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The
HINTON NEWS
(Continuing the Hinton Dally News & The Weekend Leader) '
Home of the W. Va. Water Festival
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Volume 97 No. 26 " Hinton, West Virginia Tuesday Oct. 12, 1999 43Oi 00ts"
October 16, 17, 23 & 24 Surveillance
llinton's Railroad Days Cameras Ordered
Festival Begins This Weekend for Middle School
An order for surveillance students were enrolled in the
cameras, random locker checks and cotinty's alternative school program.
.............. routine visits by Hinton's German Still students continue to be
Hinton's annual Railroad Days
festival, on track again with two fun-
filled weekends of good food, crafts
and e'atertainment, will begin its
27th year on the streets of historic
Downtown Hinton the weekends of
Oct. 16 - 17 and Oct. 23 - 24.
The centerpiece of the festival will
focus on Hinton's historical railroad
past and a visit by the New River
train, a scenic excursion through the
New River Gorge that originates in
Huntington and brings hundreds of
passengers to this railroad town
each year.
The train, sponsored by the Collis
E Huntington Railroad Historical
Society and scheduled to coincide
vth the peak in fall foliage, is
making only two trips this year and
11 arrived in Hinton during the
cond weekend of Railroad Days,
Sat. and Sun., Oct. 23 and 24.
This year, food vendors will have
stuffed baked potatoes, fudge, fried
pies, funnel cakes, sausage biscuits,
ham sandwiches, kielbasa, hot dogs
ad other delights.
Craft vendors will have dolls,
Christmas items, American Indian
collectibles, John Henry souvenirs,
coal gifts, ceramics and quilts
available. West Virginia wines will
also be for sale.
Tle entertainment line-up
features a variety of performers.
Popular WVVA Weatherman, Stan
Sweet, will be on hand to show why
he is the world record holder for the
sport of fast-draw."
Sweet's show offers a bright, new
look at Western movies and TV
programs by taking his audience
back 100 years to make comical
comparisons of history, Hollywood
and the modern day Sport of Fast
Drw.
weet will put on his popular
axhibition in Towne Square on the
first weekend, Oct. 16 & 17, at 2 p.
m.
The Hinton Area Elementary
Kids in Dramatic Studies will wow
tte crowd with their acting and
ging abilities while performing a
railroad musical.
: Known as the Hinton Area
K.I.D.S., they sing, act, dance and
have taken their talents throughout
southern West Virginia, performing
before standing room only crowds at
pipestem's Amphitheater and area
vents.
: Also on hand again this year is
the- renowned, multi-talented
Jimmy Costa who will be performing
railroad favorites on his banjo,
guitar and fiddle.
Costa has traveled throughout
the nation and has recorded
multiple albums.
Jim Fregonora, an amatuer
juggler and magician will bring his
exciting act to the festival and is
scheduled to perform Oct. 16 -17 at
3 p. m. This will be followed, at 3:30
Activities at Towne Square and on Temple Street last yea/" during the annual Railroad
Days festival.
p. m. by with the Three Rivers
Raptor Center who will bring along
six of their feathered friends to give
a presentation on birds in the wild.
Calico & Jeans Square Dance
Club will be on stage and do some
line dancing steps at 2 p. m. Oct. 23
- 24 and the Back Alley Band will
also be on hand with lively country
anwestern music from the '50 and
'60 between 10:30 a. m. and 12:30 p.
m. Oct. 16th.
The entertainment line-up is
great, and for those who 'stop-in'just
to check it out will certainly not be
disappointed.
All entertainment will be held on
Towne Square. The Hinton Area
K.I.D.S. musical will be presented
at 1 p. m. each day of the festival
and Jimmy Costa will perform at
various locations throughout the
festival.
Inside the Visitor's Center at 206
Temple St. the Hinton Railroad
Museum, filled with artifacts and
collections from the early days of the
C & O, will be open along with the
John Henry Woodcarving Exhibit
that is located on the second floor.
This exhibit features over 100
woodcarvings, crafted by the late
Charlie Permalia of Lester, and
depicts construction of the Great
Bend Tunnel in Talcott and John
Henry's contest with the steam drill.
Permalia created the figurines
over a seven year period and said he
used about 80 different species of W.
Va. wood. He died in 1965.
The Greenbrier Valley Model
Railroad Club of Ronceverte will also
have a huge model railroad exhibit
on the upstairs level of the
downtown Visiter's Center.
:Greenbrier Valley Model Railroad Club of Ronceverte will
ave a huge model railroad exhibit in Hinton during
.ailroad Days,
The Veterans Memorial Museum,
located on Ballengee St. behind the
Summers Middle School, is the only
one of its kind in West Virginia and
will also open during the festival.
Visitors will see exhibits from the
Revolutionary War, Civil War, World
War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam
and the Gulf War, along with
General MacArthur's footlocker and
a vintage jeep.
Hinton's newest museum, the
Wood Memorial Clock Museum at
309 Temple St, will feature a
collection of antique clocks.
Charles Wood started collecting
clocks in 1965 aRer buying his first
Grandfather's Clock and has
assembled a collection of over 250
clocks.
The oldest, made of bone, dates
back to the 1500's and came from
Paris, France.
The Hinton Railroad Museum,
Veterans Memorial Museum and
Wood Memorial Clock Museum will
be open all four days of the festival.
The James L. Davis Railroad
Photo Collection will be showcased
with hundreds of albums featuring
pictures from the early days of the
C & O Railway, including wrecks
and derailments and many
employees who worked along the
lines of the C & O.
The National Park Service will
also have a huge photo exhibit in the
Visitors Center of photographs of the
New River Gorge National River.
For Railroad Days information
call the Summers County
Convention & Visitors Bureau at
(304) 466-5420 or visit our websites
at: www.hintonwv.com or www.
summerscvb.com
Forest Hill Fire Dept. Involved
in Community Service
By Lisa Stalnaker
One year and three months ago,
Forest Hill Fire Department
officially opened its doors for
business. Since that day, the
department has been a buzz with
activity to continue to better its'
service to the community.
Forest Hill Fire Department has
joined the Adopt-A-Highway
Program. Two pick-ups have already
been completed this year by fire
department members, with a third
planned before year's end.
Work is still being done to
complete the kitchen and meeting
area of the department so it can
serve as a community center as well.
ChiefStalnaker also has plans toget
the finished building approved for
use a ffs Red Cross Shelter during
times of disasters. Stalnaker wants
the department to benefit the people
and the community in every possible
way.
In the 15 months it's been in
service; Forest Hill Fire Department
has answered a wide range of calls
including car fires, car wrbcks, brush
fires, house fires, and many service
calls.
If you would like to join the
department in its community service
efforts, please come on down and
join. Meetings are on Thursdays of
each week. Forest Hill Fire
Department is always looking for
new members.
For more information on joining,
or on the fire department in general,
phone the station at 466-1080 and
shepherd K-9 officer Fox are ongoing
at Summers Middle School,
members of the school's Safe School
Club told School Board members
during its meeting Thursday.
Cassandra McBride and Tiffany
Coleman, seventh grade students at
the school, said surveillance
cameras for outside doors have been
ordered and, because of concerns
voiced by students during a meeting
in May, Principal Stephen Jones
ordered locker checks and visits by
Fox.
Another concern, McBride said, is
that some students have been
gathering on one corner of the school
and when other students walk by
they harass them: Jones said he and
the city police force are working on
that problem.
On the positive side discipline
problems have decreased each year,
they said.
In 1995-96 the school had 527
referrals, 120 suspensions and one
expulsion. Last year the school had
155 referrals, 22 suspensions and 32
threatened, Coleman said.
Member Gene Davis said these
should be reported to the principal;
however, Coleman said many times
the person that is making the threat
tells the student if they say anything
"it will only make things worse."
Last month the school system
approved joining a state-paid
anonymous school hotline service.
Coleman also said the school's
SAVE Club (Students Against a
Violent Environment) is seeking
grant money to organize a peer
mediation program in the school.
The club will meet Friday to sign
up more members.
The school, Jones said, has been
selected, one of six in the state, in
the Making Middle Graders Matter
program, a pilot program to improve
curriculum to increase student
achievement.
Board members also hired
Deborah Cyrus as a second guidance
counselor at the school.
The school will not have an
assistant principal, •
leave a message for a quick return
call, or phone Chief Stalnaker at
466-1181 or Assistant Chief Bailey
at 466-6338.
Mrs. Jessie Ellis, formerly of Talcott, is shown above
presenting a $400 check in support of the proposed John
Henry Memorial Park at Taleott to John Wm, 'ill" Dillon,
President of John Henry Days commettee. Mrs. Ellis, the
former Jessie Luster, left the area in 1932, and now resides
in Richmond, Vs. She is the aunt of Levolin 'ags" Biggers
and James '81ue" Luster. 'ith such gifts as Mrs. Ellis'
contribution, 'Dillon said, 't encourages our group to work
even harder to make the park a reality."
By Dr. Sarah Lee Brown,
School Attendance Director
While the county attendance
policy addresses student tardiness,
leaving early, and make up work in
general, individual schools were
given the responsibility to develop
r a local policy to address each area.
Following are the policies from each
school as they pertain to each of the
three areas.
At Summers County High School
the locker bell rings at 8:05.
Students must be in first block at
8:13 in order not to be counted tardy.
To leave school early, if a student
drives to school, the parent must
send a note and call the school prior
to the time the student needs to
leave.
The student must have the
principal, assistant principal, or
secretary make sure that he/she is
listed on the sign out sheet. If
parents are going to pick the student
up at the school, they must go into
the office to get the student. If
someone else picks up the student,
the parent must call the school and
tell the principal, assistant
principal, or secretary. Students
have one day for each day of absence
to'make up their work. Any
previously assigned work must be
turned in on the day back
The time set by Summers Middle
School for a student to be counted
tardy is 8:10 A. M. The school keeps
a sheet on file from each parent to
indicate who is allowed to sign the
student out.
Students who need to leave early
must be signed out in the front office
by the parent or by someone the
parent has designated on the sign
out sheet. Students have one day for
each day of absence in which to
make up their work.
At Hinton Area Elementary
students are counted tardy from
8:10-9:30. After that time the
student is counted a half-day absent.
If a student needs to leave early,
the parent must sign him/her out at
the front office. Students have one
day for each day of absenco to make
up their work. Any previously
assigned work must be turned in on
the day back.
Jumping Branch Elementary
begins counting students tardy at
8:00. Students are ceunted tardy for
class if they are not in the classroom
when the bell rings for the start of a
new class. If a student needs to leave
early, the parent must sign him/her
out in the office. Students have one
day to make up work for each day
absent.
The tardy bell rings at 8:20 for
students at Taicott Elementary. In
cases ofemergoncy, ifa student must
leave Taicott School before the end
of the school day, he/she must be
signed out at the main office.
Instruction time runs till 3:30 and
students are expected to stay in class
until that time, When a student is
absent, it is the responsibility of the
student to ask the teacher for work
miseed. ARer the work is assigned,
it must be turned in the following
day. One day absent equals one day
to make up the work.
Each school will be working to
enforce the specific provisions of the
policies .that pertain to their
students. In addition, there are state
guidelines that schools and the
county office must follow in regards
to absence reporting. Next time, wp
will look at those corrective
measures. .