April 2009
April 30 a Happy Birthday CORKEY COTTRELL
April 30 a Happy 12th Birthday to JOE
RUNION
April 30 a We're holding up Friday's
Communicator until Tuesday afternoon. Will be a good one
April 30 a Forgot to mention yesterday,
the bid opening for the new but unneeded Clay Water plant is today at 1:30pm
at the water plant. Public too
April 30 a Normally we hype up weekend
activities on Friday morning. Got something that starts up Friday
midday...
April 30 a The Kitchen Restaurant
is cooking up a Prime Rib dinner special Friday beginning at 11am. Prime
Rib with 2 sides for less than $14. Not too shabby and close to home. They're
doing up a Turkey Dinner Special Sunday afternoon. Yum Yum
April 30 a Llynn Drake was elected
to Town Council 22 months ago. Last year she was left the Council
slot and was appointed to Town Recorder replacing Dwana Murphy.
April 30 a Since getting elected to
office, Drake has been the center of attention many times over. For the
most part, her actions and words left many with the idea that she was out
for herself, for her own enrichment. What ever her intentions, that's what
it looked like
April 30 a Word has it that Recorder
Drake is ready to move from the municipality (and county) and leave office.
Rumors are just that but the real seed for thought is, who would be her
replacement?
April 29 p Betty Jane Sutton Bush,
81, see OBITUARY page
April 29 p Robert D. "Buddy"
Shelton, 71, see OBITUARY page
April 29 p Happy 6th Birthday
JADEN STARCHER
April 29 p Happy Birthday Jack Deems
April 29 p Happy Birthday Brandon Nottingham
& Lyndsey Nottingham
April 29 p The Clay County Board of
Health meets Thursday evening in the NH Dyer bldg on Main St. Not too much
in the way of agenda items. Not even mention of hiring a new Medical Director
to replace Dr Gately who is leaving in June for VA.
April 29 p During their last regular
meeting, the Bd set up interviews for two candidates including Dr Sarah
from Clay Primary Care. Word on the street has it, the new Director will
be Dr Leela Petel who once worked for Primary Care. If the rumors are correct,
what a good choice!
April 29 p As we polish off the last
of April, there's little in t he way of scuttlebutt to report.
April 29 p Brooks Stover knows
a bunch about the old BC&G RR. His
web site offers a wealth of knowledge and presented in an easy to navigate
manner. The link is also posted over on our LINK page.
April 29 p Senator Randy White continues
to keep us informed via his web
blog. Now posted there is a summary of all the bills that passed during
the regular session of the 09 Legislative Session.
April 28 a A web portal, a web
site, can be a very useful tool to grow a business, provide services, and
keep people informed. To provide those services and make a difference,
web sites have to be easy to read, easy to navigate, and be updated regularly.
And, they have to be updated regularly and be current.
April 28 a The Central
Appalachia Empowermnet Zone and the Clay
County Business Development Authority both have web sites.. Both
were set up by professionals but both are worthless.
April 28 a In both cases, the problem
is not with the person that set up the site but the government's inability
to keep the vehicles current. Take a look and you will notice the BDA site
has zero info. For month's BDA Boardster Mike Boggs has asked for
info to put on the site and for months he's gotten zip. That's tax payers
$$$ at waste.
April 28 a It's even "worser" with
the CAEZ site. There they have information but it's all outdated. They
haven't updated the thang in two years. Now the CAEZ has voted to spend
$5000 to start from scratch and create another site. During their last
meeting, they said the new web designer would also research and provide
newer info.
April 28 a After spending more loot,
the problem will be the same, government inability to keep the site up
and running woth timely information. That's another $5000 down the drain
and they ain't got a clue!
April 28 a The same guy that
worked up the CAEZ site a few years ago also set up the Clay
Library site. Easy to follow and easy on the eye too. Although it needs
more info, the site has been updated recently and provides the basic service
it was intended to do.
April 28 a When will the BDA and CAEZ
ever learn.
April 28 a We don't know if Obama De
Bama's recent announcements on Mountain
Top Removal rule changes is a 100 day political ploy or not, if successful,
there will be an impact on Clayberry.
April 28 a For all us old geezers that
hate the thought of having a garden hose run up our butts, an influential
doctors group is backing off its call for annual
tests after age 50 to screen for prostate cancer. Truth is, early detection
makes no difference with survival rates. That includes breast cancer victims
too.
April 28 a Calhoun's OES Director has
issued a Swine
Flu Alert.
April 28 a Communicator comes out Friday.
Deadline for submissions is Wed evening at 6pm. Email your stuff ASAP.
April 27 p From the email bag:
Young male yellow lab mix. I can tell he had a collar so maybe he has gotten
loose. He was found in the Jacks Bend area of Elk River Rd (Elkhurst).
If he's yours please call 304-548-4049. He is very friendly and I am sure
missed lots.
April 27 p Happy 40th Birthday Patrick
Joe
April 27 a We've got an oppps.
Last week during the CCC meeting, Clay County PSD Chair Greg Fitzwater
said the Procious Water plant was now operating at just 9 hours a day after
a leak was found and repaired in Roane County. This just in from
the head honcho at the Procious plant: .....the leak was found and fixed,
but the Procious Plant still runs 16 hours a day, the difference is in
the amount of water we purchase from The town of Clay. We are now pumping
most of the water ourselves to Roane Co. at a cheaper cost.
April 27 a Thanks Will Miller for the
update.
April 27 a Need a full time job? See
JOBS page this site.
April 27 a We're all red necks
today. After two days of bright sunshine with grass cutting, clean up and
garden duties... WASP Clay County is red from overexposure
April 27 a Today is the first
day of Spirng Gobbler season. Schools out.
April 27 a Other than the Thursday
evening Health Board meeting, going to be a quiet week
April 27 a Banks are being bailed
out, Top executives kept their bonuses. And, no one had to account for
anything. Banks
won... again.
April 26 a Jerry Ryan Sizemore, 65,
see OBITUARY page
April 26 a From the last few days....
April 26 a Wayne King has
spent decades dumping his business junk in the Courthouse dumpster. He
overstepped the line when he filled the green box up with dead carpet.
Getting caught on security camera, the CCC sent him a $42 bill which he
refused to pay. During Wed's CCC meeting our Top Badge said he would collect
$42 cash ( no bouncy checks) or arrest the guy.
April 26 a There are many laws on the
books which no one follows. One of those is mandatory trash pick up in
West Virginia. During a recent Solid Waste Authority meeting, Brown Shirt
Stuart Simms made that info public as well as the possibility of that private
use fee being added to tax bills.
April 26 a Just like the Ambualance
fee 13 years ago and more recently the proposed flood plain zoning, word
is now spreading on the make the Waste Management Co folks rich scheme.
Many in the county are about ready to lynch the Commissioners if they try
and force another tax burden.
April 26 a Clay Roane PSD has had a
major water leak for a decade. The big time lead resulted in half of their
product running into the dirt instead of making money for them. During
the CCC meeting, it was reported that after a leak was fixed near Hollywood
in Roane County, pumping at the Procious Water plant dropped to just 9
hours a day. That's down to 9 hours a day from 16 to 20 hours a day for
year after year.
April 26 a Mostly this site relates
dumb bunny stuff that goes on Clayberry. Saturday morning a band of volunteers
organized the Lake Sampson Fishin Derby. Under blue skies and bright sunshine,
150 kids came out and caught fish, threw rocks, ran around, laughed and
had a bunch of fun. Moms and Dads too!
April 26 a Volunteers, what makes this
county so very special.
April 24 a Ronald “Ronnie” Wayne Lambert
46, of Strange Creek, see OBITUARY page
April 24 a Belated: Happy 22nd Birthday
Danielle Whaling
April 24 a From the email bag:
I just wanted to say that I really enjoy reading the communicator on line
each day to keep up with what is going on in the good old town of Clay,
WV. I am currently serving in Afghanistan with the US Army Special Forces.
I am originally from Clay and was in the Class of 1990. I have not lived
in Clay since 1997 but my family still lives in Clay and I still like to
know what is going on in my town time to time. Being over here in this
environment can be quite stressful at times but I try to take time each
day to release some stress by reading your paper and there is nothing like
a good laugh every once in a while and some of the guys here read the communicator
also and they are not even from Clay just because they get kick out some
of the childish things that go on there. Even though I live in Braxton
I will always be from Clay. So keep up the good work and if you think
Clay has problems just spend a week over here and then you realize that
you have no problems at all. CPT Samuel King
April 24 a For anybody that wishes
to say hello and offer words of appreciation, here's Mr King's email address:
Samuel.L.King@us.army.mil
April 24 a The right to privacy....
"I don't care!.. The Govt can look all they want, I have nothing to hide."
is a standard response when many are asked about losing civil rights. For
those many that keep that cell phone glued to your ear, you might
want to
look at this link.
April 24 a All you kids that have half
your hind end hanging out with your pants below your crack, it's
now legal.
April 24 a There's a bunch of us ole
hippies that grew up on corn flakes and pot. During the last couple years
there has been an effort to make pot legal again in the USA. Such talk
makes us smile and try to remember those hazy days of old.
Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) insisted that marijuana legalization should be
"on the table." Such
joy and on a Friday to boot.
April 23 p From TV 8: April 23, 2009
12:36pm; Eyewitness News; Four coal miners are injured when a rock falls
on them at the Consol Fola coal company in Clay county. It happened around
7:00 a.m., Thursday morning. Eyewitness News has been told that the injuries
are not serious, but one man did complain of a shoulder injury. Mine Safety
inspectors are investigating
April 23 p From TV-3: CLAY COUNTY,
W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Four people have been taken to the hospital after an accident
at a mine in Clay County. The accident happened around 6:50 a.m. Thursday
at the Fola Coal Company. Mine Safety Communications Director, Jama Jarrett
tells WSAZ.com four coal miners were heading into the mine on a man-trip
when a rock fell from the roof. The rock broke into pieces. Jarrett
tells WSAZ. com the men were not seriously hurt, but taken to the hospital
as a precaution. Consol Energy owns the mine. A safety inspector is on
the way to the mine to investigate.
April 23 p Just a week ago Clay County
physician Doc Jamie's family made the national media spotlight in the Parade
magazine. His son Jimmy reported earning over $2m in the family business
during the previous year. That article on high earners came just a day
after IRS officials ceased a bright yellow Porsche and gray SUV from the
good Doc.
April 23 p Maybe Jimmy could loan Pop
some $$.
April 23 p On May 20, 2008 a Federal
tax lien (Form 1044) totaling $1,368,931.40 was lodged against Doc Jamie
for the tax years 2001 and 2002
April 23 p In the way of an update...
In the The Communicator back during the winter, a letter to the editor
brought to light great wage increases for some of the state road workers
in Clay. The writer called the increases, raises.
April 23 p We spoke with County State
Road Head Honcho Clark Samples this morning. He said none of the crew nor
him had had a pay raise. The higher wages ($15,000 for Clark) were a result
of lots of overtime work.
April 23 p There's a big fishing derby
slated for this Saturday out at Lake Sampson. Some of the kids event flyers
say Wallback Lake while others call the place, Lake Sampson. Fishin Derby
organizer Connie Sizemore asked this morning about the varying names. She
said, everybody she talked to knew nothing about the name being Lake Sampson
April 23 p Truth is, by a vote of the
Legislature, 18 months ago, and signed into law, Senate Concurrent Resolution
47 made it official, the name of the place is Lake Sampson. The confusion
comes with the DNR given name for the dam, Wallback Dam.
April 23 p With warm dry weather expected
Saturday, hope there's 1000 kids having fun at the Lake Sampson Fishing
Derby. Don't have kids at home? Come out anyway and see smiles from ear
to ear on every face ... well, except on the sore lipped trout!
April 22 p Thursday's bid opening
for the new Town Water Plant has been delayed until April 30th at 1:30pm
April 22 p Need a Summer Job? During
this morning's CCC meeting, Slinky announced Obama De Bama syphilis dollars
will be funding 50, 6 week, summer jobs in the county. He said that Pat
Black with WorkForce is in charge with applications available at the WVU
Extension office, DHHR, FSRN, and WorkForce in the CAEZ office on Main
Street. Applications have to be in by the first week of May.
April 22 p On the other side of the
coin, if you're a non profit group needing summer time workers, contact
Pat Black for placement at your organization.
APril 22 p 50 and maybe more coming.
April 22 p One time Prosecutor and
attorney, Wayne King has been quietly dumping his personal trash in the
Courthouse dumpster for oh say..... 20 years. County Commission has been
arguing behind the scenes with the Waynester for a couple months telling
him he can't do that. Bad Boy Bad Boy. He says he only unloads in the dumpster
one day a week and shouldn't have to pay.
April 22 p Without mention or vote
during a public meeting, Slinky invoiced King $42 on Feb 19th. In
response King in a lawyerly way King penned a letter demanding information
like: how did the CCC calculate the bill; wanted a copy of the official
CCC order for the invoice; copies of any rules allowing such an invoice;
where the $42 would be spent... all kinds of lawyer talk.
April 22 p This morning Larry
Darryl and Darryl voted not to follow the letter requests and instead put
the Sheriff on Wayne.
April 22 p Lets see know, anybody at
any time can dump junk in any of the silver metal trash cans around the
Courthouse. That's what they're there for! There ain't no "No Dumping"
signs on the big green dumpsters. The things aren't locked at night. And,
he's been doing the weekly deposits for decades.
April 22 a Nolan Edward Lambey,
91, of Ivydale, see OBITUARY page
April 22 a With a fairly short agenda,
the County Commission meets this morning at 10am.
April 22 a Yelp, the latest edition
of Clay County's independent news source , The Communicator, is now on
news stands in four counties. 24 pages of knowledge found no where else.
Lead story delves into the CDC Whistleblower lawsuit where allegations
brought by Brenda Baird are substantial enough to have brought a $150,000
settlement offer.
April 21 a This edition also includes
the Sunday afternoon actions of Magistrate Jeff Boggs. Ahhhh... yelp,
he showed himself and did so in front of a bunch of people.. voters.
April 20 late p Talk about scanner
traffic. It was alive mid day as a white Jeep with a lady inside getting
ball batted near the Two Run Ginos. Minutes later the action continued
behind the Courthouse.
April 20 Late p We're in typing
mode. No new updates until after the Communicator gets out the door Tuesday
around 4pm
April 20 a It's peaceful today. The
rug rats are back in school.
April 20 a If the boss is away and
you have a little time to waste...
April 20 a Taking a little too
long to play on the web? Robert Atkinson from the Columbia Institute for
Tele-Information said this week at a forum on broad-band access, that "West
Virginia is still in last place."
April 20 a Lets talk dumb dumb dumb.
from the Hurherald: A Sutton woman thought she was offering a friend some
drugs, but she mistakenly sent the text message to
the Webster County prosecutor.
April 20 a We're the founders
of the country deeply religious with references to Jesus and Christianity
in their many speeches. Loud mouth Rush Limbaugh says Yes. That
ain't true and here's the facts.
April 20 a With school back in session,
do administrators have the right to strip search a student that they think
MAY have contraband? The DC
Big Robes will decide that this term.
April 20 a Unemployment
rose in 46 states last month.
April 20 a Need to get rid of bunch
of old worn out tires? See ADVSIORY page
April 20 a Forgot to wish 600 year
old Alan Exlax a Happy Birthday over the weekend
April 20 a Senator Randy White's final
Legislative Update column for this session is now posted on the ADVISORY
page
April 20 a With blossoms galore and
lush green grass, tourism season is here. For racing fans, the latest news
on O'Brion International Dirt track is alos over on the ADVISORY page.
April 20 a Dirt track racing, Lake
Sampson, Elk River, Friday night music at Big Otter, Saturday night Summer
Jams & Consignment Auctions all good reasons to come visit West Virginia's
best kept secret, Clayberry. Be sure to spend the night or nights in the
county over at the JG Bradley Campground.
April 20 a Town Council is hosting
a special meeting Tuesday at 5pm to approve the new year's budget AND discuss
a resignation. Over at Town Hall, nobody's talking right now
April 20 a County Commission meets
twice this week for budget OKs and a regular meeting Wed at 10am
April 20 a We're getting all kinds
of emails on the actions of Magistrate Jeff Boggs during Big Otter's Fire
Dept Ramp Dinner yesterday. So far none have been supportive of his wordage
April 20 a Communicator comes out Tuesday
afternoon and Yes, with new drugs, the Mel Gibson look alike is feeling
much better.
April 19 Late p Nathan L. Triplett,
75, of Maysel, see OBITUARY page
April 19 Late p Sylvia Genevieve King
Grogg, 94, of Duck, see OBITUARY page
April 17 p We made it thru another
week. Beautiful weather is predicted for Saturday. Been to Clayberry
lately? Now's a good time to visit
April 17 p Fola Coal likes the folks
that support their operation. Each year they host an appreciation dinner
in Summersville where they invite their buddies for an evening of good
food and gifts
April 17 p After a $6m tax value write
down, our County Commission is expected to attend tonight's foray.
April 17 p It's the gift part of tonight's
fun that may be interesting to watch. The WV Ethics Commission has issued
many official opinions on gift giving to elected officials. Commissioners
in other counties have been taken to Court over questionable thank you
proceeds.
April 17 p A couple weeks ago Town
Council held a secret time where they discussed and decided to purchase
security cameras at the water plant. Right after that behind closed doors
session, they held a second one to discuss personnel matters.
April 17 p Sometime yesterday Llyn
Drake posted a special meeting notice for next week. The agenda mentions
a resignation.
April 17 p Wonder what's up?
April 17 p For those wondering... now
on new drugs, feeling muuuuuuch better and if anyone sees the ace cub reporter
eating one of those peanut butter eggs, smack him!
April 17 p Communicator comes out Tuesday
afternoon.
April 16 late p Mary Hanshaw,
89, see OBITUARY page
April 16 a Paul Bird, 75, of Mount
Nebo died April 15, 2009. Wilson-Shamblin-Smith Funeral Home, Clay, is
in charge of arrangements.
April 16 a The Ace Cub Reporter is
feeling a little lazy and didn't get his typing done last night. We're
holding up Friday's Communicator until he gets over his TB (tired butt)
April 16 a Had a real interesting Solid
Waste Authority meeting Wed evening... Seen those No Litter, You're on
camera signs? Last night the Solid Waste gang voted to lease cameras to
catch those dumping trash along the roads. At one point someone mentioned
20 of the rascals for the county
April 16 a Did you know that you are
required to have proof of trash pick up service? It's the law. According
to Brown Shirt Stuart Simms in attendance, some counties are attaching
the trash service bill to property tax tickets.
April 16 a Bet that last post
got your blood boiling! More later today.
April 15 p Intruders coming into a
home and blasting away.Violence is not just a big city problem. Take a
look over in Calhoun
County for instance.
April 15 p We're typing ont he Communicator
tonight. No updates until we get the rascal to bed.
April 15 a Deadline for this
week's Communicator is tonight at 6pm. Email your stuff ASAP. What\s our
lead story? Clay County's top secret social service provider, CDC
April 15 a Every study on earth shows
the need for a mini park, a green space in downtown Clay. The obvious spot
is just across from the Courthouse beside the Clay PSD office. Not so anymore
April 15 a Yesterday the PSD announced
they plan to build a garage on the small lot after purchasing it recently.
April 15 a Suppose to have been a Clay
Housing Authority meeting yesterday. The agenda went up last week but the
members were a no show yesterday.
April 15 a America may have changed
from a run up the credit card mentality to one of saving a few $$$ and
paying with cash.The scare of an even deeper depression seems to have hunkered
us down. Great.
April 15 a Around the country people
people are turning to the internet for local news. A bunch of
local citizen journalism news outlets are starting to pop up. With
Clayberry on line for years, for once, we're ahead of the pack.
April 14 p It been years since
the Clay County Public Library provided much of anything in the way of
fun stuff for the kids. With the new Director in place, it's starting now.
Check out the May 9th post on our EVENTS page.
April 14 a Clay County PSD hosts their
monthly Board meeting this morning at 11 am. Open to the public.
April 14 a Getting ready for summer
bake sales and the like? Foodhandlers class now being offered. See ADVISORY
page
April 14 a Free food giveaway Thursday.
See EVENTS page for details
April 14 a Josephine Sanders Childers,
79, see OBITUARY page
April 14 a We note the passing of every
teenage boy's dream, Marylin
Chambers.
April 14 a Ethanol is being touted
as the best thing since canned soup. Scientists say differently with the
fuel process sucking
up tons of water.
April 14 a The tax deadline is just
a day away. The 2009 U.S. tax season promises to see a large uptick in
first-time delinquent
income taxpayers.
April 14 a For a government to operate
in the dark, they have to have control of the media. They cannot allow
independent anybody's to get the truth out to the public.
April 14 a The internet has become
a source for news not found on comeercial outlets. How would you like to
wake up one morning and see your favorite news portal shut down. Could
happen if Senator Jay Rockefeller's bill passes. Very
scary.
April 14 a We're seeing a trend to
cleaner energy plants and away from unclean coal fired facilities. Here's
another example of what's ahead for our
fossil fuel future.
April 14 a By the way, all that talk
about 100's of years worth of coal reserves. The US Geological Survery
says, we've got about 20 years of mineable coal in the USA.
April 13 a Happy 2nd Birthday ALAINA
NICOLE
April 13 aToday is the first official
day of Spring break in Clayberry. Been listening to the scanner and so
far no parent has tried to mash a snot licker.
April 13 a We know the last frost date
is around May 14th. With beautiful sunshine and dry weather, a bunch of
us jumped the gun Sunday and planted tomatoes. True True True, they'll
probably get frost bit but what the heck, it's Springtime right?
April 13 a The average U.S. retail
gasoline price rose about 10
cents a gallon over the past three weeks
April 13 a For all us old pot heads,
here's some fresh reading on the legalization
of pot efforts. Prosperity is just around the corner!
April 13 a The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency is objecting to three more Appalachian surface mining permits, saying
the operations would cause unacceptable damage. It's
about time.
April 12 a Senator Randy White's Legislative
Update column is now posted on our ADVISORY page
April 12 a Happy Easter to one and
all. During this holiday weekend we're doing light postings.
April 12 a From the Hurherald web site:
Former Roane County magistrate, Denver R. Gandee Jr., 56, of Spencer died
Friday. Gandee, according to unofficial sources, died in his sleep. Gandee
was defeated during the last election cycle. He was the son of well-known
WWII veteran Denver Gandee, Sr., who survives, known for his involvement
in a famous military event, from which a movie was made - "The Bridge at
Remagen." Services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Taylor-Vandale Funeral Home
in Spencer. Friends may call one hour prior to service. Burial will be
in Eventide Cemetery, Spencer.
April 12 a Primary Care receives grant
dollars on a regular basis. The money comes but the announced health care
center and pharmacy never showed up. They get those grants about as often
as they receive bad press for not paying employees on time, not paying
property taxes, leaving employees without healthcare care coverage and
doctors being as hard to find as hen's teeth.
April 12 a Compliments the syphilis
$$$ (that's what we're calling the stimulus funds), Primary
Care is getting another $171,000+.
April 12 a Councilperson Betty Murphy
said during the most recent Town meeting, there's too many activities going
on the county. All those radio station activities in particular have a
negative affect on others, others like the BC&G railroad group.
She was referring to the summer time Memorial, Independence, and Labor
Day weekend Celebrations hosted by 101.7FM
April12 a Last night, CCHS held a fundraiser
dinner, the Consignment Auction did their thang, and the radio station
held a Bunny Hop fundraiser. All were successful.
April 12 a Betty Murphy is in the group
of old line bluebloods that use to have some control in the county. Her
dated thoughts are a good indication of how things use to be when
a small group could keep a thumb on the county. Her bitterness and longing
for times gone by are without any merit in the 21st century.
April 12 a Speaking of the BC&G
group... their Board met Saturday morning. At that meeting, it became official:
Sen Byrd found $190,000 to be used to complete the interior of the campground
lodge building; a new septic system and grease trap facility will be completed
for the summer camping season; and, professional wiring will be done to
keep things safe at Clayberry's only public camping area.
April 12 a Over Darryl & Darryl
and Betty Murphy's outdated thinking, slowly but steady, our county is
turning the corner for a new economy, tourism.
April 12 a It's about time
April 12 a What's it take to get the
Town's Log Factory operating in the black? Are you sitting down? Somewhere
close to a $30 per month increase for each and every customer. Gulp.
April 12 a We had snow this past week.
Most likely the last of the stuff this year. Kids finished up WestTest
testing and schools closed for Spring break. With testing complete, for
all intents and purpose, school is over for another year. The kids know
it, teachers know it. Someone should tell Smokin Joe.
April 11 a Jerrold Murphy reported
, this morning's BC&G RR meeting will be held at the CAEZ office on
Main Street beginning at 10am
April 11 a In addition to the consignment
auction at Two Run, lots of fun, munchies and dance tonight beginning at
7pm when WYAP's Bunny Hop Dance gets underway. Full details on the EVENTS
page
April 11 a THis holiday weekend we're
going to take some time off. Few posts expected but you never know when
some dumb bunny politician does something.
April 10 a It's Friday morning at it
ain't raining yet. Had a little sunshine for a few minutes.
April 10 a Happy 2nd Birthday
Isaiah Lacher
April 10 a Dave Walker and Dave Perry
have their latest Legislative Updates on the ADVISORY page
April 10 a This is the last day of
school and Westest for county snot lickers and teachers then a week off.
For all intents and purposes, school is over for the year.
April 10 a Some have asked why we don't
have more stuff to do on the EVENTS page. We post as emails come in and
try to do the updates nightly. We also look around for more info. In this
age of technology, some web sites are way behind with info.
April 10 a Take the High School site
where the library page is still welcoming kids to school from last Sept
and sports schedule is from 12 months ago.
April 10 a Don't even think about looking
at the CAEZ, BDA or CLay County Public Library sites which haven't been
updated in three years.
April 10 a When new faces start
attending Commission meetings, people start scratching their heads.. or
butts.
April 10 a One time Coach and now Athletic
Director Ron "Droopy Drawers" Sirk has come to a few CCC gatherings since
Mikey Pierson took his perch on the bench. With Fran King up for reelection
in 8 months, speculation is that Sirk will run for her District A seat.
Sirk would make a more "workable" triumphrant for Slinky.
April 10 a When Fran King spoke out
against ripping off business leader Dave Pierson with unrealistic
tax increases, when King voted against giving Fola Coal a $6,000,000.00
sweetheart tax reduction; and when she made public Darryl and Darryl's
vote to raise Mom and Pop landowner tax values by over $13m, her goose
was cooked. She has to go. Slinky cannot work his backroom magic with the
Fransters not playing well in public.
April 10 a The coffee-house crowd also
speculates that School Boardster Ric Tanner may run for the Commission
as well as a Brian Holcomb from CCHS.
April 10 a The Town is H bent on going
into debt and building an unneeded water plant that will supply wa wa all
over the county and a bunch of folks in Roane County. Many in the county
know the water plant is not needed since West Virginia Water has excess
capacity and is already in the county at Queen Shoals. The new Summersville
Plant produced 15 m gallons a day and can feed the county many times over.
Not to mention the Spencer plant which could easily handle their residents
in Roane County.
April 10 a To pay for the new Clay
plant, it'll take many new customers. Commissioner Slinky says he'll work
for getting new customers post haste. Ditto for Mikey Pierson who came
to office with the promise of water for the Blue Knob area.
April 10 a The need for new customers
and promises of getting them have stunk up the air before. Take the Town
Log Factory which was built twice too big and now operates at a costly,
half capacity. That lack of elected thought is expensive. Already in debt
$52,000 (last 10 months), the poop factory is seeking a rate increase most
predict will add $25 to $30 on each monthly bill.
April 10 a By the way, the new
water extension and upgrade in t he Queen Shoals area, the water source
on either of the two plans is West Virginia Water. That's a concept some
in the county have preached for a decade. Someone is finally listening.
April 10 a Someone should also listen
to something else. Close the never economical to operate Procious Water
Plant and have those customers also feed off the WV Water Service which
provides potable wet stuff cheaper than current rates. Cheaper and always
has been no matter who says differently.
April 9 p Tonight at 7pm the Clay Roane
PSD meets in regular session at the Procious out dated Water Plant.
April 9 p From the email bag: There
is a horse hanging around on Maysel-Laurel Ridge Road if anyone is missing
a horse, this would be a good place to look. The horse seems perfectly
content to eat grass in the yard and hang around, it's super friendly but
not really a pet we need. :) If you are missing a horse please
call us @ 304-587-7796. We don't have the horse tied up so it may be an
adventure to find it and take it home.
April 9 p Update: Walter Schoonover
found his lost dog. Call off the hunt!
April 9 p Happy 4th Birthday
KAEDON JAMES
April 9 p Sorry for the slow poke updates.
Here goes
April 9 p Tuesday's Town Council
meeting brought no major outrages or scream sessions. Much of the meeting
was done behind closed doors. Before the first secret time, talk centered
around the need for recording cameras both upstairs and down at the water
plant. Since the second secret time came for personnel matters, sure sounded
like concerns were being raised over sticky fingeritus problems. Just a
guess
April 9 p Also from the Town meeting,
that long awaited log factory rate increase, the CPA for the thang has
needed paperwork from the town for 7 months. She's still waiting with the
Recorder dragging her feet. As for the amount of poop factory increase,
the Town needs a little less than $9000 per month MORE to make ends meets.
That's $9000 divided by the 280 customers or about a $30 per month increase
per customer. Get the Crisco clickers.
April 9 p Tuesday's CAEZ meeting included
a comment on local projects in the county were "going nowhere" and the
Director would cut back on those efforts.
April 9 p Commissioner Mikey Pierson
(Darryl #2) provided no parasite comments during Wed's CCC meeting. Was
something of importance there.
April 9 p An out of county guy
who owns minerals here sought a roll back on his 07 property taxes. He
said a year earlier, his holdings netted a very fair $9 tax. In 07 that
$9 tax went to $7900 on the same parcels. That buster tax fell back to
$9 during the next tax cycle. County Commission agreed to do the paperwork
to get rid of the bogus $7900 buster tax.
April 9 April 9 p During the
discussions, Darryl #1 admitted to other tax problems that year, his first
year on as a Commish and the CCC did nothing to correct the errors
April 9 p See the importance? The guy
got screwed in 07. That's not the $13m rip off the CCC got caught doing
this year and the CCC is willing to correct their mistake.
April 9 p How about you. Check your
tax statements for 07. Did you get ripped off? If they can correct an error
for one they can do the same for you.
April 9 p Two weeks ago the Legislature
named a section of roadway for fallen soldier Jamie Nicholas. Now the House
of Delegates is working to name a I-79 overpass for WWII killed in action
Carey
K. Stockwell. Letters, emails, and phone calls to our Senators may
encourage them to get the measure passed on their side of the Capitol.
April 8 Late p Lester Tanner,
91, see OBITUARY page
April 8 Late p Emilou Morris,
78, of Dixie, see OBITUARY page
April 8 Sorry to be slow with updates.
Been running around a bunch. Updates coming ASAP.
April 7 late p County Commission meets
Wed morning in the Courthouse beginning at 10am.
April 7 late p While we're working
on a juicy update and if the boss ain't around, here's
a cool video.
April 7 a CAEZ meets today at 4 and
again at 6
April 7 a Clay Town Council meets at
5 pm today. Bring your own popcorn please and share with starving reporters
April 7 a Happy Birthday Kathy Runion
April 7 a From the email bag: Black
female dog in the Hansford Fork/Camp Run area. Very sweet.
Please call and identify. 587-2242
April 7 a Most people don't know but,
if you cross over the Hartland bridge and keep driving, that's part of
Clayberry too. Yelp, people, homes, businesses....
April 7 a Last night Lizemores Fire
Dept held their monthly meeting with Pete Johnson at the helm. Not going
to believe this but, they got stuff accomplished, there were a couple dozen
in attendance, no one got into a fight, and in 55 minutes, all the important
stuff was accomplished. The rest of the county could take a lesson
from LFD meetings and leadership.
April 7 a How well oiled is the
group? They're paying off their ambulance ($41,000) early, looking for
a fire rescue truck to buy; and have an ambulance crew supervisor to handle
volunteer complaints before they fester in front of the full Board of Directors.
April 7 a Some old, some young,
some fat, some in work clothes covered with coal dust, some disabled, and
all volunteering their time to provide a service that County Govt wouldn't.
How refreshing!
April 7 a Want to know what's going
on at the Legislature? Updates are on the ADVISORY page.
April 5 a William W. “Bro Bill” Eagle,
see OBITUARY page
April 5 p from the email bag:
Anyone in the Horse Ridge area missing a boxer pup? It is brown and
white, very friendly, and hanging out at Dawson's on Dee Road. Someone
is home all the time, so just come and pick it up.
April 5 p from the email bag:
MISSING DOG: Black spayed female Lab. $25 reward for return. Walter Schoonover
304-587-4683
April 4 a In the new Communicator we've
got the latest on Jim Knotts' delay in going to trial and all those juicy
details Mikey Pierson doesn't like in print. Knotts nor Pierson like the
news just the way it is, but that's what it is, news found nowhere else
but in The Communicator and the Great Nation of Clay.
April 4 a Does anybody understand what
a G-20 Conference is all about? Could it be leadership really doesn't
want us to understand?
April 4 a Think unemployment is worse
than reported by the talking heads? It is. New unemployment figures are
out: employers shed 663,000 jobs in March, hiking the unemployment rate
at eight and a half percent – that’s up from 8.1 percent in February. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics measures unemployment and also releases a table
that calculates what it calls an alternative measure of labor under utilization.
At the bottom of that table is what’s called the U-6, and in plain English,
that’s the number of people who have given up looking for work, those who
are working part-time because they cannot find full time work, those who
have left the workforce entirely, along with the so-called “total unemployed”.
The bottom line? 15.6 percent of Americans are under or unemployed – nearly
double the eight and half percent unemployment rate we read and hear about.
April 4 a A record 32.2 million people
-- one
in every 10 Americans -- received food stamps at the latest count,
the government said on Thursday, a reflection of the recession now in its
16th month.
April 4 a During the last Great
Depression FDR criminalized pot. Maybe this depression, it will be
legalized. Here's some
history.
April 3 a For the third week
in a row, The Communicator will come out on time around 2 pm today. Inspite
of what Mikey Pierson says, the absolute word on life in Clayberry.
April 3 a It's not often you see a
dirty word on this web portal. This morning, Damn and Double Damn
April 3 a You won't believe it but
last night the BDA met and got a couple things done.
April 3 a Knowing tourism is
our only area of growth, the Boardsters voted to put together and print
a Summer time Tourism brochure to be distributed in the five county region.
They promised to have it out and about by May 15th.
April 3 a To further spruce up the
county's only town, the BDA OK'd the purchase and installation of $3800
in new Welcome to Clay banners to be affixed to Elk Power Co poles in downtown
and Upper Class Two Run areas. They said the new attention getters would
not interfere with the American flags and other seasonal banners.
April 3 Tommy Fitzwater said
he has a new tourist info center , a "kiosk", ready for use and just needs
help installing the info center, maybe Spread Park or Lake Sampson.
April 3 a On a roll, the BDA will approach
the County Commission asking the CCC to do the hiring and paperwork for
a new Economic Development Co-ordinator for the BDA. That would be someone
to do the work the BDA is suppose to be doing.
April 3 a Not a bad night for the BDA
who have managed to squander 13 years with little the show. Finally some
progress.
April 3 a According to Fran King,
Mayor Jack Brown resigned from the BDA. Hmmmm....
April 3 a Don't let the rain and high
winds slow you down. There's lots to do this weekend.. See the EVENTS page.
By the way, two new stores have been added over at the Mountaineer Mini
Mall at Maysel.
April 2 a Still typing on the Communicator
but.....
April 2 a Don't forget the always fun
to watch Business Development Authority meets tonight at 5 at the Courthouse
in the CCC room.
April 2 a Tonight's the big Apple Festival
Charity Auction in the Lion's Club Casino. Come out and support a good
cause. See EVENTS page for details.
April 1 a Emmett Russell Ramsey, 40,
of Ivydale. see OBITUARY page
April 1 a Clifford R. Ramsey,
54, of Procious died March 31, 2009. Wilson-Shamblin-Smith Funeral Home,
Clay, is in charge of arrangements
April 1 a April Fools Day. Was going
to list a bunch of Clayberry miracles. Stuff like Slinky and Mikey apologizing
for their votes to increase tax values or maybe the BDA actually
getting something accomplished. Not going to , don't want to get anybody's
hopes up even for a split second.
April 1 a Did the cornficker bug get
your puter? The way it works is to disable your anti virus ability to download
security updates. There is a work around for those with infected puters.
Download the anti virus updates on a friends machine and then install on
yours. Good luck.
April 1 a Deadline for the next edition
of the The Communicator is today at 6pm. Chatters, events, classifieds
and such, email over now. Why today?
April 1 a FYI: Here's our new schedule.
We spend Wed night typing and formatting. Thursday morning the completed
layout is emailed over to Spencer for printing. Then it's nap time.
Thursday evening we pick up the award winning journal and distribute mid
afternoon on Friday. Then it's nap time again
April 1 a We posted a couple nasty
garbage dump pics Sunday afternoon. State officials showed up Monday
and cleaned up the nasty Hansford Fork site as well as put up new signs:
Video cameras now in place.
April 1 a Private
employers cut jobs by a record 742,000
in March versus a 706,000 revised cut in February that was originally
reported at 697,000 jobs
April 1 a Great entertainment
value: The BDA meets Thursday afternoon at 5pm in the CCC room. Big long
agenda already posted .
April 1 a At five minutes
and six seconds after 4 AM on the 8th of July this year, the time and date
will be 04:05:06 07/08/09.