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O’Dell promoted to Corporal By Justin Waybright justin@thecabellstandard.com
MILTON - Every morning, Kyle O’Dell puts on a black uniform, checks his gun and kisses his wife goodbye. He never knows what the day may hold. Dangers, tragedies and disasters sometimes fill his hours. The city of Milton is his office. The young man gets inside a white and black police car and drives across every square mile of the area’s roads. O’Dell looks for suspicious activity, speeders and lawbreakers. He’s been a Milton police officer since 2009, and his mission remains the same: protect and help those in need. Last week, the city honored his hard work with a promotion. O’Dell is now a corporal. “Milton is my hometown, and this feels good,” he said. O’Dell recently accomplished a goal: a revised ordinance, providing local officers more power to enforce the law on drug paraphernalia and synthetic drug possession. This was one of his many goals for the city. SEE O’DELL ON PAGE 12
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A lot of HE RT Cabell/Wayne Heart Walk,April 13th, 10 a.m. to noon, at Ritter Park By Justin Waybright justin@theputnamstandard.com
HUNTINGTON - Miracles still exist. The proof? Berklee Lowen Bonecutter. July 14, 2010 was the happiest day of John and Meagan Bonecutter's lives. What they had waited on for nine months had finally arrived: a blond hair, blueeyed baby girl.
After bringing her home, cameras snapped hundreds of pictures and grandparents kissed a baby's cheeks while a proud mother and father watched and smiled. Hours turned to days and days into weeks when John and Meagan noticed odd behavior from their daughter. They took her to a one-month check-up with questions. The answer they received changed their lives forever.
A guarded heart - Berklee Bonecutter’s heart stopped 28 times, just one month after she was born. Doctors diagnosed her with SVT, a rare heart condition. After countless weeks and innumerable trips to the ER, the infant came home. That night she suffered yet another SVT episode. Her parents, John and Meagan, held her and did one of the hardest things any mother and father can do. Photo by Justin Waybright. Nurses checked Berklee’s heart rate. Pediatricians were frightened. The infant’s heart was on the verge of exploding, at 308 beats-per-minute. A panicked mother called her husband.
"My wife called me at work and said her [Berklee’s] heart was racing past 300 beats-per-minute," said John Bonecutter. "I raced 90 miles-per-hour on Route 62 to SEE HEART ON PAGE 5
National Talent to grace Pumpkin Park By Justin Waybright justin@theputnamstandard.com
MILTON - On March 2, four men will mix the old and the new to create a signature sound in the Pumpkin Park Music Hall. Ernie Haase and Signature Sound will grace the fairground’s newly updated auditorium at 6 p.m. Since 2003, the quartet has given thousands of people uplifting, energetic performances. Every year, the southern gospel group lights up more than 100 stages in the nation. The Pumpkin Park stage is one local officials are excited to fill. Bill Kelley, president of the Pumpkin Festival is anticipating
A true signature sound - Ernie Haase and Signature Sound will perform at the Pumpkin Park Music Hall 6 p.m., March 2. Courtesy Photo. a big crowd. “It’s one of our goals to bring good, quality music to the area,”
said Kelley. “I hope the community enjoys this and supports the opportunity put forth to them.”
Longtime musician Don McCroskey believes area residents are in for a treat. “Ernie has, in my opinion, turned into one of the finest first tenors who ever sang,” said McCroskey. It’s not just the band that produces the sound. McCroskey, like every good musician, knows location is the key to projecting an accurate, crisp sound. He and Kelley believe the music hall is it. Last week, officials turned on soundboards and cranked up Haase’ music to test the new system. Every guitar strum resonated perfectly, without echoes. Bass SEE TALENT ON PAGE 4
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