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Volume 97 No. 14
The
HINTON NEWS
(Continuing UIs Hlnton Dally News & The WNksnd Lnd)
Home of the W. 'ra. Water Festival
Hinton, WestTirginia Tuesday July 20, 1999
Cents,
Shown is hostess Dorothy Jean Boley chatting witfi guests aboard the historic "Gadsby's
Tavern" dining car which made a stop in Hinton as part of a fund raising effort for the
historic depot in the Historic District of Downtown Hinton.
Dinner on the "Gadsby's Tavern" First
of Several for Depot Restoration
"Selling the tickets was the easy
part," Dorothy Jean Boley, chairman
of the Hinton Depot restoration
committee, said of the fund-raiser
held aboard the old C & O Dining
Car "Gadsby's Tavern" on July 9th,
10th, and 11th.
Each evening offering guests fine
dining amid the nostalgia of days
gone by. The event attracted young
and old, Boley said, noting thaethere
were many former railroad
employees with their families and
even guests from Barrow, Alaska in
attennce.
vemng began as guests were
greeted to shouts of "All Aboard!",
by Hinton Mayor James Leslie who
announced to them that the final
destination of their special trip
would be "one of the great historic
rail towns remaining in America...
Hinton." He then introduced the
'dining car stafffor the evening, Jim
Bowling, Nancy Smith and Carla
Leslie.
Throughout the dinner, guests
playfully enjoyed taking part in the
"make-believe" trek, asking the
dining staffto make sure their bags
were gathered as they awaited
arrival in Hmton.
Tables were elegantly appointed
with C & O dinnerware and fresh
roses, compliments of Donna Pivont
at Hinton Floral.
The succulent dinner, prepared by
Barbara McLean and son, Steve
Chadwick of Rivertowne
Restaurant, consisted of a fresh fruit
cup, marinated vegetable salad,
chicken with cream sauce, buttered
parsley potatoes with fresh green
beans, stuffed baked tomato, breads
and key lime pie.
"As usual, the food was excellent,"
said Boley, who also added that a
special moment was enjoyed by
Child Advocacy Center
Team Visits North
Carolina Centers
Three members of the Summers
• County Child Advocacy Center
(CAC) Team recently traveled to
vsit three Child Advocacy Centers
i North Carolina.
Late last month, Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney Jennifer Dent,
Child Protective Services Supervisor
Renee Cutlip-Livesay and REACHH
Coordinator Peggy Rossi visited
centers in Waynasville, Franklin,
and Sylva, North Carolina. The trip
Was funded through the Southern
Regional Child Advocacy Center
Mentoring Program.
/ Child Advocacy Centers provide
amultidisciplinary response to child
abuse in a child friendly, homelike
environment. Their goal is to
pevent child victims from being re
victimized by "the system" and to
etpower non-offending parents to
better protect and support their
children throughout the
itervention process and beyond•
Te range of services that such
Centers coordinate include crisis
itervention; child and family
iterviews; victim advocacy; child
abuse investigations; referrals to
ceunsehng and medical services;
nulti-discilinary team meetings;
resource libraries; and professional
t_ining and community education
the prevention, identification and
reporting of child abuse.
Summers County was the first
community in West Virginia to
receive funding from the National
Child Advocacy Center for the
purpose of developing a local CAC.
This funding allowed for the
enhancement of the Multi
Disciplinary'Team process and
development of a local CAC Team.
Through their recent site visit
trip, Team members were able to see
functioning Child Advocacy Centers,
meet key staff, and receive
information about their programs,
successes and challenges.
"This trip really inspired us by
enabling us to visualize what a CAC
in Summers County could look like,
and to understand how much it can
help children and families who are
struggling with abuse issues,
observed REACHH Coordinator
Peggy Rossi.
Plans are currently in progress to
house the Summers County Child
Advocacy Center in "The Cottage"
which is located behind 411 - Family
Resource Center on Temple Street
in Hinton. The Center will have two
interview rooms, one for adult and
adolescents and one for young
children, and a meeting room. CAC
Team members plan to appeal to the
community, in the near future, for
their sppport in making this vision
a reality.
guests as they took part in a tribute
to Mrs. Pauline Fife who was
celebrating her 95th birthday.
Boley said that despite some
initial set-up difficulties which was
expected with the aging car, the
problems were corrected and the
fundraiser went on as planned
without a hitch.
"The comments have been
wonderful, everyone seemed to
thoroughly enjoy themselves, and
many have told me to put them on
the list if we ever do it again."
Boley, who also serves as Director
of the Hinton Railroad Museum,
said the fundraiser was the first in
a series being planned for the
restoration of the historic train
depot. "We will certainly have more
and we hope to make them just as
exciting and interesting as the last
one."
Join TIlE
PARADE
The annual West Virginia
Water Festival Grand Parade
will be held on Saturday,
August 7, in downtown Hinton.
The parade committee is
looking for boats to join this
year's newest category.
Ribbons will be awarded for
the best decorated boat, the
oldest boat, the smallest and
the largest and the most
unusual.
In keeping with the parade
theme of "Celebrate West
Virginia's Water History, why
not get out that old and unique
boat and enter the competition.
Entries will be accepted
through August 4. Contact
Hinton BPW member Nancy
Smith at 466-3798 or Mary Lou
Haley at 466-4271 for more
information.
The Water Festival will
begin this year on, Sat., July
31 at 7 pm with a casting
contest at the Bluestone Dam
Park.
The Little Miss Mermaid
Coronation will be held Aug. 2
at the Summers County High
School Auditorium and the
Coronation ofQueeMermai
XXXV on the following day at
Pipestem Resort State Park.
Both events are scheduled
for 7 pro.
A Celebration of Bluestone
Day "FiRy Years of Operation"
will be held, Sat., Aug. 7 which
includes a special 50th
Anniversary Stamp
Cancellation from i0 am to 4
pm at the Visiter Center on top
of the Dam. A 50 year
anniversary ceremony will
follow at the Bluestone Dam
Park.
The Festival ends Aug. 8
with a Classic Car Show at the
Bluestone Dam Park for 10 am
to 1 pm and a Rubber Ducky
Race on the Greenbrier River
behind Pizza Hut at 4 pro.
Batteau Boat rides, behind
Advance Auto Parts, are also
scheduled for the weekend of
Aug. 6th and 7th.
Technology Literacy
Challenge Grants
Twenty-seventh District Delegate
Ron Thompson, D-Raleigh,
announced today that 17 different
elementary, junior high and high
schools in his district of Raleigh and
Summers Counties were awarded
over $210,000 in Technology
Literacy Challenge Grants through
the West Vh'ginia State Department
of Education.
The grants were awarded to
schools selected from among 48
applications. Schools and vocational-
technical centers in 23 counties
received the funds to help meet the
needs of their local school technology
plans, such as staff development,
hardware and soRware purchases
and Internet connections, according
to Delegate Thomlmon.
Workshop Session Set for
Levy Discussion
The Summers County school
board will hold a "workshop session
today at 1 pm to discuss dralting a
special levy for the school system.
Earlier this year the board agreed
by consensus, school business
manager Joe Kessler said, to draR
a special levy that would generate
enough money to keep the school
system in the black.
In June 1998, after seven straight
years of operating in a deficit, the
Board closed its books in the black;
and again, this June, they ended the
fiscal year with $317,964 in carry
over money, most of it coming from
the sale of the former Sandstone
School property.
But $165,000 of this money had
already been placed in the budget
submitted to the state last March
because the total anticipated
revenue for fiscal year July 1999 -
June 2000 was that amount short
of meeting the total expenditures.
"The only way I could balance the
budget before I sent it to
Charlesn," Kesler said at the time,
was to show a beginning balance of
$165,000.
Another $40,000 of it will go
towards increased state worker'
compensation premium payments,
leaving about $113,000 for an
emergency contingency fund.
is very little compared to the
$10 million dollars needed to operate
the entire school system for one year.
Last year the school system
placed a 50% levy before the votes
and it was rejected by 47 votes. This
levy would have generated about
$600,000 a year for a three year
period. At least $70,000 would have
supported student extracurricular
activities and $90,000 would have
gone towards student teaching
needs. At least $10O,0O0 would have
gone towards paying substitute
personnel, while $85,000 was
allocated for the county library, 4-H
Clubs and the county health dept.
The balance, about 07,000, was
committed to main at
as utilities, trnsh al
supplies and repair ofbulldinp.
Foundation Presents
Scholarship
Hinton Area Foundation Board of Directors announced
recently that Martha K. Livesay is the 1999 recipient of the
First Presbyterian Church Scholarship. She will receive
$1400.00 to assist in her college education. Shown above at
the presentation of the scholarship are Martha K. Livesay
.and Howard eek, Church [lwasurer ...................
Community
Center Open
"We're open and serving the
public," said Al Stone, Secretary of
the Hinton Area Community Center.
"At 5:00 PM Monday evening (July,
19, 1998) we opened the doors to the
game room portion of the building
and while the meeting room portion
is not totally done, we are able to
host meetings and are doing so at
this time."
The Hinton Area Community
Center, also known as HArCC, is a
non-profit organization located at
310 2nd Ave., in downtown Hinton,
next door to the Antique and
Craters Mall• The game room is
open Monday through Friday from
5:00 PM till 9:00 PM and the entire
facility is open to everyone who is
willing to conduct themselves by the
rules.
"When you enter the doors, you
enter what we call the Free Zone.
The entire facility is free of the use
oftohacco, alcohol and illegal drugs,*
Stone said. "Anyone not abiding by
these rules will be asked to leave."
The Center has an area designed
as a I/ving room for those who just
want to kick back and relax or read
a good book, of which there are
plenty on hand. Another larger area
is filled with several video and
pinball games that will please all
ages, two pool tables and a jukebox
with music from the 40's to the 70's,
and of course snacks and soft drinks
are also available.
Another separate room will be
used to host meetings, class
reunions and functions which need
a large space and Friday night
dances. "And this is just on the first
floor," Stone said. "We have two
more floors yet to develop."
Several organizations have
already expressed a desire to hold
regular meetings in the facility and
it is our desire to offer part of the
building for educational classes
offered by various schools that have
been in touch with us. For
information on The Center and its
availability contact Al Stone at 466-
4544.
The idea is not new but is
patterned after prototypes in other
towns and has been in the
organizational stages for almost two
years, aRer first being discussed by
the Hinton Area Task Force. "Our
gratitude is extended to the many
members and volunteers who have
given of themselves and donated to
make this a reality. We're extending
an invitation to the entire
community to take the time to stop
by Summers Counties latest dream
come true," Stone concluded.
Cleo P. Mathews Elected
President Of State BOE
Cloo P. Mathews of Hinton was
elected president of the West
Wn'ginia Board of Education, Friday,
at the conclusion of its monthly
meeting held at West Virginia
University in Morgantown, state
officials almounced today.
Mathews has served on the state
board since 1993 and served as
president in 1996-97. She has been
an educator for more than 40 years
and has taught at the elementary,
secondary and college level.
Mathews, 63, is also secretary of
the West Vh'ginia School Building
• Authority and past vice president of
the National Association of State
Boards of Education.
As prmfident, Mathews will lead
the board that approves policy,
curriculum and fupding issues in the
state Department of Education.
Gary White of Gilbert was
reelected vice president and J. D.
Morris of Clay was elected secretary.
White, president and chief
executive officer of International
Industries Inc., has served on the
State Board since 1994. Morris,
president of the Clay County Bank,
was appointed to the board in 1998.
The State Board meets monthly
and its members are appointed by
the governor to nine-year terms.
The board elects officers once a
year and schedules several of its
meetings at locations around the
state to give the public and
educators opportunities to meet and
dialog with the members. The beard
meets in August in Pocahontas
County.