Est. 1845 MOOREFIELD HARDY COUNTY NEWS EXAMINER USPS 362-300 Wednesday, JUNE 21, 2017 | VOLumE 126 • numBEr 25 TWO SECTIONS • 16 PAGES 94¢ It’s West Virginia’s Birthday | Page 3 A Taste of Football | Page 3B 2017 Heritage Weekend Tile House | Page 6 Planning A Goofy Story Wardensville Commission Looking Tackles For Park Draft Rules Maintenance For Having Volunteers By Jean A. Flanagan Events Moorefield Examiner The Wardensville Council is looking for a few By Lon Anderson good men, women and children. Maintenance of Special to the Moorefield Examiner the J. Allen Hawkins Park has been left to volun- teers, who are few and far between. The Planning Commission waded into some “I’ve been told the Baker Park is better kept and controversial waters at its June meeting as mem- it’s cheaper to rent,” said Betsy Orndoff-Sayers. bers discussed what the definition of allowable “I spent eight hours mowing,” said Councilman events in residentially zoned areas would look like. Ed Klinovski. “I have to go back and do the weed- And they had a great example front and center: Missing Since December, eating and cut up some trees.” The Lost River Farm Market which has recently Klinovski has been mowing the park and other moved back to its original location on Mill Gap town properties. He said while he was working, Road on the edge of the Lost River Valley Subdivi- several people asked how they could help and he sion. At the meeting to represent the Farm Market Dog Finds Its Way Home is hoping they will follow up. were Bob Dillard, David Mickow, Tammy Stanley Continued on page 7 and Barry Conaty. By Tom and Mary Burgess about the dog and the owner. He When it gets dark, we leave Bear in County Planning Commission President Lee tells Tom to bring him by the next the work house with a blanket and Lehman noted that the county has a policy of pro- Right at the end of May, a shag- day. Meanwhile, Mary and Tom water and a bit of food; he spent moting Farmers Markets and events that support gy dog showed up at the house ask neighbors and put his picture the night without a sound. Attorney General local agriculture. The question before the Com- in Peru. A little scared when our on Facebook. No luck there. The next day, after about 12 mission was how to regulate/permit such events two small beagles barked and Strays are unusual in Peru, so we pm I head to Hank’s. When I got like these markets or flea markets and yard sales barked, yipping and yapping. But thought and wondered. We gave there, Hank said he was a good- Warns Consumers in residential areas. after about a minute of yapping, him water, then he flopped down looking boy, if a bit overweight. Some residents of the Lost River Valley Subdivi- the brown and white shaggy dog in the shade for a rest. He was so He said if he ends up at a rescue sion have objected to the operation of the Market just ignored the two lady beagles, well behaved and our neighbor shelter he would be gone in about Of Utility Scams in their residential community Lizzie and Queenie. Lisa helped us figure out he was a a week. “Oh, heck,” I said, think- Dillard explained that they wanted to operate Where did you come from, Mary “he.” Hmm, no collar, but he had ing Hank meant he’d be put down. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Mor- the Market (at the LR Valley Subdivision loca- and I wondered? We call Hank been neutered. “No, no, that doesn’t happen,” risey urges consumers to beware of impostor tion) Friday through Sunday during the season. Bergdoll, owner of Bergdoll’s Ken- We sit with him while he is tied Hank said. “I meant I’ll take him scams, particularly ones involving callers who He explained that most residents in that area were nel on 220, about 6 miles south of out. He was calm, friendly, brings to Arlington, Va, next Monday and claim to represent utility companies. weekenders and their idea was to offer fresh local Moorefield WV. He rescues dogs over a rock for a game of fetch, with his looks, he’ll be adopted in Impostors have been known to pose as electric, produce to them on Fridays as they arrive and on all over the county and beyond, which we replace with a ball. We a week. cable/satellite television and public service district Sundays to take home thus providing a useful ser- then takes them to the vet to check fed him and gave him lots of wa- Ah, ok. So, I go do my shopping employees to steal money and personal informa- vice that promotes the local farm-to-table move- for a chip, which has information ter. We started calling him “Bear.” Continued on page 8 tion with the threat of service interruption. Continued on page 8 Continued on page 8 McCausley Creates Plaque For Moorefield Fire Department Photo by Mike Anderson, TU volunteer Nine volunteers, including Hardy County’s Ethan Serr and Mason Gray (third and fourth from right), beam with pride after making the planting of 680 live trees look like a walk in the park. AmeriCorps Volunteers Partner To Help Chesapeake Bay Starting in the fall of 2016, Trout Unlimited’s AmeriCorps rounded up volunteers to plant and protect 350 large stock trees and then again this spring to plant 680 willow and sycamore live stakes. More than 20 volunteers from AmeriCorps, Trout Unlimited membership, West Virginia Dep. of Agriculture, West Virginia Division of Photo by Jean Flanagan Forestry, and the public helped make this planting a success. Moorefield woodworker Chris McCausely and his apprentice Jeremy Funkhouser, presented a Reducing sediment and nutrient inputs through implementing agricultural Best Management Practices and plaque to the Moorefield Volunteer Fire Department on Friday, June 2. “I just wanted to give some- reforesting the landscape helps keep water cold and clean for brook trout while also improving water quality for thing back to the fire department for all they do,” said McCausley, who is a Social Member of the those who live downstream. MVFD.The plaque, which is 3-feet wide and 4-feet tall is made from 1-inch-thick red oak. “It took us 17 hours to carve and paint,” McCausley said. Doug Mongold is MVFD Chief and Nick Bishoff is Trout Unlimited and its partners have a strong foundation of partners and volunteer supporters continually MVFD Assistant Chief. making fish better across the Potomac. 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I wanted to finish those rows, de- splatting on his pickup windshield Big Kitty lying in my lap while cided rain would feel good when it as we waited for rain to slow up I rested. I’d be sweat wet again Cousin Jamie Hilbrink and I hit. It did. I stopped beside a road- or stop. It didn’t. Heck with it! Lyme Disease soon enough, thistling, gardening practically lived along Capon Riv- side maple where my water jug was Out of the truck, I climbed on, or haying, but for the moment I er, summer afternoons when we shade resting, picked it up, crossed fired tractor up and headed down was in the dry. were young. When not in the hay the highway and walked slowly to through Sand Field. Rain roar- Tick season began in May and will run un- A reenactment last week. No field we were in the water. A sum- Big House getting refreshed all the ing down, fans of spray rising up book, because none of my favor- mer storm, a dilemma. Parents way. off of big lugged tires beside me, til late summer. This year is shaping up to ite authors have produced late- said get out of the water during All these memories from years I hammered along full thrumming be a bad tick season, probably due to a mild ly. I was enjoying the scenery in- lightning storms. Might get elec- ago, but then again, there was an- throttle. stead. No Big Kitty. She died trocuted. I used to wonder how other good one last week. Three men were building a winter and a growing population of deer under a pickup tire when I was close the lightning would have to I’d been mowing pasture thistles board fence on my left. Couldn’t and mice. Yep, mice. That’s the critter that young. Scoot, my yearling plus cat hit to hurt me. Wouldn’t it kill all with tractor and bush hog in river see who because torrents of water took her place.