Briefly .(Continued fromDage 1) IJar-b-que sandwich, bakeffbeans, baked potato, cole slaw, dessert and drink at a cost of $6 per meal. There will be dine in or carry out available. Questions may be directed to Betty Winters at 304.275.6505. WVTA to hold spring rendezvous and fur auction The WVTA Spring Rendezvous and Fur Auction will be held March 4-6, 20 ! 1 at the G ilmer County Recreation Center in G lenville. Fleshed and dry fur consigned March 4, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and March 5, 9 a.m.-5.p.m. Green fur consigned March 6 from 9- I I a.m. The fur auction will be held March 6 at I p.m. There will also be a board meeting March 4 at 7 p.m, which will be open to the public. Questions may be directed to Scott at 304.462.7270 or Janet at 304.462.5985. Hope Shop participates in Feinstein Challenge The Hope Shop of Elizabeth will again participate in the Feinstein Challenge during the months of March and April. All donations during that time will be counted toward the challenge. The Feinstein Foundation will contribute money to the Hope Shop for its efforts. The foundation divides monies among participating food pantries across the nation. Contributions now will help the Hope Shop meet the challenge.. Music, food on tap March 12 to help students The South of the River Band and Johnny Staats Band will perform in the Elizabeth Baptist Church's fellowship hall March 12 at 3 p.m. There will be a $10 cover charge at the door. Hot dogs, chips, pop, water, and baked goods will be sold during the performances. Tracy Nelson will sell jewelry. Proceeds will go to Andrew Enoch, son of Anita Enoch and a ninth grader at WCHS ,and Candice Lynch, daughter of Nellie and Danny Lynch and a sophomore at WCHS, to help with the expense of their upcoming trip to Europe in June. They were chosen through the People to People Amcassador Program. The cost per child is $6,400 for21 days to visit England, France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Netherlands. Everyone is invited to attend the benefit and lend a helping hand for these students. Football boys raise money for trip to Australia The group of four football players from Wirt County continues to have money making fundraisers in hopes of earning enough money to pay for their trip to Australia. On March 13 they have plans for a Chili Cook-Off at the Senior Citizens Center. Set-up for the event will begin at I I a.m. with doors opening at noon. General admission will be $2 and paying customers will receive a spoon and a door prize ticket. Cost to enter a chili tbr the contest has been set at $10 per entry. In addition to the cook-off there will also be door prizes, raffles and other concessions for sale throughout the day. To register to enter the contest call Brenda Evans at 304.588.3863 or Missy Coplin at 304.588.0587. In the coming weeks they plan to hold a jamboree April 2, a turkey shoot April 9 and a His and Her Bingo April 16. Watch the Journal for more details. Creston Community Building available for rent The Creston Community Building is available for rcm for parties, reunions. and showers at a cost of $25. To reserve the building contact Rosie White at 304.275.3536.. Benefit dinners scheduled for first Friday of month Amish benefit dinners are scheduled for the first Friday of each mo.ah from 5-7 p.m. at Miller's Bulk and Discount Grocery on Garfield Road. Please make reservations by the Wednesday before the dinner. The menu will be nteatloat; chicken, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetables, salads, homemade bread, pudding and two or three kinds of pies. The menu is subject to change. Questions may be directed to 304.275.3254. 911 Addressing & Mapping Office has signs The Wirt County 911 Addressing & Mapping Office has signs available for Wirt County structures in the Brohard, Creston, Leroy, Palestine, Petroleum, Reedy, Sandy,ille, and Walker zip codes areas. Signs can be picked up Monday-Thursday between 1-3:30 p.m. Please remember that you must provide: your name, pre-911 mailing address and the telephone number at the structure. If you are the owner and someone else uses the structure (even if no rent is paid), you must provide the tenant's name, mailing address and telephone number. Likewise, if you are the tenant, you must provide the owner contact information, including name, address and telephone number. Datelines Wirt County Trappers Association meets every 3rd Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Dora B. Woodyard Memorial Library. Currently looking for new members. Membership dues are $5 per year for individual and 56 for a family. Wirt County Ministerial will meet on Mar. 7 at the Pisgah Methodist Church at 9 a.m. The host church will serve breakfast. Mid-Ohio Valley Board of Health meets the fou:h Tuesda? ofcveu other month beginning in July. The rest of the meetings for this fiscal year arc: March 22, 2011 and May 24, 2011. Meetings are generally held in the first fkxgrcr m:x:rn of the adm lJstxdue ofFJc 19cmd at211 6 'h St., Parkersburg. They are scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. Wirt County Family Resource Network (FRN) meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 3 p.m. in the Dora B. Wobdyard Memorial Library. Go Mary Bible Study meets the second Tuesday of each month at the Elizabeth Baptist Church at 6:30 p.m. Study leaders are Mary Beth McCloy and Becky Watson. Sideliners Boosters Organization will meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the coaches' office. Anyone interested in the football team is welcome to join. For more information call 304.275.6634. VFW Post 6608 and Ladies Auxiliary meets on the first Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Elizabeth Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. American Legion Post 55 meets on the third Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Bob Lowe building on Midway St. The organization is looking for new members. Wirt Chapter 113 of the Order of Eastern Star meets on the first Thursday at the Masonic Hall in Elizabeth at 7:30 p.m. Palestine Sing each first and third Saturday every month. Country, bluegrass and gospel music starts at 6 p.m. Refreshments will be available. There is no admittance fee, everyone is invited. Creston Community Association will hold their monthly meeting on April 5 at 7 p.m. in the Creston Community Building. Membership is due in Jan.- Feb. Wirt County Commission will meet in session each month on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 9 a.m. in the courthouse. Morristown Community Association meets each month on the second Monday at 7 p.m. at the Morristown Community Building. Wirt County BOE meets each month on the second Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Wirt County High School. Elizabeth Town Council meets each month on the second Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Elizabeth Town Hall. Pioneer Day Committee meets each month on the fourth Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Beauchamp-Newman Museum. Bluegrass, country and gospel music will be held at 7 p.m. each Friday and the first and third Saturdays each month at Al's Barn on Munday Road near Grantsville. For more information, call 304.354.9t01 or 304.275.6552. Applications for weatherization work are available for homeowners and renters. Stop by the Community Resources Office located inside the Wirt County Health Department on Lower Washington Street to pick one up. AA meetings will be held Friday evenings at 7 p.m. on Jefferson Street, Elizabeth, Ashton Point Apartments, Apt. B-6. Vision Ministries at Newark Baptist Church will have"E.D.G.E." (Eternally Driven by God's Example) meeting for grades 9-12 on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and "C.I.A."( Christians in Action) meeting for grades 3-8 Sundays at 5 p.m. Vision Ministries offers games, food and fun all while learning about Jesus. Everyone is welcome. Heavenly Piecemakers Quilt Guild will meet every Monday at Newark Christian Fellowship at 5:30 p.m. Quilters from beginners to advanced are welcome. TOPS WV 6 149 Elizabeth will meet every Thursday at 5 p.m. at Elizabeth United Methodist Church. For information call 304.275.6668 or 304.275.3159. Handicap accessible. Gospel sing at Munday Country Church will be every Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Wirt County Recycling Center will be open Monday -Saturday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Items that are accepted for recycling include: Plastic (number 1 and 2), aluminum soda cans, beer cans, aluminum pans, cat food cans, and any other items made of aluminum, steel cans such as food and aerosol cans, junk mail, like magazines, scrap paper, books paper bags, office paper, envelopes, newspapers including the inserts, cardboa,! boxes, cerefi and snack boxes. Not accepted are styroloam pr,)d:, b; ', ,. d , - VantagePoint II.e b he by StateSen. Donna J. Boley mem er w n... A sea of red greeted the senators here. Exemptions, tax credit and FROM THE PAGES OF THE JOURNAL on President's Day as the west gallery property tax are included in the bill. was full of Republican women in their beautiful red blazers. They came from over a dozen counties to enjoy the day's planned events, starting with a continental breakfast to attending the Senate session, to lunch in the beautiful cafeteria. The program was listening and questioning senators and delegates and GOP governor candidates. There were 60 women and 25 speakers attending. Erica Dodge from Parkersburg, who has a beautiful soprano voice, sang at the session opening. Everybody seemed to have a good time. It is always a pleasure to welcome guests when they come to Charleston. We have had visits from home- schooled students this week - Cheyenne ttunt from Wood County and the O'Donnell family from Wirt County brought their son and daughter, along with others. The Senate was without any sound Wednesday at our 1 I a.m. and 6 p.m., and Senators had to talk exceptionally loud to be heard. The panel that controls the sound system burned out and ! am told that it won't be fixed until this weekend. Marcellus Shale bills are being worked feverishly so as to get some regulations in place before we leave Issues still on the table: creating an intermediate court of appeals; pay raises for the judiciary (judges), teachers and service personnel, state workers, etc. A one-time increase for retirees pension of$ 1,200. We have been getting a lot of phone calls this week in opposition to SB 362 - the tobacco tax. This bill would impose a cigarette tax increase of $1 a pack and increase from 7 percent to 50 percent the wholesale price on other tobacco products. We have also been getting calls for the passage of SB 218 - requiring insurance companies coverage for autism specturm disorders and calls for HB 2883 regulating puppy mills. ! had visitors from all of the counties 1 represent this week. My 13-year-old grandson, Andrew Boley, was a page in the Senate Thursday this week. His Grandpa Jack brought him down. The session has become very busy as we enter our last two weeks. State Sen. Donna J. Boley State Capitol Complex Room 213W Charleston, WV 25303 Phone: 304.357.7905 Fax: 304.357.7994 E-mail: donnaboley@suddenlink.net Toll-free: 1-877.465.3447 Inside the House By Dei. Larry Border Minority Whip As we enter the final two weeks of the legislative session, the pace has continued to accelerate. Friday was the final day to pass bills ou(ofcommittee in order for them to have a realistic chance to be passed through the House. A total of 1,267 bills were introduced in the House. Of these, 92 have been passed. In addition, 608 bills were introduced in the Senate and 82 have passed. The House Judiciary Committee spent several hours working on the Marcellus gas bill last week. "fhey started with a 207-page bill and have whittled it down to a 30- page bill. Many of the controversial topics, including forced pooling, have been removed from the bill. It will be acted on by the full House this week and then go to the Senate for consideration. Additional changes will likely be made before the bill i> finalized. This v, cek the f,;ilowing seniors [)-)m Wi:1 Comt.'; tigh Sctaool served as ttonora7 Pages in the t louse of Delegates: Matt Robinson, Chelsea Somerville, and Alex Trembly. They were accompanied by Joe Villers. The WCHS seniors did such an impressive job that they were asked to come back to the Capitol and serve as pages on the final night of the legislative session. In addition, several people from Win County visited the Capitol this week. Angle Adams visited Charleston for Republican Women's Day at the Legislature. Wirt County Commissioners, Robert Lowe and Charles Murray, also visited the Capitol this week to discuss concerns of the Wirt County citizens. Visiting with the Christian Home School Educators of West Virginia were: Mike, Andrya, Joshua and Elijah McDonald; Renee, Caroline and Brock Arthur; JoAnn, Vanessa and Dillon Duffield; and Christina Miller and her daughters. As always, ! invite those of you who come to Charleston to stop by my 6ffice.at the Capitol. Del. Larry Border, Minority Whip State Capitol Corplex Building 1, Room 15 I-R Charleston, WV 25305 Office: 304.33,0.3136 FAX: 304.340.3389 E-mail: bordel@mail.wvnet.edu Legislative web page: http:// www.legis.state.wv.us Toll Free: 877.565.3447 Hartley news Ed Pepper of Burning Springs is here with his mother, Mrs. Pheoba Pepper, who has not been so well for the past few days. We sure have lots of mud in out community which we are glad to have if it does make it inconvenient to get around. Uncle Calvin Hays who has been real poorly is some better at this time. Vonda Elliott spent Saturday with her grandmother, Mrs. Eliza Elliott on Five mile. Misses Regean Gainer and Opal Busch spent Saturday night with Mrs. Harold Robinson. Mrs. Bill Maze has been real sick for several days. Jim Shuman, an ages resident of Straight Creek, is seriously ill at this time. Mrs. Blanche Newbrough and three children of McFarlan are visiting at the home of Joe Newbrough for several days. B. B. Shimer of Freed made a deal recently by which he bought the store and all of Roy Morrison's real estate and property at Freed including several buildings. We hear that Mr. Morrison and family will go to Grantsville to reside in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Orlo Underwood visited Mrs. Underwood's parents at Weirton, WV, over the weekend. Misses Vonda and Vesta Elliott were the Sunday guests of Misses Ruby, Lucinda, and Luella snider. Jack Busch, who is employed near Charleston, visited home folks over the weekend. Mrs. A. C. Hays is on the sick list this week. Z. O. Cooper visited home folks over the weekend at Elizabeth. Bert McCroskey of Creston was a visitor in the vicinity over the weekend. Tucker items The third quarterly conference of the M. P. Church will be held at Dry Point March 7. All official members are requested to attend the conference. Mrs. Belva Hickman and daughter Ruth were calling on Mrs. Lizzie Nottingham Tuesday. Mrs. Ella Roach and daughter Miss Lovie were visiting their daughters and sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Nottingham and Miss Winnie Roach of Tuckers Creek Wednesday night and Thursday of last week. A. A. Nottingham and Jesse Barton were business visitors in Elizabeth last Saturday. Mrs. Ella Roach and two daughters, Lovie and Winnie, were business visitors in town Thursday of last week. Two Ripple items Walter Evans of Grafton and Mrs. Blanche Abbott are visiting relatives and their sister, Mrs. Myrtle McFee, who is very sick. Mrs. Fannie Kidwell and Miss Elmo Deem were calling on Mrs. Anna Cox Sunday. Misses Etta and Ona and Mr. Emmett Edwards were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Nottingham. Kenneth Edwards was the Sunday guest of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Trippett. Miss Virginia Bain visited Mrs. Ercel Evans Sunday. P. M. Courtney was a shopping visitor in town Saturday. Mrs. M. A. Cox was calling on Mrs. Anna Cox one day last week, the later is getting better and thinks she will soon be able to be up. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Nottingham were in Elizabeth Monday on business. Mesdames Ella Nottingham, Mary Courtney, Fannie Kidwell, and miss Elmo Deem visited Mrs. Connie Cox who is poorly, one day last week. County Commission has busy session Wirt County Commission met in a busy all-day session Tuesday, Feb. 17. It was the first regular meeting of the commission since reorganization in January, and there was a lot of details to catch up with. The commission had met as the Board of Review and Equalization Friday, Jan. 30, in another busy all-day session, hearing several citizens on property assessment matters. ... .... *, Included on last week's azenda were the probation of wills and estates, and the allowing of bills. Thetotal amount of bills for the m6fith o'January, including salaries of officials and other employees, was $7,059.15, county clerk Barbara Cheuvront reported. Commission members, president French Robinson, Gary Bailey and Virgil Munday, held a discussion on an audit of the new Neighborhood Facility, to be made soon. This will include all of the last phases of the building completion. Wirt County students who served as honorary pages in the West Virginia House of Delegates were Matt Robinson, Del. Larry Border, Chelsea Somerville and Alex Trembly. ,I N !ii::i::::i::ii@!ii..'#: .. iif:  . ' :: ,,'i::!,:')...,,,'::!:: . - -,x @?!: ' " "  i- Home school students who visited the West Virginia ltouse of Delegates as guests of Del. Larry Border last week were: (front) Caroline Arthur, Brock Arlhur, Joshua Mcl)onald and Elijah McDonald; and (back) Renee Arthur, Del. Larry Border and Andrya McDonald. Ill .... I • g ...... /00lt KIr"r ()'it lrv'l00- :i: :I: :i: I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hun- dredth time I am right. --Albert Einstein I064-112 Washington Street, Elizabeth, WV SrrE scr,os • W,ow T,. F:7-'T'MA"ES" REASONABLE RATES , 1 2. ,:, PROFESSIONAL SEt'VICE :S,'taa 00ar00ge 304.zrs.3zoz Cell 304.834.8504 Kevin Merrill Computers continued from page 1 director of technology for the county, there are three technology integration specialists and two full-time technology systems specialists in the county. The TSS positions are funded through a grant which runs through Sept, 30, 2011. Bills said that the state legislature is looking into the possibility of funding those positions on a permanent basis. "One of the hidden costs of a one- to-one program is that you have to maintain all these computers, servers, and networking equipment. That hardware support is a full-time job and someone has to pay for a person to maintain those 400-plus computers," Bills stated. Bills was pragmatic in his expectations for the program's beginning. "We are not going to start out on day one and have everything work perfectly, but we have to start sometime, so why not now?" Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. ---James Baldwin Consider becoming a foster parent today. If you enjoy young people and have room in your home, give Braley & Thompson, Inc. a call 1. 800. 969. 5170 Monthly reimbtu'se- ment and medical expenses provided.