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"30053" sits in the goods yard at Corfe Castle as "30120" and "Manston" double head through the station.
GOVERNOR JUSTICE, SECRETARY THRASHER RECOMMEND PROJECTS FOR WEST VIRGINIA’S APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION INVESTMENT PACKAGE
CHARLESTON, WV – Today, Governor Jim Justice and Secretary of Commerce Woody Thrasher recommended seven projects totaling almost $3 million in grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Investment Program.
“These projects will not only address many of our community and economic development needs in the state, but also take advantage of our assets so that we can continue to grow our economy,” said Governor Justice. “We are pleased to have such a strong commitment from ARC and our local and regional partners to ensure a brighter future for West Virginia.”
“Thanks to these funds from the ARC, West Virginia communities can build stronger infrastructure, increase access to educational programs and services and infuse more community-based recreational and wellness activities,” said Secretary Thrasher. “I am proud of our team in the West Virginia Development Office that works diligently with the Appalachian Regional Commission to administer these funds to organizations who invest wisely in the Mountain State.”
West Virginia’s ARC program is a partnership of federal, state and local participants that provides financial and technical assistance for economic development and infrastructure projects.
Projects recommended for ARC funding include:
AREA DEVELOPMENT:
MULTI-COUNTY
Jobs for West Virginia Graduates, Inc.$130,000
Jobs for West Virginia Graduates
The project will provide at-risk high-school students with specialized instruction and guidance, including tutoring and mentoring services, career development training, and leadership development. The result will strengthen graduation rates and employability for at-risk students. The project will serve an estimated 175 students in Cabell, Greenbrier, Randolph, Lincoln, and Wyoming Counties.
MULTI-COUNTY
Region 7 Planning and Development Council$96,000
Economic Analysis and GIS Mapping Project
The project will identify and inventory all businesses and commercial entities in the Region 7 area, developing a geodatabase of economic assets that can be used with GIS for economic analysis and planning. The geodatabase will also provide critical information and data for short and long-term recovery from natural disasters. The project area includes Barbour, Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Randolph, Tucker, and Upshur Counties.
MULTI- COUNTY
West Virginia University Research Corporation$130,000
Energy Express Initiative
The project will provide support for the West Virginia Energy Express program, a summer feeding, literacy, and physical activity program for elementary school students. Project activities include expanding the number of Energy Express sites in ARC-designated distressed and at-risk counties, enhancing reading and literacy activities, recruiting community volunteers, expanding program collaborations, and increasing the overall number of children that will benefit from the summer program. The project area includes the counties of Boone, McDowell, Lincoln, Webster, Clay, Roane, Calhoun, Mingo, and Gilmer and Wyoming.
MINERAL COUNTY
Potomac State College of West Virginia University$100,000
Nursing Simulation Lab Equipment
The project will purchase state-of-the-art nursing simulation lab equipment that will enhance the training and education of students in the nursing program at Potomac State College of WVU. The simulation lab will allow the college to increase the number of nursing students in the program and improve the retention and completion rates of students by offering simulated experiences in a controlled clinical setting.
MULTI-COUNTY
YMCA of Kanawha Valley$275,000
Upper Kanawha Valley YMCA Initiative
The project will provide start-up funding, including equipment and personnel costs, to create a new regional YMCA center in Montgomery in the Upper Kanawha Valley. The YMCA will provide much needed recreational services and programs for residents surrounding communities in the valley and for students of Bridge Valley Community Technical College.
MULTI-COUNTY
Active Southern West Virginia$199,190
Making Southern West Virginia Active
The project will provide funding for workplace wellness and community-based healthy living and eating programs. Project activities include working with local schools to develop exercise and healthy living clubs, recruiting and developing local community health leaders to promote and organize active living programs in communities, and expanding a workplace wellness initiative that focuses on healthy living education and activities in the workplace. The project area includes Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh, and Summers Counties.
DISTRESSED COUNTIES:
MINGO COUNTY
Town of Gilbert$679,000
River Bend Road Waterline Extension
The project will extend public water service and fire protection to the Verner and Paynter Bottom areas of Mingo County. The area is currently served by wells that are unreliable or provide a poor quality of water. The waterline extension will also provide much needed infrastructure for future economic development based on the nearby Hatfield-McCoy trail system. The project will serve 33 new customers.
ROANE COUNTY
City of Spencer$800,000
Wastewater System Improvements
The project will provide upgrades to the City of Spencer sewage collection system and wastewater treatment plant to correct inflow and infiltration problems in the system. The project will serve 1,568 existing residential and commercial customers and provide much needed infrastructure improvements for the city.
WEBSTER COUNTY
Cowen Public Service District$316,000
Webster County High School Water Tank Replacement
The project will replace the main water tank of the Cowen PSD water system that is currently failing. The water tank provides water service and fire protection to the Webster County High School and surrounding area. The project will improve the reliability and safety of water service for approximately 1, 315 existing residential, commercial, and community customers.
CALHOUN COUNTY
Calhoun County Commission$240,000
Calhoun County Park Star Park Improvements Phase 1
The project will provide funding for the construction of an ADA-compliant bath house and restroom at the Calhoun County Park. The project is part of a multi-phase development of a star gazing park designed to attract star gazers and amateur astronomers as overnight guests, increasing local tourism based on the area’s uniqueness in having dark skies and little light pollution. The project will increase visitation and spending in the local economy and spur the development of additional local and regional amenities that in turn will further economic development.
Spotted in Weymouth (in the siding). Usually used on the London Waterloo to Portsmouth line. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_442
South Western Railway Class 159, 159104 with 159101 and 159007 standing at Salisbury after working 1L33 from London Waterloo, this service would had carried on to Exeter St Davids but due to the South Western Railway Industrial Action, this service was booked to terminate at Salisbury, taken 17th December 2019
South Western Railway Class 442, 442420 with 442410 leading departing Portchester working 5Q30 Fratton C.S.D to Brockenhurst, taken 17th December 2019
GOVERNOR JUSTICE, SECRETARY THRASHER RECOMMEND PROJECTS FOR WEST VIRGINIA’S APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION INVESTMENT PACKAGE
CHARLESTON, WV – Today, Governor Jim Justice and Secretary of Commerce Woody Thrasher recommended seven projects totaling almost $3 million in grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Investment Program.
“These projects will not only address many of our community and economic development needs in the state, but also take advantage of our assets so that we can continue to grow our economy,” said Governor Justice. “We are pleased to have such a strong commitment from ARC and our local and regional partners to ensure a brighter future for West Virginia.”
“Thanks to these funds from the ARC, West Virginia communities can build stronger infrastructure, increase access to educational programs and services and infuse more community-based recreational and wellness activities,” said Secretary Thrasher. “I am proud of our team in the West Virginia Development Office that works diligently with the Appalachian Regional Commission to administer these funds to organizations who invest wisely in the Mountain State.”
West Virginia’s ARC program is a partnership of federal, state and local participants that provides financial and technical assistance for economic development and infrastructure projects.
Projects recommended for ARC funding include:
AREA DEVELOPMENT:
MULTI-COUNTY
Jobs for West Virginia Graduates, Inc.$130,000
Jobs for West Virginia Graduates
The project will provide at-risk high-school students with specialized instruction and guidance, including tutoring and mentoring services, career development training, and leadership development. The result will strengthen graduation rates and employability for at-risk students. The project will serve an estimated 175 students in Cabell, Greenbrier, Randolph, Lincoln, and Wyoming Counties.
MULTI-COUNTY
Region 7 Planning and Development Council$96,000
Economic Analysis and GIS Mapping Project
The project will identify and inventory all businesses and commercial entities in the Region 7 area, developing a geodatabase of economic assets that can be used with GIS for economic analysis and planning. The geodatabase will also provide critical information and data for short and long-term recovery from natural disasters. The project area includes Barbour, Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Randolph, Tucker, and Upshur Counties.
MULTI- COUNTY
West Virginia University Research Corporation$130,000
Energy Express Initiative
The project will provide support for the West Virginia Energy Express program, a summer feeding, literacy, and physical activity program for elementary school students. Project activities include expanding the number of Energy Express sites in ARC-designated distressed and at-risk counties, enhancing reading and literacy activities, recruiting community volunteers, expanding program collaborations, and increasing the overall number of children that will benefit from the summer program. The project area includes the counties of Boone, McDowell, Lincoln, Webster, Clay, Roane, Calhoun, Mingo, and Gilmer and Wyoming.
MINERAL COUNTY
Potomac State College of West Virginia University$100,000
Nursing Simulation Lab Equipment
The project will purchase state-of-the-art nursing simulation lab equipment that will enhance the training and education of students in the nursing program at Potomac State College of WVU. The simulation lab will allow the college to increase the number of nursing students in the program and improve the retention and completion rates of students by offering simulated experiences in a controlled clinical setting.
MULTI-COUNTY
YMCA of Kanawha Valley$275,000
Upper Kanawha Valley YMCA Initiative
The project will provide start-up funding, including equipment and personnel costs, to create a new regional YMCA center in Montgomery in the Upper Kanawha Valley. The YMCA will provide much needed recreational services and programs for residents surrounding communities in the valley and for students of Bridge Valley Community Technical College.
MULTI-COUNTY
Active Southern West Virginia$199,190
Making Southern West Virginia Active
The project will provide funding for workplace wellness and community-based healthy living and eating programs. Project activities include working with local schools to develop exercise and healthy living clubs, recruiting and developing local community health leaders to promote and organize active living programs in communities, and expanding a workplace wellness initiative that focuses on healthy living education and activities in the workplace. The project area includes Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh, and Summers Counties.
DISTRESSED COUNTIES:
MINGO COUNTY
Town of Gilbert$679,000
River Bend Road Waterline Extension
The project will extend public water service and fire protection to the Verner and Paynter Bottom areas of Mingo County. The area is currently served by wells that are unreliable or provide a poor quality of water. The waterline extension will also provide much needed infrastructure for future economic development based on the nearby Hatfield-McCoy trail system. The project will serve 33 new customers.
ROANE COUNTY
City of Spencer$800,000
Wastewater System Improvements
The project will provide upgrades to the City of Spencer sewage collection system and wastewater treatment plant to correct inflow and infiltration problems in the system. The project will serve 1,568 existing residential and commercial customers and provide much needed infrastructure improvements for the city.
WEBSTER COUNTY
Cowen Public Service District$316,000
Webster County High School Water Tank Replacement
The project will replace the main water tank of the Cowen PSD water system that is currently failing. The water tank provides water service and fire protection to the Webster County High School and surrounding area. The project will improve the reliability and safety of water service for approximately 1, 315 existing residential, commercial, and community customers.
CALHOUN COUNTY
Calhoun County Commission$240,000
Calhoun County Park Star Park Improvements Phase 1
The project will provide funding for the construction of an ADA-compliant bath house and restroom at the Calhoun County Park. The project is part of a multi-phase development of a star gazing park designed to attract star gazers and amateur astronomers as overnight guests, increasing local tourism based on the area’s uniqueness in having dark skies and little light pollution. The project will increase visitation and spending in the local economy and spur the development of additional local and regional amenities that in turn will further economic development.
South Western Railway Class 444, 444033 standing at Brockenhurst working 2B35 1517 to Bournemouth, service started at Southampton Central, service would had originally be a London Waterloo to Poole service but due to the South Western Railway industrial action, service was booked to start at Southampton Central and terminate at Bournemouth, taken 16th December 2019
One of the many South Western Railway new stock class 701 on a test run passing Clapham Junction presumably back to the depot track lay-bys.
W.Va. Intelligence Fusion Center honored for 10th anniversary
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – It tracks down killers and unmasks multi-state crime rings. It thwarts human traffickers and helps keep crowds safe at Bridge Day, the Boy Scout Jamboree and other events. And on Saturday, the W.Va. Intelligence Fusion Center marks its first decade of service.
Governor Jim Justice has honored the Fusion Center’s for its 10th anniversary with a proclamation, presented Friday to Director Jessica Griffith by Deputy Chief of Staff Ann Urling on Friday, March 16, 2018.
Also taking part in the Governor’s Mansion ceremony were U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, who was governor when the Fusion Center began, and Secretary of State Mac Warner, who has enlisted the center in his mission to defend digital democracy.
“The West Virginia Intelligence Fusion Center is extremely proud of the dedicated service by its men and women both past and present,” Governor Justice wrote. “During the past decade, the Fusion Center has been nationally recognized countless times for its accomplishments.”
Governor Justice also signed an Executive Order last month declaring, for the first time, the Fusion Center to be a criminal justice entity – a critical designation under federal law that enhances its capabilities.
The Fusion Center was formed on March 17, 2008 to apply a bitter lesson from Sept. 11. It allows local, state and federal law enforcement and public safety agencies, as well as private sector partners, to share information, resources, and expertise. This approach harnesses their respective strengths to prevent, detect, investigate and respond to all hazards – including but not limited to terrorist and criminal activity.
The analysts and specialists who staff the Fusion Center routinely provide effective, behind-the-scenes assistance both in the Mountain State and across the country. The center’s numerous successes including tracking the killers of a North Carolina couple as they drove through West Virginia, and the suspect in a Putnam County homicide after he had fled to a Boston suburb; tracing a bogus check to a multi-state fraud ring targeting casinos; and educating everyone from law enforcement and hairdressers on how to spot would-be human traffickers and their victims.
Recent achievements include helping law enforcement identify more than 70 persons of interest and 20 drug trafficking operatives as part of the fight against the opioid crisis and resulting crime in Huntington.
The Fusion Center’s well-honed skill sets and high-tech tools play similarly critical roles in preventing or avoiding hazards. It helps conduct pre-event threat and security assessments and then provides on-site support for all manner of gatherings, from the Greenbrier Classic and this winter’s congressional retreat at the resort to Bridge Day and the jamborees hosted at the Summit Bechtel Reserve.
Much of this assistance occurs below-the-radar and without fanfare. But the Fusion Center’s contributions to public safety and homeland security have still been recognized by numerous organizations and partners, including the U.S. Attorneys for both of West Virginia’s federal court districts and the International Association of Special Investigation Units.
Director Griffith, a veteran analyst for the office, became just the second person to earn that title last month. She succeeded Thom Kirk, whose hiring in 2008 marked the center’s creation and who remains Deputy Secretary and General Counsel of the W.Va. Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety. The Fusion Center is part of WV DMAPS.
“During its 10-year history, the Fusion Center has accomplished so much behind the scenes,” said DMAPS Secretary Jeff Sandy. “The Fusion Center concept is simple in its purpose of protecting Americans from domestic and international threats to our way of life, but complex in its methods to achieve those goals. The citizens of West Virginia owe it a world of thanks.”
SWR Class 159 No.159018 passes Talaton,with the 07:10 London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids service,on the 17th of November 2022.
South Western Railway Class 442, 442420 with 442410 standing at Brockenhurst working 5Q31 1452 to Fratton Carriage Sidings, taken 16th December 2019
SWR Class 159 No.159008 passes Berkley Marsh,with the 10:50 Yeovil Junction to London Waterloo service,in the Afternoon sun on the 9th of January 2023.
GBRF 66737 and SWR 701025 seen passing Eastleigh working 6X24 Derby Litchurch Lane to Eastleigh Trsmd
SWR 701025 seen approaching Southampton Airport Parkway working 5Q52 Stains Up Loop to Eastleigh Trsmd at 18:42
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South Western Railway liveried 444005 is seen near Upwey operating Easter Sunday's 1Z32 08:48 Weymouth - Brockenhurst. Weekend engineering works between Brockenhurst and Southampton over the Easter weekend meant a shuttle service was in operation from Brockenhurst to Weymouth.
South Western Railway Class 444, 444018 with 1W60 1408 to London Waterloo, service had started at Bournemouth but would had started at Weymouth and booked to pass through this station but due to South Western Railway Industrial action the service was booked to start from Bournemouth and planned to stop at Eastleigh, taken 16th December 2019