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(Conthtainf the Hinton Daily News)
of the W. Va. Water Festival
Volume 88 No. 49
Hinton, West Virginia Tuesday, April 3, 1990
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By Fred Long to$151,849. In the first fourmonths Mann saidtheywouldliketohave
The "Couhty Emergency Ambu- of FY'90 the program shows a loss of I to 2 months for a transition period
lance Service, which has received $45,761. "to give us time to buil~l up a cash
financial supportfrom the Summers But Frank Mann, speaking for flow."
CountyHospitalforthepast12years, the ambulance personnel, said the Monk agreed to the request and
became self supporting following a county ambulance service is not a offered to provide salaries and bane-
consensus of opinion by the Hospital hospital program but owned and fits"for 60 days or what ever it takes
Board of Trustees Thursday night. ' under the control of the Summers to get started. You can use our
Hospital actingadministratorJoe County Commission. facility at no cost. No reason for
Monk told Board members that the "We will continue to operate the there to be any changes. I have no
"hospital is teetering on the verge of service unless the County Commis- reason to have any ax to grind with
bankruptcfandtheycouldnolonger sion tells us otherwise. We will anybody. I'm trying to protect this
afford to subsidize the ambulance manage our affairs entirely if we facility any way that I can."
programandhopetogetthehospital have been that much ofa burden on Monk said when the hospital is
out of the red. "Obviously with 8 to the hospital." "out of debt~ he would be willing to
15 patients" occupied in the facility Mann said by using the hospital's provide the program with a subsidy
q'm running in the red." figures for "estimated billing and of $50,000. "That would be easier to
When Monk took over adminis- the actual cost of the program last do than take a loss."
The Summers County Hospital
was the only hospital in the state
the program could become self sup- that was financing its ambulance
porting, service.
trative duties for the hospital last year" he came up with a profit of
November the hospital had a debt of $19,687. He said in time he believed
$1.2 million. To date the hospital
has paid off$575,537.83 of that debt
and all current bills have been paid.
But the ambulance program "has
placed a financial drain" on the
hospital and "I can't fund it. The
: money just is not there."
The ambulance service has oper-
ated at alosa for Me past thr years.
and Monk said the projected loss for
the current year will be at least
$150,000 if things continue as they
have in the past.
"We have the best ambulance
personnel in this state," he told them.
"I'll match them man for man and
the equipment but we can not con-
tinue with this program unless we
can get the revenue where we can
afford it."
"My responsibility is to protect
this hospital,~ he told them. "We are
going to have to do more than just sit
around this table a discuss the pros
and cons of this ambulance service
in Su~.~aers County," he told them.
According to a hospital financial James E. ' Nootie" Beasley
report, in fiscal year 1987 the ambu- Summers County Magistrate
lance had a loss of revenue totaling James E. "Wootie" Beasley has been
$144,165. In FY '88 the loss was asked to represent the West Vir-
$1~63,829 and in FY'89 the loss came ginia Magistrate Association at the
By Fred Long
For the first time, yesterday, stu-
dents confined to the building at the
Hinton High School under a "closed
campus" policy were permitted to
use the school grounds during the
lunch hour.
"This is a trial bases," School
Principal Lynn Crowder'said. Chil-
dren in each of the three lunch peri-
ods will be able to use the school
grounds "until one of them messes
up." If a child tries to leave the
school grounds, is caught smoking
or disturbs another class by being
unruly "all the children in that lunch
period will be going back in the build-
ing.~
Last August the School Board, by
a split vote following a motion from
Board member Bill Dillon, issued a
"closed campus" order for all grades
at the Hinton High School and con-
fined all the students to the building
5"th~ ailrifial"~vi~rndr~s Cii'nferdi~ce duNnff the iunch i~enocli' 'Several
on Environmental Education andtimes, following the opening of
Litter Control next week in Char- school, children appeared before the
leston. Board and begged for permission to
Beasley has been a long standing use the school grounds and to be
advocate for litter control and has given the opportunity to prove them-
handed out some tough punishment selves to be responsible students.
to offenders convicted in his court. The request was denied because
His pet penalty is sentencing the Board members said the students
person to cleaning up the roadway, could not be trusted outside the
"If they want to dirty up the place building.
then they can clean it up too,~ Bea- "To me the closed campus is a
sley said. dead issue," Crowder said. "It was
Although Beasley has a reputa- working the way is was. Weweren't
tion among other magistrates in the having any problems. It's up to the
state ~I was surprised and honored" kids now. It's not going to be up to
when the Association President, me. If they mess up they mess up."
Carol Wolfe, called Friday and"asked She said the first day went"pretty
me to represent them. I told her I good"andwhen 15to19picnictables
would be tickled to death to go." are placed on the grounds "things
An example ofBeasley's determi- will be better. It could be that the
nation to curb the litter problem was kids will put enough pressure on
demonstrated over the weekend each other that they won't mess up."
when Beasley caught a Raleigh Crowder said her primary con-
County teenager littering the road cern is that the students will start
at Bluestone Lake. "He was parked making a lot of noise because the
at thelake and threw a cup out of the students wilrnot be supervised when
window. I went up and told him to outside. "We don't have the people,~
pick it up. He laughed at me and she said. However when the picnic
drove offbut I got his license num- tablesarrivetheywillbsplacedaway
bar." from the windows which shoul d help.
Beasley said he called the owner "I'm not trying to be unreasonable,
of the car and talked to the child's but I don't want to disrupt the learn-
mother and told her what had hap- ing process.~
pened. ~he kid was told not to take Last September Pare Smith, a
the car out of Raleigh County. She junior at the High School, suggested
thanked me for calling her and he placing picnic tables on the unused
got a double whammy. He called school grounds, but at the time her
back and apologized and asked me if request went unanswered. With
I wanted him come back and pickup tears running down her cheeks, she
the cup. It will be a long time before asked. "Why can't we atleast be able
hedoesthatagain. Hopefully never.~ to go outside? You made us sound
The Litter Control conference is like we were the worse people there
on April 1land 12andhas the theme could be. There is no way that we
"Let's Not Waste the 90's~ Beasley could possibly get off campus; and
said "Fm looking forward to going.~ skip, or do drugs, or get drunk or get
pregnant like (the Board) stated
before."
Althought her suggestion didcome
before the school Board the follow-
ing month tbr a vote it was defeated.
However, at a recent meeting, Board
NEW
member Bill Dillon, candidate for a
second term in the May 8 election,
called for a vote on the matter again
and this time the Board approved
the request. The Career Center is
making the picnic tables.
THE NORTHERN
A milestone in the planning proc- the end of Richm0nd Island on a low
ess of the New River Parkway Should bridge.
be reached sometime this summer. Several alternatives are being
If work continues on schedule, the considered in the Sandstone Falls
New River Parkway Authority will area. "This area is partucularly
be able to select the alignment, or sensitive to development,~ said
"decide where the road is going to Tolbert. One plan calls for the park-
go," for the northern segment of the way to run adjacent to the river and
parkway, Doug Tolbert, Parkway another will provide access to the
Authority coordinator, said. area above the cliffs. "The cliffs
The northern segment extends provide a spectacular view of the
from 1-64 at Sandstone to the Byrd falls," he said. With that in mind a
Bridge spanning theNew River at dividadroadway with asinglelane
Hinton. above and another below the cliffs is
Selecting the alignment is part of being consideredin thislocation and
the process involved in completinga others.
draft environmental impact state- The "existing road alignment"
ment (EIS). An EIS, Tolbert ex- alternative is the one that most
plained, must be completed on all people living along the Parkway
highway projects that could have a corridor is seeking and that plan is
significant impact on the environ- included in the study. This plan
ment, and it includes studies of his- calls for the new road to follow the
torical, cultural and archaelogical existing road where ever possible;
aspects of the project as well as ace- however, in sharp curves deviations
nomical and environmental con- will berequiredinordertomaintain
cams. The W. Va. Dept. of High- minimal parkway standards.
ways has the responsibility for corn- "All of the alignments that are
pleting this study, under study,~ Tolbert said, should
According to Tolbert the number be ready for presentation for two
one environmental issue"identified public meetings that, at this time, is
to date" is the fact that"virtually the scheduled for July.
entire river's edge constitutes a riv- The first public meeting will be
erinewetland." President Bushhas only an "informational meeting"
made the protection of wetlands his whereofficialswillpresentthe"find-
central environmental priority. This ings~ from the study and answer
could result in a greater impact on questions. About two weeks later a
property owners along the Parkway. second meeting which will be a for-
"Where the corridor is so narrow real public hearing will be held. At
thatthewetlandscannotbeavoided," this meeting comments will be offi-
Tolbert said, "a plan will have to be cially recorded and become part of
developed for the creation of wet.- the draft EIS process. This will be
lands e]eswhere." followed bya 45 day comment period
A number of corridor alignment in order to allow time for any addi.
alternativeshavebeenidentifiedfor tional comments. After this period
the northern segment, and the EIS "the selection of the final alignment
must perform an impact study for can take place," Tolbert smi&
each one. Incertain sections of the This decision will depend largely
corridor only one or two alignments on the reaction of the public and the
exist;howeverinotherareasasmany agencies involved in the draft EIS
as five or six have been identified, report. "When all comments and
At the northern section, from the concerns have been fully taken into
1-64exit, two alternativesappearto account,~ Tolbert said, ~a~le New
be promising. River Parkway Authority will ren.
The first would follow Rt. 20 past der a decision as to the final align-
the community of Sandstone to the ment for the northern segment.
southern end of the Laurel Creek "Unfortunately, thisdoesn'tmean
bridge. At this point a bridge with a that construction will immediately
7% gradient would be constructed follow. In a project sueh as this, the
across the river down to the Raleigh completion of one phase simply
County side. marks the beginning of another.
The second alternative would However, deciding where the road, s
begin near the Sandstone School, going to go will be a significant step
sweep under 1-64 along the edge of forward toward the building of the
the river, then across the river and New River Parkway.~
Donate in Dr. James William Stokes Name
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Children delivered by the late Dr. James Will/am Stokes
(above), their parents plus others who received comfort ud
..mre J~eom this humanitarian are being asked to honor him by
donating to the Summers County Hospital Sprinkler System
fund. Dr. Stokes began his medical profession in Meadow
Bridge, moving to Sandstone, then settling in Hinton in 1925.
He practiced for 52 years in Hinton. He was the Summers
County Health Officer for more than 20 years. During this
time he delivered over 7,000 babies in Summers, Raleigh,
Monroe, Fayette and Greenbrier counties. Honor Dr. Stokes
and his nurse Imogene Keffer this week with a donation. It
may be left at Ames Dept. Store, Kroger Co., or the Summers
County Hospital from lots 2 today and tomorrow. Those
unable to give at this time may send your donation to the
Summers County Hospital Sprinkler System, Dr. Stokes'
Memorial, Hinton, WV 25951.
A large quantity of drugs were inserted down the patients throat. I
stolen from the 3rd Ave. office of don'tknowwhyanybodywouldsteal
prominent Hinton physician Tariq a camera like this: No body but a
H. Mirza Sunday night when a bur- doctor could use it.~
giar forcedhisway through theraar Plumley said Mirza had been in
doors of the building, Hinton Police his office on Sunday and nothing
Chief John Plumley said. had been disturbed. "It had to have
According toPlumley most of the happened sometime late Sunday
drugs removed from the office were night or early Monday morning."
"over the counter type, although The thief, he said, "forced his way
some were diet pills- uppers. He through two locked doors in the back
doesn't keep hard core narcotics in of the building."
the office." Plumley said the thief Plumley said the robbery could
also took a small amount of money, have been performed by only one
a VCR and a camera that he uses in person; however, more could have
his medical examinations. "This been involved. Plumleyhisheading
camera would be no good to any- uptheinvestigationandatthistime
body. It's used with a tube that is did not have any suspects.