Feb 2010
Feb. 28 p From the email bag: MISSING
FROM LAURAL FORK RD OFF OF UPPER SYCAMORE RD,MALE DOG FULL BLOODED BLOOD
HOUND, REDDISH COPPER COLOR WITH STAR SHAPED WHITE SPOT ON CHEST WITH BLACK
TIP TALE, HAS A BLAZE ORANGE COLLAR ON WITH NAME TAG
AND PHONE NUMBER ON IT, HE ANSWERS TO THE NAME OF COPPER, WEIGHS ABOUT
90 LBS, MISSING SINCE AROUND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY FEB 27TH IF YOU HAVE SEEN
THIS DOG PLEASE CALL 587-7906 OR 587-2187, IF NO ANSWER CALL 587-2930,
THIS IS A CHERISHED PET OF A LITTLE GIRL AND BOY.
Feb. 28 p School Board meets
tonight at 6pm in the Standard Bryant Annex building on Gump Street. Don't
even bother checking their web site for an agenda. It ain't there. Those
elected folks don't give a hoot about following the law of the land,
open meeting laws.Maybe it is time to elect new folks to the Board.
Feb. 28 p The Lady Panthers tip off
tonight at 7pm in WVSSAC Sectional Tournament action as they take on Sissonville
in the home court contest. Go Lady Panthers!
FEb 28 p First time in weeks
that we haven't mentioned an upcoming winter blast. Today Calyonians can
actually see black payment. Maybe Spring has sprung.
Feb. 28 a Last day of a short month
where snow dominated conversations throughout the county. Some notes....
Feb. 28 a After two major blizzards
and winds topping 90 mph, thousands are without
electricity up North. In Clayberry, the harsh winter continued but
few were, are without utilities
Feb. 28 a If the Patriot Act hadn't
been approved for another year, Sunday would have looked much different.
Sunday could have meant the government was no longer given permission to
wiretap the phones of Americans and seize their records and property. Obama
De Bama approved
the Patriot Act.
Feb. 28 a 2nd amendment words guarantee
gun owner rights. Should state laws trump Federal rights for the 90 million
USA gun owners? The Supreme
Robes will let us know.
Feb. 28 a England says every dog owner
might have to take a ‘competence
test’ to prove they can handle their pets. Maybe we need that on this
side of the pond.
Feb. 28 a Locally, winter continued
with snow fall each day bringing closed schools, canceled events and mad
rushes to the grocery store for restockings. With each pass of the snow
plow and salt treatment, more pot holes were seen.
Feb. 28 a The Lady Panthers won their
first game in Sectional Tournament play. Their second game was postponed
due to bad weather.
Feb. 28 a The Health Bd managed to
get in a quarterly meeting this past week. Minus Don Samples, get well
son Don, the great divide continued as they discussed the need to install
a costly ($10,000) door lock system. Director Klotzbach was passionate
with her view that such additions are not necessary or wanted at her department.
With two Board members on her side, so far, Klotz is winning the battle.
Feb. 28 a The Communicator made it
out the door complete with a dandy red thong complete with an ever so cute
cartoon image of our Top Badge. The ace cub reporter remains alive.
Feb. 28 a Some things never change.
Sunday morning, 9:25am, over the 911 scanner: Clay Ambulance does not have
a unit to respond.
Feb. 28 a For months this site has
been attacked by the internet gremlins resulting in a roving virus coming
and going. Five days ago those attacks were stopped (all together, knock
on wood) by cleaning out unused "scripts" left over from in the past, services
on the site.
Feb. 28 a Even the web cam is
back up and running.
Feb. 28 a Several people emailed to
tell us of blue screens, black screens, and no screens after a compromised
page was viewed. We're sorry for all the hassles but when the big boys
with all the best high tech gurus get it (Wall Mart for instance, NATO,
Dept of Defense), anybody can get ravaged. We think this site is clear
once again. Thanks for the patience.
Feb. 28 a Not to get too preachy.....
Until "cloud" system web searching becomes common, the best defense is
a good strong security system, systems, Over on the LINKS page is a link
to a free version of Malware antibytes. The free version of AVG also does
very well. Free is just. Neither offers real time, as it's happening, protection.
Feb. 28 a May we suggest you
spend a few bucks and purchase the full versions of those or some other
reputable anti virus, bot, root kit, malware, trogan , software.
Feb. 28 a We're down to two days left
in our once a year, online begging for bucks fund drive. So far many
have been generous, thank you.
Feb. 28 a Up to the minute reporting,
obituary data base, timely pictures from County Clay, and interesting observations
on life in small town America.... worth anything to ya? It's time to support
Clay County West Virginia's only source for such and more.
Feb. 28 a Mail your hard earned resources
to Delta; 2278 Main Street, Clay WV 25043
Feb. 28 a With a new month coming,
lots of public meetings coming our way this week plus the Tommy and Tommy
Federal trial, keep it tuned to Clayberry , your source for news and views.
Feb. 27 a Sick of staying home? Don't
forget the Saturday League "A" Team B Ball Tournament today over at CMS.
And the big BDA Saturday Night Consignment Auction at Two Run. Deals
start at 6pm. Want to get your curtain climber signed up for Little League,
that's today too. See EVENTS page for more.
Feb. 27 a From the email bag:
The CCHS Panther Wrestling Team has Danny Suite, 119 weight class wrestling
for the State Championship tomorrow (Saturday) evening in Huntington
Feb. 27 a Health officials in Vancouver
have already provided 100,000 free condoms to the roughly 7,000 ahtletes
and officials at the Games. That's about 14 condoms per person. But as
of Wednesday, those supplies
started running dangerously low.
Feb. 27 a One week ago today, people
were wearing short pants with even a few motorcycles out and about. We
could mention another so many inches of snow and bad side road conditions
but it's too darn depressing!
Feb. 26 late p Big Knob Hunting Club
has a new pretty cool looking
web site now available online.
Feb. 26 late p The Communicator
and this web portal create controversy. Not for gossip but for the printing
of the words and actions of our elected and appointed leaders. Truth is,
many West Virginia counties have similar issues it's just there isn't a
media source to broadcast such outrageous transgressions.
Feb. 26 late p Seems we've hacked off
Traci Duffield Welch who wrote on facebook: Waddell has reached a new low
- he is now publishing how many kids get reduced or free lunch! It is bad
enough that people have to do w/o b/c of layoffs & no jobs out there,
but he has to add to the embarrassment. I HATE THAT NEWSPAPER & I HOPE
IT GOES TO HELL WHERE IT BELONGS! YOU DO NOT DELIGHT IN THE PROBLEMS OF
OTHERS!
Feb. 26 late p I never heard
of a newspaper going to Hell Wonder if she's going to contribute
during our online begging campaign.
Feb. 26 late p Also, from Miss
Traci: I just don't get why people buy his paper - he is against everything
that people in this county do! He supports "outsiders". I used to
work w/ a woman who's daughter went to school w/ him & she said that
he had "mental" problems in school & always wanted to stir up trouble.
I don't think half of the crap he prints or puts onine should be ... See
Moreallowed. People try to pay their bills but he puts in civils suits
- plus he judges people of their crime b/f they are ever brought to trial.
HE DOES NOT deserve to be called a reporter & that communicator does
not deserve to be called a newspaper
FEb 26 late p Got to admit, Waddell
must have mental problems after battling the blue bloods of Clayberry for
nearly 30 years. Speaking of 39 plus years ago, our little ace cub reporter
did lead a walk out when Sonewall Jackson High School officials refused
to let males wear short pants to school. Got five days in D Hall for that
caper. That nasty pesky wittle rascal!!
Feb. 26 late p How about you, enjoy
getting a dose of life in Clayberry? Even the embarrassment of seeing
the number of families on the free lunch program buried deep in the bowels
of the Dept of Education web site. Some things although public, should
never be spoken or written. NOT!
Feb. 26 late p Now's the time to support
this effort with a donation. How about a nickel a day donation. Mail your
hard earned support to Delta, 2278 Main Street Clay WV 25043
Feb. 26 late p Thanks
Feb. 26 p Tonight's Sectional
Tournament Game between the Lady Panthers and Sissonville has been rescheduled
for Monday March 1st at 7:30pm.
Feb. 26 p Music at Big Otter Community
Center has been canceled for tonight.
Feb. 26 a Clay County is covered with
3 to 6 inches of new white powder. Making about 16 days this term, schools
are closed again today. It is truly being one of those winters we'll remember
and go down in the history books. 46 county systems are either closed or
operating with delays.
Feb. 26 a Outside, 8:00 am, that
white crap continues. Be careful, check our weather report button to the
left. More coming.
Feb. 26 early, (actually 11:08 Thursday
evening), Clayberry Schools are on a two hour delay. Sleep in Friday morning.
Feb. 26 a Ever wonder how many kids
are in each school, class, how many on free or reduced lunch, ethnic make
up? Here goes
Feb. 26 a Big
Odor Elem
Feb. 26 a Clay
Elem
Feb. 26 a H
E White
FEb 26 a Lizemores
Feb. 26 a Clay
Middle
Feb. 26 a Clay
High
Feb. 26 a Running Windows XP? Every
question answered.
Feb. 25 late p Anna Faye
(Osborne) Rose, 78, see OBITUARY page
Feb. 25 late p First cancellation:
Big Otter Community Center will be closed Friday night
Feb. 25 late p It is snowing
like crazy as of 9pm. Around 4 inches are on the ground since dark.
Feb. 25 late p In addition to the white
stuff the wind is raising a ruckus. What did the wind sound like before
we had trains?
Feb. 25 late p The only real question
is, when will Sarah call?
Feb. 25 late p Since switching
to stronger antivurs and malware software we've been having trouble
connecting to the Wilson Shamblin Smith Funeral Home site. Turns out they
have two web addresses. For those that like to have a direct link in their
favorites folder, here's the one we're having luck with, http://www.funeralplan2.com/CarlWilsonFuneralHome/.
Feb. 25 p Hazel Maxine
Fitzwater, 82, see OBITUARY page
Feb. 25 p W went to war in Iraq
so those folks could eventually enjoy some of the civil rights Americans
enjoy. Enjoyed.
Feb. 25 p Our war effort (Patriot Act)
removed many of our civil rights we said we were fighting for. When Dubbya
slinked out of office, with Sen Jay telling us rights would be restored,
and a bright new hope in office, many thought civil rights like the right
to know what you're being arrested for, would return.
Feb. 25 p Last night the Senate, the
Demorat controlled Senate, voted to renew
the Patriot Act.
Feb. 25 p In addition to elected
officials, there are 4,525 total lobbyists from 1,750 companies that include
207 hospitals, 105 insurance companies and 85 manufacturing companies.
Guess who's running the
ship of state?
Feb. 25 p Bill Gates has produced
some great and not so great products for the PC. Windows 2000, millennium,
and Vista come to mind for the later. Guess what
operating system is running the Winter Olympics?
Feb. 25 p We're trying to keep this
web portal virus free and up and running. We think the latest infection
has been removed by removing old "scripts" from enhancements no longer
being used. We also shut off the web cam and removed the link over to Wilson
Shamblin Smith Funeral home for a few days. As citizen
journalists we work for free. The cost of keeping the site ain't.
Feb. 25 p Once a year we go online
and beg for bucks. With the snow coming down and temps around 20 degrees,
it's that time again. Heck, isn't being able to email the Mel Gibson look
alike and give him both barrels worth a nickel a day?
Feb. 25 p For all those that have already
contributed, thank you very much. For those that click on the Clayberry
site daily / weekly, how about you? First hand info, nice pics, links to
interesting independent news stories, and corn ball humor. Not to mention
misspelled words and quirks of reason.
Feb. 25 p Mail your check to Delta;
2278 Main Street, Clay WV 25043
Feb. 25 p Thanks in advance.
Feb. 25 7:10 am
Clay County Schools are closed Thursday.
Feb. 25 a Looks like we've got
about 3 inches of snow on the ground and flurries continue.
Feb. 25 a Big News! Last night
the Lady Panthers got out to an early lead and held on for a victory
in Sectional B Ball Tournament action. They play again Friday night when
they take on Sissonville at CCHS. Go Lady Panthers!!!!!!!!!!
Feb. 24 late p After a huge clean
up and out, this site has made it about 5 hours without spotting anything
malicious. We may have wiped out that living in the back room attack gremlin.
If anybody sees anything, any flags go up, let us know.
Feb. 24 late p The homepage web cam
is still down. Coming back soon maybe.
Feb. 24 late p The clean up deleted
some info like stuff on classifieds and obituaries. We'll try to retrieve
what we can.
Feb. 24 late Greg Wagner from Maysel
did the script and code deletions. He does website design too. Email Greg
at dyingtime@Frontiernet.net
Feb. 24 late p Around 7:30pm the snow
started falling again. Clayberry may get 3 inches tonight and a like amount
on Thursday. All of a sudden nobody cares. This late in the season,
we know it's fleeting at best. Kids of course are waiting for the "Sarah"
call.
Feb. 24 late The Pledge of Allegiance
means nothing when someone is forced to recite it. In one school system
a 13
year old was taken from the classroom by Badges for refusing to stand
and recite.
Feb. 24 late p The Fourth Amendment
use to be very strong on keeping Badges out of your home without a warrant
in hand. One Federal Appeal Judge says the
4th is all gone.
Feb. 24 late p While we're preparing
to struggle thru another snow. Clayberry's John Sizemore lives in the Dominican
Republic where short pants are norm.
Feb. 24 p After a bunch more deletions,
folder changes and password upgrades, we're bringing this site back up.
As of 4:10pm, we're debugged. If anybody sees any kind of problem, please
email
Feb. 24 p Tonight the Lady Panthers
take on Poca in Sectional Tournament action over the CCHS.
Feb. 24 p Communicator made to
the news stands Tuesday afternoon. It's a keeper for sure and well worth
the 70 cents.
Feb. 24 De Bug test post 2:57p
Feb. 23 Bug alert on this site.
Be careful. No updates until we find the little gremlins
Feb. 22 p Andrew George Guthrie, 47,
see OBITUARY page
Feb. 22 p Last year Fola Coal asked
for a $13m coal value reduction. After a discussion with the State
Tax Dept., they got a $6m reduction.
Feb. 22 p This year, on just
one piece of property the state reduced value from $24.7m down to $14.8m.
After a Board of Review a couple weeks back and with a nod from the big
boys in Charleston, Larry Darryl and Darryl agreed to reducing value assessments
on one tract to just $13.1m.
Feb. 22 p Wasn't that generous of our
elected folks.
Feb. 22 p Three days later Fola laid
off 157 workers and reduced hours on the remaining workers.
Feb. 22 p Full details in Tuesday's
Communicator. Hard to find info and just 70 cents cheap!
Feb. 22 p Now back to typing.
Feb. 22 p Arthur McCoy Morton,
90 of Lizemores, see OBITUARY page
Feb. 22 a With a light drizzle
coming down, there's a bunch going on this week.
Feb. 22 a You wouldn't think that a
Board of Health meeting would be exciting but sometimes there are. That
group meets tonight at 6pm in their Main Street digs.
Feb. 22 a The Lady Panthers did pretty
good this season and are in sectional tournament action this week. With
the games being held at CCHS, Jason Nichols provided this scoop: This
week the Region 4 Section 1 girls basketball tournament will be held at
Clay County High School. In events like this, the WVSSAC sets the
admission prices and entry policies. therefore, school employees
will have to pay to enter the game(s) this week. and, prices will
be set by the WVSSAC. coaches from other teams (with coaches cards)
will be allowed free entry. Ticket prices for game are $6 for adults
and $5 for students. Also, the schedule for this weeks tournament are as
follow:
Monday, Feb. 22
Game 1: Herbert Hoover vs. Sherman
7:30pm
Wednesday, Feb.
24 Game 2: Hoover/Sherman winner vs. Sissonville
6:00pm
Game 3: Poca vs. Clay
8:00pm
Friday, Feb. 26.
Game 4: Winners of Game 2 and Game 3
7:00pm .
Feb. 22 a The Buffalo Creek Watershed
group is trying to reorganize Tuesday night, 6pm. Interested in working
on an important project? Call the County Clerk's office for more.
Feb. 22 a County Commission meets Wed
morning beginning at 10am.
Feb. 22 a Enjoy the better weather
by taking in a public meeting. It skeers the crap out of our officials
when the public shows up and watches their actions.
Feb. 21 late p We're busy typing
on the next edition of the Communicator due out Tuesday mid day. Actually,
the sun was so nice, we were out goofing off most of today!
Feb. 21 p Briefly, from the last seven
days....
Feb. 21 p Jimmy Kearns put the School
Board on the spot Monday might when he bluntly asked each if they were
in favor of changing bus routes to provide greater attendance at H E White
Elem. Translation: Keeping the school open
Feb. 21p With guarded responses, all
five said Yes to the changes. Good answer
Feb. 21 p School closed and two hour
delays marked last week during this winter to remember
Feb. 21 p BUT! friday the weather
broke. Sunshine was seen for the first time in ages. Temps went up and
the snow pack went down. Saturday and Sunday broke out motorcycles and
even some short pants. Now instead of snow, we've got one big muddy mess
but we'll take it!
Feb. 21 p Observation: The BDA Consignment
Auction at Two Run had near record crowds Friday and Saturday nights. Their
weekday restaurant is doing likewise. Proof, if you build it, they will
come
Feb. 21 p Other than the weather, the
biggy news came Friday when Fola told 157 workers, you ain't workers no
more. Those that remain will be working shorter shifts. That news came
just three days after Fola was given a huge tax reduction on their Clayberry
holdings during the CCC Bd of Review.
Feb. 21 p This time Big Coal told the
truth, the economy is so bad they can't sell what they've got on the ground.
This time environmentalists, Robert C , Jay and anybody else that speaks
the truth, were spared a media thrashing.
Feb. 21 p Each February we do an online
begging drive to support this humble little operation. We started that
effort Wed. Can you lend a hand? Where else can you get the scoop on the
Great Nation of Clay? Where else can you get the info on a daily basis?
Feb. 21 p We know the economy is tight
and few have much extra jingle but, isn't it worth say a nickel a day to
see what's going on? Send your donation to Delta; 2278 Main St; Clay WV
25043
Feb. 21 p Thanks
Feb. 19 p Maxwell Mullins, see OBITUARY
page
Feb. 19 p Back in Dec Fola Coal put
up the smoke screen citing those D### tree huggers as the reason 500 employees
would have to be laid off Feb. 7th. After a huge media campaign to support
the good corporate neighbor, Judge Chuck Chambers backed off and allowed
the valley fill permit to stand for another 12 months.
Feb. 19 p All along, many new the truth
and tree huggers had nothing to do with it....
Feb. 19 p This evening Fola announced
an immediate layoff of 157 employees. Those remaining on the job will be
on a reduced work schedule.
Feb. 19 p Big Coal. It's always the
bottom line that counts.
Feb. 19 p Those are the same corporate
neighbors that our County Commission gave another gazillion dollar tax
break to during last week's Board of Review tax dodging day.
Feb. 19 a Vina Jackson, 86, of Wallback,
see OBITUARY page
Feb. 19 a Tonight the Lady Panthers
play their last home game of the season. With a pretty good season under
the belt, they're heading off to tournament action next week. Go Lady Panthers!
Feb. 19 a Great music at Big
Otter Community Center tonight
Feb. 19 a Check out the EVENTS
page for more
Feb. 19 a Finally a morning with
a two hour delay. There's even mention of a little sunshine today. Great!
Feb. 19 a 8 years back our Business
Development Authority got all bent out of shape when the Communicator provided
coverage of the group's effort to attract a metal culvert maker to the
Filcon Industrial site. So torqued up was the BDA Chair that he invited
the ace cub reporter out back for something more than an ice cream social.
So torqued up, at their next meeting, they formed a super secret committee
that would meet behind closed doors to handle any future misnegotiations.
Feb. 19 a The BDA was grinning ear
to ear when they heard the guy's plan to employ dozen's and set up a permanent
home for his up and coming operation.
Feb. 19 a The company (Amcor) ended
up over in the Amma Industrial Park along I-79 in 2003.
Feb. 19 a Amcor has been out of business
for some time with its holdings being
sold off to the highest bidder today.
Feb. 19 a Whether it's nice pictures
or a behind the scenes look at Clayberry, this site and the Communicator,
are the only sources for such info. The three owners are paid zero, ninguno,
nothing, for their daily efforts. Feb. is the one time of year when
we come to you begging for $$$.
Feb. 19 a To keep this source of information
up and running, send your check to Delta; 2278 Main St; Clay WV 25043
Feb. 19 a thank you
Feb. 18 p Tonight's tournament action
at Clay Middle has been canceled.
Feb. 18 p Fred Sampson's Roundtable
Discussion show on 101.7FM has been canceled for tonight.
Feb. 18p After days of snow and nasty,
one week ago today God provided a boost for the ace cub reporter when he
deposited that pink Victoria Secrets envelope in the wrong mail box. My
how such a little thing can perk one up!
Feb. 18 a 70 kids behind
ya yelling and screaming is tough. Icy road conditions make it even tougher
for bus drivers. Yesterday a bus slid in a ditch in the H E White Elem
neighborhood. A bus and a car smashed together at Clay Elem. No injuries
other than sheet metal.
Feb. 18 a How icy was it this morning?
Over in Roane County, loaded buses stopped in the road because the black
ice was so bad.
Feb. 18 a Over at the Middle
School, there's a tournament tonight. Get out of the house and have some
fun.
Feb. 18a Each Feb. this site does an
online begging campaign to keep this web portal up and hobbling along.
We go at it for about 10 days or so. NAG Nag Nag.
Pictures, notices, boil water orders, up to the minute info, and virus
attacks, that's clayberry.org.
Feb. 18 a We're suppose to be
a for profit company but the truth is, in this humble little county, we
can only keep the web doors open with the help of advertisers and you.
Yesterday 2250 clickers views this site. If each one of those donated $1
, we could finish off this drive today.
Feb. 18 a How about it? Delta; 2278
Main St; Clay WV 25043
Feb. 17 late p With roads in
poor condition, around 11pm, Sarah made it official, Clay County Schools
will be operating on a two hour delay Thursday morning.
Feb. 17 p We're making some changes
in an attempt to stave off those pesky internet gremlins. Notice the web
cam has been shut down as a starter.
Feb. 17 p Big snow flakes beginning
Wed afternoon. Clayberry has an additional 6 inches of snow as of 9pm Wed.
Roads are snow covered and slick as goose snot.
Feb. 17 p Deadline for The Communicator
is Friday afternoon.
Feb. 17 a Frontier's internet long
distance and internet service went down yesterday afternoon and stayed
that way for most of the evening. Will have updates this morning.
Feb. 17 a For those interested, winter
continues with two hour school delays, slick roads, and more snow coming.
Feb. 16 p The Pentagon holds Board
meetings at various schools during the year. Last night it was H E White
Elem's turn to host the public meeting. After sappy sweet intros and accolades
of such a wonderful facility, the elected folks went thru the normal blah
blah blah.
Feb. 16 p They got down to business
when Fran Naylor and Jimmy Kearns led the charge for keeping the school
open. Open? Locals know the plan has always been to shut the rural
school down as soon as possible with the return of split classes being
the first step.
Feb. 16 p Fran Naylor provided
the set up. Her speech was to change bus route boundaries to capture more
students for the school while reducing bus times for the riders. Boardster
Beth Cercone thanked Naylor for the input noting that sometimes the Board
isn't aware of such possibilities.
Feb. 16 p The Board can make such changes
if they want to. When Big Odor Elem was planned, there wasn't enough students
to justify the place so Poof, kids from Widen etc were rerouted to the
new facility.
Feb. 16 p With the set up, solution
spoken by Ms Naylor, Jimmy Kearns set the hook. He asked each Boardster
if they would support changing the routes (IE: keeping HE White open).
With microphone in hand, each were on the spot and with over 50 voters
in the peanut gallery, each had to respond. Each did.
Feb. 16 p Boardster Gene King, unequivocally,
Yes. Ric Tanner: he's supportive of any logical solution; RB commented
that this district set the record for supporting the Excess Levy and thus,
he would be supportive with "No Problem"; Jim Dawson was all supportive
of the school and increasing attendance by attracting Kanawha County kids;
and finally, Beth Cercone: after saying the math would have to be worked
out and if it works out, she was in favor.
Feb. 16 p With around 250 Excess
Levy votes in the neighborhood (next vote on the Levy comes Jan 2011),
the School Board has no choice but keep the natives in line with Yelp,
we love HE White Elem!!
Feb. 16 p One of the biggest headaches
for the Pentagon is keeping that little school open. They want nothing
short of the place shut down.
Feb. 16 a 54 county school
systems closed for the day including Clayberry.
Feb. 16 a Overcast and big snowflakes
coming down by 8:30 this morning.
Feb. 16 a Bank spending on lobbying
increased
12% to nearly $30,000,000.00 last year. Wonder where those $$$ came
from?
Feb. 16 early am Two hour delay
for Clay County School System Tuesday
Feb. 16 a Yippity Do Dah !
Feb. 15 p A big blast of wind, ice
and snow pelted Clayberry earlier this afternoon. Didn't last more than
a few minutes but it was real.
Feb. 15 p The last day to seek a property
tax reduction before the Board of Review is Tuesday at 2pm. Don't complain
if you don't speak up now.
Feb. 15 a Early this morning,
there was no hint of snow in the air. By 8 am the white stuff began. By
9 am great big snow flakes were coming down in torrents. Winter continues.
Feb. 14 p Lets see now, in between
the snow, ice, sleet, rain, we had ice snow sleet rain and cold temps.
....
Feb. 14 p Just as in 1984, Big
Brother is watching your every move and the Justice Dept. says they don't
need any kind of warrant to monitor you where ever you walk, stand,
sleep, or even take a dump.
Feb. 14 p Back decades ago Prez
Regan lied to use when he reported Star Wars technology could then laser
blast a rocket from the sky. Now that laser
technology is real.
Feb. 14 p And believe it or not, there's
still a
vicious war going on taking American lives without any good reason.
Feb. 14 p Here at home we picked up
kernels of new or misplaced information.
Feb. 14 p New: According to the Assessor,
if you list your property for sale, that sky high list price can be used
to increase your tax burden. Assessor Teresa Lane said it twice this week
then got miffed for us reporting the information
Feb. 14 p New: Clayonians a plenty
own a small percentage of a parcel of a piece of underground coal, oil
or gas. The heirship holdings can amount to near nothing. During Minerals
Day last Thursday, Assessor Lane was asked: If one of those percentage
owners gets a tax break, do the others owners get a similar break. The
answer was No.
Feb. 14 p What that amounts to is,
if 50 people own 10 acres of coal and want to protest high taxes, all 50
need to come before the County Commission each February and ask for reductions.
Feb. 14 p During Minerals Day, we found
out a couple more things. One: The State Tax Dept makes alot of mistakes
and two, if you appeal those tax increases, they often back off and reduce
taxes.
Feb. 14 p This site made it another
week without a cyber attack.
Feb. 14 p Bad weather kept schools
closed for much of the week.
Feb. 14 p The Kitchen restaurant closed
their doors.
Feb. 14 p With all the snow and yuck,
we needed something to perk things up. We got it Thursday mid day when
the USPO stuck a pink Victoria's Secret monthly statement envelope addressed
to the Sheriff in the wrong mailbox. Of course we gave it back but not
before taking a picture and posting that image along with this question:
Wonder what color thong the Top Badge wears?
Feb. 14 p The county went wild with
giggles, laughter, and offered mean spirited questions. It was great until
a little before 5pm Thursday
Feb. 14 p In full uniform, the
Sheriff roared to the Communicator office at 4:59. After busting thru the
door and knocking stuff array, an absolutely out of control Poopster was
ready to kick one lovable huggable ace cub reporter's arss. Had there not
been a witness present, he would have done just that. He did promise threatening
future retributions for the Mel Gibson Look Alike.
Feb. 14 p Badges don't like witnesses.
Feb. 14 p We elected the guy
to office a few years back to rid the county of druggies. We were
so desperate for relief from drug crimes, we knew we were electing the
guy often referred to as Deputy Death, but did so anyway. We saw that out
of control, temper tantrum laced side Thursday afternoon.
Feb. 14 p The ribbing hasn't stopped.
During the recent ball games, all his close buddies raised the issue and
got the Sheriff even madder. The coffeehouse crowd continues with comments
until the Top Badge comes past. Most likely, that makes him even more miffed.
Feb. 14 p Friday night was Homecoming
at CCHS. The place was packed from wall to wall and the crowd stayed
the entire evening. Saturday night the Panthers lost their B Ball contest
by one point in the last seconds of the home game.
Feb. 14 p Braving the threat
of snow and cold temps, 101.7 FM packed the Senior Center Saturday night
for their annual Valentine's Dance. It was a blast!
Feb. 14 p Thru out the county, Moms
and GranMoms were escorted to local eateries for a meal out and time with
the family. It was Valentines Day.
Feb. 14 p With the threat of another
winter storm coming our way Sunday, kids, parents, and teachers alike asked
just one question: Will we get a snow day Monday?
Feb. 14 p Monday is a holiday with
schools scheduled to be closed. Due to the number of snow days this year,
the Pentagon took away the holiday and turned it back to class time.
Feb. 14 p Weather may change those
plans right back to a day away from the books.
Feb. 14 p Clickers, throw another log
on the fire, you may need it.
Feb. 14 p Andy Subrick,
79, see OBITUARY page
Feb. 14 p Weekend wrap up coming late
this evening and Yes, we'll get back to ole pink thong then.
Feb. 14 p Happy
Valentine Day wishes to one and all. Take the sweetie out while we've got
some sunshine and blue skies.
Feb. 13 a Happy Birthday Brianna and
Jason Brown.
Feb. 13 a With more snow flurries coming
down, it's time to get out of the house.
Feb. 13 a Put on your dancing shoes
and head over to the Senior Center tonight at 7 for a Sweetheart Dance
hosted by the radio station. No cover charge and lots of good music, raffles,
and The Tiffinator.
Feb. 13 a CCHS Basketball action
continues tonight at 7:30. The home team needs all the support it can get!
Feb13 a Want to make some $$$?
Clean out your closet and take the junk over to the BDA Saturday night
Auction which begins at 6pm. Take your wares over early and you may
leave with a pocket full of jingle.
Feb. 13 a Leaders tell us, get a good
education and you will get a a good job. Good advice except if you live
in W Va.
Feb. 13 a Cabinet Secretary Kelley
Goes just released The Best Career Opportunities in WV thru 2016 report.
The new findings were provided the Legislature near the beginning of Feb.
Feb. 13 a From that report, the top
10 job growth areas are in order of growth: Home Health Aides, Security
Guards, Fast Food workers, Personal Home Care Aides, Retail Clerks,
Bill Collectors, Social Service Assistants, Pharmacy Technicians, Dental
Assistants, and Medical Assistants.
Feb. 13 a When you tell your kids,
get an edumacation and you can get a job close to home, those are the jobs
your kids are looking at.
Feb. 13 a Prepared by the best
minds Broadway Joe could come up with and with the biggest load of massaging
the finished product, that's the best spin they could come up with. How
sad.
Feb. 13 Also, 75% of our job
openings from now thru 2016 will be to fill existing positions.
Feb. 13 a Goes from the Commerce Dept.
predicts a 24,000 job growth between 2006 and 2016, 10 years. That's
only 2400 new jobs in the entire state each year. Of those new jobs, slightly
more than half will require any kind of advanced education.
Feb. 13 a Get that college degree and
pack up, that's your future in West Virginia.
Feb. 13 a Did you know, all the manufacturing
jobs (employees) in the entire state could sit in the WVU's football stadium
and there would still be empty seats.
Feb. 13 a We'll get back to the Sheriff
soon.
Feb. 13 a Life's short, have some fun
this weekend.
Feb. 12 a Happy TGIF one and all. Tonight
the Panthers play in home court action as well as live music at Big Otter
Community Center. It's also Homecoming Night at the game.
Feb. 12 a Each year 101.7 FM hosts
a Valentine Dance open to the public and without a cover charge. That happens
tomorrow night at the Senior Center, Two Run.
Feb. 12 a Check out the EVENTS page
for all the weekend happenings.
Feb. 12 a NExt week we start our online
begging drive to keep this online portal afloat. In addition to you the
clickers, advertiser revenue helps a bunch. Thanks and next week the begging
begins.
Feb. 12 a Welcome incumbent David Walker
to Clayberry as an advertiser. Check out his election messages behind the
home page button.
Feb. 13 a What was a hum drum week
of snow and yuck turned newsworthy when our Top Badge went out of control
Thursday afternoon. Read yesterday's pm post for the story and check out
the home page picture that got it all started.
Feb. 13 a In response to the
Sheriff's actions, we received emails on the topic. Here's one: Thanks,
Andy. That just made this snow-pocalypse week all worth it! What's
next for our top badge.....a shopping spree at Bed, Bath, and Behind?
Feb. 13 a Here's another: SORRY
TO INFORM YOU BUT THE SHERIFF CAN'T FIT IN ANY OF VICTORIA'S CLOTHES HE
NEEDS TO GO ON A WATER DIET FIRST
Feb. 13 a And: YOU ARE A GENIUS You've
now discovered why nothing gets done in clay co. when crimes happen. all
of the police officers are either comparing underwear in the sheriffs office
or cup sizes.
Feb. 13 a Someone asked why he
didn't go ahead and beat the stuffins out of the ole Mel Gibson look alike.
Answer: Badges learned long ago to do their dirty work without witnesses
around. Yesterday afternoon when the Sheriff went crazy, there was another
person in the office.
Feb. 13 a Here's the best part
clickers, think of all his buddies calling him and asking, what's the best
color thong to go with my uniform? And, whenever he walks down the hall,
street, where ever, every time people stop talking, our wittle Badge will
be thinking they're talking about him.
Feb. 13 a Yesterday was Minerals Day
before the County Commission. That's the time when mineral owners can contest
taxes assessed on their underground coal, oil, gas, salt, and gold holdings.
Many did and reported taxes doubling or tripling as well as year after
year goof ups from the State folks. Those that came yesterday displayed
maps, core drillings, and other records disproving state tax dept findings
and tax increases.
Feb. 13 a Although the Commission won't
make their official decisions public until next Tuesday Feb. 16th, it appears
all that protested tax increases will be rewarded with a decrease.
Feb. 16 a Before the Sheriff's
temper tantrum Thursday, we were giving Assessor Teresa Lane some online
grief. Let's get back to that...
Feb. 16 a A lot of those coal holdings
are broke up into heirship where the protester may own just 1/3 of 1/8
of 1/10 % of the reserve. When the County Commission asked: If the tax
is reduced on this person, do all the other owners (not here protesting)
get their taxes reduced? From Assessor Lane, the answer: No.
Feb. 16 a She added that she follows
CCC directives and she doesn't have any way of knowing all the property
owners since they could be on different "numbers".
Feb. 16 a Interesting, from then on,
each time the CCC heard from a protester, they asked the Assessor to include
all other mineral owners in the reductions. She nodded in agreement.
Feb. 16 a One other observation
from yesterday. Tax protesters didn't have so much interest in assessments
or appraisals. They wanted to know the bottom line, how much will their
tax burden end up being. Often the CCC would turn to Ms Lane and ask that
very question.
Feb. 16 a Although she had all the
tax print outs with her and a calculator in hand, she didn't do any
cyphering. She didn't provide any figures.
Feb. 16 a Instead she waited for others
to provide the answer.
Feb. 16 a One big Hmmmmmmmmmmmm....
Feb. 16 a Lets see now, the Sheriff
is all torqued up and the Assessor is even more miffed. It's been a good
week so far!
Feb. 11 p Clay County Schools
two hour delay called for Friday. Stay up late and then sleep in kids and
teachers.
Feb. 11 p Around lunch time we posted
a pink Victoria Secret's envelope addressed to the Top Badge on our home
page. The monthly statement was stuck in the wrong post office box by mistake.
Before we returned the thing to the USPO, we snapped the picture.
Feb. 11 p At 4:59 Top Badge came
a storming thru the Communicator's front door slinging it open so hard,
it knocked aside a nearby wooden rack.
Feb. 11 p With about a 45 second
burst of potty mouth, the irate Badge called the ace cub reporter about
every potty mouth name in the book. "YOU DIRTY ROTTEN SON OF A B****"
.... You CROSSED THE LINE!!!!!!!!!!!... I PROBABLY SHOULD TAKE YOU
OUT OF HERE AND KICK YOUR A***!!!!... YOU BETTER WATCH OUT!!! .. YOU'VE
HAD IT NOW!!!! ...
Feb. 11 p Me thinks our wittle Sheriff
was a bit miffed.
Feb. 11 p Each Kick you a*** and crossed
the line this time was shouted at least twice.
Feb. 11 p In the same heated breath
came other threats that taking a picture of an envelope stuffed
in the wrong PO box is ILLEGAL.
Feb. 11 p Lots more said and
we'll get to that ASAP but while in uniform with his arms flaying, finger
pointing, jowls taunt, the Sheriff was asked twice, "Anything else?"
Feb. 11 p Ahhh that didn't make him
any happier clickers.
Feb. 11 p As he stormed back
thru the door he slammed it so hard, a piece of the window blind broke
and fell to the ground.
Feb. 11 p Not sure where we crossed
the line. Maybe it was questioning whether he wears his pasties under or
over his bullet proof vest. Not sure.
Feb. 11 p It's common to say
someone's shorts are all bunched up. In this case, our Top Badge's
thong may be all wadded up!
Feb. 11 a Weathercasters missed the
mark last night when they predicted a ton of snow hitting Clayberry. The
news was enough to clear the bread off many grocery store shelves but we
didn't get the big dump. Good
Feb. 11 a Most roads remain snow
covered and slick as snot. Be careful out there.
Feb. 11 a The B Ball schedule called
for a home LKC game at CCHS tonight. If they hold that contest it has been
moved from the home court.
Feb. 11 a Been meaning to mention,
our new Town Badge (paid for with grant $$$) went to work Monday morning
early. Been on day shift so far.
Feb. 11 a Campaigning for office
is different in this office. Instead of big TV ads, the norm is to make
phone calls, knock on doors, put up a few posters, and leave campaign cards
laying at area convenience stores. Who's winning so far? Winning might
be too strong a word bu Jim Paxton has the first calling cards laid out.
Feb. 11 a It's never easy getting a
straight answer from a politician. Yesterday our local Assessor, Teresa
Lane, refused ANY comment on non profits and do they have to pay property
taxes.
Feb. 11 a In yesterday's afternoon
post, we called her Wittle Miss Teresa and mentioned her being "miffed".
Feb. 11 a To provide a straight
answer , we posted that section of the code over on the ADVISORY page for
your edification. Thanks KB for the research.
Feb. 11 a Without aid of the Assessor's
office, we figure since non profit CAEZ is allowing the for- profit BC&G
RR to use the campground and lodge for money raising purposes, the state
is allowed to collect property taxes on it.
Feb. 11 a There.That wasn't too hard
was it Teresa. Didn't hurt a bit!
Feb. 10 9:50 pm Clay County
Schools will be closed Thursday. Sleep in young uns
Feb. 10p Looking for work? See the
JOBS page now
Feb. 10 p Tammy Rose provides
environmental articles and updates at The Communicator. We didn't know
it, but she has written a
lot more than we knew about.
Feb. 10 p Snow sometimes blowing sideways
and back up, continues to fall today, Main roads are driveable with many
side roads snow covered and slick slick slick.
Feb. 10 p If you check over on the
Charleston Federal Building web docket, comes this: Daily Calendar for
Friday, February 12, 2010 9:30 AM 2:09-cr-223 Judge Johnston USA
v. Tommy Edward Young Sr.& Jr.-Pretrial Motions Hearing District Courtroom
B - Room 6600 Charleston
Feb. 10 p Feb. is the month the CCC
listens to appeals for lowering tax rates. Few take the time to do so.
Scheduled today was non profit CAEZ Director Connie Lupardus. According
to the CCC, Big Lup was to be there to protest high values assessed
on the recently put under roof Lodge building over at the Campground.
Feb. 10 p During CAEZ meetings the
question came: Why is a non profit even being taxed?
Feb. 10 p As the public meeting was
ending today around 1:20, the ace cub reporter asked Assessor Teresa Lane:
Why is a non profit being taxed?
Feb. 10 p Her response, " I have no
comment for you."
Feb. 10 p Me thinks little Miss
Teresa is miffed.
Feb. 10 p Best of get well wishes extended
to Connie Lupardus for a speedy recovery.
Feb. 10 a Roger D. Hartwell,
63, see OBITUARY page
Feb. 10 a At 7:30 this morning the
air was different. It wasn't snow coming down nor sleet. Instead there
was a fine ice dust in the air. Be careful out there today.
Feb. 10 a County Commission meets this
morning at 10 am for a regular session. Not sure if Big Otter Fire Dept.
will be discussed in public but it should be.
Feb. 10 a at 1pm the CCC convenes again
to hear property tax rate disputes like non profit CAEZ's complaint that
they are being taxed for a lodge building they own over at the JG Bradley
Campground three years ago. Currently, for profit BC&G RR Co Op operates
the facility although the use agreement for the building and land has been
severed.
Feb. 10 a One of the advantages to
being a non profit is not being taxed.
Feb. 10 a Speaking of non profits,
there are problems up north with the Big Otter Fire Dept.
Feb. 10 a During their Monday night
Board meeting serious issues on equipment being in disrepair were made
public. How serious? Fire Chief Marna Killingsworth was suspended from
duty for 90 days after a lengthy secret time.
Feb. 10 a Other resigned their volunteer
positions in support of Marna.
Feb. 10 a Knowing in advance
how hot button the meeting could be, 2 Badges were in attendance during
the meeting.
Feb. 10 a Fire Departments receive
ratings from a state insurance group. During their recent inspection,
things were so bad, the State Fire Marshall's office was called. The Fire
Marshall has regularity authority for such volunteer groups and can shut
them down when things get too bad.
Feb. 10 a About a month ago the County
Commission considered calling in the Fire Marshall for an inspection code
named an "evaluation". Instead they agreed to give a newly elected
Board of Directors a couple of weeks to solve a "problem". Me thinks the
problem ain't solved yet.
Feb. 10 a The BOFD has been a troubled
agency for several years. Old and new factions struggle with power sharing
duties, keeping enough volunteers on the job, equipment maintenance, and
fund raising needs. Personality clashes are common and often affect decisions
made. During some meetings, name calling, finger pointing, and near fights
raised many an eyebrow.
Feb. 10 a Volunteer groups often go
thru such crunch times. Sometimes the power shifts work out better for
the agency. For the sake of the residents in that service area, hope that's
the case this time.
Feb. 10 5:15am Clayberry schools
are closed for the day
Feb. 10 a It's about 13 degrees and
there's about a half inch of snow on the ground. Not sure what Sarah saw
this morning, maybe ice, but all the wittle ankle biters are oh so happy.
Feb. 10 a About 47 other county school
systems are closed or operating on a two hour delay today.
Feb. 9 late p Holly Ray Chapman,
59, see OBITUARY page
Feb. 9 p No CCHS B Ball
game tonight. Cancelled due to the weather.
Feb. 9 p At 4:30 it looks like
the all day rain is changing to sleet. be careful out there
Feb. 9 late am Sheila Thorne was named
the Person of the Year just last month. We're already getting emails to
nominate Sarah the school messenger for the next award.
feb 9 late am Needless to say,
Sarah called off school this morning around 7:20 am
feb 9 late am The Panthers are suppose
to play Sherman (from Boone County) tonight at CCHS. No word yet on whether
the game is still on.
feb 9 late am As of 10
am A light slushy rain is drizzeling over Clayberry. Me thinks the bad
stuff may be coming tonight and tomorrow.
Feb. 9 5 am Clay County School's
are on a two hour delay. Salt shakers are out working the roads. Other
county system's have closed for the day. Early morning scanner traffic
mentioned ice on the roads.
Feb. 9 5 am Be careful out there
one and all.
Feb. 8 p Glen Sutton found a
beagle. Yours? Call him 304 587 4600
Feb. 8 p You advertise your house for
sale and list a price. Can that listed price raise the assessed value of
your home? The answer is Yes according to Assessor Teresa Lane. Read all
about it in Tuesday's Communicator.
Feb. 8 p Still typing on the
Communicator. Goin to be a good one. No updates until it gets to bed.
Feb. 8 a We sat by the phone last night
waiting for Sarah the School Voice to call and cancel or delay school for
today. She didn't call. We're mad at Sarah big time. Sarah is a poop
butt!
Feb. 8 a About the only cancellation
we have as of 8am today, tonight's Lady Panther B Ball game has been canceled.
Feb. 7 p We're busy typing on the Communicator,
no weekend wrap up .. just a couple notes
Feb. 7 p The big snow that we
was suppose to hit us this weekend, turned out the thang went all around
us. Maybe 6 inches of snow on the ground with the roads mostly cleared
up by Saturday afternoon. Power outages reported in the Northern end of
the county. Now the cold cold temps are heading our way. Brrr!
Feb. 7 p Kids (and teachers) are waiting
beside the phone for a "Sarah" call. None so far, 5:02pm
Feb. 7 p If the weather cooperates,
we've got a full week coming our way.
Feb. 7 p Want to try getting your property
taxes reduced, next chance is Monday morning, 10 am, in the County
Commission room.
Feb. 7 p With many "problems" facing
them, including having very few firefighters at the ready, Big Otter Fire
Dept. meets Mondya evening at 7pm
Feb. 7 p Lady Panthers have a home
game Monday night, 7:30pm. Boys play Tuesday evening at home.
Feb. 7 p Solid Waste Authority meets
Wed, 5:30pm, upstairs in the old King Jewlery Store building on Main.
Feb. 7 p That nasty ole Hawiian President
ain't done nothing! Well, except for making 25
tax cuts since coming to office and that's without ANY Republicrat
help.
Feb. 7 p Obama de Bama has been criticizing
the Republicrats for talking out both sides of their mouths. Like, they
ALL votes agains the Recovery Act which dropped billions into local
projects but then showed up for the ribbon cutting ceremonies and took
credit while the cameras were rolling.
Feb. 7 p Her's a Badge that responded
to a snowball battle by pulling
his weapon. Dumb Dumb Dumb.
Feb. 7 p The real football championship
was held yesterday Take a look
at the team names. Nice.
Feb. 7 p Here's one of the sites chocked
full of pics. Here's a second for
reaaal football images.
Feb. 6 a At 9 am we've got about 6
inches of snow on the ground and the crap is still coming down. A wet,
perfect for making hard as a rock, snow balls.
Feb. 6 a In West Virginia 42,000 are
without electric service. Here in Clayberry for most, the power is blinking
off and on . We'll post as long as the juice flows.
Feb. 6 a Maybe its true what the electric
Gods say, it's cheaper to let a big snow clear the right of ways. With
the huge Dec 19th storm doing most of the work, seems to be working.
Feb. 6 a Many roads around the
state are closed. Most all activities are canceled.
Feb. 5 p Margaret “Maggie” King,
20, of Clay, see OBITUARY page
Feb. 5 p With everyone huddled in their
homes, as of 7:30pm, lots of rain but no sleet of snow to report in Clayberry.
feb 5 p Tonight's CCHS Panther canceled
B Ball game has been rescheduled for Tuesday February 16th.
Saturday night's Lady Panther has been rescheduled for Monday night February
8th. Thanks JH for the info
Feb. 5 p Noon Clay County Schools
are closing two hours early. The little darlings are heading your
way.
Feb. 5p Tonight's Panther B Ball game
has been canceled.
Feb. 5 p By the way... Two hour delays
of early outs, that's still counted as a full day of instruction. Thought
you'd like to know!
Feb. 5 a With only one win under our
belts, Roane County comes to CCHS tonight for home court B Ball Panther
action
Feb. 5 p Girls Basketball game Away
against Poca has been canceled for tonight. 2-5-10
Feb. 5 p Girls Basketball game Home
against South Harrison has been canceled for tomorrow 2-6-10
and rescheduled for Monday 2-8-10 to be played at Clay County High
School. Home game
Feb. 5 p LKC Wrestling Tournament
Match for Sat 2-6-10 has been canceled - This match has been rescheduled
for Wednesday at Roane County
Feb. 5 p As of Noon, Clayberry is experiencing
rain with a temp of 37 degrees. No ice sleet snow yet. Keep your fingers
crossed clickers.
Feb. 5 a Check the EVENTS page
for Big Otter fun things to do
Feb. 5 a With nasty ice and snow
predicted... we'll post until the Leonard Lines go down.
Feb. 5 a Batten down the hatches, the
Alberta Clipper may be heading our way this time.
Feb. 5 a Last night the BDA didn't
have a formal meeting due to lack of quarrel and no agenda posted. They
did have a lively discussion which included...
Feb. 5 a Making plans to walk
arm in arm with Big Coal at planned rallies to save mountain top mining
practices in the state. When they were told the days of MTR are already
over, no one accepted reality.
Feb. 5 a They also talked about improving
the interior at the old State Road garage at Two Run which houses the Saturday
night consignment auction business. Support a local business? Other than
Big Coal, it'll be a first for the BDA.
Feb. 5 a One interesting tidbit
from that gathering. The Adkins, the folks that operate the auction, have
opened a weekday lunch diner in the same business. Owner Kim Adkins recently
overhead Mayor Jack Brown bad mouthing the place as being housed in a dirty,
condemned building and he'd work to get it closed down. Kim overhead the
conversation and straightened out the Mayor in short order.
Feb. 5 a It's tough enough to operate
a business in this county without elected officials working or at least
talking about working against ya. One big atta
girl to Kim Adkins.
Feb. 5 a We think the puter bug has
been gone from this site for 36 hours. Anyone seeing anything, please
email
Feb. 5 a Next week we start our annual
begging for dollars campaign and we need each one of you! Be safe!
Feb. 4 a The Clay County Business Development
Authority is suppose to meet the first Thursday of each month, 5 pm, CCC
room. Haven't noticed a posted agenda as required by law but what's new?
Feb. 4 a Tonight the Panthers take
on Calhoun in home court action. For those unwilling to get out on the
roads or live too far away, 101.7FM will be sportscasting the event.
Feb. 4 a Speaking of roads, be sure
to check out the weather report for Friday and the weekend. Looks like
a 50 50 chance at ice, sleet, and some of the white stuff. Be safe.
Feb. 4 a Deadline for the next Communicator
is Saturday at noon. Got anything on your mind? Maybe the shape of the
economy, burning stuff you're not suppose to burn, putting convicts into
asbestos laden buildings, removing trash cans in downtown Clay, the upcoming
election... Email your chatters ASAP
Feb. 4 a Web site hacking
has become a real sport for some. This site has received its fair share
of attacks mostly from malicious Iframe injections. Thanks for all that
have emailed with info on the pages infected.
Feb. 4 a Stepped up security
was added last fall. Last night we cleaned the site once again
and turned off php scripts after spotting a "script" that didn't look too
healthy. Until last night we didn't even know what a php was!
Feb. 4 a We're in good company. A few
months back Wal Mart's site was hit with the same
brand of Iframe assault. We're vigilant but those bad guys finally
made it to Clayberry. We're always behind the rest of the world!
Feb. 4 a When we originally set
up the site, we started with a "front page" program for layout. Turns
out that old outdated stuff is also a vulnerability. As we go thru and
delete old files, some things can goof up. Take for instance the homepage
button for instant weather reports. The time and temp is now screwy but
the link still works. Will try and correct that problem ASAP.
Feb. 3 p Right now the weather
report is just mentioning the S word and the county is going bonkers with
fear. Settle down clickers, we've lived thru 14 inches dropped in five
hours or less. What's an inch to fear?
Feb. 3 p Feb. is the only month
of the year that you can seek a reduction in your property taxes from the
County Commission. Yesterday was one of those times when you could make
the request. No one did. Next opportunity Thursday. Call the County Clerk's
office for details.
Feb. 3 p Up at the Pentagon,
the School Board met Monday night where Gene King got a jab in with his
request and success at reducing mileage rates for those that travel around
on the taxpayer dime. Much of the meeting was spent behind closed doors,
twice they went secret Monday evening. The norm is to discuss anything
controversial during those away from the public times so as to present
a united front back where the taxpayers can see em.
Feb. 3 p Clay Town Council met
Tuesday evening. There was no mention on when the new Badge comes to work.
Feb. 3 p A dozen years ago the
Town built a new state of the art log factory that was designed to vacuum
those offending poop clusters at 500 mph to the new facility at Pisgah.
Nice idea but there are some real problems.
Feb. 3 p In the Two Run area
of the Town, between Go Mart and the Bank of Gassaway, big gobs of grease
plugs up the system and back up. Even with all restaurants using grease
traps to catch the cholesterol, still log jams. How bad? So bad, according
to the operator, Go Mart is considering suing the Town.
Feb. 3 p Mid day Wed, state regulators
along with local smoke Czar Jay Carper and town reps were seen eyeballing
Go Mart's grease trap.
Feb. 3 p By the way.... Go Mart has
their grease trap pumped out on a regular basis and has the documents to
prove it. If you ask the town for a paper trail, bet you won't find
it.
Feb. 3 p And finally on those
missing from action curb side trash cans.... A few are back in service
but according to the Mayor, the balance are in too bad a shape to set back
out for use.
Feb. 2 2010 Ruth Elizabeth Simmons,
88, of Clay, see OBITUARY page
Feb. 2 2010 Lenore S. Hardman,
80, see OBITUARY page
Feb. 1 later p Archie Graham
Schoonover, 94, see OBITUARY page
Feb. 1 late p Carl Wayne Hudnall
Sr., 51 of Indore, see OBITUARY page
Feb. 1 late p Mail in filings for office
are still coming in. Attorney Barbara Schamberger has filed for a House
of Delegates run in the 29th.
Feb. 1 p The Sunday wrap up post
has now been corrected. Fingers weren't working right!
Feb. 1 a We have daylight almost til
6pm. The days are finally getting longer. Thank goodness!
Feb. 1 a We've got a full week
coming our way. Tonight the School Bd meets at the Standard Bryant Annex
on Gump Street. Nothing too exciting on the
agenda but did note the addition of time limits on each discussion
time speaker. They might be afraid Dave Mullins would want to speak!
Feb. 1 a Tuesday at 4 and 6pm CAEZ
meets. At 5 on Tuesday Clay Town Council convenes. Thursday , 5 pm, brings
out the BDA folks.
Feb. 1 a On top of that, CCHS Basketball
season is in full swing this week with lots of home court action Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday nights.
Feb. 1 a 2/3rd's thru the
winter we're all dried out with itchy skin from taking too many hot steamy
baths. We're sick of winter! Groundhogs have it better. They go to sleep
in Nov and awaken in Feb. with one thing on their mind, sex.