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Tax Office Moved The Hardy County Sheriff’s Tax Office has moved from the main Courthouse to the Courthouse An- nex on the Washington Street side of the Courthouse. The phone number is 304-530-0220. Free Tire Collection The WV Department of Environ- mental Protection will sponsor a free tire collection on Saturday, May 14 from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. across from Sub- way in Moorefield. It is the same lo- cation as last year. Limit is 10 tires per WV driver’s license. Tires on wheels accepted. For information, call Mike at 304-940-0258. Retired Teachers On Tuesday, May 17, at 10:30 a.m., Hardy County Association of Retired School Employees will meet at Kac-Ka-Pon Restaurant in War- densville. Area representative Dave Miller will attend and answer ques- tions you may have. For questions, call Theda Baker at 304-897-5205. Absentee Ballots Applications are now being ac- cepted for absentee ballots for the June 7 Moorefield Municipal Gener- al Election. Applications will be ac- cepted through Wednesday, June 1. For an application or other informa- tion, contact the Town Recorder at 304-530-6142 or stop by the office at 206 Winchester Ave. Spay and Neuter SPAY TODAY is the local low- cost, nonprofit spay and neuter pro- gram for cats and dogs in this area. To find out more, please call 304-728- 8330 or go on-line at www.baacs.org. Dead Animals The West Virginia Division of Highways wants to remind the public of its policy regarding the pickup and disposal of dead animals. The DOH will only pick up carcasses on state owned highways and will not go on private property. To report a dead animal on a state owned road, please notify your local district DOH office at 304-434-2525. Census Bureau Releases Age and Household Data Chart by Lisa Duan and Mike Mallow By Bob Alcock Special to Moorefield Examiner As Hardy County’s population ages, traditional families with chil- dren disappear, according to 2010 data released by the US Census Bu- reau. The county’s population in- creased by 10.7 percent between 2000 and 2010, adding 1,356 resi- dents for a new total of 14,025 inhab- itants. Eighty percent of the increase can be attributed to residents ages 55 and over. One third of the increase can be attributed to residents ages 65 and over. “The reality is that while the county population is aging, we have less and less money for senior care,” said Phyllis Helmick, Director of the Hardy County Committee on Aging. The number of Hardy County residents less than 35 years old re- mained virtually unchanged: 5,562 in 2000 versus 5,559 in 2010. Hardy County’s median age went up from 38.9 to 42.8 years, topping an increase statewide, from 38.9 to 41.3 years. In 2010 almost 17 percent of Hardy County residents were ages 65 and above, compared to 15 percent in 2000. The 18 year old and younger age group saw a 9.7 percent increase in its population, less than the overall growth rate of the county at 10.7 per- cent. Between 1990 and 2000 the 18 and younger group grew by 18.7 per- cent when the county grew 15.4 per- cent overall. Age distribution data from the 2010 Census confirms what many Hardy County residents know intu- itively: that a significant number of adults, aged 20 to 35, leave the coun- ty. The Census Bureau did not break-out the age distribution data by race or ethnicity. While the County ages, the make- up of its households adjust as well. Of the 5,818 households in Hardy County counted during the 2010 By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner “It’s the best thing I’ve ever done academically with students,” said Moorefield Middle School West Virginia History Teacher James Sisler. “The kids were great. I am so proud of them.” Sisler accompanied Tanner Carr, Rebecca Merrill, Muryssa George and Adam Sirk to Charleston on April 26 to compete in the finals of the WV History Bowl. The team returned to Moorefield with the championship. The WV History Bowl was in- troduced in 2010 by the WV Divi- sion of Culture and History. It fea- tures questions about the state’s history, culture, heritage and peo- ple in a quiz bowl format. “The Archives and History staff develop a field of more than 1,600 questions for the regional and state tournaments,” said Randall Reid- Smith, commissioner of the WV Division of Culture and History. In 2011, tournaments were held in each of the state’s eight Region- al Education Service Agency (RE- SA) districts. MMS won the RESA 8 championship in March. The winning team received in- dividual trophies and a trophy for their school. They also received money for college. “Each student brought home at least $1,200 in bonds for college,” Sisler said. The MMS team was undefeat- ed until the last round, Sisler said. “But since we were undefeated, they had to beat us twice. That did- n’t happen.” Sissonville Middle School, Kanawha County, RESA 3, was runner-up. The WV History Bowl was broadcast live on WV Public Tele- vision on April 26. To watch a video of the championship round, go to the website www.wvculture. org/Historybowl/historybowl.html. Moorefield Middle School Team Is State History Bowl Champs Photo courtesy Jim Sisler Muryssa George, Rebecca Merrill, Adam Sirk and Tanner Carr with WV History Teacher Jim Sisler are interviewed for WV Public Television. By Bob Alcock Special to Moorefield Examine “Pay no attention to that man be- hind the curtain.” (Wizard of Oz: 1939) The current draft of a new com- prehensive plan for Hardy County ap- pears headed for the trash heap due to stealth opposition from the 15 member board of the Hardy County Rural Development Authority and its executive director, Mallie Combs- Snider. “These people are economic and social leaders in the community and I have to listen to them”, said J. Michael Teets, President of the Hardy County Commission. Teets ordered county planner Pat Ford to go back to the current com- prehensive plan, adopted in 1999, and amend it to comply with state law. Meeting Tuesday evening, county planning commissioners voted to have the planning staff prepare a study of the 1999 plan and what it would take to update it to comply with state law. Ford said the study would take at least a month to prepare. Teets is the County Commission’s representative on the Planning Com- mission but did not attend the Tues- day evening meeting. Teets retained his membership on the RDA board after he was elected to the County Commission in November. During five public workshops and two public hearings on the 82 page draft plan, available to the public since mid-September, no member of the RDA board offered comments, Planners React to Opposition To Draft Comprehensive Plan By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner As a student at Moorefield High School, Teresa Eye used to think it was cool that she could walk down the hall and see pic- tures of her parents on the wall. Pictures of graduating classes dat- ing back several decades line the halls of the high school. Eye, the Pro-Start teacher at East Hardy High School was re- cently named Hardy County Teacher of the Year and will com- pete for West Virginia Teacher of the Year this summer. Eye grew up in Moorefield. Her parents are Gordon and Eva Raines. She attended Moorefield Elementary School when it was located on Winchester Avenue. She started 7th grade at Moore- field High, a very intimidating ex- perience. But it was the teachers at Moorefield High School who im- parted on her the love of educa- tion and the desire to become a teacher. “I was an assistant to Mrs. Dix- ie Keller, she’s Mrs. Jackson now,” Eye said. “She taught Home Economics and I really liked it. Then there was Mrs. Teresa Eye Is Hardy County Teacher of the Year Photo by Jean Flanagan Teresa Eye teaches ProStart at East Hardy High School. Simms, who taught English. She used to scare me, but she had great words of encouragement. She taught us a lot that wasn’t in text- books. I’ve had a lot of good teach- ers, too many to name.” Eye graduated from MHS in Continued on page 11 Continued on page 9 Continued on page 9 Commission President Tells Planner to Scrap Plan Update By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner Hardy County Commission Presi- dent J. Michael Teets told the Hardy County Planner the updated Com- prehensive Plan would not get com- mission approval in its present form. The County Commission met in regular session on Tuesday, May 3. Teets said the Hardy County Ru- ral Development Authority was go- ing on the record to keep the existing plan. “I was going to bring this up at the Planning Commission,” Teets said. “The RDA Board is going on the record, we want to keep the same Comprehensive Plan. Just go through and update the things that need to be updated. If you can make those adjustments, it would be easier to get it through the commission. It will be a whole lot easier for every- one.” Teets represents the County Commission on the Planning Com- mission. He also serves on the RDA Board of Directors. The Hardy County Comprehen- sive Plan was written in 1999 and by law is required to be updated every 10 years. West Virginia Code Section 8A includes very precise require- ments for a comprehensive plan. In 2008, the Hardy County Plan- ning Commission began the process of updating the plan. Over the ensu- ing three years, the commission hired a consultant, circulated surveys, held stake holder meetings in various Continued on page 11
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MOOREFIELD EXAMINERand Hardy County News
E S T A B L I S H E D 1 8 4 5
VOLUME 120 - NUMBER 19 MOOREFIELD, HARDY COUNTY, W.VA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2011 TWO SECTIONS - 24 PAGES 94¢
USPS 362-300 www.moorefieldexaminer.com
Mail or Online Delivery Subscribe Today!
Call (304) 530-6397
Sports
Page 1B
Lady Cougars Come out On top after series With Moorefield
Photo Essay The 3rd Annual Home Show
Page 12
Early VotingEarly voting for the Primary Elec-
tion began Friday, April 29 and willcontinue through Wednesday, May11 at the Hardy County Courthousein Moorefield. The courthouse willbe open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.weekdays and Saturday, May 7. Forinformation, call the County Clerk’soffice at 304-530-0250.
Library ClosedThe Hardy County Public Library
in Moorefield will be closed to librarybusiness on Saturday, May 14 due to
the building being used as a pollingplace for the Primary Election. Theywill reopen Monday, May 16 at theirregular hours.
Tax Office MovedThe Hardy County Sheriff’s Tax
Office has moved from the mainCourthouse to the Courthouse An-nex on the Washington Street side ofthe Courthouse. The phone numberis 304-530-0220.
Free Tire CollectionThe WV Department of Environ-
mental Protection will sponsor a free
tire collection on Saturday, May 14from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. across from Sub-way in Moorefield. It is the same lo-cation as last year. Limit is 10 tiresper WV driver’s license. Tires onwheels accepted. For information,call Mike at 304-940-0258.
Retired TeachersOn Tuesday, May 17, at 10:30
a.m., Hardy County Association ofRetired School Employees will meetat Kac-Ka-Pon Restaurant in War-densville. Area representative DaveMiller will attend and answer ques-tions you may have. For questions,
call Theda Baker at 304-897-5205.
Absentee BallotsApplications are now being ac-
cepted for absentee ballots for theJune 7 Moorefield Municipal Gener-al Election. Applications will be ac-cepted through Wednesday, June 1.For an application or other informa-tion, contact the Town Recorder at304-530-6142 or stop by the office at206 Winchester Ave.
Spay and NeuterSPAY TODAY is the local low-
cost, nonprofit spay and neuter pro-
gram for cats and dogs in this area.To find out more, please call 304-728-8330 or go on-line at www.baacs.org.
Dead AnimalsThe West Virginia Division of
Highways wants to remind the publicof its policy regarding the pickup anddisposal of dead animals. The DOHwill only pick up carcasses on stateowned highways and will not go onprivate property.
To report a dead animal on a stateowned road, please notify your localdistrict DOH office at 304-434-2525.
Census Bureau ReleasesAge and Household Data
Chart by Lisa Duan and Mike Mallow
By Bob AlcockSpecial to Moorefield Examiner
As Hardy County’s populationages, traditional families with chil-dren disappear, according to 2010data released by the US Census Bu-reau.
The county’s population in-creased by 10.7 percent between2000 and 2010, adding 1,356 resi-dents for a new total of 14,025 inhab-itants.
Eighty percent of the increase canbe attributed to residents ages 55 andover. One third of the increase canbe attributed to residents ages 65 andover.
“The reality is that while the
county population is aging, we haveless and less money for senior care,”said Phyllis Helmick, Director of theHardy County Committee on Aging.
The number of Hardy Countyresidents less than 35 years old re-mained virtually unchanged: 5,562 in2000 versus 5,559 in 2010.
Hardy County’s median age wentup from 38.9 to 42.8 years, topping anincrease statewide, from 38.9 to 41.3years.
In 2010 almost 17 percent ofHardy County residents were ages 65and above, compared to 15 percentin 2000.
The 18 year old and younger agegroup saw a 9.7 percent increase in itspopulation, less than the overall
growth rate of the county at 10.7 per-cent. Between 1990 and 2000 the 18and younger group grew by 18.7 per-cent when the county grew 15.4 per-cent overall.
Age distribution data from the2010 Census confirms what manyHardy County residents know intu-itively: that a significant number ofadults, aged 20 to 35, leave the coun-ty.
The Census Bureau did notbreak-out the age distribution databy race or ethnicity.
While the County ages, the make-up of its households adjust as well.
Of the 5,818 households in HardyCounty counted during the 2010
By Jean A. FlanaganMoorefield Examiner
“It’s the best thing I’ve everdone academically with students,”said Moorefield Middle SchoolWest Virginia History TeacherJames Sisler. “The kids were great.I am so proud of them.”
Sisler accompanied TannerCarr, Rebecca Merrill, MuryssaGeorge and Adam Sirk toCharleston on April 26 to competein the finals of the WV HistoryBowl. The team returned toMoorefield with the championship.
The WV History Bowl was in-troduced in 2010 by the WV Divi-
sion of Culture and History. It fea-tures questions about the state’shistory, culture, heritage and peo-ple in a quiz bowl format.
“The Archives and History staffdevelop a field of more than 1,600questions for the regional and statetournaments,” said Randall Reid-Smith, commissioner of the WVDivision of Culture and History.
In 2011, tournaments were heldin each of the state’s eight Region-al Education Service Agency (RE-SA) districts. MMS won the RESA8 championship in March.
The winning team received in-dividual trophies and a trophy fortheir school. They also received
money for college. “Each studentbrought home at least $1,200 inbonds for college,” Sisler said.
The MMS team was undefeat-ed until the last round, Sisler said.“But since we were undefeated,they had to beat us twice. That did-n’t happen.”
Sissonville Middle School,Kanawha County, RESA 3, wasrunner-up.
The WV History Bowl wasbroadcast live on WV Public Tele-vision on April 26. To watch a videoof the championship round, go tothe website www.wvculture.org/Historybowl/historybowl.html.
Moorefield Middle School TeamIs State History Bowl Champs
Photo courtesy Jim SislerMuryssa George, Rebecca Merrill, Adam Sirk and Tanner Carr with WV History Teacher Jim Sislerare interviewed for WV Public Television.
By Bob AlcockSpecial to Moorefield Examine
“Pay no attention to that man be-hind the curtain.” (Wizard of Oz: 1939)
The current draft of a new com-prehensive plan for Hardy County ap-pears headed for the trash heap dueto stealth opposition from the 15member board of the Hardy CountyRural Development Authority and itsexecutive director, Mallie Combs-Snider.
“These people are economic and
social leaders in the community and Ihave to listen to them”, said J.Michael Teets, President of the HardyCounty Commission.
Teets ordered county planner PatFord to go back to the current com-prehensive plan, adopted in 1999, andamend it to comply with state law.
Meeting Tuesday evening, countyplanning commissioners voted to havethe planning staff prepare a study ofthe 1999 plan and what it would taketo update it to comply with state law.Ford said the study would take at least
a month to prepare.Teets is the County Commission’s
representative on the Planning Com-mission but did not attend the Tues-day evening meeting. Teets retainedhis membership on the RDA boardafter he was elected to the CountyCommission in November.
During five public workshops andtwo public hearings on the 82 pagedraft plan, available to the publicsince mid-September, no member ofthe RDA board offered comments,
Planners React to OppositionTo Draft Comprehensive Plan
By Jean A. FlanaganMoorefield Examiner
As a student at MoorefieldHigh School, Teresa Eye used tothink it was cool that she couldwalk down the hall and see pic-tures of her parents on the wall.Pictures of graduating classes dat-ing back several decades line thehalls of the high school.
Eye, the Pro-Start teacher atEast Hardy High School was re-cently named Hardy CountyTeacher of the Year and will com-pete for West Virginia Teacher ofthe Year this summer.
Eye grew up in Moorefield.Her parents are Gordon and EvaRaines. She attended MoorefieldElementary School when it waslocated on Winchester Avenue.She started 7th grade at Moore-field High, a very intimidating ex-perience.
But it was the teachers atMoorefield High School who im-parted on her the love of educa-tion and the desire to become ateacher.
“I was an assistant to Mrs. Dix-ie Keller, she’s Mrs. Jacksonnow,” Eye said. “She taughtHome Economics and I reallyliked it. Then there was Mrs.
Teresa Eye Is Hardy CountyTeacher of the Year
Photo by Jean FlanaganTeresa Eye teaches ProStart at East Hardy High School.
Simms, who taught English. Sheused to scare me, but she had greatwords of encouragement. Shetaught us a lot that wasn’t in text-
books. I’ve had a lot of good teach-ers, too many to name.”
Eye graduated from MHS in
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Commission President TellsPlanner to Scrap Plan UpdateBy Jean A. FlanaganMoorefield Examiner
Hardy County Commission Presi-dent J. Michael Teets told the HardyCounty Planner the updated Com-prehensive Plan would not get com-mission approval in its present form.
The County Commission met inregular session on Tuesday, May 3.
Teets said the Hardy County Ru-ral Development Authority was go-ing on the record to keep the existingplan.
“I was going to bring this up at thePlanning Commission,” Teets said.“The RDA Board is going on therecord, we want to keep the sameComprehensive Plan. Just gothrough and update the things thatneed to be updated. If you can makethose adjustments, it would be easierto get it through the commission. Itwill be a whole lot easier for every-one.”
Teets represents the CountyCommission on the Planning Com-mission. He also serves on the RDA
Board of Directors. The Hardy County Comprehen-
sive Plan was written in 1999 and bylaw is required to be updated every10 years. West Virginia Code Section8A includes very precise require-ments for a comprehensive plan.
In 2008, the Hardy County Plan-ning Commission began the processof updating the plan. Over the ensu-ing three years, the commission hireda consultant, circulated surveys, heldstake holder meetings in various
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Editorial
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Publishers: Mr. and Mrs. David O. Heishman; Editor: Phoebe F. Heishman; General Manager: James O. Heishman; Managing Editor: Jean A. Flanagan; Staff: Kathy Bobo, Tara Booth, Carolyn Burge, Lisa Duan, Sam R. Fisher, Carl Holcomb, Diane Hypes, Mike Mallow, Sharon Martin, Faye Staley, Peggy Wratchford.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITORThe RDA is WrongIn what could only be described as a display of ignorance
and arrogance, the Hardy County Rural Development Au-thority has decided not to support the Planning Commis-sion’s update of the Hardy County Comprehensive Plan.
The RDA, whose sole purpose is to encourage, if not so-licit, economic development for Hardy County, said the ex-isting 12-year-old plan “has been in place for 10 years andhas worked just fine.”
So let’s get this straight. Hardy County is growing up allaround us. The 2010 census said the county grew nearly 10percent in the past 10 years – not outlandish growth, but sub-stantial growth. Along with that growth came demands onthe infrastructure – roads, schools, water, sewer.
If the county doesn’t plan for the continuing growth – en-couraging development where infrastructure currently exists,or encouraging growth where infrastructure can be phased-in gradually, there will be chaos and added burdens on tax-payers down the road.
Think about some of the growth Hardy County has expe-rienced in the past 10 years.
•Corridor H has cut travel time and accidents from oneend of the county to the other. Marketed properly, this “roadto nowhere” could be and should be an economic engine.Businesses in every corner of the county have already bene-fited from the fact that the Corridor makes it possible toreach the Interstate in minutes, rather than hours.
•High-speed Internet service and soon fiber optic serviceto everyone’s home will revolutionize the way companies dobusiness.
•Cell phone service is improved – thanks to a formerCounty Planner. The RDA had nothing to do with some-thing so vital in today’s world.
•Those “weekenders ” who have flocked here to get awayfrom the hustle and bustle of city life pump millions of dol-lars into our economy annually. When they eventually retireand move here, they will need things like water and sewer.Sure they have wells and septic, but most would prefer pub-lic water.
The RDA seems to think the whole county should beopen for development, when it can’t develop the land it al-ready owns.
Unlike Mike Teets, a member of the RDA Board and al-so president of the County Commission, the feedback we’veheard from every corner of the county was positive in regardto the updated Comprehensive Plan. Even the Hardy Coun-ty Historical Society had little in the way of comments andwas appreciative that they were to have a segment in the newplan. We also think it’s heartening that the most pervasivecomment the Planning Commission received was to preservethe agricultural base and rural nature of the county.
Is the RDA board too ignorant to realize growth and de-velopment are not possible throughout all of Hardy County?Consider that a large portion of the county does not evenhave paved roads.
Does the RDA not remember when Holtzman Gas want-ed to put a storage facility in Hardy County? They couldn’tlocate in the RDA’s industrial parks - the sensible place for apropane storage facility – because of restrictive covenants.The key word here is “restrictive.”
The RDA then tried to sell Holtzman property it ownedon Route 220 South. But that property was zoned agricultureand not surprisingly, the adjacent residents balked at theidea of 30,000 gallon bulk propane tanks in their backyards.The RDA didn’t even know the property was zoned agricul-ture until the County Planner came to the meeting and ex-plained it to them.
Arrogant. The Planning Commission has been working onthis comprehensive plan for three years. They have alreadypaid consultants $15,000 to write the updated plan.
There have been numerous – eight to be exact – publicmeetings, stakeholder meetings, etc. Only ONE person fromthe RDA Board or staff ever attended any of those meetings.
We find it ludicrous that the RDA was not at all involvedwith the process of writing the Comprehensive Plan, but nowwants to tell the Planning Commission how to do their job.
That’s just wrong. Perhaps the term “Smart Growth” isnot a term with which the RDA is familiar. Perhaps theythink it only applies to urban and suburban areas. But thosesuburbs were farmland and forests at one time.
It is time to realize that if we are going to control the wayof life we want in Hardy County we also need a living docu-ment which can change and adapt to what’s happeningaround us. And one which complies with state law!
That does not mean accepting a twelve-year-old compre-hensive plan as the best we can do.
GLANCING BACKWARD
EXAMINER SAYSVote Saturday
If you want a piece of The Green-brier you might want to attend an auc-tion on May 21. It was determined bythe hotel’s curator that the items wereno longer needed, so they are headingto an auction to be held at the StateFair Grounds in Fairlea. Items in-clude limos, champagne buckets,kitchen equipment, silver water pitch-ers and blue vinyl steel chairs thatwere used in the Cold War nuclearbunker.
David was always fascinated by theability of the waiters to pour waterfrom those pitchers without spilling adrop. He might like one of the silverpitchers, but probably not enough togo to an auction and bid on it.
Vote Saturday
Morgantown just held the state’sfirst vote-by-mail election. The CityClerk said the city had received moreballots for this election than were castin the 2009 election. We will be inter-ested in following this new type of vot-ing. A city election is one thing thatmight work for mail, but we would re-ally be hesitant to try anything with alarger geographic area. Just thinkabout the fact that mail leaves the lo-cal post offices here and is sent toClarksburg before coming back fordelivery which sometimes can takedays to happen.
Vote Saturday
It would be funny if it weren’t soserious. College students are headingto Colorado to promote marijuanause over alcohol. Their argument isthat alcohol is more closely linked tosexual assaults and that studentsshould not be punished more harshlyfor pot than for underage alcohol pos-session. Now, how does it go? Smokepot and chill? Drink booze and getaggressive? Maybe they have a point.
Vote Saturday
The EPA wants you to take pic-tures of your environment for its Stateof the Environment Project. Unlikeits effort during the 1970s when theagency hired nearly 100 freelancephotographers to take pictures of theenvironment and every day life inAmerica, this time the project is glob-
al and driven by social media. You areto take the photos and post the best ofthem on Flickr. Go tohttp://bit.ly/2WvpYr for more infor-mation.
Vote Saturday
Those horrible storms with torna-dos did unbelievable damage in anumber of states, including causingover 350 deaths. One item which was-n’t mentioned was that about 200poultry houses were destroyed in Ala-bama and another 180 were damaged.At an average 20,000 birds per house,that’s about 4 million chickens killedand another 3.6 million at risk. Lackof water and power only made itworse. The weather can be more thandevastating to both man and animals.
Fifteen Years AgoMay 8, 1996
A total of 5,859 voters were regis-tered in the county with an addition-al 765 inactive on the voter rolls.
Jon Toma was named Best ofShow at the Moorefield High SchoolSenior Science Fair. Dan Wagnerhad the title for the MHS Junior Fair.Toma, Stephanie Earle and JonGunter all won first place awards inthe state science fair competition.
Highway personnel met withMoorefield officials and citizens todiscuss the proposed by-pass whichwould connect 220 South with 220North while also connecting the In-dustrial Park south of town and theproposed industrial park on WV 55.
Ruth Harman Dice, 86, Franklin,died May 2...Harry M. Heishman, 88,Newville, PA, died April 8...Otha Ed-ward Hinkle, 67, Lumberport, diedMay 2...Rebecca Evans Bender, 74,Johnstown, died April 24.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jason Foltz,twin daughters, Jade Cella andRayann Rosa...to Mr. and Mrs. JeffHesse, a daughter, Miriam Elizabeth.
Thirty Years AgoWeek of May 6, 1981
The closure of the Hardy CountySanitary Landfill received a four-month extension to allow Region 8 todiscuss alternatives for Grant andHardy counties.
Melissa Webster and Karin Mar-tin were named to attend Rhododen-dron Girls State.
Courtney R. Tusing was honoredby the board of directors of the FirstNational Bank of Oakland. He waspresident during the previous decadewhen the bank trebled in size andsurpassed$100 million in assets.
Grover Myers, 68, Bunker Hill,
died April 30...Hazel Detrick Whet-zel, 68, Fulks Run, died on April 1.
Forty-five Years AgoMay 11, 1966
Communication Satellite Corp.had asked 46 architecture and engi-neering firms to submit designs forthe proposed earth station.
The firm of Buchart and Hornhad been retained by the Town ofMoorefield and the County Court tosubmit a planning proposal. Nogrants would be available without aplan.
The U. S. Senate approved$410,000 to expand the Trout PondRecreation area.
Rosetta Funk Conard, 84, Win-chester, died May 2.
Sharon Ann Godwin and GeneAllen Bosma were married April1...Judy Bott and Larry Bean weremarried.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. RobertJenkins, a son...to Mr. and Mrs.Phillip Mathias, a son.
Moorefield beat Wardensville 12-4 and 9-1.
Sixty Years AgoMay 9, 1951
Blanchard and Lane, Newark, NJ,had purchased the Keystone Tanningand Glue Company in Moorefieldand expected to resume operation insix weeks.
Plans by the Reynolds Trans-portation Company to discontinuebus transportation from Franklin to
Cumberland were put on hold.Moorefield’s valedictorian was
Ruth Brill and salutatorian wasRoberta Stickley. Wardensville’svaledictorian was Mary Ludwig andsalutatorian was Nova Funkhouser.A total of 80 young people were tograduate from the three high schools.
Susan Orndorff Lakin, 64, diedMay 4 at home...Lee Ashby Halter-man, 81, Tannery, died May 2...JohnW. Thomas, 66, Rig, died May6...Mervin Snyder was killed in Ko-rea...the infant son of Mr. and Mrs.Jesse Dove, Baker, had died.
Hazel Elizabeth Park and Her-man Spear were married on April14...Dorothy Vanchura and AndrewJ. Guthrie were married May 4.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. RudyStnard, a son, Ronald Dean...to Mr.and Mrs. Carl Ours, a daughter,Pamela Yvonne...to Mr. and Mrs.Marvin Bean, a son, Gary Wayne...toMr. and Mrs. William Riggleman, adaughter... to Mr. and Mrs. ClarenceBradfield, Jr., a daughter...to Mr. andMrs. Dale Haslacker, a son, RonaldRay.
Moorefield defeated Circleville19-3 and Keyser 3-1.
Seventy-five Years AgoMay 13, 1935
The State Health Departmentwas offering free health exam forchildren under 6.
West Virginia bank deposits wereincreasing. On Dec. 31, 1935 a totalof $228 million were insured, a 2.8percent increase over the previousyear.
Jennings Randolph announcedthat WPA projects were approved forMoorefield’s water main repair($1,109) and for county road repair($9,570).
W. M. Cunningham, 58, New
Creek, died May 10...Andrew Brown,75, Fisher, died May 7...Mary John-ston, 65, Warm Springs, died May 9.A cousin of Mamie Alexander, shewas a novelist who wrote “To Haveand to Hold”...Ophal Jean Riggle-man, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Otis Riggleman, died May 5...AnnieAlt Alt, Tanner, died May 4...WilliamKuykendall, 59, Berkeley Springs,died May 10.
A license to wed was issued to Lu-cille Taylor and Ernest Cain.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Bai-ley, a son.
Ninety Years AgoMay 12, 1921
Germany finally accepted the Al-lied ultimatum and agreed to fulfillthe terms of the Treaty of Versailles.Germany was to pay $6.7 billion, dis-armament was to be carried out, andwar criminals tried.
The weather had been so bad onthe east side of the mountain thatfarmers who had planted corn wereexpected to have to do it again.
County engineer Stover had se-cured a motorcycle from the govern-ment. It was thought that a police of-ficer could be put on the roads tocatch speeders.
Mamie Alexander had begun re-pairs on her store which had beendamaged by fire.
Herman Bell was found dead of agun shot. It was said he reportedneighbors for moonshining and thetrouble caused his death...Early Orn-dorff, 65, Arkansas City, Kansas, diedApril 8.
Sadie Funkhouser and Rev. MatLevin were married May 10.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Claude An-derson, a daughter...to Mr. and Mrs.Ferg Garrett, a son...to Mr. and Mrs.Dave Earl, a son.
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MOOREFIELD
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ARCHIVES
Let me introduce to you membersof Hardy County Rural Develop-ment Authority (RDA).
Chair - Roy HarperVice Chair - Derek BarrSecy/Treasurer - J. Michael TeetsExecutive Director - Mallie
CombsMembers - Sheldon Arbaugh,
Leslie A. Barr, Rodney Branson, J.R.Keplinger, Harold K. Michael, BillRobinette, Betsy Orndoff-Sayers, D.Robert Taylor, Jack Welton, ElwoodWilliams, Renick Williams, Ray“Red” Funkhouser, Bob Keller,Buster Wilkins.
Members of Hardy County Plan-ning Commission: (HCPC) are:
Lee Lehman - PresidentGreg Greenwalt - Vice PresidentPlanner - Patrick FordCommissioners - Charlotte Bow-
man, J. Michael Teets, Dave Fansler,Bradley Wilkins, Roger Saville,George Leatherman, Jeff Fraley,Charles Kohne,
A front page story in last week’sMoorefield Examiner entitled “RDASays 12-Year Old Plan is ‘GoodEnough’ For Hardy County” detailsintent of RDA’s leadership to nullifyyears of hard work by HCPC to bringHardy County’s Comprehensive Planinto compliance with current WestVirginia State law. In light of thatstated opposition, I’d like to intro-duce members of RDA and HCPC to
each other. I’ve listed all those mem-bers in first two paragraphs above.
I’d like listed members of theRDA to look closely at the list ofmembers of the HCPC. I’d bet sinceall are residents of Hardy County,most folks on first board are ac-quainted with most folks on the sec-ond. For members of RDA, I wantyou to pause, think about HCPC andask yourself if you can verbally smackthem down by voting against accept-ance of the new Draft Hardy CountyComprehensive Plan. A simple back-handed smack without awareness ofthe hard work they’ve done.
Keep in mind these men andwomen in planning have workedyears in conjunction with two goodPlanners, Mr. Tom Widder and Mr.Pat Ford to upgrade Hardy County’sexisting plan to meet requirements ofWest Virginia State Code Chapter8A. I know, because as former Pres-ident of the HCPC, I, along with Mr.Widder led that effort for at least twoyears. Through hours of meetings,both formal and work sessions, we
hashed out, argued, suggested, anddiscussed in great detail provisionsnow incorporated in the new draft.Mr Ford, then a consultant hired bythe Hardy County Commission, nowCounty Planner, was tasked withbringing our thoughts and ideas intocompliance with the law.
Members of the HCPC have in-vested literally hundreds of volunteerman hours in their efforts and withone vote RDA expects to kill it. Onevote from RDA Board membersmost of whom I believe have neverread that plan. One vote from menand women willing to be led by theirnoses to a horrible choice based uponignorance of the law. One mindlesssmack.
Ms. Combs, through apparent in-difference to mandates of West Vir-ginia Code, Chapter 8A is advocatingacts and asking for votes which mustbe ignored anyway. That chapter re-quires the entire plan be brought upto latest standards if any small revi-sion is made. She apparently has noqualms explaining to prospective em-ployers interested in Hardy Countythat our Comprehensive Plan is anti-quated and unresponsive at her re-quest.
Perhaps greatest surprise wascomments made by J. Michael Teets,President of Hardy County Commis-sion, self appointed member of theRDA and self appointed member of
HCPC. Apparently speaking as Sec-retary/Treasurer of RDA he made re-ported statements criticizing work ofHCPC. His claim, “I’m getting a lotof feedback that people don’t like it”does not agree with near total lack ofconstructive comments madethrough at least five public meetingsheld round Hardy County, plus ex-tended periods when public com-ments were actively solicited byHCPC.
I believe leadership of RDA isspeaking in opposition to the DraftComprehensive Plan for politicallyself serving disingenuous reasons, un-related to general welfare of citizensof Hardy County. I believe that lead-ership is prepared to drag its mem-bers through political mud in orderto satisfy egotistical cravings for pow-er. I believe that leadership is pre-pared to risk ethical challenge, feel-ing insulated from accountability bythe elected members on it’s board.
Read the plan, RDA. Don’t beblindly led to a bad decision whichwill follow you in public life. Read theplan, make constructive suggestionsand detailed criticism based uponknowledge. Allow Hardy CountyPlanning Commission to upgradeour Comprehensive Plan accordingto state law for the benefit of all ourcitizens rather than the elite few.
BY
DAVID O.HEISHMAN
MY UNBASED OPINION
Dear Editor,Moorefield Middle School would
like to thank local businesses for theirgenerous donations for our SpringMadness giveaways. During themonth of April a prize was given awayfor each day of the month. Thank youto the following businesses:
Summit Community Bank,Moorefield Examiner, 84 Lumber,O’Neills, Ponderosa, Chad’s BarberShop, Dairy Queen, South BranchTire, Smith’s Auto Parts, Stray Cat
Café, Hardy County Wellness Center,Moorefield Collision Center, Colt’sRestaurant, Potomac Lanes, SouthBranch Cinema, Fox’s Pizza Den,Frenchy’s Beauty Salon, Subway,MHS, House of Flowers, Food Lion,Hardee’s, Trough General Store, An-thony’s Pizza, Third Base Restaurant,Melissa’s Hair Design, Shop andSave, McDonalds, Advanced AutoParts and Hardman’s Hardware.
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By Jean A. FlanaganMoorefield Examiner
The Baker Water plant is startingto take shape as exterior wall blockswere laid last week. BreckenridgeConstruction, an Ohio company, isapproximately 30 percent completeon the project, according to site in-spector Brian Martin.
Martin provided the Hardy Coun-ty Public Service District Board withan update on the Baker Water projectat the regular meeting held Wednes-day, May 4.
PSD General Manager LoganMoyers said the roof cannot be builtuntil some of the equipment has beeninstalled.
“We hope to be under roof inabout five weeks,” Martin said.
Progress on the water plant can befollowed via Internet by logging ontothe website204.111.30.82/view/index.shtml.
Martin said Stonegate Construc-tion, the company installing the waterlines for the Baker project, is 88 per-cent complete.
“All of the main line piping hasbeen completed,” Martin said. “Theyare fixing yards and driveways and do-ing ditch restoration. They will proba-bly be leaving soon and will comeback to flush and test when we havewater.”
J. F. Allen, the company installingthe Marvin Chapel water lines, is 90percent complete. “They are just wait-ing for power to the booster station,”Martin said.
Mid-Atlantic, the company build-
ing the water storage tanks for bothBaker and Marvin Chapel, is also 90percent complete. Both tanks havebeen erected. They, too, are waitingfor power from Allegheny Power.
The Baker and Marvin Chapel wa-ter projects were made possible by theAmerican Recovery and Reinvest-ment Act passed by Congress in2009.
The PSD will purchase water fromthe town of Wardensville and supplythe Marvin Chapel community.
The Baker water project will pro-vide public water to the residents andbusinesses in Baker, as well as theEast Hardy Early Middle and Highschools.
Moyers requested board approvalon two change orders to theStonegate contract.
The first change order, in theamount of $48,996, included five addi-tional fire hydrants, 18 fire hydrant ex-tensions, two meters and a cattleguard for the tank site road.
The board approved the changeorder.
The second change order, in theamount of $58,315, is for equipmentto be used countywide. The list in-cludes 34 large replacement watermeters for commercial/ industrial cus-tomers, 26 Captivator wrenches forfire hydrant locks, a dechlorinationunit for flushing fire hydrants andsoftware to remotely read the watermeters.
“As soon as we get these wrenches,all of the fire hydrants in the countywill be locked,” Moyers said.
The board approved the change
order.Baker Sewer
Moyers told the board he met withMike Teets and Buster Wilkins of theHardy County Rural DevelopmentAuthority regarding easements for theBaker sewer project.
“They agreed to the changes werequested where the road elevationincreases,” he said. “We are waitingfor Clay (Thrasher Engineering engi-neer Riley) to draw the plat and passit on to Potesta Engineering.”
Moyers said the PSD had approxi-mately one-third of the necessaryeasements and would begin acquiringthe remainder when the deed is exe-cuted.
Water TerminationAgreement
The PSD Board approved a draftwater termination agreement with theMoorefield/Hardy County Waste-water Authority.
If a water customer is delinquenton their sewer bill, their water servicewill be terminated, Moyers explained.
“Since it is against the law to ter-minate sewer service, their only re-course for people who don’t pay is toturn off their water. Once the bill ispaid and the wastewater authoritygives the okay, we will turn it backon.”
Moyers said the PSD’s attorneyhad reviewed the agreement andmade some changes.
The agreement was approved bythe board, pending approval by theMoorefield/Hardy County Waste-water Authority.
The next meeting of the HardyCounty PSD will be held on Wednes-day, June 1 beginning at 10 a.m. Allmeetings are held at the PSD office,2094 US Route 220 South in Moore-field and are open to the public.
By Jean A. FlanaganMoorefield Examiner
In celebration of Arbor Day, stu-dents at Moorefield ElementarySchool got a lesson in trees and theschool got seven new trees, thanks toa grant from the Chesapeake BayProject and Project Communitree.
The $2,000 grant bought a treefor each grade at MES - Pre-K,Kindergarten, First and Secondgrades - as well as one in honor of thestaff, one in memory of CarltonHilliard and one to replace a treedamaged by wind last year.
The grant was administered bythe West Virginia ConservationAgency and the West Virginia De-partment of Forestry.
“These trees belong to you,” re-tired arborist Bob Clark told the stu-dents. “It’s up to you to take care ofthem, to water them and to makesure no one damages them.”
The newly planted trees haveplaques designating the kind of tree,the grade and the year. The Pre-Ktree a linden. The Kindergarten treeis a northern red oak. The first-grade
tree is a red maple. The second-grand tree is a sugar maple. The staffwas honored and Hilliard memorial-ized by two Yoshio cherry trees. Asugar maple was planted to replacethe one damaged last year.
Although Yoshio cherries are notnative to West Virginia, Clark saidthey are especially disease resistant,which makes them a good choice forthis area.
Radio station V-103 broadcastlive from the school and ArboristJennifer Hammer with the WVDept. of Forestry provided commen-tary for the listening audience.
The students also received a col-oring book that described the bene-fits of trees and a reusable water bot-tle.
First-grade teacher Marie Raoapplied for the grant.
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News
NEWS BRIEFSThe American Red Cross Blood-
mobile will be in Moorefield Thurs-day, May 12. Donors will be takenfrom 1 until 6 p.m. at the MoorefieldChurch of the Brethren on Clay andWinchester Avenue. The goal is 45and all blood types are needed.Donors must be 17 years of age,meet weight and height require-ments, and be in reasonably goodhealth.
**********A West Virginia relish is up for a
national award. Uncle Bunk’s Mus-tard Relish Hot is a finalist for Out-standing Condiment in the 2011 sofiawards. Uncle Bunk’s is headquar-
tered in Sistersville. This is the firsttime a WV food product has made itthis far in the contest sponsored bythe National Association for the Spe-cialty Food Trade Inc. The sofiawards recognize excellence in 31categories in specialty foods and bev-erages.
**********The WV Department of Agricul-
ture is looking state-record fruits orvegetables. For 15 years the WVDAhas kept records of the largest fruitsand vegetables and new records areset nearly every year. The contest isopen to any produce grown in stateduring 2011. Entrants should send in
photos, but a representative of theWVDA will have verify the size. Formore information contact ConnieTolley at [email protected].
**********The West Virginia Senate Redis-
tricting Task Force has scheduled apublic meeting at Tamarack in Beck-ley on June 1. Berkeley County Sen.Joh Unger says the group wants tomake the redistricting process asopen and transparent as possible.Other public meetings are planned,but locations haven’t been deter-mined. Population changes reflectedin the 2010 Census will likely result ina shifting of seats in both the Senate
and House.**********
Gasoline prices skyrocketed over17¢ in West Virginia last week. AAAFuel Gauge reported the averagecost of a gallon of self-serve unleadedregular gas for West Virginianspassed the four dollar mark to $4.10.At the national level the averageprice was $3.967. Across the stateprices ranged from a high of $4.194 atHuntington to a low of $4.007 atMorgantown. In Hardy County gaswas still available under four dollarsin Mathias for $3.95 and in Moore-field at both Sheetz and BP for $3.99.Gas at Baker was $4.09.
Arborist Jennifer Hammer talks with V-103 radio announcer JRabout the celebration of Arbor Day.
Photos by Jean FlanaganRetired Arborist Bob Clark explained to MES students the importance of trees.
Communitree Helps Moorefield Elementary School Celebrate Arbor Day
Walls Being ErectedAt Baker Water Plant
Photo by Jean FlanaganThe Baker Water plant is taking shape. The facility will provide public water to businesses andresidents of the Baker community.
By Jean A. FlanaganMoorefield Examiner
“Misty Terrace is not the big prob-lem it once was. There has been adrastic difference in the level of activ-ity there.”
Moorefield Police Chief SteveReckart said the number of calls forservice to the mobile home commu-nity have decreased dramaticallyover the past six months because ofproperty-owners Perry and MargaretNewton.
“Perry is the one who has dedicat-ed himself to cleaning that place up,”Reckart said. “We’ve developed apartnership between Perry andMargie and the department. We’vebeen making an impact because ofPerry’s efforts.”
Reckart said the partnership in-volves the Newton’s paying for in-creased patrols.
“It’s called a Contract Detail,”Reckart explained. “Off-duty officerspatrol around Misty Terrace and Per-
ry pays for their overtime. The offi-cers get overtime, Misty Terrace getsan increased police presence and itdoesn’t cost the town of Moorefield acent.”
Reckart said the police depart-ment began by increasing regular pa-trols in Misty Terrace. “Through that,we became familiar with the resi-dents there,” he said.
“But Perry’s done a lot of workthere. He’s evicted some people.He’s brought in new trailers. It’s abetter place all around.”
The increased police presence be-gan last year when the town ofMoorefield annexed Misty Terrace.The annexation means Misty Terraceis eligible to receive services providedby the town.
“Thank you for mowing the grassin the park,” Margaret Newton toldthe Moorefield Council at the meet-ing held Tuesday, May 3.
The town is also working with Al-legheny Power to install street lightsin the community, something long
overdue according to Perry.“I paved the streets seven years
ago and was told you would put lightsup,” Perry told the council. “Now, allof a sudden, Allegheny Power wantsto meet with me about street lights.Why did it take so long?”
Public Works Director LucasGagnon reminded Newton the townhad only annexed the community lastyear. “Allegheny Power works at theirown speed,” he said.
Gagnon said the plan is to install26 street lights. At a previous meet-ing, he reported the lights and polescould cost the town as much as$60,000. At last month’s meeting hesaid that figure was probably low andAllegheny wouldn’t provide a priceestimate until the project is ap-proved.
“I’m thrilled that this is happen-ing,” Perry said. “I’m thrilled with thepolice department.”
“We appreciate what you’vedone,” Mayor Gary Stalnaker said.
Seven individuals were named intwo separate Indictments returned bya Federal Grand Jury sitting inClarksburg, West Virginia, on May 3,2011.
United States Attorney William J.Ihlenfeld, II, announced that Fernan-do Torres Hernandez, age 35, FabianOlivas-Gonzalez, age 28, AlejandroVelasco-Canchola, also known asAlejandro Velasco-Canchala, age 40,Juan Antonio Gastelum Carrozco,also known as Bionic, age 43, Ansel-mo Cruz Luz, also known as ErcelmoLnu, age 30 and Carlos Agusto Zuni-ga-Bonilla, age 32, were named in aone-count indictment.
The indictment alleges that Her-nandez, Olivas-Gonzalez, Velasco-
Canchola, Carrozco, Luz and Zuni-ga-Bonilla aided and abetted by eachother, possessed methamphetaminewith the intent to distribute inMoorefield, Hardy County, WestVirginia.
If convicted, the defendants facea maximum penalty of 10 years to lifeimprisonment and a fine of$4,000,000.
Leslie D. Musgrove, age 33, wasnamed in a one-count indictment.The Indictment alleges that Mus-grove aided and abetted in the distri-bution of five grams or more ofMethamphetamine on February 25,in Moorefield. If convicted, Mus-grove faces a maximum penalty of 40years imprisonment and a fine of
$2,000,000.The cases will be prosecuted by
Assistant United States AttorneyErin K. Reisenweber. The caseswere investigated by the Federal Bu-reau of Investigation and the Po-tomac Highlands Drug & ViolentCrime Task Force, consisting of offi-cers from the Federal Bureau of In-vestigation, West Virginia State Po-lice - Bureau of Criminal Investiga-tions, and Mineral County Sheriff’sDepartment.
It should be noted that thecharges contained in the Indictmentsare merely accusations and not evi-dence of guilt, and that each defen-dant is presumed innocent until andunless proven guilty.
Seven Named in Two Federal Indictments
Police and Property-Owners WorkTogether to Clean Up Neighborhood
West Virginians will go to thepolls on Saturday, May 14, to chose aDemocrat and a Republican candi-date, who will join the Mountain Par-ty candidate in a special Governor’sElection later this year.
Polls will open for the Special Pri-mary Election at 6:30 a.m. and willclose at 7:30 p.m.
There are six Democrats andeight Republicans vying for a spot onthe Special Governor’s Election bal-lot. That election will be held on
Tuesday, Oct. 4.Democrats include:• Jeffrey Kessler• Arne Moltis• John Perdue• Natalie Tennent• Rick Thompson• Earl Ray TomblinRepublicans include:• Clark Barnes• Mitch Carmichael• Ralph Clark• Cliff Ellis
• Larry Faircloth• Betty Ireland• Bill Maloney• Mark SorsaiaHardy County has 4,670 regis-
tered Democrats and 2,131 regis-tered Republicans. There are also1,674 registered voters with no partyaffiliation.
Don’t forget to cast your vote forthe candidate of your choice.
West Virginia Set for Special Primary Election
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Obituaries
Epiphany of the Lord Catholic Church
Rt. 55, Moorefield, WV 304-434-2547
Saturday Evening 6 PM Sunday Mass 8:00 AM
So Sadly Missed By His Wife Nancy o f
65 Years a nd All His Family a nd Friends
In Memory o f Adrian Hambleton, Sr.
Who Passed Away A Year Ago o n May 9
Moorefield Church of the Brethren Lucy and Russell Webster, Pastors
Sunday School 9:30 AM Worship 10:30 AM Bible Study
Sunday 5:00 PM Wednesday 10:00 AM
the Lord Jesus, who is THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.”
Join with us in serving
Office Hours — 9 AM to 12 PM — Daily Corner of Winchester Ave. and Clay St.
Moorefield Assembly of God
Sunday Morning Service 10:00 A.M.
Sunday Night Service 6:30 P.M.
Wednesday Night Service 6:30 P.M.
139 Chipley Lane Moorefield, WV 26836
(304) 538-6055
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Tannery Chapel S. Fork Rd.
Worship 9 a.m. SS – 9:45 a.m.
Oak Dale Chapel Rig
Worship 10 a.m. SS – 10:45 a.m.
BECOME INVOLVED AND FEEL THE SPIRIT
Katherine C. Jackson Pastor
Trough Road, Moorefield Sabbath School – 9:30 a.m.
Worship – 11:00 a.m. All services English & Español
304-538-3309
Moorefield Seventh-day Adventist Church
New Life Tabernacle
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Sunday School: 10:00 AM Sunday Evening 6:00 PM
Wednesday Bible Study: 7:30 PM Call if you need transportation
1-1/2 miles West on new section of Corridor H Phone 304-703-2202
Pastor: Eugene Whetzel A member of the United Pentecostal
Church International
P ROVIDENCE B APTIST C HURCH P ROVIDENCE B APTIST C HURCH 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith
Moorefield, WV Meeting at 2141 N. River Rd., Bean Settlement • 10:30 AM
304-591-6607 A Family Friendly Fellowship
Assembly of God Church
• Sunday Morning Service at 10 a.m.
• Sunday Night Service at 6 p.m.
• Wednesday Night Service at 7:00 p.m.
10 Queens Drive Rig, WV 26836 (304) 434-2073
www.rigassemblyofgod.org
Rev. Brad Taylor
Rig
Happy Mother’s Day Another year gone by. And I still miss you so, Your love remains with me, Everywhere I go.
I Love You, Mom Love, Betty
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OBITUARIES
ANNA LEE WHETZELAnna Lee Whetzel, age 57, of Pe-
tersburg, WV, died Tuesday, May 3,2011 at Grant Memorial Hospital inPetersburg, WV.
She was born August 19, 1953 onMiddle Mountain in Grant County,WV, and was a daughter of the lateEnoch Whezel and Goldie Maysell(Nesselrodte) Whetzel.
She is survived by two daughters,Pamela Sue Duckworth of CorpusChristi, TX and Barbara Ann Maciasof Corpus Christi, TX; a number ofgrandchildren; three sisters, Eva JeanThorne of Moorefield, W, PaulaSwick of Arthur, WV and BonnieLou Kimble, a resident of Nella’sNursing Home, Elkins, WV; threebrothers, Dorman Whetzel of Lan-des, WV, Donald Whetzel of Augus-ta, WV and Billy Joe Whetzel of Pe-tersburg, WV; and several nieces andnephews.
A funeral service was held Thurs-day, May 5, 2011, at the Schaeffer Fu-neral Home with Pastor LynnRohrbaugh officiating. Intermentwas in the Whetzel Family Cemetery,Arthur, WV.
Memorials may be made to theWhetzel Family, c/o Schaeffer Funer-al Home.
Funeral arrangements were un-der the direction of the Schaeffer Fu-neral Home, Petersburg, WV.
BOYD “DOC” SLATERBoyd “Doc” Slater, age 80 of
Wardensville, WV, passed away onThursday, April 28, 2011 at Winches-ter Medical Center.
He was born on August 1, 1930 inWinchester, VA and was the son ofthe late Golda C. (Wilkins) Slater.
Doc was a retired army 1st ser-geant of 21 years where he servedtwo terms in Korea and two terms inVietnam. He retired from the WVDept. of Highways. He was a mem-ber of the VFW Post 2102 in War-densville, WV and American LegionPost 64 of Moorefield, WV.
Surviving is his wife Betty M.(Funkhouser) Slater; three daugh-ters, Charlotte Bowman of War-densville, WV, Carmen Sager ofMathias, WV, and Kathy McDanielof Hedgesville, WV; two grandchil-dren, Jennifer Sundstrom andHeather Bowman; and two great-grandchildren, Elaina Bowman andGraham Sundstrom.
Memorial services were held onSunday May 1, 201 at McKee Funer-al Home Chapel, Baker, WV withPastor Loretta Brinker officiating.Private inurnment was in AsburyCemetery, near Baker, WV.
Memorials may be sent to Po-tomac Highlands Wounded WarriorsP.O. Box 754 Franklin, WV 26807
All arrangements were handledby McKee Funeral Home, Baker,WV.
GOLDIE ARLENE SMITHGoldie Arlene Smith, age 76, of
Milam, WV, passed this life on Sun-day, May 1, 2011, at her residence.
She was born on September 8,1934 in Peru, WV and was the daugh-ter of the late Benson Nesselrod andKernie Lantz Ketterman.
She was preceded in death by onedaughter, one son and four brothers.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her hus-band, Donnie Ray Smith of Milam,WV; six daughters, Pauline Brown ofNew Creek, WV, Loretta Dove, Lin-da Ely and Patsy Smith, all of Moore-field, Donna Weatherholtz of Mar-tinsburg, WV, Lisa Keplinger of Mil-am, WV; two sons, Carroll Smith ofLahmansville, WV, Donnie Smith, Jr.of Old Fields, WV; two sisters, Is-abelle Borrer of Linville, VA, Di-anne Dasher of Chantilly, VA; threehalf brothers, Norman Nesselrod ofMoorefield, Garry Nesselrod andTommy Nesselrod, both of OldFields; 31 grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren; and several great-great grandchildren.
Mrs. Smith was a homemaker anda member of the Mt. Carmel Churchof the Brethren.
A funeral service was conductedat the Elmore Funeral Home onThursday, May 5, 2011 with PastorShyrl Smith officiating.
Memorial donations may bemade to the family in c/o of CarrollSmith, HC 84 Box 55, Lahmansville,WV 26731 or to the Mt. CarmelChurch of the Brethren in c/o MabelDove, 16830 South Fork Road,Moorefield, WV 26836.
Arrangements were under the di-rection of the Elmore Funeral Home.
IDA MAE CONSTABLEIda Mae Constable, age 82 of
Moorefield, WV, passed away Fridayevening, April 29, 2011 at the Hamp-shire Hospital Long Term Care inRomney, WV.
She was born May 14, 1928 in Al-legheny Co., MD and was the daugh-ter of the late Jessie S. and Esther V.(Robinette) Bane.
Her husband, Waldo Constablepreceded her in death in August1982. Four sisters and three brothersalso preceded her in death. She was amember of the Old Fields BaptistChurch.
Surviving is five sons; Wayne Con-stable of Rio, WV, Eugene Constableof Moorefield, WV, Blaine Constableof Broadway, VA; David Constableof Baker, WV and Jeffrey Constableof Moorefield, WV; two daughters,Mildred Gray of Wardensville, WVand Diana Constable of Rio, WV; abrother, Arlis Bane of Bel Air, MD;12 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchil-dren and a great-great-granddaugh-ter.
Funeral services were conductedTuesday, May 3, 2011 at the FraleyFuneral Home Chapel, 107 Washing-ton St., with Pastor Dan Howard offi-ciating. Interment was at the AsburyCemetery, Bean Settlement, WV.
Memorials may be directed to theHardy County Training Center, CPRTraining Fund, 106 Washington St.,Moorefield, WV 26836.
Condolences to the family may beleft at Ms. Constable’s obituary atwww.fraleyfuneralhome.com .
Arrangements were under the di-rection of the Fraley Funeral Home,Moorefield, WV.
MARTHA LYNN SHAVER CLARKE
Martha Lynn Shaver Clarke, 69,of Fort Seybert, West Virginia, for-merly of Winchester, Virginia, diedThursday, April 21, 2011, in Win-chester Medical Center.
Mrs. Clarke was born in 1941, thedaughter of the late Alfred J. Shaverand Wilma V. Shaver Zirk. Mrs.Clarke retired from the WinchesterMedical Center in 2004 after 25 yearsof service. She worked as a secretaryin the Respiratory Therapy Depart-ment and the Chaplain’s Office andmore recently as a Volunteer Coordi-nator. She attended Franklin Presby-terian Church in Franklin, West Vir-ginia and was a member of St. An-drews Presbyterian Church in Den-ton, Texas. Mrs. Clarke was formerlya long time member of the First Pres-byterian Church in Winchester. Shewas a member of the Daughters ofthe American Revolution in Moore-field, West Virginia and formerly inWinchester.
She married Presley W. Clarke,Jr., on May 17, 1958, in LaVale,Maryland.
Surviving with her husband aretwo sons, David S. Clarke and hiswife, Beth, of Berryville, Virginia,Darren T. Clarke and his wife,Suzanne, of Tampa, Florida; grand-children, Patrick Clarke, BenjaminClarke, Katherine Clarke, SavannahClarke and Mackenzie Clarke; onegreat grandchild, Elias Hayes; her sis-ter, Mary S. Dettra of McLean, Vir-ginia and two brothers, Bennie N.Shaver of Milam, West Virginia andB. Eugene Shaver of Staunton, Vir-ginia.
A funeral service was conductedWednesday, April 27, 2011, at OmpsFuneral Home, Winchester, VA, withChaplain Peter Ford officiating. In-terment was private.
Memorial contributions may bemade Winchester Medical CenterAuxiliary, 1840 Amherst Street, Win-chester, Virginia 22601.
Obituary courtesy of Elmore Fu-neral Home, Moorefield, WV.
PEARL ELIZABETH SEEPearl Elizabeth See, age 84, of
Moorefield, WV, passed this life onTuesday, May 3, 2011, at the E.A.Hawse Continuous Health CareCenter in Baker, WV.
She was born on October 20, 1926in Gore, VA, and was the daughter ofthe late Homer L. Hahn and AnnieMcKee Hahn.
Pearl was preceded in death bythree brothers, one sister and threegrandsons.
Pearl is survived by her husband,Stanley D. See, of Moorefield, whomshe was married to for 66 years; fourdaughters, Sheila Pratt (Mike),Shirley Pratt, Sandra Stump (Joel),all of Moorefield, Sharon Champ(Jim) of Old Fields, WV; two sisters,Betty Corbin and Georgiana Corbin,both of Orange, VA; two brothers,Kenneth Hahn of Orange, VA, Rus-sell Hahn of Madison, VA; eightgrandchildren, Chad Pratt, J.D.Champ, Tina Weese, Jerry Pratt,Patrick Stump, Chuck Ours, SabrinaAllanson and Brandi Gunter; 16great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
Pearl was a member of the Tan-nery Presbyterian Chapel andworked 21 years with Raygold &Boise Cascade/American Woodmarkand retired after 10 years with HesterIndustries. She was a very lovingmother and grandmother. She livedher life for her family always lookingfor the good in everyone.
A funeral service was conductedat the Elmore Funeral Home on Fri-day, May 6, 2011 with ReverendKatherine Jackson and Pastor ChrisWhetzel officiating. Burial was at theOlivet Cemetery in Moorefield, WV.
Pallbearers were Chad Pratt, J. D.Champ, Jerry Pratt, Chuck Ours,Patrick Stump and Justin Pratt.
Memorial donations may bemade to the Tannery PresbyterianChapel or to the Burlington Chil-dren’s Home, PO Box 69, Burling-ton, WV 26710, or to charity ofchoice.
Arrangements were under the di-rection of the Elmore Funeral Home.
REBECCA MADELINE(BALDWIN) CRITES
Rebecca Madeline (Baldwin)Crites, age 87, of Rig, WV died Sat-urday, April 30, 2011 at Grant Me-morial Hospital in Petersburg, WV.
She was born October 13, 1923 inKessel, WV, and was a daughter ofthe late Lynn Baldwin and BarbaraMae (Crites) Baldwin.
She was preceded in death by herparents and her husband, Glenn C.Crites on March 2, 2003. She was al-so preceded in death by an infantdaughter, Connie Crites; two grand-daughters, Sarah Beth Saville andSherry Hose; three sisters, AdaCrites, Elizabeth Kimble, LillianKuykendall; one brother, SeymourBaldwin; and son-in-law, ChesterWolfe.
She was the last surviving mem-ber of her immediate family.
Mrs. Crites retired from Rocking-ham Poultry and was a member ofRig Assembly of God Church.
She is survived by nine sons,Donnie Crites of Rig, WV, NormanCrites of Rig, WV, Randall and LanaCrites of Rig, WV, Jeff Crites of Rig,WV, Rex and Elneta Crites of Rig,WV, Boyd and Neva Crites of Peters-burg, WV, Jerry and Barbara Critesof Moorefield, WV, Rodney andShawna Crites of Moorefield, WV,Steve and Tina Crites of Moorefield,WV; five daughters, Paula Wolfe ofRig, WV, Mary “Sudie” and RichardSimmons of Rig, WV, Dottie and An-drew Mongold of Rig, WV, CindyShoemaker of Petersburg, WV, Lisaand Roscoe Crites of Moorefield,WV; 16 grandchildren and two stepgrandsons ; 13 great-grandchildren;one step great-grandson; and onegreat-great-granddaughter and sev-eral nieces and nephews.
A funeral service was heldWednesday, May 4, 2011, at Rig As-sembly of God Church with PastorBrad Taylor and Wade Armentroutofficiating. Interment was in theCritestown Cemetery at Rig, WV
Memorials may be made to theCrites Family, c/o Cindy Shoemaker,7 North Avenue, Petersburg, WV26847.
Funeral arrangements were un-der the direction of the Schaeffer Fu-neral Home, Petersburg, WV.
WILDA FERN LLEWELLYNWilda Fern Llewellyn, 92, of
Ridgeley, WV, passed away on Fri-day, April 29, 2011, at the GoldenLiving Center.
She was born on May 15, 1918 inLost River, WV. and was the daugh-ter of the late Benjamin Franklin andElla (Dietz) Gochenour.
She was preceded in death by herhusband, Thomas M. Llewellyn, 1993and a grandson, Shane LlewellynRowe, 2008. Wilda was the last sur-viving member of her immediatefamily.
Mrs. Llewellyn was a member ofthe Wiley Ford Church of theBrethren. Her hobbies included knit-ting, crocheting and doing puzzlebooks.
Surviving are her two daughters,Linda A. Layman and husbandJames, Brandon, FL, Marsha J.Rowe and husband Carl, Ridgeley,WV; two sons, Thomas F. Llewellyn,New Port Richey, FL, John R.Gochenour and wife MaryAnn, LostRiver, WV; sister-in-law, Anna Ward,Fort Ashby, W.Va.; brother-in-lawRev. Donald Llewellyn, Baltimore,MD; eight grandchildren, Thomas,Tim, Tamara, Tracey, Marcia, Chris,Daniel and Amy and ten great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conductedat the funeral home on Tuesday, May3, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. with the Rev.Paul Dietz, Rev. Benny R. Brakeall,and Rev. Donald Llewellyn officiat-ing. Interment was held in the Mary-land State Veterans Cemetery atRocky Gap, Flintstone, MD.
Funeral arrangements were un-der the direction of the Scarpelli Fu-neral Home, P.A., Cumberland, MD.
Jessica Ann
Sager
Love, Mom, Dad, Misty,
Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and
Friends
5/27/83–5/12/01
When we think of where you are and where we are, all we can do is determine
to live our lives to bring Honor and Glory to the One True King of Kings.
May we never be ashamed to call him Lord and Friend.
We pray that those who are lost and don’t know him personally will find him and will live for him instead of for the world. We see so much happening in this world and we know that his time is drawing near and
we must gather in the flock. Until we meet again in his Glorious Presence.
The Hardy County Committee onAging will be sponsoring the 18th an-nual “Health & Fitness Day” on May25.
The event will start at 8:00 a.m.You must be 55 years or older to par-ticipate. There will be games and in-formation on Health and Fitness.
To be included in the drawing fordoor prizes, you must arrive here by10:30. No exceptions.
ADMISSIONSMyriah Hoover, Pauline Huff-
man, both of Moorefield; Isaac Van-Meter, Old Fields
DISCHARGESMernie Shultz, Moorefield; Jack
Frazier, New Creek; Lindell Heish-man, Wardensville; Margie Wilson,Fisher
GMH REPORT
Health and FitnessDay Scheduled
West Virginia University Divisionof Social Work is accepting regularstanding applications for a Master ofSocial Work (MSW) degree programoffered at our off-campus location atPotomac State College in Keyser.Regular standing students may havean undergraduate degree in a fieldother than social work. Applicationdeadline is being extended until June15.
An informational session will beheld on May 10, at Potomac StateCollege, Heritage Room in the Uni-versity Place Residential Complexfrom 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. WVU SocialWork Faculty will be on hand to pro-vide an overview of the program andanswer questions and explain the ap-plication process. Also a live on-lineinformation will be held on the sameday, May 10, at noon. Anyone inter-ested in joining may go tohttp://elearn.wvu.edu/ and selectVirtual Tuesdays and register for thissession.
Students take six graduate credithours each semester and attendclasses each summer they are in theprogram. Classes are offered in a va-riety of formats including classroominstruction, distance education, and
on-line classes. The program is part-time and is geared for professionalsalready working in the field. All class-es are held on week day evenings oron Saturdays.
For more information contact Pa-tricia Chase at 304-293-5132 or at [email protected].
WVU Accepting ApplicationsFor Master of Social Work
Subscribe Today(304) 530-6397
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Social
If you see our Dad on the 17 th of May,
Wish him a very happy 40 th Birthday!
Love, Kolton,
Addison, and the whole
Markwood Family
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only
Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but
have eternal life. J OHN 3:16 (NIV)
Sat., May 14, 2011 7:00 p.m.
The Bottling Works Main Street
Romney, WV
Call 304-358-7771 Call 304-358-7771 For Reservations For Reservations
C o u n t r y C o u n t r y S t o r e Opry S t o r e Opry
Reserved Seats $11 General Admission $10
Under 12 Free www.countrystoreopry.com
C LASSIC C OUNTRY M USIC
Cindy Rudolph and Mike Howe
Celebrating their Vows
Saturday, May 21 in Baker Reception to follow at 2:30 p.m. 1288 Mill Gap Road, Lost River
Alli Raye Miller On May 10
Happy 3 rd
Birthday
We love you! Mommy, Daddy & Owen
Sunday, May 15, 2:00 p.m at
Fertig Cabinet Company Office or call (304) 703-0256
Attention Members
of the Class of ‘86 It’s time to plan
our Reunion! Please come so we
can get started.
May 21, 2011 Starting at 4 p.m. Arkansaw Community
Building Baker, WV We’ll also be doing a free
clothing drive, same day & time!
We’ll have Live Entertainment!
Homemade Apple
Dumplings & Ice Cream
Social
D INNER May 21, 2011
4–7 p.m.
Salisbury Steak, Gravy,
Mashed Potatoes, Veggie,
Dessert & Drinks • $8.00
American Legion Post 64
Congratulations
Tammie Ayers 2011 MIS Teacher of the Year
We are very proud of you. Love from your family
Saturday May 28, 2011 • 8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. at the Baker Fire and Rescue Station
Yard Sale spaces $10.00 each Crafters welcome to set up $10.00 per space
Mathias-Baker Rescue Squad will have baked goods for sale
Lunch items will also be available For more information contact Ruth at
304-897-5607 or the Baker Station at 304-897-5585
Mathias-Baker Rescue Squad will be having a
AND
Love, Dad, Mom, Allie & Paige
Thank You to our friends and family for the cards and calls
for our 57th Anniversary and Guy’s 80th Birthday,
and to our family for the gathering. G UY AND B ETTY
D ELAWDER
A Howell game was played onMay 4 with five tables in play in theSouth Branch Duplicate Bridge Clubheld at the Hardy County Public Li-brary. There were ten pairs playing27 boards with an average match-point score of 54.
Overall winners were RachaelWelton and Bill Fisher, 71 1 1/2;
Leona Reynolds and Polly Ours, 631/2; Dixie Jackson and EleanorHeishman, 55; Virginia Vance andClaire Peterson, 55; and Kay Leslieand Fernando Indacochea, 54 1/2.
The bridge club meets eachWednesday at the library beginningat 7:00 p.m.
Duplicate Bridge Club Report
May 16 - 20, 2011Mathias, Moorefield,
Wardensville (Home Delivered)Nutrition Sites
Monday, May 16 - Chipped BeefGravy over Biscuits, Mixed GreenBeans & Potatoes, Peaches
Tuesday, May 17- Salmon Patty,Oven Potatoes, Mixed Greens, Pud-ding
Wednesday, May 11 - HamburgerSteak over Rice w/Gravy, BrusselSprouts, Fruited Jello
Thursday, May 19 - Lasagna,Cauliflower, Mixed Fruit, Bread
Friday, May 20 - Cook’s ChoiceMathias Site
Closed on FridaysACTIVITIES AT
MOOREFIELD SENIORCENTER
Wednesday, May 18 - Cake Raffle& Bake Sale
Friday, May 20 - Bible Study,11:15
REMINDERS•Anyone wishing to pick up a
meal at the Mathias Nutrition Site,please call by 9:30 a.m. and for theMoorefield Nutrition Site, please callby 10:00 a.m. Due to the availabilityof food, substitutions are sometimesnecessary. Anyone under the age of60 is welcome to come and eat withus and there is a cost. If you are age60 or older and live in the Moore-field, Rig, Fisher, Frosty Hollow,
Fort Run, or Old Fields areas andwould like to come into the SeniorCenter for lunch and/or activities,and need a ride, please call us at 304-530-2256 and the van will pick youup. Please call by 10:00 a.m.
•HCCOA receives funding fromfederal and state entities includingWV Bureau of Senior Services andUpper Potomac AAA, local govern-ment, donations and memorial con-tributions.
•The Moorefield Senior Centerhas Ensure. It is available by the case(24 cans), half case (12 cans) or sixpack. Flavors available are strawber-ry, chocolate, butter pecan and vanil-la in regular and plus. Call the centerfor the price.
•The Moorefield Seniors aremaking dried potato necklaces tosell. If you would like to see them,come by the Center, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,Monday - Friday.
•The Alzheimer’s Family Sup-port Group is held the second Mon-day of each month from 6:00 –7:00p.m. at the Hardy County SeniorCenter, 409 Spring Avenue inMoorefield, WV. For more informa-tion, call the Senior Center at 304-530-2256.
• Medicare Part D: If you needhelp with your Medicare Part-D orother Medicare questions call for anappointment, 304-530-2256.
WARDENSVILLE HOMEDELIVERED MEALS
If you are not receiving a regularHome Delivered Meal and you wantto get a meal on a day, Monday-Fri-day, please call the Moorefield Nutri-tion Site by 9:30 a.m. at 304-530-2256.
HEALTH & FITNESS DAYThe Hardy County Committee on
Aging will be sponsoring the 18th an-nual “Health & Fitness Day”. Theevent will start at 8:00 a.m. You mustbe 55 years or older to participate.There will be games and informationon Health and Fitness. To be includ-ed in the drawing for door prizes, youmust arrive here by 10:30. No excep-tions.
DONATIONSThose making donations were
Ben Mathias, Jim Weeks, BettyWilkins, Lona Sherman, Jean Sites,Charlie Hefner, Geraldine Hefner,Lola Crider, Mary Wolfe, Bennie andPolly Miller, Food Lion, and theMoorefield Examiner. Donations aregreatly appreciated. Have a safe andhappy week.
AGE IN ACTION
The 315th Ordinance Companyhonored one of its own recently withthe John C. Ailes Patriotism Award.
The award was given to Staff Ser-geant Roger Lee Walters for his con-tribution to the defense of UnitedStates and her allies with his serviceduring Vietnam and Desert Storm.Walters was flanked by fellow veter-ans Monty Combs and Freddy Harri-son while being presented the award.
Presenting the John C. Ailes Pa-triotism Award this year was fellowaward recipient Sergeant First ClassMonty Combs.
Early preparations for the eventincluded contacting Del. RuthRowan to obtain for the Staff Ser-geant Walters an award of recogni-tion from the Governor’s office.
With pride and humility Waltersgrinned when Del. Ruth Rowan pre-sented him the Distinguished Moun-taineer Award on behalf of GovernorEarl Ray Tomblin and the GreatState of West Virginia. The awardfrom Governor Tomblin is a token ofthe state’s appreciation to personswho by actions made our nation and
Walters Receives Award
state a better place.It is no small measure of a person
when they risk their lives for theircountry and fellow Americans.America owes its existence to thefighting men and women of this na-tion of whom all gave some and somewho gave all that we as a nation may
continue to survive “and that govern-ment of the people, by the people, forthe people, shall not perish from theearth.”
The 351st Alumni Reunion meetsannually and encourages formermembers of the unit and their fami-lies to attend.
For more information please con-tact Richard Shanholtz at 304-822-4402. The 351st Alumni would liketo extend a special thanks to the Au-gusta Volunteer Fire Company Aux-iliary for the wonderful baked steakmeal and the businesses that spon-sored door prizes for the banquet.
Thursday, May 12Community Together, 6:00 p.m.,
Jenkins United Methodist Church,Mathias. Come and bring a friend.
Monday, May 16Annual meeting of Mathias Civic
Center Association, 7 p.m. CivicCenter.
* * * * ** * * *Free Elder Law Seminar, 6:00
p.m., South Branch Inn, Romney.Get valuable information on how toprotect and to preserve assets. Pre-sented by Daniel Staggers of Staggers& Staggers Law Firm and YvonneWilliams of Edward Jones Invest-ments. Call 304-538-2811 to reserve aseat.
Every Sunday AA Meeting, 6:00 p.m., (CS),
Gimmee 12 Steps Group, BakerMethodist Church, Old Rt. 55
Every MondayAA Meeting, 8:00 p.m., Moore-
field Presbyterian Church* * * * * * * * *
Al-Anon meeting at the CaponBridge United Methodist Church(corner of Route 50 and Cold StreamRoad) meets every Monday at 7:00p.m. For additional information,contact Clyde DeWitt at 304-874-4291.
Every TuesdayNarcotics Anonymous meeting,
(open meetings to everyone), 6:30 -7:30 p.m., Moorefield PresbyterianChurch, S. Main St., Moorefield,WV. For information, call Gary at304-530-4957.
manuel Episcopal Church, corner ofWinchester Ave., and South Fork,Rd, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Be ourguest for good food, good fellowship,to visit with your neighbors or tomeet and greet new friends.
Every Wednesday NightAA meeting, 7:30 p.m., Lost Riv-
er United Methodist Church Formore information, call 304-897-6187.
Second WednesdaysHardy County Rod & Gun Club
meeting, 7:00 p.m. All membersurged to attend. Guests are welcome.
* * * * * * * *Potomac Highlands Shrine Club
regular meetings are the secondWednesday of each month at V.F.W.Post 6454 Petersburg, WV. Socialhour, 6 p.m.; dinner and meeting, 7
p.m. For more information call 304-257-4417.
* * * * * * * *Potomac Highlands Ladies
Shrine Club meets the secondWednesday of each month, GrantCounty Senior Center, Petersburg,6:00 p.m. For more information call304-749-7288 or 304-434-7075.
Every ThursdayAA Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Moore-
field Presbyterian Church* * * * * * * * *
Narcotics Anonymous meeting,Asbury Methodist Church Fellow-ship Hall, Alleghany St., Moorefield,7 to 8 p.m.
* * * * * * * * *Narcotics Anonymous meeting,
(open meetings to everyone) 8:00 -9:00 p.m., St. Mary’s CatholicChurch, Grant St., Petersburg, WV.For information call Gary at 304-530-4957.
Second ThursdaysMOPS (Mothers of Preschool-
ers) meets every second Thursdayfor a potluck meal at 6pm followedby program and fellowship from 7-8:30 and every fourth Tuesday from9:30 a.m. -11 a.m. at Brake Church ofthe Brethren, North Mill Creek Rd.,Dorcas. Childcare provided. Formore information contact Terra at(304) 897-6842 or [email protected].
Every FridayAA Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Need-
more Meetings Group, BakerMethodist Church, Old Rt. 55.
Every SaturdayAA Meeting, 10:00 a.m., Lost
River Grill, Rt. 259.* * * * * * * *
AA Meeting, 8:00 p.m., Grove St.United Methodist Church, Peters-burg.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Dear Citizens:
I want to express my thanks to you, the people of Hardy
County, for allowing me to serve you while I was an
anesthetist at Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg. For
the past eight years, I had the pleasure to meet and get to
know many of you as patients in the outpatient surgery
department. I appreciate that you had faith in me for your
care, and I hope that I was able to make your experience
with surgery as comfortable as possible. The decision was
made not to extend my contract to provide anesthesia
service at Grant Memorial Hospital; therefore, I will be
going on to serve others elsewhere. However, I could not
leave without expressing my feelings of gratitude in serving
the people of this area. Sincerely, Jeff Swingholm
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BusinessTourism Talk
Welcome to Tourism Talk! Thiscolumn, provided by the HardyCounty Convention and VisitorsBureau, will run bi-monthly in theMoorefield Examiner, alternatingwith the Hardy County ChamberCorner!
The HCCVB was formed in2009 to help our county increasethe number of visitors to our beau-tiful county and guide them to ac-tivities and events while they arehere. We have a website,www.VisitHardy.com, which is up-dated regularly with new eventsand activities, and a printed piece,our Visit Hardy brochure, which ismailed out to WV Welcome Cen-ters, other CVB welcome centersand to anyone who calls our NorthMain Street office asking for infor-mation.
Why is tourism important to ourcounty? This very question was onthe agenda at the WV Associationof Convention and Visitors Bureauconference, which was held in Mor-
gantown in April.Tourism is an economic power-
house for the state, bringing in$4.38 billion in 2008 (the latestnumbers available), and supportingmore than 44,000 jobs statewide,whose employees earned (in 2008)a total of $912 million.
In addition, local and state gov-ernment revenues generated bytravelers were $591 million in 2008(not including property taxes).Without these dollars, each house-hold in West Virginia would havehad to pay an additional $799 instate and local taxes to maintaincurrent service levels!
That is true in Hardy County aswell – in 2008, Hardy Countycounted $1,393,000 in travel-gener-ated revenue (according to a studydone for the WV Division ofTourism). Without those dollars,every household in Hardy Countywould have owed $172 in addition-al taxes to maintain current servicelevels.
Tourists stay in our hotels, sup-port our events, eat in our restau-rants, stop at our gas stations, and(hopefully) take home goods fromour retailers. And indeed, theirmoney is better than ours!
Why? Because any time yousee an out-of-state license plate,(or even talk to someone from an-other county) that is “new” moneycoming into our community! Newdollars boost the dollars we re-cir-culate by shopping local, so those“new” dollars work double-timesupporting our local businesses,jobs and families!
The HCCVB will strive to in-crease those “new” dollars, in ad-dition to working with our county’smany wonderful organizations andbusinesses who serve all visitors toour area. If you would like to knowmore, contact our office at anytime by calling 304-897-8700!
Hardy Telecommunications hasgiven a donation to help ensure thatHeritage Weekend booklets continueto be available free to the public.
Hardy County Tour and Crafts As-sociation Chairperson Julie Barb ac-cepted a $250 contribution on April14 from Derek Barr, Hardy Telecom-munications marketing/human re-source director. The donation will beused to fund the production and dis-tribution of thousands of information-al booklets promoting HeritageWeekend, held each year during thelast weekend of September.
“We are very grateful to HardyTelecommunications for its support ofHeritage Weekend,” Barb said. “Thebooklets are our most effective pro-motional tool, and we’ve been able tocount on Hardy Telecommunicationsto assist with their production everyyear.”
Barr said Hardy Telecommunica-tions has given money for the promo-tional booklets every year since theTour and Crafts Association began so-liciting earmarked donations for thebooklets’ production. Those dona-tions allow the booklets to be distrib-uted free of charge throughout thecounty.
Heritage Weekend benefits thecommunity in several ways, Barr said.
“It celebrates our wonderful histo-ry while drawing visitors to the areaand our local businesses,” he said.“We at Hardy are happy to play a partin the success of such a worthy event.”
Hardy Telecommunications wasincorporated in Hardy County in1953, the same year that HeritageWeekend originated in the county.
Hardy Telecommunications Marketing/Human Resource DirectorDerek Barr presents a $250 donation to Hardy County Tour andCrafts Association Chairperson Julie Barb.The heritage event has grown in re-cent years to encompass Petersburg inGrant County. The weekend consistsof tours, activities, exhibitions andvarious craft displays, and draws manytourists to the region. The Tour andCrafts Association is heavily depend-ent on the generosity of sponsors toorganize and promote HeritageWeekend.
Hardy Telecommunications Inc., amember of the National Telecommu-nications Cooperative Association, is
a non-profit cooperative dedicated tobringing affordable telephone serviceand Internet service to the citizens ofHardy County. The company offerslocal telephone service, long distanceservice, and high-speed Internet serv-ice, and is an authorized dealer ofSprint wireless service. It soon will beoffering high-definition digital televi-sion, faster Internet speeds and digitalvoice through Hardy OneNet, HardyCounty’s first fiber-to-the-home net-work.
Summit Community Bank ispleased announce their President’sClub Award recipients for outstand-ing performance in 2010.
The 2010 class include: EileenDove, Franklin; Maria Flinn,Moorefield; Sara Householder,Martinsburg; Dreama Martin, Ru-pert; Darlene McMillion, Rainelleand Tamara Feldhaus, Southridge
Charleston. The recipients were treated to a
lunch presentation by DougMitchell, Chief Banking Officer ofSummit Financial Group at theSheridan Livery Inn in Lexington,Va. where Club Members received acrystal award distinguishing their ac-complishment. Others in attendancewere Teri Roberts, VP Market Man-
ager; Patty Owens, SVP Area Man-ager and Angela Zirk Director ofMarketing and Public Relations.
The President’s Club Award is anannual recognition of the top RetailBanking performers of SummitCommunity Bank. Congratulationsagain to all these recipients on theiroutstanding achievement.
Summit Community Bank RecognizesPresident’s Club Members for 2010
Pilgrim’s Pride Moorefield “Drivers of the Month” Honored
The Pilgrim’s Pride Moorefieldtransportation department has se-lected Charles Myers as its “Driver ofthe Month” for December 2010, TimMyers for January and Ralph Green-walt for February.
Charles Myers works in theMoorefield hatchery department andhas been employed with the companysince February 28, 1984.
Carl Thompson, Mr. Myers’ su-
pervisor, said, “Charles is an excep-tional driver and always has a positiveattitude. He has excellent attendanceand teamwork skills and his job per-formance is outstanding. Charlesperforms his duties and completeshis paperwork correctly. He has nothad an accident or violation and hisvehicle inspections are always com-plete and accurate. Charles keepssafety a priority at all times.”
Tim Myers works in the Moore-field live haul department and hasbeen employed with the companysince April 5, 2010.
“Tim is an excellent employee,”said Tim Cullers, Mr. Myers’ supervi-sor. “Tim has great attendance andworks whenever we need him. He hasa wonderful outlook toward his co-workers and offers to help in any sit-uation. Tim does an excellent job
maintaining his equipment, keeps hispaperwork completed properly andhas not had an accident or violation.He keeps his vehicle inspections upto date and is also very safety con-scious.”
Ralph Greenwalt works in theMoorefield Hatchery departmentand has been employed with thecompany since June 13, 1988.
Carl Thompson, Mr. Greenwalt’s
supervisor, commented on his workperformance, “Ralph has excellentattendance, works well with othersand is always willing to perform extrajob duties. His job performance iswell above average, he has correctlycompleted paperwork at all timesand has not had an accident or viola-tion. Ralph is a safe worker in all as-pects of his job.”
Pilgrim’s Pride’s “Driver of the
Month” is a program that has beenimplemented to recognize Pilgrim’sPride CDL Drivers in Moorefield fortheir outstanding merit and workethic. Employees selected for theprogram have exhibited outstandingwork characteristics in the categoriesof attendance, teamwork, attitudeand job performance.
Carl Thompson, hatchery manager, and Charles Myers Carl Thompson, hatchery manager, and Ralph Greenwalt Tim Myers and Tim Cullers, live haul manager
The South Branch Inn inMoorefield is announcing a newway to promote tourism and historyin Hardy County. The hotel has 100rooms. Each room will be namedafter an historic location, tourist at-traction or event in the county.
There will be a brass plate oneach door announcing the roomname. Each room will be decoratedwith two large poster size frames ofphotos, maps and informationabout the location or event.
For example, the hotel plans tohave a room named after each Her-itage Weekend Tile and a roomnamed after Heritage Weekend it-self. The Heritage Weekend room,will feature information on the his-tory of Heritage Weekend, photosand booklets as well as current in-formation on the festival.
Other rooms planned include aLost River State Park Room, a War-densville Room, a MoorefieldRoom, a George Washington inHardy County Room, and other his-torical attractions.
Ten rooms will be devoted to theCivil War Trail Markers in HardyCounty.
Fifteen rooms will be dedicatedto the WV Department of High-ways markers in Hardy county,which will include actual etchings ofthe markers.
Historical figures important tothe county are also being consid-ered.
If you have a relative fromHardy County who participated inthe Civil War, the South Branch Innwould like to hear from you. Thehotel is encouraging local residentsto participate by asking them tosubmit copies of old photos, maps,newspaper articles, etc. The hoteldoes not want the original, but isasking for a copy. The goal is topreserve this information for othersto enjoy.
To make it fun, they are having acontest and will award prizes to thetop three contestants. There are norules. The winners will be selectedbased on the WOW factor of whatthey submitted. The hotel will behappy to give credit to the personsubmitting the information.
First place will receive $150, sec-ond place $100 and third place $75.The deadline for entries for the
contest is May 30, however, submis-sions will be considered any time.
Kelly Williams, General Manag-er of the hotel said it will probablytake several years to complete theproject as each frame will be per-sonally hand designed.
“The goal is to allow all travelerswho visit the county and stay at thehotel to see all the things HardyCounty has to offer,” Williams said.“Hopefully they will see somethingthat peaks their interest and want tocome back again.”
The South Branch Inn in Rom-ney, which has 61 rooms, is havingthe same contest to showcase thehistory and attractions in Hamp-shire County. For a list of the roomnames and topics for Hampshireand Hardy County, you can log on-to the hotel website:www.wvafun.com. Items or sugges-tions can be sent or dropped off atSouth Branch Inn c/o KellyWilliams 1500 US 220 North,Moorefield, WV 26836 Call 304-538-2033 or email her [email protected] for ques-tions.
E. A. Hawse Nursing & Rehabili-tation Center continues to be one ofthe top skilled nursing facilities inWest Virginia. The award winninglong-term care center has again re-ceived a 5-Star Rating from the Cen-ters for Medicaid & Medicare Ser-vices’ Nursing Home Compare Pro-gram. It is the highest possible rat-ing a skilled nursing facility can re-
ceive. “We’re working hard to continue
providing the highest level of carepossible for our patients and theirfamilies,” Pauline Vance, Director ofNursing for E. A. Hawse Nursing &Rehabilitation Center, said. The rat-ings are calculated from a facility’sstate survey results, quality measuresand staffing levels.
E. A. Hawse Nursing & Rehabili-tation Center’s mission is “To exem-plify excellence in quality care to ourcustomers by providing an environ-ment that enhances personal growth,individuality, dignity and respect.”
For more information or toschedule a tour, contact the facility at304-897-5903.
E. A. Hawse Nursing & Rehabilitation Center ReceivesFive-Star Rating from Nursing Home Compare
Help the South Branch Inn Promote Tourism
In honor of Military AppreciationMonth, during the month of May,Veterans and Family Memorial CareProviders nationwide are collectingold cell phones in support of Opera-tion Cell Phones for Soldiers. FraleyFuneral Home, LLC of Moorefield isproud to be the areas’ ExclusiveVFMC Provider and official CPFSdrop off location. In 2010 VFMCProviders collected enough old cellphones to provide our troops over-seas with over one million free callingminutes.
“Americans replace an estimated130 million cell phones every year,”
says Jeffrey A. Fraley, Manager ofFraley Funeral Home. “The majorityof phones are either discarded orstuffed in a drawer. Most peopledon’t realize that the small sacrificeof donating their unwanted phonescan have a tremendous benefit for aworthy cause like Cell Phones forSoldiers. Each old cell phone donat-ed is recycled and provides one hourof free talk time allowing our heroesoverseas to stay connected with fam-ily and friends.”
Cell Phones for Soldiers, a regis-tered 501c3 non-profit organizationwas founded by teenagers Robbie
and Brittany Bergquist from Norwell,Mass., with $21 of their own money.Cell Phones for Soldiers started as asmall way to show appreciation forthe men and women who have sacri-ficed the day-to-day contact withtheir families and friends while serv-ing in the U.S. armed forces. Visit:www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com.
Unwanted cell phones may bedropped off at any time in the dropbox, located on the front porch ofFraley Funeral Home offices locatedat 145 North Main Street in Moore-field.
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Just why I’ve decided to offersome thoughts on this subject for thisissue, I’m not quite sure. Last weekI touched on the opening of the WarBetween the States, and since then,I‘ve studied some current sourceabout the treatment of the 150th an-niversary of the conflict which toreour nation asunder.
On April 18, 2011 an article enti-tled “Schools Walk Into Touchy Terri-tory With Civil War” appeared in Ed-ucation Week. I was only skimmingthe content until this quote caughtmy eye: “Slavery is the major cause ofthe Civil War.” That could have beenwritten by many experts, but this au-thor stands in a unique position in myesteem. It was written by Dr. James I.Robertson, who is one of the fore-most historians of the conflict, and inmy humble view, has contributedmore to the scholarly and grass-rootsstudy of the era than any other au-thor.
Dr. Robertson was the long-timeChairman of the History Departmentat Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University at Blacksburg.Even though this is hard to believe,he was the Executive Director of theU.S. Civil War Centennial Commis-sion fifty years ago, working withPresidents Truman, Kennedy andJohnson. Now, as we begin a sesqui-centennial observance, he is still ac-tive in the field. If the Virginia Techblog is correct, he still teaches a CivilWar Era course at Tech which draws300 students a semester, the largestof its kind in the nation.
He has produced more than 20books himself, including his massivebiography of Gen. “Stonewall” Jack-son which has won eight nationalawards and was used as the basis forthe Ted Turner/Warner Bros. movie“Gods and Generals”, for which heserved as chief historic consultant.
But I feel that among his greatestcontributions is the fact that for manyyears, as his dedicated studentsworked to earn a Master’s Degreeunder his demanding leadership,they were required to produce a reg-imental history for a Virginia unit,usually for the area or county of theirresidence. The Virginia RegimentalHistory Series has expended fromthis beginning, but what a legacy ofresearch has it become.
Now, why am I so mesmerized bythis giant of history scholarship? Inmy early days of teaching, I was se-lected to participate in a three-weekeducation seminar for high schoolhistory teacher on the subject of“Revolutions.” We studied the Russ-
THE HARDY HERITAGE
ian, the Nazi and Chinese Revolu-tions, but one of the most memorablelearning experiences of my life was aone hour lecture by Dr. Robertson.
Since that day in the late 1960’s Ihave dreamed of having him come tothe South Branch Valley to deliver alecture to history buffs like myself.But more than that, I believe if wecould assemble an auditorium full ofpeople who would say, “I hate histo-ry,” they would never be able to saythat again after listening to him foran hour.
Now after all this embellishment,I’ll go back to the quote which caughtmy eye: “There are people…who willargue to the sky that slavery was justa byproduct, but without slavery,there was no cause for the North andSouth to start killing each other.”The article continues, “That said, Mr.Robertson and others stress that itwas by no means the only factor pro-pelling the war, which involved a webof issues, including differences in theNorthern and Southern economies,and disputes over the nature of theUnion, the role of the federal govern-ment, and states’ rights.”
I must share one memory aboutDr. Robertson’s lecture which willlose something in the telling, but itwas something like this: “After read-ing hundreds and hundreds of lettersof homesick country boys, lonely andfar from home, an inordinate num-ber of them would include the senti-ment, ‘The way these battles rage,and the close calls I’ve had here atthe front, I’m, afraid I might notmake it home.’” After a pause, Dr.Robertson would add, “Sadly, manyof them didn’t.”
At this point, I want to make afew observations about slavery inHardy County. As most readers willbe aware, the real authority of thissubject is Woodrow “Jay” Simmons.His work and publications in thisarea are well known, and he likelywill be able to correct some of my su-perficial assessments.
I used my subscription to Ances-try.com to call up the 1860 census forHardy County as it applied to DistrictNo. 2. One rumor that I’ve alwaysheard was that the McNeill Planta-tion at Old Fields owned or usedabout one hundred slaves in their op-eration there. As I’ve often written,even though well-intentioned andstriving for accuracy, I often misinter-pret data that I find. I associate thename Daniel McNeill with WillowWall, and there likely have been sev-eral generations of “Daniels” in thefamily. However, in the enumera-tion of 1860 on page 4 done the 7thday of July, Daniel R. McNeill is list-ed as owner of 38 slaves, the oldestbeing an 82 year old “Mulatto” withfour male babies listed as one yearold.
Still, as I reflect on this, the listinghas to be for a large plantation, butthe entry is sandwiched between twolistings which I would judge to be inthe town of Moorefield. It is preced-ed with the name “John C. B. Mullin”with a total of five slaves, and “JamesW. F. Allen”, also with five includingan 85-year old lady.
On page five another substantialowner is found—Benjamin McNeillwith 29 slaves. Page six lists one“George McNeill” with 12 slaves, im-mediately after James R. Heiskell
with 20 slaves and before David VanMeter who has 24 slaves enumerat-ed.
A rough estimation would projectthe various members of the Van Me-ter family to be among the largestholder of the valley. Although I can’tattest to this being accurate, I wouldguess that the “Rachel McNeill”found on page nine with seven slavesto be the “Widow McNeill” found onmy Civil War map living in the Fisherarea, particularly since she is listedclose to James Whiting and AbrahamInskeep.
I don’t intend to wax poetic, butthe untold stories which rest withinthese pages is hard to imagine. First,wouldn’t it be wonderful if theseslaves, human beings, were identifiedby a name so that family lineagecould be traced. Second, you justhave to wonder why John Edmond-son had one 60 year old male slave,and even more, why Adam Harnesshad a single slave, an 8 year old fe-male.
I won’t be giving you a steady dietof reflections on the causes of theWar, and events of the conflict, butanyone who feels this era isn’t a wa-tershed in the history of our nation isbadly mistaken.
CLOSED!The Hardy County Public Library
in Moorefield will be closed to librarybusiness on Saturday, May 14th dueto the building being used as a pollingplace for the Primary Election. Wewill reopen Monday, May 16th at ourregular hours.
New Fiction & Mysteries10th Anniversary by James Patter-
son (Reg., Large Print, Audiobook) –Detective Lindsay Boxer’s long-await-ed wedding celebration becomes adistant memory when she is called toinvestigate a horrendous crime.
Sixkill by Robert B. Parker – Onlocation in Boston, bad-boy actorJumbo Nelson is accused of the rapeand murder of a young woman. As thecase grows darker and secrets aboutboth Jumbo and the dead girl come tolight, it’s Spenser who must put thingsright.
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Har-ris – With her knack for being in trou-ble’s way, Sookie is drawn into a plotwhich is much more complicated thanshe knows.
The Wedding Shawl by Sally Gold-enbaum – When a wedding party’shair stylist is found dead, all the Sea-side Knitters really know is they mustrally to find some answers, so that thebride can don the wedding shawlthey’re surprising her with.
Spider Web by Earlene Fowler –When a local cop is wounded during afestival by a mysterious sharpshooterwho seems to have a vendetta againstthe police, Benni fears for “her” lovedones, especially her police chief hus-band.
The Devil’s Light by Richard NorthPatterson – An Al Qaeda operativedirects the theft of a nuclear weaponfrom the Pakistani military, and thentransports it toward its intended tar-get, Israel. Deep inside Washington,CIA operative Brooke Chandlerthinks he knows how the bomb is be-ing moved toward its target and howto find it.
The Butterfly’s Daughter by MaryAlice Monroe – Four very different
women embark on atransformational jour-ney that follows the mi-grating monarchs acrossthe United States toMexico.
The Fine Art of Insin-cerity by Angela Hunt –Marital frustrations col-lide with poignant mem-ories when three South-ern sisters gather on St.Simons Island to closeup their late grandmother’s treasuredbeach house for the last time.
The Beach Trees by Karen White –As an adult with a prestigious job inthe arts, Julie meets a struggling artistwho reminds her so much of her long-disappeared little sister, she can’t helpfeeling protective. It is a friendshipthat begins a long and painful processof healing for Julie, leading her to ahouse on the Gulf Coast, ravaged byhurricane Katrina, and to stories offamily that take her deep into thepast.
The Midwife’s Confession by DianeChamberlain – Following the suicideof the midwife who delivered theirchildren, four women are put to thetest after an unaddressed letter re-veals a terrible secret.
Miles to Go (Walk; bk. 2) byRichard Paul Evans – An executiveloses everything and embarks on awalk that takes him across America.
New Non-Fiction & BiosA Father’s Love: One Man’s Unre-
lenting Battle to Bring His AbductedSon Home by David Goldman – InJune, 2004, Goldman’s estranged wifetook their four-year-old son Sean toher native Brazil for what she saidwould be a two-week vacation. Oncethere she informed Goldman that shewas staying in Brazil, setting off an in-ternational, headline-making custodybattle that waged for five years.
From This Moment On by ShaniaTwain – Country music superstar Sha-nia Twain writes of her upbringing inrural Canada, how the sudden deathof her mother and stepfather left herin charge of her younger siblings, andhow the only way out of poverty wasto use her God-given singing talent.
Robert Redford: The Biography byMichael Feeney Callan – Drawingfrom Robert Redford’s personal pa-pers and hundreds of hours of tapedinterviews, Callan offers a portrait ofa man whose iconic roles on-screenand directorial brilliance have bothdefined and obscured one of the mostcelebrated public figures of our time.
Untied by Meredith Baxter – Tele-vision actress Baxter shares with read-ers her highs and lows, finally reveal-
ing the woman behind the image.
New Easy ReadersNo Sleep for the Sheep by Karen
Beaumont – A sheep wants nothingbut to go to sleep in the big red barnon the farm, but each time he closeshis eyes, another animal moos orneighs or peeps to come in.
You’re Finally Here by MelanieWatt – After his initial excitement,Bunny goes on to demonstrate themany reasons why it is rude to keepsomeone waiting.
Huck Runs Amuck! by Sean Taylor– The residents of North Skettykolkare no match for a visiting mountaingoat with an enormous appetite forflowers.
Madeline at the White House byJohn Bemelmans Marciano – Made-line and the other orphans of the vine-covered house in Paris spend Easterat the White House visiting with thePresident’s daughter.
The Lion & the Mouse by JerryPinkney – An adventuresome mouseproves that even small creatures arecapable of great deeds when she res-cues the King of the Jungle.
Those Darn Squirrels and the CatNext Door by Adam Rubin – GrumpyOld Man Fookwire’s new neighborhas a cat that threatens his belovedbirds, but the pesky squirrels figureout a way to solve the problem.
Big Bouffant by Kate Hosford –Fed up with the unbearably dull hair-styles of her classmates, Annabellewrangles her hair into a giant bouffanthairdo to be different—until her newstyle becomes the trend to follow!
Scaredy Squirrel Has a BirthdayParty by Melanie Watt – Lovable wor-rywart Scaredy Squirrel would rathercelebrate his birthday alone quietly inthe safety of his nut tree and avoid anypesky party animals. When all his ex-cessive plans are thrown up in the airlike confetti, will Scaredy play deadand cancel, or will he face the music?
Charlie the Ranch Dog by ReeDrummond – While Charlie, a sleepybasset hound, tells about the busy lifeof a ranch dog, his best friend Suzie, aJack Russell terrier, is getting thework done.
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The Big Dipper Returns – Saturn, Venus and Mercury Visible in MayBy Dr. Bob DoyleSpecial to Moorefield Examiner
The Big Dipper appears high inthe northern evening sky, dumpingits soup onto the North Star below.The two end stars of the scoop pointdownward to the North Star, a soli-tary star appearing halfway up in thenorth. The Big Dipper’s handle canbe extended outward to Arcturus, abright golden star high in the south-ern evening sky. Along this same arc,one finds Spica, a bright white-bluestar lower in the south. Above and tothe right of Spica is the bright planetSaturn, shining steadily in contrast tothe bright stars that conspicuouslytwinkle.
This is a good month to see Sat-urn’s icy rings with a telescope. Amagnification power of at least 30 isneeded to just barely see the rings. Inthe western evening sky is an archformed by the last remaining winterevening stars. From left to right arethe bright stars Procyon, then theduller Gemini stars, Pollux and Cas-tor. The arch ends with the brightgolden star Capella in the northwest.
There are two summer eveningstars making an early appearance inthe late evening skies of May. Low inthe northeast is the bright white-bluestar Vega, the brightest summerevening star. Even lower in thesoutheast is the pinkish star Antaresof the Scorpion.
On May 1, the bright planetJupiter and the dimmer planet Marsare within one moon width low in theeastern dawn. Try about 5:45 a.m.from a place with a flat eastern hori-zon.
A very slender crescent moon ap-pears above the Jupiter-Mars pair onthis date. Higher and to the right ofthese two planets is the brilliant plan-et Venus. With luck, one may also seethe dimmer planet Mercury belowand to the left of Venus. The moonwill swing from the morning to the
evening side of the sun on Tuesday,May 3.
By Thursday, May 5, a slendercrescent moon will be easily seen lowin the 8:45 p.m. western dusk.
Saturday, May 7, is National As-tronomy Day, when astronomy clubswill have public telescope viewings ofthe crescent moon and Saturn in the9 to 11 p.m. evening hours.
The Cumberland AstronomyClub will have an open house outsideTawes Hall at the Frostburg StateUniversity Planetarium then.
There will be a free planetariumprogram on “New Planetary Sys-tems” (beyond the sun) at the plane-tarium in Tawes 302 at 7:30 p.m. withfree astronomy materials for atten-dees.
On the morning of May 8, thebrilliant planet Venus and the planetMercury will appear close in the 5:35a.m. eastern dawn. On the evening ofMay 10, the evening moon will ap-pear half full (like a tilted D) in thesouthwestern sky. Along the moon’sstraight edge, the sun is rising, light-ing up the crater rims and mountainpeaks. A few days before to a fewdays after are the best times of Mayto spot the moon’s surface features.Even binoculars held steadily will re-veal the larger craters and mountainranges.
During mid-May, the moon cruis-es across the evening sky, movingfrom Leo (May 11 and 12) into Virgo(May 13 through 15), becoming fullon May 16 (in Libra), then into theScorpion (May 17), in Ophiuchus(May 18) and then into Sagittarius(May 19 and 20).
On the evening of May 13, themoon is below and to the right of theplanet Saturn; the next evening findsthe moon near the bright star Spicaof Virgo.
On May 17, the moon appearsabove and to the right of the brightstar Antares of the Scorpion.
On May 12, there are three plan-
ets within a 2-degree-wide circle lowin the eastern 5:35 a.m. dawn. Bright-est is Venus, next is Jupiter and inthird place is Mercury. On May 18,brilliant Venus and Mercury arethree moon widths apart very low inthe 5:30 a.m. eastern sky.
The moon has now shifted fromthe early evening sky to the morningor dawn sky. On May 21, the twoplanets, Mercury (brighter) andMars, are several degrees apart, ap-pearing very low in the 5:25 a.m. east-ern dawn.
On May 23, brilliant Venus andMars are only a degree apart low inthe 5:25 a.m. eastern dawn. On thenext morning, the moon appears halffull (like a reversed D) in the south-ern dawn sky. Binoculars will revealthe moon’s craters and mountainranges along the straight right edge.
On May 29, the crescent moonwill appear above the bright planetJupiter in the 5 a.m. eastern dawn.On May 31, a very slender crescentmoon can be seen low in the 5:20a.m. eastern dawn. Below the moonand very close to the horizon will bethe planet Mercury. Then going up-ward and to the right, one will en-counter brilliant Venus, then Marsand finally bright Jupiter.
The May Planetarium Program atFrostburg State University is “NewPlanetary Systems” with free publicprograms on May 1, May 8 and May15 at 4 and 7 p.m. each day. The plan-etarium is in Tawes 302, just off thefront lobby of Tawes Hall that facesthe Compton Science Center. Call301-687-7799 to request a planetari-um bookmark that includes themonthly schedule through the end ofthe year and a small campus mapshowing convenient parking and theplanetarium.
Dr. Bob Doyle is a Professor atFrostburg State University.
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The following events happenedon these dates in West Virginia histo-ry. To read more about West Vir-ginia’s people, places, history, arts,science and culture, go towww.wvencyclopedia.org.
May 12–14, 1921: Bullets pep-pered down on about a dozen miningtowns in the Matewan-Williamsonarea, and nonunion miners firedback, in what became known as theBattle of the Tug. Three people wereshot and killed.
May 14, 1943: Alan Mollohanwas born in Fairmont. Mollohanserved in the U.S. Congress from
1982 to 2010.May 15, 1893: Albert Sidney
‘‘Sid’’ Hatfield, controversial policechief of Matewan and martyred heroto union coal miners, was born nearMatewan, on the Kentucky side ofTug Fork.
May 15, 1953: George Brett, theHall of Fame third baseman for theKansas City Royals, was born in GlenDale in Marshall County. He is oneof only four players in baseball histo-ry to accumulate 3,000 hits, 300 homeruns and a career batting average of.300.
May 16, 1922. The station WHDat West Virginia University receivedthe state’s first radio license. Theyear before, KDKA of Pittsburgh thenation’s first commercially licensedstation, had broadcast the first col-lege football game on radio, featur-ing a contest between West Virginia
University and the University ofPittsburgh.
May 16, 1778: About 300 Wyan-dot and Mingo Indians attacked FortRandolph, an important military onthe bank of the Kanawha River atPoint Pleasant.
May 17, 1934: Cass Gilbert diedin New York. Gilbert designed theWest Virginia state capitol.
e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclo-pedia, developed by the West Vir-ginia Humanities Council, is an inter-active reference site showcasing WestVirginia’s history, culture, and peo-ple. e-WV is free of charge and avail-able to anyone with access to a com-puter and Internet connection. Formore information contact the WestVirginia Humanities Council, 1310Kanawha Blvd. E., Charleston, WV25301; (304) 346-8500; or visit e-WVat www.wvencyclopedia.org.
On March 26, students from theSouth Branch Career and TechnicalCenter competed in the WV StateSkills USA competition held atJames Rumsey Technical Institute inMartinsburg. Nearly a thousand stu-dents from across the State compet-ed in the two-day competitions.During the awards ceremony, two ofthese students were awarded 1stplace gold medals and one studentwas awarded a 2nd place silvermedal.
Cody Fritz, an Automotive Tech-nology Student at South Branch,won 1st place gold in Automotive
Technology for secondary level. Hewill be advancing on to The Nation-al Skills USA to be held in KansasCity Mo. Cody also was awarded a$10,000 scholarship to his chosencollege, the University of North-western Ohio.
Adam Hedrick from PendletonCounty, a Masonry Technology stu-dent at South Branch, won firstplace gold in Masonry Technologyfor Post-Secondary Level. He will beadvancing onto The National SkillsUSA to be held in Kansas City.
Dakota Dispanet from HardyCounty, an Industrial Maintenance
and Motor Control student at SouthBranch, won 2nd place silver in Mo-tor Controls for Post-SecondaryLevel.
Marcus Sites competed in theCarpentry portion of the competi-tion, Robert McConnell competedin the Welding portion of the com-petition, and placed fourth, and JoshDennison competed in the Comput-er Repair portion of the competi-tion.
The competition in Kansas Citywill be held June 20-25. Good luckto all the contestants.
L to R: Mr. Kubina, SBCTC Director, Adam Hedrick, Dakota Dispanet, Robert McConnell and CodyFritz.
South Branch Students Prepare forNational Competition to be Held June 20-25
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1975 and went to Shepherd College.She majored in Secondary Educa-tion. Her plan was to come back toMoorefield and teach Home Ec.
But there was a hitch in that plan.When Eye graduated in 1978,Moorefield High School wasn’t hir-ing Home Ec teachers. “I was a bitdesperate,” she said.
Then Mrs. Hinkle called andasked if she would teach childrenwith learning disabilities at MathiasK - 8 school.
“I had to promise to get my Mas-ter’s Degree in Learning Disabili-ties,” Eye said. “So I was teachingduring the day and going to school atnight and during the summer.”
In 1977, Eye married her highschool sweetheart, Curtis Eye. Theirfirst child was born in 1981.
“When I got pregnant, I wantedto be closer to home, so I transferredto Moorefield High School,” shesaid. “I still taught children withlearning disabilities, but these were ingrades 9 through 12.”
Eye taught at MHS for 15 years.In the meantime, she completed herMasters Degree in Learning Disabil-ities at West Virginia University. Thiswas before the advent of on-lineclasses, so it was a long and tediousprocess.
“There were several of us in thesame situation, so we would carpool,” she said. “We’d have classes atPotomac State in Keyser and Shep-herd University in Shepherdstown.During the summer we’d go to Mor-gantown.”
In addition, Eye had two morechildren, one in 1985 and another in1989.
When Moorefield Middle Schoolopened in 1997, Barbara Whitecot-ton was named Principal.
“Ms. Whitecotton knew I wantedto use my Home Ec experience, so Iwas hired as the Family and Con-sumer Science Teacher. It was a greattime. I became team leader.”
Eye said she has always liked tofocus on food.
“I have a deep belief that with all
this talk about healthy eating, if kidsdon’t know how to cook for them-selves, how can they eat healthy? Ifthey can’t cook for themselves, theironly choices are fast food.
“The kitchen was always the heartof the home when I was growing up.I think it is still the heart of thehome.”
In 2007, Eye transferred to EastHardy High School to teach ProStart,a restaurant management course es-tablished by the National RestaurantAssociation.
“I still teach food,” she said. “Butthis is much more than that. The stu-dents learn hiring practices, account-ing, marketing and advertising. Theycan get college credits.”
Eye and her students still createthe desserts for the annual ChristmasDinner and help with the Ham, Ba-con and Egg Show.
“I take a group of kids to the WestVirginia HEAT, that’s HospitalityEducation and Training Summit andwe have a great time.”
The best part of being a teacher,Eye said, “When I see kids that I’vetaught and they’re grown up withkids of their own, and they’re happyand prosperous and I think I had alittle bit to do with that.”
The worst part of being a teacher,Eye said, “Kids don’t appreciate thevalue of education and that it’s freeto them.”
Eye is often sought out by stu-dents to help with problems. “I thinkall teachers are counselors, too, espe-cially for those children with specialneeds.”
This year has been especially hardfor the East Hardy school family. Inthe fall a student was killed in a traf-fic accident. In December a belovedcoach and athletic booster was killed,also in a traffic accident. Last month,a recently retired teacher passedaway unexpectedly.
“For some of the kids, the tragedylasts about a week,” she said. “Forothers, it will often bring up a tragedythe child hasn’t dealt with from theirpast.”
Eye is looking down the road tolife after teaching.
“I’d like to retire before I get oldand sick,” she said. “I’d like to goback to school, study something Idon’t know. I’d also like to spendtime with my new grandchild, who isjust a month old.”
Eye said she understands how im-portant teachers are in the lives ofchildren. “My kids’ teachers could dono wrong,” she laughed.
“But I try to remember, when I’mtalking to a student, that he or she issomebody’s beloved child and I try totalk to them with love and respect.”
Too bad the world doesn’t seethings like Mrs. Eye.
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The Region VII Workforce Investment Plan Available for Public Review
The Region VII Workforce Investment Board has prepared a draft Workforce Investment Plan modification for the period July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012. The Plan states goals and outlines the Board’s planning and operational processes. Public participation is extremely important to the process of preparing a sound workforce investment plan. Citizens can review the Plan modification April 18, 2011 through May 18, 2011 at the Martinsburg Workforce WV Career Center, 891 Auto Parks Place; Suite 135, Martinsburg, WV and the Moorefield Workforce WV Career Center, 1929-2 State Road 55, Moorefield, WV. The Plan modification is also available for review at the Region 8 Planning & Development Council, Grant County Industrial Park, PO Box 849, Petersburg, WV and the Eastern Panhandle Regional Planning and Development Council, 121 West King Street, Martinsburg, WV, Grant County Courthouse, Petersburg, WV, Hardy County Courthouse, Moorefield, WV, Mineral County Courthouse, Keyser, WV and Berkeley County Courthouse, Martinsburg, WV. You can obtain a copy of the Plan modification or additional information by contacting WIB Staff at the Region 8 PDC (304) 257-2448 or (800) 296-1221, [email protected]. The Plan is available for review at www.wvregion7wib.org.
The Workforce Investment Board will receive written comments on the Plan until May 18, 2011. Please forward comments to the Region VII Workforce Investment Board, c/o the Region 8 PDC, PO Box 849, Petersburg, WV 26847. The Board will also receive e-mail comments at [email protected].
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Planners Reactnor did its executive director.
Long time RDA board memberRenick Williams attended a Decem-ber 6 public hearing but did not offerpublic comment. Williams’ son,Robert, a local developer, has beenmonitoring monthly meetings of thePlanning Commission without sharingpublicly his opinion about the draftcomprehensive plan.
Planning Commission PresidentLee Lehman and Ford appeared be-fore the RDA board March 24 solicit-ing comment on the draft plan but thePlanning Commission has yet to re-ceive any comments from the RDA.
A comprehensive plan is a guideused by a county to achieve a coordi-nated and compatible development ofland within its jurisdiction. State lawrequires counties to update theirplans every ten years.
Combs-Snider criticized the cur-rent draft at an April 28 RDA meet-ing, saying the proposal will limit de-velopment to preferred areas withinthe county. At a January 6 RDAmeeting Combs-Snider said: “Wewant to do development throughoutthe county, not restrict it.”
However, WV state law requirescounties to identify preferred devel-opment areas in their comprehensiveplans “…in order to promote welldesigned and coordinated communi-ties and prevent sprawl.”
Further, the 1999 plan, on pages84, 85 and 86, recommends that com-mercial development be limited to 14specific areas in the county. Bound-aries of the recommended commer-cial development zones are writtenout in detail, similar to a zoning ordi-nance.
“There are things in this currentdraft that are controversial,” saidLehman. “But how the county looksis important to everyone. Just be-cause it’s a tough issue doesn’t meanwe should leave it out.”
Asked in a separate interview whatRDA board members don’t like aboutthe current draft, Teets said peoplewere telling him it was too complicat-ed and they thought it was going tostop growth.
When read a portion of WV statelaw that requires all agencies to coop-erate with planning commissions inthe writing of comprehensive plans,Teets said: “I think the RDA droppedthe ball at the beginning of thisprocess. In their defense, I think theythought there would be some minorchanges to the 1999 plan.”
The WV Legislature amended thestate’s basic planning statutes in 2005.
The amended law lists thirteen ma-jor components that must appear in acounty’s comprehensive plan. De-spite the criticism that the currentdraft is “too complicated,” a failure toinclude all the mandatory compo-nents could result in a loss of stategrants and legal challenges to thecounty’s zoning and subdivision ordi-nances.
The full list of the mandatory com-ponents of a comprehensive plan arefound in WV Code 8A-3-4 and isavailable on-line athttp://www.legis.state.wv.us/WVCODE/Code.cfm.
Assistant County Planner DavidShields said it would be difficult to es-timate the total cost to the taxpayersof producing the current draft. Costelements include printing and distrib-uting questionnaires, advertising
workshops and public hearings innewspapers and on radio, printing thesix different drafts of the documentand supporting maps, staff salariesspanning four years, travel costs forplanning commissioners and staff,plus consulting fees, including $9,750paid to Pat Ford before he was hiredin November as the county planner.
Among those who have comment-ed on the current draft is RDA boardmember and Lost River farmer Rod-ney Branson, who sent a five page let-ter to the Planning Commission con-taining his personal, detailed, sugges-tions. Branson asked planning com-missioners to adopt a rural plan froma rural perspective and protect agri-culture as a viable industry.
None of the public comments re-ceived by the Planning Commissionsuggest that county planners shouldgo back to the 1999 plan.
In February the Hardy CountyPublic Service District said it waspleased with the planning process andthe proposed comprehensive plan,specifically the emphasis placed onimproving the communication be-tween the PSD, RDA and planningcommission in moving the county for-ward.
Also in February the Board ofZoning Appeals sent in a detailed setof comments with 18 specific sugges-tions including recommendations thatthe County adopt a building code forresidential housing, establish a sepa-rate zoning category for recreationalland, and take steps to implement a“right-to-farm” policy.
Additional comments were re-ceived from the Hardy County Cham-ber of Commerce, Family Issues TaskForce, Hardy County Historical Soci-ety as well as individuals at two publichearings and five informal workshops.
County Planner Pat Ford said thatif the Planning Commission decidesto dispose of the current draft and, in-stead, amend the 1999 plan, the plan-ning process will have to start fromthe beginning. Informal workshopswill have to be rescheduled, publichearings will have to be set, all inter-ested parties will be asked to com-ment again and the Planning Com-mission will have to analyze all thecomments anew.
According to state law, planningcommissions, after extensive publicinvolvement and public hearings, mayrecommend changes or offer a com-plete rewrite of a comprehensive planto a County Commission, which,must, in turn, hold its own publichearing on the document before vot-ing on its final adoption.
In other action, the PlanningCommission adopted internal by-laws, after six months of considera-tion. The final version omits any men-tion of a committee to recruit newplanning commissioners or make arecommendation to the county com-missioners about future appoint-ments. The omission smooths over adisagreement among planning com-missioners as to who will oversee thescreening of new members.
The Planning Commission meetsnext on Tuesday, June 7 at 7:00 p.m. inthe basement of the County Court-house. Ford is expected to offer arecommendation to the PlanningCommission about how to proceedwith the comprehensive plan. Allmeetings of the Planning Commissionare open to the public.
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By Jean A. FlanaganMoorefield Examiner
If the Hardy County Board of Ed-ucation decides to rebuild Moore-field High School on the existing site,it may cost more than if they were tobuild a new school on another loca-tion. This according to Superintend-ent Barbara Whitecotton following ameeting with architects Williamson/Shriver.
Whitecotton reported to theHardy County Board of Education attheir most recent meeting May 2.
“We are looking at ariel views forpotential sites for Moorefield HighSchool,” Whitecotton said. “There issome concern about putting it on thecurrent Moorefield High Schoolsite.”
Early in the discussion aboutbuilding a new high school in Moore-field, the thought was it could be builtin sections at its current location.That would enable a new school to bebuilt without the expense of purchas-ing additional property. It would alsokeep the school at its downtown loca-tion.
“The majority of architects weheard from said we would run intomore expense trying to build in phas-es on the existing site,” echoed Board
President Margaret Shriver.Whitecotton also reminded the
board that Moorefield High Schoolsits in the flood plain. “If we put itdowntown, the SBA (School Build-ing Authority) will have to look at theU.S. Army Corps of Engineers reporton the flood plain,” she said.
Williamson/Shirver also looked atariel views of the land near Moore-field Middle and Moorefield Inter-mediate schools.
“We talked about purchasing ad-ditional property on the hill if itwould be for sale,” Whitecotton said.“Our goal is to determine wherewould be the best place to build aschool for the next 50 years?”
The renovation of East HardyHigh School will be less expensiveand less intensive. According to theComprehensive Educational Facili-ties Plan, the estimate to rebuildMoorefield High School is $31 mil-lion. The estimate to renovate EastHardy High School is $7 million.
The architects also looked at arielphotos of the East Hardy location.“In looking at the site view of EastHardy High School, we will beadding to the structure, but there island available there,” Whitecottonsaid.
Whitecotton asked board mem-
bers to suggest members of a com-mittee to interact with the architectsin the location and design of theschools. She suggested a committeeof between 25 and 30 members.
FY2012 BudgetAs previously reported, the
school system will face a deficit goinginto the 2012 fiscal year, which beginsJuly 1.
The shortfall carryover fromFY2011 is $125,000 and the estimat-ed shortfall for FY2012 is $243,200.This is less than 1.5 percent of a$16,488,460.
Whitecotton said the problem isthe service personnel mandated bystate code.
“The rules are killing us,” shesaid. “This includes aides for Pre-K,Kindergarten and special education.We have classrooms with only two,three or four students and we’re notgetting extra funding for special edu-cation like we once did. We’re in badshape because we’re trying to meetthe needs of our kids.”
The board has heard reports fromthe Local School Improvement Com-mittees and all have praised the workof the Interventionists. They werehired with funding from the federalgovernment’s American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act passed in2009. Those funds will be exhaustedafter FY2012. “After next year, wecan’t afford them,” Whitecotton said.
“The board is picking up mileagefor sports teams and student conven-tions and the like. That’s somethingto look at.
“The state says we shouldn’tbudget for new textbooks, to transferthat money to technology. They wantus to begin phasing out textbooks.Well, we are still budgeting $150,000for textbooks, no matter what thestate says.”
The FY2012 budget will be avail-able for public view at the Board ofEducation Office, 510 Ashby St. inMoorefield. The office is open from8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday.
Kindergarten ReportEast Hardy Early Middle School
Principal Rebecca Brill reportedprogress with the Kindergarten stu-dents. Currently, EHEMS has 55Kindergarten students in three class-es.
“My only concern is the num-bers,” Brill told the board. “We have49 registered for next year. Theremay be three who are retained andanother three that should be register-
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Census, just 17.4 percent were madeup of a married couple with their ownchildren under 18 years, down from22.7 percent in 2000 and a loss of 169households.
In a little over a third of all HardyCounty households, 2010 census tak-ers found a husband and wife with nochildren.
Across all ages, in 27 percent ofhouseholds, a Hardy County residentlived alone in 2010. Of those 65years and older, 660 lived alone.
“This is an area where I don’t
know where the money will comefrom,” said Helmick. “We arescrambling for funds to support in-home care during the rest of May andinto June.”
Helmick attributed recent in-creases in gasoline and food pricesfor crimping the County’s meal pro-grams for seniors.
In somewhat of a surprise, USCensus Bureau reports that the num-ber of county housing units used forseasonal, recreational or occasionaluse decreased slightly from 1,314units in 2000 to 1,245 units in 2010.
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communities, interviewed membersof the Planning Commission and cre-ated a draft plan.
Last year, the Planning Commis-sion held another series of meetingsto garner public input.
This year, the County Plannerand President of the Planning Com-mission Lee Lehman have been visit-ing with stake holder groups askingdirectly for input into the draft Com-prehensive Plan. One of those stakeholder groups was the Hardy CountyRDA. While other groups and indi-viduals were supportive of the plan,the RDA was not.
The County Commission mustapprove the updated ComprehensivePlan. Ford asked for a month to re-view the existing plan and promisedto report back to the commission.
Deputy’s SalariesCommissioner A. J. Wade took
exception with Sheriff Robert Fer-rell’s comments regarding deputy’ssalaries at the April 19 commissionmeeting.
Ferrell said there were secretariesand clerks in the courthouse whomake more money than his deputies,who put their lives on the line for thecitizens of Hardy County.
“There are six employees whocould be classified as secretaries orclerks, who make more than the$24,000 starting salary of thedeputies,” Wade said. “However, onJuly 1, the salary of those deputieswill increase to $28,000. At thatpoint, only two employees, one clerkand one secretary, will make morethan $28,000 and they have been em-ployed for 17 years and 20 years re-spectively.”
Wade went on to say that onedeputy, with more than five years ofservice, saw a 47 percent increase inhis salary since 2006. Anotherdeputy, with more than five years ofservice increased 43 percent since2006.
“I doubt that very many of thetaxpayers of Hardy County, who payall our salaries have seen similar in-creases in their salary,” Wade said.“Frankly I believe the county com-mission has been very generous withsalary increases and the deputieshave nothing to complain about.”
Available Grants
Hardy County Coordinator RoseHelmick reported there are severalgrants available if the commissionerswant to pursue them.
The West Virginia Department ofEnvironmental Protection offersthree litter control/recycling grants.A $3,000 grant for litter controlwhich requires 50 percent in match-ing funds. A $20,000 grant is avail-able to collect electronic devices.There is no match required. A$150,000 grant is available to start orexpand a recycling program. Thereare no matching funds required.
Helmick said the grant to collectelectronic devices was similar to thatwhich the Department of Highwaysgets to collect worn out tires.
Teets said he would ask the localDOH supervisor if their office wouldcollect the electronic devices at thesame time as they collect tires.
Helmick said the WVU Exten-sion Agent Dave Workman wasworking with the East Hardy EarlyMiddle School FFA on a project torecycle the plastic used on hay bales.The commissioners asked Workmanto comment on the project.
Workman said he and EHEMSFFA Advisor Danny Dewhurst hadbeen in contact with a company inWinchester.
“They want them clean,” Work-man said. “We don’t know what thatmeans. They said we should sendthem a bale and they would try it.”
Workman said he was concernedabout the safety of farmers baling theplastic for shipment.
The commission voted to applyfor the $3,000 grant and the $20,000grant.
Tax SoftwareCounty Assessor Jim Wratchford,
Sheriff Robert Ferrell and Chief TaxDeputy Ralph Dean came to thecommission to request approval ofnew tax software.
“Global Science gets us up to datewith new technology,” Wratchfordsaid. “It can do much more than thesystem we have now.”
Wratchford said the new softwarewill enable the county to list VehicleIdentification Numbers for personalproperty tax bills. More importantly,the new software will enable resi-dents of the county to pay their per-sonal property tax bills using a creditcard via the Internet.
“They have used it in BooneCounty for three years and are verypleased with it,” Dean said.
“It has safeguards that make itvirtually impossible for embezzle-ment to take place,” Ferrell said.
The new system will cost $781more per year and will require an ini-tial server upgrade, a one-timecharge of $4,000.
Commissioner William “JR”Keplinger moved the county contractwith Global Science for software forthe Assessor and Sheriff’s Tax offices.Commissioner Wade seconded themotion. The motion was approved.
Paperless MeetingsHardy County Clerk Gregg Ely
requested the commission considerusing a paperless meeting program.BoardDocs is a nationally knowncomputer program that will convertitems such as agendas, minutes andother board packet attachments todigital files which can be accessed bydesktop, laptop or tablet computer.
The cost is $2,700 per year, plus a$1,000 training fee and seven entitieswithin county government could ac-cess the service.
County Planner Ford said itwould save the planning office a con-siderable amount of money inpostage.
Ely said he has looked at equiva-lent systems and they are in the$8,000 - $12,000 range.
Keplinger said if each departmentcould save $300 - $400 a year, itwould pay for the system.
The commissioners said theywould consider the request.
HazMat BuildingAt the April 19 commission meet-
ing, Judge Donald Cookman, ChiefProbation Officer John Rohrbaughand Day Report Center DirectorCary Ours requested office space inthe HazMat building, located adja-cent to the 911 Center. The commis-sioners asked the county clerk to in-vestigate the cost of telephone, Inter-net service, heating and air condi-tioning.
Teets said after the meeting, aSheriff’s Deputy approached himand said they had requested space atthe HazMat building last year. Teetstold the deputy he was not aware ofthat request.
Teets told the deputy that before
a decision is made, he wants to hearfrom the deputies in open session.
“Before we decide, we need todiscuss this,” Teets said. “We aremore obligated to the Sheriff’s De-partment than to the Day ReportCenter.”
Keplinger, who is opposed to lo-cating the Day Report Center soclose to the 911 center for securityreasons said a former Mineral Coun-ty Office of Emergency ManagementDirector told him there are rules andregulations regarding 911 Center se-curity. “I would like Paul (HardyCounty OEM Director Lewis) to re-search that,” he said.
Other Business• The payroll register for April 16
through April 30 was $56,443.08.• The county contribution to the
Farmland Protection Bureau for themonth of April was $3,781.80.
• The commission approved$2,400 to Crystal Floor Service tostrip and wax the floors in the court-house.
• The commission approved thetransfer of five FEMA trailers. Thetrailers, costing $1,000 each, weretransferred to the Moorefield FireDepartment, the Capon Valley FireDepartment, the Mathias/Baker FireDepartment, the 911 Center and theHardy County Parks Commission.
• The commission voted to ap-prove the town of Moorefield annex-ation of 127.13 acres which includesElizabeth Station, the MoorefieldMiddle School, Moorefield Interme-diate School property and the adja-cent Inskeep property north of theexisting town limits.
• The commission voted to per-mit a representative from Aflac tospeak with courthouse employees.Dave Allen, the service agent forHardy County, requested the supple-mental insurance premiums be de-ducted pre-tax.
• The commission approved thecontract for part-time ProsecutorJames O. Heishman for FY 2012.Heishman will be paid $40,000 for hisservices.
• The next meeting of the HardyCounty Commission will be held onTuesday, May 17 at 9 a.m. Anyonewishing to be on the agenda shouldcontact County Clerk Gregg Ely at304-530-0250.
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Police ReportReckart reported the Moorefield
Police responded to 109 calls fromthe 911 Center in the month ofMarch. “We are currently involved ina number of misdemeanor andfelony investigations,” he said.
Reckart also said the departmenthas started a foot patrol in downtownMoorefield and hopes to expand thatservice.
“We’re hoping to have a presenceon the street,” he said. “We’ll bestopping in and talking with businessowners on a regular basis.”
Reckart also reported the policedepartment has acquired a lightedmessage board which can be used toalert drivers of new traffic patternsduring such events as parades andfestivals.
Because the town’s annexation ofElizabeth Station and the propertycontaining Moorefield Intermediateand Moorefield Middle schools be-came official this week, Reckart saidhis officers will begin patrolling thoseareas.
“We have already had K-9 Cpl.Ruckus on patrol at the middleschool,” he said. “We will be pa-trolling the schools and ElizabethStation regularly.”
Municipal ElectionRegistered voters in the town of
Moorefield will elect a Recorder andthree Town Council positions onTuesday, June 7.
Candidates for Recorder are Pat-sy Nelson and Cheryl Harwood.
Candidates for Town Council in-clude Doug Mongold, Jason Evans,Denny Shoemaker, Roger Pratt and
Chip Combs. Applications for absentee ballots
will be accepted through Wednesday,June 1.
Building InspectorMoorefield Building Inspector
Brian Wolfe reported the followingbuilding permit applications hadbeen approved:
Grace Property Group, Inc. re-quested a sign at 311 S. Main St.
Debbie and Kenny Davis request-ed a storage building at 112 NatwickCircle.
Linda Austin requested a fence at949 S. Fork Rd.
Robert Harper requested a roofat 202 Clements St.
Kristen Strickler requested afence at 311 Winchester Ave.
Charles Hill requested a carportat 310 S. Main St.
Leon and Robin Wolfe requesteda porch at 404 Jackson St.
Mykal Gruber requested a sign at720 N. Main St.
Other Business• The council voted to pay invoic-
es relating to the Moorefield/HardyCounty Wastewater Authority. An in-voice for $840 from accountantMichael Griffith was approved. Aninvoice for $4,087.16 from attorneyRobert Rodecker was approved.Councilman Steve Wilson, chairmanof the wastewater authority boardsaid the board had approved the pay-ments.
• The next meeting of the Moore-field Council will be held on Tuesday,June 13 beginning at 7 p.m. at thetown office, 206 Winchester Ave.
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ing. That puts us over the class-sizelimit for two classes. We also havefour over in first grade. I would loveto have three Kindergarten teachersand three first-grade teachers.”
Moorefield Elementary SchoolPrincipal Wade Armentrout said hisKindergarten students are also mak-ing progress, although some are notreaching their targets in math and lit-eracy. Of the 135 Kindergarten stu-dents at MES, 25 will be asked to re-peat the grade.
“Some are not on target, but it’sclear they are making progress,”Shriver said.
Whitecotton reminded Armen-trout that the Migrant Interventionistwould not be funded after next year.
“We need an ESL (English as aSecond Language) teacher to focuson reading and speaking,” she said.“Some schools have gone to a non-grading system for Pre-K to secondgrade. The students are grouped by
ability, not grade levels. Perhaps it issomething we should investigate.”
Fire Marshal InspectionState Fire Marshal Mike Trabert,
accompanied by Facilities ManagerSteve Williams, inspected all sixschools and 22 buildings of the HardyCounty School system.
There were a total of 20 fire codeviolations.
At East Hardy Early MiddleSchool, the marshal found extensioncords in use, extension cords splicedand taped, insufficient clearancearound electrical panels and an out-let cover missing in the kitchen.
At East Hardy High School, themarshal found extension cords in useand fire drills not being conducted ona monthly basis.
At Moorefield ElementarySchool, the marshal found emer-gency lights not working, exit signsnot lit and insufficient clearancearound the hot water heater.
At Moorefield Middle School, themarshal found fire drills not beingconducted on a monthly basis.
At Moorefield High School, themarshal found extension cords in use,fire extinguisher inspections not upto date and fire drills not being con-ducted on a monthly basis.
There were no violations found atMoorefield Intermediate School.
Whitecotton has reviewed the vi-olations with each school’s principaland corrective measures have beentaken.
Other Business• The board approved the Col-
lection/Billing Policy EDD.• Harry Smith announced a pic-
nic for service personnel will be heldon Sunday, May 22 at Brighton Park.
• Graduation for East HardyHigh School seniors will be held onFriday, May 27 at 7 p.m. at theschool.
• Graduation for Moorefield
High School seniors will be held onSaturday, May 28 at 11 a.m. The cer-emony will be held outside, weatherpermitting.
• There will be a workshop re-garding the design of high school cur-riculum in compliance with StateSchool Board Policy 2510 and theclear pathways for professional andcareer/technical fields of study. Theworkshop was originally scheduledfor May 10. It has been rescheduledfor Tuesday, May 31 from 10 a.m. un-til 3 p.m. at the board office, 510 Ash-by St. in Moorefield. The public is in-vited to attend.
• The next meeting of the HardyCounty Board of Education will beheld on Monday, May 16 at EastHardy High School. There will be arecognition of honor students begin-ning at 5:45 p.m. The public is invitedto attend.
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Of the Month
(AP) - Postal officials say they’renot taking the possible closings of 34post offices in West Virginia lightly.
Robert Cavinder, manager of theAppalachian District of the U.S.Postal Service, told Elkins residentsFriday that discussions are underway, but no decisions have beenmade.
“It doesn’t mean that all 34 ofthem will close,’’ Cavinder said. “It’snot easy to talk about closing a postoffice.’’
The Inter-Mountain reports thatCavinder spoke at a meetingarranged by U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’sstaff. He said some of the post officesbeing considered for closure are gen-erating revenues of $30 or less eachday, and some lack the restrooms andother conveniences people expect ina workplace.
“We realize that by looking atsome of these small, rural towns, and
possibly taking away the only govern-ment contact that they have, thatthat’s a big impact to the community,Cavinder said. “Our objective is ...how can we provide access to every-body in a way that they need it.’’
Cavinder said some postal trans-actions can be made by phone or onthe Internet.
Because the USPS provides onefree delivery location for residents, acluster of secure boxes can be placedwithin a town or a business if a postoffice is closed. If a person is unableto travel to a post office or a clusterof boxes for medical reasons, theUSPS can schedule a carrier to deliv-er mail to a person’s home.
If a decision is made to close apost office, those served by that loca-tion will receive a letter notifyingthem that the facility will close within30 to 60 days, Cavinder told thegroup.
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Looking down at one’s watchafter the conclusion of the first in-ning of East Hardy and Peters-burg’s game last Monday wouldgive the staggering fact that it tookan entire hour to complete.
The Cougars led 12-7 after themarathon first inning and conclud-ed the contest with a 21-11 victory.
“It’s been a long time since I’veseen a game where a team is down
seven to nothing and comes backto win by the ten run rule. I knewit was going to take a lot of runs tobeat Petersburg. They are a goodteam. We were looking for a pitch-er to hold them. We crushed theball in the first inning,” East HardyCoach Raymond Snapp stated.
Both teams combined to useseven pitchers in the first inning.
Hitting certainly wasn’t an issueas the Vikings had five hits and col-lected three walks in the first in-ning alone plus a hit batsman.
The Cougars returned the favor
at the plate as Stephen See hit aRBI single to start a rally after Ko-rey Foltz (hbp) and Jamie Miller(walk) reached base.
If the fans were looking forhome runs, this inning had severallong shots.
East Hardy senior first basemanTyler Kerr stepped to the plate andsmashed a three run dinger.
The scent of the rally was grow-ing as Tyler Mongold hit a double,then Kollin Foltz hit a RBI single.
The first out was recorded, thena walk was issued.
Shawn Skovron hit a two runproducing single as the Cougarscontinued to thrash the Vikings.
Stephen See hit a three runhomer off of Ryan Colaw whichwas followed by a home run twobatters later by Tyler Mongold,building a 12-7 edge.
The Vikings centerfielder satdown in disbelief.
In the third inning, Josh Evanshit a two run home run for Peters-burg and Alex See added a RBItriple to help close the gap, 12-11.
Epic First Inning LeadsTo 21-11 Cougar Victory
Baseball
Hardy Wars
Heated Moorefield, East Hardy RivalrySeries Concludes in Cougars’ Favor
Story & PhotosBy Carl HolcombMoorefield Examiner
It is a period of war within thecounty when East Hardy andMoorefield battle for supremacywith many stars shining around.
Moorefield conquered the soft-ball station first in all three RegionII Section 4 championship games,but couldn’t withstand an attack inthe latter innings in the first andthird contests.
East Hardy prevailed to win theRegion II Section 4 championshipat home with a dust storm of am-munition.
The Lady Cougars won 5-1, 1-5,and 5-2 in what was a fierce battlewith many blows from eachsquadron for its third consecutiveRegion II Section 4 crown.
Premiére BatailleTake time to deliberate, but when
the time for action has arrived, stopthinking and go in. –NapoleonBonaparte
The Yellow Jackettes knew howto build the suspense by attackingearly and that was proven in thefirst inning of the Region II Section4 playoff game at East Hardy, butfell short 5-1.
McKenzie Weese created abeautiful single off East Hardy
pitcher Lindsey Basye to start thethreat and Haley Arose executed asacrifice bunt perfectly.
Beth Cook gave Moorefield thefirst score and lead of the game ona RBI single as the crowd cheeredwildly.
The Lady Cougars took actionin the bottom of the inning to tiethe game as Ashley Dove singledoff Shayna Vetter and MorganMongold was given a walk.
Lindsey Basye hit a sacrifice flyto tie the game and Vetter receivedthe throw from Weese in the out-field at home plate where shetagged out Mongold sliding.
Vetter ended the inning with astrikeout.
In the second inning, Moore-field initiated another attack withBrooke Shockey hitting a one-outsingle, then advanced on a ground-out and a past ball to third base.
Weese drew a walk, but HaleyArose grounded out with Dovethrowing to Emily Beck for the fi-nal out.
It started raining as the LadyCougars had two outs in the bot-tom half, then Emily Beck hit adouble.
Jade Foltz made a nice full-count hit into the outfield to plateBeck for a 2-1 lead, but was taggedout in a return attempt to secondbase.
Regular Season Heats Up at PVC Track Meet in MoorefieldStory & PhotosBy Carl HolcombMoorefield Examiner
Tucker County Girls and PendletonCounty Boys Track squads may have wonthe team titles for the Potomac ValleyConference, but Moorefield and EastHardy combined to take the top spot in adozen events last Tuesday at the Bill HuntTrack at Moorefield Middle School.
The East Hardy Girls relay squad forthe 4x100 took first with a time of 56.51and top honors in the 4x200 with a time of1:58.85.
Pendleton County was a very close sec-ond on each relay, while Moorefield fin-ished third and fourth, respectively.
The 100 meter dash and the open 200were very close with three runners stretch-ing for the finish line.
East Hardy’s Randi Jenkins won bothclosely contested races with times of 12.99(100) and 28.32 (200).
Tucker County’s Amber Evans was sec-ond in the 100 with a time of 13.20, fol-lowed by Pendleton County’s Fanta Kabawith 13.44.
In the 200, Kaba was second with a timeof 28.54, followed by Tucker County’sRhea Deuser at 28.91.
MaeBeth Fisher of Moorefield, tookthe top honor in the 800 meter run with atime of 2:46.96 and finished third in the3200 with a time of 14:43.
Moorefield girls’ 4x800 meter relayteam put forth a great effort, coming upjust short against Tucker County to finishsecond with a time of 12:14 compared to11:34.
The East Hardy Girls Discus throwers
took the top three spots in the event withKim Delawder setting the pace with 97’-05”, followed by Kaitlyn Miller with 84’-10”, and Kelle Miller with 75’-03”.
Kaitlyn Miller was second in the shotput with a toss of 29’-4”, Delawder placedthird with 28’-11” and Hannah Basye fin-ished fifth with 23’-09” for the LadyCougars.
Moorefield and East Hardy took sec-ond and third, respectively in the 4x400meter relay and the shuttles.
Moorefield’s Catie Snyder finishedthird in the 100 meter high hurdles event
with a time of 19.13.East Hardy’s Alyshia Crawford placed
third in the 400 meter dash with a time of1:10.39 and was fifth in both the long jumpand the 800 meter run.
Moorefield senior Blayke Hall placedthird in the one-miler with a time of6:56.28.
Girls team scores: 1. Tucker County199, 2. East Hardy 110, 3. Moorefield 84, 4.Pendleton County 55, 5. Union 44, and 6.Tygarts Valley 1.
East Hardy’s George Maddox placedfirst in all three of his signature events: thelong jump at 19’-05”, the 300IH at 41.58,and the 110HH at 14.87.
Moorefield’s DaShawn Brown was sec-ond in the long jump with 17’-7.75” andthird in the 300IH with 47.24.
Moorefield’s Trae Smith was third inthe 110HH at 17.70.
Pendleton County’s Josh Redman wonthe 100 meter dash in a time of 11.26, fol-lowed close on his heels by Tucker Coun-ty’s Forrest Walker (11.49), Moorefield’sLouis Richardson (11.69), and EastHardy’s Kyle Westfall (11.91).
In the 4x200 meter relay, PendletonCounty won with a time of 1:36.42, fol-lowed by East Hardy with 1:38.23, andMoorefield at 1:38.58.
Moorefield’s Josh Snyder was third inthe 400 meter dash with a time of 57.89,while teammate Adam Boswell finishedsixth with a time of 1:03.12.
East Hardy’s 4x100 meter relay teamtook the top honors once again with a timeof 46.66, followed by Pendleton Countywith 46.86, and Moorefield with 47.77.
Moorefield’s Louis Richardson was
Class A TrackState Rankings
as of April 30
Hardy County
Long Jump 20.015#2 George Maddox-East Hardy
110 High Hurdles 16.54#5 George Maddox-East Hardy
Discus 96.01#5 Kim Delawder-East Hardy
Girls 4x100 Relay :56.3#7 East Hardy
Girls 4x800 Relay 12:05.6#9 Moorefield
Girls 4x400 Relay 4:57.8#10 Moorefield
Source: RunWV.com
Samantha ThompsonCollege: WVUMajor: Pharmacy
Adam BoswellCollege: Shepherd UniversityMajor: Fitness & Exercise Science
Blayke HallCollege: WV WesleyanMajor: Athletic Training & SportsPhysical TherapyAthletic Pursuit: Joining the BobcatCross Country and Track & Fieldteam
Kyle MongoldEnlisted in the U.S. Army
Jake ShirkCollege: WVUMajor: Sociology
MHS Seniors Running to New Destinations
By Carl HolcombMoorefield Examiner
The Yellow Jackets have flowninto the postseason on an 11-gamewinning streak and earned thenumber two ranking in Class ABaseball.
Moorefield has shown that per-severance, dedication, and team-work carries a squad to success.
Moorefield holds a record of 16-3 with its only losses to Class AAAJefferson twice and Martinsburg.
No Class A or Class AA teamhas been able to solve the pitchingpower of Josh Thorne, Korey Reed,or Tanner Sherman.
In a recent sports banquet atMHS, skipper Wade Armentroutcompared these three pitching acesto the stellar pitching crew on thePhiladelphia Phillies and AtlantaBraves former star trio of TomGlavine, John Smoltz, and GeorgeMaddox.
Beyond knowing the pitchingstrength, Moorefield complimentsit with solid hitting which was evi-dent especially in the last week ofthe season.
What will the playoffs bring?It should bring a lot of excite-
ment from the first pitch to the lastout.
Coach Armentrout set goals forthe team at the beginning of theseason, and the playoffs will be tak-en one game at a time just like eachgame of the season.
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Moorefield long distance runner MaeBeth Fisher was a step ahead of TuckerCounty during the 4x800 relay at the PVC Track Meet in Moorefield.
Moorefield’s Shayna Vetter tagged out Lady Cougars base runner Morgan Mongold at home platein Baker.
East Hardy’s Tyler Mongold looked at his grand slam hit last weekagainst Petersburg before starting to trot around the bases.
The WVU Coaches Caravanwill be coming to Moorefield to-day at the South Branch Inn from11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. In atten-dence will be Athletic DirectorOliver Luck, Billy Hahn, MikeCarey, Joe Kramer, Greg Jones,and an assistant football coach.
Coach’s Caravan
and struck out fivebatters.
Korey Reedled the offensewith a 3-for-3 hit-ting performancewith one double,four RBIs, andscored four times.
Thorne com-plimented hispitching statisticsgoing 2-for-3 fromthe plate with adouble and twoRBIs.
Seth Stickleyconnected on a
pinch hit single in the fifth inningfor the game-winning RBI.
The Yellow Jackets capped theseason off with a PVC doublehead-er against Pocahontas County, win-ning both games 12-0 and 1-0.
Moorefield senior Korey Reed(4-2) pitched the first game, a fourinning outing with 11 strikeoutsrecorded.
Moorefield senior Tanner Sher-man pitched the fifth inning as thecloser.
Logan Mongold led the YellowJackets at the plate with a three runhomer, a double, and a single.
Moorefield scored four runs inthe first inning alone, connecting onfive consecutive hits with three sin-gles and two doubles after the lead-
off batter.In the second game, Pocahontas
County kept the Yellow Jackets ontheir heels with a left-hander on themound, but Moorefield prevailed 1-0.
In the ninth inning, Zach Laugh-lin hit a double with one out.
After a second out was notched,Lance Taylor made a pinch hit sin-gle to plate Laughlin.
Moorefield’s Cody Hose pitchedfive and two-thirds innings againstthe Warriors.
Sherman was the closer, makingan impressive statement by strikingout five of the ten batters faced.
The Yellow Jackets have beatencross-county rival East Hardy twicethis season by scores of 9-0 and 9-8.
Moorefield was undefeated inthe conference this year.
The sectional playoffs will show-case a lot of different scenarios andthe team with the most focus anddetermination will win.
Moorefield hosted East Hardylast night for the first game of thebest two-out-of-three series.
East Hardy will host the secondgame tonight with a third game ifneeded back in Moorefield tomor-row.
The road to Charleston beginsin Hardy County.
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JAY
FISHER
THE OLD MASTER
The baseball team had a big se-ries this weekend against Cincin-nati. Going into the series, theBearcats (10-8) trailed WVU (11-7)by just one game in the standings.The Mountaineers dropped theopener, but bounced back by win-ning the final two games of the se-ries, including a wild 14-7 win in therubber game.
A quick glance at the leaguestandings shows just how big the se-ries win was for West Virginia. Theyare now in third place by them-selves with a 13-8 mark. More im-portantly, they have opened up a lit-tle bit of breathing room over themost closely bunched pack of otherteams. There are four teams witheither 10 or 11 league losses, andthose teams are sixth through ninthin the standings. West Virginia hasjust six games left: three against Pitt(12-9) and three more against Rut-gers (7-14). If WVU simply splitsthose six games, they would be 16-11, and almost certainly in the BigEast tournament.
The track team competed in theBig East Outdoor Championships,and they had their best showingever. They finished second behindfour-time champ Louisville. Theywere led by Chelsea Carrier, whowon three events: the long jump,100m hurdles, and 400m hurdles.April Rotillo won the 400m dash inschool record time as well. The
team scored in 13 of the 21 events,which is another WVU best-everperformance. The track team willnow turn its focus the the NCAARegional Championships which willbe held at the end of the month.
Finally, in basketball, it lookslike Kevin Jones has decided to re-turn for his senior season. He haddeclared himself eligible for theNBA Draft, but kept open the op-tion to withdraw and come back toschool. Apparently, he has decidedto take that option. He will be theanchor of next year’s basketballteam. Bob Huggins added anotherplayer to his roster, also, when Aar-ic Murray announced he was trans-ferring from LaSalle to WVU.Murray had been recruited byWVU and others coming out ofhigh school, but chose to stay closeto home. He reconsidered, and de-cided to transfer. He looked atOklahoma State and Kansas, butchose the Mountaineers. He willhave to sit out next season, but willhave two years of eligibility left. Heis an athletic 6-10 center/power for-ward, and should be able to con-tribute after he sits out.
third in the open 200 with a time of24.18, while Pendleton County’sBrian Simmons took first at 23.88and Tucker County’s Forrest Walk-er was second (24.04).
Moorefield’s shuttle hurdleteam placed second with a time of1:06.45.
Moorefield and East Hardy fin-ished third and fourth, respectivelyin the 4x400.
Moorefield’s DaShawn Brown isknown for his high catches duringthe football season and showed hehas hops in the high jump with asecond place finish at 5’-07”.
East Hardy discus and shot put
specialist Shawn Childers is eyeinga trip to the state tournament as hefinished first in both events at thePVC.
Childers threw the discus 104’-11” and the shot put a distance of38’-11.50.”
Boys team scores: 1. PendletonCounty 151, 2. Tucker County 145,3. East Hardy 88.5, 4. Moorefield84, 5. Union 19, and 5. Tygarts Val-ley 11.
Moorefield and East Hardyhave key contenders for the region-al tournament in Lewis County to-morrow with a berth in the statetournament awaiting.
“The kids played well, a goodway to end the season. We playedone double A team and three moreconference games. This last weekgave us a chance to give each pitch-er one more start,” Coach Armen-trout noted.
Coach Armentrout was pleasedwith the finish to the season and willnot look ahead, not wanting to cre-ate any lofty impressions on histeam.
A baseball analyst, MichaelDiYorio, from North Carolina oncestated, “a general never reveals hisbattle plans.”
Taking a look at this past week’sgames brings to light that Moore-field scored 34 runs in four games,59 total if you included the previousSaturday doubleheader.
Against Frankfort last Monday,Moorefield had four hitters: KoltonMarkwood, Claude Drummond,
Korey Reed, andJosh Thorne,combine for sixhits (6-for-14)with eight RBIsand five runsscored.
Reed hit atriple in the sixthinning.
Jared Kitepitched five in-nings, allowingthree runs on sixhits with twostrikeouts.
M o o r e f i e l dsenior closer Lo-gan Mongold picked up the save.
On Wednesday, Moorefieldshutout Pendleton County 10-0 infive innings.
Moorefield senior pitcher JoshThorne (6-0) had a complete gameperformance allowing only one hit
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The rest as one would say, washistory.
Kerr had a RBI single, followedby Mongold’s two run producingRBI double in the bottom half ofthe third.
Kollin Foltz continued his hit-ting foray with a two run smash highin left center off the light pole.
The home run hitting finishedfor the Cougars?
Nope.Tyler Mongold smashed a grand
slam for the final 21-11 margin.The game ended at about 9:30
p.m., but after that first inning last-ing an hour...the time was ignored.
On Wednesday, Musselman vis-ited Baker and made the game goby faster.
The Applemen gave East Hardya 7-0 shutout and provided JamieMiller with his first loss of the sea-son.
Miller (5-1) gave up seven runson 11 hits with one walk and ninestrikeouts.
As a team, the Cougars only hadfive hits with Kollin Foltz leadingthe way with a double and a single.
Korey Foltz contributed a dou-ble, while Tyler Kerr and EricHeflin hit singles.
Musselman’s Aaron Shiley had atwo run homer, plus two singles andthree RBIs.
East Hardy rebounded from theloss on Thursday with a double-header sweep of Tygarts Valley, 18-
1 and 18-3.The Cougars pounded Tygarts
Valley pitcher Christian Scott forfive runs in the first inning and ninein the fourth of the initial contest.
Stephen See was 2-for-3 withthree RBIs.
Shawn Skovron was 3-for-4 withfour RBIs.
Justin Basye and Jamie Millerboth had two RBIs.
Tyler Mongold pitched all fiveinnings with five strikeouts and al-lowing one run on five hits.
The second game spread thescoring with one run in the first, fivein the third, five in the fourth, andseven in the fifth inning.
Eric Heflin hit 3-for-4 with fiveRBIs.
Korey Foltz went 3-for-5 withtwo RBIs.
Stephen See batted 4-for-5 withtwo doubles.
Kollin Foltz pitched a completegame (five innings) giving up threeruns on six hits with six walks andfive strikeouts.
East Hardy ended the regularseason on a sour note, losing toKeyser on Friday despite having an8-5 advantage in the sixth inning.
Keyser won 11-8, surprising theCougars by netting seven runs withtwo outs on the scoreboard.
Stephen See, Tyler Mongold,and Justin Basye each went 2-for-4with one double and at least one
RBI (Basye had two).Shawn Skovron had a double
and two RBIs.The Cougars finished the regu-
lar season with a 14-8 record and iscurrently ranked seventh in thestate for Class A Baseball.
“Out of the eight losses, I felt we
could have won six of them with afew breaks. We now start sectionalplay Tuesday at Moorefield. Theyhave three outstanding pitchers.We need to hit the ball well and playgood defense,” Coach Snapp re-marked.
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State Baseball RankingsAs of May 8
Class A# School Record Last1. Wahama 23-3 12. Moorefield 16-3 23. Madonna 9-4 34. Charleston Cath 19-7 45. Wheeling Central 12-5-1 66. Valley Fayette 19-6 57. East Hardy 14-8 78. Gilmer County 16-4 89. Williamstown 15-6 1010. Notre Dame 15-7 NA
Source: Charleston Gazette
Regular Season Heats
Finish Line Photo Finish: East Hardy’s Randi Jenkins edged outPendleton County’s Fanta Kaba and Tucker County’s Amber Evans(not pictured) in the 100 meter dash.
East Hardy Baseball Seniors honored before the Musselman game:(l-r) Stephen See, Jacob Hahn, Tyler Kerr, Eric Heflin, and KalebLeatherman.
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Defenses for both squads keptthe score from changing over thenext few innings.
In the sixth inning, Basye got asingle and Autumn Mathias waswalked.
Sona Delawder hit a RBi singlewhich was followed by a two runproducing double by Rayann Foltzfor a 5-1 edge.
Moorefield grounded out twiceand one strikeout was recorded asthe game ended.
“We hit the ball well and had noerrors,” EHHS Coach Calvin Mon-gold stated.
“We just didn’t finish. EastHardy got the job done. Wewatched way too many strikethrees. We hit solid at times, justdidn’t find a gap. Tomorrow is anew day. We will block this out.Good teams find a way to bounceback. It was a good game going in-to the last inning. They got somebig hits consistently and we didn’t,”MHS Coach Tim Crites noted.
Deuxiéme BatailleNever interrupt your enemy when
he is making a mistake. Ability is oflittle account without opportunity.–Napoleon Bonaparte
Back on home turf, the YellowJackettes were prepared to makethings happen in game two of theRegion II Section 4 playoffs.
Moorefield selected freshmanDanica Rogers as the starting pitch-er and her location was superb inhelping even the series with a 5-1victory.
Moorefield kept the theme thesame by attacking first by gettingthree runs in the first inning.
Moorefield senior Crystal Sim-mons helped usher in two runs asthe Lady Cougars mishandled theball for two errors allowing for twobase runners.
Moorefield senior Kristen Ballrecorded a RBI as Simmonscrossed the plate.
“We had two errors to start thegame. That is the way the old ballbounces. We gave them four runs.You’ve got to make plays to win,”Coach Mongold commented.
In the second inning Weese sin-gled and advanced on a past balland eventually arrived at third base.
Rogers hit a fly ball to SarahLiller, who threw it all the way backto catcher Marilyn Cassell whoturned just in time to get Weese outat home.
Heated Moorefield, East Hardy Rivalry Series Concludes
Kristen Ball’s hit was knockeddown by Basye and Simmonsscored.
Rogers pitched two strikeoutsand allowed a single by Basye in thefirst inning.
The Lady Cougars didn’t waitmuch longer to tie the game andtake the lead as the second inningfavored the home team.
After a leaping catch for an outby Moorefield catcher Crystal Sim-mons and diving in front of the EastHardy dugout, the Lady Cougarsstarted their attack.
Rayann Foltz smashed a doublepast Jayme Fraley, then Emily Beckhit a RBI single with no throw at-tempt to home plate.
Simmons stood there shruggingher shoulder in shock as Foltz slidbehind her.
Raven Mongold was hit by apitch to give runners on first andsecond.
Ashley Dove hit the ball intoright field off the glove of McKen-zie Weese and two runs scored, butWeese quickly grabbed the ball andthrew Dove out at third base.
East Hardy carried a 3-2 lead in-to the fourth inning, then addedsome insurance runs.
Sona Delawder hit a leadoffdouble over Fraley, then RayannFoltz hit a RBI double which wentpast the glove of Shayna Vetter.
Raven Mongold hit a RBI singlefor a 5-2 advantage.
Taylor Zuber came in for reliefin the fifth inning after two EastHardy runners were on base al-ready.
A walk to Cassell loaded thebases, but Zuber refocused and
struck out the next two batters andforced a pop out.
Things started to look better forMoorefield in the sixth inning asSimmons hit a single up the rightfield line.
Kelsey Hines followed that witha single up the middle.
Ball hit into what would havebeen a fielder’s choice out at sec-ond, but the ball was bobbled on atoss by Mongold to Dove.
The Yellow Jackettes now hadthe bases loaded with only one out.
After Basye threw a strikeout,Morgan Mongold collected an in-field hit by Tara Baldwin and taggedBall for the final out to end thethreat.
Zuber struck out the first twobatters in the sixth inning beforeDove hit a double.
Morgan Mongold came up andhit what appeared to be a home rundown the left field line which wasthe original call and was roundingsecond when the call was reversedand deemed foul.
Despite the home run not get-ting in the books, the Lady Cougarsstill won by three runs.
In the seventh, Zuber was givena walk and Kelsea Kight hit a single.
The game ended with Cook hit-ting a flyout to Liller who gunnedthe ball to Rayann Foltz for the fi-nal out.
“We had too many missed op-portunities. I wish East Hardy allthe best. I hate for it to end likethat for my seniors. We just could-n’t finish,” Coach Crites concluded.
Moorefield finished the season23-9 and ranked third in the state,the highest in school history.
Moorefield scored 261 runs thisyear and allowed only 82.
East Hardy improved to 20-3and is ranked fourth in the state.
Both seniors Raven Mongoldand Emily Beck described the winas amazing.
“You always have faith no mat-ter what. We have someone watch-ing over us. They’ve got Jason’s[Foltz] uniforms and are watchingover us. This was a chance for all ofus. it was a great game,” Basye re-marked.
“It’s awesome, especially oursenior year. We are not done fight-ing, We are a pretty good team fornot getting down on ourselves,”Dove stated.
The Lady Cougars will hostPendleton County in the regionalsemifinals this Thursday.
“Last year was different, I wasexpecting them to win. Coming intothis season, I didn’t know. We arestill the top dog. Down 2-0, I wasn’tworried. Lindsey calmed down andthey didn’t score anymore. This winfeels good. This is the third section-al title in a row for me,” CoachMongold noted.
The Lady Cougars could ad-vance to face South Harrison (thirdtime) or Clay-Battelle in the region-al final.
East Hardy has scored 211 runsand allowed 67 this season.
If you start to take Vienna- takeVienna. –Napoleon Bonaparte
The softball state tournament isin Vienna, WV on May 25-26.
Rogers kept her composure bythrowing two strikeouts in the bot-tom of the inning.
In the fifth inning with one out,the Lady Cougars loaded the baseswith consecutive singles by AshleyDove, Morgan Mongold, and Lind-sey Basye.
Autumn Mathias popped theball up along the first base line andit bounced off the glove of catcherCrystal Simmons and was calledfoul.
Mathias struck out on the nextpitch.
Rogers recorded another strike-out against Sona Delawder to endthe scoring threat.
Kristen Ball hit for a double asher shot reached the centerfieldfence in the sixth inning.
After a fielder’s choice fromDove went to Beck for the out, thenthe throw to third slipped awayfrom Rayann Foltz and Ball saw anopportunity.
As Rayann Foltz tracked the balldown, the throw home was shortand Ball slid safely for a 4-0 edge.
“We didn’t hit. We had basesloaded in the fifth, that was thegame. We had two strikeouts look-ing with bases loaded. I feel confi-dent going into game three,” CoachMongold said.
For good measure, Moorefield’sBeth Cook added a home run in theseventh inning for a 5-0 lead.
In the bottom of the inning, EastHardy had two runners in scoringposition when Basye hit a sacrifice
fly to deny a shutout as Dovescored.
“The difference between thetwo games was our determination.We were on our toes, not on ourheels. We didn’t make mistakes.We wanted this game and refusedto lose. They’ll be up and ready andwe’ll be ready too. It is a matter ofwho can execute. We came out withalive bats, then went dead. Mo-mentum is in our favor. Winningthe second game puts pressure onthem. They know their back isagainst the wall and don’t want theseason to end,” Coach Crites re-marked.
Troisiéme BatailleThe word impossible is not in my
dictionary. He who fears being con-quered is sure of defeat. –NapoleonBonaparte
Moorefield did what it is knownfor best, getting on base and creat-ing runs early.
The Yellow Jackettes jumpedout to a 2-0 lead in the first inning,but succumbed to a 5-2 season end-ing loss.
Cook was issued a walk by Basyewith two outs, then Crystal Sim-mons singled.
Cook stole third on a past ball,then stole home on a wild pitchwhich Cassell alertly tracked downand threw to Basye, but she could-n’t hold on during the collision athome plate.
Michaela Regester drew a walkfor Moorefield.
Continued from page 1B
The Lady Cougars softball team jumps for joy after their long fought battle with county rival Moorefield.
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Renick Williams is requesting bids for the repair of his 1832 historic home, Fort Pleasant, in Old Fields, West Virginia. The project includes the electrical work, historic brick work, historic window and mill work, historic floor work, and historic chimney work. The project completion date is July 15, 2011 and will be reviewed by the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office. Contractors will be selected based upon (1) cost, (2) experience with similar historic preservation projects, and (3) proven ability to complete a project. The contractor must carry out the described work in compliance with the Secretary of Interior’s Standard for Rehabilitation.
All bids must be received no later than 4:00 pm on Friday, May 27, 2011. Send to Renick Williams, PO Box 664, Moorefield, WV 26836. The bid package is available by calling Renick Williams, 304-538-6233.
The property will be open for a pre-bid walk through by appointment.
Funds for this project are through the WV State Historic Preservation Office. All applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations apply. WV Fair Minimum Wage Rates (Prevailing Wage) apply.
Invitation to Bid
M079 – Farm Home on 7.7 acres with 2br, 1ba,
located in nice, quiet neighborhood. Artesian well. Purgitsville $80,000. M078 – Beautiful custom Home, 3br 2.5ba, on 100 acres w/ awesome views. Cathedral ceilings, energy efficient, wrap around deck, custom cabinets and exotic wood floors. Maysville $499,000. M073 – Cozy A- Frame Cabin in the woods on 5 acres. Joins GW Nat’l Forest. Close Trout Pond & Lost River State Park. Mathias $110,000.
M071 – Two Homes for one price! Cape Cod with 2000 sq.ft.,
3br 3.5ba plus a 775 sq.ft. Ranch Home. Several outbuildings, garage, workshop, all on 9 acres. Lost City $170,000. M069 – Nice 3br 1ba Home on one-half acre. Good condition inside
and some furniture conveys. Easy access, nice neighborhood. Wardensville $99,900. M062 – Nice 1888 sq.ft. Home with 3br 1.5ba. Located near schools and main highway in Maysville. $63,000.
M023 – One-level Brick Home, 3br 2ba, on double lot in town.
Convenient location on Sions Street, Moorefield. Reduced $145,000 M992 – Beautiful 2br 1ba Cabin, easy access on private road. Good water, real close National Forest and minutes to great fishing. Lost River $89,900. LOTS & LAND M694 – 2.6 acres, Lot 32, Orchard View Estates. Petersburg. $24,500. M1000 – 9 acres mountain land, great getaway. High Knob $28,900. M002 – 5.4 acres within 3 miles of private lake. Lake Ferndale $27,500. M077 – 3.66 acres, wooded. Beautiful drive to property. Delray $17,000. M032 – 9.45 acres, private, wooded, at Smoke Hole Legend s/d. $79,000. M984 – 40 acres near Moorefield, easy access, flowing stream, lots of wildlife. Trough Rd. $115,000.
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MAHOGANY FIREPLACE withGas Insert. $550.00, OBO. Call304-257-3904 or 304-257-8242.
0 DOWN ON homes to storm vic-tims—1-888-636-6900.
1986 OV/FORREST MOBILEHome, 2BR, 1BA, refrigera-tor/stove/washer/dryer/central airand new oil furnace. Build in backporch. On 2.97 acres of land 5miles from town in Fisher-Kesselarea. Call 304-434-2152, if no an-swer leave message.
WE NEED Trades—Giving Topdollar—Call for your free apprais-al value. Clayton Homes—Elkins—304-636-6900.
1281 FROSTY Hollow Road,Fisher. Includes garage and work-shop, on 3 acres. Wood and oilheat, central air, appliances in-clude. Asking $80,000.00 OBO.304-851-6801 or 304-851-6802.
NEW HOME on large lot in Cen-ter of Moorefield. 4BR, 2BA,Good neighborhood. Close toschool. MSTA. Call Jamie Roywith Preferred Properties at 304-851-0400 or 304-530-2000.
TO SELL 1 share of BranchMountain Hunting Club. 2100Acres of Hunting land. 304-538-6496.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY inKeyser, WV: 6000 sq. ft. Buildingon 1.28 acre lot on Cornell Street.If interested, contact 304-538-2580and leave name and phone num-ber. Will return call.
2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTEVR-X. Automatic, A/C, PW, Sun-roof. Call Pud Evans with Moore-field Auto Sales at 304-530-2000or 304-538-2938.
ALL ALUMINUM 8 FT. Utilitytop for standard Chevy Truck; (5)Five lawn tractors; (1) one 4-wheeler;BROWN 1988 CHEVYC-10 1/2 pick-up, good body -need, 1989 FORD van, 1 ton, 351motor; 1987 FORD Ranger 4WD,4 speed with overdrive, andcamper top, full size bed. 304-538-7013/717-788-1872. Gene Turner
2005 HARLEY ULTRA Classic2000 miles, like new, extras.$14,000.00. 304-530-7546.
GPS GUIDANCE systems forspraying and litter application.Many options. In stock at WhiteselBrothers Inc. 540-434-4457,www.whiteselbrother.com.
KUBOTA, GEHL, BUSH-HOG, WOODS and BEFCO.15 Kubota Cab tractors in stock.See Woodstock Equipment Com-pany for Sales, Parts, and Service.Woodstock VA. Call 540-459-3233.
KUHN HAY tools special prices.Come see in stock inventory atWhitesel Brother Inc. 540-434-4457, www.whiteselbrothers.com.
GERMAN SHEPHERD--5months old, male, Top qualityAKC 304-897-5667.
OFFICE SPACE for rent. MainStreet Moorefield. Call for details304-851-6364.
2BR MOBILE Home, Good con-dition. Located in Baker area. 304-897-6164.
2BR, 2BA MOBILE Home nearMoorefield. Deposit required.Call 304-851-2000 or 304-851-2300.
2BR, MOBILE HOME, totalelectric, between Petersburg andMoorefield. $375.00 per month.Lease and security deposit re-quired. Call 304-749-8008.
3BR, MOBILE HOME in excel-lent condition, located in the Bak-er area. 304-897-6164.
3BR, MOBILE home nearMoorefield. 304-538-6467.
I HAVE for rent clean mobilehomes in Misty Terrace, at lowerprices than anywhere else. CallLeslie Romero at 304-851-2222.
RV FOR rent in Baker. 10 min-utes from Moorefield on privateland. Perfect for temporary work-er. Clean, $325.00 plus propanefor heat/AC. Call 703-901-8446.
1BR APARTMENT. $350.00 permonth includes water, sewer, andtrash. Security deposit and refer-ences required. Call 304-851-7674.
NEWLY REMODELED apart-ment for rent Main Street Moore-field. Spacious 2BR $550 permonth plus utilities and securitydeposit. Washer/Dryer, Dishwash-er. Call 304-851-6364.
2 BEDROOM CABIN. Call any-time, 304-538-2454.
2BR, 1BA CABIN located onTrout Run Road, Wardensville.$485.00 Month includes trash. Se-curity deposit required. 703-906-6905 or 703-938-7469.
2BR, HOUSE, good condition.Located in Baker area. 304-897-6164
HOUSE FOR rent or to own. Callfor terms and details. 304-257-8371.
HOUSES FOR Rent in Florida; 11/2 hour south of Disney World.Between Sebring and Okee-chobee. By the week or the month.Everything furnished except food.All utilities included. 304-257-3744.
JUNE 2011--TWO to three bed-room house located one mile onDover Hollow Road. Applicationand references are required with apossible background check. Call304-257-3289 after 5:00pm Mon-day through Friday or anytime onSaturday and Sunday.
PARTIALLY FURNISHEDhouse approximately 3 1/2 milesnorth Moorefield with bedroomsto house four people. Apartmentattached, but not included. Utili-ties not included. $700.00 permonth. Utilities not included. De-posit, lease and background checkrequired. Phone 304-538- 2580and leave full name and phonenumber, will return call.
FOR RENT *OLD FIELDSSTORAGE* (Units 5x10) (10x10),(10x20), located 4.5 miles on Rt.220 North of Moorefield. Call 538-3300, 538-2346 or evenings 538-6785.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY forrent. Main Street Moorefield. Callfor details 304-851-6364.
*PAINTING* 21 years experi-ence. Houses, Interior, houseroofs, barn roofs, church roofs,poultry house roofs, outbuildings,mobile home roofs, fences, stain-ing log homes, businesses, pres-sure washing. Call Ronald Kimble304-358-7208. Lic. and Insured.
BABY SITTING: I know from ex-perience how hard it is to find asitter. Let me make your life a lit-tle easier. Hourly, occasionally,etc. 304-897-7698.
CLEANING SERVICES: Expe-rienced and reliable. 304-703-1471.
LICENSED AND CERTIFIEDRepair Tech. Will repair washers,dryers, stoves, refrigerators,kerosene heaters. Call 304-538-7013. Gene Turner, Serviceman,232 Jefferson Street. 43 years ex-perience.
PAINTING, ROOFS, Houses,Barns, Fences, Log Homes. 25years experience. Licensed and In-sured. Reasonable rates. CallSherwin Dale Kimble, 304-358-3794.
SPRING CLEAN UP. All Kinds ofMetal and Junk cars. Free re-moval. Call Rob Cullers, 540-247-1181. Call Now!
JOE’S LAWN Care, LLC. Li-censed and Insured. Residentialand Commercial. All your outsideneeds. Member of Hardy CountyChamber of Commerce. 304-257-6803/304-538-7641.
KESSLER’S LAWN Service.Mowing, and weedeating. Reason-able rates. Moorefield area resi-dents welcome. Call 304-897-6673.
WOOD’S TREE, Lawn, Land-scaping. Free estimates. No Job tobig or small. Also doing retainingwalls. Licensed and Insured. Cell304-703-0506, home 304-749-8022.
205 LAWN SERVICES
200 WANTEDTo Do
140 FOR RENTCommercial Property
130 FOR RENTStorage
120 FOR RENTHouses
110 FOR RENTApartments
100 FOR RENTMobile Homes
90 FOR RENTOffice Space
75 FOR SALEPets
60 FOR SALEFarm Equipment
55 FOR SALERecreational
50 FOR SALEAutos/Trucks
45 FOR SALECommercial Property
40 FOR SALELand/Lots
30 FOR SALEHouses
20 FOR SALEMobile Homes
10 FOR SALEMiscellaneous
The Region VII Workforce Investment Board
will hold an Annual Board Meeting beginning at 6:00 p.m. on
May 19, 2011. The location will be at the
Deaf and Blind School, Seaton Hall, Romney, WV. For additional information, call (304) 257-2448 x 241.
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E QUAL O PPORTUNITY E MPLOYER
EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE, a public, state supported comprehensive institution, serving the
six-county district (Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton, and Tucker) in the Potomac Highlands.
J OB A NNOUNCEMENT
Math Faculty Full Time 10 Month Non-Tenure Benefits eligible Base salary (34,984 – 40,008) Location: Moorefield , WV Responsibilities: • Teach 15 credit hours per semester in courses
pertaining to college level Math and related courses. • Evaluate and revise course outlines, content and
materials. • Overall coordination and development, implementation,
and scheduling of the Developmental Education program in the areas of Math.
• Evaluate student performance. • Building community relations. • Maintaining competency and currency in the discipline
taught as well as in teaching strategies and assessment methods.
• Mentoring adjunct faculty. • Serving as a member of the department and on College
committees; and performing other professional duties. • Teach live and on-line/distance courses. • Coordinate and implement appropriate instructional
technology software/hardware into course delivery. • Advising current and potential students. • Office Hours – 10 weekly • Reports to Academic Program Coordinator Sr.
Qualifications: • Education – Master’s Degree in Math or related field with a minimum of 18 graduate credit hours in Math • Experience – Experience teaching at college level; and designing and developing curricula for college and
developmental math courses. Prior experience in instructional technology software/hardware implement ation. • Some travel required throughout the College’s service district. Responsibilities require availabilit y and
willingness to work flexible schedule hours, including day, evenings and weekends (if required). Wi llingness/ and ability to work with varied levels of abilities and a diverse population. Effective communicatio n skills, both written and verbal.
Salary will be commensurate with education and experience plus full and highly competitive benefits package. Retirement plan options include TIAA-CREF.
Resume review begins April 15, 2011 Search will remain open until position is filled.
Application process: Submit letter of interest that addresses your abilities to meet the qualifications and carry out the responsibilities of this position, current resume, unofficial transcripts and three pr ofessional references (names, addresses, and telephone numbers).
Human Resources Eastern West Virginia Community & Technical College
316 Eastern Drive Moorefield, WV 26836
working both in the Medical Department and Front office at the Moorefield office. Experience preferred. Hawse Health Center is a federally funded community health center and provides a competitive salary structure and excellent fringe benefit package with standard working hours. Interested applicants should submit their resumé to the attention of Brenda Thompson at PO Box 97, Baker, WV 26801. Application deadline is May 13, 2011. HHC is an EOE.
E. A. Hawse Health Center is accepting applications for a
Medical Assistant/Front Office Assistant
Highland Trace Realty, Inc . PO Box 307, 200 E. Main Street, Wardensville, WV 26851
John B. Bowman, Broker Charlotte Bowman, Assoc. Broker
Summer Youth Case Worker A Summer Youth Case Worker is wanted to provide case management activities and job placement for eligible youth in Region VII. The Region VII Workforce Investment Board encompasses Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan and Pendleton Counties. Responsibilities include: follow-up with new and existing clients; deter - mining eligibility; documenting program outcomes; monitoring client pro - gress within the program. This is a temporary position from June 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011. Proficient computer skills are a must . Some travel may be required. BA/BS in education, social work, public admini - stration or related field is preferred . Applicant should have at least one-year of case management or related experience. Send cover letter and resume including references to: Director, WIB, Grant County Industrial Park, PO Box 849, Petersburg, WV 26847. Applications must be received by 4 p.m. on May 20, 2011. EOE.
86 Ford L8000 Dump Truck with 8 ' Snow Plow . . . . . CALL FOR PRICE
Nice selection of new vehicles
BACK ON THE MARKET! Gorgeous Victorian Home, 5BR, 2BA w/almost 3,000 sf of living space. Built in 1900 w/several upgrades—updated kitchen, baths, new insulation, new windows, 2 separate zones for heating/cooling, updated lighting. All this & in the center of Moorefield on Elm Street! (Acreage is approximate) Previously listed for $389,900...now only $349,900! HD7591070. Contact HD at 304-257-3270 or [email protected]. www.WVLandMan.net.
BACK ON THE MARKET! Just over the bridge on South Main St., set back from the street by a lovely expanse of a yard, is the now colorful Bean/Bowman House. Built between 1916-1920 by WF Friddle. In 2006, the house was renovated and opened as a home furnishings, antique and gift shop appropriately called “All Through the House.” Previously listed for $285,000…now only $249,900! HD7591198. Contact HD at 304-257-3270 or [email protected]. www.WVLandMan.net.
REDUCED AGAIN! Almost new 3BR 2BA 1,680 sf brick/vinyl ranch home located on The Point in Petersburg. Large deck, 2-car attached garage, wood floor in living room & foyer, full unfinished basement. All appliances convey. Originally priced at $265,900…now only $247,600! GT7406649. Contact Ronda Kaye at 304-358- 8366 or [email protected]. www.RDettinburn.OdrWv.com.
NEW LISTING! Built in 2007, this 2BR cabin has everything you need to relax! Within minutes of Smoke Hole Recreation Area, trees, a spring, wraparound deck & plenty of wildlife. Near fishing, hiking, canoeing & hunting, and on 5.74 acres! Only $119,900! PT7585034. Contact HD at 304-257-3270 or [email protected]. www.WVLandMan.net.
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So far this year the Chamber has added a total of FIFTEEN new HCC members! The casual, fun after hours events are the best way to meet new partners and talk a little business while enjoying great f ood
and company! No reservations needed, so make time to stop by!
Hardy County Chamber After Hours Wednesday, May 11, 2011 • 5:30–7:00 P .M. Old Dominion Realty, Wilson Plaza, 712 N Main St #103, Moorefield, W V 26836
We will be hosting the May Chamber After Hours event this week!
The Moorefield Park Commission will be having a pre-bid conference on Wednesday,
May 25, at 10:00 at Shelter #3 at the Town Park. Shelter #3 is located near the tennis
courts at the town park. The park commission is looking at renovating Shelter #3 and
replacing the roof. All interested contractors need to attend this pre-bid meeting.
Pre-Bid ConferenceBAIL BONDSMAN Wanted forHardy County and Vicinity. Lawenforcement background helpful.Send resume to:[email protected].
DIESEL MECHANIC located inPetersburg, WV. Heavy dutyreefer mechanic, experience withThermo King units preferred, 5years or more experience re-quired. Competitive wages, healthinsurance. Call Nick at 1-800-964-6418.
FOSTER PARENTS NEEDED.A local agency is in need of fosterhomes in Hardy County. If wouldbe interested in caring for a child,please call 304-538-8111.
MISTY TERRACE subdivision isnow taking bids for lawn care,mowing and etc. in the park. Mustbe licensed and insured. Call 3041-538-3449.
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST& COTA’s FT/PT/PRN in Baker,WV Flexible Schedules! Arbor of-fers our valued employees: Excel-lent salary and benefits, Reloca-tion expenses, Licensure renewalreimbursement, Tuition reim-bursement. Please contact AllisonCollins—Recruiting Director, toset up an interview. Please sendresume. 216-926-3939;al-l i s o n c @ a r b o r r e h a b . c o m ;www.arborrehab.com.
THE TOWN of Moorefield is ac-cepting applications for the fol-lowing position: Labor-er/Equipment Operator—Positionis Full-Time Temporary with theStreet Department. Applicantsmust be able to perform a varietyof physical tasks including heavymanual labor for prolonged peri-ods often under adverse weatherconditions. Knowledge and opera-tion of small power operatingequipment is helpful. operatormust be experienced with excava-tor, backhoe, and skidsteer. Appli-cants must have a valid West Vir-ginia driver’s license and CDL li-cense is necessary for town vehi-cles. CDL preferred at time of hir-ing but can be obtained after em-ployment. Applications may be at-tained from the Moorefield TownOffice located at 206 WinchesterAvenue from 9am until 4pm onweekdays and from 9am until12noon on the first and secondSaturday of the month. Applica-tions will be accepted until 4pm onMonday, May 23, 2011. Salary isbased on experience of applicant.The Town of Moorefield is anequal opportunity employer anddoes not discriminate on the basisof race, religion, color, gender,age, national origin, or disability.
210 HELP WANTEDTHE TOWN of Moorefield is ac-cepting applications for the fol-lowing full time position. Applica-tions for this position are availableat the Town Office at 206 Win-chester Avenue, Moorefield, WestVirginia, 26836 from 9:00am until4:00pm each weekday. Applica-tions will be accepted until 4:00pmon Friday, May 13, 2011. PoliceOfficers (2)—Applicants must be18 years old or older, possess ahigh school diploma or GEDequivalent, be capable of goodoral and written communicationskills including proficiency in theuse and understanding of comput-ers, and must be able to pass aphysical training test prior to beingselected. Applicants must alsopossess a valid driver’s license,have a safe driving record, acceptresponsibility and have high ethi-cal standard. Applicants must bewilling to attend a sixteen weektraining course in Charleston, WV,and any other training programthat may be required. Beginningsalary for trainee is $27,747.00during training and increasing to$30,747.00 upon conclusion oftraining. The Town of Moorefieldis an equal opportunity employer.We do not discriminate on the ba-sis of race, religion, color, gender,national origin, or disability.
HAPPY JACK Flea Beacon: Con-trol fleas in the home without tox-ic sprays. Results overnight.SOUTHERN STATES (304-538-2308). (www.kennelvax.com).
LOVE MEMORIAL Clinic An-nual Meeting, May 12, 7pm,MVFC Bingo Hall. All sponsoringorganizations are reminded tohave five voting representativespresent.
RIVERSIDE CABINS and RVpark. Open year round with fullhook-up and cabins along the riv-er, pool, mini-golf, gem mine, fish-ing. Fisher, WV 304-538-6467.
SEPTIC TANKS PUMPED, M &M Septic Service. Call 304 538-6467 or 304 257-3191.
13TH AND 14th , Friday and Sat-urday from 8am-? Name Brandclothes from small to plus sizes,Name Brand purses, Home Interi-or, Lots of Miscellaneous. A goldand white Trailer across fromSpeed Wash.
2 FAMILY YARD Sale, May 13and 14 on Frosty Hollow Road atJoan Kuykendall’s, 8 to ?
205 CHIPLEY LANE— Fridayand Saturday, May 13-14. 8 til ?Toolboxes, Motor stand, Oil tanks,dogbox, cinder blocks, bricks, guncabinet, and miscellaneous items.
270 YARD SALES
220 NOTICE
213 WATER STREET Drive be-side Laundromat. Friday, May 13and Saturday, May 14, 9:00-?
3 FAMILY YARD Sale—Fridayand Saturday, May 13 and 14, 8amuntil ? Household items, Tools,Clothes for Men and Women, Plusgirls clothes size 10-14. 1055 SouthFork Road, beside TanneryChapel. Heavner, Bergdoll, andSherman.
FRIDAY, MAY 13 7-4 and Satur-day, May 14 7-12. Rain or shine.Norma Parker, 308 Central Ave.
FRIDAY, MAY 13, 9-4 and Satur-day, May 14, 9-12. Rain or shine.Betty Wilson’s 311 Central Ave.
HUGE INDOOR Yard Sale: Fri-day and Saturday, 8-4, Purgitsville,WV. Route 220 just north ofHardy/Hampshire county line.Nice clothes on many sizes frominfant to plus size, Collectibleglassware including bells, hens onnest, Homer Laughlin, etc.Household, and MORE. DotChamp 304-289-3259.
HUGE YARD Sale—Stewart,Barr and Thorne Dentistry lot onSpring Ave. May 14th from 8am-?All proceeds benefits the Moore-field Stingers Travel BaseballTeam.
MULTI- FAMILY: Girls clothes0-4t, Baby boys 0-12m, Boys, Girls,and Women’s (Plus Sizes) clothes,Household items. Old Rada store.May 14 and May 28, 8:30-2.
WE FINANCE Capon Valley Used Cars
Bad Credit or No Credit
• PETERSBURG , WV • 304-257-9700
• WARDENSVILLE , WV • 304-874-3764
MULTIFAMILY YARD Sale, 388Valley View Road (subdivision be-side the golf course). 9-5 on Fri-day, May 13 and 8-12 on Saturday,May 14.
United States of AmericaState of West VirginiaCounty of Hardy, ss:
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION / TO CREDITORSNotice is hereby given that the following estate(s) have been opened for probate in the
HARDY County Clerk’s Office at 204 WASHINGTON STREET, MOOREFIELD, WV 26836-0200. Any person seeking to impeach or establish a will must make a complaint in accor-dance with the provisions of West Virginia Code 41-5-11 through 13. Any interested personobjecting to the qualifications of the personal representative or the venue or jurisdiction ofthe court, shall file notice of an objection with the County Commission within 90 days afterthe date of the first publication or within 30 days of the service of the notice, whichever islater. If an objection is not filed timely, the objection is forever barred. Any person interest-ed in filing claims against an estate must file them in accordance with West Virginia Code44-2 and 44-3.
Settlement of the estate(s) of the following named decedent(s) will proceed without ref-erence to a fiduciary commissioner unless within 90 days from the first publication of thisnotice a reference is requested by a party of interest or an unpaid creditor files a claim andgood cause is shown to support reference to a fiduciary commissioner.
Publication Date: 2011/05/11Claim Deadline Date:
ESTATE NUMBER: 103ESTATE NAME: DONALD C MILLER SREXECUTRIX: DONNA LEE MUNDT
1456 OLD FREEHOLD RDTOMS RIVER, NJ 08753-2711
ATTORNEY: WILLIAM H JUDY III JUDY AND JUDYPO BOX 636MOOREFIELD, WV 26836-0636
ESTATE NUMBER: 146ESTATE NAME: GARLAND EUGENE OATES, (JEFF)EXECUTOR: JAMES E OATES
21 FOLIAGE DRIVEMARTINSBURG, WV 25403-6057
ATTORNEY HENRY W MORROW JUDY & JUDYPO BOX 636MOOREFIELD, WV 26836-0636
ESTATE NUMBER: 5ESTATE NAME: CARL DAVID RIGGLEMANCO EXECUTOR: CHARLES R RIGGLEMAN
102 MOUNTAIN VIEW DRIVEMOOREFIELD, WV 26836-1103
CO EXECUTOR: RALPH E RIGGLEMAN 12835 SOUTH FORK ROADMOOREFIELD, WV 26836-8052
ATTORNEY: CLYDE M SEE JR P O BOX 700MOOREFIELD, WV 26836-0700
Subscribed and sworn to before me on 05/03/2011 By Gregory L. Ely, County ClerkGregory L ElyClerk of the Hardy County Commission
E.A. HAWSE NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER, LLCSTATEMENT OF INCOME & MEMBER’S EQUITY
For the Year Ended December 31, 2010
OPERATING INCOME 5,063,382OPERATING EXPENSES (4,822,888)OTHER INCOME/(EXPENSE) - NET 637NET INCOME/(LOSS) 241,131MEMBER’S EQUITY BEGINNING 121,799MEMBER’S EQUITY ENDING 362,930
E.A. HAWSE NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER, LLCBALANCE SHEET
For the Year Ended December 31, 2010
CURRENT ASSETS 564,195PROPERTY & EQUIPMENT 196,338OTHER ASSETS 1,408TOTAL ASSETS 761,941
CURRENT LIABILITIES 399,011LONG TERM LIABILITIES 0MEMBER’S EQUITY 362,930
TOTAL LIABILITIES & MEMBER’S EQUITY 761,941
The details concerning the contents of the advertisement along with other reports andsubmissions shall be available for public inspection and copying at the Office of the WestVirginia Health Care Authority, 100 Dee Drive, Charleston, WV 25311, during regular busi-ness hours, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on any business day. E.A. Hawse Nursing & Rehabilia-tion Center, LLC is a West Virginia corporation owned by Integrated Commercial Enterpris-es, Inc. 5/11 1c-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HARDY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATIONSTATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,HARDY COUNTY, to wit:
In accordance with West Virginia Code §11-8-12 as amended, the Hardy County Boardof Education proceeded to make an estimate of the amounts necessary to be raisedby a levy of taxes for the 2012 fiscal year, and doth determine and estimate the severalamounts.
The amount due and the amount that will become due and collectible from everysource during the fiscal year INCLUDING THE LEVY OF TAXES, is as follows:
GENERAL CURRENT EXPENSE FUND
Estimated revenues:Local Sources:
Property taxes (Net of allowances) $ 4,761,320 Other local sources 183,350
State Sources:State aid to schools 11,278,010Other unrestricted 0
Students 628,180 Instructional staff 566,660 Central administration 546,460 School administration 994,690 Business 185,890
Operation and maintenance of facilities 1,635,110 Student transportation 1,609,700
Community services 24,330 Facilities 29,050 Capital Lease 108,780 Total estimated expenditures 15,783,480 Total estimated transfers and other financing uses 704,980 Total estimated expenditures and other financing uses $ 16,488,460
Federal sources 1,770,590Miscellaneous sourcesTotal estimated revenues 2,781,830 Estimated transfers in and other financing sources 675,930 Estimated beginning balance 0 Total estimated revenues, other financing sources, and beginning balance $ 3,457,760
Students 10,670Instructional staff 261,140Central administration 0School administration 0Business 0Operation and maintenance of facilities 0Student transportation 200,770
Food services 1,534,050Community services 38,660Capital outlay Reserve 440,620Total estimated expenditures 3,457,760Total estimated transfers and other financing usesTotal estimated expenditures and other financing uses $ 3,457,760
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,Hardy County, to wit:
I, Barbara S. Whitecotton, Secretary of the Hardy County Board of Education, do here-by certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the proposed budget being consideredfor adoption by the Board of Education on the 16th day of May, 2011.
Barbara S. WhitecottonSecretary of the Board of Education
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF HARDYCOUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
THAT BEING THE JUVENILE COURTOF SAID COUNTY
IN RE: J. P.P. R.
JUVENILE ACTION NO. 11-JA-911-JA-10
NOTICE OF PENDING ACTIONTO: Scott A. Lease Jr.
15009 Lillian DriveCumberland, Maryland 25102
You are hereby notified of the abovestyled action pending in the Circuit Court ofHardy County, West Virginia, that can resultin the permanent termination of yourparental, custodial and/or guardianshiprights. Every child, parent, custodian and/orguardian has a right to counsel at everystage in this proceeding.
This case is scheduled for Adjudicato-ry Hearing before the Circuit Court ofHardy County, West Virginia, on June 28,2011 at 9:00 a.m. This Hearing will be heldat the Hardy County Courthouse, 204 Wash-ington St., Moorefield, WV 26836.
You must appear at the Hearing set forthabove to protect and defend your interests.You are also required by law to file an an-swer in this action before June 28, 2011.
Nathan Walters, a competent local attor-ney has been appointed as your attorney inthis matter. He can be contacted at P.O. Box119, Moorefield, WV 26836 or (304) 530-6618; facsimile (304) 530-2336.
You can obtain a copy of the petitionfiled in this matter and further informationabout this case from the Hardy County Cir-cuit Clerk’s Office located at the HardyCounty Courthouse, 204 Washington St.,Moorefield, WV 26836 or by calling their of-fice at (304) 530-0230 or facsimile (304) 530-0231.
Lucas J. See, Prosecuting Attorney,Counsel for Petitioner
Hardy County Courthouse204 Washington St., Room 104Moorefield, WV 26836Phone: (304) 530-0200Facsimile: (304) 530-0201
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGThe Hardy County Board of Zoning Ap-
peals will hold a public hearing on Tuesday,May 17, 2011 at 7:00 PM in the Hardy Coun-ty Court House in the Planning Office,Moorefield, West Virginia 26836. The pur-pose shall be to review a conditional usepermit submitted by Mrs. Martha A. Crider.The conditional permit request is in regardsto the proposed animal rescue facility in aresidential zone. The site of the proposedanimal rescue facility is located along JCCrider Road, North of Moorefield, and beingmore particularly described as part of Parcel27.1 of Tax Map 144, Moorefield District. Ad-ditional information can be obtained at theHardy County Planning Office prior to thehearing.
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NOTICE SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
Notice is hereby given that, by virtue ofthe authority vested in the undersigned LaryD. Garrett, as Special Commissioner, pur-suant to an Order entered on February 10,2011, in the Circuit Court of Hardy County,West Virginia, in the case of William D. Low-man. Sr.. Executor of the Estate of Edna D.Lowman. deceased. Plaintiff. v. William D.Lowman. Sr.. et als. Defendants. Civil ActionNo. 10-C-84, which Order authorizes thesaid Special Commissioner to advertise andoffer the below described real estate for saleat public auction to the highest bidder, thesaid Special Commissioner shall offer saidreal estate at public auction on
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2011, at 11:00 A.M.
in front of the Hardy County Courthousein Moorefield, West Virginia, on WashingtonStreet at the front door: All that certain tractor parcel of real estate, together with allrights, improvements, privileges, rights-of-way and appurtenances thereunto belong-
ing or in any way appertaining, containing1.2 acres, situate on Rudolph Lane nearWardensville, in Capon District, HardyCounty, West Virginia, and being the samereal estate that was devised to Edna G. Low-man by the Last Will and Testament ofLeonard Rudolph, of record in the Office ofthe Clerk of the County Commission ofHardy County, West Virginia, in Will BookNo. 26, at Page 539.
The undersigned Special Commission-er will give a Deed with Covenants of Spe-cial Warranty and will sell the property “asis.” This real estate has access to public wa-ter and sewer.
Real estate taxes are paid through theyear 2010. Purchaser will be responsible forthe 2011 taxes.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of TwoThousand Dollars ($2,000.00), by certifiedcheck, cashier’s check or check satisfactorywith the undersigned Special Commission-er, made payable to the undersigned Spe-cial Commissioner.
SETTLEMENT: Settlement shall be with-in thirty (30) days of sale at the office of theundersigned Special Commissioner. Spe-cial Commissioner reserves the right to con-tinue sale of the subject property from timeto time, by oral proclamation, which contin-uation shall be at the sole discretion of thesaid Special Commissioner.
RESPONDENTCivil Action No. 11-D-52THE OBJECT OF THIS SUIT IS TO OB-
TAIN A DIVORCE.To the Above Named Respondent:It appearing by affidavit filed in this ac-
tion that Edward Brady, Jr, is a non-residentof the State of West Virginia, it is hereby or-dered that Edward Brady, Jr. serve uponMelanie Brady, whose address is 258 JCMarkwood Rd., Purgitsville, WV 26852, anAnswer including any related counterclaimor defense you may have to the Petition forDivorce filed in this action on or before June3, 2011. If you fail to do so, thereafter judg-ment, upon proper hearing and trail, may betaken against you for the relief demanded inthe Petition.
A copy of said Petition can be obtainedfrom the undersigned Clerk at her office.
Entered by the Clerk of said Court Cir-cuit/Family
Kimberly Evans by;Lynnie Lucas, Deputy
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NOTICE TO CREDITORSAND BENEFICIARIES
To the creditors and beneficiaries of theEstate of HELEN E. ROBINSON, deceased:
All persons having claims against theEstate of HELEN E. ROBINSON, deceased,whether due or not, are notified to exhibitsame with the voucher thereof, legally veri-fied to the undersigned, at my office in thecity of Moorefield, West Virginia, on or be-fore August 3, 2011; otherwise they may bylaw be excluded from all benefits of said Es-tate.
All beneficiaries of said Estate are noti-fied to be present on said day to protecttheir interest.
Given under my hand this 28th day ofApril, 2010.
William H. Judy, III, Fiduciary Commis-sioner.
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MOOREFIELD (WV) EXAMINER, Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - Page 7B
turing Co. LLC has applied to the West Vir-ginia Department of Environmental Protec-tion, Division of Air Quality, for a Construc-tion Permit for a cabinet manufacturing facil-ity located at 251 Industrial Park Drive War-densville, WV in Hardy County West Vir-ginia.
Peacock Manufacturing estimates thepotential to discharge the following Regulat-ed Air Pollutants: 4.0 TPY PM 30, 1.64 TPYPM 10, 0.91 TPY HAP, 14.0 TPY VOC.
Written comments will be received bythe West Virginia Department of Environ-mental Protection, Division of Air Quality,601 57th Street, SE Charleston, WV 25304,for at least 30 calendar days from the date ofpublication of this notice.
Any questions regarding this permit ap-plication should be directed to the DAQ at(304) 926-0499, extension 1227, during nor-mal business hours.
Dated this the 11th day of May, 2011.5/11 1c
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The Hardy County Board of Health willmeet in regular session on Wednesday, May18, 2011, at 7:00 PM in theConferenceRoom of the Hardy County Health Depart-ment, 411 Spring Avenue, Moorefield, WV.A complete agenda will be available atabove address three days prior to the meet-ing.
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NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE
Notice is hereby given that default hav-ing occurred in the payment of a certain in-debtedness secured by a Deed of Trust dat-ed June 16, 2006, between Richard Neigh-bors, Casey Eaton and United Title, Trustee,recorded in the Office of the Clerk of theCommission, Hardy County, West Virginia inDeed of Trust Book No. 221 at Page 108,which Deed of Trust authorizes the benefici-ary to remove, substitute, or add a Trustee,at its option, and the beneficiary having ex-ercised its option and substituted ConnieKesner, Emmanuel Loucas, and TressiaBlevins as its Trustees, to act in the enforce-ment of said Deed of Trust in person, andthe undersigned Substitute Trustees havingbeen requested by the beneficial owner ofsaid indebtedness to enforce said Deed ofTrust, will sell at a public auction to the high-est bidder, the following hereinafter de-scribed real estate on:
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2011 AT 9:20 AM IN FRONT OF THE HARDY COUNTY
COURTHOUSEMOOREFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA
Situate in Hardy County, State of WestVirginia, described as follows:
All that certain tract or parcel of real es-tate, together with all rights, privileges, im-provements, rights-of-way and appurte-nances thereunto belonging or in any wayappertaining, which said Lot lies and is situ-ate in the Town of Wardensville, HardyCounty, West Virginia, and is designated asLot 3A, containing 0.419 acres, more or
less, of Section I of Frye Spring Subdivision.A Plat or Map of said subdivision is of recordin the Office of the Clerk of the County Com-missioner of Hardy County, West Virginia, inMap Book 3, at Page 40, and reference ishereby made to said Plat for a more partic-ular description of the Tract or Parcel of realestate conveyed herein.
Anything to the contrary not withstand-ing, this policy will not insure the quantity ofland contained within the premises nor theaccuracy of the dimensions recited withinthe description of the premises describedas schedule A.
Parcel ID # 3-2.7PROPERTY ADDRESS: 130 Isaac
Street, Wardensville, WV 26851Property is sold subject to prior trusts,
encumbrances, restrictions and easementsof records, if any. The property is sold sub-ject to an accurate survey at purchaser’s ex-pense.
FEDERAL TAX LIEN: In the event thatthere are Federal Tax Liens against the prop-erty, the United States would have the rightto redeem the property within a period of120 days from the date of such sale or theperiod allowable for redemption under locallaw, whichever is longer.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of$10,000.00 by certified check or cashier’scheck at sale made payable to Mancini &Associates, the balance in cash or by certi-fied check at closing. Certified funds mustbe presented to Trustee for inspection atstart of sale in order to be qualified to bid.Conveyance will be by Special WarrantyDeed subject to all easements, covenants,rights-of-way, conditions and restrictions ofrecord. The property is sold in “as is” con-dition. The beneficial owner of the Deed ofTrust does not make any representations orwarranties as to the physical condition of theproperty. Any and all legal procedural re-quirements to obtain physical possession ofthe premises after the closing are the re-sponsibility of the purchaser. Risk of loss ordamage will be purchasers from and afterthe foreclosure sale. All taxes and utilitycharges will be the responsibility of the pur-chaser. All settlement fees, costs of con-veyance, examination of title, recordingcharges, and transfer taxes are at the ex-pense of the purchaser. The purchaser willbe required to complete settlement within30 days of the date of the sale, failing whichthe deposit made will be forfeit and theproperty resold at the risk and expense ofthe purchaser. Trustee makes no represen-tations regarding state of title. If Trustee can-not convey insurable or marketable title,purchaser’s sole remedy is a return of de-posit. The Trustee reserves the right to con-tinue sale of the subject property from timeto time by oral proclamation, which continu-ation shall be in the sole discretion of theTrustee.
Daniel J. Mancini, Esq.Mancini & Associates201A Fairview DriveMonaca, PA 15061Phone 724-728-1020Fax 724-728-4239
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IN THE FAMILY COURT OF HARDYCOUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
IN RE: THE MARRIAGE OFCharles W. Mongold
PETITIONER,andKrista K. Mongold,
RESPONDENTCIVIL ACTION NO.: 11-D-54
ORDER OF PUBLICATIONThe object of the above titled Civil Ac-
tion is for Petitioner to obtain a divorce fromthe bonds of matrimony currently existingbetween Petitioner and Respondent.
It appears by Affidavit filed in this actionthat Krista K. Mongold is a non-resident ofthe State of West Virginia. She may obtain acopy of the Petition filed in this Civil Actionfrom Petitioner’s attorney, Howard F.Krauskopf, at his office address of 204 NorthElm Street, Moorefield, WV 26836. A copy ofthe Petition may also be obtained from theHardy County Circuit Clerk at her office inthe courthouse, in Moorefield, West Virginia.
It is Ordered that Respondent appearand serve upon the said Howard F.Krauskopf, attorney for Petitioner, a re-sponse or other defense to the Petition filedin this action, no later than 30 days from thefirst publication of this Order of Publication;otherwise, judgment by default will be takenagainst her at any time thereafter.
A hearing in this matter has been sched-uled for 1:30 p.m., on Tuesday, May 31,2011, in the Family Courtroom in the base-ment of the Hardy County Courthouse inMoorefield, West Virginia. The purpose ofthe hearing is for temporary relief or final di-vorce.
Entered by the Circuit Clerk of HardyCounty, West Virginia, on this the 3 day ofMay, 2011.
Kimberly Evans,Hardy County Circuit ClerkBy: Kelly Shockey
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NOTICE OF HARDY COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING
The public and news media are herebynotified that the Hardy County Commissionwill hold a meeting in Room 101 at theHardy County Courthouse, 204 WashingtonStreet, Moorefield, WV on Tuesday, May 17,2011 at 9:00 A.M.
The County Commission meeting willbe open to all members of the public. A quo-rum of the County Commission is sched-uled to meet and make decisions and takeofficial action on matters scheduled on themeeting agenda.
Any person desiring to address theCounty Commission should contact theCounty Clerk’s Office at the telephone num-ber and/or address below.
A copy of the meeting agenda is avail-able, in advance, to any member of the pub-lic and/or news media at the Hardy CountyClerk’s Office, Room 111, 204 WashingtonStreet, Moorefield, WV 26836 or by contact-ing the Hardy County Clerk’s Office at tele-phone number 304-530-0250 or facsimilenumber 304-530-0251.
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION
Circuit Court of Monongalia County,West Virginia
If You Are Or Were An Owner OfWest Virginia Property That Had An Un-derground Propane Gas Line Or aPropane Gas Line that Should HaveBeen Buried Underground on YourProperty and You Received PropaneServices From AmeriGas Propane OrColumbia Propane At Any Time From
October 18, 1994 To December 31,2005,
A Pending Class Action Lawsuit MayAffect Your Rights
A settlement class action lawsuit hasbeen certified against AmeriGas Propane,Columbia Propane, and others. The Courtin charge of this lawsuit is the Circuit Courtof Monongalia County, West Virginia. Thename of the lawsuit is Samuel J. Swiger,Brenda Swiger, Joseph Shawn Swiger,Frank Yablonsky, Cheryl Hall, Ken Bonnette,Vince Opalinski, Andrew Sorine, GraftonChurch of God, Elizabeth Quintana, PamelaNelson, and Russell A. Irwin, vs. AmeriGasPropane, Inc., AmeriGas Propane, L.P.,James Walters, NiSource, Inc., ColumbiaEnergy Group, and Columbia Propane Cor-poration, Civil Action No. 98-C-298.
What is the Case About?The lawsuit claims that AmeriGas and
Columbia breached their agreements withits customers and also violated the West Vir-ginia Consumer Credit Protection Act by im-properly and unsafely installing, operatingand maintaining propane systems on cus-tomer’s property, including by misrepre-senting that the propane systems were safe-ly installed, maintained and serviced.TheClass also claims that AmeriGas and Co-lumbia’s conduct created a nuisance, wasnegligent and intentional, and that theseCompanies were also part of a conspiracy.
AmeriGas Propane and ColumbiaPropane deny that they did anything wrong.
Who is a Class Member?You are a Class Member and part of this
lawsuit if you:1. Were a customer of either AmeriGas
or Columbia Propane during the time peri-od from October 18, 1994 up to and includ-ing December 31, 2005, and either,
a) Had a propane system with an un-derground line or a line that was supposedto be underground on their West Virginiaproperty during that time period that wasowned, used, operated, installed, fueled,serviced or maintained, by either AmeriGasor Columbia, 1 1or
b) You are also a member of theClass if you had an upright propane cylinderwithout an underground line but that cylin-der was either moved or converted to an un-derground line during 2000 through 2005 asa result of a physical inspection.
What Are the Terms of the Settle-ment
Cash Payment: AmeriGas andNiSource have agreed to pay $20,832,000to pay for remediation of propane systemsneeding reburial, riser protection and/orconduit sealing, if conduit was used, dam-ages for aggravation & inconvenience, classrepresentative incentive awards, and attor-ney fees for class counsel; litigation expens-es and claims administration fees will bepaid separately. Additional monies had al-ready been paid by AmeriGas to previouslyremedy over 3,000 propane installations.The availability and amount of cash pay-ments to Class Members will depend uponvarious factors, including, but not limited to,the total number of Class Members partici-pating and the type of claims filed. The ex-act amount of individual cash paymentscannot be determined at this time, but esti-mates are available in the full Notice whichcan be obtained by seeking additional infor-mation from the Ed Gentle, Claims Adminis-trator, appointed by the Court at his addressor toll free number listed below or from thewebsite, www.wvamerigasclassaction.com.
Who Represents Me?The Court has appointed David J. Ro-
mano of Romano Law Office, Clarksburg,WV, to represent the Class. You may hireyour own attorney, if you wish. However,you will be responsible for your own attor-ney’s fees and expenses.
What Are My Legal Rights?• If you wish to stay in the Class, you do
not have to do anything. However to re-ceive a payment you will need to completea valid claim form obtained from the ClaimsAdministrator at
www.wvamerigasclassaction.com andfile it before the deadline of June 30, 2011.If you miss this deadline your claim maybe denied. If you remain a Class Member,you will however give up the right to sueAmeriGas and Columbia Propane and theother Defendants about the claims in thelawsuit.
• What if I have questions?You may obtain further information,
a copy of the certain Court documentsand the Settlement Agreements by visitingthe website
www.wvamerigasclassaction.com or byrequesting information from the Ed Gentle,Claims Administrator by writing at the ad-dress below or calling the toll free numberlisted below.
• If you do not wish to be a memberof the Class, you must send a letter re-questing to be excluded. Your request mustbe postmarked no later than June 30, 2011.
• Can I object to the settlement?If you are a Member of the Class, you
may object to the settlement by notifying theCourt of your intent to object. You must setforth the grounds for your objection. Youmay object to the fairness, reasonableness,or adequacy of the settlement by mailingyour intent to object to: Ed Gentle, ClaimsAdministrator and the Court Clerk at the ad-dresses provided below by sending a letterpostmarked on or before July 15, 2011
which must be received by the Court on orbefore July 20, 2011.
• You can Appear in the Lawsuit ifyou do not exclude yourself. To appear inthe lawsuit, you must request to do so bysending a letter to the Court, counsel andthe Claims Administrator at the addresseslisted below, which letter must be post-marked on or before July 15, 2011 and re-ceived by the Court on or before July 20,2011.
The Court fairness hearing will be heldon August 10, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in theCircuit Court of Monongalia County, WV, lo-cated at 243 High Street, Morgantown, WV26505.
More information about how to file aclaim, exclude yourself or appear in thecase is available in the full Notice of Pro-posed Class Settlement which you may re-quest from the Claims Administrator by mail,or call the toll free number listed below, orobtain from the website listed below.
Claims AdministratorEd GentleP.O. Box 361730Birmingham, AL 35236
Defendant NiSource CounselYvette HarmonMcGuire Woods LLP1345 Avenue of the Americas, 7th FloorNew York, NY 10105-0106
Plaintiffs’ Class CounselDavid J. Romano363 Washington Ave.Clarksburg, WV 26301
Circuit Court of Monongalia CountyAttn: Clerk of Court243 High Street, Room 110Morgantown, WV 26505
List of real estate and personal property in the County of Hardy delinquent for the non-payment of taxes for the year of 2010. Listedamounts include interest and publication fees as of 05/01/2011.
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The sheriff, after ascertaining which of the taxes assessed in his or her county are delinquent, shall, on or before the first day of May nextsuccedding the year for which the taxes were assessed, prepare the following delinquent lists, arranged by districts and alphabetically byname of the person charged, and showing in respect to each the amount of taxes remaining delinquent on April thirtieth: (1) A list of prop-erty in the landbook imporperly entered or not ascertainable; (2) a list of other delinquent real estate; and (3) a list of all other delinquenttaxes: Provided. that the list shall conclude with a notice, substantially as follows: Any person holding a West Virginia business registratri-on certificate under the authority of article twelve, chapter eleven of this code who does not pay all delinquent personal property taxesshall have his or her liscense to do business in this state suspended until the delinquency is cured.The sheriff on returning each list shall, at the foot thereof, subscribe an oath, which shall be subscribed before and certified by some per-son duly authorized to administer oaths, in form or effect as follows:
I, Robert L. Ferrell, Sheriff and Treasurer of Hardy County, do swear that the foregoing list is to the best of my knowledge, complete andaccurate, and that I have received none of the taxes listed above.
Real Estate Delinquent List For Hardy CountyA list of persons and property in the County of Hardy for the non-payment of taxes for the year of 2010 ending 05/01/2011.
Recapitulation of Sheriff’s list of sales, suspensions, redemptions, and certification for Hardy County, West Virginia for the year 2010 .West Virginia Code 11A-3-9
District Name District TotalCAPON 72,391.74LOST RIVER 90,130.19MOOREFIELD 112,004.32MOOREFIELD CORP 112,348.41SOUTH FORK 52,368.18CAPON CORP 11,747.04Grand Total 450,989.88
I, Robert L. Ferrel, Sheriff & Treasurer of the County of Hardy, so swear that the foregoing list is, to the best of my knowledge and belief,complete and accurate, and that I have received none of the taxes listed therein.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of May 2011.Robert L. Ferrell. Sheriff & Treasurer of Hardy County
West Virginia SS,At a County Commission meeting, held for the County of Hardy at the court house thereof on _________________ the ______________day of _________, ________. This day, Robert L. Ferrel, Sheriff and Treasurer of this County, presented to the commission a list of real es-
tate in this County delinquent for the non-payment of taxes thereon for the year 2010, verified byhis
afdavit thereto appended, which said list being examined by the Commission, and found to be correct, is therefore allowed.
Greg Ely, Clerk of the Hardy County Commission
Personal Property Delinquent List For Hardy CountyA list of persons in the County of Hardy delinquent for the non-payment of taxes for the year of 2010 ending 05/01/2011.
Recapitulation of a list of persons and property other than real estate in the County of Hardy delinquent for the non-payment of taxesthereon for the year 2010.
District Name District TotalCAPON 30,736.88LOST RIVER 10,999.58MOOREFIELD 17,212.44MOOREFIELD CORP 51,032.67SOUTH FORK 13,760.67CAPON CORP 2,065.38CAPON 3,729.52LOST RIVER 2,024.67MOOREFIELD 5,960.39MOOREFIELD CORP 4,835.87SOUTH FORK 3,149.33CAPON CORP 676.93Grand Total 146,184.33
I, Robert L. Ferrel, Sheriff & Treasurer of the County of Hardy, do swear that the foregoing list is to the best of my knowledge and belief,complete and accurate, and that I have received none of the taxes listed therein.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of May, 2011.
West Virginia, SS:At a County Commission meeting, held for the County of Hardy at the court house thereof on _________________ the ______________ dayof _______________________, ______________________. This day, Robert L. Ferrel, Sheriff and Treasurer of this County, presented to thecomission a list of persons and property other than real estate in this County delinquent for the non-payment of taxes thereon for the year2010, verified by his affidavit thereto appended, which said list being examined by the Commission, and found to be correct, is thereforeallowed.
After a week of testing, “Test Week” ends for Karate students at the Hardy County Wellness Center with a95 percent success rating. This week has been a long and sometimes stressful one for not only the students butfor instructors as well. It seems to be more stressful for Sensei Kirk as an instructor because he wanted all thestudents to be successful in achieving a higher rank.
“Unfortunately this doesn’t always happen,” he said. “When I have a student to fail I feel as if in some way Ihave failed them. One thing that this does is to make them come back stronger and wiser for their next exam.”
Karate Test Week Ends
C ONGRATULATE Y OUR S ENIOR In the May 25, 2011 M OOREFIELD E XAMINER
PETER DAVID Whistleberger
From Mom, Dad & David
O NLY $15 .00 O NLY $15 .00 O NLY $15 .00
Deadline is Noon on May 20 Ad will consist of graduate’s picture, graduate’s name
and who it is from only. Any additional text will be subject to normal rate card prices.