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HINTON NEWS
(Continuing the Hinton Daily tlews & The Weekend Leader)
Home of the W. Va. Water Festival
Volume 101 No. 32
Hinton, West Virginia Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003
50 Cents
Holiday Artisans
Showcase
The Summers County's artisans to expand shopping and
group will officially open the holiday entertainment for the Holiday Mahan, who represents Raleigh
season in Summers County with a
"HolidayArtisans Showcase" Friday,
Nov. 21, in Froggy's Restaurant on
2nd. Ave.
This showcase is the product of
months of planning and meetings by
local artists and craftsfolk all
working together towards the goal
of providing a new unique
experience for the people of
Summers County.
This undertaking has had
tremendous support form the
Convention and Visitors Bureau, the
City of Hinton and other individuals.
It will be a multi cultural
experience that will include the
works of 17 local artists who have
been selected for the high standards
of excellence in their chosen arts.
In addition to the work that will
include the following: Pottery, Oil
and Watercolor Paintings, Jewelry,
Fiber Arts (weaving and hats),
Photography, Candles, Marbling
and Sculpture there will also be
musical entertainment on Friday
and Saturday evenings.
All the works of the various
artisans in the gallery will be on sale
during the entire period of the
showcase.
The Gallery will be open.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday each
week from 3 to 9 p.m. It will also
feature demormtrations by several of
the gallery's artisans on each
Thursday and Saturday afternoon
during the month long event. Other
unannounced demonstrations will
take place as well.
On Friday at 3 p.m. the occasion
kicks with an afternoon preview for
those whose curiosity is getting the
best of them. It will be followed that
evening with a public reception at 7
p.m.
The Artisans and Froggys
Restaurant will host this reception
with help from Papa Tony's and
Hailey's Restaurants as well as
other individuals working in unison
Season here at home.
The Artisans will also sponsor a
tree in the Hinton Holiday
Wonderland at the Visitor Center on
Temple Street.
Margo and the Bluegills will
' entertain at the reception with some
fine Blues music to truly make this
a grand opening.
On the following day, Saturday
the 22nd., John Clark will give a
wheel pottery demonstration that
will begin at 3 p.m.
That same evening starting at
7"30 p.m. Larry Sadler will entertain
with his original music
compositions. Larry accompanies
himself on 12-string guitar and
keyboard.
The schedule of the weekly
entertainers and artisans
demonstrations that will take place
at the Hinton Holiday Artisans
Showcase can be found in the future
issues of the Hinton News in the
Community Bulletin Board notices.
Delegate Virginia Mahan
Delegate Virginia Mahan (D) of
Summers County is announcing her
official bid for re-election to the
House of Delegates 27th District in
2004.
The Summers County Delegate
declared her intentions through a
recent letter to a number of friends
and supporters.
A 3 a.m. fire Monday destroyed this business building in Avis
located on Main St. The building, owned by Hinton businessman
Les Spade, was unoccupied and used for storage. Firemen were
on the scene most of the night and were called back later in the
day when the building was re-ignited by the Intense heat from the
smoldering ashes. A fireman reported that it Is believed the fire
originated on the second floor. Power was on the building and
arson is not suspected. No Injuries were reported.
The Mayor's Report
Hinton
Try
of the barrel from which the money
flows out of the community. Money
flows out for out of town spending,
investments, taxes, travel, etc. The
higher the level of money in the
barrel, the better the local economy
will be.
The goal is to keep as much
money in the community as you can.
A dollar spent in the community will
circulate six or seven times before it
leaves the community, whereas a
dollar spent outside the community
will not likely find it's way back into
the community.
For this reason, we are launching
By Mayor Cleo Mathews
Economic Development. As I
indicated in a previous report, there
are several models of economic and
community development. Another
model requires an analysis of money
flowing into and out of a community.
Picture a barrel (representing our
community) with spigots above the
barrel from which money is flowing
into our community. Sources of
money coming into the barrel are
wages, business profits, pensions,
government checks, investments,
government grants, etc.
Now picture holes in the bottom
AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP
The Hinton Area Foundation recently held a reception in the
Fellowship Hall of the Catholic Church for the purpose of awarding
scholarships to graduating seniors of Summers County. David
Hess presented the Paul Hess Memorial Scholarship to Mollie
Mock in the amount of $600.
First
County and most of Summers
County, is the Chair of the
Committee on Legislative Rule-
Making and Review. In 2003, she
was appointed to the
powerful House Rules
Committee, which includes
members in key leadership roles.
She also serves on the Judiciary
Committee and Health and Human
Resources Committees.
"I am committed to the people of
Raleigh and Summers Counties and
to their future success. I have made
some tough decisions, even though
some of them have not been
universally popular, to bring the
needed changes that will help our
citizens and their communities to
progress. I have proven to my
constituents that I will provide them
with balanced, thoughtful
representation and that I am able
to do that as a member of the team
they select to represent them," says
Mahan.
"There is more to be done. I
believe that the citizens of the 27th
District deserve strong
representation and that there is a
need for continuity in the ongoing
efforts to bring growth and
opportunity to the area. In addition,
I bring a deep commitment to
-ur region, s heritage
and natural auty. I intent to run
a strong campaign grounded in an
established record of proven
leadership.
Delegate Mahan previously
served as Vice Chair of the
Committee on Insurance and Vice
Chair of the Forest Management
Review Commission. In 2003, she
was selected
to represent the West Virginia
House of Delegates on the Help
America Vote Act Committee, which
was created to bring West Virginia
into compliance with new federal
election mandates. For the past
several years, Mahan has chaired
the Judiciary Subcommittee
working to improve state election
laws.
the TRY HINTON FIRST campaign. "
We are going into the most intense
consumer spending period of the
year. We are asking that whether
you need gifts, retail goods, health
care, or services of any kind you will
look around and see if you can spend
your money in your community (all
of Summers County).
We are grateful that more of the
store fronts in the downtown area
have active businesses in them this
year than in recent years. The
merchants are going to keep stores
open late, in the evening to better
accommodate customers during the
holiday season. Special events are
planned. Christmas music will be
played. We are hoping to have
carolers singing during this late
shopping hours.
The Ritz Theater will be hosting
special events. A Hometown Holiday
Wonderland complete with a Santa
is planned for children of all ages.
The Hinton Artisan Guild is
opening a juried Holiday Showcase
this Friday at Froggy's. In addition
to beautiful, handcraRed gift items,
there will be music and art
demonstrations. Join the fun and
feel good about your hometown.
Granted, everything you need
may not be available, but TRY
HINTON FIRST.
Local merchants readily support
our schools and civic organizations
and ask they receive support from
the community. It is difficult to keep
a business going in the downtown
especially in the winter with higher
and higher utility costs.
Picture a downtown with empty,
boarded up store fronts instead of
the vitality currently displayed.
Welcome back Papa Tony. It is
good to have your restaurant back.
And welcome to Daydreams Coffee
House. We are glad you are in
downtown Hinton.
This year, the West Virginia
Women's Commission honored
Virginia Mahan with the Guardian
Angel Award for her work on issues
affecting West Virginia women,
including her diligent efforts to
upgrade laws dealing with domestic
violence and pay equity.
Delegate Mahan resides in Green
Sulphur Springs with her husband
Jon Mahan. She continues to work
as a consultant for various non-
profit organizations.
The Hinton Business and Professional Women's Club has named
Pauline Meadows "Woman of the Year."
t
"Woman of the Year"
The Hinton Business and
Professiona[Women's Club is proud
to announce Pauline Meadows as
the 2003 - 2004 Woman of the Year!
pauline first joined Hinton BPW in
1962. She served the club as
Treasurer from 1964- 1965,
President Elect in 1965-66 and
President in 1966-67.
As a senior in high school, Pauline
joined the workforce part time for G.
C. Murphy Co., Inc. ARer graduating
from Hinton High School in 1951,
she worked full time advancing her
career. She was promoted to Office
Cashier and Bookkeeper while
continuing her education and
graduating from Roanoke Business
College in 1953.
During her career Pauline lived
in Louisiana, Ohio and West
Virginia and traveled the eastern
half of the United States training
employees for the G. C. Murphy Co.
Pauline was married to the late
Basil Harvey.
Pauline returned to Summers
County in 1975. She rejoined and
became an active member of Hinton
BPW. She has served on numerous
committees at the local level, held
the office of Treasurer, President
Elect and President of the Hinton
BPW club. Pauline currently serves
as Treasurer of the Hinton club and
also serves as the IDP Chair at the
District level. She has attended
several State Conventions and
District Meetings.
Pauline resides in Jumping
Branch with her husband Ruel
Meadows, and has 8 step children
and one adopted daughter, Summer
Carter of Grandview. She was a very
active member of First Baptist
Church in Hinton, where she
married her 2nd. husband. After
marrying and moving to Jumping
Branch, she is now an active
member of Bluestone Baptist
Church. Pauline is a member of the
Hinton Woman's Club, Summers
County CEOS, she serves on the
Family Resource Network board, the
Walk for Her Lifetime committee
and is on the Jumping Branch
School Improvement Council.
When asked about the challenges
in her life, Pauline relayed.
"I would never have felt adequate
to meet the challenges in my life if
it were not for some of the lovely
ladies in the Hinton BPW club who
took me under their wing and
encouraged me to do things I did not
feel I was capable of doing. I feel that
I would never have had the courage
to go on the road if it were not for
the ladies who could see something
in me that I could not see in myself."
Pauline's positive spirit is an
inspiration to women of every
generation. Pauline's dedication to
BPW and her community are
priceless. Hinton Business and
Professional Women are proud to
have Pauline represent us as the
2003-2004 ¢oman of the Year."
Upper New River Wild and
Scenic River Study
Residents of Summers, Raleigh
and Mercer Counties will have an
opportunity to learn and share
information about the New River at
an open house in the Memorial
Building between 4 and 8 p.m. on
December 3.
The Upper New Wild and Scenic
Rivers Study is a local project
occurring along the New River from
the Route 460 bridge at Glen Lyn,
Virginia to Bluestone Lake, Hinton.
The Upper New River Wild and
Scenic River Study was authorized
by the Congress to determine
whether a 20-mile section of the New
River straddling the Virginia/West
Virginia border should be added to
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers
System.
The wild and scenic river study
area is limited to public lands owned
by the Army Corps of Engineers
within the Bluestone Project Area.
(In West Virginia these lands are
currently managed by the State of
West Virginia as part of the
Bluestone Wildlife Management
Area.) The National Park Service,
Northeast Regional Office in
Philadelphia is conducting the
study.
The wild and scenic river study
will assess the eligibility and
suitability of the river for
designation into the Natiorai Wild
and Scenic Rivers System.
At the conclusion of the study a
report will be prepared for the U.S.
Congress. The Congress will make
the final decision regarding whether
or not the river should be designated
and, if so, how it will be managed.
The open house will provide area
residents an opportunity to learn
more about the implications of
designation, to share ideas about
issues, and to express opinions about
how the river and lands along the
river should be managed. In
addition to the open house, area
residents will have opportunities to
comment on the study report before
it is finalized and forwarded to the
Congress.
A drai version of the study report
is scheduled to be released for public
review in mid-2004.
A second open hours is scheduled
for Dec. 4 at Glen Lyn, Va.
00This
By Fred Long
Yesterday I walked the entire
length of the new Avis Bridge from
the old Avis Overhead Bridge to
Second St. It's a magnificent
structure and one that we can all be
proud of. We need to thank former
State Senator Leonard Anderson for
getting us this bridge that takes out
the sharp "S curves on our old
historic bridge that will soon become
pedestrian use only. It's believed, if
weather holds just a little bit longer,
that this bridge will be open to traffic
and That
before the end of the year. The first
layer of concrete has been poured
along the entire length of the bridge.
This will be followed with a second
two and a half inch finish layer
completing that part of the project.
Concrete walls along each side of the
bridge also need to be poured. It's
estimated this will take about 2 or 3
days. On each end two more layers
of asphalt need to be applied and
when the lines of traffic are drawn
it will be finished and the bridge will
be open to the public. Hooray!!