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Mid-Century Modern American Glass Symposium and Public Activities
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Turnkey construction company building success in local area By Jack Bailey jackbailey@theputnamstandard.com
Blenko Glass Company No 667-S Pitcher in Tangerine with Wheat Handle. SUBMITTED ARTICLE WESTON, WV – The Museum of American Glass (MAG) in Weston, West Virginia is sponsoring a “double barreled” event focusing on Mid-Century Modern American Glass the last weekend in September. The “barrel” for current glass collectors includes a symposium, discussions and display. The second “barrel” for the public includes an auction, glass identification and a show and sale. The term Mid-Century Modern was used to describe furniture styles as early as the mid-1950’s and is now recognized by scholars and museSEE GLASS ON PAGE 5
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TEAYS VALLEY – Putnam County-based MCP Enterprises LLC has quickly grown to be an industry leader in the building construction business. Locally, the turnkey building construction company has a number of projects in the works, including the construction of a steel frame building for the Hurricane Gas. Co. “MCP is a West Virginia company. We want West Virginia companies to support us and do business with us, just as we do with them,” said Jamison Humphrey, who founded the company with his wife, Jennifer, in 2007 in the Beckley
An MCP Enterprises employee in a bucket truck examines the structural steel used in a new building for Hurricane Gas Co. Photo by Jack Bailey
area. MCP Enterprises began work on the Hurricane Gas Co. building recently, and the work is expected to be completed in the next few weeks. Depending on the size and complexity of a job, MCP Enterprises can erect a new building in anywhere from two weeks to 60 days. Initially, the company performed a great deal of work for the coal industry, and while mining remains important, MCP Enterprises now does work across all types of business. The company has also started to do a great deal of work for local government agencies throughout West Virginia, including the Putnam SEE COMPANY ON PAGE 12
Early voting to be offered at County Field Office in Ona By Jack Bailey jackbailey@theputnamstandard.com
HUNTINGTON – The Cabell County Commission has authorized early voting for the November general election to take place at the Cabell County Sheriff's Field Office in Ona. The Commission approved the use of the field office as an early voting location at its Aug. 9 meeting on a unanimous vote. Previously, early voting took place only at the courthouse in Huntington. “This is something that will be very beneficial to the voters in eastern Cabell County,” said Cabell County Commis-
The Cabell County Commission has authorized early voting for the November general election to take place at the Cabell County Sheriff's Field Office at Ona. Previously, voters could only vote early at the courthouse in Huntington. Photo by Jack Bailey. sion President Nancy Cartmill. “This is a very positive
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sioner Bob Bailey added that the move to allow early voting at the Field Office in Ona is something that he has supported for a long time. The office is located on Howell's Mill Road in Ona. “I've wanted this for a long time,” Bailey said. Cabell County Sheriff Tom McComas said that the early voting will temporarily displace one of his detective's offices at the field office, but he was happy to make the move to accommodate early voters. “We will move whatever it takes to make it happen,” McComas told commissioners at SEE OFFICE ON PAGE 3
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