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seicer
Location: New York Gender: Male
| | | Weston State Hosp. might see mud-bog races < on 3/7/2008 6:55 AM >
| | | Former Weston asylum might see mud-bog races By Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette, March 6, 2008 Mud-bog racing and other motor sports events could be among the first income-generating activities for the new owners of the old Weston State Hospital. On Saturday, city and county officials and personnel from nearby Sharpe Hospital and Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital have been invited to attend a test run of a mud-bog event, involving five large trucks, to provide an idea of what noise levels would be. Mud-bog competitions would be staged on a hillside far behind the grounds of the 192-year-old hospital and downtown Weston. "It will be to the side of the water tower, at the farthest point of the property from downtown Weston," said Rebecca Jordan, spokeswoman for Morgantown asbestos contractor Joe Jordan, who bought the hospital last August during a public auction on the Lewis County Courthouse steps. Jordan paid $1.5 million for the 455,725-square-foot sandstone hospital building, originally known as the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, and a surrounding tract of 306 acres that includes a hardwood forest and former farmland and coal mines once operated by the mental hospital. If Saturday's noise test goes favorably and the Department of Environmental Protection issues a needed permit, the first mud- bog competition would take place on May 3, and continue on an every-other-Saturday basis, Jordan said. "We've been getting calls and e-mails from all over the country from people interested in coming here" to compete in the mud-bog races, Jordan said. "We think the races could draw anywhere from 300 to 1,000 people. The businesses in town would be affected immediately." Motocross and ATV racing also are being contemplated for the hospital property, as is BMX bicycle racing. Jordan said competitors' vehicles would be hosed down thoroughly before they are allowed to leave the hospital property and travel on city streets. Racing hours would end by 6 p.m. "We want the support of the community before we do this," she said. "We want all of us to grow." The mud-bog events and other racing activities are viewed as a temporary income-generating stream, which the Jordan family hopes will help them raise $5 million needed to replace the historic hospital's roof and remove asbestos from its basement. Long-range development possibilities for the site include converting the hospital into a historic hotel and perhaps a casino. The new owners have renamed the property the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. "When people see that, they remember it," Jordan said.
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mANVIL
Gender: Male
| | Re: Weston State Hosp. might see mud-bog races <Reply # 1 on 3/7/2008 12:27 PM >
| | | god damn. Only in west virginia would an entire towns economy be boosted by "mud bog racing".
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Jeepdavetj
Location: Campobello SC Gender: Male
Awww shit, put it in 4 wheel low.
| | | Re: Weston State Hosp. might see mud-bog races <Reply # 2 on 3/7/2008 12:58 PM >
| | | Thats great. Gotta go up there and bring the cherokee. Explore and get stuck what a combo.
I don't blame people for thier mistakes, but I do expect they pay for them. |
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xtacyturbo
Location: Pittsburgh Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Weston State Hosp. might see mud-bog races <Reply # 3 on 3/7/2008 11:19 PM >
| | | FYI, the hospital is opening for tours on March 15. All 4 floors will be viewable. I'll be helping out as a tour guide.
My photos of stuff: www.skuhnphoto.com |
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seicer
Location: New York Gender: Male
| | | Re: Weston State Hosp. might see mud-bog races <Reply # 4 on 3/8/2008 1:17 AM >
| | | Oh fucking sweet. My spring break begins the 8th, and I'll be all over West Virginia during that week. So I'll stop by.
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tron_2.0
Location: Ohio Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Weston State Hosp. might see mud-bog races <Reply # 5 on 3/8/2008 3:05 PM >
| | | Mud Bog Racing: We seriously make money off this shit. I think it would be cool to reuse the property as a golf course or something. But then again, this is West Virginia...How many people in Weston play golf?
[quote][i]Posted by yokes[/i] I find your lack of coziness.... disturbing. [/quote] |
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Random
Location: Richmond, Virginia Gender: Male
Partially Retired
| | | Re: Weston State Hosp. might see mud-bog races <Reply # 6 on 3/8/2008 4:59 PM >
| | | Maybe I'll have to head up there with Ole Blue.
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Turd Furgusen
Location: Charleston, WV Gender: Male
I think marijuana is just nature's way of saying high!
| | | | Re: Weston State Hosp. might see mud-bog races <Reply # 7 on 3/11/2008 4:24 AM >
| | | Posted by tron_2.0 But then again, this is West Virginia...How many people in Weston play golf?
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Three!
I don't think the new owner's are as smart as I first thought! I'm expecting the next big news to be that the Jordan's are moving thier whole family into the admin.! Or maybe they'll have a petting zoo in the old exercise yard!
Everyone has a dark side, mines just a little more illuminated. |
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Opheliaism Moderator
Location: Out on the border of everything and nothing, TN
Ophie
| | | Re: Weston State Hosp. might see mud-bog races <Reply # 8 on 3/11/2008 4:47 AM >
| | | Oh, God! That hurts my heart, it really does.
Show up at 9:30 with 15 dollars cash and your fingers crossed. <Mandias> I think she's gonna slug that cop. -------------------------------------------------------- <Axle> "She's just not a farmer Owen, she has too much of her Father in her." <Axle> Death by Hut |
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seicer
Location: New York Gender: Male
| | | Re: Weston State Hosp. might see mud-bog races <Reply # 9 on 3/11/2008 8:53 PM >
| | | Yes. People have little idea of how destructive mudbogging, rock crawling or any of those activites are to the envrion. And as we are facing $4/gallon, me thinks that they could have thought up of something a little more... appealing to mainstream America. You know, like a golf course. Or mountain biking trails. Or other recreational activities that don't involve taking your SUV and sloshing it around in a giant mud bath and destroying ground.
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don_corleyone
Location: F/RoX Gender: Male
I have abandonment issues
| | Re: Weston State Hosp. might see mud-bog races <Reply # 10 on 3/11/2008 9:21 PM >
| | | Posted by seicer ... me thinks that they could have thought up of something a little more... appealing to mainstream America. ..like ... other recreational activities that don't involve taking your SUV and sloshing it around in a giant mud bath and destroying ground.
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UE training course and bed & breakfast?
leave the gun. take the cannoli. |
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don_corleyone
Location: F/RoX Gender: Male
I have abandonment issues
| | Re: Weston State Hosp. might see mud-bog races <Reply # 11 on 3/11/2008 9:21 PM >
| | | Posted by seicer ... me thinks that they could have thought up of something a little more... appealing to mainstream America. ..like ... other recreational activities that don't involve taking your SUV and sloshing it around in a giant mud bath and destroying ground.
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UE training course and bed & breakfast?
leave the gun. take the cannoli. |
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tron_2.0
Location: Ohio Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Weston State Hosp. might see mud-bog races <Reply # 12 on 3/12/2008 1:49 AM >
| | | Its better'n nothing. I would live there so fast, if I had the chance.
[quote][i]Posted by yokes[/i] I find your lack of coziness.... disturbing. [/quote] |
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Random
Location: Richmond, Virginia Gender: Male
Partially Retired
| | | Re: Weston State Hosp. might see mud-bog races <Reply # 13 on 3/12/2008 2:30 AM >
| | | Earth first, we'll log the other planets later.
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Turd Furgusen
Location: Charleston, WV Gender: Male
I think marijuana is just nature's way of saying high!
| | | | Re: Weston State Hosp. might see mud-bog races <Reply # 14 on 3/16/2008 1:31 AM >
| | | They're also opening the whole farm up to ATV riding and mountain bike riding.
Everyone has a dark side, mines just a little more illuminated. |
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