Vol. 134, No. 128......... Since 1874 ..........Wayne, WV.............. July 3, 2009

Woman arrested for DUI with child in car

By BRIAN SIZEMORE - Staff Writer

CONTRABAND – Prescription pills and a rearview mirror were among the items found in a Wayne woman’s car yesterday morning. According to the WCSD, Tiffiney Lewis, 25, of Wayne, was arrested for driving under the influence and DUI with a minor in the vehicle. WCN photo by Brian Sizemore

WAYNE – A woman from Wayne was arrested yesterday morning for allegedly driving under the influence with a child in the car.
Dep. A.M. Lewis, of the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department, said Tiffiney Lewis, 25, was arrested Thursday morning at 10:32 a.m. and charged with driving under the influence and DUI with a minor in the vehicle. Tiffiney Lewis also had an active warrant from the WCSD for petit larceny. As of Thursday afternoon she had not been arraigned.
Lewis said the arrest came as the result of another sheriff’s deputy observing the vehicle Tiffiney Lewis was driving. Lewis said Lt. Mark Bradshaw was behind Tiffiney Lewis as she was travelling north on W.Va. 152. More on Front Page For more on this story and many others, subscribe to the WCN or the WCN e-paper today!

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WIC members get farmers market vouchers

By JON ATWOOD - Staff Writer

Farmers Market – Wayne County Farmers Market Association vice president Teresa Jones (right) surveys a vendor’s work during Thursday’s farmers market. The market is open at the Wayne Town Hall parking lot Saturday’s, Tuesdays and Thursdays. WCN photo by Jon Atwood

WAYNE - WIC members who are also Wayne County Farmers Market customers received vouchers for the market Thursday morning, and may get some more Tuesday.
The WIC (Women, Infants and Children’s) program, a statewide program with an office in Wayne and Fort Gay, gave out about 100 vouchers Thursday morning to members who are potential customers of the Wayne County Farmers Market, according to Teresa Jones, vice president of the Wayne County Farmers Market Association.
Jones said about 100 vouchers were passed out Thursday morning. Each voucher entitles the member to $5 worth of purchases for fruit and vegetables. More on Front Page For more on this story and many others, subscribe to the WCN or the WCN

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Regional soccer tournament ‘kicks-off’ with ceremony

By BRIAN SIZEMORE - Staff Writer

KICK IN THE GRASS – This soccer player from Massachusets kicks the ball towards the crossbar during the opening cermony of the 2009 U.S. Youth Soccer Region I Championships. Tournament play begins this morning at 8 a.m. WCN photo by Brian Sizemore

WAYNE - WIC members who are also Wayne County Farmers Market customers received vouchers for the market Thursday morning, and may get some more Tuesday.
The WIC (Women, Infants and Children’s) program, a statewide program with an office in Wayne and Fort Gay, gave out about 100 vouchers Thursday morning to members who are potential customers of the Wayne County Farmers Market, according to Teresa Jones, vice president of the Wayne County Farmers Market Association.
Jones said about 100 vouchers were passed out Thursday morning. Each voucher entitles the member to $5 worth of purchases for fruit and vegetables. More on Front Page For more on this story and many others, subscribe to the WCN or the WCN

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Commission will continue
support of Housing Authority

By JON ATWOOD - Staff Writer

WAYNE - The Wayne County Commission will continue to support the Wayne County Housing Authority, for the time being.
However, the commissioners would like to see the housing authority become self-sufficient sooner rather than later.
Rachel Chambers, a community development clerk with the Mingo County Housing Authority, which is a paid consultant for the Wayne County Housing Authority, asked for the commission’s continued support of $48,000 for the next year during the commission’s meeting Thursday. Commission president Charles Sammons said the money had already been budgeted. Wayne. More on 1A For more on this story and many others, subscribe to the WCN or the WCN e-paper today!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY from the staff at The Wayne County News!

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State News briefs

 

Public Input on Water Quality Standards Accepted until August 14

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The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s DEP Water Quality Standards Program is providing an opportunity for the public to submit information and data concerning the agency’s triennial review of the state’s water quality standards.
In response to a request for public input discussed at a public meeting on May 18, the DEP is offering a 45-day public comment period to allow involvement from West Virginia citizens.
All correspondence will need to be received by August 14, 2009, and should be mailed to:
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
ATTN: Water Quality Standards Program
601 57th Street S.E.
Charleston, WV 25304

Comments and information may also be e-mailed to Linda.B.Keller@wv.gov.

 

Court upholds rehiring of union miners in W.Va.

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RICHMOND (AP) — The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a decision requiring a Massey Energy subsidiary to hire union miners at a West Virginia mine.
Wednesday’s ruling affirmed U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin’s 2008 decision requiring Mammoth Coal to offer jobs to 85 miners. The union miners lost their jobs when Mammoth purchased the Kanawha County mine out of bankruptcy in 2004.
A National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge ruled in late 2007 that Massey had violated the National Labor Relations Act by refusing to hire the United Mine Workers affiliated miners.
Massey spokesman Jeff Gillenwater said Thursday the company offered all 85 miners employment last year, and only nine accepted.
Gillenwater said seven remain with the company.

Railroad Museum finally gets turntable

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ELKINS (AP) — A massive turntable that could someday be the centerpiece of the proposed West Virginia Railroad Museum is coming to Elkins.
Museum planners searched for three years to find a suitable turntable, and they found it in Chicago.