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On Saturday, June 30, at the
Hinton Railroad Museum, the
Matthew FrenchChapterDaughters
of the American Revolution (DAR)
held their monthly meeting.
At the meeting, Donna Brown
Brewster, Matthew French DAR
Chapter Regent, presented Dorothy
Jean Boley The DAR Community
Service Award.
"The DAR Community Service
Awards is awarded to worthy
individuals in their communities
for unpaid voluntary achievements
in cultural, educational,
humanitarian, patriotic, historical,
citizenship, or environmental
conservation endeavors.
The recipient must have
contributed to the community
in an outstanding manner
through voluntary heroic, civic,
benevolent service or by organizing
or participating in community
activities." (DAR website) As we all
know, Dorothy Jean does this and
more."
Dorothy Jean Boley was a
longtime railroad employee.
She was one of the co-founders of
the Hinton Railroad Museum in
1991 and has been its president
since that time.
She has collected many C8/O
Railroad artifacts and organized
them into displays.
She is a daily volunteer at
the museum, helping prepare
materials for museum brochures,
and conducts tours through the
museum.
Most likely the museum would
not exist if it had not been for
Dorothy Jean Boley.
The museum, which has been the
impetus for preserving historical
buildings in town and revitalizing
the downtown area of Hinton in
Summers County.
Every October the city hosts
Railroad Days during the last two
weekends of the month. Dorothy
Jean serves on the committee that
organizes the event.
People from all over
the country take the train
from Huntington pulling usually
23 cars with around 1,300 people to
celebrate.
The DAR would like to thank
Dorothy Jean Boley of her many
years of service to the community.
Anyone interested in joining the
DAR should contact Donna Brown
Brewster at 304-466-6179
Second Saturday's Band for
Saturday July 14th Courthouse
Square at 7:00pm.
This band is back by popular
demand, they were here last July
with Second Saturdays and were a
big hit. Live music begins at 5:30.
Bring a chair and come out and
enjoy the music.
Creek Don't Rise is an eclectic
quad band hailing from the tri-
state region of West Virginia-Ohio-
Kentucky.
Their soulful, blues inspired
music takes influence from their
native Appalachia. Running the
gamut from soul to blues, rock
to country, the band tackles and
successfully plays anything that
speaks to their inner beings - and
that of their decidedly captive
audience.
In songs composed with ballad-
like lyrics, lead singer Marcus
Oglesby breaths life into original
tunes that both inspire and
make the listener rethink ideas
about life, love and everything in
between. Covers of famous blues,
country and rock are also offered.
Guitarist Jerry Lee Brooks and
bass guitarist Rebecca Harrison
provide exceptional musical
accompaniment to performances.
Community Spirit Alive and Well in
Summers County
By Shalom Tazewell
CHARLESTON, WV--Senator
Stephen Baldwin (D-Greenbrier)
expressed great relief today that
the 2017-.18 state fiscal year ended
with a surplus large enough to
provide $765,000 to the West
Virginia Water Gauging Council
for life-saving stream gauge
enhancements.
"I listened to expert after
expert come before the Flood
Committee and recommend these
improvements to our stream gauge
system," said Baldwin, "which is
why I fought so hard both publicly
and behind the scenes for this
funding."
The stream gauge system saves
lives by helping to alert West
Virginians of rapidly rising waters.
The additional funding secured
with Senator Baldwin's efforts
will expand the current stream
gauge system to additional streams
throughout the state that are flood
prone and currently not monitored.
Senator Baldwin made a public
plea for the funding on February
12, 2018, ,during a floor speech in
the Senate, which can be found
at the 12:27pm mark here: http://
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"Quite frankly, I was disappointed
that the budget proposals coming
from the Finance Committees did
not include funding to expand the
stream gauge system earlier this
year," Baldwin said.
"When I saw that the funding was
not in the Budget Bill, I prepared
an amendment to the bill to insert
the $765,000 for the stream gauge
system."
Baldwin's amendment, joined by
Senator Glenn Jeffries (D-Putnam),
can be found here: http://www.
wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/
chamber/2018/RS/floor amends/
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"After negotiating with
legislative leadership, I ultimately
reached a compromise where
I withdrew the amendment in
exchange for language inserted into
the Budget Bill to fund the stream
gauge system enhancements
through surplus revenue, if it was
available," Baldwin continued.
"Gov. Justice predicted we would
have a surplus. . /
I trusted him on the numbers,
and he was right. We ended the
year with a surplus. Now we can
help with flood mitigation."
Under state law, the first 50%
of any surplus general revenue at
the end of a fiscal year is deposited
into the Revenue Shortfall Reserve
Fund, commonly referred to as the
Rainy Day Fund.
Thereafter, the Legislature may
appropriate the additional surplus
in the Budget Bill or through future
supplemental appropriations.
The final version of the FY2018-
19 Budget Bill contained a number
of surplus revenue appropriations
from FY2017-18 general revenue,
if they are available on July 31,
2018.
The Governor's Budget Office
announced a general revenue
surplus of $20,208,000, which
means there is $10,104,000
available for the Legislature's
surplus appropriations.
The surplus is more than
sufficient' to cover the $765,000 for
the West Virginia Water Gaging
Council, which Baldwin worked to
have prioritized.
Manchin's Statement on Presidential
Visit to West Virginia
Sen. Joe Manchin issued the
following statement regarding
President Truml)s visit to White
Sulphur Springs:
"It's was honor to have the
President visit West Virginia and
recognize the sacrifices of our
Veterans and active members of
the military.
"President Trump and 1 agree
that Medal of Honor winner Woody
Williams is a West Virginia treasure
and real American Hero.
'Tin se proud that my friend
Woody is leading Veterans and
Military Families for Manchin.
"Every American owes their
freedom to all Veterans and Heroes
like Woody Williams.
Over 40 people attended the
community listening session and
picnic on Saturday, June 30 at the
National Park Service's Visitor
Center in Sandstone.
The purpose of the event was to
bring people together and begin to
create a common vision for Summers
County by identifying its strengths
and problems and sharing ideas
about how to make our community
stronger and healthier.
Reverend Wayne Meisel, visiting
minister at the First Presbyterian
Church in Hinton, facilitated the
discussion, which focused on three
questions.
To the first question -- what do
you love about Summers County
-- participants enthusiastically
responded with "Rivers, Scenery,
Atmosphere, People, Sense of
Community, Recreation, Quiet,
Wildlife, Thrift Stores, Relatively
Diverse Economy, and Parks.
"What do we need in Summers
County" was the second question
discussed.
The needfor public transportation
A strong public school
system, support for retirees,
employment opportunities in light
manufacturing, support groups
for people with addictions or
other health issues, and a healthy
environment were also considered
to be important to the future
vitality of the county.
More walking trails and better
signage for recreation sites were
also suggested.
The final stage of the listening
session was to explore ideas and
resources for addressing these
issues and concerns.
These included: publish a
detailed Community Resource
Directory; identify community
partners and leaders and maintain
communication with them; develop
a mechanism for providing
transportation for K-12 students
to attend after school events;
solicit input from young adults
After the listening session,
participants continued the
conversation at a picnic.
Both the picnic and the listening
session were sponsored by the
Summers County Huddle, a non-
partisan group that advocates for
strong communities, accountable
government, a healthy
environment, civic responsibility,
and commitment to the democratic
values of equality, liberty and
justice.
As a follow-up to the listening
session, the members of the Huddle
are organizing working groups,
including the Coalition for Kids
(organized initially to support the
school levy), Community Outreach.
(resource directory, community
partners, engaging young adults,
volunteer network), Healthy
Environment, and Healthy
Community (support groups).
If you would be interested in
and teenagers; bring Uber to the helping with any of the issues listed
county; establish a network ofabove and would like to volunteer
volunteers; identify and publicize with a working group or offer your
recreational opportunities for all ideas and resources, please contact
and more opportunities for youth ages; and work on nYaintaining a me at shalomtazewell@frontier.
were viewed as major priorities. healthy environment. com. o
EPA Administrator Prmtt Resigns Amid
Numerous Scandals
President Donald Trump
announced he has accepted the
resignation of the Environmental
Protection Agency Administrator
Scott Pruitt.
Pruitt had become a constant
source of scandal-ridden headlines
to a president who had entered
Washington promising to "Drain
the Swamp."
Pruitt has faced an array of
questions of his ethical violations
regarding his travel spending,
security costs, and dealings with
industry lobbyists and misuse of
government resources.
His latest reported scandals
which he never repaid, and holding
meetings to remove controversial
events from his calendar.
Which triggered two democratic
congressmen to call for the EPA
inspector general to investigate
whether Pruitt committed a federal
crime.
He had denied any wrongdoing
in the face of multiple congressional
and oversight inquiries.
Despite the scandals, Trump has
been approving of Pruitt's efforts
to reduce regulations that the
"Within the Agency Scott has done
an outstanding job."
Trump tweets that Deputy
Administrator Andrew Wheeler will
assume the acting administrator
position Monday and will continue
on with our great EPA agenda.
Republicans say Wheeler is
more than qualified to lead the
EPA, having worked in the agency
earlier on in his career.
Democrats and activists have
argued those cuts have endangered
the environment and he is a former
administration says curb business lobbyist who helped lead the fight
growth, against regulations to protect
Trump writes on Twitter, the environment against climate
include having staff pay for things of and during Q&A with reporters, change.
Asbury Man Facing Multiple Charges
Paul Davis was arrested and Mr. Davis allegedly struck two- the Talcott Fire Department.
charged with aggravated DUI with parked vehicle during the 4th of And according to the Alderson
bodily injury, failure to yield to and July parade in Alderson. Police Department a woman was
emergency vehicle and leaving the One of the vehicles in question treated for minor injuries and later
scene of an accident, being a Fire Engine owned by released.
Hiflton Man Arrested Felonious
Breaking and Entering
Clinton Adkins, 37 of Hinton isAccording to court documents stealing $4 dollars in change and a
being held at Southern Regional Adkins was identified by security battery valued at $200.
Jail on a $5000 bond on felonyfootage while breaking into a
charges of breaking and entering. Hinton business last weekend and