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USPS 246- 180 1 14 No. 8. USPS 246- 180 (Continuing the Hinton Daily News & The Weekend Leader) JOHN HENRY DAYS PARADE GRAND MARSHAL ANNOUNCED Talcott, W.Va. — The John Henry Days Committee is pleased to announce that longtime community volunteer Martha Rookstool will serve as grand marshal of the annual John Henry Days Parade. The 2016 John Henry Days Parade will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 9, 2016, in Talcott. The committee chose to honor Martha to celebrate her love and dedication to the John Henry Days organization and Talcott itself. “While not planned, it certainly l seems appropriate and fitting to honor Martha’s many contributions . to our community at a time when we are witnessing the power of volunteers firsthand in towns across the state. They are what makes West Virginia so very special.” said Larry Moorman, president of John Henry ’ Days Committee. Martha has been instrumental in the establishment and endurance of John Henry Days, dating back to 1996. In that year, the US Postal Service released the John Henry stamp, and the first John Henry Days celebration was held, culminating with a US Postal Service cancellation ceremony at the entrance to the legendary Great Bend Tunnel. Martha has volunteered every year since, collecting prizes, selling countless tickets for the annual rubber duck race, and pitching in wherever needed. She has also worked at the John Henry Station and the current John Henry Museum and Gift Shop, and has driven for the John Henry Committee’s Adopt-A-Highway program. But Martha’s long record of volunteerism stretches well beyond the 20-year history of John Henry Days. It actually dates back to the early 1970s when she became a 4-H club leader for her oldest daughter’s 4-H club. I n addition to leading a club, she also taught classes at 4-H camp and was an infamous “bed checker.” Over the years, Martha has volunteered to bake goods and work at the 4-H booth at Hinton Railroad Days to raise funds to send kids to county and state 4-H camps. In 1986, Martha was inducted into the West Virginia 4-H All-Stars. Martha was a member of the Hilldale-Talcott Ruritan Club until its transition into the Hilldale- Talcott Community Club, where she continues to serve. The club’s efforts give the community a location to hold family reunions and gatherings, as well as youth football activities. She served on the Summers County Democratic Executive Committee for 16 years and was Summers County Democrat of the Year. In addition to volunteering, Martha enjoys traveling. She drove across the country a few years ago, and has made several trips to the West Coast, visited almost every state on the eastern seaboard, and enjoyed a trip to Puerto Rico. Some of her favorite trips, however, were taken in the great state of West Virginia with her best friend and fellow community volunteer Donna Wykle, who she lost in 2013. She is the proud mother of ' five children including her oldest daughter Janie that she lost to cancer in 1989. She loves spending time with the rest of her kids — Joni, Jennifer, Jimmy and Jeri. Her greatest joys are her grandchildren: Seth Thompson; Crystal Ford; Layne and Tanner Veneri; Caleb, Jesse, and Abbey Grace Brinson; and her newest heartthrob, Jake Rookstool. A reception to honor Martha will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 7, 2016, at the John Henry Museum and Gift Shop in Talcott in the historical former Dillon’s Superette building. Everyone is welcome. West Virginia’s Natural Gas Industry Pledges More than $350,000 Towards Flood Recovery Efforts June 28, 2016) — Natural gas companies located in West Virginia today announced a combined donation of more than $350,000 to the America Red Cross West Virginia Region for flood recovery and disaster assistance efforts resulting from last week’s torrential flooding in parts of the state. Robert Orndorff, Dominion Resources’ State Director of Public Affairs, notified the Red Cross of the gift today on behalf of the industry partners. “Last week’s flood has impacted the entire state. We live here, have offices here, and local employees here. West Virginians support each other during tough times, and the gas indu is proud to be part of that tradition.” said Orndorff. “ We are thankful for the American Red Cross’ great work during disasters and hope this donation Will go a long way in helping them assist West Virginians in this time of need as they recover from the devastating flood waters.” Orndorff is also a member of the West Virginia Red Cross Board of Directors. The American Red Cross West Virginia Region Chief Executive Officer, Erica said, “Today’s pledge by the natural gas industry will help to ensure that the Red Cross is able to assist those suffering loss of home, property, or without the basic essentials to survive. On behalf of those in need, we thank the natural gas industry and the individual natural gas companies for their financial gifts.” Mani said the following companies have committed to providing assistance: . Antero Resources Apex Pipeline Services Blue Racer Midstream Chevron Global Community Fund Columbia Pipeline Group CONSOL Energy Crestwood Midstream Partners Cunningham Energy Dominion Resources Energy Transportation/Applied Construction Solutions Eureka Midstream ExxonMobil and XTO Energy Jackson Gas Company Learned Leadership LLC Marathon Petroleum Corporation Mountaineer Gas Company Noble Energy Ryan Environmental Southwestern Energy Stone Energy TransCanada Home of “W. Va. Water Festival” Hinton, West Virginia Tuesday July 5, 2016 I FEMA Center Open The HIN TON NE WS USPS 246- 180 in Summers County Fema has opened a disaster recovery center in Hinton for those impacted by the recent flooding. Located in the Memorial building. The center is open 7 days a week from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. USDA Offers Flood Impacted West Virginia Farmers and Ranchers Immediate Disaster Assistance Farm Service Agency Stands Ready to Assist Agricultural Producers Slammed by Recent Heavy Rains West Virginia Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds farmers and ranchers across the state of federal farm program benefits that may be available to help eligible producers recover from recent heavy rains and flooding. FSA offers disaster assistance and low—interest loan programs to assist agricultural producers in their recovery efforts following floods or similar qualifying natural disasters. Available programs and loans include: . Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) — provides financial assistance to producers of non-insurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory, or prevented planting occur due to natural disasters (includes native grass for grazing). Eligible producers must have purchased NAP coverage ‘for 2016 crops. Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) offers payments to eligible producers for livestock death losses in excess of normal mortality due to adverse weather. Eligible losses may include those determined by FSA to have been caused by hurricanes, floods, blizzards, wildfires, tropical storms, tornados lightening, extreme heat, and extreme cold. Producers will be required to provide verifiable documentation of death losses resulting from an eligible adverse weather event and must submit a notice of loss to their local FSA office within 30 calendar days of when the loss of livestock is apparent. ' Tree Assistance Program (TAP) — provides assistance to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers for qualifying tree, shrub and vine losses due to natural disaster. ' Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm- Raised Fish Program (ELAP) provides emergency relief for losses due to feed or water shortages, disease, adverse weather, or other conditions, which are not adequately addressed by other disaster programs. ELAP covers physically damaged or destroyed livestock feed that was purchased or mechanically harvested forage or feedstuffs intended for use as feed for the producer’s eligibie livestock. In order to be considered eligible, harvested forage must be baled; forage that is only cut, raked or windrowed is not eligible. Producers must submit a notice of loss to their local FSA office within 30 calendar days of when the loss is apparent. ELAP also covers up to 150 lost grazing days in instances when a producer has been forced to remove livestock from a grazing pasture due to floodwaters. For beekeepers, ELAP covers beehive losses (the physical structure) in instances where the hive has been destroyed by a natural disaster including flooding, high winds and tornadoes. ' Emergency Loan Program — Available to producers with agriculture operations located in a county under a primary or contiguous Presidential Disaster designation. These low interest loans help producers recover from > - production and physical losses due to drought, flooding. ' Emergency Conservation '~ Program (ECP) providesemergency funding for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate land severely damaged by natural disasters; includes assistance with debris removal, restoring permanent fencing, ' . restoring conservation structures, etc. ' HayNet is an Internet- based Hay and Grazing Net Ad Service allowing farmers and ranchers to share ‘Need Hay’ ads and ‘Have Hay’ ads online. Farmers also can use another feature to‘ post advertisements for grazing land,’ specifically ads announcing the availability of grazing land or ads requesting a need for land to graze. www.fsa.usda.gov/haynet. ~ To establish or retain FSA program eligibility, farmers and ranchers must report prevented planting and failed acres (crops and grasses). Prevented planting acreage must be reported on form FSA- 576, Notice of Loss, no later than 15 calendar days after the final planting date as established by FSA and Risk Management Agency (RMA). For more information on disaster assistance programs and loans visit www.fsa.usda.gov/ or contact your local FSA Office. To find your V local FSA county office, visit http:/I offices.usda.gov. USDA Offers Flood Impacted West Virginia Farmers and Ranchers Immediate Disaster Assistance Farm Service Agency Stands Ready to Assist Agricultural Producers Slammed by Recent Heavy Rains West Virginia Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds farmers and ranchers across the state of federal farm program benefits that may be available to help eligible producers recover from recent heavy rains and flooding. FSA offers disaster assistance and low-interest loan programs to assist agricultural producers in their recovery efforts following floods or similar qualifying natural disasters. Available programs and loans include: ' Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) provides financial assistance to producers of non-insurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory, or prevented planting occur due to natural disasters (includes native grass for grazing). Eligible producers must have purchased NAP coverage for 2016 crops. ' Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) offers payments to eligible producers for livestock death losses in excess of normal mortality due to adverse weather., Eligible losses may include those determined by FSA to have been caused by hurricanes, floods, blizzards, wildfires, tropical storms, tornados lightening, extreme heat, and extreme cold. Producers will be required to provide verifiable documentation of death losses resulting from an eligible adverse weather event and must submit a notice of loss to their local FSA office within 30 calendar days of when the loss of livestock is apparent. ' H‘ree Assistance Program ,, . (TAP) provides assistance to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers for_qua1ifying tree, shrub and vine losses due to natural disaster. Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm- Raised Fish Program (ELAP) - provides emergency relief for losses due to feed or water shortages, disease, adverse weather, or other conditions, which are not adequately addressed by other disaster programs. ELAP covers physically damaged or destroyed livestock feed that was purchased or mechanically harvested forage or feedstuffs intended for use as feed for the producer’s eligible livestock. In order to be considered eligible, harvested forage must be baled; forage that is only cut, raked or windrowed is not eligible. Producers must submit a notice of loss to their local FSA office within 30 calendar days of when the loss is apparent. ELAP also covers up to 150 lost grazing days in instances when a producer has been forced to remove livestock from a grazing pasture due to floodwaters. For beekeepers, ELAP covers beehive losses (the physical structure) in instances where the hive has been destroyed by a natural disaster including flooding, high winds and tornadoes. ' Emergency Loan Program — Available to producers with agriculture operations located in a county under a primary or contiguous Presidential Disaster designation. These low interest g loans help producers recover from, production and physical losses due to drought, flooding. ' Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) provides emergency funding for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate land severely damaged by natural disasters; includes assistance with debris removal, restoring permanent fencing, restoring conservation structures, etc. ' HayNet - is an Internet- based Hay and Grazing Net Ad Service allowing farmers and. ranchers to share ‘Need Hay’ ads and ‘Have Hay’ ads online. Farmers also can use another feature to post advertisements for grazing land, specifically ads announcing the availability of grazing land or ads requesting a need for land to graze. www.fsa. usda.govlhaynet. To establish or retain FSA program eligibility, farmers and ranchers must report prevented planting and failed acres (crops and grasses). Prevented planting acreage must be reported on form FSA-576, Notice of Loss, no later than 15 calendar days after the final planting date as established by FSA and Risk Management Agency (RMA). For more information on disaster assistance programs and loans -' visit www.fsa.usda.gov/ or contact your local FSA Office. To find your local FSA county office, visit http:/l offices.usda.gov.