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VOL. 145-NO. 22
USPS 443-400
KINGWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2011
18 PAGES--47€ COPY
Fall hunting season an exciting time in Preston C:q:)unty
The leaves are changing, the
nights are cooler and the days
are shorter, all sure signs Oc-
tober and autumn have arrived.
And, for many Preston hunters,
it is time to put away the lawn
mowers, and bring out the four-
wheelers.
Hunters are advised several
important changes in the state's
fall hunting seasons for squir-
rel, white-tailed deer, black
bear and wild turkey, as well
as the new senior hunting, trap-
ping and fishing license and a
new otter trapping season, are
included in the 2011-2012 West
Virginia Hunting and Trapping
Regulations Summary bro-
chure, according to Division
of Natural Resources Director
Frank Jezioro.
Hunters and trappers are en-
couraged to carefully review the
new regulations due to the nu-
merous changes in hianting sea-
sons, especially squirrel, wild
turkey, bear and deer hunting,
as well as otter trapping, which
are in place this fall.
State officials have also pre-
dieted the 2011 •mast crop in
West Virginia isn't nearly as ro-
bust as that of 2010, but stress
it's not quite as bad as 2009.
The 2011 Mast Survey reveals
the mort attractive board of
fare for West Virginia's wildlife
didn't fair well this fall.
"The oak mast is down quite
a bit, almost down to the 2009
level, but not quite," said Randy
Tucker one of the authors of the
annual survey at DNR. "We did
have a couple of species like
beech and walnut that did quite
well."
The report indicates soft mast
was fairly abundant in some ar-
eas, with the exception of wild
cherry.
"I've gotten very few reports
of cherry hitting at all," Tucker
said. "Grapes did quite well.
It seems like just about every-
where our cooperatqrs went to
look at the mast, grapes hit fair-
ly abundantly."
The mast survey is an annual
evaluation produced by the
DNR to give hunters an idea
where wild game will spend
This trophy buck is every hunter's dream as the annual
fall deer hunting season gets underway. Archery season
opened earlier this month and later this year hunters will
participate in the gun seasons. The population is high this
year, which is good for the hunters, but not always for mo-
torists. A recent report revealed Preston County is the worst
in the state for deer-auto collisions.
feeding times during the fall
hunting months and how well
they'll survive the ensuing win-
ter.
The mast year of 2010 was the
best in the history of producing
the survey. The result of the ro-
bust 2010 season will be more
• deer in West Virginia for 2011.
"Last year, because of the
heavy mast production they
went through the winter at a
higher nutritional plane," he
said. "There's a really good
fawn crop form this past spring.
So we're going to have plenty
of deer out there this year."
Access to those deer with the
food in short supply may be a
little easier. Tucker says during
the 2010 hunting season, deer
didn't need to travel very far
to find abundant food sources.
This year, they won't enjoy
that kind of convenience and
will be travelling trails, and of-
ten feeding in cleared fields for
nourishment. The movement
will expose them to more hunt-
ers during the season and make
them more vulnerable to the
harvest.
Tucker expects the deer har-
vest to increase in 2011. The
DNR projects the wild turkey
harvest will probably stay about
the same because of changes in
hunting regulations. The bear
harvest is expected to be down
from 2010 after hunters killed a
record number of bear.
The number of trophy size
bucks may also be increased in
2011. Biologists theorize be-
cause of the lower harvest in
2010, a larger number of year-
ling bucks survived last fall and
will be back sporting beefier
racks this hunting season.
Hunters are advised several
important changes in the state's
fall hunting seasons for squir-
rel, white-tailed deer, black
bear and wild turkey, as well
as the new senior hunting, trap-
ping and fishing license and a
new otter trapping season, are
included in the 2011-2012 West
Virginia Hunting and Trapping
Regulations Summary bro-
chure, according to Division
of Natural Resources Director
Frank Jezioro.
Hunters and trappers are en-
couraged to carefully review the
new regulations due to the nu-
merous changes in hunting sea-
sons, especially squirrel, wild
turkey, bear and deer hunting,
as well as otter trapping, which
will be in place this fall.
Season celebrated
Two popular seasonal items were offered last weekend in the southern part o{ the county.
Newburg Rotary members were making cider off Rt. 92, on Saturday, October 8. Nearly
100 bushels of apples were used to make the cider, with proceeds being donated back
into the community. Just a few miles away, in Tunnelton, residents were busy stirring a
pot, of Mulligan Stew. Several gallons of pipping hot stew were enjoyed at the Tunnelton
Depot, as weft as jarred for those settling in to watch the Mountaineers kick off against the
UConn Huskies.
Event remains big attraction
Roasted Chestnuts on the grill and educational presentations were just some of the fea-
tures at this years" Chestnut Festival in Rowlesburg. Clear skies and warm weather brought
many visitors to the park and surrounding areas for a day of history and camaraderie
celebrating the rise and fall of the Chestnut tree. This was the last big event planned in the
county. Although, other recent events had to deal with rainy and stormy weather, Rowles-
burg was lucky their event left as Indian Summer arrived.
Program is expanding
The Preston County Caring
Council Family Resource Net-
work has announced the ex-
pansion of the Starting Points
Family Resource Center. The
Center will have two locations,
the main site in Kingwood and
a satellite in Terra Alta, and will
operate with new hours.
• Located in the Wesley Com-
munity Center, 105 West High
Street, the Kingwood site will
be open from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Friday, from 10 a.m. - 6
.m. on Thursday, and 10 a.m. -
3 p.m. on Saturdays. The Terra
Alta center will be open on from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursdays
in the basement of the First
United Methodist Church on
West Washington Avenue.
The Starting Points Family
Resource Center is open to the
public and will be a resource
for information and referrals as
well as family centered activi-
ties. The purpose of the center
is to provide direct services to
build family strengths in the
Preston County community.
New programs will be started
during the next few months that
focus on the needs of families,
such as parenting classes, re-
spite care services, and parent
support groups. The funding for
the expansion of the Starting
Points Family Resource Center
is from a grant from the West
Virginia Department of Health
and Human Resources. The fis-
cal agent is the PCFRN.
Martha White is the new Fam-
ily Resource Center Special-
ist. She lives in Arthurdale and
has many years, of experience
with Preston County families,
as home visitor and educator.
Elaine Smith is the new Family
Resource Assistant. She is new
to the Terra Alta community,
and will oversee the Terra Alta
satellite. Her background is in
teaching and working with chil-
dren and families.
There will be an open house
in both locations in mid-No-
vember. The public is invited to
attend. For more information,
contact the Starting Points Fam-
ily Resource Center at 304-329-
1965.
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Star'
Point
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Martha White is the new Family Resource Center Special-
ist at the Preston County Caring Council Family Resource
Network, in Kingwood.