May 2010
May 31 p We're on a Memorial Day break
today. Tonight we work all night getting the Communicator out the door.
Should be on the news stands Tuesday afternoon around 4pm
May 31 p Meeting wise, CAEZ meets at
4pm and again with the full Board at 6pm. Clay Town Council also convenes
at 6pm in the old Chevy dealership building.
May 31 p You're on your own 'til we
get the paper all wrapped up and in print. Good luck.
May 30 a Before our look back...
May 30 a Have some fun this today during
WYAP's Small Town America Celebration in downtown Clay. Lawnmower races
at 1:30. Be there around 12:45 for warm ups. 3 on 3 basketball is another
new addition to the non profit's offerings. Cornhole Championship
and 7pm Concert round out a great way to Spend a Sunday in Clayberry. Full
details on the wyap.com web portal.
May 30 a We had an eventful week.
May 30 a County Commission all agreed
that they needed more parking spaces for all the visitors, jurors, and
such. They voted to spend $3000 to lease the old Fas Chek parking lot.
That's great! As soon as the paperwork is signed, all the employee vehicles
can be moved to the lot freeing up places for handicapped and
those needing less than hour for Courthouse business.
May 30 a We saw the first step in the
changing of the guard Thursday evening when the School Board selected Kenneth
Tanner as the new Superintendent replacing Larry Gillespie. Just like dominos
falling, with Tanner moving up and Bus Czar Larry Legg retiring, the jumping
around begins. all the moves should be in place well before the new Boardsters
take their seats July 1st.
May 30 a 120 + graduating seniors walked
across the stage at Clay High completing their 12 (maybe 13 for some) educational
years. They are free at last.
May 30 a This weekend a small band
of volunteers from 101.7 FM hosted the Small Town America Celebration on
Main Street. Locals and visitors laughed, danced to the Twist, hulla hooped,
ate hot dogs, and applauded great West Virginia musical talent.
May 30 a Under bright sunshine
filled skies and temps in the 90s, around 2 pm Saturday, an overhead
electric wire blew up and fell to the ground behinf Tiff's T Shirt store
on Main Street. There was a complete loss of power for all of downtown
Clay and other parts of the county.
May 30 a That broken line dropped on
the animal rescue kennel killing several helpless animals. Very sad.
May 30 a Summer is officially here.
Shorty shorts and halter tops are driving male teeny boppers wild. Air
conditoners roared to life. As we watered our gardens and planted
more veges and flowers, long forgotten is the nasty Dec 19th snow storm
which crippled the county for over a week.
May 28 a What we've been waiting for
since that nasty Dec 19th record snowfall started, the start of summer,
is finally here. For our far away clickers, come home to County Clay.
May 28 a CCHS Class of
55 celebrating their 55th reunion, Welcome back.
May 28 a Did you know Connie's walk
in drive up now has swirly soft serve? A diabetic's dream come true and
close at hand, the triangle at Two Run
May 28 a No Friday or Saturday night
auctions this weekend.
May 28 a Big Otter Community Center
Friday night concerts closed for the summer months.
May 28 a Over at Pat's Sports Bar (Spread
Park) live band tonight and Saturday evenings.
May 28 a As has been the case for several
years, the local radio station is again hosting Small Town America Celebrations
this Summer. The fun starts tonight with $$$ Bingo over at the Senior Center
at Two Run. Doors open at 6:30 with games beginning at 7pm.
May 28 a Since printing the original
Celebration schedule there have been additions. Stuff like a 3 on 3 Basketball
Tournament Sunday afternoon and the Disturbing the Peace teen band for
the Sunday evening concert. See revised schedule on wyap.com
May 28 a 101.7 FM still offers
great outdoor music shows but some changes are being made this season.
Instead of eating hot dogs and listening to music.... they're adding Friday
evening Corn hole Tournaments Friday in June. Basketball hoops (one
already, thanks Bo Mullins family) are being added to the parking lot for
folks to enjoy anytime they want. Also, Saturday morning the Clay
County Streakers Club forms at 11am. The idea is get young and old walking
in groups, more fun and safer too.
May 28 a Saturday morning is graduation
for the CCHS Class of 2010. It's been a long haul with most holding high
expectations for life. Unfortunately many of the kids think
they have an entitlement to jobs at $20 per hour. They also think they
will advance to company CEO in 2 years. Ahhhhh... they have a rude
awakening comin their way.
May 28 a Best of luck for the Class
of 2010.
May 28 a We'll be posting pics from
the Celebration as the weekend progresses. Check back each evening for
a look.
May 28 a Communicator comes out Tuesday.
Email submissions this weekend.
May 28 a Happy Memorial Day weekend
to one and all.
May 27 late p Without a speech or even
a photo op with the Board, Kenneth Tanner was voted in as the new School
Super. His three year contract nets a cool $85,000 plus benefits.
May 27 late p Bus Czar Larry Legg's
resignation (retirement) was accepted. It's normal for a retiree to say
a few words of thanks. Mr Legg chose not to say anything.
May 27 a Not sure why they couldn't
do the agenda items during a regular meeting but...
May 27 a Our Board of Ed will convene
a special meeting this evening at 6:15 at the Pentagon on the hill. A second
look at the agenda reveals a bunch going on in addition to hiring Kenneth
Tanner as the new Superintendent of Schools.
May 27 a Stuff like Rus Harper retiring
from CCHS and Bus Czar Larry Legg bailing out. Here's the agenda link and
be sure to click
down to page 2. The guys on the hill don't like it when too many things
happen all at once. throws off their side room deals to appoint who to
where. Opens up possibilities they haven't "thunk" through. Skeers em.
May 27 a Add to all that, two new Boardsters
taking seats July 1st, the Pentagon is in high gear to get deals and promises
completed in quick order.
May 27 a The radio station
is hosting the Small Town America Celebration this weekend. The Dog Run
4H club is providing the concessions for Saturday activities and concerts.
If your group would like to do a concession stand fundraiser during Sunday
family fun, email the station right away. Their address is wyap@frontiernet.net
May 27 a One other note on the Celebration.
compliments of the efforts of CCHSer Charles Newhouse, 101.7FM is offering
a 3 on 3 Basketball Challenge Sunday afternoon, after the lawnmower races.
Interested? Show up a little before 3:30 to sign up.
May 27 a County Commission met Wed
morning. Yelp, they voted to lease the IGA lot for additional parking
spaces. True they plan to have plenty of parking behind the old hardware
building when renovations are completed, according to Mike Pierson, that
may take a while to complete.
May 27 a Now they said they really
needed parking but later in the discussions, they mentioned maybe using
the lot for a farmer's market. Nice idea but if parking is needed.....
May 27 a The notion of a farmer's market
has been batted around for 15 years. This time around there's a new twist.
Since we're such an unhealthy lot according to all national surveys, this
time around, the farmer's market will be targeted at providing fresh produce
and fruit instead of our normal breakfast diet of Ho Hos and RC Cola.
May 27 a Two months ago our cowboy
Sheriff let go with a barrage of offensive language during a high speed
chase which ended in the death of a Nottingham subject. Many in the community
complained about the on air language by the Top Badge during the chase.
His poorly chosen words brought on a formal complaint.
May 27 a Item one on the Agenda was
discussing the matter. Most thought Larry Darryl and Darryl would run behind
closed doors post haste. Instead, CCC Prez Slinky casually mentioned the
process was ongoing as they work thru the matter.
May 27 a Present for part of the meeting,
the head furniture Badge listened intently while the CCC considered a new
policy manual which includes a section on dealing with out of control foul
language used by those on 911 radios. No decisions but look for a new manual
in place later this summer.
May 27 a One other note from those
discussions, Who gets control of new radios and radio passwords was brought
up. Not sure what battle has been ragin' in secret but it sort of felt
like our tubby little Sheriff was about to be cut out of the loop when
the new P&P manual is approved.
May 27 a Just a hunch clickers but
either his thong was all bunched up or somebody whizzed in his oatmeal
before the meeting.
May 27 a Communicator comes out Tuesday
afternoon. Deadline for submission is Saturday afternoon.
May 25 a A blonde was weed-eating her
yard and accidentally cut off the tail of her cat which was hiding in the
grass. She rushed her cat, along with the tail, over to WAL-MART.
Why WAL-MART?
May 25 a WALMART is the largest re-tailer
in the world.
May 25 a There's a touch of humidity
in the air and bright sunshine above.
May 25 a Wed morning the County Commission
meets at 10am. Thursday evening the Sch Board is holding a Special Meeting
to announce Kenneth Tanner as the next Sch Superintendent.
May 25 a OK clickers, it's time to
come up with a new nickname for Kenneth Tanner. Be creative and no potty
mouth.
May 25 a Noticed on the CCC agenda
the mention of leasing the old IGA parking lot for $3000. That's an interesting
one
May 25 a A year or so ago Larry Darryl
and Darryl purchased the old hardware and USPO buildings beside the Courthouse.
During that vote the elected folks said the area behind those buildings
would accommodate 100 new parking spaces.
May 25 a With another 50 or so
spots in the IGA lot, guess the elected ones think there's huge growth
coming to Clayberry.
May 25 a Memorial Day, the traditional
opening of Summer, comes in just a few days. Hawkie Keener has been sweeping
a winter's worth of filth from Main Street. The radio station is preparing
for the three day celebration..... But..
May 25 a Sad to say, many, most, businesses
in town remain flowerless, without attractive window dressing, and even
worse, they don't have an American flag on display. Someday business owners
will learn the importance of an attractive store front.
May 25 a Big happy face to Town maintenance
workers for putting the flags up on the Leonard poles in downtown and Upper
Class Two Run. Looks nice.
May 23 late p Greetings late Sunday
web viewers. Not weekend update this time.
May 23 p In a 2008 academic paper,
President Barack Obama's appointee to head the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs advocated "cognitive infiltration" of groups that advocate
"conspiracy theories" like the ones surrounding 9/11.
Cass Sunstein, a Harvard law professor, co-wrote an academic article entitled
"Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures," in which he argued that the government
should stealthily infiltrate groups that pose alternative theories on historical
events via "chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups
and attempt to undermine" those groups. Pretty
scary stuff.
May 23 late p It has all the
markings of the next war, or even more. North
Korea in the cross hairs.
May 23 p Here's the details on
the AIG Banksters free and clear of any wrong dealing. We're
still paying.
May 22 a How many oil wells are there
in the Gulf of Mexico? Answer: 37,000. Doesn't that seem like enough?
May 22 a A total of 775 banks,
or one-tenth of all U.S. banks, were on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s
list of "problem" institutions in the first quarter, as bad loans in the
commercial real-estate market weighed on bank balance sheets. There were
702 on the FDIC's "problem" bank list at the end of 2009 and 252 at the
end of 2008. Not
yet out of the depression.
May 22 a If you're running Windows
Xp, here's a great
reference page for those pesky how do I questions.
May 21 p Bored? Nothing to do?
Yes there is!
May 21 p Tonight the Auction
house is hosting a special sale beginning at 7pm
May 21 p Big Community Center
will be alive and kicking with Art and Dave on stage.
May 21 p Fun Fun Fun but the rain is
coming
May 20 late p The little ace
cub reporter headed over to the Sch Bd office in wait of a Special meeting
just noticed on their web site. he waited... he waited.... Thinking that
the elected folks at the Pentagon were up to something... madder
madder he got
May 20 late p fuming, back
at the office after wasting 3o minutes, he reread the web based agenda.
May 20 late p Ahhhhh that special
meeting is slated for next Thursday.
May 20 p Just noticed on the School
Board web site, the Board is having a special meeting today at 6:15 for
the purpose of hiring a new Superintendent and any other business they
want to do. Meeting will be at the Board office on Gump Street
May 20 a Most of us know not to trust
the government. Here's another example of bogus speak. The nation's premier
public health agency knowingly used flawed data to claim that high lead
levels in the drinking water did not pose a health
risk to the public.
May 20 a Got a correction. We posted
that Rick Tanner quickly left the last Sc Board meeting without the normal
meet and greet time given victorious Morgy Triplett and Dave Mullins. Tanner
called yesterday to say that he did the meet and greet thang before the
meeting. We stand corrected.
May 20 a Calhoun County Commissioner
Bob Weaver operates the hurherald web site. He's got a nice write up on
the history
and passing of Murder Mountain's Renee Boyd.
May 19 p Overcast and drizzily, it's
a gray day in Clay
May 19 p The Communicator has
a working most of the time copier, supplies and stand for $15. Would be
fine for home or smal office. If you take the copier we'll throw
in a working coffee pot. First come first served. Stop by any afternoon
to pick up.
May 19 a Wake up it's another day in
Clay
May 19 a On Tuesday, the toll of American
dead in Afghanistan passed
1,000, after a suicide bomb in Kabul killed at least five United States
service members.
May 19 a If anyone knows why we are
in Afghanistan, please email.
May 19 a Texas has reached its goal
of having 10,000 megawatts of renewable energy capacity this year, 15
years earlier than scheduled. Coal Miners, like it or not,
the writing is on the wall.
May 19 a Last night a call went
out for an ambulance run to a man biten by a copperhead snake. A
few minutes later the dispatcher cancelled the call mentioning: They're
going to cancel, they don't have insurance.
May 19 a Hope the Obamacare hurries
up and gets here.
May 19 a From Monday's Sch Board meeting.
Afterwards, outgoing Boardster Jim Dawson stayed around to talk with election
winners Triplett and Mullins. Greeted, hand shakes all around, best wishes
and such. Not so with Ric Tanner who hurried out of the room and headed
to his vehicle.
May 19 a Me thinks there may be some
bruised feelings there.
May 18 p Earl Howard Keenan, 77, of
Clay, see OBITUARY page
May 18 p Madge Young Conner, 96, of
Maysel, see OBITUARY page
May 18 p From the email bag: I have
a few words for clay wva. my name is brenda lowers tommys sister. I think
what went on there is the most crazy shit ihave ever heard.people went
in and stole everything those poor kids had left .they did not steel it
from Renee and Tommy it was the kids everything in the house was gone .you
know the worst part is the state police would not even make a report.they
stole everything from motorcycles and cars to the kids things. What makes
people think this is ok ?? I think there is something wrong here.
truly brenda lowers, tommy young's sister
May 18 p Our school Board met
last night. Nothing too exiting from that one page posted agenda but
a few notations.
May 18 p The Bd spent over an hour
behind closed doors minus the Somber Super. Since Asst Super Kenneth Tanner
was included in the secret time, our guess, the final package was agreed
on to make Tanner the next Superintendent of schools. Nothing new there.
Of course getting their ducks in a row also includes replacing Tanner as
Asst and who will replace the replacement. Our guess, Danny Brown to move
up to the Board office.
May 18 p During the secret time when
Somber Super Larry Gillespie was out front with the peanut gallery,
a terse Gillespie felt the Board was following mandatory meeting procedures.
Stuff like the meeting agenda... they were following open meeting law ...
stuff like giving reasons for going secret... Yelp, that too was proper
the way they've being doing it.
May 18 p In the real world, we know
different. The School system is one of the most flagrant violators of Sunshine
law in the county and most likely in the entire state.
May 18 p For instance ... Even with
a WV Ethics opinion in hand, statewide Ethics opinions galore, and
their own attorney advising them, RB and pal Somber Super think one hour
notice of a meeting is "adequate" under the law.
May 18 p For instance ... they think
saying "personnel matters" is a good enough reason and an allowed reason
to go secret.
May 18 p Based on recent election
returns, sounds like the entire county wants change. Hope we get it.
May 17 a Had a chance to get
some honey do's done this weekend and did em.
May 17 a Happy 87th Birthday to Helen
Reed Hubbard. Best of birthday wishes
May 17 a Just a brief review
from last week. Last Tuesday's election brought major changes to Clayberry.
Senator Randy White fell victim to a mud slinging campaign while Commissioner
Fran King ended up having every dept. at the Courthouse working against
her.
May 17 a Sometimes the throw
the buns out mentality only nets stronger insiders in office.
May 17 a After years of walking in
lock step no matter what the public wants, voters turned out two School
Boardsters, Jim Dawson and Ric Tanner
May 17 a While in office, Dawson managed
to get hired about every member of his family. Tanner went against the
school service personnel and came up short last Tuesday.
May 17 a Our two new guys, Morgy Triplett
and Dave Mullins come into office right after a new Superintendent is hired.
With the school board office top heavy with too many people and 25 too
many school personnel on the payroll, our newbees will have a hard time
keeping their base of support.
May 17 a The losers whined and complained.
Buck up! There's always more losers and than winners and no one promised
anyone more than one term in office.
May 17 a Last Thursday Renee Boyd was
laid to rest. Of Murder Mountain fame. the funeral didn't go without notice.
Badges were called to task to keep the fighting parties separated. Common
law husband and two sons managed to leave jail long enough to attend as
did others of interest to Badges.
May 17 a At one point Thursday, our
Top Badge was seen running on foot blast blast down Main St while two green
shirt mobiles came screaming into town narrowly avoiding tail ending
the front unit in front of the bank. They were in search of
a juvy in attendance at the wake.
May 17 a Should have seen our Top Badge
running, a sight for sore eyes for sure!
May 17 a Under bright sunshine and
warm temps, the third annual Elk River Pedal Paddle Challenge got under
way Saturday. Contestants from several states came to Clayberry to enjoy
what we take for granted, the beauty of the Elk River valley. They kayaked,
biked, and ran.
May 17 a While in Clayberry,
those folks added new dollars to our economy. Our elected leaders showed
little support for growing that volunteer organized and run event. Tourism
is our future and many refuse to admit it!
May 17 a Looking ahead....
May 17 a Students across the state
are taking the WesTest this week. The week long evaluation comes after
8 months of teaching the test.
May 14 p We've got a beautiful weekend
coming our way.
May 14 p If you see unfamiliar
folks in the county, those carrying bikes and kayaks, smile, tell em howdy
and consider....... they're spending new $$$ in Clayberry.Those are the
competitors in Saturday's Elk River Pedal Paddle Challenge.
If you're still considering a run at the prize money, the river is running
high and fast making for NO portage. Nice cool temps for the bikers
and runners.
May 14 p If you're not into that much
exercise, there's a cornhole challenge for us old farts. Prize money there
too. Action begins at Clay High. Here's
the web portal for details.
May 14 p The Communicator made
it out the door and includes details on the Bogg v School board decision,
election results & commentary, a pretty good update from the County
Commission, and the tidbits that make this place so very special.
May 14 p Since the death of Renee
Boyd last Saturday, Badges have been making regular visits to the mountain
top retreat responding to what sounds like one heck of a property dispute
complete with weapons and out of control behavior.
May 14 p Thinking about attending the
local community college but don't have the jingle? Check out our homepage
web button for financial aid details. Get educated. It's the only thing
they can't take from ya!
May 14 p Sunshine, warm temps, want
to get away from the curtain climbers?... there's a Harley for sale over
on Classifieds.
May 14p Get out and have some
fun this weekend clickers.
May 14 a Paul Gene Moss, 80, see OBITUARY
page
May 13 p We've got a new business
in the county. Located in Procious, Dave Miller's Septic Services offers
certified, licensed, bonded installations and inspections. 304 587-4977.
May 13 p Welcome to Clayberry Mr Miller.
May 13 p You're not going to believe
this but the Communicator is coming out on time, on Friday. As a matter
of fact, it's already printed and waiting for distribution Friday in the
am.
May 13 p Worked all night getting it
to bed. No updates until we get in a long nap.
May 13 p Note: Over at the BDA Auction
House, there's an all new household item auction beginning at 7pm, Friday
night. Stuff like Frigs, microwaves, etc.
May 12 p Frances June Duffield
Tanner, 82, see OBITUARY page
May 12 a Renee Boyd, see OBITUARY page
May 12 a Maysel Morris, 85, see
OBITUARY page
May 11 11:45pm With a light voter turnout
(around 2000), Clayberry voters have turned Commissioner Fran King out
to pasture . Two long term School Boardsters were also sent home.
May 11 Incumbent Fran King
993 Arlene Tucker 1172.
May 11 Three openings on the School
Board: Dave Mullins 1362; Morgan Triplett 1121; Beth Cercone 1000, Jim
Dawson 993, Dace Pierson 850, Ric Tanner 556, Sonny Butcher 260, Jim Ash
165. Mullins, Triplett and a returning Beth Cercone take office July 1st.
May 11 After the last redistricting,
Clayberry was divided into two House of Delegate districts, the 29th with
three reps and the 33rd with just one.
May 11 Incumbent 33rd House of Delegates
rep Dave Walker will return to service, District wide Walker 61% to Blankenship's
39%. All votes in. No Republicrat in the fall.
May 11 In the 29th House District
incumbents returning : Margaret Staggers with 2318 votes, Dave Perry 2300,
and Tom Louisos at 2147 votes. Clayberry candidate Barbara Schamberger
placed a very distant 5th place.
May 11 11th Senatorial District. Made
up of Nicholas, Clay, Webster, parts of Fayette, and Uphur Counties, looks
like challenger Greg Tucker may have beaten incumbent 11th District Senator
Randy White came up short in County Clay. There is a Nov Republicrat challenger
in this race.
May 11 Interestingly enough,
as of Midnight, the Sec of State's web site reports no election returns
in Nicholas County.
May 11 the most nervous candidate in
the field, the unchallenged Circuit Clerk Mike Asbury went home a winner.
May 11 All ballots were back to the
Courthouse before 9:30pm. All votes were counted and announced by 10:45pm.
May 11 With the Sec of State's web
site hard to navigate, TV-3's
portal has easy to find election results.
May 11 Husband asks his wife, 'You
never argue when I get mad at you. How do you always control your anger?'
'I clean the toilet,' she replies. 'How does that help?' he asks.
May 11 'I use your toothbrush.'
May 11 a It's election day in West
Virginia. Government and schools are closed for the occasion.
May 11 a Voting is our chance to have
a real say in our future.
May 11 a 615 Clayonians marked their
ballots during early voting. Not a record percentage but certainly an indication
of the future of elections.
May 11 a Tonight is great time to headover
to the Courthouse where you can watch every vote being counted. It's always
fun to watch the faces and expressions of politicos and wanta bees as the
votes are announced over the scratchy PA system. 101.7 FM will also air
results as they come in.
May 11 a Probably around 1am this site
will post results.
May 11 a Rain this morning may have
an affect on voter turnout. Put on your raincoat and cast your vote.
May 11 a VOTE VOTE VOTE
May 11 a For three weeks a major oil
gusher has been flowing out of control in the Gulf. There is little doubt
of the lasting impact on coastal communities and industry. Does anybody
else think it's odd that no underwater video has been shown on the boob
tube?
May 11 a Maybe just maybe, the corporate
accident is much worse than reported. maybe
five times worser. And, yes worser is a word.
May 10 p Great big Howdy to Mike Ramsey
over in the Buckeye state. Greetings!
May 10 p Renee Boyd was the common
law wife of Murder Mountain's Tommy Young Sr. Renee died Saturday. No listing
yet over on the Wilson Funeral Home web site. Whatever you've heard, there
is one thing for sure. Renee was 100% Mother, always taking up for her
kids.
May 10 p Two weeks ago, after
Renee was put in hospice care, her three young daughters and a baby were
put in foster care one county away. The siblings broke free of foster services
and went on the lamb.
May 10 p Two days ago, late Saturday
night and into the wee hours of the morning, something was going at the
top of the mountain. One lady ended up over at Go Mart all cut up and bleeding
after being chased thru the woods by a male.
May 10 p With Tommy Sr in jail and
Renee passed, all H could be breaking loose.
May 10 p Some things never change.
Monday afternoon around 3:20pm, no available ALS staffed ambulance in the
county. This time around, there were none available in surrounding counties.
May 10 p Non profit 101.7 FM holds
their Board meeting at the station this afternoon beginning at 5:15pm.
Public is encouraged to attend and be apart of community radio
May 10 p Speaking of the radio....
For 6 years the group has hosted Saturday night outdoor music shows on
stage and on the radio. Drawing in 1000s of visitors over the years, the
Summer Jam series also brought in tons of money for the county.
May 10 p Their Summer Jam producer
retired last year. Unless they can find someone willing to take over those
duties, the June thru Sept shows are history. How about you?
May 10 p Election day is tomorrow.
The last of the campaigning is done. It's time to see what the voters decide.
The ace cub reporter is always at the ready with predictions. Here goes
...
May 10 p After reading all the high
dollar campaign literature touting the Chamber of Commerce and Don Blankenship
supporting Nicholas County's Greg Tucker, incumbent Senator Randy White
emerges victorious once again
May 10 p Clay County's Delegate Dave
Walker will have a nail biting night Tuesday but come up short , going
down to defeat by less than 10 votes. Expect a recount after the canvass.
May 10 p Inspite of her open mouth
policy and her fellow Commissioners supporting the opponent, Fran King
will eke out another term in County Commission. Fran by less than 20 votes.
May 10 p Top vote getters in the School
Board race, in descending order, Morgy Triplett, Dave Mullins, Dave Pierson,
Beth Cercone, Jim Ash and Sonny Butcher. If that turns out to be true and
with only two seats available from each district, Dave Pierson will win
the third place vote count but not be seated.
May 10 p The worries will end for Mike
Asbury as he garners every vote cast for Circuit Clerk.
May 10 p What did the alien say to
the plant? Take me to your weeder.
May 9 p The best of Mother's Day wishes
to one and all.
May 9 p Hello Carol Ramsey in Texas.
Glad to have you tuned to Clayberry.
May 9 p From the last 7 days....
May 9 p Gene King is still fuming about
a radish being given as the afternoon snack at Clay Elem. During last Monday's
Sch Bd meeting, he blurted out: Give em a radish, That'll behave then!.
With teachers retiring left and right, one of the Monday night hires was
a lady without teaching degree.
May 9 p Tuesday evening during the
Town Council long time employees Harold Walton and Ric Triplett quit. They
will be sorely missed.
May 9 p Our Business Development Authority
(BDA) struggled thru another meeting where Boardster Linda Rhodes resigned
from duty. Mentioned during the gathering.. did you know, Clay County artists
and craftsmen grossed more than $250,000 from sales at Tamarack in Raleigh
County.
May 9 p Bet you didn't know that!
May 9 p The school system was
in court most of last week. It was a continuation of Link's Folly, AKA
Big Odor Elem. At issue was providing a costly right of way to Boggs
property located in front of and behind the $8.3m school. The jury decided
that the 50+ acres could be accessed by going straight up the side of a
mountain.
May 9 p from the git go, it was
a mess with no costly overruns. Add another gazillion dollars to that list
for court time and lawyers.
May 9 p Politicians straightened up
signs and added new ones near polling places. Last minute calls to influencials
were made. Mail boxes were filled with colorful campaign literature telling
us how bad the opponent is, has been, will be or all three.
May 9 p Saturday was warm and sunny.
We planted tomatoes cut grass and cleaned up the yard. Beautiful Spring
day
May 9 p Moms were treated like royalty
Sunday and rightly so. Sunday night a heavy frost was predicted. So much
for a third early planting! $$##!!
May 8 p Timothy Isaiah Tryon,
see OBITUARY page
May 8 p From the weather service:
A
Wind Advisory remains in effect until 11 PM EDT this evening. Gusty westerly
winds will continue to usher in colder air into the evening hours. Wind
gusts of up to 50 mph are possible... especially across the highest elevations.
The winds will gradually diminish tonight.
May 8 aWest Virginia often winds
up near the tail of the pack. Not so with the food stamp program where
we've
been excelling for decades.
May 8 a In the Boggs v School Board
trial... the Dury deliberated for about an hour before deciding, a fair
and reasonable right of way is straight up the side of a mountain. The
happy School system was victorious.
May 8 a The U.S. jobless rate
rose to 9.9% in April, the first increase in three months, but the government’s
broader measure of unemployment ticked up for the
third month in a row, rising 0.2 percentage point to 17.1%.
May 8 a You want to feel old? Bob Seeger
turned 65 two days ago.
May 7 p Happy Friday afternoon.
Sorry for the slow postings. Between getting the paper out late late Tuesday
and out of county commitments on Thursday, it's been hectic.
May 7 p HAPPY 7TH
BIRTHDAY JADEN STARCHER
May 7 p Tonight at 7pm is a special
auction voer at the BDA Auction House at Two Run. Also, great music up
at the Big Otter Community Center. See EVENTS page for details
May 7 p Early voting finishes up Saturday
afternoon. Yelp, you can vote in the County CLerk's office. Get out and
do one thing important tomorrow, VOTE!
May 7 p From the email bag: I
would like to inform our community that the CCHS FFA Greenhouse has A LOT
of very healthy plants and hanging baskets for sale. I have purchased three
flats and a basket thus far and intend on buying more. The plants are the
best they've had in a long time and well worth the modest price of $10.00
a flat and $10.00 for each hanging basket! Individual plants may also be
purchased. I myself have assisted my daughter in watering them and this
is definitely the time to help our kids and Mr. Morris. They have a large
variety of plants including flowers and veggies, so before you head to
Lowe's or Walmart please check out what our kids have to offer right here
at home!!! Thanks! Vicky Davis
May 7 p Our school system has
been in court this week. At issue is the getting more costly each day,
Big Odor Elem. Before the court is an easement argument brought by the
folks that used to own the site of the current school. The jury began deliberation
today before lunch.
May 7 p Last night the BDA met
in regular session. They spent much of their time going over things that
have been gone over many times before. Much time was spent deliberating
by-law changes to correct bogus midnight hour changes made 8 years
ago. In 2002 those changes were made to exclude the public from witnessing
ANY decision or discussions.
May 7 p The new by-laws when enacted
will, are suppose to, comply with state code mandates.
May 6 a Katie Elizabeth Smith,
see OBITUARY page
May 6 a Before noon Wed most internet
users found themselves without service. The Hurhearld site next door in
Calhoun is reporting no service since last weekend. Sometime late Wed evening,
DSL came back to life.
May 6 a BDA meets this evening at 5:30
or so in the Courthouse.
May 6 a Incumbent Senator Randy White
will be doing a live interview on 101.7 FM tonight at 7pm. Challenger,
Republicrat Adam Milligin can be heard at 6pm.
May 6 a The Communicator made it out
the door Wed afternoon. 24 pages of darn good reading and easy on the wallet
too
May 6 a Early voting continues today.
Don't forget, you can vote this Saturday at the Courthouse.
May 6 a Did Jimmy Jamie earn $2.2m
last year? Does he own a bunch of cars and condos? Does he live in a big
mansion? Did he or his sister graduate from Harvard?
May 6 a The answer No in each case.
As a matter of fact he lives with his mother Shida and makes less than
$40,000 a year.
May 6 a Jimmy
Jamie is a fibber.
May 6 a Update coming.
May 3 p Joyce Kay Scott, 56, see OBITUARY
page
May 3 a Other than the rain, Clayberry
sidestepped the major storm predictions last night. Flash flood warning
is in place for bordering county, Rain.
May 3 a The school board meets tonight
at 6pm. Get this. The posted the meeting's agenda last week and complied
with open meeting laws. Must be election time!
May 3 a Also tonight is the County
Health Bd meeting at the NH Dyer Bldg on Main St.
May 3 Communicator comes out out Tuesday
around 4pm. Email your chatters for submission.
May 3 a Last call for our online election
survey, Those questions are:
How many Clay County voters will come
out May 11th for the primary? (Percentage of registered voters that get
off their butts and vote)
In the 2nd Congressional seat race,
the question is, will Demorat challenger Virginia Graf receive more Clay
County votes than incumbent Shelley Moore Capitol?
In the County Commission race, between
Arlene Tucker and incumbent Fran King, pick the winner and by how many
votes.
Will incumbent state Senator Randy
White retain his seat and by how many votes?
Will 33rd house of Delegate rep Dave
Walker be victorious over challenger Ron Blankenship of Calhoun County?
Pick the three winners in the School
Board race.
May 3 a Yesterday's H E White Ramp
Feed was a huge success. The place packed and the rampswere delicious and
plentiful. Pics coming in the Communicator.
May 3 a The 11th Senatorial race is
heating up big time. Challenger Greg Tucker has a bunch of attack ads on
the radio in his attempt to unseat Randy White. Locally signs are coming
up missing. Locally temsions are mounting. Full write up in the newspaper.
May 3 a We're in shurdown mode until
Clay County's only source for news and views gets out the door Tues afternoon.
May 2 5pm The humidity
is thick enough to cut with a knife. Gray clouds almost touch the mountain
tops. No wind, Very still. The US Weather Office says: showers or thunderstorms
could contain a downpour. Rain amounts in excess of 2 inches may occur
within the watch area... which could lead to flash flooding. .....
Thunderstorms likely. Some thunderstorms may be severe with damaging winds
and large hail this evening. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Lows in the
mid 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent....
Severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 9pm tonight.
May 2 p Strong weather almost certainly
means the DSL will go down as well as other utilities. No weekend wrap
up clickers. You're on your own for now.
May 2 a From NWO: Flash Flood
Watch remains in effect from Sunday afternoon through Monday morning.
May 1 a From the email bag: LETS
ALL CLEAN UP OUR YARDS, GET RIDE OF THE JUNK AND TIRES AND CLEAN
UP OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY , LETS MAKE IT SHINE. ANYONE INTERESTED IN HELPING
DO A ROADSIDE LITTER CLEAN UP (ADOPT A HIGHWAY)
GIVE ME A CALL (304- 587-2930) IF NO ANSWER LEAVE A MESSAGE, WITH YOUR
NAME AND NUMBER , EVERYTHING IS FURNISHED, BAGS, GLOVES, VEST,
TRASH BAGS. WE WILL DECIDE LATER ON THE DATE THAT EVERYONE CAN HELP
May 1 a There's a bunch of small
non profit groups in the county. Those that take in less than $25,000 per
year do not have to file an IRS tax return.
May 1 a Big brother is expanding.....
May 1 a Hidden in the 2006 Pension
Protection Act law is a change that requires ALL non profit groups to file
a return. Penalty did you ask? If your group doesn't file returns by May
15th of this year, your non profit license will be revoked on May
16th. No ifs ands of buts about it. You lose your IRS 501 C status.
May 1 a More info from the New
York Times is over on the ADVISORY page. Here's a link for the
e form that must be filed by all small non profit agencies. No paper
returns allowed clickers, all done on the internet.