The Putnam Standard, Jan. 22, 2015

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Patriot Coal moves HQ to Putnam County

By Michael Circle michael@theputnamstandard.com

The national headquarters of Patriot Coal moved its operations from St. Louis, Mo. to Scott Depot, marking the second relocation of a major business to Putnam County in the last two months.

Bennett Hatfield, president and CEO, previously worked in the Scott Depot location as the chief executive of International Coal Group.

“The move from St. Louis will accomplish dual objectives of reducing administrative costs and positioning the corporate headquarters in closer proximity to our mining operations and customers,” Hatfield said in a news release. “The transition of corporate office functions began in November and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2015.”

Hatfield used to be president of the International Coal Group, a coal company that had its headquarters in the same Scott Depot See Patriot, Page 13

Smith captures ‘limelight’

By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com Jakob Smith, a sixth grader at George Washington Middle School, confidently strolled up to the microphone at the Putnam Career & Technical Center in Eleanor. The judges gave Smith the word ‘limelight.’

Smith’s mother, Kim Smith, said her son is a man of few words, but he certainly didn’t shy away from the “limelight,” as he spelled the word flawlessly, without hesitation, imSmith mediately after the judges issued the challenge to him.

See Spelling, Page 6

Steve Harrison (left) was elected to serve as the House of Delegates Clerk in the historic Republican majority house. Harrison sat next to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin during the State of the State on Jan. 14.

Photo by Steve Rotsch, state photographer

Harrison makes W.Va. history

By Amanda Smythers replaces former and longtime clerk amanda@theputnamstandard.com Greg Gray.

“Really, just to see the house Steve Harrison, a former state switch majorities like this and see senator and delegate, left his job this change, it’s something that of 18 years at Poca Valley Bank would have been hard to imagine to become a part of West Virginia back when I was in the House of history.

Delegates,” he said. “I was always Harrison took over the reigns a member of the minority. That’s of the clerk’s office in the first one of the things that’s still sinking Republican-led House of Delegates in and is exciting right now – when in over half a century. Harrison, I was here, we had 21 members of voted in by the House on Jan. 14, the Republican caucus.

Hurricane VFD gets new truck

“During my five terms, the highest we ever got was 31. When I was in the Senate the second two years of my senate term we got up to 13 in the Senate.”

Beginning in 1992, two years after graduating from Brown University, Harrison served five consecutive terms in the House before serving one term in the Senate.

After studying economics, political See Harrison, Page 3

Johnson reunites man and cat

By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com

As is customary, Hurricane Volunteer firefighters push its newest unit into the bay. Story on page 5.

When William Bennett dropped his cat “Kim” off at the Howliday Inn Suites and Treats Pet Resort in Hurricane on Nov. 23, she was supposed to stay for about two weeks.

Nearly two weeks had passed and Howliday Inn Suites owner Erik Johnson hadn’t heard from Bennett.

“It had been a little bit longer than that and I hadn’t heard from him,” Johnson said. “It was one of

GOOD DEED OF THE MONTH - Erik Johnson of Howliday See Kim, Page 5 Suites and Pet Resort reunited William Bennett with his cat, Kim.

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Legislature session preview, pg 3 n Buffalo Hurricane, Poca, and Winfield sports, pg 6-10

Community Events

Page 2 -Thursday, January 22, 2015 Bob Thomson Performance at The Wine Valley The Wine Valley will host a live musical performance by Bob Thompson at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 28 at The Wine Valley, 6 Liberty Square, Hurricane. For more information and to confirm weekly performance schedule contact 304760-0123 or visit http://thewinev alleywv.com.

Potential Plus offers six of these sessions annually. Class started Jan. 6 and go until Feb 19.

The Spring Sports Conditioning lasts seven weeks and meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays. * High School Athletes – 4:15 - 5:30 p.m. * Middle School Athletes – 5:30 to 6:45 p.m.

To register for either of these classes, please visit www.potenMurder Mystery Dinner tialpluswv.com or contact Matt Enjoy an exciting murder mys- Smith or Herm Hundley at 304tery theater by Murder and Mer- 757–7293. riment and a delicious dinner at 7 p.m., Friday - Saturday, Jan. 23 New Grief Support Group and 24 at the Greenhouse of Teays in Scott Depot Valley, 3554 Teays Valley Road Teays Valley Church of God #105, Hurricane. Cost is $45 per will be the location of a new “Grief person. To make your reservation Share” weekly support group beand for more information call 304- gan Tuesday, Jan. 13 from 6:30-8 397-6316. p.m. “GriefShare” is a caring support group for people grieving the Spring Sports Conditioning loss of someone close. and Potential Plus classes The group is sponsored by Beginning Potential and Poten- people who understand what grief tial PLUS are now being offered feels like and is designed to offer in Teays Valley. Both are unique comfort and encouragement to training programs for developing those who are grieving. Whether athletes and recreational students. you have recently lost a loved Goals of this class are to improve one or it is has been several years, foot speed, coordination, bal- “GriefShare” can help. ance, agility, flexibility, and body The class is free, but participants control. must purchase a workbook for $15.

Beginning Potential is geared For information call 304-757-9222 toward younger children while to register. Teays Valley Church of Potential PLUS is for high school God is located in Scott Depot. students spring sports conditioning. The classes are designed to New Single and Parenting increase total body and rotational Support Group power, speed and agility, core Those facing the challenges that strength and cardio-respiratory come with being a single parent are endurance. invited to attend a support group The Beginning Potential lasts at Teays Valley Church of God five weeks and meets Mondays on from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The class and Wednesdays from 5 to 6 p.m. started Wednesday Jan. 14 for 12

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Free childcare is available through the church’s children’s ministry. Call 304-757-9222 to register. The class is free, but there is a $15 fee for the workbook. Teays Valley Church of God is located at 6979 Teays Valley Rd. in Scott Depot just east of exit 40 off I-64.

Read Aloud starts Putnam County chapter Read Aloud West Virginia is starting a chapter in Putnam County with an orientation session on Jan. 15, at the main branch of the Putnam County Library at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. If you love to read and would like to instill this love in our children, join us and get involved.

All are welcome. Please call Laura Boggess at 304-549-1323 to RSVP or if you have any questions.

New Session of Divorce class begins Teays Valley Church of God is the site for a new Divorce Care class beginning in Scott Depot.

The class will meet on Wednesday nights from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and began Jan. 15.

Participants will need to purchase a $15 workbook, but the class is free. Childcare is provided by Teays Valley Church of God. To register call 304-757-9222.

Teays Valley Church of God is located Scott Depot.

The Upper Vandalia Historical Society The Upper Vandalia Historical Society will hold a meeting at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 25 at the Putnam County Board of Education office in Winfield, located behind the Courthouse. Guest speaker will be Jim Flook regarding markers for “The Battle of Scary Creek.”

Everyone is welcome. You do not need to be a member to attend.

Light refreshments served after the meeting. For questions, contact Cheryl Hastings, 304-760-2121.

Mountain Stage at the Culture Center The Mountain Stage with Larry Groce presents the music of Greensky Bluegrass, Cabinet, Hot Club of Cowtown, The Carper Family, David Morris and Jack Ballengee Morris at 7 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 25 at the Culture Center Theater, Charleston. Advance tickets are

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$15, day of show $25. Doors open products. at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available Putnam Union for purchase at Taylor Books, PSD meeting downtown Charleston, online at The 2015 Putnam Union PSD www.mountainstage.org or call meeting will be held the first 1-800-594-TIXX. Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. at the W,Va. 34 fire department.

Evening Pottery Class in Teays Valley “The Cameraman” Arts & Thoughts Studio will premieres at UMC Forrest host an evening pottery class at Burdette Memorial 6 – 8:30 p.m., every Monday R e n o w n e d o rg a n i s t J o h n from Jan. 26 through March 2 at Arts & Thoughts Studio, 3818 Schwandt will perform the music Teays Valley Rd., Hurricane. To for the American classic silent register and for pricing informa- movie, “The Cameraman,” starring tion contact 304-760-8714 or art- Buster Keaton, at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6 at Forrest Burdette Memosandthoughts@yahoo.com. rial United Methodist Church, 2848 Putnam Avenue in Hurricane.

Kids Painting Class Admission is $10 and students and in Teays Valley Arts and Thoughts Studio will children are free.

PipeSounds, with the Putnam host a kids painting class at 4:30 – 6 p.m., Wednesdays, Jan. 28, Feb. County Bank sponsoring the event, 4, 11, and 18th at Arts & Thoughts is excited to have the opportunity Studio, 3818 Teays Valley Road, to host Schwandt to perform on Hurricane. Four weeks classes the world-class Harrah Symphonic are $75 for ages 5-13 or $20 each, Organ in Hurricane. There will be and includes materials (canvas not a reception following the perforincluded). Different techniques mance. For more information or with pencil, acrylic and more will directions, see www.pipesounds. be taught. To register or for more org or call the church office, 304information contact 304-760-8714 562-5903. or email artsandthoughts@yahoo.

Ballroom dance lessons com at Valley Park Putnam County Parks is hostAnnual Putnam ing Ballroom Dance lessons in Chamber Dinner The Putnam County Chamber of The Commons located at Valley Commerce Annual Dinner Meeting (Wave Pool) Park. This is a four with entertainment by The Street week class held from 2 – 3:30 p.m.

Players will be held on Friday, Feb. on Saturday’s Feb. 7, 14, 21, and 28. Cost is $50 per person or $80 6 at the Charleston Marriott.

Reservations for sponsorships a couple. The instructor is Steve are being accepted at this time. Prowse. Call the park office to Deadlines do apply to certain register at 562-0518 ext. 10. sponsorships. Confirm your sponFree Marriage Relationship sorship and/or reservation early Course offered since this annual event is a sell-out Teays Valley Church of God will every year. Please email chamber@putnamcounty.org or call be the site of a weekly marriage 304.757.6510 to coordinate your workshop called “Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage.” The lightparticipation. hearted relationship course is for Sponsorships are as follows: * Gold Sponsor - $2000 – In- engaged and married couples and dustry Exclusive – includes 8 seats will be held weekly for 12 weeks * Silver Sponsor - $1,500 – in- beginning 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8. The course is free, but couples cludes 8 seats. * Entertainment Sponsor - will need to purchase the workbook for $15. Please call the 304-757$1,000 – includes 8 seats * Reception Sponsor - $850 – 9222 to reserve spaces. includes 4 seats.

Basket Bingo for Buffalo* Associate Sponsor - $500 – Eleanor Midget League includes 4 seats.

The Buffalo-Eleanor Midget * Table Sponsor - $1,000 – inLeague is looking for some great cludes 8 seats. people to play bingo, sponsor a * Individual $75 per person basket and come together to help on Saturday, Feb. 28. Doors open Free ACT Math and at 5 p.m., Bingo starts at 6 p.m.

English Prep Session A free ACT math and english There will be a concession stand prep session will be offered from open. Prizes include a Longaberger 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. Basket or a Vera Bradley Purse.

31 at Teays Valley Church of God. Sponsors and Donors are needed. If The session will assist students you would like to sponsor or donate in preparing to take the ACT test. to a basket, contact 304-553-4927 To register and for more informa- for more information. tion call 304-757-9222.

Wood Bat Tournament The Bob Cene Baseball ComSuddenlink plex in Struthers, Ohio, will host public hearing There will be a public hearing a wood bat tournament for teams at the Hurricane City Hall at 6 ages 16 - 19 from the East and p.m. Monday, Feb. 2 for those who Midwest June 25 - 28. For more wish to address their concerns with information, contact Ken Quinn at Suddenlink about service and/or 330-719-0581.

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W.Va. 35, social issues at forefront of legislature

By AmandaSmythe rs amanda@theputnamstandard.com

A historic legislative session is now underway and Putnam County lawmakers are wasting no time to get their voices heard.

Infrastructure, moral issues, educational standards and tort reform have already taken the center stage and local legislators expect this list to increase as the session continues.

Completion of W.Va. 35 remains a primary issue for Putnam lawmakers, who, encouraged by Sen. Earl Ray Tomblin’s mention of the project in his State of the State address, hope to see significant progress made in its funding this year.

“We are looking at different methods to deal with Rt. 35,” said Sen. Chris Walters (Dist. 8 - R), newly appointed chair of transportation and infrastructure committee. “One thing we’re looking at is allowing counties the ability to utilize county money to help build roads. We’re trying to do everything we can to help Rt. 35.”

Newly elected Sen. Ed Gaunch (Dist. 8 – R) has already spoken to Tomblin about W.Va. 35 and will continue to do so until progress is made.

“I’m adamant about getting Rt. 35 completed,” he said. “I’ve already talked to the governor and I’m encouraged that he included it in his State of the State address.”

Gaunch said he isn’t sure where W.Va. 35 will fall in the six-year transportation plan, but he feels it

should be a top priority.

“I’m going to try to encourage and move that up on the agenda,” he said.

The Putnam legislators are also interested in improving the county’s business climate. Del. Jeff Eldridge (Dist. 22 – D) said he is cosponsoring a bill to increase the 30-year-old requirement that any contracting work over $2,500 needs a contractors license.

“I’m definitely going to try to raise that up to $5,000,” he said.

“That will be good for small businesses.”

While Walters said he is in favor of changing the inventory tax, Del. Jim Butler (Dist. 14 – R) and Gaunch want to make changes to the tort system to make the legal system friendlier for businesses.

Butler is looking at sponsorship opportunity as he believes the consequences of West Virginia’s legal system is costing the state both money and jobs.

“If we can make our legal system more fair where businesses are not so concerned about being sued, that will encourage them to move to West Virginia or to locate in West Virginia and create more jobs,” he said.

Just days into the 2015 session Gaunch has already sponsored two bills to create immediate reform in the legal system.

“One is to change the current system of joint and several liability and the other to address an issue called deliberate intent statute,”

he said. “Those two I’ve already introduced and I’m looking at other bills to cosponsor.”

Also on the list for the session is confronting Common Core, known as Next Generation Standards in West Virginia, that has been mandated from the West Virginia Department of Education. Butler said that in order to keep up with the rest of the world, West Virginia will need to develop better standards.

“Common core is still one of my big issues,” he said, adding that he has been on education committee for the last two years. “I’ve heard several experts saying these standards are not better. What I am in favor of is developing standards within West Virginia with West Virginia educators writing standards for West Virginia.”

Butler said he supports the waiver the Putnam County Board of Education requested to discontinue Common Core math as well as supports less standardized testing.

“I’d like to see more emphasis on the curriculum and using testing as a learning tool rather than just a measurement tool,” he said. “The teachers are tested on test results so that forces them to teach only to the test rather than teach a good rounded curriculum that actually gets the kids ready for work or for college.”

One item high on Walters’ list is the creation of a statewide fiber optic opensource network.

“If we do that in West Virginia, we’ll be the only state in the nation

making speeches for a bill or supporting a position. I’m just going to be here to make sure everybody has what they need to do their job, do it professionally and do it in an efficient manner.”

With the change in majority party, Harrison believes his first responsibility will just be to get the new leadership team settled and ready for the session.

“I think my most important role is helping the new members of both parties get acclimated and get them comfortable and helping the transition,” he said. “It’s a major change – there’s going to be all new committee chairmen, all new leadership, a lot of staff changes, its just making sure that we do things right, that we run an efficient session, and help make that transition.”

Once everyone’s is settled, he said he expects the new majority party to waste no time to begin legislating.

“I think they’re going to hit the ground running but in a measured way,” he said. “I think it will be a more paced session than before.

My experience when I was up here was that typically, the first 30 days, there wasn’t a lot hitting the floor.

There was some work being done in committees and so forth but bills

weren’t really hitting the floor.

“I think we are going to see bills worked at a more orderly pace than in the past so things don’t get left to the end. We want to try to avoid as much as that as possible. The goal is to have more of a steady flow of legislation rather than everything saved to the end.”

Despite West Virginia’s history of voting Democrat, Harrison said a lot of the views of the average West Virginian are shared by the Republican party.

“I think the citizens of West Virginia have identified with a lot of Republican positions throughout the years but there’s a lot of folks just traditionally voted democratic,” he said. “I think a lot of folks are growing to be more independent in the way they vote and that has opened up the possibility of republicans getting elected in areas where they couldn’t elected before.”

Harrison, who has lived in Cross Lanes for the last 22 years, said it was difficult to leave Poca Valley Bank but that he is excited to be a part of the legislative process again.

“It was not an easy decision to leave,” he said. “I served with Del. Armstead and when he spoke to me about being clerk, it was just an opportunity I couldn’t pass up.”

Harrison From Page 1 science and organizational behavioral management in college, Harrison said he knew he wanted to get into politics as soon as possible, and said he wasn’t disappointed in what he found when he got there.

“There’s never a boring or dull day at the legislature,” he said.

“You just feel that there is so much purpose in what you’re able to do here.

“Yes, it tends to be a slow process and you have to realize that coming in or you’ll be very frustrated, but being able to help move things in the right direction was probably the most satisfying part of it.”

Now, Harrison said he is looking forward to being a part of the democratic process in a different respect.

“In this office, you are here to serve all members,” he said. “This is an administrative office and this is a support office.

“While I’m nominated by the majority Republican party, it’s not a policy position, it’s a position to allow all the legislators to have what they need to serve their constituents.

“I’m looking forward to that.

I think that will be even easier now because I’m not in a position

to do that and we’ll have the most affordable and fastest internet in the country,” he said. “We’re 50th in broadband connectivity in the United States. Without a strong fiber infrastructure, we’re not going to be able to compete in the 21st century.”

Under Walters’ plan, the state will pay to build the lines and then will allow companies to attach to it. Companies will then pay the state the cost of upkeep but the building, which Walters said is the most expensive part of the process, will already be completed for them.

“If we build this, what will happen is the state will own the fiber but we will allow any company to attach a line to it,” he said, adding that it would allow smaller companies to be more competitive with the communications giants in the state. “We’re taking their biggest expense of building the lines out and just letting them attach their lines. This will give you the opportunity to choose between five or six people all competing for your business.”

Walters said the Republican majority will allow conservative ideas to finally reach the forefront, including abortion legislation previously vetoed by Tomblin.

“A lot of individuals in Putnam County are prolife and we’re going to have prolife legislation,” Walters said. “We expect a veto from the governor. We are prepared to override the veto.”

Walters said the Pain Capable

Child Act will prohibit abortions after week 22. With the Republican controlled legislature and only a majority vote needed to override a veto, Walters said he expects no issue in passing the legislation.

Gaunch said he also will support prolife legislation, although he wants to read the bill first.

“I’m unapologetically prolife,” he said. “I’m positive that we’ll see again the Pain Capable Act that was vetoed by the governor last year and when I see that, after I get a chance to read it, I will be likely in favor for that bill. I promise I will not disappoint the voters in the Putnam County eighth district.

I share their values.”

Eldridge, the only Putnam County representative who is a member of the Democratic party, said the change in majority will affect the priorities of the legislature, but will not, in his opinion, be negative for the state.

“I see a lot of stuff happening,” he said. “I am definitely the minority, although I have been welcome in open arms as far as participation and deals in other sides of the party.

We always have the best interest of our state but we always have different angles to get there.”

Putnam County Republican lawmakers said they will do their best to legislate conservative values with their fellow Republican majority.

“We’re doing the best we can to make West Virginia a business friendly state that matches the morals of West Virginia,” Walters said.

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West Virginia Legislative Update

By Del. Jim Butler District 14 It is Jan. 15th and we have just finished the second day of the West Virginia 82nd Legislature. Yesterday was a historic day.

The House of Delegates elected the first Republican Speaker of the House in over 83 years. In fact Tim Armstead is the first Republican Speaker to preside in the current Capitol Building, which was dedicated in 1932. On the Senate side Bill Cole was also elected the first Republican Senate President since 1932.

What does that mean? Well time will tell but there is already a noticeable difference.

In my first year in the legislature, which was 2013, the first bill on the agenda was to raise the pay of elected officials. Last year the first item on the agenda was a bill that created a new way to bring law suits. By the way, I voted “against” both of the bills.

This year, under new leadership, we will be working to pass legislation to meet our obligations to senior citizens, children, veterans and others by clearing the way for economic growth and job creation.

The first bill on this year’s agenda will repeal West Virginia’s version of cap and trade, known as the Renewable Energy Portfolio Act. This act which, would take effect later this year, would be an unnecessary burden on our power plants and inevitably lead to higher energy prices.

This legislation, HB 103, was passed in 2010 and the line in that caught my attention says that utility companies have the authority to recover the cost of compliance and we all know that the cost would be passed on to us; the consumer.

On down the list we have bills to protect property owners from lawsuits by trespassers, a bill to help keep and attract job creation manufacturers by ensuring that

they are treated fairly in court and auditing the Division of Highways and other agencies that spend your tax dollars.

I am sponsoring some of those bills. I am also working on some legislation in response to tragic car crashes involving local residents.

One is to increase penalties for drunk driving, especially where someone is injured or killed.

Another bill to improve safety by marking and posting no parking zones.

A third bill would help prevent the likelihood of accidents at railroad crossings. As expected, I have already had some resistance to all of these, but I am working to get the drafts completed and gain support.

W.Va. 35 was mentioned by Gov. Tomblin during his State of the State address. No date has been set to begin construction on the new four lane, but legislation that I helped pass a couple years ago is likely to help finance the project. Del. Cadle, Del. Ihle and I will be doing all we can to keep things moving.

As I have done for the past two years in the legislature I will try to write weekly updates for the newspaper. It will be more difficult to find time now since I have been assigned to different committees, and given some more responsibilities, but I think it is important that you know what we are doing.

I am the Vice Chairman of the Political Subdivisions Committee; I am on the Finance Committee, and the Roads and Transportation Committee.

Please pray for all of us in the Legislature as we do our best to make difficult decisions. Feel free to call, e-mail or write. It is an honor to serve.

Butler may be contacted via 304-340-3199 (office), e-mail: jim.butler@wvhouse.gov or mail, 1900 Kanawha Blvd E. Charleston, WV 25305-0009.

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Unfunded fire and police pensions near $1 billion

By George Hohmann For The WVPA CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Unfunded municipal pension liabilities are near $1 billion and West Virginia cities are struggling because of the debt, according to Blair Taylor, executive director of the West Virginia Municipal Pensions Oversight Board.

Taylor was one of more than a dozen leaders who spoke Monday at the West Virginia Associated Press Legislative Lookahead in Charleston.

During a panel discussion on municipal issues, Taylor said municipal police and firefighter pensions have about $1 billion in unfunded liabilities and are “a huge burden for many West Virginia cities.”

Charleston has a $280 million unfunded liability “which is the worst in the country,” said Charleston Mayor Danny Jones.

When panel moderator John McCabe, managing editor of The Wheeling Intelligencer, asked what one thing the Legislature could do to help cities, Jones said, “Take ‘em all,” referring to the pension plans.

“The state created them, it ought to take them,” he said.

In addition, “I think the state should adopt complete home rule for the cities,” Jones said.

Under freedom granted by home rule, Charleston and Wheeling are implementing sales taxes that will be used, in part, to pay pension liabilities.

Wheeling has an $80 million liability. Wheeling Mayor Andy McKenzie said his city has had to make cuts to pay for pensions.

“If we didn’t have this problem we could have done great things” like grant employee pay raises and devote more funds to water and sewer needs, he said.

McKenzie went on to say that, “If we have one problem, it is housing.” Although the region’s booming natural gas business has attracted workers to the area, many of them are living in Ohio or Pennsylvania because few homes have been built in the Northern Pan-

handle in recent decades, he said.

Economist John Deskins, director of West Virginia University’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research, said he has been struck by how regional economies vary.

“Any notion of one-size-fits-all in economic development strategy is farfetched,” he said.

Although the recession didn’t hit West Virginia as hard as it hit many other places, “employment hasn’t done well at all,” Deskins said.

“From 2012 to 2013, West Virginia lost jobs and last year was flat.”

Asked what West Virginia can learn from other states, Deskins said, “Generally speaking you don’t want to be an outlier.” West Virginia is an outlier in the degree it is ruled by state government, he said.

When asked how the city of Charleston is doing, Jones said, “fairly well,” but not as well as 10 years ago. The city has never quite come back to the growth it experienced prior to the 2008 financial crisis. “Plus we had the water crisis,” Jones said, referring to the January 2014 Freedom Industries chemical spill that affected the water supply of 300,000 people in the area. “That’s done damage to us that is incalculable,” he said.

During a panel discussion on water quality, Corky DeMarco, executive director of the West Virginia Oil and Gas Association, said, “I am personally upset we tend to vilify industry for something an outlier did.” He said Freedom Industries was required to have a containment system but it was inadequate.

Furthermore, Freedom was required to have a spill prevention plan and groundwater permits. If the state Department of Environmental Protection wasn’t going to Freedom’s site to check on the plans “they weren’t doing their job,” he said.

Angie Rosser, executive director of the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, said the headwaters of many rivers in the state are pristine but “as you move downstream, the quality gets worse” because of sewage, acid coal mine drainage

and other pollutants.

There have been some improvements since the coalition was established 25 years ago but threats remain, Rosser said. “Industry continues to chip away at regulations that protect water quality.”

Last year’s session of the Legislature was dominated by Senate Bill 373, which was passed in response to the Freedom Industries spill. Rosser said the coalition believes one of the bill’s strongest provisions requires water utilities to submit source water protection plans.

DeMarco said, “I think the focus of Senate Bill 373 ought to be on the ‘zone of critical concern’ — those areas where the public water system intakes can be compromised.”

Mayor McKenzie expressed alarm that “I could get in a boat and go right to where water comes into a water plant.” He said, “We need to be able to monitor what’s coming into the water systems.”

During a panel discussion of the state’s Freedom of Information Act, House Speaker Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, said he hopes the Legislature will consider a bill clarifying what documents must be provided to the public.

“I think we need to keep in mind that in other states the default position is you get the document,” Armstead said. “The burden has to be on the agency, the public official, to show why that document isn’t a public record.”

Don Smith, executive director of the West Virginia Press Association, said, “What we see is the burden is much more on the requestor. We’re seeing an attitude (in government) of, ‘We’ll try to turn down every request.’”

Pat McGinley, a West Virginia University law professor who is an expert on the Freedom of Information Act, noted that lawsuits will, over time, allow the courts to refine the definitions in the law.

The W.Va. AP Legislative Lookahead was sponsored by the W.Va. Press Association and Marshall University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications.

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Hurricane Fire Department secures new truck

By Michael Circle michael@theputnamstandard.com

The Hurricane Volunteer Fire Department has worked hard over the last two years to raise the money needed to replace a 1978-model fire engine, E-811.

On Jan. 9 all of the hard work paid off as the firefighters celebrated the arrival of a new 2014 truck by pushing it into the garage for the first time. This was a sort of christening of the new 811 unit.

“This truck is just remarkable,” said Hurricane Volunteer Fire Chief Frank Stover. “We were going from a 1978 pumper with 1,000 gallons per minute to a 2014 with a 1,200 pump. It holds more equipment and more resources we need to better serve our community.”

Hurricane VFD’s newest addition to the fleet has mostly new parts but some of the updated equipment on the older truck was used, including the hoses and the front-bumper siren.

Stover drove the truck from McComas, Ohio to Hurricane. He was warmly welcomed when he and the engine arrived at the sta-

tion, he said.

It was washed down and positioned in the road to be pushed into the garage by the members of the department.

“It means a lot to have this truck now,” said Rick Hensley, the department treasurer. “We had a motorcycle raffle, a carnival and other fundraisers to get this truck and it’s finally here.”

The raffle brought in nearly $20,000 and the community carnival that took place in the parking lot of Hurricane High School added approximately $5,600 to the pot, Hensley said. In total, the department raised roughly $72,000 for the new truck.

Some of the perks of the new engine include enclosed back seating for four, as opposed to the open back with room for two on the old truck. It also has a 1,200-gallon per minute pump and a 1,000-gallon tank, Stover said.

Perhaps one of the more interesting details of the new 811 unit is its history. Before being sold to the Hurricane VFD, the truck was used at NASCAR’s Kentucky Motor Speedway on reserve for crashes.

“We field a couple trucks there every year and this one was a release from Kentucky Speedway,” said Jody Beckett, a sales representative of Finley Fire Equipment, who sold the truck to Hurricane.

“They were interested in a new truck and I showed them this one and they loved it.”

Hurricane VFD Assistant Chief Rob Savage said the truck had a few details that were larger than what the department wanted originally but the price could not be beat.

“We’ve waited so long for this,” Savage said. “It’s been a long time coming. I’m glad to see it’s finally here. It meets so many more safety standards than the old one. It’s the newest truck we have and replaces a truck that’s 36 years old. I’m glad to see it in our garage.”

To welcome the new fire engine to the fleet, Stover positioned the truck to be backed into its bay and the other members of the station pushed it into the garage.

The tradition is like a ribbon cutting or a christening, Savage said, and, apart from Stover pressing the brake pedal, was a fun experience

and crying.”

Johnson said Kim the cat is Bennett’s whole world and that he just loves her to death. Kim is Bennett’s motivation to get up and get out of the hospital.

“He was talking to the cat saying, ‘this is my motivation. I’m going to get better for you Kim. I can’t wait to come home and see you and be with you. I’m going to work real hard,’” Johnson said.

“He made me wheel him out to the nurse’s office so he could show Kim off. It just really made his day.

He was thrilled with it.”

Johnson said he even brought Bennett’s bill over to him at the rehab center and gave him a big discount.

“When I visited the rehab center it went great,” Johnson said. “Once I gave the nurses the shot records and I went back there everything was good. The cat is perfectly healthy. She’s really a sweet cat.”

People love their animals like they do their children, he said.

Animals build close relationships while giving unconditional love.

“You can always unload your problems and they’re always happy to see you,” Johnson said.

As for Bennett, being able to see Kim certainly had a positive impact on his health and recovery.

“Eric is really a great person and he cares,” Bennett said. “Kim isn’t like many cats. She’s a special cat.

She’s not like any regular cat at all.

She’s more like a human and she’s very, very special. Cats want to be loved and Kim is loved more than anyone.”

Bennett said he couldn’t believe he found Kim when he originally

went to the Helping Hand Pet Rescue Center in St. Albans. He also said the animal shelter is in need of funds and pet food, so donations are welcome.

Kim has always cared about him, he said, and he’s thankful that Johnson doesn’t keep the animals in cages at the Howliday Inn Suites and Treats Pet Resort. The animals get to stay in their own rooms and some even get to watch TV, including Kim. But, above all, Bennett said he hopes to be out of the rehab center in a week or two so he can spend time with his beloved Kim. “I think he’s definitely motivated now to try to get better as quick as he can so he can get out and be with Kim,” Johnson said.

HVFD’s old E-811 was decommissioned and stripped of its equipment for the new 811. The old truck offered great service to the City of Hurricane, Hurricane Volunteer Fire Chief Frank Stover said. for fire fighters and ladies auxiliary members alike.

Still, the old truck has given the department memories to last a lifetime, and some memories belong to those no longer in the Hurricane VFD. During the Jan. 5

city council meeting, Mayor Scott Edwards recalled the time he put old 811 in a ditch on a call.

The new truck was being fitted with its equipment and Stover said it should be ready to answer 911 calls by the end of this week.

Kim From Page 1 his neighbors that came in and told me that he had been in a serious car accident and that he had a bunch of different issues going on.”

Bennett, who was in critical condition in the hospital immediately following the accident, wanted to let Johnson know what happened. Johnson said he had no issue with taking care of Kim, a calico cat, for as long as Bennett needed.

After several weeks had passed, Johnson found out that Bennett was in a Teays Valley Rehab Center.

Shortly afterward, Johnson received a call from Bennett.

“He wanted to know if there was any way I could bring the cat over to see him,” Johnson said. “So I said, ‘yeah I can do that.’ I brought the cat over there and the lady at the desk wouldn’t let me take the cat back there because she had to have the shot records, so I came back here and I got the shot records which had expired two days prior.

“I called his vet to make an appointment to get Kim’s shots updated, but they wouldn’t do it unless they had written permission from him, so then I drove back to see him. I filled out a card and had him sign it for written permission.”

Monday is pretty much the only day of the week Johnson can get out because he spends the majority of his time managing the Howliday Inn Suites, he said.

“I have about a three or four hour break on Mondays where I’m not here and I do all my banking and stuff like that,” he said. “So (on Jan. 5) I took the cat in and got the shots and then took Kim over to see him and he was just balling

Erik Johnson, owner of Howliday Inn Suites in Hurricane, holds Kim the cat who is in the midst of an extended stay at the pet resort until owner William Bennett recovers from his injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

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Buffalo boys lose close game to Midland Trail

By Michael Circle michael@theputnamstandard.com

Midway through the boys class A basketball season, the young Buffalo team is starting to find its game.

Although the Buffalo Bison fell to Midland Trail, 60-53, the players continue to improve and forced six lead changes during the course of the game.

Buffalo’s Ty Smith had 13 points against the Patriots. He led the team in boards with seven.

He said the team still has some work to do but that the unselfless play of his teammates contributed to his success.

“Everybodys just has to box out,” Smith said. “It takes a whole team to play like that.”

Buffalo coach Chuck Elkins said that at the beginning of the season teamwork was still in the growing stages and shooting suffered slightly. However when the players focus the team is able to compete and play smarter basketball.

“We’re giving the other team just too many opportunities for baskets,,” he said. “We have little mental breakdowns. We lost by seven. That’s two turnovers. If we don’t give them those two possessions and we score instead, we’re in the game.”

Buffalo senior Austin Hensley had 13 points for the Bison. He had two 3-pointers and was 5-for-10 from the free throw line.

“We got out rebounded and we just didn’t execute,” Hensley said.

“That’s been our whole problem all season, either turnovers, not rebounding or not executing.”

Buffalo went a combined 14of-30 from the line. Hensley said it would be one of the first things worked on when practice resumed.

Buffalo’s Ty Smith fights through Patriot Ryan Wilson on his way to the net.

“We’re definitely going to work on free throws and boxing out,” he said. “That will be the most important thing.”

Buffalo’s Devin Rich put his team on the scoreboard in the first two minutes of the game from the free-throw line. Rich continued the pressure and stole the lead from the Patriots on a 3-point shot that put the Bison up 9-8.

“I think that they just got too many rebounds,” Rich said.

“They’d shoot it, rebound it and shoot it again and we just couldn’t handle that as a team.”

For the Bison, it was the first home game in 24 days and the boys could not be happier to be back in The Barn, Rich said.

“It’s nice to have the home crowd like that again,” he said.

“I’m sure that our student section persuaded a few of their foul shots. Buffalo freshman Ethan Burgess (25) goes up for a shot against “We just need to keep our heads Midland Trail’s Seth Crosier (1). up. We haven’t won a game yet so I think we need to experience a win and see how we feel after.”

Scoring was slow for the Bison at first, but at the half the Buffalo closed the gap and was behind by one point, 26-25.

Hensley opened the second half with a 3-pointer to once again give Buffalo the lead.

The Bison held tight to that lead for the next four minutes.

Ryan Wilson of Midland Trail took it back for the final time. Patriot’s Tristan Minor had 14 points in the game.

Buffalo will began WVHIT play Friday, Jan. 23 at home.

Buffalo junior Devin Rich (33) tries to drive around Midland Trail’s Ryan Wilson (23).

first ones we didn’t really look at too much and I thought ‘oh goodness.’”

Even without studying the easiest words quite as rigorously, Jakob didn’t miss one and he said it feels great to be moving on to the regional round which will be held at Capital High School in March.

‘Gemstone’ was the first misspelled word of the night. No words were misspelled in the first two rounds, but by the time of the seventh round, there were only seven students remaining and Smith won it in the ninth round.

Kathryn Alley of Teays Valley Christian School was named runner-up for Putnam County.

If for some reason Jakob cannot compete, Alley will take his place at the state competition.

Six middle school students and 16 elementary students took part in the spelling bee. Middle school participants included: Dominick Belinotti of Calvary Baptist Academy, champion Jakob Smith of George Washington, Mireya Ball

of Hurricane, Dylan Jones of Poca, runner-up Kathryn Alley of Teays Valley Christian and Kenny Powell of Winfield.

Participating elementary school spellers included: Cecelia Burke of Buffalo, Micah Daniels of Calvary Baptist Academy, Chloe Lafferty of Confidence, Ryland Varney of Conner St., Avery Carter of Eastbrook, Jackson Toney of George Washington, Blake Buzzard of Hometown, Olivia Haught of Hurricane Town, Elizabeth Edwards of Lakeside, Christian Deiss of Mountain View, Caden Parsons of Poca, Tyler Kitchen of Rock Branch, Rucker Smith of Scott Teays, Alexis Bowles of Teays Valley Christian, Dylan Crane of West Teays and Leea Scarberry of Winfield.

The Putnam County Spelling Bee judges included: Karen Nowviskie, Director of Early Childhood Education, Doug Cross, Director of Secondary Education, and Dr. Cynthia Daniel, Assistant Superintendent.

Spelling From Page 1 “I thought I was going to win it,” Smith said, regarding the last word.

But Smith also said he wasn’t sure he would win until things got own to the final round.

“He was nervous at first,” Jakob’s mother Kim Smith said. “But he became more at ease the more he spelled.”

Smith won the initial spelling competition at George Washington Middle to make it to the Putnam County Spelling Bee. He also had to win in his own class as well, so the Putnam County Spelling Bee is actually the third phase, Smith’s mother said.

Contestants were given a list of words to study beforehand, but Smith’s mother said she thought the judges held back a bit when it came to giving out the most difficult ones.

“We went over some really hard words,” Kim Smith said. “They gave us a list of what the 2015 script was and we looked at them all. More so from 126 and up. The

Putnam County Spelling Bee champion Jakob Smith of George Washington Middle holds his trophy along with runner-up Kathryn Alley of Teays Valley Christian. The two are joined by staff, family and friends.

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Frampton hits 1,000 as Dots rout Wayne, Mingo

By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com Poca’s Noah Frampton entered the contest against Wayne only needing 12 points to hit 1,000 for his career and with 6:25 remaining in the second quarter, the 5-foot-11, 190-pound guard had all he needed to bring the game to a halt.

“It means everything,” Frampton said. “My dad passed away last year and I would’ve loved for him to see this, but it’s just an amazing feeling to get 1,000.”

The basket by Frampton put the undefeated Dots (9-0) up 25-8 as they continued to roll in the second frame. Poca led 21-8 after the first quarter and the lead hit as many as 10 points early on at 16-6 and 18-8. The Dots were able to get out and run, which is something they didn’t do much in the previous game when Chapmanville used the slow-down method.

“We were more pleased that the game was a little more up tempo,” said Poca coach Allen Osborn.

“Wayne is a sneaky team. They beat North Marion and lost a tough game to Mingo Central. They have some good athletes and they compete and fight hard. It was a good a win for us.”

Frampton, named First Team Class AA as a junior, outscored the entire Wayne (3-6) team by himself in the first half, 15-13. Osborn said Frampton now belongs to an elite group of scorers after hitting 1,000.

“There’s not a whole lot of 1,000 point scorers here [at Poca],” Osborn said. “We’ve had eight to 10, but he’s worked hard and I’m just tickled to death for him because he’s put a lot of time in. He’s a team player. He can really pass and shoot. He’s just a special young man and he’s really worked.”

The Dots stretched the lead out to 21 points when Noah’s brother, Luke Frampton, missed throwing down a thunderous jam but was fouled in the process. He followed by hitting both free throws to put Poca up 32-11.

“We got out early, got out running and got some easy baskets,” Osborn said. “That gave us some

Kaden Meeks tosses the ball in bounds during the Dots victory over Mingo Central. Meeks scored 15 points against Mingo Central. confidence. We’ll take that and build on it and try to get better.”

By the end of the first half the Dots were up 38-13 and had things on cruise control. Luke Frampton closed out the first half with a 3-pointer to keep the momentum rolling.

“I thought we played really well tonight,” said senior Matt Chandler. “Our defense was outstanding. The pace of this game was a lot more like what we’re used to. It’s what we do. It’s how we score points [getting out on the fast break].”

Chandler said he’s proud of Noah Frampton for hitting the 1,000 point mark and said Frampton is the ultimate competitor.

“I love that kid,” he said. “I’ve played against him ever since we were little and I’ve always loved competing against him. He competes to win everything and anything… pool, ping pong video games, anything, he wants to win.”

Poca picked up right where they left off in the second half. Noah Frampton converted an alley-oop lay-in to push the lead to 40-13

and Luke Frampton hit a 3-pointer to end the quarter with the Dots up big 53-28.

“I knew coming in I was trying to get to 1,000,” Frampton said.

“So I was really aggressive on the offensive end tonight. I just have to thank my teammates for getting me open and thank the Lord for the ability to be able to do this.”

Frampton finished the night with a game-high 22 points for the Class AA No. 1 ranked Dots. Poca extended its lead out to nearly as many as 40 points before closing out the game 76-37. Sophomore Elijah Cuffee hit double figures with 15 points and nine rebounds.

Luke Frampton chipped in with 11 points.

The Dots followed their victory over Wayne by easily disposing of Mingo Central 70-47. Senior Noah Frampton led the way once again with a game high 23 points. Junior Kaden Meeks came up with a big performance scoring 15 points and hitting three 3-pointers. Sophomore Elijah Cuffee finished with 14 and sophomore Luke Frampton added 10.

Poca senior Noah Frampton hit 1,000 points for his career against Wayne on Jan. 13. He finished the game with 22 points and the Dots came out on top 76-37.

Class AA No. 1 ranked Poca led 12-8 after the first quarter and went on a 12-0 run in the second to put No. 5 ranked Mingo (8-4) in the rear view mirror. The Dots led 33-16 at the half.

Osborn said he didn’t expect to cruise with such ease in the matchup.

“We were fortunate,” he said.

“We made some shots early on and got a big lead. We were able to guard them pretty good, early.

We were expecting a tough game.

They’re very talented and very good.”

The Dots held Mingo Central’s Dikembe Dixson, who is considered to be a Division 1 recruit, to just two first half points. Osborne said the Dots focus coming in was to keep Dixson from driving into the paint and cut off easy baskets.

“It was a great team win,” Osborne said. “Noah played really well on both ends of the floor. We played them pretty even on the boards, but we gave up too many second shots. That’s something we’ll have to work on.”

Cuffee and Noah Frampton each hit three buckets during the 12-0 run in the second quarter. Osborne was pleased with the way Cuffee kept the spurt going until he hit some foul trouble.

“Elijah was in foul trouble the whole game,” he said. “He got us out to a good start. He got going early for us and really played well.”

Junior Austin Heinrich threw down a dunk in the fourth quarter to top things off. With the win the Dots improved to 10-0 on the season and maintained their No. 1 ranking in Class AA.

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Roberson scored her 1,000th point in basketball last week.

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Generals fall short in comeback against Logan

By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com The Winfield Generals (4-7) came up just short of erasing a 15 point halftime deficit before eventually falling to the Logan Wildcats at home 65-62.

Winfield lost at Logan in the first meeting between the two squads earlier this season 63-61.

The Generals were also looking to snap a losing streak. The team had dropped their previous three decisions to Riverside, Capital and Woodrow Wilson.

Senior Alex Osburn got things going early on for the Generals, knocking down two of the first three baskets, sandwiched in between was a Bear Bellomy 3-pointer. The three baskets put Winfield out in front 7-4 halfway through the first quarter.

The Generals struggled to contain Logan senior guard Zach Acord, who finished the night with 31 points. Acord scored 13 of his game high 31 points in the first half, which propelled the Wildcats to a 19-14 first quarter lead.

Winfield coach Bryan England said Acord hurt the Generals with his dribble penetration in the first game as well as the second. England said his team just needs to keep a positive mindset and keep playing hard.

“We just need to focus on keeping our team together,” England said. “You can stop a slide by just

Hurricane puts on a ‘Red Hot Show’ Photos by One-Eyed Jack’s Photography

coming out and playing hard and we didn’t do that in the first half.”

Winfield went down by as many as 15 in the second quarter and went into the break behind 34-19.

Three baskets in a row by Acord in the middle of the second frame allowed the Wildcats (6-1) to pull ahead by double digits 28-15.

Osburn paced the Generals with eight first half points and finished with 17 for the game. When asked what made Acord so difficult to contain, Osburn said it wasn’t his penetration as much as it was the Generals just not playing up to par on the defensive end.

“Defense is a matter of will,” Osburn said. “Anybody can play defense. It just matters whether you want to do it or not. It’s not something someone can or can’t do. You just have to put your mind to it and do it. We just weren’t getting back on defense enough and it’s not like Acord was penetrating so much to where he was hurting us, we just need to get back more on defense.”

Winfield scored 43 of their total 62 points in the second half. Coach England said he was pleased with the way his team came out and fought to get back into contention.

“We did play hard in the second half, but you have to put four quarters together against good teams,” he said. “That’s a top 10 team in the state. They’re a good team.”

Bellomy got the comeback attempt rolling in the third quarter

when he converted on a 3-point play the old fashioned way with a basket and a foul. He finished with 23 points on the night to lead the Generals.

Senior Heath Diehl continued to step up as he converted on a 3-point play as well in the third quarter. Then, with only a few seconds remaining on the clock in the third frame, Diehl knocked down a 3-pointer to beat the buzzer.

England had drawn up a play reminiscent of the old buzzer beater that won Valparaiso a first round NCAA tournament game back in 1998. The ball was thrown from the baseline out to midcourt and then passed over to Diehl for the open 3-pointer, which he promptly knocked down to cut the Logan lead to 50-44. Diehl finished with 13 points.

“I just screamed it out and they ran it,” England said. “I’m proud of them for executing that play and anytime we can execute a play I’m proud of the guys. Sometimes I’m in the huddle and I’ll draw something up and they won’t execute it, but if I sit here and scream it out they execute it.”

Winfield came all the way back to cut the lead to 50-49 on a basket

by Bellomy midway through the fourth, but they couldn’t overtake the Wildcats at any point during the final minute.

“We’ve been playing one half of basketball in a lot of games,” Bellomy said. “Usually, we play

Winfield’s Alex Osburn fights for a rebound with teammate Bear Bellomy as Andrew Huff looks to help. a really good first half and a really bad second half. Today we played a really bad first half and a really good second half. I feel like a lot of guys are stepping up. We’re just having some problems on defense and putting two solid halves of basketball together.”

Osburn attempted to miss a free throw on purpose with the Generals down 64-62 in order to try and secure a tip in or an extra

possession, but with five seconds remaining, none of the Generals could grab the ball. Acord went on to hit one of two free throws at the other end, leaving Winfield with a full court desperation heave, but the shot came up short and so did the comeback.

The Generals will look to rebound when the team hosts Huntington at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24.

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The Winfield High School wrestling team celebrates the return of the Putnam County trophy for the fourth year in a row. The team defeated all three of its county rivals.

Thursday, January 22, 2015 - Page 9

Winfield’s Jared Hawkins takes down Hurricane’s Jason Miller in the Putnam County Tournament.

Winfield wrestling captures Putnam crown

By Michael Circle michael@theputnamstandard.com

The Winfield wrestling team took their fourth consecutive Putnam County championship after definitive wins over Poca, Buffalo and Hurricane.

The team won by a margin of at least 28 points in every match.

“I’m very proud of all of them,” said Winfield coach Mike Cochran.

“We did a great job. They wrestled hard and some guys came through in the clutch when we really needed them to come through. The guys we counted on came through like they were supposed to.”

Winfield defeated all three of its county rivals, beating Buffalo 72-9, Poca 66-12 and Hurricane 48-20.

Hurricane finished second over Buffalo 48-18 and Poca 52-6, while Poca finsihed third defeating Buffalo 42-18.

Winfield placed in nine of the 14 weight classes on the individual champions list.

Bryce Humphrey improved to 23-0 on the season and was named the 132-pound weight class champion. Humphrey is still undefeated in his career at 80-0. He will defend

his title in the state tournament this year.

Evan Fairchild also helped Winfield secure the crown. Fairchild earned his 101st career win over Poca’s Patrick Pontier on his way to the 145-pound title.

“It pays off after all of the hard work, so it feels really good,” Fairchild said. “[100 wins] was my goal for my career and it is great to see it happen.”

Winfield’s Desean Williams won the 113-pound class, Josh Kirby the 120, Jay Hall the 138, Tyler Payne the 170, Micah Doss the 195, Noah Julian the 220 and Austin Pyles the 285-pound class.

Hurricane won second place in the county and fielded three names on the individual championship list: Josh Talbott in the 106-pound class, Dana Dech in the 160 and Nick Gorrell in the 182.

“You’re never going to be satisfied,” said Hurricane coach Lee Cummings. “Overall, I think we’re doing things better than we were when we first started the year.

We’ve got to correct some things and we will. Overall, I’m pleased but we have some things to work on.”

Chase Gibson of Hurricane won the Winfield and Poca matches but lost to Buffalo’s Dylan Lucas. Lucas is a former teammate of Gibson and the 152-pound champion.

Gibson said it was good experience wrestling the No. 5 ranked Lucas.

“He’s my buddy and I just thought it was good competition to wrestle him,” Gibson said. “It was a good experience.”

Both Poca and Buffalo added wrestlers to the county list of champions with one wrestler each - Camry Ford for Poca in the 126-pound class and Lucas for Buffalo.

Poca coach Rex Nelson said he was not pleased with his team’s performance.

“I feel like my kids are a lot better than they performed,” Nelson

said. “Maybe we had a bad week of practice, I don’t know. We did get a Putnam County Champion in Camry Ford. I thought he looked good.

“I think the kids gave effort, but I’m just not sure what the effort is towards. Maybe it’s the extreme lack of experience.”

Nelson said the most valuable experience his wrestlers could take from the tournament was to keep their heads up, stop leaning on their opponents’ head and stop waiting for the other guy to make a mistake.

Buffalo came into the tournament with only four available wrestlers. Buffalo coach Cliff Parsons said he was proud of their performance despite being the small team on the mat.

“With having low numbers, it’s hard to win any duals, but you have

to wrestle with what you got and try to win all of them you can,” he said. “I think we did well.”

Lucas defeated Winfield’s Bryan Haas, Poca’s Bliss Johnson and Hurricane’s Gibson to win the class 3-0.

“It’s my fist championship,” Lucas said. “Last year I didn’t get that so I’m very happy this year.

It motivates me more to win the championship the next two years and motivates me to place first in regionals.”

The Putnam County Championship trophy will once again set at Winfield High School, and another plate with the name Winfield will adorn the wall of it.

Cochran said the event was a pride event and he looked forward to competing again next year.

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Dawson gets 34 as Redskins beat Warriors

By Michael Circle michael@theputnamstandard.com

The Hurricane boys are starting to hit their stride as the team won its fourth straight game by defeating Riverside 75-70.

Despite the encroaching Warriors, the Redskins never relinquished the lead, improving its record to 6-4 on the season.

Senior Trey Dawson scored 34 points for the Redskins, a testament to his 1,000-point season.

“It feels great but it’s not about the points,” Dawson said of his achievement. “I got to give it all to the teammates. We earn our points on defense and that’s what Coach [Lance] Sutherland preaches everyday.

“That was the key to this ball game. Really trying to play good defense.”

Dawson hit the 1,000-point mark while on the road at Poca where he scored 16 points. The milestone was only 15 points away at the beginning of the game. Since then, he has played eight games and added to his growing point total.

“That’s special to me,” he said.

“Not many people get to do that and I just can’t thank the community and all of my teammates enough for helping me along the way. The team signed a ball for me and it’s all pretty special.”

During the win against Riverside Dawson shot 12-for-20 from the field and was 5-of-6 from the free-throw line. He knocked down five of the six Hurricane’s 3-pointers and grabbed five defensive rebounds.

Dawson’s most impressive play came at the end of the third quarter.

With precious few seconds left, Dawson got the ball just past half court. He lobbed the ball in the direction on the basket and waited.

The buzzer sounded as the ball made its way across the arc, over the free-throw line and slammed hard against the backboard. This scene is usually followed by grunts and sighs of disappointment, but it bounced, fell right and gave Hurricane a five-point lead going into the fourth quarter instead of a two.

Despite the pageantry, the game was close throughout the four quarters. The Warriors could not overcome the Redskins’ lead and never let up the attack. This created a scare for Hurricane during the third quarter when Riverside came from an eight-point deficit to within one.

“We always turn in the third quarter, I don’t know why,” Dylan Tinsley said. “Conference games, though, you just want to win any way you can. Any conference game you can win you got to win.”

Overall, the Redskins shot 68 percent from the free throw line.

Hurricane’s Brandon Ford finished with 14 points and went 6-for-8 from the free throw line. He had seven rebounds.

“My teammates set up a lot of good screens and we all played together as a unit,” Ford said. “We all share this success. I feel like everyone did that tonight.”

Hurricane’s Noah Fenerty thought the team played well.

“We beat a pretty good Riverside team,” Fenerty said. “It was

Above, senior Trey Dawson accepts a ball and poster denoting his 1,000 from coach Lance Sutherland.

Photo by One-Eyed Jack’s Photography. Below, senior Dylan Tinsley puts the ball up for two. pretty close, closer than I’d like to be, but they’re a good team.”

Fenerty also added to the Hurricane total with six points and an integral first-half steal that kept the Redskins out in front.

Other players to score included Tinsley with six and Ryan Midkiff with two. Senior J.T. Rogoszewski ended the game with 11 points, five assists and two blocks.

Dawson said he doesn’t want the focus to be on himself but on the team as it finishes the season strong.

“I don’t really focus on how many points I score,” he said. “I just come out here, try to do the best I can to help out the team and win.”

Dawson said the game against South Charleston on Jan. 22 will be tough.

“We have to have confidence,” he said. “We’re starting to get into a little groove and we can get better.”

Watson’s 33 points leads Hurricane over Midland

By Michael Circle michael@theputnamstandard.com

Hurricane senior Abby Watson scored 33 points, leading the Lady Redskins to a 59-57 win over intercounty rival Cabell Midland.

“It was a good game,” said Hurricane coach Austin Lowe. “Credit to Cabell Midland. They gave us some fits. We stretched out eight or nine points and we let them get back in at halftime. We’ve got to put four quarters together instead of just three or three and a half.”

The Lady Redskins shot 14-for23 from the foul line with 21 of the attempts coming from the duo of freshman Mary Rogoszewski and Watson.

“We were hot and cold tonight,” Watson said. “We had to work really hard to pull it out but we had the heart and we did so I’m proud.

“Midland is always a game.

They did a tremendous job. They pushed us back and they did really good. I knew we would have to come in and fight for it.”

Although Hurricane dominated possession of the ball, Midland matched the Redskins point-for-

point throughout the four quarters of play. The game was tied at the end of first half after a steal and put-in by Summer Stephenson.

After the half, Midland got off to a fast start and grabbed an early lead in the third quarter, 33-31. The Lady Knights held it for a couple of minutes before Hurricane regained the lead on a basket by sophomore Maddy Weeks, 37-35.

At the start of the fourth quarter a pair of free throws by Rogoszewski tied the game at 43-all. She finished the game with a doubledouble, 16 points with 10 boards, going 6-for-6 from the line.

One of Rogoszewski’s key baskets came at the end of the game when a basket put Hurricane up by five, 59-54 .

With 18 seconds left, Midland’s Bennett hit a 3-pointer, but the Lady Knights had trouble with Hurricane’s defense and could not come up with a basket.

“I think we pulled it together pretty well tonight,” said senior Lauren London. “We’ve been working on keeping our energy throughout the whole game and I think we did pretty well.

“I expected it to be a close game but now the take away is, I think, to keep up our energy and play four quarters.”

Watson and Lowe said the key to the Redskins’ victory against Midland and in future games is to practice and improve from the free throw line.

“We shoot so many free throws everyday, they get it,” Lowe said.

“If they make their free throws and they don’t turn the ball over, they’re going to be hard to beat.”

Watson added, “We got to the basket tonight. We knew we couldn’t be them by shooting 3s so we knew we had to get to the basket and most importantly, make our foul shots.

“We’ve had probably one good game where we shot good foul shots so throughout the whole season, that’s our biggest [focus].

It wins or loses games.”

The Lady Redskins will travel to South Charleston for a game that Watson said will be a tough match up on Friday, Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m followed by a match against county rival Winfield at home Thursday, Jan. 29.

Hurricane Abby Watson scored a game high of 33 points in the game against Cabell Midland. File photo by One-Eyed Jack’s photography

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Thursday, January 22, 2015 - Page 11

Number of deer killed in 2014 down 31%

By Amanda Smythers amanda@theputnamstandard.com

Hunters across the state had some trouble bagging their yearly bucks, and Putnam County was no exception.

Several check-in stations reported lower than usual numbers during the first week of gun season, with weather and abundant food sources being a chief complaint.

“We haven’t had a whole lot of any,” said Bill Whitt of Whitt’s Farm Supply in Hurricane at the end of the first week. “I’ve seen a lot of people coming in deer hunting but they’re just not seeing any.”

Whitt said after only six deer were brought in during bow season, he was expecting big numbers for gun season. This, however, did not happen.

“I think in the first week we’ve checked in roughly 47 deer,” he said. “I have checked in as many as 130 in the first day.”

Rob Sylvester, the district biologist for district three of the state Division of Natural Resources, said a slow first day is a sign of a slow hunting season.

“The first three days of our deer firearm buck season is where the majority of the deer get harvested,” he said. “I think it’s primarily because everybody is excited about deer hunting the first day so there’s more hunters in the woods. If we

don’t harvest our deer in those first three days, then we don’t really pick up the harvest that much in the next week.”

The DNR reported 104,223 deer were killed in 2014, 31 percent less than the previous year and 23 percent less than the current five year average. Putnam County bagged only 1,892, while Cabell bagged 1,260, Kanawha bagged 2,035 and Mason won out for the district with 3,310.

Sylvester said the deer were not moving a lot making the hunters struggle to find them, most likely due the abundance of food throughout the woods this year. He said the DNR’s mast index, an index of hard nuts, apples, berries and other wildlife food, had huge numbers this season.

“This year’s index was one of the highest we’ve had,” he said.

“That means there’s a lot of food.

So when deer don’t have to look, when they can go and eat some acorns and lie down, they don’t really have to spend time searching for food. This tends to make them less accessible to hunters.”

According to the DNR, the 2010 hunting season experienced a similar mast index and thus experienced lower hunting numbers as well, with 106,499 deer killed for the season.

Also causing problems for hunters in the region were the weather

conditions. High winds ripped across the state on the first day of the season, hurting what would normally be high numbers.

Whitt said the wind on the first day almost put the hunters in danger more than the deer.

“A whole lot of it was the weather conditions,” he said. “On the first day the wind was blowing and people said they were going to fall out of their tree stands.”

Sylvester said wind was a problem statewide.

“The weather conditions, particularly this year, were not good,” Sylvester said. “It probably held down numbers across the state.

High winds or a lot of wind really curbs wildlife movement. They’ll go lay do somewhere and be very cautious.”

Last year, Sylvester said there were about 150,000 deer killed during the season, a 14 percent increase from the previous year.

“This year might be down a little bit but it will balance itself out,” he said. “We look at it as a whole. We don’t look at it as one individual year or one individual county.”

Sylvester said hunting regulations depend on the previous years’ results, allowing the DNR to adjust how many are harvested each year.

This, he said, is a part of a statewide plan to ensure the harvest will be there for years to come.

“Our ultimate goal is to make

The DNR reported 104,223 deer were killed in 2014, 31 percent less than the previous year and 23 percent less than the current five year average. Putnam County bagged only 1,892. sure our harvest is sustainable conserve them where they need to for years,” he said. “We want to be conserved. We have a strategy.” decrease deer numbers in areas For more information, visit that we need to increase them and www.wvdnr.gov.

Ona remains identified by Cabell Sheriff after 2 years

By Amanda Smythers amanda@theputnamstandard.com

After a two-year forensic investigation, the Cabell County Sheriff’s Department, working in conjunction with the state medical examiner, has identified skeletal remains found in Ona as 51-yearold Michael Rigdon.

On Oct. 22, 2012 a skull was found by a passerby near 3572 Wire Branch Rd., Ona. At the time, the sheriff’s department reported the remains were about 90 percent decomposed. The department was not able to recover the full skeleton of the deceased.

“Obviously a period of time had elapsed from the time of the gentleman’s passing to the discovery of the remains,” said Cabell Sheriff Tom McComas. “There were obvious signs of animal activity in the area. It could be for several reasons.

It was in what can be classified as a wash area or a run off area so water could have carried those remains away.”

Following the initial report, McComas called the FBI’s crime scene investigation unit as well

as the state medical examiner to help retrieve any needed evidence from the scene. He said the officials searched a large area, sifting through leaves and under topsoil as they went.

“That’s a circumstance you don’t run into very often,” McComas said. “So I contacted the FBI office and they have an evidence collection team and we asked them to help as well as the medical examiner.

“We cornered off a very large search area. We wanted to make sure we were very thorough on the first search.”

McComas said that although he cannot put a precise time frame on it, he estimated the body must have been there at least several months.

However, no one had reported Rigdon missing.

“He had not been reported missing but that was not uncommon,” he said. “He had actually lived

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in and out of his vehicle. He had stayed in a house in that area for a lengthy amount of time but that was not his usual abode. When he disappeared, to [his family] it wasn’t something that gave cause for alarm.”

In the two years since the remains were found, the sheriff’s department has developed and tried to assemble as much details on the case as possible, McComas said.

Rigdon’s license was found at the scene and used to track down his acquaintances for questioning.

“We had worked all the potential leads out that we had,” he said.

“The investigation went as far as we could take it pending the results of the chief medical officer.”

The state medical examiner determined the cause of death to be due to a fall. While McComas said Rigdon was known to consume alcohol, the remains were too decomposed to determine if

that was a factor.

“Anybody can fall at any given time,” said Sgt. Mike Wentz. “Because of the amount of time that had past since the body was in the woods it was hard from them

to make any determination of whether there were any controlled substances involved.”

McComas said the remains will now be returned to the family for burial.

The Cabell County Sheriff’s Department, working in conjunction with the state medical examiner, identified skeletal remains found in Ona in Oct. 2012 as 51-year-old Michael Rigdon. File photo

Page 12 - Thursday, January 22, 2015 NANCY AGEE Nancy Agee, of Nitro, passed away Jan. 15, 2015 at the home of her daughter.

Nancy was a loving mother and grandmother that was admired for her strength and courage through her long battle with ovarian cancer. Nancy is retired from Bone and Joint Surgeons in Charleston and a member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. She is a 1966 graduate of Nitro High School.

Nancy is finally reunited with the love of her life, her husband, Charles Robert “Bobby” Agee.

She is survived by her children Josh Agee and Tiffani and husband Bub Smith; sister Paula Zickafoose; brother Larry Whited and grandchildren Caitlyn and Mackenzie Smith.

A tribute to the life of Nancy Agee was held Sunday, Jan. 18 at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church with Pastor Mark Smith officiating. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to the American Cancer Society.www. hardingfamilygroup.com THELMA LEE COVERT Thelma L. Covert, 84, of Red House, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 at CAMC Teays Valley. She retired from Care Haven in Teays Valley and loved quilting and reading. She was a Christian and a member of Shiloah Independent Church for over 60 years.

Born Sept. 1, 1930 in Red House, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Myrtle Covert.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by five sisters and four brothers.

Survivors include her loving daughter, Sandra Covert, who resided with her; sister-in-laws, Florence Covert and Maxine Cook.

Thelma is also survived by a host of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Jan. 10 at Shiloah Independent Church, Red House, with Pastor David Panaro Jr. and Pastor John Helvey officiating. Burial followed in Shiloah Cemetery.

VIRGINIA RUTH DOTSON Virginia Ruth Dotson, 92, of Eleanor passed away Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015 at CAMC Teays Valley, leaving the pain and suffering of this life to join Angels on her journey to Heaven, received by the open arms of her Lord.

She was a graduate of James Madison University and taught Home Economics and English. She taught a few years in Virginia and ten years at Big Creek High School, in War. The remainder of her career was spent teaching in Putnam County, at Buffalo and Poca.

She and her husband, Robert, lived in Eleanor for over fifty years and were members of the Eleanor Presbyterian Church. Virginia never had any natural born children and always considered students to be her kids. She was blessed to have several wonderful neighbors and special friends who she enjoyed immensely in her 92 years.

Although failing health affected her in the last year, she always enjoyed cooking and baking for friends, participating in church activities and bible studies, the homemakers clubs, and sewing. Most of all, she enjoyed living for the Lord and trying to be a friend to those that crossed her path.

Born Aug. 15, 1922 at Jewell Ridge, Va., she was the daughter of the late M.M. and Belle Burke.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Robert L. Dotson; sisters, Dorothy Cook and Clara Ellis;

Obituaries and brothers, Earl and Ira Burke.

She is survived by her godson, Charles Ellis, of Abingdon, Va.; her second/adopted family, Dorothy Riddle, Vanessa Higginbotham, Paula Ballengee and Carla Rodman; her brother, David Burke, of Aiken, S.C.; her sister-in-law, Leta Mae Harmon, of Charleston; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Jan. 12 at Raynes Funeral Home, Eleanor Chapel, with Pastor Jean Summerfield and Pastor John Yeager officiating. Burial was on Jan. 13 in the Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, Va. DAVID EUGENE FLOWERS David Eugene Flowers, 61, of Fraziers Bottom, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015.

He retired from the Kroger Company after 13 years and was a member of Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, where he was president of Local Chapter 254. David was very active with The American Cancer Society and Relay for Life Events.

He was preceded in death by his parents, John Herny and Mary Brogan Flowers; and several brothers and sisters. David is survived by his wife, Vanessa Flowers, of Fraziers Bottom; son, David Eugene Flowers, II (Natasha), of Hurricane; daughter, Kathleen Renee Flowers, of Fraziers Bottom; sisters, Janet Flowers, Helen Smith and Christine Moore (Dallas), all of Charleston; and brother, Paul Flowers (Anna Rogers), of Charleston.

Services were held Jan. 16 at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar, with Pastor Jon Nelson officiating.

The Putnam Standard and was an Army Veteran, having served in the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the Nitro Masonic Lodge and Rock Branch Independent Church.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Betty Lou Harrison; and brother, Ed Harrison. Bob is survived by his children, Connie Chambers and Bobby Harrison; sister, Marie Anten; grandchildren, Nathaniel Chambers and Cody Harrison; and great-grandchildren, Lexxie, Brogan, Alden and Archer.

A tribute to the life of Bob Harrison was held Jan. 12 at Rock Branch Independent Church, with Pastor Delbert Hawley officiating.

Burial followed in Haven of Rest Memory Gardens.

DAMON B. MOLES Damon Burl Moles, 92, of Red House, went home to be with the Lord Jan. 9, 2015 in the VA Medical Center.

Damon was a decorated WWII Army Veteran, serving in the 101st Airborne Division. He was retired from Moles Mobile Home Movers and was a member of Paradise Bible Church.

He is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Mrs. Josa Alice Witt Moles; children, Delmas and wife, Linda Moles, of Wilmington, Ohio, Eileen Moles, of Red House, Joseph and wife, Pauline Moles, of St. Albans, and Angie and husband, Gary Lloyd, of Red House; sister Gwendola Null, of Ohio; brothers, Theodore and Manford Moles, of Liberty; 10 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, three greatgreat grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.

A tribute to the life of Damon Moles was held Jan. 11 at GatensHarding Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastors Dennis Moles, Chris ROBERT E. LEE Moles and Jacob Burgess officiatHARRISON ing. Burial followed in New AnRobert E. Lee “Bob” Harrison, tioch Cemetery, Red House.

83, of Nitro, went home to be with the Lord Jan. 8, 2015 in St. Mary’s ROGER SAMPLES Hospital.

Roger Gail Samples, 71, of Bob is retired from Monsanto Hometown, went home to be with

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the Lord Jan. 13, 2015 in the Teays Valley Center.

Roger is retired from Guardian Glass with 25 years of service and a Christian.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Gail and Helen Samples; brother, Jack Samples; sister, Peggy King; and son, Roger, Jr. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Mrs. Paula Samples; children, Melanie and husband, Brian Walker, of Clendenin, Jason Samples, of Hometown, Lisa Mawery, of Summersville, and Eric Harris, of Summersville; sisters, Bobbie Jean Nichols, of Loveland, Ohio, and Nancy Beezel, of Clarksburg; brothers, Lonnie, Teddy and David Samples, all of Procious; and five grandchildren, Makayla and Shayla Samples, both of South Charleston, and Bridan, Emmalyn and Ethan Walker, all of Clendenin.

A tribute to the life of Roger Samples was held Jan. 15 at Haven of Rest Memory Gardens Mausoleum Chapel, with Pastor Mike Hanna officiating. Burial followed in the memory gardens.

ARBUTUS “MARQUITTA” SHAMBLIN Arbutus Colubine “Marquitta” Shamblin, 79, of Black Betsy, went home to be with the Lord Jan. 11, 2015 at home.

Marquitta was a faithful member of Elizabeth Baptist Church and former employee of Fletcher Enamel in Dunbar.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Shamblin, Jr.; parents, Oren and Lena Christy; and sister, Clauditta Cain.

She is survived by her children, Clarence O. Shamblin and wife, Diane, of Black Betsy, Loretta Jividen and husband, Richard, of Buffalo, and Lena Shamblin, of Black Betsy; brother, James Christy and wife, Velma, of Eleanor; four grandchildren, Alisha Whittington, Jessica Grady, Jeremy Shamblin and Richard Jividen; and six greatgrandchildren.

A tribute to the life of Marquitta was held Jan. 14 at Gatens-Harding Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor Jeff Arthur officiating. Burial followed in Haven of Rest Memory Gardens, Red House.

BETTY MAE WEAVER Betty Mae Weaver, 86, of Nitro, passed away Jan. 15, 2015 in CAMC Teays Valley Hospital.

Betty is retired from CAMC and Metpath Laboratory. She also worked for various doctors in the Kanawha Valley. She is a 1948 graduate of Nitro High School.

She is survived by her children Gregory Alan Weaver and wife Shelly and Sandra Ann Pauley and her companion Kevin Beal; grandchildren Kelly Dawn Brewer and Sarah Nicole Weaver Hayhurst and four great grandchildren.

There was a gathering of family and friends Monday, Jan. 19 at Gatens-Harding Funeral Home Chapel. www.hardingfamilygroup. com

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Thursday, January 22, 2015 - Page 13

Patriot From Page 1

THEME: SUPER BOWL ACROSS 1. Supporting workers 6. Military activities 9. Self-satisfaction 13. *Mike Ditka has his own brand of this smoke 14. One who is not Jewish, Yiddish 15. Done for dramatic affect?

16. Often done for one’s sins 17. Unagi 18. Garment enlarger 19. *The ___ ____ 21. *Winners of first two Super Bowls 23. AprËs-____ 24. Keep it up?

25. State V.I.P. 28. Starch used in Asian food 30. Extremely tiny 34. Top of Kilimanjaro, e.g.

36. Texting button 38. Result of too much pressure

lations, though the number of employees moving with the company has yet to be determined.

“We don’t know how many jobs will open for our residents just yet,” said Marty Chapman, president of the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce. “It depends on how many employees come from St. Louis.

“It’s another step toward making Putnam County more than just a bedroom community. We are also a business county and people are

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The announcement to move operations came a month after another national headquarters made the county its home. Diamond Electric, a Japanese-based company, relocated its HQ from Dundee, Mich. to Eleanor after their Dec. 15 announcement.

“You just want to keep growing,” Andes said. “I know Diamond starting to see that.”

Electric had been here. They were Andrew Dunlap, executive happy with the workforce.” director of the Putnam County Apart from companies national Development Authority, said the headquarters, Putnam County’s moves show the growth of the county.

“It’s a tremendous importance, especially with the addition of Diamond Electric,” Dunlap said.

“It shows Putnam County is a great place to do business in. This is definitely something to use as a recruiting tool and shows how great of a place the county is.”

growth will soon include Five Guys Burgers and Panera Bread.

Five Guys building is up and is expected to open in the spring.

Panera has yet to start construction. Additionally Putman County added Aldi grocery store the first of December.

“We’ve had several new businesses open up,” Chapman said.

“We opened up the new road that opened up the whole area. Things are going well and we continue to grow.”

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building.

Hatfield was chief executive of ICG for six years before Arch Coal bought that company in June 2011.

He became president and CEO of Patriot Coal in September 2011.

Previously, he served as a vice president and CEO for Massey Energy.

Putnam County Commissioner Steve Andes said the move would increase the tax base and show the diversity of the county.

“Putnam County is a great place to have a business,” he said. “It’s a great place to live, a great place to educate your kids. I think more and more people are finding that out. We’re happy. It’s more growth for Putnam County.”

Patriot’s relocation will shift 40 jobs to Putnam County, said Janine Orf, vice president for investor re-

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Yo u w i l l t a k e n o t i c e t h a t PROSPECTOR LLC, the purchaser of the tax lien(s) on the following real estate, Certificate of Sale: 2013-S-00000074, LOT BIG HURRICANE CRK, located in CURRY, which was returned delinquent in the name of BISHOP KIMBERLEY KATHLEEN, and for which the tax lien(s) thereon was sold by the sheriff of Putnam County at the sale for the delinquent taxes made on the 21 st day of November, 2013, has requested that you be notified that a deed for such real estate will be made to him or her on or after April 1, 2015, as provided by law, unless before that day you redeem such real estate.

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LEGAL NOTICE The amount you will have to pay on the last day, March 31, 2015 will be as follows: Amount equal to the taxes and charges due on the date of the sale, with interest, to March 31, 2015. $724.88 Amount of subsequent years taxes paid on the property, since the sale, with interest to March 31, 2015. $1,217.72 Amount paid for Title Examination and preparation of the list to be served and for preparation and service of notice with interest from January 1, 2014 following the sheriff’s sale to March 31, 2015. $1,347.77 Amount paid for other statutory costs with interest from following the sheriff’s sale to March 31, 2015. $0.00 Total Amount Payable to Sheriff – cashier check, money order or certified check must be made payable The Honorable Steve Deweese, Sheriff and Treasurer of Putnam County. $3,290.37

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for their approval which LEGAL NOTICE settlements have been presented to me by the Notice of Proposed Fiduciary of such estates Settlement of Estates and which proposed settlements I have T o t h e C r e d i t o r s , approved as indicated D i s t r i b u t e e s a n d below: Beneficiaries of the within named persons: Decedent: Donna Jean I have before me the final McCallister settlement of estates of Fiduciary: Roxanne the following persons, Justice, Executrix DBN which shall be presented A d d r e s s : 2940 to the County Commission Hurricane Creek Road, of Putnam County, at Hurricane, WV 25526 the Courthouse, in the City of Winfield, on Decedent: James W. Tuesday the _27th_ day Spaulding of January 2015 at 09:00 Fiduciary: Christina

Any persons having an interest in the estate of any such person, may before the County Commission at the time and place hereinabove specified and thereupon protest his interest as they may appear or else may forever thereafter be barred from asserting such interest.

Given under my than this 16th day of January, 2015.

To the Creditors, Distributees and Beneficiaries of the within named persons: I have before me the final settlement of the estates of the following persons, which shall be presented to the County Commission of Putnam County, at the Courthouse, in the City of Winfield, on Tuesday the 27th day of January 2015 at 09:00 for its approval which settlements have been presented to me pursuant to West Virginia Code 44-3A-4a, as amended, (Waiver and Application for Short Form Settlement by distributes and beneficiaries) which settlements I have approved as indicated below: Estate of Thomas Paul Booth

Jewell H. Meadows, Administratrix

Estate of Clarence E. Bossie

Ronald E. Bossie, Executor

Estate of Terry Chalos

Irene Ghiz, Administratrix

Estate of Dencil Harrison

Kevin Dean Harrison, Executor

Estate of Eliose G. Hoffman

Gary L. Hoffman, Executor

Estate of Betty Jean Null

Joan DeWeese “Runyon” Runion, Executrix

Estate of Wallace Eugene Pierce

Pamela S. Pierce-Sims, Executrix

Estate of James Theodore Ranson

Martha Lee Ranson, Executrix

Estate of Patricia Ann Rhodes

Helen Rhodes, Administratrix

Estate of John William Sovine

Barbara Joan Sovine, Executrix

Estate of Richard John Spainhour

Alice Spainhour, Administratrix

Any persons having an interest in the estate of any such person may appear before the County Commission at the above time and place and thereupon protest his/her interest or else be forever barred from asserting such interest thereafter.

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You may redeem at any time before March 31, 2015, by paying the above total less any unearned interest.

Return to WV State Auditor’s Office, County Collections Office, Building 1, Room W-118, Charleston, West Virginia, 25305.

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Notice of Short Form Settlement of Estates

Fiduciary Supervisor, Putnam County

Cost of Certification of Redemption – cashier check, money order or certified check must be made payable to The Honorable Glen B. Gainer, III, State Auditor. $35.00

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA CHARLESTON CASE NO. 14-1270-PSD-T

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N AT I O N A L B A N K , C I T Y NATIONAL BANK, OTIS L. O’CONNOR, TRUSTEE, JACQUELINE DALLMEYER, WEST VIRGINIA STATE TAX DEPARTMENT COMPLIANCE DIVISION, AMU, JACQUELINE DALLMEYER, GLENN D. DALLMEYER, GLENN D. DALLMEYER, OCCUPANT, KAREN ANN LAKE, KAREN ANN DALLMEYER, KAREN ANN LAKE, GLENN D. DALLMEYER, KAREN ANN LAKE, KAREN ANN DALLMEYER, JACQUELINE DALLMEYER, CITY NATIONAL BANK, OTIS L. O’CONNOR, TRUSTEE, KAREN ANN DALLMEYER, or heirs at law, devisees, creditors, representatives, successors, assigns, all unknown heirs, guardians, conservators, fiduciaries, administrators, or lienholders.

Yo u w i l l t a k e n o t i c e t h a t PROSPECTOR LLC, the purchaser of the tax lien(s) on the following real estate, Certificate of Sale: 2013-S-00000082, 1 AC POPLAR FORK, located in SCOTT, which was returned delinquent in the name of PIERCE RICHARD

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D a w n S p a u l d i n g , Fiduciary Supervisor, Administratrix Putnam County Address: 228 Cross Lanes Drive, Nitro, WV 1t, 1-22 ps 25143

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Given under my hand this 16th day of January 2015.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

CULLODEN PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT N O T I C E O F Request to modify tariff. TRUSTEE’S SALE and Notice of the Beneficiary/ NOTICE OF Servicer ’s election to RECONNECTION sell property, is hereby AND given pursuant to and by DISCONNECTION virtue of the authority FEES vested in the Trustee(s) by that certain Deed of

By Order issued June Trust dated April 13, 12, 2014 in Case No. 2006, executed by Joel 1 4 - 0 3 4 7 - P S D - P C , B. Chapman and Heather t h e P u b l i c S e r v i c e Chapman to George A. Commission approved a Metz, Jr., Trustee, of water service termination record in the Office of a g r e e m e n t ( R e v i s e d the Clerk of the County A g r e e m e n t ) b e t w e e n Commission of Putnam Culloden Public Service County, West Virginia, in District and the City Book 784, at Page 736, o f H u r r i c a n e . T h a t which Deed of Trust was O r d e r a l s o r e q u i r e d assigned by Mortgage Culloden to petition the Electronic Registration Commission for approval Systems, Inc. to The to modify its tariff to H u n t i n g t o n N a t i o n a l include corresponding Bank by ASSIGNMENT r e c o n n e c t i o n a n d dated December 26, disconnection fees in its 2014, of record in the tariff.

Clerk’s Office in Book 56, at Page 210. Hereford

By Order entered in Case & Riccardi, PLLC was No. 14-1270-PSD-T, the appointed as Trustee by Commission approved A P P O I N T M E N T O F (i) a disconnection fee SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE of $25 for disconnection dated January 2, 2015, of water service for non- of record in the Clerk’s payment of sewer bills Office in Book 1089, at in conjunction with the Page 731. The borrowers water service termination defaulted under the Note agreement with the City and Deed of Trust and of Hurricane, and (ii) a the Trustee has been reconnection fee of $25 instructed to foreclose whenever water service is under the Deed of Trust. reconnected that has been Accordingly, the Trustee previously disconnected will sell the following or otherwise withheld for described property to the non-payment of a sewer highest bidder at the front bill in conjunction with a door of the Courthouse water service termination of Putnam County, in agreement with the City of Winfield, West Virginia, Hurricane. on: All of the foregoing fees shall be represented in the Culloden Public Service D i st r i ct t ar i ff w h i ch is available for public inspection during normal

Amount equal to the taxes and charges due on the date of the sale, with interest, to March 31, 2015. $522.27 Amount of subsequent years taxes paid on the property, since the sale, with interest to March 31, 2015.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 , 2 0 1 5 , AT 11 : 1 5 O’CLOCK A.M. All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, together

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Amount paid for Title Examination and preparation of the list to be served and for preparation and service of notice with interest from January 1, 2014 following the sheriff’s sale to March 31, 2015. $999.68 Amount paid for other statutory costs with interest from following the sheriff’s sale to March 31, 2015. $0.00 Total Amount Payable to Sheriff – cashier check, money order or certified check must be made payable The Honorable Steve Deweese, Sheriff and Treasurer of Putnam County. $2,282.59

Cost of Certification of Redemption – cashier check, money order or certified check must be made payable to The Honorable Glen B. Gainer, III, State Auditor. $35.00 You may redeem at any time before March 31, 2015, by paying the above total less any unearned interest.

Return to WV State Auditor’s Office, County Collections Office, Building 1, Room W-118, Charleston, West Virginia, 25305.

Questions please call 1-888509-6568.

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business hours at the utility business office.

Inquiries regarding these fees should be directed to Culloden Public Service District.

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L, and for which the tax lien(s) thereon was sold by the sheriff of Putnam County at the sale for the delinquent taxes made on the 21st day of November, 2013, has requested that you be notified that a deed for such real estate will be made to him or her on or after April 1, 2015, as provided by law, unless before that day you redeem such real estate. The amount you will have to pay on the last day, March 31, 2015 will be as follows:

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with the improvements thereon and the appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate in Scott District, Putnam County, West Virginia, and being more particularly described as follows: All of Lot 31, Section I, designated and shown on a map entitled “A P L AT S H O W I N G A SURVEY OF SECTION I OF POPLAR HILLS SUBDIVISION BEING SITUATE IN SCOTT DISTRICT, PUTNAM C O U N T Y, W E S T VIRGINIA,” dated July, 1984, prepared by Roger K. Randolph, P.E. #6246, a copy of which is of record in the office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Putnam County, West Virginia, in Map Cabinet, “A”, at Slide 176-B, reference to which map is hereby made for a more particular description thereof.

This is the same property conveyed unto Joel B. Chapman and Heather Chapman by deed dated April 13, 2006, of record in the Clerk’s Office in Book 464, at Page 679.

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TERMS OF SALE: 1) The property will be conveyed in an “AS IS” physical condition by Deed containing no warranty, express or implied, subject to the Internal Revenue Service right of redemption, all property taxes, prior Deeds, liens, reservations, encumbrances, restrictions, rights-of-ways, easements, covenants, conveyances and conditions of record in the Clerk’s office or affecting the subject property.

2) The Purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the transfer taxes imposed by the West Virginia Code § 11-22-1.

3) The Beneficiary and/or the Servicer of the Deed of Trust and Note reserve the right to submit a bid for the property at sale.

4) The Trustee reserves the right to continue sale of the subject property from time to time by written or oral proclamation, which continuance shall be in the sole discretion of the Trustee.

5) The Trustee shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or person occupying the property to vacate the property, and any personal property

and/or belongings remaining at the property after the foreclosure sale will be deemed to constitute ABANDONED PROPERTY AND WILL BE DISPOSED OF ACCORDINGLY. 6) The total purchase price is payable to the Trustee by cashier’s check, cash or the equivalent within thirty (30) days of the date of sale, with ten (10%) of the total purchase price payable to the Trustee at sale by cashier’s check, cash or the equivalent.

Given under my hand this 12th day of January, 2015.

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or before the fiduciary supervisor by the date last shown to examine the claims and otherwise protect their respective interests.

The Putnam County Parks and Recreation Commission plans to build a foot/vehicular bridge on their property located at Valley Park, Hurricane, West Virginia Subscribed and sworn to and is requesting the before me on the 9TH day assistance of the West of January, 2015.

Virginia National Guard (WVNG) to complete this Fiduciary Supervisor, project. There are limited Putnam County funds for the project and without the involvement 2t, 1-15, 1-22 ps of the WVNG, the project will not be completed. Any contractor who has interest in this project, or objection LEGAL NOTICE to the WVNG doing this project has until February Public Notice 6, 2015 to respond and state your interest or

LEGAL NOTICE objections in writing to the Point of Contact below. If no responses are received by the closing date of this notice, then we will consider this a waiver of the right to object. Please address all responses in writing to: Scott Williamson, Executive Director Putnam County Parks and Recreation Commission 1 Valley Park Drive Hurricane, West Virginia 25526 2t 1-15, 1-22 ps

If you fail to file, any or all claims may by law be excluded from all benefits of the estate.

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