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Volume 94 No. 1 Hint n, West Virginia Tuesday April 23, 1996 30 Cents
SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED
Delegates Bob Kiss and Ron Thompson made Thompson, along with a new W.Va. flag and
good on their promise to get some funding Blue Book for the museum. Shown left to
for the Veterans Memorial Museum of right:Delegate Bob Kiss, Charles Skidmore,
Southern West Virginia, Inc which will beCarl Edwards, Delegate Ron Thompson, and
located in the old Carnegie Library in County Commissioner Clyde Grimmett. On
Hinton. The check for $3,000 from the W.Va.behalf of the veterans of Summers County,
Development Fund was presented to Mr. Edwards thanked both delegates for
President Carl Edwards by Delegate their continued support of the project.
Anne Marie Bryant
Lora Mason
Tonya RaC]aelle Allen
Hofheimer Ellison,
Valedictorian 1995. '96
Rebecca Lynn Dillon
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Lindsay Brooke Keaton
The graduation ceremony for
Summers County High School will
be held at the Summers County
Athletic Facility on Fri May 31st
at 7:00 P.M.
The valedictorian will be: Lora
Mason Hofheimer Ellison. The
salutatorians will be: Anne Marie
Bryant and Rebecca Lynn Dillon.
The honorarians will be: Tonya
RaChelle Allen and Lindsay Brooke
Keaton.
Summers County High School
1996 Senior Class:
Angela Adkins, Betty Adkins,
Greg Adkins, Henry Adkins, Sarah
Adkins, Tonya Alien, Brad Angell,
Jason Barnes, Kelly Basham, Geri
Bennett, Jamie Bennett, Jennifer
Bennett, Joe Michael Blankenship,
Robert Blankenship, Veronica
Bower, Lisa Bowles, Anginita
Bowling, Kim Bowling, Bryan
Bragg, Josie Bragg, Mike Bragg,
Carla Breen, Datsi Brinegar, Ann
Bryant, Natalie Cales, Tonya
Campbell, Tim Canterbury, Jason
Carr, William Cash, Kristy Clark,
K.C. Claypool, Richard Clayton,
Megan Cole, William Cole, Jeremy
Cook,
John Cooper, Elsie Bragg Cox,
Erin Cox, Crystal Crook, Andrea
Cunill, Courtney Davis, Carol Davis,
Darren Dillon, Rebecca Dillon, Josh
Dunford, Nathan Eerenberg, Lora
Ellison, Shannon Fann, Beth Farley,
Gary Farmer, Martha Feamster,
Thomas Fitzsimmons, Ron Foley,
Faith Fortner, Peggy Fox, Charles
Gill, Helen "Susie" Gill, John Gill,
Marcus Gill, Jason Grimmett,
Tifany Grimmett, Lacy Gunoe,
Melinda Gwinn, Jason Hamilton,
Rebecca Hammonds, Len Allen
Hanger, Melissa Harvey, Edward
Hayes, Chris Hicks, Todd Honaker,
Brandon Houchins, Bill Irwin,
Scott Jackson, Dusty Jones, Casey
Jones, Jason Keaton, Kirn Keaton,
Lindsay Keaton, Regina Keyes,
Larry Kincaid, Karl Koenig, Mike
Kovalkevich, Gary Lemon, Melinda
Lesher, Alan Lilly, Austin Lilly,
O.J.Lilly, Stephanie Lilly, Charlie
Long, Sherri Mansfield, Jessica
Martin, Michael Martin, Ryan
Martin, Joseph McComas, Carman
McGuire, Robert McLaughlin, Jeff
Meador, Jonathan Meador, Jessica
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Executive Director of the
Summers County Convention
and Visitors Bureau, Pare
Flanagan, has announced that
the potential tourism for Hinton
and Summers County has just
taken a giant leap by officially
having a home page placed on
the Internet through the West
Virginia Web.
"This is an absolutely a great
opportunity for our area
businesses and beautiful historic
county. Nowhere can a company
find a single marketing tool at
such a low cost that will reach i
potentially millions of clients,"
said Flanagan.
The opportunity to have a
home page for our area was
made possible by the
representatives with the West~
Virginia Web who, during dozens
!of presentations throughout the i
state last fall, made the offer (for I
a limited time only), to all1
Convention and VisitorsBureaus
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Meadows, Michael Meadows, Mika
Meadows, Shawn Meadows,
Stephanie Meadows, Susie
Meadows,
Brian Milburn, Kellis Miller,
Staci Mills, Regina Smith Mitchem,
Natasha Mize, Leslie Wayne Moye,
Jason O'Bryan, John O'Dell, J.T.
Payne, Scott Perdue, Austin
Persinger, Justin Persinger, Andrew
Petit, Angela Phillips, Denise Reed,
Melissa Raines, Matthew Reed,
Bobby Richmond, Jason Scott
Richmond, Patricia Richmond,
Shawna Richmond, Michael Rivera,
Kelly Roberts, Chris Robertson,
Tony Romanello, Joseph Romanello
Bobby Ronat, Nathan Smith, Kelly
Spade, Jason Teabo, B.J.Thomas,
Timmy Trout, Courtney Turner,
Stacy Turner,
Brenda Washer, Lewis Wheeler,
Mark Wheeler, Laura Whitaker,
Mark Williams, Michael Williams,
John Paul Wills, Kevin Andy Wills,
Melissa Wills, Crystal Yancey, and
Vicki Yancey.
W.Va. Supreme Court of Appeals
Justice Arthur Recht visited
Summers County on Apr. 18th. He
attended a meeting of Summers
County citizens interested in the
Justice's re-election campaign at
Kirk's in Hinton. Gene Davis, one of
the co-ordinators for Justice Rocht's
state-wide campaign and a member
of the Summers County Democratic
Executive Committee was
instrumental in organizing the
special event on Thurs.
Justice Recht also attended an
educational conference and banquet
of Circuit Judges sponsored by the
Supreme Court and the Judicial
Association at Pipestom State Park
on Thurs. night.
Justice Recht is from Wheeling,
graduated from West Virginia
University College of Law and was
appointed to the Supreme Court in
1995 by Governor Caperton. His
wife Karen and their children live
in Wheeling. Justice Recht is a
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Congressman Nick Rahall of
Beckley and Ms Vivien P. Woofter,
U.S. Dept. of State, have been
elected as West Virginia's Son and
Daughter of the Year for 1996. The
W.Va. Society of Washington, D.C
will honor them May 15th. in an
awards dinner and program at the
Grand Hyatt Washington according
to the Society's President, Brig. Gen.
(Ret.) Jim Herbert.
"Congressman Rahall has served
the State of W.Va. with distinction
since being elected in 1976. His
tireless efforts on behalf of the
Citizens of our State to create jobs
through building and rebuilding our
State's transportation and
infrastructure system deserve
recognition," Herbert said.
"Congressman Rahall has been and
continues to be a friend to all in
W.Va. and to West Virginians here
in our Nation's Capitol. His service
to the W.Va. Society has been
tremendous over the years. We know
we can always count on his help in
the time of need."
Rahall served as President of the
W.Va. Society in 1983-85. First
elected in 1976 as the youngest
member of the 95th Congress,
Rahall now serves as the ranking
Democrat on the House of
Representatives Surface
Transportation Subcommittee, and
is a senior ranking Democrat on the
Transportation and Infrastructure
as well as the Resources
Committees. His eldest daughter,
Rebecca Ashley Rahall was selected
and honored by the society in 1993
to represent the State of W.Va. as its
Princess during the annual
Washington Cherry Blossom
Festival. She is a student at the
University of North Carolina at
Wilmington. His son Nick J. Rahall,
III is a student at the College of the
Redwoods in Eureka, Ca and his
youngest daughter, Suzanna Nicole
resides with her mother, Helen
McDaniel Rahall, in McLean, Vs.
Rahall's grandparents settled in
Southern W.Va. from Lebanon,
becoming successful businessmen.
Rahalrs mother, Mary Alice Rahall,
resides in Beckley. His late father,
N. Joe Rahall, gained prominence in
retailing and broadcasting.
Congressman Rahall, himself a
businessman, owns WTNJ Radio in
Beckley.
Vivien Woofter
Daughter of the Year Vivien
Woofter is currently Director,
Interior Planning and Design
Division of the U.S. Dept. of State
Office of Foreign Building
Operations. She, with her staff of 40
manage residential design for 353
residences of Ambassadors Deputy
Chiefs of Mission and Consuls
General worldwide, new U.S.
embassy buildings (55 are in various
stages of construction now) and
furnishing official china, glassware
and silver flatware to above State
Dept. Residences worldwide.
SPECIAL MEETING
The City of Hinton will conduct a
Special Meeting for the purpose of
Consideration of 2nd. Reading and
Adoption of the City of Hinton
Mufiicipal Planning Commission
Comprehensize Zoning Plan.
The Public is encouraged to
attend. Acopy of the Comprehensive
Zoning Plan can be viewed at City
Hall located at 322 Summers St
ABSENTEE VOTING
Any voter who will be unable to
vote in person at the polls may apply
for and vote an absentee ballot at the
Circuit Clerk's Office during regular
business hours, beginning Apr. 29th.
through Noon on Sat May 11th.
Matte Jean Cooper, Circuit Clerk.
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