March 2008 Past News

 
 
  • March 31  4:25pm  Clay Roane PSD issued a BOIL WATER ORDER for the Valley Fork section of their water system. Boil it first! Better safe than sorry
  • March 31 p   Hazel M Tawney, see OBITUARY page
  • March 31 p   The Communicator is out the door. 24 pages of solid news and views on County Clay. Our two prong lead story provides an update on Dan Dotson's arrest 8 days ago and some strong words from Ernest Skaggs on actions taken by Judge Ric Facemire. Two school board meetings and  life behind the tin badge round out the near award winning newspaper coverage.
  • March 30 p  'thought there would be time to provide a weekend update today. Not the case! We're busy typing on Monday's Communicator.
  • March 30 p If you didn't pick up a copy of our last edition,  there's a few left at Go Mart. THis new edition builds on the last one.
  • MArch 30 p New Communicator should be out around 4pm Monday.
  • March 30 a  Somewhere out there in cyber space the Web Gods decided to move our web site to a new server spot and do so without advanced notice.
  • Marh 30 a They even said  that this site wouldn't be back visible until Sunday morning. We actually came back Saturday pm sometime.
  • March 30 a Will do a proper posting sometime around noon today.
  • March 30 a Bad cyber guru, Bad Bad!!!
  • March 30 a  (A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000;  (B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000;  (C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171.     - S tatistics courtesy U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services.
  • March 30 a  A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000; (Yes, that's 80 million.);  (B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500;  (C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .000188  - Statistics courtesy of FBI
  • March 30 a   Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.
  • March 28 a   Marian Thomas Kirk, 68, of Bentree, see OBITUARY page
  • March 27 p   The Communicator will be coming out on Monday around 3pm. Deadline for submissions is Friday at 5pm.  We'd love to see some Chatters on the cost of living, high gas prices, and how you're going to make it when gasoline goes to $4 a gallon. Email your submissions and be sure to include your name if you want your Chatter printed in the Communicator.
  • March 27 p Friday morning the County Commission will be finalizing the 08-09 budget. Action starts at 10am at the Courthouse. There might be a hold up with the budget making process. During an earlier meeting, both Commissioners Triplett and King said they would not OK a budget until the Prosecutor's office provides a signed contract for Asst. Prosecutor duties. According to the elected folks, an earlier promise of the contract never materialized.
  • March 27 p With the big 150th birthday bash planned for Saturday at 5pm (see EVENTS), how many businesses will take the time to decorate their windows or for that matter, even clean their windows?
  • March 27 a It's a rainy morning in Clay. Surrounding counties are on a flood watch. Not so here. There's never enough wa wa to go around.
  • March 27 a Yesterday afternoon during one of the "special" meetings, Town Council voted to increase municipal water rates 6% to cover the cost of building a new water plant. That doesn't sound like much, maybe $1.50 per customer per month. But, since the Town supplies the wet stuff to the rest of the county via PSDs, that means the PSDs will have to raise their rates.  Earlier this month, Clay Roane PSD went after a 30% rate increase. On top of that 30% add another 6%. Get out the Crisco clickers!
  • March 27 a Is it really 6%.  During the Council meeting, water plant project engineer Jim Hildruth hinted that the increase could (WOULD) be more than that. Both times Hildruth slipped that notice in, Council acted like they didn't hear him.
  • March 27 a Engineer Hildruth didn't say why rates will have to go up higher and not even the Mayor asked about his comments. Here's our guess....
  • March 27 a The $$ for the new $3 million water plant were appropriated a decade ago. With inflation and out of control greed pricing, the price of the plant may double! Mayor Brown raised issue with that notion a couple months back during a public meeting. No one listened as Brown suggested that maybe the Town doesn't need a whole new plant, maybe they should look at just some upgrades using JUST the grant dollars.
  • March 27 a Making too much sense, looks like the Town will soon mindlessly press ahead and take bids on another boat anchor much like the under used, high dollar, log factory built 10 years ago. History repeating itself over and over and....
  • March 27 a With WV Water already in the county and the new Summersville water plant lines here, does Clayberry need the water plant?  You know the answer.
  • March 27 a  Clayberry will foot the bill for water service for those living in Roane County. And those folks get it at wholesale prices!
  • March 27 a While the Shrub tells us we're not in a recession.....  First came the defaults on credit card debt, then the home loan crisis followed by the devaluation of home values. Even car loan defaults have skyrocketed.
  • March 27 a  Raise your hands if  you have a home equity loan piggy backed on your mortgage. Many hands went up.  There's over  a  trillion dollars in home equity loans in the USA. Many people succumbed to the notion that it was OK to pull the equity out of their castle to buy trinkets. That was good marketing by the banks but real bad for the home owners. When we start noticing those equity default rates, that aught a do it, that should put the country in a depression.
  • March 27 a Where are all those Republicrats that use to say, the one thang Dubbya did was improve the economy?
  • March 26 p  When you see Dave Pierson, ask him what mischief he was up to this morning at 9:20am, at Two Run.
  • March 26 p Just notice a Special Meeting agenda posted for Town Council today. Looks like they're trying to get their heads together with the CPA often mentioned as slow with providing the info for a water rate increase.
  • March 26 p From the email bag:  DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON WHERE I CAN ENROLL MY 4-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN GYMNASTICS AND/OR CHEERLEADING CLASSES?  IF SO, PLEASE CALL 380-4143
  • March 26 a  County Commission meets Wed morning at 10 am.
  • March 26 a Yesterday afternoon Clayberry stopped cold in its tracks. Just after school let out, electricity shut down. Some kind of problem right in front of the high school. Bus drivers reported seeing smoke  billowing up from a transformer. Wasn't long until everything stopped. Power returned Tuesday night around 9:30pm.
  • March 26 a two brush fires kept emergency responders busy thru the night
  • March 26 a  Clay County is getting ready to celebrate its 150th birthday Saturday evnening . See the EVENTS page for details.
  • March 26 a  Wonder how many businesses will decorate their windows for the big sheebang? Maybe some ballons outside....  clean their windows..... sweep the sidewalk..... take down the Christmas  and Valentine's Day decorations....
  • March 26 a Take a look Saturday afternoon clickers to see if there is ANY pride left in downtown Clay.
  • March 26 a  Weird things going on down in HE White Elem school land.
  • March 26 a This year the school had a traveling principal, Mike Mullins. Half day at HE White and the other half at Lizemores Elem.  During his absence at HE White, Bunny Taylor assumed the principal's mantle.  The school's web site lists her as the principal. Parents at the school weren't, aren't, too happy with Taylor. As the PE teacher, much of Ms Taylor's time was spent away from the duties of a principal
  • March 26 a With Mullins away part of the time, Lizemores' parents cried for more school security. They wanted someone monitoring the halls and making sure little kids weren't running away. Then came the HE White parents with their concerns. The Somber Super promised both schools a full time principal for the Fall 08 new year. As a matter of fact they've already hired a Principal for Lizemores.
  • March 26 a  A month ago Mullins accepted a teaching job at CCHS.  Monday night Taylor resigned her post at HE White. In the background, a parent driven petition is making its rounds at HE White asking the School System to rehire retired principal, David Derby. Another faction is working to keep Mullins as a full time principal at the tiniest school in the county, 88 kids.
  • March 26 a  Did you open that 88 kids link? Look at the numbers near the bottom. Add up the number of kids in the primary grades and then look at the number at the Middle School. Does that make sense to you? Do that many move away. Drop out?
  • March 25 a  From the email bag:   I would like to wish my two sons a happy birthday, march 25th is andrew coad 18th birthday, my other son douglas adkins  jr. march 27th  happy 37th bithday  love mom
  • March 25 a  Raw sewage running in the streets according to one Helath Dept report and no potable drinking water in Widen West Virginia. Those residents need clean water. Isn't it a shame when government officials get involved, the water is so high priced, residents can't afford it.
  • March 25 a While Widen has a 100% drinkable water source close by their community, requiring little to NO costly treatment, outsiders have decided $60+ per month bills is the way to do. When it's all said and done, water will run right past Widen leaving those in need, still in need. Such a waste of tax payer dollars.
  • March 25 a See ADVISORY page.
  • March 24 p Strange weather in the county today. Around 4:05pm, with the sun shining brightly, snow, big thick snowflakes started falling.  A little before 4, big time snow flakes filled the air on one side of the Clay Go Mart while leaving the other side bathed in sunshine. Earlier in the afternoon, snowflakes were seen falling along one side of a valley and nothing on the other.
  • March 24 p  Dan Dotson is a well known attorney in Clayberry. He's often handled high profile cases and currently serves as Asst. Prosecutor in Braxton County.
  • March 24 p   Sunday evening Daniel Boyd Dotson ended up in Central Regional Jail. We understand the charges involve domestic violence.
  • March 24 p Dan Dotson is in heap big trouble
  • March 24 p Businesses in downtown Clay cried foul once again as high speed internet came and went this morning. Needless to say, the loss of internet affected 101.7 FM and by 3:45, when the DSL went south on Triplett Ridge, bye bye WYAP.
  • March 23 p   Rev. Cecil Lee Butcher, 81, see OBITUARY page
  • March 23 p  President Cheny said it didn't matter what Americans thought about the war. We don't matter!  Our opinions don't count.  That was backed up by VP Dubbya this week.
  • March 23 p We celebrated five year's of Bush's Oil War this week and no end in sight. With the death toll approaching 4000, national news barely mentioned the war.
  • March 23 p   There have been 4,297 coalition deaths -- 3,990 Americans, two Australians, 175 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, one Czech, seven Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, one Hungarian, 33 Italians, one Kazakh, one Korean, three Latvian, 22 Poles, three Romanians, five Salvadoran, four Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of March 19, 2008, according to a CNN count.
  • March 23 p  Crazy Spring weather brought snow followed by warm temps and bright sunshine this past week.  Little flower buds and early blooming fruit trees felt the wrath of Mother Nature
  • March 23 p  We found out early in the week that the Prosecutor's job will change from part time work to full time with a salary base of $87,000+. With Samples becoming full time Jan 1st, is there a need for a part time Asst. ?
  • March 23 p Construction crews showed up for two days of work on the Dundon bridge last week. They disappeared about as quick as they showed up. Still not done and completion date in sight.
  • March 23 p Grand Jury said Okey Dokey to 9 indictments. Those folks will go before the Judge next Wednesday after lunch.
  • MArch 23 p Midweek, high test politicians came to West Virginia to stump for votes. Much like local races, West Virginia has already decided who their going to vote for May 13th. Passion runs high for both Hussein and Rodham. That passion may bring out the largest voter % in decades.
  • March 23 p  Thursday night political hopefuls showed up for a Meet the Candidates Fundraiser for the Women's Club. Out of 6000 potential voters in the county, only a handful showed up and they did so in support of someone running for office.  There wasn't a vote to be had in the place.
  • March 23 p BDA Boardster Tommy Fitzwater worked some magic last week and came up with a recycling station to be housed in the old State Road garage building at Two Run. The package even includes funding.
  • March 23 p Something the county needs, funding to do it, and a "green" industry to boot, what else could you ask for.  Let's see what it takes to kill this new business which could include a couple new jobs.
  • March 23 p  With the weekend came an early Easter. Cold this morning. Even colder for the little girls dressed up in frilly dresses and boys in their short pants and bow ties.
  • March 23 p Some &&##!!!  over achievers have already mowed their yards.
  • March 22 a   If there was ever a high counselor that encouraged kids to go to college, it was Mrs Hill
  • March 22 a Elizabeth Virginia Childs "Betty" Hill,  see OBITUARY page
  • March 22 a  Happy 11th Birthday Elijah Grose
  • March 22 a Happy 34th Anniversary Danny and Connie Grose
  • March 22 a Happy birthday to Allen Cantrell . The big 45
  • March 22 a   A few weeks back Glen Nichols told Town Council he planned to file a formal petition with the West Virginia Public Service Commission (PSC) over the town not reading his water meter for three months in a row. No one disputed his allegations. Nichols did as he promised and filed it the next day on a Wednesday. The complaint come up during the March meeting of Council. Again no one disputed his charges. The PSC gave the town 10 days to respond.
  • March 22 a On Thursday the PSC received the Town's response. The one pager reply asked the PSC for more time to come with  an answer. Reason: It takes a while to come up with an answer that dodges the truth.
  • March 22 a  For those that do genealogy work, here's a nice site. Thanks HS
  • March 22 a   Here's a dandy report on war losses of American soldiers.
  • March 21 a This is a strange Good Friday. Normally it's the first day of Spring break and the kids are home for the first day of R&R. Not so this time around. With Easter so early in the year, no break for the curtain climbers ... well an hour or so today.
  • March 21 a The Courthouse is closed.
  • March 21 a  Yesterday Hussein came to  West Virginia. In contrast to Rodham's rally a day earlier, the place was overflow with many supporters lodged next door in the University of Charleston gym.  A couple notes..
  • March 21 a The faces were different. The Hussein crowd was a much younger age group, folks in  the  20 to 30 year old group. There was enthusiasm in the air. Although West Virginia is a nearly white state, yesterday people of color came out to see the presidential contender.
  • March 21 a  On TV, doesn't he look like a tall thin man? He's not. He's well under 6 foot tall.
  • March 21 a  And, one other note from those in attendance. Security was lacking. There was little in the way of security. People entered both rooms without a metal detector check. As for those plain clothes officers at his side..... they were there but not right beside him.
  • March 21 a  With West Virginia being an "old" state, we may vote Rodham in May, but that enthusiasm yesterday may be a good indicator of Obama de Bama's future.
  • March 21 a   Last night around 50 or so attended Lu Chandler's Women's Club fundraiser slash Meet the Candidates foray at the Courthouse. 99% of those were candidates or family members of candidates. Out of 6000 plus voters in Clayberry, ... how sad.
  • March 21 a Tommy Fitzwater is a young guy that sports a pig tail.  A couple years back FItz attended Business Development Authority (BDA) meetings. Often he asked questions. Back then his questions got him in trouble with the staunch BDA folks. One of those questions was like a dagger. His question: How can you know what kind of building to build at the FIlcon site if you don't have a renter telling you the specs. Oh boy,, Fitz was in big trouble back then and was told to stop asking questions.
  • March 21 a Tommy is now a BDA Boardster. Their newest member. Instead of sitting around meeting to meeting , he's been doing something. According to Mr Pigtail, state leaders are in agreement that a recycling station would work well at the old State Road garage at Two Run. He said grant $$ are available to get the thing up and running. State leaders are saying they can't think of one reason the recycling center wouldn't work in Clay.
  • March 21 Obviously, the Charleston suits haven't seen how things work in Clayberry.
  • March 21a  A place to recycle. Jobs. Good use of an empty government building... Never work clickers. Not in Clayberry!!!!!!!!
  • March 20 p  Happy Birthday wishes to Matthew Goode  and J.E. Vaughan
  • March 20 p We know it's Spring Time. The CCHS Baseball team takes to the filed today. Spring and none too soon.
  • March 20 p Clayberry was in the news this morning and this time, not in a bad light. Hilary was in Charleston yesterday at Capitol High. After her stump speech, Glen area resident Paul Myers was interviewed by WV Public Radio. The  short segment aired this morning at 7:30 and again at 8:10am. Myers is a Hilary supporter and said if she isn't the Demorat pic in Nov., he planned to vote for Ralph Nader. Others may be thinking the same thing.
  • March 20 p This evening Lu Chandler's Clay Women's Club will host a fundraiser at the Courthouse that includes a chance for those running for office a chance to speak. Fun starts at 6pm
  • March 20 p We've got an update on the March 29th 150th Birthday party for the county. Speakers that night include Shelley Moore Capitio. They're also planning to lots of good munchies in addition to the birthday cake.
  • March 20 p  Here's an interesting tidbit from yesterday's Grand Jury findings. Normally it's the prosecutor or a badge even that brings the info to the jurors.  Not so yesterday when Dan Kessler as indicted for obtaining goods or $ by false pretense. It was a private individual that brought the charges.
  • March 20 p Long time in office, Circuit Clerk Mike Asbury said that was the first time he knew of a private individual  succesfully coming before a Grand Jury.
  • March 19 p Our Grand Jury was done around noon today. Our new group of indictments include: Tommy Young Jr for Grand Larceny and Conspiracy;  Kristie English for 2 charges of uttering;  Richard Snuffer for 2 charges of wanton endangerment with a firearm and 2 charges of domestic battery;  Timmy Don Foster, sexual abuse first degree, sexual abuse by a person in trust, battery, indecent exposure;
  • March 19 p  Tracy Sizemore, 2 felonies, attempted delivery of a controlled substance & delivery of a controlled substance; Kenton Mosley DUIA 3rd offense;  Chad Bishop burglary. petit larceny, and destruction of property;  Jason Dancy DUI causing death; and finally, Dan Kessler obtaining money or goods by false pretense times 4
  • March 19 p For those that enjoy a glimpse of Clayberry on our web cam... vandals ripped the cam off the wall yesterday sometime. As soon as we can, will buy another and install
  • March 19 p  If you need something from the Courthouse, better do it Thursday. The place will be locked down tight on Good Friday.
  • March 19 p This morning the County Commission started their budget making process for 08-09. Mentioned during the talks: Prosecutor Jim Samples received a healthy raise from the Legislature this year. Beginning Jan 1 09, the Samples lad will be compensated a little over $87,000 per year plus benefits. He will also become a full time Prosecutor.
  • March 19 p Lots of files come in the PDF format which requires a reader. Adobe is the most common PDF reader with free versions available. The full version of Adobe costs some real $$.
  • March 19 p The alternative is a freebee that works very well, is free, and offers many of the enhanced (Adobe makes you pay) features. Click here for the download site.
  • March 19 p Works well with Foxfire if you're wondering.
  • March 18 p  Jackie W. Samples, 68, of Procious, see OBITUARY page
  • March 18 p  Sherman Ray Jones Jr. 58, of Procious, see OBITUARY page
  • March 18 p  Jennings "Newt" Sebert Spencer Sr., 75, see OBITUARY page
  • March 18 p   The Communicator, all 28 pages of it, made it to the news stands Monday afternoon around 5p. Good stuff and lots of it! The lead story is Clay ROane PSD's decision to go after a 30% water rate increase and to do so without telling the public.
  • March 18 p around 3 am Monday, all Frontier DSL customers lost service. Stayed that way until well into the evening hours Monday night. Once again, tethered by one line, Clayberry and the entire state was without our link to the world.
  • March 18 p Spring Grand  Jury was in session Tuesday and will return for a second day of service Wednesday morning. As soon as their work is completed, we'll post the true bills.
  • March 18 p County Commission will be in session Wed morning at 10 am. This is a continued session where they will be working on the upcoming budget.
  • March 18 p Still seepy from the all nighter getting the paper out, more coming after a nap.
  • March 16 p We're busy gathering, gleaning, and typing on Monday's Communicator. No weekend wrap up this time around.
  • March 16 p Each week, month in, month out, there's always something crazy going on. This news cycle is even bigger. With a candidate busted, water rates going up 30%, the Town in turmoil, teachers terminated, ...Clay County's near award winning paper should be out the door around around 3pm Monday.
  • March 15  a Frank Neal, 78, see OBITUARY page
  • March 15 a This morning , the radio station folks gave this notice:  TODAY'S SPRING HIKE at LAKE SAMPSON is ON!. Come out and have some fun while supporting the Troops. The beginner's level hike should take about an hour. See everyone at noon on the Dam.  Operation: HomeTies producer Jane Cook says the county has logged over 1500 miles toward their goal of 14,000 , the distance from here to Iraq and back.
  • March 15 a   18 year old Ronnie Rogers is a nice lookin, hard working, young man. He always talks in good english and with respect. A graduate of CCHS in 07, Rogers signed up to run in the School Board race back in January.
  • March 15 a Ronnie is also DUMB DUMB DUMB!!!!!!!!!
  • March 15 a Friday afternoon Rogers was arrested for selling $10 worth of pot to a juvy. The alleged incident occurred in the Cunningham Motors parking lot. Sheriff Holcomb was the arresting officer.
  • March 15 a Those two $5 joints will affect Ronnie Rogers for the rest of his life.
  • March 15 a So much for a candidate who actually knows the school system from the inside out.  Dumb Dumb Dumb!!
  • March 14 p In the morning post we gave the Clay Roane PSD double H for backing into a rate increase request. They did it without EVER telling the public as required by law. When the rate increase was made public last night, they all said Noooooooooooo not me, I didn't vote for ANY rate increase. Calling someone a liar is rough talk.
  • March 14 p When they said they didn't ask for a rate increase... when they said they don't have to put it on the agenda... when they say calling it a rate survey....
  • March 14 p Click the WV Public Service Commission link for their official words that say: the Rule 19a request is for RATE INCREASE.
  • March 14 p Brian Holcomb says he has NEVER voted for a water rate increase. Well, he did!  Could they have duped him? Getting paid $125 per meeting, even duped is unacceptable. The current Board has shown they are not capable of managing even a 60 gallon a minute water plant.  It's time for PSD Board to go.
  • March 14 p Who's the liar now.
  • March 14 a  Doris Robison, 73, of Ivydale, see OBITUARY page
  • March 14 a The Communicator comes out Monday Monday  Monday. Get your stuff in ASAP.
  • March 14 a  Lots going on this weekend. Basket Bingo.  Big Apple Auction. Music at Big Otter Community Center.  See our ADVISORY page for details.
  • March 14 a   For those planning on Saturday's Walk to Iraq and Back hike out at Lake Sampson, if it's raining, the fun walk will be reshecheduled. Check this site around 10 am Saturday for the weather update.
  • March 14 a  Last night the Clay Roane PSD made public their already submitted request for a 30% water rate increase.  They made that decision after a telephone "poll" of the Boardsters on March 6th. Telephone call!
  • March 14 a  According to the PSD Chair Dave Grigsby, his Board voted affirmative on an agenda item  written as a "rate survey". That affirmative vote for a survey was done in Feb 2008.  There was no public mention in Feb they were applying for a rate increase.
  • March 14 a Last night Grigsby said he made  telephone calls to Boardsters on March 6th just to make sure all were in agreement. They were.    During Thursday night's fired up discussions, Boardster Brian Holcomb said he NEVER voted for a rate increase. Others chimed in agreement with Holcomb, Nope Nope Nope they never voted for a rate increase last month.
  • March 14 a  What Clay Roane PSD did was ask the WV Public Service Commission for a rule 19 rate change. Change! Could go up or down. In this case, Clay Roane asked for a 30% increase to the customer NOT a reduction in rates. How anybody could consider that any less than a request for increase... someone explain please.
  • March 14 a  When the PSD started their Roane County water line extension project, the lenders required so many new customers to sign up to guarantee the loans will be paid back. Once the PSD got 300 or so names signed and promising to pay for three years worth of service (even if they don't hook up for actual wa wa service), the lenders are happy and they never take a second look.
  • March 14 a With the 36 months of required payments almost over, the PSD expects to lose 53 of those new customers or about $78,000 per year in income. That's good income since the PSD receives the money without supplying one drop of water. With the PSD already unable to make basic maintenance needs and that $78,000 annual lose coming soon, a 30% wa wa increase won't come near to keeping the PSD afloat.
  • March 14 a In Jan the PSD lost 1.7 Million gallons of water. Of that 1.7 million, 1.2 million was lost in the Procious service area. With 2/3's of the loss in Procious, the PSD spent much of their time looking for the leak out near Wallback.
  • March 14 a While a  30% rate increase is bad, it's worse than that
  • March 14 a This PSD is crawdaddying into the rate increase... They had to use clandestine wording in Feb to keep the news away from their customers as much as possible.  A telephone call away from the public is equally alarming. Could Brian Holcomb have voted on a rate increase without knowing it was just that? Hard to imagine.
  • March 14 a Sadly we're seeing a pitiful history repeat itself. During the rate increase discussions Thursday night, Chair Grigsby mentioned the need for the PSD to purchase "touch read " meters. Those are the same meters the rate increase and $50,000 loan 8 years ago was suppose to pay for. Instead of buying the new style meters, the PSD purchased  Newton Fire Dept building and NEVER purchased the meters. During their next rate increase, they again asked for touch read meters, the PSC said go for it, and once again, the PSD didn't buy the meters. And now, those allusive meters will be used as a reason for higher wa wa rates. Customers have already been billed twice and for years for something the PSD has never provided. It's coming again.
  • March 14 a  Get ready clickers, another rate increase is in the works and that's with the item NEVER voted on by the Clay Roane PSD Board. On the agenda Thursday night was a vote for a rate increase. Twice Grigsby made the motion for the rate increase and TWICE he couldn't even get a second. During that part of the meeting, Boardster Susan Beard again said they weren't going after a  rate increase.
  • March 14 a Sad... but here's one more to chew on. There are electrical problems at their Procious water plant. They need ground fault wall outlets. The ones that snap off to prevent shocks around wet areas, sinks, faucets, pools, and stuff.  Last night the Office Manager made the Board aware of the dangerous situation where a water operator has already been shocked. The Board decided to hold off correcting the life threatening problem for another 30 days.
  • March 14 a  Off with their HEADS!!!
  • March 13 p Lots of parents are hearing rumors of  a mono epidemic in the county school system. According to the Somber Super, He's not sure if the number of cases are up or not.  No matter what, Gillespie ordered the shut down of school water fountains and the use of bottled container dispensers and paper cups which prevent the spread of mono .... slurping on the water fountain.
  • March 13 p  Many in the county knew Robert Lanham Jr who killed himself in McComb Miss. yesterday afternoon. The AP report is now posted over on our ADVISORY page. That's Robert Lanham Jr, age 35.
  • March 13 a Yesterday was bright sunshine and short sleeve weather. Today is sunny but windy. Still, we're wearing heavy winter coats, Clayberry doesn't trust Mother Nature.
  • March 13 Heart to Heart Resource Center is now giving away winter coats. See ADVISORY page.
  • March 13 a  Tonight at 7pm at the Courthouse, Clay Roane PSD meets in regular session for their once a month public meeting. On their agenda is mention of a rate increase.
  • March 13 a For those with children in the state public school system, Senator Randy White's remarks will bring some welcome relief.  His Legislative report is now on the ADVISORY page.
  • March 13 a We've got a bunch of Demorats running for the 33rd House of Delegates seat which serves the Northern and Western sides of the county of Clay. We missed something!   On the Sec of State's web site is a Clay County Republicrat running. Larry Cole is the candidate. Remember him? He's the guy that used to serve on our Ambulance Authority. He's the same guy that came up with gloomy numbers and offered a big long page of needed changes. Other Boardsters told Cole, we need that kind of information!
  • March 13 a Today the Clay Ambulance Service struggles on with missed calls, lack of staff, lack of management, and such. Those were some of the issues Larry Cole tried to address 7 years ago and no one would listen.
  • March 13 a From Wed's Commission meeting: Bev King still has the Interum Ambulance Director position. For her to become the permanent Director, the job would have to be rebid. Bev King didn't want to take the gamble of others being considered during the process and decided to keep her  "interim" position. Despite her less than stellar perfomance in the Director's spot, Bev was given a wage increase to $9.50 per hour.
  • March 13 a The Clay Ambulance Service has never operated smoothly. From the get go, manpower, equipment, quality of service, staffing,, have come into play. All of that and more fall under the jurisdiction of managerment.
  • March 13 a It's a little different over in Lizemores where the Fire Dept managed to build their own firehouse and equipment all on their own without the thumbs up of Clayberrry's bluebloods. A couple months back they started their own ambulance service without the backing of the County Commission. Last month the Commission finally OK'd Lizemores Ambulance to use the county dispatch service.
  • March 13 a Growth is in the works for Lizemores. We understand a second, full equiped,  ambulance truck will arrive this weekend. That follows another fire truck last week.
  • March 13 a   We're holding up the The Communicator until Monday. Deadline for submissions is now extended to Friday at 5pm.
  • March 12 a Probably the best meeting of the week will be this morning at 10 when the Commission meets at the Courthouse. For years Ambulance Director Bev King has made a habit of getting herself in trouble each time she opens her mouth at a CCC meeting. It's like she doesn't know when to stop burying herself.
  • March 12 a Bev wants her part time Director's salary converted to an hourly rate. The CCC sees that as a change in the job duty and is rebidding her job. Gulp!
  • March 12 a During this morning's meeting expect the ambulance crews to show up in support of Bev King  Always a good show at the County Commission. Bring your own popcorn.
  • March 12 a   At 1 the Clay County Housing Authority meets at the Courthouse. The Housing gang is trying to locate a new public housing management company willing to take over the Encore Management mess.
  • March 12 a Both meetings' are open to the public.
  • March 12 a Aging Doc Boggs resigned as Health Officer for the county Tuesday night. He's done that about  a dozen times over the years. This time his resignation, now retirement, will stick. Last night the Board voted into the position, Doctor Laura Gateley from Kanawha County.
  • March 12   a    FYI   The Clay Roane PSD meeting agenda includes mention of a rate increase. We'll post the agenda for Thursday's meeting later today.
  • March 12 a Hamburger Helper provides around $100,000 in grants each year. Several in West Virginia have applied for the give away this year including the local radio station. On thing that counts in the decision is the number of emails they receive. Here's the list of West Virginia projects seeking funding. Here's the WYAP page where you can offer support via email.    YAP wants to build a wheelchair ramp  tot he station and stage. Nice idea!
  • March 12 a  The Charleston Gazette ran a front page associated press article on the amounts of drugs in our water supply. Pretty alarming to say the least!  Here's the complete story online.  Thanks HS
  • March 11 a  Clay County PSD will meet this morning in their office across from the Courthouse. If you're planning to attend, better call the PSD for the exact time, we think 11 am
  • March 11 a This changing the time leaves some of us in the dark. Like, when someone forgets to turn the office clock up an hour.
  • March 11 a Clay Town Council held a Special meeting yesterday at 4pm. That ace cub reporter managed to show up near the end of the meeting while relying on last week's time.
  • March 11 a Did get there just in time to see Town Recorder Dwana Murphy turn in her written resignation effective April 1st. More than a month ago, Murph said she planned to resign the elected spot if she didn't get her way, an office clerk to do all the paperwork and phone answering.
  • March 11 a There may be more. according to the most recent WV Ethics Commission opinion, Murph can hold the elected position of Recorder while being a Town employee, water operator. But But But, while working as a water operator she can do NO Recorder duties. The result of that decision is, she would have to work extra time to earn her $400 per month Recorder salary.
  • March 11 a About as soon as Dwana resigned, Council person Llyn Drake said she was interested in taking that position. Other Council persons later said they weren't interested in the extra duties of Recorder.
  • March 11 a In years past, when someone quit office, Council found one of their buddies to fill the spot. During one 12 month period, the Town of Clay had no less than five Mayors on the payroll. More recent, of the five Council persons, only three were elected to office with the balance being appointees.
  • March 11 a Last week Glen Nichols promised a WV PSC complaint against the Town for not reading water meters for three months in a row. He lived up to his promise. Last night Mayor Brown told leadership, the formal complaint had arrived and they have 10 days to reply.
  • March 11 a It's hard for Council to do anything but admit guilt since sections of the town HAVE gone for months with estimated bills. Why is that? Four or more months ago the Mayor asked for paid help to see that the meters be read. He received no help from Council. Up until that point, Mayor Brown had gone out to help the town workers read the things. When Council refused him help and then went about making plans to hire helpers for the other side of the table. Brown quit volunteering for the extra duty.
  • March 10 a   Lots of stuff going on this week in Clayberry. Today Town Council meets in Special session beginning at 4pm. Topics include hirings and higher wages plus the town cable vision contract
  • March 10 a At 5pm today, the radio station Board meets at 5:15pm at the station
  • March 10 a More as the weeks unfolds.
  • March 10 a   A Tip: When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast  mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3)stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you should be pumping on low speed, thereby  minimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at  the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some other liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less  worth for your money.
  • March 10 a   Tip two:  if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up--most likely the gasoline is  being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.  Hope this will help you get the most value for your money.
  • March 9 p One correction. Midweek we neglected to include one name to the list of teachers getting fired or bumped from a job. Her name is Darlene Cliver.
  • March 9 p   From temps in the 60s with bright sunshine to sleety snowy wind swept days, that was the first full week of March. Then came the time change further confusing daily patterns of life in Clayberry, as if we needed that!
  • March 9 p  What a week that was . Hussein and Rodham still duke it out without a mathematically possible winner. Lackluster Sydney grew a little older. With home foreclosures at all time highs, ditto to credit card debt and 90 day past dues, is there little doubt we're in at least a recession if not worse.
  • March 9 p Why don't we hear other countries raising H about gas prices. Answer: gas, oil prices have NOT gone up ANYWHERE, truth is, our dollar is so devalued, it's worth half what it was. When the shrub came to office, a barrel of oil was $28, now it's well over $100. Same oil same price in other currencies.
  • March 9 p Politicians don't even mention Dubbya's oil war. It rages on with more American casualties every day. There have been 4,281 coalition deaths -- 3,974 Americans, two Australians, 175 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, one Czech, seven Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, one Hungarian, 33 Italians, one Kazakh, one Korean, three Latvian, 22 Poles, three Romanians, five Salvadoran, four Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of March 7, 2008, according to a CNN count.
  • March 9 p Locally we've been watching Clay Town Council implode for 8 months. Last Tuesday during their monthly meeting, the rift got wider as the turf war continued. Everybody out for themselves with no long term look to the future!    It looks as those additional debt will be added to the financials in the form of additional personnel. With a rate increase proposed, the additional expenses will surely bump up the cost of wa wa so even more Clayonians will be unable to afford another necessity.
  • March 9 p The School Board made little mention of the termination letters being sent out to Title I teachers, aides, and other school personnel this past week. It was an absolute shocker for those receiving such letters. For those that say: They do that every year..... No, not the usual, annual, "bumping" letters but formal, in legalese terms, you're out of work come June 8th. Those terminations come while the Somber Super brings in considerably more in salary than the Governor!
  • March 9 p  If Federal funds are restored to the Title I program, some could retain their jobs next fall. If If If
  • March 9 p Interesting enough... if all the Title I personnel are in danger during the job shuffle, why weren't all the Title I teachers listed?
  • March 9 p  Usually little attention is paid to the Legislative agenda. Not the case this year. Behind the scenes. locals worked to get the new dam at Wallback named after the guy, the only guy, that worked for years securing the tourist draw for the county. That fellow is 2005 Clay County Person of the Year, Fred Sampson.
  • March 9 p Letters and emails were sent out asking the Legislature to officially name the "pond" Lake Sampson. Phone calls were made. More letters were sent. Finally, before noon March 7th, with a voice vote, the decision was made and we have proper recognition for hard working volunteer Fred Sampson
  • March 9 p  Delegate Margaret Staggers was first to introduce the resolution in the House. About as soon as she did that, she was told to butt out. Senator Randy White did the Senate lifting pulling every favor he could get. Senate Resolution 47 passed and was sent over to the House.
  • March 9 p  In the House, Delegate Bill Stemple did everything he could to stop the naming process. Aiding Stemple was none other than Commisssioner Slinkassnooger who spoke out and lied at every opportunity, saying, the Clay County Commission was totally against the notion. With the Commission already on record with naming the access road "Lake Sampson Road" and having already purchased $300 worth of road signs for the project, it was Slinkassnooger with egg on his face and creating one more embarrassment for the county of little.
  • March 9 p Why would Slinkassnooger spend so much time working against recognition of a volunteer? It had nothing to do with Fred Sampson but rather another individual working on the effort. One in particular, that ace cub reporter.
  • March 9 p With the effort stalled in the House, Senator Randy White applied muscle to friends in the House , got the proposal out of the House rules committee, on the floor of the House, and a successful vote.
  • March 9 p  The only way  Jerry Slinkassnooger can do anything is behind the scene and with dirty tactics. He failed this time. Behind the scenes is the hallmark of the School Board, school system. Do we need more of them on the County Commission?
  • March 8 P CANCELLATION: The Clay County Youth Basketball dinner and banquet for this evening at the Clay County High School has been canceled and will be rescheduled at a later date
  • March 8 p  First came the rain, followed by hail, then sleet, and now snow. Where is that global warming???
  • March 8 p While you're home playing on the puter. Here's the link for every state employee's salary. To do an entire department, just click the depat without any individual name.
  • March 8 a   Never say it can't be done. That's what Fred Sampson said about forcing coal barons to live up to their promises. Sometimes called Wallback Dam, Bee Run Dam..... Now the Legislature has officiallyy named it: Lake Sampson
  • March 8 a  Approved before noon on Friday, See for yourself.
  • March 8 a Just love it when the common man is recognized for outstanding service as a volunteer!
  • March 8 a  One of our emailers (Elizabeth) asked : Are their going to be yard sales in downtown Clay this summer. The answer is Yes. The radio station group usually puts those together during the holiday weekends.  WYAP has also asked for big time grant to grow Memorial, Independence, and Labor Day weekends. Maybe even fireworks!
  • March 8 a Don't know about the grant dollars until the end of March, but Yes to Yard Sales this Summer
  • March 7 p    Delanor "Del" W. Nichols Sr., see OBITUARY page
  • March 7 p   Happy 52nd Birthday to Daniel "Danny" Grose
  • March 7 p  HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY KRISTIN DELARWELLE
  • March 7 p    Happy Birthday to Savannah and Dominic Proctor!! Love Dad, Allison, and Kenzy
  • March 7 p   Just when you think you're over that nasty flu bug.... it's back. Better posting in a couple more days or so. Or, check the Obits.
  • March 7 p  Didn't go so well for the Panthers last night. They barely squeezed past us by just 30 points.
  • March 7 p   Need a job close to home? Check out the JOBS link to the left, new listing!
  • March 6 a  West Virginia Sec of State Betty Ireland will be in town this evening for an hour long discussion on WYAP, 101.7 FM. After Ms Ireland, 33rd House of Delegate candidate Larry Cottrell will submit to questions and answers. Tune in
  • March 6 a Tonight the CCHS Panthers head to Summersville for a Regional B Ball match up with Oak Hill. In the winner takes all competition, the Panthers have their work cut out for them. Oak Hill was the team that beat the stuffings out of Braxton with a 30 point margin. Braxton whooped up on us during regular season. Game starts tonight at 7pm. Go Clay!!!!!!!!!!!
  • March 6 a  Clay Town Council met Tuesday evening. Since the new Mayor and Council were seated last July, there have been many rough spots. Tuesday evening the rift between the group ripped out into a full blown entertainment spectacular.
  • March 6 a Here's a for instance... The Town's log factory requires a Class II poop operator 48 hours per week. they haven't had one in ages. A couple months back the DEP folks mandated the town to correct the situation. Only one guy applied for the $13 per hour log herder position. Council was ready to hire the guy until Mayor Jack Brown pulled the whoa button and demanded a background and credentials check be completed BEFORE the hire. You could see the others around table grit their teeth.
  • March 6 a Have you ever heard of such a thang? Do a background check before hiring? Unheard of in the Great Nation of Clay!
  • March 6 a  Dwana Murphy, the often pouty, Town Recorder/water operator, demanded that an office clerk be hired to take over all her daytime office clerk position. Dwana told Council last month, if she didn't get the new office clerk, she would ditch her voter supported duties as Recorder and keep the high paying, overtime lucrative, operator job. Tuesday evening Council bowed to the moody ones demand and voted to hire Brenda Baird as  Town Clerk. The power play vote came after Mayor Brown asked questions like: Where's the money coming from?  Adding more to his message: we need to buy  and pay for a bunch of new water and poo poo pumps just to keep the doors open. Where's that money coming from?
  • March 6 a No one could answer. Council went ahead and voted for the hire. Here's an interesting observation: Council doesn't know how they're going to pay anything but during the Baird hire, they opted to raise the beginning salary from minimum wage to $8 per hour.
  • March 6 a  One time Mayor and council person Glen Nichols fired up Council the very first thing Tuesday. Holding his wa wa and sewage bill in hand, he told the assembly, water bills haven't been read in 3 months; state law doesn't allow such guesstimates month after month; and he planned to file a formal complaint against the Town within 24 hours. He also complained about new hires and pay raises when the group didn't have a clue where the money would be coming from. Nichols raised blood pressures considerably.
  • March 6 a  Council members yelled out that Nichols was doing the Mayor's dirtty work. Betty Murphy retorted that Nichols was using Jack Brown's exact words!!!!
  • March 6 a  Of course all of us know where the additional funds are coming from. We've seen it time after time after...    You got it! New $$$$ will come from the already voted upon water rate increase. More expenses mean a bigger rate increase for the consumer. Ka Ching!!!
  • March 6 a Background readers: Brown  is paid $500 per month to be the Mayor. He's been volunteering to serve as Town Badge. Additionally, he helps out with garbage pick up, maintenance, sewer unstopping, parking meter upgrades and.............. reading water meters. When Brown realized a while back Council was not supportive of his efforts to hire a person to do those jobs (street sept), he stopped reading meters!
  • March 6 a it appears most of  the Council is after improving their own little turf. For instance Dwana rallying family support for a new clerk to minimize work for herself and   Llyn Drake's self appointed plan to become the first Municipal Judge ($500). Often hostile at times, Drake has been working to feather her own nest from day one.
  • March 6 a  That nest got blown away Tuesday night when Jack Brown told Drake, HE intended to do any Judgemanship.... himself. You should have seen the jaws drop.
  • March 6 a  Drema Thomas asked for a $340 a month rate increase. She said they had talked about her raise for months and she was still waiting. Somewhere in there Thomas added something like:  Will that $340 increase be retroactive for the last many months?
  • March 6 a Llyn Drake came up with a three prong spending spree of her own.
  • March 6 a With barbs being thrown and tempers flaring, jack Brown had had enough. He started talking about the mutiny employees had been waging, how they refused to follow orders, how work orders had gone for month without completion,  how many continued to add up undocumented overtime wages, and went on spending sprees without prior approval. He was hot
  • March 6 a Folks it's an out of control peeing contest second to none where no one is a winner and all water customers, taxpayers,  come out on the bottom.
  • March 6 a  Look for a Special Town Council meeting Monday March 10th at 4pm at the Water Plant. If it wasn't so absolutely sad, it really would be the best entertainment in the county!
  • March 5 p   We'll get to the juicy Town Council meeting ASAP. Instead of that peeing contest, an update on the terminiations and transfers over in School Board land. Here's the way we've got it figured if the Title 1 Fed $$ run out this Summer
  • March 5 p Steve Boggs get terminated with Cecil Butcher transferred to Boggs spot
  • March 5 p  Joan Haynie backed out of the Board office replacing Anita Stephenson who ousts Kara Stover (terminated).
  • March 5 p Marjorie Mullins bumps Nancy Brogan who's axed
  • March 5 p Norman Stephens replaces newbee Beth McVikers
  • March 5 p From the Board office CIndy Willis replaces Michelle Samples who takes Sarah Bragg's job (Terminated)
  • March 5 p Mary Ann Triplett takes Molly McCabe who will be out of a job
  • March 5 p Amanda Douglas is out with Susanne Stinson doing the transfer
  • March 5 p Crystal Hamrick terminated with Danny Dorsey stepping into that position
  • March 5 p SPED Director Bev Nichols replaces Brandi McKinney (out)
  • March 5 p Retired from service but serving on a special "contract", Grace Lambey, is terminated
  • March 5 p The CMS Home Ec department done away with, Joyce Lewis bumps Shawna Taylor who is out of a job.
  • March 5 p  Tina Hall, Tina Witt, Elizabeth Bernado, Matthew Stricker, all terminated
  • March 5 p And then there's the school service personnel terminated. Those names are believed to be: Vicky Holcomb, Mickey Boggs, Mary Kathryn King, Kim Childers, Margie Wyant, Wanda Walters, Vicky Perdue, Brenda Holcomb, and Terri Shaffer.
  • March 5 p Bus drivers asked after the batch of termination letters came out, are we getting letters too?  The response was No.
  • March 5 p This morning first thing, bus drivers were lined up like cattle and Bus Czar Larry Legg handed out bus driver letters citing their routes may be all different next year. With current enrollment dwindling, expect fewer bus and contract routes come Fall.
  • March 5 p  Clay County Schools has operated on a folksy sort of way from the beginning of time. Such deals allow for arm twisting (politics) when need be. These current letters were written in a much more formal way with many suspecting the wordage of some far away attorney scribe.
  • March 5 p The March 24th, 6 pm, School Board meeting may be a dandy. Ohhh for the days of backroom deals where none of this comes out in public!
  • March 5 p While a house cleaning at the top heavy Board office is certainly needed, isn't it a shame that the bottom feeders in the system are  the most affected, out of a job.
  • March 5 p Not enough money and all the time paying the Somber Super his $100,000+ salary and the additional, second page, almost hidden, bonus checks plus extra benefits.
  • March 5 p Maybe May 13th is the day for voices to be heard.
  • March 5 a  Nancy Laird (Reedy) Legg, 74, see OBITUARY page
  • March 4 p  While spewing disease and germs everywhere I sneeze and cough, took some time to do a little web site housekeeping.  The 2006 and 2007 OBITUARIES are now properly filed by year. Ditto for the PAST NEWS pages where two years of info had backed up. The past news ramblings are now behind the correct month and year.
  • March 4 p With the housekeeping in order, page loads should be much quicker for those on dial up connections.   Now for the photo page and getting it current. Maybe just a few more days clickers!
  • March 4 p  From the email bag:  Happy Birthday to Cass Wilmoth and Jack Sizemore from the Ivydale Gang!
  • March 4 p From out the blue it came yesterday. Right up until the minute the termination notices were handed out, no one knew a thing. In addition to teachers getting the boot, so did teacher's aides and other service personnel.
  • March 4 p Other than hushed mumbles, nothing was said during last night's School Board meeting about the lay offs.
  • March 4 a Today Clay Town Council meets at the water plant. Their normal start time is 6pm
  • March 4 a For more fun, the CAEZ meets at 4 and again at 6pm in their office beside the DHHR building on Main Street.
  • March 4 a  Good news clickers  With the ace cub reporter healing, if all goes well, The  Communicator will hit news stands Tuesday afternoon.
  • March 4 a  And then there's the bad news
  • March 4 a  There was a time when if you got a job as a teacher, if you didn't do something real stupid, you had a job for life.
  • March 4 a Yesterday termination notices were delivered to over a dozen Clay County teachers. Not for anything they did or didn't do, but funding cuts.
  • March 4 a Normally teachers do a bunch of job shuffling in the Spring readying for the new year. Sometimes the jockeying for position is get a better job after a teacher or administrator announces retirement.
  • March 4 a  Not this time around, with their mouths gapping open, the notices received were termination notices, end of the line.
  • March 4a  Expect a special School Board meeting in the near future.
  • MArch 4 a  Lots of emails flying around about Obama daBama. stuff from he'a a Muslim to he won't pledge to the USA flag and much much more   Ditto for Hitlary Clinton.
  • March 4 a  NOTE on the next three links. To stay at this site, right click on and open those links in a new window.
  • March 4a To get the truth on Hussien click here
  • March 4 a For the facts on Ms Clinton, do likewise here.
  • March 4 a As for the truth on Starbucks refusing to send GI's free coffee, here's the java lowdown.
  • March 3 p Thanks for  all the emails and kind words during this bout with the flu. Just three days into it, I have already learned a few things
  • March 3 p   It's time to clean the keyboard when you type the "t" and the key sticks to your finger.
  • March 3 p Don't hose down the wireless keyboard with Lysol. The nasal dripplets will be gone but the keyboard stops working.
  • March 3 p  The best way to stop your nose from running down on the keyboard is to stuff in a tampoon in each nostril. On the down side, the strings hanging down tickle and make eating more difficult.
  • March 3 p Don't see how you women use them things. Every time I sneeze, they go shooting across the room and stick on the wall!
  • March 3 p No Communicator until the Mel Gibson look alike gets down below four tampoons an hour.
  • March 3 a Elouise Milburn, 91, see OBITUARY page
  • March 2 p   The whimpy sickly ace cub reporter is still hurling germs and snot every which a ma way. NO COMMUNICATOR on Monday. Coming as soon as possible.
  • March 2 p  Woodrow Earl Butcher, 84,  see OBITUARY page
  • March 2 p  John Cooper Potasnik, 55, of Ovapa, see OBITUARY page
  • March 2 p All of a sudden we've gone from winter to summer time. Today the sun is out along with with blue blue skies. How warm is it? It's Tee shirt weather.
  • March 2 p That's all well and good unless you've got the flu bug. such is the case with the ace cub reporter who normally handles web updates.
  • March 2 p With every bone aching and a headache the size of Texas, no weekend post today.
  • March 2 p Snot dripples:  You know you've got the bug when you look down at the keyboard and there are puddles of  nasal droppings glistening. Did anybody say coughing? Coughs so deep they make a TB clinic sound quiet.
  • March 2 p Give us a couple days, and hopefully, life will return. If not, someone bring over a  gun. This crap is awful!
  • March 1 a Lots of bad stuff this week like snow, ice, rain, and cold temps. Not so last night as the Clay Panthers put it all over Roane in the Sectional Tourney at CCHS. We won with a 30 point margin. Regional B Ball play begins next Thursday. Go PANTHERS!!
  • March 1 a   Senator Shirley Love\s Legislative Update column is now posted over on the ADVISORY page.
  • March 1 a  Clay County has depended on Bill Triplett for decades. Located up on Triplett Ridge, and opening early each morning, since 1968, Triplett has kept more vehicles legal in the county than anybody else. Bill hung up the sticker business on Wed. For all os us that drive rattle traps held together with duct tape and coat hangers, Bill Triplett will be missed.
  • March 1 a  From the email bag:   HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ROGER KEEN FROM ALL OF YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS....WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH....CHARLENE AND FAMILY, TRACY AND FAMILY, DEWAYNE AND FAMILY, WAYNE AND FAMILY AND SARA AND FAMILY....GLAD THAT YOU FINALLY TURNED 16....
  • March 1 a See the EVENTS page for stuff to do this weekend.
  • March 1 a We're about done beggin for another year. For those that have responded to our annual online fund raiser, thank you. For the rest of the world, if you like getting the scoop here at Clayberry, it's time to give a helping hand. Send you're hard earned mulah to Delta: 2278 Main Street, Clay WV 25043
  • March 1 a We'll do our best to stay away from using those all so nasty pop up ads to pay for this online foot print.

  •