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10- Hinton News Tues. July 3, 1990 Pictured is Daniel Hernandez and Brenda Jones. Presents Check To DAV Transportation Network Daniel Hemandez, President of Ifyou would like to make a done- Friends for Veterans, presents a tion to either the DAV Transporta. check to Brenda Jones, H.S.C. for tion Network, or Friends for Veter- the DAVTransportation Network at ans, you may call Brenda Jones at Beckley VA Medical Center. 255-2121 ext. 4164 or Daniel Her- The funds will be used to trans- nandez at 466-0781 - Donations can port needy veterans to and from the be mailed to: Friends for Veterans, medicalcenterforscheduledappoint- P.O. Box 102, Jumping Branch, ments. W.Va. 25969. Pictured left to right is: Jamie Irwin and Melanie Humphrey. AR EA YOUTH ATTEDD F R EE EDTER PR ISE CODF ER EIICE One-hundredthirtystudentsfrom try, local Chambers of Commerce, throughoutW.Va.attendedthe12th and civic groups provided scholar- annual Free Enterprise Conference ships for the students. sponsored by the W.Va. Chamber of The setting of the YMCA's Lead- Commerce and the Ohio-W.Va. ership Center provided a full range YMC,4 of social and recreational activity as The June 10-16 conference, held well as business and leadership at the YMCA's Horseshoe Leader- sessions. Conference information is sliip Center in St. George, W. Va. available from the Ohio.W.Va. involved students in workshops on YMCA at Rt. 2 Box 138, St. George, i ,ee enterprise and the market sys. W.Va. 26290. tern, developing leadership skills, Attending the conference from and planning ways to improve their Summers County were ( pictured school and community, left to right): Jamie Irwin and Several W.Va. businesses, indus- Melanie Humphrey. Earned Several SCHED CHANGES AT PENCE SPRINGS CENTER Tn Awards Due to staffing change, activities "Or at the Pence Springs Senior Center have been curtailed effective July 1. BluefieldtelevisionstationWVVA The center will be open on Tues. earned top awards on June 23rd each week and Nutrition Program from the W.Va. Associated Press meals will be received from the hdcasters Association, including Hinton Center. Meals will be served Outetanding News Operation" and at 12:00 noon. Persons wanting to Regularly Scheduled News. orderalunch, orrequesttransporta. cast." tion to the center may call 466-4019 Other awards won by WVVA's or 466-1654 not later than 9:00 a.m. NeweCenter 6 staff include: "Best eachTues.Thetelephoneserviossat Documentary," #Best Public Affairs the Pence Springs Center has been Program," #Best Sports Special," disconnected. Persons needing in- "Best Continuing Coverage" of an formationregardingSeniorCitizene issue, "Best Photographic Journal- services in that area may call 466- ism," "Best Enterprise Reporting," 4019. The Thurs. covered dish din- and #Beet Interview." hers at the Pence Springs Center In addition to these first place have been cancelled, as well as the awards, the W. Va. Associated Press square dance normally held on the Broadcasters also recognized firstandthirdFridaysofeachmonth. WVVA's "sports operation with an The Summers County Senior h~norable mention. Citizens Program regrets this re- Entries for this year's state corn- duction in activities at the Pence ~tion were judged by Associated Springs Senior Center. In the event 1Dress member stations from Wash- of increased staffing or funding ev- ington state, ery effort will be made to resume MOTORCYCLE AND ATV HILL CLIMB Sun. July 8. Register 11:00 A.M. Racing at 12 Noon. Rt. 34, South to Big Creek Road, near Hamlin, WV. Trophies will be given to first, second, third, fourth, and f th place in each of the following classes: Bikes: 60/80 , 125; 250; 400; 500; Open Class; ATV's: 50/60; 110; 250; 350; 500; and4 stroke class. Top time trophies for Division I and II Bike, and AT-V"s. Also, 100% pay back to first place winrmre in each class if 80 bikes/ ATV's. For more information call Jack at 824-3981. these services to the Senior Citizens in that area. A~nyone desiring Sen/or Program services in the Pence Springs or surrounding area may call 466-4019. The millionth home run in Major LNgvs iimebeUbtsto w ma d by Bob Watson, Houston Astro first baseman on May 6, 1975. ,ative Notes By Delegate Mary P. Compton First of all I would like to thank ment, the system will go bankrupt. all of my supporters during the Pri- Unfortunately, that money may not mary Election last month. It is a be easy to come by. good feeling to know your constitu- Hopefully, the TRS will be ad- ents are behind you. I contribute a dressed during the upcoming Edu- great deal of the succees in the pri- cation Summit, June 25 at mary to those of you who kept up to Charleston's Capital High School. date with the session and kept me According to the governor, the sum- attuned to the needs of our commu- mit will be a vital part ofplanning a nitlas. I expect to continue that line successful legislative session on of communication throughout this education in Aug. summer, during the Interim Corn- Earlierthismonth, appointments mittees and the upcoming Special to the Special Task Force on Educa- Sessions. tion were made. The individuals have The first Interim Comittees were been authorized to compile data May20,21and22nd, Basically, they focusing on the need to create a were organizational meetings to competitive education system. prepare for the summer. However, a The key issues will range from few topics were discussed at length, early childhood development to In the Legislative Oversight Corn- teacher pay. mission on Education Accountabi]- Thecommittee, consistingofsome ity, guest speakers from the Coali- current and retired lawmakers, tionofParentsAdvocates.The speak- educators, administrators and busi- ers gave testimony about how recent hess people will conduct several changes in this legislative session meetings throughout the state in will allow rules and regulations to July and will then apply the insight be implemented preventing parents obtained from teachers, parents and fromparticipatingindecisionsabout civic participants to discussions their hand~capped children, during the day-long summit on the During the Area Health Educe- 25th. tion Centers Committee, Dr.Carmen The Education Summit was in- Rexrode, a W.Va. University gradu- tentionaHy scheduled to coincide ate, explained how rural medical with the June 22 special session on practice has been implemented in worker'scompensationsothatlegis- Blackstone, Va.Rexrodeiscurrently lators would be able to attend the finishing her second year of family summit. practice residency in Blackstone. Membersofthe Special Task Force The community has a populationon Education are Lewis McManus, of 4500 people. The nearest hospital former Speaker of the House and is30milesaway.Therefore, Rexrode head of the committee; Senate Fi- said the practicing doctors and nance ChairmanEarlRayTomblin; nurses have to handle all the medi- House Finance Chairman George cal problems, which in turn enables Farley; House Education Chairman them to obtain a great deal ofexpe- LyleSattes;SenateEducationChair- rience in various areas. Addition- woman SondraLucht;formerHouse ally, the residency doctors treat alot Speaker Joseph Albright; Elizabeth of cases as out-patients that other- Mow, president of the W.Va. Profes- wise would be admitted. This saves siena] Educators; CraigHutchinson, hosptial and insurance costs, president of the W.Va. Association The Blackstone program began in of Elementary School Principals; 1972 and the first graduating class Jolanda Cannon, W.Va. Teacher of wasin 1975. Since then 70 percent of the Year, David Todd, vice president the residents at Blackstone have for government and regulatory af- stayed in areas with under 10,000 fairs of Ashland Coal Inc. population. Tom Bums, president of Chesap- The lnterimCommitteehopesW, sake & Potomac Telephone Co.; Va. schools ofmedicine will be able Board of Directors member Joe Pe- te devise a program similar to the ters; Pleasants County Schools one in Blackstone. Presently, rural Superintendent Harold Carl; Gor- areas throughout our state are in donLane, chairman ofthe Task Force dire need of health care profession- on Teacher Compensation; Kenneth als. A growing concern is the need Legg, executive director of the W.Va. School Service Personnel Associa- for OB doctors. In 1987, there were 300 practicing OB doctors in WV. tion; executive director ofthe W.Va. Todey there are 100. Dr. School Boards Association; and D'Alessandri uidhe expected most Rosemary Anderson, a teacher at were still practicing in W.Va. but Madison Elementary School in justnotdeliveringbabies. Currently, Wheeling. WV has the highest rate in the na- During this Special Session the tion of teen pregnancies. The situ. Legislature is trying to solve the ation is dangerous and unless we do controversial problems resulting something quickly, it is going to get from the Workers Compensation worse. Manyhealth care profession- Fund. Additionally, we are address- als believe the lack of interest in ing such issues as maintaining the rural health care begins in college. Division ofEnergyasa strictlyregu- Many believe students are taught to latory agency, instead of a promo- expect the best and most up-to-date tional and regulatory agency; cor. equipment when looking for a job. recting technical problem in the And when it comes to rural health Women and Infant Children's pro- care, the most advanced technologi- gram (WIC) that is hindering the ca] inventions will most likely not be time the money for food vouchers is found. Instead many believe it's the received; correcting a technical flaw reward of taking care of people that in the homestead exemption law that should be stressed in classes but prohibits some senior citizens from unfortunately is not done. taking advantage of the property The Legislative Commission on tax reduction measure, and allow- PensionsandRetiremontstatedthat ing retired state employees to serve only one bill was passed this session on boards and commissions without regarding retirement. The measure risking their retirement status. was HB 2788 which deal with the AsyourxepresentativeI willkeep cost of living benefit for retirees and you informed and let you know the spouses under police and fire pen- outcome. Remember, ifyou have any sion plans. Delegate Rollins, chair- questions or comments, please call man of the commi suggested that me. in the Special Session on Education this summer the need for addressing the retirement issue. He stated that HHLC MEETING any salary increases will eventually The Hinton Historic Landmark retirement. Unless the le~a- Commission will meet Thursday at lature beginning next years puts the Summers County Board of Edu- $~0million in the Teachers Retire- cation office at 3:30 pro. ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW The WVSWF Arts an d Crafts show and Street Fair will be held, begin- ning with set-up, Wed. Aug. 8 through Sun. Aug. 12. Each event requires a registra- tion form to be filled out and re- turned to WVSWF, P. O. Box 640, Hinton,WV, 25951 or toRuth Pivont or Kathleen Liakos. AUCTION The Green Sulphur District Vol- unteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad will be sponsoring an Auction on Fri. July 13 at the Fire Depart- ment in Sandstone. All proceeds from this event will go to the Fire Depart- ment for operational expenses. The auction will begin at 7 p.m. with auctioneer Gene Ayers presiding. Anyone having items to donate can call 466-4229 or 466-0223 and pick-up will be arranged, or items can be dropped off at the Fire De- partment. Any donations of furni- ture, tools, glassware, antiques, what-nots and house-hold items will be greatly appreciated; however, used clothing cannot be accepted. For more information, call the above numbers. Food and soft drinks will be avail- able in the concession for this event. Everyone welcome. WANTED: ONE COW The West Virginia State Water Festival needs a cow. We need her for use on Sun. Aug. 12. She needs to be gentle and used to being around people. Ifyou can help us with this need, please call 466-0194. NEW RIVER PARKWAY AUTHORITY The monthly meeting of the New Ri ver Park way Authority will be held at the offices ofthe Register-Herald, 802 North Kanawha St., Beckley, W.Va., on Men. July 9, at 7:00 p.m. CHAPTER NIGHT The Hi nton Chapter 1393, Women of the Moose will hold their monthly Chapter Night Tues. July 3rd. 7:30 P.M, at the Hinton Moose Lodge. Senior Regent urges all members to attend to help make plans for Fellowship Dinner with Loyal Order of Moose. For more information please call 466-3717. NOTICE The Summers County Board of Education has prepared the Annttal County School District Application for State and Federal Entitlement for the Education of Exceptional William H. Pen'ine 217 4th. Ave., Hinton, W.Va. Licensed Hoaml Aid Cliatm" PIPESTEM DRIVE- IN RL 20 SPEEDWAYPh. 384-7382 FLEA EVERY SUNDAY ADM. FRI. - SAT. $3.00 PERSON SUet $5.00 CAR LOAD July 6-7-0 Back To The Future 3 Rated PG GUARDIAN Rated R N Children. This application is to be submitted to the West Virginia Department of Education. The purpose of this application is to secure funds for the establish- ment, maintenance and improve- ment of programs for exceptional children. The application will be available for public review and written com- ments from June 29 through July 13, 1990 at the Board of Education Office on Main Street. HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Summers County Historical Society will convene Tues. evening, July 10, in the Graham House on State Route 3 at Lowell. The meeting will include a cov- ered dish dinner at 6:00 P.M. fol- lowed by the regular business meet- ing and a program by J. Fred Cooke, vice - president of the Mercer County Historical Society and retired edu- cator. The public is cordially invited to attend. PIPESTEM'S OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER PROGRAM Concord College Theater presents A Midsummer Nights Dream at Pipestem State Park on July 4-7 at eight p.m. The play is written by William Shakespeare and directed by Jim Lile. It's a wonderfully brilliant com- edy about love and music and love and confusion and love and loyalty and love. For nearly 400 mrs this play as remaineda favorit ,n" audi- ences all over the world. Admission is $3.00 for adults and $1.50 for children. DANCE Rock Dance and Waterslide with D~/. Vince on Sat. night July 7th. at the City Sidetrack Park (Hinton). Time is 8 p.m. til 12:00 midnight. Admission: $3.00 Single and $5.00 Couple. There will be a light show and door prizes. All proceeds goes to Muscular Dystrophy. Concessions will be open and lifeguards will be on hand. (In case of rain will be postponed to a later date.) Will be well chaperoned. NURSING HOME ALTERNATIVE PERSONAL CARE HOME CALL 466.4349 Honaker, Box 207, Hinton, WV Kay's Hair Kare Talcott, W.Va. Welcomes Tammy Pence Introducter Special Perms Regular $35.00 Now $2£00 Tammy will be Working On Mondays, Wednesdays, & Saturdays Call 466 - 1102 Ask for an Appointment with Tamrny MEADOW BRIDG] i 'I DRIVE-IN RT. 20 SOUTH 484-7878 July 6-7-8 Rated R THE LAST OF THE FINEST Rated R $3.00 Per Person Show Starts at Dusk 445-7940 We provide comprehensive health care services to patients of all ages. We specialize in Family Practice. Convenient in-office lab & EKG Well-Child Care: State Pediatric Program Services for Women: GYN & Breast Exams Services for Senior Citizens Counseling & Patient Education Cholesterol Screening: Only $5.00 through July 15 We appreciate all the support we have received from the people of Alderson in our first successful year of practice. m omce Ho.rs: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9-12; 2-6 Tuesday, Thursday 2-6 Saturday 9-12 MARILYN K. GLASER, M.D. Hin after 1 with s turne( than letter q Police "He leavin ThE urday his let Wil police 'callinl June Mood: Cp1. t McCa doctol week. ROt off % suppo Plural retur| his dc I-I, Pluml world Satur work, hospil he di( docto emerl him ] work, Wi Mc Rain( July his turn I Mc An an~ Thun back has sinus now,' Bh cal, m need Th, Sout behel thele four ( and editie rarel news] medi! laise bodie in fa( appr( resen facts. ever whon or hope ALW - AL' Iv in th, atten reac~ IIIII I I II I I