Fred D. Clark

February 09, 2017

My Facebook post regarding the possible closure of Waverly Elementary School.

February 02, 2017

Keeping Waverly Elementary School open is a community issue as well as a school issue.

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February 02, 2017

Fred Clark, a Charleston-based businessman who owns property in Wood County and has grandchildren who attend Waverly Elementary, renewed calls for the board to reconsider closing the school. Clark said closing the school was never a requirement of the state School Building Authority in receiving a possible $10 million in state money for construction, and said the bond does not require the school to be closed.

January 28, 2017

This is the first year Friends of Clay Center has highlighted a “science” theme. The timing couldn’t be more perfect with the Caperton Planetarium and Theater renovations and new Ashton’s Climbing Sculpture which allows children to explore and experience the museum space from dizzying new heights. As musicians, visual artists, performers, designers, builders, explorers and scientists have looked to the heavens with wonder for ages, so will you at Carnaval SUPERNOVA

January 26, 2017

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January 17, 2017

"Why waste all this time putting together this lengthy closure hearing that is going to do nothing but cause grief and animosity our of the community and fear withing the Waverly community? Because it is the center of the community," said Fred Clark, one of the speakers during the public forum.

January 13, 2017

"And then we met Fred Clark. He’s a member of the Clay Center’s board who came to us a few years after his 3-year-old grandson, Ashton suddenly passed away. He wanted to honor Ashton, who loved Spiderman, climbing, and the color purple, so dedicating our sculpture to his memory was an easy choice for us and the board."

November 27, 2016

“To close Waverly now is not only wrong but premature, and I believe our taxpayers deserve better,” he said. “I’m asking the board to reconsider closing Waverly.”

February 06, 2017

The sculpture, designed by artist Spencer Lucky, is intended to be a centerpiece for the Clay Center, and spans all three stories of the facility. The sculpture was underwritten by Fred D. Clark and Linda Edwards in memory of their grandson, Ashton, who died in his sleep.

November 16, 2016

Ashton’s Climbing Sculpture, named in honor of 3 year old Ashton Fink, was unveiled Wednesday morning.

November 15, 2016

“The more I saw what this was, and then the fact that the Crab Nebula has so much purple in it, and purple was my grandson’s favorite color. Those kinds of things coalesced, and also the need for philanthropy in our community and how wonderful the Clay Center is — all of those things came together, and I knew, on the board, there was a naming opportunity for this sculpture,” Clark said. 

October 24, 2016

“He said ‘we do not typically take this position'” of requiring schools to be closed to receive SBA funds, Clark said. “The SBA doesn’t require closing Waverly Elementary. Something’s not right here.”

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“I wouldn’t want my kids going to school there,” Clark said. “There is something going on here. I’m just not sure what it is.”

October 19, 2016

Welcome and Workforce WV Update from Russell Fry, Acting Executive Director of Workforce WV.  Topics for today's meeting include:

*  Disaster Unemployment Assistance

*  National Emergency Grant for Flood Clean Up

*  Unemployment Trust Fund Solvency (SB 558) –

Fred Clark & IVS Hydro Inc. are proud to be a part of the Union Mission Food Drive

February 14, 2014

As the Corporate Secretary of IVS Hydro, Inc., a West Virginia based industrial service company, I am honored to serve again as Chairman of the 2014 M2MTM Conference. “My Dad retired from Union Carbide in Sistersville, West Virginia in the 70’s.  As a “plant kid” where family livelihood and conversation revolved around what went on at “the plant”, I see a new generation of children and families supported by the new plants and products that will come to West Virginia.   The bounty of the Marcellus and Utica Shale and the rejuvenated chemical and polymer industry that will develop from this natural resource is the economic opportunity of a lifetime!”

January 18, 2012

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January 01, 2020

IVS Hydro, Inc., West Virginia-based company,  has twelve rigs in its hydro demolition division that repair more than 1 million square feet of concrete surfaces a year across the United States. The equipment can blast water at 10,000 to 40,000 pounds per square inch, enough pressure to saw a car in half. "I was astonished at the power of pressurized water," said Larry Dawson, IVS Hydro's chief financial officer and president. "It's an amazing process to watch." IVS Hydro made headlines earlier this year after announcing plans to invest $10 million and create 90 jobs by the end of May.  Fred Clark, the IVS owner and local WV attorney, decided in 2003 to diversify the company operations by adding a silo cleaning and repair division, Industrial SiloSource, Inc.

January 01, 2020

WJTA - IMCA elected seven new members to its board of directors in Noveber 2013. They include Fred D. Clark of IVS Hydro, Kay Doheny of Jack Doheny, Bill Gaff of Vacuum Truck Rentals, Mohamed Hashish of Flow International, Bill McClister of Veolia Environmental Services, Gary Noto of Aquilex HydroChem and George A. Savanick, consultant. They join current board members Luis Garcia of CSM Supply, Kathy Krupp of The Dow Chemical Company, Larry Loper of High Pressure Equipment Co., Kerry Siggins of StoneAge and Forrest Shook of NLB Corp