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10- Hinton News Tues. Sept. 18, 1990
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Project:
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Hurry
Home
The Hinton Moose Lodge #993
has started Project: Hurry Home. A
tree has been planted in the yard of
the lodge where anyone can tie a
ribbon with the name and address of
those serving in the Persian Gulf.
The lodge will take these names
and send along cards conveying our
support and wishes for them to - -
HURRY HOME !!!
Hunter Education
Class To Be Offered
The Dept. of Natural Resources
wilt sponsor a Hunter Education
Course 24,25,26 Sept., 7:30 PM at
Summers County Career Center.
Included in the training will be
basis 6ran safety, information about
lirearms and ammunition, the role
of the hunter and huntingin wildlife
management and conservation,
hunter responsibilities, game care
and the wildlife laws.
Persons successfully completing
the 10 hour course will receive a
Hunter Education Certification card
from the W.Va. Dept. of Natural
Resources. W. Va. law now requires
persons who purchase their first
hunting license after Jan. 1, to suc-
cessfully complete the Hunter Edu-
cation Course.
Parents are encouraged to attend
with their children.
For further information and reg-
istration details, please contact:
Leonard Smith at 466-2071.
CONCERT
Folger's presents The Statlers w/
Special Guest T.G. Sheppard on Sat.
Oct. 13 at 8PM at the Coliseum at
the Charleston Civic Center.
Ticket Prices: $16.50 - All seats
reserved. $3.00 discount with Fol-
gers, Citrus Hill or Sunny Delight
Container presented at Civic Center
Box Office or Outlets. One container
per ticket.
For ticket purchase call Ticket-
master: Charleston Area: 342-5757
or Toll free in W.Va., Oh., and Ky.: 1-
800-877-1212.
much-- it's policy. Let's change the
policy. That's all you have to do. Put
it out for public review and vote on it
in two weeks." e
Dillon, an avid reader of The
Hinton News and knows what is
wrong with every issue, said he
=deeply resented" the article con-
cerning the special meeting, Ridicu.
lous BOE Meeting, Sept. 4, saying
the paper, =in my opinion is ridlcu.
lous," adding that, "the paper should
be a daily paper. Yours is a weekly.
Some of these people are already
dead and buried before you have
them in the obituaries."
Honaker, when asked if he un-
derstood the reason for the special
meeting, said the Board made some
points for having it. =I just hap-
pened to be at that meeting and I
didn~ understand anything that
went on there that was so important
thatit couldn't be handled two weeks
from that day."
Two appeared before the Board
and asked permission for county
students to attend out-of-county
schools.
Ms. Garrison, a teacher at the
Meadow Bridge elementary school,
asked permission for a foster child to
transfer from Sandstone school to
Meadow Bridge. Because she has a
son enrolled at Meadow Bridge the
school Board by unanimous vote
granted permission.
Mike Mize, of Green Sulphur,
asked permission for his nephew, a
junior at Hinton High School, to
transfer to Woodrow Wilson High
School in Raleigh County. Mize said
his nephew wanted to become a
veterinarian and felt Woodrow
Wilson would offer him =a better
chance~ and a "better scholarship
program.~
"I think," said Board President
Bill Dillon, "it is known in our area
that Woodrow Wilson, academically,
probably ranks in the highest in our
area as far as curriculum offered~
and asked Tassos if that is correct.
=I'm just guessing," Tassos said,
=I'd say you are probably right."
"I hate to lose students from our
county,~ Dillon said, "but then I hate
to not let a child live up to their full
potential academic ability" and of-
fered a motion to approve the trans-
fer. Mathews seconded noting that
the state did not Offer a veterinarian
school and as a member of the
=Committee of 55~ he was going to
bring the matter before them when
they meet next month. The motion
passed on a 4 - 1 split vote.
Paul and Phyllis Coffman asked
for an executive session and, Dillon
said after returning to the open
meeting, they cited several problems
and asked permission for their
daughter, a member of the Hinton
High School Band, ~to go to the foot-
ball field dressed and ready to per-
form in the band at 6:45."
"I want to go on record," Teases
said before the Board took any ac-
tion, I'm totally opposed to it. The
principal (Lynn Crowder) supported
the Band Director (Becky Green)
and I support the Principal and the
Band Director."
But Dillon said he believed some
of the band rules had been changed
after the program started. "I think
the young lady met all the criteria
established to start with. She is an
honor student. She has been in the
band since the 7th grade. I don't
think her request is out of line be-
cause of her situation.~
Both Board members John Lilly
and Bud Shanks said they could not
support the request, Lilly saying he
believed the parent• should hire a
LARRYDEEDS, FORMER COUNTY DIRECTOR of Curriculum and
instruction, has a new job as principal of the Mercer Chrt~ian
Academy and will be leaving the county school system on Sept. 28.
The school Board was in such a hurry to get rid of him that Board
President Bill Dillon said "I felt Hke it was imperative" that they act
on his resignation and he called a special meeting in August to
sever Deeds' contract even before a letter of resignation was given
to them. The meeting cost the tax payers $400 but Dillon said the
savings in Deeds' salary, which is $7,394 in county funds and
$27,970 in state money, "justified the $400 expense." Apparently if
the Board did not take action when they did Deeds would have been
forced to quit his new job and stay employed with the county school
system. When the motioncamebeforetheBoardBudShanksvoted
against it saying "this type of business should be done during a
regular meeting." John Lilly abstained and members Dillon, Bill
Mathews and Charles Neely voted to accept the resignation effec-
tive Sept. 28." Deeds said he accepted the new position because it
offered "a unique blend ofquality education with an atmosphere of
patriotism and reinforcing home and church values."
baby sitter.
"This young lady we are talking
about is the baby sitter,~ Mathews
said adding that he believe the re-
quest =is just."
=It should never have reached this
Board of Education," Dillon said.
Board member Charles Neely made
the motion to approve the request
and Mathews seconded. It passed 3
- 2 with Shanks and Lilly voting no.
Margie Judy, Band Booster, ap-
peared before the Board stating that
her daughter fell from the back step
of the Band Booster's Equipment
Bus and required treatment by a
specialist in Beckley because of the
injuries.
"I'm concerned about the safety
of children getting on and off the
• back of that bus," she said. "It is
just a hand made step," saying some
type of coveting needs to be placed
over it to prevent children from slip-
ping on it and the bus should have
%we steps and a handle."
=Jack Harvey is the custodian of
that bus,~ she said. If he can't take
care of it, Mr. "lassos or Mr. Dillon
should see that it is taken care of.
rm very concerned for those kids.
My daughter could have been killed!
If Jack Harvey can not take care ofit
to insure that it is safe for your kid,
my kid, anybody's kid, he should be
taken off."
A motion was made by Mathews
to have the bus worked on at the
Board's Bus Garage to bring it up to
safety standards. Shanks seconded
and the motion passed by unani-
mous vote.
Dillon asked Don Kessler, Trans-
portation Director, if Harvey was on
the school's insurance. "If Jack
Harvey has an accident with that
bus and kills somebody who is re-
sponsible for that person that was
killed?
Kessler said the school system is
the owner of the bus and that the
school system would be responsible.
~Ve have a fleet policy that covers
everything that the Board owns,~ he
said, and Harvey =is covered~ by the
Board's insurance.
=That is all rm after," Dillon said,
=if something happens while he is
driving that bus that we are not
sued."
Lilly, who was called out of order
by Board member Charles Neely
during an earlier meeting on grounds
that he could not make a motion
according to Robert's Rules of Order,
presented a letter from Parkersburg
attorney Howard E. Seufer, Jr., "the
best attorney in the state on school
law, Lilly said, stating that Lilly's
motion was not out of order.
=It is my understanding,~ Seufer
said in his letter, =that under Robert's
Rules of Order, any member may
make a motion to rescind, regard-
less of how he or she voted on the
original question. It is a motion to
reconsider that can be made only by
a member who voted with the pre-
vailing side." A motion to recon-
sider, he states, =can be made only at
the same meeting..."
"Dr. Mathews made the motion
after I was turned down~ on his
motion to remove a hold on building
a new high school. "Dr. Mathews
had voted against building (a new)
high school twice before this and yet
he turns around and makes the
motion that we remove the hold."
Dillon said only after he askedifit
mattered who made the motion.
"Yes," Lilly said, "but I didn't want
a Board fight. You stated that night
that you thought I was right but you
went along with Mr. Neely.
Mathews explained that he was
never against submitting a plan to
build a new high school and that his
vote was against other elements
included in the plan. "I have always
beenin favor of a consolidated school.
I voted against it the first time be-
Finally, I must thank the major-
ity members of the present board for
acting so quickly and responsibly to
accept my resignation. But fellows,
the call meeting was unnecessary.
The only reason I made my resigna-
tion effective the end of September
was, not to change my mind or keep
you wondering, but to give me time
tocomplete the loose ends and trans-
fer my responsibili ties smoothly and
efficiently. The special rneeting was,
regardless of the cries of the Board
to the contrary, a complete waste
of time and money. One Board
member (at the meeting last Thurs-
day) told how they were great lead-
ers and were #looking at the big
picture~ (a new concept for them).
The meeting saved the county my
salary and only cost $400. But that
$400 could also have been used bet-
ter too, and the Board neglected to
mention how many thousands of
dollars could have been saved had
they looked at the "big picture~ ear.
lier in personnel decisions. But I do
appreciate their concern for the
county system and my wishes to
resign!
In the past 16years, I have learned
much. I've ]earned much education-
ally; I learned a lot about school
politics; I've learned much about
human nature; and I've learned a lot
about bitterness and hate. And I
know that people and schools cannot
long survive, nor properly function,
under the stress of such bitterness
and hate. I am desperately trying to
leave this school system in a positive
manner without hard or bitter feel-
ings, and with God's help I'll be able
to do that. My prayer is that all of us
will reali ze the futility of continuing
in the way we have for the past
several years, and that some day the
education of our boys and girls will
be the foremost thought in our minds
and the motivating factor of our
actions.
Again, a final thanks to all of you
with wishes for a good school year
and a pledge of my continued sup-
port in any way I can help.
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wasteful.
It would be much more efficient to
have an assistant principal with 6
hours a day at the Hinton High
School. We have 24 vacant slots out
there today. That means 24 hours a
day some teacher is doing a job- - -
It would be much more efficient to
have an assistant principal 6 hours
a day to perform the necessary du-
ties instead of about 6 teachers being
pulled from the classroom. This has
created over crowded conditions. It
is not belittling to expect the person
in charge to take care of things such
as checking for reasonable class size.
W~en this year started do you know
how many (students) were in one of
the study halls out there? 140 stu-
dents! It is part of the job to know
what is going on in the various
schools in the county. There are not
tha t m any to see abou t anym ore. We
added three teachers to the Hinton
High School staff. This means we
should have picked up the teaching
of 18 classes, three teachers times
six hours a day. That's good usage of
money. How many did we pick up? I
don't know. But I do know that it is
not wise to have 38 to 40 students in
7th and 8th grade classes year after
year. Many students get lost at this
stage in their education.
Another question that I've got,
and we may be getting a grievance
on that. Why can't we put someone
that has applied for the substitute
list on the list instead of inviting a
Civil Rights suit that will cost us a
lot of money to defend.
These are some of my concerns.
Not one of these concerns should be
construed to be a personal thing. I
cause you wanted to close every ele- don't think it is personal. People
mentary school in the county but elected me to ask questions up here.
one. Thereason I putit up for review If I eat here like a knot on alog what
is because I wanted the people to good would I be? You might as well
know what was happening." get Charlie McCarthy up here. These
Neely said when he was in Char- are the legitimate concerns of an
leston earlier he attended a 3 hour elected official that wants to see
class on parliamentary law, although Summers County children get the
he could not say who taught the best we can give them. The big
class, and that he called Lilly out of icture- it s not that $400. The big
orderbasedon whathelearnedfrom ficture is the children's educatior
" D'RIV "
the instructor. ~It wasn't againstPIPEsTEM E- IN
you or anyone else," Nee]y said, =it's
parliamentary procedure, I didn't
write Robert's Rules of Order."
"But you were wrong!" Lilly said.
=If you know more than Howard
Seufer I humbly bow to you. I can
get more proOf then that! You still
think you were right and you were
dead wrong," He told Neely.
Four roof bids were approved. A
bid from Southland Roofing in the
amount of $28,200 for Hinton High
School. Alder•on Roofing was given
the contract for the Talcott Ele.,
$12,920; Talcott Jr. High, $16,725
and the Career Center, $12,900. The
money for the work will come from
an award of $286,000 from the State's
School Builcling Authority.
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ATTENTION:
ALL RETIRED SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES
CORRECTION:
The 1990-91 membership dues are
now being accepted by the Summers
County Association of Retired School
Employees.
State dues are $5.00 annually.
County dues are $2.00 annually.
CORRECTION:
Associate membership is open to
anyone interested in education.
Associate dues are: State dues $5.00
annually and County dues are $2.00
annually.
Please make checks payable to: S
C A R S E and mail to Marilyn
Faulkner, 202 Riverside Drive,
Hinton, W. Vs. 25951.
Doris Yates - Membership Chair.
man
Clara Burton - Co- Chairman.
A.A.R.P.
The A.A.R.P. Summers County
Chapter will meet on Sept. 21st in
the Community Room at 1:30 P.M.
at the Hinton House.
Asking all members please at-
tend and visitors and friends are
always welcome.
We are not sure if there will be a
speaker at this meeting. We hope so.
Refreshments will be served to ev-
eryone after the meeting.
President Mrs. Nell Miller
HHS CLASS OF 1980 TEN
YEAR REUNION
Any member of the HHS Class of
1980 who is interested in attending
the 10 year reunion, being held Oct,
27, at Willow Wood Country Club,
should call Melonie Cole Butler at
466-3824 after 4 p.m. daily.
The planning committee was
unable to obtain all addresses. If you
or anyone you know didn't receive a
reservation letter, please contact me
at the number listed above.
If possible, please call to confirm
your reserv.ations no later than Oct.
10.
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Summers County Commis-
sion will hold a public hearing at a
regular commission meeting begin-
ning at 1:00 p.m. on Oct. 1, 1990 to
hear comments Ibr or against the
proposed establishment of a salvage
yard to be located on County Rt. 17/
1 on the Marie - Ballengee Road,
approximately 2 miles from Marie.
Summers County Commission
Helen Mock-Hedrick, President
BLUEFIELD MUSICAL
CONCERT
Jim and Jane Lemmons - Pres-
ent: Bluefield Musical Concert
Thurs. Oct. 4 at 7:00 P.M. at the
Brushfork Armory, Route 52, Blue-
field, WV.
Appearing: The Hoppers, Anita &
David, Heavenbound, and The
Nelons.
General admission: Adult $5.00
Children under 12 years FREE.
For more information call-(304)
327-6008 or (304) 487-9098.
Doors open 5:00 P.M.
BPW TO MEET
The Hinton Business and Profes-
sional Women's Club will meet at
100 Ballengee St, at 6:30 P.M. on
Sept. 27. The dinner will be catered
by The Upper Crust.
All members are invited.
SUPPORT GROUP
The Beckley Center for Independ-
ent Living (BCIL) will hold its Head
Injury Support Group Meeting at
the Heritage House Restaurant on
Valley Drive in Beckley on Sept. 20
at 6 PM.
For more information call Maria
Harris at 255-0122.
PUBLIC HEALTH
SCREENING
The Humane Seniors Association
and Humane Hospital Greenbrier
Valley are sponsoring a public health
screening on Sept. 21, 10:30 a.m.
until 2:00 p.m. at the Hinton Senior
Center.
Members of the HUMANA SEN-
IOR ASSOCIATION will receive
FREE cholesterol, blood pressure,
and blood sugar screening. NON-
MEMBERS will be charged a $4.00
Fee. Individuals desiring to enroll in
the Humana Seniors Association
that day, will receive a complimen-
tary testing!
For further information, call
Missy Harris, RN, Seniors Advisor,
Humana Seniors Association, at 647-
6069, or the Hinton Senior Center at
466-4019.
WE CARE ABOUT YOUR
HEALTH
BOARD OF HEALTH
During the board of health meet-
ing on Aug. 30, it was decided that
the following meeting dates would
meet at 1:00 p.m. at the health de-
partment: Nov. 29, Mar. 28, 1991,
May 16, 1991, and June 6, 1991.
SUPPORT GROUP
The Blind and Visually Impaired
Support Group will meet on Sept.
24, from 5 - 7 PM at the Beckley
Center for Independent Living, 329
Prince St.
For more information contact
Sharon Minor at 255-0122 or 1-800-
545- BCIL. Topic: Self-confidence.
Ladies Auxiliary
Meets
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Vet-
erans of World War I, Barracks No.
3336 met in the Memorial Building
on Sept. 7, at 3: o'clock.
The meeting was called to order
by President h'ene Lilly and Prayer
by Marguerite Higgenbotham and
American flag was led in unison by
Helen Turman.
We had a Memorial Service fdr
Mrs. Lula Mabel Meador.
Prayer closed the meeting by
Marguerite Higgenbotham.
Those present for the meeting
were: Irene Lilly, Marguerite Hig-
genbotham, and Helen Turman.
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Summers County Republi-
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their monthly meeting Tues. Sept.
25th at 6 P.M. at 284 1/2 Main St.
Hinton.
All republicans are urged to at-
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