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RAHALL REPORT
SCORE One for Southern
West Virginia
We are entering a new era in West
Virginia, a technological renaissance
so to say. Especially here in
Southern West Virginia with
initiatives such as the 1-64 High-
Tech Corridor, or the "Silicon
Mountains Initiative," that will
bring new jobs to our coalfield
communities.
With this renaissance, a new era
for businesses here in Southern
West Virginia has begun. And, it is
important that these businesses,
especially small businesses, are able
to handle the new challenges that
lie ahead and take advantage of
opportunities when. they present
themselves. The Service Corps of
Retired Executives (SCORE) is
helping small businesses
throughout the country, and in
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women and small business owners.
In 38 years of service, SCORE has
provided business counseling in the
form of email advice online, face-to-
face business counseling, low-cost
workshops, and free and confidential
small business counseling, to more
than 4.5 million people across the
United States.
Information about the SCORE
Association can be found on the
Internet at <http://www.score.org>
or by contacting your local
Congressional District Office.
U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)
represents West Virginia's 3rd
District.
Southern West Virginia, not 0nly to
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' Engine No. 1 Train No, 13 at Brooks Station Dee. 26,1924. Photo
from Jim Costa Collection.
PLENTY OF STEAM
SUPPLIED BY OLD-TIMER
J. W. Eubanks came to Hinton in
1886 and secured a job as a fireman
for the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway Company. He
made his first "run" as a fireman for
engineer Richard Thomasson on
April 14, 1886. Mr. Thomasson was
among the first group of engineers
hired after the railroad was opened
up to Huntington on January 29,
1873;
Eubanks was one of the most
popular enginemen working out of
Hinton, well liked by the men he
worked with, and with C. & O.
officials alike. The citizens and
merchants of Hinton hated to see
him move his family to Cane Fork,
W. Va., when he was promoted to
Road Foreman of Engines but they
wished him well in his new job. In
that capacity he gave excellent
service to the C. & O. on the
Huntington Division. In later years
he relinquished his job of Road
Foreman of Engines and reverted
back to engine service as locomotive
engineer.
A celebration honoring Mr.
Eubanks was held in Hinton April
14, 1926 on the fortieth anniversary
of his service for the C. & O. That
morning in Huntington, W. Va, his
day started out like his first run on
April 14, 1886. This day he was to
fire the locomotive of local passenger
train No. 14 from Huntington to
Hinton fo r the same engineer he had
fired for in the beginning of his
railroad career, Richard Thomasson.
Unknown to Mr. Eubanks there was
a big celebration awaiting him at
Hinton.
When No. 14 pulled into Hinton
station at 1:30 p.m. , there was a
large enthusiastic crowd on the
station platform cheering his
arrival. When Mr. Eubanks stepped
down from the engine cab, he was
immediately surrounded by his
admiring friends, who extended to
him their congratulations. Engineer
Thomasson had a good word for
Eubanks when he said of his "young"
fireman, "He was just grand"! He is
a better fireman today than he was
b o, ) / 00la, qen Co mp edngfor Sch o/arch at
forty years ago, he has lost none of
his old time skill, and I hope he is
still better in the next forty years."
Mr. Thomasson continued, "He is
just as gay as ever, and wouldn't
have a stoker when it was offered at
Huntington, but said he would "fire
her" by hand as he had forty years
ago." In those days the word gay had
a different meaning than it does
now.
Mr. Eubanks told the assembled
• crowd; "I an feeling as good as ever
and just got along fine. We brought
'=her" (No. 14 ) in at all stops on time
and it seems no different than it was
forty years ago. All I need now is a
good square meal."
What he didn't know was the fact
that his "good square meal" was
being prepared at that very moment.
The engineers of Hinton and their
wives had been busy all morning
preparing for the reception and
"good square meal" in the banquet
hall of the Big Four Building in
honor of Mr. Eubanks.
The reception started at 7:30
p.m., with the following program:
Vocal solo by Mrs, H. C. Porter.
Reading by Miss Lillian
Seldomridge.
Piano solo by Mrs. H. C. Porter.
Vocal solo by Miss Muriel
Coleman.
Selections by a male quartet.
Vocal solo by Mrs. L. C. Halloran.
Piano solo by Miss Margaret.
Nicely.
Speeches by office and veteran
employees.
Dinner at 8:30 p.m.
After dinner the rest of the
evening was spent in old time
dancing. The Lowry brothers of
Ballard, W. Va., provided music for
the occasion. The Lowry brothers
had gained quite a reputation for
themselves for playing old time
dance tunes on the banjo, fiddle,
french harp, and guitar. The dance
started off with a Grand March led
by the likeable locomotive engineer
Frank A: Cundiff.
keeItheir head above tr,,but , ,.
is hlping them stay Mhd io'fh ' '* ,:, .
curv. "- ........ " h" GlllqlCbllege Division of
Headquartered in Washington, Business willho§t the Tenth Annual
D.C., the SCORE Association is a
nonprofit, volunteer-based
organization committed to educating
small business owners and the
formation, growth and success of
small businesses nationwide. There
are over 389 chapters of SCORE
nationwide, and five chapters across
West Virginia, including two here in
Southern West Virginia, in
Huntington and Lewisburg.
What makes the chapters in West
Virginia unique is that ,the West
Virginia chapters of SCORE were
the first in the Nation to be wired
into the information superhighway
statewide. This will help SCORE
expand online counseling and
training services to Southern West-
Virginia small business owners.
With West Virginia's technological
renaissance underway, there are
many opportunities for small
businesses on the horizon, and the
SCORE Association can help the
small business owner grow and
evolve with this new era that has
begun in our mountains and valleys.
SCORE partners with the U.S.
Small Business Administration
(SBA), and has approximately
10,500 retired and working
volunteers that provide free
business counseling and advice as a
public service to businessmen and
,i4tI'l,'16 llCO, r :.(,•
Concord Business Challenge on
Thursday, October 16, 2003 on the
Athens campus. The Business
Challenge is designed to give high
school students an opportunity to
test their business knowledge base
and teachers an opportunity to learn
about new teaching tools .and
techniques.
Activities begin at 8:30 a.m. with
.registration in the lobby of the
Alexander Fine Arts Center followed
by a welcome from Concord
President Jerry L. Beasley, Mr.
Michael Curry, vice president for
admissions and financial aid and
Division of Business Chair, Dr.
Kendra Boggess. The firsttesting
sessions will begin promptly at 9:30
a.m. with an awards ceremony
following at 1:10 p.m. in the
Alexander Fine Arts Main Theatre:
The Concord Ambassadors will
conduct campus tours throughout
the day.
A junior or senior attending the
Concord College Business Challenge
may compete for one of two
scholarships. The two winners will
be selected based on their Business
Challenge scholarship examination
performance. The two students
scoring the highest on the exam will
qualify for a $500.00 per year
scholarship when they enroll full-
time at Concord College. Each
winner must meet admissions
criteria established by the College
for entering freshmen. After the
student's first year of College, the
scholarship will be renewed if the
student maintains at least a 3.0
grade point average (GPA) and
remains in good standing with the
College. The scholarship will be
renewable for up to eight semesters.
The maximum total award could be
$2,000.00 for each winner.
The Admissions Office will be the
primary administrator of the award
and the office will work in
cooperation with the business
faculty in selecting the winners..
At 10:50 a.m. Dr. Deborah
Halsey-Hunter, p/'ofessor ht
Bluefield State College and adjunct
at Concord College will present
"Marketing Your Business
Programs" to teachers and
counselors.
"Approximately 300 junior and
senior high school students from
southern West Virginia and
southwestern Virginia are expected
to attend this event. (Last year's
scholarship winners were Anthony
Donley from Woodrow Wilson and
Joe Mosko from Graham High.)
For registration information
contact Bonnie Brown at 1-304-384-
5244 or Dr. Susan Robinett at 1-304-
384-5321.
as engineersoar tlcd, &hi*,
' ',,cl, mrmt',Iuntingn W. Vd., Covington, Va.,,'
andRonceverte, W. Va., came to join
in the festivities and to pay their
respects to Mr. Eubanks.
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Warranty Towing
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/AND MUCH! MUCH! MORE!!
IT'S NOT TOO SOON TO START INVESTING
FOR COLLEGE.
Before you know it, co!lege will be here. Start planning for it with the
help of someone whog always been there fo: you. Seeme about' the
potential tax benefits of a State Farm ® College Savings Plan account.
WE LIVE WHERE YOU LIVE'."
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COMMISSION MEETINGS, _-
The Summers County
Commission will meet bi-weekly on
Mondays at 9:00 a.m. in the County
Courthouse. In case of Monday being
!
a hMiday, the meeting will be moved
to the following Tuesday. Meeting
for October are as follows:
Tuesday, October 14th.
Monday, October 27th.
Contact Mary Beth Merril;,:
County Clerk at 466-7104 if y0;i."
have items for the agenda. , :,..:.
BIG FOUR DRUG
COR. 3RD AVE. & TFMPLF ST.
HINTON W. VA., PHONP 466"323
Ellison,
R. Ph.
New Type of Insulin
Looks Promising
Diabetes is a chronic health'
problem which affects almost 16
million Americans. It has been im-
plicated in a variety of life-threat- -
ening complications including kid-
ney failure, blindness, amputa-
tions, and even heart disease. With
diabetes, blood sugar' levels stay.
much higher than normal. Insulin,
levels may be abnormally low or-
the body may not be abie to re-
spond to insulin properly even•
when it is present in normal
amounts. Symptoms of diabetes,
may include excessive thirst and
urination, unexplained weight loss,
and extreme hunger.
Insulin is used by the majority
of diabetics. Humalog is a
commercial insulin which is used
immediately before meals because:
it is quick acting. Long acting
insulin like Lantus is prescribed
when long-term control is needed,
such as at bedtime. New research
on the safety and effectiveness of
an inhaled insulin named Aerodose
looks promising. Some researchers'
believe insulin could be ad-
misi.,i€., asthna inhaler
em!c'mes.L I
the approval"process is'positive,.
the new insulin medicine could be
available in the next 12 months.
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NOW OPEN vvvv
Lowry's Trading Post gun and
pawn is now open. We offer
new and used firearms, ammu-
nition, and hunting supplies.
Special orders are welcome.
Open Wed.-Sat. 9am-
6pm, Sun. lpm-5pm
Behind Talcott Post
Office, Talcott, WV 24981
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FOR SALt] :"
Owner Retiring
selling as an ongoing businessl •
(wg Irul tllp, lill F llllillnli$1i/
Corner of Summers St. & Third Ave. Hinton, W. Vs.
Fantastic small business opportunity to own and operate one of
southern West Virginia's oldest established tire and muffler shops.
This business has been in operation for many decades and has a well
respected name. This business is open and operating daily!
Property consists of two bay brick garage building that is approx. 45
• ft. x 84 ft. Included in the package is most all equipment already in
place that is needed for the new entrepreneur to start making money •
the first day on the job.
PRICED TO SELL AT ONLY $135,000
Contact Ustlng agent Randy & Burdette for a private viewing
445-2897 Greenbder Valley-256-0463 Becidey-
1-600-726-2897 natlenadde
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