Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Christian Deiss Interviews Governor See page 5
Keeping her mother's memory alive Lois Ingram stitches a stuffed animal for a child patient at Cabell-Huntington Hospital. She volunteers her time with the sewing machine her mother gave her. Photo by Justin Waybright
Sewers Sowing Smiles By Justin Waybright justin@thecabellstandard.com
MILTON - Every Thursday a group of women build smiles for children. Inside Milton Baptist Church scissors, thread, and cotton line tables. The familiar hum of sewing machines echoes throughout the halls. The undeniable presence of love envelops a room where more than 10 local ladies smile, laugh, pray and work. It's called Animals for Smiles, and since its birth in January, more than 3,142 children patients at Cabell-Huntington Hospital have received joy in the form of one-of-a-kind, homemade stuffed animals. The driving force behind this new ministry is love, said volunteer Jill Ritterspach. "We pray over these animals and the children who will hold them," she said. "Our animals are the only thing allowed on a Medivac Helicopter, so if the child is
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CMHS Drum Line Pumps Up School Spirit By Heather Barker Cabell Midland High School
As football season has begun, so have the pep rallies. Some students think that the best aspect of the pep rallies is not the football team in fact, but the drum line that brings the crowd to their feet. When one thinks of the No. 1 band in the state, one often thinks of the drum line that pumps up crowds during pep rallies and entertains students and the community throughout half time at a football game. Though the drummers come from different backgrounds and play for different reasons, all come together for one purpose: the drums. “We’re just a bunch of musicians playing the drums together,” junior Cassidy Miles said. “I started because my older sister did drum line, so I decided to. I also had a bunch of friends in it so I thought I would do it.” The drum line consists of 11 drummers on the front line and 10 battery musicians who prac-
By Justin Waybright justin@thecabellstandard.com
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Senior bass drum player Katelyn Carrico looks toward the drum majors to get her cue during a performance for the Cabell Midland High School student body. tice every day after school for several hours. “We practice every day, except for Sunday,” Miles said. “Mon-
days, Wednesdays and some Fridays we practice after school until 5:30 p.m. On Tuesdays and Thursdays we practice until 7:30
p.m. or 8 p.m.” A typical practice for the drum SEE CMHS ON PAGE 16
Still no Raises for Deputies
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l Volume 115 l Issue 41
HUNTINGTON - One-by-one, Cabell County Sheriff's Deputies pleaded with commissioners to give them a raise. The response was not one they strived for. Commissioners answered much like they did in June when the sheriff requested a $1,000 raise across the board for his 42 deputies. "We discussed this issue earlier
in the year and said we'd look into it again next year," Commissioner President Nancy Cartmill said. "It's the jail bill - it's been a problem forever and it was the highest we've ever paid last year." The per diem for an inmate averages $48.25 and costs more than $17,611 annually, according to records from the West Virginia Regional Jail Authority. The average salary for deputies is $32,500, according to courthouse documents. The numbers show that inmates cost the county more than half of what the average deputy
earns. "We often do a thankless job, and anything we can do to help others, we'll do. The deputies...they deserve a raise," said Cabell Sgt. Mike Adkins. "We're asking you to put that on the next available agenda and vote yes to do it." The law enforcement official continued, "We feel like now is the time to take action." Cabell Sgt. Roman Thompson added, "Our pay is becoming the least amount in the area. I've been here 23 years and as a sergeant,
I'm probably making less than a patrolman at Huntington. I'm not trying to take something away from the courthouse, but unless you want this to become an incubator department for people to train at and go somewhere else, our pay needs raised." Next, Cabell Deputy Greg Slone addressed commissioners with another issue in his department's pay. "The government is trying to tax our uniforms and we're losing SEE DEPUTIES ON PAGE 6
Inside This Week: MHS CLASS OF ‘63 REUNION - PAGE 3 BARBOURSVILLE NSDAR - PAGE 6 CROSS COUNTRY - PAGE 9
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