MAY 2003 NEWS
May 31 am Today is the big day for
Clay High Seniors. Today is Graduation time beginning at 10 am.
May 31 am The BOIL WATER ORDER
issued by Clay County PSD has been lifted. Drink, Sip, Bath time, brush
your teeth. And boy, brushing teeth with boiling hot water really hurt!
May 31 am Quiet clickers.
That's what it is here in Clayberry. Little is shaking and talk >
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tch for something to break loose
soon.
May 31 am Have a nice weekend.
New stuff added to the events page and a bunch more over on CLASSIFIED
too
May 31 am Clay Roane PSD leadership
has said time in and time out, we're cutting costs. Of course one
has to wonder how so much money can be spent in one month for mileage reimbursements.
Over 600 dollars?
May 31 am Of course, if you want
to talk reimbursements, over at the Health Dept., $8000 has been budgeted
for employee mileage reimbursements while only $1200 was budgeted for the
agency's 3 company vehicles for the whole darn year.
May 30 am That BOIL WATER ORDER
continues for Clay County PSD water customers in the Big Otter Ivydale
sections of the county.
May 30 am Years ago Grandparents
would often say after a missile launch or walk in outer space, "That's
the reason our weather is so messed up! They poked another hole in
the clouds!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The rain continues in Clayberry with most baseball
games canceled over the last 6 weeks or so.
May 30 am Remember, the Communicator
is not coming out today but instead TUESDAY!!
May 30 am Put your thinking hats
on. Remember back last fall, the first part of December when CAEZ tried
to sell the filter making equipment of FIlcon Manufacturing? They went
after and thought they had secured a court order allowing for the same?
Only later did they get a butt chewing from Judge Alsop for their actions.
During Court time Judge Alsop openly questioned the legality of the auction!
Back during the cold Dec morning, the auction was canceled due to the legal
issues.
May 30 am Here's the news, Last
week an auction of Filcon equipment was announced by the Roane County Sheriff
Todd Cole for June 9th. Sure looks like, if they couldn't get it
sold in this county by this Circuit Court system, they just move it to
another!
May 29 pm How about an afternoon
update clickers
May 29 pm First, Don't go running
to the newsstand FRiday afternoon to buy your Communicator. It won't be
there. We're holding it up until Tuesday! Tuesday. Someone please tell
Johnny Wooooofter and Norman Wilson please. That's Tuesday. The delay could
be because we're tired and lazy or.....
May 29 pm We won't to get new stuff
in like, This morning Judge Evans sentenced Tattoo Vince Golosow
to his natural life behind bars. Vince spoke and said he did NOT
kill his friend Judd Reid. But then it gets good. After sentencing and
with a crowd waiting outside the back glass door of the Roane County Courthouse,
Vince got some words in.
May 29 pm With 12 gauge armed Correctional
Officers everywhere, Vince was just inside the glass door. He was looking
directly and the look was not a happy one as the lady beside the ace cub
reporter understood what Vince was saying, Vince said, " I'm going to eat
that M.F.er!" Now who was he talking about? Full details in this coming
Tuesday's Communicator including a photo of the "look" that will
send chills up your back!
May 29 pm Hey one other note from
the Vince saga. Remember back during jury deliberations, the jury was out
all of Friday evening and Saturday and Monday trying to make a decision?
While Vince sat there waiting to hear his fate, Vince, read the Communicator!.
Pretty Cool!
May 29 pm Tonight is a specially
called Solid Waste Meeting at their Main Street Clay digs. There's a public
hearing at 5 followed by a regular Board meeting at 6. Be there or be square
May 29 pm And one final post from
Golosow's sentencing this morning, Vince said he planned to appeal the
decision!
May 29am BOIL WATER ORDER
CONTINUES FOR BIG OTTER AND IVYDALE AREAS Boil it before using!
May 29 am Don't forget, tonight
is the big water meeting for those 78% of the county without "city" water
service. See EVENTS page for details
May 29 am And the rains came last
night along with lots of thunder. The potato cart was certainly upended.
May 29 am Congressional Shelly
Moore Capito made her way to the Clayberry Courthouse Thursday afternoon.
Nothing formal and no nice big checks handed out. Capito told the 25 or
so in attendance her agenda in Congress and politely listened to funding
ideas from locals. Specifically she spoke on developing the Maysel Park
and how the Park could be an economic boost for the county.
May 29 am For our Widen WV clickers,
this one is for you. Ms Capito also heard about the need for funding
for Widen to have safe clean drinking water. For those that don't know,
up hill from Widen flows 2 million gallons of fresh clean ready to drink
water. Rick Proctor and others have been working on funding to tap into
this water supply so Widenettes can be provided potable wa wa. About three
Springs ago, our County Health Dept. witnessed raw sewage running down
the streets of Widen and most likely back into the water wells. Yuck
Yuck.
May 29 am Over on our ADVISORY page
is the posting on the $175,000 + coming into Clay compliments of Legislative
Budget Digest funding. Roane County was a big winner in the give away.
Click on the Roane
Times/Record web page for details.
May 29 am Tattoo Vince Golosow heads
back into the Court room this morning at 9 for sentencing.
May 29 am As for the Town
of Clay Election June 10th, there's been a change. All voting will be done
at the Clay Fire House contrary to published reports in that little paper
over in Clay said. For those interested in elections, keep your eyes
open. Have you noticed all the King Arthur for Mayor signs disappearing
around town? One day they're up, the next day, nothing left but the wooden
stack.
May 29 am This last week of the
month is pretty dead as far as public meeting coverage. But of course there's
always something going on like last Sunday evening a little after 8 pm
when scanner listeners heard a call come in on a domestic altercation at
Becky and Bobby Burdette's house on Elkhearst Road. Bobby is the Chief
Water Operator at the Procious Water Plant. Now real details came over
the scanner but Becky was seen afterwards sporting a big black eye.
She may have bumped into a door knob of course.
May 29 am Our crime spree continued
last weekend as the Clay High Driver's Ed car was vandalized and a passenger
side window broke out.
May 29 am And has been the case
for the last three weeks or so, field trips, movies, bowling alley trips,
days off for good test scores, trips to ball games, the entire educational
process shut down over a month ago as the SAT 9 testing concluded. Clay
High Graduation is slated for this Saturday morning.
May 29 am In this Friday's Communicator
we've got the salaries of the COurthouse employees plus those from the
Ambulance Service. Paper should be out around 4 pm Friday.
May 28 am Ivydale and Big Otter
water customers of Clay County PSD, a BOIL WATER ORDER has been issued.
May 28 am Yesterday afternoon sometime
after 4pm a water main popped near the Cash camp on Elk River. Only after
walking the line was the break discovered. Customers in that section of
the service area have been out of wa wa since then.
May 28 am For your protection a
BOIL WATER ORDER has been issued for Big Otter and Ivydale areas until
further notice!!!
May 28 am Down below in the posting
on Police Chief Butcher doing a nice dead for a young stranger, we got
the name wrong. The correct name for the wayward hitchhiker, the recipient
of Clayberry's niceness is: Edward Danneman Hernandez.
May 28 am Remember the street fight
May 21st. Cash vs Hilderbrand? Just got word that Orville Hilderbrand
received an eviction notice last Saturday from his Main Street
Clay home.
May 28 am Over in Minor League action,
Procious has won every game and most of them by double digit figures!
May 28 am With Spring over and Summer
approaching fast, we've posted our last entry on the SPRING 2003 section
of the PHOTO link. Check out the beautiful and quite rare lady slippers
near the bottom.
May 28 am More shots have
been added to the This and That section on the PHOTO page. Enjoy.
May 28 am Have you been watching
the TOwn of Clay Election action? Incumbent Mayor King Arthur has
this small little signs stuck here and there. Unfortunately for King Arthur,
they're disappearing quicker than he can put them up. His opponent Glen
Nichols has much bigger and more colorful posters stuck in several yards
around town. The election is June 10th.
May 28 am It is anticipated that
many municipal residents will come out and vote this time around. Three
elections ago, locals were NOT notified of the election until AFTER election
day!
May 27 am It's hard
to believe that we're almost ready to complete the fifth month of the year.
You know what time it is? It's time to remove strawberry blossoms, plant
sweet potatoes, harvest asparagus, turn the compost and cut that **^!!
grass again
May 27 am About 99% of the
time, we give people double H at this site, mostly dumb bunny leaders and
politicians. Here's a change, a nice story for once
May 27 am A young, California
native, Andrew Hernandez hitch hiked into Clay, Sunday, mid day.
Since May 3rd he had used his thumb to make it from Los Angeles on his
way to Lancaster PA. He he was penniless and stinky tired. His feet were
bleeding. Town Cop Butcher spotted him, checked him out via the radio (
no warrants against him), and figured out this guy needed some help.
May 27 am Butcher got the 20 something
kid a room in town and set out to find him some traveling money. By Monday
mid day, over $200 had been rounded up including a Greyhound ticket ($103.00)
to Lancaster. Butcher, after feeding him breakfast at his own table,
drove the now cleaned up Hernandez including new clean socks over doctored
up feet, to the Greyhound station in Charleston. The place was closed down!!!!!!!!
Butcher tried the police station to no avail and finally came upon the
men's shelter at the Union Mission. The Minister there agreed to get the
fellow to the bus station when the place reopened and agreed to give him
the traveling $ ONLY when Hernandez stepped on the bus.
May 27 am According to Hernandez,
he had slept beside roadways , under bridges, and in culverts along the
way. and , he had never seen such generosity as he saw in Clayberry. Who
gave to the cause besides Buckshot Butcher? John Osborne's Church, Danny
Sizemore, Don Grey's family, Jim and Kathy Knotts, and Delta Corporation.
May 27 am Nice to know all of Clayberry
doesn't wait for a homeless guy to get killed before donating to
his cause.
May 27 am And who else was
the other big winner this past weekend? Clay County's Mack Samples of course!
Samples won the Vandalia Award in Charleston during the 27th Annual Vandalia
Gathering. Most remember Samples as the long time WVU Extension Agent in
the county and darn good fiddle player to boot.
May 27 am Samples was the guy that
took on corruption at Glenville College which cost him his
administrative position. Later, during a media frenzy which exposed the
dirty under belly of Glenville administration, it was apparent, Samples
stood his principles and paid the cost of doing such but came out on top
at the end!
May 27 am Samples received the top
award for his year's of dedicated service in preserving traditional life
and music in West Virginia. Mack and his band, the Samples Brothers, can
be heard each and every Friday on Clay FM.
May 27 am So much for all that nice
sweat crap, back to life in Clayberry....
May 27 am Since this is the
fifth week of the month, few public meetings are planned. BUT, on the Thursday,
Clay County PSD is holding a meeting for all the foot draggers who haven't
signed up for water service or haven't signed their contracts for
water service. Without the signatures, the long awaited Lizemore, Fola,
Tucker's Bottom water line extension project cannot go to bid.
May 27 am Behind the scenes, some
are worried locals will decide not to accept "city" water service due to
high costs and the many boil water orders experienced by those already
hooked up to water service. That Special meeting notice can be found over
on t he EVENTS page, this site.
May 26 pm On Saturday we noted
that we too were taking a holiday and there wouldn't be new postings until
the 27th, this can't wait.
May 26 Here in Clayberry we're covered
with arson, people taking rocks and beating Joey Crow nearly too death,
Murder Mountain, and even a dead body showing up half buried last Oct.
Last night, at closing time, Mildred Bullard was closing her Maysel Exxon
station down for the night and with the money bag in hand, was near her
car. A man came up, pushed her inside the car and ran off with the money
bag containing a big wad of cash. Fortunately, Ms Bullard wasn't hurt and
cops reacted pretty quick.
May 26 pm Here's the way it
looks right now: Two people were waiting in the tall grass near the church
near Bullard's Exxon. After stealing the loot ( over $5000), they high
tailed it away in their vehicle. Green Shirts have one guy in custody on
charges relating to a Kanawha County burglary. Sources close say he may
be half the thug team in the Bullard's heist last night.
May 26 pm OK Clayberry, here's
our chance to shine. Over on the ADVISORY page is a posting of a family
in real need after a fire took everything they owned.
May 26 pm Now we'll get back to
holidaying until Tuesday sometime!
May 24 pm Greetings Saturday mornings
clickers of the news page. With the sun out and cool temps, Memorial
Day weekend is looking beautiful in Clayberry land. We're taking
a couple days off. Unless there is some big hairy emergency, expect no
new postings until Tuesday morning early. Enjoy your time off and dry weather
while it lasts.
May 24 pm $175,500.00 just got appropriated
for Clayberry. The Budget Digest funds will trickle into the county during
photo ops over the next 6 months or so. The winners of the grab are posted
over on the ADVISORY page.
May 24 pm Before calling it quits
for a couple of days.....
May 24 pm Over at Clay Middle School
and as the year comes to a close: Sherry Sizemore won the Principles Award;
Jamie Kearns names Class Salutatorian; And Golden Horseshoe winners are
Sherry Sizemore, Jamie Kearns, and Rikki Taylor. For our High
School Seniors, Friday was their last test and they are out the door. Graduation
Ceremony is Next Saturday morning, a week from today.
May 24 pm Needing water service?
There is a special meeting next week for folks hoping to get water service
and live in the Fola, Lizemore, Indore areas of the county. See EVENTS
page for more.
May 24 pm Last Thursday evening
Clay Roane PSD met in regular session. Nothing too wild and no yelling
or gnashing of teeth. But, still some interesting stuff.
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PSD has been tightening its belt and reducing
costs. Debt load has gone down. Some things like employee $ and overtime
spending are tougher to handle. Here's an example. After some strong questioning
from in attendance Commissioner Peter Triplett, it came to light, 44 hours
of overtime was paid to employees in April. 44 hours is less than
paid the month earlier. Isn't that nice? BUT, during that same
period, 177 hours was paid to part time water operators meaning the part
timers are logging a bunch of extra work time. Much more than what 32 hour
a week max. part timers had been receiving. Sort of the shell game. Same
dollars , just in a different line item.
May 24 pm Even more concerning is:
The Procious Water Plant is now pumping over 19 hours per day. Our WV PSC
told Clay Roane PSD ( owners of the Procious water plant) to keep the water
pumping times down around 16 hours per day or risk funding for water line
extensions projects and the WV Health Dept. permits that allow such water
line extension projects. With pump times hovering at 19 hours a day, Clay
Roane is risking another moratorium on new water service!
May 24 pm In addition to paying
for gasoline for the company truck, a bunch of money is being paid out
for mileage expenses to employees. With that figure around $500 per month,
Clay Roane PSd could justify a monthly payment for a new company truck!
May 24 Remember back three years
ago, under Mayor Joyce Gibson, when the Town of Clay had to borrow $50,000
just to keep the doors open and stay out of bankruptcy? That loan came
due in April 2003. Official word came yesterday, .... thru some artful
wording by current Town Recorder Betty Murphy, that $50,000 has been forgiven.
The Town does NOT have to pay it back!!!!
May 24 pm And a note
on another PSD in Clayberry. Back three weeks ago, Clay County PSD presented
paperwork to our County Commission. The Office Manager told the three blind
mice, the paperwork was the long awaited 2002 Clay County PSD Annual Audit.
An official audit is needed from each PSD in the county before any
plants can be built, any water line extensions can begin or for that matter,
the PSDs could be consolidated.
May 24 pm That Audit was not an
audit but rather a WV Public Service Commission mandated annual report.
Each PSD was told over 18 months ago by Gert Bakker from the PSC, an annual
report is just a compilation of number and is NOT an audit and would NOT
serve as the mandated audit. Will we ever learn?
May 23 am Oh Yes, we ought to be
talking about all the meeting action from Thursday BUT here's the good
stuff We've got a new lawsuit in the County. Yum Yum
May 23 am Coming back armed
for action is none other than the rotund one, the Mayor of Ivydale, Wide
Glide himself, Earnie Sirk ably aided by attorney of note, Jerome Novobilski.
May 23 am And who is the victim
of the onslaught from the troublemaker? None other than our favorite, away
from public scrutiny, social service provider, Clay Development Corp, CDC.
May 23 am After licking his wounds
from the first thumpin in the courts where Sirk was his own attorney, the
round one came back yesterday afternoon around 2 pm with Novobilski doing
the paperwork , armed in a much more professional manner.
May 23 am This time around, none
of the family clan, insider angled, and bickering stuff. Jerome left all
that behind and went for the heart, the by laws of CDC. According to the
paperwork filed, Jerome has discovered some real problems with the way
the CDC handled the last general membership meeting where Earnie Sirk was
tossed from power. The meeting that came on the heals of the firing of
one of CDCs clan leaders.
May 23 am One time Czar of CDC,
Sirk is alleging his removal was done contrary to by law requirements and
seeks his spot back on the agency membership roles and the Board of Directors.
He has also asked the courts to prevent the CDC from conducting any further
business until a hearing and decision is made!
May 23 am Who's Sirk going
after? Who's getting served by the Sheriff's office? None other than CDC
Executive Director Betty " No Stranger to the Courtroom" Stalnaker and
Board members: Eunice Thomas, Peter Triplett, Gary Whaling, Reva Whaling,
Sharon Mullins, Kathleen Morris, Jimmy Duffield, Janie Patterson, Della
Rider, Teenie Taylor, Ralph Lane, Maxine Lane, and other unnamed individual
Board members. Just about everybody is named in the Petition for
Injunction except Francis Sutton.
May 23 am No word yet on a hearing
date. We'll keep you posted clickers.
May 23 am Sometime late tonight
we'll provide the update on yesterday's County Commission and Clay Roane
PSD meeting. And no, for some reason, our Solid Waster Authority did not
meet as scheduled last night.
May 23 am One other note. Lynn Drake
had a small camping trailer parked up on family land in the Northern end
of the county. Sometime in the last few days, the trailer was stolen. The
thieves even took the cinder blocks the rotten ole box was setting on!
Drake is after the thugs and has given them a couple days to bring the
property back to where it belongs. Drake is threatening to go sit on who
ever took her trailer. Clickers, if you know who took the camper, warn
them right away, no one would want Lynn Drake sitting on them!!! Be warned!
May 22 am Today at 2 our illustrious
County Commissioners meet. Action will include a public hearing ( 2pm)
on what Small Cities Block Grant $ to ask for; paying for fire department
insurance in the county; and presentations from the Clay County Bank
and Bank of Gassaway on best deals for taxpayer funds.
May 22 am Around 6 pm our Solid
Waste Authority meets on the top floor of the King Office complex on Main
Street ( formally King Jewelry Store). With cash on hand, watch for some
spending action
May 22 am Later at 7 pm today is
the always fun to watch Clay Roane PSD meeting held at the CDC building
on Main Street. Boardster Glen Sutton has asked for some secret time. Some
residents that live near the Procious water plant are all up in arms after
Clay Roane workers asked a select few in the area if they want water service
and forgot to ask others. Should be fun.
May 22 am CCHS Dance team try outs,
see ADVISORY page.
May 22 am As a follow up to
the scam going around over financial aid packages for college bound high
school students, Yelp, got our first email from a MOM in the Bomont area
of the county. Be ware clickers
May 22 am As a follow up to the
street fight heard by scanner listeners last night. According to Magistrate
Court records, the two arrested were Jerry Cash II and Orville Hilderbrand
who is being held behind bars on battery, obstructing on officer, and providing
alcohol to a minor. Cash was arrested on obstructing an officer and
released on $1000 surety bond. Piecing it together, sounds like,
two drunks got into a fight in front of the DHHR building, cops came,
Cash ran in drunken circles until Tpr Bailey caught him. Later at the Courthouse,
Hilderbrand made a dash for it but was caught at the bottom of the Courthouse
steps.
May 22 am As an update on the recent
fire at the Amma State Road garage, minor, something about the bathroom
fan catching fire.
May 22 am The years of free
education have closed for Clay High seniors. They are free to go and multiply
as they see fit.
May 22 am During Monday night's
School Board meeting, Superintendent Jerry Linkinnoooooggggger said the
SAT 9 scores are back. After much massaging and misfiguring, watch for
yet another glowing report of stunning improvements in the near future.
One of the neat tricks Clay ( as well as other counties) works: always
refer to percentile scores instead of actual performance attained. Don't
look for any indicators of areas needing improvement... that wouldn't look
nice
May 22 am Got a nice chocolate
colored lab for sale over on the CLASSIFIED page. Earl Mc Cune is selling
a dandy truck topper too.
May 21 am We've got a scam
going around the county. This one is targeting high school age students
and gaining financial assistance for college. One of our readers who is
also a college professor alerted us to this: "Special Invitation " from
Edifi
about College Financial aid
targeting 9th and 10th graders. No real details or address, just
a phone number. I suspect others in the county received this invitation
as well. This is basically a scam...... "... number of students
who have received a letter from an organization called Edifi College
Financial Aid Services and asked to attend an informational meeting
regarding financial aid and college scholarships. At the end of the presentation,
the organization offers to fill out financial aid forms and secure scholarships
for students if the student/family pays an $800 fee. Please be aware that
financial aid assistance is required to be
provided to students FREE
of charge and there are many FREE resources available to students as they
are filling out financial aid applications and applying for scholarships
..." It does not cost to apply for financial aid at colleges.
WVU-Tech, WVU, WV State, Glenville
State,.... any of our state colleges will be happy to help students
and families apply at no charge.
May 20 am And con artists are working
the Clay Calhoun County areas. This one targets senior citizens with two
men working posing as contractors, force their way into a home and
then burglarize the near defenseless seniors. For details ask Marlyn Starcher
about his aunt's experience! From over in Calhoun County, click CON
MEN AT WORK.
May 20 am Yesterday evening
around 6:10 Town Chief of Police Buckshot Butcher was seen tearing thru
Two Run responding to a 911 call of a Cash and Keener subjects fighting
on the back street of Clay. Dispatcher made some mention of a stabbing.
Later last evening the two were still at the Magistrate's office awaiting
their fate.
May 20 am Today at 1pm, Clay Development
Corp will hold their monthly Board of Directors meeting beginning at 1
. Now open to the public.
May 20 pm Lets talk about important
stuff. No not water, rain, war, or dumbarss politicians. Lets talk about
FOOD. We've got a new place to eat in Clayberry. Last friday evening
Godfather's Pizza opened at Lizemore. The pizza end of the business is
open from 11 to 8pm daily. Ed Blake from Fayetteville bought the old Exxon
business there and added the Godfathers part. They also have a fresh Deli
section to boot.
May 20 pm You might want to talk
to Mr. Blake the next time he's in town, he owns a Taco Bell deal in other
counties. Wouldn't that be nice to have close at hand!
May 20 pm Last night the Health
dept. Board of Directors met. The meeting was originally scheduled for
last Wed but was canceled due to lack of quarrel, I mean lack of quorum.
May 20 pm This one's for Ann A.,
during the Health Dept. meeting it was announced that Boardster Joretta
Gray, who hasn't attended a meeting for over 9 months, is bailing out.
Melody Reed will be her replacement after the County Commission OKs
the appointment. Also already bailed out, Kim Thomas. Ms Thomas lead the
charge to get local employees under civil service protection. That change
gave many employees a boost in $ and protection four years ago.
May 20 pm Last night was pay
raise time for all employees of the Health Dept. except for the four nurses
that got HEFTY pay raises recently. As a result of the raises, the new
year budget, approved last night as well, will be $6000.00 in the red.
May 20 pm The Health Dept. building
roof has been leaking for years. Repeatedly Jack Fields has been on the
flat roof dumping buckets of tar to stop the dripping. The plan was
to cough up $50,000 and replace the entire roof this Spring. Not going
to happen since finding asbestos in the old roof covering. Instead, a roofing
company will be covering the old junk with a new layer of protection and
leave the asbestos where it is.
May 20 pm Tomorrow is the
Clay Development Corp meeting (CDC) beginning at 1 pm. Should be fun and
remember, the CDC meetings are once again open to the public. Thursday
is the County Commission meeting at 2 as well as the Clay Roane gang meeting
at 7 pm on May 22. Will post agenda items for those gatherings prior to
event.
May 20pm Go get a good PIZZA for
a change!!
May 19 am Hello Monday morning,
does anyone think we'll see sunshine today? The car caravan leaves out
at noon in route to Charleston to shoot all weathermen down there
May 19 am Late Sunday afternoon
and heard over the scanner, a building at the State Road garage near the
Amma exit of I 79 caught fire. By 7pm, 911 made the call to all surrounding
fired departments to bring water. By 7:40 last night, the call came in,
the fire was out and all responders could head back home. No word as of
yet on how much damage or cause.
May 19 am Got something pretty cool
to show you, no not the nude Florida beach either! topozone offer
nifty topographic maps of the entire country over the web. The following
link is set for locations in Clayberry. Once there you can go use
the back button to refine your search for specific items. Click THAT'S
WHERE I LIVE
May 19 am So who was up last night
running down the kids with loud mufflers? Buckshot and Deputy Rider. Time:
11:36 with a tan pick up heading toward Maysel with straight pipes.
May 19 am Rain Rain Rain.
Many around the county are still cleaning up after creeks came out of their
banks during the annual wash them bottles, bags, and diapers down the Elk
River Spring Rains.
May 19 am Today is Frank Fields
funeral over at Wilson Funeral Home at 1pm. Fields was 95 years old at
the time of his death Saturday and served as Sheriff back in the early
70's during a time when the county didn't even furnish a cruiser for the
Sheriff or lone deputy, Johnny Wooooofter. Soon into Frank Fields first
term of office, Clayberry got it's first brand new Plymouth cruisers, one
blue, the other green. Also during his term in office, Clay County came
into the real world with a breathalyzer and radar gun.
May 19 am Sheriff Frank Fields was
the no nonsense type of professional that the crooks knew to pay attention
to. Story goes that on several occasions, Fields would call up the bad
guys or send word to them, to come on in. They did too. Today, another
chapter of Clayberry history comes to a close.
May 19 am Tonight is a School
Board meeting , 6 pm, at Clay High. It'll be interesting to see if there
is any discussion on how much time Scott Legg will be on the Graduation
Ceremony stage. Seems the High School kids decided to have Buck Davis be
the speaker for the exercises but with the School Board jawboneing a bunch,
Mr Davis has been limited to just a few minutes.
May 19 am We'll keep you posted
as the week goes along. Check back often and tell a friend.
May 18 am Frank Fields, see FUNERAL
page
May 18 am Around the county locals
are checking out their windows and doors to see if that little creek has
turned into a dangerous raging ribbon of danger just waiting to destroy
something. The rain continued all thru Saturday and Saturday night.
May 18 am In the way of a weekend
wrap up, the word is rain. Seems like everyday this week, we saw either
down pours and high wind or high wind and down pours.
May 18 am Johnny Woooofter was carted
off to the hospital this week in the back of an ambulance. Our sidewalk
superintendent made it out of there alive and said he had just gone in
for an oil change and had the nurses check his valves while there.
May 18 am The Town of Clay received
their recently donated Ford cruiser compliments of Clay Auto Parts.
May 18 am The Town of Clay election
is heating up nicely. In Friday's edition of the Communicator came a paid
political ad that should turn up the political flame to 350 degrees. Pick
up a copy soon.
May 18 am The big talk around the
political circles: Who do the big boys in Charleston want as Town Mayor
and Council? We now know, without their chosen ones in office, all
the water line extension projects and plant upgrades are down the tubes.
May 18 am One guy explained it best
this week. That guy said the big cheezes in Charleston don't want anybody
in office up here. Instead, they just want to run the whole smear without
any local input.
May 18 am As of late late Saturday
night, we heard no car wrecks, or injuries relating to Clay High Prom activities.
Good!
May 17 pm Of course Trick or Treat
Night is the best night to listen to police scanners but tonight comes
in a strong second. Tonight is PROM night for Clay High School kids. Today
all the little girls are getting the nails done, hair rolled and curled,
maybe one last trip to the tanning bed at Sally's, maybe even one
of those facial deals. For the pimple faced boys, get the car cleaned up,
pick up the tux, beg Mom for extra $$, pick up the corsage, buy some condoms.
Tonight is the night of dreams.
May 17 pm For County
Cops, Prom night is a night of work. Don't forget to turn up the volume
night on your scanner. If you're wanting to hear our 100 year old Sheriff's
Dept., tune 460.125 When that drag race goes bad or some other
stupid antic goes sour, listen to our ambulance service channel: 453.125
May 17 pm Laurel Creek was
stocked when some nice big trout Thursday May 15. Even with all the
heavy rains, Laurel is still pretty clear and nearly dry. Easy pickins
for the angler this weekend.
May 16 pm Hold your horses!!!!!!!!!!!
The Communicator is NOT coming out until saturday morning. It's 20 pages
of news and views and Not the usual hum drum 16. Sorry for the delay but
it'll be worth it.
May 16 pm For those planing
to fish the Elk this weekend, forget it. The River is thick enough to plow.
Forget the side waters too.
May 16 am Go away rain! You've
been around for a week straight it seems. The cabbage doesn't need another
drop
May 16 am 150 years ago, here in
Appalachia as well in Africa and elsewhere, last night's lunar eclipse
would have brought out the drums and fires to ward off the evil spirits.
Last night as the sky darkened, we continued to sit in front of the boob
tube and be bored.
May 16 am Yesterday's mock disaster
drill at Clay High was canceled due to ##!! rain
May 16 am For the most part, the
rain held off long enough to get a double header in as Clay 13-14 year
olds put it to Summersville. First game was secured with the 10 run rule!
GO CLAY
May 16 am For those arrogant folks
with DSL service from Citizen's Tele Co... bite me! DSL is still a dream
in the Maysel area and been on hold for months. COME ON CHUCK D.
HELP US OUT!
May 16 am Clay County Schools catch
on to playing a game real quick. Just a few weeks back we finished SAT
9 testing for the last time. So corrupted was the testing and results,
the State School Board tossed the whole thing out and replaced the SAT
9 with a new measurement tool (Test) requiring some thinking.
May 16 am Yesterday, Clay students
finished taking a practice test for the new and improved version which
comes on line next year. We just had to get a peek as did 51 counties
in WV!
May 16 am The Communicator
should hit the news stands around 4 today. 20 pages, count them, 20 pages
of action packed news and views found no where else. Front page is an interview
with Ambulance Service Director Mitzie Adkins. We've also got the wrap
up on the Tattoo Vince murder trial, the details on how the TOwn's June
10th Election may affect water service in both Clay and Roane Counties;
and a whole bunch more for just 50 cents!!
May 15 am Roy Tom Wilkerson, see
FUNERAL page.
May 15 am Remember when cars
were made of heavy steel, big chrome bumpers and such? Many seniors think
those old cars are safer than the new light weight plastic things on the
road today. Yesterday afternoon, 2:30pm, on Rt. 4, at the mouth of Elkhearst
Rd, we can prove those ole timers wrong.
May 15 am A greenish colored GM
car smashed into one of those new SUVs causing the SUV to roll at least
a couple times and end up on its side in the middle of the road. The vehicle
was totaled to say the least. Here's the news, the female driver and her
3 week old infant made it thru the wreck unharmed!.
May 15 am Last night's Bd
of Health Meeting was canceled due to lack of quorum ( lack of quarrel
as we say here in Clayberry). The groups gazillion dollar state law mandated
annual budget was to have been approved at the meeting along with other
important stuff.
May 15 am Earlier in the day three
Boardsters, a quorum, said they were planning to attend. We're not
sure which three that would have been but Joretta Gray hasn't attended
a meeting in 9 months!
May 15 am While discussin
Dubbya's Oil war, had a guy say, " The war is over and we won big. Get
over it!" Many in this county felt the war was wrong and merely a
grab by big business to gain Iraq's oil reserves. Now with Haliburton in
charge of the sand, those desenters may have been right.
May 15 am Since 9/11 and since Ashcroft's
reign of terror began, there has been a steady decline in Constitutional
rights along with a serious decline in the unbiased reporting of such in
the mogul controlled media. Many of those that have spoken out against
Dubya have been labeled communists and ostracized by friends and government
alike. Tim Robbins spoke out on this subject at the Washington DC Press
Club this month. His comments are now posted over on the ADVISORY page.
May 15 am Fellows have you
been good this year? Real good? Check out the nice V-8 inboard powered
boat over on the CLASSIFIED page. Need some work? Can you do concrete work?
Walk over to the CLASSIFIED page for details.
May 15 am Here it is Clayberry,
Florida's Nude Beach. Ladies, this one is for you too! To see for
yourself, click Nice Ones!
May 15 am Looks around now. I bet
everybody else at your school, or the courthouse, the library, just
viewed the same site you did. Gotcha
May 14 am Lets get some quickie
stuff out of the way. This evening is the quarterly meeting of the Clay
County Bd of Health. Fairly light agenda with action beginning at
7 ( we think)
May 14 am Want to know the
key players and a brief background of each in the Gov. Wise got caught
with his pants down saga? Click BACKGROUND
May 14 am And of course there
are the usual sharks circling about in the political waters of WV calling
Gov. Wise Bob Clinton Wise. Click SCALP
HIM NOW
May 14 am Now back to Clayberry......
May 14 am We've added new
pictures from the HE White Ramp Feed and new stuff on the This and That
sections of the PHOTO link, this site.
May 14 am How about it Ivydale residents?
Is Superintendent Linkinnnoooooggger doing the right thing by closing the
door to buying the land right beside Ivydale Elem., the Douglas property?
The plan has always been to close down your school and promises have been
made to build another school somewhere else. BUT with finances as
they are, what's the chances for such anytime soon? $20,000 is pretty cheap
for the five lot parcel. Wouldn't a larger playground be nice for your
kids?
May 14 am Poop was floating around
Clay's Primary Health Clinic yesterday as sewers backed up big time. Calls
came in to Town Hall for help.
May 14 am We'll print Clay Roane
PSd's newly approved $344,200.00 operating budget in this Friday's Communicator.
When you look real close, things don't appear to realistic. One such area
is in the amount of water to be purchased from the Town of Clay. If our
ciphering adds up, they plan to purchase more water than the pumps can
pump. Also this Friday are the salaries of the Clay Roane PSD operation.
May 14 am Also in the next
edition is Clay County PSD's 2003-2004, $257,568.00 budget.
May 14 am Looks like the June 10th
Town election is about to heat up. We've got a dandy paid political ad
for Friday's edition that is pretty durn eye opening.
May 13 am How often do we hear stuff
like this," I apologize deeply to the people of the state for my actions....
I believe in accountability...... I was not faithful to my family..."
Those are some of the words from Gov. Bob Wise as his extra marital affair
became public yesterday. For our international clickers, here's the entire
story from the Charleston Daily Mail, click PANTS
DOWN
May 13 am An apology and Poof,
all OK.
May 13 am Don't miss this morning's
Clay County PSD meeting which begins at 10am in the basement of the old
Courthouse.
May 13 am Mark your calendars for
this Thursday night between 9:15 and 11pm. We got a full eclipse
of the moon. Get out away from the boob tube and catch the action on you
front porch.
May 13 am Our Clay's Junior League
baseball team is off to a great start this year. Last night the 13 - 14
year olds put it all over the Braxton County team 24 to 2. Ever hear of
three outs in one play? Happened last night. Braxton on 1st, Braxton on
third. Pop Up. 3rd baseman Jesse snags it ( that's the first out) as the
guy on first heads to 2nd. With the guy standing on 2nd and making no attempt
to go back to 1st, Jesse throws to first, out #2. Guy on third tries to
make it home. Didn't happen as 1st baseman Trinity accurately throws home.
Out # 3. Now that's the way to shorten an inning on a cold rainy Monday
night!
May 13 am We've got some parents
in the county mad over the school system not informing them when
serious health issues hit the schools. Scarlatina is the scare now. According
to medical dictionaries, Scarlatina is an acute, contagious, childhood
bacterial disease and is more commonly known as Scarlet Fever and is contagious
for two weeks after an outbreak. Even on less serious stuff like head lice
and pink eye, rarely are notices given parents in many of Clayberry's Elem.
schools.
May 12 am Greetings early morning
clickers around the world. Here in Clayberry and in surrounding counties,
we've has one heck of a weekend of heavy down pours and flooding on Saturday
followed by 60 mile an hour winds on Sunday.
May 12 am In less than a month,
we'll know who our next Town Mayor and Council will be. Around Town, little
campaign cards are showing up on bulletin boards and printed signs as well
for Glen Nichols who's running for mayor. Incumbent Arthur Jarrett is handing
out white campaign hats while Council person Sally Legg is starting to
put up some small but colorful posters.
May 12 am Last night the Clay
Middle School Band made it back from the Pittsburgh weekend trip around
11pm. All safe and no reports of major problems. Seems the hit of the weekend
was the trip to Kennywood amusement park where roller coasters with 100
foot drops were the rage.
May 12 am Something's going
on at Elvis Dawson's home. Over the last several years Dawson has erected
big plywood signs in his front yard proclaiming the ill worth of Mary Starcher.
Two weeks ago, the long standing feud between Elvis and Davis Starcher
turned bloody with a gunshot wound to Starcher.
May 12 am If you drive by Dawson's
home now, the signs have all been changed. Now painted in blues are patriotic
themes of supporting the troops. Is the feud over? Don't count on
it. We'll keep you posted
May 11 am If your Mother is
still with you, go kiss her, hug her, tell her you love her. For those
that have passed on, today is a day to remember. Those reflections
often include a tear for words that were never spoken to the woman that
made us possible.
May 11 am Before the weekly wrap-up,
yesterday, storms raced thru the county with the Elk and tributaries
rising ever so fast. Near Big Otter, car wrecks with the roadway covered
with backed up water in several places. Ducks were seen paddling on the
water covered roads.
May 11 am The Town's nearly new
police car complete with blue lights, made it town Saturday. The vehicle,
a loaner from Clay Auto Parts and Fluharty Motors, is a loaner for now.
May 11 am Also before the
wrap up, we've got another candidate for next year's Sheriff race. Roger
Hunt , lives near the Camp Creek bridge, announced his intentions to run.
Hunt, who has years of big city police background and business skills out
the whazoo, was told, there's no place for that kind of background in Clay
County politics!
May 11 am OK, for the week that
was...
May 11 am Over in school system
land, the many trips to the zoo, ball games, etc. continued. Since completing
the SAT 9 tests a couple weeks back, for all intents and purposes, school
is out for another year
May 11 am Over in School Board land,
next year's school calendar is up for grabs. During the Board meeting no
vote was taken. Absent Scott Legg was needed to make a tie vote for Board
Chair RB to break the tie.
May 11 am During the CAEZ meeting
last Tuesday old dirt was plowed up as a newbee asked about Harpeth Industries.
Remember Harpeth? Harpeth received 1/2 million in state, local, economic
development, and CAEZ bucks several years back. Harpeth disappeared overnight,
another dismal failure and big one too, leaving all lenders out on
the limb and penniless!
May 11 am More details on the grizzly
death of Judd Reid came out after Vince Golosow was pronounced guilty of
first degree murder. Stuff like, after killing Reid, and after dumping
the body on Pisgah Ridge and during the ride back to Murder Mountain, Golosow
licked the drying Reid blood from his hands.
May 11 am Arson continued unchecked
this week in Clayberry as State Officials sent in the investigators for
the trailer fire near the Hartland bridge
May 11 am It became known during
the Clay Roane PSD meeting, the future of the Amma Left Hand project is
contingent on the Town of Clay election to be held this June 10.
Since Mayor Arthur Jarrett is known to take and give cussing fits every
time WV PSC engineer Jim Weimer's name is mentioned, it appears that the
state folks want tried and true Glen Nichols and slate back in office.
Since Sally Legg, Wanda Chambers and Betty Murphy consistently vote against
throwing away a perfectly good, paid for, water plant and consistently
fight the many absolutely dumb sh!! ideas and lies presented by the WV
PSC ( Hello Jim W) , those three may be on the black ball list for Council.
May 11 am And of course we sure
can't let this weekly wrap up go by without mentioning an early in the
week post concerning Sarah Anderson's resignation from the WVU Extension
office staff. Anderson is heading off to college land this fall. Talk about
a simple little post that created a stir. Let's see know.. resign,
leave, quit, give notice, leaving... or well, yes, bail out that's what
we called it.
May 11 am Keep your powder dry if
you can, let the grass grow, and kiss your Mother for us at Delta Communications.
See you Monday morning
May 10 am Donald L Hamrick,
see FUNERAL page
May 10 am Last night Clayberry got
lucky. Severe weather warnings were posted and some wind howled but little
else. It's time for the weekend. Have some fun!
May 10 am When you see Senator Randy
White today, tell him HAPPY NAVAL DAY . Yelp, the day he got his belly
button, his birthday!
May 10 am We'll add pictures
to the SPRING 2003 picture page thru next week. We've got over 40 entries
already posted. The This and That section of the PHOTO page will
be added to thru >
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May 10 am State Arson investigators
were back in the county Friday morning as yet another home, this time a
trailer, went up in flames, just past the Hartland bridge. With torchings
coming on a regular basis, it may be cheaper on the tax payer for them
to set up a local office.
May 10 am There's always room for
a JD Morris posting. Morris is remembered by many as a basketball
ref in his younger days. Now lodged in prison, Morris has been wearing
the striped shirt for prison league games. Last week, while calling a game
, a fall put a gash on Morris' head.
May 10 am Of course, we'll have
the complete run down in the next Communicator but until then, one more
note from the last Clay Roane PSD gathering. During Thursday night's meeting,
motion was made and passed to pay some of the overdue and some of the ready
to be cut off bills including, water purchases from Town of Clay ($3735);
PEIA ($2939) and all ready cut off, Hughes Supply. The motion to pay bills
came not with $ in hand but rather in anticipation of $17,000.00 due from
customers early next week.
May 10 am Also last Thursday, our
County Commission met in regular session. With a little more money to work
with this year, CCC voted to cover janitor costs ( over $600) for the Apple
Festival plus cough up $1000 for fireworks. Apple Festival volunteer Danny
Sizemore reported that there will NOT be a July 4th Celebration this year
mentioning that a carnival ride company was not available.
May 10 am All local water providers
(PSDs) were suppose to attend the CCC meeting and provide an update on
water projects. Only Clay County PSD showed. As for the Clay PSD
report, things are moving along like a herd of turtles. Several more customer
agreements have to be completed before the Lizemore, Fola, Tucker's Bottom
extensions can go to bid.
May 10 am Our part time ( $1500/month)
911 Director Dave King has been in hot water in his native Nicholas County
over poor performance during the last ice storm back in March. Over there
several have asked for his resignation. Instead, the Nicholas Commission
has plans to hire King an assistant. King showed for the Thursday Clay
County Commission meeting to discuss years of delays ( not King's fault)
in getting new 911 addresses for this county. Did you know you can't
buy a firearm without a new 911 address on your driver's license? A PO
box number won't work clickers. Even more complaints have been coming in
over difficulty getting a drier's license! No 911 address, no license!
May 10 am Of course, one has to
wonder if they will give Robert C Bird any static when he goes after his
driver's license. Bird uses a PO Box in Sophia as his WV address, no house
, no nothing else, just a post office box. Several years back, Sen Bird
commented that he couldn't afford a house in WV and maintain his home in
DC.
May 10 am This one for those of
you with kids at Ivydale Elem. Think your school is safe from closure?
May 10 am Right beside the
school is an older home which is up for sell at a real cheap price. In
addition to the house and three lots squished up against the school, the
property includes two river fronting lots. Many school kids play behind
the house now. The property has been offered to the school system. When
this was brought to you know who's attention, the answer was NO, we want
that school closed.
May 10 am OF course our spelling
ain't for beans either BUT in this week's edition of that little paper
over in Clay this headline: HUMAN SOCIETY ASKS FOR DONATIONS. Since
the article dealt with getting cages, dog houses and such, we think they
meant to say HUMANE
May 10 am After taking in the big
Bluegrass Show at Big Otter this afternoon, head on up to Marlyn Starcher's
Saturday night auction in Braxton County, tight behind the fire dept. For
complete details, head over to all home page and click MDS auctions.
May 10 am We'll post a weekend
wrap up sometime Sunday. Thanks for stopping by.
May 9 pm The sun's a shining, the
temps are up and the hope around Clayberry is, the winds will blow the
rain clouds away. We'll keep our fingers crossed anyway. Big ball game
planned for this evening , 6 pm, the Junior League game at RT Sizemore
Memorial Park at Maysel.
May 9 pm Yesterday's Commission
and Clay Roane PSD meetings were dandy. Lots of good info came forth. As
a note, it will probably take us a couple days to cover just the highlights
of the action. Come back late tonight for Commission meeting pos>
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May 9 pm In a May 7 posting below,
we had a one liner .. something along the lines of WVU Extension Office
manager Sarah Anderson is bailing out. Boy talk about raising a stink.
Got several phone calls including one from Sarah's Mother Ann and a comment
from WVU Agent Shamblin that the post looks bad and causes problem.
While it is true she is bailing out, it appears that some may have preferred
the use of "resigning" instead of "bailing out". Truth is, Ms Anderson
is bailing out to attend college on a full time basis in the fall. Without
a doubt. the best decision Sarah has made in her life! As for
the peed off folks, lighten up, get a grip!
May 9 pm Don Samples has a
big long list of items on the CLASSIFIED page, this site. Just added.
May 9 pm Mark your calendars for
Saturday's Twangy First Century Bluegrass Show up at Big Otter Community
Center. The local non profit radio station (CLAY FM) hopes to raise some
$ from the event. With four high school kids already working there, and
plans to get on the FM air this summer, they need all the help they can
get. See EVENTS page for details.
May 9 pm Now for the opening
tidbits from the Clay Roane PSD meeting held last night. Of
course, they're still in financial quagmire. Something interesting came
up during discussion of the water line extension project which will mostly
serve Roane County, the one known as Amma/Left Hand extension. Are you
reading this Town of Clay? Someone print this off and read it to Mayor
Arthur Jarrett! How about you still drinking frog pee and waiting
for water service? Here it is: PSD Engineer Jim Hildruth said
that even if all the rights of way agreements were signed and all the T's
were crossed, he felt the big boys with the money, WOULD NOT ALLOW THE
LONG STALLED PROJECT TO GO TO BID UNTIL AFTER THE TOWN OF CLAY ELECTION
in June.
May 9 pm All right everybody, one
great big Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..
May 9 pm Until after
the election? ... there has been speculation for months, maybe years, that
something was lurking in the background, something unknown to the public.
We've heard rumors that Clay County PSD and Clay Roane PSD BOTH want to
build their own high dollar water plants and get as far away from the Town
of Clay water supply as possible. The County Commission has even provided
Clay County PSD $5000 to do such a study for a new water source.
May 9 pm At one point during the
discussions, Boardster Larry White asked if the Amma Left Hand project
was dead in the water. The response was NO.
May 9 pm Until after the election?
What does that mean. We got just an inkling later in the discussion when
Hildruth said the lenders want somebody in Town leadership that supports
the projects and will work with them. Under further questioning, Mr. Hildruth
waffled and ducked with a sheepish grin. Waffled and ducked? and
rightly so!
May 9 pm Until after the election?
So if the current team headed by King Arthur gets back in, is that who
lenders want? Or is it the slate with Glen Nichols at the helm and past
Mayor Joyce Gibson at his side? Just a couple years back, Ms Gibson peed
off many local thinkers as she stood 100% in lock step with what the WV
PSC wanted. When Glen Nichols ascended to the Mayor throne, his vote was
the tie breaking vote to give away a perfectly good water plant and get
the Town out of the water AND sewer business?
May 9 pm The truth is , the WV Public
Service Commission, WV PSC, has much less control over a municipality than
they do over a Public Service District. Town leaders proved that time in
and time out. As the current administration. Big Murph, Chambers, Legg,
and later, Jarrett, fought the take over attempts, fought to stop a high
dollar regional water plant, fought higher water rates, and fought less
desirable reorganization plans brought to the table by the WV PSC, they
made enemies. They peed off many of the back door planners to put the County
so deep in debt that economic development could never happen.
May 9 pm OK Readers, send in your
emails, in your opinion, who do the Big Boys want in charge of the County's
only municipality? Who do THEY think would be better for their efforts.
Also, what does it mean to the 13 million dollars in water projects for
the county... are they gone? Get it off your chest now. 'Will only
take a few minutes. Use the email link below.
May 8 am Hello America. Here in
the Great Nation of Clay tiny apples are forming on the limbs, the first
rose buds are starting to pop open, radishes are ready to eat, the rain
may stop today. The best of all, County Commission meets at 2pm followed
by Clay Roane PSD at 7 pm. Oh Boy!
May 8 am The Commission (CCC)
agenda has lots of little things that could add to an action packed fun
time. Stuff like: the Apple Festival wanting $; an update on
the long long stalled water extension projects around the county;
Brent Boggs with a problem over a piece of property he sold to past Deputy
John McKown; and, an update from in deep stuff in Nicholas County 911 Director
Dave King. Over in his home county King has been the subject of much debate
and some in t he emergency services community have asked for his
resignation.
May 8 am Make space for a
secret time during the CCC meeting too. They want to get their heads together,
away from the public, to discuss the lawsuit against them. Be sure
to drop by the Courthouse today around 2 for some free fun!
May 8 am Some of the best
entertainment in the county over the last 10 months or so has been Clay
Roane PSD meetings. At times, last year it appeared fights were ready to
break out. At other times, the actions and mentality of the Board would
make most people cry. The PSD meets in the CDC building on Main Street
at 7 pm. Come early to get a good seat.
May 8 am THINGS I HAVE LEARNED:
I've learned that you cannot make someone love you.
All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in. I've learned
that no matter how much I care, some people are just butt holes.
May 8 am THINGS I HAVE LEARNED:
I've learned that you can't compare yourself to others - they are more
screwed up than you think. I've learned that
you can keep puking long after you think you're finished.
I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, unless we are celebrities.
May 8 am THINGS I HAVE LEARNED:
I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at
first, the passion fades, and there had better be a lot of money to take
its place. I've learned that no matter
how many times somebody tells me to have a nice day, it's still none of
their D@@! business what kind of day I have.
May 8 am With the Town's police
cruiser blown up, it looks like our county good corporate partner, Clay
Auto Parts, is providing one for the county's only municipality.
Might be here for C.O.P. Buckshot Butcher's weekend rounds.
May 8 am Just added a nice sounding
river front house and great big pull behind camper over on CLASSIFIED page.
May 7 pm Just a couple more notes
about Tuesday's CAEZ meeting. First, Clay has had a beef for years over
the amount of money spent in other counties served by CAEZ instead of the
money staying here. Over a year ago Braxton County Commissioner John Gibson
told the world, he was laying the ground work for his county for when money
becomes available thru CAEZ. Well........... CAEZ has a new micro loan
program which offers business loans up to $15,000.00. Guess where
the first loan went? Yip! Steve's Auto in Sutton, Braxton County. Gibson
lived up to his word. There's $30,000 left to loan and another $100,000.00
expected in July. What you waiting for Clayberry?
May 7 pm And second from the CAEZ
meeting. Who would have ever thought tourists from all over would want
to come to our Southern coal fields for a vacation. It's happening now
on the Hatfield/McCoy ATV trail. One of the very first things the group
did to promote their area was.... of course, a web site! 6 years ago, as
our Business Development Authority was getting started, a name (claytoday.com)
was purchased and high school kids set up a site for this county. It lasted
about 3 months and then died. To check out how the coal boys are generating
interest in one of the most raped areas of the state , click THEY
DONE IT, WHY NOT US?
May 7 am Dollie Lyons, see
FUNERAL page
May 7 am Carl Triplett, see FUNERAL
page
May 7 am Town Chief of Police is
having a hard time keeping his wheels rolling. The Town's white Ford SUV
Cruiser blew up, cracked head and more. If anyone can loan Buckshot a bicycle,
please leave it at Town Hall please.
May 7 am Long time WVU Extension
office manager Sarah Anderson is baling out.
May 7 am Make plans now to attend
Saturday's "Twangy First Century" Bluegrass Show up at Big Otter Community
Center. One of the groups coming, Bluegrass Harmony was heard a couple
weeks back on WV Public Radio. Sounded pretty darn good. See EVENTS page
for details
May 7 am Central Appalachia
Empowerment Zone (CAEZ) met in regular session Tuesday evening at 6 pm.
It was the usual fair, blah blah blah with a couple of exceptions. 1- CAEZ
hired a new lady to work on getting an ATV trail (similar to the Hatfield/McCoy
Trail) thru Clay and Nicholas Counties. Time will tell if the usual walls
will be put up with this latest tourism idea. Traditionally, if the existing
powers that be in Clayberry can't make a fist full of dollars, then they're
against anyone else making the $. 2- The Filcon Inc. filter equipment
is now stored over in Roane County in the Clay Roane PSD building. Now
this was just ever so briefly mentioned but... the Roane County Sheriff
is getting involved with t he holdings. CAEZ Director Jerry Sizemore said
the High Cop " has been very helpful."
May 7 am Why do we say
something is out of whack? What's a whack?
May 7 am Why is the
man who invests all your money called a broker?
May 6 pm Yesterday after five days
of court dealings, a jury of his peers found Vince Golosow GUILTY of first
degree murder. Since the defense raised major issues repeatedly over Fourth
Amendment issues of illegal search and seizure, watch for an appeal for
sure.
May 6 pm Last Sunday a young man
was spotted heisting a little boxer dog from a vehicle in the Dollar Store
parking lot in Clay. After the owner was alerted of the thievery, she high
tailed it down the street and chased down the thug. After rescuing
her pup, the Blue Knob lady smacked the bejeebeez out of the man. She really
CASHed in on the situation.
May 6 pm Last night's school board
meeting was one of those our Superintendent hates. Parents showed. The
issue for the Truman Family was preferential treatment given some Clay
High students. The discussion centered around a shoving incident where
the "shover" received time in ALC instead of getting kicked out.
CCHS VP Jim Haney said it was Connie Schoonover that suggested the discipline
and he just followed her direction. As Board Chair RB Legg was saying the
shoving incidents at the High School were rare, parent Truman retorted
what Principal Cindy Willis had told him," If all the shovers in the school
were put in ALC, there'd be no one left in class." Boardster Gene King
even got a little riled up during the meeting.
May 6 pm THIS AND THAT: Pretty cool
discussion during the meeting and Yes, they made it official, Mike Mullins
will be the new Principal at Ivydale Elem. No decision made on next year's
school calendar. Seems the Teachers want one schedule and the bus drivers,
all of them, want an alternative. Yesterday was Senior Skip Day at CCHS.
Lots of kids bailed out.
May 6 pm In Norman Oklahoma,
May 4, at Wal Mart, regular gas was $1.99 per gallon.
May 6 pm This afternoon at 4, Clay
Town Council meets in regular session. On the agenda is the plan to take
a while bunch of water customers to Magistrate Court in an attempt to recover
long overdue water bill $
May 6 pm Tonight at 6 is the CAEZ
meeting. CAEZ Meets two doors down from the historic Henry Clay Hotel.
May 6 pm Based on recent public
meetings ( about 6 years worth to be exact), we know Clay Roane PSD is
in deep financial doo doo. We also know that it is cheaper for Clay Roane
to purchase water from the Town of Clay than to make it in their Procious
Water Plant facility. Last month Clay Roane purchased just 32,000 gallons
from the town, the least amount since March 2001. The cost for the 32000
gallons was $962.00. The Town charges $2.61 per 1000 gallons purchased
while the cost to make/treat water at Clay Roane is well over $4.50 per
1000 gallons. Is it any wonder Clay Roane PSD is loosing money daily?
May 5 pm Where is the most expensive
place to buy gas today? San Fransisco at $1.99 per gallon on average. What's
the national average for a gallon of gasoline? Answer - $1.55
And where should you buy your gas? Head over to Tulsa Oklahoma for the
cheapest price in the nation at $1.28 per gallon
May 5 pm Many remember Carl
Triplett as the quiet guy often seen at Go Mart, Two Run, scratching off
game tickets. The clean cut senior spent much of his life in the military
and later as couty Road Superintedent before formally retiring. Mr Triplett
lost a long battle with cancer Saturday in the early afternoon.
May 5 pm We'll get the full Obituary
when it becomes available later today.
May 5 pm We talked with the Prosecutor
over in Roane County at 9:20am. Here's the update on the Tattoo Vince murder
trial. Jury deliberations lasted 5 hours Saturday afternoon. Sunday was
time off. This morning the jurors are back at it, still hashing out a decision.
Judge Evans is still on the Roane bench with an alternative Judge handling
the Mason County Grand Jury today.
May 5 pm There's probably a bunch
of folks over there with their shorts all bunched up! What appeared to
be a pre trial, open and shut case, may have surprising results.
May 5 am Did you get that grass
cut yesterday? Bet you'll wish you had with all the rain coming
May 5 am As soon as the Roane County
Prosecutor's office open today, we'll try to find out the status of the
Vicne Golosow trial and post ASAP.
May 5 am Yesterday's HE White Ramp
Feed was packed wall to wall. Looks as tho the school will come out way
ahead this year.
May 5 am We've got a big week of
public meetings.
May 5 am Tuesday at 4 is the Clay
Town Council meeting. TOwn Council meets at the water plant on Main Street.
May 5 am Also on Tuesday, is the
4 pm CAEZ Economic Development Committee meeting followed by the full Board
meeting starting at 6pm. CAEZ meets on the far end of town near the Historic
Henry Clay Hotel.
May 5 am With warm temps and
rain here and there, you know what time it is? That's right, it's
molly moochers! Those oh so ugly but ever so tasty mushrooms. Be on the
look out. The time is NOW to find them
May 5 am For our international clickers
which don't subscribe to the Charleston Gazette/Mail, Clay County's most
famous criminal, JD Morris made the front page once again. This time the
mention came concerning State School Board and their receipt of extra $$.
For the now jailed JD Morris, his name was mentioned for collecting $100
in taxpayer funds for attending the local FFA Bacon, Ham and Egg
Show! See for yourself, click JAILED
BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
May 4 am Today's the day, the grand
daddy of them all, the HE White Elem RAMP FEED.Head over to Bomont , use
the Clendenin Exit of I 79, and cough up a few bucks for a good cause and
get a belly full to boot.
May 4 am If a pig loses its
voice, is it disgruntled?
May 4 am Why do croutons come in
airtight packages? Aren't they just stale bread to begin with?
May 4 am When cheese gets
its picture taken, what does it say?
May 4 am Why isn't the number
11 pronounced onety one?
May 4 am What hair color do
they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?
May 4 am If a cow laughed, would
milk come out of her nose?
May 4 am For the last week
of April and the first couple of days in May, little news can be found
except for the Vince Golosow trial going on across the county line in Roane.
As of Friday afternoon, the State was still presenting evidence and testimony.
According to one attorney in attendance, the Defense team had but three
to call to the stand and that was expected to happen Friday evening with
the jury to start their deliberations Saturday.
May 4 am After making the
calls we knew to make, we have no update to provide the world on Tatto
Vince's fate. Did Vince pull the trigger, are the others around him fibbing
to protect their own butts? As soon as we get an answer, rest assured,
we'll post.
May 4 am Just one more note....
Prosecutor Reynolds provided this scenario. After blasting off the face
of Judd Reid, Vince headed over to Richard Cummings and Sandra Kalah's
home on Murder Mountain, chatted, and then headed to the After Hours Carry
Out for lunch. Baaaam! Pieces of human laying around everywhere
and then head off for a hot dog and fries.
May 3 am Take some time this
weekend to have some fun and do stuff.
May 3 am With the weather clearing
later today, Clay High is playing ball over at the RT. Sizemore Memorial
Park at Maysel around 3pm.
May 3 am Just a couple years back,
Laura Baker from TV 8 came to Clayberry to provide news coverage of the
John Helms getting tossed out of school for no good reason issue. The Board
meeting was held in the basement of Valley Fork Grade School. With the
room packed, Baker entered with a camera man at her side.
May 3 am Big tough Board President
RB Legg went over to Baker and told her he didn't allow filming during
Board meetings. With probably the best come back lines ever heard, the
tall thin lady yelled out," Is there a newspaper reporter here?" With a
Yes response heard, Baker," Then are you going to take his pencil and paper???"
May 3 am With his tail solidly
tucked up his butt, Legg slinked away and heard the hotly contested meeting
as the cameras rolled. Since then, new Open Meeting Laws have made it very
clear, public meetings must allow cameras and taping and the public body
even has to make accommodations for such.
May 3 am Pocahantas resident Norman
Alderman filed suit against the school board and School Superintendent
James Phares , Friday, April 25th. . During a recent Board meeting , one
where alderman was using a VCR camera to film the elected ones, Green Shirts
hauled his butt out of the meeting and in doing so, injured his arm.
May 3 am The case will be heard
in Federal Court in Elkins.
May 3 am Don't forget, Sunday is
the big Ramp Feed at HE White Elem. See EVENTS page for details. Dandy
food and for a good cause!
May 3 am No word yet int eh Golosow
trial.
May 2 pm The Communicator
left out of the shop at 1pm today. It should be around the county by 4:30
May 2 pm The action continues over
in Roane County in the State vs Vince Golosow first degree murder trial.
Today, and away from the jury came testimony from Duck WV resident Jeff
Mollahan. Mollahan recently made Clay Magistrate Jeff Boggs news and is
now in the CEntral Regional Jail. Mollahan told the judge that while Vince
was housed just a few cells away, Vince slipped him notes. The notes asked
Mollahan to lie in the court room and say the victim committed suicide.
With one note in hand, and after repeated objections from defense attorney
Leah Boggs, Judge Thomas Evans allowed the hand written letter information.
May 2 pm Talk about security!!!
Cops of all sizes and shapes were stationed everywhere. Other plain clothed
officers were also sprinkled about. Looked like they weren't taking any
chances with this guy
May 2 pm Here's one to think about,
especially all of us that have labeled Vince guilty from the get go....
The Prosecution stated today that this case was all circumstantial and
there are NO eyewitnesses. Vince's side is claiming Judd Reid committed
suicide. At noon today, the defense had not begun presenting their witnesses.
It is our understanding, they plan to have just three presenters.
May 2 pm Seems scheduling
is real tight for this trial. Judge Evans has to be in Mason County Monday
morning for Grand Jury. Talk has it that the trial will continue late tonight
and thru Saturday.
May 2 am Today's the day for the
new Communicator. Should be out around 4:30pm for most areas. If you're
interested in Earnie Sirk's commentary on Sheriff Fields, it's in there.
If your interested in the Court room action in the Tattoo Vince trial in
Roane County, it's in there. How about the financial doom and gloom
haunting Clay Roane PSD, once again, It's in there. How about info on the
Ramp Feed this Sunday at HE WHITE ELEM., the Federal mandates facing the
Clay County Bank, who did what in the Magistrate Court or even Arthur Dale
Morris being found not guilty few days back,,,that's right it's all in
there, The Communicator
May 1pm Happy May Day. We've
added the first of the BASEBALL 2003 pictures over on the PHOTO link. More
coming as the season progresses
May 1 pm We've got a new candidate
for the 2004 Clay County Sheriff's race. According to husband Randy Schoonover,
wifey Vicky Walker Schoonover is running for the top cop slot. Schoony
made the announcement this morning in Clay.
May 1 pm We got an urgent
request from the non profit group setting up the radio station at Two Run.
They've got one computer work station up and running with two High School
kids already on the job. The next group reports to work May 5th. With only
one puter, there is a problem.
May 1 pm Clay FM is purchasing a
second puter for the station , but the thin won't be there in time for
the new group of workers May 5th. Here's the request: Is there anyone out
there in web land that will loan Clay FM a good working computer for about
three weeks? Help is the word and the need is now. IF anyone can come thru
in the pinch, call Marge Bragg at 286 2655.
May 1 pm Tattoo Vince's trial continues
over in Roane County. With all sides looking polished and prepared, guess
what Vince's defense is.... suicide!
May 1 pm Yelp, according to his
defense team, Vince Golosow did NOT blow Judd Reid's brains out last
fall but rather Reid committed suicide. Full details tomorrow in The Communicator.
May 1 pm County Commission hired
a new janitor to replace Ann Osborne. New lady is Patty Fugate
May 1 pm We've got the latest ACLU
Press Release over on the ADVISORY page for all the commy pinko clickers.