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THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE STORY
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By Tim Adkins
To all the readers, the first thing
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I would like to ask this week is how
many of you received a ticket for
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parking against the flow of traffic or
a- meter violations or any other type
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of parking violation? The reason I
am asking this is, I bet the tractor
. and trailer that parks on a regular
. basis on Route 20, between 2nd. and
4th. Avenue on Temple Street, in
front of the JCPenney's Store,
.,, blocking traffic on a state highway,
has never received a ticket. Like I
said, if you are not going to enforce
: ALL of the parking violations; don't
: enforce any of them.
: . Now let's discuss some of the
-Jhiring practices of the current
administration and the Hinton
Police Civil Service Board.
If all the readers will remember
in past issues of the Hinton News,
both Pat Jordan and Bob Wheeler
were criticized for their services to
the Civil Service Commission.
Things were said, such as, the police
officers were too young, they weren't
from Hinton or Summers County ,
and they weren't African American
.,' or a female. As you are aware, there
were three of six applicants
presented to City Council for
£ approval of employment by the
current Hinton Police Civil Service
Commission.
t' Now I have done my homework
:' on this matter and I know that three
; of these applicants are from
s Summers County'; and the other
three applicants, that were hired,
are not from Summers County.
Pat Jordan and Bob Wheeler were
'. criticized and ridiculed for doing this
exact same thing. Now why is it
.s. uddenly OK to use these hiring
-practices, when it was not in the
past? Iql tell you why! Because you
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cannot discriminate against
someone for their age, residence,
race or gender.
The proper protocol for
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s employment of a police officer is,
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s first an individual must fill out an
application, conduct an interview,
. perform and pass a physical fitness
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test, as well as, a physical from a
.. medical doctor, pass a physiological
" evaluation, and have a criminal
background conducted.
* I believe the three individuals
that the current adninistr(tfQ
hired'cere dohsb cig"'t
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, physiological evaluation and
criminal background. I also know
.." from past experience, being the
" administrator for the Hinton Police
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" Department, that it takes quite
- some time for the results of these
two evaluations to be completed and
returned to the employer.
For this reason I ask; why are two
. of these men already performing the
duties of a law enforcement officer
.before these evaluations are
, completed? Two of these young men
, have absolutely no training in law
, enforcement while the third young
man has received an injury from a
unshot.
r I believe it is in the best interest
of the City of Hinton to take into
consideration the liability that they
are not only placing on these young
men, but also the liability to the City
of Hinton. It has been my past
r experience that a certified officer
always accompanies a new officer
#r until he has received training from
r r the West Virginia State Police
Academy as a law enforcement
officer.
Why is Carlos Fernandez, acting
r f Chief of Police, who lives in Monroe
County, and is a retired FBI Agent
r and has experience in law
enforcement not answering calls and
allowing these young men to
r r jeopardize their lives and others by
r trying to protect our community
r when they have not received the
r proper training? Does this make
sense to you, when Assistant Chief
of Police, Jimmy Wills was willing,
r r able, trained and certified to take
charge of the department, in which,
he had several },ears of law
enforcement experience. But, it
breaks my heart to say, "Jimmy
r Wills has also resigned. The City of
Hinton not only lost Jimmy Wills'
leadership skills, but also his many
r years of experience. He will be
missed.
r Let's discuss the house at 310 6th.
r Avenue.
When Mayor Mathews first took
' office, she had issues with this house
being provided as an incentive to
r r recruit police officers to the City of
,. Hinton because of the low pay scale.
The officers that lived in that house
were talked about and discussed as
" if they were not even human. They
were photographed, spied-on and
their personal lives were a monthly
$,
,- topic of public conversation at the
Council Meetings.
This house was purchased by the
i, r city from HUD for $1 because it was
to be used for exactly what it was
" being used %r; to be an incentive to
" recruit officers due to the low
.reponse of applicants for the
position of Hinton Police Officer.
Residents from the 6th. Avenue
area appreciated the officers living
on their block and even attended
meetings saying so. However, the
constant harassment by Mayor
Mathews and certain other
individuals became so tremendous
that these officers were forced to
move. If it was so terrible for the
officers to live in this house under
the previous administration, why
did Mayor Mathews, just last week,
reissue the house to keep a trained
officer from quitting?
Why did Mathews argue about
this matter for months, almost a
year, and turn around and do the
very same thing she condemned? It
is a matter of getting rid of the ones
you don't like and keeping the ones
you do.
I tried for fourteen months to get
pay raises for the Hinton Police
Officers and Mayor Mathews would
always say: "It' s not in the budget."
Yet, Acting Chief Fernandez asked
for raises for the Police Officers at
his first Council Meeting and his
request was granted.
I think if Mayor Mathews has
issues with certain individuals of the
Hinton Police Department, she
should not punish the whol e police
department.
I don't want to sound like I am
criticizing these new police officers.
I havemet one of them and he seems
to be a fine young man. But for the
life of me, I cannot understand why
Mayor Mathews allows the lives of
these young men and the citizens of
Hinton to be put in harms way, yet
she seems driven to harass former
trained and qualified Police Officers,
placing the City of Hinton in the
position it is in today; which is
limited protection for you, me and
our children during this time of
terrorism and turmoil.
Stay tuned next week for more of,
"The Other Side of the Story."
Miracle Mile to Raise Funds For St.
Jude Children's Research Hosptial
Arietta DuPre will serve as
coordinator of the Miracle Mile
walk-A-Thon to benefit St. Jude
Children's Research Hospital.
Talcott Elementary School and The
Historic Pence Springs Resort will
sponsor the event, scheduled for
May 31, 2003. This event will be held
At the flea market grounds in Pence
Springs, WV and will begin at 9:00
AM. By participating in or attending
the event, you will help raise funds
for the internationally recognized
hospital. These funds will help St.
Jude in its ongoing fight against
childhood catastrophic diseases.
Our event will be a sponsored
"lap"walk. Residents and businesses
from the surrounding area can
either sponsor so much $ per lap or
just sponsor a child for $5.00, $10.00
or more for participation in the
event. Many of the students from
Talcott Elementary will participate
in this event and the students would
like to challenge other students from
Summers County, Monroe County
and Greebrier County to participate
with this important event. The
Pence Springs Resort would like to
challenge anyone in the tourism
industry to participate or bring
his or her children to participate.
Sponsor forms are available for
anyone interested. Please call
Arietta at 304-445-2100 or 304-832-
6138 for information.
"Our goal in holding this event is
to help any child that is stricken
with diseases like cancer, AIDS and
sickle cell anemia." St. Jude
Children's Research Hospital is a
world leader in the fight against
these diseases and they have helped
many children in West Virginia with
no regard to race, religion, or ability-
to pay.
The late entertainer, Danny
Thomas, founded St. Jude
Children's Research Hospital in
Memphis Tennessee. The hospital is
an internationally recognized
biomedical research center
dedicated to finding cures for
catastrophic diseases of childhood.
The hospital's
work is supported through funds
raised by the American Lebanese
Syrian Associated Charities
(ALSAC), ALSAC covers all costs not
covered by insurance for medical
treatment rendered at St. Jude:
Families without insurance are
never asked to pay.
Show your support by
participating in this important
event.
Please call 30@445-2100 or 304-
832-6138 for more information.
Zakary Ross Hicks
To Celebrate 3rd.
Birthday
Zakary Ross Hicks will be 3 on
Tuesday, May 6th. He is the son of
Chris and Michelle Hicks of Hinton.
He is the grandson of Darrell and
Janet Hicks of Whitehall, Ohio, and
Paul and Jewel Adkins of Pipestem.
Zakary would also like to
announce the birth of his little
brother, Mason Garrett Hicks who
was born on April 5th. 2003. He was
born at RGH at 8:19 p.m. weighing
in at 6 pounds 8 oz.
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