Weather shortens meeting
Thursday, February 20, 2014
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By Brian Harper For The Cabell Standard
An early morning snowstorm shut down much of area and forced a truncated meeting of the Cabell County Commission. “We had to postpone a lot of things today because of the weather,” said County Manager Chris Tatum noting that several speakers were not in attendance. In less than 24-hours the county had 7 inches of wet heavy snow causing multiple wrecks throughout the area. Most of the scheduled items on the Feb. 13 agenda were moved to the next commission meeting on Feb. 27 including a presentation by the commission recognizing the efforts of the volunteers and responders of the recent water crisis. “The water crisis responders presentation will be moved over to the next meeting,” Tatum said. Among the items on the agenda the county commissions did discuss and approve included: purchase orders and pay jackets, minutes of previous month’s regular meetings, and a hand written check to Highmark West Virginia not to exceed $100,000. Commissioners also approved the following resolutions: a retirement plan adoption agreement by the WV Treasurer’s Office, a state and local budget resolution, and a resolution for funding of three different parking lots for three Cabell County libraries through the Community Participation Grant. One of the scheduled items involved the reopening of the administration estate of Glendon Ray Chapman. Paul Ryker, repreSEE MEETING ON PAGE 3
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Above: Many students spent the afternoon outdoors making snowmen after seven inches of snow closed schools again on Feb. 13. Left: Gracie Mitchell's sled takes in snow as she sleds down the hill outside of the West Virginia Veterans Home in Barboursville. She was with her father, Aaron, and sister, Lily.
Farm to Schools showcases Midland students By Heather Barker For The Cabell Standard
Many students at Cabell Midland enjoy participating in agricultural classes, but two have gone above and beyond and have taken steps to preparing for the future. Orin Jackson and Zachary Call traveled to The Greenbrier to participate in the West Virginia Farm to School Showcase on Jan. 17 and to share their accomplishments. “Basically, (the showcase) was a lot of the people involved in the farm to schools program,” Jackson said. “They come together and talk about what they have done this year and share their plans for next year. “They also launched the WV Farm to Schools website. We were just spreading some of the things we did and getting the word out there about the program.” The two Cabell Midland students take part in the Farm to
Cabell Midland student’s Orin Jackson and Zachary Call were recently announced as the two students selling the most fresh produce to schools in West Virginia. The two shared their experience at the West Virginia Farm to School Showcase. Schools program that allows students to produce crops to later sell to local schools. Jackson and Call were recently announced as the two students selling the most fresh produce to schools in West Virginia. Jackson was named the top
student producer in West Virginia and provides Cabell County Schools with red, yellow and green bell peppers; tomatoes; butternut squash and cucumbers. Call was named the secondhighest student farmer in the state and provides fresh eggs; ro-
maine lettuce; cherry tomatoes; slicing tomatoes; cucumbers; butternut squash, bib lettuce, and potatoes. It was because of these accomplishments that allowed them to be chosen for the showcase. While there, the two talked to several people involved in the agricultural business from around the state and told them about their endeavors in the Farm to Schools Program. “I spoke with quite a few people including U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin and got to meet a lot of people involved with agriculture in the state and shared what myself and Zach did in the previous years in our farm adventures,” Jackson said. Not only did Jackson and Call talk about their achievements, they also spoke about the challenges they faced along the way. “I talked a lot about the ways I grew the produce, some of the SEE FARM ON PAGE 8
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