Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012
EXTRA ONLINE EDITION
VETERANS APPRECIATION DAY SET FOR NOV. 4 PAGE 14
Early voting starts Wednesday in Putnam Co.
Candidates talk issues at Chamber Forum By Jack Bailey
By Jack Bailey
jackbailey@theputnamstandard.com
jackbailey@theputnamstandard.com
WINFIELD – Early voting in Putnam County for the Nov. 6 General Election will begin on Wednesday, Oct. 24, Putnam County Clerk Brian Wood said. The complete early voting schedule is as follows: Wednesday, Oct. 24, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. All early voting will take place on the second floor of the courthouse in Winfield. On Election Day, Nov. 6, polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and voters will vote at their individual precincts throughout the county. For more information, contact the Putnam County Clerk's Office at (304)586-0202 or visit www.putnamelections.com.
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HURRICANE – Sixteen candidates for local office turned out for a candidate forum on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at Sleepy Hollow Golf Club. The forum was sponsored by the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce, The Putnam Standard and Generation Putnam and gave candidates a chance to talk about themselves as well as take questions from the audience during the three-hour event. “The Chamber of Commerce does not endorse candidates, but does encourage its members and the public to acquaint themselves with the candidates in order to become better informed voters,” said Marty Chapman, Chamber of Commerce President, of the candidate forum. Mike Herron served as the moderator of the forum and kept the pace moving, while also enforcing a strict twominute time limit on comments by candidates.
Putnam County Chamber of Commerce President Marty Chapman shows off a copy of The Putnam Standard at a candidate forum on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at Sleepy Hollow Golf Club. The Putnam Chamber of Commerce, The Putnam Standard and Generation Putnam sponsored the forum. Photo by Jack Bailey While the 16 candidates in attendance were seeking different offices, a few common themes
emerged in their responses to questions from the audience. On the subject of economic
development, most of the canSEE FORUM ON PAGE 3
Lawsuit contesting vaccination rules dismissed By Kyla Asbury www.wvrecord.com
CHARLESTON – Kanawha Circuit Judge Tod J. Kaufman has dismissed a lawsuit that opposed a new vaccine requirement for children. In his Oct. 17 decision, Kaufman found that the immunization rule is consistent with state code and does not exceed the
Legislature’s limits on interpretive rules. Patrick Lane, a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, represented the plaintiff We the Parents, which is a nonprofit, voluntary association that consists of six families. Lane argued that the department did not have the right to require additional vaccines without Legislative approval.
The lawsuit was filed Aug. 23 in Kanawha Circuit Court against West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Cabinet Secretary Rocco S. Fucillo and Bureau for Public Health Commissioner Marian L. Swinker. State code requires children starting school for the first time to be immunized against diphtheria, polio, rubeola, tetanus
and pertussis, but, under the DHHR rule, children going into seventh and 12th grade are required to show proof that they have received vaccines against meningitis, tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis. Children going into the 12th grade are also required to show proof that they have received SEE LAWSUIT ON PAGE 3
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