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Volume 89 No. 34
By Fred Long
Attempts by the state Board of
(Continuing the Hinton Daily Ne~s & The Weekend Leader)
Home of the W. V Water Festival
Hinton, West Virginia Tuesday Dec. 18, 1990
25 Cents
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from office."
Tassos would not comment on the
present dispute; however, last Sept.
Richie Redes, head of special educa-
tion, and Bill Ball, special ed. direc-
tor, for an informal meeting with the
an unfortunate characterization~ of
what really took place. "The offer, or
the discussion," Legg said, "involved
Lynn Crowder, principal at mas in any way they could. The Meadows, Jonathan Davis, Jason
H.H.S., is shown presenting Mr. students were very interested in Gill, Tom Meadows, RonPack, Tony
FredCiampiwithaboxofdrawings,encouragingourtroopeasevidenced Michael, Roy Richmond, Steven
letters, magazines, gum, etc. from by their responses. Shrader, Kelly Turner, Cheryl
English classes of Mary Lee Rudge, Mr. Ciampi stated, Only those of Lowry, Katrina Richardson, James
Keffer and Connie Newton. us who have been there in the fox Hunter, Jennifer Sears, Emma
Maxine Ciampi requested that holes know how much letters and Chanlett-Avery, Kathy Adkins,
H.H.S. students remember our encouragement from home means, Yubecca Bragg, Tonya Harvey,
• troops in Saudi Arabia this Christ- whenyou'reawayservingyourcoun- HeatherGraham,andJoeyHartwell.
try." Correct Answer is A.
.......... IIII II IIII I
Over 50,000 secondary students
scored points for the speed and accu-
racy of their answers to 200 such
questions in the 15th. Knowledge
Master Open (KMO) academic con-
test on Dec. 5. Student teams at over
4,000 schools in 50 states and Ameri-
Mary Lee Rudge,
can outposts around the globe com-
petsd at their own schools using
speciallyprogramed computer disks.
Results were tabulated into overall,
state, and school - size rankings by
Academic Hallmarks, the Colorado
publisher that hosts the biannual
event•
Twenty-two students on the Hin-
ton High School team scored 1145
points. The overall average score for
the state of WV was 1129.
This is the 3rd. time that H~tI.S.
has entered the Knowledge Master
Competition Academic Coach Wayne
Conner stated, "the involved stu.
dents were eager, interested, and
knowledgeable. What pleasure to
watch and listen to their comments,
friendly discussion and to see their
competitive spirit."
The KMO was designed to pro-
vide students at all schools the op-
portunity to compete in alarge-scale
academic contest without the ex-
pense and time away from school
required to travel to a central site.
The following KMO team repre-
sented H.H.S.: Donald Bragg - Team
Captain, Washington Reed, Drew
archaeological sites are just a few of
the many potential environmental
consequences that must be thor-
oughly analyzed.
In order for a project to go for-
ward, it must be demonstrated
through the DEIS that the antici-
pated benefits of the project out-
weigh the potential harmful impacts.
And in the selection of the alignment
alternative, it must be demonstrated
that the preferred alternative best
achieves the desired result within
the regulatory constraints. While
preparation of the DEIS is a time
consuming process, it is a vitally
important requirement of project
development.
Tangible progress in this area has
been made in recent months on the
northern extension of the parkway.
The W'V Division of Highways, which
is responsible for developing the
DEIS, completed a "working draft"
in July and distributed copies to
cooperating agencies for review and
comment.
Ten federal and state agencies
took the opportunity to respond,
including the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency and the National Park
Service.
The purpose was to identify weak-
nesses in the draft and, as antici-
pated, several areas were found to
be deficient. It was generally agreed
that the presentation of alignments
on the west side of the river was
cgnfusing, and that from among
these a single, full-length alterna-
tive should be identified.
It was als0 recommended that
upgrading County Rt. 26 and State
Rt. 20 to parkway standards should
be more fully developed as alterna.
tives.
Finally, some agencies noted that
the section concerning the purpose
and need for the parkway needed to
be strengthened and more clearly
stated. In addition to these general
observations, a number of lesser,
more specific critici sins were offered.
In response to these develop-
ments, the New River Parkway
Authority met in Nov. and selected
four alternatives for consideration
in the formal DEIS.
They include a no-build" alter-
native, an upgrade of Rt. 20 and two
westside alternatives, the existing
road and the "preferred alterna-
tives. This assessment used the accu.
The existing road alternative mulated information to eliminate
closely follows Rt. 26 andis desigl ed areas unsuitable for a parkway from
with 3' stabilized turf shoulders, those with significant scenic and
The preferred alternative follows resource potential.
the same route for about half its Three corridors initially emerged
length, but deviates in the remain- from this process.
ing sections generally to avoid wet The corridors were mapped and
lands or to minimize impacts to then presented and discussed at a
property owners, series of meetings with planning
The preferred alternative has 6' groups and interested citizens.
shoulders which include paved bi- One corridor received little sup-
cycle lanes where possible, port and was eliminated from fur,
These alternatives were selected ther consideration. Both remaining
with regard to the guidelines and corridors received favorable corn-
parameters that apply, and public ment, and each offer excellent op-
and agency input that has been re- portunities for the parkway's exten-
calved to date. Revision or changes sion.
may be indicated following a public The Bluestone Corridor climbs
hearing and comment period which Tallery Mountain and follows the
is expected to be scheduled this rim of the canyon overlooking
winter. Bluestone River. It circles around
Congress, in 1987, authorized Pipastem State Park where it then
$17.6 million for the construction of returns to the canyon rim. Possible
the northern extension of the park- access points to 1-77 include the
way. Bluestone Service Center or the
ThesouthernextensionoftheNewAthens Roadexit.
River Parkway will extend from The New River Corridor follows
Hinton to Pipestem Stats Park, and River Ridge to Pipestem State Park,
then into Mercer County tolink with offering dramatic views of the New
1-77 in the vicinity of Princeton. River along the way. It then mean.
It's expected that the initial ders back to the river to the historic
ment will utilize portions of Rt. 3 Shanklin's Ferry area before turn.
and 20 along the Hinton By-pass ing toward Princeton. The terminus
and the Bluestone Reservior to the for this corridor is the 1-77/Rt. 460
bridge over Bluestone Lake. From interchange near the proposed 1-77
this point south; however, many Visiter's Center.
possibilities exist for muting the A map showing these corridors is
parkway, on display in the parkway office lo-
In order toidentify possible corri, cated on Union St. behind the Hin-
ders, theAuthorityemployedagronp ton Fire Department.
of consultants to develop a concept The concept plan will include
plan for the proposed extension. The maps and narrative material dascrib.
cost of this plan was underwritten ing the corridors identified for the
by contributions from the Mercer extension. It will contain cost esti.
County Commission, theShottFoun- mates and other relevant data con.
dation of Bluefield and the City of
Princeton.
Headed by a team from Va Tech
and including a local group, the
Southern West Virginia Research
Associates, the l consultants began
work this summer.
Ideas andopinions concerning the
extension were sought through
public workshops andmeetings with
interested citizens, civic groups and
public officials. Surveys of land use
patterns, cultural and historic sites,
and environmental and visual re-
sources were followed by a scenic
corridor assessment.
tributed by the WVDOH along with
goals and objectives. This plan
should be available at the parkway
office for review late next month.
The Tues. Dec. 25th issue of the
Hinton News will be published on
Wed. Dec. 26th and the January 1st
issue will be published on Wed. Jan.
2rid.
The change of datesis due to the
Christmas and New Year Holidays.
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Pictured is Lynn Crowder, Fred Ciampi,
Susie Keffer, and Connie Newton.
Without actually looking one is
able to tell that a skunk has been in
the basement through the use of...
A. chemoreceptors B. proprioceptors
C. galvanoreceptore D. magnetorre-
ceptors E. mechanoreceptors.
!
These include: is required by the National Environ.
1) no action, mental Protection Act (NEPA) for
Parkway road, a two lane 24 mile 2) upgrade Routs 20 on Summers any federally sponsored project that
long scenic highway from 1-64 at County side, islikely to have significant environ-
Sandstone to Pipestem State Park, 3) closelyfollowoxistingRt.26on mentalconsequences. Its purpose is
it was announced today. Raleigh County side with 3' shoul- to provide a structured means of
The four alternatives for the ders; and, evaluation and public input so that
northern extension of the Parkway 4) follow existing Rt. 26 with new determinations as to the project's
road (Sandstone to Hinton) were construction to avoid wet lands and future can be made.
selected by Authority members late minimize impacts to property own- In the case of highway construc-
last month following the completion era. tion, the proposed project must be
of a Draft Environmental Impact Alternative four was selected as studied in terms of a broad range of
Statement (DEIS) which will aid the ~preferred alternative." social, economic andenvironmental
government agencies in determin- Any reporton the northern exten- factors. Relocations of home own-
ing the exact location of the pro- sion in the last 18 months probably ers, wetland impacts, air and water
posed roadway, made reference to the DEIS. ADEIS quality, and impacts to historic and
On the day before the scheduled qualified applicant might be consid- the hearing, Tassos says in his peti- his best tobe compassionate to Mr.
hearing Tessos filed a petition eredtechnically, ifnotsubstantially, tionpreparedbyFayettevilleattor- Tassos. This discussion was corn- CHRISTMAS GREETINGS £rem the National Bank of Summers to
against the state boardin Kanawha correct." ney Erwin L. Conrad, Marockie pletely mischaracterized in the peti- American troops stationed in "Operation Dessert Sheld~ were
County Circuit Court claiming that Five people applied for the princi- "attempted to negotiate a resigna- tion."
his due process rights were being pals position and Tassos had been tion to further the political ends of According to the petition, Ma- maile~Firday, to the Peraian Gulf, said John Bowling, bank teller.
~ Five, eight foot, banner• depicting Santa and his Reindeer and big
violated and obtained a court order accused of signing a fraudulent per- certain political factions in Summers rockie toldTassos that he was going bold letters stating"MERRYCHRISTMASANDHAPPYNEWYEAR~
which stopped the board from tak- mit enabling Bandy to be the only County." Later, the petition contin- to revoke his teaching and adminis- were signed by all the employees, officers and direetorsofthebank,
ing any action against him. The candidate eligible for the job. Fol- ues, attorney's for the state board trative certificate if(Tassos) did not he said. "We wanted to let thetroops know we remember then~and
hearinghadbeenscheduledforDec, lowingtheGrievanceBoard'sruling triedto~negotiatearesignation~that resign as Superintendent/ are thinking about them." Richard Lilly, bank data proeeuor,
.j~ 13. KanawhaCountyCircuitJudge, /rassos said if the certificate was in would become effective June 1991, Tassosclaims, inhispetition, that made the banners on the bank's computer system, Bowling said.
Charles King, ordered both parties error the state superintendent has or "work a political deal where the action against him "was moti- Shown in the photo above (L to R) is Joe Blankenship, loanofflcer,
to appear before him on Jan. 14. the authority, under state law 18A- (Tassos) would take the now vacant vated by a deal being made by car- John Bowling and Pauline Smith, administrative assistant. Photo
Tassos has been charged by the 3-6, to recall the certificate. The position of Director of the Career Continued on page 2 by Kash Long.
state board with "alleged willful stateD ept. took no action to revoke Center ... or be assigned his selec- Onred Lo Doi and TU o To Go
~ submission" of "false information the permit on the grounds that it tion of a Principal s position in ex-
regarding the credentials of Harold was improperly obtained, accorchng change for resigning as Superinten-
- By F g C" cui Court. volved alleged charges that he was
Bandy," former director ofthe voca- to the Grievance Board's finding, dent .... That offer was made again n
tionalschool, and "willful reporting Also, in Sept., on a majority vote onNov. 27, the petition says, when RogerCrawford, former owner of Cr~.wfordwaschargedinathres open after hours and count three
i of incorrect numbers of special edu- by Board President Bill Dillon and Tassos and his attorney went to the Dugout Club on 2nd Ave., Hin- count indictment alleging that he charged him with allegedly playing
i cation students~ between 1985 and members Bill Mathews and Charles Charleston ~to ask to examine cer- ton, successfully defended himself violated rules or regulations of the music after hours.
1 1990, State Superintendent, Hank Neely, the County School Board tain files pursuant to a Freedom of in Magistrate Court, Thursday, Alcohol Beverage Control Commie- Crawford did not take the stand
t Marockie, said in a letter to Tassos decidednottoappearbeforethestate Information Request.~ againstoneofthethreemisdemeanor sion on the morning of March 12, to give testimony in his on defense
i ~ early last month• , board for a form-al hearing over its Basil Legg, attorney for the State charges involving the operation of 1989 .... and only called two stats witne,m~.
i rockie said in the letter, they could back. Instead they opted to send tion that the state Dept. offered two to go, Crawford said, he had giveordispensealcoholicbeverages~ Crawford, in his closing state-
If the allegations are t__r~ ~, ~¢~al ed, enrollment I1~eY- of~tion, saidthe all~ ~ ~he,business V~t~'~'#n and " Count one cl~Ined he #did se'Tr;~ ~~ngthefour'andaha]fl~ourtrial.
, constitute grounds for your removal Assistant School Superintendent Tassos a dsal if he would resign "is nothing to lose by appealing to the after closing hours. Count two in- Continued on page 2
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~ i Four alternatives have been se-
~ lected for the proposed New River
Education to conduct a hearing that
~ could result in School Superinten- a State's Grievance Board ruled in State Dept. if Mr. Tassos voluntarily resigned ~;,~ ........
dent Jim Tassos losing his teaching his favor on selecting a principal for The meeting, held on Oct. 2, re- the state felt that wouldbe punish- i:: ~ :::i .... ......
~ andadministrativecertificateswere the Vocational school stating that sulted in a reduction of the total ment enough and the state would
haltedlast week when Tassos asked ~none of the candidates for the posi- number of students involved from not proceed with a revocation hear- i
the court system to intervene in what tion met both certification require- 46 students to 36 and the total pay- ing. That discussion doesn't mean ....
he said were ~political deals to ap- ment" when Tassos signed Bandy's back from $96,794.97 to $83,155.81. that Marockie prejudged anything. ..... I
pease the political factions in Sum- permit. Tassos' "acknowledgement Shortly after that meeting but He was trying to be compassionate
mere County." thereon thatMr.Bandywasthemost prior to formal charges and notice of to Mr. Tassos. Marockie was trying