Wednesday, August 3, 2016 oorEfiEld xaminEr mVOLUME 125 - NUMBER 31 TWO SECTIONS • 16 PAGES 94¢ E USPS 362-300 and Hardy County News Community Rallies Behind Its Littlest Member By Jean A. Flanagan Chessie said. “She was supposed ducing labor early. “Basically, if tal Intensive Care Unit, Ava went Moorefield Examiner to be five pounds. The doctors at they took her early, they could re- home with a pulse-oximeter, com- Petersburg sent us to Morgantown pair her heart earlier,” Josh said. monly known as a pulsox moni- Ava Lee Vetter cries when she’s and they ran a ton of tests. That’s Ava had other ideas. She was tor. They were told to monitor her hungry or needs changing. She fin- when they told us she had a Con- born on Jan. 13, at 36 weeks. She heart rate and blood oxygen levels. ishes her bottle in no time at all genital Heart Defect. They also weighed 4 pounds, 6 ounces, not all Everything went well for a time. and then takes a nap. Ava is just told me I wasn’t going home until that far away from a normal birth “When Ava was 6 weeks old, we a little smaller than your typical after she was born.” weight. had our first scare,” Chessie said. 6-month old, and for good reason. This was in mid-December 2015. “None of the things they told us “Her pulsox was low and wouldn’t Ava was born with a Congenital Chessie is a teacher at Moorefield came true,” Chessie said. “They come up, so we took her to Mor- Heart Defect. Her pulmonary ar- High School and Josh is a Hardy said she’d be blue, but she was gantown. They gave her sildenafil, tery is very small and was not con- County Sheriff’s Deputy. They pink. They said we wouldn’t be which is the main ingredient in nected to her heart. have a home and two other chil- able to hold her, but Josh was able Viagra, to expand her arteries. A Ava’s parents, Chessie and dren, ages 8 and 4. Staying in Mor- to hold her. They said she would week later, she coded and they put Joshua, found out their third child gantown was an inconceivable op- have to go immediately to surgery her on life support.” was going to have problems late in tion. “I stayed one night and the and that didn’t happen. They re- The doctors at West Virginia Chessie’s pregnancy. next day we came up with a plan evaluated her condition and said University Ruby Memorial Chil- The Vetter family including Chessie, Josh, Bradey, Madelynn and “They did an ultrasound when so that I could go home,” Chessie she probably wouldn’t need surgi- dren’s Hospital offered the Vetters Ava. I was 31 weeks and told us she said. cal intervention for a year.” very little hope for Ava’s survival. weighed about two pounds,” There was discussion about in- So, after 11 days in the Neona- Continued on page 7 WVU President Visits County ing east to Wardensville. There he stopped by The Star Mercantile, the Lost River Trading Post and the War- densville Farm Market. “The university takes pride in every county in the state,” Gee said. “During the sum- mer, I try to visit every county and see new and neat things. I’ve never been to the Poultry Festival before, so it is cer- tainly new and neat. “The poultry industry is growing in West Virginia. It’s great to tour around and see and learn how the university can impact the state.” Javier Reyes, Ph.D., dean of the College of Business and Economics, graduated from Monterey Tech in Mex- ico City, before entering the graduate program at Texas A&M. After earning his doc- torate, Reyes taught at the University of Arkansas, led WVU President Gee talks with contestants at the Poultry the honors program and es- Photo by Carl Holcomb Week Barbecue Chicken Cooking Contest. tablished the college’s online program. He has only been By Jean A. Flanagan ty. E. Gordon Gee, president in West Virginia a few weeks Hot Weather Roasts Poultry Moorefield Examiner of West Virginia University, and is already impressed by along with an entourage of the beauty and culture he Poultry Week usually Student Government repre- sees here. Week, Still Rains on the Parade brings a variety of special sentatives and two deans, vis- “I like building things,” visitors to Hardy County, but ited the Poultry Week Youth Reyes said. “I saw Dr. Gee’s From sweltering temperatures nearing 100 to several inches of rain, this year’s Poultry Festival had something for none so colorful as the presi- Day activities at Moorefield passion and was fortunate to everyone. For more pictures, see page 8B. dent of our flagship universi- Middle School, before head- Continued on page 8 Ambulance Sheriff’s Department Strengthens K-9 Unit

By Jean A. Flanagan meth through the mail,” Shipe Authority Talks Moorefield Examiner said. “The package looked le- git, but she indicated there were The two newest members of drugs and, sure enough, there the Hardy County Sheriff’s De- were.” With Potential New partment were hired to strength- Izzie is a 7-month-old blood- en the law enforcement efforts hound currently certified in in the areas of search, rescue, tracking. Medical Director drug detection and patrol. Their “She can find lost or missing names are Veeda and Izzy. people,” said handler Deputy Ja- By Lon Anderson Veeda is a 3-year-old Dutch son Rohrbaugh. “In the spring Special to the Examiner Shepherd who is certified in drug she’ll be certified for patrol.” detection and patrol. Izzie is just learning the ropes, At its July meeting, the Hardy County Emergency Ambulance Au- “She’s already helped us a lot but has already been called for thority moved closer to hiring its candidate for Medical Director, Dr. in drug detection,” said handler backup in Grant County. Carmen Rexrode. The HCEAA voted in June to invite her in to discuss Sgt. Jim Shipe. “She compliments “Both of these dogs benefit the the position. Rue, our other drug dog. Having entire Hardy County law enforce- Having a Medical Director is important for the HCEAA because, as two dogs means we can have cov- ment community,” said Sheriff Dr. Rexrode noted, “You won’t have a license (to operate) if you don’t erage on multiple shifts.” Bryan Ward. have a Medical Director.” Shipe said the drug detection “As far as Izzie is concerned, Dr. Rexrode indicated strong interest but said she needed more infor- dogs are often called to assist oth- this is something the county has mation and answers to important questions including how much liability er agencies such as the West Vir- never had and will benefit the insurance would be provided for her before she could take the position. ginia State Police and the Town entire regional law enforcement She also expressed concerns about tightening up some of the opera- of Moorefield. efforts. In the past, if there was tional details. “The big problem I see is that there is no mechanism to Photo by Jean Flanagan Just last month, Veeda was a lost or missing person, we had track what employees are doing”, and most particularly, how to do the From left are Sgt. Jim Shipe and K-9 Veeda, Deputy Jason Rohrbaugh called to assist the U.S. Postal to rely on resources from either Continued on page 6 and K-9 Izzie. Inspector. “People were sending Continued on page 8 CONNECT www.MoorefieldExaminer.com WEATHER Source: National Weather Service On Facebook On Twitter @MoorefieldExaminer News: @MoorefieldEx Sports: @HardyCoSports

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Visit the Fair Dear Editor, this new concept and have utilized Risks; Alzheimer’s and Dementia; with managing their health for a Over the past few years, the our Community Health Needs As- Child Abuse Prevention; Healthy hopefully more balanced lifestyle. This week the Tri-County Fair is going full blast in term Population Health Manage- sessment to identify opportunities Eating While on the Road; Hy- This is one of many initiatives ment (PHM) has become some- to improve the health and life- dration; Prescription Drug Abuse; that allow the Hospital to reduce Petersburg. Youngsters in 4-H and FFA, cooks from thing of a buzz-word. As a com- styles of our residents. One key CORE; Pain Medications Are the cost of health care while im- their kitchens, and farmers from their fields and barns munity hospital and lead agency initiative that we implemented to Safe and Effective When Used as proving care. As we advance our will all be showing you how it’s done…or how it should for healthcare, the concept of this begin to support our primary care Directed; Skin Cancer Awareness, Population Health Management type of patient centered manage- practices is a monthly program Kids Eat Right; Importance of efforts with programs such as our look when done well. ment is often unclearly defined identified as Healthy Saturday. Knowing your Family Health His- Healthy Saturday, GMH will con- Demonstrations, farm animals, food, agriculture and even less well understood. At This special “Saturday”occurs tory; Billing Questions/Answers; nect everyone throughout the care Grant Memorial, we are aware the first Saturday of each month. Fruit and Vegetables- More Mat- cycle—clinicians, care managers, products, fruits, vegetables, flowers and plenty of the that our role is changing from Our community citizens can ters; Your Healthy Happy Heart; patients, family members, phar- best from the cooks in Hardy, Grant and Pendleton an institution for the sick and in- visit GMH for blood screen- Colon Cancer Awareness; Breast macists—so the right information firmed to a community outreach ing and educational opportuni- Cancer; and Osteoporosis. counties will be on display and in competition for priz- gets to the right person at the right and collaborative approach. We ties. While patrons wait in line The average number of partici- es. are held accountable for the for their blood screening, various pants has grown each Saturday time. That means better decisions, Music, games, a carnival, a parade, the selection of health of our community, and this tables are arranged with visual and we typically see approximate- better care and better efficien- the Fair Queen and all the events attached to a fair requires our management of the displays, informational handouts, ly 300 visitors each month. This cy. For more information please healthcare delivery system in a and professional staff to assist the opportunity has had a tremendous contact Julie Kesner, Community week will be found at the Tri-County fairgrounds un- manner that makes it more clini- community with numerous topics. impact by allowing residents to ob- Outreach Coordinator at 304-257- til Sunday. Live performers will be featured in the cally effective, more cost effective Educational themes have includ- tain blood screening at a nominal 5806 or email at jkesner2@grant- grandstand along with other events. and safer. ed: Healthy Nutrition; Chronic fee and more importantly inter- memorial.com. At Grant Memorial, we are in Disease Management; Advance act with Hospital professionals to Mary Beth Barr, CEO There is truly something for everyone and for all the infancy stages of embracing Directives; Tobacco Use and obtain information to assist them Grant Memorial Hospital ages. We hope you can go. We hope you support the my UNBaseD OpiNiON young people as well as the older folks who work hard I’ve ruined a set of lawn mower spikes for a strong coiled spring to around here. Haven’t had varmint to perfect their entries in the competitions. knives this summer. Took less time drive into the tunnel when trigger chasing pets around here for years We especially hope the folks who have never been than usual. I’d noticed the cuts plate was tripped. With luck those so why all of a sudden do I need were getting raggedy, and figured By spikes would catch the mole. them now? to the Tri-County Fair will make a special effort to go I’d change end of the season any- DaviD O. Found out they still make those How about other varmints? way, but a quick examination con- traps. Kerr’s Hardware had one. Skunks, foxes, maybe raccoons and this year. HeisHmaN And last, but definitely not least, we hope when you vinced me the time was now. I got it. Bought another kind possums should help keep moles in Moles. Early in the season I’d too. Big scissor like teeth to slice check. Do bunches of extra moles see a member of the Fair Board that you thank them raised my mower deck a half inch through tunnel and grab mister mean I’m short of wild catchers? for their hard work in bringing us the best fair ever in more to clear mole hills. They mole. Mole traps are vicious look- I’ll chalk this year up as a win for seemed to be worse than usual this bothered about. Not enough to ing instruments. I didn’t see any the moles. So far they’ve cost me a three counties. year. Small hills and humps pop- drive me to look for solutions be- humane catch and release sorts. set of mower blades, two traps and ping up around lawn and garden. fore. Wouldn’t have bought any if I had some small measure of religion. ews riefs I saw six or eight feet of tunnel I asked around. “A good cat will seen them. I wasn’t in a humane I’ve done nothing in retaliation. N B pushed up over night. do the trick.” “Get a dog. He can catch and release kind of mood. Just wait until next year. The box office is open for the The National Radio Astronomy I didn’t raise deck enough. For dig faster.” I had neither. There’s Where did they all come from? Next year I’ll hit em with those State Fair of West Virginia, which Observatory at Green Bank is cel- any sort of even cut, I had to keep baits and traps galore in hard- Big House’s lawn and garden are traps and Scoot. Scoot, my new kit- runs Aug. 12 to 21 in Lewisburg. ebrating its historic Search for Ex- it down where grass tips were. ware stores. Suggestions flew. My less than an acre in the middle of ten, isn’t big enough to dig a mole Discounts are available on admis- tra Terrestrial Intelligence on Au- Pushed up grassy tunnels soon be- knowledge grew. a couple hundred acres of farm yet, but she will be next year. I do sion tickets, and concert tickets gust 12. The event includes a rare came flat trails of brown earth be- I remembered an old rusty mole field and pasture. I haven’t scout- wonder how I’ll train her to get are available for all shows. Con- tour inside the 140-foot telescope hind my mower. “Tink” of small trap hanging on a nail out in Big ed those other acres. Maybe the moles. Will she pick it up without cert tickets are not offered at a room and an opportunity to talk stones and gravel hitting blades was House’s summer kitchen. At least, whole farm is infested and I don’t instruction? She caught a young discount, but gate admission is to one of the NRAO’s radio as- not good music. Pap said it was a mole trap. I never know it. Come to think of it, Robin the other day all by herself, included. Carnival discounts are tronomers. Advance reservations Never had mole problems be- saw it used. Big spikes to push into there’ve been more tunnels than so maybe she can figure out moles also available. Special pricing is and screening are required at least fore. There have always been a few the ground astride the tunnel. A usual around Doghouse too. So too. Maybe I’ll scatter Kitty Vittles also available for fifth-grade stu- 40 hours in advance. There is a around, but just a few. Not enough flat trigger plate to rest on top of a why congregate at my door step? atop mole tunnels to give her the dents and younger, senior citi- charge. For information call 304- to comment on or get particularly heel print that closed tunnel off. Six I’ve never seen so many tunnels right idea. zens (Aug. 16) and military (Aug. 456-2150 or go online to http:// 17). Advance tickets are on sale www.gb.nra.edu. through the fair’s website at http:// ********** www.statefairofwv.com, by call- The West Virginia Chamber Fifteen Years Ago Hardy County princesses compet- threatened public health work in ing ETIX at (800) 514-3849 or of Commerce is offering grants August 1, 2001 ing for the Poultry Queen title. West Virginia. through the State Fair box office to small businesses hurt by last Hardy County Commissioners The Hardy County Board of The Baughman Settlement cor- now through Aug. 5. Other loca- month’s devastating floods. Cham- were told that the contract to be- education budget for the coming respondent said they had been tions also offer tickets. For a list, ber attorney Parween Mascari gin mapping the county had been year was $516,797. hearing about a proposed electri- see http://www.statefairofwv.com/ told The State Journal that the awarded and would start soon. The Capon Valley Bank in- cal line and that the telephone line tickets . chamber has collected more than The Board of Education signed stalled air conditioning in its War- was not providing good service. ********** $100,000 for the impacted busi- a Memorandum of Understanding 24…Genevieve Dove Link, 58, densville facility. Nannie Hyde Duffey, 93, died A West Virginia state board is nesses. The small grants would with Eastern Community College. Winchester, died July 24…Retha Julia Strawderman Crites, 68, July 29…Raymond Walker, 45, letting six cities go ahead with ef- provide businesses immediate aid Tracey S. Miller was named Bosley Walsh, 79, Ventura, CA, Hanover, PA, died July 27…Ed- Wardensville, died July 29…Mrs. forts to let restaurants serve alco- that does not need to be paid back, mayor of Wardensville to fill the died July 26…Bradley Lee Huff- ward Lee Moyer, 44, Timberville, Henry Lam, 34, Bachmanville, PA, hol earlier on Sunday mornings. A unlike some state and federal loan vacancy caused by the resignation man, 22, died July 28…Edith Hott died July 24…Ethel Heavener He- died July 29. news release says the West Virgin- options. To apply for a grant: go of Jay Crawford. Bowman, 97, Winchester, died drick, 57, died July 25… Margaret Born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Frid- ia Home Rule Board approved let- to www.wvchamber.com, email State regulators postponed vot- July 26…Lemuel Lee Combs, 77, Orndorff Keeler, 83, Middletown, ley, a son…to Mr. and Mrs. Dailey ting Bluefield, Charleston, Clarks- pmascari(at)wvchamber.com or ing on the Allegheny Power re- Baker, died July 25. died July 24. Pratt, a son. burg, Lewisburg, Martinsburg and call 304-342-1115. To donate: quest to increase rates. Moorefield Little League All Mary Sue Griffin and Robert South Charleston begin consid- email apasdon(at)wvchamber. Julia Burton was crowned the Stars defeated Barboursville 7-6 Lee Sherman, Jr. were married Ninety Years Ago ering the earlier Sunday brunch com or call 304-989-0664. 2001 WV Poultry Queen. and Welch 11-5 to play in the state July 3… Irene Elva Cline and S/ August 5, 1926 booze sales. Restaurants and sim- ********** Norman R. Wolfe, 69, died July championship. Sgt. Ray Junior Parker were mar- Primary election results: Rob- ilar establishments in those cities Last week gas prices in sev- 25…Lloyd Junior Mongold, 72, ried July 24. ert E. Lee Allen, 403 (a majority) would be allowed to serve alcohol eral West Virginia metro areas died July 26…Bessie Florence Forty-five Years Ago Born to Mr. and Mrs. William for Congress; Frank L. Bowman, starting at 10 a.m. Sunday instead dropped significantly, hovering Smith, 87, Baker, died July 27… August 4, 1971 Collins, a son…to Mr. and Mrs. 298 - practically all the Republi- of 1 p.m. A state law passed this around $2.187 a gallon, accord- Mary Wilson Wratchford, 96, died Jack Ours, a son, Jeffrey Ruhl…to can votes. P. D. Delawder had a year lets counties hold referen- ing to the AAA Fuel Gauge re- July 27…Fredrick McKinley Red- Susan Sites of Franklin was Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Crites, a son, majority of 90 votes and was elect- dums on whether they should start port. The national average was man, 44, Bellaire, OH, died July crowned the 1971 West Virginia Randy Michael…to Mr. and Mrs. ed to the state legislature. H. L. restaurant Sunday alcohol sales at $2.161. Across West Virginia pric- 24…Edmund Grant Simon, 81, Ft. Poultry Queen. Debra Hardy and Willard Ritchie, a son. Godlove to the county court by a 10 a.m. Some cities are using their es ranged from a high of $2.277 at Seybert, died July 23. Jacqueline Smith were runners up. 39 majority. C. C. Wise, clerk of home rule status to bypass the Huntington to a low of $2.102 at Born to Misty Thompson and Dr. G. R. Turman opened his Seventy-five Years Ago the court, and E. A. Hawse, super- county-wide vote. Shepherdstown Parkersburg. Hardy County pric- Jeremiah Timbrook, a daughter, medical practice at 107 Washing- August 6, 1941 intendent of schools were elected now allows the earlier Sunday al- es dropped to $2.25 at Moorefield, Kendal Elizabeth…to Mr. and ton Street. Total valuation in the county with opposition. E. Bunker Reyn- cohol sales. Wardensville and Mathias while Mrs. James Wheeler, a daughter, Joe Mathias, Bobby Keller, and was $5,981,900, an increase of olds carried the Republican ticket ********** Baker was at $2.29. Rebecca Faye. Clyde Heishman were state win- $251,401. Moorefield’s valuation with 289 votes. Judge McCauley ners of the poultry judging compe- increased slightly to $1,144,665. carried the judicial primary with a Thirty Years Ago tition. Drilling for another gas well 509 majority in the county. Letters to the Editor Policy Week of July 30, 1986 Frank Pratt, John Pratt, Zac had begun in the Bergton area on Otis Riggleman was displaying a The Examiner encourages letters to the editor. To receive expe- American Woodmark was Taylor and William Judy Jr. won L. P. Souder property. curiosity - a raspberry vine of this dited consideration, letters should be no more than 500 words long. awarded $6.56 million from the top state honors at the Senior 4-H Moorefield was to receive season’s growth that had 128 ber- Shorter is better. The Examiner reserves the right to edit letters for WV Board of Investment to build Livestock Judging contest. $1,127.35 from the state liquor ries on it. length, clarity, grammar and offensive language. a second plant which would em- Brothers Doil Lee Pratt, 30, profits divided among 204 munici- Mrs. David Huffman, a for- All letters, including those e-mailed, must include a mailing ad- ploy an additional 200 workers. and Bobby Pratt, 26, both of Kear- palities. mer resident of Flats, had died in dress and a telephone number for verification purposes. John Marra was named princi- neysville, were killed Aug. 2 when R. J. Bean, Dr. R. W. Love, Mrs. Westover, MD. Please e-mail letters to [email protected]. Letters pal of East Hardy High School. a power pole they were working R. E. Fisher and O. Lee Fallin Inez Herbaugh and Harry Run- also may be mailed to Letters to the Editor, the Examiner, P.O. Box Leroy Cook was elected presi- on snapped…Dewey Clayton, 66, were officers in the newly formed ions were married…Trixie Vance 380, Moorefield, WV 26836, faxed to (304) 530-6400 or dropped off at dent of the WV Poultry Associa- died Aug. 2. county group to fight polio. and Anton Keller were married the Examiner, 132 S. Main St., Moorefield. tion. Producers of the Year were The county schools proposed July 29…Miss Leatherman and Larrie Mauzy (broiler), Mr. and Sixty Years Ago budget was $183,500; the county William G. Nazelrod were mar- Mrs. Arlie Ruddle (turkey) and August 1, 1956 budget was $15,495 and the city ried. Betty and Roger Ours (broiler- budget was $3,255. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown M OOREFIELD breeder). Carole Harper, Helen Hutter, Mrs. Laurene Fisher, director Halterman, twin sons…to Mr. and Jemima Dove Kuykendall, 83, Elaine Hinegardner, Polly Wil- of the nursing division of the state Mrs. Oce Leatherman, a daughter died July 27…Beulah Heltzel liams, Sidney Williams, Armeda department of health, said a seri- …to Mr. and Mrs. Garret Nazel- E XAMINER Walker, 81, Woodstock, died July Wolfe and Patricia Western were ous shortage of qualified nurses rod, a son. 132 South Main Street, P.O. Box 380, Moorefield, West Virginia 26836 Telephone: (304) 530-NEWS • Fax: (304) 530-6400 • www.moorefieldexaminer.com Emails: N EWS /E DITORIAL : [email protected] Don’t Forget Tri-County Fair people are attached to so they can D ISPLAY A DVERTISING : [email protected] C LASSIFIED A DVERTISING : [email protected] slide from one location to anoth- L EGAL A DVERTISING : [email protected] Everyone is interested in the Well, another myth hits the dirt. er, at speeds up to 50 mph. Now C IRCULATION : [email protected] farm to table movement. Some, According to a veterinarian and a there’s a new zip line in Tennessee B ILLING Q UESTIONS : [email protected] more interested than others, are veterinary behaviorist, a year in a that will give you a total thrill. It’s The Moorefield Examiner is published weekly on Wednesday except between Christmas and New Years at 132 S. Main Street, Moorefield, West Virginia. Periodicals Postage is paid at adding what we consider exotic dog’s life does not equal 7 years in one of the longest east of the Mis- Moorefield, West Virginia, 26836. USPS 362-300. Subscription Costs: $32.00 per year tax critters to the food chain. So a human time. They say a one-year sissippi (more than a half mile) included for Post Offices in Hardy County. $40.00 per year tax included for elsewhere in West Virginia. $45.00 per year outside West Virginia. There will be a $6.00 charge to change lady farmer in Iowa is now raising old puppy is about the equivalent and the speed for larger riders can subscription address to out of state. Three-month, six-month, and nine-month subscriptions crickets for human consumption. read mentioned organic diets and to a 13-year-old human…not ex- reach 60 mph. Remember you are also available. $30.00 per year tax included for the Moorefield Examiner Online Edition. She already has 50,000 to 60,000 actly mentally mature, but full size fastened into a harness, hooked $50.00 per year tax included for the Moorefield Examiner Online Edition & Print Edition. purified water, but what really raised to be breeders and expects and capable of reproducing. Your to the line and at this new zip line tickled us was the mention that POSTMASTER: Send address change to: to deliver her first batch of crick- year old pup isn’t suffering from can be as high as 300 feet above Moorefield Examiner, P.O. Box 380, Moorefield, WV 26836 crickets emit only 1 percent of the ets for eating this summer. The approaching the terrible two’s but ground. If you want a wild ride Member: National Newspaper Association and West Virgina Press Association crickets will be sent to Salt Lake greenhouse gases of cows. Course from full blown teen-age angst. look up Off the Grid Mountain they are a bit smaller, even in large THE EXAMINER IS THE DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER City and ground into cricket flour Adventures at Elizabethton, TN. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF HARDY COUNTY for cricket protein bars and protein numbers. We still like a good piece Is Followed by As for us, we’ll enjoy reading and Publishers: Mr. and Mrs. David O. Heishman; Editor: Phoebe F. Heishman; powder. (Don’t they sound tasty?) of beef, chicken, pork or fish every hearing about it, don’t think we Assistant Publisher: Hannah Heishman; General Manager: James O. Heishman; Eventually the cricket farmer plans now and then and can’t imagine You’ve read about zip lines and want to temp the Fickle Finger of Managing Editor: Jean A. Flanagan; Advertising Manager: Mike Mallow; to turn 2 million crickets every six exchanging any of them for a crick- some of you may well have actu- Fate for ourselves. Staff: Kathy Bobo, D.J. Bosley, Sam R. Fisher, Carl Holcomb, Carissa Kuykendall, Sharon Martin, Faye Staley, Peggy Wratchford. weeks. Think of the noise those et food source no matter what the ally ridden on one. In case you crickets will make. The story we gas output is. don’t know, a zip line is a cable The WV State Fair MOOREFIELD (WV) EXAMINER, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - 3

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By Elisabeth Gonzalez As AmeriCorps’ Energy Express program at Moorefield Elemen- tary School completes their five- week program on literacy, nutri- tion, and the arts for children in grades 1st – 6th, many upstanding members of the community played active roles in reading with the children one-on-one and sharing about their jobs. Special guests included Moorefield Mayor Gary Stalnaker, West Virginia Univer- sity’s Mountaineer Troy Clemons, and Town of Moorefield Police officers. As Energy Express chil- dren learned about the themes of community and making the world Energy Express with Town of Moorefield Police officers Kevin Helmick and Stephen Riggleman, who a better place, it was apparent the Moorefield Mayor Gary Stalnaker reads with a class. spoke to the students. Moorefield community was pres- ent to encourage and guide the served in the role of teachers in Rebecca described it as teach- nesses and government facilities collected for the WV counties im- held in Hardy County in a decade. children in how they could make a the program (and are all enter- ing her a lot about herself and that has been an eye opener to how pacted by flooding on Saturday, The children at Energy Express difference. ing into higher education or the “it was very rewarding to watch willing people are to help others. July 30, 2016. Their final dona- thrived in reading, writing, the “Having volunteers read with military), reflected on their expe- the children smile all summer and When we spread the word about tions accepted Friday, July 29, arts, and enjoyed two free meals our children makes a great impact rience. “I got to interact and bond have a great time.” the item drive we have been host- 2016, will be packed that after- on their learning,” Site Supervisor with the children during various CJ summed it all up with the ing at Moorefield Elementary to noon and sent to Kanawha Coun- every day as part of the program. Shawn Champ said. “We are ex- activities,” Morgan shared. concluding words, “it was an ex- help the West Virginia counties ty, a county in desperate need for Energy Express hopes to provide tremely grateful for the volunteers “(It) was a chance to make a perience.” impacted by the flooding, we have supplies for flood victims. the program again next year, and of all ages and professions who difference in a child’s life for the Community Coordinator Elisa- been overwhelmed by individuals’ Energy Express closes with until then, would like to close with have come to read one-on-one and better,” Larissa said. beth Gonzalez and Affiliate Teen willingness to donate items to help thanking the Hardy County Board these Michael Jackson lyrics, “We promote the value of community.” Shay reflected Energy Express Community Coordinator Brit- others.” of Education, Moorefield Ele- Mentors CJ Landis, Larissa as “a learning curve and an eye tany Cost shared this: “Entering The Energy Express item drive mentary School, and the Moore- are the world, we are the chil- Henry, Morgan See, Rebecca Mer- opener. I have grown to love all into the community and work- collected at Moorefield Elemen- field community for supporting dren, we are the ones who make a rill, and Shay Stump, who have the kids in the program.” ing hand-in-hand with local busi- tary will be delivering those items the first Energy Express program brighter day, so let’s start giving.” Heritage Weekend Is Just Around the Corner

What You Should Know Yard Sale Returns To Main nance. the South Branch of the Potomac Street River. Food will be available to The Hardy County Heritage Fall Train Excursion purchase throughout the approxi- Weekend Committee is pleased to Coming Back to Heritage mate 2 hour ride. About the Zika Virus announce that the Heritage Week- Weekend Tickets go on sale Monday, Aug. end Community Yard Sale is re- The Hardy County Tour and 1 on the Heritage Weekend web- By Jean A. Flanagan infected people contracted Zika in lect standing water and are typical turning to Main Street Moorefield Craft Association is excited to an- site, www.heritageweekend.com. The train is set for departure on Moorefield Examiner another coun- try. At least breeding grounds for mosquitoes. and will be a three-day event, Fri- nounce that the train excursion will day, Saturday and Sunday. The be making its way back to Heritage Saturday Sept. 24 at 12:30 p.m. one case If you are sleeping outdoors, it Prior to 2015, the Zika virus was community yard sale will be held Weekend. For many years this Boarding will begin approximate- unheard of in the Western Hemi- was con- is suggested you use mosquito net- at the HL Wilson yard sale site event was a highlight for visitors to ly a half hour prior to the ride. If sphere. There were outbreaks in tracted ting over your sleeping area. at 730 N. Main St. There is a fee the weekend. In the last two years tickets are not sold out they will per space per day. Please contact be available for purchase the day Africa, Southeast Asia and the through sexual Insect repellants that contain efforts to make the ride happen Clyde Shook at 304-538-6502 be- of the ride at both the Heritage Pacific Islands, but not in the contact. have failed, but the organization is Americas. DEET have proven effective in tween the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 thrilled to have this great ride hap- Weekend Welcome Center lo- Symptoms It wasn’t until May 2015 preventing mosquito bites. Adults p.m. for more information. pening again this year. cated at the Hardy County Public Library and at train boarding. A that Zika appeared in Brazil. mimmic the flu, are mild and You must bring your own tables “We have revamped the excur- should spray insect repellant on limited number of seats are avail- Since then, there have been only last a few days to a and space is limited. All food and sion to include live music, a train their hands and apply it to chil- able so purchasing in advance is outbreaks in many countries. drink vendors must register with lecture, and some special guest week. They include suggested. There were 1,403 cases reported dren’s skin. our concessions representative appearances by a local Civil War head- ache, muscle aches, fe- “We are thrilled to once again in the United States, most are in Permethrin-treated clothing by contacting 304-703-1399 and group,” said Kriston Strickler, partner with the Potomac Eagle to New York, California and Texas. ver, rash, and red eyes. will not be located on the actual Heritage Weekend 2016 Chair. and outdoor gear is also available. bring this ride to Heritage Week- As of last week, there were nine “ A healthy person may yard sale site. The sale of animals In addition to these activates, rid- end,” said Strickler. “The history reported cases in West Virginia. As the warm weather continues, is prohibited. No other yard sales ers will enjoy the early fall foliage not feel any affects,” Ours said. of our area is steeped with the rail- “We don’t have any cases in prevention of mosquito-borne ill- are permitted within the town lim- along the iconic Trough section of “They might have it and not know its during the festival per city ordi- Continued on page 7 Hardy County,” said William nesses such as Zika, continue to be Ours, Hardy County Health De- it. Eighty percent will not have any a concern. partment Administrator. “There symptoms at all.” was one case reported in Grant There is no vaccine to prevent Ed. Note: On Friday, July 29, Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week County and that is travel related.” Zika. The best way to prevent ex- the CDC released information For the past 25 years, the first Breastfeeding and adequate ing their milk for their babies. Zika is spread primarily by mos- posure to Zika is to prevent mos- about four possible cases of Zika week of August has been designat- complementary feeding are fun- WIC is celebrate World Breast- quitoes, the same mosquitoes that in Florida believed to be con- ed as World Breastfeeding Week. damentals for readiness to learn. feeding Week. The WIC (Wom- carry yellow fever, West Nile virus quito bites. That entails removing This year’s theme is Breastfeed- It is the “great equalizer”, giving en, Infants, Children) Program and other diseases. But, according standing water, dressing in long tracted through mosquito bites. If ing: A key to Sustainable Devel- every child a fair and best start in to the Centers for Disease Con- will be sponsoring for the first sleeves and long pants and apply- verified, it would be the first cases opment. life. Feeding mother’s milk on de- trol and Prevention, Zika has not time a Breastfeeding Café a place ing mosquito repellant. of Zika contracted from domes- Breastfeeding is a natural and mand provides all the water a baby been spread by mosquitoes in the to come, have a snack and find out low-cost way of feeding babies. needs, even in hot weather. United States. The cases reported Old tires, birdbaths, children’s tic mosquitoes in the continental what works or will work for you. Compared to bottle feeding, it is Breastfeeding entails less en- are travel related, which means the toys and unused flower pots col- United States. Each participant will receive a pro- affordable for everyone and does ergy when compared to formula motional gift item and a chance to not burden household budgets. production, reducing the need for register for door prizes, as well as In light of the recent flooding in water and fossil fuels in the home. have a nutritious snack and bever- our state, babies who are receiv- Breastfeeding women who are age. The event is free and open to ing mother’s milk need not worry supported by their employers are Former Navy Base Sold to Anonymous Bidder pregnant women and breastfeed- where the next meal is coming more productive and loyal. ing mothers and their babies. Join (AP) - A 123-acre former Navy The successful bidder was anon- Corrections for free for use as a from. What can you do to support us on Friday, Aug. 5, 3 - 4 p.m. installation in Pendleton County ymous. women’s prison, but Gov. Earl Exclusive breastfeeding and mothers who choose to breastfeed has sold at auction. The General Services Adminis- continued breastfeeding through their babies? Help the mother and at the WIC office located at 712 Ray Tomblin opted not to accept The Charleston Gazette reports tration expects to close on the sale the first year provide high qual- baby feel safe and welcome in all North Main Street, Suite 105 in the online auction for the former of the property within the next 60 the gift, citing its remote location ity nutrients and adequate energy public places, if you are an em- the Wilson Plaza in Moorefield. Navy Information Operations days, according to a GSA spokes- and operating costs. and can help prevent hunger, un- ployer, provide breaks and a clean, A certified lactation consultant Command installation ended woman. der nutrition and obesity. It sig- private place for a mother to ex- who specializes in breastfeeding Before the site was closed last Monday night, after a bid of $11.2 Last year, the government agen- nificantly improves the health, de- press or pump her milk. Smile and will be on hand to answer ques- million went unchallenged for a cy offered to transfer the property year, it was being used for intelli- velopment and survival of infants let breastfeeding mothers know tions. Call the WIC office at 304- 24-hour period. to the West Virginia Division of gence gathering. and children. that you are glad they are provid- 538-3382 for more information. HARDY TIMES MHS Registration closed to through traffic. The clo- obtained at the District office, 500 a plague will be awarded to the The John Mathias Homestead be provided. sure is located about one-quar- East Main St., Romney, or by call- business or homeowner to display will be open on the following New Student Registration will ter mile south of Hutter Road ing 304-822-5174. The public is in- in their business or home for 1 dates: Political Rally take place at Moorefield High Hardy County Democratic School on Wednesday, Aug. 3. (County Route 10/3) in the area vited to attend. year. Winners will be selected in Aug. 6, 7 Women’s Rally 2016 will be held Parents/Guardians should bring of M & M Trucking and will be in Moorefield, Petersburg and War- Sept. 3, 4 Community Together on Friday, Aug. 12 beginning at 4 the following items: Original, place 24 hours a day, seven days densville. Sept. 24, 25 The Crest Hill Church, Rt. 259, p.m. at Brighton Park. A number Certified Birth Certificate, Social a week. This is necessary for the Admission is free. Wardensville will host Community of state and local candidates have Security Card, Immunization Re- WVDOH to complete sight im- WIC Farmer’s Market cords, Custodial Papers. provements. Together on Thursday, Aug.11 be- The WIC (Women, Infants, Back to School been invited. The event is free and The hours of registration will be ginning at 6 p.m. Come and bring Children) Program is participat- Splash open to the public. between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. If you Public Meeting a friend. ing in the local Farmer’s Market. The Potomac Valley Conserva- Old Fields Baptist Church will have any questions, call the Main Each WIC participant over the Relay for Life sponsor a Back to School Splash Relay for Life of the Potomac Office at 304-530-6034. tion District board meeting will Paint the Town age of 6 months can get up to $20 be held on Wednesday, August 3, Paint your world purple this to spend at the markets on locally at the Moorefield Town Pool on Valley will be held on Saturday, Road Closed at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be year with Relay for Life of Po- grown fruits and vegetables. Call Thursday, Aug. 11 from 6:30 - 8: Aug. 13 beginning at 4 p.m. at Pe- The West Virginia Division of held at the USDA Service Cen- tomac Valley. Sunday, Aug. 7 the WIC office at 304-538-3382 for 30 p.m. Registration begins at 6 tersburg High School Field. For Highways (WVDOH) announc- ter in Moorefield. A copy of the through Sat., Aug. 13. more information. p.m. The first 300 students regis- more information, contact Lorna es that Darlington School Road agenda will be available three days An anonymous judge will be tered will receive a backpack with Liggett at [email protected] (Hardy County Route 10/4) is prior to the meeting and may be looking for the best display and Mathias Homestead school supplies. Refreshments will or 304-8516325. 4 - MOOREFIELD (WV) EXAMINER, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 Community OBitUary age iN actiON CHARLES ELTON WILLIAMS, JR. MENU ACTIVITIES AT MOOREFIELD Patty and Harold Michael, Wes MEDICARE Charles Elton Williams, Jr., age Aug. 8 - 12, 2016 SENIOR CENTER Thompson, Lois Hose, Judy Do you need help with Medi- 88, of Moorefield, W.Va. passed Mathias, Moorefield, Mon., Aug. 8 - Puzzles, Crafts Wolfe, Food Lion and the Moore- care Parts A, B, C, D? Call to this life on Monday, July 25, 2016 Wardensville Tues., Aug. 9 - Puzzles, Crafts, field Examiner. All donations- make appointment with Arline at the Grant County Rehabilita- Mathias & Wardensville - Senior Shopping -time, money, food, etc. are great- by calling the Senior Center at tion and Care Center in Peters- Home Delivered Only Wed., Aug. 10 - Puzzles, Crafts ly appreciated. Have a safe and 304-530-2256, 8:00 - 4:00, Mon- burg, W.Va. Meals served at 12:00 Noon Thurs., Aug. 11 - Puzzles, Crafts happy week. day through Friday. Anyone who Born on July 23, 1928 in Moore- Mon., Aug. 8 -Chicken patty on Fri., Aug. 12 - Puzzles, Crafts, ************* needs extra help with Part D thru field, W.Va., he was the son of the bun w/ cheese, beets, apricots Bible Study, 11:15 HCCOA receives funding from DHHR or Social Security you can late Charles Elton Williams, Sr. Tues., Aug. 9 - Fish w/ tartar REMINDERS federal and state entities including check and change your plan any- and Rebecca Wood Williams. He sauce, French fries, coleslaw, ap- If you want to pick up/carry out WV Bureau of Senior Services, time. Call to set up an appoint- was the last living member of his ple rings a meal at the Senior Center call Upper Potomac Area Agency on ment. immediate family. Wed., Aug. 10 - Spaghetti w/ by 9:30. Wardensville area, please Aging, local government, dona- FARMER’S MARKET COU- Charles was a farmer and a sauce, garden salad, garlic bread, call by 9:00 a.m. for a home deliv- tions and memorial contributions. bonded livestock dealer. He was a fruit cocktail ered meal. Persons under the age WE HAVE ENSURE PONS started on July 1 and will be member of the Moorefield Presby- Thurs., Aug. 11 - Steak-um w/ of 60 are welcome to come and eat Flavors available are chocolate, given out Monday - Friday, 8:00 - terian Church. He was also a U.S. peppers, onions and cheese, brus- with us at a cost of $5.50 per meal. vanilla, strawberry and butter pe- 4:00, until they are all handed out. Army Veteran and lifetime mem- Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at the El- sel sprouts, pudding Any donation over $5.50 would be can. Regular and plus in same fla- If picking up for someone we will ber of the American Legion Post more Funeral Home with Pastors Fri., Aug. 12 - Sausage, egg and greatly appreciated. vors. The cost has increased and need a signed note with income, 64. Russell and Lucy Webster officiat- cheese biscuit, hash brown, juice DONATIONS we will only accept checks for En- birthday, and name of person who In addition to his parents, he ing. Burial was at Olivet Cemetery, Due to the availability of deliv- Those making donations were sure. No cash. Sorry for the incon- is allowed to pick them up. was preceded in death by his first Moorefield, W.Va. ered food, substitutions are some- Lola Crider, Lona Sherman, Pol- venience. Any questions call the The Seniors have necklaces and wife, Janet Swick Williams and two Memorial donations may be times necessary. ly and Bennie Miller, Ida Staggs, Center at 304-530-2256. other craft items available for sale. sisters, Elizabeth Perry and Anne made to the Moorefield Volunteer Grover. Fire Company 46, 114 Kuykend- He is survived by his wife, all Ln., Moorefield, WV 26836; Lola Wolfe Crider; son, Charles Moorefield Church of the Breth- Frequently Asked Questions & Answers About Social Security “Chuck” Williams, III and his ren, 115 Clay St., Moorefield, WV wife, Robin, of Moorefield, W.Va.; 26836; or Grant County Rehabili- GENERAL payment date will be determined $2,000 in countable resources. A if you plan to use them to work or daughter, Cheryl W. Harwood of tation and Care Center, 27 Early Question: Can I complete busi- by your spouse’s birth date. married couple must have no more earn extra income. Moorefield, W.Va.; four grandchil- Ave., Petersburg, WV 26847. ness with Social Security online? Below shows you how your than $3,000 in countable resources. You may also wish to read our Answer: monthly payment date is deter- If you own resources over the SSI dren; and seven great-grandchil- Arrangements were under the material on “resources” in the There are many things you can mined: limit, you may be able to get SSI dren. direction of the Elmore Funeral booklet, Understanding SSI at ww- A funeral service was held Home. do on Social Security’s website. Day of the Month You Were benefits while trying to sell the re- You can conduct most of your So- Born: sources. Not all of your resources wsocialsecuritygov/ssi/text- under- Uplicate riDge lUB cial Security business with us online 1st - 10th - Social Security Ben- count toward the SSI resource lim- standing-ssi.htm. D B c at www.socialsecurity.gov/online efits Paid On - Second Wednesday it. 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You can estimate your retire- payment dates, see the Schedule of count, depending on their value. Answer: match-point score of 24. Wednesday at Colt’s Restaurant ment benefit using our Retirement Social Security Benefit Payments at • Your car usually does not The easiest and most convenient Overall winners were Sandra beginning at 7:00 p.m. Estimator, which allows you to get www. social security gov/pubs. count. way is to apply online. Use our an instant, personalized estimate of • Burial plots for you and mem- online application to sign up for your future benefit based on differ- DISABILITY wic aUg. scHeDUle bers of your immediate family do Medicare. In most cases, once your ent retirement ages and scenarios. Question: I am expecting a child WIC offers nutrition education from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Wednes- not count. You can even open your own my and will be out of work for six application is submitted electroni- and healthy foods to pregnant, days 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Thurs- • Up to $1,500 in burial funds Social Security account to play months. Can I qualify for short- term cally, you’re done. Social Security breast feeding, and postpartum days from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for you and up to $1,500 in buri- for and manage your benefits. In disability? will process your application and women, infants and children un- WIC is celebrating World al funds for your spouse may not some areas, you can even request Answer: contact you if we need more infor- der the age of 5. Please phone 304- Breastfeeding Café event on Au- count. a replacement Social Security card No. Social Security pays only 538-3382. gust 5. National Breastfeeding • If you are blind or have a dis- mation. Get started today at www. using your my Social Security ac- for total disability - conditions that Hardy County WIC Clinic. Wil- Month is being honored with pro- ability, some items may not count socialsecurity.gov/medicareonly. count. Open or access your my So- render you unable to work and are son Plaza (first floor), 712 North motions happening during the en- cial Security account today at www. expected to last for at least a year Main St., Suite 105, Moorefield, tire month of August. WIC Farm- socialsecurity.gov/myaccount. or en in death. No benefits are pay- W.Va., meets on Tuesdays and Fri- er’s Market coupons have arrived. Question: I am receiving Social able for partial disability or short- days in August, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Available to all WIC participants Moorefield Security retirement benefits and I re- term disability, including benefits Rig Hardy County participants can over the age of six months. Call cently went back to work. Do I have while on maternity leave. receive services in Petersburg if the office for details. Assembly Assembly of to pay Social Security (FICA) taxes Question: I get Social Security be- desired. Petersburg WIC Clinic, WIC is an Equal Opportunity on my income? cause of a disability. How often will God Church Hospital Drive, is open Mondays Provider. Answer: my case be reviewed to determine if of God Rev. Brad Taylor 139 Chipley Lane Yes. By law, your employer I’m still eligible? • Sunday Morning must withhold FICA taxes from Answer: Moorefield, WV 26836 your paycheck. Although you are How often we review your medi- Service at 10 a.m. retired, you do receive credit for cal condition depends on how se- Sunday School – 10 a.m. • Sunday Night those new earnings. Each year So- vere it is and the likelihood it will Sunday A.M. Worship – 11 a.m. Service at 6 p.m. cial Security automatically credits improve. Your award notice tells Sunday P.M. Worship – 6:30 p.m. • Wednesday Night the new earnings and, if your new you when you can expect your first Service at 7:00 p.m. earnings are higher than in any ear- review using the following termi- Wade Armentrout, Pastor The following events happened lier year used to calculate your cur- nology: 10 Queens Drive on these dates in West Virginia his- rent benefits, your monthly benefit • Medical improvement expect- “Come celebrate the Rig, WV 26836 tory. To read more, go to e-WV: could increase. For more informa- ed - If your condition is expected to presence of the Lord” (304) 434-2073 The West Virginia Encyclopedia at tion, visit www.socialsecurity.gov improve within a specific time, your www.rigassemblyofgod.org www.wvencyclopedia.org. or call us at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY first review will be six to 18 months Aug. 3, 1897: Fire destroyed 1-800-325-0778). after you started getting disability much of downtown Lewisburg. The benefits. TRI-STATE MEMORIAL COMPANY town rebuilt and evolved in the next RETIREMENT • Medical improvement possi- Piedmont, WV 1-800-924-6701 century into the hub of one of the Question: I want to estimate my ble - If improvement in your medi- William “Billy” Cox www.tristatememorialcompany.com state’s major farming areas and a retirement benefit at several different cal condition is possible, your case center for education and the arts. Confederates were routed and fled ages. Is there a way to do that? will be reviewed about every three Compare Our Prices and SAVE Aug. 3, 1907: Harley Orrin Stag- south into the town; the Union cap- Answer: years. Granite - Marble - Bronze gers Sr. was born in Keyser. Stag- tured 500 men and 400 horses. Use our Retirement Estimator • Medical improvement not ex- Memorials - Markers - Mausoleums gers served in the U.S. House of Aug. 7, 1877: West Virginia vot- at www.socialsecurity.gov/estima- pected - If your medical condition Final Date Engraving Service Representatives for 32 years. ers chose Charleston as the state tor to get an instant, personalized is unlikely to improve, your case Aug. 4, 1824: John Jay Jackson capital over Clarksburg and Mar- retirement benefit estimate based will be reviewed about once every available Jr. was born near Parkersburg. tinsburg. on current law and your earnings five to seven years. Expert Design & Superior Workmanship Jackson was a prominent judge who record. The Retirement Estimator, For more information, visit www Aug. 8, 1915: Businessman Alex Area Representative: became notorious among those try- Schoenbaum was born in Rich- which also is available in Spanish, socialsecurity gov ing to organize labor unions in lets you create additional “what GLENDA PARSONS mond, Va. After settling in Charles- West Virginia. He blocked an effort if” retirement scenarios based on SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY Moorefield, WV •1-304-434-2179 ton in 1943, he went into the restau- by Mother Jones and United Mine different income levels and “stop INCOME rant business. His restaurants were Workers leaders to organize the work” ages. Question: I know you need to have miners of northern West Virginia. named Shoney’s when Schoen- Question: I plan to retire soon. limited resources to receive Supple- Aug. 4, 1897: Musician William baum’s nickname was selected in When are Social Security benefits mental Security Income (SSI). But Jennings ‘‘Billy’’ Cox was born an employee contest. paid? what does Social Security consider a near Charleston. Cox, known as the e-WV: The West Virginia Ency- Answer: Social Security benefits resource? ‘‘Dixie Songbird,’’ ranked as one clopedia is a project of the West are paid each month. Generally, Answer: of West Virginia’s premier coun- Virginia Humanities Council. For new retirees receive their bene- Resources are things you own try music vocalists and songwriters more information, contact the West fits on either the second, third, or that you can use for support. They during the 1930s. Virginia Humanities Council, 1310 fourth Wednesday of each month, include cash, real estate, personal Aug. 5, 1958: Jennings Randolph Kanawha Blvd. E., Charleston, depending on the day in the month belongings, bank accounts, stocks, defeated former governor William WV 25301; (304) 346-8500; or visit the retiree was born. If you receive and bonds. To be eligible for SSI, benefits as a spouse, your benefit a person must have no more than Marland in the Democratic prima- e-WV at www.wvencyclopedia.org. ry for U.S. Senate. Randolph went on to become the senior senator from West Virginia. Walnut Grove Epiphany of the Aug. 6, 1864: Delayed three Church of the Brethren times by the Civil War, Sisters of Lord Catholic the Visitation of Holy Mary finally Rt. 55 East, Moorefield arrived in Parkersburg, where they just before Corridor H exit Church later founded DeSales Heights boarding school for young women. Sunday School 10 a.m. Rt. 55, Moorefield, WV Aug. 7, 1864: In what became Church Service 11 a.m. 304-434-2547 known as the Battle of Moorefield, Pastor Donnie Knotts Union troops under Gen. William 1-877-371-9928 Saturday Mass 5:00 PM W. Averell attacked the headquar- E VERYONE W ELCOME ! Sunday Mass 8:30 AM ters of Gen. Bradley Johnson. The

N N Moorefield Tannery Chapel Oak Dale Chapel “We Work For Those Who Love and Remember” S. Fork Rd. Rig Presbyterian Worship 9 a.m. Worship 10 a.m. Granite • Marble • Bronze SS – 9:45 a.m. SS – 10:45 a.m. Church Sunday School – 10 a.m. W.A. Hartman Worship – 11 a.m. Interim Rev. Harold Tongen Memorials, L.L.C. 540-434-2573 • 459 Noll Drive 109 S. M AIN S T . M OOREFIELD IMPERISHABLE (Opposite the Plaza Shopping Center) 304-530-2307 BECOME INVOLVED MEMORials Harrisonburg, Virginia 22802 AND FEEL THE SPIRIT www.moorefieldchurch.org BRANCH: E. Market St. Charlottesville, VA 22902 • 434-293-2570 MOOREFIELD (WV) EXAMINER, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - 5 soCial Harper Family Gathers for Reunion

The Harper Family Reunion was held on Saturday, June 25 at Welton Park. Roy Harper was the photographer.

caleNDar Of eveNts Every Sunday Mary’s Catholic Church, Grant • Potomac Highlands Ladies Hardy County Community • AA Meeting, 6:00 p.m., (CS), St., Petersburg. Shrine Club meets at the Grant Gimmee 12 Steps Group, Baker Every Wednesday County Senior Center, Peters- Foundation Announces Methodist Church, Old Rt. 55. • Open Community Lunch, burg, 6:00 p.m. For more informa- Every Monday Emmanuel Episcopal Church, tion call 304-749-7288 or 304-434- • Al-Anon meeting at the Ca- corner of Winchester Ave. and 7075. Scholarship Recipients pon Bridge United Methodist South Fork, Rd., 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 Every Fourth Wednesday Church (corner of Route 50 and p.m. Be our guest for good food, • The WV Dept. of Veterans Cold Stream Road) meets at 7:00 good fellowship. Assistance will visit Grant Co. Se- p.m. Contact Clyde DeWitt at • Mathias Community Kitchen nior Center, 111 Virginia Ave., Pe- 304-874-4291. will serve a meal at the community tersburg from 10 a.m. until noon. Every Second Monday center in Mathias from 11 a.m. - Every Thursday • Friends of the Library meet- 1:00 Everyone is welcome. Spon- • Narcotics Anonymous meet- ing, 5:15 p.m., except in Aug. and sored by local churches. ing, (open meetings to everyone) Dec. All meetings are open to the • T.O.P.S. Taking Pounds Off 8:00 - 9:00 p.m., St. Mary’s Catho- public and anyone interested is Sensibly. Meeting at E.A. Hawse lic Church, Grant St., Petersburg. welcomed to attend. Health Center Conference Room. Call Gary at 304-530-4957. Every Third Monday Weigh-in is 3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. • Friendly Franklin Family • SCV Camp 582 (Sons of Con- Meeting starts at 4:15 p.m. This is Group for parents, spouses and federate Veterans) meeting, 7:30, for men, women and children over family members whose lives are Moorefield Presbyterian Church 7 years of age. impacted by a loved ones misuse Sardana Coyle Blair East Fellowship Hall. Members urged • AA meeting, 7:30 p.m., Lost of alcohol or drugs meets at 7:00 The Hardy County Community ty. Scholarships made in Kaylee’s to attend and visitors are welcome. River United Methodist Church p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church, Foundation recently awarded two name honor her caring nature and Every First Tuesday For more information, call 304- 102 Maple Ave., Franklin. For scholarships to East Hardy High benefit students wanting to go into • Grief Support Group, 1:00 897-6187. more information contact Shelby School graduates heading off to col- a healthcare profession. p.m. Ivanhoe Presbyterian Every Second Wednesday 304-249-5538. lege this fall. The Oscar H. Bean, Bill Clark, Church, Lost City. Open to every- • Hardy County Rod & Gun Every Third Thursday Clarence “Hink” Fisher and Tom one and includes listening, sharing Club meeting, 7:00 p.m. All mem- • The Potomac Highland Ama- Blair East was selected to receive and caring. bers urged to attend. Guests are teur Radio (PHARC) meeting, 7 a $1000 scholarship from the Kaylee Hawse II Scholarship was estab- Every Tuesday welcome. p.m., Hardy County RRT build- Grace Whetzel Scholarship Fund. lished by the Community Founda- • Narcotics Anonymous meet- • Potomac Highlands Shrine ing, Moorefield. Anyone interest- Blair will be attending Potomac tion’s 2011 Spirit of Hardy County, ing, (open meetings to every- Club meets the second Wednes- ed in the radio hobby is welcome. State University this fall to begin George Hott, and reflects the value one), 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Moorefield day of each month at Family Tra- For more information contact her pursuit of a nursing degree. that Hott places education and the Presbyterian Church, S. Main St., ditions Restaurant, Virginia Ave., www.pharc.org. Sardana Coyle received a $400 high regard he has for the four in- Moorefield, WV. Call Gary at 304- Petersburg. Meeting and meal to Every Friday scholarship from the Oscar H. dividuals for whom the fund was 530-4957. start at 5:30 p.m. For more infor- • Wardensville Lions Club Sto- Bean, Bill Clark, Clarence “Hink” named. • AA Meeting, 8:00 p.m., St. mation call 304-257-4801. rytime, 10 a.m., Wardensville Li- Fisher and Tom Hawse II Schol- The Hardy County Commu- brary. arship Fund. Sardana will be at- nity Foundation, an affiliate of the Second and Fourth Friday tending the University of Virginia. Eastern West Virginia Community • We the people of Hampshire While she has not yet declared a Foundation, was founded in late County meets at the Bank of Rom- major, her interests lie in the fields 2007 to build local, permanent en- ney Community Building. Social of genetics, biochemistry, and biol- dowment to generate annual chari- hour begins at 6:30 p.m. Meeting ogy. table grants and scholarships forev- begins at 7 p.m. All are welcome. The scholarship funds held in er. Community foundations number Meetings are family friendly. the Community Foundation have more than 700 across America with Every Saturday poignant and special stories behind 26 in West Virginia and focus en- • AA Meeting, 10:00 a.m., Lost them. The Kaylee Grace Whet- tirely on working with local people River Grill, Rt. 259. zel Scholarship was established to to build local assets to meet lo- • AA Meeting, 8:00 p.m., Grove honor the memory of a happy and cal needs. For more information, St. United Methodist Church, Pe- spirited little girl who touched the please contact the office at 304-538- tersburg. lives of so many in her communi- 3431.

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Book Memorials for July she hurt aren’t so quick to forgive Bullseye (Michael Bennett; 9) the kind of help more delicate leashed the sons. Bison jumps on a bed and is joined 2016 her. by James Patterson (Reg. Print, than even he can provide...and he by his friends Aardvark, Chip- Sustainable Market Farming: In- Criminal (R) – In order to stop Lg. Print, Audiobook) – With a knows just the right man for the New Easy Readers munk, and Beetle until the bed tensive Vegetable Production on a a diabolical plot, the memories, team of assassins targeting New job. Teddy Fay: ex-CIA, master The Forgetful Knight by Michelle gives way, revealing a very grumpy Few Acres by Pam Dawling – given secrets, and skills of a dead CIA York and the President at a UN of disguise, and a gentleman not Robinson – A forgetful narrator additional friend who has been in memory of Emory, Wanda, and agent are implanted into a death- summit, Detective Michael Ben- known for abiding by legal niceties tries to tell the tale of a knight’s trying to sleep under the covers. Leslie (Buck) Crites of Fisher, row inmate in hopes that he will nett must trace the source of the in the pursuit of his own brand of duel with a dragon, and remem- Nobody Likes a Goblin by Ben WV by Anne and John Tennis. complete the mission. threat and neutralize it before it justice. bers a very important thing along Hatke – When adventurers take On the Farm by David Elliott Barbershop: The Next Cut (PG- ignites a war. Kilt at the Highland Games the way. everything in his dungeon, includ- – given in memory of Emory, 13) – The crew at a neighborhood Sweet Tomorrows (Rose Harbor; (Liss MacCrimmon; 10) by Kait- A Unicorn Named Sparkle by ing his only friend, Goblin sets out Wanda, and Leslie (Buck) Crites barbershop comes out to bring 5) by Debbie Macomber (Reg. lyn Dunnett – Liss MacCrimmon Amy Young – A little girl desper- to get his friend Skeleton back. Print, Lg. Print, Audiobook) – Jo Ruskin is prepping her wares for of Fisher, WV by Anne and John change to their community when ately wants a beautiful unicorn as Bertie Wings It! by Leslie Go- Marie Rose and handyman Mark the annual Western Maine High- Tennis. it takes a turns for the worse. a pet, but winds up with a less than rin – Bertie the birdie knows Taylor—along with a new set of land Games, but after a fire at the Grandpa’s Tractor by Michael Hardcore Henry (R) – When desirable one instead. he’s ready to fly from the nest, guests who check into the Rose local bookstore, the disappear- Garland – given in memory of Henry is resurrected from the The Bear Who Stared by Dun- but whenever he’s about to take Harbor Inn—search for their hap- ance of the bookstore’s owner Emory, Wanda, and Leslie (Buck) dead with no memory he must can Beedie – Bear likes to stare wing, his fellow feathered friends pily-ever-after. and her two young children, and a Crites of Fisher, WV by Anne and save his wife from a telekinetic because he is curious, but it soon squawk at him to stop and follow The Sixth Idea (Monkeewrench; murder, Liss is drawn into a homi- John Tennis. warlord who plans to bio-engineer their advice instead. 7) by P.J. Tracy (Reg. Print, Au- cide investigation. gets him into trouble among other Chosen Forever by Susan Rich- soldiers. 101 Reasons Why I’m Not Tak- diobook) – Detectives Leo and Live and Let Growl (Melanie animals until a goggly-eyed frog Batman v Superman: Dawn of ards – given in memory of Betty Gino look into the murders of two Travis; 19) by Laurien Berenson sets him straight and Bear is soon ing a Bath by Stacy McAnulty – A Justice (PG-13) – Fearing the ac- Jean See Stigler by the Moorefield online friends who were meeting – Embarking on a road trip when able to make lots of friends. young boy who thinks baths are High School Class of 1948. tions of Superman are being left in person for the first time, an in- Aunt Peg is appointed a judge at Lion Lessons by Jon Agee – dumb, dangerous, and a complete unchecked, Batman takes him on, vestigation that leads to the iden- a Kentucky dog show, Melanie is Learning to be a lion takes some waste of time changes his mind af- New DVDs while the world wrestles with what tification of other victims and a horrified when a family friend, a serious lessons, but luckily, this ter finally getting into the tub with Midnight Special (PG-13) – A kind of a hero it really needs. search for answers sixty years in former poodle exhibitor, suffers kid has a teacher who is a real pro. his toy boat. father and son go on the run, pur- The Brothers Grimsby (R) – the past. a fatal accident after old rivalries Who Wants a Tortoise? by Dave Wally Does Not Want a Haircut sued by government agents and When an Englishman sets out to Smooth Operator (Teddy Fay; resurface at the expo center. Keane – Expecting a dog for her by Amanda Driscoll – Wally the a cult drawn to the boy’s special be reunited with his secret agent 1) by Stuart Woods (Reg. Print, Bloodline (War of the Roses; 3) birthday, a girl is upset and furi- sheep does not want to get the powers. brother, the pair find themselves Audiobook) – When President by Conn Iggulden – Winter 1461. ous when she gets a tortoise in- haircut he really needs, even af- The Boss (NR & R) – After on the run from spies and trying Kate Lee calls Stone Barrington With the death of Richard Duke stead, but soon learns that even a ter all the other farm animals get spending time in prison for insider to stop a terrorist attack. to Washington on an urgent mat- of York, Margaret and her army tortoise can be a good pet. new hairdos, but when his shaggy trading, an industry titan tries to ter, it’s soon clear that a poten- seem unstoppable. Yet in kill- There’s a Bison Bouncing on the wool gets him in trouble, he has remake her image, but the people New Fiction & Mysteries tially disastrous situation requires ing the father, Margaret has un- Bed! by Paul Bright – Exuberant no choice but to ask for a trim. West Virginia Republicans Renewing Push for Bathroom Bill

(AP) - Some West Virginia Re- zette-Mail reported. committeewoman for the West hasn’t talked to any legislators “bathroom” bill came Thursday, In addition to the North Caroli- publicans are doubling down on Two West Virginia lawmak- Virginia Republican Party. “Be- about the bill but that the party when the National Basketball na backlash, when Indiana passed the transgender bathroom issue ers are pushing for the governor cause RFRA was hijacked by the would be supportive if RFRA and Association announced that the a religious freedom bill in 2015, a and other so-called religious free- to call a special legislative ses- gay lobby and, unfortunately, a bathroom bill were introduced. league would pull the 2017 All- tourism group, called Visit Indy, dom bills, despite the backlash in sion to pass a bill that would limit some of our legislators were in- Steve Roberts, the president Star game from Charlotte. estimated that the state lost up to other states that passed similar the bathrooms people could use timidated.” of the West Virginia Chamber of The bill, which requires people $60 million in economic benefits laws. based on their gender. Potter is also a member of the Commerce, said he doesn’t think to use the bathroom associated before Indiana Gov. Mike Pence The platform passed by dele- And while the Religious Free- Republican National Platform the bill will be back. with the gender on their birth cer- - now the Republican nominee for gates to the West Virginia GOP’s dom Restoration Act failed in the Committee, which passed a social- “We think that the bill got such tificate and prevents cities from convention this summer affirmed state Senate last session, some ly conservative platform that de- a frosty reception in the West Vir- passing non-discrimination ordi- vice president - weakened the law. support of the Religious Freedom West Virginia Republicans are nounced same-sex marriage and ginia Senate that it would be hard nances for the LGBT community, Roberts said he is concerned Restoration Act and supported in- hoping it makes another appear- endorsed parents’ rights to use to bring it back any time in the has prompted several businesses about similar consequences in dividuals using the locker room or ance. conversion therapy on their kids. near future,” Roberts said. and entertainment acts to cancel West Virginia. bathroom corresponding to their “I hope RFRA comes back,” West Virginia Republican Party The latest blow for North Caro- events and pull employees out of “We would continue to vigor- genetic sex, The Charleston Ga- said Melody Potter, the national Chairman Conrad Lucas said he lina in the wake of its transgender North Carolina. ously oppose the bills,” he said.

Ambulance Authority Talks

Continued from page 1 said. expenses are recurring annual ex- original funding mechanism, a fee Authority Member George careful “to not put people in a po- paperwork for each (emergency) “All of this has got to be figured penses. imposed by the County Commis- Crump asked if they should revisit sition of having charges they can’t run. “We need ways to dot the I’s out,” Rexrode said. “I don’t care how we do it as sion, was struck down by a lower the request amount to scale back pay for.” and cross the T’s in the operation,” After some discussion with her, long as I can get the money quickly court. However, that decision was coverage to just one daytime crew. Finally, Greenwalt reminded the she said. Authority members were clearly when we need it,” Alt said. Mem- recently reversed on appeal by the President Lewis told Crump he The Authority members dis- impressed and passed a motion by bers agreed that could happen West Virginia Supreme Court of “wanted to put a hold on that until HCEAA that the July meeting was cussed at length how to identify for HCEAA president Paul Lewis to without action on the $5,000 re- Appeals. we know what the Commission is typically their annual meeting and move forward with trying to hire quest. As a result, last month the Coun- going to do. I have a problem with which service company (Wardens- when they elected new officers, but her for the position if they can suc- Concerning HCEAA’s annual ty Commission asked the HCEAA ville, Mathias/Baker or Fraley) just one crew.” cessfully work out the details. budget, Keplinger encouraged to provide a proposed budget for Greenwalt noted that he favored “we can’t do that at this meeting the emergency response is being Derek Alt, a paramedic and in- Authority members to attend a what it needed to provide the a fee over a levy for financing the because we need to offer notice.” provided, because that could im- terim HCEAA director, noted that meeting with the Hardy County emergency service coverage for HCEAA—“you can’t change a pact whose Worker’s Compensa- The Authority agreed to move the their licensing review would be Commission on Tuesday, Aug. the county that it deemed neces- levy for five years,” he said. But annual meeting and election of of- tion plan a claim would be filed coming up on August 23 and there 2. At that meeting they “will sit sary. At the Commission’s July 5 he was also concerned that a fee of under, should a claim need to be was much that the organization down with the attorneys to discuss meeting, the HCEAA asked for the type previously imposed would ficers to their August meeting. made. needed to do before that meet- what they can and can’t do” con- $1,029,100 to fund two crews dur- likely only raise around $800,000, The next meeting of the Hardy “Workmen’s Comp is a complex ing and asked for a maximum of cerning funding the HCEAA, said ing the day and one for overnights. not enough to cover their pro- County Emergency Ambulance issue,” noted former Authority $5,000 to be used in preparation. Keplinger, who is also president of Keplinger indicated the meeting posed budget. The shortfall might Authority will be held on Wednes- president Greg Greenwalt. Board member J.R. Keplinger, the County Commission. with attorneys would be an impor- be able to be made up with bill- “Workmen’s comp does not Jr. questioned the need for a spe- The HCEAA has had little mon- tant step in figuring out how best to ings, he suggested, although he day, Aug. 10 at the Baker Building. cover volunteers, for example,” he cial allocation since licenses and ey with which to operate since the fund the HCEAA going forward. cautioned that they needed to be The public is invited to attend.

Aug. 6-13 - Paint The Town Purple..We Encourage Businesses And Home Owners Alike To Decorate During This Week To Support Relay For Life And The Fight Against Cancer. A Plaque Will Be Given To The Winner Selected By An Anonymous Judge To Keep In Their Business Or Home For The Year. Aug. 8 - Bank Night At Brighton Park At 5:30. Teams Are Encouraged To Turn In Money At That Time And Pick Up Their Team T-shirts Aug. 13 - Relay For Life At Petersburg High School Football Field 4 p .m . -Midnight. Games! Food! Fun! Please Come Support Relay For Life Potomac Valley And Our Fight To End Cancer!

Leading to a healthier tomorrow!

GMH is offering health education and blood screenings for the community the first Saturday of each month. Gary & Brian Cosner *dates are subject to change Aug. Aug. 6,6, 20162016 * * •• 77 toto 99 a.m.a.m. COMMERCIAL Administration Hallway COST: RESIDENTIAL WV Lic. #20211 Profile I – $10.00 Profile III - $30.00 (males only) Profile II – $20.00 Vitamin D Test – $25.00 A1C Test (offered by Judy’s Drug Store) – $15.00 Free Estimates Cash or Check Only August Topics: 304-822-7377 Healthy Lunch for Back to School and High Cholesterol Serving Hardy, Grant & Hampshire Counties for over 20 years! For more information, call Julie Kesner at 304-257-5806 MOOREFIELD (WV) EXAMINER, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - 7 Community Rallies 2016 Heritage Weekend Gold Continued from page 1 worked hard for us,” Josh said. “I don’t like people to sugarcoat And they both absolutely insist things,” Josh said. “I finally asked they could not have survived the if she was going to live or die. They ordeal without the help of their said they couldn’t say, but the odds families. Sponsors Announced were against her.” “My family lives in Greencastle, “They told us they couldn’t do Pa. and they just dropped every- anything more for her in Mor- thing and drove here,” Chessie gantown and we started looking said. at other options,” Chessie said. Josh’s parents, Bobbie and Mar- “We talked about other hospitals shal, who own Vetter’s Market in in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, that Moorefield, were always available work with CHD.” to help with the other children, as One of the doctors at Ruby Me- well. “My brother, Joey and his morial said he had a friend at the wife, Brooklyn, were also a big Nationwide Children’s Hospital in help,” he said. Columbus, Ohio, and offered to call. Within days, Ava was on a he- licopter to Columbus. Insurance On April 4, doctors installed a While the Vetters say their right ventricle to pulmonary artery health insurance company has paid conduit, so the tiny artery would be for the majority of Ava’s care, it connected to the heart and would hasn’t been without a struggle. hopefully grow. “They would send us notices “The reason the prognosis at saying they wouldn’t pay for some- Morgantown was so bad was they thing because it was ‘out of net- didn’t think she had a pulmonary work,’” Josh said. “The hospital Summit Bank Sponsors Heritage Weekend artery at all,” Josh said. “With the in Columbus was ‘out of network’ The Hardy County Tour & Craft Association would like to thank Sum- more sophisticated equipment at even though it was the only place mit Community Bank for being a Gold Sponsor for the 2016 Heritage Columbus, they saw she had one, it we could’ve gone. They even de- was just very, very small.” Pendleton Community Bank Sponsors Heritage Weekend Weekend. Pictured with Ashley Anderson, event coordinator, is Becky nied the pulsox. They said it ‘wasn’t Ava came home on April 19. The Hardy County Tour and Craft Association would like to thank Yokum, Summit branch manager. medically necessary.’ It saved her Pendleton Community Bank for their Gold Sponsorship of the 2016 life twice. Ron Combs of Pulmo- Heritage Weekend. Without the continued kind support of local busi- Community Steps Up nary Associates just hooked it up nesses the event would not be successful. Presenting the check to Caro- When Ava went to Columbus, without question.” the students, faculty and staff at lyn Stickler, HCTACA Secretary, is Margaret Shriver of Pendleton Bank. Of course the family is “over- Moorefield Elementary School whelmed” with medical bills. “Ev- held a coin drive. That was the first eryday there are two or more in the of many fundraisers people in the mail,” Chessie said. “Just her first community would host for the Vet- ters. “I’m not from here, so I didn’t day in Columbus was $10,000 and realize how wonderful this com- we haven’t gotten anything from munity really is,” Chessie said. the helicopter ride or from her sur- “We did sun catchers and gery yet. crafts,” said Kim Hartman, whose “But that’s where the commu- daughter Emily creates sun catch- nity’s help really took so much ers and sells them to benefit St. Ju- of that stress away. We can’t ever des Children’s Hospital and Relay thank them enough.” for Life. “We had a spaghetti din- ner and a 50/50. We sold bracelets Hand Stitched Hearts and bought t-shirts.” “We tried to figure out a way to Hartman, a member of the give back to the community for the Grant County Bank Becomes Gold Sponsor of Heritage Weekend Moorefield Lions Club said,help they gave us,” Chessie said in The Hardy County Tour and Craft Association is pleased to announce “We’re only on this earth a short explaining the nonprofit corpora- Capon Valley Bank Is Gold Sponsor for Heritage Weekend The Grant County Bank as a Gold Sponsor for the 2016 Heritage Week- time, so we have to use that time to tion, Hand Stitched Hearts. It’s a Thank you to the Capon Valley Bank for being a Gold Sponsor of end. Presenting the check to Ashley Anderson, HCTACA Event Coordi- help people who need help.” way of paying it forward. the 2016 Heritage Weekend. Pictured with Ashley Anderson, HCT&CA nator, is Jeff Liller and Jennifer Turner. Thank you to all the sponsors for Kim Linville and Jackie Baldwin “First of all, we want to raise event coordinator, is Carol Zuber, CVB Moorefield Branch Manager. helping us to keep heritage and history alive in Hardy County. created a ‘Prayers for Ava Vetter’ awareness of CHDs,” Chessie said. Facebook page. “It is the number one killer of ba- “At first I wasn’t too keen about bies, but it is the most underfund- Facebook,” Chessie said. “We’re pretty private people. But when ed when it comes to research.” Josh couldn’t stay with me, I would The Hand Stitched Hearts mis- look at that page and read what sion is to support individuals in the everyone wrote and it kept me go- community who are living with an ing.” infant with CHD. Josh is a Hardy County Sheriff’s “Something as simple as a gas Deputy and responsible for, at the card or food voucher can mean a time, the county’s only drug de- lot when you’re trying to save your tection dog. “I had to come back child’s life,” Chessie said. the week after her surgery for K-9 “Our plan is to host a series of training,” he said. events to raise, not just awareness, The week Ava came home from but also funds for a specific family the hospital, Josh was with the in the community.” West Virginia Police Canine Asso- The first event is the Helping ciation in Charleston to re-certify Hearts 5K Walk/Run scheduled his K-9, Rue. for Saturday, Sept. 3, at Brighton “At the last dinner on Friday Park, beginning at 9 a.m. night, they passed the hat and col- There are also plans for a golf lected money for Ava,” he said. tournament in the Spring. “That really meant a lot to me. Details about the corporation There were law enforcement from and its mission can be found at every corner of West Virginia that www.handstitchedhearts.org. didn’t know me from Adam, but Heritage Weekend 2016 Tiles on Sale they wanted to help.” The 2016 Heritage Weekend Tile House Tile is on sale now at the It was also through Facebook The Future Hardy County Public Library in Moorefield. Get yours today to com- Chessie found out there were oth- Ava has been home since April plete your set. er mothers in the community who 19 and is every bit the active had been through the same ordeal. 6-month old. She cries when she’s “A fellow teacher’s son had open hungry or needs a diaper change. Heritage Weekend Is heart surgery at 6 weeks,” she said. She drinks her bottle and then “She was the first person I met takes a nap. She is growing and Continued from page 3 For more information please who had been through this. She getting stronger every day. road and the HCT&CA hopes that email heritageweekend@hardynet. told me exactly what to expect. She “She will need additional sur- Hardman’s Hardware is Gold Sponsor of Heritage Weekend many visitors and locals alike will com, visit the website www.heri- introduced me to support groups geries to replace the conduit as The Hardy County Tour and Craft Association is pleased to announce take the time to learn more about tageweekend.com , or check out on like Mended Little Hearts of the she grows,” Chessie said. “She will that Hardman’s Hardware Company is a Gold Sponsor for the upcoming this part of our past while enjoying Facebook. Shenandoah Valley. I can’t tell you Heritage Weekend. The organization is thankful for kind sponsorships our beautiful surroundings.” have a heart catheterization in Oc- that allow this annual event to be successful each year. what a relief that was. tober and then they will determine “My coworkers at Moorefield what the future holds. We believe High School, and all the schools, she will eventually get a full repair Council Rejects Tuition from East Hardy to Petersburg of her heart.” helped,” Chessie said. “I used to Chessie and Josh are optimis- teach in Petersburg. Teachers in tic because of the success they see Hardy County donated sick days to Increases at 3 C & T Colleges in other babies with CHD. “The me so that I would continue to get teacher I told you about, whose son (AP) - The board that oversees reject or modify tuition increas- a paycheck. The day of Ava’s sur- had open heart surgery at 6 weeks, West Virginia’s community and es means those schools will have gery, the whole town wore red and he is a happy, healthy 3-year-old technical colleges has rejected tu- to reconsider their budgets two blue, the colors of the Congenital now,” Chessie said. ition increases for three schools. weeks into the new fiscal year. Heart Defects awareness ribbon.” Cheryl Ward and Lara Flinn “I’m not from around here, and The Charleston Gazette-Mail Since the 2011 academic year, reports the Council for Commu- were a big help in organizing fun- my parents aren’t from around students at West Virginia Univer- nity and Technical Colleges ap- draising activities as well. here,” Chessie said. “When they proved two of five requests to in- sity at Parkersburg had the highest Chessie and Josh hesitated to heard about what the community crease tuition more than 5 percent average tuition increases of any mention people who helped, by was doing, they were amazed. They on Friday. school the council oversees. Alice name. “There’s always the risk said it was unheard of in this day The council rejected tuition in- Harris, the school’s vice president you’ll miss someone, and we know and age. It just goes to show the creases for BridgeValley Commu- of finance and administration, said there were a lot of people who power of this community.” nity and Technical College, South- the school’s budget is hindered by ern West Virginia Community and the demands of an aging campus. Technical College and West Vir- “We have a little over $7 mil- ginia University at Parkersburg. lion in deferred maintenance,” Used Vehicle Buyers Urged to Eastern West Virginia Community said Alice Harris, the school’s vice and Technical College asked for a 12 percent increase, but the coun- president of finance and adminis- Use Caution in Wake of Flooding cil approved a 9 percent hike. The tration. “Some of it is beyond de- council approved a 7 percent in- ferred. We’re in a situation now (AP) - West Virginia residents loss to use a specially licensed sal- crease for New River Community where the roofs are leaking - one considering the purchase of a used vage mechanic and document the Technical College. roof can’t be patched.” vehicle should use extra caution in redeemed status with a salvage “I’ll forewarn everybody, so Any tuition increase of more light of last month’s flooding. title afterward. there’s no question. I’m not voting than 5 percent requires council ap- That’s the advice of state At- The release also advises ques- torney General Patrick Morrisey, for some of these tuition increases. proval. Four colleges - Blue Ridge tioning any towing company to be who says buyers should watch out I’ve always voted for them in the Community and Technical Col- sure total loss vehicles don’t be- past,” said council member Keith for offers that seem too good to be lege, Mountwest Community and come profit for someone else and Burdette, who is also the state true. a problem for an eventual buyer. commerce secretary. Technical College, Pierpont Com- Morrisey’s office said in a news College budgets are based in munity and Technical College and release that state law prohibits re- Consumers should research a part on how much money the West Virginia Northern Commu- selling a submerged vehicle with- vehicle’s history with the vehicle school expects to earn in a year, nity College_increased tuition less out a salvaged title. The law re- identification number and evalu- including tuition. The decision to than 5 percent. quires anyone who repairs a total ating the dealership. 8 - MOOREFIELD (WV) EXAMINER, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 West Virginia Farmers WVU President Visits Work Toward Hemp Revival

By Elaina Sauber about half a foot. That’s why Hawkins doesn’t The Charleston Gazette-Mail “The amended ones will prob- think government agencies need to ably perform a little better because reinvent the wheel to learn more (AP) - The half-acre plot of of the nutrients in the soil.” about its methods of production. fledgling plants along a hillside at Standing beside him are Mor- He’s asked officials with the Cedar Lane Farm puts into per- gan Leach, executive director of state Department of Agriculture spective the return of hemp to the West Virginia Hemp Growers for U.S. Department of Agricul- West Virginia soil - a resistance- Cooperative, and Robbie Kerr, an- ture documents on hemp from the riddled movement struggling to other cooperative member. 1930s and 1940s. rise out of infancy. The group has been at the fore- “It was a subsidized crop in the Owner Dave Hawkins arrives front of the push to revive hemp U.S., so you know USDA has some with a few signs to post around the production in the state, communi- records somewhere about growing plot warning trespassers that the cating regularly with Department (it),” Hawkins said. “The histori- area is under surveillance. of Agriculture officials and provid- cal significance is, maybe we could “Industrial Hemp Research ing assistance to farmers trying to learn something from the past.” Project; No THC Content - Stay attain growing permits. Hemp farmer and former state WVU President Gee and members of WVU’s Student Government Association toured the Wardensville Out!” they read. For Leach, a law student at West delegate Mike Manypenny agrees. Farm Market (above) and visited the Big Chicken, after a reception at The Star Mercantile (below). After a busy year full of un- Virginia University, developing a Running for U.S. Congress certainties, including a rules bill hemp industry in the state has be- in West Virginia’s first district, Continued from page 1 passed during this year’s legislative come a full-time job. Manypenny is a longtime propo- be offered a position at WVU.” session that nearly killed hemp re- Since January, he’s traveled to nent of hemp. Reyes said business and eco- search before the seeds were even a dozen conferences on hemp and He’s conducting four different nomics is a conduit for connec- planted, Hawkins is among a hand- cannabis around the country to projects from the plants growing tions. ful of growers around West Virgin- better understand the industry and on his quarter-acre plot. “Our job is to help identify the ia who are pioneering the return of network with other advocates. One of those projects is receiv- type of business situation that is hemp. Leach is helping manage anoth- ing aid from the WVU engineering best for them,” he said. “Econom- er plot in nearby Vienna on a for- But jumping through the hoops department and will study hemp’s ics helps students connect the mer Texaco petroleum tank farm required by the state Department potential as a high-quality acti- dots. We (the university) need to of Agriculture to attain permits along the Ohio River owned by his vated carbon, which is used to fil- have an impact in the state and was the easy part. father, Jim. ter water impurities and flue gas in there are things happening outside With the research plots under They’ve maintained a vegetable coal burning power plants, he said. the university and we need to know way, growers are collecting data to garden since the elder Leach pur- “There’s a huge demand for ac- about them.” be studied by Susanna Wheeler, a chased the land in 2008; but this Kenneth Blemings, Ph.D. is dean tivated carbon in West Virginia and master’s agronomy student at West year, half of the garden is home to of the Honors College and profes- globally,” Manypenny said. Virginia University. rows of hemp plants. sor of nutritional biochemistry. Another one of his projects will The data will be crucial to Their seeds were purchased “I’m a 4-H, FFA kid with a de- be studied by Agri Carb Electric help state lawmakers understand from a supplier in Italy because gree in animal science from Vir- Corporation, a newly formed com- hemp’s potential as a viable crop they want to use them again next ginia Tech,” he said. pany that hopes to provide tech- with myriad uses. year - something many other sup- Blemings said his doctorate the- nology solutions through advanced “It validates the purpose of what pliers prohibit. sis was on the biochemical effects hemp-based carbon applications. we’re doing” said Hawkins, who But Leach is also thinking realis- of lowering the amount of phos- Industrial hemp can be carbon- also owns Mother Earth Foods, tically about how the private sector phorus and nitrogen in poultry the oldest natural food store in can invest in hemp without risking ized into graphene. feed. the state. “You can say you did too much capital. “(We can) use that graphene to “Our honors numbers have research, but if you’re haphazard He pointed to Kentucky as an develop high-capacity, compact nearly doubled under his watch,” with it, it doesn’t have much mer- example, where former tobacco batteries without the need for oth- Gee said of Blemings. it.” farmers are repurposing their er metals,” he said. Blemings said he was working While hemp and marijuana equipment to process and handle Manypenny has also been in with students to develop a senior come from the same species of hemp, given the slowing of the to- talks with the Polymer Alliance project directed at helping people. plant, Cannabis sativa, hemp is a bacco industry in recent years. Zone to discuss another use for In Wardensville, Gee chatted separate variety with its own chem- “No one’s gonna go out and buy hemp as a bioplastic. with folks at The Star Mercantile ical makeup, and it has different a new tractor specifically for hemp “The intent is to basically create before heading to the Lost River cultivation practices than mari- production,” Leach said. “They’re downstream industries in West Vir- Trading Post and a tour of the new juana. going to repurpose the tractors ginia.” Wardensville Farm Market. Roots in the ground they have to meet whatever de- All the permit holders have their Gee thanked the WVU Exten- On a sticky July afternoon, mand they have for them.” own visions for hemp in the Moun- sion Agents in Hardy County as Hawkins’ eyes lit up when he ex- With about 20 members, the co- tain State - what they share in com- well as the Poultry Association for plained the layout of his three operative has grown over the past mon is the belief that it can be a their efforts to promote the poultry hemp plots. several months. job creator and economic driver in industry. He also introduced Jenni- It’s holding a members-only a state slowly migrating away from fer Ours Williams, associate dean He purchased five different seed Kenneth Blemings, Ph.D. dean of the College of Honors and Javier meeting on Aug. 12 in Parkersburg energy extraction as its primary in- of Extension Services and wife of varieties - three suited for fiber Reyes, Ph.D, dean of the College of Business and Economics, vis- at the Blennerhassett Hotel. Those dustry. State Senator Bob Williams, who production and two for seed pro- ited Hardy County with WVU President E. Gordon Gee. duction - that were planted on the interested in becoming members From expelling the non-psycho- represents Hardy County. plots. can email wvhfc.inc(at)gmail.com. active cannabidiol from plants for One plot wasn’t treated with any Past and present medicinal uses to processing the fertilizer; the second was treated During World War II, hemp was stalks and hurds for textiles and with manure, and the third with viewed as a vital resource. Pro- manufacturing, support for indus- nitrogen-rich blood meal. duction in the U.S. reached more trial hemp is growing. After tilling the plots, Hawkins than 150 million pounds in 1943, Watching a coal-filled barge directly seeded them by hand. according to a 2015 Congressio- float slowly down the Ohio River, “They were starting to come up nal Research Service Report titled Leach envisions a future in which within three days,” he said of the “Hemp as an Agricultural Com- the black masses will someday be little plants, most no taller than modity.” replaced with green. Sheriff’s Department Strengthens Continued from page 1 •Tractor Supply Mineral County or Virginia.” •Southern States - Moorefield The Hardy County Sheriff’s Department would like •84 Lumber to acknowledge the support from the following busi- nesses who continue to support the county’s K-9 unit: •Mathias Garage •American Woodmark •Pine Grove Automotive

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There were flocks of birdies and chirping on the rick with a total of -17 under par for the tournament. ing up the feed. 2nd runner-up, and Taylor Aldridge, first runner-up. green during the West Virginia Poultry Associa- A total of 29 teams participated in the golf tourna- Shelby Hawk, the 2016 West Virginia Poultry As- The poultry queens ventured around the golf tion Golf Tournament was held at Valley View Golf ment which began in the morning and lasted into the sociation Queen, and Elizabeth Ours, the 2016 West course on carts in the rain, then stayed to have lunch Course on Thursday. afternoon. Virginia Poultry Association Teen Queen, visited the with some of the golfers. Gobbling up first place was the quartet of Dick Rig- It was quite warm, but a storm passing through golf tournament along with members of their court in- Being poultry week, the lunch featured chicken gleman, Quincy Fraley, Scott Gossard, and Bill Dead- brought cool winds and rain as the golfers were finish- cluding Caylie Simmons, first runner-up, Haley Ours wings from Pilgrim’s Pride.

Major Softball Regular Season Moorefield Scorched By And District Playoffs Finish Riverside in Hot Stove Playoffs

Pendleton County Community Bank Major Softball manager Sheldon Arbaugh discusses game strat- Moorefield Hot Stove’s Isaac Van Meter slides into home plate for a run against Riverside during the egy with his players in a huddle during the championship game. playoffs in Cumberland.

Submission by manager gle to right field to open Moore- onship for Moorefield. Arbaugh Story & Photos Stove Championship series for the just under the glove of Moore- Sheldon Arbaugh field’s second inning. O’Neill and struck out 8 and walked one, scat- By Carl Holcomb crown. field’s Kennan Mongold. Arbaugh singled followed by a tering 9 hits. Moorefield Examiner In the second playoff series Hoyt got out of the jam with a In the opening game Moore- double by Simmons and the score game, Moorefield grounded out strikeout and pop-up. field Major Softball All-Stars de- was 7-4 after two. Grant plated Major Softball Little It was no picnic in Cumberland thrice to start the game against Moorefield’s Hayden Baldwin feated Hedgesville 22-4, breaking two more runs in the 3rd and held League Regular Season for Moorefield in the Hot Stove Riverside pitcher Sam Dixon. was issued a leadoff walk, then There was a delay to start the open a close game in the 3rd in- Moorefield scoreless. Championship Baseball playoffs as Riverside Blake Watts smacked a ground rule ning with 11 runs. Up 7-4, Moorefield came bottom of the first inning as the Pendleton Community Bank grilled out a three-game opening double bouncing over the left field In the championship game, through with two outs in the bot- wrong type of baseball was given defeated Baker Insurance 8-1 round victory en route to claiming fence. Moorefield defeated Grant Coun- tom of the 4th to add to their to Moorefield pitcher Derek Hoyt on June 9th to win the major di- the championship. Mongold delivered an RBI sin- ty 9-4. We opened a 4-0 lead in margin. Alyson Simmons ripped and the leadoff batter wasn’t ready gle into center field and both run- vision softball championship in Moorefield got off to a rocky the first inning as Gracie O’Neill a single past third and scored on to come to the plate. ners advanced on a passed ball. Moorefield Little League. Gracie start in the initial game trailing 7-0, led off the bottom with a single a double to deep right center by Riverside’s Caleb Hare drew a Thomas Williams executed an O’Neill had two hits including a but rallied for an 10-8 win. and scored on Lauren Arbaugh’s Kuykendall. walk, then Chandler Rhodes sin- RBI groundout to cut the deficit triple for Pendleton. Alyson Sim- Riverside kept the pressure on bunt that was fielded and thrown Grant had 3 hits in the 5th in- gled into left field. 3-2, but Riverside closed the inning mons had a double and scored 3 in the second contest for a 9-6 vic- into right field. Alyson Simmons ning but came up empty as the Zac Whitacre plated two runs with two strikeouts. runs. tory starting off with a 3-0 lead in hit a sacrifice fly to plate Arbaugh Simmons threw out a runner at- and reached second base on an In the bottom of the second in- Also collecting hits for Pend- the first inning, withstood a chal- from 3rd. Emily Kuykendall tempting to steal 3rd to end the error as the ball bounced off the ning, Hoyt started with a strikeout leton were Carlee Haines, Lexi lenge in the second inning when belted a double to right center inning. Moorefield finished the glove of Moorefield center fielder before Riverside’s Hare got on Gilhuys and Ali Biser. Lauren Ar- Moorefield cut the deficit to 3-2 and pinch runner Kaleigh Hunt scoring in the bottom of the 5th Grant Keller. board with an error and advanced baugh pitched a complete game and responded with a three run After a flyout, Dixon singled to scored on Tori Humphries single. with a leadoff single by Davy, a on a balk. for the victors, striking out 8, spurt in the bottom of the frame. left field and advanced dos cone Humphries sacrifice bunt by Haleigh Biser Rhodes smashed an RBI triple walking one and allowing 4 hits. The third game belonged to Riv- base on the throw to third base would later score on Regan and a RBI single by Gilhuys. Lau- over Lane Ours in left field, then ren Arbaugh finished her com- She also collected two hits at the erside with a 5-3 elimination vic- with Whitacre diving back in time. Davy’s groundout to second. Whitacre garnered an RBI single Grant scored two in the top of plete game victory by striking out plate, including a double. tory over Moorefield. Colton McTaggart gave Riv- in left field for a 5-2 advantage. the 2nd and cut the lead in half. the side in the bottom of the 6th Pendleton Community Bank Riverside defeated defending erside a 3-0 lead on An RBI info Continued on page 3B Lexi Gilhuys ripped a one-out sin- to secure the District 6 Champi- finished the year with a 15-3 mark. champion Cresaptown in the Hot down the third base line skipping 2B - MOOREFIELD (WV) EXAMINER, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 MOOREFIELD (WV) EXAMINER, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - 3B YMCA Summer Swim Championship Meet Results

Hardy County Stingrays 2nd place: Williams, James 19.94 3rd place: Barb, Will 1:19.03 July 16 Girls 8 & Under 25 Yard Freestyle A Flight Boys 9-10 50 Yard Freestyle B Flight 1st place: Simmons, Grace 22.50 Girls 9-10 50 Yard Backstroke A Flight 2nd place: Williams, James 49.96 Girls 13-14 200 Yard IM A Flight 2nd place: Williams, Elizabeth 23.00 2nd place: Funkhouser, Kiley 1:06.18 2nd place: See, Olivia 3:03.24 Girls 8 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle A Flight Girls 8 & Under 25 Yard Freestyle B Flight Boys 9-10 25 Yard Backstroke B Flight 2nd place: Williams, Elizabeth 57.59 Girls 9-10 100 Yard IM A Flight 1st place: Barb, Kara 25.14 1st place: Williams, James 26.11 3rd place: Simmons, Grace 59.31 2nd place: Williams, Caimy 1:44.00 DQ: Funkhouser, Kiley Men 15-18 100 Yard Butterfly A Flight Girls 8 & Under 25 Yard Backstroke A Flight Girls 8 & Under 50 Yard Freestyle B Flight 1st place: Whetzel, Triston 1:14.89 1st place: Williams, Elizabeth 31.81 2nd place: Barb, Kara 1:00.82 Men 15-18 50 Yard Freestyle A Flight Girls 13-14 100 Yard Butterfly A Flight Girls 8 & Under 25 Yard Backstroke B Flight Girls 13-14 100 Yard Breaststroke A Flight 1st place: Whetzel, Triston 27.01 1st place: See, Olivia 1:20.95 4th place: Barb, Kara 34.25 1st place: See, Olivia 1:51.06

Boys 11-12 50 Yard Freestyle B Flight Boys 11-12 50 Yard Butterfly B Flight Men 15-18 100 Yard Freestyle A Flight Girls 11-12 50 Yard Breaststroke B Flight 3rd place: Barb, Will 54.97 1st place: Barb, Will 1:24.20 1st place: Whetzel, Triston 1:03.87 1st place: Williams, Alivia 58.83

Girls 11-12 50 Yard Freestyle B Flight Girls 9-10 50 Yard Butterfly A Flight Girls 13-14 100 Yard Freestyle A Flight Girls 9-10 50 Yard Breaststroke A Flight 1st place: Williams, Alivia 41.27 2nd place: Funkhouser, Kiley 49.47 1st place: See, Olivia 1:15.79 1st place: Williams, Caimy 51.46

Girls 9-10 50 Yard Freestyle A Flight Girls 8 & Under 25 Yard Butterfly A Flight Girls 11-12 100 Yard Freestyle B Flight Girls 8 & Under 25 Yard Breaststroke A Flight 2nd place: Williams, Caimy 40.36 2nd place: Simmons, Grace 27.68 1st place: Williams, Alivia 1:34.93 2nd place: Simmons, Grace 31.02 3rd place: Funkhouser, Kiley 41.62 3rd place: Williams, Elizabeth 29.21 Girls 9-10 100 Yard Freestyle A Flight Men 15-18 200 Yard Freestyle A Flight Boys 9-10 25 Yard Freestyle B Flight Boys 11-12 50 Yard Backstroke B Flight 1st place: Williams, Caimy 1:32.39 1st place: Whetzel, Triston 2:34.07

Hardy County Stingrays swimmers Olivia See and Triston Whetzel earned first place in the 100 yard butterfly races during the YMCA Summer Swim Championships in Cumberland, Maryland.

The Old MasTer By Jay Fisher should have a pretty potent offense will the newcomers adapt to college seems to play better with a chip on home countries: Nicco Campriani Canadians in last year’s Women’s this year, and that will require im- ball and/or the WVU system? If the their shoulder, and that poll should and Petra Zublasing (Italy), and World Cup. The calendar (and the weather) proved performance from Skyler answer is quickly, then the Moun- provide that chip. Ziva Dvorsak (Slovenia). WVU Finally, a pair of basketball play- say it is now August. High school Howard. Most QBs under Dana taineer defense should be “good In the sports world at large, the Hall of Famer David Johnson will ers will play for their countries: games start this month. And WVU Holgorsen seem to improve after a enough” when paired with a high- biggest thing happening this week serve as a manager for Team USA. Natalie Burton (Australia) and year of starting (at WVU, see Clint octane offense. If not, be prepared is the opening of the 2016 Olympics A pair for former track stars Yelena Leuchanka (Belarus). football camp has also started. As Trickett). Howard will be key for for plenty of high scoring shootouts in Rio. WVU will be represented at will represent Canada: Jessi- At least one other athlete has a with any camp, there will be plenty the Mountaineers to hit 40 or more (or bad losses if the WVU offense the games. There will be a total of ca O’Connell in the 5000m run, WVU tie: shooter David Higgins, a of story lines. On offense, most of points per game, which is a stated is not as good as expected). 11 WVU athletes (or former ath- and Sarah-Anne Brault, who has recent Air Force Academy gradu- the starters are more or less set, but goal by Holgorsen. The Big 12 Media does not seem letes) participating. As you might branched out to be in the triathlon. ate, is the son of a former Moun- how they lineup might be interest- On defense, there will be a lot of impressed with WVU’s chances. expect, rifle will have the largest Also representing Canada, cur- taineer swimmer. ing (for instance, will Gary Jen- new faces, especially at linebacker They picked the Mountaineers sev- contingent of Mountaineers. Ris- rent soccer standouts Ashley Law- Good luck to all of Team USA, nings move from outside receiver and defensive back, where the only enth in the preseason poll, ahead of ing sophomore Ginny Thrasher will rence and Kadeisha Buchanan, will and the Mountaineers competing to inside?). With all of the return- primary starter returning is free just Kansas State, Iowa State, and be shooting for Team USA. Three be important cogs for their nation- in the Olympics! ing skill and experience, WVU safety Dravon Askew-Henry. How Kansas. I don’t mind that. WVU alums will be competing for their al team. That pair started for the Football Olympics.

Moorefield Scorched Continued from page 1B twice before being stranded. acre was dropped in right field and Dixon Hoyt reached on an error and VanMeter In the sixth inning, Moorefield scored Riverside loaded the bases on a single was walked before McTaggart hit an RBI was beaned to load the bases. Keller was sent to the mound for Moore- again to cut the deficit to 9-6. (25) and two walks in the third inning, then single off Mongold for an 8-2 advantage. Moran connected for a two run produc- field and there was movement on the bases Mongold squeezed the ball past the scored on a free pass extending the lead to Baldwin caught a runner stealing sec- ing single with a help of an error at second with a failed pickoff. pitcher and shortstop to get on base, then 7-2 with Hoyt making a sensational running ond base with a good throw to Moran, then base, but got picked off at first base. Williams singled over the first baseman. Riverside tacked on another score with catch in center field to limit the damage. Mongold garnered a strikeout and Moran Keller hit an RBI sacrifice fly for the last Mongold scored on a passed ball, but an RBI groundout by Brady Whitacre be- Riverside shortstop Zac Whitacre exe- caught a line drive. run of the frame scoring Isaac Van Meter. fore Keller recorded a strikeout to get out cuted a leaping double play and a ground- There was still a chance to rally as Riverside added one run in the fifth in- Williams was stranded. of the mess. out put Moorefield down in order during Moorefield fought back with three runs in ning on a bases loaded walk with the bat- Riverside held on for the 9-6 victory and Moorefield’s Brent Moran singled with the fourth inning. the fifth inning to make it 8-5. ter pointing and clapping at the Moorefield would eliminate Moorefield in the rubber one out in the third inning and stole bases An aerial shot by Riverside’s Brady Whit- Mason Ours drew a leadoff walk, then dugout. match of the series. DEBTS PILING UP? BANKRUPTCY SHERMANS SHHEERRMMAANN LLAW LAAWW FIRMFFIIRRMM CALL TODAY 304-822-4740 Call t oll f ree 800-619-4740

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Kitchen has new STORAGE TO DO ers’ license and reliable transporta- cabinets, counters, fridge, sink. *PAINTING ROOFS* 26 years *OLD FIELDS Storage* (Units tion. Will be required to work as Tile floors rerouted. New car- experience. Houses, Interior, 5x10) (10x10) (10x20). Located 4.5 a team. Must have bachelors and/ pet in Living Room. Bonus Fam- house roofs, barn roofs, church Miles on Rt. 220 North of Moore- or masters degree in counseling, ily Room. New metal roof. Cen- roofs, poultry house roofs, out- field. Call 304-538-3300, 304-538- social work, criminal justice, or tral heat, a/c, baseboard backup. buildings, mobile homes, fences, 2346 or evenings 304-538-6785. tfn corrections. Minimum of 3 years $150,000. David Smith, Realtor. staining log homes, businesses, MTM STORAGE, 5x10, 10x10, relevant field experience in direct 540-398-7975 [email protected]. pressure washing. Call Ronald 12x24 and larger available. Rt. 55 client services in the areas of cor- Owner Agent. Keller Williams Re- Kimble, 304-358-7208. tfn rections, counseling, social work, alty, Winchester VA. Rick Cockrill, East of Moorefield. Additional storage located at the South Fork and/or criminal justice. Specialized Broker. 8/27 NOTICES sex offender training/education 218 LACEY LANE Maysville - Depot in Moorefield. 304-530- 6707. tfn THE HARDY County Child Care may be substituted for one year 4BR 3BA rancher with finished of experience. BA beginning sal- HARVEST STORAGE: 5x10, Center now has openings for 6 basement on 14.6 acres with pond. weeks thru 5th grade. If you are ary $36,264. MA beginning salary 10x10, 10x20. Great location in 2 car garage with workshop. Up- looking for safe, secure, reliable $39,204. Must pass an NCIC/CIB town. 304-703-2667. tfn dated kitchen and baths. Basement learning environment for your background check and a written apartment with kitchen, dining child then look no further. We also and oral psychological evaluation. room, full bath, bedroom. WANTED have a few Pre-K openings avail- . Go to www.courtswv.gov for job Wraparound deck, patios. Views RENT able at this time on a first come application. Please send job ap- for miles! $326,000. David Smith, HOUSING NEEDED for men, first serve basis. The Center partic- plication, cover letter, resume and Realtor. 540-398-7975 DLSmith@ working on building project. Can ipates in the Mountain Heart pro- official college transcript to Caren kw.com. Owner Agent. Keller Wil- be either mobile homes or house. gram as well as the Child Nutrition Bills, Deputy Director of the Divi- liams Realty, Winchester VA. Rick Short term possibly 3 months. Will Program. So pick up the phone sion of Probation Services, Build- Cockrill, Broker. 8/27 pay top rent. 703-297-1256. 8/3 and give us a call at 304-434-7353 ing 1, Room E-100, 1900 Kanawha or feel free to stop by. 8/10 Boulevard E., Charleston, WV

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Advertising rates in this section: $7.00 first 25 words. Ten cents per word each additional word. Blind ads double the above rates. Dis- form or application for employment or to make an inquiry in connection with prospective employment, which expresses the following: play state law. Only current paid-up accounts will be allowed to charge classified and/or display advertising. All others must be paid in Directly or indirectly any limitation, specifications or discrimination as to race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical advance. Political advertising must be paid in advance. The Moorefield Examiner assumes no financial responsibility for typographical handicap, marital status, sex, age or any intent to make such limitation, specification or discrimination. Rentals and Real Estate: Notice: errors in advertisements; only one corrected classified insertion can be printed at no charge, so immediate notification regarding incor- All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limita- rect classified advertisements is required. The Moorefield Examiner reserves the right to be an unlawful employment practice, unless tion, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, martial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such based on bonafide occupational qualifications or except where based upon applicable security regulations established by the United preference, limitation, or discrimination.” We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All States or the state of West Virginia for an employer or employment agency to print or circulate or cause to be printed or to use in any persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. MOOREFIELD (WV) EXAMINER, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - 5B

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First Public Notice vice Center in Moorefield, WV. A copy of business hours. Photocopies of the non- as Substitute Trustee by a Substitution of Dated this 19th day of July, 2016. Proposed Permit Renewal may be down- The Town of Wardensville, a Municipal the agenda will be available three days confidential portions of the application file Trustee recorded in the aforesaid Clerk’s William H. Judy III loaded from the DAQ’s web site at the fol- Corporation in Hardy County, West Vir- prior to the meeting and may be obtained will be made available upon request. The Office; and default having been made un- Fiduciary Commissioner lowing address: http://www.dep.wv.gov/ ginia, will eliminate Wardensville Municipal at the District office, 500 East Main St., public is also invited to submit written com- der the aforementioned Deed of Trust, and 7/27, 8/3 2c daq. Copies of the Permit Application, Code Title 7, Chapter 1, Section 7-225, en- Romney, WV or by calling 304-822-5174. ments regarding this application to the the undersigned Substitute Trustee hav- DAQ Fact Sheet, and Draft/Proposed Per- titled “Schedule of Fees. Annual rates for The public is invited to attend. West Virginia Division of Financial Institu- ing been instructed by the secured party NOTICE OF COMMENT PERIOD FOR mit Renewal are available for public review business classes” from its Municipal Code. 7/27, 8/3 2c tions at: Commissioner of Financial Institu- to foreclose thereunder, will offer for sale DRAFT/PROPOSED OPERATING PER- at the following location between the hours The purpose this change to eliminate mak- tions, 900 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 306, at public auction at the front door of the MIT RENEWAL of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: ing changes to the Town Code to reflect NOTICE OF PROPOSED Charleston, West Virginia 25302. Hardy County Courthouse, in Moorefield, WV Department of Environmental Pro- updates in State of WV license fees and li- BANK MERGER West Virginia, on Title V of the Federal Clean Air Act and tection cense categories. Businesses applying for Notice is hereby given that Summit SUMMIT COMMUNITY BANK, INC. Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at 1:15 PM the state Air Pollution Control Act requires Division of Air Quality renewal of an existing license will receive Community Bank, Inc., 310 North Main MOOREFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA The following described real estate, with that all major sources and certain minor 601 57th Street SE the license fee rates and classes in the mail Street, Moorefield, West Virginia, 26836, its improvements, easements and appurte- sources have a permit to operate which Charleston, WV 25304 prior to the beginning of July 1 of each fis- has made application to the Federal De- FIRST CENTURY BANK, INC. nances thereunto belonging, situate in the states all requirements (e.g. emission Contact: Rex Compston, P.E. cal year. Business license categories and posit Insurance Corporation, for consent BLUEFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA Moorefield Corp. District, Hardy County, limitations, monitoring requirements, etc.) 304) 926-0499 ext. : 1209 fees applied as of July 1, 2016 will remain to merge with First Century Bank, Inc., 500 West Virginia, and more particularly de- established by regulations promulgated in effect until June 30, 2017. The fee for a Federal Street, Bluefield, West Virginia, PUBLICATION DATES: July 27, 2016, scribed as follows: under the aforementioned programs. Comments and questions concerning new business license may be affected by 24701. Summit Community Bank, Inc. will August 3, 2016, and August 17, 2016. A certain 10.41-acre tract or parcel of The Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has de- this matter should be addressed to the changes in WV State fees and business survive the merger as the Resulting Bank. 7/27, 8/3, 8/17 3c real etstae containing the commercial termined that the draft/proposed permit above referenced individual. classes or categories. It is contemplated that all offices of the property being known as Fertig Cabinet renewal referenced herein meets this re- 8/3 1c The Wardensville Town Council will above-named institutions will continue to TRUSTEE’S SALE OF Company, Inc., situate on Beans Lane quirement. conduct an annual review of the state’s be operated. VALUABLE REAL ESTATE in the Town of Moorefield and being de- The DAQ is providing notice to the gen- PUBLIC NOTICE listing of license fees and make necessary This notice is published pursuant to The undersigned Substitute Trustee, scribed on a plat of survey of record in the eral public of its preliminary determination CONSTRUCTION OF changes to the fees and new license cat- Section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit Insur- by virtue of the authority vested in him by Hardy County Clerk’s Office in Deed Book to issue an operating permit renewal to the TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER egories. The Business License Fees List ance Act. Any person wishing to comment that certain Deed of Trust dated January 142, at Page 443. Reference is hereby following company for operation of the ref- US Cellular is providing notice of its and rates will be available by contacting on this application may file his or her com- 15, 2008, and duly recorded in the Office made said plat for a specific description erenced Compressor Station: intent to construct and operate a telecom- Town Hall. ments in writing with the Regional Director of the Clerk of the County Commission of of the real estate being conveyed in trust munication tower pursuant to Federal 7/27, 8/3 2c of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora- Hardy County, West Virginia, in Deed of hereby. Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC Communication Commission’s Program- tion at its regional office, Ten 10th Street, Trust Book 236, at Page 745, Fertig Cabi- At the time of the execution of the Deed Lost River Compressor Station, matic Agreement for telecommunication PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE NW, Suite 800, Atlanta, Georgia 30309- net Company, Inc. did convey unto Jack of Trust, this property was reported to have Plant ID No. : 031-00002 towers. The monopole called Moorefield The Potomac Valley Conservation 3849, not later than August 26, 2016. The H. Walters and Howard E. Krauskopf, a mailing address of 137 Beans Lane, Upper Cove Road, (C&P Carpet) is at 101 South Fork Road, District board meeting will be held on non-confidential portions of the applica- Trustees, certain real property described Moorefield, WV 26836-1263. Mathias, WV 26812 Moorefield, WV (39-03-34.6N and 78-57- Wednesday, August 3, 2016, at 7:30 pm. tion are on file in the regional office and in said Deed of Trust; and the beneficiary AND BEING the same real estate which 49.8W). The monopole will be a 100-foot The meeting will be held at the USDA Ser- are available for inspection during regular has elected to appoint Pill & Pill, PLLC was conveyed to Fertig Cabinet Company, This notice solicits comments from the monopole with a 4- foot lightning rod. Only Inc., by Deed dated June 11, 1976, from public and affected state(s) concerning comments regarding potential effects on Luther L. Hutter, Jr., Margaret Hutter, Mar- the above preliminary determination and Historic Properties should be sent within ian Hutter, Russell G. Hutter, Tressa Hutter, provides an opportunity for such parties to 30 days of publication to: and William S. Hutter, and recorded in the review the basis for the proposed approval Teresa A. Schuller Office of the Clerk of the County Commis- and the “draft” permit renewal. This notice Mead & Hunt, Inc. sion of Hardy County, West Virginia, in also solicits comments from the U.S. EPA 400 Tracy Way, Suite 200 Deed Book 142, at Page 443. concerning the same preliminary determi- Charleston, WV 25311 The above-described property will be nation and provides an opportunity for the Phone: 681-313-4617 sold subject to any covenants, restric- U.S. EPA to concurrently review the basis Fax: 304/345-6714 tions, easements, leases and conditions for the proposed approval as a “proposed” [email protected] of record, and subject to any unpaid real permit. This notice also incorporates 8/3 1c estate taxes. changes to the General Requirements The subject property will be sold in “AS of the following preconstruction permits: LEGAL NOTICE IS” condition. The Substitute Trustee shall R14-0013E. NOTICE OF HEARING be under no duty to cause any existing ten- All written comments submitted by the YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT A ant or person occupying the subject prop- public and affected state(s) pursuant to PETITION FOR AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE erty to vacate said property. this notice must be received by the DAQ IN THE BAIL BONDING BUSINESS IN TERMS: One-third (1/3) if the purchase within thirty (30) days of the date of pub- THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIR- price in cash is due at the sale, with one- lication of this notice. Under concurrent CUIT OF HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIR- third (1/3) due, with interest, payable a year review, written comments submitted by GINIA, STYLED PLAID GROUP, LLC, D/B/A from the date of the sale, with the remain- the U.S. EPA must be received by the DAQ BILL’S BAIL BONDS CIVIL ACTION NO. ing one-third (1/3) due, with interest, pay- within forty-five (45) days from the date of 16-P-31, HAS BEEN FILED IN THE CIR- able two years from the date of the sale. publication of this notice or from the date CUIT COURT OF HARDY COUNTY, WEST A deed will be issued after the payment of the U.S. EPA receives this draft/proposed VIRGINIA, SEEKING AUTHORITY TO EN- the first one-third (1/3) and a promissory permit renewal, whichever is later. In the GAGE IN THE PROFESSIONAL BONDING note shall be executed by the purchaser, event that the 30th/45th day is a Saturday, BUSINESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE bearing interest at the rate of 6.25 percent, Sunday, or legal holiday, the comment TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF WEST VIR- which shall be secured by a Deed of Trust. period will be extended until 5:00 p.m. on GINIA CODE 51-10-1, ET SEQ., AND THAT the following regularly scheduled business A HEARING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED Pill & Pill, PLLC, Substitute Trustee day. The public shall have 135 days from BEFORE THE HONORABLE CHARLES Richard A. Pill, Member the date of publication of this notice to file E. PARSONS, JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT P. O. Box 440, 85 Aikens Center, petitions for concurrently reviewed per- COURT OF HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIR- Martinsburg, WV 25404 mits. Upon notice by the U.S. EPA to the GINIA, ON THE 1ST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, Phone (304) 263-4971 DAQ, prior to the end of the 45-day notice 2016, AT 2:30 P.M. IN THE HAMPSHIRE Fax (304) 267-5840 period, the U.S. EPA may choose to hold COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 50 SOUTH e-mail: [email protected] the 30 day comment period on the draft HIGH STREET, ROMNEY, WEST VIRGINIA. 7/20, 7/27 8/3 3c permit and the 45 day comment period on THAT A COPY OF SAID PETITION MAY BE the proposed permit sequentially. During OBTAINED IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE OF FIDUCIARY NOTICE the public comment period any interested HARDY COUNTY, IN MOOREFIELD, WEST The account of the estate of Garnet B. person may submit written comments on VIRGINIA, AT WHICH TIME AND PLACE Mongold is before the undersigned for a the draft permit and may request a public YOU MAY APPEAR AND DO WHAT YOU final settlement. hearing, if no public hearing has already DEEM PROPER. been scheduled. A request for a public hearing shall be in writing and shall state PLAID GROUP, LLC the nature of the issues proposed to be DBA BILL’S BAIL BONDS, raised in the hearing. The Director of the Now Taking Applications DAQ shall grant such a request for a hear- BY COUNSEL ing if he concludes that a public hearing is JOHN R. ANGOTTI appropriate. Any public hearing shall be COUNSEL FOR PETITIONER Yellowbud Place: 1 BR garden apartments, held in the general area in which the facility ANGOTTI & STRAFACE, L.C. is located, after 30 day notice is given. The ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW 2 & 3 BR town homes. Rent includes water, trash and DAQ will consider all written comments 274 SPRUCE STREET prior to final action on the permit. MORGANTOWN, WV 26505 sewer. 1BR: $485 .00 . 2BR: $510 .00 & 3BR: $610 .00 . Copies of the DAQ Fact Sheet and Draft/ 8/3, 8/10 2c Many amenities include: dishwasher, stove, refrigerator and garbage disposal. Laundry room on site and tot lot for children. Security deposit equals 1 months rent. Call 304-538-7082

PUBLIC AUCTION Personal property, antiques and household items of Butch & Sharon Porter and Arthur Goldizen 9 a.m., Saturday, August 13, 2016 Location : 5844 North Fork Highway, Cabins, WV (Across from Echo Park ) - Look for Signs. Items Include: Oak furniture, computer desk, entertainment center, curio, desk, and washstand, recliner, cherry coffee table and stands, grandmother clock, piano stool, full size mirror, chairs, pink depression glass, Looney Toon glasses, 45 records, yard, garden and hand tools, Sears Craftsman VT 3000 lawn mower, Craftsman weed eater, dishes, framed prints, director folding chairs, Pennsylvania House cherry corner cabinet, baskets, washtub, chainsaw, Kirby vacuum Heritage 2, Hamilton Beach microwave, GE electric stove, flat bottom aluminum boat, push plow, wheelbarrow, books and magazines, dresser with mirror, 4 X 8 pool table, Pepsi crates, Craftsman 32 lawn sweeper, high chair, hall tree, folding chairs, bookcase, bed, wagon, baby buggy, lamps, doors, avon bottles and many other numerous items. LEGAL Owners: Butch & Sharon Porter, Arthur Goldizen 5844 North Fork Highway, Cabins, WV Auctioneer: Charles (Dick) Riggleman, WV Lic # 308, ADVERTISEMENTS Moorefield, WV, 304-538-6564 Deadline is Fridays at Noon. View pictures at www.auctionzip.com Email to [email protected] Terms: 1. Cash or approved check on day of sale with proper ID. 2. No items removed from sale until settled upon. 3. Number system used for bidding, No number, No sale. No Exceptions. 4. Announcements on day of the sale take precedence over any/all printed material. Food Available Not Responsible for Accidents 6B - MOOREFIELD (WV) EXAMINER, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 around ThE StatE W. Va. DNR Accepting Applicants New Plants Boosting For Special Deer Hunt Hydroelectric Production (AP) - The state Division of to hunt with a firearm or bow. Natural Resources is accepting The DNR says 40 hunters will (AP) - Hydroelectric generat- are ongoing at Cannelton, Mel- online in 2016. applications for a controlled deer be selected at random for each ing capacity is on the rise with the dahl and Smithland in Kentucky. hunt this fall in southern West Vir- day of the hunt and will be notified Existing conventional hydro- construction of new power plants When these are complete, the hy- ginia. after Oct. 1. Hunters must hunt electric generators in the United at dams along the Ohio River in droelectricity generating capacity The hunt is scheduled for Nov. from designated trees to which States provided 251 million mega- West Virginia and Kentucky. along the Ohio River will grow 3, 4 and 5 at Pipestem Resort State they are assigned and must pro- The Intelligencer/Wheel- from 313 megawatts to 554 mega- watt hours of electricity in 2015, or Park. vide their own climbing tree stand. ing News-Register reports that watts. about 6 percent of annual total net Applications must be submitted The hunt will be the second at enough new hydroelectricity to U.S. hydropower has the poten- generation. Unlike other forms of at www.wvhunt.com and must be the resort. One also was held there power up to 320,000 homes will tial to grow significantly with only completed by Aug. 15. Applicants last November to reduce the high renewable energy, such as solar come online this year. 3 percent of the nation’s existing must designate whether they want deer population. and wind, hydroelectric capac- “These facilities will help insu- dams equipped to generate pow- ity additions have been relatively late us from future carbon regu- er,’’ National Hydropower Asso- lations and will be a long-term ciation Executive Director Linda modest in recent years, the admin- benefit for our members,” said Church Ciocci said. istration said. American Municipal Power Presi- Administration officials also “Already the nation’s largest re- dent and CEO Marc Gerken. said 300 megawatts of electricity newable electricity resource, hy- W. Va. Projecting Savings AMP officials opened gener- generating capacity is supposed dropower can undoubtedly play ating units at the Willow Island to enter service this year at dams an even greater role in address- Lock and Dam in Pleasants Coun- that previously had no hydropow- ty, West Virginia, earlier this year. er plants. This constitutes the vast ing climate change and expanding With Disability Fraud Unit The U.S. Energy Information majority of the 320 megawatts of our clean energy portfolio,” Ciocci Administration said projects also hydroelectric power set to come said. (AP) - West Virginia is pro- operative Disability Investigations December. It investigates suspi- jecting state and federal savings Unit is a partnership between the cious or questionable Social Secu- of $1.2 million over the next few attorney general and the Social rity disability claims and helps re- years from the first six months op- Security Administration. Similar solve questions of potential fraud. eration of a new disability fraud units operate in 31 other states, unit. the District of Columbia and In many cases a determination Fed Scientists Finish Study of According to the Attorney Gen- Puerto Rico. is made before benefits are ever eral’s Office, the Charleston Co- The Charleston unit opened in paid. West Virginia Chemical Spill (AP) - Federal government sci- would only occur at significantly what kinds of levels of exposures entists have released a final up- higher doses than residents would were happening during the flush- date of their study of the January have had in their water under a ing.” 2014 chemical spill that temporar- health advisory set up after the Bucher also said it’s not clear Uber Starts Offering ily fouled the drinking water sup- spill. why the federal study found skin plies of 300,000 Charleston-area One concern not addressed in irritation from the chemical only residents, reporting no significant the report is how dangerous inha- at very high exposure levels, while new findings. lation of the chemical might be. residents reported such effects as The Charleston Gazette-Mail Residents may have been exposed a common symptom when they Rides In West Virginia cited the report Friday as finding to airborne MCHM when they fol- sought medical help following the “most of the spilled chemicals had lowed state-promoted guidelines spill. no effects in the studies that were for running hot and cold water (AP) - Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin expand. The law requires a Division of NTP report also mentions a performed” after the spill of coal- to flush the chemical out of their and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin have A law that took effect July 1 Motor Vehicles permit, car insur- cleaning agent Crude MCHM at a pipes. Federal officials originally birth weight study performed by introduced Uber to West Virginia lets companies like Uber and Lyft ance, underinsured and uninsured Freedom Industries site near the planned to study that and come up the state Department of Health by hailing the state’s first ride. offer rides in the state. West Vir- motorist coverage, a zero toler- Elk River that year. with a limit for how much MCHM and Human Resources. That re- After an Uber trip from Capi- ginia joined scores of states that port was posted on a state website ance drug and alcohol policy, and The work was conducted by the is safe in the air, but they quickly tol Market in Charleston to the allow the ride-booking, phone but hasn’t been widely publicized. driver background checks. National Toxicology Program at abandoned the idea and no air state Capitol, Manchin and Tom- app-based services. the U.S. Department of Health sampling was done. It found no increase in the per- Tom Hayes of Uber said hun- blin announced Uber’s launch in Companies offering the services and Human Services. The news- John Bucher, associate director centage of pre-term and low birth- Charleston and Morgantown on must comply with nondiscrimina- dreds of drivers have already paper said scientists found any po- of the NTP, said in a phone inter- weight babies born in the region Tuesday afternoon, with plans to tion laws. signed up. tential for negative health effects view, “We really had no clue about affected by the spill.

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By The Associated Press loans to businesses, homeowners Some communities are scrambling aged to reopen. shovels, rakes and bug spray. Any- FEDERAL AID and renters. to clean up buildings or find new one needing cleanup assistance Some facts and figures on flood- The Federal Emergency Man- places to put students when school VOLUNTEERS NEEDED or wanting to volunteer can visit ing in West Virginia, where 23 agement Agency has approved ROADS AND BRIDGES starts in a few weeks. Kanawha Volunteer West Virginia Execu- www.wvflood.com/volunteer. people died last month: more than $46 million in disaster The floods damaged 594 roads County Schools Superinten- tive Director Heather Foster said STILL MISSING assistance grants to homeowners in at least 17 counties, and it will dent Ron Duerring announced more than 1,000 homeowners still A month later, Mykala Phillips’ EMERGENCY DECLARATION and renters. Nearly 7,600 house- cost an estimated $53 million to Wednesday that Herbert Hoover need cleanup assistance, primarily parents still have no word on the Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has ex- holds and businesses have regis- fix them. High School was destroyed and a in Kanawha, Clay, Greenbrier and whereabouts of their 14-year-old tended a state of emergency for tered with FEMA. In addition, new school will be built. In Nich- Nicholas counties. Foster also said daughter, who was swept away 12 counties for another month, the Small Business Administra- SCHOOLS olas County, officials announced supplies are needed for volun- by floodwaters from her home in ensuring that all available state re- tion has approved more than $13 About two dozen public schools that Richwood High School and teers, including work boots, heavy White Sulphur Springs and is pre- sources are provided. million in low-interest disaster were damaged in the flooding. two middle schools were too dam- duty gloves, respirator masks, sumed dead. West Virginia’s Flood State of Emergency to Continue Through Aug. 22 (AP) - A dozen West Virginia counties ravaged by the state of emergency would extend to Aug. 22. Tomblin says continuing the state of emergency that killed 23 people, destroyed homes and business- flooding in June will stay under a state of emergency It will continue applying in Clay, Fayette, Green- will ensure all available state resources are provided es, and ripped apart infrastructure. for another month. brier, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Monroe, Nicholas, to rebuild homes, businesses and communities. At one point, 44 of West Virginia’s 55 counties Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Thursday that Pocahontas, Roane, Summers and Webster counties. On June 23, pounding rains brought flood waters were under a state of emergency.

West Virginia Offering Millions Website Offers Updated for Flood-Damaged Businesses Information on W. Va. Recovery (AP) - The state is making mil- RISE West Virginia public-private Prospective donors can contact (AP) - West Virginia Gov. Earl want to help with the most urgent Virginia Volunteer Organizations lions of dollars in mini-grants partnership. the West Virginia Development Ray Tomblin says residents can needs. Active in Disaster. visit a website that’s been set up The release said the website - available for small businesses that Tomblin says $4.5 million in Office. Small businesses can apply Donations to help communities were damaged by deadly floods state money usually earmarked to keep everyone informed about http://www.WVFLOOD.com - is for grants through the West Vir- affected by last month’s floods are last month. for casinos will be made avail- flood recovery and volunteer ef- updated daily with information ginia Chamber of Commerce. being accepted through the web- Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin an- able. Brad Smith, CEO of soft- forts. from the state Division of Home- site and coordinated by the vol- nounced Monday that grants of ware company Intuit, is donating The June 23 floods killed 23 Tomblin said in a news release land Security and Emergency up to $10,000 will be awarded $500,000 and offering free soft- people and ravaged homes, busi- that users can find recovery re- Management and Volunteer West unteer group, which represents 40 to small businesses through the ware for affected small businesses. nesses and infrastructure. sources and link people who Virginia, in partnership with West state and regional organizations.

Last date to file for FARM USE EXEMPTION AND BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY is September 1, 2016. You must file each year for the Farm Exemption or you will not receive the LOST RIVER exemption. Business owners must 304-897-6971 8079 SR 259, complete the Business form in Lost River, WV 26810 order to avoid non-filer penalties. WARDENSVILLE SOUTH BRANCH To help ease overcrowding and 304-897-3300 304-538-2816 speed up the assessment process, 285 E. Main St., 7570 US Hwy 220 S, please report prior to the final Wardensville, WV 26851 Moorefield, WV 26836 week of August. If you have any David A. Rudich - Broker , Tim Ramsey - Realtor ® , questions, please call the Hardy Ann Morgan - Realtor ® , Lynn Judy - Realtor ® , Ken Judy - Realtor ® , County Assessor’s Office at Vicki Johnson - Realtor ® , Paul Yandura - Realtor ® , (304) 530-0202 . Al Gramprie - Realtor ® , Donald Hitchcock - Realtor ® 8B - MOOREFIELD (WV) EXAMINER, Wednesday, August 3, 2016 POULTRY WEEK Youth BBQ Contest • Firemen’s Parade • Firemen’s Carnival

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