
TUNNELS:
In March of 1930 a survey was
started at Big bend Tunnel by the
C&O to determine what course of
action should be taken to eliminate
the single track through Big Bend
Tunnel. Freight business had
increased pulling longer coal trains.
Additional passenger trains were
being planned and trains were being
delayed entirely too much because
of the single track.
When the engineers completed
their work, it was decided by the C.
& O. officials to drill a second tunnel
parallel to the existing one instead
of enlarging it to accommodate
double track. Although this tunnel
was known as Big Bend Tunnel its
name was really Great Bend Tunnel
as this is over the archway to the
west portal. Great Bend Tunnel was
begun early 1870 and completed in
1872 requiring two and one-half
years to finish.
During earlier years, Big Bend
Tunnel presented a serious
operating obstacle to the railway.
Noxious gases would gather in the
tunnel and in order to overcome this,
powerful ventilating fans were
installed at the east and run by
steam power to force a draft of
circulating fresh air. Several years
later this method ws eliminated and
the latest type of ventilating fans,
all electrically driven, were installed
at the west portal. They operated
only as a train passed through and
blew the smoke and enhaust gases
through ahead of the train.
Construction on the new tunnel
was begun in September 1930 by
contractors, Haley, Chisholm and
Morris Company of Charlottesville,
VA. C. B. Porter was resident
engineer for the railway company
under the supervision of Mr. E. O.
Rice, district engineer, of Clifton
Forge, VA. About the same time the
new tunnel was being bored at Big
Bend, Hinton's own J.D. Ferguson
was located on the job at Alleghany,
VA.; while forces drilled a new
tunnel parallel to Alleghany Tunnel.
During construction of the new
Big Bend Tunnel, approximately 120
men were employed. It was
estimated that more than 400,000
cubic feet of dirt and rocks were
removed from the tunnel including
the outside work.
In addition to the tunnel work,
extension improvements were made
at the east end as an embankment
alighment change was made
extending from the passenger depot
at Talcott to the tunnel which was
used for the main line. By doing this,
a long curve was eliminated.
State Route 3 through Talcott in
1930 was only a dream in the
planning stage. The only road
through Talcott from H'inton was a
county road, the present
Willowwood Road. Just east of the
golf course the county road veered
to the left up to the railroad tracks
and over Little Bend Tunnel. It went
on past Hilldale telegraph office
where E. B. Huston and V. A.
Meador worked and on past the
school house to the fan house at the
west end Big Bend Tunnel. It crossed
over Big Bend Mountain past the
John Huston Home to a point up
Hungarts Creek where a bridge took
it over the little creek. It then
followed the Creek under the
railroad trestle and again followed
the Greenbrier River to the west end
of Talcott near the cemetery where
a crossing at grade was and still is
located.
In addition to aligning the tracks
at the east end of Big Bend Tunnel,
the railway company wanted to put
Pinecrest Family
Council Forming a d°uble track det°ur ar°unclw
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in an under-lass and closethe road
crossing at grade. This would have
put a hardship on the citizens of
Talcott and it was not permitted by
the County Court. Instead, a
crossing at grade was put in where
the county road originally passed
under the railroad trestle at
Hungarts Creek. This crossing was
eliminated after Route 3 was
constructed.
When the old tunnel was
completed in 1872, as most of the
work was done by hand, it required
two and one-half years to complete
despite the fact excavating was
directed from six separate headings.
With modern equipment, consisting
of compressed air drills, the new
tunnel was completed in a year and
one-half with work being directed
from only two headings. The big
"holing through" day of the
$2,000,000. project came at 3:15
p.m., Monday, March 28, 1932 when
the last "shot' of dynamite was set
off to remove the last barrier of
"mother earty so daylight could be
seen from one end to the other. Prior
to putting off this last shot, in order
to prove the accuracy of the
engineering, a drill was put on one
side of the tunnel and when it drilled
through it came out exactly on the
mark on the opposite side. Elevation
at the east end was nine feet higher
than the west end. By the time the
last dynamite charge was put off,
more than three quarters of the
tunnel had already been lined with
concrete. By October 1932, the
concrete lining was complete, new
rail laid and the tunnel placed in
operation.
In April 1933 Holey, Chisholm
and Morris.Contractors began the
task of enlarging Little Bend Tunnel
in order to provide clearance for the
latest locomotives and equipment.
Little Bend Tunnel was first
constructed for single track in 1872
and was enlarged to a double track
tunnel in 1895. The $350,000,
project employed 70 men who built
By C.Olr dns
Federal guidelines $483.15(c)
states that family members of
,patients who live in a long-term care
facility may organize and participate
in meetings of mutual support.
Family members Of patients at
Pinecrest Hospital are forming a
Family Council to meet monthly for
open forum sessions.
The goal of the Family Council is
to provide the opportunity for family
members to voice concerns and
facilitate honest feedback for the
continuous improvement and
quality of life efforts for family
members who live in the facility. It
is hoped that this group can be a
creative enhancement to th e ongoing
administration of daily care for the
residents. This family group will
meet regularly to:
• Discuss and offer suggestions
about facility policies and
procedures;
• Affecting resiflents' care,
treatment, and quality of life; ,
• Support each other;
• Plan activities;
• Participate in educational
activities;
• Serve as an information
collection and dissemination center
on events;
• Important to patients and
families on topics such as latest
research;
• "" w " ..... i"' v, ,,., could eondrme.without interuption.
services, recovery, policy and laws. "The tunhel was enlarged from 27
We hope to build a trusting
relationship between patients,
family members and the staff of the
facility. The next meeting of the
Pinecrest Family Council will be
Wednesday, March 19, at 1:30.
Meet in the Lobby of Pinecrest
Hospital. This meeting is open to
all family members of patients at
Pinecrest Hospital.
For more information, please call
Helen Weeks, 255-4517; Carol
Jones, (304) 445-7608; or Frankie
Capocefalo, (304) 776-2666.
feet wide and 21 feet high above top
of rail to 34 feet and four inches wide
and 27 feet high above top of rail.
The work was completed in five or
six months and the detour tracks
taken up.
RED CROSS BLOODMOBILE
A new year and a new beginning
for someone in need of Blood. The
Bloodmobile will be at the Summers
County Memorial Building Friday,
February 7th. from 12:00 noon to
6:00 p.m.
Bloodmobile dates for 2003
Friday-May 9th. 12-6 p.m.
Friday, July llth. 12- 6 p.m.
Friday, September 12th. 12-6 p.m.
Friday, November 28th. 12-6 p.m.
Our Heartfelt Thanks to each one
that has given blood in the past and
to each business that has helped in
so many ways. A special Thanks to
all the Auxilians that are so faithful
to volunteer their help.
Coordinator
Ruth R. Thomas
4' 231/2 Hour Towing
4' Road Service
00Unlocking Service
€'General Motors
Warranty Towing
,/'Ford Motor Company
Warranty Towing
4'Light Mechanical |epalrs
,/Roll-Back
4'Complete Autobody Shop. .........
,/'Alignments
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4' Bake Oven
4'AND MUCH! MUCH! MOUH
NOTICE
The Summers County Health
Department would like to remind all
residents in Summers County that
before any installation or
modification to individually own
septic systems, a validpermit must
be obtained from the health
department.
A certified installer licensed by
the State of West Virginia must be
used to do all work relating to the
installation or modification of the
sewage system.This is a state law
and individuals not abiding by this
rule can be subject for fines.
BIG FOUR DRUG STORE
Cot. 3rd AVE & TEMPLE ST.
HINTON W, Va., PHONE 466-2323 "
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Mark
Value of Pharmacists'
Consultations
Medical complications related
to.drugs are being reported with
increasing frequency. Previous
studies have reported that many
people are hospitalized due to
drug-related problems and that
over 70,000 people in the United
States die each year because of
complications related to their medi-
cines. Health experts report that a
large percentage of the population
do not talk to their physician or
pharmacist about the medicines
they are taking.
A new study suggests thjat
many of these drug-related com-
plications couMbe spared if pa-
tients would talk more to their phar-
macist about prescribed medi-
cines. The study, which involved
the monitoring of 5,000 patients,
evaluated the impact of different
types of pharmacist-patient inter-
action and pharmacist counseling.
The most involved interaction
dealt with potential side effects in
high-risk patients. In this group,
those who received intense phar-
macist counseling experienced a
r,q.i,onm the risk,of death by
8% and a lower i!ddence of hos-
pitalization when compared to the
other groups (less intense consul-
tation). Those who conduced the
research want to expand the study
to see if intense counseling has
any effect on patient survival rates.
Hailey's Restaurant
& Catering
313 3rd. Avenue, Hinton Ph:466-6600
Specials for the week of March lOth.
Monday: Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes w/Gravy, Green Beans,
Rolls, $5.00
Tuesday: Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes w/Gravy, Broccoli,
Rolls, $5.00
Wednesday: Jumbo Baked Potato Stuff w/your choice of
Butter, Sour Cream, Bacon, Cheese, Broccoli or Chili $2.50-
$4.00. Add a side salad for $1.00 extra.
Thursday: Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich w/a side of Potato
Salad, Macaroni Salad or Pasta Salad $4.50
Friday: Chicken Parmesan w/a side of linguine, tossed salad
and Italian bread and dessert $5.00
We have a full breakfast menu available all day. We also have bagels
w/cream cheese and Danish. We have fresh baked goods daily.
FREE TRAINING
Take the first step toward a successful career as a
Certified Nursing
Assistant
Summers Continuous Care Center will offer
free training to individuals interested in a
career as a Certified Nursing Assistant.
Register in person today! Class size is limited!
Opportunities for employment may exist upon
successful completion of the class and meeting
certification requirements.
Class begins on March 31, 2003
You must register by March 21, 2003
For more information please call Connie Cyphers,
Director of Nursing at 466-0332. Applications for this
program will only be accepted in person at the facility,
which is located on John Cook Road, Hinton
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