Thursday, September 4, 2014
Deputies receive $1,000 raise
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By Jim Ross For The Cabell Standard Cabell County sheriff’s deputies will receive a $1,000 acrossthe-board pay increase, but the decision did not come without debate among Cabell County commissioners. Commissioners Bob Bailey and Anne Yon voted for the increase on Aug. 28, with Commissioner Nancy Cartmill voting against. Bailey argued that deputies deserve a raise. Cartmill said she wanted to know where the money would come from. Cartmill said she agreed with Bailey that deputies deserve a raise. She added that commissioners have been looking for money for a raise for a long time. Deputies are underpaid when compared with other counties, but so are people who work in the prosecutor’s and home confinement offices, she said. Each county employee received a $500 raise this year, and the county is providing free dental and vision insurance, Cartmill said. If deputies receive a raise, why not all employees, she asked. Bailey said he believes the money for the deputies’ raises is in the budget. If other departments want their employees to have raises, they should come before the commission, he said. Cartmill replied that the county has other expenses coming up this fiscal year. The regional jail bill is going back up as Huntington implements a grant to increase drug arrests. Health insurance See Commission, Page 4
Knights pound Riverside
The Cabell Midland football team celebrates after scoring a touchdown against Riverside. Photo by John Hagley By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com Cabell Midland began its offensive onslaught early and often against Riverside, as the Knights opened the 2014 season with a resounding 63-13 victory. The Knights piled up yardage left and right, while Riverside had no answer for the Midland rushing attack, spearheaded by all-purpose running back Alex Childers. He led all rushers with 133 yards on six carries, as well as a 62-yard catch-
and-run for a touchdown. “All of our players work hard,” Childers said. “They run down the field with me to make blocks down the field so I can make my cuts.” Midland lost 27 seniors from a year ago, but Coach Luke Salmons said this year’s group has a chance to be really good once they put it all together. Midland led Riverside 57-6 at halftime. “We have a good group of kids,” Salmons said. “A lot of people don’t respect us right now and that’s fine. I like for it to be that
way and the kids do, too.” The Knights outgained Riverside 429-51 in total yards in the first half alone. Quarterback Coy Pettit paced Midland through the air, completing 5 of 8 passes for 106 yards. The Knights finished with 571 total yards, 465 of them coming on the ground. “He understands the offense,” Salmons said of his senior quarterback. “He’s been starting for three years, so he’s going to be real good. He didn’t have a perfect night, but
he’ll get better and he’s a leader. He’ll get better and better.” On the opening kickoff, Riverside kicker Garrett Bostic was unaware that he had placed the tee on the 35-yard-line instead of the 40, but the Warriors kicked off anyways from the wrong yard-line. Devin Stapleton promptly returned the kick 44 yards for Midland all the way to the Riverside 34. That set up a Pettit touchdown pass to Jacob Hendricks, which put See Football, Page 6
New Barboursville store aims to make beauty accessible By AmandaSmythe rs amanda@theputnamstandard.com With the grand opening of Ulta, Barboursville officially has a one-stop shop for everything beauty. “We’re an all-in-one shop for beauty,” said General Manager Tana Spiewak. “We have a full service salon, a dermalogica skin bar, licensed skin therapists – it’s everything beauty.” Ulta moved into the empty building that once housed Linens N’ Things near Best Buy and Olive Garden in the Hun-
tington Mall on Aug. 29. Next door, renovations are still ongoing for what will eventually be a Planet Fitness. “People have talked to me about businesses not lasting in this location,” Spiewak said. “This isn’t going to be the case with us. We have something for everyone.” Spiewak said Ulta’s unique mix of drug store brands coupled with highend products creates an experience customers are unlikely to get anywhere else. “I think it’s cool that we can show
something new to the area,” Spiewak said. “We have mass cosmetics, which is what you can find in a drug store, and we have department store cosmetics. But if you go to a drug store, you don’t have someone to have you sit in a chair and help you. Here you have the best of both worlds.” When walking into the brightly lit store, it is easy to get overwhelmed as thousands of brightly colored products seem to come into focus all at once. Even Spiewak said some parts of the
Ulta’s setup mixes services with shopping. The brow bar See Ulta, Page 5 allows customers to receive waxing and eye brow services.