Dec 2012
 
  • Dec 28 early a Most of the winter storm seems to be going around Clayberry. 200,000 are without power.
  • Dec 28 early a  The radio station is moving its operation over to Valley Fork School. Move should be complete around the middle of Jan.
  • Dec 28 early a To cut costs, they're considering some kind of internet phone service. Maybe a Magic Jack or Skype service. They need a clean clear connection . If anybody has any ideas on what will work, email them at the above email address.
  • Dec 28 early p  West Virginians are more likely to die from drug overdoses than residents of any other state, and one in 10 adults has a substance abuse problem, according to the Justice Center.
  • Dec 28 early p  With just 3 days left to go, where has 2012 gone?
  • Dec 27 a Winter weather has arrived. Those Dec afternoons with temps in the 60s, we think their gone for another year.
  • Dec 27 a At 8am this morning, Clayberry was being pelted with little round ice balls about the size of a  BB. Temperature is hanging around 28 degrees with slicky road conditions here. Be careful out there.
  • Dec 27 a We spend the whole year waiting and preparing for Christmas. Now two days afterwards, it's back to normal with that dead droopy looking thing ready for tossing out the back door.
  • Dec 27 a The newest bestest yet Communicator awaits your reading pleasure.
  • Dec 27 a  With schools out and many taking the entire week off from work, things are pretty quiet this time of year.
  • Dec 27 a Our ever so huggable, loveable Sheriff  has just a couple more days in power before being turned out to pasture. Some are asking, what's he going to do now?
  • Dec 27 a Without exception, the response comes: Who cares as long as it ain't around here.
  • Dec 27 a It's going to take the new guy, Miles Slack, a few days to get into the swing of things as Sheriff/
  • Dec 27 a Some things have to handled right away. Like...
  • Dec 27 a  He going to have to replace the broke down desk chair and driver's side seat of the Top Badge cruiser.
  • Dec 26 late p Lola E. “Big Aunt" (Summers) Rogers, 84, of Wallback, see OBITUARY page
  • Dec 26 late p  Dennie Buren Dobbins, 65, of Procious, see OBITUARY page
  • Dec 26 p Here's wishing everyone had a nice Christmas break. For many, the four days off was enough of the family time to last another year
  • Dec 26 p The Communicator should be out the door today by 4pm. the lead story looks back on 2012.
  • Dec 26 p This morning the County Commission voted the final aye to a new flood plain ordinance, AKA Zoning.
  • Dec 26 p The vote was unanymous. To their credit, Larry Darryl and Darryl removed some of the most offensive language in the law including jail time. According to Linky, the new law includes an appeal process for disgruntled citizens.
  • Dec 23 a   Communicator comes out Wed mid afternoon or so. Email your chatters, classifieds, and such right away
  • Dec 23 a  Some consider these the darkest days of the year. For those, rest assured, each day brings more daylight minutes. Things are getting brighter each day.
  • Dec 23 a This time of year is the one time when most everything and everybody shuts down for a couple days. Some say Christmas is for the curtain climbers. It's not, Christmas is for the kid inside each of us.
  • Dec 23 a When those Christmas gifts include anti wrinkle cream, have joy knowing you're still here for the effort to look younger.
  • Dec 23 a A full 1/3 of America will be on the road, heading back home again. We hope this holiday season is the best ever for each and every clicker
  • Dec 23 a Merry Christmas from Delta Communication, Terri, Lindy, Andy
  • Dec 23 a Even those always troublesome elected rascals
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  • Dec 21 late p  Sybil Hester Parsons, 86, see OBITUARY page
  • Dec 21 late p  After climbing out of the end of the world bunker, turns out, it's still here as are we.
  • Dec 21 late p Those end of the world parties can be rough. Friday mid day, there was still suffering after downing a half pint of Jack Daniels.
  • Dec 21 late p  Maybe mixing caramel swirl ice cream and Jack on the same evening, maybe that wasn't such a good idea.
  • Dec 21 late p Since it looks like Christmas will happen as normal, it's time to shop for the wifey. Lets see now, new air shocks, a 5 ton jack, a new horn for the car, a pair of Carharts... that should make her happy!
  • Dec 21 late p Forgot to mention, earlier this week, Hiram Lewis the XXXIIV was back before Judge Jack Alsop asking for charges relating to the June 2012 shooting to be dismissed.
  • Dec 21 late p Didn't happen. Trial is scheduled for mid Jan.
  • Dec 21 late p For those afar, there's five inches of snow predicamentated for the next 24 hours and the wind is ripping thru the Nation of Clay. It's down right cold
  • Dec 21 With lots of wind, wet roads and touch of snow in the air,   10:20am:  Tonight's CHS Panther game against Wirt County has been canceled.
  • Dec 21 a This waiting for the world to end (11:11pm) is getting old. While waiting, some info
  • Dec 21 a Somewhere around a half inch of snow is on the ground at 6:30 this morning. Temps at 30 degrees. We're suppose to get around a couple inches of the white stuff today.
  • Dec 21 a Kids are home for winter  break so we don't have to worry about sliding school buses. For the rest of us waiting for everything to blow up tonight at 11:11pm, be careful
  • Dec 21 a Tonight the Panthers are scheduled to play Wirt County in home court action. As far as we know, the game is still on.
  • Dec 21 a Unless power is restored at their transmitter site, 101.7FM will not be able to broadcast the game.
  • Dec 21 a For those wishing to memorialize a loved one in The Communicator, the cost is $1-0 and the deadline is this evening. Just email the picture, 25 word remembrance, and snail mail address for billing,  to the above email address
  • Dec 21 a CEO of Dineequity, which owns Applebees and IHOP, made $5.4 million last year even as minimum wage for Applebees servers in New York State was $5 an hour before tips
  • Dec 21 a CEO of Yum! Brands, which owns Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC, made $20 million in 2011, while an assistant manager at one of his Pizza Huts made an average of $26,500 last year.
  • Dec 21 a CEO of Macy’s took home $17.7 million last year while one of the holiday hires selling you some sale cashmere will make an average of $8.50 for every hour she stands on her feet.
  • Dec 21 a The wind is whipping up big time. Trees are swaying.
  • Dec 21 a With a real hang over, the ace cub reporter is going back to bed.
  • Dec 20 a  Tonight the Clay High musicians are hosting a Christmas Concert. See EVENTS page for details
  • Dec 20 a It was a heck of a fast paced basketball game last night. The Panthers came up short against Herbert Hoover HS.  Truth is, it could have gone either way right up to the last 10 seconds.
  • Dec 20 a Today is the last day of school for the curtain climbers.
  • Dec 20 a This morning the electric went off for a short while in parts of the county. Clayonains are heading to rolling out their generators and heading to Go Mart to fill up gas cans.
  • Dec 20 a   Now at 10:30am t, the sky is gray, the wind is whipping up, and rain is just getting underway.  Weather casters are predicamentating temps dropping and rain mixed with snow over the next three days.
  • Dec 20 a With the world ending sometime tomorrow, we only have to worry about the next 36 hours or so.
  • Dec 20 a Do you have your "bug out" bag ready? That's the stuff you're going to need to make it thru  the tough next few days.
  • Dec 20 a The ace cub reporter has his at the ready. In the canvas tote: clean socks, a gallon of wa wa , flashlight, a carton of Fart One bars, a package of watermelon seeds, heavy jacket, matches, paper / pen, pint of Jack Daniels, and that 1969 era bong just in case a survivor wants to imbibe.
  • Dec 20 a Everyone, you're on your own
  • Dec 18 late p Around 7:30pm Tues power was restored to County Clay. That's the good news
  • Dec 18 late p By 8pm fire was reported at Clay High School
  • Dec 18 late p  Firefighters from across the county responded in short order. The fire appears to have started in the Vocational Dept computer lab. One wall near a  micro wave oven is blackened big time with water and smoke damage on that end of the school. No injuries but  a bunch of smoke.
  • Dec 18 late p Most agree,  a power surge brought on the electrical fire.
  • Dec 18 late p And for all the snot lickers, Yes, there is school Wednesday
  • Dec 18 late p Tuesday's Lady Panther B Ball game has been rescheduled for Wed at 7:30pm
  • DEc 18 p Tonight's CHS v HHS  B Ball game has been canceled
  • Dec 29 p After several blinks off and on, around 11:30an today most all Elk Power customers lost service. That remains the case as of 6pm tonight.
  • Dec 29 p The CHS Panther game has been rescheduled for Wed evening
  • Dec 18 a Last night the Lady Panthers garnered another big win making it 7 in a row. The Poca Dots went down to defeat by 15 points. If you think there's a bunch of B Ball right now, you're right. The Lady Panthers have games back to back one right after another followed by a much slowed down schedule in Jan. Pretty crappy schedule if you're asking
  • Dec 18 p Tonight the Panther's try for a win in home court action against Herbert Hoover. Games begins at 7:30pm. Go Panthers.
  • Dec 18 p We're starting to look like winter with lots of rain yesterday followed by much cooler temps today with snow in the forecast.
  • Dec 18 p The publishers of The Communicator, Delta Communication, are hosting a holiday get together Wed beginning around 11am. Munchies and fun on hump day. Nothing fancy mind ya and everyone's invited.
  • Dec 18 p Las night's rescheduled Health Bd meeting was a no bo . Not enough for a quarrel, quorum.
  • Dec 17 a Last night's post has been corrected. Please reread. Fingers are working a little better this morning maybe.
  • Dec 16 p Need a job? See JOBS page now.
  • Dec 16 p Sorry we don't have the details from Saturday's shooting in Hartland bottom.
  • Dec 16 p TV-8 reported: West Virginia State Police are investigating a shooting in Clay County. Eyewitness News has been told a person has been shot in the Heartland area. No word on the extent of the victim's injuries, but we are told the victim survived. Troopers do have three suspects. .....
  • Dec 16 p We'll check over  at the Courthouse on Monday to see if there are any criminal complaints on file.
  • Dec 16 p The Health Bd is set to reconvene their meeting Monday at 5pm in the Health Dept building on Main Street. The gathering was stopped last Thursday when a Boardster had to leave on an emergency. Probably the hot button issue will be the recent firing of the Sanitarian. Poof, all of a sudden he was gone!
  • Dec 16 p School Board meets at 6pm up at Big Otter Elem.
  • Dec 16 p Also Monday evening is a home game for the Lady Panther B ball team when they take on Poca.
  • Dec 16 p Last night the Lady Panthers put it all over the ever challenging Summer's County in the old Pit Row Classic.    So far, it's been all wins for the CHS Lady Panther team.
  • Dec 16 p We neglected to mention Clay Ambulance unit 17 catching on fire while in route to CAMC around 9:45  Wed morning. Sounds like the drive shaft or rear end goofed up and sent the thing into flames. Thank goodness no injuries.
  • Dec 16 p A few years ago Ford units were noted for their propensity to drop a drive line and the resulting sparks would set the things ablaze. One such unit was used to transport prisoners. Reported down South somewhere, with the prisoners shackled in, they didn't have a chance and all perished.
  • Dec 16 p  There have been 61 mass shootings in the last 30 years. Note: Mass meaning a single gunman and at least four or more killed. The yearly average has been increasing dramatically in recent years.  Almost 25% of those senseless slayings were in a school setting.
  • Dec 16 p After each came calls for tougher gun control laws and cutbacks on what kind of weapons free Americans would be allowed to own and use.
  • Dec 16 p In Friday's tragedy,  as in every other case, it was an illness that caused the loss.
  • Dec 16  Mental illness needs to be treated like any other disease and treated appropriately. It ain't any different than any other life threatening illness.
  • Dec 16 p  In 2012: February 22, 2012—Five people were killed in at a Korean health spa in Norcross, Georgia, when a man got into an argument and opened fire inside the facility; February 26, 2012—Multiple gunmen began firing into a nightclub crown in Jackson, Tennessee, killing one person and injuring 20 others; February 27, 2012—Three students at Chardon High School in rural Ohio were killed when a classmate opened fire;   March 8, 2012—Two people were killed and seven wounded at a psychiatric hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when a gunman entered the hospital with two semiautomatic handguns and began firing;  March 31, 2012—A gunman opened fire on a crowd of mourners at a North Miami, Florida, funeral home, killing two people and injuring 12 others;  April 2, 2012—A 43-year-old former student at Oikos University in Oakland, California, walked into his former school and killed seven people, “execution-style.” Three people were wounded;  April 6, 2012—Two men went on a deadly shooting spree in Tulsa, Oklahoma, shooting black men at random in an apparently racially motivated attack. Three men died and two were wounded;  May 29, 2012—A man in Seattle, Washington, opened fire in a coffee shop and killed five people and then himself;  July 9, 2012—At a soccer tournament in Wilmington, Delaware, three people were killed, including a 16-year-old player and the event organizer, when multiple gunmen began firing shots, apparently targeting the organizer;    July 20, 2012—James Holmes enters a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises and opens fire with a semi-automatic weapon; twelve people are killed and fifty-eight are wounded; August 5, 2012—A white supremacist and former Army veteran shot six people to death inside a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before killing himself;
  • Dec 16 p And:   August 14, 2012—Three people were killed at Texas A&M University when a 35-year-old man went on a shooting rampage; one of the dead was a police officer;   September 27, 2012—A 36-year-old man who had just been laid off from Accent Signage Systems in Minneapolis, Minnesota, entered his former workplace and shot five people to death, and wounded three others before killing himself;  October 21, 2012—45-year-old Radcliffe Frankin Haughton shot three women to death, including his wife, Zina Haughton, and injured four others at a spa in Brookfield, Wisconsin, before killing himself;  December 11, 2012—A 22-year-old began shooting at random at a mall near Portland, Oregon, killing two people and then himself.
  • Dec 16 p Ar emass killings increasing? No says ABC News and No again from Mother Earth magazine.
  • Dec 16 p For a complete timeline of events, be sure click on page 2 of that MoJ article.
  • Dec 16 p Sad Sad Sad....
  • Dec 16 p  On a lighter note, we've got the Poopster Countdown clock ticking away on the home page but there's another. This Friday the world is suppose to end. Many are having Thursday night parties.
  • Dec 16 p Our suggestions: don't pay utilities nor the house payment, open Christmas presents on the 20th, drink lots of beer, and don't buy any green bananas until Saturday.
  • Dec 14 late p  America morns
  • Dec 14 a Welcome to Friday morning where the temp is starting at 25 degrees and the sun is out in full force. It's beautiful
  • Dec 14 a Tonight's the first home game for the Clay High Panthers. Game starts at 7:30pm. Come out and support the home team
  • Dec 14 a 101.7 will be broadcasting the contest. For those that listen in via the net, a note
  • Dec 14 a  The radio station web site went kapuut on the 11th. Now on a new server, it's missing all the old picture files and some of the main page references.   The home page audio link, so you can listen to tonight's game, is working OK.
  • Dec 14 a Go Panthers!
  • Dec 14 a The Health Dept Board was ready for a juicy meeting last night. That was until a Boardster was called away on an emergency. No quorum, no meeting. After about 15 minutes, all headed to the barn.
  • Dec 14 a The meeting was rescheduled to Monday at 5pm
  • Dec 14 a  In attendance was Chad Legg. Last August in a last minute quicky decision, Legg was hired as the Sanitarian. At the end of Nov Mr Legg was fired without reason. In between, he spent much of his time in training.
  • Dec 14 a  Chad Legg showed up for last night's meeting wanting to know the reason for the firing.
  • Dec 14 a Out guess is, he'll be back for the rescheduled gathering on Monday.
  • Dec 14 a Between now and then, sounds like the well trained and educated lad will be filing a grievance with the Civil Service Board in Charleston.
  • Dec 14 a Since the guy hasn't been on the job long enough to screw up and since any time he was there, he was under the guidance of a mentor, what happened?
  • Dec 14 a Our guess, politics.
  • Dec 14 a Got ta love em!
  • Dec 13 p  Update: Commissioner Link came in later on Thursday and was sworn into another 6 year term of office.
  • Dec 13 p   Passing the second reading of the zoning law was big medicine Wed morning during the CCC meeting. As they say on TV, But Wait, There's More!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Dec 13 p Seems the citizens of Clayberry aren't the only ones unhappy with the Top Badge handing out Christmas bonuses last week. If you don't know what we're talking about, pick up the latest edition of Clay County's only locally owned and operated newspaper, The Communicator.
  • Dec 13 p Wed morning, Larry Darryl and Darryl heard from a delegation of Courthouse workers who raised serious questions on the unlawful practice.
  • Dec 13 p One interesting point was on the timing of the bonuses. One lady read from the state code that states , extra concealed weapons account  funds can be dispenses ONLY at the end of the fiscal year. FYI: The fiscal year ends June 30th not Dec 31st.
  • Dec 13 p As for other employees receiving bonuses, Nope was the response
  • Dec 13 p  County Commission was asked to seek a binding Ethics Commission opinion  ASAP. The three up front seemed to be in agreement on that.
  • Dec 13 p So, is the CCC going to take the Poopster to Court over the $14,0000 pay out? Nope was the response from Linky who added that Court challenges are very costly and take too long
  • Dec 13 p   As for the employees taking the guy to Court, with all three heads nodding in agreement, Link said employees would be welcome to do such.
  • Dec 13p As head of the CCC, Link signed his John Hancock on the bonus checks. Wed morning Link was asked at least three times while he did that. Why didn't he just tell the Sheriff, No, I ain't signing the paperwork
  • Dec 13 p Even after the third time, no response came from the CCC.
  • Dec 13 p They are caught and everybody knows it
  • Dec 13 p We've been calling Arlene Tucker Queen Smiley. We've watched meeting after meeting come and go without her saying a word.
  • Dec 13 p It was brought to our attention that we've been wrong all along. Queen Smiley does say something at each meeting. At the beginning, she says three words, I pledge allegiance before the peanut gallery fills in the rest.
  • Dec 13 p We stand corrected.
  • Dec 13 p  Happy Birthday wishes extended to Elizabeth Sampson and Jeff Boggs
  • Dec 13 p This moring Judge Ric Facemire had them all to raise their hands and promise to obey the constitution as each government worker was sworn into office or appointed position.    It was a nice time in court. Lots of hand shakes and hugs
  • Dec 13 p One person was missing from action, Linky Poo
  • Dec 13 p Everybody else cleared their schedule for the formal ceremony except that one guy, Commissioner Linky
  • Dec 13 p After saddling the county with a new Zoning Law maybe he was afraid to show up with everybody else.
  • Dec 13 p Heck, maybe he won't take the job at the trough for another 6 years!
  • Dec 13 p As for Link and the direction he's been taken this county, can't help but think about Mr Bailey's movie quote: Merry Christmas Mr Potter
  • Dec 13 a  Board of Health meets tonight. With their newest Sanitarian Chad Legg getting fired two weeks ago (read the latest Communicator for details) with the reason being, not enough  $$$ to pay him, might be an interesting meeting!
  • Dec 13 a We've had a flood plain law (zoning) on the books for decades. Last month the CCC held a public hearing on the changes they were making to the document. Everyone, 100%, in the crowd told Larry Darryl and Darryl, we don't want the regs and leave us alone.
  • Dec 13 a They weren't listening clickers. Wed morning all three of the Commissioners voted Aye on the second and final reading of the new Ordinance.
  • Dec 13 a At an earlier meeting with FEMA officials, those Suits told us, about the only real change needed with the new ordinance would be to change wording to reflect using the newly changed 2013 maps. Currently the county is using 20 year old maps.
  • Dec 13 a Here's the interesting part. Before Wed's vote, Linky "missed our chance to vote him out of office" Poo told the peanut gallery, the new ordinance had three changes. One, the part about jail time for offenders was removed from the new version. Two, the part about being three rows of cinder block out of the plain had also been taken out of the final version. And third, if you can prove you are out of the flood plain, then your elevations would prevail voer the maps.
  • Dec 13 a One fat guy in the gallery asked, Is there a fourth change, the part about using the new 2013 maps, is that in the new flood plain ordinance?
  • Dec 13 a The one word answer from the Link Meister was, "No."
  • Dec 13 a That's right. No was his response
  • Dec 13 a Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....
  • Dec 13 a Lets see now, the whole point of the new ordinance, the whole point of the public hearing, was to start using the newest , latest, 2013 maps.
  • Dec 13 a The current ordinance, on page 8, refers to the old maps. The new ordinance, the one everybody read before the public hearing, refers to 2013 maps.
  • Dec 13 a Yet Linky says that was NOT changed in the new law they just voted on..
  • Dec 13 a It's a head scratcher clickers.
  • Dec 13 a  Update on the Poopsters unlawful Christmas bonuses and the peeeturbed Courthouse employees, that's in the next update to this site. The site that nobody reads
  • Dec 12 a   So what does 12-12-12 amount to? Significance?
  • Dec 12 a Well, actually none
  • Dec 12 a  At 12:12:12 p.m., the day will offer fans of the number 12 a whopping six repeats! 12/12/12 12:12:12. Nice.
  • Dec 12 a   At 1:21:02 a.m., palindrome lovers everywhere can rejoice in the single second that marks when the date-time combination is the same read both forwards and backwards: 2012-12-12 1:21:02 = 201212-1-212102.
  • Dec 12 a Other than being National Ambrosia Day, 12-12-12- is an interesting series of numbers but little else.
  • Dec 11 p The Communicator made it out to news stands across the region around 5pm today.  A whooping big 28 pages of news, views, and images on life in the Great Nation of Clay. Enjoy
  • Dec 11 p To take back government we have to get our heads out of the I phone and look at this world. One good way to do that is to attend public meetings
  • Dec 11 p A good time to start that process comes Wed morning when the County Commission convenes at 10am
  • Dec 11 p Two interesting items on the agenda.
  • Dec 11 p  First up is a group of Courthouse workers who are peed at the Sheriff handing out over $14000 in Christmas bonuses to his employees. Not sure if anything can be done about the outrageous spending habits  but Larry Darryl and Darryl are sure to say there is nothing they can do about it.
  • Dec 11 p O Contrar!!! Without a Commissioner's signature on the checks, no money can be spent.
  • Dec 11a Also in the morning is the second and final vote on implementing new zoning laws called a flood plain ordinance. For those in attendance, be sure to keep your ears peeled for who votes Aye and Nay.
  • Dec 11 a Communicator comes out this afternoon around 4pm
  • Dec 11a  In the mean time, if anyone sees David Hanshaw, tell him to report to the Sheriff's office right now
  • Dec 10 p The US Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Office of Workers’ Compensation, Division of Coal Mine Workers Compensation will be providing assistance to applicants applying for program benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 from 9 am to 3 pm at the Clay County Library located at 614 Main St, Clay, WV (304/587-4254).  The Black Lung Benefits Act provides monthly payments and medical benefits to coal miners totally disabled from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) arising from their employment in or around the nation’s coal mines.  The Act also provides monthly benefits to a miner’s dependent survivors (surviving spouses, orphaned children, adult disabled children and fully dependent parents, brothers and sisters).  The program provides two types of medical services related to black lung disease:  diagnostic testing for all miner-claimants to determine the presence or absence of black lung disease and the degree of associated disability; and, for miners entitled to monthly benefits, medical coverage for treatment of black lung disease and disability.  Diagnostic testing includes a chest x-ray, pulmonary function study (breathing test), arterial blood gas study, and a physical examination.  Medical coverage includes (but is not limited to) costs for prescription drugs, office visits, and hospitalizations.  Also provided, with specific approval, are items of durable medical equipment, such as hospital beds, home oxygen, and nebulizers; outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation therapy; and home nursing visits.   For more information call 1-800-347-3751.
  • Dec 10 early early a   For the early bird clickers...
  • Dec 10 early a   The Hurherald web site reproted yesterday: State Police say a man and a teenager busted down the door of a house at Big Otter, not far from the I-79 interchange and near Clay's State Police barracks. They reportedly fired several shots.  Two individuals have been taken into custody. Authorities are saying the victim was beaten, threatened with a gun and robbed.  State Police issued a BOLO for a car seen leaving the scene of the invasion. The vehicle was tracked down by police near Liberty Square in Teays Valley in Putnam County. More to follow... Workers at the stores describe seeing officers with guns surrounding a car before two were arrested. Troopers are trying to figure out if the woman knew anything about the crime.
  • Dec 10 early a   Yesterday morning, while still sleepy eyed, over the scanner came a request for an ambulance at the Green Shirt detachment sometime around 7am.
  • Dec 10 early a Clay County's Public Library made the Charleston Gazette Sunday morning with a story on $1000 worth of DSL internet equipment paid for with Federal stimulus $$$ but unused after a year of setting on the shelf. We're putting the blame squarely on internet provider, Frontier.
  • Dec 10 early a Why, the fiber cable is in place but is shut off.
  • Dec 10 early a Get out your roll of tin foil and make one of those funnel hats before it's too late.  With the world ending on Dec 21st, there's no reason to pay your utitlies this month. Heck, why bother to even buy Christmas presents?
  • Dec 10 early a   63% of Americans now believe legalizing pot should be a state's rights issue.
  • Dec 9 p Victoria Fields, 85, of Wallback, see OBITUARY page
  • Dec 9 p  Jonathan "Big D" Duffield, 30, of Clay, see OBITUARY page
  • Dec 9 p Delegate Dave Walker's recent Legislative Update is now posted on the ADVISORY page
  • Dec 9 p Communicator comes out Tuesday afternoon. Email your chatters, events, classifieds, 2012 memorials (see ADVISORY page) by Monday's 5pm deadline.
  • Dec 9 p If you didn't see your little rug rat on the homepage , check out the Communicator for more.
  • Dec 9 p From the mail bag:    There was a bit of confusion at the sporting goods store this morning. When I was ready to pay for my purchases of gun powder and bullets the  cashier said, "Strip down, facing me." Making a mental note to complain to Harper about the gun registry people  running amok,  I did just as she had instructed. When the hysterical shrieking and alarms finally subsided, I found out  that meant my credit card!!  I have been asked to shop somewhere else in the future!!  I think they need to make it more clear to we seniors
  • Dec 6 p  11 years ago Dubbya II told the world a pack of lies to get the country behind him and in war with Iraq. He said stuff like, they have chemical weapons and are going to us it! We took the media hyped BS hook line and sinker.
  • Dec 6 p Now eleven years later, Obama De Bama is saying similar things but about Syria.
  • Dec 6 p What to believe?
  • Dec 6 p Last night the Lady Panthers put it all over Braxton County, 46 to 39. That's a big rivalry and great win for the Lady Panthers/
  • Dec 6 p  With only one law enforcement officer on hand, sure glad there was no repeat of last year's Braxton County game where a School Board member was belly bumped, and a Braxton A D put a head lock on a local Magistrate.
  • Dec 6 p Hiram Lewis was in Court this morning to hear motions that his bond be revoked after getting arrested a few weeks ago. That topic never came up today. Instead, before anything else happens, a mental evaluation will be conducted on the one time Republicrat candidate for state office.
  • Dec 6 p All along, Lewis has said that he shouldn't be in court, that the indictment against him is bogus and everything should be tossed. Many of us thought such was the rantings of a mad man.
  • Dec 6 p  This morning, Judge Facemire heard the same spiel again and this time commented, that he would hear those issues but today wasn't the right time such. The Judge added that he thought the topic had some merit.
  • Dec 6 p Could it be that the indictment is flawed? Maybe the Prosecutor's office goofed up?
  • Dec 6 p Shouldn't take too long to find out. Facemire ordered the Prosecutor expedite the mental evaluation thang and get the show on the road ASAP.
  • Dec 6 p Someone was asking if there is going to be a decorate your dog contest during the Santa parade Saturday. The answer is Yes and see the ADVISORY page for details.
  • Dec 5 p Brent Boggs plead guilty to a murder for hire felony scheme. If convicted of that deed, he was looking at 15 years behind bars. This afternoon Judge Jack Alsop sentenced  Mr Boggs  to 1 to 3 years in the slammer plus a $5000 fine. Brent  never fidgeted, looked around, or showed emotion. None.
  • Dec 5 p Thursday morning Hiram Lewis is to be in Circuit Court land for a revocation of bond hearing. Rules of bond say, while on bond, you cannot break any laws. There are several adult hearings slated with all beginning  at 9am. We're not sure who will go first.
  • Dec 5 p  Lewis was arrested last June after shooting Steven Bogart. Lewis made bond after about a week in the CRJ. A couple weeks ago he was arrested on a  wishy washy charge of intimidating a witness. The witness was  none other than our lame duck , Top Badge.
  • Dec 5 p For those interested in peanut gallery duty in the Courtroom, all the little rug rats will be at the Courthouse THursday morning decorating Christmas trees. Be sure to bring your camera.
  • Dec 5 p Does it seem quiet to anybody else? You know what that means don't you?
  • Dec 5 p The norm would be, something is about to hit the fan!
  • Dec 5 p Want to be in Saturday's parade? Maybe ride on a float,  walk with your decorated pooch, play in the kazoo band, or even load up the curtain climbers in the back of your truck and ride down Main Street? See ADVISORY page for details.
  • Dec 5 p  Now for something important....
  • Dec 5 p Beginning midnight tonight, it will be legal to smoke pot in the state of Washington.
  • Dec 5 p Some palces have all the fun.
  • Dec 3 p The lead story in the Communicator covers the background info and history on the JG Bradley Campground and the relationships of CAEZ with the Buffalo Creek and Gauley RR Co-Op. At issue is a $200,000 loan to build an overly priced sewer system for the lodge building.
  • Dec 3 p  Last night the executive committee of the BC&G RR Co-Op met and signed the loan into reality. Once again the CAEZ Director says everything is a go complete with all permits in place to proceed.
  • Dec 3 p Also in the way of catching up, the Business Development Authority (BDA) convened their monthly get together up at Mountaineer Grille. Get food but better yet, sit down folks,, not going to believe this,  the group is trying to come up with a game plan for 2013. Stuff like supporting local businesses and some kind of welcome wagon packet for newcomers and businesses entering the county.
  • Dec 3 p Nice idea  and a great time to get started.
  • Dec 3 p The radio station still needs to get sponsors for the Clay High Basketball season. First game they're airing is Wed night. Great chance for a business to get their message out to the world and on the cheap too.
  • Dec 3 p The count down clock is ticking away folks. Just 27 days until he's actually out of office. None too soon either!
  • Dec 3 p Leading up to Halloween, the Tourism Group sponsored a Scare Pole contest in downtown Clay.
  • Dec 3 p They're doing the contest again with a Christmas theme. This time around, the North Pole contestants will be judged on Dec 8th. Get entered today. Call Amanda Moore at the Courthouse to sign up.
  • Dec 3 p After spending well over a million dollars, a local 911 dispatch center has been set up for the Great Nation of Clay.  Located in the back end of the old post office building on Main Street, the place comes to life Tuesday morning at 10am.
  • Dec 3 a Electric was restored this morning just before 7 am. Great!
  • Dec 3 a   There was a mistake in the CHS B Ball schedule. Tuesday's home game ain't. It's away
  • Dec 3 a The Business Development Authority meets at 5:30 tonight up at Mountaineer Grille beside Spread Park. The last time they held a meeting someplace other than the Courthouse was over at the State Road garage at Two Run about three years ago.  On that cold weather night,  the members nearly froze to death without  heat. I know I know, should have been plenty of hot air but it wasn't enough!
  • Dec 3 a Don't go looking for the agenda on the BDA web site, the latest one is for April.  In addition to gobbling up some good food, the meeting includes making plans for the 2013 year.
  • Dec 3  a Tonight the School Board meets at the Pentagon at 6pm. The agenda includes discussion on the big education changes being made by the State Board of Education. They might (should) get into the dirty backroom politics made public during the firing the Jorea Marple firing scandal two weeks ago.
  • Dec 3  a Tuesday brings out Town Council and CAEZ Bds for monthly gatherings.
  • Dec 3 a Last week was a pretty hectic week as far as news. Looking back we neglected a couple important mentions....
  • Dec 3 a Thursday evening the County Commission held a public hearing to collect input from the public on stricter zoning laws for the county. Larry Darryl and Darryl were up front in the Court room as the place filled beyond capacity. It was standing room only with an overflow crowd in the hallway.
  • Dec 3 a For well over an hour, the public had their say. Not one person spoke out in favor of diminished property rights. At times the place was a buzz with more than one person trying to get a point cross. Fingers pointed at the CCC often.
  • Dec 3 a In a nutshell, people knew: FEMA pays almost nothing to citizens after a disaster, the law is just another way to step into our private lives, and the cost to hire a mandatory engineer / surveyor before add ons or new building, well, it's very pricey.
  • Dec 3 a Many spoke: Just leave us alone! After several of the orations, the crowd in attendance roared with applause. After and sometimes during BS from those up front, the audience muttered disputes just loud enough to be heard. In Clayberry, we know bologna when we hear it.
  • Dec 3 a Soon to be Sheriff, Miles Slack advanced: If the whole point is safety, why not just let the current law expire; if the law expires and banks can't give loans in flood prone areas, then there won't be any new construction there; and, those living in such areas already know it and can fend for themselves. Made a bunch of sense.
  • Dec 3 a The whole shebang came to a screeching halt around 7:15 after Commission Prez Linky Poo told the crowd, no matter what they say or think, he planned to vote FOR the new law. Immediately forty people got up and left. No other questions came. Link knows how to handle a crowd!
  • Dec 3 a He had said what the assembled knew all along. It didn't matter what the taxpayers had to say, the elected folks were going to do what they darn well wanted.
  • Dec 3 a As one guy was leaving he told Linky that he would never vote for him again.
  • Dec 3 a In response, Link: You missed your chance. You've got me for another 6 years. Then I'll be 68 and I'm out of here!
  • Dec 3 early a Some time early this morning, after a very warm night and light rain, the electricity went kaput in the county. As of 5:45 this morning and without telephone service, unsure of the size of outage or if school is in session today

    • Dec 3 a We're in the dark once again