July 2003 News
July 31 am An opppps. Down
below is the link to the failing schools in Clayberry. Not to neglect anyone,
we forgot to mention HE White as another failing to pass the muster...
that's five failures in the county
July 31 am As far as failing with
the No Kid left behind Act, it could be some minor little things like poor
attendance being off a hair. But failing is failing.
July 31 am We're adding 700 new
prisoners a week into the US jail system. To take a look, click BEHIND
BARS that's 2million total behind bars
July 31 am And with Clayberry
news light this week, bets are in that Dubbya will start another
war just before the 2004 election season. For views of people in the know,
MORE
BLOOD
July 31 am This time last
week Senator Bobby Bird raises some double H on the floor os the Senate
over Dubbya's war and the lack of weapons of mass destruction, to check
out our man bird, click GIVE
EM H BIRD
July 31 am That's none other
than Clay County's own Jack Coleman gracing the home page today. Jack
attended the Monday's County Commission meeting dressed in his finest.
July 31 am Have you signed up for
the Do Not Call Registry which is suppose to stop those annoying telemarketers?
There's a bunch of loopholes. To see when big enough to drive a truck thru
click LOOPHOLE
July 30 am Hard to believe we're
finishing up the 7th month of the year.
July 30 am Charleston media has
been all over the story of so many WV schools in deep doo doo with the
No Child Left Behind Act now nearly 2 years old. You might want to take
a look at the sub standard scores for Clay County Schools. A "B" indicates
trouble. Click CCHS,
CMS, Ivydale, and Valley Fork
July 30 am The last of the baseball
pictures are now over on the PHOTO page under the District 8 Champs section.
Yes , we know we've got some doubles there and we'll create the problem.
Remember if you want to copy the pictures you have to give us $6000 before
doing so.......
July 30 am Just kidding, click the
picture to enlarge and then right click to copy on your desk top.
July 30 am The front page inset
shows some nice pond lilies in full bloom over at Maysel. Send in your
best looking tomato picture and name, we'll post
July 29 pm Hattie Pearl Mollohan
of Duck, see FUNERAL page
July 29 pm The County's real source
of news and view made it our door around 1pm this afternoon. Much space
was devoted this edition to yesterday's County Commission where WV Water
Co made an offer to help us out of our water problems. On the home page
is an image of WV Water lead speaker Dan Bickerton. Yesterday, the local
VFW post asked the CCC for some $ for the lodge hall. Full details and
the cost is 50 cents.
July 29 pm Judge Ruckman issued
a verdict in the Burch vs Smarr case. According to those close, Burch came
out on top of the case. Remember Burch? Last year TV 8 gave much coverage
to the spray of bullets that hit Burch's home.
July 29 pm GO read the paper!
July 29 am Sometimes we hype up
a public meeting just hoping to see some good come from the efforts of
the elected ones. No hype this time around.
July 29 am Yesterday morning's Clay
County Commission meeting was a banner gathering. First and most important,
WV Water accepted the invitation to come and provide options to the county
long without water service to the masses. No decisions YET but lots
of great commentary on what water service and operation COULD be in Clayberry.
Three full columns of coverage in today's Communicator.
July 29 am If all goes well, the
raunchy wipe sheet will be on the news stands by early afternoon. Now back
to the CCC meeting ....
July 29 am Our Prosecutor asked
for a $3000 pay raise for his office secretary. Didn't happen. He also
asked for an Asst. Prosecutor ( $25,000 per year, part time) with full
benefits. He said he really needs the help. Grindo got the assistant, Dan
Dotson from Braxton, but no benefits for the experienced attorney
July 29 am County Courthouse employees
were treated to a 5% pay raise yesterday.
July 29 am Not quiet on the street
of Clay as two young woman went at with fists yesterday afternoon. Ahhh
Summer, it brings out the best in all of us.
July 29 am Have we mentioned water
service for the Widen area of Clay County? You know, the little town with
contaminated wells and raw sewage running down the streets every now and
again? Two full columns on the brewing controversy in today's Communicator.
16 pages and just 50 cents. Better than canned soup!
July 28 am This week is starting
off fast. This morning, at 10, our Clay County Commission convenes at their
new time and day. The change was made to accommodate Commissioner Bragg's
new work schedule in Nicholas County.
July 28 am Before the CCC meeting,
at 9:30am, is the Small Cities Block Grant hearing in the CCC room.
Need a used puter? The CCC is selling off some old equipment this morning
at 11:30am
July 28 am So why attend this morning's
County Commission meeting? On tap is a presentation from WV Water Co. Commissioner
Bragg asked the state's top water provider to come and tell the elected
ones what WV Water could do for the county. WV Water has unlimited resources
and manpower which could break the 6 year old log jam with providing a
dependable water source for the residents.
July 28 am Also during the CCC meeting,
new Deputy Connard Workman's resignation will be accepted and (now already
back on the force) Kevin Delk will be re-appointed Deputy Sheriff.
Also this morning, the CCC will vote on Courthouse employees receiving
pay raises and replace WVU Extension Office Sarah Anderson who's bailing
out ( said it again Ann and Mike) and heading back to college.
July 28 am Oh yell, one more thing.
Prosecutor Grindo is seeking an Asst. Prosecutor and that pay raise for
his secretary ( now called a legal assistant) he sought three months ago.
Should be a great meeting with all the trimmings.
July 28 am And by the way, that's
Clay Roane PSD Chair Melissa Postelwait and engineer Jim Hildruth on the
home page insets.
July 27 am Before the weekend wrap
up....
July 27 am Want something to do
this afternoon? Head over to Big Otter Baptist Church, Ivydale; starting
at 5:00 PM. Groups scheduled: The Pilot Quartet; Family Ties:
The Cruickshanks Family; The Smith Family; The Hamrick Brothers.
Farah too! and others. Refreshments will be served also.
July 27 am We've had quite a week
in little Clayberry. Our only Town cop Buckshot got fired and he was a
volunteer! Within minutes all the arrests made by Butcher and pending before
Magistrate Court were dismissed. And that included the high profile case
involving Danny Workman
July 27 am Warm temps and dry conditions
filled the county this week.
July 27 am Our 13 14 year old All
Stars put on quite a showing during the State Championship Tournament
in Charleston. In the end, alas, we lost out to 13 and 14 year olds that
looked like college freshman.
July 27 am On Thursday Clay Roane
PSD, just recovering from near bankruptcy, voted to buy a new 4 whd pick
em up truck and hire 2 part timers.
July 27 am The Communicator was
delayed until this coming Tuesday. No not some nasty puter virus but the
hold was put on until after Monday's County Commission meetrin when WV
Water Co is scheduled to present options for the county..... what WV Water
can do for the many thirsty Clayonians long denied water service.
July 27 am Over in Iraq, we managed
to kill Uzzy and Tuesy while their buddies killed off more of our guys
in Dubbya's Oil war. The death toll climbs and climbs with no end in sight.
July 27 am This weekend the Clay
County Agriculture Fair was held at RT Sizemore Memorial Park. 50 some
animals were shown and bunches of kids walked away with ribbons and even
some loot in their pockets.
July 26 am Hello Saturday morning
and welcome aboard the great ship, SS Clayberry, setting sail for parts
unknown
July 26 am The home page inset pictures
are from the Agriculture fair now in progress. Don't miss out on
the fun over at Maysel park. The big auction is tonight. See EVENTS page
for details.
July 26 am The listings over on
the FUNERAL page are from normally from Carl Wilson Funeral Home. The family
of Mabel Fay (Dawson) Pringle 86 asked us to post her notice although Wilson's
isn't involved.....we've done so.
July 26 am We forgot to mention
in yesterday's post, during the Clay Roane PSD meeting, Thursday July 24th,
the anointed ones OKed the purchase of a new 4WHD pick up truck and voted
to hire 2 part time employees.
July 26 am in this coming Tuesday's
Communicator will be the interview with Mayor Arhur Jarrett concerning
Buckshot Butcher getting canned as Chief of Police. As a way of wetting
your appetite and coughing up the 50 cents ... Jarrett confirmed that he
asked Butcher to resign. Translation: He fired Butcher. One other note
for free: Jarrett said chief of Police Butcher had done a fantastic job!
July 25 pm Opppps... During
this morning's post we forgot to mention the annual picnic to be
held tomorrow afternoon at Widen. For those with gray hair or no hair,
the afternoon under a shade tree is a chance to remember and swap stories
with friends from times gone by.
July 25 pm On Tuesday of this week
came a little story in the Charleston Newspaper mentioning 47 fraudulent
unemployment claims and the recovery of $100,000 in funds from those caught
in the cookie jar. According to the article, at least one case was from
Clay County. The 4 paragraph news gem begs for an answer: Who
in Clay County wants to work, especially, when they are sucking in unemployment
checks??
July 25 pm When Buckshot Butcher
left the police force, County Prosecutor Daniel Grindo dismissed all the
outstanding arrests (5) in Magistrate Court. One of those dismissed was
the charge against young Jerry Cash, fleeing from an officer. Remember
our coverage of that? Cash was one of the folks drunk on Main Street
right in front of the Welfare Office and took off running in circles. Butcher
gave a brief chase with the younger more agile Trooper Bailey finally
getting the upper hand on Cash.
July 25 am THE COMMUNICATOR IS NOT
COMING OUT TODAY> WE'RE HOLDING OFF UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK!! TELL
YOUR NEIGHBOR, TELL YOUR FRIENDS!
July 25 am Makes plans to
attend the Clay County Ag Fair which opens for business this afternoon
and continues thru Saturday evening. Fun Fun Fun
July 25 am We've been talking a
bunch about Town Cop Buckshot Butcher these last few days. Maybe
there's something in the air...
July 25 am Word came yesterday,
Deputy Connard Workman bailed out. Workman was in basic training at the
State Police Academy at Institute when he quit. So who will replace Workman?
Well, just guessing but: Deputy Delk resigned from work last winter and
accepted a State Police slot but flunked out of State Police Academy. The
guess is, Delk will soon back dressed in black and gray.
July 25 am Last night's Clay
Roane PSD meeting was a short, fairly quiet, assembly. After saying they
were out of debt a few weeks back, announcement came last night that
they have nearly $7000 in debt load after paying $14,000 in bills. Most
troubling during the meeting was part time employees refusing to sign up
for drug testing now mandated by the PSD. With water operators in short
supply, the concern is what to do if the part timers quit working. No operators,
no wa wa.
July 25 am During the recent
metal recycling days, 4 tons of aluminum, 70 tons of steel, 130 refrigerators,
86 gas tanks, and 140 car batteries were recovered and recycled. Not bad
for little ole Clayberry.
Want to buy the ole Newton Fire
Dept. building? see EVENTS page please
July 24 pm Greetings world
wide clickers, welcome ot the afternoon update of news in Clayberry. Remember
the late Carl Triplett and that gold Cadillac he never drove over 40 miles
per hour? That beautiful ride is now listed over on the CLASSIFIED page.
Better hurry too, it'll go quick
July 24 pm Tonight at 7 is the Clay
Roane PSD regular Board meeting at the CDC building across from the Courthouse.
July 24 pm With Buckshot Butcher
now gone as Town Chief of Police, last night, Mayor King Arthur Jarrett
manned the cruiser. We still trying to get first hand details but as of
noon today, no such luck yet.
July 24 pm For our Communicator
readers, we're holding off this Friday's issue until early next week, guess
is, the raunchy wipe sheet will come out Tuesday morning instead of tomorrow.
Sorry for the delay but we've got the Buckshot story plus another
that may make the wait worthwhile.
July 24 pm With the departure of
Butcher as cop, all the pending arrests were tossed by our Prosecutor.
One of those was the arrest of Prestera client Danny Workman. Of the course
the controversy over the arrest continues but the big issue in the case
is over how Prestera ( the old Shawnee Hills mental health agency) handles
their responsibilities and client base. Many feel Prestera is doing a less
than quality job. Yesterday, Trooper Bailey was heard on the scanner responding
to a call of a Prestera client standing on the Pisgah bridge ready to jump.
With no reports down stream of floating bodies, and no follow up chatter
on the scanner, the guess is, the client had second thoughts.
July 24 pm Remember Donnie Kerns?
Kerns worked at the Town water and sewer plant a couple years ago and lived
in Two Run. Kerns had a big time truck wreck. Smashed into an interstate
barrier which broke about everything in his body but his head. Best wishes
for a speedy recovery at CAMC
July 24 pm Last year our school
system was so happy to get a new roof on Clay Elem. The original roof was
leaking big time and state funds covered the cost of the new covering.
This past week, construction crews cut hole after hole in the brand
new roof as they installed heating and cooling units for the school.
First a new roof and then cutting holes in it remembers many of how the
state road manages tax payer dollars.... first they paint new center lines
and then pave the road.
July 24 pm On the 18th, someone
tried to torch the asbestos laden green house owned by the Town of Clay
and located beside the water plant. Three days ago, on Monday, the State
Fire Marshall's Arson team investigated the site.
July 24 pm Last week the WV PSC
held a formal hearing on the County Commission's complaint against Clay
County PSD buying the high dollar double wide trailer now parked on Main
Street. During the hearing, Prosecutor Grindo represented the County Commission.
During our brief posting of the hearing, we mentioned that Grindo did very
little during the hearing in the way of raising questions and even less
( nothing) in the way of providing the PSC information or documents to
support the CCC's complaint.
July 24 pm Seems we weren't the
only ones that noticed the lackluster performance. Clay County PSD just
sent a bill to the CCC to cover their lawyer bill. The idea for the bill:
Since the CCC did nothing during the hearing, the PSD shouldn't have to
cover attorney expense.
July 23 LATE LATE PM Velma
M. Douglas, 93, see FUNERAL page
July 23 LATE PM update Town
Chief of Police Buckshot Butcher is no longer on the job. Locals noticed
the Town's two police cruisers parked at the water plant Tuesday
evening. Speculation has had it for two weeks that Butcher was a goner
after the arrest of Prestera client Danny Workman.
July 23 LATE PM
Mayor Arthur Jarrett confirmed at 3:30 , his neighbor, Butcher was no longer
in the Town's sole police officer.
July 23 LATE PM As for all the ticket
writing and arrests made by Butcher and pending in Magistrate Court, according
to Magistrate Jeff Bogg's, Prosecutor Grindo dropped all cases.
July 23 LATE PM Ditto for cases
in Magistrate King's office.
July 23 LATE PM For those
following the case of weenie waiver Danny Workman, that case has been dropped
as well. Workman is off the hooked and the case is now zipped up... so
to speak.
July 23 LATE PM We're hoping
to get some interview time with the Mayor and others before the next Communicator
comes out. Pictures too... no, no, not of Danny !
July 23 am Back in December,
Matthew Minney sought the Clay County Prosecutor's job when Jeff Davis
resigned. Minney now has that Prosecutor's job, just not here. CLICK
GOT IT
July 23 am For our close by
clickers, stop by Clayberry this weekend and be a part of the Clay County
Agriculture Fair at Maysel. Activities are now posted on the EVENTS page.
July 23 am The WV unemployment
rate rate rose in 42 counties in Jun 2003. No we're not at the top this
time but Wirt County is with 18.3% on the unemployment roles
July 23 am Thursday brings
the Clay Roane PSD Board together again at 7 pm. Always fun to watch unless
you need water service and always exciting.
July 23 am No County Commission
meeting Thursday since the meeting dates have been changed to the second
and fourth MONDAY of each month. Commissioner Bragg's work schedule changed
again and the new meeting times (10 am) and dates are in place to accommodate
Bragg.
July 22 am One heck of an effort
last night during the State Junior League (13-14 year olds)Tourney in Charleston
as Clay took on the burley ( they had beards and some of the fans yelled
out " Way to go Dad!") Madison team. After a dandy snag by center fielder
Jordan A and with the fans on their feet, the bottom of the 7th inning.
Clay behind by 1. Jeff K smacks a nice hit sending Trinity D home to tie
6 -6. Overtime time. The place went nuts!
July 22 am After a couple
drilled , Madison pulls ahead by 2. Our turn, bottom of the 8th, our last
chance. Jordan A walks, Jake M beaned and goes to first. 10:45pm: We're
in scoring position. Our big hitters are up, They swing, They swing,
That **##$$ ball must have had radar built into it. Things just didn't
happen as Clay, with two losses, is out of State Tournament play. The season
is over and our 13 - 14 year old team can hold their heads up high for
a great showing. Moms and Dads can now get some rest, take
a vacation, watch some tube and finally have a summer.
July 22 am For the most part the
ACLU , the American Civil Liberties Union is thought of in bad light in
these parts. Oh those baby killers, those communists, those people that
support gay rights and those **@@ people that took Jesus out of the classroom.
Here's something different. The ACLU of WV just filed a lawsuit in
Ritchie County supporting gun and property owner rights. Full details over
on our ADVISORIES page.
July 22 am We've got a guy over
on our CLASSIFIED page needing to rent a house before school starts. Can
you help him out.
July 22 am You should never
say to a cop: I can't reach my license unless you hold my beer. And: Oh,
Sorry Officer, I didn't know my radar detector wasn't plugged in.
Or: Hey you must have been doing 125 mph to keep up with me. And finally,
something you should never say to a cop: Gee Officer, the last guy only
gave me a warning ticket too!
July 22 am With ball season over,
we'll get back to reporting on the happenings in beautiful Clayberry......
A bunch of us around these parts claim some native american chemistry in
our background. If you'd like to do a little research , check out Don Greenes'
site, click
BLOOD
July 21 am Celia
Fay Mullins, see FUNERAL page
July 21 am After receiving
several emails on the question of pictures on the homepage, we have a compromise.
We'll limit the home page photos to two and use no background photos. With
fewer images to load, the home page should come up a little quicker
for dial up clickers. Thanks for responding.
July 21 am And now the bummer. We
had the scorekeeper, that's Dickie on the homepage inset. We had
the batting.... We had the catching ... we had the pitching.... we had
the fan support .... but we just didn't
have the points.. By the way, that's us, the Clay All Stars listed
in the "home" column.
July 21 am As some fans said on
the way out of the ball field Sunday afternoon, Sometimes you get the bear
and sometimes it gets you. After winning Saturday, Clay took it on the
chin Sunday afternoon in the State Tournament 13 and 14 year old division.
We went down, 13 to zip. The entire afternoon it was if the team just wasn't
quite there.
July 21 am We're not out of it yet.
We have a chance tonight at 8pm when we take on the Madison club. Maybe
the cooler temps in the evening will help us out a bit.
July 21 am We've got a new
week clickers with several public meetings and hopefully some follow up
from the state arson investigators over the house fire beside the Clay
water plant three nights ago.
July 21 am Tonight is the School
Board meeting. There should be lots more shuffling of teachers and such
before school gets going again. Action starts at 6pm sharp.
July 21 am If you see something
interesting, email us a note. Check back Tuesday morning for the baseball
update and news on this week's activities. And don't forget, the pool is
open!
July 20 am It's Saturday afternoon.
HOT! I mean Hot! Clay All Stars are in the WV State Junior League Championship
tournament action in Charleston. A bunch of parents and supporters are
about ready to melt as the sun beats down.
July 20 am It's the bottom
of the 7th, we're at bat, one out, and the score is tied 4 to 4. All afternoon
Clay looked pretty darn good with some great field work. Jeff K worked
the mound effectively.
July 20 am With the score tied,
JD comes to the plate with Jar Head in scoring position on third. Swing.
**!!@@##. Missed. JD Tries again..... The bat twangs as the ball heads
for center field. Jar Head ( Jarod K) makes it home!
July 20 am CLAY
ALL STARS WIN 5 - 4!!!!
July 20 am It takes three wins to
make it to the July 24th Grand Championship. Actions continues Sunday at
1:30pm. For those wanting to see first hand action. The Bigley Avenue ball
diamond is easy to find. Use the Westmoreland Exit of I 79. Come down the
ramp, turn left, go two blocks, turn right, go about four blocks. Just
across from the Hardees. If you have trouble finding the field, roll down
the window and listen for fans yelling: Gooooo CLayyyyyyy!
July 20am Jessie
bats.
July 20 am Jordan
bats
July 20 am Franks
settles down Jeff K
July 20 am Jake
M at bat
July 20 am Jeff
K on the mound
July 19 am Last night the rains
came as did the thunder and balls of fire from the sky. Around midnight
the tator wagon was back. Sporadic power outages came.
July 19 am Five years ago the Feds
gave the Town of Clay orders. As employees were tearing down the little
green house beside the water plant, the Feds came in and stopped the demolition
due to asbestos contamination. The Town promised to leave the house( where
Richard and Barbara Williams lived for years) alone. Last night before
dark the wooden structure burned. Over the scanner came word "It looks
like arson". Later just after dark came the call for the WV Arson Investigation
team to set up shop.
July 19 am And this story is growing
each day. Two weeks ago Prestera client Danny Workman was arrested for
peeing on the street in front of a local bank and smacking arresting officer
Buckshot Butcher. Police Chief Butcher confirmed the police report. Here's
the update: Two local women say they saw the incident and Workman did NOT
smack, hit, shove, Butcher in anyway! The creditable witnesses have since
called attorney Skaggs who is representing Workman.
July 19 am A pre trial hearing
is scheduled for August 5 before Magistrate King. If this goes to trial
and with the women willing to testify to what they saw, Officer Butcher
may be in deep doo doo.
July 19 am According to Mayor Jarrett
(5pm Friday), Butcher was assaulted by Danny who "slapped" the Town's sole
cop in the face.
July 19 am Earlier this week we
posted word on water in the Widen area. Widen, the town time forgot, made
it to the hurherld web site this week too. Click WIDEN
BACKGROUND for a look see.
July 19 am For all you straight
laced clickers, turn off the monitor now..... I see you Violet, turn it
off!
July 19 am Ever wonder when the
use of the middle finger got started? For some history on the one finger
salute, the bird, click digitus
impudicus
July 19 am Don't forget, today in
Charleston, our Clay All Stars play in the state tournament in Charleston.
Action begins at 1:30pm at the Bigley Avenue ball field.
TGIF TGIF July 18 pm Sorry
for the delay in posting but there is a killer virus spreading around the
www that's able to wipe out those using Netscape as their browser. Even
cleaning the system with a good anti virus program, some operation folders
end up corrupted. Now back in operation,, clickers, beware
July 18 pm Didn't go so well
for the 9 - 10 year old Clay All Stars Wednesday evening. The Elkins
team just sneaked by our team 17 to 7.
July 18 pm Tomorrow, at 1:30pm,
the 13 - 14 year old All Stars, that's the District 8 CHAMPS!, play the
first game in the State Championship series in Charleston on the Bigley
Avenue field near the Westmoreland exit of I 79.
July 18 pm Since last posting...
Lots of new pictures have been added over on the PHOTO link, this site.
New: pictures from the Metals Recycling Days from last week. Take a good
close look at the pict with the big "claw" machine. That's Lynn Sizemore
Romano at the controls. New stuff under the This and That section
including one of ugly ole Johnny Woooooofter. All the 9 and 10 year old
Clay ball team images are now loaded on the BASEBALL 2003 page. Check out
the latest pictures on the GARDEN section too.
July 18 pm Two
weeks ago we changed the home page and started adding ,almost daily, lots
of pictures there. Four days ago we asked clickers to email a response
to this question: Would you prefer a quicker loading home page with few
or no pictures? So far we've had several emails preferring NO home page
pictures. Send in your 2 cents worth soon, we'll make a decision this weekend.
Use the email link at the bottom of this page please. Thanks
July 18 pm With all that out of
the way, we had a real interesting Thursday July 17th. THe WV Public Service
Commission responded to the County Commission's request for a formal hearing
to protest Clay County PSD purchasing a double wide trailer. The hearing
was held yesterday at 10 am. The hour long process really didn't address
the issue but actually was to decide if the complaint could be handled
by the WV PSC. Decision to come at the end of August. Clickers of this
site know every once in a while, we criticize elected and appointed officials.
Yesterday during the hearing, County Commission (CCC) was represented by
Prosecutor Daniel Grindo. As for presenting any evidence for the (CCC),
didn't happen! As for presenting any witnesses, didn't happen! As for asking
a whole bunch of questions.... once again, Nothing. It was if the complainer,
the County Commission wasn't even present.
July 18 pm Last night, Clay Roane
PSD held a Special meeting to hear employee complaints on the newly approved
Policy and Procedures manual. Something didn't happen here. All the background
turmoil stayed right there. Boardster Larry White did not attend,
according to Board Chair Postelwait, White said he didn't want to waste
his time. Boardster Glenn Sutton showed up an hour after the meeting was
over. Sutton said he was told the Special meeting would begin at 7pm. When
employees asked if they would be paid for attending the " attendance requested"
meeting , the answer was NO. Each Board member received $75 for coming.
July 18 pm First word is just leaking
out that volunteer Police Chief Buckshot Butcher parked the gray cruiser
and resigned four days ago after demanding hospitalization coverage. Something
changed, don't know what, but Butcher was seen once again on the job Thursday
evening.
July 18 pm And finally for this
TGIF post....
July 18 pm Buckshot Butcher arrested
Prestera client Danny Workman last week. Workman was arrested for being
a weeny waiver ( peed in the street in front of that little bank over in
Clay) and for obstructing an officer. According to Butcher, Workman clobbered
him three times. Now comes this... One lady we spoke to says she was there
at during the skirmish and she did NOT see Workman punch anyone! This one
is going to snowball clickers!
July 17 am Got something new
clickers, in addition to the 10 am WV PSC hearing over Clay County PSD
buying a double wide without permission and against the wishes of the County
Commission......
July 17 am Just announced is a special
meeting of Clay Roane PSD TODAY at 5 pm in the CDC building on Main Street.
Seems issues on the newly implemented policy and procedures manual are
at hand. During the last meeting, one employee, Bobby Burdette was formally
reprimanded while part time workers refused to agree to the new manual.
Come in out of the heat, this meeting should be interesting to watch. See
you at 5!
July 17 am With school opening in
a just a couple of weeks, yesterday's Charleston Daily Mail offered
some insight into all the confusing new phrases used by School officials.
click, DOUBLE
SPEAK
July 17 am With the death toll now
150 in Dubbya's War, military leaders are just now admitting how costly
the oil war is becoming. From Reuters
News comes first admission of Iraq being a guerilla war.
July 17 am There's not been
much talk on the Widen water project in the last few months. There is a
reason and it's the same reason very little gets done in Clayberry. The
big shots want and plan to string a water line from Birch River thru the
back country and into the impoverished Town of Widen. Paying for
such a project will be very costly to the water customers that hook up.
While the big dogs are pushing for this unaffordable offering....
July 17 am Some, emphasis
SOME, Widen locals has come up with another plan. This plan would tap the
2 million gallons a day of fresh, absolutely drinkable water freely flowing
from an under mine site. Total cost to harness this resource? Almost
nothing and sense the water supply is uphill from the Town, no costly pumps
would be needed to serve the town. Planners have said during earlier public
meetings, the cost to operate such a facility would be around $5 per month,
per customer. Makes too much sense doesn't it?
July 17 am Behind the scenes the
do gooders from Nicholas County ( Birch River) are forcing the unaffordable
high dollar water line project on people and stymieing the common sense
approach plan of the few thinking locals!
July 17 am And one more Doctor story.
This one from Steve Swanson from Cornellis Ohio: While acquainting
myself with a new elderly patient, I asked, "How long have you been bedridden?"
After a look of complete confusion she answered..."Why, not for about twenty
years, when my husband was alive."
July 16 pm Tonight at 8:15
the Clay All Star 9 and 10 year olds take on the Elkins Blue club seeking
a berth to the Little League State Championship. Action takes place in
Elkins. Since the tourney is single elimination, the Clay team has to win
tonight to stay in contention. IF victorious , their next game is
Thursday evening at 8:15pm Go Clayyyyyyyyyyyyy!
July 16 pm The big kids, the Junior
Little League All Stars head to the State Tournament this Saturday in Charleston
held at the Bigley Avenue field. Go Clayyyyyyyyyyyyy!
July 16 pm And Yes that is Dixie
Jarvis' sunflower on the home page.
July 16 pm We need some answers
clickers. Three weeks ago we started adding new pictures on the homepage
on a pretty much daily basis. Doing so really slows down dial up customers'
loading the page. We've received some complaints over the slow loading
condition. What do you want us to do, here's the question: Are you OK with
the slow loading and lots of photos or should we limit the homage pictures
to say just one? Email your response using the address at the bottom of
this page Thanks. Majority rules.
July 16 am As for the home page
shots, that Earl Long, Keith Mr. Happy King and Homer Triplett in the background
from their last Clay County PSD meeting. Those three and their actions
to buy a $60,000 trailer for office space will be the center of attention
this Thursday at 10 am at the Courthouse as they explain their actions
to the WV Public Service Commission. Open to the public and bring your
own popcorn. And Yes, no matter what Paige Willis says, that is a
picture of MY tomato plant taken July 11.... and about the only thing left
in my garden since the deer herd took it over.
July 16 am That other photo
comes from Town and Country Diner who are now providing a catering business
in the county.
July 16 am High Speed internet is
new for this county with few hooked up. Yesterday, from noon to about 10pm,
those few lucky subscribers had to sit on their thumbs as Frontiernet was
down leaving many of us DSL subscribers and dial up customers in the lurch
and in denial.
July 16 am In the last edition of
the Communicator came a letter to the editor, a "chatter" as we call em,
about Elk Power Co. electric service in the county. The writer was critical
of performance during the many outages. Long time Elk Power Supervisor
Leonard Williams was all torqued up over the letter and said on Monday,
he planned to speak with the writer and then write a letter of his own.
July 16 am Wonder why things
are getting tougher and tougher to make ends meet? Take a look at
the unemployment rate chart, click W
DID IT
July 16 am And as far as the
future looking bright... well, do you use natural gas to heat your home
each winter? Look at this prediction on prices tripling this year, click
W
IS IN CHARGE
July 16 am How about some Doctor
jokes to brighten the day a bit!
July 16 am From Dr Mark McDonald
in San Antonio TX: A man comes into the ER and yells; "My wife's
going to have her baby in the cab!" I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the
cab, lifted the lady's dress, and began to take off her underwear. Suddenly
I noticed that there were several cabs, and I was in the wrong one.
July 16 am From Dr Richard
Bynes, Seattle Washington : At the beginning of my shift I placed
a stethoscope on an elderly and slightly deaf female patient's anterior
chest wall. "Big breaths," I instructed. "Yes, they used to be," remarked
the patient.
July 16 am And yet one more, this
one from Cleveland Ohio: One day I had to be the bearer of bad
news when I told a wife that her husband had died of a massive myocardial
infarct. Not more than five minutes later, I heard her reporting to the
rest of the family that he had died of a "massive internal fart."
July 15 am Hello World. For those
of you that like to surf the net and find info on Clayberry, the Charleston
Gazette/Mail web site is a great place to start. You've got the entire
library to sort thru. The link is located over on our LINK page, this site.
Stuff like, if you type in Tim
Butcher, lots of election stuff.
July 15 am Stuff like,
if you type in Jimmy
Sams, all kinds of hanging the 10 stuff.
July 15 am Stuff like, if you type
in FILCON,
tons of good stuff from Filcon Disaster to Jimmy Morris to ... well you
get the picture. You might want to bookmark the Gazette/Mail site
for future use or we have it over on the LINKS page this site.
July 15 am Last week the summer
Grand Jury indicted Tonya Salisbury for second degree murder. The story
made the front page of the last Communicator. Tonya Salisbury posted
a $100,000.00 bond and remains out of jail awaiting her Nov 2003 trial.
July 15 am Mark on your calendar
for July 17th, this Thursday. Over at the Courthouse, the WV Public Service
Commission will be hearing the County Commission's concerns over the Clay
County PSD's purchase of the double wide trailer now setting on Main Street.
Should be a nice way to spend the morning. The hearing and action are both
free.
July 15 am County officials like
to brag about how well the educational system prepares students for the
real world. Of course employers in the state know different. Often, high
school graduates come to the workplace with diploma in hand and without
basic math skills like division and subtraction.
July 15 am Now, even the big dogs
in Charleston are admitting the current educational system has short comings.
ACT scores indicate a majority of WV high school graduates scored a dismal
16 out of a possible 36 on the math section of the national exam.
Not much better and still below the national average, on science, reading,
and english. The next time our local school system officials
put on the dog and pony show for you, don't believe them.
July 14 am In real baseball action,
the small fries, the 9 and 10 year old Clay Little League All Stars are
heading to Elkins after snagging the title in local action over at Dundon
Field. We stay the whole game Sunday but in the third inning the score
was 21 to 0. Some photo highlights are on the home page now and more will
be on the PHOTO page later this week.
July 14 am GO CLAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
, the next District 8 9 - 10 year old Champs
July 14 am Here in Clayberry
air conditioning is nice but for many, the Elk River is just too inviting.
Many, Many this past weekend took to the emerald green Elk for fun in the
sun. Rite Aid reports good sales of sun screen and great sales of
Green Ice for sunburn.
July 14 am Clay Roane PSD
Chair Melissa Postelwait got some help from the WV Public Service Commission
a few days ago, click FORGIVEN
for details.
July 14 am Calhoun County is looking
for a Prosecutor to replace resigned Tony Morgan. Of course, we've got
one some would like to send over there. Click WE'VE
GOT ONE FOR YOU CALHOUN
July 14 am As the news comes in
this week, we'll post. Check back often.
July 13 am Last night high winds,
strong winds, and heavy downpours were predicted before midnight. Fortunately
for us, that didn't happen. Just one note before our weekly wrap up. We
forgot to mention something we noticed during Grand Jury indictments. With
the metal detector going full blast, lots of cops around the court room,
and the boys in orange chained and shackled , it sure looked like Prosecutor
Grindo was packing heat under his sport coat. Yelp, unless that was some
big arss cell phone, he was carrying a large framed hand gun under his
sport coat.
July 13 am The week went bad for
Prestera client and local street character Danny " Can I have quarter?"
Workman. According to Officer Butcher, Workman doled out three punches
before being arrested for weenie waving in front of the Clayberry Bank
on Main Street. Workman is in real doo doo this time around.
July 13 am Clay's 13 - 14 year old
All Stars captured the District 8 Championship
July 13 am Chad Salisbury
was murdered last Sept. This week wife Tonya was indicted by the summer
grand jury for second degree murder.
July 13 am Last Thursday evening,
Clay Roane PSD announced they were now out of debt with all bills current.
Even with a stronger financial posture, Clay Roane spent 2 hours behind
closed doors trying to keep private the goings on of the water service
provider. Didn't work. While in public, hard feelings spilled over with
employee Bobby Burdette given a written reprimand for insubordination to
a Board member.
July 13 am This week Clay County
proved, give a place to dump our trash, we'll quit throwing the crap over
the hillside. Three days of metal recycling netted tons and tons of stuff
often seen tossed out along back roads and creek banks.
July 13 am And, Valley, Beechy,
and Wagner Gas Co's owner John Habjan is subject of the subject of soon
to be Circuit Court attention as the WV PSC forces the local gas provider
into receivership.
July 13 am On Friday, The Communicator
made it to the news stands. 16 pages of news and info found no where else!
July 12 am Lots going on today.
CAr wash over at Go Mart as well a mobile vaccinate your pet program. See
EVENTS page for details
July 12 am Now is the time to get
rid of all that old metal junk laying around your home. Today is the last
day to take the stuff over to Pierson Saw Mill for proper recycling. Car
Batteries, cars, frigs, washers, dryers,, about anything metal but micro
wave ovens. It's now or never Clay County.
July 12 am And whoever dropped off
that bunch of old mattresses under the cover of darkness, last night at
the recycling site, you're a poop butt!
July 12 am 9 and 10 year old
Little LEague Tournament action continues this evening at 8 as Clay All
Stars try to keep their state tourney bid alive. Come and support the little
guys
July 12 am How about some bathroom
fun. Click BATHROOM SOUNDS and
turn up your speakers now.
July 12 am The latest edition of
the Communicator made it to the news stands around 4 pm Friday. Mentioned
are highlights of the WV Public Service Commission's efforts to force John
Habjan, owner of three local gas companies, into receivership. Pick
up a copy today before they're alllll gone
July 12 am Also mentioned
in the paper is a 2 hour secret time during the Clay Roane PSD meeting.
So what do you do for nearly two hours and then come out and say no decisions
were made. If this last secret time is like earlier secret sessions, much
time is spent deciding how to keep info from the public, arm twisting to
find out who leaked info to the news, and blood brother style creeds to
keep the public in the dark.
July 12 am Enjoy the weekend,
kiss the kids, and drink a cold one. It's summer time!
July 11 am So what happened during
last night's Clay Roane PSD meeting? For almost two hours the peanut gallery
including Commissioner's Triplett and Sams sat and waited for THIS
to open. That's right a nearly two hour long secret meeting. And you guessed
it, afterwards, they said not one decision had been made during secret
time. Not one!
July 11 am The meeting last three
hours with much evidence of internal bickering over last weekend's emergency
meeting called by Chair Melissa Postelwait to address Chief Water Operator
Bobby Burdette's insubordination. Full details in today's Communicator
of course, but nice note.
July 11 am According to the Clay
Roane PSD Board, all bills are now current and the $40,000 debt has been
erased.
July 11 am Don't forget today and
tomorrow are the last two days to bring your old metal junk over to Pierson's
Saw Mill for disposal. They even take old car batteries and spouses.
July 11 am And don't forget, tonight
over at the Big Otter Community Center, Bluegrass Harmony. See EVENTS page
for details
July 10 pm Back in May, Clay FM
hosted the "Twangy First Century Bluegrass Show" at the Big Otter Community
Center. That was the day that it rained like crazy and the roads flooded
almost immediately. Many folks couldn't get out to hear Bluegrass Harmony
from Putnam County. They're coming back. See EVENTS page for details!
July 10 pm Look outside. See all
that piled up junk? Those old car batteries? How about that car body setting
over on cinder blocks? That pile of rusty metal roofing? Today, Friday
and Saturday are metal recycling days for Clayberry. Take it over to the
metal site, Pierson Lumber NOW. Much nicer than tossing over a hillside
too.
July 10 am The front page look is
a harvest bounty in the making. With few bugs to deal with, the half runners
are being picked with the corn not far behind. That's enough of the nice
stuff. We have news today
July 10 am According to the WV PSC
web site, John Habjan's three gas company's are being forced into receivership
for failure to comply with numerous complaints from local customers including
the School system Here's an excerpt: IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that
Commission Staff, within sixty (60) days of the date of this order, file
a receivership proceeding against Valley Gas Company, Beechy Gas Company,
and Wagner Gas Company, in the appropriate circuit court. Full details
in this Friday's edition of the Communicator.
July 10 am Back a few weeks ago,
Deputy Slack arrested Danny Workman for begging for quarters on the streets
of Clay. Workman is a client of the old Shawnee Hills now Prestera. The
Sheriff's Dept. as well as Magistrate Court caught total H over the incident
with most even more peeeed off at Shawnee Hills for NOT going bond $.
July 10 am Four days ago, Danny
was arrested again, this time by Town Cop Buckshot Butcher. "Weenie Waiver"
Workman was arrested for public indecency and obstructing an officer after
peeing on the sidewalk in front of that little bank over in Clay in broad
daylight. Workman clobbered Butcher while Butcher was trying to get him
in the vehicle. Butcher's nose is all bent and cobbled up!
July 10 am Obstructing an
Officer is a very serious charge with jail time involved! Workman could
be in some deep stuff on this one. Shawnee Hills, Prestera, is being
paid to be in charge of Workman and improve his living skills with training.
The question that begs to be answered: What in the H is Shawnee Hills doing
with all those $.
July 10 am Also big news!!!! 29
indictments came back as true bills yesterday from Grand Jury proceedings.
One issued to Tonya Salsbury is for murder in the second degree. Tonya
is charged in the murder death of her husband, Chad, last Sept. out Widen
way.
July 10 am And as always,
full details this Friday in the Communicator
July 10 am Don't miss today's action!
2 pm is the County Commission meeting followed by the Clay Roane PSD meeting
at 7 over in the CDC meeting on Main Street. And boy does the PSD have
some real hot button issues! Watch this meeting to be a barn burner.
July 10 am Clay Little League (9
and 10 year olds) District 8 action continues over at Dundon Field this
evening. Clay plays at 8 ( WE THINK, Better check clickers!)
July 9 pm My Tomato July 1 See
PICTURE
July 9 pm Salena Marie
Leiner,92, see FUNERAL page
WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 9 am Last night the Clay County
13 - 14 year old All Stars beat Gilmer County to WIN WIN WIN the District
8 Championship. We're heading to the State Championship!! The Clay club
had 43 runs during tournament action with the opponents garnering just
12 total runs the entire time!
July 9 am The rain held off,
Jeff K was on the mound, solid base running, good hits and ball handling
just when we needed it all added up to wins in each game!
July 9 am In addition to the front
page inserts, we've added a bunch of new stuff over on the BASEBALL 2003
page, just click the PHOTO button to the left.
July 9 am We've also added
new shots on the SUMMER 2003 section of the PHOTO page.
July 9 am We're getting to the Little
League action going on over at Dundon Field. Pictures coming soon
July 9 am Last night during
the big storm and most of the county was pitch black, there was one place
glowing to the sound of their massive generator... The Clay County Bank.
Gotta guard those food stamps!
July 9 am This morning at 9 the
WV Infrastructure Council meets. Those are the folks that have the ultimate
say in who gets the say in water project $ for Clayberry. We'll post late
this evening on the happenings.
July 9 am Grand Jury is in session.
We'll post ASAP
July 9 am You always see the spectacular
car chases on the TV cop shows. Sometimes they don't go as planned. Such
was the case over in Gilmer County. Click OFFICER
INDICTED to see the details of law enforcement gone astray.
July 8 LATE pm We sure don't want
to leave out the 9 and 10 year old Clay All Stars. This evening our Clay
team takes on Braxton's A team starting at 8pm. This game was rained out
Monday evening. Clay beat the pants off Summersville "A" All Stars Sunday
evening. All championship action is at Dundon Field.
July 8 pm Lets talk about
something that is just starting to grow. In the July 7am post down below,
word came from the WV PSC that the Ok was given for Clay Roane PSD to purchase
an $8500 'puter program for monthly billing. Of course, the PSD purchased
the program prior to PSC OK and without formal bidding. That is old news
July 8 am From that WV PSC paperwork
comes the following: According
to Clay-Roane, its District Chair was in contact with Staff on several
different occasions. On one such instance, Staff suggested that the billing
service could be accomplished by Clay County and offered to negotiate the
Agreement. The District Chair was later informed by Staff that Clay County
was unwilling to undertake the billing and accounting for Clay-Roane. Thereafter,
Clay-Roane stated that it followed Staff's recommendation by contacting
the provider of Computer and Software services for the Districts
slated for consolidation, which then led to the contract and financing
at issue.
Clay-Roane stated
in its Response that as a result of Clay County's unwillingness to take
over the billing and accounting, Clay-Roane believed the situation
to be an emergency and with no alternative,voted to enter into the contract.
July 8 am Here's the clincher. Just
after this morning's Clay County PSD meeting, Office Manager Cindy S said
that she had NOT denied any billing requests but rather, a request had
been made by Clay Roane PSD , and she had nver said , Clay County would
charge $1 per customer bill per month for doing such monthly billing for
Clay Roane PSD. Cindy also said the WV PSC had just recently contacted
her doing some follow up questioning. Maybe covering their tracks?
A great big Hmmmmmmmmmmmm .... That full WV PSC document can now
be found over on the ADVISORY page, this site. Watch this one to either
grow or get covered up like a cat in a litter box.
July 8 am Also, Clay County PSD
is in their new double wide trailer on Main Street. Pretty nice too. That's
the trailer the PSD bought without WV PSC OK and against the wishes of
the County Commission. There is a full blown PSC hearing on the complaint
July 17 at the Courthouse.
July 8 am Did you make it thru the
night? How about your computer? Last night's lightning played havoc on
power and telephone service in Clayberry. For most in the county, both
utilities went off around 10pm Monday evening. Power crews were spotlighting
the overhead in the Two Run area by 11pm last night as Sheriff Fields and
Deputy Connard Workman kept an eye out for looters. .
July 8 am Around 3 am, service had
been restored for the central part of the county.
July 8 am Last night's District
8, 13 - 14 year old, Championship game in Glenville made it into
the third inning before some real evil looking storm clouds brought in
big time rain and lightning. 20 minutes of the wet stuff left the
playing field way less than adequate for Championship activities.
Clay was ahead 1 to zip when called. Action continues tonight ( if
weather permits) at 6pm.
July 8 am Don't forget to check
out the little guys, 9 - 10 year olds in Championship action, over at the
Dundon ball field.
July 8 am Maybe the most important
meeting this week happens in the morning as the WV Infrastructure Council
meets at WV State College, 9 am. Those folks handle oversight and
$ duties for most every government expansion project in the state including
wa wa projects.
July 7 am Greetings early morning
clickers, if you can skip work today, you oughta. Go fishin'. The Elk River
is emerald green and lookin' good.
July 7 am The front page background
shot is the old, now vacated State Road garage at Two Run. The lot and
newly reroofed structure would make a great business incubator site for
economic development. Here in Clayberry, such opportunities are often cast
aside as a wishful thinkings and the Clay power brokers grab up such properties
and just sit on them. Let's see what happens this time around.
July 7 am Interested in a reaaaaaaaaaaaal
car. Check the top listing on the CLASSFIED page now!
July 7 am Our loving and caring
School Board meets tonight in regular session beginning at 6pm.
July 7 Thre months ago,over the
objections of many in the community, Clay Roane PSD purchased an $8500
computer billing program without formal bids. Even County Commissioners
Sams and Triplett publicly expressed outrage over the untimely purchase.
Even the regulatory body for public service districts, the WV Public Service
Commission objected to such a purchase.
July 7 am My how things change.
Last week the WV PSC gave the blessings to purchasing without their permission.
The complete decision can be found on the PSC web site. To make the trip
over there, just click No
Oversight Provided
July 6 pm We've got part of the
story on the Clay Roane PSD emergency meeting last night. Background:
Last week Chief Water Operator Bobby Burdette was to have fixed a water
leak affecting customers in the Queen Shoals service area. Without repairing
the leak, Burdette left the site and the customers are still without water
service. With calls coming in, the PSD met Saturday evening.
July 6pm Boardsters present last
night at 5 were: Chair Melissa Postelwait, Gary Whaling, and Glenn Sutton.
Three motions were made and passed: 1 Hire Phillip Linger to fix the leak;
2 Write up Burdette for insubordination and place in his personnel file;
3 Demote Burdette from Chief Operator and put Jennifer Traub in that lead
position. Burdette was not present during the meeting.
July 6 pm Burdette was not fired,
but rather, removed from management but left on day shift as a Class
II operator. Just one regular meeting ago, Burdette was told he could not
be Chief and work a night shift. That the "Chief" person had to work
the day shift. Jennifer Traub works the night shift and is the new Chief.
Now, with last night's decision in hand, Burdette remains on day shift.
Now there's a great big Hmmmmmmmmmmm...
July 6 am The good and the
bad...
July 6 am Last night the Clay
All Stars cleared the last hurdle, Clay's 13 - 14 year old beat Summersville
7 to 5. Clay is heading for the District 8 Championship Game against
Gilmer Monday night 6pm! Clay remains undefeated. They can taste a victory
in the making!
July 6 am And now the bad. Clay
Roane PSD called an emergency meeting yesterday. Yes, yesterday, Saturday.
Since an emergency meeting doesn't require an advance agenda to be posted
and since we didn't make the meeting, we can only guess: The meeting was
called to discuss recent water outages within the system and/or immediate
discipline action of an employee. As soon as we figure out what went on,
we'll post.
July 6am We're not quite ready for
a weekend update clickers. We're waiting on word from that emergency meeting
held yesterday.
July 5 am The 4th was hot
and humid here in Clayberry. Some sat on their porches fanning themselves
while lots of others became fans themselves during the District 8 13-14
year old Tournament in Glenville. Our Clay team remains undefeated in Tournament
action with yesterday's score on the home page as we shot past Gilmer!
Changing pitchers four times during the 4th inning didn't help. Our guys
were sluggers with good base running to boot yesterday!
July 5 am Action continues this
afternoon in Glenville at 3pm with the Championship game coming Monday
evening. Keep you fingers crossed, if the hits keep coming, Clay may be
the next District 8 Champs and heading for the State Tournament! Undefeated
clickers UNDEFEATED!!
July 5 am Looking for something
a little closer home to do today? Head over to the Clay FM Open House yard
sale, hot dog sale, and live music action just across from Go Mart at Two
Run. Take a tour of the station and become a part of the radio revolution.
July 4 pm This morning's Purple
Heart Celebration is captured on the home page. Small town America at its
best! Nothing fancy, just real people celebrating what this country is
all about!.
July 4th am Clay County celebrates
the 4th of July not with fireworks but with yard sales. Yard Sales galore
yesterday and continuing thru Saturday.
July 4th am Today at 10 am
, in front of the old Courthouse, is the unveiling of the new purple heart
US postage stamp. Everyone is invited to the event with special recognition
for the 9 Clay County recipients of the military award.
July 4th am Some news travels slowly
in Clayberry. Like.. Last Thursday June 26th, Braxton County law enforcement
and the State Police came into Ivydale and arrested Clay County's Phillip
Burnside. Police were investigating the theft of a motorcycle stolen
in the Sutton area. The cycle was found on Burnside's porch. Burnside said
Jeremy Deal sold him the cycle. State Police arrested Burnside. More arrests
expected. So far around $20,000 in goods have been recovered.
July 4th Last night, the 13
- 14 year old Clay Junior League All Stars put it all over Cowen/Webster
16 to Zip. So far no team has scored against the Clay team! Action
continues at 4 this afternoon in the District 8 Play Offs in Glenville.
July 4th am Need some tires?
Better go over to Eric's Tire Shop and help him out. According to the Charleston
papers, Eric's Tire Shop on Main Street is being sued by WV
Worker's Comp for back premiums totaling over $2000.00.
July 4th am It's always interesting
to see who is setting up business in Clayberry. One brand new corporation
is Victory Petroleum Resources Corp. Licensed in the last week of June,
the big cheese for the outfit is none other than Homer Graham Jr.
Remember Homer? He's the old CCHS Band Director who in the middle of a
semester hurriedly shag arsed out of town. Also mentioned in the
official paperwork is past Prosecutor Jeff Davis. Since there are 10,000
shares of stock to be sold for Victory, watch for big time sales pitches
in the near future. To see for yourself click HOLD
ON TO YOUR WALLET Once
there, just click all the little buttons to view the details.
July 3 am Larry A. Dawson,
Sr., 60, see FUNERAL page
July 3 am That little skinny
guy on the front page is Johnny Wooooofter if you didn't know.
Those spuds just came out of the ground and ready for eatin.
July 3 am Today at 5, the
Clay County Business Development Authority meets in the Courthouse, 5pm.
If you're interested in the people that are appointed to shape the future
of Clayberry, stop and watch the action.
July 3 am Back four months ago Boardster
(and County Commissioner) Jimmy Sams resigned from the BDA when the appointed
ones refused to fire BDA attorney Barbara Schamberger. Sams wanted her
fired since she was suing the Commission over the hiring of Prosecutor
Daniel Grindo by the Commission. Sams didn't get his way and resigned.
July 3 am During the last CCC meeting
BDA Chair Paige Willis invited Sams back into the fold and said no one
within the BDA had asked for the Sams resignation. It'll be interesting
this evening to see if Sams shows
July 3 am Also this evening the
Clay 13 - 14 year old Junior League Baseball team takes on Gilmer after
beating the pants off the Braxton team. Action starts at 5:30 in Glenville.
Come out and support the next District Champs, Clay County!
July 3 am If you're looking for
something to do over the July 4th weekend, stop by the Clay FM radio station
located at the historic ole Gulf Station at Two Run. From 2 to 6 pm: yard
sale, hot dogs, and live music, Who knows, you may even get a chance to
be on the air yourself. And by the way, Clay is not having a fireworks
display this year.
July 3 am Wouldn't it be nice to
have a place in the county locals could sell their produce and such? Well,
we don't.
July 3 am Clayberry is too
unorganized to even have a farmer's market. Not so in Calhoun County.
Check out the big farmer's market announcement over on our EVENTS page.
July 2 pm We've got a lost German
Shepherd dog. Looks like Rin Tin Tin but has crippled rear hind quarters.
Duke was lost near the Baron Creek Methodist Church. See him, please call
Whimpy or Chick at 548-4297
July 2 pm The school system hype
is always, we don't have room, we need more class room space..... Over
at Clay Middle School, a well equipped classroom, nice windows, desks,
nicely painted, and just across the hallway from the cafeteria on the main
floor, has been converted to a weight lifting room. That right, much needed
prime classroom space now turned into a weight room used but one period
a day. The next time Link and gang say they need to pass a Levy for more
school space maybe you should reply," Why don't you just use the space
you got more wisely?"
July 2 am Town Cop Buckshot Butcher
showed up before yesterday's Town Council meeting with a mean black eye
and a busted nose. No not his Mother or some bad hombre, while practice
shooting a rifle, some part of the firing pin went crazy leaving Butcher
unconscious and battered.
July 2 am Town Council met in regular
session yesterday afternoon, Guess how much money came in in June from
parking tickets? $12.
July 2 am Johnny Woooofter owns
the road going to the sewer plant. Wooofter addressed Council on a 2000
agreement signed by then Mayor Jamie and brokered by Joyce Gibson. The
agreement calls for Council to pay Wooofter $10 per year for use of his
private road and for Council to widen and pave the 12 foot wide easement.
To date, according to the Wooofter lad, neither have been done.
July 2 am New to Council, Billie
Jane Zegeer questioned whether this new Council would even have to abide
by their predecessor's document. Council person Betty Murphy, after Wooofter
left the room, told her fellow elected officials: It really doesn't matter,
we don't have the $ to pave the road anyway. New man at the table Frank
Childers tried to get Council to just pay the past due $20. Didn't happen
July 2 am By the way, that's Council
on the home page and the big ugly mug in the inset photo is Mayor "King"
Arthur Jarrett. Thought you may want to print those out and hang them on
a stick in your garden.
July 2 am One more note on
that sewer plant. Raise your hand if you remember this. Town Council
built and operated that new plant on property they didn't even own! True
and only in Clayberry.
July 2 am Need a rabies shot
for your dog, cat, spouse or politician? State law says every dog and cat
MUST be vaccinated. See EVENTS page for details.
July 1 am New month clickers and
we're trying something different on the home page. Clickers helped pay
for a digital camera back in Feb. 2003 and now we're going to try and use
it a little "quicker". Our plan is to add faster turn around pictures on
the home page. If you see one you like, just right click on it and save
to your puter. Better do it as you see them, our plan is to change them
often.
July 1 am In last Friday's Communicator
we reported Clay County was without a licensed County Coroner. Oh Boy,
did we ever hear from Mary Hanshaw. Hanshaw says she was certified last
Oct, licensed to decide if your dead enough for Wilson Funeral Home
to grab you anyway. Big time ooopps to Mary Hanshaw.
July 1 am Before getting kicked
out of the Boy Scouts in 1999, I use to teach first aid classes including
CPR. One scout was asked: How long do you keep doing CPR? His response:
Until they are good and dead
July 1 am Our TSA students from
the high school and middle school made it back from Florida yesterday afternoon.
No injuries and not even one case of puking on the 18 hour bus ride from
Orlando.
July 1 am Yes we heard about the
Shawnee Hills lady that fell over the hill out Pisgah way last Friday but
due to confidentiality laws, her keeper can say little. What was she doing
there? Where was her Supervisor? Had to be pulled up by winch? Leg
injuries too?
July 1 am Today at Town and Country
Diner on Main Street is the maiden voyage of home made pizza! Be
sure to cut out the $1 coupon in last Friday's Communicator
July 1 am This afternoon the new
Town Council takes over at 4pm at Town Hall. Should be fun to watch as
Johnny Woooofter tells the new gang of promises made by previous administrations
and promises unkept.
July 1 am Central Appalachia Empowerment
Zone (CAEZ) meets at 4 and again at 6 pm today. They've got some more $
to give away. Lets see if any of it stays in Clay County
July 1 am Last night we posted about
shots being fired on the back streets of Clay. Well, maybe, just maybe,
that sound was actually an early 4th of July celebrater.
July 1 am This evening at 8, the
Clay 13 - 14 year Baseball gang plays at Glenville. Come and enjoy the
summertime fun.
