Supporting the Poultry Industry Established 1845 Guide shows support of the industry, and focuses on other MOOREFIELD events happening in the area this summer. Stingrays Swim Inside EXAMINER Again. Page 1B and Hardy County News USPS 362-300 TWO SECTIONS • 16 PAGES 94¢ VOLUME 124 - NUMBER 29 Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Moorefield High School Teets Welcomes New Principal Suffers By Jean A. Flanagan steered Williams into teaching. unsure of what to do with the rest Moorefield Examiner “I got as much, if not more, out of his life. Then the incident hap- of that than he did,” Williams said. pened with the troubled teen. Heart When Dwight Williams retired “I realized I could help kids.” “There is a program called from the Navy, the Director of Williams was born and raised in Troops to Teachers,” he said. “The Special Education for Frederick Princess Anne County Virginia. He DOD (Department of Defense) County Schools in Virginia asked graduated from high school and would pay for your education with Attack him to speak to a troubled child. immediately enlisted in the U.S. a five-year commitment to teach in “The kid was in real trouble,” Navy. For 20 years he traveled the some low-performing schools. He By Jean A. Flanagan Williams said. “He was 13 years world. The list of countries he vis- got his teaching certificate in Vir- Moorefield Examiner old and about to be sent away. We ited is extensive. His last “port of ginia and West Virginia and taught met for five months. Turns out he call” was Andrews Air Force Base Special Education in an elemen- While on vacation in Florida, Photo by Jean Flanagan just needed someone to listen to in Virginia. “We provided logistical tary and a middle school in Win- Hardy County Commissioner J. MHS Principal Dwight Williams gets some help from his twin him.” support for Seal Team 2,” he said. chester. Michael Teets suffered a heart at- daughters, Sarah and Sariah, a few weeks before school starts. It was that experience that After the Navy, Williams was Continued on page 8 tack. According to County Clerk Gregg Ely, Teets was stricken on Sunday, July 12. He had surgery and eight cardiac stents were in- Small World serted. A cardiac stent is a mesh Plea Bargains tube that keeps an artery open to allow blood flow. Teets was released from the hos- pital on Tuesday, July 14 and is resting comfortably at his home in Dominate in Florida. Circuit Court Lawsuit By Jean A. Flanagan Aimed at Moorefield Examiner Senior Status Judge Andrew Frye Jr. is no fan of 60-day evalua- Cows in tions. “It’s the prosecutor’s way of getting 60 days in jail at the state’s expense,” he said in court. Frye heard final pretrial motions, which consisted of mainly plea Streams agreements, on Thursday, July 9. Hardy County Prosecuting Attorney Lucas See usually requests a 60-day evaluation before recommending a defendant be released on probation. Rejected The defendant is sent to the Northern Regional Jail in Moundsville, interviewed and observed for 60 days. A favorable or unfavorable re- RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A law- port is sent to the prosecutor’s office. “If they receive a favorable re- suit aimed at keeping cattle out of port, I’ll recommend probation,” See told Frye when asked what he Virginia streams that feed into the Chesapeake Bay has been rejected hoped to gain from the evaluation. by a Circuit Court judge in Rich- Richard D. Keplinger, 25, of Moorefield, pleaded guilty to one mond. count of conspiracy. He admitted conspiring with another individual The Chesapeake Bay Founda- to sell heroin and Dilaudid. tion said Tuesday it will review See requested a 60-day evaluation, saying, “He hasn’t served a day the decision before deciding on its in jail.” next step. Keplinger’s attorney, Joanie Nelson, reported Keplinger is working The foundation sued the state more than 30 hours per week. to push for regulations that would Frye sentenced Keplinger to not less than one year and not more require Virginia’s largest livestock than five years in prison, suspended the sentence and placed him on operations to fence off streams to probation for five years, without the 60-day evaluation. keep their animals out of the wa- Carrie A. McDonald, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy. She ter. admitted to conspiring with another individual to sell oxycodone. She The foundation has been lead- was sentenced to not less than one year and not more than five years ing the decades-long fight to re- in prison. store the bay, and it argued that When See requested a 60-day evaluation, Frye asked why, suspend- the fouling of waterways that feed ed the sentence and placed McDonald on probation for five years. the bay slows its cleanup. Animal Crystal L. Lewis, 26, of Moorefield and Larry J. Miller II, 31, of waste and soil erosion are two con- Baker, each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy. They were each tributing factors to the bay’s pollu- indicted on one count of delivery of a Schedule I controlled substance, tion. one count of delivery of a Schedule II controlled substance and one In a statement, the group also count of conspiracy. Photo by Mike Mallow said animal waste damages aquatic Continued on page 8 Not deterred by it’s small stature, an ant carries a deceased moth with relative ease. life and puts human health at risk. E.A. Hawse N&RC Celebrates 30 Years of Service By Jean A. Flanagan to pack a bag if the snow flies.” ment, we can help take care of you was because of the low turnover. Moorefield Examiner The facility is owned by Ameri- after surgery. We can also provide “It’s the continuity of care,” she can Medical Facilities Manage- stroke rehab, occupational rehab said. When Edgar Allen Hawse ment and John Elliot still sits on or any other rehab from two weeks Vance also has her own manage- passed away in 1973, he be- the board of directors. “Their sons to 100 days.” ment style that fits perfectly with queathed almost 200 acres of land Andrew and Gregory are more in- Vance started working at E. A. AMFM’s mission. to serve the residents of Hardy volved,” Vance said. Hawse in 1999 and has worked up “It takes everyone working to- County. AMFM owns 15 facilities in through the ranks. She started as a gether to be successful,” she said. “He envisioned a health center, West Virginia, three of which were nurses aide during a time when the “It takes input from everyone. a continuing care center and a resi- designed by Elliot. They include facility was under a self-imposed Everyone has their own talents. dential center,” said E. A. Hawse the E. A. Hawse facility, one in admission ban. When the employees are involved Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Summers County and one in Fay- “Mr. Elliot decided there wasn’t they are empowered. They do the Director Pauline Vance. “It was ette County. enough staff to provide the quality job every day, so they have the so- the Hardy County Commission on Quality is job-one, according to of care that the patients deserved,” lutions to any problems that come Aging that stepped up to the plate Vance, and E. A. Hawse has the by US News and World Report. Nursing of the Year. Jane Shirk Vance said. “There were only 38 up. Excellent quality care is always and carried out his wishes.” awards to prove it. Last year they The facility has had a five-star was named Direct Care Giver of patients in a 60-bed facility. It was first.” In 1981, the E. A. Hawse Health received the Bronze Award from rating from Nursing Home Com- the Year and I was named Admin- shortly after I was hired that he lift- Part of the AMFM mission is to Center opened and four years lat- the American Health Care As- pare for the past several years. E. istrator of the Year out of our 15 ed the ban. Quality care is always be involved in the community. To er, John and Fonda Elliot opened sociation. This year, they will be A. Hawse has been highly rated facilities. In 2014 we were recog- top priority.” that end, the AMFM Foundation the E. A. Hawse Nursing Center. presented with the Silver Award in by the national research company, nized for Best Practices.” In 2000, Vance became a regis- makes donations to local non prof- “John was an architect and Fon- San Antonio, Tex. My Inner View, in both customer Not only do they provide the tered nurse, which enabled the fa- its and the schools. da was a registered nurse,” Vance “There are only 125 facilities in and workforce satisfaction. “That Hardy County community with cility to qualify as a Skilled Facil- “It was developed in 2009,” said. the country that received the Sil- means both residents and employ- much needed geriatric care, E. A. ity for Medicare and Medicaid. In Vance said. “Prior to that, AMFM The E. A. Hawse Nursing and ver Award,” Vance said. “There ees have good things to say about Hawse is also a rehabilitation cen- 2005, the name was changed to E. donated to the United Way. Now Rehabilitation Center opened on are only four in West Virginia and us,” Vance said. ter. A. Hawse Nursing and Rehabilita- the funds go directly to the com- July 30, 1985. three of them are AMFM facili- “We just celebrated 12 years “People really miss the fact that tion Center to reflect the level of munities we serve.” “One of our housekeeping staff, ties.” of no lost time for accidents.