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Barboursville Lions Club has Successful 5K
l Volume 115 l Issue 13
Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Sheriff’s Ona Field Office By Trudy Black trudyblack@thecabellstandard.com
Pictured is Ashley Hesson, from Bethesda, Maryland. Ashley finished 24th in a field of 45 at the 5K Race. The cold and rain did not deter 45 runners and walkers from participating in the Barboursville Lions Club/St. Mary's Medical Center 5K Run/Walk at Barboursville Community Park on Sunday, March 24. Lion Ashley Hesson, grandSEE 5K ON PAGE 5
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Once again folks from the Cabell County Sheriff’s Detective Bureau arranged for their Annual Easter Egg Hunt held Thursday, March 28th at the Sheriff’s Field Office, Howell’s Mill Road, Ona. The Cabell County Deputy Sheriff’s Association, in co-sponsorship, with the Cabell County K-9 Association, made sure children from Ona Elementary (PreK thru 2nd grade) received plenty of goodies at this year’s event. The hunt once again proved to be a delightful event! Although days before the event had been cold, damp, dreary and a little snowy… Thursday was much warmer and offered a beautiful day for kids to search for the illusive, brightly-colored eggs. More than 1000 eggs were
hidden across the ‘front yard’ at the Field Office. Eggs were filled with candy and children were filled with ex-
citement as they waited – not so patiently – for the event to begin. Children’s screams of delight echoed in the air as the hunt was
on! More than 200 students, sibSEE HUNT ON PAGE 5
The Watchmen of the City By Justin Waybright justin@thecabellstandard.com
MILTON - Dean Bishop and Kyle O’Dell wake up in the morning, put on black uniforms, a gold badge and a loaded Glock .45 caliber. Inside a black and white Ford
Crown Victoria, the young men change mindsets and transform into fearless protectors. They drive to their office of 2,500 people - the city of Milton. “To Protect and Serve” tattoos the sides of their cruisers. This is more than a logo - to the 10member-police force, it’s life. Since Jan. 1, 2013, local offi-
cers have served 30 felony arrests - almost double the amount of last year’s totals. The black and whites of Milton feel the soaring arrest rate. Hours of investigations, paperwork and planned drug busts have overtaken their busy schedules. “I can feel the change - to me
it’s getting worse, and it’s in drugs,” said O’Dell. “It started getting heavy with one or two arrests with meth, but now, three or four might get arrested - one case can turn into five or six felony arrests.” Bishop agreed. “It all started in January,” he SEE WATCHMEN ON PAGE 8
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