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“The Silver Bridge Disaster of 1967” available at Museum October 1st
The people along the Ohio River near the town of Point Pleasant, WV, had long wished for a bridge. The river was not overly wide, but reaching the other side was difficult and sometimes impossible. In 1927 the area’s prayers seemed to be answered when construction of a bridge between Point Pleasant, WV and Kanauga, OH began. When completed the bridge was called the “Silver Bridge”. On December 15, 1967, at the height of rush hour the Silver Bridge collapsed. Forty six people lost their lives that night. Almost everyone in the area and for SEE BRIDGE ON PAGE 4
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Groundbreaking set for new Barboursville Ambulance Station By Jack Bailey jackbailey@theputnamstandard.com
HUNTINGTON – A groundbreaking ceremony has been set for Friday, Sept. 21, at 1 p.m. for a new ambulance station to be built in Barboursville. The groundbreaking was set after the Cabell County Commission voted at its Thursday, Sept. 13 meeting, to award the bid to build the ambulance station to MIRC Construction Services LLC of Hurricane. MIRC Construction was the low bidder on the project with a bid of $1,498,000. In all, 10 companies submitted bids for the project. Following the vote to award the contract and the scheduling of the groundbreaking, Cabell County EMS Director Gordon
This 2.4 acre site on Riverview Drive in Barboursville will soon be home to a new ambulance station. A groundbreaking ceremony for the new station is set for Friday, Sept. 21, at 1 p.m. Photo by Jack Bailey Merry said that he was pleased that the project was finally becoming a reality. Merry said that he has
wanted to have an ambulance station in Barboursville for several years and had been working actively for the past two
years to make it a reality. “This is something that I feel strongly about that should have been done a long time ago,” Merry said. Once the new station is completed the county should not need to build any additional ambulance stations for the foreseeable future, he said. The new Barboursville ambulance station will be the eighth ambulance station in the county. It will be located on Riverview Drive in Barboursville. Friday's groundbreaking will take place on the site of the new station. The public is invited to attend. The new station is expected SEE AMBULANCE ON PAGE 3
Cabell Midland outlasts South Charleston, 28-13 By Bishop Nash For The Cabell Standard
ONA- While all the hype orbited around Cabell Midland's “three-headed knightmare” in the backfield, it wasn't a mountain of scoring that sealed it for the Knights. The defense rose and dried up South Charleston's own electric offense while forcing four turnovers as Midland fought off the Black Eagles 28-13 at Knights Field on Friday. “We're not going to score 40 points a game. That's just not how it is,” said head coach Luke Salmons, “We've just got to learn how to take over the game.” The three-pronged rushing attack of seniors Lowell Farley, David Gaydosz, and Stephen Matthews developed another weapon as Kasey Thomas re-
turned from injury. The junior running back was a vital asset to the Midland offense in 2011 and finished Friday's game with both a rushing and a receiving touchdown. “It's the best feeling I've had all year,” Thomas said, “I was so hyped up today.” The Knights drew first blood midway through the first quarter when Gaydosz ripped off a 15yard touchdown run. The defense forced South Charleston to punt, and on the next drive Farley punched in a 3yard run early in the second quarter. The 5'10, 215 pound back became Cabell Midland alltime leading rusher last week and finished with 145 yards on 20 carries. “Lowell's always going to get his yards,” Salmons said, “He's
hard to handle. One guy's not going to bring him down.” Thomas started his welcome back party with a bang midway through the second when sophomore quarterback Coy Pettit hit him with a 52-yard touchdown bomb. “It's just an added dimension we've got and it's good to have him back,” Salmons said. South Charleston got on the board late in the second when senior running back Trevond Reese slipped in on an 8-yard touchdown carry. The two-point conversion failed, and the score set 21-6 at the half. Both offenses stagnated at times in the second-half, but Midland was able to slam the door on the Black Eagles attacks. South Charleston quarterback Johnathon Alexander would be
intercepted three times in the half, all three in Midland territory. The first of which fell into the hands of Matthews late in the third and set up a 10-yard touchdown run by Thomas. South Charleston kept it with seconds left in the quarter when senior running back Ken Haynes busted out on a 39-yard run. When the Knights offense began to sputter in the fourth, the defense became the heroes. The Black Eagles again coughed up the ball in Knights territory when Isaac Gibson recovered a fumble for Cabell Midland. Alexander would through two more interceptions to Midland's Alex Childers and Kameron Stapleton, and buzzer rang with the Knight holding on top. SEE CABELL MIDLAND ON PAGE 6
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