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because it is neither rare nor
eye Kleepmg house.as man and wife, confounding their enemies well done.
ana aengntmg thezr friends.
-~Homer ~Ernie Kovacs
THANK YOU DISTRICT #28 DEMOCRATS
I am William A. (Bill) O'Brien, Democratic candidate for the West Virginia House of Delegates in District
#28.
I write to thank Democrats in Monroe, Summers, and Raleigh counties for the confidence in my
candidacy, as demonstrated by your votes in May 10th primary election.
I'm not a politician, I affirmed that in "Meet the Candidates" events throughout the district in recent
weeks. I never sought elected office before, though I did offer my services to co-workers and colleagues
as their representative in collective bargaining situations milny years ago.
As many of you know, I have spent a half-century studying and teaching America's founding. Candidates
for office back then weren't comfortable asking for votes; it was considered bad form. It signaled that
the desire to hold office was more personal than civic, more an indication of self-interest than serving
the public interest. Candidates were expected to wait to be summoned, called to public service when
the time was right. And to return to private life when the responsibility was finished. Only a very few,
people like George Washington, were good enough to be called over and over.
Like them, I found it hard to ask for votes. I got the hang of it after awhile, but never felt quite right.
To be honest, I thought rd be more comfortable if I felt I earned the votes I got. Better to lay out where
I stand on issues and why, and trust that the voters will make the right choice. As brief as the
campaign's been so far, that's pretty much where I am.
That being said, none of it matters without the support of the voters. For reasons I don't claim to know
but surely appreciate, I received that support on primary night. And I thank you for it.
Now we head to November, when the real contest will be decided. I promise to do everything I can to
merit your trust. I urge you to stay informed, keep me informed, and know that all I do is in the best
interests of the people in our district.
I am a Democrat because it's a party born to serve people. That's what drives it Not the small print on
contracts. Not bottom lines. Not institutions, Not ideology. But people. Sometimes, our Party has
veered away some from its mission. I never will.
Thankyou.
Bill O'Brien
waobrien906@gmail.com
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
SERVICES
Immunization clinics are held
each Monday and Thursday at the
Summers County Health
Department. Hours of operation are
from 8 a.m. to 12 and I p.m. to 4 p.m.
The Health Department has a
program that provides free or
reduced rates for pap smears and
mammograms for women age 25-64
that are either uninsured or
underinsured. Call 304-466-3388 for .......
appointment or additionallY-~~= ~'~,'
Public Comment Period on
Mountain Valley Pipeline 401
Water Quality Certification
information.
VACCINE
If you are between the ages of 19
and 26, with or without insurance,
and interested in receiving the
GardisiVHPV vaccine please call the
health department at 304-466-33B8.
CALL ACWP
If you see a dog in a neglectful or
abusive situation please ACWP. If
you see a stray dog on the road,.
especially one that you've never seen
before, please callACWP. If you have
a litter of puppies and would like
them to be placed in homes that are
pre-approved as responsible pet
owners than please call ACWP. The
number is easy to remember 855-
WV4-PETS.
DONATIONS OF BOOKS
Ascension Episcopal Church is in
need of books for their Free Books
For Kids program. We would
appreciate any donation of books for
children of all ages, from pre-school
to high school. No text books please.
We have served Summers County
with this program since August of
1993, and have given over 20,000
books to children of all ages. All
donations would be greatly
appreciated.
Call Joanne Duvall at 304-466-
3358 for info.
Extended Until After Public
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - When issuing certification,
The West Virginia Department DWWM's 401Certification Program
of Environmental Protection may consider the proposed activity's
(WVDEP) Divisionof Water and impact on water resources, fish
Waste Management(DWWM) will and wildlife, recreation, critical
be extending the public comment habitats, wetlandsandothernatural
period on the State 401 Water resources. In its 401 certification
Quality Certification for the application, EQT anticipates that
proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline the Mountain Valley Pipeline
project until further notice, project will have temporary impacts
Originally, the public comment to approximately 49,832 linear
period, which is required under feet of streams and 18.9 acres of
state regulation 47CSR5A, would wetlands and permanent impacts
have ended next week, but because to approximately 3,125 linear feet
of widespread public interest in of streams and 10 acres of wetlands
the proposed project, DWWM will within the Mountain State.
be scheduling public hearings to The 401 Water Quality
discuss certification of the proposed Certification application is available
project. Information about the dates for inspection between the hours of
and locations of those hearings will 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through
be made public as soon as plans are Friday, at WVDEP headquarters,
finalized, located at 601 57th Street SE in
The $3.5 billion project, Charleston.
developed by EQT Corp., involves Comments and information
a 42-inch-diameter pipetine that relatingtothecertificationshouldbe
would run 301 miles south from emafled to DEP.comments@wv.gov
the Equitrans L.P. transmission with 401 Certification" in the
system near the MarkWest subject line or mailed to:
Energy Mobley Complex in Wetzel
County to a Transcontinental Gas West Virginia Department of
Pipeline Co. compressor station in Environmental Protection
Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This Division of Water and Waste
project is one of multiple pipeline Management
projects currently under review 401 Certification Program
by the Federal Energy Regulatory 601 57th Street SE
Commission. Charleston, WV 2530:
Summers County High School
presented Ann Gore with a
plaque of appreciation for her
25 years of dedication and
commitment to the students. As
an organizer of Nationwide
Prom Promise, she contacted
local businesses for
contributions to give students
• who pl edged to abstain from
drinking and driving.
I would like to thank the voters of Summers County
for their overwhelming support during the Board of
eEucation election. I am honored to have been
elected and given the opportunity to represent the
views of Summers County students, parents, and
teachers over the next four years. I promise to work
hard and be receptive to your input and ideas
regarding the issues concerning our school system.
Although there are tough economic challenges
facing our state and our county, I feel our
community can still be a wonderful place to live and
raise children. I am blessed to have grown up in
this county as there are very few places where
people care about one another in the way
Summers County residents do. My hope is that we
will work together to better prepare our children for
their futures and that they too will feel proud to be
from Summers County. Thank you again for your
support! I look forward to serving this community.
Please feel free to contact me by phone: 304-466-
5386 or email: alillyO3@yahoo.co
Paid for by the Cadidate
In every marriage more than a
week old, there are grounds for
divorce. The trick is to find, and
continue to find, the grounds
for marriage.
--Robert Anderson
Tues. May 17, 2016 Hinton News - 5.
LAMP
LAMP also offers free group and'
one-to-one tutoring by trained
instructors and tutors to prepare
adult learners to pass the West
Virginia High School Equivalency
test. Group evening classes are
available from 4:00 - 8:00 pm in
math on Tuesdays and Thursdays
and reading and writing on
Wednesdays.
.,For more information, call
Shalom or Evelyn at 304-466-4490
or visit us on the 3rd floor of the
Library. We look forward to helping
you reach your goals for a better life!
SHINGLES VACCINE :
The Summers County Healt~
Department has a limited supply ~f
free Shingles Vaccine for age 60
over. The only cost wilt be fo~
administration. It will be mad~
available to those" who ar}
uninsured" and income eligible.
If you have insurance but itwiR
not pay you must bring a statemen~
!ndicating denial to pay and b~
income eligible. Medicare part Aan~
B will not pay for vaccinatio~
Vaccinations are given each Monda
.and Wednesday. If any question~
please call 304-466-3388. .!
LEGAL NOTICE
CONSUMERS CONFIDENCE REPORT
Big Bend Public Service District
P. O. Box 114 Talcott, WV 24981 (304)466-5111
PWS#3304507 / January 13, 2016
Why am I receiving this report?
In compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments,
the Big Bend PSD is providing its customers with this annual water
quality report.
This report explains where your water comes from, what it
contains, and how it compares to standards set by regulatory
agencies.
The information in this report shows the results of our monitoring
for the penod of January 1 to December 31,2015 or earlier if not on
a yeady schedule.
If you have any questions concerning this report, you may contact
John D. Kesler 304-466-5111. If you have any further questions,
comments or suggestions, please attend any of our regularly
scheduled water board meetings held on the 2nd Tuesday of every
month at 9:00 a.m. in the water plant office, Talcott, WV.
Where does my water come from?
Your drinking water is surface water from the Greenbrier River.
Source Water Assessment
A Source Water Assessment wasconducted by the West Virginia
Bureau for Public Health (WVBPH). The intake that supplies drinking
water to the Big Bend PSD has a higher susceptibility to
contamination, due to the sensitive nature of surface water supplies
and the potential contaminant source identified within the area.
This does not mean that this intake will become contaminated
only that conditions are such that the surface water could be
impacted by a potential contaminate source.
Future contamination may be avoided by implementing protective
measures. The source water assessment report which contains
more information is available for review or a copy will be provided
to you at our office during business hours or from the WVBPH 304-
558-2981.
Why must water be treated?
All drinking water contains various amounts and kinds of
contaminants. Federal and state regulations establish limits.
controls, and treatment practices to minimize these contaminants
and to reduce any subsequent health effects.
Contaminants in Water
In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes
regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water
provided by public water systems. FDA regulations establish limits
of contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same
protection for public health.
Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be
Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic
and volatile organic chemicals, which are by-products of
industrial processes and petroleum production, and can
also come from gas stations, urban storm runoff, and
septic systems.
Radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally-
occorring or result from oil and gas production and
mining activities.
Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in
drinking water that the general populations. Immuno-
compromised persons such as persons with cancer
undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone
organ transplants, people with HIV/Aids or other immune
disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at
risk from infections. These people should seek advise
about drinking water from their health care providers
EPNCDC guidelines on appropriate means to lesson the
risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and other microbial
contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water
Hotline (800-426-4791).
Water Quality Data Table
Definitions of terms and abbreviations used in the able or
report:
• MCLG - Maximum Contaminant Level Goal, or
the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which
there is no known or expected nsk to health. MCLGs
allow for a margin of safety.
• MCL - Maximum Contaminant Level, or the
highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in ddnking
water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible
using the best available treatment technique.
• MRDLG - Maximum Residual Disinfectant
Level Goal, or the level of drinking water disinfectant
below which there is no known or expected risk to health.
MRDLGs do not reflect benefits os use of disinfectants to
control microbial contaminants.
• MRDL- Maximum Residual Disinfectant
Level, or the highest level of disinfectant allowed in
expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants, drinking water. There is convincing evidence that
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and potential health effects can be obtainedby calling the ~-... "AL ........... .................. ~'"
'Environmental Protection Agency's Safe Drinking Water Hotline - - Action Levei' 0r the concentratio~ 0fa . ~ ,,~.[::
(800-426-4791). contaminant which, when exceeded, triggers treatment
The Source of drinking water (both tap and bottled water) or other requirements which a water system must follow.
includes rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. • 1"1" - Treatment Technique, or a required
As water travels over the surface of land or through the ground, it process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in
dissolves naturally-occurring minerals, and, in some cases drinking water.
radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the Abbreviations that may be found in the table:
presence of animals or from human activity. • ppm - parts per million or milligrams
Contaminants that may be present in source water include: , ppb - parts per billion or micrograms per liter
Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, • NA- not applicable
which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic • NE - not established
systems, agricultural livestock operations and wildlife ,.NTU - Nephelometric Turbidity Unit, used to
Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which measure cloudiness in water,
• pCi/L, picocuries per liter
can be naturally-occurring, or result from urban storm water The Big Bend PSD routinely monitor for contaminants in
runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and your drinking water according to federal and state laws.
gas production, mining, farming. The tables below show the results of our monitonng for
Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a contaminants.
variety of sources such agriculture, urban storm water Table of Results - Regulated Contaminants - Big
runoff and residential uses. Bend PSD
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(2013)
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WE ARE PLEASE TO REPORT THAT THE Big Bend PSD MET ALL FEDERAL AND STATE WATER STANDARDS FOR THE
REPORTING YEAR 2015
Additional Information
All other water test results for the reporting year 2015 were all non-detects.
Turbidity is a measure of the cloudiness in water. We monitor it because it is a good indicator of the effectiveness of our filters.
If present, elevated levels of lean can cause senous health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in
drinking water is pdmanly from matenals and components assiciated with service lines and home plumbing. This is responsible for
providing high quality dnnking water, but cannot control the variety if materials used in plumbing components. When your water has
been siting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flusing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before,
using water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead in your ddnking water, you may wish to have your water tested.
Information on lead in driking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is availablbe from the Safe Dnnking
Water Hotline or at http://www.epq.gov/safewater/lead.
This report will not be mailed. A copy will be provided to you upon request at our office during regular business hours.
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