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J v The HINTON NEWS (Continuing the Hlnton Dally News & The Weekend Leader) Home of the W. Va. Water Festival Volume 96 No. 49 Hinton, West 00rginia Tuesday March 23, 1999 40 Cents City gets $15,000 for Assisted Living Project The Assisted Living Project moved one step closer to reality Friday when the 27th District Delegates presented a $15,000 check to the City of Hinton. The appropriation will be used to assist Main Street Hinton's efforts in mmpleting the Phase I Feasibility Study necessary to historically preserve and renovate the former Hotel McCreery, located in Hinton's National Historic District, into an Assisted Living facility. The Assisted Living Project, estimated to cost approximately $5 million, is geared toward the elderly, those who live in the community and no longer feel able to maintain their homes independently, but are not in need of a nursing home. Upon this need, addressed through the Hinton Area Foundation, the Main Street Hinton Program was revived to carry forward the project objectives. To date, the Assisted Living facility has received over $170,000 in contributions for the Phase I Feasibility Study. When completed, the project will provide approximately 34 dwelling units, with the opportunity for commercial occupants to locate on the ground floor. Residents will be near doctor's offices and clinics, banks, the post office, library and shopping. The renovation of the Hotel McCreery, one of the most significant buildings in Hinton's National Historic District, will be a huge economic and physical asset to the entire community. Upon receipt of the check, Mayor Leslie expressed his thanks to Speaker Kiss and The 27th. District Delegates for obtaining the funding, as well "to recognize the hard work and dedication of Ralph Wilson for giving life to the project. Ralph Wilson is a true blessing to this community," he said. !i!iiii::!jill. • Speaker of the House Bob Kiss presents a $15,000 award to the City of Hinton to be used for the Assisted Living Project. Shown along with the Speaker are Mayor Leslie, Councilman Larry Meador and Delegate Ron Thompson. Suppression Hearing FAMILY GRANT RECEIVED A grant to implement the Coordinator and understands that Today for Accused Killer railroad tracks where her body was dumped from an overlook on WV Rt. 20 above Brooks. At least two of Hatcher's former girlfriends told the police that Hatcher allegedly said he killed Rogers and that he would do the same to them. He allegedly also told other people that he killed his ex-wife, according to court records. Special Prosecutor Mark Burnette asked Circuit Judge Robert Irons to schedule the hearing in order for the court to consider the state's evidence against Hatcher. Irons schedule a day long hearing to consider the evidence and rule on the admissibility of statements and letters. Hatcher is being held in the Southern Regional Jail in lieu of bond. Whether or not statements made by an accused killer in letters to his former girlfriends will be used during the trial of Bethel Hatcher, indicted for the 1992 murder of his former wife Phyllis Petrey Rogers, is a decision that will come from the court following a suppression hearing in Circuit Court today. Hatcher, 62, was indicted in Nov. 1998 with the murder of 50-year-old Phyllis Rogers. Rogers was last seen on Dec. 15, 1992 at a mobile home in Nimitz that was also owned by Hatcher. According to early reports, Hatcher and Rogers were thinking :@bout getting re-married. Rogers ihad lived in the mobile home for about two years. Although foul pla3 was suspected with her disappearance, it wasn't until April 1994 that her skeletal remains were discovered along the ii!!i!ii!iiiii!i!i:ii::!i:ii:i:i!ii !•i • i i! i ! € iii!iiiiiii!i!!!i0000!ii00!!!ii!iiiiii00i The West Virginia House of Delegates were presented to recently passed a resolution recognizing Community Partners. the New River as an American Heritage River. President Clinton has designated the New River as one of fourteen American Heritage Rivers due to its geological, social, and economic importance to the communities along the river. House Resolution 1/was sponsored by Delegates Robert Kiss, William Laird, Mary Pear Compton, Eustace Frederick, Richard Flanagan, Thomas Campbell, Tom Louisos, Margaret Leach, Mark Wills, Carrol Willis, John Pino, Virginia Mahan, Sally Susman, Warren McGraw and Ron Thompson. Copies of the resolution i , r I , MIHOW project, Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker, has been issued to the area Family Resource Center, according to an announcement today. MIHOW is a community-based education and outreach program intended to improve the health and child development of pregnant women and families with young children. Each project recruits local mothers as paraprofessional outreach workers. These "home visitors" can provide support for healthy lifestyles, positive parenting models, advocacy with health and social service systems, and health and child development education• MIHOW can serve families of children up to the age of three. Linda Bargo, MIHOW Coordinator, has worked with the Family Resource Center since it opened. She currently serves, not only as MIHOW Coordinator, but also as Children's Program the New River Shown above are Craig White, New River Facilitator for West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina; Ed Hannah, Vice President of New River Community Partners, Summers County; Delegate Mary Pearl Compton, Monroe and Summers County; Patrick Woodie, Executive Director of New River Community Partners from North Carolina; Delegate William Laird, Fayette County; Delegate Sally Susman, Raleigh and Summers County; Ralph Wilson, President Main Street, Hinton; and Delegate John Pino; Fayette County. many families have a wide variety of needs. "qliit What makes MIHOW so unique," she eaid. "We are not bound by a concrete chrriculum. We can assist families with any needs or concerns they might have by providing emotional support and being able to provide information about the various resources available and make appropriate referrals." Pam Humphreys was chosen as lead home visitor. Pam has a medical background and previously worked for FMRS as an Early Intervention R.N. She lives in Shady Springs with her husband Bill and two children, Whitney and Adam. Pare also has another daughter, Jennifer, who has blessed her with a nine month old grandson. Paula Jackson, also a home visitor, has worked for the Family Resource Center as part of their After School Program staff. Paula has a vast understanding of families which allows her to relate well to people in the community. Paula lives at home with her husband Brian and son Rafael. Home visitor, Beth Plumley, is very excited to join the MIHOW team. Beth, who has been a stay at home Mom until recently, relates to the stresses of having small children at home. Beth is married to Jerry Plumley and has two children, Morgan and Taylor. For information contact Linda Bargo at 466-2226. i: Supreme Court Justice Elliot Maynard, far left, and State Delegate Ron Thompson, D- Raleigh/Summers, far right, recently chatted with some local residents during the West Prominent Educator, E. G. Crawford, Dead at 95 Everette Garfield Crawford, 95, of 116 Main St., Hinton, died 9 a. m. Thursday, March 18, 1999, in a Nimitz care center following a long illness. Born Sept. 17, 1903, in Ballard, he was the son of the late George Roscoe Conklin, and Nora Willie Pack Crawford. Mr. Crawford attended elementary school in Monroe, Fayette and Summers counties and was a member of the first graduating class at the former Lincoln School in Hinton in 1923. He attended West Virginia State College and was a member of the football team that won the National Championship of Negro Colleges. He graduated from W.Va. State with a bachelor of science degree. He later obtained a master's degree and completed postgraduate work at Ohio State University. He also attended coaching school at Northwestern University and Ohio State University. Mr. Crawford taught mathematics, technology and also coached football and basketball at Dunbar School in Fairmont. He then came to Lincoln School, Hinton, serving first as a teacher and coach. From 1945 to 1963, he served as principal of both Lincoln High School and Lincoln Elementary. During this time he was the president 0fthe Eastern West Virginia High School Athletic Union. Upon Lincoln High's closure in 1963 , he became the first black teacher at Hinton High School, heading the mathematics department and teaching science before retiring in 1970. He continued as a substitute teacher for a period after his retirement. Mr. Crawford was a member of the Camon Baptist Church, Hinton, and an active member of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. He was also past president of the Hinton Lions EVERETTE G. CRAWFORD Club. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Elizabeth Dandridge Crawford; and his second wife, Mae Evans Reid Crawford. Survivors include two'sons, Everett W. Crawford of Hinton and Theodore A. Crawford of Alexandria, VA.; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services were held at 2 p. m. Sunday, March 21st. at Pivont Funeral Home Chapel, Hinton, with the Rev. Nathaniel Johnson officiating. Burial followed in Esquire Cemetery, Hinton. Family and friends served as pallbearers. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations of sympathy be made to the Lincoln School Alumni Scholarship Program, c/o Swanson Carter, Four Stratford Ct., Bridgeport, WV 26330, or Camon Baptist Church, c/o Louise Gibbs, 105 Herman St., Hinton, WV. 26951. Arrangements by Pivont Funeral Home, Hinton. Art Classes Begin Second Session Thd second six week session of art classes for adults and children will be beginning soon at "The Cottage," located immediately behind the Family Resource Center. New students are welcome to join the classes as the new session gets underway as follows: Beginning on March 25th: Thursdays: 1-2:30 pm Adult's Class (drawing in black and white and colored pencils) 4:00-5:00 pm Children's Class (parents also welcome) 5:15-6:45 pm Teens and Adult's Class Beginning on April 9th: Fridays: 1-2:30 pm Beginning Tole Painting. Fees for Children's classes are $20 per six week session of one hour classes, or $4 per class ($15 or $3.50 per class for parents who come with a child). Adults classes will cost $30 per six week session of 1 I/2 hour classes, or $6 per class. Some materials will be provided. Registration will be conducted at the first class. The instructor for these classes is Robin Murphy, an accomplished artist and potter, who previously taught art classes for the Tri-County YMCA in Teays Valley. For additional information, or to preregister for a class, please contact Peggy at 466-2226. Virginians for Life Rally at Legislature. Show above, left to right, are Martha Hunter, Tom Hunter, Melissa Hicks, Jamie Wurm and" Amber Zimmerman.