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Est. 1845 OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS Page 5 Wednesday, May 16, 2018 | VOLUME 127 • NUMBER 20 TWO SECTIONS • 16 PAGES • 94¢ USPS 362-300 Annual Chamber Dinner Held | Page 8 Track Teams Sending 32 to State | Page 1B MHS Baseball Wins Title | Page 1B Greenfield Sentenced to 18 Years for Killing Friend By Jean A. Flanagan in this.” As to Greenfield, she said, “He will Moorefield Examiner There were sobs on both sides of serve his time and get his life. Dustin the courtroom as two families tried won’t.” “I was high.” to come to terms with the devastation Greenfield’s mother, Crystal Eakle, Robert Greenfield made a tear- drugs had wrought on them. said her son was a good boy. ful apology to the family of his friend Dustin Hinkle’s mother, Crystal, said “Dustin grew up with my son,” she Dustin Hinkle. “There is nothing I wish her son was a great person, a star foot- said. “He practically lived at my house more than to go back and change what ball player, with a 3.8 grade point aver- for three or four months before this happened.” age at East Hardy High School. happened. Greenfield was sentenced on “I am a broken mother,” she said. “Drugs have totally devastated our Wednesday, May 9, to a total of 18 “My son’s life was taken from him, family. Drugs took a life. I can’t tell you years in prison for voluntary man- from me.” how sorry I am.” slaughter and wanton endangerment Hinkle said her whole family is dev- According to court documents, on involving a firearm in the death of Hin- astated by the death of her son. the morning of Oct. 3, 2016, Green- kle, 22, in October 2106. “Both of his brothers still struggle,” field, Hinkle and a third person, Chris- “I loved Dustin,” Greenfield said. she said. “He will never get married, topher Mason, called 911 to report they “I still do. I love him like a brother. I have children. He would’ve been a were being fired upon by “at least 15 Robert Greenfield didn’t realize doing drugs could result great father.” Continued on page 5 The ‘Good Times’ Is Over this week. That according to of Education met on Monday field High School. The Board supplement the Ag Education Hardy County Schools Super- May 7. is in a lease/purchase agree- program at the high school. intendent Sheena VanMeter. “That is awesome,” said ment with the Hardy County There are also plans for a By Jean A. Flanagan “Tuesday the abatement Board President Nancy Hahn. Rural Development Author- community space to be used Moorefield Examiner will be done and demolition “We’ve been working a ity to eventually take posses- for a farmer’s market. will begin on Wednesday,” long time for this,” said Board sion of the property. Other structures on the If all goes according to she said. “The only cost to us member Margaret Shriver. The long-term plan for the property will have to be de- Jennifer Riggs plan, the former Good Times will be the dumping fees.” The structure is part of a 2.5 property is to build a high molished and there are no Lounge will be demolished The Hardy County Board acre tract adjacent to Moore- tunnel and greenhouse to Continued on page 4 By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner Jennifer Riggs looks at a picture with about 20 peo- ple at a party. “I look at this and realize I’ve been to Sheriff’s Department Hosts Violent Intruder Training five or six of those people’s funerals,” she said. “Just about all the adults in my family are gone.” By Jean A. Flanagan tion, There were representatives Riggs graduated from Eastern West Virginia Com- Moorefield Examiner from Hardy and surrounding coun- munity and Technical College with an Associates De- ties and from as far away as Kansas gree on Saturday, May 12. Four years ago, she par- “It’s common sense strategy to in- and North Carolina. ticipated in a very different type of graduation. Riggs crease survival,” said Hardy County ALICE stands for Alert, Lock- graduated from the South Branch Valley Drug Court Sheriff’s Department Public Infor- down Inform, Counter, Evacuate. It in June 2014. mation Officer David Maher. is a research-based approach to re- Stories like Riggs’ you don’t often hear. While there The Sheriff’s Department re- sponding to a violent intruder situ- are more successes than failures in the Drug Court cently hosted a two-day informa- ation. It is designed to supplement Program, the only ones you hear about are the fail- tion and practice training at Duf- the “Lock-Down” and “Secure In ures. They are the ones who make the news. fey Memorial United Methodist Place” strategies already in place The successes go about their lives, not causing any Church. The training was attended in many institutions. “It’s a plan on trouble, not committing crimes, not getting arrested. Photo by Jean Flanagan by people representing law enforce- how to respond between the start of They go to college, they open businesses, they get Representatives from local counties and surrounding states gathered to learn ment, schools, hospitals, churches an incident until law enforcement jobs, they raise their families, they become productive the best survival strategies during an active shooter situation. and institutions of higher educa- Continued on page 5 Continued on page 8 Chamber Announces Honorees Part Two of Two | By Jean A. Flanagan, Moorefield Examiner WELD Radio, Pilgrim’s Moorefield Plant McCoy Theatre Not many people know that Small Business of the Year. The numbers are staggering. Herman Whetzel manager of op- The McCoy’s Grand Theatre Chamber of Commerce 2018 WELD started out as a Top WELD went on the air in Au- Two million chicks are hatched erations. “That’s why we say we was built by James Curtis and Eu- Non Profit of the Year. It contin- 40 radio station. But on a trip gust 1956. WELD has both AM every week at the Pilgrim’s hatch- feed the world.” nice Dasher McCoy and opened ues to be governed by a Board of through town, the owner heard and FM radio stations. The com- ery. They go to 562 poultry hous- Pilgrim’s is the Hardy County in 1928. It had seating for 209 and Directors who oversee the opera- nothing but country music blar- pany also owns WQWV-FM and es owned by 189 growers in West Chamber of Commerce 2018 an orchestra pit. It continued to tion, maintenance, productions ing from cars on the street. “He WELD-TV. Virginia and Virginia. The Fresh Large Business of the Year. show films until the 1980s when it and tours of the museum. The decided right then to make a WELD-AM is talk radio with Plant produces 7 million pounds The company is considered a was converted from a movie the- president is Micheline Williams. change,” said Willard Earle. Steve Davis in the morning and of food every week. vertically integrated operation. ater to a community theater. “We have three productions a WELD is the Hardy County West Virginia Metro News and “If a serving size is 3 ounces, They control the entire product McCoy’s Grand Theatre and year,” Williams said. “One in the Chamber of Commerce 2018 Continued on page 4 that’s 21 million meals,” said Continued on page 4 Museum is the Hardy County Continued on page 4 CONNECT www.HardyLive.com WEATHER Source: National Weather Service On Facebook On Twitter @MoorefieldExaminer News: @MoorefieldEx @HardyCountyWV Sports: @HardyCoSports 2 - MOOREFIELD (WV) EXAMINER, Wednesday, May 16, 2018 What To Do? Dear Editor, many more good years even at 80. JoAnn See speed gearbox (only 2nd & 3rd I wonder about lots of things in She was the greatest mom, Moorefield were syncromesh), windscreen Summer is just around the corner and with it comes this world and one of the biggest grandmother and great grand- that could be folded down. Drove little trips, big trips, vacations, and lots of time spent is why there is no cure for cancer? mother ever. I miss and love her *************** it in 1956 from my home in cen- We have fought this battle and each and every day. She closed tral NJ to Providence, RI. Thing in the car. We’ve already been warned that gas prices lost with my mother, Diana Sher- her eyes on Earth and opened Dear David, would go a distance then quit. Sit are going up. We also know that airline travel gets less man on Dec. 19, 2017. It came them in Heaven. This will be the Welcome to the wonderful for a minute and it would start and comfortable and more expensive. Train travel is fun, and ravished her body and soul. first Mother’s Day without her but world of Sports Car memories. off we went. It came to her lungs and stomach I know she’s watching from above My first car was a 1955 Austin Understand that in 1950s law but the destinations are somewhat limited. and in the end it robbed her of so Happy Mother’s Day. Healy 100-4. Great car. Three- Which brings us back to the family car. We can Continued on page 3 think of a lot of short day trips that can be fun if you’re watching the dollars. You can picnic at Lost River State Park where there’s a swimming pool and lots of Coyotes? Gotta be Coyote’s.