Public Notice: Vaccination of Dogs and Cats – 2013

Gilmer County Assessor, Gary L. Wolfe, would like to announce that William R Moodispaw, DVM, will be at the following named places on the dates listed below, to vaccinate dogs and cats AS REQUIRED BY WV CODE §19-20A-1.

All dogs and cats, which have reached SIX MONTHS OF AGE AND HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED WITHIN THE PAST 24 MONTHS, are required to be vaccinated before June 01, 2013.

The fee for rabies vaccination will be $8.00 according to WV Code §19-20A-1.

Due to Dr. Moodispaw’s schedule, he will only be at the following locations on the dates and times listed below:

FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2013
08:30 - 09:00 AM Mouth of Jesse’s Run
09:15 - 10:15 AM Tanner
10:30 - 11:15 AM Heiney’s
12:00 - 01:00 PM Dawson’s Farm
01:15 - 02:15 PM Normantown
02:45 - 03:45 PM Cedarville

SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2013
08:00 - 09:00 AM Court House
09:15 - 10:00 AM Camden Flats
10:15 - 11:15 AM Sand Fork
11:30 - 12:05 PM Mouth of Ellis
01:30 - 02:30 PM Somerville Store
02:45 - 03:30 PM Troy School

Public Notice: Vaccination of Dogs and Cats – 2013

Gilmer County Assessor, Gary L. Wolfe, would like to announce that William R Moodispaw, DVM, will be at the following named places on the dates listed below, to vaccinate dogs and cats AS REQUIRED BY WV CODE §19-20A-1.

All dogs and cats, which have reached SIX MONTHS OF AGE AND HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED WITHIN THE PAST 24 MONTHS, are required to be vaccinated before June 01, 2013.

The fee for rabies vaccination will be $8.00 according to WV Code §19-20A-1.

Due to Dr. Moodispaw’s schedule, he will only be at the following locations on the dates and times listed below:

FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2013
08:30 - 09:00 AM Mouth of Jesse’s Run
09:15 - 10:15 AM Tanner
10:30 - 11:15 AM Heiney’s
12:00 - 01:00 PM Dawson’s Farm
01:15 - 02:15 PM Normantown
02:45 - 03:45 PM Cedarville

SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2013
08:00 - 09:00 AM Court House
09:15 - 10:00 AM Camden Flats
10:15 - 11:15 AM Sand Fork
11:30 - 12:05 PM Mouth of Ellis
01:30 - 02:30 PM Somerville Store
02:45 - 03:30 PM Troy School

Mary Sue Frashure Osborn

Mary Sue Frashure Osborn

Age 63, of Ellis Road, Linn, West Virginia, departed this life at 3:30 AM, Saturday May 04, 2013 at her residence following a brief illness.

Born November 05, 1949 in Gilmer County, West Virginia, daughter of the late William Earl and Minnie Fern McHenry Frashure.

Sue was a homemaker who loved to take care of her family, cooking, gardening, sewing, and quilting.

She was a member of the Otterbein Methodist Church.

She enjoyed West Virginia University sports with a special interest in their Basketball program.

On October 04, 1974 she was united in marriage to Kenneth Osborn Jr., who survives at their Ellis Road home.

Surviving are 2 daughters, Susan Hornbeck and husband Doug of Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Kelly Osborn of Parkersburg, WV; 2 grandchildren Caleb and Leah Hornbeck of Parkersburg, WV; 9 siblings, Billie Radcliff and husband Arnold Sam of Weston, West Virginia; Beulah Robinson of Tanner, West Virginia; Lou Runyon and husband Denzil of Normantown, West Virginia; Ann King of Alum Bridge, West Virginia; James Frashure and wife Nadine of Parkersburg, WV; Ronald Frashure and wife Nancy of Glenville WV; Larry Frashure and wife Joy of Glenville WV; Faynell Gainer and husband Terry of Weston, WV; Jerry Frashure and wife Cheryl of Parkers burg, WV; and 1 cousin whom she was raised with, Avin Lowther and wife Elizabeth of Linn, West Virginia.

Along with her parents, Sue was preceded in death by her Aunt and Uncle Alva and Buryel Lowther who raised her from the age of 5.

Funeral Services will be conducted at the Ellyson Mortuary Inc., 2 Vanhorn Drive, Glenville WV 26351 at 12:00 Noon, Tuesday, May 07, 2013 with Pastor Bryon Bukovesky officiating.

Burial will follow in the Alice Cemetery, on Alice Road.

Friends may call from 10:00 AM - Noon, the funeral hour on Tuesday at the Mortuary.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial contributions be made to the Glenville First Baptist Church Cancer Fund or Hospice Care Corp. of Burnsville.

Ellyson Mortuary Inc. is assisting the family of Mary Sue Osborn with arrangements.

Beulah “Nellie” Bennington

Beulah “Nellie” Bennington

of West Union, WV,  departed this life on Friday, May 03, 2013 in the Heartland Nursing Home.

She was born April 17, 1918 a daughter of the late Jesse and Cora Hitt Golden.

Surviving are ten daughters, Linda Bennington, Clarksburg, Bonnie (Harold) Stalnaker, Lincolnton, NC, Fay (Tom) Whitlatch, Hoschton, GA, Nancy (Eddie) Vanscoy, Mineral Wells, Rose Russell, Parkersburg, Wendy Sandstrom, West Union, Margie (Virgil) Matheny, Clarksburg, Judith McElwain, West Union, Karen Ross, Clarksburg and Joellen (Grant) Trent, West Union, one son, Carroll Bennington, Baltimore, MD, 16 grandchildren, over 25 great grandchildren and one sister, Velma Stover, Weston. She was preceded in death by two sons, Steven and Gerald “Jerry” Bennington, one daughter Sharon Bennington, sisters and brothers, Clifford Golden, Hobert Golden, Irene Golden, Pauline Golden and Jean Woofter.

Mrs. Bennington had worked at the Britton’s Rest Home as a CNA for many years and had worked at the Doddridge County Senior Citizens. She loved quilting, reading, growing flowers and spending time with her children and grandchildren. She was a loving mother and grandmother and will be sadly missed by her family.

Funeral services will be conducted in the Spurgeon Funeral Home, 212 Front St., West Union on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 at 1 PM with Pastor Bill Davis presiding.

Interment will follow in the Rock Grove Cemetery, Sleeth Run Rd, Linn, WV.

The family will receive friends in the funeral home chapel on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 from 11 AM - 1 PM.

Spurgeon Funeral Home is privileged to serve the Bennington family.

Budge R. “Budgie” Frashure

Budge “Budgie” R. Frashure

Age 62, passed away at 5:35 PM at his residence in Linn, WV on April 27, 2013 following an unexpected illness, with his beloved Collie dog and best friend, Levi by his side.

He was born on April 06, 1951 in Weston, WV a son of the late Roy “Bob” and Goldie M. Keith Frashure. One brother, Bobby J. Frashure, and one nephew, Bobby Ray Frashure, also preceded him in death.

On January 02, 1970 he married the former Dottie Grogg and they remained married until 1998.

He is survived by one sister, Rosalie Heater and husband Orie of Orlando, WV; two daughters: Wendy Mathess and husband Steve of Jane Lew, WV; Nikki Frashure of Farmington; two grandsons: Breyer and Branson Mathess of Jane Lew; two nephews: Ricky J. Frashure of Linn, and Lee Frashure of Jane Lew; and one niece, Sherry Peters of Good Hope, WV.

Budge devoted his younger years to his work as a heavy equipment operator in the coalfields from 1974-1997. He had a well-earned reputation among the employees for being the “best operator around”. He never missed a day’s work for years, even during illness. He also worked at Lignetics until leaving to care for his elderly mother until her death in 2010.

He loved to watch Western movies in his free time and play with his Collie, Levi. His family and friends will sadly miss him.

There will be a private Family and Friends Gathering at the Hiney Cemetery in Linn, WV.

The Pat Boyle Funeral Home and Cremation Service at 144 Hackers Creek Rd. Jane Lew is honored and privileged to serve the Frashure family.

Linn: The Construction of the Inter-county School Should Begin Soon

In a few weeks, the beginning phases of construction of the first Inter-County school in West Virginia should start.

The school site is located on the border of Gilmer and Lewis Counties in Linn, WV.

Located on U.S. Highway 33/119 in Linn, WV

 

The school is to serve the students from Troy Elementary School in Troy, WV (Gilmer County) and Alum Bridge Elementary School in Alum Bridge, WV (Lewis County).

The Lewis County Board of Education approved Capitol Valley Contractors of Elkview, WV as the company to complete the site work at its meeting Monday, April 22, 2013.

School Property is both in Gilmer and Lewis Counties

 

The low bid was just over $1 million, according to Lewis County Board of Education President Paul Derico.

The Funding for the construction of this school is provided fully by the West Virginia School Building Authority (WVSBA), therefore the approval of the bids is necessary by WVSBA

 

 

The Lewis - Gilmer inter county elementary school will house students PK through grade 6

The enrollment will be around 230 students

 

The school is expected to open in August of 2014

 

School property is right about Welcome Signs for both counties

Claude E. McHenry Sr.

Claude E. McHenry Sr.

Age 87, Orrville, Ohio, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at his residence with his family by his side.

He was born on April 23, 1925, in Glenville, WV, the son of Hoy and Edna (Messenger) McHenry.

He was united in marriage to Louvone Helmick on July 21, 1946, in Linn, WV. She survives.

Claude had been a resident of Orrville since 1962, and had been employed in the maintenance department for the Orrville City Schools for 13 years prior to retiring.

He was a member of the Orrville Christian Church, where he was a past president and member of the Faithful Followers Class.

He was a past president and former member of the Kidney Foundation of Wayne County for many years.

Claude enjoyed his grandchildren, watching softball at Orr Park, cooking and playing cards. He was a 23-year cancer survivor.

In addition to his wife, Louvone, he is survived by four daughters, Mary (Jim) Saunders Sr. of Canton, Linda (Junior) Kerns of Clyde, Sheila (Doc) Burrows of Willard, and Sally (Keith) Hartzler of Sterling; two sons, Eugene McHenry of Orrville and Richard (Tess) McHenry of Maineville; 12 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and a brother, Jim (Joann) McHenry of Glenville, WV.

He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Naomi Jackson; brothers, Hoy, Herman, Harley and Dana McHenry; and sisters, Irene Riffle, Pauline Wells and Opal McHenry.

Services will be held at Orrville Christian Church in Orrville on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at 11:00 AM with Pastor Tom Ledford officiating.

Burial will take place at Crown Hill Cemetery in Orrville.

Friends may call at Auble Funeral Home in Orrville on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 6:00-8:00 PM, or one hour prior to services at the church on Wednesday.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Orrville Christian Church, 925 N. Elm St., Orrville 44667 or to Hospice and Palliative Care of Greater Wayne County, 2525 Back Orrville Road, Wooster 44691.

Gilmer County Clerk: Notice to Creditors and Beneficiaries - 04.18.13

 

CLERK OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION OF GILMER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES

The administration of the estates(s) of the following deceased is pending before the Clerk of the County Commission of Gilmer County, 10 Howard Street, Glenville WV 26351.

The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below.

Notice is hereby given that the estate(s) of the following has been opened for probate.  Any interested person objecting to the validity of the will, the qualifications of the personal representative or the venue or jurisdiction of the court, shall file notice of an objection with the County Commission within ninety days after the date of the first publication or within 30 days of service of notice, whichever is later.  If an objection is not timely filed, the objection is forever barred.

All persons having claims against the estate(s) of the said following deceased, whether due or not, are notified to exhibit their claims, with the voucher thereof, legally verified, to the undersigned, at the County Clerk’s Office on or before July 17, 2013  otherwise they may by law be excluded from all benefit of said estate(s).  All beneficiaries of said estate(s) may appear on or before said day to examine said claims and otherwise protect their interests.

Claims against the estate must be filed in accordance with West Virginia Code 44-1-14a.

 

DECENDENT NAME	PER.REP/NAME	REPER.REP/ADDRESS	ATTORNEY	FID./COMM.
			NAME/ADDRESS	NAME/ADDRESS
=================	================	================	================	============
Haymon Cottrill	Jamie Jones & Rose Craig	206 Kanawha St., Glenville, WV 26351	None Required	None Required
		1654 Little Ellis Rd, Linn, WV 26384
————————-	————————-	————————-	————————-	———————-
Catherine Williams	Eric Les Marks	3004 Sycamore Run Rd	None Required	None Required
		Glenville, WV 26351
————————-	————————-	————————-	————————-	———————-
Betty L. Nicholson	William Shane Nicholson	PO Box 342	None Required	None Required
		Glenville, WV 26351
————————-	————————-	————————-	————————-	———————-
Randolph Jennings	Teresa VonStorch	33 Kimberly Drive	None Required	None Required
		Stafford, VA 22554
————————-	————————-	————————-	————————-	———————-
Patricia LaRocca	Peter LaRocca	477 Buckwheat Rd	None Required	None Required
		Cox's Mills, WV 26342
————————-	————————-	————————-	————————-	———————-

 

Clerk of Gilmer County Commission
Jean Butcher
10 Howard Street
Glenville, WV 26351

The date of the first publication of this Notice is : April 18, 2013

Attention Gilmer Schools Coalition Members and Concerned Citizens of Gilmer County, Good News!

Delegate David Walker informed us that legislation first started by himself and Delegate Boggs on the governance of inter-county schools has been passed from the Education Committee by unanimous vote and is moving forward from that committee.

Also, an additional bill is in progress to set the standards for a clear exit plan after state intervention.

More information will be provided when available.

~~  Facilitator, Gilmer Schools Coalition ~~

2013 AGRITOURISM MARKETING WINNERS

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture recognized the best in agritourism marketing efforts over the past year during the 2013 Small Farm Conference at Waterfront Place Hotel in Morgantown February 28.

“Marketing is a key component of a successful agritourism operation,” said Commissioner of Agriculture Walt Helmick. “Each year, these awards recognize the best in marketing and promotions, and encourage others to improve their communications programs.”

This year’s winners are:

Best brochure for an agritourism attraction or event:

•  The Wild Ramp, Huntington

•  Clay County Golden Delicious Festival, Clay

•  West Virginia Miniature Horse Championships, Reedsville

Best rack card for an agritourism attraction or event:

•  Daniel Vineyards, Crab Orchard

•  Gobblers Ridge Lodge Bed and Breakfast, Linn

•  Bloomery Plantation, Charles Town

Best website for an agritourism attraction or event:

•  Cider Mill House Bed and Breakfast, Berkeley Springs

•  Clay County Golden Delicious Festival, Clay

•  West Virginia Strawberry Festival, Buckhannon

Best brochure or rack card for a fair or festival:

•  West Virginia Strawberry Festival, Buckhannon

•  West Virginia State Honey Festival, Parkersburg

•  West Virginia Miniature Horse Championship, Reedsville

Best brochure or rack card for a farmers’ market, roadside stand or CSA:

•  Church View Farm, Romney

•  Parkersburg Farmers’ Market, Parkersburg

•  Butler’s Farm Market, Martinsburg

Best website for a farmers market, roadside stand or CSA:

•  Clay County Farmers’ Market, Clay

•  Morgantown Farmers’ Market, Morgantown

•  Parkersburg Farmers’ Market, Parkersburg

Best photo depicting West Virginia agritourism:

•  Clay County Golden Delicious Festival, Clay

•  Smoke Hole Outfitters, Seneca Rocks

•  Stone Road Vineyards, Elizabeth

Missing Bluetick Coon Dogs in Ellis Road/Linn Area

We have two missing Bluetick Coon Dogs that have been missing since February 24, 2013 from Ellis Road/Linn Area.

If anyone has any information about them, please contact us at 304.462.4767.

Gilmer County Students Named to GSC Honor Rolls – Fall 2012

Glenville State College has announced the names of GSC students who attained the President’s Honor Roll and the Provost’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2012 semester.

Gilmer County Students who were named to the GSC President’s Honor Roll are:

•  Dianna Allegretti of Glenville

•  Ryan M. Bennett of Glenville

•  Ezekiel G. Bonnett of Cox’s Mills

•  Heather Coleman of Glenville

•  Kevin D. Drake of Glenville

•  Olivia F. Ferrell of Glenville

•  Sadie Golliher of Glenville

•  Molly P. Hicks of Glenville

•  Debra K. Huffman of Linn

•  Tiffany M. Hulse of Cox’s Mills

•  Camden L. Kinder of Glenville

•  Andrea B. Minigh of Glenville

•  Jacqueline K. Moore of Glenville

•  Devin W. Riffle of Troy

•  Garrett J. Rinehart of Glenville

•  Jamie L. Schindel of Glenville

•  Elora D. Shock of Glenville

•  LeRon K. Smith of Glenville

•  Annetta L. Snyder of Burnsville

•  Valeri Sprouse of Glenville

•  Gregory T. Steele of Burnsville

•  Timothy A. Swiger of Linn

•  Jenny N. Wolfe of Glenville

•  Ashley D. Woodford of Cox’s Mills

•  Robert L. Woods of Glenville

To be named to the GSC President’s Honor Roll, a student must have a 4.0 grade point average.

Students from Gilmer County who were named to the GSC Provost’s Honor Roll are:

•  Rebecca S. Baldwin of Glenville

•  Mary Catherine Butcher of Glenville

•  Michelle D. Cottrill of Glenville

•  Linville F. Couch of Glenville

•  Amanda L. Davis of Glenville

•  Nicholas E. Dent of Glenville

•  Mary Ann Alexis L. Escarda of Glenville

•  Aaron Frymier of Glenville

•  Kelly M. King of Glenville

•  Jazzmin L. Langman of Glenville

•  Ginny L. Mills of Glenville

•  Sarah M. Normant of Glenville

•  Andrea E. Osborne of Glenville

•  Jodie L. Parsons of Normantown

•  Adrian D. Patterson of Glenville

•  Casey D. Pritt of Glenville

•  Joshua A. Ramsey of Glenville

•  Nicole C. Riffle of Linn

•  Wayne J. Roberts of Normantown

•  Tiffany A. Tomey of Linn

•  Latasha R. White of Sand Fork

•  Asa C. Witte of Cox’s Mills

•  Jacob N. Wolfe of Glenville

To be named to the GSC Provost’s Honor Roll, a student must have a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.99.

Massachusetts Woman Sentenced for Traveling to WV to Have Sex with a Minor from Linn Area

CARISSA HADS, age 25, of Quincy, Massachusetts, was sentenced on January 29, 2013, in United States District Court in Clarksburg by Judge Irene M. Keeley.

HADS was sentenced to 87 months imprisonment to be followed by lifetime supervision.

HADS entered a plea of guilty on October 10, 2012, to “Traveling in Interstate Commerce with the Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct” on February 23, 2012, when HADS traveled from Massachusetts to North Central West Virginia to have sex with a minor from Linn, WV.

Court documents indicate that HADS posed as an 18-year old man on a social media website and also took steps to change her appearance in order to deceive the victim as to her true identity.

HADS met the alleged victim online in 2010 and the two communicated for over a year before the first in-person meeting took place.

HADS traveled at least three times from Massachusetts to visit the alleged victim, and was arrested at the Pittsburgh International Airport by F.B.I. agents on May 25, 2012, on one of her visits to the area.

As part of her plea, HADS agreed to the forfeiture of the computer and electronic equipment seized from her and her residence.

HADS was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal pending designation to a
Federal institution.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn A. Morgan, Chief of the Criminal Division for the U.S. Attorney’s Office and investigated by the West Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Haymon Cottrill

Haymon Cottrill

Age 75 of Sliding Run Road, Stouts Mill, West Virginia, departed this life at 8:43 PM Saturday January 19, 2013 in Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, West Virginia follow a brief illness.

Born November 29, 1937 in Gilmer County, West Virginia, son of the late Henry and Dottie Nicholas Cottrill.

Haymon was a member of the Sand Fork Church of God of Prophecy.

He enjoyed teaching younger generations how to survive, and before his health diminished he enjoyed hunting, turtle fishing, and gardening. Most of his working life was spent as a laborer and anyone that knew him knew he liked to work hard.

On October 03, 1990 he was united in marriage to Linda White Cottrill, who survives. Before they made their union official Haymon and Linda had been together since the early 1980’s.

Surviving are 2 sons and 2 daughters, David Cottrill and girlfriend Shannon of Stouts Mills, WV; Rose Craig and husband Freddy of Linn, WV; Rita Brown of Stouts Mills, WV; and James Jones and wife Pam of Glenville,  WV.

There are also 13 grandchildren,  14 great-grandchildren, 1 brother, Freddie Cottrill of Buckhannon, WV; and 1 sister, Hazel Walton of Buckhannon, WV,  surviving.

Along with his parents Haymon was preceded in death by 3 children Haymon Lynn Cottrill, Cheryl Miner, and John Jones. He was also preceded in death by 1 grandson, Robbie Cottrill, 1 infant grandson Frederick Craig, 1 infant great granddaughter Marissa Sumner, and 22 brothers and sisters.

Funeral Services will be conducted at the Ellyson Mortuary Inc. Glenville, West Virginia at 2:00 PM Sunday January 27, 2013 with Pastor Bryan Groves officiating.

Burial will follow in the Cottrill Cemetery on Sliding Run Road, Stouts Mills.

Friends may call from 4:00-8:00 PM Saturday at the mortuary.

Ellyson Mortuary Inc. is assisting the family of Haymon Cottrill with arrangements.

Russell E. Wiant

Russell E. Wiant

Age 88 of Ellis Road, Linn (Gilmer County), West Virginia, departed this life at 7:00 PM, Friday, January 18, 2013, at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital (Weston, West Virginia), following an extended illness.

He was born on September 15, 1924 in Gilmer County, WV and was the son of the late Rex F. and Dora Radcliff Wiant.

Russell worked in timber, coal mines, at the Louie Glass Factory, and retired from the WV Department of Highways. He loved CB radios and the friends he made on them, and also had a great passion for hunting and fishing. We all love Russell and will miss him deeply, we thank God for those years with us but look ahead to being in heaven some day with him.

Three daughters and one son survive: Linda Lue Tomey of Little Birch, West Virginia; Shelia Kay Wiant of Weston, West Virginia; Geraldine Lois Hershman of Linn, West Virginia; and Darrell Emmit Wiant and wife Joyce of Linn, West Virginia. 15 grandchildren also survive: Steve Wiant, John Wiant, Blaine Wiant, Chad Wiant, Chuck Sprouse, Scott Sprouse, BJ Sprouse, Anthony Wiant, Lillie Wiant, Scottie Queen, Brandon Queen, Nicole Queen, Brittany Wiant, Bryon Wiant, and Joey Wiant.

Along with his parents, Russell was preceded in death by two sons, Larry Gene Wiant and Russell Emmit Wiant, Jr., one grandson Terry Sprouse, three brothers, Donald, Rex, and Gene Wiant, and two sisters, Maxine McNair and Wanda Goff.

Funeral Services will be conducted at the Ellyson Mortuary Inc. in Glenville, West Virginia, at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 with Pastor Bryan Groves officiating.

Burial will follow in the Hiney Cemetery.

Friends may call from 5:00-8:00 PM on Tuesday at the mortuary.

Ellyson Mortuary Inc. is assisting the family of Russell E. Wiant with arrangements.

Bentley Michael Armstrong

Danielle Brunecz and Anthony Armstrong of Glenville, WV announce the birth of their first child, a son, Bentley Michael Armstrong.

He was born Thursday, December 20, 2012 at the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital of Weston.

The little boy weighed 9-pounds, 12-ounces.

The mother is employed at Foodland and the father is employed at MEC construction.

Maternal grandparents are Benny and Lorrie McCure of Glenville, WV.

Paternal grandparents are Jerry Freeman and Mary Armstrong of Linn, WV.

G-Vine™: Heard It Through G-Vine – 12.31.12

Community talk heard through the G-Vine:

•  Is it true about the new school they want to build in the Linn area that they want natural gas and Garretts refusing to give them a right away so they might have to re-design everything and make the school all electric?

•  Was the site for the new school in Linn nothing but a swamp area and could this cause a lot of problems?

•  THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT THE MICKEY METZ’S SHERIFF OFFICE WERE DUE TO BE IN THE PAPER BY SEPTEMBER 30TH.  STILL NOT OUT! WHY?

•  There is chatter about recent alleged sexual misconduct at the GCHS involving staff and students. Do you know if there is anything to it?

•  Since Mickey Metz is leaving the office there should be a settlement report due December 31, 2012. Should it not?

•  Commissioners Kennedy and Ramsey have failed to report the financial crisis and missing funds under Sheriff Metz’s role as the county treasurer? Why?

•  The last day of school before Christmas, an english teacher at GCHS caught students in the back of her classroom using marijuana and reported them to the principal. What is the deal with that?

•  It is horrible that examples of alleged misconduct at GCHS go unreported.  That failure is enabling the individuals who could care the least about decency. What it will take is a parent or another individual in the know to rise up to file a formal complaint about the sexual misconducts at school. Have any complaints been filed? If administrators know about problems and they fail to act it is my belief that they could be held accountable similar to what happened at Penn State.

 

 

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Greggory Zane Woodson

Greggory Zane Woodson is the name chosen for a son born to Amber Hitt and Wayne Woodson Jr., of Linn, WV.

The little boy was born Wednesday, December 05, 2012 at the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital of Weston.

He weighed 6-pounds, 14-ounces and is the couple’s second child.

Sophie Marie Parker

Sophie Marie Parker is the name chosen for a daughter born to Crystal Jolliff and Patrick Parker of Linn, WV.

She was born on Tuesday, November 06, 2012, at the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital of Weston and is the couple’s first child.

The little girl weighed 7-pounds, 10-ounces.

Maternal grandparents are Craig and Karen Jolliff of Gilmer County, WV.

Paternal grandparent is Lili Parker Johnson of Gilmer County, WV.

Virginia M. “Kit” Messenger

Virginia M. “Kit” Messenger

Age 87, of Prestonsburg, KY, formerly of Linn (Gilmer County) departed this life at 5:05 AM Sunday, November 18, 2012 at the Riverview Health Care Center following an extended illness.

She was born August 02, 1925 in Tucker County, WV, a daughter of the late Howard Lee and Shada Wiseman Simmons.

Kit was a homemaker, loved crocheting, quilting, and especially camping with family and friends.

She was a member of the Oak Grove United Methodist Church at Baldwin, WV.

On May 23, 1942 she was united in marriage to Lester O. Messenger of Prestonsburg, KY.

One son and one daughter survive: John W. Messenger and wife Susan of Glenville and Linda M. Woofter and husband David of Eastpoint, KY. One brother, Ralph Simmons of Weston survives. Mrs. Messenger has nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren surviving.

She was preceded in death by one son, Gary Messenger and three brothers, Gloy, Robert and Elmer Simmons.

Funeral services will be conducted at the Ellyson Mortuary, Inc., at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, November 21, 2012 with Rev. Gilbert Hart officiating.

Burial will follow in the Troy I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Troy, WV.

Friends may call from 6:00-8:00 PM on Tuesday, at the Mortuary.

Ellyson Mortuary, Inc. is assisting the family of Virginia M. “Kit” Messenger with arrangements.

Buck Season 2012 Information and Facts

»  The West Virginia firearm buck gun season is November 19 – December 01, 2012.

It is open in all counties except Logan, Mingo, McDowell and Wyoming.

»  Approximately 330,000 licensed hunters will be in West Virginia’s woods during this season.

»  Following is the list of wildlife checking stations in area counties:

GILMER COUNTY

•  Barely Used
7 South Lewis Street
Glenville 26351
304.462.0371

•  Fred’s
10071 US Hwy 33 W
Normantown 25267
304.462.8111

•  Mr. Clean’S Bow Shop
305 North Lewis Street
Glenville 26351
304.462.8688

•  Robert’s Service Center
Route 65 Box 25-C
Glenville 26351
304.462.8649

•  Sear’s Exxon
15441 US Highway 33 W
Stumptown 25280
304.354.6552

•  Simmons Country Store
8013 WV Hwy 47 W
Cox’s Mills 26342
304.462.8444

•  Somerville’s Exxon
Linn 26384
304.462.7105

BRAXTON COUNTY

•  Argles Gun & Pawn
181 State Street
Gassaway 26624
304.364.5051

•  Braxton Gun & Pawn
975 State Street
Gassaway 26624
304.304.8011

•  Curry’s Convenience Store
431 Burnsville Road
Burnsville 26335
304.853.2832

•  Ducky’s Place
PO Box 6
Heaters 26627
304.756.2880

•  Kanawha Run Trading Post
725 Kanawha Run Road
Sutton 26601
304.765.2002

•  Lakes Carry-Out
HC 35 Box 7-AA
Napier 26631
304.765.3823

•  Little General Store
4853 Old Turnpike Road
Little Birch 26629
304.765.3545

•  Lloyds Hardware
2220 Sutton Lane
Sutton 26601
304.765.3332

•  R & L Grocery
PO Box 130
Rosedale 26636
304.364.2274

•  Ruth’s Carryout
4050 Centralia Road
Sutton 26601
304.765.2148

•  Sam’s Grocery
HC 61 Box 57-C
Frametown 26623
304.364.5268

•  Sutton Feed & Hardware
75 S Stonewall Street
Sutton 26601
304.765.5479

CALHOUN COUNTY

•  Cha.Ti’s Convenience Store
PO Box 721
Grantsville 26147
304.354.6803

•  Chloe Auto & Hardware
23350 S Calhoun Hwy
Chloe 25235
304.655.7198

•  Holbert’s Store
PO Box 66
Big Bend 26136
304.354.6476

•  Momma T’s
2326 N Calhoun Hwy
Grantsville 26147
304.354.6941

•  Mt. Zion Pit Stop
HC 89 Box 100
Grantsville 26147
304.354.7601

•  Speedy Mart
PO Box 114
Arnoldsburg 25234
304.655.8990

DODDRIDGE COUNTY

•  Becker
Route 1 Box 84
New Milton 26411
304.873.1930

•  Center Point Country Store
Route 2 Box 193-A
Salem 26426
304.782.3742

•  Fairview Shell
Route 2 Box 41-FC
West Union 26456
304.873.3371

•  Stoney’s Sporting Goods
Route 1
West Union 26456
304.873.2753

•  Wabash Trading Post
101 Front Street
West Union 26456
304.873.2319

LEWIS COUNTY

•  Appalachian Glass Products & Services
499 US Hwy 33 E
Weston 26452
304.269.1030

•  Broken Wheel Campground
2060 Skin Creek Road
Weston 26452
304.269.6097

•  Corner Mart
2997 Jackson Mill Road
Weston 26452
304.269.1084

•  Jane Lew Depot
PO Box 54
Jane Lew 26378
304.884.8910

•  Jerry’s Bait Shop
PO Box 35
Horner 26372
304.452.8227

•  R & B Garage
467 Broad Run Road
Jane Lew 26378
304.884.7764

•  Stop & Shop
1855 US Hwy 33 W
Weston 26452
304.269.1697

•  Stouts Bait Shop
90 Skin Creek Road
Weston 26452
304.269.9810

•  Tri-Lakes Convenience Store
17698 US Hwy 19 S
Walkersville 26447
304.452.8870

RITCHIE COUNTY

•  B & B Place
Box 48
Smithville 26178
304.477.3331

•  Bailey Brothers
Box 23
Burnt House 26336
304.349.2615

•  Filling Station
Route 1 Box 1
Cairo 26337
304.628.3848

•  North Bend State Park
202 N Bend Park Road
Cairo 26337
304.643.2931

•  Pullman Pit Stop
6 Auburn Road
Pullman 26421
304.659.2125

•  Ritchie Tobacco Outlet
116 E Myles Avenue
Pennsboro 26415
304.659.3643

•  Route 16 Fuel Center
Route 50
Ellenboro 26346
304.869.4200

•  Scott’s Sport Shop
Route 2 Box 213
Pennsboro 26415
304.659.2310

•  Stout Hardware
16 S Spring Street
Harrisville 26362
304.643.2737

•  Washburn General Store
RR 2 Box 128.2
Harrisville 26362
304.643.5272

»  The firearm antlered deer bag limit during the two-week buck season is two (one on the base license and one on an RG [resident] or RRG [nonresident] stamp). A hunter may take no more than three antlered deer per calendar year in all archery and firearms seasons combined.

»  The last day to purchase an additional buck deer gun tag (Class RG/RRG Stamp) was November 18, 2012. Class RG and Class RRG additional buck stamps can only be used to take an additional antlered deer in firearm buck season. Unused Class RG and Class RRG stamps may not be used in antlerless or muzzleloader seasons.

»  There are 10 counties or portions thereof (see the 2012 – 2013 Hunting and Trapping Regulations Summary) that require buck firearms hunters to take an antlerless deer during the antlerless firearms deer season (with Class N permit for residents or Class NN permit for nonresidents) prior to harvesting a second antlered deer during the buck firearms season.

»  All private and public lands in counties having a firearms antlerless deer gun season (Class N for residents and Class NN for nonresidents) will be open November 19 – December 01, 2012 (concurrent with the buck gun season), December 13 - 15, and December 28 – 31, 2012. Bag limits vary among counties but will be either one or three antlerless deer.

»  All deer must be field tagged and checked in within 72 hours of the time of kill or within 24 hours of the close of the season, whichever comes first. Additional deer may not be taken until all previously taken deer have been checked. Only one deer may be taken per day during the buck season.

»  Deer hunters spend an estimated $230 million in West Virginia, much of it in the rural areas of the state that depend upon the deer seasons for a large portion of their annual income.

»  In 2011, deer hunters in West Virginia harvested 60,157 bucks during the two-week buck season, an increase of 38 percent from the 2010 harvest. This is two percent less than the five-year average harvest of 61,428 and ranks 24th among all past years.

»  WVDNR forecasts that the buck harvest should be slightly higher for 2012. All regions should see a similar-to-higher harvest this year. The increased reproduction of 2011 and the mild winter of 2011-2012 should mean that there are plenty of 1.5-year-old animals for hunters. The overall mast conditions should be favorable. In addition, DNR has been conducting spotlight counts in many counties and have observed many large-racked animals for hunters to pursue.

»  Sunday hunting is legal in the following 14 counties on private land only: Boone, Brooke, Clay, Hancock, Jefferson, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Marshall, Mingo, Ohio, Wayne, Wetzel and Wyoming. The only Sunday that is open in these counties during the buck season is November 25, 2012. Hunters are reminded that deer gun seasons are closed in Logan, Mingo, McDowell and Wyoming counties.

»  Hunters are required to wear at least 400 square inches of blaze orange (about the size of a vest) as an outer garment for visibility and safety. Blaze orange camouflage patterns are legal as long as 400 square inches of blaze orange are displayed on the garment. A blaze orange hat is not required, but the hunter must have blaze orange visible from both the front and the back.

Mary Ann Hardbarger

Mary Ann Hardbarger

Age 72, of Elizabeth, WV, departed this life at 8:04 AM, Wednesday, October 31, 2012 in Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital , Parkersburg, WV following an extended illness.
She was born August 03, 1940 in Gilmer County, WV, a daughter of the late Floyd and Loreeta Self Peters.
Mary Ann had numerous jobs, the last being with Pennzoil as a secretary.  She really enjoyed life, she played the piano and sang at several churches and nursing homes or wherever they needed someone; she was very talented in arts, crafts and jewelry making; and was a homemaker and mother.

She attended the Bethel Baptist Church at Elizabeth.
She is survived by her husband Roger Hardbarger who survives at their Elizabeth home.
Also surviving:  a daughter, Lisa Groves and husband Carl of Elizabeth; 2 sons, James Lynn Thompson of Pullman, WV; and Eddie Joe Perine and wife Autumn of Parkersburg, WV; 3 brothers and 1 sister survive, Richard Peters of West Milford, WV; John Peters of Craigsville, WV; Mike Peters, Linn, WV and Sharon Radcliff of Jane Lew, WV.
Besides her parents she was preceded in death by 3 brothers, Carl, Lynn and Joe Peters and one sister, Nina Pyles.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Rock Grove United Methodist Church at 2:00 PM, Saturday, November 03, 2012 with Rev. James Brunty and Rev. Kenny Fisher officiating.

Burial will follow in the Rock Grove Cemetery.

Friends may call from 1:00-2:00 PM, Saturday (one hour prior to services) at the Church.
Ellyson Mortuary, Inc.  is assisting the family of Mary Ann Hardbarger with arrangements.

Lawrence D. Gay

Lawrence D. Gay

Age 78, of 117 Abbott Run Road, Horner, WV died Monday, October 22, 2012 at his residence following an extended illness.

He was born July 2, 1934 in Lewis County a son of the late Lawrence and Rosa Call Gay.

In 1953 he married the former Janet Joan Belt who survives.

Also surviving are two daughters Barbara J. Ables of Weston, WV and Cheryl Phares of Linn, WV.

Two sons Roger D. Gay of Lake Floyd and Robert L. Gay of Weston.

8 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.

Mr. Gay was employed for several years at the Lewis County board of Education as a school bus driver and previously was employed by the WV Dept. of Highways.

He also painted and restored autos for several years.

He was a Methodist by faith.

Friends may called at the Pat Boyle Funeral Home and Cremation Service 144 Hackers Creek Road, Jane Lew, Thursday from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

Funeral services were held at 1:00 PM Thursday, October 25, 2012 from the Pat Boyle Funeral Home and Cremation Service with the Reverend Wease Day officiating.

Interment followed in the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.

Pat Boyle Funeral Home and Cremation Service is honored and privileged to serve the Gay family.

Mary G. See

Mary G. See

Age 80, of 365 Ranges Run Road Roanoke, West Virginia passed away at 7:15 AM in the Crestview Manor Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Jane Lew.

She was born in Webster County, West Virginia on June 10, 1932 a daughter of the late Worth O. Bennett and Gertrude Boggs Bennett.

On October 22, 1952 she married Ralph W. See Jr, who proceeded her in death on October 31, 1992.

She was also proceeded in death by one sister Alta Lucille Bennett and three brothers Orris Summers Bennett, Worthy Hollis Bennett and William Ottis Bennett.

She is survived by one son Ralph Edward See and wife Darlene of Roanoke. Two granddaughters Mary Katherine “Kathy” See of Roanoke and Deanna Darlene See Shackleford and husband Cale of Linn, WV. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

Mrs. see was a homemaker and worked beside her husband on the family farm. She loved to cook, garden, farming, photography and loved to sew.

She was a member of the Vandalia United Methodist Church and was a Sunday School teacher for years.

She was a 39 year member of the Vandalia Community Educational Outreach Service Club. She was a 64 year member of the Lewis County Farm Bureau. She was a past member of the Lewis and Upshur County Livestock Association.

Family will receive friends at the Hardman-Paletti Funeral Home 730 North Main Avenue, Weston on Friday, October 26, 2012 from 2:00-4:00 and 6:00-8:00 PM.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 27, 2012 from the Hardman-Paletti Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Dwayne Brown officiating.

Interment will follow services in the Weston Masonic Cemetery.

Hardman-Paletti Funeral Home of Weston will be serving the family of Mary G. See.

Linn: Site for Lewis-Gilmer Inter-County Elementary School

Located on U.S. Highway 33/119 in Linn, WV

School Property is both in Gilmer and Lewis Counties

 

The Lewis - Gilmer inter county elementary school will house students PK through grade 6

 

The enrollment will be around 230 students

 

The school is expected to open in August of 2014

 

School property is right about Welcome Signs for both counties

William Dawson Means

William Dawson Means

Age 92, of 2736 U.S. Highway 33 West, Weston, WV, passed away on October 22, 2012 at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital following an extended illness.

William was born on December 06, 1919 in Hurst, West Virginia, son of the late Willie Ervin Means ad Grace Truman (Sprouse) Means.

On December 10, 1947 he married Eva R. (Cox) Means who survives.

Mr. Means is also survived by three daughters Pat Bush and husband Bob of Weston, Debbie Blackstone and husband Larry of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Brenda Lydon of Weston. Also surviving are four grandchildren Brian L. Bush and fiancé Janell Starner, Breanna A. Wilson and husband Chris, Jessica Krohn and husband Ryan, and Brittany Parks and fiancé Jonathan Oates, three great-grandchildren Ethan and Jobie Bush, and Karli Krohn, and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents he was preceded death by one brother Fred O. Means and two sisters Virginia N. Means and Ruth Means.

Mr. Means was a retired well tender and compressor operator for Hope Gas Company. He was a graduate of Weston High School.

He was a member of the Liberty United Methodist Church on Straight Run in Lewis County where he was superintendent for almost fifty years.

He was a Veteran of the United States Army Air Force, and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion both of Jane Lew.

Family will receive friends at the Hardman-Paletti Funeral Home 730 North Main Avenue, Weston on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 from 6:00-8:00 PM.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 1:00 PM from the Hardman-Paletti Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Alan Neal and Reverend Russell Furr officiating.

Interment will follow services in the Rock Grove Cemetery in Linn, WV with Full Military Honors conducted by the Lewis County Honor Guard.

Hardman-Paletti Funeral Home of Weston is in charge of the arrangements for William Dawson Means.

Yard Sale at Linn – Saturday, 10.13.12

Last one till next Spring

Antique furniture, glass and pottery

Old tools and garage items including a Troy tiller

Craftsman chipper/shredder

Kitchen items, linens, craft supplies, lots to choose from

No clothes, kid stuff or junk

Saturday October 13, 2012

From 9:00 AM till 2:00 PM

Easy off road parking and easy to find

From 33/119 at Linn, turn onto 47 west

4th house on the right

BIG star on front of house

Massachusetts Woman Enters Plea of Guilty to Traveling to WV to Have Sex with a Minor in Linn

Imprisonment Status: Federal Inmate
	Full Name:	Hads,  Carissa  Ann
	Height:	5’  2”
	Weight:	100 lbs.
	Birth Date:	06.16.1987
	Gender:	Female
	Booking Date:	06.05.2012
	Facility:	North Central Regional Jail
	Imprisonment Status:	Federal Inmate

Offender Court Order Information

Court Info Number	Issuing Agency Location
TBS	US MARSHALL SERVICE/NORTHERN - Bail Amount: $0.00
United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld announced that CARISSA HADS,  age 25, of Quincy, Massachusetts, entered a plea of guilty on October 10, 2012,  in United States District Court in Clarksburg before Magistrate Judge John S.  Kaull. HADS entered a plea of guilty “Traveling in Interstate Commerce with the Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct” on February 23, 2012, when HADS traveled from Massachusetts to North Central West Virginia to have sex with a minor. Court documents indicate that HADS posed as an 18- year old man on a social media website and also took steps to change her appearance in order to deceive the victim as to her true identity. HADS met the alleged victim online in 2010 and the two communicated for over a year before the first in-person meeting took place. HADS traveled at least three times from Massachusetts to visit the alleged victim, and was arrested at the Pittsburgh International Airport by F.B.I. agents on May 25, 2012, on one of her visits to the area. As part of her plea, HADS has agreed to the forfeiture of the computer and electronic equipment seized from her and her residence. HADS, who is in custody pending sentencing, faces up to 30 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. The case was be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn A. Morgan, Chief of the Criminal Division for the U.S. Attorney’s Office and investigated by the West Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Plea Deal in Works for Massachusetts Woman Who Posed as Boy, Allegedly Had Sex with WV Girl

A Massachusetts woman accused of posing as a 17-year-old boy to prey on a West Virginia girl intends to enter a plea next week in federal court.

U.S. Magistrate John Kaull entered an order Monday scheduling a Wednesday, October 10, 2012 hearing for 25-year-old Carissa Hads of Quincy, MA.

The document says she has entered a plea agreement with the government, but it does not specify details.

Hads’ public defender did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

Hads previously pleaded not guilty to one count of traveling in interstate commerce to engage in illegal sexual conduct.

Investigators say Hads pretended to be a 17-year-old boy and began an online relationship with the girl in 2010.

She visited the Linn, West Virginia teen at least three times and had a sexual encounter in February.

Harold Russell Smith

Harold Russell Smith

Age 66, of 183 4th St. Jane Lew, WV died at 4:45 AM, Sunday, September 23, 2012, at his residence following an extended illness.

He was born on February 27, 1946 in Sun Valley: son of the late John William and Irene K. Keister Smith.

On March 10, 1981, he married the former Cathy Lamb who survives. Also surviving are three sons, John Russell Smith and Teddy Dwayne Smith, both of FL, Robert Matthew Smith of Jane Lew; one daughter Barbara Jean Simonetta of FL; two step-sons, Christopher Robert Franklin of Jane Lew and Michael Brian Franklin of Weston; two grandchildren and five step-grandchildren.

Also surviving are five brothers, Chuck and Tom Smith, both of Alum Bridge, Jack Smith of Horner, Butch Smith of Lumberport and Randy Smith of Keiths Fork. He was preceded in death by one brother, Ronny Smith.

Mr. Smith was retired from the Weston Ford Garage with several years of service.

Friends called at the Pat Boyle Funeral Home and Cremation Service 144 Hackers Creek Rd. in Jane Lew, Wednesday from 4:00-8:00 PM.

Funeral services was held Thursday at 11:00 AM from the Pat Boyle Funeral Home and Cremation Service with the Rev. Jerry Bizup officiating.

Interment followed in the Rock Grove Cemetery at Linn, WV.

Pat Boyle Funeral Home and Cremation Service is honored and privileged to serve the Smith family.

Myla LeeAnn Radcliff

Myla LeeAnn Radcliff is the name chosen for a daughter born to Roberta Radcliff of Linn, WV.

She was born September 09, 2012 at the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital of Weston.

The little girl weighed 7-pounds, 7-ounces.

Maternal grandparents are Rob and Kelly Radcliff of Linn, WV.

Madison Paige Shackleford

Devin and Dawn Shackleford announce the birth of their daughter, Madison Paige.

She was born September 12, 2012 at the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital of Weston.

The little girl weighed 6-pounds, 14-ounces and has two siblings, Evin and Brentin.

The mother is the former Dawn Messenger and is a homemaker.

The father is the Activities Director for Gilmer County Senior Center.

Maternal grandparents are Ed and Cindy Messenger of Glenville, WV.

Paternal grandparents are Delbert and Nancy Shackleford of Linn, WV.

AN OPEN LETTER TO DELEGATE BRENT BOGGS

Delegate Boggs, I read with great interest your column in the Gilmer Free Press dated September 03, 2012, and find your Troy-Alum Bridge School statements more than a little disturbing.

In it, you say that you “have not committed to proposing legislation to create this governing board” (of the inter-county school).  Current Gilmer County Board President Simmons has informed many people both privately and publicly that you and others have been working hard and have had many meetings on pending legislation to do exactly that. You can understand how one might be just a little confused.

An elected official should certainly understand that WITHOUT A VOTE YOU HAVE NO VOICE IN GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND GILMER COUNTY HAS NO AUTHORITY AND NO VOTE AFTER THE STATE TAKEOVER OF OUR SCHOOLS.

I repeat, duly elected members of the Gilmer County Board of Education have no authority.  They have no vote.  Therefore, the people of this county have no voice that is Not State appointed and directed.

I know from personal conversations with you, emails sent and conversation with others who have previously communicated with Charleston representatives that you are fully aware of the state takeover of Gilmer County Schools.  I believe you do comprehend that the Gilmer County Board of Education has been stripped of its powers since June of 2011.  They have no voting power and no ability to take official action regarding any issue involving education and Gilmer County Schools.

To further refresh your memory, let me remind you that the State appointed Superintendent Ronald Blankenship acting for the State of West Virginia approved and submitted a facilities plan for Gilmer County Schools (which was prepared by and in the possession of State appointed architects) without any vote of this powerless Board and absent any appropriately representational input from Gilmer County citizens.

A State appointed and State paid Superintendent alone permitted the Lewis County Board of Education to place (with no Gilmer County Board of Education approval even possible), an inter-county school prototype within the borders of Lewis County on their own facilities plan. They authorized transfer of our students across county lines. There was subsequent SBA funding.

This man alone permits an illegal and non-representative (as defined by state requirements) CEFP committee to continue operations. This one man by virtue of a State granted dictatorial position has been permitted to potentially cause great harm to the economy of this county and will also cause small children to endure transportation times that are not only illegal per your own legislation but also inhumane.  Pre-K four year olds through grade Six students will have to spend time well over code mandates on the bus with this forced single school consolidation.  His decisions in no way consider the needs of our students and their families but are in keeping with a State bureaucracy whose actions reveal it is totally out of touch with what those needs may be.

Despite misreporting by the State DOE our schools make AYP.  We test at 14th in the State.  We have little truancy and our students graduate.  We have never been in financial trouble.  We accept like all West Virginia schools must that there will be sacrifices to be made when the stimulus and guaranteed student monies run out but our board had been planning for that until the State got hold of the public check book.  These are statistics you can easily verify.  Did not one person think they should ask the people who pay the bills if we wanted to be their guinea pig for an inter-county school? This takeover was political in nature.

Brent, you are fully aware of all of this and more. Your coworkers Governor Tomblin, Delegate David Walker, Senator Joe Minard, Senator Jeff Kessler, Senator Douglas Facemire, Senator Larry Edgell, all of their aides to the constituency and legal aides have been contacted multiple times along with Chuck Heinline, Howard O’Cull, Mark Manchin, Gus Penix, Jorea Marple plus Gayle and Joe Manchin.

When calling the Statehouse, the first response anyone hears is “he’s not involved with education.  If that’s the case, then why is the Governor President of the SBA?  How do you have a Legislative Oversight Committee on Education Accountability or an Education Subcommittee on Education Audit and Fiscal Issues?  How did you create a required general education levy and tax the people of this state if you have nothing to do with education?

While we are at it, how can the State Superintendent approve any excess tax levy on the people?  What is going on our ballot in November is not a continuation of a previous levy which expires June 30th, 2013. And which was defined and voted to specifically support our four elementary schools for starters.  This levy is so loosely written as to give Mr. Blankenship full reign to send excess levy dollars out of county boundaries to a school that neither county voters nor their elected Board of Education representatives had any say about and if no change takes place will have no control over. The specifics of our prior approved levy are gone.  This is a newly written document and is a state assessed, excess levy with increased tax rates.  What part of WV Code gives the State Board of Education that authority? Jorea Marple signed it.  I can’t find the code reference and see this as taxation without representation.

Sir, if we cannot turn to our elected representative at the state level as next in line when our local elected powers have been stripped where do we turn?  You say you are not involved and in the same breath express that you “want to ensure that Gilmer County parents, students and other residents (I take it you mean the taxpayers who elected you and pay for the schools) have an equal say in how this school is governed? WE HAVE NO DULY ELECTED REPRESENTATION! OUR BOARD OF ED HAS NO AUTHORITY!  WE HAVE NO VOTE. Unless you decide that you really are involved in education, HOW CAN WE HAVE A VOICE IN THESE DECISIONS?  Don’t let this be another shallow political promise.

If we have no vote in the governance of this forced school and the consolidation we have no say. An advisory position is potentially meaningless and that is what the memorandum of agreement between the two counties that Jorea Marple and Ron Blankenship will sign states.

I certainly will do as you request and once more start making phone calls and sending emails. It is my hope that caring Gilmer County residents do the same.  We should not have to repeat ourselves over and over but must do whatever it takes to be heard.

It would be grand if Charleston, would not discount taxpayer efforts to seek fair, equitable and just treatment within our government and a quality education for the children of Gilmer County and this state.  It will indeed be a great day when those we trusted work for us and not around us.  I truly believe you have that capability and if Gilmer County ever needed a strong legislator working in our best interest the time is now. We realize you are not alone in this and that should be communicated   I thank you for your time and hope to meet with you soon.

~~  Author on File ~~

To Contact Delegate Boggs: Office at 304.340.3220 or email at “brent.boggs@wvhouse.gov”.

Daily G-Eye™: 09.06.12

Monday evening, coming storm at Linn.
Look at the face in the center cloud..

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Linn: Yard Sale – 09.01.12 - This Saturday

Mark your calendar for Saturday, September 01, 2012.

Another great sale of Antiques, Collectables and with Shed items included.

More is continually being added.

If you want to come sooner, call 304.804.2000 and I will try to accommodate you.

Antique furniture, lamps, glassware, mantles and other unique items.

Sale will be held from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

Easy parking.

Directions: from U.S. Highway 33/19 at Linn, turn onto WV Highway 47, and I am the 4th house on the Right.

NO clothes, kids’ stuff or house hold at this time.

Carol Stone

Linn: Yard Sale – September 01, 2012

Mark your calendar for Saturday, September 01, 2012.

Another great sale of Antiques, Collectables and with Shed items included.

More is continually being added.

If you want to come sooner, call 304.804.2000 and I will try to accommodate you.

Antique furniture, lamps, glassware, mantles and other unique items.

Sale will be held from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

Easy parking.

Directions: from U.S. Highway 33/19 at Linn, turn onto WV Highway 47, and I am the 4th house on the Right.

NO clothes, kids’ stuff or house hold at this time.

Carol Stone

Lonnie Lee Stout

Lonnie Lee Stout

Age 39, of 88 Alkire St Walkersville, WV passed away on Thursday, August 23, 2012 at his residence following a sudden illness.

He was born in Lockport, NY on January 22, 1973: son of Gary Stout and Jacqueline (Wrobel) Stout.

On June 10, 2005, he married Eva M. (Cutlip) Stout, who survives.

Lonnie is also survived by two children Katherine Stout and William Taylor both at home. He is also survived by one sister: Shannon Stout Hitt of Linn, WV.

Mr. Stout was a dismantler with Jordan Auto Parts of Clarksburg. He enjoyed restoring antique vehicles.

At Lonnie’s request, there will be a memorial service at a later date and interment in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens of Jane Lew, WV.

Hardman-Paletti Funeral Home of Weston is in charge of arrangements for Lonnie Lee Stout.

Linn: Yard Sale – 09.01.12

Mark your calendar for Saturday, September 01, 2012.

Another great sale of Antiques, Collectables and with Shed items included.

More is continually being added.

If you want to come sooner, call 304.804.2000 and I will try to accommodate you.

Antique furniture, lamps, glassware, mantles and other unique items.

Sale will be held from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

Easy parking.

Directions: from U.S. Highway 33/19 at Linn, turn onto WV Highway 47, and I am the 4th house on the Right.

NO clothes, kids’ stuff or house hold at this time.

Carol Stone

Gilmer County Schools - Bus Schedules for 2012-13 School Year

 

GILMER COUNTY SCHOOLS BUS SCHEDULES 2012-2013
Run times are approximate and subject to change. All Students need to be at designated bus stop at least 10 minutes prior to scheduled pick up.
GLENVILLE AREA
Bus #65 Darrel Ramsey
MORNING	EVENING
7:10 County Line	3:15 Glenville Elementary School
7:20 Robert’s Service Center	3:25 Gilmer County High School
7:25 Mouth of Sinking Creek	3:33 Center St., Mineral Road, Sycamore
7:40 River Street	3:45 River Street
7:50 Sycamore	4:00 Mouth of Sinking Creek
7:55 Mineral Road	4:10 Robert’s Service Center
8:00 Gilmer County High School	4:20 County Line
8:10 Glenville Elementary School
Bus #57 John Isenhart
MORNING	EVENING
7:15 Trace Fork	3:15 Glenville Elementary School
7:25 Tanner School	3:18 Main Street (Elementary School Only)
7:37 Mouth of Third Run	3:20 Watch Me Grow Daycare
7:50 Gilmer County High School	3:25 Gilmer County High School
7:55 Main Street (Elementary School Only)	3:50 Mouth of Third Run
7:58 Watch Me Grow Daycare	3:55 Tanner School
8:05 Glenville Elementary School	4:00 Trace Fork
SAND FORK AREA
Bus #67 Glen Greathouse
MORNING	EVENING
6:45 Turkey Fork	3:20 Sand Fork Elementary School
6:48 Tolar Fork	3:30 Mouth of Gluck Run
7:05 Dusk Camp	3:40 Duck Run (Transfer Bus #66)
7:22 Low Gap	3:43 Duck Run
7:25 Edna Street	3:55 Sand Fork Elementary School
7:28 Sand Fork Elementary School	4:00 Edna Street
7:40 Duck Run	4:10 Low Gap
7:50 Gluck Run (Transfer Bus #66)	4:15 Turkey Fork
8:02 Sand Fork Elementary School	4:27 Tolar Fork
	4:34 Dusk Camp
Bus #66 Susie Kirkpatrick
MORNING	EVENING
6:55 Gilmer Straight	3:15 Gilmer County High School
7:00 Copen	3:40 Duck Run (Transfer Bus #67)
7:10 Stout’s Mills	3:45 Lynch Run
7:15 Head of Sliding	3:55 Marge Burke Bridge
7:20 Route 5	4:00 Sand Fork Elementary School
7:25 Sand Fork Elementary School	4:05 Route 5
7:30 Marge Burke Bridge	4:10 Head of Sliding
7:40 Lynch Run	4:15 Stout’s Mills
7:50 Appcon (Transfer Bus #67)	4:25 Copen
7:55 Glenville Elementary School	4:40 Gilmer Straight
8:05 Gilmer County High School
Bus #68 Tim White
MORNING	EVENING
7:11 Right Fork Ellis	3:10 Sand Fork Elementary School
7:25 Ellis	3:30 Gilmer County High School
7:45 Head of Joe’s Run	3:40 Glenville Elementary School
7:50 Sand Fork Elementary School	3:50 Sand Fork Elementary School
8:05 Gilmer County High School	4:00 Head of Joe’s Run
	4:20 Ellis
	4:30 Right Fork Ellis
Bus #62 Randy Hitt
MORNING	EVENING
7:05 Rocky Fork	3:30 Gilmer County High School
7:34 Indian Fork	3:35 Main Street (High School Only)
7:41 Upper Sand Fork (Bridge)	3:50 Sand Fork Elementary School
7:45 Mouth of Ellis	4:00 Mouth of Ellis
7:55 Sand Fork Elementary School	4:04 Upper Sand Fork (Bridge)
8:05 Main Street (High School Only)	4:11 Indian Fork
8:10 Gilmer County High School	4:35 Rocky Fork
NORMANTOWN AREA
Bus #64 Colin Hartshorn
MORNING	EVENING
6:50 Rosedale	3:30 Gilmer County High School
7:10 Head of Tanner (#4)	3:53 Normantown Elementary School
7:33 Aunt Minnie’s Farm	4:03 Route 33/119
7:38 Route 33/119	4:08 Aunt Minnie’s Farm
7:45 Normantown Elementary School	4:41 Mouth of Tanner (#4)
8:15 Gilmer County High School	4:51 Tanner
Bus #56 Dean Baringer
MORNING	EVENING
6:50 Lower Level Run (Turnaround)	3:23 Normantown Elementary School
6:55 Cedarville Store	3:38 Mouth of Cedar Creek (Transfer Bus #70)
7:03 Leatherbark	3:50 Head of Spruce Run
7:20 Head of Bull Run (Turnaround)	4:00 Cedar Creek State Park
7:30 Cedar Creek State Park	4:10 Head of Bull Run
7:40 Head of Spruce Run	4:20 Head of Leatherbark
7:46 Mouth of Cedar Creek (Transfer #70)	4:32 Cedarville Store
8:10 Normantown Elementary School	4:38 Lower Level Run
Bus #63 James Hacker
MORNING	EVENING
6:50 Mouth of Cub Fork	3:15 Glenville Elementary School
6:53 Perkins Hill Bridge	3:25 Gilmer County High School
7:04 Hunter Run Road & Steer Creek	3:32 Brooklyn
7:07 Turn at Sherwoods	3:40 Camden Flats
7:19 Head of Steer Run (Jim Moss)	3:56 Normantown Elementary School
7:30 Mouth of Steer Run	3:58 Mouth of Steer Run
7:37 Normantown Elementary School	4:15 Turn at Sherwoods
7:53 Camden Flats	4:19 Hunter Run Road/Steer Creek
8:00 Brooklyn	4:25 Perkin’s Hill Bridge
8:05 Gilmer County High School	4:32 Cub Fork
8:10 Glenville Elementary School
Bus #70 Mike Hill
MORNING	EVENING
6:55 Head of Laurel Run	3:27 Gilmer County High School
7:06 Mouth of Flat Run	3:35 Mouth of Cedar Creek (Transfer Bus #56)
7:20 Mouth of Popular Lick	3:45 Grass Run (Transfer Bus #60)
7:35 Normantown Elementary School	3:50 Normantown Elementary School
7:42 Mouth of Grass Run (Transfer Bus #60)	4:10 Mouth of Poplar Lick
7:46 Mouth of Cedar Creek (Transfer Bus #56)	4:25 Laurel Run
8:05 Gilmer County High School	4:30 Flat Run
Bus #60 Virgil Meadows
MORNING	EVENING
6:41 Chestnut Lick	3:25 Normantown Elementary School
6:56 Mouth of Chestnut Lick	3:45 Mouth of Grass Run (Bus #70 Transfer)
7:06 Stumptown	4:00 Grass Run
7:16 Mouth of Owens Run	4:10 Normantown Elementary School
7:20 Normantown Elementary School	4:25 Mouth of Owens Run
7:36 Grass Run	4:35 Stumptown
7:42 Mouth of Grass Run (Bus #70 Transfers)	4:45 Mouth of Chestnut Lick
8:06 Normantown Elementary School	4:55 Chestnut Lick
TROY AREA
Bus #59 Kelvin Sprouse
MORNING	EVENING
6:50 Head of Big Run Road	3:30 Gilmer County High School
7:00 End of Coning’s Straight	3:45 Baldwin Church (Transfer Bus #55)
7:15 Troy Elementary School	4:00 Fink Creek Road
7:25 Head of Hemlock Road	4:08 Hemlock Road
7:35 Linn (Transfer Bus #55)	4:35 End of Coning’s Straight
8:01 Glenville Elementary School
8:07 Gilmer County High School
Bus #61 Sam Perrin
MORNING	EVENING
6:55 County Line on Route 9	3:30 Gilmer County High School
6:58 Route 9	3:33 Beverly Drive
7:08 Tanner Creek Road	3:50 Troy Elementary School
7:13 Jesse’s Run	4:10 Newberne
7:25 Newberne	4:20 Jesse’s Run
7:45 Troy Elementary School	4:25 Tanner Creek Road
8:05 Beverly Drive	4:35 Route 9
8:10 Gilmer County High School
Bus #55 Todd Stewart
MORNING	EVENING
6:30 Upper Horn Creek	3:25 Troy Elementary School
6:35 Cox’s Mills	3:45 Baldwin Church (Transfer Bus #59)
6:45 Auburn	3:55 Dowell
6:58 Lower Horn Creek	4:15 Cox’s Mills
7:15 Dowell	4:25 Auburn
7:36 Linn (Transfers with Bus #59)	4:35 Upper Horn Creek
7:45 Troy Elementary School
Revised 08.07.12 - Joe Frashure

Gilmer County Schools - Bus Schedules for 2012-13 School Year

 

GILMER COUNTY SCHOOLS BUS SCHEDULES 2012-2013
Run times are approximate and subject to change. All Students need to be at designated bus stop at least 10 minutes prior to scheduled pick up.
GLENVILLE AREA
Bus #65 Darrel Ramsey
MORNING	EVENING
7:10 County Line	3:15 Glenville Elementary School
7:20 Robert’s Service Center	3:25 Gilmer County High School
7:25 Mouth of Sinking Creek	3:33 Center St., Mineral Road, Sycamore
7:40 River Street	3:45 River Street
7:50 Sycamore	4:00 Mouth of Sinking Creek
7:55 Mineral Road	4:10 Robert’s Service Center
8:00 Gilmer County High School	4:20 County Line
8:10 Glenville Elementary School
Bus #57 John Isenhart
MORNING	EVENING
7:15 Trace Fork	3:15 Glenville Elementary School
7:25 Tanner School	3:18 Main Street (Elementary School Only)
7:37 Mouth of Third Run	3:20 Watch Me Grow Daycare
7:50 Gilmer County High School	3:25 Gilmer County High School
7:55 Main Street (Elementary School Only)	3:50 Mouth of Third Run
7:58 Watch Me Grow Daycare	3:55 Tanner School
8:05 Glenville Elementary School	4:00 Trace Fork
SAND FORK AREA
Bus #67 Glen Greathouse
MORNING	EVENING
6:45 Turkey Fork	3:20 Sand Fork Elementary School
6:48 Tolar Fork	3:30 Mouth of Gluck Run
7:05 Dusk Camp	3:40 Duck Run (Transfer Bus #66)
7:22 Low Gap	3:43 Duck Run
7:25 Edna Street	3:55 Sand Fork Elementary School
7:28 Sand Fork Elementary School	4:00 Edna Street
7:40 Duck Run	4:10 Low Gap
7:50 Gluck Run (Transfer Bus #66)	4:15 Turkey Fork
8:02 Sand Fork Elementary School	4:27 Tolar Fork
	4:34 Dusk Camp
Bus #66 Susie Kirkpatrick
MORNING	EVENING
6:55 Gilmer Straight	3:15 Gilmer County High School
7:00 Copen	3:40 Duck Run (Transfer Bus #67)
7:10 Stout’s Mills	3:45 Lynch Run
7:15 Head of Sliding	3:55 Marge Burke Bridge
7:20 Route 5	4:00 Sand Fork Elementary School
7:25 Sand Fork Elementary School	4:05 Route 5
7:30 Marge Burke Bridge	4:10 Head of Sliding
7:40 Lynch Run	4:15 Stout’s Mills
7:50 Appcon (Transfer Bus #67)	4:25 Copen
7:55 Glenville Elementary School	4:40 Gilmer Straight
8:05 Gilmer County High School
Bus #68 Tim White
MORNING	EVENING
7:11 Right Fork Ellis	3:10 Sand Fork Elementary School
7:25 Ellis	3:30 Gilmer County High School
7:45 Head of Joe’s Run	3:40 Glenville Elementary School
7:50 Sand Fork Elementary School	3:50 Sand Fork Elementary School
8:05 Gilmer County High School	4:00 Head of Joe’s Run
	4:20 Ellis
	4:30 Right Fork Ellis
Bus #62 Randy Hitt
MORNING	EVENING
7:05 Rocky Fork	3:30 Gilmer County High School
7:34 Indian Fork	3:35 Main Street (High School Only)
7:41 Upper Sand Fork (Bridge)	3:50 Sand Fork Elementary School
7:45 Mouth of Ellis	4:00 Mouth of Ellis
7:55 Sand Fork Elementary School	4:04 Upper Sand Fork (Bridge)
8:05 Main Street (High School Only)	4:11 Indian Fork
8:10 Gilmer County High School	4:35 Rocky Fork
NORMANTOWN AREA
Bus #64 Colin Hartshorn
MORNING	EVENING
6:50 Rosedale	3:30 Gilmer County High School
7:10 Head of Tanner (#4)	3:53 Normantown Elementary School
7:33 Aunt Minnie’s Farm	4:03 Route 33/119
7:38 Route 33/119	4:08 Aunt Minnie’s Farm
7:45 Normantown Elementary School	4:41 Mouth of Tanner (#4)
8:15 Gilmer County High School	4:51 Tanner
Bus #56 Dean Baringer
MORNING	EVENING
6:50 Lower Level Run (Turnaround)	3:23 Normantown Elementary School
6:55 Cedarville Store	3:38 Mouth of Cedar Creek (Transfer Bus #70)
7:03 Leatherbark	3:50 Head of Spruce Run
7:20 Head of Bull Run (Turnaround)	4:00 Cedar Creek State Park
7:30 Cedar Creek State Park	4:10 Head of Bull Run
7:40 Head of Spruce Run	4:20 Head of Leatherbark
7:46 Mouth of Cedar Creek (Transfer #70)	4:32 Cedarville Store
8:10 Normantown Elementary School	4:38 Lower Level Run
Bus #63 James Hacker
MORNING	EVENING
6:50 Mouth of Cub Fork	3:15 Glenville Elementary School
6:53 Perkins Hill Bridge	3:25 Gilmer County High School
7:04 Hunter Run Road & Steer Creek	3:32 Brooklyn
7:07 Turn at Sherwoods	3:40 Camden Flats
7:19 Head of Steer Run (Jim Moss)	3:56 Normantown Elementary School
7:30 Mouth of Steer Run	3:58 Mouth of Steer Run
7:37 Normantown Elementary School	4:15 Turn at Sherwoods
7:53 Camden Flats	4:19 Hunter Run Road/Steer Creek
8:00 Brooklyn	4:25 Perkin’s Hill Bridge
8:05 Gilmer County High School	4:32 Cub Fork
8:10 Glenville Elementary School
Bus #70 Mike Hill
MORNING	EVENING
6:55 Head of Laurel Run	3:27 Gilmer County High School
7:06 Mouth of Flat Run	3:35 Mouth of Cedar Creek (Transfer Bus #56)
7:20 Mouth of Popular Lick	3:45 Grass Run (Transfer Bus #60)
7:35 Normantown Elementary School	3:50 Normantown Elementary School
7:42 Mouth of Grass Run (Transfer Bus #60)	4:10 Mouth of Poplar Lick
7:46 Mouth of Cedar Creek (Transfer Bus #56)	4:25 Laurel Run
8:05 Gilmer County High School	4:30 Flat Run
Bus #60 Virgil Meadows
MORNING	EVENING
6:41 Chestnut Lick	3:25 Normantown Elementary School
6:56 Mouth of Chestnut Lick	3:45 Mouth of Grass Run (Bus #70 Transfer)
7:06 Stumptown	4:00 Grass Run
7:16 Mouth of Owens Run	4:10 Normantown Elementary School
7:20 Normantown Elementary School	4:25 Mouth of Owens Run
7:36 Grass Run	4:35 Stumptown
7:42 Mouth of Grass Run (Bus #70 Transfers)	4:45 Mouth of Chestnut Lick
8:06 Normantown Elementary School	4:55 Chestnut Lick
TROY AREA
Bus #59 Kelvin Sprouse
MORNING	EVENING
6:50 Head of Big Run Road	3:30 Gilmer County High School
7:00 End of Coning’s Straight	3:45 Baldwin Church (Transfer Bus #55)
7:15 Troy Elementary School	4:00 Fink Creek Road
7:25 Head of Hemlock Road	4:08 Hemlock Road
7:35 Linn (Transfer Bus #55)	4:35 End of Coning’s Straight
8:01 Glenville Elementary School
8:07 Gilmer County High School
Bus #61 Sam Perrin
MORNING	EVENING
6:55 County Line on Route 9	3:30 Gilmer County High School
6:58 Route 9	3:33 Beverly Drive
7:08 Tanner Creek Road	3:50 Troy Elementary School
7:13 Jesse’s Run	4:10 Newberne
7:25 Newberne	4:20 Jesse’s Run
7:45 Troy Elementary School	4:25 Tanner Creek Road
8:05 Beverly Drive	4:35 Route 9
8:10 Gilmer County High School
Bus #55 Todd Stewart
MORNING	EVENING
6:30 Upper Horn Creek	3:25 Troy Elementary School
6:35 Cox’s Mills	3:45 Baldwin Church (Transfer Bus #59)
6:45 Auburn	3:55 Dowell
6:58 Lower Horn Creek	4:15 Cox’s Mills
7:15 Dowell	4:25 Auburn
7:36 Linn (Transfers with Bus #59)	4:35 Upper Horn Creek
7:45 Troy Elementary School
Revised 08.07.12 - Joe Frashure