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00Voltiume 92 No. 25 n Hinton, West Virginia Tuesday Oct. 12, 1993
Hospital Lease Take
25 Cents
Over-- Jan. 1
By Fred Long
Summers County Hospital will
officially become a member of Appa-
lachian Regional Heal thcare's (ARH)
hospital group on January 1, cement-
ingamarriage thatbegan threeyears
ago when the health care provider
agreed to manage the financially
distraught institution, officials an-
nounced Friday. The long awaited
lease agreement brings with it a new
lease on life for the hospital and a
new name: Summers County Appa-
lachian Regional Hospital.
The only obstacle standing in the
way of the 50-year lease agreement
with ARH, a not-for-profit, multi-
hospital health care system with
It's the "symbol of the pride which we share as Ameriemn=," U. 8.
Rep. Nick Rahall, right, said of the United States Flag that flew over
the U. S. Capitol building, at his request, on July 16. Itahall
presented the flag, and a certificate of authenticity, to lmpital
Administrator Scot Mitchell, middle, during a celebration of the
hospital's lease agreement with Appalachian Regional Healthcare,
Friday. Marion O']3ryan, left, one of the first hospital board
:members, asked Rahall for the flag on behalf of the Hospital
Auxiliary, he said.
headquarters in Lexington, ICY., was
working out financial arrangements
with the bonding company. =That
obstacle has disappeared," said Rich-
ard Jackson, Vice President for
Corporate and Community Rela-
tions.
The contract for the lease, ap-
proved by the Hospital Board last
April, "is a win, win agreement for
all concerned," he said. The long
term obligations to pay offthe hospi-
tal indebtedness will be assumed by
ARH, all the employees will become
ARH employees with-better security
and benefits; and, the hospital, as =a
major provider of health care for this
community is assured for many years
in the future."
ARH's basic mission, Jackson
said, is to provide health care =to all
citizens regardless of ability to pay.
We fully believe health care is a
right and not a privilege."
The announcement came during
a 30-year birthday celebration of the
hospital whereU.S, Rep, NickRahall
(D-WV) presend them with a
United States Flag that had flown
over the U. S. Capitol building.
Rahall told the group that had
gathered in the hospital's cafeteria
that he supported President
Clinton's =six principles of health
care reform-- security, choice af-
ford ability, simplicity, quality and
responsibility;" however, these prin-
cipals would have to be =explained in
detail" and debated on in order to
address health care =access" in WV.
"We need to focus the debate on
how to train and entice doctors to the
rural areas," he said.
Rahall favored the =Canadian
system" which offers more benefits
to people in rural areas, he said, and
has introduced legislation "that
would institute a single-payer struc-
ture for health care." This system
offers a means of =controlling costs"
and removes obstacles that prevent
doctors from locating in this state,
he explained.
"Under this system, all people
would have health insurance. The
current system disadvantages rural
areas because more people are
employed in small businesses that
are not able to provide health insur-
ance, he said.
According to Rahall, his plan
would =equalize" payments to physi-
cians and provider#, offering =more
incentive for providers to locate in
medically under served rural areas."
Which ever direction the health
care package takes, Hospital Ad-
ministrator Scot Mitchell said, would
not en danger the future of the county
hospital because of its association
with ARH• The lease agreement will
increase buying power making it
more cost affordable and competi-
tive, he explained.
7andall Trial Delayed Again
By Fred Long
The trial of the alleged gunman in
the 10-year old shooting death of
Rachel Crawford has been postponed
indefinitely, pending the outcome of
a state Supreme Courtruling, prose-
cutors said Friday.
The murder trial for James Lloyd
Vandall, of Sandstone, was sched-
uled to begin today in Lewisburg,
but Judge Charles M. Lobban, last
Wednesday, continued the trial until
the high court makes a decision
concerning the language of first-
degree murder charges.
Vandall, along with his brother
Danny Brown VandaU, were each
charged with the Dec. 1983 murder
of Crawford aRer her body was un-
covered in an abandoned city dump
in May 1991.
Danny Vandall was convicted of
aiding his brother in the alleged
murder but has appealed his convic-
tion several times• Lobban denied
another appeal for a new trial
Wednesday, Assistant Prosecutor
Michael Turner said. Vandall re-
mains free on $50,000 bend pending
his appeal to the state Supreme
Court, he said.
Both of the original indictments
against the two brothers were dis-
missed because the law changed in
1987 and the language used in the
indictment did not agree with state
statutes at the time of the alleged
murder. Both were later re-indicted
on the murder charges based on the
1983 statute for first-degree mur-
der.
Talcott Fire Dept. Stages Fire Drill at Talcott School
By Fred Long two emergency ambulances. Some =You can practice asmuch asyou thelotandl5firemenbeganputting
Itwasallstagedandprearranged, became frightened when they
but for the 368 children in grades thought some of their classmates
kindergarten through nine, the fire might be hurt, but the teachers soon
at the Talcott school, Friday, was
the real thing and all of them re-
sponded to the emergency without
panickiag, exactly the way they have
been trained.
Lookhow they are marchingout,"
explained to them that it was a drill
to see how they would respond to the
emergency.
It was all pert of National Fire
Prevention Week and the climax to a
number of special classes that had
school principal Gaye Shaver said been taught earlier that week by
cheerfully while pointing to the chil- volunteers with the Talcott Fire
dren as they marched in a straight Dept.
line toward the ball field. I think it is a good experience for
None of them knew what was' our students," Shaver said. "We
happening as smoke began to pour usuallybveafiredrillonceamonth,
from the front door and fire trucks but we have never done anything
rolled onto the lot, soon followed by with the firemen here.
Paramedics with both county emergeney ambulance crews furnish
fictitious medical aid to prearranged victims of a imitation fire at
the Taleott sohooL The event was sponsored by the Taleott
Dept
want, but when it comes down to a
real fire its interesting to see how
they will do. I think they did great.
I'm proud of them.
The drill began shortly after lunch
when fire fighters Bob Talbott and
Jeff Johnson placed two smoke
bombs in a metal trash can and set
them offjust inside the main door to
the school. A fan was used to blow
the smoke outside.
Some ofthe exits were blocked so
teachers and students would be
forced to find another way out.
The fire alarm went off and stu-
dents began to walk, orderly, out of
the building. Fire trucks pulled on
on their breathing gear to enter the
building while others were laying
line. Firemen pulled six prearranged
victims from the building, who were
treated by paramedics with both
county ambulance services, OH-9
and Medic Alert.
Early that morning fire fighters
fought the real thing, Talbott said,
when the Old Mill bar at the bottom
of the hill below the school caught
fire in one of its back rooms.
Talbott said they received the
alarm around 7:30 a. m. and had the
fire out in 20 minutes. No one was
injured and two rooms were dam-
aged, he said.
Talcott hool principal Gaye Shaver rushes from the smoke filled
entrance to the school during a mock fire demonstration staged at
the school, Frichiy.
Shameful and Degrading
The bullet dden, defep.Jeleas John Henry statue, at Talcott, be-
came the target of some non.thinking, warped spirited minds;
apparently finding some twisted amusement by disfiguring the
classical black figure of American folk history, by painting it with
a coat of white-wash, sometime late Thursday night prior to the
homecoming game Friday. Those responsible for this demoraliz-
ing act would be doing everyone in Summers County a service if
they would remove the disgraceful and degrading white-wash with
the same zeal in which it was applied.
The former Hinton 7.11 became a Pit Row store last week.
7-11 Becomes Pit Row
By Fred Long
'rNothing has changed but the
sign,'d Hintonbusinessman Grog
Rogers, co-ownar of eight former 7-
11 stores in southern West Virginia.
Rogers, along with Dallas Rifle, of
Princeton, and Ted Lively, of Shady
Spring, purchased the eight stores
for an undisclosed amount on Oct. 1
and, last week, along with three
previously owned convenience
stores, changed their name to Pit
Row.
Ve are real excited that we could
keep these stores in operation by a
local firm as opposed to some out-of-
state entity taking them over," said
Rogers, president of the newly
formed company.
The eight stores include two in
Oak Hill, one each in Becldey, Shady
Spring, Rainelle, War, North Fork
and Hinton. The three previously
owned stores are Riverside One Stop,
Daniel's Exxon and Smither's Exxon.
The "home office" for the chain
stores, Rogers said, will be in Hinton
in office space set aside in the re-
cently purchased former Hinton
Builders Supplybuilding. Thebuild-
ing will also furnish office space for
his father's business R. T. Rogers Oil
Company.
Rogers said without his father's
=encouragement" and =knowledge"
in working out business deals =I
wouldn't have embarked on this."
A grand opening will be held
sometime laterthis month, he said.
Lining.Bar Gang Performing in Hinton
Vendors are making ready for
their street fairin downtown Hinton
during Railroad Days, Oct. 16, 17,
23 & 24th.
The Buckingham Lining_Bar
Gang will be here all day Sat., Oct.
16th., performingin Temple St.Parl
The Lining-Bar Gang is a group of
retired men dedicated to the cause of
keeping alive a part ofrailroadingin
the past that is about to vanish.
Before machines tookover their jobs,
the work was performed by a force of
rail laying men who kept the track in
first class condition over the entire
system. The work performed by these
men was very tiring and required
much agility and strength. In order
to make it through the day a system
had to be devised to lighten the load.
This was done by everyone working
in unison to music. A caller would
sing out a ditty allowing the workers
to follow in time with each other.
Sat., OCt. 16th., in Temple St.
Park, the Gang ill lift their lining-
bars, tap the rails in a rythmic rap
and dig in beside each rail as Mr.
Wert Johnson, or Mr. E. J. Holloway,
call out their various ditties, such
as, "I got a gal in Baltimore; Street
car runs right by her door." Or, =Ain't
no need of slackin' back; Can't go
home 'till we line this track."
The Lining-Bar Gang has been
favorably reviewed by the press and
approved by great applause every-
where they have performed and we
are happy they will be with us again
this year on OCt. 16th.
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