The Putnam Standard Oct. 23, 2014

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Poca residents support Bailey

By Lauren Bethel Poca High School Poca High School student Bailey Jack is in recovery after suffering a ruptured brain tumor in June.

On Sunday, June 29 Jack was airlifted from Muddy Creek Motocross in Tennessee to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Ohio after the tumor ruptured, causing a brain bleed and stroke. He was in Tennessee attending a professional motocross race with family and friends at the time of the Bailey Jack’s family and friends rupture. held multiple fundraising events.

Jack spent several

Bob Walden, a reenactor from Poca, shows one of the Buffalo Octoberfest visitors his display of hunting tools.

Buffalo celebrates Octoberfest

By Amanda Smythers amanda@theputnamstandard.com

The town of Buffalo joined together as a family last weekend as the 28th Annual Buffalo Octoberfest brought hundreds of visitors into the West Virginia town.

From morning until dinner time, the parking lot of Buffalo Elementary was filled with cars of visitors. Many Buffalo residents chose to walk to the festivities rather than face the challenge of parking.

The Buffalo Octoberfest petting zoo featured many friendly farm animals.

See Octoberfest, Page 15

See Bailey Jack, Page 10

FFA Parkins top 15 finalist

By Michael Circle michael@theputnamstandard.com

A student from Buffalo has been awarded a chance to attend the National Future Farmers of America Convention after completing a study on the perceptions of Putnam County residents about Future Farmers of America and agriculture education.

Hannah Parkins’ survey asked 80 residents of Putnam County general information questions about the FFA, and

her results were shocking, she said.

“I went into the community and they actually knew nothing about what we did in the classroom,” Parkins said. “They think we learn about farm animals and stuff like that, but there’s so much more than that. There is a lot of science and leadership in the teaching. Biology is a very important part of agriculture courses.”

See FFA, Page 4

Hurricane High is ready for The Challenge Program

By Michael Circle about the employment interviewmichael@theputnamstandad.com ing process.

“In our very first school with Hurricane High School is one The Challenge Program, I underof six schools in West Virginia that stood the meaning and the impact have incorporated The Challenge and the relevance of The Challenge Program into their curriculum, a Program,” Pfister said. “Every kid program offering competitive in- won’t have the meaningfulness centives and activities to increase and importance of the program attendance and encourages the resonate within them but it really students to better themselves and does reach some kids and truly their grades. transforms their lives.”

Philip Pfister, spokesperson for To better promote attendance The Challenge Program and 2006 and hard work, Challenge rewards World’s Strongest Man, spoke to 20 students with $200 awards the students about the rewards of for best attendance, STEM (Scithe program and narrated a skit ence, Technology, Engineering

and Math), community service, academic excellence and most improved.

“We honor a student each year that is transformed by the program,” Pfister said. “Kids that start coming to school to earn the attendance reward can realize ‘Oh my gosh, I’m getting good grades,’ and the teachers look at them as someone who’s positive. It really See Challenge, Page 7 After participating in an interview scenario, Matt Cooper and Jake Fletcher were awarded pretend jobs.

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Sports

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Hurricane volleyball wins two in tri match The Hurricane volleyball team added wins to their record by beating Capital and Sissonville in the Redskins-hosted tri match.

The Lady Redskins went 2-1 in the matches, giving their audience a strong showing of endurance.

Hurricane coach Bill Dimsdale said they should not have let the games go to three sets.

“At times, I think we played excellent,” he said. “We at times have a tendency to just go mentally flat for whatever reason and keep teams in it for longer than they should be.”

Hurricane beat Capital 25-14 and 25-10 in the first and third set, respectively. Shortly after the two visiting teams played, Hurricane defeated Sissonville 25-9 in the first set and 25-20 in the third.

“We played pretty well,” junior hitter Tiffany Isaacs, said. “We got down a little bit but we recovered pretty well. We came back stronger and better.”

Dimsdale said the team’s youth is a challenge this year but will help in future seasons. The Lady Redskins start six freshmen.

There is always room for growth on young teams like Hurricane but progress is made when the girls know where their weaknesses lie and how to fix them, he said.

“I did okay,” freshmen Cassie Workman said. “I could have covered better. I could have moved up

Amber Null attacks the net in the Redskins’ 2-1 win over Capital.

Jayme Bailey (8) and Tiffany Isaacs (25) hold their ground in case of a strong defensive push on the hit. some and got more digs.”

Workman showed off her skills by totaling 21 serves for the night.

She only had one miss against Capital. In the Sissonville match, Workman served a perfect game with 14 serve attempts and one ace.

She also displayed her signature serve that brought gasps from the audience all night. The freshman’s jump serve was her chance to attack the net, she said.

“I like getting to do my serve,” she said. “It is my chance to really attack the net and get some points.”

Carllee Bishop, another star freshman for the team, played in

the Libero spot, a strong defensive position responsible for digs and passes in the mid and back of the court. Bishop played as Libero since sixth grade, she said.

“I like it a lot,” Bishop said. “I feel I attack it well. Sometimes deep corners can get by me, but I try to fix that and get better at attacking it.”

The Lady Redskins started off the Oct. 14 tri-match with a game against the Capital Cougars. Hurricane found the floor six times, adding ace after ace to the scoreboard.

Isaccs tied with setter Madison Chadwell with two aces each in

Brianna Washburn (27) fights through two Capital defenders for a strike over the net. Madison Chadwell (5) waits for a Capital block. the Capital series and led the team in attacks with 24, making 14 kills against the Cougars.

Chadwell led the team in assists with 24, placing the ball right in front of the hitters for the attack.

Power players against Sissonville’s Indians included Isaacs again with the night’s record of attacks (29) and 15 more kills to add to her season. Workman tied Hailey Riddle for digs against the Indians

with 12, topping the rest of the team. The Redskins served a total of eight aces against Sissonville on 69 total serves.

Chadwell, in the setter position, led the team in assists with 22.

The Redskins will be joined by Buffalo, Hurricane, Poca and Winfield for the Putnam County Championship Quad Match Saturday, Oct. 25. Games will be scheduled throughout the day.

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Community News

The Putnam Standard Free “Trunk or Treat” in Teays Valley All of the kids in the community are invited to “Trunk or Treat” from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25.

The event will be held at K-Mart in Teays Valley and will feature decorated car trunks and characters in kid-friendly costumes who will give out candy to all of the “Trunk or Treaters.”

“Trunk or Treat” is sponsored by the Teays Valley Church of God. Kids are encouraged to dress in costume for this fun, Fall Harvest event. Call 757-9222 for more information.

Cross Lanes Fall Fest Cross Lanes United Methodist will host its annual Fall Fest from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 on Frontier Drive. There will be free hot dogs, candy maze, bounce house and more. For more information call 304-776-3081.

Brighterside Quartet at Mt. Salem The Brighterside Quartet will perform at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26 at the Mt. Salem UM Church located 4743 US 60, 4 ½ miles east of Hurricane on across from covered bridge. Everyone welcome.

Generation Putnam event Generation Putnam will host a Cornhole Tournament at FireSide Grille on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at FireSide Grille. Tournament will begin at 5:30 p.m. Registration is $10 and it includes appetizers.

Call or email Ashley to register your Team today at 304-757-6510 or A.Alford@putnamcounty.org www.generationputnam.org Small business workshop in Kanawha County A workshop on Business Fundamentals is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon, Thursday, Oct. 30, in Kanawha County. The workshop will be held in the Charleston Area Alliance Building, 1116 Smith Street, Room 310, Charleston.

There is a $35-per-person fee for the workshop. Attendees paying online should bring the online receipt copy to the workshop.

Registration is required at least two days in advance. To register, call Dreama Wolfingbarger at 304-957-2083 or email dreama.l.wolfingbarger@wv.gov.

Annual Eleanor Arts and Craft Show The Annual Eleanor Arts and Crafts Show will be held Saturday, Nov 1 at the Eleanor Fire Department building, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. A variety of crafts, gift ideas and services will be on display in the upstairs unit (handicap accessible); food and homemade baked goods in the downstairs unit.

If you have a product or service you would like to display, craft or creative items to sell, or need to raise funds for your organization, contact Linda for your booth space 304-937-3427.

Upper Vandalia Historical Society meeting The Upper Vandalia Historical Society will hold a meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 meeting at the Putnam County Board of Education office in Winfield, located behind the Courthouse.

This will be the group’s last Show & Tell meeting of the year.

Bring an item of historical interest to share with everyone. Everyone is welcome. You do not need to be a member to attend.

Light refreshments served after ASEP Coaching the meeting. Any questions please Huntington High School is hostcall Cheryl Withrow 304-760- ing an ASEP coaching class Nov. 2121.

1, 2 and 8 for those interested in

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coaching a secondary school sport. Ballroom Dance lessons in The For more information and to regis- Commons located at Valley (Wave ter, visit www.wvssac.org.

Pool) Park. This is a four-week class held on Saturdays in NovemEnergy workshop ber. The lessons will be held from in Hurricane 2 – 3:30 p.m. Nov. 1, 8, 15, and There will be an Energy Work- 22. Cost is $50 per person or $80 shop provided by Natural Capital a couple. Instructor: Steve Prowse.

Investment Fund from 8 to 10 a.m.

Call the park office to register at Wednesday, Nov. 5 at Hurricane 562-0518 ext. 10.

City Hall.

Natural Capital Investment Putnam Farmers’ Market Fund is hosting a series of energy Putnam Farmers’ Market will efficiency workshops in one month. host its annual membership meetSmall businesses, including health ing at 6:30 pm Thursday, Nov. 13, care providers, can attend the meet- 2014 for Putnam Farmers’ Market ing to learn about the benefits of and anyone interested in becomenergy efficiency and resources to ing a member of Putnam Farmers’ help them implement cost-saving Market. and environmentally friendly imThe meeting will be held at provements.

Hurricane City Hall. During the There is no cost to attend this meeting, made possible by The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, but space is limited; so, please RSVP at http://goo.gl/6DV3xC or email hvargason@conservationfund.org or call 304-870-2238.

Mount Vernon Baptist Church will host a special needs conferBill Oxley Memorial ence beginning at 8 a.m., Satur5k Run/Walk day, Nov. 1 with a continental St. Francis of Assisi School is breakfast and registration. sponsoring the Bill Oxley MemoCoordinator Angie Conn said rial 5k Run/1 Mile Walk at 8 a.m. admission is free, but registraSaturday, Nov 8. The race will tion is required for the “Joni and begin and end at Angela’s on the Friends” event titled “Through River Restaurant. the Roof,” which will focus on The early registration fee is $20, “extending the love and message and $25 the day of the race. Chilof Christ to those affected by a dren 12 & under $10. Day of the disability.” race registration begins at 7 a.m.

Chris Brammer, MD, will Checks should be made payable to be the keynote speaker. He has St. Francis School and be mailed served as the medical doctor to 525 Holley Street, St. Albans, for several family-style retreats WV 25177. Registration forms relating to disability awareness. are available on www.sfswv.com or Lisa Brown, with the Ohio on tristateracer.com. For questions, branch of “Joni and Friends,” please contact the race director, will conduct workshops on auJames Castro, trackdad154@aol. tism, beginning and growing a com, or call 304-727-5690. disability ministry, and welcoming any child.

Ballroom Dance Lessons Dr. Brammer will lead a at Valley Park

meeting, a new Board of Directors will be elected and decisions will be made affecting the 2015 market season.

Crafters Sought for Show in Scott Depot Teays Valley Church of God will have a Fall Fest and Craft Show from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15. Crafters and other vendors are welcome to be part of this community-wide event. To reserve a table for $15 please call 304-757-4684.

Hot dogs, barbecue beef sandwiches, baked beans, and desserts will be available for purchase. This is a perfect time to spend your Saturday doing Christmas shopping, dining with a friend and socializing with our community.

Mount Vernon Baptist Church hosts special needs conference session on cultivating family relationships.

Music and interpretive song will be provided by Eric Ginn and Katey Mullins.

“Joni and Friends” was established in 1979 by Joni Eareckson Tada, who at 17, was injured in a diving accident which left her a quadriplegic.

The objective is to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of this group in practical ways.

The Rev. Ron McClung is senior pastor of Mount Vernon Baptist Church, located near Exit 39 (Teays Valley) of Interstate 64.

People interested in attending can register at www. joniandfriends.org or www. mvbaptistchurch.org or dancin. momma.517@gmail.com or by calling 304-546-7354.

Putnam County Parks is hosting

RECIPE OF THE WEEK:

Trick or Treat • Buffalo, 6 – 8 p.m. Oct. 30 • Eleanor, 6 – 8 p.m. Oct. 30 • Hurricane, 6 – 8 p.m. Oct. 30 (Pumpkin carving Oct. 26 at City Park) • Bancroft, 6 – 8 p.m. Oct. 30 • Nitro, 6 – 8 p.m. Oct. 30 (Halloween Fest-for-all) • Poca, 6 – 8 p.m. Oct. 30 • Winfield, 6 – 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30

Spicy Skillet BBQ Chicken From Barbie Evans Ingredients: 4-6 pieces chicken breast 1 onion, chopped ½ c. apricot (or peach) preserves 1 T. cider vinegar ¾ c. ketchup 1 tsp. hot sauce Directions: Cook chicken until done in frying pan sprayed with nonstick spray. Remove chicken from pan. Add the onion to the pan and cook until transparent. Next, stir in the apricot (or peach) preserves and vinegar. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in ketchup and hot sauce. Return chicken to the pan and cook for 2 minutes, turning to coat. Transfer chicken to serving dish and spoon sauce over chicken.

Do you have a recipe you’d like to share?

Send it to us via mail or email and we’ll share it. email kelly@theputnamstandard.com

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School News

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Slim chance alumni games played in Putnam County

By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com Putnam school board members chose not to discuss the playing of two alumni football games at school facilities during its regular meeting on Monday.

Alumni from Buffalo, Poca, Winfield and Hurricane high school’s want to hold two football matchups at Buffalo High School where Buffalo would play Poca and Winfield alumni would take on Hurricane. Laidley Field in Charleston has already been reserved in anticipation for the Nov. 23 games.

However, Joey Tolley, a 2005 Buffalo High School graduate and former quarterback, addressed board members in an effort to revise or repeal policies which ban the use of school facilities for alumni games being played in Putnam County.

“We went to request the field and we were just flat out denied,” Tolley said after addressing the board. “There’s specific language in the policy handbook that prohibits alumni from having any type of contest at any Putnam County facility.”

Tolley said he approached board

members before the meeting and was stonewalled. He also said the board “won’t even acknowledge” the people working to host the games.

“As long as our facilities are used in a way that is responsible and considerate of the board and county, the facilities shouldn’t be denied to anyone, specifically the alumni themselves,” Tolley said.

Tolley spoke on behalf of the hundreds of other participants involved in planning the set of games. He said they would like nothing more than to be able to host alumni football games in their home county instead of having to go to neighboring counties.

“These games are going to be played whether they’re here in Putnam County or not,” he said Putnam County Schools Superintendent Chuck Hatfield said the current county policy is basically taken from the state board policy which states that a company or profit making organization cannot use public facilities for private gain.

Even if the board did support a policy change, it would have to be put out for public review, which would likely go on past the Nov. 23 date that is already reserved for

the games to be played.

Hatfield also said the ban on using school facilities for for-profit purposes is part of state law, which the board is not able to change.

Tolley countered, saying he voted for higher property taxes to fund the school district’s building and renovation projects.

“We want to unite our community,” Tolley said. “If the alumni aren’t allowed to use the facilities then what are they for?

“We are the community. We can’t even go to Buffalo in that nice, big, beautiful gym and hold a pick-up basketball game because it would be considered alumni versus alumni and would fall into that policy.”

Tolley is working with Alumni Football USA to host the games.

The company will provide liability insurance that meets or exceeds the county’s requirements along with playing equipment, he said.

Alumni Football USA will also take a share of the profits gained from ticket sales, which falls into the category of for-profit purposes.

“I believe that a long shot is better than no shot,” Tolley said in his closing statement. “We just ask that the board collaborate with our communities.”

Sheriff conducts compliance checks in Putnam County During October The West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration and the Putnam County Sheriff ’s Department conducted underage alcohol compliance on convenience stores throughout Putnam County.

Out of the 17 establishments visited four sold to underage operatives, resulting in a 23.5% buy rate, Sheriff Steve Deweese reported. Citations were issued to all salesclerks selling alcohol to minor by the Putnam County

Sheriff’s Department.

A good endeavor of state and local law enforcement agencies working together to reduce underage drinking and keeping kids safe in Putnam County . Funding was provided by The Governor’s Highway Safety Program.

Establishments visited are as follows :

7-Eleven # 35915H, 707 Winfield Rd. St. Albans Pilot Travel Center # 243, 4304 First Avenue, Nitro Buffalo Tiger Mart, # 184, 4200 Buffalo Road, Buffalo

In compliance Dollar General # 6080, 3274 Winfield Rd., Winfield Little General # 5015, Route 35 Non-compliance & Elm Street, Winfield Speedway # 9363, 3399 WinGo Mart # 20, 3301 1st Avenue, field Road, Winfield Nitro Speedway # 9233, 4010 1st Avenue, Nitro Sheetz # 517, 1457 Charleston Rd., Poca Dollar General # 4830, 146 Main St., Poca One Stop # 27, 184 Main St., Poca Eleanor Foodland, Rt. 62, Eleanor Winfield, West Virginia USPS 451-160 Egnor Eleanor Exxon, 903 RooThe Putnam Standard (ISSN, 451160) is published weekly at sevelt Blvd., Eleanor P.O. Box 179, Winfield, WV 25213. Yearly subscription rates: Dollar General # 10429, 4000 In-County $17; In-State $33; Out-of-State $43. Kelly Stadelman, Buffalo Rd., Buffalo President and Publisher. Periodical Postage paid at Main Post Big Kmart # 3724, 101 Great Office, Winfield, WV, and additional mailing offices under the Teays Blvd., Scott Depot act of March 3, 1979. Postmaster: Send address changes to the Sheetz # 467, 3805 Teays Valley Putnam Standard, P.O. Box 179, Winfield, WV 25213. We reserve Rd., Hurricane the right to accept, reject and to edit all news and advertising copy.

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Buffalo FFA member Hannah Parkins’ study on the perceptions of Putnam County residents of FFA and agriculture education helped Parkins become a top 15 finalist.

FFA From Page 1 Out of more than half a million FFA members in the country, 5,000 in West Virginia alone, Parkins is a top 15 finalist with her study.

“It feels good to know that the people I competed against are all over the country,” she said. “When I think about all of the people all together, I thought how crazy it was to be number 15 out of all of them.”

FFA consists of many aspects of leadership, including public speaking, and sciences such as biology, and Parkins hopes to show Putnam residents that it is not about learning to milk cows and cut hay, she said.

Danielle Grant, the FFA advisor and agriculture teacher at Buffalo, helped Parkins graph her research and get it presentable for the competitions.

“The thing that’s really cool about Hannah’s project that you don’t see with all projects is that the data she has is being used already,” Grant said. “We’ve sent it to the Department of Agriculture and they are creating a video to send to schools to start new programs. Putnam is trying to start another program.”

In the video, Grant said, FFA members and advisors try to bust the myths of agriculture classes to break down the stereotypes of FFA and show them the importance of the organization and their goals.

“She found a lot of things that people think about agriculture and think about FFA that’s not true,” Grant said. “In that video, which she was interviewed for, they are using her data to determine what will most help the residents to understand FFA and agriculture.

“I think that’s really neat for her,” Grant said. “A lot of people think it was just a science fair project, but it’s something that is applicable to real life and is being used on a state level.”

The FFA is surveying the other schools of Putnam County, including middle schools, to see where the interest for a new program is highest.

Parkins started by asking local residents about FFA. With questions about teaching topics, job opportunities in the agriculture

industry and prominence of male and female members, Parkins found residents: * Did not know much about the group; * Thought careers in agriculture start in Career and Technical School; and * Could not name five careers in agriculture that did not include agriculture teacher, farmer or veterinarian.

After getting her 80 Putnam County residents, she went to Jackson County where the FFA program was more than 50 years old. Asking the same questions to 80 residents, Parkins hypothesized that the Jackson participants would know more of the correct answers.

Her findings said otherwise.

“After surveying people in the community about agricultural education and FFA and analyzing my data for each question, I found my hypothesis stating, ‘if the residents of Putnam County are given a survey … then it will prove a lack of knowledge about agriculture education and FFA,’ to be correct,” Parkins’ report said. “The second part of my hypothesis stating that residents in a county with a wellestablished agriculture program will have significantly stronger agriculture knowledge was not supported by my findings.”

According to her report, both Putnam and Jackson county residents have the perception that agriculture courses still teach farming exclusively.

“This proves to me that education needs to be provided to community members to assure them agriculture education is much more than just farming,” Parkins said.

Out of 160 total participants, only 17 were able to correctly name five or more agriculture careers, which would include climatologist, electrician, or mechanic.

“That question surprised me the most,” Parkins said.

The national convention will take place in Louisville, Ky. starting Oct. 29.

If Parkins places in the top three, she will have her award handed to her on national television, a goal she is hoping to achieve this year, she said.

Sports

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Winfield falls to No. 3 South Charleston

By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com South Charleston ran through pre-game warm-ups in its patented five-wide sets which have vaulted junior quarterback Kentre Grier to the top spot statistically in the Mountain State Athletic Conference in passing yardage.

The warm-ups were only the prelude, as the Black Eagles showed-off the fast paced attack which dropped 70 points on Ripley the week before. South Charleston took care of Winfield in similar fashion by the final of 65-25 on Oct. 17.

“Matchups are a nightmare and that’s an understatement,” said Winfield head coach Craig Snyder as he referred to South Charleston’s offense. “They’re very good.

They’re very athletic and very well coached.”

The Generals struggled mightily to defend South Charleston’s spread offense in the first half. The Black Eagles (7-1) scored touchdowns on their first six possessions of the game.

Grier, who is a candidate for the Kennedy Award which is handed out to the state’s best player, threw for 244 yards and four touchdowns.

He also ran for 101 yards on eight carries, piling up 345 total yards on the night.

The Generals had a rough go of it trying to bring down South

Charleston running back A.D. Cunningham, who ran like a bull in a China shop to the tune of 116 yards on 14 carries.

Winfield did have some hope after Ryan Daly ran a kick-off back 84-yards for a touchdown to cut the Black Eagles lead to 15-6. The return was the only positive momentum the Generals could muster in the first-half. South Charleston took a commanding 43-6 lead into the half.

“That was a good kick-return,” Snyder said. “Ryan Daly and Tyler Hill have both been due all year and they’re both fast kids, so that was a positive.”

Winfield (2-5) was forced to play without one of its best players in starting linebacker Isaac Withrow after he broke his ankle during pre-game warm-ups. Although the Generals were down at the half, the score didn’t stop them from building some positive momentum going forward.

“South Charleston has some kids with a lot of experience,” said Winfield running back Ethan Copeland. “They’re just really talented, but we played hard.”

Freshman quarterback Andrew Huff, who made his second start under center, threw for 193 yards.

Nearly all of the yardage came in the second half.

Copeland managed to gain 75 yards on 19 carries against the staunch Black Eagle defense.

Winfield celebrates Red Ribbon Week

By Ali Chambers Winfield High School The Red Ribbon Campaign has been around since the 1980’s and has always been a great program for drug awareness and prevention in public schools.

Every year around this time in October, Students Against Destructive Decisions (S.A.D.D.) plan a Red Ribbon Week to promote the education and influence of drugs and alcohol. It is extremely beneficial to the community.

S.A.D.D. is an organization that is very involved at Winfield High School and around the county.

The group helps young people make better and safer choices, especially when it comes to alcohol and drugs.

In prior years, Winfield classrooms have been asked to decorate doors with clever slogans exhibiting the harmful effects of drugs.

Usually, students are given buttons

or “red ribbons” throughout the week, and the teachers tally the number of students wearing them to reward classes with extra credit or other prizes.

All of the activities are used to expand the negative reputation drugs have on people’s lives.

This week, starting Oct. 20th, is Winfield High School’s Red Ribbon Week. Of course there are themed days to go along with the program.

Students are asked to wear a hat on Monday for Crazy Hat Day, Tuesday there is no school, Wednesday is Wear Red Day, Thursday is Throwback Thursday, and Friday is a Black Out. Everyone is to wear black on the final day in preparation for our “black out” rivalry game against the Hurricane Redskins.

During the pep rally on Friday for the game, S.A.D.D. usually hosts a small assembly with a video or presentation on drunk driving or drugs. In the past, there have been pledges for students to sign and promise to stay drug free.

It should be an interesting week!

Take the pledge to be drug free.

Visit redribbon.org for more information.

Winfield High cheerleaders will help their football team get back on track at 7:30 p.m. Friday against rival Hurricane High. Photo by Eddie Ferrari, The Picture Guy Winfield scored three touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

“We struggled in the first half,” Huff said in the locker room afterwards. “We couldn’t move the ball and just didn’t execute very well.”

With 11:08 remaining in the game, Huff hit John Hathaway over the top of the South Charleston defense for a 58 yard scoring strike, which made the score 57-12.

“I’m glad Huff had some positive plays,” Snyder said. “We look for anything positive we can take away.”

Then with 7:37 to go, Copeland plunged into the end zone from 4-yards-out to pull the Generals a little closer at 65-19. Huff was

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able to connect with Tyler Hill on a 48-yard touchdown pass with 3:55 remaining which finalized the score at 65-25.

“They were a lot more athletic than us,” Huff said. “We just didn’t show up today.”

South Charleston removed its starter’s only two possessions into

the second half, but the Generals kept grinding to the very end. Snyder said he was proud of that fact.

“I’m glad we scored some points in the second half,” Snyder said.

“I think we played hard the whole game and I’m very proud of my guys. I’m always very proud of my guys.”

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Sports

The Putnam Standard

Winfield sweeps Hurricane in three sets

By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com On senior night at the Winfield High School gymnasium the only two seniors, Megan Mourier and Kaitlyn Legg, went out on a high note with an important win.

“The seniors have been doing really well,” said Winfield coach Paul Chinuntdet. “Megan has been a huge asset to the team and so has Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn has picked up her game from last year tremendously.”

Winfield swept three sets from Hurricane on Oct. 16. Hurricane jumped out to an early 5-2 lead behind a spike from Tiffany Isaacs, but Kayla Bailey dropped an ace on the Redskins to put Winfield back out in front in the first set 6-5.

From that point on, the Generals began to roll, keeping the lead until the very end. Hurricane did jump out in front briefly at 9-8 when Winfield libero Kelsey Matusic attempted to get the ball over the net but couldn’t quite make it.

A spike from Legg quickly tied the match back up at 9 all and Winfield never looked back. The lead grew to as many as six points at 15-9 midway through the match.

Hurricane was able to keep it close down the stretch. Shortly after a kill from Maggie Buchanan, the Redskins came to within one point, but the Generals kept the pressure on and Legg came up with a huge spike to seal the first set and

Kayla Bailey gets the ball over the net while teammate Megan Mourier looks on. the Generals came out victorious 25-21.

“I can’t even count how many hours I’ve spent here,” Legg said.

“It was really important to be with my teammates on senior night and get the win.”

The second set was all Winfield. They jumped out to an early 1-0 lead behind a nice dig from Matusic, which eventually led to Winfield scoring the first point.

The Generals broke out to a 6-3 lead and never trailed. After an ace from Ashley Dawson, the Generals kicked it into high gear. Legg led scored another important ace to put Winfield up 17-9.

Two straight kills by Chelsie Farmer paced the Generals out to a 19-12 lead. Later, a Mourier

spike kept things on cruise control at 22-15. Natalie Gunnell dumped the ball over the net and it fell untouched, lifting Winfield to a 25-17 win in the second set.

In the third and final set, Hurricane jumped out to a fast start leading 3-2, but after another Mourier spike and an ace from Matusic the Generals quickly overtook the Redskins.

Winfield led all the way until the end, but the Redskins would not go quietly. Hurricane stormed back from a 24-19 deficit to tie the final set at 25.

After two spikes from Farmer and Legg the Generals led 27-26 and forced a set point. Then Bailey added the final kill to lift Winfield to a 28-26 win and a three set sweep

Kayla Bailey serves while Amy Hill prepares to play the ball during Winfield’s win over Hurricane. of the Redskins.

“It had so much sentimental value in it,” Mourier said. “It was the last actual home game. We still have more tournaments, but this was the last school game.”

After the game, Chinuntdet praised his two seniors and was glad to see them leave the home floor on a winning note.

“It’s hard to replace a strong

left-handed hitter in Kaitlyn and it’s even more difficult to replace a six-three hitter like Megan in Putnam County,” he said. “We don’t grow many of them here and the ones that grow up here always go to Hurricane it seems like.”

Winfield will take part in the Putnam County Tournament at 1 p.m. Oct. 25 and will play in the MSAC at 9 a.m. Nov. 1.

Winfield drops nail-biter to Charleston Catholic

By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com The Winfield soccer squad, ranked fourth in Class AAA, remains one win shy of tying the school’s all-time wins record at 14. The Generals (13-2-4) came up just short in a matchup which featured the top two goal scorers in the Kanawha Valley as they took on Charleston Catholic Oct. 14 in a driving rain storm, losing 4-3.

Catholic (15-0-1) broke out to a 1-0 lead on a perfectly placed free kick by Joey Trupo. Trupo, the leading goal scorer in the Kanawha Valley, bent the free kick around a wall of players which Winfield had set up in front of him. The ball found its way into the corner of the net putting the Irish on top first.

Senior Nathan Keefe registered a shot on goal with 25:40 remaining in the first-half for Winfield.

“We moved a couple players around,” said Winfield assistant coach Tim Sneeringer. “We’re trying to change things around to become more offensive. Typically we have Steven [Taylor] up top, but this time we had him outside. Jesse [Richmond] is usually our offensive center and he was at forward today. We brought Parker [Devlin] out of the defense and onto the outside mid-position.”

Kendy Peyton rang a shot of the crossbar at 23:35 for Charleston Catholic. Peyton had a wide open look from the right side and the Generals dodged a major bullet.

Steven Taylor found himself on a breakaway for Winfield at the 21 minute mark, but was called off-side, erasing the scoring threat.

Then, at 19:55, senior Jesse Richmond crossed to Taylor in front of the net but Taylor kicked it high over the goal, afterward dropping to his knees in disappointment with arms raised.

“We had opportunities in the first half,” Sneeringer said. “We didn’t finish. We need to finish.”

Less than one minute later, Trupo made the Generals pay with a kick from the left side. The ball brushed off of Winfield senior goal keeper C.T. Douglas’ hands and trickled across the line to put the Irish up 2-0.

“Trupo is fast to the ball,” said Winfield senior Noah Laliberty.

“Usually we do pretty well against him, but he’s a quality player.

He’s fast, strong and has a solid left foot.”

Three minutes later Douglas made a diving save at the corner of the goal to cut off another scoring chance for Charleston Catholic.

Taylor finally got the Generals on the board with 9:19 remaining in

the first-half, making some nifty one-on-one moves and delivering a sliding kick to sneak the ball past Charleston Catholic senior keeper Patrick Kline to pull Winfield within one 2-1.

“I made a run,” Taylor said.

“I did an outside turn, split two defenders and I saw the front post.

I hit it with my laces and scored that one.”

Shortly after, Winfield junior Chance Cavender slid a pass right on the doorstep for Taylor, but the ball was intercepted just in the nick of time by a sliding Kline.

Catholic struck again with 3:33 remaining in the first when Kendy Peyton scored his only goal of the night to put the Irish up 3-1.

Nathan Keefe put a shot on goal for Winfield with 55 seconds to go in the first, but Kline quickly shut down the scoring threat. The Irish went into the break with a two-goal lead 3-1.

Four minutes into the secondhalf, Richmond was tackled by a Charleston Catholic defender and a yellow card was handed out by the referees. As a result, Richmond had a free kick opportunity on goal, but Kline made the save.

“I thought if we got that goal it would’ve changed the game,” Sneeringer said. “I thought our guys’ effort in the second-half was

Winfield’s Steven Taylor maneuvers his way around two Charleston Catholic defenders during first-half action. really good. We never stopped.”

With 25 minutes left on the clock, Mother Nature opened up the sky and the rain came in buckets. Trupo then struck again for his third goal of the night, driving the score up to 4-1 in favor of Catholic.

Winfield answered Trupo’s hat trick by rallying for two goals in a row. The first, scored by Chance Cavender off an assist from Taylor, made the score 4-2.

“I got a ball played into the corner flag,” Taylor said of his assist. “There was one man to beat.

I touched it around him, ran onto it, beat one more guy, dropped it off to Chance and he kicked it in.”

The second came with 9:22 remaining in the contest. Taylor scored his second goal of the night to pull the Generals within one at 4-3.

The last ten minutes went on in an absolute downpour. Players danced in and out of puddles as the final seconds ticked away. Winfield would not mount a final charge in the swampy conditions, falling one goal shy 4-3.

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Above, Hurricane’s Conner Watts rolls through the St. Albans defense aided by his teammates. Right, Nick Williams returned a kickoff for 92 yards for a touchdown. Photos by One-Eyed Jack’s Photography

Hurricane Redskins outlast St. Albans 39-36

By Trace Johnson For The Putnam Standard It wasn’t pretty, but the result was just what the Hurricane Redskins hoped for as they knocked off the St. Albans Red Dragons 39-36 in a wild game.

Through all the miscues and errors, the Redskins made it count when it really mattered.

“We got lucky,” said coach Jeremy Taylor. “We’re darn lucky. It was a night of mental errors, that’s what it was. We were mentally weak tonight.”

After giving up a field goal, Hurricane (5-2) promptly got on the scoreboard as sophomore Nick Williams returned the kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown to put the Redskins in front 7-3 with 7:24 remaining in the first half.

After a Red Dragons touchdown, lightning would strike twice for the Redskins as they again

returned the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown, this time with the help of junior Conner Watts running from 96-yards out to put Hurricane back in front 13-10 with 3:22 remaining in the first quarter.

“Special teams this week was huge,” said senior Brandon Ford.

“It was a big game-changer this week and it boosted our confidence in the beginning of the game big time and they set the tone tonight.”

Hurricane’s offense found the end zone for the first time on the night early in the second quarter as junior Ethan Highlander found the end zone from 1-yard out to put the Redskins up 19-13 with 11:30 remaining in the second quarter.

Following a St. Albans touchdown, Watts found the end zone from 4-yards out to put Hurricane ahead 25-20 with 4:52 remaining in the first half.

“I think in the first quarter and second quarter they wanted it more

than us, but we were just a better team and a better well coached team so we just made up for it with our skill,” Watts said.

The Redskins added one more touchdown to close out the first half as Watts recovered a fumble in the end zone off of a Hurricane completed pass on fourth-and-goal to extend the Redskins lead to 3220 as the teams went into the locker rooms at halftime.

Hurricane then took a 39-20 lead into the fourth quarter as Highlander again found the end zone, this time from 4-yards out with 1:46 remaining in the third quarter.

Even with a seemingly comfortable fourth quarter lead, this game was far from over. The Red Dragons (2-5) answered the Hurricane touchdown quickly as they cut the lead to 39-28 with 10:32 remaining in the fourth quarter.

St. Albans cut Hurricane’s lead down even farther as they con-

tendance is important. We learned things that are important if you want a job.”

Clutter has been a part of The Challenge Program for three years and has helped Pfister with the event many times.

“The Program promotes leadership skills, promotes things like attendance, good grades and academic performance and does it in a very unique way,” Clutter said.

“It partners with local businesses and provides financial incentives for kids to make improvements.”

Pfister included the local businesses so that they may see what high school students are learning and that they may look to the future of their employment listings, he said.

Hurricane guidance counselor Sarah Barnes said the students really stood to benefit from the program because of the incentives encouraging good educational practices. “[The Challenge Program] contacted us about their program and introduced it to us,” Barnes said.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for

our kids to give them some incentive to do well in school, come to school on a regular basis, to do a lot of community service and get a little recognition for that.”

Hurricane first hosted the program last year, Barnes said, and the students who witness the handing out of a $200 reward might be given some encouragement to better themselves as well.

Principal Richard Campbell said he thinks the program can only grow in his school. In his seven years at Hurricane, he said he has hoped to encourage these programs to make a great county even better.

“It went a lot better this year than last,” Campbell said. “The kids know a little bit more about the program and it really impacts them to see kids actually getting the money. They were attentive and, seeing the kids get those awards, I think it will continue to emphasize those five things The Challenge Program gives those awards for.”

Senior Matt Cooper was the performer that won the fake job opportunity in front of the students.

His scripted performance portrayed

nected on a 72-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Noah Reed to senior wide receiver Jeffrey Seams making it a 39-36 game with 8:47 remaining.

The Redskins went on a time consuming drive to try to put the game out of reach. But they fumbled the ball on fourth-andgoal and the Red Dragons took over with just 2:14 remaining in the contest.

“We stopped ourselves and then we helped them keep going,” Taylor said. “But all the credit goes to them. St. Albans did a heck of a job.”

Hurricane’s defense helped secure the victory as they forced a fumble on a completed pass and recovered with just 1:45 remaining, allowing the Redskins to clinch a 39-36 victory.

While Hurricane earned a ‘W’, their players were first to admit they didn’t play to their potential.

“We didn’t come out ready to play,” Taylor said. “If you want to go to Wheeling, if you want to go to the second round or third round of the playoffs, you don’t do that.

This is probably the worst game we’ve played since week one.”

Some of the problems game from over-inflated egos after the win at George Washington.

“We got the big win over GW which hasn’t happened in seven years or something so we kind of went in thinking that this was going to be a cakewalk,” Watts said.

The focus now shifts to practicing better and playing with the same intensity each week.

“We got that big win and no one was focused all week,” Ford said.

“But this was a wakeup call and we need to come ready to practice next week.”

The Redskins return to action at 7:30 Friday against their in county rival, Winfield.

Challenge From Page 1 does have a profound effect on a large amount of students.”

As the students poured into the gymnasium, Pfister, along with two business representatives from Fifth Third Bank and MATRIC (MidAtlantic Technology, Research and Innovation Center) spoke with five seniors about the roles they would play in front of their audience.

Cindy Bailey from Fifth Third Bank and Greg Clutter from MATRIC asked the students interviewrelated questions to which the students responded with scripted answers.

“This teaches children leadership skills,” Bailey said. “Especially this one, which teaches interviewing skills and focusing on key points about the interview process.”

One student, Luke Browne, pretended to be late to the interview and was passed up for the fake job because of his tardiness. This activity showed the importance of being on time to class and interviews.

“It was fun,” Browne said. “At-

The Challenge Program presented $200 rewards to students who excel in five categories: attendance, STEM, community service, academic excellence and most improved. an upright, professional individual whose work ethic was the cornerstone of all good interviews.

“It was cool being the honor student because that’s what you want to strive to be,” Cooper said. “It’s always a great experience to learn what it takes to do that.”

Cooper and Jake Fletcher both ended the program holding fake

job offers for their performances while Browne, Kelsey Frame and Christian Thomas were denied the positions based on answering phone calls during the interview, not answering questions professionally and showing up late. All of these performances were staged for the benefit of the student audience.

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Hurricane girls cross country win MSAC title

By Michael Circle michael@theputnamstandard.com

Hurricane and Winfield High School girls cross country teams brought home first and second place at the MSAC Cross Country Championship.

The teams competed along with 12 other schools at the Oct. 15 competition held at Cedar Lakes.

The boys cross country teams also competed with Hurricane boys capturing second place and Winfield boys fourth.

Hurricane cross country girls team won the MSAC championship with a combined time of

1:42:22.17. Hurricane had four runners in the top five.

Winfield girls followed with a combined time of 1:49:36.54 and had runners in seventh and eighth places.

With 22 girls on its team, Hurricane’s top seven brought in the least amount of points. It earned the championship win off the heels of Joie Johnston, Abby Short, Jenna Crouch, Anna Gordon, Carissa Lawhon, Lexi Crompton and Kennedy Snavely.

Johnston placed second in the race overall with a time of 20:10.24. Her best time is 19:34.42 from the Greater Louisville Classic

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Short finished her run at 20:13.30 and was followed by Crouch and Gordon with times of 20:21.93 and 20:22.27 respectively. These four took second through fifth places which helped to seal the win for Hurricane.

Lawhon came across the finish line with a time of 21:14.43 followed by Lexi Crompton and Kennedy Snavely who took 13th and 14th in the race.

Following the Redskins into second place, Winfield’s team, consisting of 12 girls, saw its first runner cross the finish line when

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The girls cross country teams also competed at the meet. Hurricane Middle finished third and Winfield Middle finished third.

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Julianne Pauley (14:43) finished in fifth followed by Savannah Hoff (14:58) in seventh and Ella Wikel (15:10) in 10th. Carly Jordan was the next Winfield runner to cross, coming in 16th with a time of 15:42.

Winfield’s Grace Hutchinson (16:48), Grace Cole (17:02) and Grace Strong (17:14) finished the race in 22nd, 24th and 25th, closing out Winfield’s roster.

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Hurricane’s Danielle Ray placed second with a time of 13:31.

Julie Grant (15:16) placed 11th to give Hurricane its second finished runner followed by Sydney Wheeler (15:21) and Olivia Gaines (15:23) in 13th and 14th.

Izabella Hart was the next runner to come across the finish line for Hurricane with a time of 15:47 in 17th place. Ann Marie Ramey (15:48) and Alexandra Sergent (15:54) finished the run in 18th and 19th.

Winfield Middle School cross country girls finished third in the meet overall with a combined

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boys finished second at the invitational. Hurricane’s Bryer McPherson placed sixth with a time of 12:47.6. Justin Belcher followed in eighth with a time of 12:55.3.

In a crowd of red, Hurricane’s Jayce Wright (13:25.7), Wyatt Hanshaw (13:48.4) and Alik Assi (13:52.8) finished in 14th, 15th and 16th. John Casey (14:12.3) and Brady Kessinger (14:24.3) finished the race in 19th and 22nd.

In the girls meet Hurricane Middle finished second overall with a combined time of 1:15:18.

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Six of the seven Winfield Middle School runners placed in the top 10.

Winfield’s Phillip Englund led the charge finishing third with a time of 12:31.2 followed

by Noah Castro (12:36.4) and Will Whaley (12:44.1) finishing fourth and fifth, respectively.

Brian Middaugh (12:55.0) took seventh and Luke Kincaid (13:02.9) ninth. Evan McCray (13:06.1) and Coen Preston (13:07.5) finished off Winfield’s roster in 10th and 11th place.

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Winfield, Hurricane boys teams finish first and second

the MSAC Championship with a time of 17:10.02.

Winfield’s R.J. Weiford has been making waves in the cross country circuit all year and ranks eighth overall in the state. He placed eighth in the MSAC meet with a time of 17:13.67.

Winfield’s runners would next cross the line in a pack of four with Matt Durgin (18:31.02), Brian Gray (18:31.62), Tony Salgado (18:35.64) and Luke Lumadue (18:36.14) in 32nd, 33rd, 34th and 35th respectively.

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Rachael Englund clocked 20:57.55 in seventh place. Her teammate, Alexis Imperial followed suit with a time of 21:00.14 for an eighth place finish.

In the AAA boys MSAC championship race, Hurricane placed second overall with a combined time of 1:28:24.28 after Cabell Midland. Winfield finished fourth with a time of 1:31:28.09.

Hurricane’s star was Alex Hughes who brought home a fifth place win and a time of 17:02.62.

Hughes is currently ranked 17th in the state.

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Poca girls soccer teams falls on senior night

By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com After a scoreless first 35 minutes on senior night at O.O. White field the Dots were gaining momentum, but with five minutes remaining in the first-half the flood gates opened in the wrong direction, ending with a shutout of 8-0.

“There’s some games we play good,” said Poca coach Mike Shrewsbury, who has coached for nearly 17 years. “And then, like tonight, the girls were focusing on something else besides the game.”

Capital finally broke the scoreless tie with five minutes remaining in the half when Alley Reeves launched the ball into the net from 30 yards out to put the Cougars up 1-0.

Shrewsbury was aggravated with his team, to say the least, and said he was worried that they were more focused on retaliation than just playing the game. Sophomore Emily Whiting played goal in place of injured senior keeper Kendal Sayre and made 10 saves for the Dots.

“They told me I’d be goalie about ten minutes before the game,” Whiting said. “I think I played alright, but some of the goals I gave up were easy goals.”

It was the first time Whiting had ever played a full game in the net.

Ashley Fisher had four goals and Paige Reeves added three more, lifting the Cougars to an 8-0 victory over the Dots on Oct. 15.

“All four of our seniors never give up,” Whiting said. “They’re the leaders of our team, basically like our coaches. They’re always uplifting and they don’t give up until the buzzer rings.”

Poca did play sharp on the defensive end for more than half of the opening period, but Capital strung together some solid passes and controlled the ball in the Dots zone for the majority of the first half.

Reeves scored again with 2:24 remaining to give Capital a 2-0 lead before the break. The Poca defense struggled to keep up with Reeves’ speed and ball control skills. The Dots went into halftime down two goals.

Whiting made numerous saves which kept the Capital scoring attack at bay for the first 10 minutes of the second half, but Ashley Fisher scored her first goal of the night with 29:59 remaining to put the Cougars up 3-0. Then, Fisher just missed another goal when her kick caromed off the goal post with 24 minutes to go.

With 23:49 remaining, Fisher scored to put Capital up 4-0. Fisher then opened up her scoring barrage once more when she found the net

at the 18:23 mark and scored again with 17:19 to go, which put the Cougars on cruise control at 6-0.

“We see the ball. We make a break and then instead of staying in the play we just watch them run by like ‘I sure hope somebody else plays them,’” Shrewsbury said.

“It’s frustrating.”

Whiting made back-to-back saves for the Dots at 7:48 and 7:09,

helping to keep the Cougars scoring in single digits.

Reeves scored her third goal with 12:30 remaining to put the cougars up 7-0. Jada Joseph closed out the scoring with just 14 seconds to go, bringing the final tally to 8-0.

“I look up to all of our seniors like role models,” said sophomore Brooklyn Elkins. “For me, I want to be like Gracen [Masters], Mariah

[Cook], Kendal [Sayre] and Paige [Reames] when I hit my senior year.

“I want to be like them and just make a good example for the rest of my team because that’s what they do for me. I look up to the seniors.”

Poca was set to take the field at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday against Scott at Southridge Fields in the first round of sectional play.

Morgan enjoys living in W.Va.

Bailey Jack From Page 1 months in the hospital while undergoing brain surgery to remove the tumor and therapy to regain movement he had lost due to the rupture. He returned home last month and is now recovering and doing therapy here.

Jack said he is still acclimating to being back at home.

“It feels great, but I’m still trying to get used to it,” he said. “I feel like I’m supposed to still be in the hospital.”

After spending so long in the hospital, it’s easy to see why Jack is taking his time getting used to being home again. There have been a lot of visitors at his household checking up on him and showing support.

Friends and family have said they are excited to have Jack home again.

Jack became a local social media celebrity overnight as friends and family outpoured their support.

“It made me feel very missed,” Jack said. “It was great knowing that so many people were pulling for me.”

Family and friends used social media to keep updated on Jack’s progress and track various events

Players on the 2014 Poca High girls soccer team includes: Paige Raemes, Kendal Sayre, Maddy Arnott, Sami Shamblin, Taylor Dean, Brooklyn Elkins, Kennedy Harrison, Caley Jackson, Bryana Herdman, Devin Toomey, Rebekkah Heading, Michaela Young, Emily Whiting, Katilyn Scurlock, Allazae White, Abigail Blizzard, Micah Carpenter, Mariah Cook and Grayson Masters. Also pictured is head coach Mike Shrewsbury and assistant coach Larry Perkins.

to raise money for his care. Some of his friends were able to get professional motocross racers to do shout-outs for Jack on their personal pages, as well.

Friends also set up two Facebook pages to track Bailey’s progress and fundraisers.

The Bailey Jack Updates page on Facebook currently has a following of almost 1,800 people.

Jack has been attending physical therapy in Hurricane.

“It’s going pretty smooth right now,” he said. “My muscles are getting stronger every day. By the end of therapy, I should have full movement in my left side.”

After Jack’s stroke, he had zero movement in his left side. His speech and brain activity were also slower due to the stroke. Through therapy, he has been able to regain most of his movement on the left side and his speech and brain activity are no longer an issue.

For now, Jack will continue his therapy treatments and also have follow-up appointments with his doctors in Cincinnati. He said he hopes to return to Poca High School in the very near future so he can see all of his friends again.

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By Ashley McClanahan Poca High School Elisabeth Morgan is a world traveler.

Although Morgan said she loves being in each place, she said Spain has to be her favorite.

“The culture and mannerism is very different from West Virginia,” she said. “Families get together more often and families are more united and dependent on each other.”

One thing Morgan said she likes about West Virginia is the kind people and how the communities unify to help each other in situations of need. However, she said she doesn’t like the lack of environmentalism.

“I do not like how people waste

and do not watch out for the environment,” she said.

Morgan said she misses walking downtown and siting in a café, shopping, enjoying the sun and watching the Mediterranean Sea, but she loves the fall season and snow in West Virginia even if it isn’t like it was in Spain.

Morgan originally came to West Virginia as an exchange student and stayed for a year.

“Life has a lot of turns and twists in it, so you never know where you will end up,” she said.

Before moving to West Virginia, she said she was in a point in her life where she needed to pick a place and start a life there. She wanted to stay in West Virginia because her best friend, who she considers a sister, was here. She

and her friend started a business together, starting her life in the West Virginia. After returning home after a year of learning English, she later returned to the state and became a teacher.

Morgan has now been in West Virginia for 20 years.

“If then you told me I would be living in the USA and would be a citizen and teach I would be like, yeah right,” she said.

Morgan loves teaching: she said she enjoys it more then anything else she ever tried.

She said she loves showing students the culture of her country and that she believes she can make a difference on how people see the Spanish speaking countries and what the difference is between them.

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Obituaries

The Putnam Standard JOSEPH F. KEETON Joseph Franklin “Joe” Keeton, 65, of Hurricane went home to be with the Lord Oct. 13, 2014 at home.

Joe was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He is retired from Peabody Coal.

He is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Mrs. Darlene Keeton; children, Vince and wife, Heather Keeton, and Vicky and Roger Cole; brothers, L.H. and wife, Shirley Keeton, Jack Roger and wife, Bert Keeton, Kenneth and wife, Patricia Keeton, and Daniel and wife, Delcie Keeton; sisters, Billy Jean Farris and Karen and husband, Wayne Martin; brother-in-laws, Michael and wife, Sharon Carte, Richard and wife, Linda Carte; and grandchildren, Ethan and wife, Hannah, Wade, Evan, Emily and Clayton.

A tribute to the life of Joe was held Oct. 16 at Rock Branch Independent Church with Pastor Vince Keeton officiating.

ARTHUR WAYNE MCCALLISTER Arthur Wayne McCallister, 67, of Winfield passed away Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 after a long illness.

He was a retired Pipe Fitter Local 625, U S Army Veteran, Mason.

He was avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting, target shooting and reloading and horseback riding.

He was preceded in death by wife, Donna Jean McCallister; and son,

Levi Shawver; parents, Frank and Gale Shawver of Red House; sister, Laray and husband, Matt Skidmore, of Red House; nieces, Ashton and Kallee Skidmore of Red House; uncles, Ronald Carney of Red House, John Shawver of Buffalo and Gilbert Shawver of Buffalo; and aunts, Diane and husband, Carl Fisher, of Raymond City and Caroll Goodall Shawver of Charleston.

KATHERYN J. A tribute to the life of Mr. Adam MANN-MCCANN Katheryn Jane Mann-McCann, Shawver was held Oct. 16 at Lone 63, of Poca, passed away Oct. 13, Oak Church of God Mission with 2014 in Cornerstone Hospital of Pastor Scott Casto officiating.

Huntington. She is survived by her WALTER SHEETS husband, John McCann.

Walter Lee Sheets, 67, of HurA gathering of family and friends was held Oct. 20 at Gatens-Harding ricane went home to be with the Lord and join his loving wife Violet Funeral Home Chapel. on Oct. 15, 2014.

Walter was retired from the ADAM IBEW #317. He was an avid SHAWVER Adam G. Shawver, 26, of Red outdoorsman who enjoyed huntHouse, passed away Oct. 13, 2014. ing, fishing and camping with his Adam was a wonderful hus- family.

Walter was preceded in death band, amazing father, loving son and brother. He is a 2006 graduate by his cherished wife of 46 years, of Poca High School, a member Violet and mother, Ruth Sheets.

He is survived by his pride and of the Carpenters Union # 1207 Charleston and a member of Lone joy - his three daughters, Becky (Chuck) Widner of N.C., Sandy Oak Church of God Mission.

He is preceded in death by (Wayne) McCallister of Hurrihis grandparents, Earl and Anna cane, Missy (Keith) Chapman of Bell Carney and Frank and Edna Saint Albans; and his special “four Shawver; aunt, Shirley J. Carney; legged” daughter, Sissy. Walter adored his five grandchildren, Cortand uncle, Gerrell Tucker.

Adam is survived by his wife, ney (Anthony) Sigman, Charles Mrs. Holly Shawver; son, Jacob Widner, Desting Coon, Cole ChapBrian T. McCallister.

Surviving are his daughters, Roxanne Justice of Winfield and Bonnie Jean Blevins of Ky. Companion, Deborah Chapman of Winfield; and her children, Brad (Jessie) Chapman, K. C. (Missy) Chapman.

Memorial Service was held Oct. 18 at Allen Funeral Home.

Thursday, October 23, 2014 - Page 11 man and Sierra McCallister. In addition, Walter had two greatgrandchildren, Bella Courtney and Chase Sigman. He is survived by many siblings including his brother and closest friend, Junior (Carol) of Milton, Charles (Sue), Preston (Velma), Jerry (Bea), all of Hurricane; and four sisters.

A service honoring Walter was held at Allen Funeral Home Oct. 18 with Pastor Robert Adkins and Rev. Mark Hesson officiating.

FREDDY RAY SISK Freddy Ray Sisk, 60, of Poca went home to be with the Lord on Oct. 14 at Hubbard Hospice House West in South Charleston.

He was retired from John Amos Plant with over 33 years of service.

Freddy was an Army veteran and served during the Vietnam Action. He was a member of Dunbar Mountain Mission Church.

Freddy was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Virginia Sisk; and brother, Larry Sisk.

He is survived by his loving wife, Velma; daughters, Melanie Latza and husband, Bryan, of N.C., Penny Sisk of St. Albans; stepdaughter, Stephanie Berger and husband, Chris, of Nitro; step-son, Richie Lanham and wife, Kiley, of Nitro; step-mother, Hildred Sisk of French Creek; sister, Gail Bowman of Scott Depot; brothers, Charles “Eddie” Sisk and wife, Patricia,

of Poca, Jimmy Sisk and wife, Becky, of St Albans, and Joey Sisk and wife, Beth, of Hurricane; nine grandchildren; one great-grandson; and several nieces and nephews.

A tribute to Freddy’s life was held Oct. 17 at Dunbar Mountain Mission Church, Dunbar with Pastors Ray Parsons and Phil Conn officiating.

ROBERT L. SMITH Robert Lee “Bob” Smith, 70, of Red House, went home to be with the Lord Oct. 11 in the Hubbard Hospice House.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Carl and Louie Smith; brother, John Smith; and sisters, Joyce Ours and Terry King.

He is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Mrs. Mary Smith; sons, Robbie and wife, Carolyn Smith, Eddie and wife, Amy Smith, and Ben Smith; brothers David “Eggs” Smith and wife, Sandy, and Carl “Jube” Smith and wife, Patty; and five grandchildren, Jarrett, Joel, Katlyn, Wade and Joni.

A tribute to the life of Robert “Bob” Smith was held Oct. 15, 2014 at Gatens-Harding Funeral Home Chapel with Pastors Scott Casto, Ray Parsons and John Hudson officiating.

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Poca cheerleaders Bailey delivers love boxes in Haiti ready to compete

By Halea Vanater Poca High School

By Kirsten Mathews Poca High School As the start of the new school year kicks off, Poca High School cheerleaders are planning for their team to go to competition for the first time in two years.

“It was my first time coaching and I wanted to focus on the squad’s cheering for the sports’ teams,” said coach Tiffani Smith.

“I decided we had the talent and ability this year and I was more comfortable in my role as a coach.”

This year, the Poca cheer squad has two coaches to help them prepare for their competitions.

“It is very helpful to have someone to bounce my ideas off of and that will be there if I need to miss practice or games,” Smith said.

“It’s actually a lot different because, having one coach, it’s hard for her to get to all of us and help all of us by herself, it puts a lot of

stress on her, said senior Destiny Echols. “But having two coaches, they work together in helping us and making sure we are all satisfied. I love knowing that I can go to either of them for help if I need something. They are both great.”

Senior Cydney McGrew said the squad is able to accomplish more with the extra pair of eyes.

“Having two coaches has made things easier,” he said. “We have a lot more help and support. Tiff and Gina are two of the most dedicated coaches I’ve ever had and they really push us to be the best.

[Having] two coaches has given us the chance to work on newer and more complex routines, stunts and cheers.”

The girls are going to be held to very high expectations. “[There are] Saturday practices and multiple weekday practices,” Smith said. “They have to be committed.”

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Poca has been blessed with the helping hand of Brittany Bailey, a Poca High School student who volunteers her time and money to go on mission trips in Haiti.

Bailey has been to Haiti five times over the past few years to sort Christmas “love” boxes for children who are in the International Missions Outreach or IMO schools.

The program, based out of Clendenin has a project called “Gifts of Love,” which supplies Christimas presents for kids attending the IMO schools. For many of the students, this is the only gift they will receive all year.

“The goals for us as a team is to sort the gifts of love boxes,” Bailey said. “There will be around 8,000 or more boxes there for us to sort.

When I say sort, I mean that we will separate them into the different age groups.”

Bailey originally became involved with IMO due to the influence of her grandfather.

“My papaw met the president of this organization on a misson trip in Israel about 40 years ago,” she said. “Since then, the president and my grandpa have been friends. My grandpa went to Haiti and got some of my family interested.”

Bailey is going to Haiti again Nov. 21.

“I am very excited,” she said. “It is such a great experience.”

She is joined on her trips by several family members.

“My aunt, cousin and papaw have all went to Haiti,” Bailey said.

“They told me what a great and life changing experience it was, so that’s why I got influenced.”

Bailey said the program helps

thousands of Haitian children and could use all the help they can get.

“In the sponsorship program that they have, there is around 5,000 students,” she said. “Altogether they have around 8,000 students. There is not anymore Poca students involved, as far as I know.

“If they want to get involved, they can visit the website www. imohaiti.org or call our office at 304-548-7009.”

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Thursday, October 23, 2014 - Page 13

Amendment would open doors to Scout camp to commercial events

By Brandi Underwood West Virginia Press Association GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — The Boy Scouts of America has a vision for the Summit Bechtel Reserve in Fayette County, and it doesn’t necessarily involve Boy Scouts.

Rather, the BSA hopes that the Summit — the 10,600-acre property situated adjacent to the New River Gorge National River — will one day play host to world-class extreme sports events, large-scale concerts and more.

The Boy Scouts believes that the events could potentially bring the state international exposure, increased tourism and put West Virginia on the map of destination sporting events.

The only hitch?

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Come Election Day, voters heading to the polls will have the choice to support the “Nonprofit Youth Organization Tax Exemption Support Amendment.”

In summary, the amendment would allow the BSA to lease the Summit property out as part of forprofit ventures without jeopardizLEGAL NOTICE

ing its current property tax exemption. The amendment holds that for a “nonprofit youth organization” to qualify for the state property tax exemption, the facility must have been built at a cost of at least $100 million. The Summit is currently the only facility in the state that meets those criteria.

jeopardize the BSA’s current property tax exemption under state law.

Representatives of the BSA met with the governor, state tax officials and both the Senate and the House when assessing the correct route to take to achieve their end goal, and Hartley said that a state amendment was the solution gathered from those conversations. n n n “This amendment will allow us to maintain that property tax exAccording to Gary Hartley, emption if we were to lease out the director of community and gov- property for commercial purpose,” ernmental relations for the BSA, he said. the Scouts realized early into the planning process that the Summit n n n property would be unique from their other scouting sites.

In addition to being the new perThe BSA worked closely with manent Jamboree site, the Summit an interdisciplinary team — com- is also home to the Paul R. Christen prised of West Virginia represen- National High-Adventure Base, tatives and assembled by former which opened in June 2014.

Gov. Joe Manchin — to envision Hartley said the high-adventure the property’s potential, and it was base is poised to attract up to from that partnership the concept 40,000 Scouts each summer, while stemmed to use the facility as a the Jamboree, held every four venue for large events, Hartley years, gathers roughly 45,000 atsaid. tendees.

However, the BSA soon disIn the off season, the Summit — covered that the state constitution, boasting a large open-air stadium along with a 1944 West Virginia and roughly a dozen nationally Supreme Court ruling, threw a kink ranked, world-class venues for outdoor sporting activities, including in those plans.

While the nonprofit BSA is skateboarding, BMX, shooting currently exempt from property sports and rock climbing — sits taxes, Hartley said that hosting empty.

“Those venues have the potenlarge-scale for-profit events could

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ESTATE NAME: Cindy Sue Nester Bailey ADMINISTRATOR: Jennifer Bailey 210 Shasta Drive E s t a t e o f M a r i e H . Cross Lanes, WV 25313 Martin Margaret Ann “Lozano” ESTATE NAME: Gunnoe, Executrix Jerry David Hogg ADMINISTRATOR: Estate of Lovell Shirley Mary N. Martin Steele 371 Snapdragon Lane Deborah Lewis, Executrix Bradenton, FL 34212 Estate of Floyd Williams Alice Parsons, Executrix

ESTATE NAME: Glenna Gay O. Hoskins EXECUTRIX: Any persons having an Alice Marguerite Bartley interest in the estate of P. O. Box 339 any such person may Hurricane, WV 25526 appear before the County Commission at the above ESTATE NAME: t i m e a n d p l a c e a n d Elvera Teresa Lewis thereupon protest his/her EXECUTRIX: interest or else be forever Beverly Kay Evers barred from asserting such 5314 Morning Dove Lane interest thereafter.

Cross Lanes, WV 25313 Given under my hand this 17th day of October 2014.

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tial to be utilized for more than our Scouting and youth programs,” said Hartley said.

The Summit is a fitting venue for premiere extreme sporting events, Hartley said, adding that “people involved with those types of games” have contacted the BSA and expressed interest in utilizing the facility.

“There’s no where that you’ve got world-class BMX right next to a skate park, with a stadium that will seat 80,000 people, with rock climbing and shooting sports, and whitewater in the area,” said Hartley. “This really makes it a very unique facility.” n

All persons having claims against these estates whether due or not, are notified to exhibit ESTATE NAME: the claims with legally Bobby Joey McClanahan verified vouchers, to the ADMINISTRATOR: fiduciary of the deceased Denise Anne McClanahan person, as named above 74 Siamese Lane with seventy-five days Liberty, WV 25124 of the first publication of this notice or not later than ESTATE NAME: January 6, 2015.

Robert Francis McCullough If the claim is not EXECUTOR: exhibited to the fiduciary Joseph Sowers by that date, you must 1009 Hickory Mill Rd. exhibit the claim at the Hurricane, WV 25526 office of the undersigned fiduciary supervisor at ESTATE NAME: the address shown below Boyd Kay McDaniel within ninety days of the ADMINISTRATOR: first publication of this Jane G. McDaniel notice or not later than 1167 Clendenin Creek January 21, 2015.

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Critics of the amendment fear that allowing the Summit to host for-profit events without the monetary burden of property tax could create an unfair business climate for local businesses, most specifically ACE Adventure Resort and Adventures on the Gorge (AOTG).

For that reason, Delegates Margaret Staggers and David Perry, DFayette, amended the resolution in the House to add “enabling legislation,” which holds that the amendment would only become effective once the Legislature develops rules and regulations to protect local and regional businesses.

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All beneficiaries of these estates may appear either before the fiduciary by the date first shown above or before the fiduciary supervisor by the date last shown to examine the claims and otherwise protect their respective interests.

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ESTATE NAME: Violet Eveline Weaver EXECUTRIX: Greta Jean Casto 906 Divide Ridge Road Given, WV 25245

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“This ‘enabling legislation’ should be driven by feedback from the general public and not the Boy Scouts,” said Perry, adding that he thinks a joint-select committee should be appointed to gather public testimony. “At this point I feel confident that if a select committee monitors the situation properly then it will be a definite safeguard against what could happen,” said Perry.

It would be the Legislature’s responsibility to oversee the situation each year, and it would likely be an ongoing process to tweak the laws to best protect local business, Perry said.

He said he fears what it will do to the potential tax revenue of the county until that legislation is spelled out.

The protective laws have not been drafted yet, Hartley explained, but said that the BSA has submitted some suggested guidelines, such as the minimum size of the events, percent of the year that the property could be used and types of events that could be hosted.

“This amendment is about bringing new business to southern West Virginia,” said Hartley. “We’re not looking to compete with existing events that are already occurring in the area; we want to bring new and larger events and activities to West Virginia.”

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AND EVIDENTIARY HEARING On June 30, 2014, Appalachian Power Company (APCo) and Wheeling Power Company (WPCo) both public utilities and both operating as American Electric Power (AEP or Companies) tendered for filing revised tariff sheets reflecting a system average rate increase of approximately seventeen percent annually, or a net increase in current rates of $226 million for furnishing electric utility service to approximately 476,598 customers in the Counties of Boone, Brooke, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Nicholas, Ohio, Putnam, Raleigh, Roane, Summers, Wayne, and Wyoming.

The proposed increase included a base rate increase of $181,495,635 and a new Vegetation Management Program Surcharge of $44,613,863.

Also on June 30, 2014, the Companies filed an application to request revised depreciation rates under Rule 20 of the Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure, 150 C.S.R. Series 1 (Procedural Rules). AEP stated that the revised depreciation rates require a $59.6 million increase in annual depreciation expense that is included in the overall $181.5 million

increase in base rates requested by AEP.

By Order issued July 28, 2014, the Commission suspended the proposed increased rates and charges until 12:01 a.m., April 26, 2015, allowed AEP additional time to provide individual notice, established a procedural schedule, ruled on interventions and required AEP to provide public notice as required by the Commission Tariff Rules.

The Commission will hold the following afternoon and evening public comment hearings and the evidentiary hearing: Bradshaw, WV Public Comment hearing Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Town of Bradshaw Community Center, 10002 Marshall Highway, Bradshaw, West Virginia.

Princeton, WV Public Comment hearing Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 1:OO p.m. and 6:00 p.m., Mercer County Courthouse, Judge Sadler’s Courtroom, 2nd Floor, 1501 W. Main Street, Princeton, West Virginia.

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Charleston, WV Public Comment hearing Monday, January 12, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., Public Service Commission Hearing Room, 201 Brooks St. Charleston, West Virginia.

Evidentiary hearing in Charleston, WV Tuesday, January 13,2015 at 9:30 am., Public Service Commission Hearing Room, 201 Brooks St. Charleston, West Virginia.

Interested persons may attend any of the public comment hearings and make public comment.

Members of the public may also observe the evidentiary hearing.

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The proposed increased rates and charges are to become effective May 26, 2015, unless otherwise ordered by the Public Service Commission. The Public Service Commission has suspended the rates for 300 days to permit a full examination of the proposals, which include a base rate increase of $181,495,635 and a new Vegetation Management Program Surcharge of $44,613,863. The proposed increase will produce approximately $226 million annually in additional revenue, an increase of 17 percent. The average monthly bill for the various classes of customers will be changed as shown below: $ INCREASE % INCREASE Residential $27.04 22.3 Commercial $53.12 14.4 Industrial $13,320.91 9.2 Other $.60 6.0

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increase in annual depreciation expenses that is included in the proposed 4237, request such a copy and provide the necessary mailing information, base rate increase. and a copy will be mailed to the customer.

Furthermore, the requested rates and charges are only a proposal and A copy of this tariff is also available for public inspection at the office of are subject to change (increases or decreases) by the Public Service the Executive Secretary of the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION at 201 Commission in its review of this filing. Any increase in rates and charges Brooks Street, Charleston, WV 25301. will not become effective until authorized and approved by the Public Service Commission. The procedural schedule will be: • AEP direct testimony due: August 19, 2014, by 4 p.m.

• Deadline to file petitions to intervene: Extended to November 15, 2014, by 4 p.m.

2t 10-16, 10-23 ps • Direct testimony of staff and other parties due: December 18, 2014, by 4 p.m.

• Rebuttal testimony of all parties due: January 5, 2015, by 4 p.m.

• Filing of agreed order of witnesses due: January 5, 2015, by 4 p.m.

• Evidentiary hearing: January 13 to 16, 2015, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Howard M. Cunningham Hearing Room Public Service Commission 201 Brooks St., Charleston, WV 25301

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Anyone desiring to intervene should file a written petition to intervene prior to November 15, 2014, unless otherwise modified by Commission order. Anyone desiring to protest should file a written or electronic protest at any time with the Commission. The evidentiary hearing commences on January 13, 2015. Failure to timely protest can affect your rights to protest any rate increases and to participate in future proceedings. All protests or requests to intervene should briefly state the reason for the protest or intervention. Requests to intervene must comply with the Commission’s rules on intervention. All protests and interventions should be addressed to: The Executive Secretary, Public Service Commission of West Virginia, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, WV 25323.

A complete copy of this tariff, as well as a representative of the Companies The increases shown are based on averages of all customers in the indicated to provide any information requested concerning it, is available to all class. Individual customers may receive increases that are greater or less customers, prospective customers, or their agents at the following office of than average. the Companies: 707 Virginia Street, East, Charleston, WV 25301. A copy of this tariff is also available to all customers, prospective customers, or The Companies also have filed with the Public Service Commission a their agents on the website of the Companies www.appalachianpower.com/ revised depreciation rate request to take effect in conjunction with the account/bills/rates/APCORatesTariffsWV.aspx. Any customer wishing to new base rates. The revised depreciation rates require a $24.6 million receive a reduced-size copy of the tariff can telephone toll-free 800-982-

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Thursday, October 23, 2014 - Page 15

Rick Pennington, a reenactor from Hurricane, warmed up Octoberfest visitors with buffalo and venison stew.

Over 100 vendors piled into Buffalo for Octoberfest, providing a variety of food, entertainment and goods. Gospel music provided a constant backdrop for festival activities.

Octoberfest From Page 1 While a small fall shower threatened to ruin the fun, it didn’t stop the vendors or visitors from taking advantage of Buffalo’s last festival until spring.

“I would say this was probably the biggest event we’ve ever had,” said Susan Howard, whose father started the festival 27 years ago. “It was a huge amount of people that came in. We saw a lot of people before the shower and then it seemed to die down a little bit.

“Afterward, we got slammed again with people coming in so that was really great. We saw a large crowd today.”

Vendors were able to capitalize on the steady flow of traffic, nearly all vendors in constant contact with the many visitors to the festival.

The Scott/Teay’s Lions Club brought their food truck, where members Thelma and George Woodrum said they could barely see the festival due to how many food orders they received.

“Sales have been pretty good,” George Woodrum said. “They’ve been pretty brisk. We did great, I think.”

He said the Lion’s Club food truck is well known around Putnam County festivals and events. Buffalo’s Octoberfest is one of the best selling days of the year for them.

“We come down here every year,” he said. “We make more here than at the Putnam Homecoming. And everything we make here goes right back into Putnam County. We don’t keep a penny of it.”

Howard said the overall amount of vendors was up this year, allowing even more people to profit from the success of the event.

“We had over 120 vendors that actually showed up and set up booths and sold their goods and wares,” she said. “We had such a wide variety of things like arts and crafts, information booths, living history and actors, pony rides, petting zoo, carriage rides, to someone giving flu shots.

“And the nice thing is, it’s the biggest group of vendors we’ve ever had for Buffalo’s Octoberfest.”

George Woodrum said the vendors were lucky to have such a great festival.

“It means quite a bit,” he said.

“These are local vendors. If they make $700 - $800, it’s a good day for them. We think its great. People come out from everywhere and it’s good for the economy.”

Although more vendors were present than ever before, Howard and her daughter, Jessica Gilchrist Coulson, were able to manage the traffic with the help of Coulson’s father and a team of volunteers from Morgantown.

“It actually helped us this morning controlling the crowd getting in and getting everything set up,” Howard said. “So it was much more organized this morning with that many vendors than it would have been without them. We appreciated that a lot.”

George Woodrum said the organization was one of the benefits of Octoberfest, as the staff of volunteers is always prepared and friendly.

“It was a little haphazard this morning but people coming in and setting up it’s always like that,” he said. “When you have one road in one road out, it’s going to be hectic.

She had people at the entrance and exits and they kept people moving and actually helped them unload their vehicles and everything.”

No matter how the economy is boosted, Coulson said she just wants to throw a friendly, inexpensive family event.

“Our community is like family,” she said. “[My grandfather] passed away two years ago so we continue to do this in memory of him – to bring people back to his store and also for the community.

We’re very proud of the growth and the turnout we’ve had for it. It generates a lot of excitement. But mostly, we put this on as a family event for the town.”

Raelee Fisher, 2, eats a hotdog and kicks along to the clogging music.

Even the pets were in the fall spirit at Buffalo’s Octoberfest. This dog was stationed outside the petting zoo and greeted visitors with a sniff and a lick.

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