Monday, June 11, 2012
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MARSHALL HAS RECEIVED A LARGE DONATION FOR A NEW COMPLEX. PAGE 5
Dining with Diabetes class to be offered SUBMITTED ARTICLE WINFIELD -- The WVU Putnam County Extension Office will be offering Dining with Diabetes class beginning Tuesday, July 17, 2012 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Calvary Baptist Church in Teays Valley. Dining with Diabetes is a once-a-week class that runs for four weeks. Participants will then be invited back to a three-month follow-up class. This class is open to those with diabetes or pre-diabetesand their family members. The classes are free, but space is limited and pre-registration is required. Participants must attend all class sessions. Participantswill learn how to prepare meals that are healthy, easy, and tasty. Recipes will be demonstrated and participants will have the opportunity to taste each one. Participants will also learn upto-date information on nutrition, meal planning, and exercise and how to understand common diabetes-related medical tests from a Certified Diabetes Educator. Recipes and handouts will be given to each participant. Diabetes is a very serious and costly disease, but research has shown that those who learn to manage their blood sugar, eat SEE CLASS ON PAGE 3
HOW TO REACH US PHONE: (304) 743-6731 FAX: (304) 562-6214
Livestock judging team ‘learning by doing’ SUBMITTED ARTICLE WINFIELD -- The Putnam County Livestock Judging Team has been exercising the 4-H Moto ‘Learning by doing’, as they have competed in two contests this year. The team began the season with the Ohio Beef Expo in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio Beef Expo consists of placing classes of heifer, bulls, and steers and answering questions on the classes. The top four senior judges for Putnam County were Bailey Wolpert, Brandon Rhodes, Bridgett Dudding, and Maggie Parsons, while the top four junior judges for Putnam were Brooke Welch, Ivy Keen, Grace Wolpert, and Barett Dudding. More recently, the team competed at the West Virginia Beef Expo with over 300 competitors representing both 4-H and FFA groups from around the state. This stockman’s contest tests the 4H’er’s knowledge in cattle SEE TEAM ON PAGE 3
With Gus Douglass, West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture, are Ivy Keen, Brooke Welch, Jimmy Young, Edainah Young and Barett Dudding. Courtesy photo
Meeting on raising fire service fee set for Thursday By Jack Bailey jackbailey@theputnamstandard.com
WINFIELD – Two Putnam County commissioners who opposed raising the county's fire service fee last year say that a recent proposed increase from the county Fire Board is more reasonable, but are waiting to make a final decision until after a public meeting Thursday night, June 14, in Winfield. Putnam County Commission President Gary Tillis said that the
most recent request for an increase was more reasonable than a request last year that he opposed. “I definitely feel that this request is way more reasonable,” Tillis said of the request that the Fire Board made last month that would raise the $25 a year fire service fee for most homeowners to $37.50 a year. “But I want to hear from the public first before I make a final decision. I haven't made up my mind yet. I definitely want to lis-
ten to the concerns and comments from the public.” Likewise, Commissioner Joe Haynes opposed last year's request for a fire service fee increase, but finds the most recent request more reasonable. Last year, the Fire Board asked for fee increases that would have increased the fee 100 percent or more depending on the size of a structure. “I find this proposal more reasonable,” Haynes said of the recent rate increase proposal. “I
still haven't made up my mind, but I personally find it more reasonable.” Haynes said that last year when the Fire Board asked for an increase he received an overwhelming amount of calls about the issue, with most callers opposing the increase. This time around, he said that he has received far fewer calls, but the calls he has received have been against the increase. SEE FEE ON PAGE 3
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