Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Kennerly Surgical Center opens in Pre-schoolers Point Pleasant, A2 graduate, A6 Point Pleasant, West Virginia 50 CENTS • Vol. 118, No. 68 TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2010 www.mydailyregister.com OBITUARIES County mourns loss of Capt. Stone Page A5 BY DELYSSA HUFFMAN “Mr. Stone was a true years, the company saw a Stone, said. “He also • Cleo V. Holley [email protected] gentlemen in every sense transformation from wrote a book, ‘The • Alma N. McKellop of the word,” Mason ferry to steam and gaso- History of the Marietta • Leon Rhodes Parker POINT PLEASANT County Commissioner line boats and then on to Manufacturing — A member of one of Rick Handley stated. diesel boats. When poor Company.’” • Charles Henry Stone Mason County’s oldest “We were neighbors for health struck the family, Rutler said that he pioneer families has 30 years. He watched my the business was sold to remembers Stone telling passed away over the children grow up and another well-known river many stories about the weekend. always asked about man, Capt. Bob river, most of which Patriot decides Capt. Charles Henry them.” Bosworth. always involved some Stone, 95, a lifelong resi- Handley recalled sev- After retirement, Stone humor. to close troubled dent of Point Pleasant, eral memories of his retained his passion for “He was a great story- passed away on Saturday, neighbor, including trout rivers and boats and teller and was loved by W.Va. coal mine June 19. Throughout his fishing. worked hand-in-hand the river community,” he life, Stone served many “He loved trout,” he Capt. Charles Stone with the Point Pleasant said. CHARLESTON (AP) roles including business- said. “And every time I River Museum, making In 2007, Stone — Patriot Coal says it’s man, river man and a went to Cranberry River transformed into a busi- lasting friendships along permanently closing a received the History well-known local river and caught a fish, I ness partnership with his the way. Hero Award from the valuable West Virginia historian. would say my first one father’s company, “Capt. Stone was very mine. State of West Virginia, Many in the area was for Mr. Stone.” Stone’s Towing and instrumental with the recognizing him for his St. Louis-based Patriot mourn the loss of a dear His days on the river Harbor Co. While he getting the river museum says it decided Monday friend and an influential may have begun piloting worked alongside his started,” Woody Rutler of outstanding work in pre- to abandon the Harris part of river boat history. river boats, but it soon father, Charles Sr., for 17 Marietta, a friend of Please see Stone, A3 No. 1 mine near Wharton. The mine was idled in mid-June by a Armstead cave-in that damaged its MCCF partners with Clafin main conveyer belt. Patriot says it decided addresses Monday that the roof was so bad it was closing the Foundation to establish scholarship Mason Co. mine immediately instead of next year as planned. BY HOPE ROUSH tea party The shutdown figures [email protected] to hurt financially. Harris REGISTER STAFF produces metallurgical POINT PLEASANT [email protected] coal worth up to $235 a — A new scholarship ton to steelmakers, and fund is now available to POINT PLEASANT Patriot had warned Wall area students. — Del. Tim Armstead, Street its second quarter The Mason County R-Kanawha, was the results would be reduced Community Foundation guest speaker during the by the temporary shut- (MCCF) has partnered most recent Mason down. The company did with the Clafin County tea party gather- not elaborate Monday. Foundation to establish a ing. Federal records show new scholarship fund for Armstead, Minority about 170 people work at Mason County graduat- Leader District 32, the Boone County mine, ing seniors. The MCCF addressed government which produced 619,701 recently received a issues and spoke candid- tons last year. $6,000 gift from the ly about West Virginia Clafin Foundation to state government, how it establish the new fund works and what it is and and to receive $5,000 in is not doing with tax dol- challenge funds to award lars, the state economy SPORTS to the county’s graduat- and whether or not state ing seniors in May 2011. government is represent- • Post 27 beats According to Jane ing the values of the West Winters, Parkersburg Virginia people. Marietta. See Page B1 Area Community He also spoke about Foundation manager of how “we the people” regional affiliates, the need to know what bills new fund will serve as a are being presented in general purpose county- legislation and how our wide scholarship fund representatives are vot- that will annually pro- ing to prevent, “the wool vide scholarship support from being pulled over for graduating seniors your eyes.” from all three Mason Armstead offered five County High Schools issues that Republicans who plan to attend a col- have tried to move as lege, university, voca- being the will of the peo- tional or technical ple: marriage between school. one woman and one man, The Clafin donation of drug testing, pro-life, $6,000 also enabled the homestead exemption tax MCCF to reach their and healthcare for chil- challenge goal. dren. But he said these According to Winters, points got averted by the MCCF participated putting them on a calen- in a two-year Regional dar that gets nowhere. Scholars Investment He urged the people in WEATHER Initiative, sponsored by attendance know how the Parkersburg Area your representatives Community Foundation vote. He invited anyone with whom the founda- to Google ‘WV tion is an affiliate of. The Legislation’ to be challenge goal was to Hope Roush/photo informed of roll call raise $15,000 to establish Stephen Littlepage, partner and attorney of Hyer & Littlepage and administrator votes and the business of a permanent community of the Clafin Foundation, presents Jane Winters, Parkersburg Area Community legislation. scholarship fund in order Foundation manager of regional affiliates, with a check of $6,000. The Clafin Those at the gathering to achieve a $1 to $3 Foundation’s donation has partnered them with the Mason County Community also discussed ways to match of $5,000 for 2011 Foundation to establish a new scholarship fund for area students. get the community local scholarship awards. involved in the local tea “To endow a perpetual party. High: Lower 90s. educational support may helped us meet our chal- There is a need in Mason According to tea party scholarship requires an County to assure that Low: Lower 70s. investment of at least be directed.” lenge goal of raising organizers Jim and Anna $20,000 so the fund has Winters added that $15,000 by June 15,” more young people suc- Marie Butler, many are an adequate base from bequests can be directed Winters said. cessfully negotiate the misinformed to what Tea which to permanently to the county level schol- Stephen Littlepage, transition from high Parties are promoting. INDEX make awards. We often arship fund as well, partner and attorney for school to adulthood. For The Mason County Tea get calls from generous which is a general pur- Hyer & Littlepage and many, a key resource for Party is tri-partisan 2 SECTIONS — 12 PAGES people who want to pose fund that will give administrator of the addressing this need is which includes the foundation a way to Clafin Foundation, said scholarship support from Calendars A3 assist students with Democrats, Republicans, scholarships in memory enable citizens to pool that he was pleased to the community,” he and Independents. or honor of special peo- their gifts to collectively partner with the MCCF. added. “Just as the Clafin The group encourages Classifieds B3-4 give them a way to sup- “One of the passions of Foundation and other anyone to join them in ple in their lives, but for businesses and individu- Comics B5 various reasons choose port local students, give local residents, Robert these meetings held on not to endow a scholar- back to the community and Louise Clafin, was als have done, I would the first Tuesday of each like to emphasize the Editorials A4 ship permanently,” and honor special people education. As adminis- month. The group also Winters said. “For this each year as scholarships trator of the Clafin importance of working believes that citizens Sports B Section reason, every community are awarded. Foundation, I am happy together to support our must do more than just foundation needs a “We were happy that to work with the commu- youth. I encourage our talk. community to utilize this © 2010 Ohio Valley Publishing Co. broad, general purpose the Clafin Foundation nity foundation in part- For information about scholarship fund to bene- joined us in our efforts to nership to fulfill the special general purpose the tea party, call Jim fit local students and to build this fund. It was the Clafin’s passion and fund to support our and Anna Marie Butler at which donors who are Clafin Foundation’s enhance the lives of the youth, give back to our 304-675-3984 or e-mail interested in providing timely gift of $6,000 that youth in Mason County. Please see MCCF, A3 [email protected] for more information. Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Page A2 HEALTH WATCH Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Kennerly Surgical Center opens in Point Pleasant Mason County Forecast REGISTER STAFF need for hospital admis- [email protected] sion or an operating room. Tuesday...Partly the lower 90s. South Kennerly is certified by sunny. A slight chance of winds around 5 POINT PLEASANT — the American Board of showers in the morning..