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Chapman recalled as mentor, friendBY JOHN CONLEYAssociate Editor

A Wyoming East coachwas remembered as amentor and friend last Fri-day night before the War-riors' game withWestside.David Chapman, who

died at 57 of a heart attacklast fall, had been an assis-tant basketball coach atWEHS for years and alsoserved as an assistant infootball and baseball.Prior to consolidation,

he was the head baseballcoach at Mullens, where

he had a state runner-upteam in 1997, and coachseveral Wyoming Countychampionship teams inmiddle school hoops.A tear glistened in the

corner of one eye as Easthead coach Rory Chap-man's talked about his fa-ther."It was nice that they

took a minute to remem-ber Dad," he said. "Hewas my mentor and mybest friend. And he was afather figure for the kidson the team."The kids all loved him

and still love him" Chap-man continued.Senior members of the

Warriors hoop team pre-sented plaques to thecoach's window, Judy, andsons Rory and John. Aslide show featuringChapman played in theschool commons area.Players recalled the coachwith fondness.

Chase Morgan saidChapman made a kindgesture on his first day inthe Warrior program."The rule is that if you

forget your jersey, you

have to run a mile, Mor-gan commented. "On myfirst day practice I forgotmy jersey, and I thoughtI'm going to have to run amile."The coach excused him

that time. "He said, 'I'mthe cool coach[," Morgansaid with a smile. "Afterthat, we were friends.""He was my best friend,"

said Andrew Bishop. "Icould go to him if I hadsomething I wanted to talk

Photo by John Conley

A former Itmann school and UMWA local meetingsite may be revitalized.

Clerk readies for electionBY JOHN CONLEYAssociate Editor

The special gubernato-rial election will keep theWyoming County Clerk'soffice busier than usual inthe months ahead.“Everybody gets geared

up like you do for a sport-ing event," said CountyClerk Mike Goode.A primary is set for May

14, and the general elec-tion will be held on Oct. 4."We'll probably get inelection mode in early to

mid-March and wrap up inlate May (for the pri-mary)," he remarked."Then we'll start gettingready (for the generalelection) after Labor Day."Filing for the 2012 elec-tion starts soon after inJanuary.Half as many poll work-

ers are used in a singleissue election, such as thespecial U.S. Senate elec-tion held last fall, Goodeindicated.

"We'll soon start pro-

gramming the (voting)machines," he noted.Voters will be able a ma-

chine or paper ballot.Early voting will begin

on April 22 and concludeon May 11.Only about 10 percent of

registered voters (1,480)turned out for the Senateelection.The election will cost

about $62,000 to cover thecost of renting someprecinct locations, payjanitors, poll workers and

election officials andcover other expenses.Those costs are reim-bursed by the state, Goodreported.Precinct locations and

voting hours (6:30 a.m. to7:30 p.m.) will be thesame as usual.Over a dozen hopefuls

had announced their intentto run or filed pre-candi-dacy papers as of Monday.Official candidates are

UGWA, GWC lookat Itmann building

BY JOHN CONLEY

Associate Editor

A Brownfields FocusGrant could lead to the re-vitalization of a 90-year-old Itmann building.

The structure, whichbegan as a communityschool in the early 1920s,served as a school forAfrican-American chil-dren before integrationand later became a meet-ing site for a UMWAlocal.

"Both GroundworkWyoming County and theUpper Guyandotte Water-shed Association havebeen looking at that build-ing since it was vacated,"

said Val Page, executivedirector of UGWA."We talked about it and

thought it would be a per-fect location for (officespace) for both organiza-tions," she added.The Coal Heritage Au-

thority is interested in hav-ing an office there as well.None of that can be doneuntil a Phase I environ-mental site assessment hasbeen done.

"The contracting firmcomes in and follows astandard procedure to de-termine if there is a poten-tial environmentalhazard," Page explained.

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Woman arrested inhome invasion case

BY JOHN CONLEYAssociate Editor

Mullens police have ar-rested a woman whobroke into a GuyandotteAvenue home and at-tacked the owner with anaxe.

According to PoliceChief Ray Toler, SandyMills Johnson of Mullensallegedly broke throughthe front door of a home atapproximately 4a.m. last Friday.Toler reported that when

the home owner con-fronted her, Johnson hithim with an axe. A strug-gle ensued, and the ownerof the residence disarmedthe woman.Johnson fled the scene

but was eventually ar-rested by Toler, AssistantChief Jack Meadows, of

the MullensPD, DeputyS h a n eWhite of theWyoming

C o u n t yS h e r i f f ' sDepartmentand WestV i r g i n i aState Troop-ersKeefer and McKenzie.Johnson is charged with

night time burglary, un-lawful wounding and twocounts of domestic bat-tery.Bond was set at $21,000

by Magistrate KimFarmer.Johnson is currently in

Southern Regional Jail.Captain Keith Lester of

the Mullens PD respondedto the original break in re-port.

WCCF to award scholarshiptoWyoming County studentThe Wyoming County

Community Fund(WCCF) is excited to beawarding their first grantto the community in theform of a $250 scholar-ship to a worthyWyomingCounty student.This scholarship is avail-

able to any student oradult returning to schoolthat will be taking classesin the Fall of 2011.The awardee must attend

the Wyoming/McDowellCounty Campus of South-ern West Virginia Com-munity and TechnicalCollege or the WyomingCounty Career and Tech-nical Center.While the award looks at

several aspects of a poten-tial candidate, the commit-tee will focus on thecommunity volunteeringaspect of each application. To view the applicationand find more informa-tion, please visitwww.wyomingcounty.com and click on the “Com-munity Fund” heading.While the WCCF is still

young, this first grant hasbeen made possible by thestrong surge in fundraisingover the last year.As the WCCF continues

to grow under the um-brella of the BeckleyAreaFoundation, more grantsfor Wyoming County willbe on their way.

Your tax-deductible giftto the community is ad-ministered by the WCCFand becomes a perpetualtrust. Its income continuesthrough the years to sat-isfy your charitable pur-poses.For those interested in

making a donation, dona-tions may be sent to:Wyoming County Com-munity Fund care ofWyoming County Eco-nomic Development Au-thority; P.O. Box 1828;Pineville WV 24874.Checks should be made

payable to BAFWyomingCounty Community Fund.

InsideThis Issue

East gets winPage Five

WHS over IndyPage Five

Students of MonthPage Four

Please see COACHPageTwo

Johnson

Please see SPECIALPageTwo

HonoringChapman

Long timeWyomingEast coachDavid

Chapmanwas re-memberedprior to Fri-day’s East-Westsidegame. Re-ceivingplaqueswere, fromleft, Chap-man’s

sons, Roryand John,and hiswidow,Judy.

Please see LOOKPageTwo

"Due to the age of thebuilding it could be as-bestos or lead-basedpaint.""The second part of this

is to do some preliminaryoutreach with the commu-nity, and we have alreadydone some of this," she

said. "They would love tosee a bit of revitalization."There will be at least twopublic meetings on thematter, Page indicated,with the WVU Depart-ment of Landscape Archi-tecture providingassistance.

"The importance ofthese meetings is to getcommunity input and getides ideas from them onother potential propertiesin Itmann," she stated.After the first meeting,

which may be held inApril, ideas suggested byresidents will be incorpo-rated into the plan.The second public meet-

ing fill follow about twoweeks later.

"The we'll look for fund-ing to implement theplan," Page remarked."This is not a huge grant,

but it helps small non-profit organizations to beable to do a Phase I ESAand cover the supplies andexpenses connected withhaving a public meetingand publishing the report,"she added.The Wyoming County

Board of Education ownsthe structure.

"The board has beenquite supportive of turningover old schools (to non-profit groups), and theythemselves would like tosee the building used,"said Page.

Independent Herald Wednesday, Februaru 16, 2011

Cora Halesy was 100years old on Feb. 4, 2011.On Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011,she was honored with abirthday party at theNazarene RecreationBuilding.Hosting the party were

here two daughters: San-dra HalseyAkers and Bar-bara Halsey Hager,granddaughters: VanessaHager and Tammie HagerMelek and special niece,Linda Hamilton.Also helping with the

party were he sons-in-law,Jerry Hager and BillAkers, god-great-grand-child Alex Akers, greatnieces: Karen Lattie, HaHammy Hamilton Cook,and Vickie Lockett, andfamily and friends Markand Carla Akers.Mrs. Halsey had three

birthday cakes. One bakedby her younger sister,Marie Stiles, once bakedby her neighbor and spe-cial friend, Freda Brewer,and one from PreciousMemories.Among those sending

her birthday cards were:President Obama. US Sen-ators: Jay Rockefeller and

Joe Manchine.House of Representa-

tives, Nick Rahall. WillardScott, and Bill and GloriaGaither. Cora receivedcards from four foreigncountries and elevenstates.

Jerry Cook, Pastor ofOceana First BaptistChurch, delivered the spe-cial Birthday Prayer.

Refreshments wereserved to 128 special fam-ily and friends.When asked for advice

on how to live to be 100years old, Mrs. Halsey an-swered,

“Keep moving evenwhen you don’t feel like itor don’t want to.” Mrs.Halsey is still very active.She loves to cook for

people and stack fire-wood.

Halsey celebrates 100th

Cora Halsey

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Oceana Middle students participate in the Get a Life program, a financial plan-ning simulation program

Acting Governor Earl RayTomblin, Secretary ofState Natalie Tennant,Del. Rick Thompson andArne Moltis of SouthCharleston, Sen. JeffKessler, State TreasurerJohn Perdue and Sen.Brooks McCabe are run-

ning o the Democraticside.

Republicans includeSen. Clark Barnes, formerSecretary of State BettyIreland, and PutnamCounty District AttorneyMark A. Sorsalia, CliffEllis, Mitch Carmichael,

Larry Faircloth and BillMaloney.Those who have submit-

ted pre-candidacy formsare Republican Del.Patrick Lane and Moun-tain Party members JesseJohnson and Bob HenryBaber.

SPECIALcontinued from Page One

about and knew he wouldbe honest with me. Hiswife, Judy, is just as nice."He was a great friend foreveryone on the team," henoted."He helped everybody,"said Alex Webb. "You

could go to him any timeand he was always therefor you."Rory Chapman treasures

the year he spent with hisDad as his assistant in the2009-10 season."We had those 26 games

together and 60 or 70practices.We talked on thephone every day.

"There's an unspokencloseness in the lockerroom (because of theshared loss)," he said.

COACHcontinued from Page One

NPS to provide assistanceU.S. Rep. Nick J. Ra-

hall, D-WV, today an-nounced that, at hisurging, the National ParkService (NPS) has agreedto provide technical assis-tance to three recreationand tourism projects thatwill create jobs and bringadditional revenue to theState.

“Completion of theseprojects will help to boostthe numbers of touristsfrom throughout the Na-tion who choose to recre-ate in southern WestVirginia each year, bene-fiting local economies,”said Rahall, Chairman ofthe House Natural Re-sources Committee, whichhas jurisdiction over theNPS. “In addition to creat-ing jobs, these types of in-vestments serve ascatalysts to help localcommunities benefit fromtourism opportunities,while showcasing some ofGod’s wondrous handi-work in West Virginia.”The NPS’ Rivers, Trails

and Conservation Assis-

tance Program (NPS-RTCA) helps community-led natural resourceconservation and outdoorrecreation projects by pro-viding technical assistanceto communities to con-serve rivers, preserve openspaces, and develop trailsand greenways. The NPS-RTCAwill assist the proj-ects with outreach,strategic planning, identi-fying funding sources, andactively engaging the proj-ect team in working to-ward on-the-groundsuccess.The NPS has agreed to

provide technical assis-tance to the Great EasternTrail Association, Fayetteand Greenbrier County’sMeadow River Rail-Trailproject, and GroundworkWyoming County(GWWC).The Great Eastern Trail

Association, in close col-laboration with the WestVirginia partners that in-clude the National CoalHeritage Area and Volun-teers in Service to Amer-

ica (VISTA), is creating a2,000-mile hiking trailfrom Alabama to NewYork. In 2010, the Tug-Guyandotte-New RiversOutdoors Club (TuGuNu)was formed to help build,maintain, and use the trailsystem in West Virginia.The Fayette and Green-

brier County Commis-sions are working togetheron the Meadow RiverRail-Trail project, and arefocused on the acquisitionof the 16.7-mile aban-doned railroad corridor tobe converted into a publictrail. The corridor runs be-tween Rainelle andNallen, along the scenicMeadow River.GWWC is a newly des-

ignated Groundwork Trustin West Virginia, and isdeveloping a youth-basedteam to work on nearbypublic lands. Funding willbe used to establish pro-grams and build a partner-ship with the nearbyNational Parks, as well asthe National Coal Heritagearea.

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Laura FoglianoLaura Edith (Cook)

Fogliasso, age 41, ofKnoxville, Tennessee,passed away on Monday,February 7, 2011 at herhome in Knoxville, Ten-nessee.Laura was born on

December 5, 1969 inChicago, Illinois, thedaughter of Carson Cook&Barbara (Barton) Acord.She married CharlesFogliasso on February 9,2008 in Thompsonville, ILand he is still livingShe was a student. She

moved to Knoxville inDecember 2009.Laura is survived by hus-

band-Charles Fogliasso ofKnoxville, Tn, son- NickBiggs of Royalton, IL,stepchildren- Cy&LindseyFogliasso of Iuka, IL, step-father-Kennie Acord ofMatheny, West Virginia, 4Brothers-Johnny & KevinCook of Kopperston, WestVirginia, Vincent & DawnKoopmann of VirginiaBeach, Virginia, 3 Sisters-Denise Koopmann &Marty Conley of Chap-manville, West Virginia,MelindaAcord of Pennsyl-vania, Nieces-Susan Koop-mann, Samantha Cook ofJesse, West Virginia, Brit-tany Cook of Oceana,WestVirginia, IL,Nephew- BrianKoppmann of VirginiaBeach, Virginia Tyler Bar-cklay of Chapmanville,West Virginia, mother in

law- Dorothy Fogliasso ofJunction City, IL, sister inlaw- Deen Berry & hus-band Wayne of JunctionCity, IL, niece KaylaWedekemper & husbandThomas of Centralia, IL &daughter LilyShe was preceded in

death by her parentsFuneral services will be

held at 8:00 pm on Friday,February 11, 2011 at IrvinFuneral Home CentraliaChapel. Followed by cre-mation.Friends may call after 6-8

p.m. Friday until time ofservice at the funeral home.. Memorials may be madeto the Breast CancerAware-ness and will be accepted atthe funeral home. IrvinFuneral Home in Centraliais in charge of arrange-ments.

RuthM. FordhamRuth M. Fordham, 89,

died Thursday, Feb. 3,2011, at Twin TowersRetirement Community,Cincinnati, after a short ill-ness.Born September 24,

1921, at Tallahassee, Fla.,she was the daughter of thelate Thomas J. Hawes andMae Stoutamire Hawes.Mass of Resurrection wascelebrated Saturday, Febru-ary 12, at St. John theEvangelist Catholic Churchwith Rev. Jack Reich offi-ciating. Arrangements byTankersley Funeral Home,

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Obituaries

Community CalendarThe Pineville Masonic

Lodge #138 conducts meet-ings on the second andfourth Thursday of eachmonth. All brethren areencouraged to attend andenjoy the fellowship.

WANT OFF DRUGS?KNOW SOMEONE ONDRUGS? LOST ALOVED ONE TODRUGS? WANT TOHELP YOUR COMMU-NITY? The PinevilleChristian Fellowship Wor-ship Center meets everyMonday at 7:00 p.m. andcan help with life control-ling problems. TheWorshipCenter offers stepping intofreedom, concerned persongroup, and insight support.Phone: 682-8363 or 294-7611 or call 732-8071 or732-9656. If no answerleave a message.

Wyoming, McDowellDAVChapter 56 holds reg-ular meetings on the thirdThursday of each month at7 p.m. at the Stafford Fam-ily Funeral Home. Theywould like to encourage allmembers to attend. Anyveteran wishing to takemembership contact Com-mander Dennis Hurley at682-6874.

Narcotics Anonymous

meets each Thursday at 7p.m. at Pineville Presbyte-rian Church, River Drive,Pineville.

New Life CommunityChurch at Rt. 10 Jessehosts Celebrate Recoveryweekly meetings everyWednesday from 7-9 p.m.at the church. For moreinformation, call 682-5830.Baileysville Community

Center is now open from 4-8 p.m. daily. $3 per personto use basketball court, $3per person for weight lift-ing. Openings for storageand parties. Call 732-7999or BrentonWater Works.

All Wyoming Countylibraries will be offering astory hour program againthis year. Story Hour is aprogram geared for childrenages pre-school to 5 yearold. The program includesstories, crafts, games, par-ties, as well as other activi-ties. Parents are encour-aged to participate withtheir children. For moreinformation on days andtime, contact your nearestlocal library. Hanover Pub-lic Library 664-5580,Oceana Public Library 682-6784, MullensArea PublicLibrary 294-8867, andPineville Public Library732-6228. Come and join

in the fun.

The Wyoming CountyCommunity Fund has beenestablished to provide anavenue to accept taxdeductible donations forworthy county projects andprograms. If you would liketo make a tax deductibledonation to the fund, makechecks payable to theWyoming County Commu-nity Fund and mail them totheWyoming County EDAc/oWyoming County Com-munity Fund, P.O. Box1828 Pineville WV 24874.For additional information,contact Steve Clark at theEDA Office at 304-732-6700

The TSNWIC programat Oceana wants you! Ifyou are pregnant, post post-partum, or breast feeding,have children under the ageof five, you may be eligi-ble! Give us a call at 304-682-0475.

We look forward toserving you.The WIC program is an

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MountainHeart Commu-nity Services is now offer-ing a basic computercourse. For more informa-tion, please contact Jennifer

Beavers at 304-682-8271ext. 430.

The Wyoming CountyHealth Department will beadministering the H1N1vaccine every Wednesdayfrom 8:30am-10:30am tochildren and adults of anyage, with or without achronic condition.

Pineville Town Councilmeetings are conducted thethird Monday of eachmonth at 6:30 PM at TownHall. Meetings are open tothe public.

Pastor Bill Goode wouldlike to invite everyone toThe Christian FellowshipWorship Center at BearholeRd. above DHHR. SundayServices are: SundaySchool 10:00 a.m.,Worshipat 11:00 a.m. WednesdayService / Youth meeting at7:00 a.m.

Welding Class – Smaw6G Downhill Pipe Class –March 8 Thru April 21 atthe Wyo. Co. Career &Tech. Center call 304-732-8050, Ext. 101 for moreinformation.Nail Tech Class – Begin-

ningMarch 1st –Wyo. Co.Career &Tech. Center. CallMarlaMcCann at 304-732-8050, Ext. 117.

Bishop among Rahall’s localnominees to service academiesU.S. Rep. Nick Rahall

(D-W.Va.) announcedtoday his 2011 nomina-tions for appointment tothe United States MilitaryAcademy, the UnitedStates NavalAcademy, theUnited States Air ForceAcademy, and UnitedStates Merchant MarineAcademy.“I am so proud of the

young West Virginianswho apply to our nation’sservice academies eachyear,” said Rahall. “Thisyear – just as in past years– I have nominated excep-tional young men andwomen of strong characterwho have demonstratedtheir tremendous potentialto succeed academicallyand to serve our country.”A Congressional nomina-tion is the first step in atwo-step process for candi-dates pursuing appoint-ment to the militaryacademy of their choice.Candidates who are nomi-nated by Members of Con-gress must then be selectedfor appointment by theservice academy for theensuing academic year.

Andrew Bishop of Bren-ton, a student at WyomingEast High School in NewRichmond, was nominatedto the U.S. Merchant Ma-rine Academy.Jess Phillips ofAlderson, astudent at Greenbrier EastHigh School, and KamenRappold of Huntington, astudent at Huntington HighSchool, were nominated tothe U.S. Military Acad-emy.Rahall nominated eight

West Virginia students tothe U.S. Naval Academy:Sara Sang of Huntington, astudent at St. JosephCatholic High School;Robert Striker of Hinton, astudent at Oak Hill HighSchool; Anthony Juker ofLewisburg, a student at theNaval Academy Prepara-tory School; MarkPhinisey of Fayetteville, astudent at Woodrow Wil-son High School; MichaelBurton of Mt. Hope, agraduate of WoodrowWil-son High School, who iscurrently attending Moun-tain State University;Rachel Carson of Sum-mersville, who is home-

schooled through theKolbe Academy; ErikAvis of Mt. Hope, a stu-dent at Mt. Vernon HighSchool near Fort Belvoir,Virginia, where his fatheris stationed in the military;and Levi Beckett ofPrinceton, a student atBluefield High School.Rahall nominated sixWestVirginia students to theU.S. Air Force Academy:Ryan Kissinger of Beck-ley, a student at WoodrowWilson High School; JacobBailey of Summersville, astudent at LakenheathHigh School in the UnitedKingdom where his fatheris stationed in the military;Suzanne Blair of Hunting-ton, a graduate of St.Joseph Central CatholicHigh School; Evan“Hollin” Jenkins, Jr., ofHuntington, a student atHuntington High School;Brian Kruchkow of Beck-ley, who is a home-schooled graduate ofLighthouse ChristianAcademy; and AndrewDycus of Beckley, a stu-dent at Woodrow WilsonHigh School.

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Oceana Middle School, in conjunction with theWestVirginia StateTreasurer's Office, recently presentedthe "Get a Life" simulation. The simulation is a mid-dle school component of State Treasurer Perdue'scomprehensive financial education initiative, Net-Worth.

Peni Horn Adams hasbeen named the ExecutiveDirector of the McDowellCounty Economic Devel-opment Authority. Penibrings a diverse backgroundto the position.She is a graduate of Con-

cord College, with a Busi-nessAdministration Degreewith a concentration inAccounting. She practicedas a Certified PublicAccountant for many yearsbefore making a careerchange. She is involved inother county matters, mostparticularly serving as theExecutive Director of theWastewater TreatmentCoalition of McDowellCounty.Peni and her husband,

Chris, are the proud parentsof two sons. Branden, 21,is a senior at Harvard Uni-versity and Dylan, 19, is afreshman at Liberty Univer-sity.

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AsValentine’s Day is ap-proaching, remember thatnothing stops Cupid’sarrow faster than a mouthfull of spit tobacco. Asothers celebrate by ex-changing cards, gifts andkisses, spit tobacco usersfind themselves alone –after all, who wants to riskgetting slipped a wad ofchew during an kiss?But avoiding a solitary

evening isn’t the only rea-son to say no to spit to-bacco use. In addition tocausing bad breath andunsightly stained teeth(not to mention those little

flecks of tobacco that getmired between teeth), spittobacco can be deadly.Like its cousin, the form

of tobacco smoked in cig-arettes, spit tobacco con-tains nicotine, thesubstance that causes peo-ple to become addicted.And smokeless does notmean harmless, as the twoforms of tobacco bothcontain cancer-causingpoisons. Each year ap-proximately 30,500 newcases of mouth and throatcancer are diagnosed andover 8,000 people die ofthese cancers. More horri-

fying than the physicaldisfigurement caused bythese cancers and the sur-geries needed to removethem is the fact that almostthree-fourths of the casesof mouth and throat cancercan be directly attributedto use of tobacco and alco-hol.The Coalition has joined

other tobacco preventioncoalitions in the state topromote theWest VirginiaSave Face, Stop Spit To-bacco Campaign.This Valentine’s Day, I

hope you give your lovedones a gift they will treas-ure: Stop using spit to-bacco. Call the WVTobacco Quit Line at 877-966-8784.Sincerely,Donald R. Reed Jr &Kathy BaileySouthern Coalfields To-bacco Prevention Coali-tion

A friend and I were dis-cussing the state of theeconomy the other dayand I was reminded of acolumn I wrote on thatsubject some time back.I wrote:As I was getting out of

my car the other day, Ilooked down and saw anickel. I reached downand picked it up but felt noparticular excitement. ButI remembered a time inmy life when finding afive-cent piece wouldhave cased my heart tostart pounding. In a timewhen a couple of pennieswould buy you a lot ofcandy, a nickel waswealth.For instance, you could

buy yourself a 12 oz.

Pepsi Cola or a Spur or anRC (Royal Crown).If your taste was for asoda, you could choosefrom Nehi or Sun Crestfor orange, strawberry,cherry, lemon-lime, rootbeer, ginger beer or gingerale.Orange Crush was pop-

ular even though it camein a smaller brown bottle.It was so real that there

was orange pulp sus-pended in it. Man, thatwas good.I liked Coca Cola even

back then, but I usuallyopted for a Pepsi becauseyou got twice as much popfor your nickel.RC and Spur were also

popular for that reason.The combination of RCand a Moon Pie had muchmore meaning back then.

Ten cent would buy you alarge drink and a deliciousMoon Pie.

People younger thanmyself have no idea whata wonderful treat theMoon Pie was Unlike thethings we buy today,Moon Pies were one layer.They were round and sixinches in diameter. The in-side was a deliciousmarshmallow concoctionnot at all like the whiteglue that they use today.The cake part was tastyand covered with realchocolate. Yummy.If you were a mind to ,

you could take your nickelto Holloway's and get acone of ice cream.

The cones were con-structed to hold two

scoops, side by side. I usu-ally got one scoop ofvanilla and one scoop ofchocolate. If you knew thesoda jerk, which we usu-ally did, there might be asmuch ice cream stickingover the sides as on thecone.

A pack of Nabs was anickel and you got five ina pack. A big bag of pop-corn was also five cents atthe theatre as was thecandy from the vendingmachines. Peanut Chewsand Milk Duds were myfavorites.

Anyway, a kid with anickel in his pocket was aman of means, roamingaround town with the coinburning a hole in hispocket, trying to decide

where to invest his newlyacquired capital. Moneywas made to be spent.This big-time spenderlived by that tenet.A kid's life was changed

just a little because he hadfound a nickel.He resisted the tempta-

tion to slip away and drinkall the Pepsi. Instead, heremained true to the codeand saved "ducks" for hisbuddy.

A couple of drinks wereleft in the bottom of thebottle for his pal. Stuff likethat was the glue thatsealed the friendships thatwould last a lifetime.

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November Students of the Month at Pineville Middle School were, from left, Bri-aunna Hedrick, fifth grade; Travis Burgess, sixth grade;Megan Sizemore seventhgrade; Brandon Decker eighth grade.

Courtesy PhotoDecember Students of the Month at Pineville Middle were Rhiana Shields , eighthgrade; ; Rhayne Brown, seventh grade; Sarah Day, sixth grade; andGabrielle Lupardus fifth grade

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Bill introduced about coalbed methane severance taxBy Del. Linda Phillips

and Del. Daniel Hall

Hello again fromCharleston. It is a privi-lege for us to once againbe writing to the greatpeople of the 22nd district.As the legislative sessionnears its halfway point, wewanted to follow up withyou on some issues wehave been working on torepresent your interests att h e C a p i t o l .Last week we touched

on the coal bed methanetax that was put in place in2009, noting that no sys-tem was devised to dis-perse those monies or tomonitor where the moneywent once it was released.We are pleased to inform

you that this week a billwas introduced that relatesto the dedication of coalbed methane severancetax proceeds. House Bill2953 is a Governor’s billthat would redirect the al-ready collected $2 millionin funds to the countyEconomic DevelopmentAuthority. That moneywould then be used tofund infrastructure proj-

ects such as water andsewer plants.As discussed last week, inthis tax structure, 75 per-cent of the coal bedmethanetax goes to the counties oforiginwhile25percent isdis-tribu ted to otherWest Vir-ginia counties.WyomingandMcDowell counties stand tobenefit quite a bit from theb i l l .. The bill is slated to moveout of the Economic De-velopment committee nextweek and we are veryhopeful that it will pass.We also continue to work

tirelessly with other arealawmakers in our Turnpikec a u c u s .This week, GregBarr, Gen-eral Manager of the WestVirginia Parkways Author-ity, joined us for the caucusand gave us some very in-formative and helpful infor-mation that we can use inour effort to eventuallycome up with real legisla-tive solutions to decrease oreliminate theTurnpike tolls.Finally, we are looking

at ways to increase fund-ing for volunteer fire de-partments in our area.We are in the beginning

stages of a proposal to de-velop a new lottery ticketwhere 100 percent of theproceeds from that ticketwould go to fund volun-teer fire departments.We all realize what a vitalservice these firefightersprovide our communitiesand the sacrifices theymake to do so.We pledge to continue tolook for creative ways toprovide funding so thatthese brave men andwomen can continue tokeep us safe.If youwould like to followthe daily action of theLegis-lature, visit the 80thLegisla-ture on the web athttp://www.legis.state.wv.us/ .If you have any questions

regarding these issues or anyother issues that involve ourstateorourdistrict, don’t hes-itate to contact us.You can contact us by emailat [email protected] [email protected].

You can also call ourCharleston office at (304)340-3119 for Del. Hall and(304) 340-3163 for Del.Phillips.

Prom Dress Project back at WEHSWyoming East High

School has begun the"Prom Dress Project" tohelp girls get prom dressesand accessories for prom.Costs of prom gowns haveincreased so much thatsome girls cannot afford toattend.

Prom dresses can bebrought to Wyoming EastHigh School and will besold (for a small fee) or

donated to students whoneed them. Also neededare shoes, slips, jewelry,and shawls.

The owners of thedresses receive the moneyfrom sales so they can pur-chase needed items forprom.This is not a fundraiser

for the school or anygroup at the school. If youhave prom dresses or ac-

cessories to donate or sellplease send them to DonnaWikel at Wyoming EastHigh School. Mrs. Wikelasks that you write downthis information: name,phone, price, size and ashort description of thedress.A prom dress fashion

show where students willmodel the dresses will beheld at a later date.

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Pictured are Rachael Church and Makayla Griffey shopping for dresses at lastyear'sWyoming East High School's Prom Dress Project.

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HeraldSportsFebruary 16, 2011 Page 4

Photo by John Conley

Andrew bishop (in white) of Wyoming East goes up to the basket while CodyToler ofWestside defends last Friday night at New Richmond.

East tops RenegadesBY JOHN CONLEYAssociate Editor

Wyoming East usedthree big scoring spurts totop arch rival Westside.The AA No. 2 Warriors

jumped to a 10-0 lead inthe game's opening min-utes, hit six treys in an 19-4 second quarter burst andhad a 13-0 run late in thethird and early in thefourth on the way to an84-63 Senior Night vic-tory at New Richmond."We didn't have our A

game, especially on de-fense," said East coachRory Chapman. "But weplayed well in spurts."East held its biggest first

half lead at 39-18. West-side used its success atdrawing fouls on drives tothe bucket to narrow themargin to 42-26 by half-time.The Renegades (10-9)

got within 51-41 late inthe third. Alex Webb'sdunk off an alley oop passfrom Chase Morgan gotheWarriors rolling again.Travis McKinney hit a

three at the buzzer to pushthe score to 60-44.East (13-3) scored the

first eight points of thefourth quarter, and thelead was never less than18 after that.

Five players reacheddouble figures for East:

Webb (22), Morgan (16),McKinney (14), AndrewBishop (12) and MarcusSchofield (10).Zack Helmandollar (16)

paced Westside, followedby Dylan Newsome (15)and freshman CoreyBowles (14).“Our guys played hard

tonight,” said WHS coachNick Cook. “Our effortwas better than last time,but we missed a lot oflayups.”

East honored the lateDavid Chapman, RoryChapman's father and along time assistant hoops

Strong start lifts WHSBY JOHN CONLEYAssociate Editor

Westside's fast start wasa foundation for victory.The Renegades sprinted toa 26-3 lead and were neverreally threatened in lastTuesday's 81-61 win overIndependence at ClearFork."We came out and shot

really good," said WHScoach Nick Cook. "We

played eight or nine or tenguys, and they all gave usquality minutes."Westside's early cushion

held up all night.It was 36-16 at halftime.Zack Helmandollar's

three to start the third pe-riod pushed the lead to 23,and the Patriots werenever closer than 16 afterthat.

The biggest gap, 27,came at the the end of the

third quarter after LeviLambert and Dylan New-some both sank three-pointers from the rightwing. That made it 61-34."We had a total team ef-fort," Cook remarked.WHS had 10 treys on the

night. "That's what wehave to do to open thingsup inside for Justin and

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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTNPDES RE-ISSUANCE ADVERTISEMENT

Notice is hereby given that PIONEER FUEL CORPORATION 400 PATTERSON LANE,CHARLESTON, WV 25331 has submitted an application for the reissuance of Article 11 /WVNPDESPermit No. WV1016431 to the Department of Environmental Protection, 331 Court St., Suite 204,Welch, WV 24801 in order to discharge drainage from a haulroad and a surface mine operationin the Williamson, Upper Cedar Grove, Lower Cedar Grove, Peerless, Alma, Campbells Creek,Matewan, Glen Alum Tunnel, Lower War Eagle, Big Eagle, Powellton and all splits thereofseam/mineral bed. The operation will discharge treated and storm water into unnamed tributaryof/and Bear Branch, unnamed tributary of/and Cabin Branch and Hurricane Branch of LaurelFork, unnamed tributary of/and Jims Branch, unnamed tributary of/and Simmons Fork and un-named tributary of Clear Fork of Upper Guyandotte River and is located 2.0 (miles), east ofOceana in Oceana District of Wyoming County, Longitude 81º 34' 16" and Latitude 37º 41' 45"(Coordinates from USGS Topographic Map). The Department of Environmental Protection is seeking information on private surface water intakesfor human consumption located in the above listed receiving streams and located down stream of thisoperation. Please provide your name, phone number, mailing address, the name of the stream beingwith the intake, and the physical location of the intake. This information needs to be submitted to theaddress above.

An anti-degradation review has been conducted. Tier 1 protection is afforded because ef-fluent limitations ensure compliance with water quality criteria for all designated uses. Where applica-ble, a full Tier 2 anti-degradation review has been conducted. Information regarding impacts tobaseline water quality, decisions regarding alternative analyses, and socioeconomic evaluation aspart of the public record.

Comments on the Article 11/WVNPDES application or requests for a public hearing regard-ing the Article 11/NPDES application shall be in writing and if a public hearing is requested shall statethe nature of the issues proposed to be raised in the hearing. Such written comments or requestsshould be sent to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) at the address above, and mustalso reference the Article 11 /WVNPDES permit number shown above. Comments received byMarch 18, 2011, or thirty (30) days from date of publication, will be considered. A copy of the Article11/WVNPDES application, draft permit, rational page, and fact sheet (if required) will be available forinspection and obtaining copies during normal business hours at the DEP Regional Office located atthe address above.

DEP Telephone No.(304) 436-2181 Article 11/NPDES Permit No. WV1016431

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ADVERTISEMENTNOTICE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT

The public is invited to submit written comments and other documentation to the West Virginia Of-fice of Coalfield Community Development (OCCD) on the planned surface mining operations andhow their communities are anticipated to be affected and the intended post mining land use, asprovided for by Chapter 5B, Article 2A, West Virginia Code and Title 145, Series 8, Code of StateRegulations:

Name of Permit Applicant or Permitee Eastern Associated Coal, LLCName of Surface Mine: Huff Creek Surface Mine No. 1SMA number: SMA-4005-08Type of Permitting Action: Application for New Surface Mining PermitCounty/District: Oceana/TriadelphiaUSGS Quadrangle Name: Lorado/Pilot KnobLongitude: 37° 46’ 11” Latitude: 81° 38’ 26”Surface acres affected: 745.26Expected duration of mining operation (years): 5

A map showing the location of the mine site is shown below:

A Community Impact Statement describing the impact of the above surface mining operation onthe surrounding area and proposed post-mining land uses has been filed and is available for in-spection in the OCCD and at the following locations:

West Virginia Office of Coalfield West Virginia Department of Environmental Community Development ProtectionBuilding 6, Room 650 1101 George Kostas DriveState Capitol Complex Logan, WV 25601Charleston, WV 25305-0311 (304) 792-7250(304) 558-4010

WVDEP Office of Explosives & Blasting Region I Planning & Development Council601 57th Street, SE 1439 E. Main Street, Suite 5Charleston, WV 25304 Princeton, WV 24740(304) 926-0464 (304) 431-7225

Wyoming County Commission Region II Planning & Development CouncilP.O Drawer 309 720 Fourth AvenuePineville, WV 24874 Huntington, WV 25701(304) 732-8000 ext.224 (304) 529-3357

Clerk of the Wyoming County Commission Wyoming County Economic DevelopmentWyoming County Courthouse AuthorityP.O. Drawer 309 P.O. Box 1828Pineville, WV 24874 Pineville, WV 25874(304) 732-9659 (304) 732-6707

Logan Area Public Library Logan County Commission16 Wildcat Way 300 Stratton Street, Suite #103Logan, WV 25601 Logan, WV 25601(304) 752-6652 (304) 792-8826

Clerk of the Logan County Commission Logan County Development AuthorityLogan County Courthouse Logan County Airport Terminal300 Stratton Street Melville, WV 25601

Wyoming County Public LibraryP.O. Box 130Pineville, WV 24874(304) 792-6899

The Community Impact Statement will serve as the basis for the preparation by the county devel-opment authority of a land use master plan. The Statement will identify surface mining impacts onthe surrounding area, area infrastructure as well as land development needs relating to economicdevelopment, post-mining land and infrastructure assets that may available to satisfy these needs.

The public is invited to submit written comments and other documentation to the OCCD within 30days of the date of this notice concerning how their communities are anticipated to be affected bythe above surface mining operation and the intended post-mining land use.

After the close of the public comment period, the comments will be delivered to the developmetauthority and assist in the incorporation into the county land use master plan.

All comments and questions should be directed to the following:WV Division of EnergyOffice of Coalfield Community DevelopmentBuilding 6, Room 650State Capitol ComplexCharleston, WV 25304-0311Phone: 304-957-2063Fax: 304-558-0362Email: [email protected]

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Photo by John Conley\

Corey Bowles (14) ofWestside puts up a shot against Independence lastTues-day at Clear Fork.

WHScontinued from Page Five

coach at the school, priorto the game.

"It was an emotionalnight," said Rory Chap-man.

Oak Hill 76, East 63Oak Hill clinched the top

seed in the section tourna-ment by knocking offWyoming East, 76-63, lastSaturday at Oak Hill.

The Warriors held a 30-29 edge late in the secondperiod, but the Devilsscored eight straight to goon top for good.Kaliff Wright sparked

Oak Hill with 26. KamCarroll added 16, and De-Andre Leonard had 12.Chase Morgan had 23

for East. Luke Campbell

tallied 14, and MarcusSchofield had 11.The Warriors play their

final five games on theroad and visit PikeViewtonight.“Our guys will be battle

tested,” WEHS coachRory Chapman. “They’llfind out what they’remade of.”

EASTcontinued from Page One

Dustin (Tilley)," the coachobserved.Newsome paced West-

side with 20, and CoreyBowles had 16.Lambert and Kyle Midkiff

scored nine each, andJustin Tilley added eight.Indy got most of its scor-

ing from three players:Colton Saxton (20), SteveBowman (12) and Shawn

Pack (11).The Renegades visit Lib-

erty this Friday in a makeup game. Westside wonthe first meeting betweenthe teams, 66-51.

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Wyoming County SchoolsPosition AnnouncementService Personnel

Position title: Secretary - Wyoming East High School.

Deadline for receipt of application: 4:00 p.m., February 21, 2011.

Apply to: Frank L. Blackwell, Su-perintendent, Wyoming County Schools, P.O. Box 69, Pineville, WV 24874. Telephone: (304) 732-6262.

If you are interested in applying for any of these positions, you must submit a bid form or letter of application for the particular posi-tion.

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Wyoming County SchoolsPosition AnnouncementProfessional Personnel

Position title: Assistant Varsity Boys Baseball Coach - Westside High School.

Deadline for receipt of application: February 21, 2011.


If you are interested in applying for any of these positions, you must submit a bid form or letter of application for the particular posi-tion.

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Wyoming County SchoolsPosition AnnouncementProfessional Personnel

Position title: Mentor Teacher - Physical Education/Health, Glen Fork Elementary & Middle School.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE

Notice is hereby given that by vir-tue of the authority under that cer-tain deed of trust executed by David M. Forbes, to J. P. Morgan and Carl W. Roop, Trustee(s) dated April 22, 2002, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Wyoming County, West Virginia, in Trust

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Deed Book 213, at page 823, by which was conveyed to said Trus-tee(s) the hereinafter described real estate to secure the payment of a certain promissory note set out and described therein, and de-fault having been made in the pay-ment of said note, the undersigned Substitute Trustee(s) having been appointed Substitute Trustee by an Appointment of Substitute Trustee dated January 18, 2011, and having been requested in writ-ing by the holder of said note, will sell to the highest and best bidder on March 2, 2011 at 11:30 a.m., at the front door of the courthouse of Wyoming County, West Virginia, the real estate conveyed by said deed of trust and situate in Mul-lens District, Wyoming County, West Virginia, together with ease-ments, improvements and appur-tenances thereunto belonging, and at the time of the signing of the Deed of Trust it was reported that the address was 607 Moran Ave-nue, Mullens, West Virginia, 25882, and being more particularly bounded and described therein as follows:

That certain lot, parcel and piece of real estate, with improvements thereon, situate in the City of Mul-lens, Slab Fork District, Wyoming County, West Virginia, being Lot Number Thirteen (13) in the H. E. Lilly First Addition to the City of Mullens, as shown upon a map of said addition of record in the Of-fice of the County Clerk of Wyo-ming County, West Virginia, in Plat Book No.1 page 6,

Reference is here made to the re-cords in said Office for a more complete description of the real estate herein conveyed.

And being the same property ac-quired by David M. Forbes, single, by deed dated the 15th day of April, 2002, from William Lee Hod-son, Jr., which said Deed is re-corded in the aforesaid Clerk’s of-fice in Deed Book 410, at page 599.

This sale is made subject to any special assessments, unpaid taxes, easements, conditions, res-ervations and restrictions affecting the aforesaid real estate.

The property will be conveyed in an “AS IS” condition by Deed containing no warranty, express or implied, subject to all property

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taxes, prior Deeds, liens, reserva-tions, encumbrances, restrictions, rights of ways, easements, cove-nants, conveyances and condi-tions of record in the Clerk’s office or affecting the subject property.

Pursuant to the terms of said deed of trust, the Trustee(s) may postpone the sale by public an-nouncement at the time and place designated for the sale. The West Virginia Housing Development Fund or its designee may pur-chase the property at any sale.

The Substitute Trustees shall be under no duty to cause any ex-isting tenant or person occupying the property to vacate said prop-erty, and any personal property and/or belongings remaining at the property after the foreclosure sale will be deemed to constitute ABANDONED PROPERTY AND WILL BE DISPOSED OF AC-CORDINGLY.

TERMS OF SALE: Cash in hand on day of sale.

DATED this 26th day of Janu-ary, 2011.

__________________________ Richard A. Pill Sub-stitute Trustee 304-263-4971

__________________________ Tracy L. Webb Substitute Trustee 304-345-6475

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TRUSTEE’S SALE OF VALU-ABLE REAL ESTATE

The undersigned Substitute Trustee, by virtue of the authority vested in him by that certain Deed of Trust, dated the 3rd day of July, 1984, and duly recorded in the Of-fice of the Clerk of the County Commission of Wyoming County, West Virginia, in Trust Deed Book 139, at page 682 and re-recorded in Deed Book 140, at page 387 and modified in Deed Book 225, at Page 326, and further modified in Deed Book 255, at page 939, Charles D. Hill aka Charles Doug-las Hill and Sherry L. Hill aka Sherry Lynn Hill did convey unto Clyde A. Smith, Jr. and G. Berk Lynch, Trustee(s), certain real property described in said Deed of Trust; and the beneficiary has elected to appoint Seneca Trus-

tees, Inc., as Substitute Trustee by a Substitution of Trustee dated September 18, 2008 and recorded in the aforesaid Clerk’s office; and default having been made under the aforementioned Deed of Trust, and the undersigned Substitute Trustee having been instructed by the secured party to foreclose thereunder, will offer for sale at public auction at the front door of the Wyoming County Courthouse in Pineville, West Virginia, on

March 10, 2011 at 12:00 o'clock pm

the following described real estate, together with its improvements, easements and appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate in Oceana District, Wyoming County, West Virginia, and more particu-larly described as follows:

All of Lot No. Twenty (20) of Lilly-haven as the same is shown and designated upon a map or plat of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Wyo-ming County, West Virginia, in Map File 410.

At the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, this property was reported to have an address of: County Road 7 & 1st, Lynco, WV 24857.

The referenced real estate will be conveyed with no covenants of warranty, and subject to all cove-nants, restrictions, easements, rights of way and reservations which may be a matter of record in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office or visi-ble upon the ground, all prior liens and encumbrances, including, without limitation, liens for real es-tate taxes, incinerator, sanitary and sewer charges. The purchas-ers at the sale shall be responsible for paying the recording costs and also the tax on the privilege of transferring real property (the cost of the tax stamp to be affixed to the deed). The purchasers shall be responsible for payment of all real estate taxes.

The subject property will be sold in "AS IS" condition. The Substi-tute Trustee shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or person occupying the subject property to vacate said property.

TERMS: $2,000.00 in cash and/or certified funds as deposit with the balance due and payable within 30 days of the day of sale.

FEDERAL TAX LIEN: In the event that there are Federal Tax Liens against the property, the United States would have the right to redeem the property within a period of 120 days from the date of such sale or the period allow-able for redemption under local law, whichever is longer.

Pursuant to the Deed of Trust, the Trustee may postpone the sale by public announcement at the time and place designated or by posting a notice of the same, and act by agent in the execution of the sale. The parties secured by the Deed of Trust reserve the right to purchase the property at such sale.

SENECA TRUSTEES, INC.6108 Mid Atlantic DriveMorgantown, WV 26508(304) 413-0044Toll free: (888) 534-3132Reference File No. 20202-05

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Mentor Teacher - Title I, Herndon Consolidated Elementary & Middle School.

Mentor Teacher - Special Educa-tion, Berlin McKinney Elementary School.

Mentor Teacher - Special Educa-tion, Oceana Middle School.

Deadline for receipt of application: February 23, 2011.


If you are interested in applying for any of these positions, you must submit a bid form or letter of application for the particular po-sition.

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February is nationallyrecognized as Teen DatingViolence Awareness Monthand Stop Abusive FamilyEnvironments (SAFE)plans to increase its effortsto lower the rate of abusiverelationships among ourlocal teenagers and youngadults.

SAFE will step up theiroutreach efforts this monthby distributing informationabout teen dating violenceand recording public serv-ice announcements that willair on the radio. Also, pre-sentations are being sched-uled at this time throughoutthe local schools, churches,

and other organizations. If you would like to

schedule one of these pre-sentations for students,youth groups, or parents ofteenagers who would liketo have more informationon this issue please callSAFE today at 304-436-8117.

February: Focus on dating violence

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Pineville CEOS hold meetingThe Pineville CEOS met

Monday, January 10, atthe Cow Shed. PresidentSandra Tucker conductedthe meeting. Secretary Sandra Privett

read the Minutes of thelast meeting, and Treas-urer Delores Brannongave the financial report.Both reports were ac-cepted as presented.Hostess for the meetingwas Shirley Phillips. Brenda Sigmon led the

Pledge of Allegiance. Shirley Phillips gave thedevotion using the book“God’s Little Lessons onLife for Women” andPsalms Chapter 18, Verse1. She also led the groupin prayer.President Tucker led a

discussion on projects forthe coming year. A motion was made and

seconded to participate inthe following projects forthe year 2011:

Wyoming ContinuousCare Center; WyomingCounty 4H Camp;Pineville Library; WestVirginia Breast and Cervi-cal Screening Program;Energy Express; theWyoming County ToyFund; and sending cardsto acknowledge variouscircumstances to membersof the community. Themotion was approvedunanimously.

Area RepresentativeShirley Phillips led a dis-cussion on a list of Ap-palachian Culture andHistory items she receivedfrom our state organiza-tion. She also discussed infor-

mation she received con-cerning creative writingand poetry for CEOSmembers as well as the2011 Purposeful ReadingList. Brenda Sigmon wasappointed to head theCEOS Reading Commit-

tee for Wyoming County.The group discussed andvolunteered for the Out-reach Program Schedulefor the year. Shirley Phillips, Health

Motivator, made a presen-tation on ways to improveour health for the comingyear. She also presentedthe program “Traditions Con-tinue: The Care and Useof Heritage Textiles”.During the program shedisplayed scarves andtable cloths belonging toher late mother andmother-in-law. Freeda Lambert won the

hostess gift.Attending the meeting

were:Sandra Tucker, SandraPrivett, Delores Brannon,Barbara Blankenship,Shirley Phillips, CharleenCooke, Bonnie Cox,Freeda Lambert, andBrenda

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