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(Continuing the Hinton Daily News & The Weekend Leader)
of "W. Va. Water Festival"
Volume 113 No. 49
Hinton, West Virginia Tuesday Aparil 19, 2016
50 Cents
William Peter "Bill" iVIathews,
88, passed away on April 15, 2016
after a long illness.
Bill was born in Hinton, West
Virginia on December 11, 1927. He
in leadership positions of civic
organizations ranging from the
Elks to the Chamber of Commerce,
to various Masonic bodies including
the Hinton Masonic Lodge AMFM
was the president ofthe class of1946 62 (32nd Degree), the Scottish
at Hinton High School, and earned ' Rite, and the Beni Kedem Shrine
degrees from Concord College, West Temple.
Virginia University and the Illinois He was known on 8th Avenue
College of Optometry. in Hinton for his beautiful rose
In 1958, Bill married the love of garden and as the organizer ,of
his life, Cleopatra "Cleo" Maroudas fun, who set off fireworks, painted
Annette Cleopatra O'Keefe; Helene
Marie BurwelI~, and Matthew
Ledgen Burwell, and nephews
James, Phillip and Tom Polyson.
He was preceded in death by his
parents, Pete and Mary Mathews
and his sisters, Katherine and
Georgia.
Bill and his family are grateful
for the unparalleled kind, loving
and compassionate care he received
at Main Street Care, from Dr.
of Williamson, West Virginia. Both in watercolors and oils, gave chess Andy Chhabra, and from Kathy
were the children of Greek lessons, and, at one point, lead McHenry, his Hospice nurse.
immigrants, an ill-fated neighborhood wideEveryone treated Bill as if he were
This photo of a gas pipeline in" Nebraska indicates the scale of construction required to install a 42" pipe. Bill was a generous and restoration of a not-so-gently-used a member of their family.
Enormous numbers of trucks and earth moving equipment must excavate, remove spoil, haul in and install the warm-hearted man. He found convertible. Members of the Hinton Masonic
steel, and redress the terrain. Access roads must be maintained to mow the right-of-way every year. enduring contentment in his Music brought great enjovment Lodge will serve as pall bearers.
Mo " V ll y P" l" St l] lifelong companionshipwithCleo; to hislife, particularly tl~e Big Joe Bigony, ChuckGwinn, Jackie
untam a e lpe lne a s great pleasure asa father of two Band songs that he~learned toplay. S~,~ Harry Keaton, Ted Giles,
daughters; and joy as a grandfather: ~o~ the sax.0phone durir~g his hi~ ,..!~ Bennett, Robert Morriss,
Fac" g C' J ~ " I ' I " W ath of four grandchildren, s~o6F~i~'d:collegeyears:~a':* DavisRitter, Jason GoreandBill
in 1Aze_ VV.L His Christian faith was a He was a great dancer. He Lightner will serve as honorary
cornerstone of his life. He was loved all manner of' contraptions pall bearers.
by Chris Chanlett a lay reader in the Episcopal and gadgets, from his ham radioFuneral services were held
In the winter of 2015 the surveyors off their land. Judge
promoters of the Mountain Valley Robert Irons ruled that since the
Pipeline (MVP) came barnstorming pipeline did not serve the interests
through southern West Virginia of consumers in WV, the pipeline
with promises of "4,000 direct ~nct' could not assume eminent domain.
indirect jobs and $40 million in tax"- The industry took the problem to
revenues". They projected approval
by March 2015 with construction to
begin this fall.
Sixteen months on they face
headwinds from a plummeting
market for fossil fuels, a prairie fire
of property owners' resistance, and
major engineering challenges from
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission. FERC is the primary
permitting agency for all interstate
natural gas projects. It has received
an avalanche of negative comments
on several massive transmission
proposals and has responded
surprisingly by demanding MVP
clarify its design in many details.
The MVP wants to move gas from
Wetzel County through ten other
WV counties including Greenbrier,
Summers (from Green Sulphur
Springs through Pence Springs),
and Monroe over Peters Mountain
into central Virginia. Over 300
miles in length and costing over
$3 billion, the tube would be 42" in
diameter, operate at 1500 psi with
four massive pumping stations,
and require a 9" deep trench across
thousands of properties.
MVP has acquired some of the
125' corridor from willing sellers.
Other property owners have refused
passage onto their land for the
purpose of surveying the outcrops,
springs, and features in the way.
MVP claimed a presumptive right
to survey on the ground and this has
led to legal and political battles.
Three households in Summers
and Monroe sued MVP to keep
SIDE BAR
the legislature and the Republican
leadership tried to guarantee the
developers' right to survey. After it
passed in committee, a firestorm of
property rights oppositi~,, drowned
the legislation.
Similarly the industry prioritized
the "forced pooling" bill that would
compel property owners to allow
horizontal drilling under their land
if a majority of neighbors want
it. This gives frackers access to a
great deal more gas. A coalition of
property rights and environmental
interests persuaded the legislature
to deny forced pooling.
In Summers County a group of
landowners affected by the M-VP
got the county court to express
its concerns about the project to
FERC. Furthermore they moved
the commissioners to adopt a series
of ordinances not aimed directly
at MVP but to regulate industrial
development in general. These regs
require hydrology studies, restrict
noise pollution, and control runoff.
A ban on fracking waste being
injected is under cor~ideration
pending a court ruling m Fayette
County. Commissioners have been
responding to citizen concerns.
At the federal level FERC
customarily issues a "certificate of
public convenience and necessity"
to virtually all applicants. But this
obscure agency has become the
nexus of a pitched battle between
the gas industry and citizens
increasingly skeptical about
enormous fossil fuel infrastructure
construction. A month ago FERC
stunned the parties proposing a
$7.5 billion liquified natural gas
export facility and pipeline tc~ Coos
Bay, Oregon. The commission's
order read, "Because the record
does not support a finding that
the public benefits of the Pacific
Connector Pipeline outweigh the
adverse effects on landowners, we
deny Pacific Connector's request...to
construct and operate the pipeline."
Opponents were shocked as much
as the developers were.
MVP proposes to build the largest
pipeline ever built in the eastern
US across vastly more difficult
terrain than similar sized ventures
in the West. The line must cross
many waterways including the
Greenbrier River and many ridges
especially the dramatic Peters
Mountain on the WV-VA border.
Initially MVP said it would tunnel
under the river. Now it appears
to be considering a move down the
river to Lowell and an open cut
gouging the stone bottom. FERC
has not yet been satisfied with any
of the designs.
Friends of the Lower Greenbrier
River and the Greenbrier River
Watershed Association have
joined many other groups and
hundreds of individuals to question
the wisdom of thrusting a 42'
gas pipeline into the river bed
and across steep rocky inclines.
Falling natural gas prices give
opponents a temporary advantage
in the permitting argument since
supply is now exceeding demand.
A long term confrontation has
been joined between forces for
maximal extraction of fossil fuels
and advocates for conservation and
sustainability.
A locally made documentary about the impact of the Mountain Valley Pipeline called Monroe Speaks will
screen at the Ritz Theater on Thursday, April 28 at 7 pro. Three other films will follow the headlining film--all
will concern the impacts of gas development on West Virginia landowners.
• Thanks to contributions from various Summers countians, the showing will be free but donations will be
accepted at the door for Lucia Media that directed and produced this documentary. Some of the filmmakers and
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The Hinton Area Foundation
is proud to announce its annual
banquet will be held at the
Pipestem State Park Conference
Center Thursday, May 26, 2016.
'['he reception will begin at 6pm in
the Cardinal Room and the Dinner/
Banquet begins at 7 p.m.
We are fortunate to have as
this year's guest speaker and
former 1985 Hinton High School
gradate, Mitch Bowling. He also
studied at Marshall University,
where he holds a BA in Business,
and attended the Wharton School
Executive Management Program.
He lives in a suburb of Chicago
with bis wife Lori (Crawford), also
a 1986 graduate of Hinton High
School, and tbeir three children.
Mitch Bowling is the Senior Vice
President and Chief Operating
Officer of the Apollo Education
Group, Inc.
The Company provides degreed
and non-degreed educational
programs and platforms, delivered
by colleges and a Professional
Development organization, cn a
global scale. Apollo is Che largest
for-profit training and education
company in the United States with
locations on six continents, the
most notable school in the portfolio
is Univei'sity of Phoenix.Mr" Bowling is responsible for
worldwide business operations, as
well as day today sales, marketing
and technology.
Prior to his time at Apollo,
Mitch was an executive of Comcast
Corporation. Comcast operates as
a media and technology company
worldwide providing cable
television, internet, phone and
security services. While at Comcast,
he held several executive roles.
including Senior Vice President
of Business Development, and
prior to that, he was Senior Vice
President and General Manager
for Comcast's industry leading
residential Internet service.
Please join us as we honor this
years Hinton Area Foundation
college scholarship awardees.
Tickets are $50 per person and
tables for 10 seats are $500.
Tickets can be purchased
from board members beginning
Tuesday, April 26. Tickets can also
be purchased at the Chamber of
Commerce Office in Avis on these
dates ONLY May 9,10,11 between
12 p.m. 5 p.m. You may call 466-
5332 for information.
Church, served on the vestry tbr
many years, and along with Cleo,
instilled a strong faith in his
" .o
Educatior~ was extremely
important to him. He was an avid
reader and explored new ideas
and skills throughout his life, and
this curious nature served as an
example to others.
He was known throughout
Summers County and beyond as
a thorough, skilled, and caring
optometrist who took time to put
a patient at ease, and would forgo
payment for his services when
necessary.
BIll was a leader in the
community, servingon the Summers
County Board of Education, and
to his cameras. He was a fan of Monday, April 18, at 11 am, at
crossword puzzles. Ascension Episcopal Church 5th
Through the way he lived, Avenue and Temple Street, Hinton
Bill taught hi~ children and with the Very Rev. Kent Higgins
grandchiidren enduri'ngValues~. an ~ officiating. Burial With Masonic
unshakeable loyalty to family and
friends; a belief in the importance
of giving of yourself to others an"
your community: and a conviction
that all people should be treated
with dignity and fairness--young
or old, poor or rich, man or woman,
all faiths, all ethnicities.
He is survived by his loving
wife Cleo Maroudas Mathews;
his beloved daughters Stephanie
Mathews O'Keefe, and Sy.]via
Mathews Burwell, their husbands
Joseph O'Keefe and Stephen
Burwell; four grandchildren,
William Jeremiah O'Keefe;
graveside rites will follow in
Greenbrier Burial Park, Hinton.
-Visitiation was held from 6-8 pm
Sunday, April 17 at the Pivont
Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests that donations be made to
Ascension Episcopal Church; 222
Fifth Avenue, Hinton, WV 25951,
or Main Street Care; 1500 Terrace
Street, Hinton, WV 25951.
Online condolences & guest
register available at www. •
pivontfuneralhome.com
Arrangements by Pivont Funeral
Home, 100 Park Ave. Hinton, WV
HINTON CHURCH OF CHRIST
This week's Summers County Church is from 1960, submitted by Donna Brown Brewster with photo by Vicky*'
Maddy. The following article was written by Ginger Snider.
In the home of Don Burner, where
a few Christians met, the Hinton
Church of Christ was formed. This
was in the early 1960's and as the
congregation grew they moved to
a building in Avis which was then
called the Old Moose Building.
This was not a great location as
the noise from the railroad tracks
and'ehe highway interfered with the
sermons...Then the congregation
decided to purchase a building
on Summers Street~ which they
quickly outgrew.
An empty lot in the West End
of Hinton was available so it was
purchased and with the help of
sister congregations, they were
able to erect a building that was
completed at what is now 1601
Summers Street. On October
26, 1969 it was dedicated to the
worship of the Lord and continued
to grow in attendance, with a large
number of youth attending. As time
went on the youth left for college or
this area to seek work. Deaths of
several members also decreased
the membership.
Philip Stratus served the •
congregation until his retirement
in 1991 and the congregation was
without a full time minister after
Brother Stratus retired. Larry
Harrington served for several yea, s
until his retirement in 1999 and the
church was again left without a full
time minister.
On January 1, 2001, John
McCain came to Hinton to serve
the congregation. By October, the
weekly attendance had grown as
had the contributions. In 2002,
the following elders Were installed:
Gary Browning, Guy Ray, and
Lovell Williams. Mr. Williams
resigned due to ill health and Clark
Perkins was installed to replace
him as an elder.
The history of this congregation
would not be complete without
writing about John Estill Gill,
who preached the gospel for many
years. Brother "Estill" preached
during the early times when the
congregation was without a full'
time pulpit worker. Many times he
would preach for little or no pay. '
Present minister of the church is
Walter Dekle.
This information was taken
from a church history of the Hinton
Church of Christ
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