March 2013 Past News
March 29 late p Looking for something
to do Saturday. Buffalo Creek is being stocked with around 600 pounds of
trout around noon ish. No not those itty bitty thangs but some great big
lunkers sure to bend your pole.
March 29 late p Here's a Charleston
Gazette report penned by Rusty Marks : A 77-year-old mentally
incapitated woman removed from Thomas Memorial Hospital against doctor's
orders on Thursday has been found safe. Lt. Aaron Dunlap of the South Charleston
Police Department said family members removed Sharon G. Hall, 77, from
the hospital in an apparent family squabble. Police were looking for Danny
Sams, 47; Cheryl "Sug" Sams, 50 and Belinda Carter, 52, late Thursday.
The trio allegedly went to the psychiatric unit of Thomas Memorial Hospital
on Thursday and left with Hall. Hall is the mother of Cheryl Sams and Carter.
However, Dunlap said Hall was located later in the evening. Police planned
to turn her over to the custody of Adult Protective Services while determining
whether charges should be filed against family members.
March 29 late p Sharon Hall lives across
the Queen Shoals bridge in Clay County about half way over to H E White
Elem.. The folks the Badges are chasing are Sug Sams and hubby along with
a third person the Gazette calls a Carter subject. Sug and spouse live
in Clendenin just up the hill from the Clendenin post office. Shouldn't
be too hard to find.
March 29 late p Word has
it that Badges were coming her way Friday evening around 10 pm. Must not
have found em.
MArch 29 a Even with North Korea missiles
aimed at us, with beautiful sunshine about, it's a great Good Friday.
March 29 a For those interested in
what elected folks are doing to us under the gold dome, the latest updates
from Senators Facemire and Cann along with Delegate Dave Walker's remarks
are on the ADVISORY page now
March 29 a Sheriff Slack is sporting
a brand new Badge mobile . In years past, gas guzzling SUVs were
bought . Not so this time. The new vehicle is a four door cruiser
March 29 a New owners may be
coming for the old Clay Auto Parts now known as The Parts Store. Fran King
says the transfer of ownership may come as soon as today.
March 29 a Cell phone service at Clay
County Park where the CHS Panthers play home baseball games, well, it's
just about non existent.
March 29 a The local radio station
uses cell service to broadcast games there since there's no land line.
Tonight the non profit station is trying something different. TG Griffith
will do the color and play by play as normal but instead of going out to
the airwaves, he will input all into a digital recorder for replay.
March 29 a Tonight the Panther play
Wirt in double header action. Hear the first game on 101.7FM shortly after
the second game ends.
March 29 a
March 27 p All Badges in the
state except (Chiefs' of Police and Sheriffs ) are required to go thru
training down in Institute. Kenton Duffield was hired as a Black
Shirt a couple weeks back. Off to training he did go.
March 27 p He lasted less than a day.
Near the end of day one, Kenton Duffield called it quits and came home.
March 27 p Training is expensive. Sheriff
Slack was not sure today how much the county will have to pay for the guy's
slot at the academy
March 27 p During this morning's County
Commission meeting, the folks up front said no to any funding of the 2013
Spring Clean Up Day and not a penny to help with the Lake Sampson Kids
Fishin Derby to be held next month.
March 27 p Long time Bailiff
Gene King was turned out to pasture last Thursday. On Friday the County
supplied him $4413 as pay for all the unused vacation time and sick leave.
March 27 p The county has lots of part
time workers. According to the county policy, part timers are not given
benefits like sick leave and paid vacation time.
March 27 p It appears the
severance pay to O Gene King may have just opened the door to all current
and former part time employees to ask for and receive benefits.
March 27 p The current County Commission
and most former Commissioners, spend, spent, lots of energy talking about
the need for jobs.
March 27 p For the most part, whenever
it comes to actually funding good jobs, our frugal leadership has a habit
of hiring free prison labor or hire part timers at starvation wages without
benefits
MArch 27 p Now that's the way to grow
a county!!
March 27 a No word yet on this afternoon's
CHS game but it's pretty nasty out there
March 27 a County Commission meets
this morning at 10 am. There's a CAEZ Boardster election at 9:45 and one
for the North at 1pm at the Big Otter Community Center
March 27 a When you're in trouble and
are digging your own grave, stop digging. Yesterday during Arraignment
Day before Judge Jack Alsop, three folks didn't know that.
March 27 Christopher Nottingham, Dale
Green, and Jacob Deems were indicted by the Spring Grand Jury. All three
showed up to say not guilty. To stay out of jail, they had to pass the
wee wee test. None did. They're in the slammer now.
March 27 a They had already been
arrested, they knew they had to come to court, and they knew the date.
Yet, they showed up with hot pee.
March 27 a There's a trend around the
country to rethink drug arrests along the lines of a mental illness instead
of a criminal issue. Here's three good examples of the need to rethink.
March 27 a David Hanshaw was the guy
arrested for breaking into the Clay Post Office, Health Dept and Ambulance
Service. He too was indicted this round. There might be some paperwork
issues in that case. Up front the Judge raised eyebrows on the wording
of the indictment and how many times someone could be charges with the
crime.
March 27 a Now bearded, Hiriam Lewis
the XXXVIII showed up after being reindicted. Turns out the Judge
didn't like that paperwork either. Lewis is still indicted from several
months ago. Those indictments have not been dismissed. Yesterday a few
of the old charges were on the new indictment.
March 27 a Alsop doesn't jump up or
down or for that matter, yell. What he does do is give the evil eye, stare
at the Prosecutor when he screws up, and dresses down the presenter
( that's Jim Samples) when they blow it.
March 27 a Alsop did those things Tuesday
when the Lewis case was before him. Something about being indicted for
the same things a second time. Alsop was not a happy camper.
March 27 a Don't think Hanshaw or Lewis
will get away with their transgressions but there is a problem with both
cases.
March 27 a Full details in the
next Communicator
March 26 4:10 am
With about a half a gulp of snow on the ground, CLAY COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE
ON A TWO HOUR DELAY TODAY
March 25 a On this last Monday in March
we should be talking about flowers coming up and the first ramps os the
season stinking up our homes. Instead more snow is predicted for the area.
Maybe as much as 2 inches coming our way tonight. At 11 am this morning,
snow showers were in the air and temps dropped from 39 this morning to
35 at this time. Brrrrrr
March 25 a We've
got a pretty good week of news coming.
March 25 a Last week the Spring Grand
Jury pointed the finger at a bunch of folks for their alleged transgressions.
Tuesday morning beginning at 9am, before Judge Jack Alsop, all those
people will stand and say , I didn't do it. Nice heat and good soft seats.
Don't miss the fun
March 25a Wed morning the County Commission
meets at 10 am at the Courthouse. During recent meetings, the elected officials
have made public a pretty likely shortfall for funding their operation.
Last week Larry Darryl and Darryl told each dept head, you have to cut
your budgets by 15%. While that doesn't sound like much, it could
easily mean job loss for several employees.
March 25 a Part of the problem
is less mining in the county. Another factor in keeping people at their
desks is the amount of local $$$$ spent on the 2012 election year
folly to build the Judicial Annex building.
March 25 a Over the weekend
one lady told the ace cub reporter that he should always say positive stuff.
March 25 a Here goes. Commissioner
Slinky will not seek another term in office.
March 24 a Commissioner Pierson is
up for reelection in just two years.
March 25 a How's that!
March 25 a In Clayberry,
it has never been elected officials that make the improvements. Truth is,
volunteers comes up with the ideas and pull off the good things.
March 25 a Such was the case Saturday
when the BDA Tourism committee pulled off an Easter time event, the Clay
County Eggstravaganza
March 26 a Even with temps
down around 25 degrees, over 100+ kids participated in the newly
formed event.
March 26 a Great
March 24 late p The winter that
won't end
March 24 late p An inch of the white
stuff predictamentated for tonight and another couple for Monday late.
March 24 late p As of 9:30 pm raining
like crazy.
March 22 p With bright sunshine around
the county...
CHS baseball game today at 5pm
March 22 p Lots of fun for everyone
tomorrow during the Eggstraveganza at the Courthouse
March 22p From the email bag:
Big Otter B Team (Youth Basketball) consisting of players Dillon Moore,
Holt Dawson, Jack Haverty, Chesney Boggs, Hunter Thacker, Mason Sigman
& Lindsey Schoolcraft won the 2013 B Team Championship. They
finished the regular season UNDEFEATED and went UNDEFEATED in the tournament.
Congratulations to all of the players and thanks for your hard work and
dedication throughout the season.
March 22 p O Gene King has been around
the Courthouse for about a gazillion years in one capacity or another.
March 22 p After being
off work since last Sept with ailments, yesterday, Sheriff Slack handed
the guy his termination letter. See homepage
March 22p With his severance check
in hand today, we say goodbye to Bailiff King
March 22 p Last night
the high school held a public forum on school safety. If you don't count
school employees, no one was there. How sad
March 22 p This morning the County
Commission marched in elected officials one by one and gave them the bad
news, with greatly reduced coal severance $$$ on hand, each agency will
receive a 15% across the board budget cut beginning July 1st. Begrudgedly,
each accepted their plight.
March 22 p Prosecutor Jim Samples was
very upset with Larry Darryl and Darryl's one size fits all approach.
March 22 p For bigger departments and
those with built in state allowed slush funds, 15% isn't so great. For
the Prosecutor's small budget, a $38,000 cut, 15%, could mean loss of two
employees. With two less handling paperwork and scheduling court time,
the results cut be huge. If paperwork isn't done on time, cases
cut be delayed meaning alleged bad guys and girls could remain behind bars
(on our dime) for even longer periods of time.
March 22 p For the Circuit Clerk's
office, ditto. If the court orders aren't prepared on time and ready for
court day, more costly delays can be expected.
March 22 p There was a time when the
Commission (and the Pentagon too) had enough $$$ laying around for those
gravy jobs and special hand outs. That ain't the case now.
March 22 p If all stays bad,
look for one layoff in the County and Circuit Clerk's office plus an additional
person without a paycheck in the Prosecutor's office.
March 21 p Over at the CHS mini auditorium,
tonight at 6pm, is an important public gathering for those interested in
safe schools. See EVENTS page
March 21 p Tonight's ballgame was canceled
by Roane County
March 21 p From the email bag:CCHS
Baseball Team played a makeup game at Lincoln County last night and defeated
them 5-3 bringing their record so far this season to 3-0. Their conference
play begins with Nicholas County at home tomorrow at 5:00.
March 21 p FYI The radio station
is still looking for sponsors to air 10 CHS baseball and softball games
this season. If you can help, see Peter Triplett at the Courthouse
March 21 p Spring Grand Jury was busy
Tuesday bringing back 15 True Bills including
March 21 p Ernie Pat Dawson Jr failure
to register as a sex offender x4
March 21 p Dale Green possession with
intent to deliver
March 21 p Ronald Boggs operatin or
attempting to operate a drug lab
March 21 p Crystal Brown fraudelent
schemes x 4
March 21 p John Rider possession of
material depicting minors engaged in explicit conduct x 10
March 21 p David Hanshaw B & E
and petit larceny
March 21 p Jacob Deems malicious wounding
March 21 p Christopher Nottingham
sexual assault , first and second degree abuse by parent of guardian
March 21 p Michael Morris, Randall
Taylor, and Gary D Joubert grand larceny x 2 and conspiracy x 2
March 21 p Brian Adkins, sexual
assault, first and second degree sexual abuse by a parent or guardian
March 21 p Amy Jones counterfeitering
x 4
MArch 21 p And here he is again, Hiram
Carson Lewis IV domestic assault and malicious wounding.
March 21 p On that last one, Lewis
was indicted earlier. During each court case, he told anyone that would
listen, the indictment was bogus that you can't be charged for everything
if one bullet is used.
March 21 p Whether right or wrong,
here's the new indictment minus one charge
March 21 p Arraigment is set for March
26th beginning at 9am
March 20 late p First some bad
news: The widow of actor Andy Griffith has gotten a permit to tear down
the house where he lived for many years on the North Carolina. Sad.
March 20 late p Then some good stuff:
New Hampshire is one step closer to becoming the 19th
state to legalize medical marijuana. IF they can get it legalized,
we won't have to drive to Colorado for a buzz!
March 20 late p and.... Clayberry is
not the worst county in the state in a national poll. Turns out we ain't
the fatest, worst in smoking, not the least active, and our teen birth
rate ain't at the bottom either. Close but not
in the complete cutter.
March 20 late p The answer to the morning
brain teaser, The Monkees.
March 20 p New job posting on the JOBS
page
March 20 a Yes Sir reBob, The Communicator
made it out the door Tuesday afternoon around 3pm. For those interested
in what's really going on in Clayberry, there's nothing like a locally
owned and operated newspapers for right on solid information and that's
The Communicator
March 20 a For those wondering, Monday
night, the Business Development Authority , the BDA, voted unanimously
to allow the County Commission to operate in backdoor fashion and retain
$20,000 swiped from the Economic Development group. Full details on the
front page of the Communicator
March 20 a It's truly Spring
but the weather people aren't cooperating. Low temps and snow remain in
the !!##@@@ forecast
March 20 a Senator Sam Cann's latest
update is over on the ADVISORY page
March 20 a The Clay High Baseball team
has two wins under their belt. No chance for a third this evening
since the game has been canceled.
March 20 a WYAP-LP wants to sportscast
around five baseball and five varsity softball games this season. If you
can help get our kids on the air at the non profit station, stop over and
see Peter Triplett at the Courthouse. For a $50 donation you get your name,
company name and particulars mentioned four times during each game and
whenever volunteers are behind the mic at other times. TG Griffith will
be the lead sportscaster this season.
March 20 a Alarming:
Rates of all forms of autism in the U.S. may be substantially higher than
previously estimated, according to a new government report that found that
1 out of every 50 school-age children – roughly one on every school bus
– has the condition.Read
more.
March 20 a Another alarm: Small children
who land in the hospital emergency room after swallowing the wrong medication
rarely
get the stuff from a medicine cabinet or drawer, ...children take pills
or bottles off the floor, out of sofa cushions or from purses, countertops
and other easy-to-see spots.
March 20 a About this time in
2003, West Virginia's Jessica Lynch was front page news after being
rescued from Iraq capture. Here's
what she's up to these days.
March 20 a For our know it alls,
What group emerged when the Hollywood Reporter ran an ad: Wanted, four
insane boys age 17 to 21 to form a group for a TV show
March 18 p Be sure to read the
morning post first..
March 18 p We're already getting emails
that the County Commission can NOT remove BDA members from their appointed
positions. That's ain't true.
March 18 p Economic
development committees are the only appointed groups that a county commission
can remove without any reason. Hack off the CCC and you can be removed
from appointed duty.
March 18 p Last Fall Larry Darryl and
Darryl didn't like it one bit when BDA Boardster Jesse Sizemore demanded
that a $20,000 economic development grant from Charleston be returned to
the BDA for proper use.. Sizemore made various phone calls and wrote letters
to the State Development office folks.
March 18 p Sizemore's term on
the BDA ended when the County Commission refused to reappoint the lad
to service. They thought if Sizemore was gone, the problem of mis spending
the $20,000 would also disappear. It hasn't.
March 18 p Sizemore was no reappointed
to office. The County Commission can also remove a Boardster or Boardsters
from economic development committees without reason. That's state code.
March 18 p We're going into typing
mode to get the paper out Tuesday. No new posts unless something particularly
good or dumb happens.
March 18 a Talk about a day for
public meetings.
March 18 a This morning the Tourism
Committee meets at the Pentagon Bd room at 11 am
March 18 a After rescheduling several
times, the Clay Health Bd meets at 4:30p in their conference room.
March 18 a At 6pm the BDA meets at
the Courthouse.
March 18 a Also at 6pm, the School
Board meets at Clay Middle School for another round of fun and entertainment.
March 18 a Lets go back to the BDa
meeting for a second. On
tonight's agenda, the group will vote to demand $20,000 from
a state grant be returned to them. Last year the County Commission swiped
the $$$ and used it on the cash starved judicial annex project next door..
March 18 a The vote will is important.
It will set the future of the group.
March 18 a If they decide to
lay down, to buckle, it signals the entire body is OK with misspending
state funds.
March 18 a If they vote to go after
the funds, it will surely pee off the County Commission which could in
turn replace every one on the BDA Board.
March 18 a You have to wonder
what's been going on behind the scenes.
March 18 a Since the grant $$$ were
earmarked to build a conference room, office area, and purchase computers,
printers, etc for Economic Development Director Amanda Moore, there is
little doubt, the pressure is on Moore to poo poo the vote.
March 18 a But wait there's more!
March 18 a Salary funding for
the Director comes in part from the Commission. If the BDA pees off the
CCC, any future funding, albeit small, may be whacked.
March 18 a Tonight's BDA meeting might
be a good one to watch from the peanut gallery.
March 18 a Communicator comes out Tuesday
afternoon. Email over your input by 5 p today for inclusion.
March 18 a Wed is the anniversary
of the start of the Iraq war. Back in 2002, this country was fed a barrel
full of lies to convince us to invade and occupy a country that had nothing
to do with the attack on the World Trade Center on Sept 11th 2001
March 18 a After 11 years and thousands
of dead later, Yes we're still there.
March 18 a We do have some good news,
A federal judge has struck down a set of laws allowing the FBI to issue
so-called national security letters to banks, phone companies and other
businesses demanding customer information. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston
said the laws violate the First Amendment and the separation of powers
principles and ordered the government to stop issuing the secretive letters
or enforcing their gag orders
March 18 a Here's the
link to restoring some of our civil liberties stolen during the Dubbya
administration.
March 16 a Think this has been a long
winter ? You're right. March 2012 was the warmest March on record with
several days in the 70s.
March 16 a For much of the country,
Saint Patty's Day is the biggest party weekend of the year. Last March,
Morgantown, home of the number one party school in the nation, sold out
of kegs of beer.
March 16 a We might be seeing change
during this year's Legislative session. The target appears to be educational
reform including keeping the little snot lickers in school more days, maybe
year round school. So far all the elected folks have been up to has been
attacking the teachers, the ones in the trenches.
March 16 a Lets say they come up with
some stronger mandate for teaching 180 days per year, keep the rug rats
in school thru much of June. 180 days. What is that?
March 16 a Lets say you have school
but buses don't run up the hollows and only half the kids come to school?
Is that a day of education? Does that count as one of the 180 days? How
does that affect test scores?
March 16 a There are no easy answers.
March 16 a Frontier Tele, the main
suuplier of DSL in Clayberry, says they're upgrading and providing new
service to the tune of millions. What Frontier considers high speed internet
is quite different from the rest of the world. Frontier thinks 2 mbps is
great, best thing since canned soup.
March 16 a Take for instance Morgantown.
There slowest connection speed there with Comcast cable service is 25 mbps
down and likewise up. Friday night speedtests showed a constant 40 mbps
down and 35 megs up. At those speeds, as soon as you click the link button,
you're there.
March 16 a Without speedy internet,
Clayberry doesn't have a chance.
March 16 a You're on your own clickers.
Get out and get cold and wet.
March 15 p After you take a few minutes
to hug your kids, check the smoke alarms, and see that the heaters are
working properly and not too close to combustibles, some online junk.
March 15 p Charleston Newspapers
are reporting something we've known for a long time: Residents in the coal-mining
communities of West Virginia suffer higher overall death rates than non-mining
areas of Appalachia, according to a new University of Pittsburgh study
made public Wednesday. The study then compared
cancer mortality rate data from 1950 through 2007 and non-cancer death
rates from 1960 to 2007. Among the findings: •
Higher rates of mortality in coal-mining counties compared to non-coal
mining counties for total mortality, and all cancer, respiratory cancer,
diabetes and heart-disease mortality. • Higher rates of mortality
in non-coal mining counties for kidney cancer and stroke.
• Higher rates of non-cancer respiratory disease mortality among males,
but not females, in coal-mining counties, perhaps indicative of occupational
diseases such as black lung.
March 15 p We forget how much a fib
the lead up tothe Iraq war really was. To refresh
your rememory, here's some darn good reading.
March 15 p Last year an independent
audit of the State School Board revealed among other things, the place
has too many on the payroll. This week, while recommending cutbacks to
the Legislature, not so quietly, the Board hired a Director of Operations
at $104,000 per year.
March 15 p How's your internet speed?
Got any idea when and where quality service will be available? Contractors
are having a hard time getting maps on all those gazzilion dollar Frontier
fiber optic upgrades. After spending tens of millions from Obama's
stimulus $$$, Frontier appears to be a little slow in showing where the
actual 500 mile long product is located.
March 15 p The Sheriff's Dept
is looking for a few good candidates for employment. Check our JOBS page
for that info and a couple other work opportunitites.
March 15 p Enjoy the weekend one and
all
March 15 a Morning posts normally provide
information on something dumb local leaders have let slip out of the bag.
Just when you think something good is going to happen, or something good
is comin our way, without fail, Poof, such a notion vaporizes.
March 15 a If we didn't laugh about
our plight, it would be too much to bare
March 15 a No such dumb bunny post
this morning. Sadness is upon the county.
March 15 a By this time yesterday morning,
Ryan 7, Patricia 6, and Aryanne Jackson were burned to death as well as
their grandmother, Darlene Gooslin. Nothing was left of their small pieced
together trailer with add ons.
March 15 a When two of our local
local Troopers were gunned down last August, that wasn't a tragedy, that
was senseless murder. The loss of these little ones and their Grandmother,
that is a tragedy.
March 15 a Fire
consumed the trailer in minutes. State authorities are investigating.
With very cold temps Thursday morning, most likely, a malfunctioning kerosene
or propane stove will be the culprit.
March 15 a Get well wishes and
condolences extended to Benjamin and David Jackson who escaped from the
blaze and are in the Cabell Huntington Burn Center.
March 15 a Last winter, when
that pesky beep kept going off in the middle of the night, did you just
take the battery out of your smoke detector? It's way past time to install
a new one.
March 15 a This morning we mourn.
March 14 p Need a job? You might get
one if you have some training. See ADVISORY page today
March 14 a Gerald Sanders, 68,
of Indore, see OBITUARY page
March 14 a Clay Roane PSD meets this
evening at the Procious Wa Wa Plant
March1 4 a Senator Sam Cann's latest
update is now posted over on the ADVISORY page.
March 14 a No real updates from yesterday's
County Commission meeting which lasted just 12 minutes.
March 14 a The newly formed tourism
committee is working to put together tourism draws for the county. The
next event is an Easter themed event. Later this Spring comes a county
wide clean up and yard sale plus the two day Elk River Fest. Pretty cool
stuff all with the notion, build it and they will come.
March 14 a One of our Appalachian traits
is to be skeered of outsiders. Anything new, watch out. Keep an eye on
em, if they're here, they're up to no good.
March 14 a If we want new $$$$ coming
into the Nation of Clay, we have to get away from that trait.
March 14 a About this time last year
a new guy bought some land and set up what the sign calls, an adventure
camp, Ark Mountain.
March 14 a True the guy got started
off on the wrong foot with Hiriam Lewis, looks like Ark Mountain
is poised to offer a mountain side festival all their own this Spring.
March 14 p Here's a
link to an online web portal for the music portal. Sounds like fun!
March 13 a Clay Roane PSD
meets Thursday evening. Agenda is posted over on the ADVISORY page.
March 13 a To start your day:
Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
March 13 a Give a man a fish and he
will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day
drinking beer.
March 13 a When you go into court,
you are putting yourself in the hands of twelve people, who weren't smart
enough to get out of jury duty.
March 12 p Lets do some catching
up
MArch 12 p County Commission meets
Wed morning.
March 12 p Schools have been down for
two days and municipal wa wa customers have been asked to conserve water
for four days. Since last wed early, many Clayonians were on a Boil Water
Order (BWO).
March 12 p There is that wittle paper
of in downtown Clay that's been reporting Clay County PSD had a broken
water pump and that was the reason for the outage.
March 12 p That ain't true. The Town
of Clay's water plant had the blown up pump plus Dwana Murphy works for
the Town not Clay County PSD as reported in that little out of county rag.
March 12 p The Boil Water Order ended
yesterday at 11:30am but without the pump operating, the storage tanks
could not be filled. Thus, with supplies next to nothin, schools were canceled.
Turns out those brats along with bathroom and kitchen duties, what
was left in the tank, it would have been gone in no time.
March 12 p The Town of Clay supplies
water to Clay County PSD. The Town of Clay issued the BWO last week. The
PSD did not.
March 12 p According to PSD Chair
Greg Fitzwater, the Town never told the PSD about a BWO. The Office Manager
confirmed that the PSD received a notice that the BWO was over, but added,
she never saw anything implementing the BWO
March 12 p With many aged people,
with many little kids, and for that matter, anybody else that consumes
the dirty crap, Boil Water Orders are serious business and can be life
threatening in a heart beat. The normal water safety level at best, sucks.
March 12 p Here's a pretty good look
at what's
wrong with both tap water and bottled water.
March 12 p During tonight's Town Council
meeting, the public was told: a new pump would come in at $8000; the town
opted for repair parts costing nearly $2000; the repairs were made today;
storage tanks are now filling up; and, looks like the crisis is over for
now.
March 12 p Read on the internet that
soft drinks, coffee, tea and even bottled water are bad for ya. The portal
suggested drinking juices, not watered down, colored, fake tasting punch
drinks but real juices.
March 12 p Since the internet never
fibs, the ace cub reporter picked up a half gallon jug of pure apple juice
and preceded to get healthy. In about a day and a half, by MOnday mid day,
the Apple Juice was all gone.
March 12 p About as soon as the plastic
container was empty, his belly started rolling, tossing. Within minutes
the thunder squirts started marring the ceramic throne. In a four hour
period, the balding Mel Gibson look alike lost 5 pounds of the lumpy
soup.
March 12 p Now 24 hours later, the
guy is feeling better, has regained 2 pounds, and learned, apple juice
may be healthy for ya but only in smaller quantities
March 12 p For yesterday's online brain
teaser, it was tricky. Many people got the locked in stone answer, Paul
McCartney.
March 12 p Truth is, it is well
documented, Paul McCartney never sang nor played on Donovan's Atlantis
tune. Mark Lewisohn, regarded as the world's leading authority on
the Beatles, does not support the statement, Neither The Complete Beatles
Chronicles (New York: Harmony Books, 1992) nor The Beatles Day by Day:
A Chronology 1962-1989 (New York: Harmony Books, 1987 & 1990) mentions
McCartney's participation on this song. According to Lewisohn's chronology,
(Lewisohn, The Beatles Day by Day, page 110) McCartney spent the month
of November 1968 mostly at his farm in Scotland.
March 12 p Also, according to Donovan
in a 2008 interview with Goldmine Magazine, McCartney did not sing the
backing vocals. The album's liner notes, which state that the song was
recorded in Los Angeles in November 1968, do not list McCartney as a performer
on the album.
March 11 late p ALL CLAYBERRY SCHOOLS
WILL CLOSED TUESDAY
March 11 late p Once again the problem.....
Town of Clay wa wa operations and lack of enough wet stuff to operate the
schools
March 11a The Town of Clay Boil Water
Order was lifted today at 11:30am.
March 11 a It is our understanding
the water pump remains down. Conserve wa wa for now
March 11 a Some of the U S Post Office
cut backs went into affect Saturday March 9th. For instance, down at Procious,
daily hours stop at 3:30 plus the office is closed two hours for lunch
, 11:30 to 1:30. Saturday hours of operation are 7:30 to 11am only.
March 11 a And for our brain tease:
Which Beatle sang backup vocals and played tambourine for Donovan's Atlantis
album? Email answers.
March 11 a The BOIL WATER ORDER
continues as does the Town of Clay call to conserve water use.
March 11 a Tonight's BDA meeting has
been rescheduled to March 18th due to the water outage
March 11 a Today's Tourism Committee
has been canceled due to no wet stuff
March 11 a Tonight at 5:15pm the radio
station board will meet at Valley Fork School
March 11 a From the email bag:
Seussical, the Musical, JR at the Landmark Studio in Sutton. There will
be another performance on Friday, the 15th at 7 PM. Reservations are recommended.
1 304 644 3166. $10 adults, $8 seniors, school age children. All 4 performances
and all 6 school performances were sold out!
March 11 a Gray skies but it's
already 60 degrees. One week ago today we had snow on the ground.
March 10 p Clay County Schools will
be closed MOnday March 11th. Snow?
March 10 p Nope. Potable water supplies
from the Town of Clay are very low. Schools get real messy when toilets
can't be flushed. It's not any better without safe wa wa for kitchens and
drinking fountains.
March 10 p How many clickers know the
Town, Maysel, and Two Run areas have been on a BOIL WATER ORDER for five
days? It's true
March 10 p The way we're getting it,
a wa wa pump went kapuut and somewhere in the removal, a valve was turned
the wrong way and the wet stuff in the lines drained back that wrong way.
March 10 p State regulators maintain
a web site of all Boil Water Orders. If you take a look, the Town of
Clay has a habit of not getting their BWO's posted. Wonder why that is????
March 10 p Saturday in the Nation of
Clay was beautiful with bright sunshine and warm temps.
March 10p Clayonians spent the
day washing winter off cars, windows, decks, siding and more. Late in the
afternoon some residents received tele calls to conserve water usage. The
call came a little late.
March 10 p Looking back....
March 10 p The Communicator has provided
a lot of info on the school system's deficit posture, possible state take
over plans, and the most recent hazing resulting in injury at CHS
March 10 p Sometimes a second look
at those Pentagon supplied info is worth your time..
March 10 p When the states demanded
a plan to get the system back in the black. Tanner sent the a two page
work out to en.
March 10 p That plan offered
a four instances on what went wrong, a reason (excuse) and created the
1/2 million+ dollar deficit.
March 10 p Instance one, KT wrote of
the "disallowance" of funding TSS employees. He said that the folks were
originally paid out of a grant and then not. Examples of TSS employees
include Geoff Hamrick, Andy Haynes, Harvey Church, Jeffery Krauklis, Danny
Dawson, David Stone.....
March 10 p Number 2,3,
and 4, no funding for a half time attendance director, and full time nutrition
and treasurer directors. KT explained that a recent audit mandated
such director slots.
March 10 p If there is no dollars
available to pay someone, the answer may not be easy but is pretty straight
forward.
March 10 p It's hard to believe those
positions are the bulk of the financial problems at the Pentagon.
March 10 p With the Cluck
of the Works seeing so few flaws during the Big Odor Elem building project,
that debt mounted up quickly.
March 10 p Some other debt, deficit,
may be left over from decades ago.
March 10 p It's just all of a sudden,
the state folks demanded the record, the books, reflect the truth.
March 10 p With birthdays this week,
Happy Birthday wishes extended to Tiff Farmer and Amanda Moore
March 9 a This is pretty cool. An asteroid
the size of a city block will
fly pass the earth this weekend.
March 9 a Fairmont Senior beat the
Lady Panthers Thursday night. After a great season, the home team,
they're done.
March 9 a Fairmont beat our butts not
with great long shots or excellent ball handling, they did it with lay
ups. One after another, the drove in and laid it up. We had no defense
March 9 Gardeners are turning over
dirt. The Farm Store has fruit trees and bushes for sale.
March 9 a All of a sudden, it feels
like Spring.
March 9 a Enjoy!
March 8 7:59a H E
White Elem will be closed today. no power.
March 7 p Clay County Schools will
be operating on a two hour delay Friday morning.
March 7 a No not snow or outages but
because half the county will be at the Civic Center tonight watching the
Lady Panthers in tournament action.
March 7 a Go Lady Panthers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 7 a For many, a they head off
to State Basketball Tournament action tonight, this is the biggest day
of their lives. Go Lady Panthers.
March 7 a For those wondering, West
Virginia Secondary Schools Athletic rules make sportscasting tonight's
match up by local radio stations, no can do.
March 7 a Can a local library
censor web browsing of legal web sites? Stuff like devil worshipping, wiccan
practices, and such. Some publicly funded libraries are doing just that.
On Tuesday Federal Judge E Richard Webber ordered such practices to stop.
Once again, thank goodness for the ACLU and their
efforts to keep free speech alive and flowing.
March 7 a 60% of all corn grown now
goes to fuel needs. For 30 years, gasoline has been laced with ethanol.
Since inclusion, gas mileage rates have gone down and engine blow ups and
blow outs have increased.
March 7 a Now farm groups and big corps
are pushing for a 15% rate for ethanol in gasoline. Kansas already allows
15% in gas. Other corn producing states have the change on the books and
ready to go into affect soon.
March 7 a Our government back the change
March 7a There's a problem. In every
case, when the 15% rate is introduced to small motors like grass whackers,
lawn mowers, boat and cycle motors, the engines blow up.
March 7 a Read
the full story on the problems coming our way and the power of big
business sticking their noses in our business.
March 7 a West Virginians have an absolute
right to own and use guns. Our Constitution reads: ARTICLE III 3-1.
A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family,
home and state, and for lawful hunting and recreational use.
March 7 a If you look on our EVENTS
page you'll see a very interesting organizational meeting slated for this
Saturday.
March 7 a Some are questioning if this
group is some kind of militia forming. Others wonder, what the heck
is a militia anyway?
March 7 We don't have answers
for either question but may after Saturday's gathering.
March 6 late p Delmas Clinton Young,
83, see OBITUARY page
March 6 later From the email bag and
concerning Monday night's packed house School Board meeting: I was
able to attend the board meeting last night and was not impressed at all
with the way things were handled. I have heard it stressed that our students
need to be respect to their teachers, prinicpals etc., for years, yet they
spoke with each other without repect at all. Things were brought up that
were personnel issues, yet a parent could not even have a topic tabled
for future discussion. Although said parent, had tried to have her topic
placed on the agenda, to no avail, she was talked over and her topic regarded
as of little importance. The following is the impression I have after sleeping
on it and trying to discover just what is going on.: Sometimes even
the prettiest flower, can be dead at the roots, before it loses its beauty.
Yet when the right gardener comes along, and digs in the dirt, to expose
the rot, and restart growth, is the true extent of damage discovered. Such
is the state of our local board of education.
I can only pray that the State
comes in. I think that would be the best thing all around.
Thank you for your time.
March 6 5am Around an inch of
snow is on the ground. The entire Town of Clay water system is now under
a BOIL WATER ORDER. Electric is off in parts of the county including Twistabout
Road
March 6 5am CLAY COUNTY
SCHOOLS ARE OPERATING ON A TWO HOUR DELAY this morning. Sleep in kids.
March 6 a Other than that
, everything is great in Clayberry.
March 6 a The Communicator made it
out the door Tuesday mid afternoon. 24 solid pages of information on what
makes Clayberry tick and screw up
March 6 a Our lead story provides in
depth coverage of Monday night's School Board meeting where the room was
packed and overflowed into the hallway, fingers were pointed, a teacher
called a secretary a liar, and public input was cut short.
March 6 a That one story is worth
the 70 cent asking price.
March 6 a What American military man
said of Vietnam: "We met the enemy and he was us."
March 5 8:45 pm The Town of Clay,
Maysel and Two Run areas are now under a BOIL WATER ORDER. Don't drink
it unless you boil it first
March 4 a The start of each new month
brings on many public meetings. Tonight the School Board and BDA both meet
at 6pm, the BDA in the County Commission room and the School Board up at
the Pentagon.
March 4 a Tuesday beginning at 4pm,
the CAEZ gang assembles for another couple hours of entertainment.
March 4 a With their agenda properly
posted, the School Board meeting sounds pretty interesting. They have at
least one teacher coming to speak as well as a rep from the a teacher's
union, and a disciplinary hearing for a high school student.
March 4 a Facing a deficit and
in financial crisis mode, painful cutbacks are in order and hopefully will
be discussed in detail tonight. There is no Open Meeting Law exception
which allows secret time discussions on ANYTHING financial.
With Charleston Gazette reporting on a high school athlete being hospitalized
after a locker room hazing incident, and the parents demanding the coach
be fired, sure is plenty for the Pentagon to address tonight.
March 4 a Tuesday's Communicator will
offer updates a plenty on the deficit and school hazing incidents. All
that will make a lot more sense if you have read our last edition. Did
I hear someone say they haven't? Shame Shame Shame. Although
Go Mart in Clay has sold out, other venders still have copies available.
By this time tomorrow, Poof!, all gone
March 4 a Several issues are facing
the BDA this time around. One is what to do with the old state road garage
building at Two Run. By April 1st, all the old Mountaineer Liquidator items
will be out of the place and the structure will be ready for another
attempt at prosperity.
March 4 a Maybe more important is what
to do with our on the job Economic Development Director, Amanda Moore.
She is actually employed and supervised by a three person board representing
the CAEZ, CCC, and BDA.
March 4 a With the CAEZ financially
strapped and now the CCC crying the sky is falling, look for a change in
who actually pays and houses Ms Moore.
March 4 a Between keeping somebody
on the job that actually does something, figuring out how to proceed
with the old State Road garage, and dealing with BDA Boardsters that don't
show up for meetings, has all the makings of a dandy public meeting tonight
beginning at 6pm.
March 4 a Bored? Did you say you're
bored? Ain't no reason for that. Attend a public meeting and see what makes
Clayberry so very special. All kinds of entertainment and free too! Don't
get no better than that!
March 3 a Clayberry's Pentagon made
the front page above the fold story in today's Charleston Gazette.
March 3 a From the article: Clay
County school administrators are standing behind a high school basketball
coach, even though one student's parents say their son was hospitalized
with multiple injuries because the coach failed to report hazing.
March 3 a The parents are demanding
Coach Scott Gibson be fired and to that end, they have filed a formal complaint.
March 3 a Here's
the link. . Get it now, archived Gazette links drop.
March 3 a A man and his wife were having
an argument about who should brew the coffee each morning. The wife
said, 'You should do it because you get up first, and then we don't
have to wait as long to get our coffee. The husband said, 'You are in charge
of cooking around here and you should do it, because that is your
job, and I can just wait for my coffee.' Wife replies, 'No, you should
do it, and besides, it is in the Bible that the man should do the coffee.'
Husband replies, 'I can't believe that, show me..' So she fetched
the Bible, and opened the New Testament and showed him at the top of several
pages, that it indeed says 'HEBREWS'
March 3 a Enjoy your Sunday.
March 2 a This is the last day we beg
for dollars during our annual online buddy can you spare a dime campaign.
Our online sponsors help get this animal alive and are appreciated. All
of us know, it takes a lot of money to do just about anything. If you think
having a place for up to the minute info on the Great nation of Clay, now
is the time to help us out.
March 2 a For those that have already
contributed, thank you. For those holding back, our snail mail address
is: Delta; 2278 Main Street; Clay WV 25043
March 2 a Answer to the online quiz,
Lumpy Brannum was Captain Kangaroo's (Bob Keeshan) side kick who often
presented a message of kindness to animals and making friends. Lumpy had
a long career as a jazz musician, story teller and actor.
March 2 a "It is my contention
that most people are not mugged every day, that most people in this world
do not encounter violence every day. I think we prepare people for violence,
and I think just as importantly we prepare people for the definition of
being gentle." -
Bob Keeshan.
March 2 a Snow continues this Saturday
morning in Clayberry. Enjoy it while it's here. Won't be long til we're
saying, It's too D*** hot!
March 1 p Tired of those pesky brats
clinging to ya? Why not get them out of the house and into something worthwhile.
Clay Little League has a new ad button on the home page. Over there is
all the info you need to gets those kids signed up for the Spring season.
March 1 p Note: We tried to figure
out a way to link the Little League site for Tweeter and facebook users.
For the life of us, we can't figure it out. Might be because we don't do
the social media thang. We failed. Sorry. All the needed info is on Clay
Little League web site. Hope it helps to get those curtain climbers out
of the house!
March 1 Welcome to the new month.
Snow's on the ground and at 10am, the temp is around freezing. Weekend
predictions call for cold winter weather to continue witha slight
chance of some bright sunshine on Sunday. For your morning dose of as the
compost pile turns...
March 1 a Once again, the world is
about to end as Congress decides the fate of big Corporate profits as part
of the sequestration issue. Two months ago the sky was ready to cave in
when the media hyped fiscal cliff was about to drop us.
March 1 a Does anybody believe corporate
funders of the politicians are going to take a hit? With little else talking
heads can zero in on, don't expect a last minute deal at midnight.They
and Washington can run on this bologna for at least another two weeks.
In the end, it will be all hype without substance.
March 1 a It's very important for local
leaders to keep hot button issues away from the public meeting setting.
Nothing is worse than when someone asked them a straight forward question
and demands an answer.
March 1 a On Monday night's School
Board agenda, Amanda Shelton is poised to do just that. There is little
doubt that Shelton wants answers on how budget cuts were made, what was
given priorities, why are education related activities getting the axe.
March 1 a Should make for a very interesting
School Board meeting!
March 1 a OK brainsters,
Who did Lumpy Brannum play on the TV show, Captain Kangaroo? Email answers.
You might win a gazillion bucks... or not.