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OBITUA00S
LAKE REED DOTSON
Lake Reed Dotson, 91, of 163
Pleasant St., Hinton, died Thursday,
Nov, 11, 1999, in a Hinton hospital
following a short illness.
Born Feb. 27, 1908, at Judson, she
was the daughter of the late Lewi
C. and Lyda Holdren Reed.
Ms. Dotson was a retired school
teacher in Washington state and
al in Summers County. She was
a member of Bascon Methodist
Church, Rupert, and had been a
resident of Hinton for the past 10
years.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Cecil Dotson, in 1987; four
brothers and five sisters.
Survivors include two sisters,
Patria Ellison of Hinton and Bernice
Beaver of Charleston.
Services were held at 2 p. m.
Sunday, November 14th. at Pivont
Funeral Home Chapel, Hinton, with
the Rev. Sterling Morgan officiating.
Burial followed in Wallace Memorial
Cemetery, Clintonville.
Nephews served as pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions may be made to the
American Cancer Society.
Arrangements by Pivont Funeral
Home, Hinton.
DAVID. H FITZPATRICK
David Howard Fitzpatrick, 79, of
Leatherwood Road, Hinton, died
Monday, Nov. 8, 1999, in a Hinton
hospital following a long illness.
Born Sept. 22, 1920, at Jumping
Branch, he was the son of the late
Kelly P. and Victoria Mae
Fitzpatrick.
Mr. Fitzpatrick had lived most of
his life in Summers County. He was
a 16-year veteran of the U. S. Navy
and the U. S. Army, having served
on the USS Ozark in Tokyo Bay in
1945.
Survivors include five nieces,
Linda Shaw of Paintsville, Ky.,
Rebecca F. Vest of Huntington,
Susan Jane Fitzpatrick of
Shawsville, VA., and Diana L.
Fitzgerald of Oak Harbor, Wash.; a
nephew, Major Timothy L.
Fitzgerald of Midwest City, Okla.;
five grandnieces and four
grandnephews.
Services were held at 2'p. m.
Wednesday, November 10th. at
Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors,
Hinten. Burial followed in the Crews
Cemetery, Nimitz.
Arraogemnts :by Ronald
MeadawsFuneral Parlors,, Hinto.
TWILA C. HELLEMS
Twila C. Hellems, 89, of Hinton,
died at 8:20 p. m. Thursday, Nov. Ii,
1999, in a Giles County, VA.,
hospital following a short illness.
Born July 8, 1910, in Summers
County, she was the daughter of the
late George and Clara Christian
Krise.
Mrs. Hellems was a lifelong
resident of Hinton, a homemaker
and a member of BeUepoint Baptist
Church.
She was co-owner and operator of
Temple Market and Hellems
Furniture in Hinton.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Billy Joe Hellems, in 1976;
and two sisters, Mamie Reid and
Aroma Mann.
Survivors include a son, T. J.
Hellems and his wife, Jewell of
Charles Town; two daughters, Sandy
Clark and her husband, Gary, of
Pearisburg, VA., and Nancy Taylor
of Dover, Del.; a sister, Irene Ball of
Lewisburg; a brother, George Krise
Jr. of Chesapeake, VA.; seven
grandchildren and four great-
grandchildren.
Services were held at 2 p. m.
Sunday, November 14th. at
Bellepoint Baptist Church with
Pastor Chris Brown officiating.
Burial followed in Restwood
Memorial Gardens, Hinton.
Nephews served as pallbearers.
Arrangements by Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors, Hinton.
HARRY L. MANN
Harry L. Mann, 81, of Toledo,
Ohio, formerly of Summers County,
died Sunday, Nov. 7, 1999, in a
Toledo hospital following a long
illness.
Born Aug. 12, 1918, in Minden,
he was the son of the late William
and Ado Mae Shanks Mann.
Mr. Mann lived the early part of
his life at Ballengee. He was a
former coal miner, a former
employee of Texaco Oil , Co. and
worked as a bus driver for
Community Traction Co.
Along with his son, he was co-
owner and operator of Harry's
Marathon, a service station in
Toledo. Harry was a noted musician
in southern West Virginia, having
sung and played with Little Jimmy
Dickens on a Beckley radio station
in the early 1940s.
Due to injuries received while
working as a coal miner, he was
unable to serve in the military
during World War If, so he and his
wife moved to Toledo, where he lived
until the time of his death.
Mr. Mann was a member of
Calvary Bible Chapel of Toledo.
He was Preceded in death by a
brother, William D. Mann.
Survivors include his wife of 60
years, Rachel Birchfield'Mann; two
sons, Edward L. Mann and Edgel L.
Mann and his wife, Sharon; two
daughters, Phyllis Cady and her
husband, Tony, and Shirley Mowery
and her husband, Ray; 14
grandchildren; 21 great-
grandchildren; and five great-great-
grandchildren.
Services were held at 1 p. m.
Thursday, November 11th. at War
Ridge Freewill Baptist Church,
Wayside, with Pastor Tom Rice
officiating. Burial followed in Oak
Grove Cemetery, Ballengee.
Arrangements by Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors, Hinton.
John Henry Days
Committee Meets
The monthly meeting of the John
Henry Days Committee met at the
Talcott Fire House. There were 12
members present.
We are trying to get an early start
on planning the John Henry Days
Festival this year, usually we wait
until January to resume our
Imeetings" We are planning on
! hadng.the same successful events
.pltls we are adding some new
attractions.
Our entertainment is planned for
the Friday and Saturday nights at
the tunnel. On Friday night we will
have Buddy Allen and the Cheat
River Band from 7:00 PM until 11:00
PM. On Saturday night the
Sundown Express will perform from
7:00 PM until 11:00 PM.
The dates this year for the festival
will be July 7, 8 and 9th.
We would like for anyone that is
interested in helping with this
festival to come out and attend our
monthly meetings. The meetings are
held on the third Thursday night at
7:00 PM at the Talcett Fire House.
Your ideas might just be what we are
looking for, come out and help make
our fifth event the best ever.
Revival Services To Be
Held At Cook's Chapel
Pastor Dewey Williams will be
speaking in revival at Cook's Chapel
Baptist Church in Pipestem,
starting Monday, November 29th.
and ending on Friday, December
3rd. Services will begin at 7:00 P.M.
each evening.
Brother Dewey Williams pasters
Belle Meadows Baptist Church in
Bristol, VA. God is using Brother
Dewey in revivals and tent meetings
all over the country.
Everyone is welcome and invited
to attend this revival.
Nursery will be provided.
For more information, please
contact Pastor Dallas Peyton, Jr. at
(304) 384-3270.
aegina
Local Student
Participates in
Health Program at
A local student recently
completed a six-week summer
enrichment program sponsored by
Health Careers Opportunity
Program (HCOP) at West Virginia
University.
Regina Martin, daughter of Leroy
and Nedra Martin, of Green Sulphur
Springs, is a pre-physical therapy
student at WVU.
HCOP is a six-week program
designed to promote careers for West
Virginia and western Maryland pre-
freshman students interested in the
schools of medicine, dentistry,
pharmacy, and other health fields,
Students are given academic and
social support to enhance their
knowledge, skills, and abilities to
enter and graduate from health
professions schools.
HCOP is funded by the State of
West Virginia, U. S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Health
Resources and Services
Administration, Bureau of Health
Professions, and Division of
Disadvantaged Assistance. The
program is a collaborative effort
between WVU and Western
Maryland Area Health Education
Center.
Highway News
W. VA. Dept. of Highways,
Division of Highways. Maintenance
project scheduled work for Nov. 15th.
thru 19th.
MONROE COUNTY: Brush
Contro(CR-6) JacksonHill Road;
Shodldr Stabilization (CR' 10)
Johnson Crossroads Rd. (CR-219/20)
Spangler Road; Pull Shoulders &
Ditches (CR-10)Johnson Crossroads
(CR-219/20) Spangler Road. Other
maintenance projects that should
not delay traffic.
SUMMERS COUNTY; Culvert
Installation (CR-7) Tampa Road;
Remove Ditchline Obstruction (WV-
20); Install Steel Pilings (CR-3/21)
Madams Creek Rd.; Patching
(various routes); Shoulder
Stabilization (CR-7/6) Kessler Road.
Other maintenance projects that
should not delay traffic.
All scheduled maintenance work
is contingent upon favorable
weather conditions.
Delphi Holds
Luncheon
Kent Hellems, local attorney, was
guest speaker at the November 9
Delphi luncheon at Rivertowne.
Mr. Hellems spoke of the probate
system in West Virginia and
explained the importance of having
a will. He stressed the need for a
living will and a medical power of
attorney.
Each month the club honors those
members who hay 9 birthdays during
the month with one member
winning a birthday cake. The
winner for November was Esther
Fitzsimmons.
Twenty two members were
present. The next meeting will be
at Rivertowne on December 14.
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LeOlslative
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By Delegate Mary P. Compton
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Union, West Virginia - Does the
number of stairmg positions affect
patient quality care? Is there
enough time set aside to tend to
those living in nursing homes?
Diroctor of the Health Fairness
Licensure and Certification Board's
Long-term Care Program addressed
questions such as these during last
month's interim committee
meetings. Patient quality care and
staffing needs seemed to be of top
priority among members of the
committee..
According to the director, most
nursing homes are staffing above
the regulated requirement of 1.6
hours of nurse aid and .4 hours of
professional aid. However, members
of the committee fear that this is not
enough time for patients to obtain
quality assisted care.
To get a better understanding of
what type of care patients are truly
getting, members requested that
a list documenting the variety of
tasks being performed by staff and
the time it takes to administer these
procedures be provided to them.
The director noted that when a
nursing home is being reviewed for
certification, the quality of care for
patients will be examined before the
number of staff. He also revealed
that between 7 and 10 percent of the
state's nursing homes have "repeat
problems" in the area of patient care.
Within the past year, inspectors
have reviewed more than 100
nursing homes, exploring nearly
200 complaints.
Although many of these
complaints were centered around
staffing procedures, it is also
important for us to realize that not
all nursing home problems are
related to staffing.
Committee members were told
that when inspectors go in and
monitor nursing homes, they first
address "quality of care," rather
has the ability to direct the home to
come up with a plan of correction.
If that does not work, the office can
report the problems to the federal
Health Care Financing
Administration, which has the
ability to levy fines or keep a home
from accepting new Medicaid
patients.
However, the director aid that
the office would rarely recommend
who can suffer from "transfer
trauma" when moved to a new
nursing facility.
The subcommittee will continue
to study nursing home issues in
depth throughout the interim
periods.
As always, if you have any
legislative questions or concerns,
please do not hesitate to contact me
or Paul Miller by phone at 340-3190
or by mail at State Capitol Complex,
Building 1, Room 208-E, Charleston,
WV 25305.
In the Library
than staffing levels.
If problems do exist with a drive that took place last year but surely there is no group in West
nursing home, the Office of Health Virginia more deserving of recognition for "outstanding and
Facility Licensure.and Certification dedicated service" to libraries than this group.
Barbara Parmer (right), President of the Friends of the Summers
County Public Library and Library Director, Myra Ziegler are
shown accepting an award presented by the West Virginia Library
Association at it's annual conference October 5th., in
Shephardstown, WV, The award reads: "West Virginia Library
Association hereby confers on the Friends of the Summers County
Public Library this certificate of merit in recognition and
appreciation of many years of outstanding and dedicated service
to librariesand ltiramship in West VLrginla. " TheFriends were
nominated specifically for their effor'dtwingtle endowment ftmd
MEADOWS JOINS PHYSICAL
THERAPY DEPARTMENT
Summers County ARH is proud to announce the addition of
Mika Meadows to the staff of the physical therapy department.
Mika will be serving asa physical therapy assistant in the very
hospital where she was born in 1978.
A graduate of Summers County High School and the College of
West Virginia, she is now a licensed PTA in the state of West
Virginia.
She is the daughter of Steve and Linda Meadows, and she has two
brothers, a sister-in-law, and a nephew. Mika is also employed by
the Summers County Board of Education as the high school boys
soccer coach, In her spare time, Mika enjoys hunting, fishing,
four-wheeling, and other sports related activities.
Join the physical therapy staff at Summers County ARH in mak-
ing Mika feel welcomed. For an appointment with the physical
therapy department, call 466-2908.
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