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(Continuing the Hinton Daily News & The Weekend Leader)
of the W. Va. Water Festival
Volume 89 No. 35
Hinton, West Virginia Tuesday Dec. 26, 1990
25 Cents
By Fred Long
Three of the five members of the
County Board of Education said,
Thursday, they wanta new attorney
to represent them in legal issues
involving the school system.
Board President, Bill Dillon, asked
that the item be placed on the agenda
saying he believed present attorney
David Ziegler ~has done a creditable
job," but felt the school system should
hire "someone particularly trained
in school law.~
Board member, Bill Mathews,
agreed. Mathews said he had noth-
ing against Ziegler as a general
practice attorney but felt the Board
"needed a specialist trained in school
law" and recommended three re-
placements for the position: Lee
Adler, Kathleen Bayles and E. Elliot
~Butch" Byron.
"These people have the expertise
to keep us from being dragged into
court," he said, while making a
motion to hire a new attorney ~in
order to protect you (the tax payer)
as well as protect this Board.~
Board member, Charles Neely,
seconded the motion saying he is
~not opposed to Ziegler~ but"I do feel
like we should get a competent law-
yer, one trained in school law."
"I think if you will look at David
Ziegler's record,~School Superinten-
dent, Jim Tassos, said, "you will find
that he is a competent lawyer. I
think you should judge a man on his
record. David Ziegler is winning."
Tassos said "Zieglerisjust as compe-
tent in school law as any attorney in
West Virginia."
Ziegler, former president of the
board, has represented the school
system for about a year and a half,
said Business Manager, Joe Kessler.
Ziegler charges the school system
$60 an hour, his total legal fees
coming toabout $12,000. "You can't
go to a grievance hearing without an
attorney," he explained.
During that time, Board member,
John Lilly, said, the school system
has had 12 grievance hearings with
the school system winning 9 of them
and out of 4 circuit court suits 3 of
them were~von by the Board. ~Ziegler
has proved himself to me."
Neely, also, complained that sev-
eral people have questioned him
about the amount of legal fees paid
by the school system and asked why
the county prosecutor was not repre-
senting them.
Lilly said the prosecutor may not
be able to take a case for the school
system because of his duties in cir-
cuit court. Grievance hearing must
be heard within a specific time frame
and the prosecutor may not be avail-
able for the hearing, he explained.
~he issue here is not one ofgriev-
ance," Mathews told them, ~it is to
protect this Board of Education. I,
for one, would like to see this Board
protected."
Dillon, senior member of the
School Board, with six years experi-
ence, said when Ziegler was presi-
dent to the board ~he majorityofthe
decisions were not in favor of this
board." He said ~a good" attorney
Wwould say. ~et's drop this one and
don't fight it" if they did not have a
chance of winning.
The issue came to a vote with
Lilly and Bud Shanks voting against
changing attorneys. Dillon,
Mathews and Neely voted for a
change.
Tassos told Board members that
he has notified all principals in the
school system that %ut backs" in
spending is ~absolutely necessarf'
in order to reduce what could be a
$400,000 deficit on June 30.
~For the first time that I can re-
call," "lassos told them, we are an-
ticipating a budget deficit at the end
of the fiscal year. "I don't think that
it is possible that we can avoid the
deficit altogether. However, we must
make every effort to lessen the size
of this deficit."
Tassos told each principal, in a
memoearl thl~ t" ve
Y "~month, tha e ry-
one should be conscience of our
budget problems and only request
expenditures that are absolutely
necessary. In addition to this, you
shall make all employees aware of
the following cutbacks to be effective
immediately:
~1. No out of county travel re-
quest will be approved.
~2. No workshops will be approved
that requires a substitute or reim-
bursement of expenses.
~3. No extra-curricular or co-cur-
ricular trips will be approved unless
the activity making the request
agrees to pay all expenses.
~4. Substitutes, both professional
and service personnel, should only
be called if absolutely necessary.
This will be left to the discretion of
the principal and/or director.
"In addition to these specific cut-
backs, you are encouraged to take
other initiatives you feel would be
helpful."
Shanks, suggested by motion, that
only one meeting a month be held in
order to cut fundingin the budget for
paying each board member. Lilly
seconded the motion.
"One meeting a month would
make it a long time to wait if some-
one wanted to appear before the
Board," Dillon said.
Mathews saidhe wouldbe willing
toreturn his payfor one Of the two
meeting held each month.
The motion failed 3 - 2, with Dil-
lon, Mathews and Neely voting to
stay with the present Beard policy
that calls for two meetings a month.
Joan Lowe, teacher, appeared
The new statewide reappraisal
was again the subject of discussion.
The property valuation training and
procedures commission~ met in
Clarkaburg Men. and approved a
plan to appraiee industrial property.
The Commission, whose duties
include administering a $5 million
loan fund, announced the first loans
to Ohio, Doddridge, and Mingo
County Assessors.
L. Frederick Williams, Jr., the
newly appointed secretary of tax and
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Delegate Mary Pearl Compton,
D-Monroe, will be representing the
views of the constituents of the 21st
district following her appointment
as vice-chair to the House of Dele-.
gates' Agricu!ture Committee.
As vice-chair Compton will be
joining the leadership team of the
committee. In this prestigious posi-
tion Compton will be more aware of
concerns concerning the citizens of
Over eighteen slices of bread in
the storefront window of Loav and
Fishes announces to the Summers
County Community the receipt of
$8,738.91 toward their Community
Drive. As they approach their goal,
the staffmembers are preparingfish
to swim around the symbolic full loaf
of bread, each fish signifying addi-
tional gifts of $200 above the 1990
goal of $4,0OO.
Every dollar of this Fund will
directly benefit residents of Sum-
mers CO. who themselves have so
generously donated time, materials
and finances toward the success of
this community outreach project.
Loaves and Fishes is tremendously
grateful to five anonymous donors
and the following people for their
generous contributions as well as
those who were announced in a pre-
vious Hinton News article. "God
Bless you, One and All~.
James J. Weiler II (Huntington),
before the Board and asked them to
consider adopting a 10 point grade
scale for grades 1, 2, and 3in order to
make grading uniform throughout
the school system. The present sys-
tem has four letter grades: "O~
(Outstanding) "S~ (Satisfactory) ~N"
(Needs to improve) "U~ (Unsatisfac-
tory). The higher grades have a 5
letter system based on a 10 point
scale.
Under the present system, Lowe
said, children in grades 1, 2, and 3
have to "perform harder for less."
Another teacher, Vaden Tabor,
Jr., also addressed the Board on the
subject, but with a different opinion.
Tabor did not agree with "lowering
the grading scale~ for the early
grades. "If we continue to lower our
standards," he said, "we will con-
tinue to lower our test scores." He
said the grading scale for the higher
grades should be ~brought up to our
level."
Hinton High School Student Body
President, Jennifer Sears, suggested
building a trophy case at the high
school for academic achievement
such as the trophy case for athletics.
The School Board agreed with the
request and Lilly offered a motion
for the case to be constructed by the
..%hop c lass~ at tb~.e.high~scb~ool. .........
Mathews seconded and the motion
passed by unanimous vote.
A request by the Hinton Football
Hall of Fame to construct a monu-
ment at the athletic field for de-
ceased and active members was
,aurel
The new $1,000,000 bridge over Laurel Creek
at Sandstone is open for traffic eliminating
one of the most hazardous areas in the county.
The new bridge was constructed by Heavy
Structures, Inc., of Lewisburg, utilizing
241,000 pounds of structural steel. During
the construction phase a temporary bridge
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approved by unanimous vote.
was used to carry traffic while workmen
removed the old narrow bridge that had
been reduced to one lane and during the
construction of the new modern bridge. The
temporary bridge has also been removed.
Photo by Kash Long.
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revenue, was in attendance. "I'm
getting the feeling that this effort
will be successful. There is a strong
desire to achieve equity in property
assessments. We are on the right
track,~ Williams stated.
The new statewide reappraisal is
a joint effort between the County
Assessors and Dept. of Tax and
Revenue. Residential, commercml
and agricultural property is the
immediate responsibility of County
Assessors. The reappraisal is to be
completed within three (3) years.
rural W.Va. and will be able to influ-
ence legislation in this area.
"I am honored to be serving in the
position of vice-chair ofthis commit-
tee," Compton said, "And as a repre-
sentative of Monroe and Summers
:ountios, a rural portion of the state,
I will closely follow legislation that
• may affect these areas."
Compton also will be serving as a
member of the committees on Edu-
cation and Industry and Labor.
M/M Andrew and Mark Hopkins
(Illinois), M/M Elroy Avery (North
Carolina), Karen S. Duffield (Wash-
ington, D.C.), M/M Irvin Morgan
(Michigan), Linda McGraw, M/M
Peter Evanosky, Mrs. Charles Har-
rah, Mary E. Adkin~, Dr/M William
Mathews, Ronald Meadows Funeral
Parlors, Leona S. gmrich, The
Chanlett-Avery Family, M/M Gay-
lord McKinney, Tim O'Farrell,
Moody A. Gwinn, Kathleen
S.Timberlake, The Service Club,
D. Wilson Basler, Marsha G. Elli-
ott, M/M Joseph C. Bigony, Lloyd M.
Whitlock, Catherine Cox, Tom and
Patricia Stacklin, Janet Rush, Claire
Grorud, The Women of St. Patrick's,
Joe Bragg, Tom Fauleoner, Beyond
Neighborhood Video, Kathy Cro~,
Lloyd Enoch, Miller Memorial UMW,
Hinten Business and Professional
Women's Club, Mrs. Isobel Maddy,
Hinton Moose Lodge, Robertson
Painting Company, Dr. S.IC Sham-
maa, M/M Ralph Wilson, Jr.
Student Body President and TJHS Snow Princess Stella Hal-vey
AspeciaIChristmastreehasbeen add a special patriotic touch tiny
decorated at Talcott School in honor American flags and W.Va~ state flags
of all American Military personnel have also been added.
stationed in Saudi Arabia during The tree was designed and deco-
the Christmas season. The seven ratedbyFrancesBoone, fourth grade
footpinetrseistrimmedwithyellow teacher at Talcott and Helen Wise-
ribbons and white poinsettias. To
in front of Armed Services Tree
ople
man. The tree is on display on the
stage in the gym. Teachers will be
bringing students to visit the tree as
they incorporate salutes to area
service people in their Christmas
activities.
Students Share Christmas Spirit With Serviceman in Saudi Arabia
The Talcott Junior High School
Language Arts students began to
celebrate the Christmas season by
giving as well as learning. Students
completed letters to Second Lieu-
tenant Jeff Bevins now serving in
the Operation Desert Shield. He is
the son of Percy and Judy Jarrell of
Boomer, W.Va. Jeff'graduated from
Gauley Bridge High School and West
Virginia Institute of Technology. He
was currently enrolled as a gradu-
ate student at Marshall University
before being deployed to Saudi Ara-
bia. Mrs. Carrie Talbott's students
were able to obtain JeWs address
because she is a friend of the family
and was a babysitter for Jeffduring °
her high school years.
The students asked many ques-
tions about the country of Saudi
Arabia and what daily life was like
for Jeff. The following is a letter
written by Sharon Fox, an eighth
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