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Page 1B Cougars also move on to the second round of State Football Playoffs. Page 3B Established 1845 Wednesday, November 16, 2016 OOREFIELD XAMINER MVOLUME 125 - NUMBER 46 TWO SECTIONS • 16 PAGES 94¢ E USPS 362-300 and Hardy County News Fansler Elected Commissioner, County Incumbents Hold Seats David “Jay” Fansler Kim Kimble Hartman Bryan Ward Isaac Sponaugle Randy Smith Kent Leonhardt By Jean A. Flanagan 53 percent of the vote. Democrat 48 percent. who received the highest number Hardy County. percent of Hardy County’s votes. Moorefield Examiner Harry Shockey received nearly 37 Incumbent Sheriff Bryan Ward of votes in the county - 5,295 The 14th Senatorial District The 55th Delegate District in- percent. Non-partisan Kelly Kipp handily bested challenger Brent •Surveyor - David Jopling includes Barbour, part of Grant, cludes all of Hardy and part of With a 62 percent turnout, Har- and write-in Steve Elliott received Fertig. Ward received nearly 80 The 14th District State Senate Hardy, part of Mineral, part of Pendleton counties. dy County voters went to their 258 and 268 votes respectively. percent of the votes. seat will be filled by Republican Monongalia, Preston, Taylor and polling places in droves to cast Perhaps the most contentious Uncontested races were as fol- Randy Smith, who received 53 Tucker counties. State Races their ballots in the 2016 General race was for Hardy County Circuit lows: percent of the district vote and 45 Democrat incumbent Isaac Upsets at the state level oc- Election on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Clerk, with incumbent Democrat •County Clerk - Gregg Ely percent of Hardy County’s vote. Sponaugle will retain his seat the curred in the Office of Secretary For Hardy County Commis- Kim Hartman coming out on top •Prosecuting Attorney - Lucas Incumbent Democrat Bob Wil- West Virginia House of Delegates. of State and the Commissioner of sioner, voters chose Republican with 51 percent of the vote. Chal- See liams received 42 percent of the Sponaugle received 54 percent of Agriculture. David “Jay” Fansler, who garnered lenger Rachel See received a close •Assessor - Jim B. Wratchford, district votes and 41 percent of the district’s votes and almost 47 Continued on page 8 HCEAA License Renewed Another 8 Miles By Jean A. Flanagan Equipment Moorefield Examiner Alt requested the HCEAA purchase a Lucas CPR Device and a Binder EMS Device. Having submitted paperwork and survived an The Lucas device provides automatic chest inspection, the Hardy County Emergency Am- compressions for CPR and allows the EMT or bulance Authority was granted an Emergency paramedic to perform other lifesaving activi- Medical Service license renewal last week. The ties. Alt said he used one recently and “the pa- renewal is good for two years. tient will be released from the hospital shortly.” The HCEAA board of directors met on The Binder device helps lift a patient with Wednesday, Nov. 9. fewer people. “We also received our DEA license,” said He will look into the cost for both pieces of Derek Alt, HCEAA’s director of EMS. “It pro- equipment. vides us the opportunity to purchase Advanced Life Support drugs.” Calls for Service Since ALS drugs are narcotics, a DEA li- According to Lewis, the calls for service for cense is required. October were as follows: The majority of the meeting was spent dis- •Fraley Ambulance Service had 98 calls for cussing the hiring of additional staff. Since the Hardy County Commission reinstated the service. Emergency Ambulance Fee, the HCEAA will •Mathias-Baker Volunteer Rescue Squad Photo by Lon Anderson have a revenue stream beginning in February had 38 calls for service. 2017. •Wardensville Volunteer Rescue Squad had Alt said he wanted to advertise for paramed- 22 calls for service. ics and EMTs. The personnel committee will re- •The HCEAA personnel assisted with 39 Corridor H from Wardensville view resumes as they are received and schedule calls for service - 4 were with Wardensville and interviews. 35 with Mathis-Baker. Paul Lewis, president of the HCEAA board The next meeting of the Hardy County Emer- To Davis Complete suggested the authority hire two part-time gency Ambulance Authority will be held on clerks to process the fees and respond to ques- Wednesday, Dec. 14. It is scheduled to be held State and Federal officials cut the ribbon last Thursday in Davis to celebrate the opening of another 7.9 mile sec- tions from the public. Lewis said there was a at the Ponderosa Steakhouse in Moorefield. tion of Corridor H from Bismarck to Davis. Pictured above are Todd Gunter representing U.S. Senator Shelley billing company that could interface with the Dinner-on-your-own will begin at 5:30 and the Capito, Tom Smith of the Appalachian Regional Commission, Edward Stephan of the Federal Highway Administra- Assessor’s Office to bill residents. He had not meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. The public is in- tion, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, and state Transportation Secretary Paul Mattox. With discussed cost at this point. vited to attend. the completion of this segment, over three-quarters of the approximately 140 mile highway has now been completed. 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To her My feet/legs are getting old and it was reported that Social Security recipients would Osage Orange is proper name for DAVID O. tree local folks have long called wood was wood and piled in the decrepit. I don’t kick through receive a grand 0.3 percent increase in their monthly HEISHMAN Hedge Apple The old public road box beside her Home Comfort, ev- dead, dry matted vegetation as benefits next year. used to run up the valley beside ery stick was fair game as long as it easily as I used to. New Polaris What will that 0.3 percent add up to? Just about $4 that fence and I think my ancestors fit in the firebox. She never really ATV “Tadpole” isn’t up to travers- might have planted thorny Hedge learned the relationship between a ing that area either, but I want it to a month. Now that’s what we call generous! Apple to help keep livestock out of I know. Other than the fact that firebox full of sawed and split old be. Last week Kubota with loader the road. Before it was a hog lot it Adding insult to injury, senior citizens also are re- they are too hard and woody to eat, locust fence posts and supper po- and I began clearing a road for was a small apple orchard and that they shouldn’t hurt you. tatoes boiled dry. Tadpole. ceiving an increase to what they pay for Medicare Part hedge might have been planted to Not only do the fruits look like My favorite fire wood has always Worked our way toward an up- B. Note that we said “pay” not receive. That increase keep passersby out of the fruit. oranges, but heartwood from been White Oak. At 24.0 million ended root mass I hadn’t seen be- My wife, Phoebe, calls same tree trunks and large branches is usu- to Medicare will wipe out any small increase promised Mock Orange. Often found grow- BTUs it’s close to Black Locust fore. A White Oak. A big one, ally bright yellowish orange. Hard. ing along streams, I think it used to for their monthly benefits from Social Security. Crooked. If you find a chunk big and rates same as Red Oak and maybe eighteen inches diameter. grow along Town Run which origi- and straight enough for a fence Sugar Maple. Big plus for oaks is Tall, straight. I should work it up The politicians who pay themselves embarrassing nally bordered her Moorefield post, it’ll last longer in contact with that they generally split easy. Most and find somebody to saw it into house property. At least one big salaries for what they don’t do are more than respon- soil than any other known local hickories and apple rate higher lumber. I’ve no known use for tree still stands across Main Street than oaks but there is generally a White Oak lumber. I don’t need sible for this injustice. in Carmen Silliman’s front lawn. wood. They pass the laws that govern Social Security, the Hedge Apples aren’t edible. Hot, too. Heaviest, densest lot more wedge and hammer work shingles or whiskey barrels. Dog- They’ll stick to your hand, because hottest burning wood in Eastern involved on big chunks. house does need first class fire- laws that tell us how much we get, and the regulations the white “milk” that comes from North America. Listed at 32.9 mil- I found a good sized white oak wood though. affecting what services we can receive through the every bruise or cut in their knobby lion British Thermal Units (BTUs) last week.