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SNOW QUEEN ........
Paula Scott
The Hinton High School Key Club
is proud to announce the 1990 Snow
Queen and her Court. Paula Scott
was selected to serve as Snow Queen.
Serving as Snow Princesses are
Stell a Kay Harvey - Talcott Jr. Hi gh;
Jaime Redes- Hinton Jr. High; Robin
Williams - Sandstone Jr. High and
Janette Yopp - Hinton Jr. High.
St~oW Queen Paula Scott is the
daughter of Jack & Donna Scott of
Hinton. She has one sister, Kim
Crane, and one brother, Jackie Scott.
A senior at Hinton High School,
Paula is a member of Tri-Hi-Y and
FBLA. She served as Miss Bobcat's
attendant, and attends St. Patrick
Catholic Church.
and First Baptist Church. Jaime is
currently Freshman Class President,
8th Grade Attendant to Hinton Babe
Ruth Queen, and 9th Grade Atten-
dant to Homecoming Queen.
Hinton Jr. High
Snow Princess
Jannette Yopp
Sandstone Jr. High
Janette Yopp is the second Snow
Princess from Hinton Jr. High. She
Snow Princess is the daughter of Gary and Diane
Adkins of Hinton.
Robin Williams Janette is a member of the bas-
Serving as Sandstone Jr. P.igh ketball, softball and AAU basket-
Snow Princess is Robin Williams, ball teams. She attends First Chris-
the daughter of Charles & Lucille tian Church, where she is a member
Williams of Green Sulphur Springs. of Youth and Choice.
She is the granddaughter of The Snow Queen and her Court
Robert & Grace Williams of Green
Sulphur SpringsandNelsie Hicksof were presented by the Key Club at
Speedway. Robin is a member of the the !.990 Hinton Christmas par~
Basketball Team where She was ~Jl ""on Dec. 8th. Coronation will be held
- Tournament and the Mohawk 4,H at the half-time of Hinton-Union
Club. Basketball Game on Fri. Dec. 14th.
A joint effort by two area Vet
Centers to reach out to Vietnam
Veterans in Summers County will
begin Friday, the Princeton Vet
Center announced today.
Staff members from the Prince-
ton and Beckley Vet Centers, as part
of their outreach programs, will be
at the Memorial Building in Hinton
from noon to 4:30 pm Friday, Dec.
14.
They will meet with any Vietnam
Veterans who would like to have
information about the services of-
fered at Vet Centers, or who may
Talcott Jr. High have questions about Agent Orange
Snow Princess compen==on and veteran benefits.
"We believe there are many veter-
Stella Harvey ans in Summe County who are
unaware of our existence and of the
services we provide," Jim Rubin,
Clinical Social Worker from the
Princeton center said.
All veterans who served on active
duty between Aug. 5, 1964 and May
7, 1975 are eligible for Vet Center
services. Family members and sig-
nificant other are also eligible to
receive readjustment counseling
services when these are related to
resolution of the veteran's readjust-
ment difficulties. All services are
free to eligible veterans and their
families.
Services provided include:
1) Individual readjustment coun.
seling,
2) group readjustment counsel.
ing,
3) marital/family counseling,
4) alcohol/drug counseling,
5) spouse/significant other group,
6) benefits assistance and refer-
ral,
7) job referral,
8) employment counseling &
guidance,
9) commu~nity education,
10) liaison with VA facilities,
11) referral to community agen-
cies,
Talcott Jr. High Snow Princess is
Stella Harvey, daughter of Jack and
Sharon Harvey of Hilldale.
Stella is a 9th Grader at Talcott
where she serves as Student Body
President, Homecoming Queen 1990,
and Miss Pirate 1990. She is a
member of the Honor Club, Student
Council, Yearbook Staff, Cheer-
leader, Band, Softball, and Basket-
ball.
Hinton Jr. High
Snow Princess
Jaime Rodes
Jaime Redes, is one of two Snow
Princesses from Hinton Jr. High.
Jaime is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Richie Redes. She is the grand-
daughter of Mrs. Jane Meadows and
te~, ~'~ .me.i'iy, and two brothers, Joe
Michael and Matthew.
Jaime is a member of Cats Club,
Bible Club, 4-H Club, SADD, JCL,
Hold Christmas Dinner
The faculty and staff of Hinton
High School enjoyed a delicious
covered dish Christmas dinner held
at the school cafeteria, Tues. Dec.
4th. at 5:30.
The serving table was decorated
with red and green table clothes and
a fresh cut red and white carnation
centerpiece.
By Fred Long
Attempts are being made by a 750,000 shares. "We are not asking
small group of Hinton men to de- foranymoneyrightnow,~Apostolon
velop a business package that will explained. =What we are asking
enablethemtopurchaseRivertowne, people to do is give us a 'letter of
a community recreation center and intent' stating thatifwe move ahead
restaurant located in Hinton, from with this plan they will purchase x
its creditors, the Pikeville National amount of stock in the company."
Bank and Trust Company. "We hope to form a corporation of
The Rivertowne property was stockholders,~Wilsonsaid,'andbuy
scheduled for public sale late last the property. The business would
month; however, former owners Bill be directed'by a Board of Directors
and Sue Briers filed bankruptcy experienced in marketing, finance
which stopped the sale and placed and restaurant operations.
the property within the court sys- "If we can come up with enough
tern. capital,~ Wilson continued, =and a
~What we are trying to do,~ said business plan that the bank and
Demetrius Apostolon, head of the courts will agree on, we will buy the
development group, "is try to save property from the creditors.~
Rivertowne for the community. If . Wilsonsaidthemostdifficultpart
we lose it and someone else buys it will probably be drawing up a busi-
on the Courthouse steps we don't hess plan that everyone will agree
know what will happen to it." on. =That will be the big problem.
Apostolon along with Ralph I'm very hard nosed and once we
Wilson, of Hinton, want to form a form a business plan I don't believe
stock corn pany among area resi den ts i n devi ati ng from it at all, unless you
and approach the bank and courts have a very good reason.~
with a plan that would enable them The Rivertowne property has 10
to purchase the buildings, apartment unitsabout90%complete
Stock would be sold in blocks of which would provide some cash flow
I0.0 at $1.0& a share with tho~ulti .... for the business if c0m~eted and
mate goal of selling 500,000 to occupied. Some have suggested
12) information regardinglocal &
national veterans organization &
projects.
All Vietnam Veterans and veter-
ans of other eras are invited to meet
with Vet Center staffmembers Fri-
day, Rubin said.
For further information, call the
Princeton Vet Center at 425-5653,
or the Beckley Vet Center at 252-
8220.
completing this work first in order to
have cash available to operated the
restaurant and recreation area on
the ground floor and basement.
"I don't know if this is a good idea
or not," Wilson said, "but the busi-
ness plan will tell you. You may
want to phasein the apartment units
as a long range goal by doing one
floor at a time. The business plan
will tell you what to do and when to
do itand how to do it."
Richard Walter, former chef at
=Something Special~ and the pres-
tigious "Charles Town Turf Club~
has agreed to the chef and restau-
rant manager, Wilson said, and
Sylvia Kokis Apostolon will direct
the entertainment center.
Rivertowne is a two-building
complex located on 2nd Ave. in the
historic district of downtown Hin-
ton. The business was in operation
for ~} months which included the
restaurant, a teen age recreation
center and ice cream parlor.
Inquiries relating to the plan and
stock subscriptions should be di-
rected to Demetrius Apostolon,
Phone 466X)710 between 1 and 4
pro, Apostolon said.
HintonHigh School Improvementgie Judy, and Kathy Petitt; student and grounds for public community
Committee met on Nov. 27. This body president, Jennifer Sears; and activities.
school improvement council is es- two community members who were Secretary elected to serve for this
tablished at every school consisting appointedbythe principal,AnnGore committee was Margie Judy. Jerry
of the principal, Garnette Crowder; and Greg Rogers. Cooper and Tom Hutchison were
three teachers elected by the faculty This schoolimprovementcommit,elected to help Mrs. Crowder pre-
senate, Tom Hutchison, Susie Kef- tee would like to encourage the in- pare an agenda for each month.
fer, and Connie Newton; two school volvement of parents in their child's Anything that needs to be discussed
service personnel elected by the educationalprocessandintheschool; needstobeplacedontheagendaone
school service personnel, JoAnn encourage advice and suggestions week prior to the next meeting.
Burdette and Carl Wills; threepar- from the business community; en- Anyone having suggestions as to
ents or legal guardians elected at a courage school volunteer programs improvement of our school, may
parent meeting, Jerry Cooper, Mar- and mentorship programs; and fos- contact any school improvement
ter utilization of the school facilities committee member.
Downtown Hinton's annual Christmas Parade, sponsored by Main
Street Hinton, was by far one of the finest Christmas parades this
city has ever seen. The parade, held Saturday at 2 pm, featured
several attractive floats and four marching bands. The photos
above show the I4i_nton High School Marching Band (above left),
The City of Hinton float with Hinton Mayor JamesA. Leslie, Jr., his
wife Carla, and State Senator Leonard Anderson and hls wife
Wilma (above right), the float entered by Main Street Hinton
(below left), and the Greenbrier Jr. High Marching Band. No
information on the band and float competition was available by
press time. All photos by Kash Long.