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Letter to the
Editor
enda
Wanted To
Express My
Sincere
Appreciation
Dear Hinton Residents,
I wanted to express my sincere
Summers County Board of
Education
Regular & Special Meeting
Hinton Area Elementary
November 17, at 5:00 p.m.
1•Roll Call
2. Invocation/Pledge of Allegiance
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Approval of Minutes
5. Local School Improvement
ippreciation for the warm"welcome Council
aome" I received during therecent 6. 'Approve Resignation of
'Railroad Days". I was blessed with Professional Personnel
the opportunity to spend some 10 7.Approve Resignation of Service
days there, during which I had the Personnel
opportunity to chat with some ofthe 8. Approve Employment of
many friends Shirley and I made Professional Personnel
over the years. Additionally I noted 9. Approve Substitute Service
a few changes in the immediate Personnel Random Selection to
downtown area, all of which Establish the Order of Seniority
i appeared to be positive. The (18A-4-15)
presence and commitment of folks 10. Approve Volunteers
like Kenny Allman, Sheriff Garry 11. Approve Agreement between
~ Wheeler,~:former M~yor Cleo the Summers County Board of
.M~thews and members of the Education and the Community
i current city and County Action of South Eastern West
: 'ad'minisl;rati0nsalong with many Virginia
other' dedicated residents are
testimonies as to what can happen
in a small community when folks
work together. And the exterior wall
paintings so expertly accomplished
by"Tom" at the corner of 2nd St. and
Ballangee have quite literally
enhanced the whole downtown
business district.
I also wanted to express my
appreciation to Harry Peck and
Chad Vincin who purchased the
building I formerly owned at 212
Temple Street. In addition to
painstakingly transforming the
downstairs into a "top of the line"
hair salon, they have tastefully
redecorated and furnished the three
upstairs apartments into short term
rentals; a much needed addition to
the downtown area. I had the
12. Approve Policy
13. Discussion and/or Action
Concerning Out of County Transfer
14. Approve In Coming Student
Request
15. Superindent's Report
16. Treasurer's Report
17. Transfers and Supplements
18. Public Comment
19. Approval of Bills
20. Adjournment
Seminoles 4-H
Club Meets
By Ann Lipscomb
Hinton Area Elementary's (HAE)
Seminoles 4-H Club met on October
16. They elected officers: President
privilege
and was made to feel very much at
home! They will undoubtedly be a
blessing to those who come to Hinton
for business or personal reasons and
I would certainly recommend them.
My recently published book,
"GeneraLee Speaking" and DVD,
"The Dilemma" were well received
by all and I hope my comments in
the book about Hinton will help to
stir the pot and bring about even
greater revitalization to a deserving
community. If everyone works
together, it will certainly happen•
For those who didn't get a copy of
my book and may want one, it's
available from Amazon or directly
from me. For information, contact
me at asteneasrelee@suddenlink.net
or by phone at 813-782-1297.
May happiness, good health and
prosperity always attend each of you
is my prayer.
Sincerely,
A1 Stone
Florida
of staying in one of these Abby Naik, Vice President Lacey
Reed, Secretary Ava Stover, Song
Leader Stacey Bishop, and Activity
Leader Taylor Koenig. There were
12 members present and we
completed 3 service projects.
We signed a birthday card for a
woman who would soon be 86 years
old. We then prepared "pumpkin
poop"- candy corn-- for the teachers
and staff at HAE. We also colored
Thanksgiving pages for the nursing
home at Hilldale.
History and Evolution of
Railroad Rules, Ninth in a Series
- Period 1900-1910 Reprint from
The Train Dispatcher with
permission.
The opening decade of the century
marked the addition of a new official
on U. S. railroads - the Rules
Examiner.
For many years prior, there had
been examinations of employees on
the Book of Rules, somewhat
perfunctory, usually conducted by an
Assistant Superintendent,
Trainmaster, Chief Dispatcher or
other division official who acted as
examiner in addition to his other
duties. Because of the limited
• authority of these division officers,
and their inability to speak with
final authority on the rules of their
interpretations, there was not the
degree of understanding among the
employees on many roads that there
should have been to incure absolute
safety in train operation. The
creation of the official called Rules
Examiner resulted in operating
employees and others connected
with train movements, being better
informed than at any previous
period of railroad history, and
having a more uniform
understanding of the meaning,
Letter To
Read Nearly
Dear Editor,
I read nearly the entire 700+ page
Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP)
Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) which was
released in mid September. There is
virtually no hope of getting the
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) to do their job:
evaluating the impacts of pipelines
on citizens in a professional and
unbiased way.
FERC is deep in the pockets of the
energy industry. This is not
surprising, since all of the
commissioners appointed to FERC
are former CEOs of energy
companies. When they leave FERC,
they go back to energy firms or they
become lobbyists for Big Energy in
Washington.
The FERC has never met a
pipeline it does not like. In its entire
history, it has denied only a single
pipeline permit. It has already
approved nearly 40 pipelines this
year, alone.
Now FERC and the energy
lobbyists have convinced Congress
to create at least 10 massive energy
corridors through National Parks,
National Forests and other public
lands in the eastern United States.
These corridors will be exempt from
any consideration of environmental
or social effects. This is FERC's way
of ignoring the voices of local
citizens, who think that public lands
should be preserved and conserved
for the enjoyment of future
generations of Americans. Local
landowners and residents will be in
great peril.
Our only hope to stop the MVP
may be the United States Forest
Service (USFS). The same may be
true for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline,
farther north in WV/VA. The USFS
has the option to deny permission
for these pipelines to.cross the
George Washington & Jefferson
"Your Full-Service Service Station".
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in the year 1936.This animal is
regarded to be the largest carniv-
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It was a n"ative of Australia and New
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intent and connotation of the rules
for movement of trains. While there
were exceptions, this was true on
most railroads. On a few carriers,
the Rules Examiner still lacked the
necessary final authority for
interpreting the rules and
explainingto employees their proper
applications, being frustrated by an
over-zealous General Manager or
cumbersome "Rules 'Committee,"
and on such roads the situation was
often worse than before because of
the Rules Examiner was hesitant to
issue written statements of
interpretation for reference by
dispatchers and division officers, but
as a general rule the coming Of the
Rules Examiner was a great stop
forward on the railroads.
The ideal Rules Examiner was a
sound, well-grounded railroad man
with a good and pleasant
relationship with the men who were
subject to examination by him.
Generally, the Rules Examiner had
nothing to do with discipline, and
this fact also contributed to good
relations with the men who were
subject to rules tests. Usually
dispatchers are required to pass a
thorough examination on rules prior
to starting work as a dispatcher,
they are subject to re-examination
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NOTICE
National Forests in West Virginia
and Virginia, so we are putting
heavy pressure on them to do so.
Many people do not know that a
proposal to amend the Land and
Resource Management Plan for the
Jefferson National Forest is buried
in the recently released MVP DEIS
and the accompanying NOIA (Notice
Hinton Area Foundation, PO Box
at regular intervals, either every 217, Hinton, WV25951. Please note
year or two years. Thus most 2016 Flood Victims when you make
dispatcher~ become studious
your donation.
scholars regularly during those If you have questions, please call
weeks immediately preceding re- the HAF Office at 304-466-5332
examination time. And while it is a contact Deborah Clark, president at
rare dispatcher who does not know deborah.clark@suddenlink.net or
how to proceed, rule-wise, in most get in touch with any HAF beard
any circumstances, he may not know member.
the precise wording of the applicable
rule, or the exact definition he may V.F.W MEETING
be required to recite. V.F.W Casey Jones Post 450G
In an article on "Historical meetings 3rd Monday 7:00 p.m.
Background of the Standard Code monthly at Veterans Museum 41c
and Standard Time," written during Ballengee St. Hinton. Veterans
this period of railroad history, Mr. Needed.
L. C. Hahney, Director of Safety on Call 304-250-4152 or 304-573-
the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad, 3550 for more information.
observed, "The important thing is
that now the time zones are uniform
Event Postings Via Expl
on this continent. Also, the Standard Summers County Tourism
Code of Train Rules, Block Signal Website
Rules, and Interlocking Rules, are If your business or organization
uniform. All railroads do not have has any upcoming events you would
the same physical characteristic like help promoting please go tc
and/or operations and where local www.ExploreSummersCounty.con~
conditions differ, local rules may be submitevent and complete the form
written to cover conditions, but so we can add your event to ouz
where standard code rules are used calendar and help further promote
they will bear the same numbers as it through social media. You can find
in the Standard Code of Train Rules, us on Facebook under ~Explore
Block Signal Rules and Interlocking Summers County." We also have a
Rules oftheAmericanAssociation of bulletin board in our window if you
Railroads•"
have event fliers for display.
ACCEPTING DONATIONS
Hinton Area Foundation
Accepting Flood Relief Donations.
For those asking how they can help
those affected by the flooding in
Summers County (100% goes to the
needs of local citizens), Hinton Area
Foundation accepts tax deductible
donations online via PayPal or credit
card at http'J/hintonareafoundation.
org or checks can be mailed to "
size in our local counties) if tha:
property was square in shape (467')
467').
Any future power lines and
pipelines, including the MVP and:
most likely, the ACP (Atlantic Coast
-Pipeline) would have to cross
Monroe, Summers and Greenbrier
Counties to enter or exit this
Applications are now
being accepted.
Equal Opportunity Employer
.0f Intent and Availability). The federally approved corridor across
proposal requests not only the 50- the Jefferson National Forest• Any
foot MVP Right of Way, but also a number of proposed and future
500-foot-wide Designated Utility ,pipeline or power line projects that
Corridor to accommodate manywanted to cross the National Forest .......... ,
more pipelines and various other would be required to use this 500 i LETTERS POLICY
utility projects. A 500-foot Utility foot corridor. If the USFS approves .I ......
--. , , ~ . ! Lechers are wemome, ou~ no more
Corridor across the Jefferson thzs amenoment to tne rarest service I "han one letter each month will be
National Forest is like building a 42- plan, it would ensure a similar I ~ccepted from the saroe writer.
Lane Superhighway through it. See corridor across the counties near the | Preference will be given to letters of
acc~.mp~Dy~ngpicture yf.~¢ widest federal corridor. :[ 300 words or less. Longer letters
.expre~wayintheUSAithe~6~lane These future utility projects"~ may be shortened or rejected:
Katy Expressway near' Houston. would not just" include" natural [ Letters must De slgnea ana mus~
gas, | include an address and phdn~
Now, imagin'e a corridor almost but-also ~ crude oil and~'other• ! number The telephone number will
twice as wide through the Jefferson dangerous substances. No one not be published. Letters by E-mail
National Forest in West Virginia knows what might be transported by
and Virginia. Such a corridor would these pipelines in the future• After
devastate old growth forest, the all, they will be there for the next
Appalachian Trail, the National 75 years, or longer. The NOIA
Forest Roadless Area on Brush proposal also requested water
Mountain in Giles and Montgomery pipelines. Could private
Counties VA, and critical water corporations or the government be
resources from the National Forest, eyeing the water resources of Peters
including Peters Mountain, upon Mountain, or other sources of water
which countless landowners, in Monroe, Greenbrier and
municipalities, and farmers rely• Summers Counties? Would the
Approval of this corridor would Greenbrier River or our many
doom the property rights of every springs be safe if such a corridor is
landowner in the valleys near the established? Maybe the water
federal lands on top of Peters resources of Giles, Craig and
Mountain, Sinking Creek Mountain, Montgomery County VA, such as the
and Brush Mountain, including the New River or the Roanoke River, are
Hans, Indian and Rich Creek on somecorporation'sradar. Itwould
Valleys in Monroe County, the have the power of eminent domain
sinking Creek Valley in Craig and to take all private property in the
Giles counties, and areas in path ofits pipeline. The State ofWV
Summers, Greenbrier, and Monroe says it already owns the state's
(WV), Giles, Craig and Montgomery water
(VA), and beyond. To appreciate the This proposal to designate a 500-
scale of this threat to landowners, foot utility corridor in the Jefferson ii
consider the fact that a 500-foot National Forest actually originated .
corridor would
will not be accepted unless followed
up with a signed letter•
Letters will be edited for grammar,
spelling, taste, syntax, and libel•
Names will not be withheld.
Address them to Letters to the
Editor, P. O. Box 1000, Hinton, WV
25951.
Summers County
Humane Society/
ACWP
is a non-profit group of local
volunteers that is I'iere to help.
Do you need to have a pet
spayed or neutered or need
assistance with vaccinations?
Please call
855-WV4-PETS
and Leave a Message,
Do you have a iitter of puppies
or a dog to turn in or have seen
a stray or lost dog? Please call
our Animal Control Officer 304-
466-4860. Have you witnessed
an animal emergency?
Continued on page 10 :f Please call 911.
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