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Milton Middle School wrestler brings home World Title
Milton Middle School eighth grader Caperton Humphrey (center) recently won first place in the 150-pound weight class of the 13-14-year-old Schoolboy division at the Black Hills Nationals AAU World Folkstyle Championships held in Spearfish, S.D. Courtesy photo MILTON – Milton Middle School eighth grade wrestler Caperton Humphrey recently brought home a world championship title from the Black Hills Nationals AAU World Folkstyle Championships held in Spearfish, S.D. The wrestling tournament was held March 16-17 on the campus of Black Hills State University and featured hundreds of wrestlers from around the country. Humphrey competed in, and won, the 150-pound weight class of the 13-14-year-old Schoolboy division. John BeauSEE WRESTLER ON PAGE 4
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Valley Girl brings high-end consignment to Hurricane By Jack Bailey jackbailey@theputnamstandard.com
TEAYS VALLEY – Even though it has only been open a few months, Valley Girl, a chic consignment boutique located in the heart of Teays Valley has already started to develop a loyal following. “We opened on Dec. 26 taking in consignment items,” said store owner Lisa Rickert. “And we had such a response that we went ahead and opened after the first of the year.” The high-end consignment boutique offers a variety of clothing items for women in addition to fashion accessories, shoes and jewelry. A sampling of the types of items available at Valley Girl can be found on the store's website, www.valleygirlwv.com. A limited edition Coach handbag, a Prada handbag and Jimmy Choo shoes are just a few of the items available. “Women have great style in this area,” Rickert said, “But, they are thrifty, too. There are some very savvy shoppers.” A veteran of consigning items of her own, Rickert said that she knew
Owner Lisa Rickert opened Valley Girl, a chic consignment boutique, earlier this year. The high-end consignment boutique offers a variety of clothing items for women in addition to fashion accessories, shoes and jewelry. Photo by Jack Bailey
that the growing Teays Valley area would be a good market for her new boutique.
“Valley Girl is a high-end consignment boutique,” she said. “We accept only very high quality items
and offer them at a great price.
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Putnam Commissioners adopt $18.3 million budget for 2013 By Jack Bailey jackbailey@theputnamstandard.com
WINFIELD – The Putnam County Commission approved an $18,388,152 million budget for fiscal year 2013 at its Tuesday, March 27, meeting that includes an increase in the levy rate that property owners pay to 13.85 percent. Commissioners voted 2-1 to approve the budget, which will go into effect on July 1. Commissioner Steve Andes voted against the proposal saying that he did not want to see the county in-
crease its levy rate from the current 13.55 percent. Commission President Gary Tillis said that he, too, hated to see the levy rate increase, but reminded those in attendance that Putnam's levy rate will remain below those of its surrounding counties even with the increase. Commissioner Joe Haynes said that in his eight years on the commission this was only the second time the levy rate had to be increased. For fiscal year 2006, the levy rate was increased from 13.5 percent to 14.05 percent. Commissioners subsequently
lowered the levy rate in 2007, 2008 and 2009. The county's current fiscal year budget is $18,347,342 and commissioners said that they worked hard to craft a budget that reflected the slow growth the county has seen in recent years as a result of the overall national economic downturn. Compounding the slow growth of tax revenues, County Manager Brian Donat said that preparation of the budget for the upcoming fiscal year was made especially difficult because of increased costs to the county from
the regional jail for housing county inmates. Donat said that next year's budget will include a $300,000 increase over the current fiscal year for increased regional jail costs. Many county agencies asked for increases in funding for the coming fiscal year, and commissioners said that they tried to give a little where they could to agencies that had asked for increases. "We went through the budget and did not give the elected officials everything they desired," SEE BUDGET ON PAGE 3
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