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HINTON STEWS
(Continuing the Hinton Daily News & The Weekend Loader)
• Home of the W. Va. Water Fe=tival
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Hinton, West Virginia Tuesday Oct. 19, 1993
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Railroad Days Festival Largest Ever
Estimated 12,000 attend two day event
By Fred Long
"Fm dead tired, Sharon Han-
nah, coordinator of this years
Railroad Days festival, said yes-
terday from the Visitor's Center
on Temple St. =People come in
here all bouncy and all I want to do
is go home to bed. Maybe when I
get to be 70 I'll have some energy.
Hannah just finished six months
of work to bring together the larg-
est Railroad Days festival in its
nine year history. An estimated
8,000 were on the streets Satur-
day and at lest half that number
Sunday, she said.
=It was mad out there Saturday
mornin when the vendors started
setting up on the two block area of
Temple St. at 5:30 am. =You never
saw so much confusion. People
were coming to me saying other
people were taking their space and
people were fighting with each
other. It was a total nightmare."
The activity, for Sharon, ended
Saturday night at 8:30 and it was
the same thing Sunday. =But I
loved every minute of it, she said.
qt was worth it to see all of this
excitement.
"Saturday was the biggest crowd
I've ever seen in Hinton, she said
with a big broad smile. =I love to see
the streets packed this way. It seems
each year the festival grows. We
had people here from everywhere.
The people hers like it. The visitors
like it. It makes you feel good inside
to see so many people having fun. I
love it!
This year the New River Train
excursion from Huntington brought
in 1,500 visitors each of the first two
days and the same number is ex-
pected next Saturday and Sunday.
The festival is held in conjunction
with the excursion and features
numerous arts and crafts exhibits,
food stands and entertainment.
The major draw, Saturday, was
the Lining-Bar Gang from Buckin-
ham County, Virginia, a group Of
retired railroaders that demon-
strated, to rhythm and song, how
rail was set before machinery took
over the job.
Railroad historian R. C. Long was
instrumental in bringing the enter-
tainment to the festival, making
their first appearance here last year,
Sharon said, "Tie was the one that
The Lining-Bar Gang demonstrates how railroad tracks were
maintained in earlier days, prior to the age of heavy machinery.
They performed here last Sat, before a huge audience that offered
much applause.
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Art estimated 12,000 fill Temple Street durlng the fst two days of
the Railroad Days festival.
first told me anything about them.
When they come here he takes them
to breakfast and gets everything
lined up for them. He does a lot to
make this a successful event for our
visitors.
The town square, where they were
set up, was packed with spectators
straining with eyes and ears to see
and hear the almost forgotten songs
of a by-gone era.
"They loved the Lining.Bar Gang,"
Hannah said. =Everyone that saw
them said it was worth the trip just
to see them."
=I've never seen so many people in
my life," said Sharon's husband, City
Councilman Ed Hannah. =I didn't
get to see them. You couldn't get to
it! The people were so deep you
couldn't get through to see. I wanted
to see them-- that's real heritage."
Ed said, probably, Fayette
County's Bridge Day festival helped
to increase the number of people
hers last Saturday. =They may have
decided to swing over here after
spending some time on the New River
Gorge Bridge. We had slot ofstrsnge
faces out there. I'm just tickled to
see all the people."
Unique this year is the first-
class number of vendors on the
street. =I was very selective,"
Sharon said. "I wanted to do away
with commercialized items and
make it strictly homemade arts
and crafts. When people called I
asked them what they were plan-
ning to offer and screened every-
one of them. What we ended up
with is about 100 vendors offering
homemade crafts and the quality
was excellent.
Next week the same vendors
will be on the street, but the enter-
tainment is different. A return en-
gagement from last year is David
Morris' stage show, sponsored by
the state's Parkways, Economic
Development and Tourism Author-
ity, which features a variety of
musical entertainment--- blue-
grass, jazz, country, gospel and
maybe a surprise or two.
The entire four day festival op-
erates on a $1,500 budget and the
fees collected from the vendors,"
Sharon explained. The state pro-
vided a $1,000 grant and =we re-
ceived a $500 grant from CSX Corp.
That's not much money to put
together a big festival and that is
what it is getting to be."
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State Senator Leonard Anderson demonstrates the fine art of
cooking on the streets of Hinton during the festival that brought
record numbers to Downtown Hinton.
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The New River Train, sponsored by the Collis P. Huntington
Railroad Historical Society, Inc., outside the Hinton depot, Sat-
urday.
1991 Shooting Incident Sparks Million Dollar Suit
By Fred Long
NOTICE: Due to Liability, hunt-
ing is not permitted on the Edna
Clay Cales property at Green
Sulphur Springs, WV.
Due to the increase in insurance
costs and court cases, there will not
be any hunting on the property
owned by J. Campbell Gwinn.
Due to liability there will not be
l any hunting on the O'Bryan Farm at
Keatley Springs.
Due to liability, hunting is not
permitted on the Haynes property
at Low Gap, WV.
Bill Gore, Clarence Cales, Regina
Eckle and Philip Gwinn have pub-
lished similar ads in the classified
section of this newspaper.
• The notices stem from a legal suit
filed in Circuit Court recently in-
volving the shootingofa county man
in November 1991. Thomas Harvey,
of Lowell, according to the suit, was
checking livestock on his farm when
Roger L. Hicks shot him inhis =right
arm, shattering the arm and, be-
cause of the loss of blood," nearly
killed him. The suit, along with
Hicks, names Andy and Teresa
Gwinn, owners of the property.
Hicks, according to the suit, was
living on the Gwirm property.and
allegedly hunting with a deer rifle.
It is seeking $1,651,396.61 in
damages.
Harvey, according to the suit,
incurred medical bills totaling over
$69,000, loss of wages totaling al-
most $7,000 and, because he is still
undergoing treatment for the injury,
anticipates future medical bills of at
least $25,000.
According to the suit, Harvey has
lost and will lose at least $25,000 in
farm income. His wife, Linda, has
lost wages totaling $917.21 and
travel expense, as a result of the
incident, total $1,181.25.
Harvey is seeking $500,000, due
to "pain," "stress" and =mental =
anguish and $500,000 because of
=permanent / partial disability to
his right arm. His wife is seeking
$25,000 due to her mental anguish,
according to the suit.
The Gwinn's are named, the suit
alleges, because they =are liable for
the actions of their agents and ten-
ant, Defendant Roger L. Hicks."
Harvey demands a trial by jury
and is represented by Hinton attor-
ney David Ziegler.
Hicks =denies that he used a
weapon in any negligent, willful,
wanton or illegal manner and is
represented by Lewisburg attorney
Steve Hunter. The Gwinns have not
answered the complaint.
Video Equipment
By Fred Long
Law enforcement in Summers
County will start using video equip-
ment thanks to Assistant Prosecu-
tor Michael Turner. Yesterday,
Turner, offered his personal equip-
ment for police use, he said, in order
to aid crime fighting and make his
job easier.
=Every other law enforcement
agency in the country is using video
technology," he said. We need to do
the same thing here."
Turner said his video equipment
will be made available to the State
Police and the Sheriffs Department
"when they take statement" follow-
ing arrest.
He said both agencieshave agreed
to use the equipment and "everyone
seems to agree that this is a good
idea.
Governor Announces
$3 Million Grant
Mercer / Summers Water Project
By Fred Long
Gov. Gaston Caperton,yesterday,
awarded a $3 million joint applica-
tion between two counties and two
cities that will help finance a major
water project in the Mercer - Sum-
mers county area. It is the first
application of its kind approved in
this state, officials said.
The Small Cities Block Grant
application will assist in the fnal
financing of a $23.8 million water
project to tap Bluestone Lake and
provide treated water to the cities of
Hinton and Princeton and the com-
munities in between. The applica-
tion was submitted by both the
Mercer and Summers County Com-
mission and both Hinton and Prin-
ceton city governments, each asking
for $750,000 in public money.
The project, spearheaded by State
Senator Leonard Andersen (D-10th
District), is =a first for WV, and
possibly a prototype for future proj-
ects throughout the state," he said.
"This may very well be a first any.
where in the United States."
West Virginia. American Water
Company will contribute $14 rail.
lion with a total of $5.3 million in
public money completing the first
phase of th. ect,' Andei'on ex.
plained. "
The first phase ehouldbegin early
next year and includes the design
and construction of a five million
gallon aday treatment plant near
True. The design and construction
of a raw water intake structure on
the Bluestone Lake, near the mouth
of Bluestone River, is also included
in this phase along with approxi-
mately 107,000 feet of 24inch water
main to connect Hinton and Prince-
ton.
The plan calls for adding approxi-
mately 900 new customers along and
near Rt. 20, including Pipestem
Resort State Park. Completion is
expected in mid-1995.
The 26-mile pipeline will be in-
stalled with taps already in place for
the second phase of the project, which
includes 225,000 feet of eight inch
pipe.
Phase two is expected to begin in
late 1995 and 1996 at a cost of $4.5
million. Upon completion of this
phase about 400 new customers will
be added to the water system.
Anderson said without the coop-
eration between both public and
private sectors the project could
never become a reality.
acal, county, state and federal
governments have worked together
with private enterprise and commu-
nity organization to create a first for
WV.," he said.
Summers' Students
Learning Computer Skills
By Fred Long
By the year 2000, experts agree,
75 percent of all jobs will require
basic computer knowledge and
Summers County schools, with the
assistance of the state's Basic Skills
Computer Education Program, is
meeting this challenge by offering
computer education in the elemen-
tary grades. Officials hope to ex-
pand the program into every class-
room in the county.
"We started with the largest ele-
mentary school, offering the train-
ing to kindergarten students and
children in the first grade," said
Richard Lawrence, coordinator,
during a special "computer update"
of the three year program at the
Central Offices, Thursday. "It's one
of the best things ever offered to us.
It's making a great difference in the
lives of the children in Summers
County."
Three first grads students dem-
onstrated how the computers were
helping them to learn: Christopher
Gross, Jason Zimmerman and Karl
Farley. All were in kindergarten
last year where they first received
hands on instruction; and they oper-
ated the computers like a pro.
=I like it," said Karl while explain-
ing a reading lesson. "It's a lot of
fun.
Karl didn't have any problem
getting her computer started. She
just put on a set of head phones,
typed her name in, and went to work.
She was working on a reading level
far beyond the first grade.
Fhis wouldn't be pmsible with-
out the computers," said kindergar-
ten teacher Rosemary Irwin. "The
kids are so excited about getting on
the computers and enthusiastic
about them. I bet I hear 20 times a
day, is it my turnT
The school ystem has 79 comput-
ers installed in five elementary
schools and hope to eventually have
one in every classroom, Lawrence
said.
"I like the system," =aid Irwin;
because, instead of trying to fit a
child to the computer's leuon, the
computer "customized the pregran:
to fit the children's need. We feel
better about the kids because it is
reaching their needs."
The IBM computers are supplied
with Jotens Learning soR3vare
containing over 800 different math,
reading and writing programs and
over 1,000 other lessons that chal-
lenge students while they learn,
officials said.
Prosecutors
Say Seek New
Indictment
By Fred Long
Although marijuana charges
against a county man implicated in
a drug raid last April have been
dismissed, prosecutors say they will
seek a second indictment from the
Grand Jury next month.
Circuit Judge Robert Irons dis-
missed cultivation of marijuana
charges against James Michael
Yancsy, 35, one of three indicted by
the Grand Jury in July, following a
raid at his home in Sandstone where
police confiscated an estimated
$500,000 in seized marijuana; be-
cause, assistant Prosecutor Michael
Turner said, Sheriff John Plumley
was permitted to testify to legal
points of law.
=The issue was raised concerning
the Sheriff interpreting law before
the Grand Jury," Turner said. =The
defense argued this issue and the
state withdrew the charge."
Turner said the "state intends to
seek another indictment from the
Grand Jury on Nov. 16. We have the
option to seek re-institution of the
original indictment or other charges.
Also arrested during the April 8th
raid were Karen Strauser, 23 and
Wendell R. and Helen Scroghams.
Earlier, Strauser pleaded guilty to
possession of marijuana while Wen-
dell Scroghams entered a guilty plea
to manufacture of marijuana. Both
willbe sontencedon Oct. 25. Charges
against Helen Scroghams were dis-
missed in exchange for Wendell
Scroghams' guilty plea.
Henry
Cleaned
The John Henry statue, at Tal-
cott, was cleaned of its unsightly
white-wash sometime last week.
Persons unknown painted the
Black American folk hero with white.
wash during the night preceding the
Bobcat's Homecoming game on Oct.
8.