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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
VOLUME 122 - NUMBER 49
MoorefieldExaminer.com
‘Tis the Season
Of Helping Those
Less Fortunate
Moorefield
Celebrates
Christmas
The following activities are scheduled to take
place in Moorefield on Friday, Dec. 6 and Saturday, Dec. 7. Most of the activities are free and open
to the public. Those with a charge are designated
with $$. Call the sponsoring agency for information
about cost.
By Jean A. Flanagan
Moorefield Examiner
While most of us are looking
forward to a blessed Christmas,
there are those in our community
who need help.
“This year, I had 220 families
ask for assistance,” said Corrie
Andrews, Community Development Director with the Eastern
West Virginia Community Action
Agency. “That’s way more than applied last year.”
Every year, Andrews organizes
the Christmas Fund, for families
who just can’t afford Christmas.
Those families can be “adopted” by individuals, businesses or
groups. Friday, Dec. 6
• 4 p.m. - Community Christmas Tree decorating
party at the parking lot on Main Street and Winchester Avenue. Bring your handmade ornaments,
which will be placed on the Community Christmas
tree, or drop them off at the library if you cannot attend.
• 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. North Pole Express departs from Jefferson Street
Saturday, Dec. 7
• 8 a.m. - Christmas Craft
Show at the Assembly of God
Church, 139 Chipley Lane
in Moorefield.
• 9:30 a.m. Holiday
Hustle 5K Run/1M Walk
at the Town Park, sponsored by the Hardy
County Wellness Center
• 1:30 p.m. Christmas Parade, beginning at
the intersection of Main
Street and Winchester Avenue. Line-up is at 1 p.m.
The parade will proceed
along Main Street to Spring
Avenue and into the Town Park.
Call 304-530-6142 to participate.
• 1:30 - 5 p.m. Santa Claus will be
at the gazebo in the Town Park with gifts
for children 10 and younger and other activities. The Moorefield High School Band will perform. There will be hot chocolate and cookies for
everyone.
• 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Open House at Edward Jones,
210 N. Main St. with refreshments.
• 5:30 p.m. Christmas Tree Lighting at the parking lot on Main Street and Winchester Avenue.
There will be a prayer, a short talk, Christmas songs
by Angie Huffman and others. Bring candles. Santa
and his elves will arrive by horse-drawn carriage and
will light the tree.
• 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. North Pole Express departs
from Jefferson Street.
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You can adopt a whole family or
just the kids. “We have large and small families,” Andrews said. “From single
individuals to nine people.” You can provide just a meal or
just gifts.
You can provide gifts for the
whole family or just the kids. Of course, you can donate money and Andrews will do the shopping. “It’s not unusual to see me at
Wal-Mart on Christmas Eve pushing two carts overflowing with
gifts,” she said. “It puts a whole
new meaning on last-minute
Christmas shopping.”
Andrews said the list this year
has a lot of new names on it. “I don’t really know why,” she
said. “Maybe some people are just
finding out about the program. Or
maybe they were new to the area
and are trying to get on their feet.”
Andrews doesn’t ask about the
how and why, she just does everything in her power to make sure
everyone has a wonderful Christmas.
To send donations, make checks
payable to Community Action and
note Christmas Fund on the memo
line.
For questions or to adopt a family, call 304-538-7711, ext. 25. Holiday Lighting Safety Reminder
The holiday season is the most
popular time for home decoration. FirstEnergy’s (NYSE: FE)
utilities hope you will enjoy this
festive season with family and
friends while also remembering
a few tips to ensure your holiday lighting displays remain safe
throughout the season.
• Check all lights for frayed
wires or areas where insulation
has pulled away from plugs or
sockets. Discard and replace any
damaged light strings.
• Take extra care using a ladder to install lights – avoid contact
with overhead wires and make
sure the ladder is placed on solid,
level ground that isn’t slippery.
• Ensure that tacks or nails
Indoor Lighting Safety
• Inspect all light strings and
cords for any damage, including
frayed wires or insulation that has
pulled away from light sockets
or plugs. Also check for chewing
or scratching damage if you have
pets in the house. Discard and replace any damaged light strings.
• Live trees should be kept
well-watered.
• No more than three strings of
standard indoor lights should be
connected to any extension cord.
• Make sure cords are placed
where they won’t be stepped on,
kinked or pose a tripping hazard.
• Lights should not be permitted to touch drapes, furniture or
carpeting.
• Lights should be turned off
overnight and when no one is
home.
Additional holiday safety information is available at www.firstenergycorp.com/help/safety/safeholiday-decorating.html.
grim’s Pride began talking about
collaborating. Then, in June 2002,
West Virginia signed the Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Memorandum of Understanding. That
made the state a partner in bay restoration. A decade later, when the
total maximum daily load requirements come down, the water-quality requirement applied to West
Virginia as well.
Asked why it took 11 more years
to make the plant a reality, Moorefield Public Works Director Lucas
Gagnon said the answer is simple:
money. Each side had to make the
numbers work. And they had to
do it in a time of federal and state
funding cuts.
Ultimately, the West Virginia
State Revolving Loan Program
paid for almost half of the project. The rest came from other state
and federal programs, including
proceeds from the state lottery.
Pilgrim’s Pride kicked in $1.5 million; Moorefield put in close to
$400,000 according to Carla Hardy, the watershed program coordinator of the West Virginia Conservation Agency.
Pilgrim’s Pride made sacrifices
to help the town, Gagnon said.
It would have been cheaper and
easier for the company to build its
own plant. Indeed, the state had
to change a law so a private entity
could sit on the board of a wastewater plant. But Pilgrim’s Pride
wanted to be a good corporate citizen. Many Hardy County residents
raise poultry for the company,
which is based in Greeley, Colo.
“Without Pilgrim’s, our rates
would have gone up quite a bit,”
Gagnon said.
As it is, the company is taking
on 85 percent of the debt in the
project and will be contributing 85
percent of the load. Gagnon said
that enables Moorefield to keep its
rates at about $36 a month for water and sewer.
Other towns haven’t been so
lucky. In Woodstock, just across
the state line in Virginia, requirements for a new treatment plant
resulted in a $31 million investment. Townspeople saw their
monthly bills triple, to an average of $100 per family. Residents
of Berryville, Va. are going to see
their rates quadruple.
Like Woodstock and Berryville,
Moorefield’s new system was long
overdue. Near the old plant, the
Potomac was clogged with algae
blooms, Walls said, even at very
low water levels.
“It was unbelievable. It was overpowering, the smell,” Walls said of
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contact Morgan Hill See at 304538-7380.
Free Christmas Dinner
Outdoor Lighting Safety
• 6 - 7 p.m. Christmas Party and Reception at the
Mullin Hotel. Gifts for children 12 and younger.
• 7:30 p.m. “Honk” the musical will be performed at
the McCoy Theater - $$
• 9 p.m. Live music at Blues Barbecue - $$
Stuff-A-Truck - a pickup truck will be parked near
the Christmas tree for donations of nonperishable food
to go to the Hardy County food banks.
used to hold light strings do not
pierce any insulation on wires or
light sockets.
• Use only extension cords that
are approved for outdoor use.
These cords must meet rigorous
safety standards that indoor cords
may not meet.
• Outdoor lights, inflatables
and other decorations should be
plugged into outlets protected by
ground fault interrupters.
• Place outdoor lights on a timer or turn them off before you go
to bed.
Pilgrim’s Pride, Localities United to Build Wastewater Plant
By Rona Kobell
Bay Journal
Moorefield, W.Va. is a small
town that faced a problem many
small towns encounter: How to pay
for a new, expensive wastewater
treatment system when residents’
wallets are already stretched by
high taxes and low salaries?
But the way it solved its problem makes Moorefield unique. The
town of 5,000 residents partnered
with a company, Pilgrim’s Pride,
and two other nearby systems, all
of which needed to improve their
waste treatment.
Together they built a $40 million treatment system that will reduce total nitrogen loads by 90,000
pounds a year and total phosphorus by 93,000 pounds a year. The
system will compost much of it’s
own waste and sell the product, as
well as reuse some of its water to
save money.
The system prepares to go online this month, after 13 long years
in the making. West Virginia environmental officials say it is the first
enhanced nutrient removal system
in the state. Another is likely coming to Martinsburg in the next few
years. Many environmental activists say, it’s long overdue.
“It’s about time that they have a
facility that is going to incorporate
the waste from Pilgrim’s Pride and
is going to clean the water better
than in the past,” said Brent Walls,
the Upper Potomac’s Riverkeeper.
The new plant comes after a
one-two punch of new regulations
and continuing problems.
Moorefield had a sewage treatment system that was failing, an
old lagoon that was built in a
floodplain near the town center. It
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could not rebuild a plant in that location, and it could not pay to put
one elsewhere without significantly
raising rates.
Pilgrim’s Pride, which process
poultry at its Moorefield facility, had faced violations at its two
plants for, among other things,
exceeding the amount of fecal coliform bacteria it discharged into
the Potomac River. In the last two
decades, the West Virginia Rivers
Coalition and the state’s Department of Environmental Protection
sued over those violations.
There were also problems at the
small plant in Caledonia Heights, a
subdivision with its own treatment
system that had many illegal hookups and failures. The fourth entrant into the Moorefield partnership was the Hardy County Rural
Development Authority.
In 2001, town officials and Pil-
Medicare Alert
Anyone who has First Health
Part D Medicaid for prescription
coverage and wants to change because of the premium increase,
call the Hardy County Commission on Aging at 304-530-2256
for an appointment before Dec.
7, 2013.
Public Meeting
The Potomac Valley Conservation District Board meeting will
be held on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at
7 p.m. The meeting will be held
at the Ponderosa Restaurant in
Moorefield. A copy of the agenda
will be available three days prior
to the meeting and may be obtained at the District office, 500
East Main St. in Romney, or by
calling 304-822-5174. The public
is invited to attend.
Democratic Meeting
Hardy County Democratic
Women will meet for a Christmas
Dinner/Meeting at the Lost River
Grill on Thursday, Dec. 5, at 6:00
p.m. All Democrats welcome.
Come and bring a friend. RSVP
to 304-897-5641.
Toy Drive
McNeill’s Rangers, Camp 582,
Sons of Confederate Veterans
will hold their Annual Christmas
Toy Drive, Saturday, Dec. 7, at
the Hawse Shop ‘N Save parking lot from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The
Rangers will be taking donations
of toys, nonperishable foods and
money. Everything collected will
be distributed to the less fortunate
families in Hardy County.
Holiday Hustle
The Hardy County Health and
Wellness Center will sponsor a 5K
and 1-mile run/walk on Saturday,
Dec. 7 beginning at 9:30 a.m. Both
races will begin and end at the
Wellness Center, 209 Spring Ave.
in Moorefield. There is a discount
on the entry fee for registration
before Nov. 23. For information,
Holiday Concert
The Moorefield High School
Concert Band and Moorefield
Middle School Bands will perform their annual Christmas Concert on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. at
Moorefield Middle School. Come
for an afternoon of festive music.
Christmas Yard
The Moorefield Women’s Club
will be sponsoring the Christmas
Yard of the Month. Nominations
for the 2013 Christmas Yard must
be in by Dec. 20.
To nominate a yard, call Nancy Hill, 304-257-3881 or Billie Jo
High, 304-538-6169.
There will be a free Christmas
Day Meal at Moorefield Elementary School from 1 - 4 p.m. on
Dec. 25, Christmas Day. Anyone
who wants to help should contact
Moorefield Presbyterian Church at
304-530-2307 and leave a message.
Donations can be made to MES
Sunshine Fund and sent to Moorefield Elementary School.
Spay and Neuter
Fall is a great time to get the
cat or dog spayed or neutered.
Contact Spay Today, our area’s
nonprofit, reduced-fee spay and
neuter program. Many vets over a
wide area -- new vets added. Contact Spay today at www.baacs.org
or 304-728-8330.
2 - MOOREFIELD (WV) EXAMINER, Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Shop at Home
We suppose you’ve survived Black Friday (why was it named
that?) and Small Business Saturday (which makes more sense)
and we’re not sure what to call the opening of stores on Thanksgiving Day just to get more shoppers to spend money earlier.
How about Purple Thursday?
About that last item . . . Thanksgiving should be about dinner
with the family and friends. Even the hunters come in from the
woods to enjoy dinner and conversation. It’s also about the Macy’s parade and football. That’s enough to put on any one day.
This year, the big box stores decided to stay open on Thanksgiving just to make a few more dollars. Sorry, we can’t support that
effort. Store employees are losing a holiday with family. Many
shopaholics just can’t resist the urge to stand in line, be frustrated
by the crowds, angered by the lack of courtesy, and then have
a total meltdown when the items searched for aren’t available.
Plus they abandon their families on a day that should be just for
families.
We do have a solution to all that stress. Shop at home. Support your local merchants. Maybe you can’t find the exact item
wanted, but you can come close and if you ask in time, your local
folks will try to order it for you. You definitely won’t have to drive
very far and we can guarantee that there won’t be great masses
of people.
This year, your Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring Rein deal
Days, an opportunity to shop at home while trying to win the big
prize of $1000. The program started mid-November and will end
December 21. Cards are available at participating merchants and
for every $10 you spend your card is punched. When you reach
$100, that card is placed in the pot to be drawn for the prize.
Businesses that are participating in the Rein deal Days are:
Anderson’s Corner, Encore, Fox’s Pizza, Hardman’s Hardware,
HardyNet Computer Sales, Kountry Attic Primitives, Lost River
Artisans Cooperative, Lost River Inn and General Store, Ponderosa Steakhouse and South Branch Lanes.
But there’s more to Christmas this year in Hardy County. Wardensville kicked off their holiday season with a tree lighting and
community Christmas party last Sunday afternoon.
In Moorefield the Christmas trains (which are sold out) ran
last weekend and will again this weekend. Twenty-four hundred
people have already or will be riding the 8 Santa trains.
The folks at McCoy Theatre are offering “Honk”, a play for all
ages, performances continuing this coming weekend.
Santa will arrive on Saturday afternoon in Moorefield and give
out goodies to the youngsters at the Town Park.
A Christmas tree will be decorated this Friday evening and a
special lighting ceremony will be held Saturday evening on the
corner of Main and Winchester. Part of the tree festivities include making ornaments for the tree and carriage rides. The
community tree is sponsored by the Moorefield Lions Club and
the Convention and Visitors Bureau.
A lot of the merchants are staying open late on Saturday as part
of the Rein deal Days and the weekend activities. So please support your local merchants this Christmas and help ramp up the
county’s economy.
2014 Farmland Protection
Registration Announced
Kevin Wickey, State Conservationist for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),
Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS), announced today a signup period for eligible
entities to apply for Fiscal Year
2014 Farm and Ranch Land Protection Program (FRPP). Eligible
State, County and Nonprofit entities should submit their applications by February 14, 2014 to the
WV NRCS State Office in Morgantown, WV. Landowner applications must be submitted to their
eligible State, County and Nonprofit entity by close of business
January 31, 2014.
The voluntary Farm and Ranchland Protection Program allows
farmers to preserve their agricultural land for future generations
to use. The program provides
matching funds to farmland protection entities to purchase perpetual conservation easements on
private farmland, which ensures
agricultural use of the land.
USDA-NRCS provides up to 50
percent of the appraised fair market value of the conservation easement. The applying entity matches
the USDA-NRCS amount which
can include the use of landowner
donations. Eligible land includes
private land that contains qualifying soils, unique resources and is
predominately non-forest agricultural land. The landowner retains
ownership and continues to use
the land for agricultural purposes,
as outlined in the terms of the conservation easement.
Landowners
interested
in
protecting their land through a
Farmland Protection Easement
should contact their local NRCS
office, County Farmland Protection Board, or the WV Agricultural Land Protection Authority.
Contact information for NRCS
local offices can be found at
www.wv.nrcs.usda.gov. Your local County Farmland Protection
Board and the Authority can be
contacted through the www.wvfarmlandprotection.org.
Opinion
My Unbased Opinion
Sis, my sister, Eleanor Heishman, is a history buff. She is particularly interested in anything to
do with the old iron industry in our
part of the country. The other day
she visited the site of an old iron
furnace and forge on Middle Road
below Lebanon Church in Virginia. She came home with a description of an old building she found
there that folks claim was an ice
house.
Discussion of her adventure got
me thinking about my ice house,
here behind Big House. It’s not
real old, yet left over from the days
before refrigerators and freezers. I
still have my Grandmother Heishman’s wooden ice box in good condition. A precursor of modern refrigerators, it has thick insulated
walls and a drainage system to expel runoff from melted ice blocks.
Ice blocks came to it by way of
the ice house. Ours was built with
a basement of concrete floor and
walls. A floor drain carried ice
melt under the floor, out under the
door, into a trough. That trough
served as large cooler for such as
dairy milk cans, crocks of butter
etc. A small drain carried off excess melt to building’s outside.
Fifteen Years Ago
December 9, 1998
For the third year in a row,
Moorefield brought home the
Single A Football Championship
defeating Valley Whetzel 29-9 and
ending the season 13-0.
In spite of a lack of rain for several months, Moorefield officials
claimed that the water supply was
adequate.
Heritage Weekend was considered a financial success with all
bills paid and a $2,000 donation
made to the Hardy County Public
Library.
Citizens Communications announced that Caller ID would
be available to customers in the
Moorefield area.
The newly appointed E-911 Advisory Board held its first meeting.
County Commissioners learned
about computerized voter registration which had been mandated
by the state.
The Board of Education received a warning visit from the
state regarding their deficit situation.
Paul Lewis Whetzel, 51, Petersburg, died Dec. 3...Edna Sanders
Pratt, 92, died Dec. 5. She had
taught in the county school system
for 25 years...Vernie Alt Whetzel,
83, died Dec. 4.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Sullivan, a daughter, Makayla Louise.
Thirty Years Ago
Week of November 30,
1983
By
David O.
Heishman
Walls above ground were thick
frame, filled with sawdust insulation. Sawdust in large amounts
was packed between layers of ice
as they were placed inside and the
whole pile was covered with a thick
layer of the same.
Ice blocks were cut from river
and pond. Cold winter weather
found men on Cacapon River cutting, loading and hauling chunks.
A shallow ice pond in fields across
the highway from Big House froze
more reliably than the river and
was an easier haul.
I remember that ice pond. Pap
had drain tile put in the fields
around to drain it when I was a
small boy. I remember Mr. Brown
Hott cutting and loading two large
White Oak trees which grew beside
it. He didn’t haul them far until his
Eastern West Virginia Community Action’s board discussed the
lack of obstetric care in the fivecounty area.
South Branch Valley Railroad
had purchased two General Motors EMD-GP-9 locomotive engines. The four-axle engines
would cause less wear on the track
and would be able to haul loads to
Petersburg.
The Town of Wardensville reported an improvement in their
financial condition.
Viola Park was honored as Senior Citizen of the Year by the
Bean Settlement ruritan Club.
Wardensville Family Drugs had
opened for business in the building that held See’s Grill.
Denver John Parsons, 67, Romney, died Nov. 26...Lottie Strawderman Clark, 92, New Market,
died Nov. 27.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A.
Kesner, a son, Bruce Ryan...to Mr.
and Mrs. Matthew Crites, a son,
Nathaniel Todd.
East Hardy lost to Franklin 4033 in section play...Missie See,
Kim Orndorff and Kelly Cole
were named to the All Tournament Team.
Forty-five Years Ago
December 4, 1968
Three Wheeling residents were
found guilty of spotlighting deer
and were to serve out their 10-day
sentences over weekends.
The Mountain State Artisans
gift shop was soliciting handmade
items.
truck bogged down in wet ground.
He had to roll logs off before he
could pull his truck out with a bulldozer. Those two logs lay in the
open field for years until Pap finally got them cut up and burned.
Pap put a good solid floor in ice
house at top of the concrete walls.
Lower, concrete part became his
potato cellar. Squash, onions,
apples and pears and, of course,
potatoes in bushel baskets and
boxes kept pretty well there without much trouble from freezing. I
spent many hours down there in
semi-darkness rubbing sprouts off
potatoes and sorting out softened
fruit or vegetables. First ill effects
I remember from strong drink followed a bout with hard cider from
the barrel he kept there several
years.
Upper part, above the floor, became Pap’s meat house. Wonderful smells of curing hams, shoulders and bacon from our hogs
marked first forty years of my life
around that building. Coils of
stuffed sausage and bladders of
summer sausage hung away from
varmints on racks.
I liked that meat house and
most of all the fresh preserved
pork which came from it. Butchering and preserving is a whole
world of its own I’ll explore in another column some day, but for
now I’ll say that meat house was
source of many wonderful culinary
memories.
I never butchered after Pap
died, but I did buy some green
hams and attempt my own cure.
That worked well for a couple of
years, but then the ham beetles ruined everything I’d done one year
and I gave up.
Traces of Pap’s old meat operations still exist, just as fine sawdust
still occasionally filters through
fine cracks in ice house’s tongue
and groove pine walls. But now,
old building, repainted, is my
gourd house. There I dry and
store Big House garden grown
gourds for crafting and sale by
me and friend, Mary Wicks. That
building’s purpose today may not
be quite as noble as when it helped
support life on this working home
farm, but no matter its use, it will
always be The Ice House.
S/Sgt. Donald Weatherholtz
was awarded the Silver Star Medal
for valor in combat in Vietnam.
The Lions Club was soliciting
for Christmas baskets for needy
families.
Elizabeth M. Grove, 85, Petersburg, died Dec. 1...Martha Brill
Bradfield, 96, Arlington, VA, died
Nov. 27...John McKee Holloway,
78, Upper Tract, died Nov. 27...
Samuel Marion Clark, 82, died
Nov. 28 in Hyattsville, MD...Michael Lee Orndorff, 19, Strasburg,
died in an automobile accident
near Wardensville.
Bonnie Faye Harrison and David Eugene Dom were married
Oct. 29.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul H.
Gooding, a daughter, Meredith
Page...to Dr. and Mrs. Joseph
Calhoun, a daughter, Lisa Ann...
to Mr. and Mrs. Carson Keller, a
daughter.
PVC All Stars from Moorefield
included Robbie Williams, Mike
Morris and Mitch Boswell.
Miller, a son, James Brent...to Lt.
Col. and Mrs. Harry K. Bagshaw,
a daughter, Barbara Ann...to Mr.
and Mrs. Devaul Schell, a daughter.
Moorefield opened its season
with a 65-58 win over Mathias...
Wardensville lost to Romney 5238.
Sixty Years Ago
December 9, 1953
The Moorefield Lions Club was
sponsoring a Christmas home decoration contest.
A total of 1638 deer were killed
in Hardy County.
Children were to be treated to
a free movie, “The Sword and the
Rose” at McCoy Theatre.
Etta Devier McAdams, 72, died
Dec. 5...Laura Keller Kline, 93,
died Dec. 2.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Seventy-five Years Ago
December 7, 1938
Deer brought down by hunters
in West Virginia set an all time
high with the total expected to
reach 700.
G. R. Kiracofe was elected
Worshipful Master of Moorefield
Lodge #29 A.F. and A.M
Twenty-nine awards were given
out at the 4-H Achievement Day.
Lee Hoke, 24, Rock Oak, was
killed near Rio in a hunting accident...Paul Porter, 16, died from
an accidental shooting.
Ninety Years Ago
December 6, 1923
R. M. Hiner sold his pool room
to G. R. Miley and J. D. Chipley.
Otis Coffman had sold his store
to John Bowman.
Sarah Ann Orndorff had died.
Lola Arbutus Hottinger and
Richard Reynolds were married...
Ressie Fitzwater and Harry Whetzel and Miss Sonifrand and Waldo Fink were married in a double
wedding.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Weatherholtz, a daughter.
Examiner Says
This Christmas
The local Sons of Confederate
Veterans are again sponsoring
their annual food and toy drive on
this Saturday, Dec. 7. They will be
at the Hawse Plaza from 10 a.m.
until 4 p.m. Stop by, warm yourself at the fire, learn a bit of local
Civil War history, and give to a
good cause.
Shop at Home
By the way, we ran an item
about the cost of this year’s
Thanksgiving turkey dinner and
the fact that it hadn’t changed
much from last year. It probably
won’t change a lot for Christmas.
Apparently, a lot of folks like to
have beef for their Christmas dinner, although we suspect our family would protest if we tried that.
Anyway, we’ve been watching beef
prices and suggest that if you are
watching food costs, you might
want to stick with another turkey
on Christmas Day. It will be much
less expensive.
and organize the event. There’s
still time, so we’ll watch and see if
the community steps up.
This Christmas
We hear a lot these days about
the shortage of volunteers, but
a story out of Clarksburg really
caught our attention. For the first
time in 23 years, the First United
Methodist Church won’t serve
its annual free turkey dinners on
Christmas this year. There simply
weren’t enough volunteers to plan
Once again political correctness
puts a damper on words. Hallmark
put out an ornament changing the
word gay in the a line from “Deck
the Halls” to read “Don we now
our FUN apparel!” Loses something, doesn’t it? The word “gay”
was around a long time before it
became synonymous with the alternate lifestyle folks. We don’t
have a problem with them taking
on Gay as a definition of their beliefs, but we do have a problem
with throwing out the use of gay
with earlier usage and different
President, two National Proficiency Awards and Top Ten rankings in
Forestry and Environmental and
Natural Resources. For a complete list of winners go to the WV
Department of Agriculture website at http://www.wvagriculture.
org/news_releases/2013/11-14-13.
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In 2010 the West Virginia Humanities Council launched the
online version of the West Virginia Encyclopedia. It’s now been
upgraded to make maps more
interactive and more article specific. The upgrade was possible
with a $21,094 grant from the WV
Geological and Economic Survey
in Morgantown. Check it out at
www.wvencyclopedia.org.
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The WV Division of Natural
Resources recently announced
an interactive hunting and fishing
map. With it, hunters and anglers
can find public hunting land, sections of streams where trout are
stocked, game-checking stations,
public shooting ranges, handicapaccess vehicle trails and dozens of
other little goodies. The maps can
be accessed at the DNR website,
www.wvdnr.gov, by clicking on
the highlighted ``Hunting Map’’
link in the Hunting section, or the
“Fishing Map” link in the Fishing
section.
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More than 700,000 pounds of
litter were removed from West
Virginia roads this year as part
of the state’s Adopt-A-Highway
program. Two cleanup efforts
are held each year. The spring
cleanup had more than 8,000 volunteers who collected more than
517,000 pounds. The fall event
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meanings. Just think, would we
remember “Fun Paree” or “Fun
Divorcee” or “When our Hearts
were Young and Fun” nearly as
easily as with the use of the original word which was “gay”. We
wish the PC police would just butt
out and that people who come up
with words to describe new whatever would actually come up with
new words rather than abuse the
usage of old words. Look what
tweeting and texting have done to
perfectly good words. Ahh, we’ll
quit now. As Jay Simmons says,
that’s our rant of the day.
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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;
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Applications are now available
for the State Fair of West Virginia’s scholarship program. Five
scholarships will be awarded to
individuals who have participated
in the past five years in the State
Fair’s junior livestock or equine
shows or the 4-H and FFA youth
exhibit program. Applicants must
be pursuing a vocational trade,
associate’s or bachelor’s degree.
Applications must be filled out
online and emailed by Jan. 15.
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West Virginia FFA chapters
brought home 60 awards from
the annual convention in Louisville last month plus three major
wins in categories West Virginia
hasn’t held in decades. The state
can boast the Eastern Region Vice
had more than 4,000 volunteers
who collected more than 200,000
pounds of trash.
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AAA Fuel Gauge reported that
a gallon of unleaded gasoline increased six cents to cost West
Virginians an average $3.329 last
week. The national average increased eight cents to $3.29. After
several months of steady declines
nationwide, average gas prices in
many states have moved higher
over the last two weeks. Drivers in 38 states and Washington,
DC are paying more at the pump
than a week ago. Across West Virginia prices ranged from a high of
$3.459 at Martinsburg to a low of
$3.196 at Clarksburg. In Hardy
County, prices continued to hold
for the ninth week at $3.49, unlike
the rest of the state or the nation.
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News
Eastern WV CTC Student
President Inspires
Participation and Service
On Constitution Day, Chris Windley, center, applauded his team’s winning answers in Eastern WV
Community and Technical College’s Constitution Bowl. Last July 1, was the same day he celebrated
five years cancer-free and took office as president of Eastern’s Student Government Association
(SGA). Shown, from left, the ‘Young Americans for Liberty’ team: Dawn Lockard, Drew Constable,
Windley, and Darrin Brininger.
By Daniel Silver
Special to Moorefield Examiner
Baker’s Chris Windley expects
to graduate community college
next year with a double major in
business and wind energy turbine
technology, and purposeful future
goals. “I want to go into research
and development and get on the
ground floor to help with cancer
research,” he said.
Currently carrying a 3.8 GPA
at Eastern WV Community and
Technical College, Windley also
serves as president of the Student
Government Association (SGA),
an elective post that keeps him actively involved in student activities
and college events.
“I’m a very involved person,” acknowledged Windley, who serves
as a peer tutor in math, English
and computers. “I liked helping
other students, so I decided to run
for president — and I got elected.”
As SGA president, he is determined to expand the numbers
of students who get involved. To
Windley, that mission may seem
like relative child’s play. Because
there was a time, not long ago,
when the idea seemed distinctly
far-fetched — if not impossible —
that this Phi Theta Kappa honors
student might ever even enter a
college classroom.
Since birth, Windley has endured and coped with cerebral
palsy. “I need help doing simple
things, buttoning a shirt, clipping
my fingernails,” he explained. It
used to cause him pain, and still
gives him muscle spasms and
leaves him prone to seizures.
But for Windley, that was the
easy part.
In 2008, doctors in his hometown of Virginia Beach told Windley he had cancer. “I’d had health
issues for about a year-and-a-half.
They did every test on me under
the sun, and that winter of 2007, I
ended up pretty sick.”
Diagnosing him with stage 4,
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the
doctors told Windley that “if I had
waited a week, I’d be dead.” Last
July 1, the same day he took office as SGA president, he passed
his five-year survival mark. “They
caught it, and I’m very lucky,” he
said.
“And I’m not one of those people who are closed-off about having cancer,” he emphasized. “I
want to share my story.”
His openness has empowered
him to support a number of other
cancer patients. “I’ve been a mentor to them, and walked them
through it,” he said. “It was very
life-changing for me, and something I’m very passionate about.”
Last March, an Eastern SGA
activity allowed Windley to harness that passion towards a very
positive goal. “Amy Crites [the college’s Student Services Specialist]
was setting up a basket bingo fund
raiser, with all the proceeds going
to ‘Relay for Life’ — something I’d
wanted to get involved with ever
since I was diagnosed. So I saw
that as a perfect opportunity to
contribute, and I took the lead on
Continued on page 6
MOOREFIELD (WV) EXAMINER, Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 3
Magistrates Report
Below is a sampling of cases adjudicated in Magistrate Court.
• Roxanne C. George pleaded
no contest to assault. She was ordered to pay $50 and $185.80 in
court costs
• Susan E. Kern pleaded no
contest to attempted transportation of stolen goods. She was
ordered to pay a $50 fine and
$185.80 in court costs.
• Kenneth D. Anderson pleaded no contest to driving with a suspended/revoked license. He was
• Brian A Kight pleaded no
contest to attempting to obtain
goods by false pretenses. He was
$185.80 court costs.
• Brian A. Kight pleaded no
contest to possession of a controlled substance. He was ordered
to pay a $150 fine and $185.80 in
court costs.
• Eric J. MacKay pleaded guilty
to possession of a controlled substance. He was sentenced to unsupervised probation for 12 months
and ordered to pay $220.80 in
court cost.
• John F. Wolfe pleaded no contest to writing a worthless check.
He was ordered to pay a $10 fine,
$210.80 in court costs and $68.22
in restitution.
• Julius D. Crites pleaded no
contest to domestic assault. He
was ordered to pay a $25 fine and
• Douglas Merson pleaded no
contest to joy riding. He was ordered to spend 28 days in jail with
credit for time served and pay
• Carl A. Runions pleaded
guilty to two counts of illegally setting animal traps. He was ordered
to pay a total of $600 in fines and
• Codie W. Tusing pleaded no
contest to providing false information to a Department of Public
Safety member. He was ordered
to 60 hours in jail with credit for
time served and to pay $283.40 in
court costs.
• Spencer A. Reel pleaded no
contest to trespassing and assault.
He was ordered to 75 days in jail
for each offense, to be served concurrently, and to pay $436.60 in
court costs.
• Jared D. Reif pleaded no contest to driving on a suspended license, second offense. He was
• Michael L. Arbogast pleaded
guilty to possession of a controlled
substance. He was ordered to one
year probation, and to pay a $120
fine and $160-80 in court costs.
• Gary A. Helmick pleaded no
contest to illegal dumping. He was
ordered to pay a $100 fine, $160.80
in court costs and $200 restitution.
• Lisa A. Orndorff pleaded
guilty to petit larceny. She was
• Deanna A. Wiegand pleaded
guilty to shoplifting, second offense. She was ordered to spend
10 days in jail and pay $210.80 in
court costs and $1,378.62 restitution.
• April D. Mills pleaded no contest to writing a worthless check.
She was ordered to pay a $20 fine,
$185.80 in court costs and $38.25
restitution.
• Rodney D. Redman pleaded
no contest to domestic battery. He
was ordered to pay a $100 fine and
• Michael C. Thompson pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance. He was ordered
to one year unsupervised probation and to pay $172.80 in court
costs.
• Shawn P. Granese pleaded no
contest to petit larceny. He was ordered to spend 10 days in jail and
pay $698.80 court costs.
Pilgrim’s Pride, Localities United
Continued from page 1
the old plant. “And when you went
farther down the road, you smelled
the chicken. That was the difference from one part of town to the
other, where the two plants were.
It was just very noticeable.”
The new Moorefield Regional
Wastewater Treatment Plant is
about two miles from downtown,
close to the South Branch of the
Potomac River.
It will work like this: Pilgrim’s
Pride will run its waste through a
pre-treatment system, then pump
that waste, as well as that of customers in the town, through a pipe.
The plant will remove grit and
grease and then carry the waste to
a five-stage biological treatment
process that includes nitrification,
denitrification, oxidation and biological and chemical phosphorus
removal It will also separate sludge
from the water. The wastewater
will be chlorinated and sent over
a cascading system to raise the levels of dissolved oxygen. Then, the
chlorine will be removed and the
effluent will be discharged into the
river, though some of it will come
back to the plant to be used again
for washing and processing.
The sludge will be put into an
aerobic digester and mixed with
carbon to make compost, which
Gagnon plans to sell as mulch to
garden companies.
Gagnon said he’s proud of the
facility. He said other towns could
learn from the Moorefield example if they’re willing to be creative
and patient.
“There were many times, ever
since I’ve been here, where I
thought, ‘this project is dead,’” Gagnon said. “There have been lots
of highs and lots of lows. Bit it’s
good to see it finally happen.”
This article is reprinted with permission from The Bay Journal.
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MARANDA DAWN BARTON
Maranda Dawn Barton, 34, of Skye Barton, Keira Alexis Barton,
Wardensville, W.Va., died on Sat- Patience Anne Barton and Danica
urday, November 23, 2013 at the Diamond Miller; numerous aunts,
uncles and cousins.
Inova Hospital in Fairfax, Va.
She was born June 5, 1979 in
She is preceded in death by her
Lebanon, Va., and was a daughter son, Caden Nathaniel Boyce.
of James Barton, Sr. and Vickie
A funeral service was conducted
Donahue Barton of Wardensville, at Wardensville Assembly of God
on Saturday, November 30, 2013
W.Va.
She was a graduate of East Har- with Rev. Milford Lyndaker officidy High School and worked as a ating. Interment was in the GreenCNA at the Skyline Terrace Nurs- field Cemetery in Wardensville,
ing Home in Woodstock, Va.
W.Va.
Surviving along with her parMemorial contributions may be
ents is a sister, Dannette Miller made to the Barton Family, C/O
and her husband Darryl of Lost Loy-Giffin Funeral Home, PO
River, W.Va.; two brothers, James Box 29, Wardensville, WV 26851.
Barton, Jr. and his partner Cindy
To sign the online guest book,
Sager of Wardensville, W.Va. and please visit www.loygiffin.com
Arrangements were under the
Joshua Barton and his wife Natasha of Strasburg, Va.; five nieces, direction of the Loy-Giffin FunerSerenity Lynn Barton, Madison al Home in Wardensville, W.Va.
Obituaries
Age In Action
Dec. 9-13, 2013
Mathias, Moorefield,
Wardensville (Home Delivered)
Nutrition Sites
Monday, Dec. 9 -Fish, macaroni
& cheese, tomato bread, peaches
Tuesday, Dec. 10 - Chicken
patty on bun with lettuce & mayo,
French fries, buttered carrots, buttered corn, apricots
Wednesday, Dec. 11 - “Birthday
Meal”: Pork on bread, mashed potatoes with gravy, succotash, apple
spice cake
Thursday, Dec. 12 - Baked potatoes, broccoli & cheese or chili &
cheese, applesauce
Friday, Dec. 13 - Potato soup,
pimento cheese sandwich, jello
with fruit
Mathias Site Closed on Fridays
ACTIVITIES AT MOOREFIELD
SENIOR CENTER
Monday, Dec. 9 Tuesday, Dec. 10 - Senior Shopping, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 11 Thursday, Dec. 12 - Bowling, 1
p.m.
Friday, Dec. 13 - Bible study,
11:15 a.m.
REMINDERS
•Anyone wishing to pick up a
meal at the Mathias Nutrition Site
or the Moorefield Nutrition Site,
please call by 9:30 a.m. Due to the
availability of food, substitutions
are sometimes necessary. Anyone
under the age of 60 is welcome to
come and eat with us and there is
a cost. If you are age 60 or older
and live in the Moorefield, Rig,
like to offer praise and thanks to
all our veterans wherever they be.
Arkansaw CEOS Club held a
Christmas workshop Nov. 5 at the
community building. We also had
a covered dish supper. We made
three Christmas ornaments under the direction of Lois Liller,
Petersburg. Those present were
Glenda Smith, Rebecca, Virginia
and Tammy Combs, Deloris Link,
Catherine Smith, Hilda Bradfield,
Lois’ sister and myself. It was an
enjoyable evening.
Gene Heishman was honored
with a surprise birthday party on
Sat., Nov. 2, on his 50th birthday.
It was held at the Sperry’s Run
Church and given by Myra, Gena
and Kristin Heishman. Those attending were Julie, Hope, Jacob
Sowers, Warren, Sandra, Edsel, Holly, Bryan Jenkins, Lillian and Lowell Daniels, Sherwin
and Joyce Tharp, Donnie and
Georgianna Brill, Ralph, Judy,
Brent Heishman, Scott, Michelle,
Emma, Gracie, Maddie Heishman, Robert and Minnie Heishman, Reggie and Chestina Smith
and Aleta Brennskag. Gene received many nice cards and a good
time was had by all.
Back in August, the Examiner
ran a very interesting article on
a local woman about her agriculture contributions. It was a very
interesting article, only one thing
left out. Shelby is a faithful church
member attending Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Rio and also
sings in the choir. I also went to
school with Shelby and she is truly
an amazing woman.
Last Tuesday, Nancy Smith
drove me, Virginia Smith and
Bobbi Moton out to see my brother, Austin, at the Alleghany Nursing and Rehab in Cumberland,
Md. We had a very good visit and
I’m sure it lifted Austin’s spirit.
We did some shopping and really
had a nice day.
Charles Redden, Janice Foltz
and I visited the Smoke Hole Gift
Shop, Mouth of Seneca, WV, recently. It is very interesting and
enjoyable to visit. It was quite
a coincidence that the cashier’s
name was Janice at the gift shop
and then we stopped at Mallow’s
Restaurant for supper and waitress’ name was Cookie Jo, which
was a coincidence. That was Janice’s little dog’s name, “Cookie
Dough”. We just had a laugh
about it.
Worship at Zion Lutheran
Church every Sunday at 11 a.m.
with Pastor Gary Koontz. Sunday
School every Sunday at 9:45 a.m.
Everyone is welcome.
If you have children that would
like to be in our Christmas program, call me or Pastor Gary at
304-897-6938.
Country Letters
Arkansaw Community News
BEATRICE BENNETT
Arkansaw, Nov. 21, 2013 We hope everyone has a Happy
Thanksgiving Day with family and
friends and don’t forget to give
thanks.
We were sorry to hear that Gilbert Smith had passed away on
Thursday, Nov. 14 at the Hawse
Nursing and Rehab Center in
Baker. He had been in failing
health for some time. He grew up
in Arkansaw and was the youngest child of the late Riley and Lora
Mae (Link) Smith. Surviving is a
daughter, Janet L. Huffman, two
sisters, Freda Heishman and Virginia Combs, a brother, Gladstone
Smith, a grandson, Brian Huffman, four great-grandchildren
and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral service was held on
Sunday, Nov. 17, at the New Dale
Church of the Brethren, Baker,
with Pastor Dan Sterns officiating.
Charlotte Bradfield, Judith Dove,
Pastor Gary Koontz, Keith Smith
family, Randy and Denise Smith,
Bonnie and Cletus Miller, Danny
Combs and myself were among
those attending. Our deepest love
and sympathy to all the family
and friends. Gilbert was a quiet
and loving person and was truly a
son of God. “Precious in the sight
of the Lord is the death of his
saints.” Psalm 116:15. Gilbert will
be missed and long remembered.
We were also sorry to read that
Chester Victor Stewart, 80, Davidson, Md., had passed away. He
grew up in Mathias and graduated from Mathias High School
in 1953. He enlisted in the army
and was stationed in Germany
and moved from the area. He is
survived by his wife Esperanga
Stewart of Holiday, Fla. He is also
survived by three sons, two daughters, several grandchildren, seven
great grandchildren, a brother,
Ralph Stewart of Bergton, Va. and
lots of friends. Our deepest sympathy and love to all the family
and friends.
Our love and deepest sympathy
to the family of Lewis Ludwig who
passed away recently.
Charles Redden, Janice Foltz
and I visited Austin Miller on
Monday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day,
at the Alleghany Nursing and Rehab Center in Cumberland, Md.
As it being Veterans Day, the facility presented a program honoring
all veterans. My sister and I were
very proud of our brother, Austin,
because he took part in the program by reading a poem entitled
“Veterans Day” written by Father
Denis Edward O’Brien. Austin is
a veteran of the U.S. Army and
served in Germany. Six other ladies, who are residents there, also
read. They all did well and everyone sang some patriotic songs.
Refreshments were served. We’d
West Virginia Drivers Should
Take Extra Caution to Avoid Deer
The West Virginia Division of
Natural Resources (DNR) encourages motorists to be more
cautious while driving this time of
year, as deer/vehicular collisions
increase significantly during the
months of October and November.
“West Virginia is blessed with
an abundance of wildlife, including a healthy white-tailed deer
population,” said Gary Foster,
supervisor of Game Management
for the DNR. “Although deer are
found throughout the state, their
population densities vary widely
from one region to another. West
Virginia’s rural nature and mountainous terrain also contribute to
collisions between deer and ve-
hicles, as the highest quality deer
habitat is often associated with
valleys and bottomlands. These
same areas support the majority
of the state’s road system.”
Several factors contribute to the
increase in deer-vehicular collisions during the fall.
“October and November coincide with the ‘rut’ or peak period
of the mating season for deer,”
Foster said. “During this time
frame, deer movements and activities increase significantly, making deer more vulnerable to collisions with vehicles. On average, 40
percent of deer collisions in West
Virginia occur during those two
months.”
In addition, many hunters take
to the woods each fall in search of
• Do not swerve and leave your
their quarry and that can influence lane to avoid a deer collision. If
the movement patterns of deer, you encounter a deer, apply brakes
making them more likely to cross firmly and attempt to stop.
roadways.
• Drive defensively.
The DNR suggests motorists be
extra careful during this time of
the year and recommends the following driving tips:
• Be aware of your surroundings and what may be in your peripheral vision. If you see deer in
the vicinity, reduce your speed and
honk your horn using short blasts.
• Drive with your headlights on,
and use high beams when possible.
• Reduce your speed, especially
Photo Courtesy of the West Virginia
during early morning and late eveDepartment of Commerce. ning hours when deer movements
typically increase.
Health Department December Schedule
By Appointment Only
Tuesday, Dec. 3 - Family Planning & Breast & Cervical Screening, 8 -11 a.m. and 1 - 3 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 10 - Pediatric/
ESPDT, 8 -11 a.m. & 1 - 3 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 17 - Family Planning & Breast & Cervical Screening, 8 -11 a.m. and 1 - 3 p.m.
Immunizations and Family
Planning Supply Clinics are held
each Wednesday with no appoint-
ments necessary. Please call 304530-6355 for more information.
You can also check us out on
the
web
at
www.hardycounty
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Meeting at 2141 N. River Rd.,
Bean Settlement • 10:30 AM
304-591-6607
A Family Friendly Fellowship
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• Sunday Morning
Service at 10 a.m.
• Sunday Night
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• Wednesday Night
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can stop a driver and issue a citation simply for not wearing a seat
belt.
Officers also will be watching for
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Police across the state started
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chaser, or if you’re doing anything
at all in the workforce, you really
need some I.T. background.”
For more information about the
Computer and Information Systems program at Eastern, or other
Eastern programs and activities,
visit
www.easternwv.edu.
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To her new fulltime teaching duties in Computer and Information
Systems at Eastern WV Community and Technical College, Vincenza
Cumbo, of Mt. Storm, brings considerable high-tech industry experience. Before starting at the college this fall, she worked for more
than 13 years for high-tech firms in
jobs ranging from software developer to lead project engineer.
Through the University of Maryland’s University College, Cumbo
earned both a master’s degree in
Computer Information Technology, and a graduate certificate in
Software Development Management. Her bachelor’s degree in
Finance and Accounting from
Worcester State College rounds
out a varied toolkit.
“You practically can’t get a job
these days without knowing I.T.,”
Cumbo pointed out. “If you’re an
administrator, or in sales, or a pur-
Moorefield
Assembly of God
Saturday Evening 6 PM
Sunday Mass 8:00 AM
help with your Medicare Part D
Prescription Drugs, call the Center to talk with someone to help
you. 304-530-2256. Monday - Friday, 8 - 4.
• Anyone who has First Health
Part D for your prescriptions and
wants to change because of the
premium increase, call for an appointment before Dec. 7, 2013.
•Wardensville Home Delivered
Meals: If you are not receiving a
regular home delivered meal and
you want to get a meal on any
day, Monday-Friday, please call
the Moorefield Nutrition Site by 9
a.m. at 304-530-2256. If you know
you will not be home for your
meal or you need an extra meal
you can let Dave (Moorefield) or
Eric (Wardensville) know the day
before.
DONATIONS
Those making donations were
Jim Weeks, Betty Wilkins, Lona
Sherman, Charlie Hefner, Geraldine Hefner, Lola Crider, Mary
Wolfe, Food Lion, and the Moorefield Examiner. Donations are
greatly appreciated. Have a safe
and happy week
Eastern Names Vincenza
Cumbo as Instructor
Epiphany of the Lord
Catholic Church
healthdepartment.com.
IMPERISHABLE
MEMORials
Fisher, Frosty Hollow, Fort Run,
or Old Fields areas and would like
to come into the Senior Center for
lunch and/or activities, and need
a ride, please call us at 304-5302256 and the van will pick you up.
Please call by 10 a.m.
•HCCOA receives funding
from federal and state entities including WV Bureau of Senior Services and Upper Potomac AAA,
local government, donations and
memorial contributions.
•The Moorefield Senior Center
has Ensure. It is available by the
case (24 cans), half case (12 cans)
or six pack. Flavors available are
strawberry, chocolate, vanilla and
butter pecan. They are also available in the Plus. Call the center for
the price.
•The Moorefield Seniors are
making dried potato necklaces to
sell. If you would like to see them,
come by the Center, 8 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday - Friday.
•The Seniors are making Memorial Crosses for cemetery placements. If you would like to see
them come by the Center.
•Medicare Part D: If you need
TK,
There’s so much I should
have done,
So much I wanted to say.
You told me it was time to go,
But only the Lord knew the
day.
I’m trying to be strong and happy
For when I meet you, too.
Like you told me so many times —
“If I had it to do all over again,
I’d do it with you!”
Love always and forever,
Your TIG
Social
Community Calendar of Events
Thursday, Dec. 12
Community Together, Christmas Special: “The Christmas Story”, 7:00 p.m., Ivanhoe Presbyterian Church, Lost City. Come and
bring a friend.
Every Sunday
AA Meeting, 6:00 p.m., (CS),
Gimmee 12 Steps Group, Baker
Methodist Church, Old Rt. 55
Every Monday
AA Meeting, 8:00 p.m., Moorefield Presbyterian Church
*********
Al-Anon meeting at the Capon
Bridge United Methodist Church
(corner of Route 50 and Cold
Stream Road) meets every Monday at 7:00 p.m. For additional information, contact Clyde DeWitt
at 304-874-4291.
Every Second Monday
Friends of the Library meeting,
4 p.m., except in Aug. and Dec.
All meetings are open to the public and anyone interested is welcomed to attend.
Every Third Monday
SCV Camp 582 (Sons of Confederate Veterans) meeting, 7:30,
Hardy County Public Library.
Members urged to attend and visitors are welcome.
Every Tuesday
Narcotics Anonymous meeting,
(open meetings to everyone), 6:30
- 7:30 p.m., Moorefield Presbyterian Church, S. Main St., Moorefield, WV. For information, call
Gary at 304-530-4957.
**********
AA Meeting, 8:00 p.m., St.
Mary’s Catholic Church, Grant
St., Petersburg.
Every Wednesday
Open Community Lunch, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, corner of Winchester Ave. and South
Fork, Rd., 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Be our guest for good food, good
fellowship, to visit with your
neighbors or to meet and greet
new friends.
********
Wardensville Lions Club Storytime, 10 a.m., Wardensville Library.
Every Wednesday Night
AA meeting, 7:30 p.m., Lost
River United Methodist Church
For more information, call 304897-6187.
Second Wednesdays
Hardy County Rod & Gun Club
meeting, 7:00 p.m. All members
urged to attend. Guests are welcome.
********
Potomac Highlands Shrine Club
meets the second Wednesday of
each month at Family Traditions
Restaurant, Va. Ave., Petersburg,
WV. Meeting and meal to start at
5:30 p.m. For more information
call 304-257-4801.
*********
Potomac Highlands Ladies
Shrine Club meets the second
Wednesday of each month, Grant
County Senior Center, Petersburg, 6:00 p.m. For more information call 304-749-7288 or 304-434-
7075.
Every Fourth Wednesday
The WV Dept. of Veterans Assistance will visit Grant Co. Senior
Center, 111 Virginia Ave., Petersburg from 10 a.m. until noon.
Every Thursday
AA Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Moorefield Presbyterian Church
**********
Narcotics Anonymous meeting, (open meetings to everyone)
8:00 - 9:00 p.m., St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Grant St., Petersburg,
WV. For information call Gary at
304-530-4957.
**********
Friendly Franklin Family Group
for parents, spouses and family
members whose lives are impacted by a loved ones misuse of substances (alcohol or drugs) meets
at 7:00 p.m. at Faith Lutheran
Church, 102 Maple Ave., Franklin, WV. For more information
contact Shelby 304-249-5538.
Every Saturday
AA Meeting, 10:00 a.m., Lost
River Grill, Rt. 259.
********
AA Meeting, 8:00 p.m., Grove
St. United Methodist Church, Petersburg.
Emily Riggleman is
Miss South Branch
Valley’s Outstanding
Teen for 2014
Emily Riggleman, daughter of Michael and Kelly Riggleman of
Moorefield has been crowned Miss South Branch Valley’s Outstanding
Teen 2014. She will represent her title at the Miss West Virginia’s Outstanding Teen pageant in Morgantown.
The Miss West Virginia’s Outstanding Teen pageant is the ‘little sister” pageant to Miss West Virginia – all under the Miss West Virginia
where they were greeted with a
Scholarship Organization.
treat.
We would like to thank everyone
ervice ddresses
who made these events possible: Head Start parents, Moorefield
Below are addresses for soldiers
Marc Harman 1Lt.
Volunteer Fire Department, Hardy
serving
overseas:
48th CSH (FWD)
County Sheriff’s Department and
Camp Arifjan
Pendleton Community Bank.
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diers
have returned home, please
304-530-7787.
call the office to have their name
removed from the list or if you
would like to add a name to the
list, please send the information to
the Examiner office.
Moorefield EACHS Head Start Happenings
On Sept. 19 Moorefield Early
Learning Center held their first
family outing at the Moorefield
Town Park. Children and their
families came together for a Parent
Meeting to discuss plans for future
family involvement opportunities
during the coming school year as
well as pumpkin decorating. On Oct. 10 MELC received a
visit from two volunteer fire fighters
(Burl Wratchford, Keith Eye) from
Company 46 of Moorefield. They
discussed with the children about
fire safety and what to do in case of
a fire. Keith Eye put on his fireman
gear so the children could see and
hear what they may encounter during a fire. It was explained to the
children not to be afraid if they saw
or heard a fireman. On Oct. 31, Hardy County Sheriff’s Deputy Dave Warren visited
the children. He spoke to them
about Stranger Danger and staying safe during Halloween. Parents,
children and staff dressed as their
favorite storybook character and
had a parade from the center over
to Pendleton Community Bank,
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to a virgin! And she shall call
him Immanuel (meaning,
‘God is with us’).”
ISAIAH 7:14
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Simulcast will be held at the First Baptist Church in Petersburg,
WV on December 13, 2013 from 7 – 9:30 pm. This will be an
evening of hope & joy for the entire family, featuring Max Lucado.
Free to the public and babysitting will be available.
For questions call 304-257-4587
Library Windows
Christmas Craft at the Library
The Moorefield library will be
hosting a craft for kids on December 7th from 9:30 a.m. until
11:30 a.m.. We’ll be making Santa
Doorknob Hangers. So mark your
calendars and join us at the library
for some holiday fun. And, just so
you know, we’re hearing from the
North Pole elves that Santa might
stop by.
Friends of the Library
Friends of the Library will not
meet in December. However,
their regular monthly meetings
will resume Monday, January 2nd
from 4 p.m.-5 p.m.. Everyone is
welcome to attend.
New Fiction & Mysteries
Cross My Heart (Alex Cross; 21)
by James Patterson (Reg. Print,
Lg. Print, Audiobook) – One man
knows that for Detective Alex
Cross, nothing means more than
family and he plans to use this as
a weapon against him. When the
ones Cross loves are in danger, he
will do anything to protect them.
But if he does anything to protect
them, they will die.
Someone Else’s Love Story by
Joshilyn Jackson – Single mom
Shandi Pierce's life takes a turn
when an enigmatic geneticist saves
her and her 3-year-old genius son
from an armed robber.
Forget Me Not by Fern Michaels
– After her parents are killed in a
car crash, Lucy Brighton begins to
settle their affairs and comes to
realize how little she really knew
about their lives. She has no way
to explain the mysterious safe in
their bedroom, with its cache of
fake passports, cash, and weapons. What secrets were the Brightons keeping? Were they even who
they claimed to be? The answers
will shatter everything she once
believed about her parents...and
about herself.
The Supreme Macaroni Company by Adriana Trigiani – When a
secret about her business partner
and lover is revealed during her
family's celebration of The Feast
of the Seven Fishes, Valentine
Roncalli must make life-altering
choices as she fights for everything she wants while sustaining
her family's business and enjoying
life to the fullest.
The Tamarack Murders by Patrick F. McManus – After Sheriff Bo Tully witnesses a murder
while pursuing a bank robber, he
is thrust into an investigation that
will test his crime-solving skills.
Time to Go Home by Dorothy
Shackleford – Thirty-five-year-old
country music star Heath Sawyer
has finally made it to the big-time
as a country music star. After a
year full of the kind of success he
could only dream of, it's December 23, and he's headlining a soldout show at Madison Square Garden. It's only as the lights on the
stage go down and the Christmas
lights outside come on that Heath
realizes there's just one place
he wants to be for the holidays:
back home in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. But journeying anywhere
on Christmas Eve is never easy,
and Heath will need a Christmas
miracle to make his way home in
time to open presents.
The Missing Dough (Pizza Lovers Mystery; 6) by Chris Cavender
– Maddy needs Eleanor's help after she is implicated in her ex-husband's death.
Jacob’s Oath by Martin Fletch-
er – As World War II winds to a
close, Europe's roads are clogged
with twenty million exhausted refugees walking home. Among them
are Jacob and Sarah, lonely Holocaust survivors who meet in Heidelberg. But Jacob is consumed
with hatred and cannot rest until
he has killed his brother’s murderer. Now he must choose between
revenge and love, between avenging the past and building a future.
Morning Glory by Sarah Jio –
Fleeing an East Coast life marred
by tragedy, Ada Santorini takes
up residence on houseboat number seven on Boat Street. She
discovers a trunk left behind by
Penny Wentworth, a young newlywed who lived on the boat half a
century earlier. Ada longs to know
her predecessor's fate, but little
suspects that Penny's mysterious
past and her own clouded future
are destined to converge.
Want Not by Jonathan Miles –
As the novel opens on Thanksgiving Day, readers are telescoped
into the worlds of a freegan couple living off the grid in Manhattan, a once prominent linguist
struggling with midlife, and a
New Easy Readers
Humphrey’s First Christmas by
Carol Heyer – A camel, grumbling
about losing his favorite blanket
then having to carry a heavy load,
meets a special newborn baby who
fills him with love, joy, and generosity.
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey
Rinker – At sunset, when their
work is done for the day, a crane
truck, a cement mixer, and other
pieces of construction equipment
make their way to their resting
places and go to sleep.
Revolutionary Friends: General
George Washington and the Marquis ‘d Lafayette by Selene Castrovilla – An account of the friendship between the first American
president when he was an officer
in the Continental Army and the
young Marquis de Lafayette describes how the latter came to
America to offer his services before earning a military position
and Washington's admiration.
Also an active member of the
honor society, Windley, together
with his fellow chapter members, is
working on PTK’s “Honors in Action” Initiative. This year, national
PTK concentrated on ‘The Culture of Competition’ as the honors
topic, and Eastern’s chapter chose
‘Food Fight: Competition in Food,’
with “a focus on corn and ethanol,” Windley said. The chapter
team plans to compile a report
that includes data from a survey of
Eastern students and dialogue with
local businesses.
“This college is a great vehicle
for change and growth,” the SGA
president affirmed, naming several staff members, and singling
out Crites for special recognition.
“She’s extremely supportive, and
good about giving me knowledge I
can use, and constructive criticism.
“The faculty and staff at Eastern
do amazing work — I don’t think
I would be where I am without
them,” Windley acknowledged.
“It’s like I have another family
here.” For more information about
Eastern’s financial aid opportunities, programs of study, workforce
training, community education and
events, call 304-434-8000 or toll
free 877-982-2322; or check the
College’s website www.easternwv.
edu.
New Jersey debt-collection magnate with a second chance at getting things right. Want and desire
propel each one forward on their
paths toward something, anything
more, but when their worlds collide, the weight of that wanting
ultimately undoes each of them,
leaving them to pick up the pieces
from what's left behind.
New YA Fiction
The Fiery Heart (Bloodlines; 4)
by Richelle Mead – After making
a life-changing decision, Sydney
Sage, an Alchemist who serves
to bridge the worlds of humans
and vampires, must tread a careful path as she harnesses her profound magical ability to undermine the way of life she was raised
to defend.
Horizon (Soul Seekers; 4) by
Alyson Noel – With the odds
stacked against her and foes at every turn, will Daire, a Soul Seeker
who can navigate the worlds between the living and dead, survive
long enough to create the future
she desires with Dace?
Eastern WV CTC Student President Inspired
the project.”
Windley put together a team
with five fellow students that visited as many local businesses as
they could, to recruit owner and
employee sponsors for SGA’s Relay for Life’ team. “Our SGA goal
was to raise $1,500 in one year, and
we ended up raising about $2,000
in that one event,” Windley noted.
That success, invigorated with
his own passion, led Windley and
his team to commit to the ‘Relay
for Life’ activity as a yearly SGA
event. “So we’re already lining up
sponsors and getting set to do it for
next year,” he said.
For Windley, the Relay for Life
also opened the door to Eastern’s
SGA. Now, as president, he is determined to keep the organization
growing and active, and last year’s
five-fold increase in the SGA election turnout has fueled his enthusiasm. “I’ve gone around asking
people what they would like to see
done, and what we can do to get
more people involved.”
Numerous students volunteered
for last spring’s outdoor movie
night and Extravaganza vendor
day, to which the SGA invited the
entire community within Eastern’s six-county district. And together with the SGA membership
and cabinet (Angela Beard, vicepresident; Jillian Taylor, secretary;
Dawn Lockard, treasurer), Windley has begun an imaginative activity agenda for fall semester. First
off, “We’re doing a community
trick-or-treat,” he said.
“There are not a lot of activities for the people who come in
the evening,” Windley pointed
out. Relieving that shortage will
stay high on the cabinet’s priority
list, he said, along with motivating
greater student involvement.
Windley recently attended a
statewide SGA conference at Jackson’s Mill Center 4-H Camp in
Weston, for sessions on leadership
and motivation. Later, Crites and
Kimbra Chirchirillo, Eastern’s administrative secretary and staff ad-
visor to the college’s chapter of Phi
Theta Kappa (PTK, the international honor society for community colleges), organized a leadership
training for local students. Officers
and members of Eastern’s SGA
and PTK participated.
“It was rather productive and
gave us solid direction for this
academic school year,” Windley
noted. “There are a lot of people
who want to, or are willing to,
participate and help — but don’t
necessarily know how to, or understand what’s going on to help
with.” Windley wants to reach
out to those students, and engage
them in resolving problems and
strengthening plans.
Ag Commissioner Wants Deer Farm Oversight
By Jim Workman
The State Journal
(AP) - Many opportunities that
would have a significant economic
impact in the Mountain State are
available, West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner Walt Helmick
insists.
With the coming legislative session in January, he intends to capitalize on one.
To do so, Helmick feels the
state agriculture department
must become the regulatory department for raising deer as livestock on more state farms - with
venison becoming a locally grown
and commercially available meat
product, much as cattle provides
the beef industry.
“We want to have oversight of
deer meat, the regulation and supervision of deer farms,” Helmick
said. “We already have the people
on staff that will monitor it and
make sure that it is of good quality. The (West Virginia Division of
Natural Resources) doesn’t.”
The state DNR would still regulate “wildlife” deer, issuing its
hunting licenses, managing deer
hunting seasons and such.
“We want to create jobs and
economic development,” Helmick
stated.
The concept of deer farming is
already a multi-million dollar industry in neighboring states such
as Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Pennsylvania figures it adds
more than $80 million annually to
its economy and about 3,500 jobs
on more than 750 deer farms.
“We want to be competitive
in West Virginia,” Helmick said.
“We need it in our agency to assure that. We want to grow this industry. There are a small number
of deer farms already in West Vir-
ginia that have $1.4 million in sales
(annually). But there are only 66
jobs (in deer farming in West Virginia) now. If we are more aggressive in promoting this, we can do
much better.
“There’s not a lot of difference
in deer farming than any other
farming.”
This issue has come up at the
West Virginia Legislature before,
and failed.
“Different philosophies come
and go in the Legislature”’ explained Helmick, a veteran lawmaker who served in the House
of Delegates and the State Senate.
Helmick said the bill would pass
one side of the house but not the
other, or it would die in a committee, but there seems to be enough
support now.
“The Legislature is changing
rapidly,’’ he said. “I know of lot
of legislators, and they know what
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we’re trying to do. It will be introduced during the first week of the
session in 2014.”
Helmick said there were several
reasons for holdups in the past,
but he said he’s talked to a number of lawmakers who agree that
it’s time.
Pennsylvania leads the nation
in deer farming, second only to
Texas.
“West Virginia is similar to
Pennsylvania in terrain and our
people,” Helmick pointed out.
The agriculture commissioner
said his overall goal is simple:
“We want West Virginians to
grow crops on West Virginia land
to sell to West Virginia consumers,” he said. “We just need some
legislation.’’
Helmick often speaks about
the $7 billion in food that West
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Those Who Served
Our Country
Korean War Army Veteran
Paul Leatherman
Photo by Diane Hypes
girls. Only Paul and two of his sisEditor’s Note:
This is the seventh in a series of ters remain.
The family moved to a farm in
articles on Korean War Veterans livOld Fields when he was three years
ing in and around Hardy County.
old, Paul said, and when he was
twelve they moved to this farm. He
By Diane Hypes
attended four schools, Old Fields,
Moorefield Examiner
It is a lovely sunny day as I drive Glebe, Moorefield Grade, and
down the long narrow lane sur- Moorefield High School, graduatrounded on both sides by corn ing in 1948. After graduation he
fields, to Korean War Army Vet- went into the dairy business briefly
eran, Paul Leatherman’s home in before receiving his draft notice in
Old Fields. When I arrive I find 1950. It was on January 1, 1950, when
myself looking at probably one
of the best views of South Branch he was sworn into the Army at Fort
Valley I have seen. This is how Paul Meade, MD. He was twenty-three
starts his day, everyday, seeing the years old. His first stop after being
land that he loves. If you look west sworn into the Army was at Fort
you can see some of Paul’s cattle Hood in Texas where he did his
grazing on the lush grass, and look- Basic Training. “It was very cold
ing east is a spectacular view of the there,” Paul said, “and we slept on
South Branch Valley. The land also the ground. During our maneuvers
is far enough away from any road we walked 25 to 30 miles every day.
that you can also enjoy the quiet of It got so cold we put up tents, and
the valley. It is a picture postcard then when it got even colder we
started building fires in the tents,
anyway you look.
Paul and his lovely wife, Fran- and in the process burned up some
cis, greet me at the door. Paul is of the tents trying to keep warm.” a friendly, good looking guy with
He was sent to Camp Polk in
a warm, and infectious smile who Louisiana to a reserve Army outfit
has the personality and the look of and then went to Fort Knox, Kena man who cares about the land. tucky where he spent five weeks in
He is the quintessential farmer, Army Tank School. He returned
a special occupation for a special to Louisiana for a brief time beman. fore going home for a week after
Paul was born on June 28, 1928, which he was then sent to Hokkaithe second to the last child born do, he said, smiling. “It was called
into the family of Ocie and Martha the “Frozen Chosin,” he said, “and
Elizabeth Leatherman’s family of was an island off the coast of Ruseight children, three boys and five sia near the Sea of Japan. It was
very cold there and that’s why it got
the name ‘Frozen Chosin.’
“The trip over to this island was
on an oil tanker that had been converted to a troop ship they called
the USS Black. There were 3,500
troops on that ship and most of
the fifteen days it took to get there
I was sea sick”, he said. “The ship
was very long and when we tried to
eat our meals the ship would rock
so violently that our trays would
slide up and down the tables.
“When we arrived in the area,”
Paul said, “we first went to Tokyo
where we were processed and assigned barracks. Eventually we
were assigned to the 1st. Calvary,
90th Tank Battalion, where for
three months we ran patrols close
to the Russian border. We also
made roads through the woods
during that period, plus had to
keep the tanks in good mechanical condition. There were four
men assigned to each tank including a gunner and a tank commander. Some tanks even had a range
finder. These particular tanks had
a scout assigned to it, who would
be out in front of the tank telling
the driver if the range finder was
working.
“When we finally left the island
we went back to Japan on a ferry,”
Paul said, “and then got on a slow
train that took us to Tokyo. There
we boarded the Wellingham Bay
Air Craft Carrier which took us on
an eighteen day trip to San Francisco. “We were processed there and
then sent to Camp Brechinridge,
Kentucky,” Paul said, “where we
were discharged. It was now about
Christmas time and I had been in
the service two years, and was now
25 years old.” After being discharged Paul
got on a bus to Cincinnati, Ohio.
When he arrived in Cincinnati he
took another bus to Clarksburg,
WV, where he caught yet another
bus to Romney. “From the Junction,” he said, “I hitchhiked to Old
Fields and walked to the old farm
Paul left front pictured with his buddies in 1952
Paul in Fort Knox in 1952
Photo by Diane Hypes
Paul and Francis Leatherman
house where I stayed for a couple
of months. Then a buddy of mine
from Delaware called and told me
he had an inspector’s job for me
at Chrysler Corporation that paid
$1.50 an hour. The job turned out
to be inspecting tanks and I worked
there for three years until I was laid
off.”
“It happened that my brother
Harlan, who at this point had been
farming the farm, had recently left
the farm to go live in Wardensville.
So I came back to the farm and
started farming again. I started
out with sheep, cattle and hogs,
and some crops. I have been farming now for over 40 years, but now
I have arthritis pretty bad and that
has slowed me down. However, I
still have 25-30 head of cattle which
are grazing on the land behind the
house.”
It was in 1968 when Paul married Francis Turley, the daughter
of Elwood and Rose Ann Turley.
Francis was born on September 9,
Paul in Japan 1951
Camp Polk, La. in 1953
1936, one of five girls in the Turley family. Unfortunately when she
was only ten years old she lost her
father in an automobile accident.
Francis went on to graduate
from Moorefield High School in
1957 and later married Donnie
Simmons. They had three children
two boys and a girl. They divorced,
and later when she and Paul were
married, Paul adopted her three
children, Quentin, Bryan and Debbie. Besides raising a family, Francis also worked at the Assessor’s
office until her retirement in 2001.
Paul and Francis also have a
daughter, Paula, who was born
April 25, 1972. Besides the four
children, their family includes
five grandchildren and one great
grandchild. And, we can’t forget, Buster,
a good looking cattle dog, who
watches over the cattle and all the
other comings and goings on the
farm with a friendly, watchful eye.
Paul and Francis moved to the
house they live in now which they
had built farther back on the farm
in 2001. “We had been living in
the original house on the farm for
many years,” he said, “but it had always been my dream to build a new
home in this particularly beautiful
setting so when the opportunity
presented itself we took it.” Having lived in their dream
home now for over twelve years,
today, Paul continues to farm, doing the job that he obviously loves,
and which speaks to the kind of
man he is. His persistence reminds
me of what Abraham Lincoln once
said, “I do the very best I know
how, the very best I can and I mean
to keep doing so until the end. If
the end brings me out alright, what
is said against me won’t amount to
anything. If the end brings me out
wrong, ten angels swearing I was
right would make no difference.”
Volunteer Fire Companies October Yard of the Month
Protect Despite Challenges
Nayef AlAbduljabbar
Special to Moorefield Examiner
West Virginia’s fire departments are in need of volunteers
more than any other time as firefighters face old age and low compensation. The number of volunteer firefighters and stations has diminished throughout the country, including the state of West Virginia
where recruitment and retention
has been problematic. In Hardy
County, the three volunteer fire
departments comprising 100 firefighters face the same ordeal,
which makes it difficult to keep
their doors open.
The Moorefield Volunteer Fire
Department consists of 45 volunteer firefighters. While the recruitment numbers have been consistent, the main problem has been
raising funds to run the station.
Doug Mongold, Moorefield’s
fire chief, stressed the importance
of the station’s financial well-being. With many necessary expenditures, a lot of time, and potential
money, is spent to make sure there
is enough funding every year.
According to Mongold, the fire
company requires $100,000 per
year to stay afloat, which includes
worker’s compensation, insurance
and truck fuel. The state gives every fire department $40,000 per
year.
“Suiting up a new guy costs
$35,000 for gear alone,” Mongold
said. “That gear needs to be replaced every 10 years, and it gets
more expensive.”
“Right now our priority is to
get a building either by upgrading
or expanding it or finding a new
place,” Mongold said. The station’s current size is too small to
house their firetrucks and so they
have to be stored in another location.
Another issue is the current
trucks have no ladders, which
make their already dangerous job
even more risky.
“Our last truck that we bought,
which was in 2000, cost $350,000,
and it’s not a ladder truck, it’s just
a fire truck,” said Mongold. A new
ladder truck would cost about
$750,000.
The number of volunteer firefighters has been steady, but most
members are too busy with their
jobs to be involved actively and
consistently. Participation is also
less likely during the day compared to night calls, and so more
volunteers are always needed.
“I would like to delegate, but
in the end I’m responsible for the
firefighting side of the station,”
Mongold said.
Ted Garrett, 67, has been a volunteer firefighter with the Moorefield Volunteer Fire Department
for more than 40 years. According
to him, the low number of volunteers in the county can be attributed to many factors, but he emphasized time as the most troubling.
“There are more volunteers
working at night than in the
morning or mid-day,” said Garrett. “That’s because they’re busy
working, and then they barely
have time to prepare for their volunteering duties after the day job
is done.”
A retired teacher, Garrett can
identify with the need for more
time for rest to be able to perform
volunteering duties.
“I used to go out to fight fires
at 3 or 4 a.m. on a school night,
and I’d be too tired to teach in the
morning,” said Garrett. “The students used to smell the smoke on
me and they’d be bothered.”
The lack of time and benefits
makes volunteering less palatable
to younger men and women, and
so the figures take a hit, he said.
Another issue is the time taken
to train new recruits who may or
may not continue to be volunteers.
A lot of dollars and hours are
spent on equipment and learning
first aid and CPR. “Many volunteers just get too
burned out to continue when
they’re not being paid for it,” said
Garrett. “We lose the time and
money spent whenever they quit.”
Furthermore, much time is
spent on fundraising efforts, which
include bashes and carnivals that
drive the community to contribute. They make enough money
from donations to continue operation, but many hours are sacrificed
in the process, according to Garrett.
Aside from carnivals with rides
for children and food stands, two
mini-bashes are held: one in the
fall, and one in the spring. Tickets
are sold to patrons who then claim
prizes, and the take for the department is around $10,000.
The big annual occasion, however, is the Fall Bash, held on Labor Day, which aims to sell 10,000
tickets to attendees for $50 each
and gives out big prizes.
“It’s a raffle and we give prizes
every 5 minutes,” said Mongold.
“The highest prize being $50,000,
and people will turn out for
those.” The moneymaking effort is
not perfect, as they end up giving
away the equivalent of $350,000
dollars in cash, electronics, guns,
gift cards and other presents.
“We hope to raise $50,000 from
the last Fall Bash,” said Mongold about the 12th edition of the
event. Time is also needed to calculate the final take for the department, which goes into its general
account to pay the bills.
Tom Miller, a firefighter with
the Sissonville Volunteer Fire De-
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partment and the West Virginia
director of the National Volunteer
Fire Council, reasoned that one of
the underlying factors is the lack of
incentives to offer when trying to
recruit. “We are losing very talented
people simply because we don’t
have anything to keep them,” Miller said. According to him, training
requirements are changing, bureaucracy is increasing and funding
is needed more than ever. Of all the firefighters in the
state, 69 percent are volunteers.
There are 434 fire departments in
the state, 421 of which are volunteer and they protect 94 to 97 percent of land area and 75 percent of
the population. The common age of this profession is also increasing. According
to Miller, the average age of half
the firefighting workforce will be
45 and older by 2018.
Another aspect attributed to the
shortage of firefighters is the high
cost of training and equipment.
The NVFC estimates the cost per
firefighter to be around $27,095. To solve the problem of recruitment and retention, varying efforts
and offering have to be undertaken
to make the work more appealing,
according to David Finger, the director of government relations
with the NVFC.
“One of the things that a lot
of departments have started to
do is provide benefits to people
that could be monetary, and you
have departments that are providing, sort of, pay for call, annual or
monthly stipends,” said Finger.
“Some areas actually are paying
people on a part-time basis or an
hourly basis to be firefighters.” According to Miller, a few fire
departments in West Virginia have
closed down in last two years because of inadequate manpower. “What if your local volunteer
didn’t volunteer?” wondered Miller regarding the potential gravity of the shortage of volunteers.
“Who would answer the call?” Nayef AlAbduljabbar is a journalism student at West Virginia University.
October Yard of the Month was the yard of Elwood and Yvonne Williams, 208 N. Main St., Moorefield.
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs Moorefield Chapter would like to thank members of the
Moorefield Community for their summer Yard of the Month nominations. The Women’s Club will be
sponsoring the Christmas Yard of the Month. Nominations for the 2013 Christmas Yard must be in by
Dec. 20. To nominate a yard, call Nancy Hill, 304-257-3881 or Billie Jo High, 304-538-6169.
Audit Says Children’s Program
Has Reporting Problems
By Brock Vergakis
Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP)
- A legislative audit says the Bureau for Children and Families has
failed to meet statutorily required
reporting requirements for its
Youth Services Program.
The program is intended to help
children with a variety of issues,
such as homelessness, drug abuse
and legal issues. The audit was
provided to state lawmakers during their interim session this week.
The audit says the bureau
doesn’t have data to determine the
effectiveness of interventions for
more than 80 percent of youth services cases. The audit says the data
for the other 20 percent is not specific to the Youth Service Program
and includes children in ongoing
Child Protective Services cases.
An agency official who was not
identified in the report told auditors there’s a lack of data because
the bureau only tracks data for
Youth Services cases in which the
children are in foster care.
Without the proper data, the audit says the bureau can’t determine
the effectiveness of the program.
In the 2012 fiscal year, the bureau
had more than 6,100 children enrolled in youth services. More than
1,000 of those cases came from
courts ordering a child to receive
youth services.
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team. The bureau said it will update the Legislature on its progress complying with the law in six
months.
The recommendations include
tracking responses to rehabilitative treatment programs on a
case-by-case basis and establishing
performance goals specific to the
Youth Services Program.
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which less than $1 billion is grown
in-state.
“That’s a significant problem
and an opportunity,” Helmick
said.
The Numbers
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farms with 3,500 jobs that add $80
million to the Pa. economy each
• West Virginia has $1.4 million in deer farm sales annually,
but there are only 66 deer farming
jobs.
• West Virginians consume $7
billion in food each year, but less
than $1 billion is grown in-state.
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Section B Moorefield Examiner
December 4, 2013
2013-14 Moorefield Girls Basketball: (l-r) Bethany Smith, Tara George, Kelsey Hines, Savannah
Kite, Serena Redman, Natasha Saville, Shay
Stump, Beth Cook, Kellie Bedell, Olivia Salero,
Alisha Redmon, Megan Weekley, Sumer Flinn,
Katelyn Tompkins, Bethany Bobo, Paige Crites.
Not pictured: Mikeala Wolfe.
2013-14 East Hardy Girls Varsity Basketball: (l-r) Jordan
Whetzel, Allison Dyer (kneeling), Ruby Fridley, Jade Foltz,
Marilyn Cassell, Autumn Mathias, Rayann Foltz, Bobbi-Ann
Mullins.
Preview by Carl Holcomb, Design by Mike Mallow
Yellow Jackets - Driving to Success Cougars - Cruising Past Opponents
Moorefield Girls Basketball had to search for a
starter for the car, having to replace five seniors and
the new replacements appear to be working in pristine condition to help create a positive finish.
The Yellow Jackettes had a disappointing 6-17 season last year, a step down from the previous season
at 9-14 and now the drive for success will be paved.
Moorefield knows what roads will need to be traveled to return to the state tournament for the first
time since 2003.
Moorefield has made six trips to Charleston since
1989.
The Yellow Jackettes don’t need a special motto
or mantra to live by this season, merely a desire to
improve daily at each stop along the route.
“No motto, but we want to come out and compete and get better. The big thing is getting better
every game. If we get on a roll, we’ll do well. There’s
nobody there (schedule) we can’t compete against,”
Moorefield Coach Paul Keplinger stated.
The big destination will have to wait, as the focus
right now is the immediate road hazards of each
game.
“The biggest thing is they understand what we are
trying to do. These girls are working to get better
everyday. When we get wins, people will start showing up. Losing doesn’t help,” Coach Keplinger remarked.
The Yellow Jackettes lost five seniors to graduation who all made huge contributions: Meagan
Crites, Courtney Parker, Katelynn Wills, Shayna Vetter, and Taylor Zuber.
“We had five seniors last year and three seniors
this year. We lost a bulk of our size. Team-wise our
heights not there. Athletic-wise we’re pretty good
with the group we have. I think that will be our strong
point for us this year, our athleticism. Overall, the
varsity and kids we have now learned a great deal
from last year,” Coach Keplinger commented.
Moorefield shot about 28 percent from the field
last season and has been practicing diligently to
smooth out the bumps in the road.
“If you look at our offensive output last season,
we were pretty bad. Preseason we are looking pretty
well. There are things showing up and they are understanding the concepts I believe what we are trying to do. These girls were a big part of what we did
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East Hardy Girls Basketball is preparing to
navigate the road in order to set the cruise control
on winning and the journey starts tonight.
The Lady Cougars have dealt with back-toback losing seasons with records of 6-16 (last
year) and 5-18, but there has always been a glimmer of hope.
“We want to be better than the day before. Our
goal is definitely to win more ball games,” East
Hardy Coach Bridget Billmeyer stated.
“With the depth we have this year and the experience, we just want to be a more well-rounded team. Our goals are to rebound better, shoot
free throws better, handle the ball better, and put
more points on the board.”
East Hardy will continue with its focus to improve each day with its motto to ‘Believe and Succeed...It’s not just about being the best, it’s about
being better than we were yesterday.’
“We played well last year. We had Fort Hill
on the ropes, we had Pocahontas County on the
ropes once, and Pendleton County. We just could
never finish a game to win,” Coach Billmeyer noted.
The Lady Cougars have the blueprint for success knowing five state tournament trips have
been made before, although the last time was
back in 2009 under legendary coach Raymond
Snapp (418 wins in 29 seasons).
Billmeyer played in the state tournament and
was an assistant to Coach Snapp during the last
state tournament run.
Billmeyer has made two trips as head coach to
the Region II Championship and turning the pages of historical success will open a new chapter of
accomplishments.
East Hardy has proven to be competitive, but
having a shallow bench hasn’t helped to stretch
the talent throughout the game.
This season there has been a move to feature
quality players throughout the entire lineup.
“If you put our five out against their five, we
were better conditioned than them. We have a
better quality depth of bench,” Coach Billmeyer
said.
The varsity squad will be guided by seniors
who have plenty of experience to enable the Lady
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Yellow Jackets
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last year. At one time we had most
of the young ones out there and they
did well. They stepped up, especially
in the tournament championship,”
Coach Keplinger noted.
Moorefield has nine returning
varsity players, although some split
time with junior varsity.
Developing skills is important
and most of the young players will
have time traveled on both levels.
Moorefield will be led by seniors Beth Cook, Kellie Bedell, and
Kelsey Hines.
Cook was one of the top scorers
for Moorefield last season and dominated the perimeter shooting.
“We have Beth back and she’s
a pretty good shooter,” Coach
Keplinger noted.
Bedell handled the ball well and
was an efficient scorer from anywhere on the floor, really coming to
life late in the season.
“Kellie needs to step up and
shoot the basketball. She can do it,
just needs the confidence. She likes
the 15-foot jumpers. She is a trackster,” Coach Keplinger said.
Hines was injured last season, but
was a great leader in a support role
and now has the opportunity to give
guidance on the floor.
Alisha Redmon, a junior power
forward/center, is a fireball in the
paint, grabbing rebounds and securing the ball with the intensity of a
true Yellow Jacket.
“Alisha is working really hard, trying to improve everyday. She’ll be a
good five inside for us, a strong postup player and rebounder,” Coach
Keplinger remarked.
Shay Stump, a junior forward, has
shown great speed and court awareness to setup shots.
Tara George, a sophomore guard,
is quick on defense and can light up
3-point line all day.
Having multiple 3-pointer specialists will dare teams to play defense outside which will create opportunities inside.
The Yellow Jackettes have talented shooters in sophomore guards
Natasha Saville, Savannah Kite, and
Serena Redman to keep the momentum going.
Moorefield had some things to
iron out from its scrimmage against
Spring Mills, but Saville was creating a lot of points cutting to the basket.
There are three freshmen on the
varsity roster: Sumer Flinn, Bethany
Smith, and Katelyn Tompkins.
The Yellow Jackettes will have
four captains this season: Hines,
Cook, Bedell, and George.
“I’ve noticed from our first meeting, they were setting things up and
explaining things. They were putting
the younger kids on the right track.
They have taken these younger ones
under their wing,” Coach Keplinger
stated.
Moorefield’s junior varsity squad
will include: Mikeala Wolfe, Savannah Kite, Serena Redman, Natasha Saville, Bethany Bobo, Megan Weekley, Paige Crites, Katlyn
Tompkins, Olivia Sellaro, Sumer
Flinn, and Bethany Smith.
Moorefield wants to create an
up-tempo game, so that first pass or
steal will happen in a blink of an eye.
“For us it’s going to be very important to have fast breaks. I think
we can use that to our advantage.
We work everyday on it, every
chance we get, we’re going to push.
With our size, it’s a no-brainer with
the opponents we have. There are
no slouches on that schedule with
ten Class AA games. We really have
to push ourselves to play at that level. The girls understand that playing
those teams make us better,” Coach
Keplinger commented.
Communicating on the floor requires the right chemistry.
“They are all involved together
over the summer and in the weight
room. They work together and get
along. They do fight once in awhile,
but mostly like sand gnats. The seniors start that off, getting excited.
It was other issues last year, but
these girls appreciate what they
have,” Coach Keplinger noted.
Moorefield knows how important
rebounding is along with second
chance shots, especially embracing
this concept is the junior varsity.
“The bulk of the team is coming
up. The one thing they did well was
follow the shot. We didn’t shoot particularly well, but they always got
a second opportunity. They didn’t
care who shot the ball, as long as
someone got the score,” Coach
Keplinger said.
Look out for aggressive play in
the paint.
“Size doesn’t matter when you’re
boxing out. That’s something we
cover everyday. We box out, anybody out here can get the basketball.
When we got it, with most of the
ones handling it we are off and running,” Coach Keplinger remarked.
Moorefield will drive ot the basket as much as possible.
“We’re going to look to drive,
because some teams will play us in
zone. If we can shoot the basketball,
it’ll pull them out of the zone. We
have people who can penetrate and
dish,” Coach Keplinger added.
The Yellow Jackettes want to be
on the attack as much as possible.
“We had 40 plus shots per game
last season, we need to increase
that. If you have the shot, you need
to take it. I want to shoot the ball
quick, anytime we get the chance,”
Coach Keplinger stated.
Free throws are an important part
of the game.
“It puts you at a position to win,
it’s how we won the tip-off tourna-
ment last year. Foul shooting, we’ll
shoot our perfect 10’s everyday.
That’s an easy bucket, no defense.
Step up and shoot it, help your team.
We should get more of them with
our penetration,” Coach Keplinger
explained.
Moorefield’s primary defense will
be man-to-man, knowing who has
the best match-up is key.
The Yellow Jackettes opened the
season last night at the Hive against
Class AA Berkeley Springs and host
Class AA Petersburg this Saturday.
Moorefield’s first Potomac Valley Conference game is the third
game, a home tilt against Pendleton
County.
The Yellow Jackettes invade rival
East Hardy on December 13 to start
a seven game road trip.
The Lady Cougars come to
Moorefield on January 24.
“We treat all the rivalry games the
same. East Hardy is of course our rival and they’ll be good this year. Rivalry games are great for the fans.
We want to beat everyone,” Coach
Keplinger stated.
Moorefield plays at Tucker County two days before the Petersburg
Holiday Tip-off Tournament on December 20-21.
Moorefield won that tournament last year and looks to repeat as
champions.
“We’ve been to the tip-off tournament before and won that. We’d
like to do that again, defend that
title. We have a good shot to win the
section, that would be a goal for us,
move on from there and see how it
goes,” Coach Keplinger commented.
Moorefield continues on the road
with a contest at Keyser on December 23.
The end of the 2013 portion of
the schedule features a game at
Strasburg, Va. and the New Year
starts on January 2 at Northern Garrett, Md.
Moorefield finally returns home
for three games starting on January
15 against Strasburg.
The regular season finale is at Petersburg on February 21.
“The schedule is tough on us, so
we will get better. I told the girls
from day one I don’t like to show
up and know we are going to win
and just go play. You’re not going to
get better that way. When you play
these teams, you have to work and
prepare. We want to get better every
time we take the floor. It’s up to the
girls the way they want to do that,
whether we play to what we’re capable of doing. We treat all the games
the same, we want to win them all.
The biggest thing for us is to keep
focused on the big picture,” Coach
Keplinger concluded.
The Yellow Jackettes are ready to
spread the court and put the season
into overdrive.
Moorefield Yellow Jackets Roster
Varsity
Kellie Bedell..................... F................. 5’8”............... 12
Beth Cook......................... G................. 5’7”............... 12
Kelsey Hines..................... G................. 5’3”............... 12
Shay Stump....................... G/F............. 5’5................. 11
Alisha Redmon................. F/C.............. 5’7”............... 11
Natasha Saville................ G/F............. 5’5”............... 10
Tara George...................... G................. 5’4”............... 10
Savannah Kite.................. G................. 5’3”............... 10
Serena Redman................ G/F............. 5’5”............... 10
Sumer Flinn...................... F................. 5’5”............... 9
Bethany Smith.................. G................. 5’3”............... 9
Katlyn Tompkins.............. G/F............. 5’2”............... 9
Junior Varsity
Mikeala Wolfe................... G/F............. 5’6”............... 11
Savannah Kite.................. G................. 5’3”............... 10
Serena Redman................ G/F............. 5’5”............... 10
Natasha Saville................ G/F............. 5’5”............... 10
Bethany Bobo................... G................. 5’2”............... 10
Megan Weekley................. G/F............. 5’4”............... 9
Paige Crites....................... G................. 4’11”............. 9
Katlyn Tompkins.............. G/F............. 5’2”............... 9
Olivia Sellaro.................... C................. 5’11”............. 9
Sumer Flinn...................... F................. 5’5”............... 9
Bethany Smith.................. G................. 5’3”............... 9
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Cougars to get more wins: Marilyn Cassell (center), Jade Foltz
(guard), Rayann Foltz (guard),
Ruby Fridley(guard), and Autumn Mathias (guard/forward).
To compliment the talent of
the seniors, East Hardy has junior Jordan Whetzel (forward)
and two sophomores Allison Dyer
(guard) and Bobbi-Ann Mullins
(forward) to complete the varsity
roster.
Cassell, who stands at 6’1”, was
the Potomac Valley Conference
rebounding leader last season and
led the Lady Cougars in scoring.
Cassell has definitely been a
dominate factor leaping in the
paint to create points and crashing the boards.
“I can’t imagine anybody beating her in the paint. People will
have a lot more trouble guarding her if others around her figure
that out. She can jump higher and
is taller this year than last year,”
Coach Billmeyer remarked.
Twin guards Rayann and Jade
Foltz have shown good speed on
the court and have been able to
feed the ball or take a shot when
needed.
Rayann Foltz has been in the
Top 5 of the PVC assist category
the past two seasons.
The Foltz twins have shown a
fearless determination to drive
into the paint and have created
opportunities for teammates.
However, this fierceness has
created foul trouble and made
playing minutes dwindle.
Rayann Foltz has been carrying most of the ball handling duties, but a change is on the horizon with sophomore Allison Dyer
coming into the ranks of varsity to
develop new offensive tactics including taking the role of primary
ball handler.
There just might be a scoring
surge coming from Rayann Foltz
with this new scheme.
Jade Foltz could be nicknamed
‘light-footed squirrel’ with her
improved speed this season and
knack for stealing the ball.
All of the members of this team
have been making good progress
with jump shots and new options
are being created for a better season.
Ruby Fridley has been a good
defensive player and showed talent from beyond the arch at times
last season.
Mathias has been a smart post
player, making sure everyone
knows where to be and does well
boxing out.
“She’s a leader on the floor.
She keeps everyone moving. She
knows where everyone is supposed to be on the floor,” Coach
Billmeyer commented.
Whetzel developed into a solid
post player last season, finding
good positioning in the paint and
increased confidence to shoot the
ball.
“Jordan will provide quality
minutes for us,” Coach Billmeyer
noted.
Mullins is a 5’10” transfer from
Hampshire County High School
and has shown a keen knowledge
of the game during practices thus
far.
Mullins’ height will certainly
help the Lady Cougars in the
paint and provide quality minutes
off the bench.
“Bobbi is our secret weapon,”
Coach Billmeyer said.
These girls certainly know what
needs to be done and have been
working together for years to
make an impact.
“The biggest thing with them is
they’ve been together so long that
they know what they’re doing. The
team chemistry is good. They’re
friends on and off the court and
that helps. They’re excited to get
started. I think they want to be
successful, they’re tired of being beat to the ground. We had
too many close games last year,”
Coach Billmeyer explained.
One of the main focuses this
season will be to get inside the
paint more.
“We have to get the ball into the
paint more than we did last year.
We need to do it with our guards,
with the pass, the ball has to make
it in there. The purpose of driving in the paint is to score points,”
Coach Billmeyer remarked.
Despite a decent jump shot
range as a team from 12-15 feet,
the Lady Cougars prefer to chew
the inside of the lane.
“We just don’t have perimeter
shooting. Sometimes they can hit,
but not a whole lot. Opening the
outside isn’t a purpose for us, because we can’t shoot from the outside. Teams drive it in and kick it
out, well we just haven’t been able
to shoot from the outside,” Coach
Billmeyer noted.
East Hardy plans to mix up defenses again this season with manto-man and zone, but will primarily use man-to-man.
“With man-to-man you know
who you’re responsible for and
can quickly tell who’s not doing
their job. We’re going to have to
push it up some playing 2-3, 1-31, just mix it up,” Coach Billmeyer
stated.
The Lady Cougars want to get
the ball moving and will look at
fast break opportunities with the
right amount of pressure.
“We’re going to work on fast
break and transition this year.
We’re going to try to push the
basketball a little more, get the
ball out, up the floor, even if we
aren’t successful just to get the defense up quickly instead of walking down like we did last year. I
think we are quick enough that we
should be able to do that (score
points on fast break). They don’t
see all that yet, but hopefully they
see that before too long,” Coach
Billmeyer commented.
The junior varsity squad will be:
Shyane Constable (senior), sophomores Vanessa Walker, Joleah
Hamilton, Melissa Sargent, Tela
Funkhouser, and freshmen Caitlin Fitzwater, Holly Fogel, Brittany Barney, and Shannon Hahn.
One thing that plagued the
Lady Cougars last season other
than fouls was turnovers and that
needs to change to create wins.
It is no easy task to overcome
obstacles and this season’s schedule has plenty of hurdles.
East Hardy jumps into PVC
play with its season opener at
home against Tygarts Valley tonight.
The Lady Cougars opted out
of the Petersburg Holiday Tipoff Tournament and added other
tournaments for a chance to see
different opponents.
East Hardy plays in the Strasburg Tournament this weekend
with an opening round tilt against
Luray on Friday.
Strasburg and James Wood are
in the tournament.
East Hardy will compete in the
second annual W.Va. Hometown
Invitational Tournament which
features teams from all around
the state beginning on January 11.
After playing PVC foe Pocahontas County at home next
Wednesday, the Lady Cougars
host cross-county rival Moorefield
on December 13.
“As long as we beat Moorefield,
we’re happy with our season,”
Coach Billmeyer noted.
East Hardy will visit the Hive
on January 24.
Aside from the Strasburg Tournament, the only other out-ofstate team East Hardy will face is
Fort Hill, Md. on January 16.
East Hardy has scheduled Class
AA Petersburg twice, on December 16 and the season finale on at
home on February 19.
East Hardy faces the always formidable Tucker County on January 7 and 28.
“Our schedule is really hard.
I haven’t looked up the index,
but it’s a pretty tough schedule.
I think we have a fair chance to
get better than we were last year,”
Coach Billmeyer stated.
East Hardy has to shift into the
right gear for optimal cruise control to throttle a better season and
the engine will be fired up tonight.
East Hardy Cougars Roster
Varsity
Marilyn Cassell................ C................. 6’1”............... 12
Jade Foltz.......................... G................. 5’4”............... 12
Rayann Foltz..................... G................. 5’5”............... 12
Ruby Fridley..................... G................. 5’4”............... 12
Autumn Mathias.............. G/F............. 5’3”............... 12
Jordan Whetzel................ F................. 5’9”............... 11
Allison Dyer...................... G/F............. 5’3”............... 10
Bobbi-Ann Mullins.......... F................. 5’10”............. 10
Junior Varsity
Shyane Constable............. G................. 5’1”............... 12
Tela Funkhouser.............. F................. 5’6”............... 10
Joleah Hamilton............... G................. 5’3”............... 10
Melissa Sargent............... G................. 5’3”............... 10
Vanessa Walker................ G/F............. 5’6”............... 10
Brittany Barney................ G/f.............. 5’5”............... 9
Caitlin Fitzwater.............. C................. 5’7”............... 9
Holly Fogel........................ G................. 5’1”............... 9
Shannon Hahn................. G/F............. 5’6”............... 9
MOOREFIELD (WV) EXAMINER, Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 3B
The Old Master
By Jay Fisher
Dana Holgorsen called it a “disappointing end to the game and a disappointing end to a disappointing season.” That pretty much sums it up.
With nine minutes left in the first half, things looked great for the
Mountaineers. Charles Sims had just cracked the 1000-yard barrier is
style with a 76 yard TD run. That gave WVU a 31-7 lead. It would have
been easy for the 2-9 Cyclones to pack it up then, but Iowa State didn’t
quit. They managed a touchdown on the ensuing drive which made it 3114. That was the score with about 4 minutes to go in the third quarter,
when WVU had the ball on ISU’s one yard line, first and goal.
But the Mountaineers fumbled the ball away, and the Cyclones
marched down on a 99 yard drive that ended with an early fourth quarter
touchdown. WVU answered back with a 76 TD strike to Mario Alford.
So WVU was back up 17 points with just under 14 minutes to go – no
problem, right? Wrong. The Mountaineers slowly imploded with two
more turnovers in the final quarter and Iowa State came back to tie the
game 38-38 in regulation.
In overtime, the teams traded field goals twice. In the third OT, Iowa
State scored on its first play, and got the two point conversion, to take a
52-44 lead. On WVU’s first play, they gained 22 yards to set up first and
goal at the 3 yard line. Four plays to gain three yards. Four plays. Three
yards. WVU struck out.
Kansas and Iowa State were the two worst teams in the Big 12 throughout the season. But in the last two weeks, WVU lost to both. Somehow,
the Mountaineers will be a team that lost to the last place team in a conference, and could end up beating the conference champion (Oklahoma
State wins the title if they beat Oklahoma this weekend).
In the end, this has been a very difficult season to digest. Look for a
long post-mortem about the 2013 football season over the holidays.
On a brighter note, it is now basketball season. The men beat Old Dominion impressively and lost to #10 Wisconsin. You never like to lose,
but there was more to be encouraged about then upset about during the
loss. It is one they could potentially build on and make them a better
team. (that being said, they need to improve free throw shooting, now)
The women’s team is also rolling. They had a nice win last week over
Virginia, and this weekend throttled Youngstown State. They seem to be
adapting to the new defensive rules, and are set up for a good conference run.
MOOREFIELD
Girls Basketball Schedule
12/03/13 06:00PM
H BERKELEY SPRINGS 12/07/13 06:00PM
H PETERSBURG 12/10/13 06:00PM
H PENDLETON COUNTY 12/13/13 06:00PM
A EAST HARDY 12/18/13 05:45PM
A TUCKER COUNTY 12/20/13 05:00PM
A TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT @ PETERSBURG 12/21/13 05:00PM
A TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT @ PETERSBURG 12/23/13 06:00PM
A KEYSER 12/30/13 06:15PM
A STRASBURG,VA H.S. 1/02/14 06:00PM
A NORTHERN GARRETT, MD H.S. 1/15/14 06:00PM
H STRASBURG,VA H.S. 1/16/14 06:00PM
H TYGARTS VALLEY 1/20/14 06:00PM
H POCAHONTAS COUNTY 1/23/14 05:45PM
A TYGARTS VALLEY 1/24/14 06:00PM
H EAST HARDY 1/29/14 06:00PM
H KEYSER 1/31/14 06:00PM
H NORTHERN GARRETT, MD H.S. 2/03/14 06:15PM
A PENDLETON COUNTY 2/06/14 05:45PM
A POCAHONTAS COUNTY 2/11/14 06:00PM
H TUCKER COUNTY 2/13/14 06:00PM
A BERKELEY SPRINGS 2/21/14 06:00PM
A PETERSBURG
EAST HARDY
Girls Basketball Schedule
12/04/13 06:00PM
H TYGARTS VALLEY 12/06/13 06:00PM
A STRASBURG TOURNAMENT 12/07/13 06:00PM
A STRASBURG TOURNAMENT 12/11/13 06:00PM
H POCAHONTAS COUNTY 12/13/13 06:00PM
H MOOREFIELD 12/16/13 06:00PM
A PETERSBURG 12/18/13 06:15PM
A PENDLETON COUNTY 12/23/13 05:45PM
A POCAHONTAS COUNTY 1/02/14 06:00PM
A UNION 1/07/14 05:45PM
H TUCKER COUNTY 1/09/14 05:45PM
A TYGARTS VALLEY 1/11/14 05:00PM
H WVHIT 1/16/14 06:00PM
A FORT HILL, MD H.S. 1/18/14 06:00PM
H WVHIT 1/21/14 06:00PM
A PAW PAW 1/24/14 06:00PM
A MOOREFIELD 1/25/14 06:00PM
A WVHIT 1/28/14 05:45PM
A TUCKER COUNTY 2/01/14 06:00PM
A WVHIT CHAMPIONSHIP 2/03/14 06:00PM
A PAW PAW 2/11/14 06:00PM
H PENDLETON COUNTY 2/19/14 06:00PM
H PETERSBURG
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FOR SALE
MISCELLANEOUS
FIREWOOD FOR sale Seasoned Oak wood by the truckload
or pickup load. 304-897-5178. tfn
CHEAP FIREWOOD discounted for summer. Quality locust and oak, free delivery, price
negotiable. Contact Ryan 304-3658035. 12/4
FIREWOOD FOR sale. For
good firewood at the best price,
call Aaron at 304-257-2388 or 304668-2548. 12/4
OLD IRON railing for sale from
Hester office building. Call Ivan:
540-226-2276. 12/14
(1) 8,500 Miller oil furnace with
base. (2) 275 gal oil tanks. Call
304-538-6663. 12/7
FOR SALE
MOBILE HOMES
16x80 MOBILE HOME 3BR,
2BA, setup on rented lot near
Moorefield. Call 304-851-2300 or
304-851-2000. 11/30
FOR SALE
HOUSES
HOUSE FOR Sale in Moorefield
on Paskell Hill. 2100+sq. ft. 4BR,
3BA, large family room on .5 acre
with extra lot available. Not interested in renting. Call 304-3582423.tfn
FOR SALE OR RENT. 4 BEDROOM, 2 Bath Ranch Style home
on 6.8 acre land with 375 ft river
frontage. City water, 5 miles on
South Fork Road. Call between
9am-5pm. 304-434-2233 or 304851-0111. 12/7
LOG 2BR, Home/Cabin on JC
Markwood Rd. with approximately 1+/- acre. $153,500; 2.05 acres
grassy building lot, Hickory Knoll
off JC Markwood Rd. $28,500.
Keplinger Realty, Broker 304-7497717. 12/7
2.259 ACRES WITH 3BR, 2BA
home. Just north of Moorefield,
$89,900. Call Joan Mace with Preferred Properties (Debra H Crites,
Broker) at 304-703-5145. 11/30
FOR SALE
AUTO/TRUCKS
1996 BUICK Century. Real good
shape. 304-538-6269. 12/7
2004 FORD Escape XLT 4x4,
130K miles, new battery, good
Michelin tires, power W,L, and S.
Call 304-538-2449.
12/11
FOR SALE
FARM EQUIPMENT
KUBOTA, GEHL, BushHog, and
Befco. 15 Kubota Cab tractors in
stock. See Woodstock Equipment
Company for Sales, Parts, and Service. Woodstock VA. Call 540-4593233. tfn
FOR RENT
MOBILE HOMES
2BR MOBILE HOME near Baker
area. In good condition. Call 304897-5813.tfn
I HAVE for rent clean mobile
homes in Misty Terrace, at lower
prices than anywhere else. Call
Leslie Romero at 304-851-2222.tfn
2BR TRAILERS located in Fisher, WV. Call 304-538-7107 or 304257-6063.tfn
3BR MOBLIE HOME for rent.
304-538-2454.tfn
2BR MOBLIE HOME near
Moorefield. 304-257-3191.
3BR TRAILER. SOUTH of
Moorefield on 220. 304-257-7622.
_12/4
2 and 3BR MOBILE homes located near Moorefield. Call 304-8512300 or 304-851-2000.
11/30
Whether it’s for a few days or a
month, we offer a medley of accommodations providing you with
a “like home” experience at a fraction of the cost of a hotel. Our cabins, cottages and houses are fully
furnished, bring your family and
enjoy your privacy and the seclusion of our retreat. Call 304-7497000 or 304-703-5898. www.heavenslandingretreat.com. 12/7
WARDENSVILLE: BIG beautiful 3 br. house on Main St, newly
renovated, LR/DR/den, W/D, two
level front porch, big back deck
and yard. $775 month plus electric, security deposit. Call 304-4909004, leave message. 12/14
WARDENSVILLE; COMFY 2br.
house off Main St., quiet area near
river, small yard, parking. $400
month plus electric, security deposit. Call 304-490-9004, leave
message. 12/14
SINGLE FAMILY home, 5 miles
north of Petersburg. Approximately 3 miles on Hott Hill Road off Rt.
42. 4 Br., 2Ba on 2 acre lot. Electric heat, city water. $650/month,
security deposit, 1st and last month
rent required. Available Now.
703-347-3618. 1/1/14
FOR RENT
APARTMENTS
OVERLOOK APARTMENTS,
in Petersburg, WV for elderly, 62
years of age or older, handicapped
or disabled regardless of age has
apartments available now. Rent is
based on 30% of adjusted annual
income. Equal Housing Opportunity, Equal Opportunity ProvidFOR RENT
er, and Handicapped accessible.
HOUSES
Please contact 304-822-6045, TTY/
2BR HOUSE IN Baker area.
TDD 800-982-8771. 12/28
Available October 1st. 304-8972BEDROOM
apartment
in
5813. tfn
Moorefield. Walk to work. 3042BR, 1BA, CABIN on Trout Run
257-6935. 12/4
Road. 3 miles from Wardensville.
$485. per month, includes trash.
FOR RENT
Deposit required.703-938-7469. _tfn OFFICE SPACE
3BR, 1BA, HOUSE located in Pe- OFFICE SPACE for rent. 107 S.
tersburg, WV. Call 304-538-7107 or Main St. 2nd Floor $200.00 per
304-257-6063. tfn month plus utilities. 540-226-2276.
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Highland Trace Realty, Inc.
PO Box 307, 200 E. Main Street, Wardensville, WV 26851
John B. Bowman, Broker
Charlotte Bowman, Assoc. Broker
Steve Bosley, Sales Agent 304-897-5700
Emily Anderson, Sales Agent
Office 304-874-3030 • Toll Free 1-877-293-3643
FOR RENT
STORAGE
*OLD FIELDS Storage* (Units
5x10) (10x10) (10x20). Located 4.5
Miles on Rt. 220 North of Moorefield. Call 304-530-3300, 304-5382346 or evenings 304-538-6785.tfn
HARVEST STORAGE: 5x10,
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experience. Houses, Interior,
house roofs, barn roofs, church
roofs, poultry house roofs, outbuildings, mobile homes, fences,
staining log homes, businesses,
pressure washing. Call Ronald
Kimble, 304-358-7208.
12/21
HOUSE PAINTER reliable, honest, and reasonably priced. 304289-3888. 12/7
HELP
WANTED
POTOMAC HIGHLANDS Guild
has a Human Resource Director
position available. The position
will be based in Petersburg Administrative Office and will be responsible for advertising for new/vacant
positions, screening/interviewing/
testing prospective employees including reference checking and
providing any written recommendations for hiring, coordinating
staff training, personnel record
keeping, staff payroll and benefits, agency policy development/
updates and risk management.
The position is full time, salaried
and classified exempt. Pay range is
from $35,000-$42,000 annual. Excellent benefit package. Minimum
requirements include a Bachelors
degree with a major/minor in business. Five years experience in human resources preferred. Please
send your resume and letter of
interest to Executive Assistant,
PO Box 1119, Petersburg, WV
26847 or email or stephanieb@
potomachighlandsguild.com on or
before December 13, 2013. EOE
M/F/H. 12/14
X-Ray Technologist. 16-20 hours
per week. Must have Mammography Certification and one year experience. Apply at Love Clinic. 12/4
MEDICAL BILLING Assistant.
24 hours per week. Must have one
year experience. Apply at Love
Memorial Clinic. 12/4
THE CAPON Bridge Police Department is accepting applications
for a Chief of Police. Applications
may be picked up at the Capon
Bridge Town Office/ Police Dept.,
PO Box 183, 259 Whitacre Loop,
Capon Bridge, WV. Monday thru
Friday between the hours of 9:00
A.M. and 5:00 P.M. The last day to
submit an application for this position is Friday, January 10, 2014 at
5:00 P. M. Applicants should possess a high school diploma or it’s
equivalency, be a certified officer
and of good physical condition. A
physical fitness test with minimal
requirements will be administered
prior to employment. Application
request can be made at [email protected] or can
be faxed prior to the deadline to
304-856-2495. 12/14
NOTICE
Goodall at 877-928-2322. 1/8
FULLY ACCREDITED, ACT/
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Available, Transfer Classes, Walkins Welcome, One of the Nation’s
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AUCTIONS
AUCTION ESTATE Anderson. November 22, December 6,
2013, 6pm. Richardson’s Auction 304-851-2621.Check us out at
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3rd Annual Christmas Bazaar. Saturday, December 7th from 8am to
2pm at Moorefield Assembly of
God Church, 139 Chipley Street.
Find the perfect holiday crafts and
gifts. Homemade baked goods
and soups. Eat-in goodies include
hotdogs, sausage biscuits, hot and
cold drinks, and homemade cookies and brownies. Don’t miss it! 12/4
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SEPTIC TANKS Pumped M & M
Septic Service. Call 304-257-3191. tfn
NURSING PROGRAM at Eastern West Virginia Community
and Technical College is accepting applications, It is FREE to apply. Applications must be received
by 4:30pm January 31, 2014 to be
considered. For more information
regarding the program and qualifications visit www.easternwv.edu/
nursingclass or call Eleanor Berg
at 304-982-2322. 1/8
BACHELOR’S IN Elementary
Education program through West
Virginia University Parkersburg
via Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College campus
PERSONALS
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Now Taking Applications
Yellowbud Place: 1 BR garden apartments, 2 &
3 BR town homes. Rent includes water, trash and
sewer. 1BR: $440.00. 2BR: $465.00 & 3BR: $565.00.
Many amenities include: dishwasher, stove, refrigerator
& garbage disposal. Laundry room on site and tot lot
for children. Security deposit equals 1 months rent.
E-MAIL: [email protected]
WEBSITE: www.highlandtrace.com
Call 304-538-7082
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Purgitsville, WV 26852
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304-538-6324
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POTOMAC LANES THURSDAY
NIGHT MIXED LEAGUE
Weese 538-Jeanie Judy
MEN’S SCRATCH GAME:
189-Jeremy Funkhouser 176-Boo
Hefner 166-Doug Hose
MEN’S SCRATCH SERIES:
492-Jeremy Funkhouser
456-Dylan Combs 455-Boo Hefner
MEN’S HANDICAP GAME:
227-Keith Redman 214-Doug
Hose 213-Mark Norwood
MEN’S HANDICAP SERIES:
613--Keith Redman 597-Doug
Hose 588-Dylan Combs
WOMEN’S SCRATCH GAME:
167-Donna Davy 158-Carol Hefner 153-Becky Weese
WOMEN’S SCRATCH SERIES:
485-Donna Davy 417-Becky
Weese 395-Carol Hefner
WOMEN’S HANDICAP
GAME:
Weese 205-Teresa Beck
WOMEN’S HANDICAP SERIES:
11/25/13
11/21/13
POTOMAC LANES MONDAY
NIGHT BUSINESS LEAGUE
MEN’S SCRATCH GAME:
217-Bob Hammons 201-Brandon
Hose 197-Ricky Parsons
MEN’S SCRATCH SERIES:
564-Bob Hammons 523-Ricky
Parsons 491-Rocky Conrad
MEN’S HANDICAP GAME:
239-Bob Hammons 239-Joe Kesner 224-Ricky Parsons
MEN’S HANDICAP SERIES:
630-Bob Hammons 616-Edward
Dicks 604-Ricky Parsons
WOMEN’S SCRATCH GAME:
198-Penny Sites 171-Rosie Sampsell 171-Shanna Day
WOMEN’S SCRATCH SERIES:
515-Penny Sites 483-Shanna Day
467-Marlene Alexander
WOMEN’S HANDICAP
GAME:
236-Penny Sites 228-Michelle
Shanholtz 213-Marlene Alexander
WOMEN’S HANDICAP SERIES:
629-Penny Sites 620-Marlene Alexander 603-Shanna Day
No Friday morning scores for
this week.
By Brock Vergakis
Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) The first details about a proposal
to legalize the use of marijuana for
medical purposes in West Virginia
emerged on Wednesday during a
legislative committee meeting.
The legislature’s Joint Health
Committee was told during an interim meeting that a bill allowing
the use of medical marijuana is
being drafted for consideration in
the upcoming legislative session.
The National Conference of
State Legislatures says 20 states
and the District of Columbia al-
low the use of medical marijuana,
though it’s still prohibited under
federal law. West Virginia lawmakers have spent time learning
about the issue in at least one previous interim meeting earlier this
year.
Charles Roskovensky, chief
counsel for the House Committee
on Health and Human Resources,
told the joint committee that a bill
he’s drafting for them would allow people with certain illnesses
like cancer and glaucoma to possess up to six ounces of marijuana.
If the bill becomes law, registered
patients would be able to purchase medical marijuana at five
“compassion centers” throughout
the state that would be chosen
through a competitive bid process,
he said. Registered patients would
also be allowed to have a limited
number of 12 marijuana plants, he
said.
Roskovensky said the bill was
not in its final form and solicited
suggestions from lawmakers who
serve on the Joint Health Committee, and directed questions
about the proposal to the committee’s co-chairmen. It wasn’t clear
how much support the proposal
would have in the committee. No
vote was taken and comments
were limited, with most questions
and discussion being deferred to
another time.
Still, marijuana legalization
supporters celebrated that the discussion was happening at all.
“Marijuana has proven medical
benefits, and seriously ill individuals should be able to use it without
fear of arrest and prosecution,”
Marijuana Policy Project legislative analyst Matt Simon said in
a prepared statement. “We are
pleased to see legislators are educating themselves on the issue,
and we hope they will move forward with this compassionate and
much-needed legislation.”
(AP) - The Maryland Department of Agriculture is withdrawing
proposed fertilizer regulations.
The department announced Friday that it was taking the step as
a result of concerns raised during
the public comment process on the
regulation that would make major
changes to how farmers can apply
poultry manure to crops. It will
work with stakeholders to revise
the regulation and resubmit the
proposal in 2014.
The proposal sparked angry
protests from many farmers concerned about the cost and logistics.
The Maryland Farm Bureau, a private, nonprofit organization, applauded the move, but noted that
the fight is not over.
“We are pleased that MDA and
the Governor recognize the impact
of the proposed change on farmers
and withdrew the proposal,” bureau president Patricia Langenfelder said in a statement.
The changes proposed in December were based on about a
decade of University of Maryland research into how phosphorous moves through soil. They
are meant to be an element of the
state’s plan for protecting and restoring the Chesapeake Bay.
Officials are confident in the science behind the proposed rules
and remain committed to adopting
them, Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance said in a statement.
“The Administration stands behind our commitment to (the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency) to implement a Watershed
Implementation Plan (WIP) that
ultimately provides for a healthy
Chesapeake Bay,” Hance said.
“We will meet our Chesapeake
Bay restoration goals, taking every
step possible to protect water quality and ensure the viability of our
family farms in Maryland.”
Md. Withdraws Proposed
Fertilizer Regulations
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Six W.Va. Residents Charged
In Wildlife Law Sting
(AP) - Six residents of West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle have
been charged with illegal deer sales
and numerous other violations.
Agents from the West Virginia
Division of Natural Resources and
the Virginia Department of Game
and Inland Fisheries executed
search warrants earlier this month
at two residences in Hedgesville.
The DNR says in a news release
that the suspected operation involved the illegal killing and processing of deer, including the sale
of deer meat across state lines.
Undercover agents made numerous purchases of butchered
deer along with some illegal drugs
from the suspects.
Three of the suspects live in
Hedgesville. The others were from
Glengary, Gerrardstown and Martinsburg.
Charges also are pending in Virginia against suspects on multiple
counts of illegally selling wildlife
along with marijuana distribution
charges.
Ski Season Opens to Flurry of Business
(AP) - Snow is arriving in West
Virginia just in time for the opening of the state’s ski season.
Snowshoe Mountain opened its
40th season Nov. 27 with at least
three lifts and about 10 trails in operation.
The West Virginia Ski Areas Association says other slopes at Canaan Valley, Timberline, Oglebay
and Winterplace will open the early part of December.
Cold temperatures throughout the mountains of West Virginia have allowed snowmakers to
work around the clock, covering
the slopes with man-made snow
that will be supplemented by the
natural stuff. Snowshoe marketing
director Dave Dekema says skiers and snowboarders arriving for
the Thanksgiving weekend will be
pleased with the amount of snow
they’re opening with.
The state’s ski and snowboard
season typically runs from Thanksgiving through early April.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF HARDY
COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
THAT BEING THE JUVENILE COURT
OF SAID COUNTY
IN RE:S.M.N D.O.B. 6/20/2007 13-JA-32
J.J.N. D.O.B. 12/412005 13-JA-33
NOTICE OF PENDING ACTION
TO: Lamar Nicholson
3415 Boxelder Dl’ive
Houston, TX
You are hereby notified of the above
styled action pending in the Circuit Court
of Hardy County, West Virginia, that can
result in the permanent termination of your
parental, custodial andlor guardianship
rights. Every child, parent, custodian andlor guardian has a right to counsel at every
stage in this proceeding.
This case is scheduled for Adjudicatory
Hearing before the Circuit Court of Hardy
County, West Virginia, on December 10,
2013 @ 11:00 a.m. This Hearing will be
held at the Hardy County Courthouse, 204
Washington St., Moorefield, WV 26836.
You must appear at the Hearing set forth
above to protect and defend your interests.
You are also required by law to file an answer in this action before December 10,
2013.
10M H. Treadway Jr., a competent local
attorney has been appointed as your attorney in this matter. He can be contacted
at P.O. Box 434, Moorefield, WV 26836 or
(304) 897-8888; facsimile (304) 897-7010.
You can obtain a copy of the petition
filed in this matter and further information
about this case from the Hardy County
Circuit Clerk’s Office located at the Hardy
County Courthouse, 204 Washington St.,
Moorefield, WV 26836 or by calling their
office at (304) 530-0230 or facsimile (304)
530-0231.
Lucas J. See, Prosecuting Attorney,
Counsel for Petitioner
Hardy County Courthouse
204 Washington St., Room 104
Phone: (304) 530-0200
Facsimile: (304) 530-0201
11/27, 12/4 2c
COUNTY, WEST Virginia
THAT BEING THE JUVENILE COURT OF
SAID COUNTY
IN RE: K.M.D. D.O.B. 6/3/2011 13-JA-29
NOTICE OF PENDING ACTION
TO: DUSTIN DIPAULA
120 Valley Street
Martinsburg, WV 25401
You are hereby notified of the above
styled action pending in the Circuit Court
of Hardy County, West Virginia, that can
result in the permanent termination of your
parental, custodial and/or guardianship
rights. Every child, parent, custodian and/
or guardian has a right to counsel at every
stage in this proceeding.
This case is scheduled for Adjudicatory
Hearing before the Circuit Court of Hardy
County, West Virginia, on December 10,
2013 @ 11:00 a.m. This Hearing will be
held at the Hardy County Courthouse, 204
Washington St., Moorefield, WV 26836.
You must appear at the Hearing set forth
above to protect and defend your interests.
You are also required by law to file an answer in this action before December 10,
2013.
Lawrence E. Sherman, a competent local attorney has been appointed as your
attorney in this matter. He can be contact-
ed at P.O. Box 1810, Romney, WV 26857 or
(304) 822-4740; facsimile (304) 822-7922.
You can obtain a copy of the petition
filed in this matter and further information
about this case from the Hardy County
Circuit Clerk’s Office located at the Hardy
County Courthouse, 204 Washington St.,
Moorefield, WV 26836 or by calling their
office at (304) 530-0230 or facsimile (304)
530-0231.
Lucas J. See, Prosecuting Attorney,
Counsel for Petitioner
Hardy County Courthouse
204 Washington St., Room 104
Phone: (304) 530-0200
Facsimile: (304) 530-0201
11/27, 12/4 2c
Request for Proposal(s)
The Hardy County Farmland Protection
Board (HCFPB) is accepting proposals for
appraisal services and baseline conservation easement services for properties located in Hardy County, West Virginia. Proposals shall be mailed to the HCFPB, PO Box
711, Moorefield, WV 26836 and shall be in
compliance with the bid instructions and
specifications. Bid instructions and specifications are available at the HCRDA Office,
223 North Main Street, Suite 102, Moorefield, WV during normal working hours or
telephoning 304-530-3047. All proposals
shall be marked “Appraisal Services” and
received by Friday, December 13, 2013 by
3:00 p.m. The HCFPB reserves the right to
reject bid proposals.
11/27, 12/4 2c
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
IN RE: THE NAME CHANGE OF George
Arnold Vance to George Arnold Fishel
Circuit Court Case No: 13-P-59
NOTICE OF APPLICATION OF
CHANGE OF NAME:
Notice is hereby given that on the 10th
day of December, 2013 at the hour of 1:00
p.m., or as soon thereafter as this matter
may be heard, George Arnold Vance will
apply by Petition to the Circuit Court of Hardy County, WV, at the Courthouse thereof
in the City of Moorefield for the entry of an
Order by said Court changing the name
from George Arnold Vance to George Arnold Fishel. Any person who has objection
to the change of said name for any reason
may appear at the time and place set forth
above and shall be heard in opposition to
such change.
Given under my hand this 25th day of
November, 2013.
Kimberly Evans
Circuit Clerk
by Kelly Shockey, Deputy
12/4 1c
TARIFF FORM NO. 12
(Tariff Rule 44)
PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE IN SEWER RATES
NOTICE is hereby given that the Town of Moorefield Sanitary Board proposed a tariff
containing increased rates, tolls and charges for furnishing sewer service to 1,188 customers served by the Town of Moorefield in Hardy County, West Virginia.
The proposed increased rates and charges will become effective January 11, 2013,
unless otherwise ordered by the Public Service Commission and will produce approximately $20.367 annually in additional revenue, an increase of approximately 2.9%. The
average monthly bill for the various classes of customers will be changed as follows:
PROFORMA GOING LEVEL ($)
(%)
RATES RATES INCREASE INCREASE
Residential
3,508 gallons (Class Average) $ 34.27 $ 33.27 $ 1.00 3.0%
Commercial
10,778 gallons (ClasS Average) $ 63.06
$ 61.19 $ 1.87 3.1%
Industrial
5,211 gallons (Class Average)
$ 43.68
$ 42.41 $ 1.27 3.0%
Pilgrim’s Pride
1,345,387 gallons (Average) $ 3,682.31
$ 3,580.74
$101.57
2.8%
Sewer Resale customers of the Town of Moorefield include N/A
The increases shown are based on averages of all custoniers in the indicated class.
Individual customers may receive increases that are greater or less than average. Furthermore, the requested rates and charges are only a proposal and are subject to change
(increases or decreases) by the Public Service Commission in its review of this filing.
The Commission shall review and approve or modify the increased rates only upon
the filing of a petition within thirty (30) days of the adoption of the ordinance changing
said rates or charges, by:
(1) Any customer aggrieved by the changed rates or charges who presents to the
Commission a petition signed by not less than twenty-five percent of the customers
served by such municipally operated public utility; or
(2) Any customer who is served by a municipally operated public utility and who resides outside the corporate limits and who is affected by the change in said rates or
charges and who presents to the Commission a petition alleging discrimination between
customers within and without the municipal boundaries. Said petition shall be accompanied by evidence of discrimination; or
(3) Any customer or group of customers who are affected by said change in rates who
reside within the municipal boundaries and who present a petition to the Commission alleging discrimination between said customer or group of customers and other customers
of the municipal utility. Said petition shall be accompanied by evidence of discrimination.
All petitions should be addressed to the Executive Secretary, Public Service Commission of West Virginia, 201 Brooks Street, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323.
A complete copy of the proposed rates, as well as a representative of the utility to provide any information requested concerning it, is available to all customers, prospective
customers, or their agents at:
Town of Moorefield
206 Winchester Avenue
Moorefield. WV 26836
A copy of the proposed rates is available for public inspection at the office of the Executive Secretary of the Public Service Commission at 201 Brooks Street, P.O. Box 812,
Charleston, West Virginia 25323.
11/27, 12/4 2c
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Economist Challenges Idea of Aging Farmer Crisis
By David Pitt
Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Agriculture economists have long
warned that aging farmers are
staying on their land longer, delaying turnover to a younger generation.
But Ohio State University agriculture economist Carl Zulauf
says the fears have been overstated.
Zulauf said in a report last
month that history shows there’s
an influx of young farmers when
it’s possible to earn a good living.
Farm income will likely reach a record $131 billion this year.
Iowa State University economist Mike Duffy still worries that
the percentage of farm land held
by people older than 75 has increased at an unprecedented pace
in the last two decades.
Lindsey Lusher Shute, a
34-year-old farmer from Clermont, N.Y., says getting started
has been “incredibly difficult” but
she and her husband are slowly
making it work.
Summit Financial Group Reports Third Quarter 2013 Results
Summit Financial Group, Inc.
reported third quarter 2013 net
income applicable to common
shares of $2.08 million, or $0.24
per diluted share, compared with
$803,000, or $0.10 per diluted
share, for the third quarter of
2012. Third quarter 2013 results,
as compared to the same period
in 2012, were positively impacted
primarily by a lower provision for
loan losses and lower write-downs
of foreclosed properties.
Excluding from third quarter
2013 (on a pre-tax basis) realized
securities gains of $132,000, gains
on sales of foreclosed properties
of $17,000, charges for other-thantemporary impairment (OTTI) of
securities of $38,000 and writedowns of foreclosed properties of
$654,000, and from third quarter
2012 realized securities gains of
$760,000, gains on sales of foreclosed properties of $16,000,
charges for OTTI of securities of
$39,000 and write-downs of foreclosed properties of $2.57 million,
third quarter 2013 earnings would
have approximated $2.42 million,
or $0.27 per diluted share, compared to $1.96 million, or $0.22
per diluted share, for the year-ago
period.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, Summit recorded net income applicable to common shares of $4.70 million, or
$0.55 per diluted share, compared
with $3.03 million, or $0.38 per
diluted share, for the comparable
2012 nine-month period.
Excluding from the nine month
period ended September 30, 2013
(on a pre-tax basis) realized securities gains of $116,000, losses
on sales of foreclosed properties of $546,000, OTTI charges
of $118,000 and write-downs of
foreclosed properties of $3.08
million, and from the 2012 first
nine-month period realized secu-
rities gains of $2.25 million, losses on sale of foreclosed properties of $583,000, OTTI charges of
$375,000 and write-downs of foreclosed properties of $6.11 million,
earnings for the first nine months
of 2013 would have approximated
$6.98 million, or $0.79 per diluted
share, compared to $6.07 million,
or $0.71 per diluted share, for the
2012 nine month period.
Highlights for Q3 2013
include:
• Best quarter’s earnings per diluted share since Q4 2008.
• Tenth consecutive quarter of
positive quarterly earnings.
• Nonperforming assets declined for the seventh consecutive
quarter, reaching its lowest level
since Q4 2008; OREO is at its
lowest level since Q4 2009.
• The provision for loan losses
remained unchanged compared
to the $1 million recorded in Q2
2013, and was half the amount recorded in Q3 2012.
• Recorded charges to writedown foreclosed properties of
$654,000, compared to $1.49 million in Q2 2013 and $2.57 million
in Q3 2012.
• Net interest margin increased
3 basis points compared to Q2
2013, but decreased 2 basis points
compared to Q3 2012.
• Loans grew a modest 1.3 percent.
• Summit’s regulatory capital
ratios are at the highest levels in
thirteen years.
H. Charles Maddy, III, President and Chief Executive Officer
of Summit, commented, “We are
pleased to report this past quarter’s continued progress toward:
improving our earnings performance, reducing our portfolio of
problem assets, and strengthening
our capital levels. Our problem
assets remain top priority, and we
are encouraged by the 23 percent
reduction in our nonperforming
assets over the past 12 months.
However, dispositions of foreclosed properties remain challenging -- particularly with respect
to commercial and residential development properties. Further, we
anticipate our near term quarterly
earnings may continue to fluctuate as foreclosed properties are
re-appraised and adjusted to estimated fair values on an ongoing
basis.”
Results from Operations
Total revenue for the third
quarter 2013, consisting of net interest income and noninterest income, was $12.4 million compared
to $13.3 million for the third quarter 2012. For the year-to-date period ended September 30, 2013,
total revenue was $37.1 million
compared to $40.0 million for the
same period in 2012.
Total revenue excluding realized securities gains of $132,000
and OTTI of securities of $38,000
was $12.3 million for third quarter 2013 compared to $12.6 million for the same prior-year quarter, a decrease of 2.1 percent. For
the first nine months of 2013, total revenue excluding these same
items was $37.1 million compared
to $38.1 million for the first nine
months of 2012.
For the third quarter of 2013,
net interest income decreased to
$9.5 million, compared to $9.9
million reported in the prioryear third quarter and was relatively unchanged compared to the
linked quarter.
The net interest margin for
third quarter 2013 was 3.15 percent compared to 3.12 percent for
the linked quarter, and 3.17 percent for the year-ago quarter.
Noninterest income, consisting
primarily of insurance commissions from Summit’s insurance
agency subsidiary and service fee
income from community banking
activities, for third quarter 2013
was $2.9 million compared to $3.4
million for the comparable period
of 2012. Excluding realized securities gains and OTTI of securities,
noninterest income was $2.77 million for third quarter 2013, compared to the $2.64 million reported for third quarter 2012.
The provision for loan losses was $1.0 million for the third
quarter and linked quarter of 2013
compared to $2.0 million for the
year-ago quarter.
Noninterest expenses continue
to be well-controlled. Total noninterest expense decreased 17.9
percent for the quarter to $8.2
million from the $10 million reported in third quarter 2012. Excluding from third quarter 2013
noninterest expense (on a pre-tax
basis) gains on sales of foreclosed
properties of $17,000 and writedowns of foreclosed properties of
$654,000 and from third quarter
2012 gains on sales of foreclosed
properties of $16,000 and writedowns of foreclosed properties
of $2.6 million, noninterest expense would have approximated
$7.6 million for third quarter 2013
compared to $7.5 million for third
quarter 2012.
Noninterest expense for the
first nine months of 2013 decreased 9.2 percent compared to
the first nine months of 2012. Excluding from the nine month period ended September 30, 2013
noninterest expense (on a pretax basis) losses on sales of foreclosed properties of $546,000 and
write-downs of foreclosed properties of $3.1 million and from 2012
first nine-month period losses on
sales of foreclosed properties of
$583,000 and write-downs of fore-
closed properties of $6.1 million,
noninterest expense would have
approximated $22.7 million for
nine months ended September
30, 2013, compared to $22.3 million for the comparable period of
2012.
Balance Sheet
At September 30, 2013, total assets were $1.39 billion, an increase
of $683,000, or 0.1 percent, and a
decrease of $16.3 million, or 1.2
percent, since December 31, 2012
and September 30, 2012, respectively. Total loans, net of unearned
fees and allowance for loan losses,
were $939.2 million at September
30, 2013, up $2.0 million, or 0.2
percent, from the $937.2 million
reported at year end 2012.
At September 30, 2013, deposits were $1.02 billion, a decrease
of $10.4 million, or 1.0 percent,
since year end 2012. During the
first nine months of 2013, interest
bearing checking deposits grew
$11.0 million, or 6.3 percent, to
$186.7 million, while time deposits
decreased by $20.1 million, or 3.6
percent. Long-term borrowings
and subordinated debentures declined by 16.6 percent since year
end 2012, as the Company paid
down $39.7 million in maturing
borrowings during this period.
Asset Quality
As of September 30, 2013, nonperforming assets (“NPAs”), consisting of nonperforming loans,
foreclosed properties, and repossessed assets, were $77.1 million,
or 5.55 percent of assets. This
compares to $78.2 million, or 5.70
percent of assets at the linked
quarter, and $99.8 million, or 7.11
percent of assets at September 30,
2012.
Third quarter 2013 net loan
charge-offs were $2.1 million, or
0.89 percent of average loans an-
nualized, while adding $1.0 million to the allowance for loan losses. The allowance for loan losses
stood at $13.0 million, or 1.37 percent of total loans at September
30, 2013, compared to 1.88 percent at December 31, 2012.
Capital Adequacy
Shareholders’ equity was $108.8
million as of September 30, 2013
compared to $108.6 million at December 31, 2012.
Summit’s regulatory total riskbased capital ratio increased modestly to 14.5 percent at September
30, 2013, compared to 14.4 percent at June 30, 2013 and 14.0 percent at December 31, 2012. The
Company’s September 30, 2013
Tier 1 leverage capital ratio of 8.9
percent is up from 8.6 percent at
June 30, 2013 and 8.3 percent at
December 30, 2012.
Summit’s depository institution, Summit Community Bank,
Inc., is well in excess of regulatory
requirements for a “well capitalized” institution at September 30,
2013. The Bank’s total risk-based
capital ratio was 15.5 percent at
September 30, 2013 compared
to 15.6 percent at June 30, 2013
and 15.0 percent at December 31,
2012, while its Tier 1 leverage capital ratio improved to 10.4 percent
from the 10.2 percent and 9.8 percent reported at June 30, 2013 and
December 31, 2012, respectively.
The Bank received regulatory approval for and paid an upstream
dividend of $1.00 million to Summit during third quarter 2013, representing the first such dividend
since second quarter 2008.
Total common shares outstanding as of September 30, 2013 were
7,448,422 compared to 7,425,472
shares as of December 31, 2012.
2013 Holiday Coloring Contest
Contest Rules — “Read Carefully”
The Contest is divided into two age groups: five to seven years old
and eight to ten years old. Kids outside the age group are invited to
participate, but are not eligible to win.
All coloring contest pictures must be submitted with the complete
official entry blank and must be out of the paper. Extra copies are
available at the Moorefield Examiner office.
Entries must be received no later than Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 at
Noon. Drop your entry off at the Examiner office, 132 South Main
Street, Moorefield, WV, or mail to:
Coloring Contest
Moorefield Examiner
P.O. Box 380
•Use crayons, felt-tip markers or colored pencils.
•Limit one entry per person.
•A $25 VISA gift card will be awarded to a winner in each age
group.
•All judges’ decisions are final.
•Employees of this newspaper and immediate family members
are not eligible.
•All entries should solely be the work of the child. If an entry is
suspected to have parental involvement, the entry will be
disqualified. Previous year’s winners are encouraged to enter,
but are not eligible to win first prize consecutive years.
VISA gift cards are compliments of
The Capon Valley Bank (Age 8-10 category)
Grant County Bank and (Age 5 - 7 category)
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Age
Parent’s Name
Parent’s Email
Phone
Entry Blank
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W.Va. Agency
Sets Employment
Workshop for Vets
(AP) - Workforce West Virginia
is planning a three-day employment workshop to help current
and former military members and
their spouses find new careers.
The Off Base Transition Training workshop is set for Dec. 10-12
at the Robert C. Byrd National
Aerospace Education Center in
Bridgeport. Topics include finding employment, translating military skills to work skills, answering
tough interview questions, navigating the web and effectively us-
ing social media in job searches.
John Smith of Harrisville recently attended a similar workshop
in Parkersburg. He plans to retire
from the military in May. He says
the workshop takes a lot of the
fear out of searching for a job and
interviewing.
Participants can register by calling 1-800-252-5627.
Additional
workshops
are
planned for Jan. 28 in Red House
and Feb. 5 in Martinsburg.
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