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New Weapon in War Against Drugs By Justin Waybright justin@thecabellstandard.com
HUNTINGTON – U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin and Huntington Police Chief Skip Holbrook unveiled a new weapon in the fight against prescription drug abuse. Last week, the two joined Huntington Middle School students and faculty to launch a film and Facebook page, highlighting the dangers of the prescription drug epidemic. “Prescription drug abuse has been like no other drug problem we’ve ever faced,” Goodwin said. “The biggest problem in this district is legal drugs.” The U.S. Attorney continued, “For many people, especially adolescents, the road to addiction starts with pills they find in their parents’ or grandparents’ medicine cabinets. We’ve seen time and again that when people begin experimenting with pills, they eventually move to cheaper alternatives, like heroin, to feed their addiction.” Holbrook agreed. "Opiate abuse transcends all of society - it does not discriminate,” the police chief said. “This is absolutely the most pressing law enSEE DRUGS ON PAGE 6
Knights rocket past Hurricane, 63-14 By Bishop Nash For The Cabell Standard
ONA- If last week's loss left any bad taste in Cabell Midland's mouth, Friday monster performance on Homecoming night washed the bitterness away. The Knights cranked out 657 total offensive yards and scored 50 unanswered points after the first quarter to swallow up the Hurricane Redskins 63-14 at Knights Field. “It was a total team win,” Cabell Midland head coach Luke Salmons said, “It’s been seven days. We know where we’re at and we’ve got a good team.” Redskins quarterback Austin Hensley lead Hurricane’s fivewide offense, picking apart the Midland secondary for two touchdowns passes in the first quarter. Midland followed step-forstep through the air. Knights quarterback Coy Petitt completed his first two passes of the contest for TDs; 57 yards to Dontae Hendricks and 50 yards to Seth Vickers. A failed PAT coupled with Hensley’s strikes to running back Zach Pate and
Cabell Midland High School 2013 Homecoming Queen, Shelby Nelson, with her parents, Phil and Jill Nelson of Timberlake. Photo by Jim Parsons wide-out Zach Pate meant Knights trailed 14-13 late in an explosive first quarter.
Whether Cabell Midland became bulletproof or Hurricane began to run out of ammo, what
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Farm to School Program benefits students By Olivia Zarilla Cabell Midland High School
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Cabell Midland High School has many programs that benefit both students and the school. One of these is the Farm to School Program, which allows students to grow produce to be used in school cafeterias. “It’s a program where students As a fundraiser, several FFA students sold locally grown pumpkins to families for the fall season last year. Photo by Jonathan Black
have the opportunity to receive a grant from the school board to start their own garden, work in it all year long and sell the produce back to the school board to be used in the cafeteria,” senior Jonathan Black said. Farm to School has been ongoing for three years and allows students to grow and to sell items such as butternut squash, watermelon, tomatoes, red and white potatoes and cucumbers. “It’s basically on a national level where they’re trying to get SEE FARM ON PAGE 6
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