Water Crisis Settlement – Deadline Approaches to File Your Claim

This is a friendly reminder to all in the Clendenin and/or Elk River Valley areas that were impacted by the January 2014 Water Crisis, that the deadline for filing a claim in the class action lawsuit against West Virginia American Water is February 21, 2018.

You can view more information regarding filing a claim in the WV Gazette-Mail article.

Claims can be submitted online at the following website www.wvwaterclaims.com.

 

Public Meeting Set to Discuss Future of Local Schools: Feb 7, 2018 6:30PM

A much anticipated public meeting has been scheduled by the Kanawha County Board of Education to discuss the status of Clendenin Elementary School and Herbert Hoover High School.

This public meeting will be held at the Clendenin Volunteer Fire Department on February 7, 2018 at 6:30pm, and there will be a question & answer session.

Many in the Clendenin and Elk River Valley areas have expressed ongoing concerns about the relocation and rebuilding of these schools. This will be a very important meeting and everyone is strongly encouraged to attend.

Miners run past Huskies, 65-44

By: Kyle Lovern | Posted: Jan. 7, 2018 | Source: Williamson Daily News

ELKVIEW – The Mingo Central Miners, ranked No. 4 in Class AA, improved to 6-1 on the season with a decisive 66-44 lead over Herbert Hoover Friday night at the Elkview Middle School gym.

The trio of Jeremy Dillon, Drew Hatfield and Garrett Brown combined for 56 point. Dillon, a senior who is head to Marshall University next season, scored 20 points. Hatfield, a sophomore, swished in 21 including three 3-pointers. Brown, also a senior, scored 15 points and pulled down a team-high eight rebounds. Brown also nailed a trio of 3s in the game.

Mingo Central jumped out to an 8-0 lead and led 19-7 after the first quarter. Dillon and Hatfield both had six points in the opening period. (more…)

David Wayne Woods

Posted: Jan. 7, 2018  | Source: WV Gazette-Mail

David Wayne Woods, age 59, of Morgantown, passed away on Friday, January 5, 2018, at Mon Health Medical Center. David was born in Charleston, on April 25, 1958, a son of the late Hansford “Ray” Woods and Dolores Darnell Woods.

David worked as a truck driver for Old Castle, formerly Central Supply, and attended Avery United Methodist Church. In his free time, David was an avid WVU fan and enjoyed cheering on the Mountaineers. His greatest pleasure was Fort Myers Beach in Florida where he and his wife, Brenda, were married and where they were planning on retiring in the near future. (more…)

Elkview man arraigned in Washington County, Pennsylvania on burglary and theft

By: Kathie Warco, Staff Writer | Posted: Jan. 5, 2018 | Source: Observer-Reporter

WEST FINLEY

Warrant arrest: Michael Myers, 35, of Elkview, W.Va., was arraigned Thursday before District Judge Ethan Ward on a warrant obtained by state police charging him with burglary and theft. He is accused of breaking into a garage on Beham Ridge Road, West Finley, on April 19 and stealing a Ford F-150 pickup truck. He was placed in Washington County Jail on $50,000 bond.

Youth arts groups to stage ‘Wizard of Oz’

The Appalachian Children’s Chorus, the West Virginia Youth Symphony Orchestra and the River City Youth Ballet Ensemble will present “The Wizard of Oz” on Feb. 8 at the Clay Center in Charleston. This photograph was taken during a group performance of “A Winter World of Imagination.” Courtesy photo by Michael W. Keller

By: Clint Thomas, Metro staff | Posted: Jan. 5, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail Kanawha Metro

At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, the River City Youth Ballet Ensemble, the Appalachian Children’s Chorus and the West Virginia Youth Symphony Orchestra will escort audiences to the merry old land of Oz — by way of the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences in Charleston.

The three local youth groups will collaborate on two stage performances of “The Wizard of Oz” next month. A school performance will also be offered on the morning of Feb. 8.

The youth groups will present their own take on the fanciful tale of Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale’s adventures in the Land of Oz based on the classic L. Frank Baum stories.

“We’ve come up with a shortened version of it, with an original kind of twist,” River City Youth Ballet Ensemble Artistic Director Michelle Raider said last week.

Michelle Raider

Michelle Raider of Elkview is the River City Youth Ballet Ensemble Artistic Director.

Raider said “The Wizard of Oz” was presented on stage by the Kanawha City-based River City Youth Ballet Ensemble and the West Virginia Youth Symphony Orchestra, along with Child Song, in 2006.

For this year’s production, “the Youth Symphony and ACC will be singing some of the stuff they’ve been performing last year. Basically, I sit down and come up with a storyline based on the music,” the Elkview resident explained. “We get together and put it all together.

“It’s pretty cool. We have close to 150 performers in it,” Raider said.

“The ballet kind of tells the story,” she said. “Some pieces will use the Appalachian Children’s Chorus singing, some pieces will have the Youth Symphony playing and some pieces will feature both of them together.

“Each group is working on their sections. We’ll get together for one combined rehearsal before we move into the theater, and we’ll have a dress rehearsal the evening before at the theater,” Raider said.

Thirty-five members of the Appalachian Children’s Chorus will participate in “The Wizard of Oz,” said Selina Midkiff, founder and artistic director of the ACC.

Selina Midkiff

Selina Midkiff is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Appalachian Children’s Chorus.

“It’s such a neat opportunity for the community, particularly to bring their children to see all these groups in one venue at one time,” Midkiff said. “When they see them performing, maybe a kid will say they want to do that, too.”

Midkiff said the ACC consists of students in grades five through 12 from a five-county area.

“The Wizard of Oz” will mark another stage collaboration of the trio of arts groups. Other productions the RCYBE, ACC and WVYSO have staged together include “Cinderella,” “Sleeping Beauty” and “A Winter World of Imagination.”

“The River City Youth Ballet Ensemble, the Appalachian Children’s Chorus and the West Virginia Youth Symphony have successfully joined forces for 12 performances over the past 12 years — and maybe more — to stage a collaborative ballet performance for the mutual benefit of our young dancers, singers and musicians,” West Virginia Youth Symphony Orchestra General Manager Marjorie Cooke said in a email. “We each represent the Official Youth Ballet, Chorus and Youth Symphony in the state of West Virginia, as designated by the West Virginia Legislature.

Marjorie Cooke

Marjorie Cooke is the West Virginia Youth Symphony Orchestra General Manager.

“We are each proud of our organization’s individual accomplishments, as well as this unique collaboration designed to let young emerging artists perform with other young emerging artists for young people and adult audience members alike,” Cooke said. “Artistically, we hope to expose young people to a beautiful, live performance including children performing in three disciplines – choral singing, ballet dancing and orchestral classical music playing. We hope to inspire other young artists, as well as increase audiences of tomorrow with a collaboration with approximately 150 RCYBE, ACC and WVYS students on stage and in the pit.

“A fairy tale theme will weave the performance together and garner excitement among the school children and young families,” Cooke added.

The West Virginia Youth Symphony is made up of more than 125 student musicians from 10 counties throughout the Mountain State.

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. performance of “The Wizard of Oz” can be purchased through the Clay Center box office. Tickets cost $13.50 each for adults and children.

Tickets and additional information about the morning school performance are available at the River City Youth Ballet Ensemble website, www.rcyb.org, or by calling the RCYBE offices at 304-925-DANC (3262).

Metro reporter Clint Thomas can be reached at cthomas@cnpapers.com or by calling 304-348-1232.

 

Hoover show choir to stage ‘Party with the Addams’ dinner theater

By: Clint Thomas, Metro staff | Posted: Jan. 4, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail Kanawha Metro

Herbert Hoover High School’s High Impact show choir will introduce its 2018 competition repetoire in a mysterious and spooky, but altogether fun and appetizing manner.

High Impact will present “Party with the Addams,” a dinner theater paying tribute, in song and dance, to the Addams Family of television and motion picture lore.

“Party with the Addams” will be presented on Saturday, Jan. 20, and Sunday, Jan. 21, at Elkview Middle School, 5090 Elk River Road, Elkview.

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Clendenin Planning Commission Established, Facilitated by WVU Law

In the earlier months following the 2016 Flood, Kanawha County Commissioner, James Young, presented an economic development grant opportunity, through WVU, to the former Clendenin town administration. It was approved, applied for, and the grant was secured and passed on to the new administration when they took office.

A variety of local residents were selected and appointed to the new Clendenin Planning Commission. They include: Russel Underwood, Kevin Clendenin, Kay Summers, Mayor Shana Clendenin, Jeanie Ladd Bird, Dave Knight, and Susan Jack.

On Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 they held their first meeting, which was facilitated by the WVU Law Department. An election of officers was conducted, and Kevin Clendenin was named President, and Jeanie Bird, Vice President. Discussions of timelines, scope, bylaws, and other issues took place. <See Agenda and other documents>

The Clendenin Planning Commission Meetings are OPEN to the public. You do not have to live within town limits to attend and/or participate in these meetings. Everyone in Clendenin and the surrounding area is encouraged to attend.

The next meeting will be held Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 6:30 PM at the Clendenin Rec Building located beside Town Hall. The third meeting has been scheduled for Monday, January 23, 2018 at the Clendenin Rec Building located beside Town Hall at 6:30pm.

Commission buys turf on installment plan to speed Shawnee sport complex development

By: Rick Steelhammer Staff writer | Posted: Jan. 4, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail

An agreement allowing the Kanawha County Commission to use an installment plan to buy $2.5 million worth of artificial turf for the Shawnee Park Multi-Sport Complex also makes it possible to build a $500,000 concessions stand/press box building and stay within the project’s budget.

The new turf, purchased from Field Turf Co., through four payments of $625,000 each, will be used to surface the complex’s six soccer fields and four baseball/softball infields. Nearly one million square feet of artificial turf was bought through the arrangement, approved during a County Commission meeting on Thursday.

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Roy Lee Peck

Posted: Jan. 4, 2017 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail

Roy Lee Peck, 66, of Blount, passed away on Monday, December 25, 2017. He was preceded in death by his mother, Tina Lucinda (Belcher) Johnson; stepfather, Donald Lee Johnson; and his sister, Flossie Ellen Peck.

He is survived by his three children, sons, Walter Peck of Clendenin and Terry Peck, to whom he is married to Jessica Peck of Clendenin, and his daughter, Marlena Mullins, to whom she is married to Kenneth Mullins of Elkview, and his five grandchildren, Jason Mullins, Alexis Peck, Katarina Mullins, Zadrian Peck and Elizabeth Peck.

A memorial visitation will be held 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, January 6, 2018. at Hafer Funeral Home, Elkview.

Online condolences and memories may be shared at www.haferfuneralhome.net.

Hafer Funeral Home, 50 North Pinch Road, Elkview, is assisting the family.