Dumps West Virginia

Last May, Jeffrey Allen, a 31-year-old minister who serves as pastor of the Keystone and Northfork United Methodist Churches not far from here, met seven friends for lunch at the Sterling Drive-In. For an hour they skeptically considered a deal that local politicians had concluded was a godsend. Welch was on its way to becoming one of the garbage capitals of America.

Last May, Jeffrey Allen, a 31-year-old minister who serves as pastor of the Keystone and Northfork United Methodist Churches not far from here, met seven friends for lunch at the Sterling Drive-In. For an hour they skeptically considered a deal that local politicians had concluded was a godsend. Welch was on its way to becoming one of the garbage capitals of America.