Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Community newspapers cover subjects such as student honor roll, school sports, County Commission meetings and other details of community living. PUTNAM COUNTY FAIR SECTION PAGES 9-16
One Big Storm! One Big Edition!
l
50 Cents Volume 143
l Issue 27
Courts Motors helps raise $1,600 for Winfield Show Choir By Jack Bailey jackbailey@theputnamstandard.com
American flags line West Virginia 817 in Winfield near a large, uprooted tree. Photo by David Payne Sr. Due to the severe storms that hit our area on Friday, June 29th, The Putnam Standard was unable to print a July 3rd edition. We did our best, but without electricity in a pretty-much electronic world, we were in the same predicament as everyone else. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused and we would like to say “thank you” to all of our advertisers for their understanding during this time. By the time you read this, we hope that all of our readers are now doing well in a cool home with phones, water, and everything else that we all take for granted at times. Be sure to look in this edition for photos of the storm, as well as check out our website at www.theputnamstandard.com.
HURRICANE – Courts Motors of Hurricane recently helped raise $1,600 for the Winfield High School Show Choir by hosting a Dodge Booster Club fundraiser. On May 12, Courts provided Dodge Brand cars for test drives at Winfield High School. For every test drive, Dodge contributed $20 to the Show Choir. In all, 80 people made test drives that day, raising $1,600 for the Show Choir. Courts officials presented Winfield High School Show Choir Director Jeff Haught with a $1,600 check. “This is a substantial donation to the program,” Haught said. “This really means a great deal.”
Courts Motors of Hurricane recently helped raise $1,600 for the Winfield Show Choir by hosting a Dodge Booster Club event. Courts Motors presented a check to Winfield's Choir Director Jeff Haught. From left are Lesa Courts, Chris Adkison, Jeff Haught, Joe Rickaby, Cecil Courts Jr., Jeff Cavender, and Cecil Courts. Photo by Jack Bailey Haught said that last year the show choir competed in
state and regional tournaments, and even travelled as
far as Indiana and Orlando, SEE COURTS ON PAGE 3
Habitat for Humanity breaks ground on Hurricane Home By Jack Bailey
HOW TO REACH US
jackbailey@theputnamstandard.com
PHONE: (304) 743-6731 FAX: (304) 562-6214
HURRICANE – Habitat for Humanity of Kanawha and Putnam held a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, June 28, for a new home to be built by the organization on Montana Avenue in Hurricane. Several dozen county business and civic leaders tur ned out for the groundbreaking for the new home,
Several dozen Putnam County business and civic leaders attended a groundbreaking in Hurricane on Thursday, June 28, for a new home to be built by Habitat for Humanity. Photo by Jack Bailey
which will be the first one built by Habitat for Humanity in Putnam County since 2004. Sean Means, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Kanawha and Putnam, said that his group was glad to once again be building a home in Putnam County and hopes to do many more in the near future. SEE HOME ON PAGE 6
The Putnam Standard SEND YOUR COMMUNITY NEWS TO US AT P.O. BOX 186 CULLODEN, WV 25510