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(Continuing the Hlnton Daily News & The Weekend Leader)
Home of the W. Va. Water Festival
Volume 97 No. 13
Hinton, West Virginia Tuesday July 13, 1999
40 Cents
SUMMERS SELECTED
AS A RECRUITABLE
COMMUNITY
Summers County is one of five
counties selected to participate in
the Recruitable Community Project
sponsored by West Virginia
University.
This project is, funded by the
Benedum Foundation and the
Robert. '0od Johnson Foundation as
part oihe Southern Rural Access
Program.
The grant was awarded to the
Department of Family Medicine at
WVU to help improve a rural
community's ability to recruit and
retain health professionals by
providing the following services:
A Community Design Team for an
improved community image and
economic growth/development,
activities designed to enhance board
development; and,
The community's role in
recruitment of healthcare
professionals, funded support to
help house the resident for one
menth, and preparation of a
Recruitment and Retention Manual
which will serve as a guide for the
community.
Summers County will host the
Community Design Team on August
19, 20, and 21. The search is
currently underway for residents
who would like to provide lodging by
serving as host families for the three
day stay.
The design team will consist of 18
professionals who have been
selected on what the community
submitted in the original
application.
For the project to succeed, it will
take broad-based community
support and involvement.
Any organization, individual, or
community group that would like to
participate in the community
presentation format or would like to
find out more about the,Recruitable
Community project, please contact
Wilma Lilly Rodes at 466-1000, ext.
116, Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday from 9:00 am-2:00 pm.
County Considering
Renovations
Plans to renovate the Summers
County Courthouse and the
Memorial Building for a joint
elevator that would make both fully
handicapped accessible is being
considered by the Summers County
Commission.
The County Commission met
recently with Beckley architect Dan
Snead to consider the possibility of
installing an elevator between the
two buildings and connecting them
together with a second story
walkway in such a way that would
not compromise the historic
integrity of the buildings.
Both are listed on the National
Register of Historic Places and part
of the National Hinton Historic
District, the Memorial Building
constructed in T.he 1930's by the
Works Progrhss Administration,
while the rear section of the
Courthouse, was added in the
1940's. The main section of the
Courthouse, housing the courtroom
on the second floor, was constructed
in 1875.
The Commission also wants to
open the 200-seat balcony in the
Memorial Building, closed several
years ago because of fire protection
codes.
The New River American
Heritage River committee is
interested in using the auditorium
for cultural and arts activities and
is seeking federal support to finance
an outside, enclosed, fire escape for
the second floor balcony, along with
other safety and fire code standards.
Snead has been involved in the
renovation of other historic
properties and said he could design
plans that would preserve the
character of both buildings while
meeting current fire and safety
standards.
Snead is expected to draw up
architectural plans for the
renovations and turn them over to
the County Commission sometime
this month, along with cost
estimates.
Recipient of doyce
Jarrell Scholarship
Austin Lilly (left) is the 1999 recipient of the Joyce Jarrell
Memorial Scholarship. Austin will be a student this fall at
the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy. Joe
Kessler is shown presenting the scholarship award.
ARH Achieves Certification
U. S. Senator Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., is
pictured in his Capitol office with, from left,
Hinton Councilman Larry Meador and
Hinton Mayor Jim Leslie. Leslie and Meador,
were in Washington, D.C., to discuss the
contract awarded to ManTech International
in Hinton by the U. S. Naval Air Reserve
Force. The contract was made possible from
funding Byrd added to the Fiscal Year 1999
Department of Defense Appropriations bill.
ManTech currently employs 14 personnel in
private-sector activities, and with this new
contract, expects to add 22 new jobs for a
total staff level of 36 at Hinton.
Hin has a lot less trash .... over 100 tons the clean-up is costly, Trout adds that this is
less, to be exact. Public Works Supervisor a service that the City of Hinton is happy to
Ralph Trout said his crew, shown above, are provide for all its residents. "There's no
winding up the annual spring clean-up question it was a grueling job," he says,"but
which took over 6 weeks to complete. Mayor
Leslie said the city wide clean-up costs the
City of Hinton about $12,000 annually in
transport and landfill dumping fees, which
does not include the cost of the city
employee's labor, fuel or equipment. While
it was made somewhat easier by having so
many people throughout the town express
their thanks and gratitude. It just makes the
job a whole lot easier when you know most
people appreciate what we are doing to keep
the City clean."
Things continue to shine at mammography department meet
Summers County ARH as a result'-the accreditation requirements:She
of the Community Initiated Decision
Making (CIDM) process. This
process, in which Summers County
residents participated during 1997,
allowed ARH to hear the concerns
and needs of the community. The
community said they wanted more
health screenings and wellness
programs.
And the newest project at
Summers County ARH tries to
answer this call by announcing the
certification of the radiology
department by the American College
of Radiology(ACR). This allows
Summers County ARH to provide
the community with a full range of
mammography services.
The three year accreditation by
the ACR ensures that Summers
County meets the highest standards
of quality. It also means that the
radiology department meets the
requirements of the FDA and the
Mammography Quality Standards
Act.
"ACR accreditation, FDA
certification, and meeting the
requirements of the Mammography
Quality Standards Act required a
concerted effort of the whole facility,
in order to provide the quality
equipment and qualified personnel
necessary for the operation of the
mammography department, said
Radiology Supervisor, Nesta Logan.
Logan attributes Kimberly Reed,
Radiology Tech II, with being
instrumental in helping the
has been working since December
1998 to make sure that the
mammography department
satisfied the necessary
requirements.
"The people of Summers County,
and more specifically Hinton need
local access to this important
diagnostic tool. Summers County
ARH,.aow operating an American
College of Radiology accredited
mammography program, ensures
that our community can now receive
the same level of quality for their
mammographi procedures as they
would in a university setting," said
Rocco Massey, Summers County
ARH administrator.
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Shown is City Councilman Gene Keffer presenting a check
to Summers County Council on Aging official, Janie Cooper.
The funds represent the 16th year the City of Hinton has
offered assistance to the Senior Center through the
distribution of the City's special levy funds. Ms. Cooper said,
"on behalf of the Senior Citizens Center," she would like to
thank Mayor Leslie and members of City Council for their
continued support of the center. "We all appreciate
everything they do for us."
National Quality Program, A635
Administration Bldg., National
Institute of Standards and
Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
20899-0001, telephone: 301/975-
2036, fax: 301/948-3716.
Information also can be found on the
Baldrige National Quality
Program's website at http://
www.quality.nist.gov.
The Award Program is managed
by NIST in close cooperation with
the private sector. The American
Society for Quality (ASQ) in
Milwaukee, Wl, administers the
program.
Robert M. Ellison, a graduate of
Hinton High School and V. P. I. and
S. U. in Blacksburg, VA., has been
employed by NASA since August
1988. He is married to the former
Jan Williams and they have two
children, Jason and Holly. He
currently resides in Titusville,
Florida.
Robert M. Ellison, son of Herbert
and Arleen Ellison of Hinton, has
been appointed to the Board of
Examiners to review applications for
the highest level of national
recognition for performance
excellence that a U. S. organization
can award.
Ellison, an examiner for NASA,
National Aeronautics & Space
Administration, located in Kennedy
Space Center, FL, was appointed by
the Director of the National
Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) to the 1999
Board of Examiners for the Malcolm
Baldrige National Quality Award,
created by public law in 1987.
As an Examiner, Ellison is
responsible for reviewing and
evaluating applications submitted
for the Award. The board is
comprised of about 400 leading
experts selected from industry,
professional and trade
organizations, education and health
care organizations, and government.
Those selected meet the highest
standards of qualification and peer
recognition. All members of the
board must take part in a
preparation course based on the
Baldrige Criteria for Performance
Excellence and the scoring and
evaluation processes for the
Baldrige Award. Awards may be
given annually in each of five
categories: Manufacturing, Service,
Small Business, Education and
Health Care. The Education and
Health Care categories are new in
1999. Awards have been presented
to 34 companies, including 1998
Award recipients Boeing AirliR and
Tanker Programs, Solar Turbines
Inc., and Texas Name'plate Company
Inc.
Information about the Award
Program and the application process
is available from the Baldrige
Hinton Man Appointed Examiner for
National Quality Award