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Elkview Free Clinic Treats Hundreds of Patients

Hundreds of people were treated over the weekend at a free health clinic in Elkview.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that organizers of the clinic, which was held Saturday and Sunday at Elkview Middle School, say around 600 patients, some as far away as Virginia and Tennessee, were served.

West Virginia Health Right, a Charleston-based free and charitable clinic, and Remove Area Medical, a nonprofit group based in Rockford, Tennessee, partnered to provide free dental, vision and medical care to anyone who needed it, including flood victims.

Health Right CEO Angie Settle says overall there were about 300 volunteers during the clinic, including dentists, eye doctors and physicians. She says they could have used more volunteer dentists and eye doctors.

She’s planning for the clinic to be an annual event.

Free Medical Clinic Planned This Weekend

A free medical clinic for West Virginia flood victims and others in need is set for this weekend in Kanawha County.

The clinic will be held Saturday and Sunday at Elkview Middle School. Services will be offered beginning at 6 a.m. each day.

It is being hosted by Charleston-based West Virginia Health Right, which provides free medical, dental and vision health services. Remote Area Medical, a nonprofit group based in Rockford, Tennessee, will run the clinic.

Organizers say the school’s parking lot will open at midnight each day and tickets will be distributed beginning at 3 a.m. All individuals with tickets will be served.

Up to 500 volunteers are expected to assist at the clinic.

Middle School Football Game at Marshall to Aid Food Victims

Marshall University is hosting a middle school football game at its indoor practice facility to benefit flood victims and recovery efforts.

Marshall says on its athletic department website that teams from Elkview and DuPont middle schools will play Saturday. It’s the first game to be played at the 2-year-old building. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m.

Flooding in late June killed 23 people statewide and devastated homes, businesses, schools and infrastructure.

Marshall athletic director Mike Hamrick is a Clendenin native and Herbert Hoover High School graduate. The floods destroyed Herbert Hoover High School and damaged Elkview Middle School.

Admission is $5 for adults and $4 for students and senior citizens.

Tomblin Signs Flood Relief Bill at School Housing Displaced Students

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has signed a bill to help pay for the state’s portion of recovery efforts in the 12 counties affected by June’s flooding.

Tomblin stood on the stage at Elkview Middle School with members of the Legislature and the Herbert Hoover High School senior class before signing House Bill 201.

The bill appropriates $85 million in state aid to help pay for continued flood clean up and rebuilding efforts.

That $85 million accounts for 25 percent of the nearly $340 million in total damage suffered across the state following June 23’s flood. The rest of the money will come from the federal government.

Five schools will have to be rebuilt, including Herbert Hoover, which is why Tomblin made the trip to Elkview.

“I just thought it would be good for the students to see their leaders, the president and the speaker and other elected officials here to say we do care about you. We haven’t forgotten you. We’re working every day,” Tomblin said after the signing.

Tomblin presented the bill to lawmakers Sunday and the completed legislation was returned to him Monday.

Only one member of the Legislature, Del. Patrick McGeehan, voted against it.

Schools Hosting Students From Flood-Damaged Schools

Students from schools affected by recent floods in West Virginia will be hosted by other schools this upcoming school year.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that Bridge Elementary School will host students from Clendenin Elementary School starting Wednesday after June’s floods closed down Clendenin Elementary.

Clendenin Elementary School Principal Vanessa Brown says Bridge Elementary School turned its cafeteria into a classroom on Friday. The classroom is expected to host 75 students and three teachers.

Elkview Middle School will also be helping students from a different school as the campus will host students from the shuttered Herbert Hoover High School.

Classrooms will be used by middle-schoolers in the morning and high-schoolers in the afternoon, until temporary classrooms can be set up.