Thursday, November 20, 2014
Cabell Midland athletes commit, Page 2 50 Cents Volume 116 Issue 46
Hearing date set for Milton Home Rule By Amanda Smythers amanda@theputnamstandard.com
Senior running back Alex Childers gets the ball across the goal line for one of his two touchdowns. Cabell Midland defeated Parkersburg, 45-42. Photo by Jeff and Roman Bryson.
Midland ready to battle Huntington By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com No. 2 Cabell Midland (10-1) defeated a vastly improved No. 15 Parkersburg (6-5) to advance to the second round of the Class AAA playoffs, where the team will play cross-county rival Huntington. The game is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Knights Field in Ona. Last time the two Cabell County
teams met on Sept. 19, Midland won the tough fought battle, 31-26. Saturday’s rematch is sure to be just as challenging and hard-hitting as the Knights try to repeat the performance and secure a victory. In the first round of the playoffs, Midland escaped the upset bid from the Big Reds due to its strong rushing attack, winning 45-42. Fullback Caperton Humphrey ran for 263 yards on 21 carries and a touchdown, while tailback Alex Childers added
189 yards and two touchdowns. The Knights finished with 454 total yards on the ground. During the regular season the Knights beat Parkersburg handily 42-21. Prior to the playoff match-up, Cabell Midland coach Luke Salmons said Parkersburg had developed a much more potent offensive identity. Salmons foreshadowed quite well, but it’s hard to imagine he thought the See Football, Page 8
A public hearing concerning Milton’s proposed Home Rule program is scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25 at city hall. The hearing, which is the next step after Milton’s application was accepted by the state Home Rule board in October, will allow the public to bring any concerns about the proposed changes. “It will be very informal,” said Mayor Milton Home Rule Tom Canterbury. “It’s Public Hearing open to the public so 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25 they can voice their concerns and ask questions.” A copy of Milton’s Home Rule application is available on The Cabell Standard’s website, www.thecabellstandard. com The Home Rule will do three things: institute an acrossthe-board sales tax of 1 percent, reduce or eliminate some sections of the B&O tax and change the way the city sells municipal property. According to the city’s application, levying a 1 percent sales and use tax and reducing or eliminating parts of the business and occupation tax would result in net increase to the city budget of about $179,000 per year. The additional revenue would be earmarked for infrastructure improvements and law enforcement activities. See Home Rule, Page 5
Milton Police Department secures additional funds By Amanda Smythers amanda@theputnamstandard.com
The Milton Police Department is slowly updating all of its older equipment, without any added expense to the taxpayer. Using grants and community donations, the staff has been able to add to its armory, vehicle fleet and its day-to-day equipment, most recently getting five new long distance rifles without using a dime of city money. “It really helps,” said Cpl. Dean
Bishop. “Our other rifles were very old. We had some donated a few years ago that we can’t use anymore. These are military grade and will help a lot.” Bishop said the five new rifles will be used to train for hostage situations and school shootings after officers get trained on using them. “It’s good in case there’s ever a school shooting or something like that,” Bishop said. “It has a red dot sight so basically as soon as you turn it on the red dot shows where
you’re shooting. This is really helpful for long distance and high-risk situations.” Both Bishop and Sgt. K.L. O’Dell said they always have their eyes open when it comes to grants and donations for the department. See Milton, Page 10 Cpl. Dean Bishop uses a newly donated Nikon D90 to photograph a socket wrench found in a recent car break-in as Sgt. K.L. O’Dell looks for fingerprints.