Thursday, October 9, 2014
Pumpkin Festival photos, page 16 50 Cents Volume 116 Issue 40
Zappo the Clown entertained kids at the Pumpkin Festival with a magic show culminating in making a rabbit appear out of thin air.
Milton catches ‘Pumpkin Fever’ By Amanda Smythers amanda@theputnamstandard.com
The city of Milton had ‘Pumpkin Fever’ last week as thousands of adults and children enjoyed the 29th annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival. Over 70 crafters and dozens of food vendors set up in Milton’s Pumpkin Park, but more than anything, this year was about the kids. “We have so much stuff for the kids to do this year,” said Barbara Brooks, secretary for Pumpkin Park. “We had complaints last year about not having enough stuff for the kids so this year we expanded.” Brooks said the brand new activity area, provided by M&M entertainment, gave kids a costfree source of fun during the whole festival. There were several moon
The Milton Volunteer Fire Department responded to Milton Flea Market at 8:20 a.m. Friday, Oct. 3 after one of the buildings caught fire. Firefighters were unable to save the structure. No one was injured in the early morning blaze.
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Milton Flea market catches fire By Kelly Stadelman kelly@theputnamstandard.com Milton Police Cpl. Dean Bishop may not yet be a full-fledged firefighter, but the skills and training he learned in the classes thus far helped him clear the Milton Flea Market buildings in minutes. “I was driving in from work on Route 60, and as I passed by I saw a little bit of smoke and a small amount of flame,” Bishop said. “At the time I wasn’t sure if someone wasn’t down here having
a barbeque because it was a real small fire at the time. “By the time I pulled down in here, one of the booths was engulfed in flames. About every five seconds it doubled in size. Within a minute the entire building was on fire.” At 8:20 a.m. Friday, Oct. 3 Bishop called 911 to get the Milton Volunteer Fire Department en-route to the Flea Market as fast as possible. In addition to the Milton, firefighters from the Ona, Culloden and Hurricane volunteer
fire departments responded with mutual aid. Bishop’s next reaction was to make sure the burning building was clear of people and to remove people from adjacent buildings. “We wanted to make sure no one was in there,” he said. Milton Police Sgt. K.L. O’Dell arrived on scene and assisted Bishop in getting people away from the burning building. O’Dell is also a member of the Milton Volunteer Fire Department. “We cleared the burning build-
ing and started working other surrounding buildings when the 15 to 20 propane tanks started to explode,” O’Dell said. “It sounded like bombs going off, one right after another. We were lucky no one was injured.” Bishop said that at one point the other buildings nearby that didn’t catch on fire had smoke coming off of them. “We went in and evacuated the whole flea market,” he said. “A lot of people were confused because
Cabell Midland boys soccer team defeats Hurricane High By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com It was this time last year when Cabell Midland boys soccer really took off, winning four out of their last five games. The Knights are now rounding into form at just the right time. Midland rolled over Hurricane by a final of 4-0 on Oct. 2. The Knights got off to a fast start which vaulted them out in front of the Redskins early on. Andrew Hogue opened the
scoring at the 32:51 mark of the first half when he went ahead of the Hurricane defense and put one in the back of the net to make it 1-0. It was the first shot on goal for Midland. “It seemed like we had more intensity than they did,” Hogue said. “It was hot, so beating them to loose balls was a key factor. We seemed more intense.” The Knights relied heavily on clean, crisp passing throughout the game, which afforded them more scoring opportunities than Hurri-
cane. Midland ended the game with nine total shots to the Redskins six. “There were a couple times when we strung together six or seven passes,” said Cabell Midland Coach Tyler Ellis. “When we let the ball do the running for us, we’re going to be successful. I don’t care what team is on the other side of See Boys Soceer, Page 27 Cabell Midland’s Justin Merritt is greeted by his teammates as he runs out onto the field.