Thursday, February 6, 2014
Midland Basketball Page 16 Barbara and Richard Parker stand inside their new cafe and bakery Sugar Shak. The Brady Street shop is Barboursville's newest business. The husband-and-wife team offers lunch and dessert specialties.
Sugar Shak opens By Justin Waybright justin@thecabellstandard.com
Rich cupcakes, warm apple pies, tasty sugar-flaked ham sandwiches and belly-filling bacon cheeseburgers...Yum. Hungry yet? Barboursville's newest business, the Sugar Shak Bakery and Cafe offers a variety of options to satisfy the biggest appetite. From custom desserts to made-fromscratch sandwiches, the cafe and bakery shop has it all. The menu offers more than 40 items, ranging from $1.50 to $8.95. Appetizers, hotdogs, salads, wraps, quesadillas, hamburgers, subs and sandwiches make up the list. The Brady Street business has only been open two weeks, but already, it's drawing crowds. During lunchtime hours, local men and women flock to the Sugar Shak, anticipating delicious SEE SUGAR SHAK ON PAGE 6
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Businesses split on Home Rule By Justin Waybright justin@thecabellstandard.com
Milton’s plan to gain revenue, also known as Home Rule, has some business owners smiling and others frowning. It's a give-and-take project. If the municipal plan is approved, many business owners would pay lower B&O taxes and customers would pay a one percent sales tax on all retail purchases. Under Home Rule, a sales tax will be placed on all purchases in the city, excluding gasoline and grocery store food items.
Milton city officials have until June 2 to submit the Home Rule application to the state. Before this can happen, two public hearings must be scheduled. Although it's still in early stages, the city's pursuit of Home Rule is beginning to buzz throughout the business community. Kipling Shoe Company has run its shoe store for more than 112 years. Owner C.G. Osburn is reluctant to support the city's plan to implement a new sales tax. "You have to ask yourself, 'Are we better off now or will we be better off then,'" he said. "A lot of
new business has come to Milton, and I think we need to support the town, but if we get taxed too much, it will hurt us more than help us." The veteran businessman continued, "Any sales tax hurts us, because you have to raise the price on the purchase to the consumer...It does mean something to the consumer." For local business, the issue is two-sided. "It seems to me that Huntington benefited from it. A lower B&O for businesses here may help businesses come to Milton and may encourage some to stay," said Jason Thompson, li-
censee-in-charge for Heck Funeral Home. "A one percent tax is not going to make that much of a difference - people shouldn't really feel it that much." Thompson hopes the plan does what city officials hope it will do: make Milton more appealing to new and current businesses. "Whatever they've got to do to improve business opportunities in town...I'm down for it," he said. Jimmy Smith has owned Jim's Camping and Carwash since 1989. The former councilmemSEE RULE ON PAGE 5
Students write their future Schools, teachers adapt
By Justin Waybright justin@thecabellstandard.com
Newspaper clippings, photographs and grammar rules envelop the walls inside a classroom where Cabell Midland students give their school happenings a voice. An AP Style book sits beside Medieval Times Editor-in-Chief Heather Barker while she compiles stories for the school newspaper. News… It's what she loves and what she shares. "I like to do design and have a creative, free reign to put the puzzle pieces together," the senior said. "My family has really supported me in following my dreams at such an early age." What is Barker's dream? The high school news editor hopes to work for the New York Times. "I'd like to write for them and maybe one day become editor and run it," the determined student said. Barker has already taken steps to accomplish the goal. In addi-
By Amanda White For The Cabell Standard
The Medieval Times Editor-in-Chief Heather Barker works with sophomore Kanyon Nelson to create stories for the Feb. 14 issue of the school newspaper. Barker has spent nearly four years with the publication. She is one of 10 students on staff. tion to writing for The Medieval Times, she submits stories to local newspapers. Her work is often featured in
The Herald Dispatch and The Cabell Standard. SEE STUDENTS ON PAGE 8
Wintry weather and cold temperatures continue to create challenges for school officials and teachers. With school out on Monday due to inclement weather it forced Cabell County Schools to announce additional makeup days for students. Those dates are: Feb. 17, March 7, April 4, April 18, April 21, May 22, May 23, May 27 and May 28. The April 18 date was added to make up the missed day on Feb. 3. On Feb. 17 and April 18 the schools will release two hours early in order for the Faculty Senate meeting. SEE SCHOOLS ON PAGE 8
Inside This Week: CHAMBER’S VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR - PAGE 3 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE - PAGE 4 LAW ENFORCEMENT BRIEFS - PAGE 5
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