The Nicholas Chronicle Green Edition — January 3, 2013 A Section Ruby M. Sizemore ......................................................... 4A 2012 Year in Review .............................................................. 1A Dorothy A. Taylor .......................................................... 4A New and reelected offi cials take Oaths of Offi ce ................... 1A Billie E. Thomas ............................................................. 4A Dealing with Abandoned, Rundown Buildings ..................... 2A Events ...........................................................................6A Heavens .................................................................................. 2A Community ...................................................................7A Thorns and Roses ................................................................... 2A From the Halls of Birch River ............................................... 8A Two arrested for operating mobile meth lab .......................... 3A Home and Family ............................................................8A-9A Judge sentences man to 1 to 5 years on drug plea ................. 3A Church Events ........................................................................ 9A Webster County News ..........................................................10A Obituaries: Nicholas News Makers ........................................................ 11A Roland-Olin Ralph Arthur ............................................. 4A Genevieve Athalene Bever ............................................ 4A B Section Agnes Wynona Breedon ................................................ 4A Sports ....................................................1B, 5B-6B, 9B, 11B Donald T. Brooks ............................................................ 4A Classifi ed Advertising ..................................................... 2B-3B Jackie W. Brunning ........................................................ 4A Legal Advertising ............................................................ 4B-5B Faron Shelvin “Bones” Carpenter ................................. 4A This Week .....................................................................7B Paul Cunningham .......................................................... 4A Point of View ......................................................................... 8B James Dale Jackson ....................................................... 4A Bygone Years ......................................................................... 8B Vina Belle Keiffer .......................................................... 4A Bette’s Beds ........................................................................... 9B Opal Louise Murphy ..................................................... 4A Business Directory ......................................................10B-11B By Ray Corbin mersville Middle School. sition. and Lundy Bailey II The top three winners in grades 4-9 New River Community and Tech- The Nicholas Chronicle and the top 10 winners in grades 10- nical College announced plans for a 12 advanced to State Math Field Day new campus to be located at the Glade January Competition held April 21 at Concord Creek Business Park on Route 41 east Troy Ezra Strader, son of Aman- University. of Summersville just past the Music da Strader of Richwood, was the fi rst Nicholas County had several win- Park. The announcement was made baby born in Nicholas County in 2012. ners in the RESA IV Regional Science April 19 at a campaign luncheon at He was born at Summersville Region- Fair held March 17 at Nicholas Coun- Marist Hall in Summersville, hosted al Medical Center on Jan 1. ty High School. The fi rst place win- by the New River CTC Foundation, Jodie Jenkins, 42, of Cottle was fa- ners in the regional competition ad- Nicholas County Board of Advisors. tally shot on Sunday, Jan. 1, at 3:30 vanced to the State Social Studies Fair Nicholas County had several stu- p.m. after an argument, allegedly, by held April 20 at the Charleston Civic dent winners in the State Social Stud- Phillip J. “P.J.” Payne, 28, of Camden Center. ies Fair held April 20 at the Charleston on Gauley. Jenkins was shot with a Five Nicholas County High School Civic Center: small caliber pistol. students, Nicole Hamilton, Dustin Nicholas Rader of Summersville The Nicholas County Board of Martin, Shealyn Shafer, Ashleigh Tay- Middle School took fi rst place in Divi- Parks and Recreation Commission lor, and Katelyn Young, earned the sion II Economics/Individual with the employed Garrett Lewis of Summers- right to attend the Future Business project “I Owe My Soul to the Com- ville as the new manager of Nicholas Leaders of America (FBLA) Nation- pany Store.” County Veterans Memorial Park. al Leadership Conference in San An- In Division I, Sociology/Individu- The Nicholas County Commission tonio, Texas, June 29 to July 2, after al, Phoebe Kiser of Summersville El- reelected Birl O’Dell as president for placing fi rst and second place in com- ementary School won second place for 2012 on Jan. 3. petition at the FBLA State Leadership her project “The Power of the Dress.” The Nicholas County Commission Conference March 26-27 in Morgan- Richwood High School students on Jan. 9 voted to formally approve town. Hamilton, Shafer and Taylor Krista White, Jeremiah Russell, Ash- the redistricting of the county’s mag- won fi rst place in Community Service ley Burgess and Hannah Brown were isterial districts. Project Team, Young fi rst place in Lo- awarded third place in Division III The redistricting of the county’s cal Chapter Annual Report and Martin Anthropology/Group for their project three magisterial districts, Birch, second place in Economics. “Pennsylvania Amish.” Gauley and Cherry, was mandated to vide monetary support for a needy Mine #1 in Clay County earned the tendent of Nicholas County Schools, is refl ect the county’s population accord- family, and then allegedly converting prestigious Bart B. Lay Jr. Mile- the 2012 recipient of the Paul J. Morris April May ing to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau some of the excess money to his per- stones of Safety Award. The Fola Sur- Character Educator of the Year Award. Richwood Mayor John McClung The Primary Election was held fi gures. sonal use. face Mine won the state’s top award The announcement was made during entered a plea agreement in April that Tuesday, May 8, in Nicholas County. Under the plan, four Nicholas Coun- Andrew Zimmern brought the Bi- for surface mine safety, recogniz- the West Virginia Board of Education reduced the felony charges against On the Democratic side, challenger ty voting precincts were moved to dif- zarre Foods show on The Travel Chan- ing it for the best safety performance monthly meeting in Charleston. him to a single misdemeanor charge Ken Altizer edged three-term incum- ferent magisterial districts as the result nel to the mountains of West Virginia. among West Virginia surface mines in Mike Brown, Nicholas Coun- and forced him to resign from offi ce. bent Birl O’Dell of Leivasy for the of changes in the boundary lines of the The TV spot aired at 9 p.m. on Feb. 27. 2011. Fola has some 272 employees ty High School teacher, and Aimee Mayor McClung entered a plea of nomination for a six-year term on the county’s three magisterial districts. Of particular interest to people in the and worked safely for 526,535 hours Thomas, Summersville Elementary no contest to the misdemeanor offense Nicholas County Commission from Caden Phipps was the 2012 Nicho- Summersville area was the segment of producing 2,295,266 tons of coal with School teacher, were honored by the of obtaining money, goods, property Gauley District in a fi ve-candidate las County spelling champion. the show featuring local folk dancing zero accidents to earn the award. West Virginia Council of Teachers of or services by false pretenses. fi eld. The fi fth-grader at Summersville celebrity, Lou Maiuri. Also, the Peach Orchard Prepara- Mathematics as High School and El- Under the plea agreement, Nicholas Other Democratic winners in chal- Elementary School achieved this hon- A string of fi ve arson fi res occurred tion Plant was recognized for their ementary Math Teacher of the Year, County Magistrate Mike Cooper sus- lenged races were former Deputy or by winning the annual Nicholas Feb. 24 in Summersville and the sur- commitment to safety through the respectively. The awards were an- pended any sentence of incarceration Sheriff David Hopkins for sheriff and County Spelling Bee held Jan. 11, at rounding area, which caused extensive awards given annually to qualifying nounced at the council’s annual ban- and placed McClung on six months incumbents John D. Morton Jr. and Glade Creek Elementary School. Both damage to some of the properties in- underground and surface mining op- quet at the Days Inn in Flatwoods. home confi nement. Wayne Plummer and former Magis- Phipps and runner-up Macy Ward, a volved. erations across the state of West Vir- Richwood High School student Da- America’s Got Talent television trate Court assistant Sarah Meadows fourth grade student at Summersville The fi rst fi re occurred on Main ginia. vid Crowe was one of the top 10 fi nal- show winner Landau Eugene Murphy Brown for Nicholas County Magis- Elementary School, qualifi ed to com- Street at a vacant house across from The Peach Orchard Preparation ists in the statewide Poetry Out Loud of Logan performed before a crowd trate in challenged races, all for four- pete in the Charleston Newspapers the U-Save convenience