The Putnam Standard Oct. 9, 2014

Thursday, October 9, 2014

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By Michael Circle and Amanda Smythers The Putnam Standard

Mark Hopkins, music teacher at Buffalo for 28 years, explains the new technology at the students’ fingertips to State Superintendent Dr. Michael Martirano (left). Student Ambassadors Marcus Tucker and Mandy Smith help show off the school’s technological assets.

Buffalo shows off school to state

By Michael Circle michael@theputnamstandard.com

A month after being appointed to the West Virginia Board of Education, State Superintendent Dr. Michael Martirano is making his rounds across the state on a 55-county campaign to visit West Virginia high schools.

He stopped by Buffalo High School on Monday.

“What I’m seeing today is just a phenomenal example of the future of education and I’m very pleased with what I’m seeing,” he said.

When the new high school opened its doors in the fall of 2012, the students were greeted by smart boards, laptops and an abundance of other technologically advanced teaching tools. Martirano said his hope is for other schools to learn from Buffalo’s use of technology and cultivate students for the digital age.

“I am just thrilled with the educational opportunities that are being provided at this school,” Martirano said. “Innovation, students engaged and seeing themselves in the future in terms of being productive citizens in society. It’s a wonderful day to

be here.”

During the tour, Martirano asked students what he considered to be the most important question of the day, “Are we meeting your needs?”

“The critical piece is regarding engagement,” Martirano said. “Engagement in terms of student and staff. What I’m seeing and hearing is teachers that are extremely engaged, who see possibilities for our students, who see students are the future. The basis of this is having our high quality teachers engaging students for See Buffalo, Page 2

Eleven candidates up for election for state and county level positions received questions from community leaders at a forum sponsored by the Putnam Rotary and Putnam County Chamber of Commerce.

All Putnam County nominees were invited to attend. Each candidate gave a one-minute opening statement before Moderator Kennie Bass of WCHS-TV opened the floor and accepted questions from the audience.

Candidates attending the forum included: Family Court: David Hill and Richard Witt State Senate – 8th District: Ed Gaunch and Erik Wells State Senate – 4th District: Mike Hall House of Delegates – 13th District: Josh McGrath, Michael Ihle and Scott Cadle See Candidates, Page 1

Manchin visits Putnam

By Amanda Smythers amanda@theputnamstandard.com

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin spent some quality time in Putnam County last week as he met with residents of Winfield and Teays Valley in a threeevent afternoon, consisting of the first graduation Putnam County’s Veteran’s Court, a town hall meeting with Winfield residents and a special celebration with firefighters at the Teays Valley Volunteer Fire Department.

“This is such an important county,” Manchin said. “This is a growing part of our state.

It just continues to grow and is very prosperous and it’s an economic engine, if you will, so it’s great for me to come see how they do it.”

Manchin spoke on topics varying from ISIS to Ebola and from gun rights to clean coal technology, openly condemning American involvement against ISIS and See Manchin, Page 15

Putnam schools acquire 700 trauma kits from CAMC

By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com Recent school shootings in Kentucky and North Carolina have motivated Putnam County school officials to put more of an emphasis on emergency response procedures, ensuring schools within the county are well prepared in the case of an emergency.

The concept began with Conner Street Elementary School, after which CAMC Teays Valley President Randy Hodges became involved in addition to Superintendent Chuck Hatfield. As a result, a committee formed among emergency services, law enforcement and school nurses.

Officials concluded that if the need was there for one school then maybe it was there for all schools. Roughly 680 emergency trauma kits have been placed in 22 schools across the county at a cost of $75,000. Another $5,000 will be spent to give county fire trucks and police cars their own kits.

“The real investment was from CAMC,” Hatfield said. “They fully funded the bags for every classroom, so it’s really a cooperative effort.”

The emergency kits were distributed in the spring but the training to use them has taken some time. Included in the kits are several different medical items, the first being a multi-trauma sterile dressing, along with stetho-

scopes, blood pressure cuffs for people that are trained to use them, a splint for fractures, a pocket mask in case of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is needed, multiple different bandages, a pair of trauma sheers and triangular bandages.

“There is a comfort level in knowing that there is pre-preparation to be ready in the event that something would happen,” Hatfield said. “We feel these kits could make the difference in saving some kids’ lives.”

A snakebite kit is also included in case of an environmental emergency.

There are several sting and bite antiseptic sticks, bandaging type items for Emergency Services Education Institution Director See Trauma, Page 4 Stephanie Watson explained the contents of the kits.

Harvest Festival on Sat., Oct. 11

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Generation Putnam continues to grow, seeks new members

By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com Made up of motivated and energetic young professionals, Generation Putnam began back in 2009 with the mindset of encouraging members to get involved and make a difference within Putnam County.

It’s been growing ever since.

“The first meeting was five people just sitting around at a table at a restaurant and it grew from there,” said Brian Moore, Generation Putnam director. “We like to involve younger professionals that don’t necessarily have some of the same opportunities older professionals get.”

From the first meeting on, the group decided to get together and begin forming the future of Putnam County, along with participating in networking events and also doing educational events and professional development events to expand the growth and community service.

At first, Generation Putnam was modeled after Generation Charleston, with two co-chairs in charge of the organization and then two cochairs in charge of the community service, professional development and networking, Moore said.

“We eventually shifted to just having a director because it was a little confusing reporting to two people, so now we have a director and an assistant director,” said Moore. “We have about seven people on the board.”

Members of the Generation

Putnam Leadership Program go out to various businesses in Putnam County, the judicial system, and the library in order to network. The group started out doing a bunch of networking events shortly after its inception.

“We would do a networking event every month at various places around Putnam County and usually end up getting a discount for the members,” Moore said.

“We would also do a professional development/business meeting once a month, too, and this went on for a while.”

The membership numbers have grown since then. Generation Putnam has climbed from about five to 160 or so members, and over the past five years Generation Putnam has changed quite a bit, Moore said.

“Generation Putnam has allowed me to plug into a network of young professionals that I would not otherwise have known,” said Putnam Generation networking chair and Northwestern Mutual Field Director/Financial Representative Jon DeGroff. “My business volume has at least doubled since I’ve been a member.”

The group no longer meets every month, but does meet every other month at social events. Then, in the off months, the group takes time to participate in educational events. Members also hosted a health fair for families as part of the Get Up and Get Out event.

“It was free and we had activi-

ties for kids and then branched off of that with the West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition,” said Ashley Alford, vice president of programs and events.

“We go into the schools and present different programs for healthy living, and our most recent one was the sugary drink campaign.”

The sugary drink campaign involves going to elementary schools within Putnam County and teaching the students about sugar intake and sodas they consume.

“We try to advocate to them, when they go to the stores with their parents, to try to not ask for soda and maybe ask for water instead,” said Alford.

Generation Putnam has also hosted a number of family friendly picnics along with an assortment of other events, some of which included a sushi making class at the Green House of Teays Valley, one of the more popular events.

The group has taken an interest in parks and recreation, as it tries to expand the amount of time people want to spend. Parks and recreation is just one way of doing that, Moore said.

In January 2011, Generation Putnam launched its blog to help keep members updated on the latest news and events. The blog is available at www.generationputnam.org.

For more information on how to become a member of Generation Putnam, contact Alford at a.alford@putnamcounty.org

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West Virginia Superintendent Dr. Michael Martirano (left) poses with freshmen students after they explained their science project to him. Students from left to right, Alexys Spaulding, Lauryn Blake, Stephen Boothe and Corey McKinney.

Buffalo From Page 1 problem solving in the future.

“What’s occurring in this school is a model for the state of West Virginia and for the United States.

When you have a high tech facility, an innovative school such as this, this represents the future of education.”

The tour began with a quick look at some of the biological artwork created by students from looking at how the world works under a microscope and bringing it alive through painting, computer graphics and other tools of art.

Juniors Ashley Arthur and Natalie Herdman explained the art pieces to Martirano, which included detailed drawings of insects and a “blown up” painting of cells.

Following the scientific art, the superintendent met with the student media advisor, Jeremy Litton, a social studies teacher. Martirano learned about the new media program the school is implementing and the YouTube channel. Chase Allen, a junior media producer, also assisted in explaining the program.

Martirano also sat down with a group of freshmen who displayed their environmental science project for him.

“It was a proud moment,” said Janice Luikart, teacher of Physical Science, Environmental Science and Biology about her students’ exhibition. “I’m very proud because that’s what we’re training them to do, speak to people.”

The tour also included a trip to the music hall where music teacher, Mark Hopkins, who has been with the school for 28 years, showed off the school’s advanced music education platforms. These tools included a Guitar Hero-like piano course and a state-of-the-art recording booth.

“Did you see the music class we were just in? That maximizes learning,” Martirano said. “That music teacher is phenomenal. In the 10 minutes I was with him, I could tell he’s an outstanding

teacher. He listened to the students.

It’s a student-centered classroom.

It’s phenomenal.”

Buffalo P rincipal Tawny Stillianoudakis said she was proud to be a part of the school and its high praise.

“It’s always wonderful when the person who’s highest up comes and says great things about your little school that you feel like no one really notices,” she said. “I believe Buffalo is the best kept secret in the state as far as what goes on here with the student body and the curriculum.

“I have always said your staff is your greatest resource. Our staff here is wonderful. They want the job done right and they’re willing to put in the time. They are the greatest asset and my staff is wonderful.”

Martirano was led around the school by two student ambassadors, junior Marcus Tucker and sophomore Mandy Smith. The tour included stops in the library, band room and media room, all places where Martirano had the chance to meet students and see what they had at their disposal for their education.

“It’s really an honor,” Smith said about leading Martirano’s tour. “We have a lot of really great and smart kids at our school so to be picked to show [Martirano] around is really cool.”

Tucker said he enjoyed being able to take charge and show off his school.

“We didn’t have preparation,” Tucker said. “But I like doing this.

I can do it all day. Just knowing we’re such a smart school and there are so many intelligent students here, I think it’s a pleasure to show his what we can do.”

Martirano will continue his sweep across the state to visit schools in all 55 counties and he hopes to bring a little bit of Buffalo on the road with him to all of the other West Virginia Schools, he said.

Community Calendar

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PipeSounds celebrates eleventh season on Sunday, Oct. 12 PipeSounds, dedicated to bringing exceptional music to the community, begins the eleventh season of organ concerts at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12.

Jonas Nordwall, internationally renowned virtuoso organist, is skilled in both traditional classical and modern/popular schools of musical performance. He has performed in North America, Japan, Europe and China and has made eight concert tours in Australia, performing a public recital on the famous concert organ in Sydney’s Town Hall to an audience of over 2,000.

Nordwall is a native of Portland, Ore. where he began his Desserts for Democrats On Thursday, Oct. 9 the Putnam County Democratic Executive Committee is holding a dessert auction and candidate meet-and-greet.

Everyone welcome. There will be music, fellowship and door prizes and the invited guest is Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.

Call Ken Ragle, executive committee char at 304-610-5218.

Chili Cook-off The Harvest Festival Chili Cook-off will take place at 4 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 11 at the City of Hurricane City Park. Contestants must bring two gallons of chili prepared and decorate their table.

Judges will determine winners based on aroma, consistency, taste and color. There is also a people’s choice award.

Winners will be announced at 6 p.m. and first place will receive $300, second place will receive $200, third place will receive $100 and people’s choice will receive $100.

Bluegrass concert features American Drive American Drive, formerly the New South led by Bluegrass legend J.D. Crowe, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11 at the Mountaineer Opry House, Milton.

Doors and concessions open at 5 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, and $5 for children.

For more information call 304743-5749.

Morgan’s Kitchen Fall Festival The 11 Annual Morgan’s Kitchen Fall Festival, sponsored by the St. Albans Historical Society, will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11 at historic Morgan’s Kitchen, located along MacCorkle Ave. in St. Albans.

ASEP Coaching Huntington High School is hosting an ASEP coaching class Oct 12, 18 and 19 for those interested

first musical studies at age four on the accordion. At age 10, he expanded his musical education to piano and organ with several renowned instructors.

Appointed in 1971, Nordwall is the organist for Portland’s First United Methodist Church and assumed the Director of Music position in 1990. He has played for United Methodist Church General Conferences as well as regional conventions for the American Guild of Organists. He has performed on the custom designed Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organs in lavish restaurant settings in both Portland and Denver, Colo.

In addition to his performing

career, Nordwall has been a major influence in the latter 20th century design and manufacturing of both pipe and electronic organs. He is presently an artist for the Allen Organ Company.

This will be his first performance on the world-class Harrah Symphonic Organ at Forrest Burdette Memorial United Methodist Church, 2848 Putnam Avenue in Hurricane.

Admission is $10 for adults and students and children are free. There will be a reception following the concert.

For more information or directions to the church, check on the web site, www.pipesounds. org.

in coaching a secondary school be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Satsport. For more information and urday, Oct. 18 in Buffalo. to register, visit www.wvssac.org.

There will be family fun, music and plenty of good food. Enjoy Fall Golf Classic crafts, apple butter, animals, conThe Putnam County Chamber tests, Living History, a Free kids of Commerce is hosting their Fall zone, WVU tailgate tent, a CruiseGolf Classic at 10 a.m. Monday, In and more. Crafters and vendors Oct. 13 at Sleepy Hollow Golf are invited to participate in this Club, Hurricane. festival free of charge.

Teams can register for $650 and Vendor space is free. To reSand Trap and Tee Box sponsor- serve a space or for information ships are still available for $50 contact Susan Howard, event and $100 respectively. There will organizer, 304-937-2747 or email be individual hole contests, prize s.howard47@yahoo.com. raffles, awards for the top three teams, a complimentary breakfast Chamber business and an awards luncheon immediafter hours at Toyota ately following.

The October business after For more information, call the hours hosted by Toyota Motor Chamber at 304-757-6510 or email Manufactuing will be held from 5 chamber@putnamcounty.org. p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23.

Cost is $20 and RSVPs are reBeth Moore Bible Study quired; pre-payment is appreciated.

Glad Tidings Assembly of God Business After Hours is open to at 121 Mill Road in Hurricane will members and their guests. be offering the Beth Moore Bible The cash drawing sponsored study “Breaking Free” on Wednes- by BB&T is valued at $1000; you day nights at 7:00 p.m. starting on must be present to win. RSVP to Oct. 15 and running through Jan. 304.757.6510, chamber@putnam7. Everyone is welcome. For more county.org or www.putnamchaminformation, please contact the ber.org church office at 304-562-3074 or at gtagwv@gmail.com.

Generation Putnam Events In October Generation Putnam Farm Equipment will host a Cornhole Tournament at Auction FireSide Grille on Wednesday, Oct. The Buffalo FFA will hold a 29 at FireSide Grille. Tournament farm equipment consignment auc- will begin at 5:30 p.m. Registration tion at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18 is $10 and it includes appetizers. at Buffalo High School. ConsignCall or Email Ashley to register ments will be accepted Oct. 16 and your Team today at 304-757-6510 17 after 3:30 p.m. until dark or by or A.Alford@putnamcounty.org appointment. www.generationputnam.org Commission minimum and maximum is $3 and $25, respecAnnual Eleanor arts tively. The auction is sponsored by and Craft Show the Putnam County Farm Bureau.

The Annual Eleanor Arts and For more information, contact Crafts Show is set for Saturday, Josh Morgan at 304-545-6546, Nov. 1 at the Eleanor Fire DepartJeremy Grant at 304-939-3901 or ment building. A great opportunity Ron Morrison at 304-638-1607. to market and sell your products, get potential new customers, ex2014 Annual pose your talent and services, Buffalo Octoberfest fundraising opportunities for your The annual Buffalo Octoberfest group. is celebrating its 27th year. It will Reserve space by calling Linda

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Putnam Chamber 2015 Community Resource Guide The Putnam County Chamber of Commerce is accepting ad contracts for the 2015 Community Resource Guide.

Ad space is available in four size options in either color or black and white. Chamber members reserving ad space in the Guide will also be eligible for special ad pricing on the Chamber website.

New businesses interested in being listed in this valuable publication must first join the Chamber. Deadline for ads is Nov. 1.

Ad contracts are available at the office, or by contacting Ashley Alford (a.alford@putnamcounty. org). The 120-plus page annual guide is an essential tool for the business owner and the consumer.

Chamber members are listed both alphabetically by business name

and also by industry category.

In addition to member listings, the Community Resource Guide includes contact information for government agencies, schools, medical services, utilities and more.

The resource guide is printed in quantity, distributed to every Chamber member and placed in libraries, banks, government buildings, post offices, schools, medical facilities and various other locations throughout the community all year long.

Current Chamber members will receive a letter to verify the information for their 2015 listing.

The Putnam Chamber relies on its members to review the information on file for to insure its accuracy.

at 304-937-3427 for an application River Restaurant (located at the St. and more details.

Albans Loop).

The early registration fee is Piano volunteer needed $20, and $25 the day of the race.

Glad Tidings Church of God Children 12 & under $10. Day of in Hurricane is looking for a vol- the race registration begins at 7am. unteer to play the piano/keyboard Checks should be made payable to on Sunday mornings. For more St. Francis School and be mailed information, please call the church to 525 Holley Street, St. Albans, office at 304-562-3074.

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Putnam Schools, county officials partner to encourage student voting

Trauma From Page 1 bleeding control, iodine, alcohol preps and, of course, Band-Aids for smaller wounds. Ice packs and latex-free gloves are in the environmental emergency kits as well. “We did put the video component of education on YouTube because there are so many school teachers in the system,� said Stephanie Watson, Emergency Services Education Institution Director. “Anyone can log in and take a look. It has all the contents of the kits in it.�

CPR classes are scheduled for Poca and Winfield High Schools on Oct. 21. Through a partnership with county emergency medical services, all Putnam County school teachers will have CPR and first aid training as soon as possible.

Watson said officials put their heads together and this is how they decided to do the first phase.

They’ve also partnered with all the Putnam County Schools nursing staffs and brought a lot more information to the table about what type of needs the children might have. “There’s quite a bit of equipment in these kits that could mean the difference between life and death,� Watson said. “You need to be proactive. You need to plan ahead and if you don’t, you’ll be caught off guard. You have to be aware and we have to increase the awareness through the school systems.�

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Putnam County school officials placed nearly 700 trauma kits at schools throughout the county. The kits contain CPR instructions, sterile burn sheets, gauze and various other first aid supplies.

Watson said the push has been made to show kids that help is readily available for them and also to show how they’ll be protected.

Putnam County is the first school system in West Virginia to implement such a widespread safety measure, she said.

Each classroom was equipped with the kits back in the spring, which was considered to be phase one. Officials are now moving on to phase two, which includes everybody at the school and first

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responders. Getting knowledge out to the pubic so they know what is going on in case of an emergency is a focal point, Watson said. “None of us like to think that these kinds of things are going to happen,� Hatfield said. “But we know all across the country, in all those communities, they didn’t think it was going to happen. “But knowing if something does happen we will have trained people and the necessary supplies and equipment we need to more than likely make a difference in saving lives makes us feel good.�

Hatfield said that in order to provide the safest environment possible, it takes a combined effort. He said officials are very thankful for the cooperation they’ve received.

For an overview of the kit, visit the Putnam County EMS Education Department’s YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=JxSBYXDPD_I.

The Putnam County Clerk and Putnam County school district are partnering together in a non-partisan effort to help educate students on the voting process in hopes of increasing voter turnout.

The plan includes the transportation of students of voting age from any of the four high schools in the county to the old courthouse in Winfield to cast ballots during the early voting period. “The commitment from the clerk’s office will be to continue registering kids to vote,� said Brian Wood, Putnam County Clerk. “We’ll provide additional staff during the early voting process on days we pick to have the high school seniors, that way we can move them in and out as fast as possible.�

The clerk’s office will help chaperone the kids he said, along with someone from the school or central office to provide the necessary information to principals for the students. The central office will provide transportation at a minimal cost, including one or two buses and fuel. “With regards to the high schools we need to promote the program,� Wood said. “When it comes to registering kids, some are more involved than others, but I really think I can take this to the next level with the civics classes.�

Wood said it would be best to transport the students to the courthouse during school hours on Thursday, Oct. 23 and Friday, Oct. 24.

State law requires county clerks in the state to go to schools and register high school seniors to vote before primaries. “This is simply to educate the kids on the election process,�

Wood said. “It is obviously not required, it is a voluntary thing on the student’s part.�

A sign-up program will be

implemented, rather than just a “cattle call� to the bus, Wood said.

The kids will sign up prior to voting, so the clerk’s office will know who they are and students can be identified properly. “We might require a voter I.D. card, a voter I.D. number or the last four digits of the social security number,� Wood said. “Just something to help identify them as a voter, so we don’t get students on the bus that aren’t registered to vote.�

Wood hopes this increases voter turnout. He said he expects a higher turnout in 2016 because of the presidential election and also many local offices will be open as well.

Also during Monday’s board of education meeting, Putnam Superintendent Chuck Hatfield announced that the school board has submitted a request for funding to the state School Building Authority to construct a computer lab, three more classrooms and some extra restrooms at West Teays Elementary School in order to accommodate enrollment growth.

Hatfield expects the cost of the project to be around the $1 million cap which the School Building Authority allows for major improvement projects. The project at West Teays is not expected to take place, though, if the state does not provide proper funding. “West Teays is still skyrocketing,� Hatfield said. “They’re up to six-hundred and thirty students right now. That’s pretty significant growth.�

Hatfield said most of the other schools remain stable in regards to enrollment, but in particular, the Hurricane area is where most growth is taking place.

In other business, board members approved Winfield High School Assistant Principal Benjamin Cobb’s retirement due to a personal matter.

The open position will be posted on Oct. 9 for those that wish to apply.

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Candidates From Page 1 House of Delegates – 14th District: Jim Butler House of Delegates – 15th District: Geoff Foster House of Delegates – 22nd District: Michel Moffatt Current county commissioner Steve Andes was also in attendance. Due to his uncontested ballot, he remained in the audience for the afternoon.

Family Court Candidates for the 26th Family Court Circuit were first asked what their biggest challenges would be in office and how they would tackle them. Democratic candidate David Hill said the challenge is scheduling.

“You hear cases one after another and you have to keep them going,” Hill said. “The procedure in process is to schedule a second Family Court Judge in Putnam County. We’re going to get another next year and hopefully, that will relieve a lot of those problems of scheduling. That’s the story of life that you can’t pick the hand you’re dealt. There’s no easy way out other than to add another judge.”

Hill’s republican competitor Richard Witt, said Hill was right but that there were problems with the proposed setup for the second judge.

“It’s going to be a part-time family court judge that will travel to Cabell County as well,” Witt said.

“One in Putnam County five days a week and Cabell two. It’s a terrible idea. We need two full-time judges in Putnam County. Right now, if you need an all-day hearing, it’s going to be February before you get your hearing. People need access to court much sooner.”

Witt said he thinks the Family Court office should be more accessible to those needing to schedule hearings and to meet with a staff member. Part of this could be solved, he said, with staggering lunches.

“When you go to Brian Wood’s office at the county, you don’t see a big closed sign,” Witt said. “Why should the Family Court Judge Office close? That will give people access to get orders.”

Next, the Family Court candidates were asked about their priorities in office and what their most important duties are and would be as a judge.

Both republican and democrat said children would be their primary concern.

“It seems like the most important thing for family is to protect children,” Hill said. “When it comes to being judge, the buck stops there. Leave those kids alone.

Watching out for our kids’ best interests is most important.”

Witt said the difficulty experienced by parents in a divorce is nothing compared to the child’s and he wants to fix situations with as little childhood trauma as possible.

“Generally, by the time they get

to court, parents can’t be saved,” Witt said. “But you can save the children. It’s the first thing we have to do. We next have to be fair and consistent.”

Witt said citizens should have the right to know how the appointed judge will rule by the precedent the judge has set. He believes this will result in more settlements and less lag time in the court system, also freeing up for more scheduling and faster turnarounds in court.

In their closing statements, the two candidates thanked their sponsors and guests and gave one last one-minute speech about their causes.

“I’ve been in Putnam County my entire life,” Witt said. “I take phone calls in the middle of the night. I will be consistent and fair.”

Hill said he will focus on looking after children’s needs and protecting the family’s financial interests also.

“It takes fairness to divide that up,” he said. “I want to increase mediation and free up the docket.

People will last a lot better if they can work it out themselves.”

State Senate The legislative candidates were first asked their opinions concerning a West Virginia bill that would require all medications used in the making of methamphetamine to be prescription only. The incumbents, Mike Hall (R-4th District) and Erik Wells (D-8th District) voted on the opposite sides of the bill, with the former voting against and the latter voting in favor.

“To me, making it a prescription medication is the best thing we can do,” Wells said. “I think that’s the right public approach.”

Ed Gaunch, a republican candidate running against Wells in the 8th district, said he would follow Wells’ lead on the issue.

“For me, if I was asked to vote on that issue I would vote yes,” he said. “First of all, the medicine doesn’t do much to prevent anything or to cure anything. Secondly, if someone needs it they can get it.

I would vote in favor of making it prescription only.”

Hall, who is running unopposed in the 4th Senate District, said there are bigger problems than meth in the state. He also said that pharmacies have agreed as an industry to not sell over-the-counter medication that are used in the making of meth.

“The drugs that can actually be reduced to meth, [pharmacies are] not selling,” he said. “The meth lab problem is actually mitigated in West Virginia. The problem is heroine.”

Following the discussion of drug abuse, the conversation turned to that of W.Va. 35.

Hall said that while there is a plan in place, it could take up to five years to complete.

“Here’s what the plan is- last year, we voted for the public-

private bill but changed one thing: they don’t have to come back to the legislature for approval,” Hall said.

“The governor wants to do three contracts. If the financing comes and its bid is under $225 million then they can do this road with the financing of the private company.”

If the bid is higher than $225 million, the plan will take longer, a symptom of what Hall called a highway-funding crisis.

“Our highway funding is extremely weak,” Hall said. “Our highway funding is in crisis, we have to deal with it. The worst case is if the financing is not there, it will take six years. It’s part of the six year plan.”

Gaunch said this problem could have been avoided if the current leadership better planned the funding of infrastructure projects.

“We need a dedicated source of funding for infrastructure,” he said. “I’m not sure what that is at this point but we have to do it. It can be found. We just need to look for it and be creative.”

Wells said talking about infrastructure leads to a talk about funding, and while most politicians refuse to talk about it during an election year, possible tax hikes must be a part of the conversation.

In fact, he told the crowd that he could guarantee a tobacco tax in the future.

“There will be a tobacco tax next year,” he said. “There are positive aspects of that. It may not be happy for smokers but other taxpayers who are non-smoking tax payers are paying for the effects of smokers in West Virginia.”

Wells closed the forum by reiterating how his role would be to make decisions, regardless of his chance to be reelected.

“The reality is when you stand in office you have to do the right thing,” he said. “And the right thing may also mean you upset people.

When I take an oath of office, I place my hand on the bible to swear to uphold the constitution.

I’m a person of faith but I’m going to tell you this, the constitution comes first.”

Gaunch, however, said West Virginia cannot improve if left to its current politicians.

“Central Appalachia is a miserable place based on what you read,” he said. “It doesn’t have to be that way. It’s a leadership issue, folks.

That’s the bottom line. We need to change leadership.”

House of Delegates The first question asked of the legislative candidates was whether or not they supported requiring prescriptions for medicines used in the making of methamphetamines.

The House of Delegates candidates unanimously disagreed.

Incumbents Scott Cadle (R-13th District) and Jim Butler (R-14th District) both voted against the bill that failed to pass the house this past legislative session.

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“I did not get one letter asking litical and personal incentive to me to restrict it,” Cadle said. “I got complete the project. all kinds of emails telling me they “It was my daughter’s school wanted to buy it over the counter.” bus that was hit in the rear end,” he Butler said making the medicine said. “Rt. 35 is my priority. This has prescription only was a knee-jerk to be a priority for the entire state.” reaction and there are other options While Butler’s daughter was to curb the problem. fortunately not harmed in the ac“I voted no also,” Butler said. cident, Moffatt said the number of “There is another side. Make it a fatalities alone should be enough to prescription only for those who had prioritize the project in the state’s a criminal background.” eyes.

Josh McGrath (D-13th Dis“I feel sorry for families of trict) and Michel Moffatt (R-22nd fatalities,” he said. “We will have District) said the government more until we straighten it out.” was overstepping its bounds and Foster said costs could be cut by hindering law-abiding citizens by focusing on only the most necesrequiring a prescription. sary aspects of the road.

“I think we have to be careful “We want the nicest, best, greatnot to run to the far said of this est thing, but West Virginia can’t to the point where we are mak- afford it,” he said. “We need to get ing it difficult for folks to get the it functioning. We need to streammedicine they’re used to getting,” line the process.”

McGrath said. “I don’t think we Despite all candidates’ agreecan do that and effectively solve ment that W.Va. 35 is important, the issue.”

Ihle and McGrath said existing Moffatt said it would take time roads need to be maintained before to see the effects of the current new roads are built. plans in progress.

“I think if any candidate up “We have some solutions,” here says they’re against Rt. 35, he said. “Let’s wait and let them then they’re a terrible candidate,” work. More government is not the Ihle said. “I think that if this was answer.” in Charleston, it would have hapMichael Ihle (R-13th District) pened a long time ago. But have and Geoff Foster (R-15th District) any of you guys been on the Red said it was an unnecessary bill House Roller Coaster? We hear and the house was right to stop its about gas taxes but our gas taxes passage. are higher than that of our sur“We’re at a time now where rounding states but I would say our healthcare costs, because of the roads are far worse.” changes that have happened in the McGrath said Rt. 62 is also in healthcare industry, are skyrocket- need of repair. ing,” Ihle said. “So to say to the “While Rt. 35 is equally as people that you have to go to the important, I think 62 is just as doctor and pay for a doctor’s visit, important,” he said. “You’re still too is not right.” going to have to focus on 62. You Foster also said the government can’t let it fall away.” shouldn’t force the taxpayer to pay for the addictive habits of drug abusers.

“When they get fired, they go file for employment and still receive money from their employer and the state,” he said. “It’s not beneficial.”

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Poca Homecoming queen candidates shine

By Brittany Bailey Poca High School The 2014 senior homecoming attendants from Poca High School were Madison Eastwood, Kendal Sayre, Hannah Scurlock and Kayla Slack, with Eastwood taking the title at the homecoming game Friday, Sept. 26.

All of the candidates said they were honored to be chosen by their peers to represent their school at the homecoming game and at Poca Heritage Day. Madison Eastwood, a senior, said she was very excited to be able to represent her school. Eastwood is involved in many clubs and activities including cheerleading, Visual Volume and track. After high school, Eastwood plans to attend Marshall University to become a nurse.

Eastwood said she is very close with all of the candidates.

“Kayla, Kendal and Hannah are smart, talented and beautiful young ladies who I believe deserve to be crowned queen,” Eastwood said.

Her escort was Austin Clevenger.

“He is not only the funniest person I have ever met but he also has the kindest heart and his

smile always brightens my day,” Eastwood said. Clevenger is a very talented artist and Eastwood said she is proud of how passionate he is about the thing he loves to do the most.

Sayre said she feels honored to be nominated by her peers. After high school, she plans on majoring in exercise science and then going to physical therapy school.

As far as colleges, Sayre said she is interested in going to Shepherd University or Fairmont State.

Sayre is captain of the girls soccer team and plays basketball. She is also vice president of the senior class and said she plans on participating in Interact Club. Sayre said she was thrilled to share the homecoming court experience with such a great group.

“They’re all great girls who deserve it just as much as anyone else,” she said. “I’m so glad I get to share this experience with them.”

Her escort was Isaac Thomas, who was also her escort when she was the junior attendant. Sayre said Thomas made it such a fun experience last year so she figured she would ask him this year as well. Thomas is involved in 4-H and he said he plans on running track this year.

Scurlock said she never expected to be nominated but was excited.

After high school, Scurlock said she plans on going to Marshall University or University of Charleston for undergrad in pre-law. After she completes that she will be going to West Virginia University for law school. Scurlock is involved in National Honor Society and student council.

Scurlock said she was happy to take the stage with girls she’s known for most of her life.

“I am very close with the other girls for what seems like forever now and I love them dearly,” she said. “I can proudly say I will be overjoyed for whoever receives Miss Poca Dot.” Her escort was Collin Lawrence, who she said she chose because of their close friendship and because he is a good representative of Poca High. Lawrence is involved in band and show choir.

Slack said she was, above all, thankful to be nominated in the homecoming court. Slack plans on going to Marshall University to become a dietitian. She is part of the cheerleading team and works at Poca FoodFair.

Her escort was Adam Luikart, who she chose because they work

Poca students celebrated homecoming week in September by wearing military fatigues on “Camo Day” together and because of their close friendship. She also said she knew he would love to do it. Luikart is involved in many extracurricular

activities such as, Visual Volume, Link Crew, National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta.

New beginnings for Poca junior coaches color guard Poca’s honor society

By Courtney Hickman Poca High School

By Lindsey Harless Poca High School After the legendary Jim Savilla retired after a long tenure as the head of the National Honor Society last year, Elizabeth Kingery has taken the reins of the prestigious club.

As Kingery became the head of National Honor Society, she was put under a lot of pressure, but is taking it in stride.

“It is always a little intimidating to try to fill the shoes of someone who has had a particular role for such a long time,” Kingery said.

“But I feel very privileged to be the head of such an important club.”

The past traditions of the club will still remain intact but a few changes will more than likely be implemented, she said.

“I don’t want to make too many radical changes initially,” she said.

“In addition to the blood drives done in previous years, the members are also going to be required to do one community service project that compliments their skills or interests.”

In the past, National Honor Society has been an independent club, but Kingery said she intends to change that.

“I’d also like to join with other school clubs to complete collab-

orative projects.”

To prepare for her new position, Kingery started with some research.

“I began by reading the National Honor Society Handbook,” she said. “I intend to follow the National Guidelines and then add a personal touch to the guidelines.”

In previous years the officers have consisted of president, vice president, secretary and treasurer.

This year, more officers have been added to the club.

Every year, many students are inducted into the National Honor Society if they meet the requirements, including a 3.5 GPA, being an outstanding student in and out of class and getting recommended by teachers throughout the school.

“Our group of National Honor Society is a national privilege, so if we want to remain apart of the national organization we have to follow the induction guidelines,” Kingery said. “I intend to follow them.”

As for the turnout of the new inductees, Kingery said she is remaining positive.

“I’m confident that many strong, smart individuals will be inducted into the society this year,” she said.

“I am excited about what prospects the students and I can accomplish together.”

A Poca High School junior is coaching the Poca Middle School color guard squad.

Being introduced to color guard in the eighth grade year of middle school helps inspire and prepare the team for high school color guard team. The last middle school color guard team was in 2012, coach Halea Vanater’s eighth grade year.

As she participated in color guard her freshman and sophomore years of high school, she decided to bring the experience

back to Poca Middle by coaching voluntarily with supervision of Poca Middle band director Andrew Harper.

“I enjoyed being on the team, so I decided to talk to Mr. Harper about letting me coach the middle school color guard,” she said.

“It’s a whole different experience coaching younger students, but I’m used to it because I have younger siblings, one being on the team.”

While Vanater said she enjoys coaching the team, she said it is sometimes difficult to balance all of her responsibilities.

“Coaching the team can be stressful because I am also balancing school and my chores at home, while being responsible for teaching the girls the routine and making sure they all have their makeup and uniforms,” she said.

The color guard’s first performance was at the Heritage Day parade, where they performed using air blades instead of flags.

Although Vanater enjoys color guard, she does not plan on coaching next year because she wants to focus on her senior year of high school.

Brazilian exchange student enjoys learning about American teenagers, Poca High students

By Brittany Wiles Poca High School A Brazilian Exchange Student is living life as an American teenager Ryssa Cavalcante, an exchange student from Brazil, is getting to experience life as an American teenager at Poca High School.

Out of all 50 states, West Virginia was her final choice.

“I requested a state with seasons,” Cavalcante said.

Cavalcante has been at Poca since the second week of school.

She has had time to figure out how she likes it here and so far seems positive. Her highlight of the first

week was joining the volleyball team, she said. She has made friends with her teammates who make her feel like she fits in with everyone else, along with her classmates. Cavalcante said the students at Poca are always welcoming and friendly.

Many first concerns for exchange students are what the major differences are in the country they are living in now compared to where they came from.

“Poca’s temperatures change a lot,” Cavalcante said. “It is always hot in Brazil.”

Cavalcante said she joined the exchange program because her

parents wanted her to learn about a new and different culture.

Volleyball seems to be her passion, considering she has played on a team for five years, including this year.

“Brazil is more competitive than Poca,” she said.

Moving to a different country has to be the most stressful thing for a teenager to do. She came here not knowing a single soul, hearing a different language and trying to understand things happening at school.

“It was very stressful at first,” Cavalcante said.

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Thursday, October 9, 2014 - Page 7

Poca slips up in downpour at Herbert Hoover

By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com Poca Football continues to struggle, having a hard time keeping players on the roster, let alone improving their play on the field.

As the Dots took on Herbert Hoover in the pouring rain at Joe Eddie Cowley Field in Falling Rock, Poca head coach Teddy Stewart inserted his third starting quarterback in six games, a microcosm of how the squad has performed thus far.

“It’s been a struggle all year for us at quarterback,” Stewart said.

“We’re trying to put the ball in our playmakers hands so we tried a new quarterback.”

That new quarterback is sophomore Matt Gibson, who was thrust into the game when current starter Hunter Wagner tossed a first quarter interception, which was returned for a touchdown to put Herbert Hoover up 14-0.

“I wasn’t really expecting it,” Gibson said about taking over at quarterback. “I hadn’t practiced at quarterback all week and then coach says ‘hey, you’re the quarterback now.’ It was kind of shocker, but I went out there and gave it my best.”

Herbert Hoover running back Shaun Dotson ran for 245 yards and four touchdowns on only 10 carries, all in the first half, as the Huskies ran away with a 68-3 victory. Hoover scored four first quarter touchdowns to blow the game wide open.

“They run the option very well,” Stewart said, of Hoover. “They have a lot of threats and when you have a lot of threats it’s hard to stop

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Senior fullback Colton Thomas finished with 142 yards on eight carries for Hoover. The Huskies ran for 595 yards of total offense without a yard through the air.

Coach Stewart said he made the decision to give sophomore quarterback Hunter Wagner the reps in practice leading up to the game.

“I gave Wagner the reps,” he said. “Now, going into next week, we have a bye week and maybe we can see what Matt [Gibson] can do.

The road doesn’t get any easier for us, but we’ll just keep plugging away and see what we can do.”

Upcoming games for the Dots (0-6) include a trip to Mingo Central (4-1) and a trip to Wayne (4-1).

One positive note, however, came when Fabio Guiramaes, a foreign exchange student from Brazil playing in his first game, kicked a 30-yard field goal on the soggy natural grass surface to prevent a shutout.

“Coach told me that the opportunity would come,” Guiramaes said.

When asked if he would welcome the opportunity to kick another one next week, Guiramaes replied “yeah sure!”

Aside from Guiramaes, another bright spot for Poca was freshman tailback Andrew Eastwood, who ran for 52 yards in the second half.

The loss was the 13th straight for Poca. The Dots top two rushers left the team earlier in the week and they are now down to 33 players on the roster.

“We lost some players but the kids are learning,” Stewart said.

“We just have to keep getting better and let it fall on the shoulders of the seniors that are here and just

find kids that are going to step up Poca quarterback Hunter Wagner gets ready for the snap from and lead. center during the Dots 68-3 loss at Herbert Hoover.

“Bear Bryant said it best ‘you can’t worry about the players that left the program, you have to worry about the kids that are still here.’

My heart goes out to the kids that are still here. They’re still coming and showing up. They don’t have to, but they are because I am, so I’m fighting for them.”

The Dots were forced to punt eight times and turned the ball over four times. Poca gained just 76 total yards. The team will play on Friday, Oct. 10 at Mingo Central.

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Buffalo falls to 4-2 after loss to Tyler Consolidated

By Michael Circle michael@theputnamstandard.com

After a hard-earned win against Gilmer County, Buffalo suffered a heart-breaking loss to Tyler Consolidated in a contest that ended 43-20 in the Knights’ favor.

Playing in the rain in all four quarters, the Bison defense could not get the stops required to force Tyler to punt it away. “We made mistakes,� said senior running back Jordan Tucker. “That cost us. We just weren’t hitting.

When we practice next week, we have to fix a lot of mistakes but that’s a big one.�

Buffalo’s passing game was shut down all night with the quarterback able to complete only two passes for 63 yards. The rain and the Knights defense forced eight incompletions and sophomore Dylan Lucas was the only receiver with a reception for the Bison. “[Tyler] was rough,� said defensive lineman Hunter Allen. “They were strong and quick and we didn’t play to our level. We came into this game winning and our heads got big. I think it opens our eyes to see we’re not unbeatable.�

Though the offensive play suffered, it was the defensive side of the ball that gave the Bison big troubles. Similar in style to the Gilmer County Titans, the Knights quarterback continued to rush up the middle through Buffalo’s line for big gains.

Tyler Consolidated went up 28-0 before Buffalo responded with some points of their own. Starting at the Knights’ 35-yard line, Jordan Tucker slipped through the defense on a 1-yard touchdown run. Buffalo converted for two and finally had some points on the board. “We had Jacob Easton out due to concussion so it was tough,� said junior running back Caleb Tucker. “You win some, you lose some. If you lose, you have to figure out what the mistakes were and fix them.�

Buffalo’s short-lived second possession of the night ended with a controversial call that had head coach Mike Sawyer livid on the sidelines. After Tyler scored to go up 21-0, the Bison fumbled on the kick return. Officials made the call that Tyler recovered the fumble, but Sawyer and the Buffalo sideline disagreed vehemently. Even the

After a loss to Tyler Consolidated last week, the Buffalo Bison (4-2) hope to get back to its winning ways and will play Wirt County at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10 at home.

Knights’ coach was surprised when the officials gave them the ball, Sawyer said.

Another controversy arose when a Knight aided the running back into the end zone by pushing him from behind. Still, the officials did not heed the concerns of the Bison sideline and gave the signal for a touchdown.

The Bison found the end zone again after Tyler ran the score up to 36-8 but the strange circumstances of the 2-point conversion attempt added some flavor to the end of the drive. A pass interference call was made on the Knights after the ball was uncatchable for Brandon Buntura. Moving the ball half the

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Jordan Tucker was able to capture one more touchdown before the end of the game, capping the loss off at 43-20. Still, Tucker ran for 121 yards on 20 carries and rushed for three touchdowns, a slow night for the gifted running back but a showing of his speed and skill.

Ray Hadley, a freshman left guard, has been praised by his teammates for his skill in blocking and opening holes for his running backs and quarterback. “It’s hard,� he said. “I wanted to show [the offense] that I can do what they need me to do and I think I have. Tonight was difficult and I didn’t play to my liking, but I will try harder.�

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Sydney Hancock was crowned the 2014 Winfield Homecoming Queen. Her escort was Adam Perry.

Winfield defense tries to slow down a Spring Valley running back. Photos by Eddie Ferrari, The Picture Guy.

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senior wide receiver John Hathaway in the end zone from 7-yards out to cut the Timberwolves’ lead to 20-7.

“There’s always things we can work on every week and we need to work on our secondary some,” Hathaway said. “Our run defense did very well and we got better as we went on throughout the game.”

Unfortunately for the Generals, that would be as close as they would get as the Timberwolves continued their dominance through the air to close out the first half, taking a 34-7 lead into the locker room at halftime.

Down 42-7, the Generals would again found the end zone as junior running back Isaac Withrow, who finished the game with 77 yards rushing on 14 carries, found the end

Timberwolves pour it on the Winfield Generals Conventional football wisdom suggests that rain and wind is not the best recipe for success when it comes to throwing the football.

But Tyler Brown and the Spring Valley Timberwolves dismissed that theory in a hurry this past Friday night as Spring Valley knocked off Winfield 42-13, spoiling the Generals’ homecoming in the process.

The Generals started slow and just couldn’t make up the ground in the long run.

“Their quarterback’s really good and we had some deficiencies and some breakdowns in our pass coverage a lot in the first half,” said Winfield Coach Craig Snyder.

“Part of that’s because the Brown

kid is a really good quarterback.

That’s their strength.”

Following a 62-yard completion from senior standout quarterback Brown to sophomore wide receiver Austin Stambaugh on the first offensive play from scrimmage, Brown again connected with Stambaugh, this time from 4-yards out for the first touchdown of the game with 11:21 remaining in the first quarter.

The Timberwolves would add one more touchdown in the first quarter as Brown found junior running back Skylar Radcliff from 4-yards out to put Spring Valley up 12-0 with 2:03 remaining in the first quarter.

Down 20-0 with 8:51 remaining in the second quarter, the Generals (1-4) found pay dirt as junior quarterback Nate Smith connected with

Winfield junior Michael Spurlock waits at the line for the offense to get set up. It rained sporadically during Winfield’s Homecoming game on Friday night.

zone from 3-yards out to cut Spring Valley’s lead to 42-13 with 2:01 remaining in the third quarter. That score held and the Timberwolves went on to defeat the Generals 42-13 behind a school record six touchdown passes from Brown.

Despite a seemingly disappointing loss, the Generals did take away positives, including a strong defensive performance in the second half.

“I think our run defense was great, we need to get better in our pass defense and our effort’s always good and we just need to keep improving,” said junior Jacob Lewis.

“Spring Valley’s a good football team. Their only loss was to South Charleston who’s a very good football team, and they’re physical

up front,” Snyder said. “I felt like we played hard the whole game, we eliminated some of those mistakes in the second half and it was a closer game. I’m very proud of our guys’ effort.”

Now the Generals’ attention shifts on getting better during practice and building on their skills before the next game.

“We need to get better in our passing offense,” Lewis said.

“We’ve got to start blocking better, running better- just everyone needs to come together as a team.”

“We have a lot to work on, especially pass coverage wise, but I’d say that would be our focus this week for sure,” Snyder said.

Winfield will look to rebound at 7:30 Friday night at Nitro.

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A building at Milton Flea Market is destroyed

By Kelly Stadelman kelly@theputnamstandard.com Milton Police Cpl. Dean Bishop may not yet be a full-fledged firefighter, but the skills and training he learned in the classes thus far helped him clear the Milton Flea Market buildings in minutes.

“I was driving in from work on Route 60, and as I passed by I saw a little bit of smoke and a small amount of flame,” Bishop said. “At the time I wasn’t sure if someone wasn’t down here having a barbeque because it was a real small fire at the time.

“By the time I pulled down in here, one of the booths was en-

gulfed in flames. About every five seconds it doubled in size. Within a minute the entire building was on fire.”

At 8:20 a.m. Friday, Oct. 3 Bishop called 911 to get the Milton Volunteer Fire Department en-route to the Flea Market as fast as possible. In addition to the Milton, firefighters from the Ona, Culloden and Hurricane volunteer fire departments responded with mutual aid.

Bishop’s next reaction was to make sure the burning building was clear of people and to remove people from adjacent buildings.

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“We went in and evacuated the whole flea market,” he said. “A lot of people were confused because it was so early in the morning.

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Diana Hypes of St. Albans couldn’t do anything but watch as her business burned. She had several booths in the building that caught fire.

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Sports

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Dream soccer season rolls on for Winfield

By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com Even though Winfield’s soccer squad is in the midst of what may be the best season in school history, coach Mike Foster said it’s been a while since they’ve actually put together a good game.

However, he said he was pleased with the team’s performance when they took on St. Albans (4-7-2) in an important sectional match Sept.

30. The Generals entered the game coming off one of only three ties they’ve been a part of this season at Oak Hill, where they tied 2-2.

“We went down to Oak Hill and stunk up the field,” Foster said.

“The problem is when you think you’re second in the state and you’re just going to walk off the bus and the other team is going to lay down on their backs and stick their hands and feet up in the air and say ‘hey, ya’ll are better than us we quit.’ Well that’s not going to happen.

“We have to play every game.

We have to play 80 minutes every game.”

The Generals did play 80 minutes, as they started off on a torrid scoring pace at St. Albans. Only a few minutes into the contest, senior Austin Miller got them on the board first, making it 1-0.

“We switched sets tonight,” Foster said. “We’ve been playing more of a defensive set to an offensive set and we’re working on that. I thought we did better with that.

There was a lot more offense with two forwards, so I feel comfortable with that.”

The Red Dragons had no defense for Generals do-it-all performer senior Steven Taylor, who scored four of Winfield’s five goals on the night, helping them improve to (12-0-3) with the 5-1 victory.

“This was a sectional game, so it was important to come in here and play the best we possibly could,” Foster said. “All four sectional opponents have to come to Winfield and played, so that’s a big advantage for us.”

Taylor broke free with 30:46 remaining in the first half and made a nice cross move to put the ball in the back of the net, boosting Winfield’s lead to 2-0.

Then Taylor scored an unassisted goal with 22:42 remaining in the first half, which put the Generals up 3-0. But Taylor still wasn’t finished.

With 13:28 to go in the first, he scored his third goal of the night on another breakaway after kicking the ball with his right foot and finding the back right corner of the net, pushing the score up to 4-0 by halftime.

“Everyone’s staying healthy this year,” Taylor said. “We take care of our bodies off the field, not just on the field. We have a good mind set and we have goals this year which we want to achieve.”

Just four minutes into the second half Taylor added his fourth goal, assisted by Vladislav Johns. The

Winfield’s Steven Taylor celebrates one of his four goals in the Generals victory over St. Albans on Sept. 30. only goal for St. Albans came when sophomore Nathan Harvey was able to score on a penalty kick with 16 minutes to go.

“This was a big game and if we keep winning, another big one will probably be in the MSAC championship, which will either be George Washington or Parkersburg,” Foster said. “So that will be something Winfield has never won and it would be a nice accomplishment if we could get there.”

The team still does have a lot of work to do, Foster said. But he said he feels like the passing improved,

considering the conditions of the field at St. Albans which weren’t exactly smooth.

“With the way we played tonight I think things sunk in after what happened at Oak Hill,” Foster said.

“Now the kids were goofing around a good bit in the second half and it cost us the penalty kick, but overall, I thought we did a lot better.”

Fourteen wins are the most ever recorded in Winfield history, Foster said. The team is getting awful close to surpassing that number.

They will certainly be playing with a target on their back for the

remainder of the season.

“I feel like we’ve been keeping up the intensity pretty well,” said senior goalkeeper C.T. Douglas. “I think sometimes we play down to our competition, but our defense does a great job of making me look good. I don’t have to do much.

“I’d say we have the best defense in the state.”

St. Albans, Hurricane, Nitro and Point Pleasant are all in the Generals’ section. Winfield will play in the MSAC Championship matchup at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11.

Lady Generals pick up another win on the road

By Michael Circle michael@theputnamstandard.com

Winfield’s two-time state champion girls soccer team advanced to 11-0-3 after a 5-1 win over the St. Albans Red Dragons, one of only five teams this year to score even one point against the champion Generals.

“We had some good thoughts tonight about the play,” said head coach Marshall Hoff. “St. Albans is a good team and we have the utmost respect for them. They stayed after [the ball] for 80 minutes.

[Generals] know the things we need to change and polish. We’re always in search of the perfect game.”

A near-perfect game is what the Generals had to settle for, out shooting the Red Dragons 19-5 and not allowing any shots on goal in the first half. All night, the Generals fought the St. Albans keeper and fired off three corner kicks, the only corners of the game.

“It’s a good place to be right now,” Hoff said. “We’ve still got some work to do, though. We’re not there yet.”

The first goal of the night came off a kick from sophomore Mary Lawman eight minutes into the first half. It was almost 20 minutes be-

fore another goal would be made, this one off the unintentional foot of freshman Sydney Cavender.

“I was trying to pass the ball,” Cavender said. “It just happened to go in so I was happy.”

Cavender’s pass was kicked wide of her target, ricocheting off the top corner of the goal post and in behind the keeper for the score.

It was unplanned but well-timed, she said.

Next on the list of dynamic Winfield scorers, Jordan Pauley brought the scoring to a first-half close after finding the back of the net with seven minutes remaining.

“I played better than I usually did,” Pauley said. “We had good passes, opened up the field and played as a team. St. Albans didn’t give up, though. They gave 100 percent and played the full game.”

Mary Lawman took a total of seven shots on the Red Dragon goalkeeper and accomplished the second of her two goals after an assist from her older sister, Jayne Lawman.

“I always like when she gives me good passes,” Mary Lawman said. “She always pushes me to do better and she always has my back.

She never says negative things, it’s always positive and uplifting.”

On a crossover route from Jayne

Lawman to Mary Lawman, the Generals fired off a scoring kick to begin the second half, lifting Winfield to 4-0 less than eight minutes in.

“I feel like we work really well together out on the field,” Jayne Lawman said. “We’ve been playing together for a while so we’re used to each other and we get along and know how each other plays. “[Mary Lawman] has really stepped up and always gives her best game. I never have to worry if she’ll give it her all. I feel like she’s really grown up and is such a good soccer player.”

The sister-sister goal helped to bring Winfield to a 4-0 lead over the Dragons. The St. Albans push that followed kept the Generals to only one more goal, kicked by Mary Zulauf, holding the attacking undefeated team back for 28 minutes afterwards and scoring their goal with 18 minutes left to play.

Despite being outscored, the Dragons met Generals goalie Haley Evans five times in the second half, drawing her out of the box once and forcing a frantic search for the ball in the goalie box twice. Evans still held her composure and stopped four of the five Dragons shots.

Winfield is set to close off a three-day game streak with River-

Mary Zulauf reads the defense and pushes the ball to the outside for a clear shot to the net. Zulauf scored the last Winfield goal of the game with 28:33 left on the clock. side coming to visit at 6 p.m Oct. 1. and then a trip to Spring Valley to fight the Timber Wolves at 6:00 p.m. Oct. 2.

With the MSAC tournament coming up and the chance to be crowned state champions three consecutive years, Winfield will train hard, knowing they have to face contenders like Hurricane again.

Winfield’s Sidney Cavender takes possession just before bouncing the ball off the top corner of the goalpost.

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Thursday, October 9, 2014 - Page 13

Lady Redskins defeat Knights in AAA battle

By Michael Circle michael@theputnamstandard.com

In 15 games, only three teams have been able to score on Hurricane girls soccer and only one of those three, the two-time champion Winfield Generals, have been able to defeat the Redskins. Thus was the case when Hurricane visited Cabell Midland for a 5-0 stomp over the Knights and another notch in the win column.

“I thought they played well,” said head coach Shelly Young. “I’m glad they’re looking to improve late in the season. They improved throughout the game, which I like to see. One of our goals this year is to have a really strong defense and our goalie, Hannah [Thompson], is really set on having as many shutouts as she can.”

Eleven minutes into the game, senior Abby Watson scored the only goal in the first half and locked in the win for Hurricane. The strength of Midland’s defensive play in the first half proved tough for the Redskins to overcome, allowing for only one goal off of seven shots.

“I think we stuck with them,” said Hurricane junior Josie Kroeger.

“We were equally as aggressive as them and we gave it right back in the second half.”

Kroeger helped the ‘Skins start the second half off right with an assist to senior Audrey Barber who shot through the goalie for a 2-0 lead. The ball was also assisted by a defensive foot and fell right inline

Lauren London (13) and Lake Porter (30) communicate their next move as they make their way down the field. with the Barber kick. One minute and three seconds later, Kroeger found the back of the net with a direct kick, increasing the lead to 3-0.

“I think I started out a little flat,” Kroeger said. “Once the game got going, I think I got warmed up and I’m proud of how we stepped it up in the second half. We came back with four more goals.”

Just under three minutes later, Barber found the back of the net again for her second of the night and the fourth of the game. Watson assisted her with 34:28 left in the game.

“We played more defensively in the first half,” said Knights coach Andy Wilson. “They weren’t put-

ting up that much of an attack so we decided to attack them in the second half. Suddenly they decided to play in the second half. We knew that [Watson] and [Barber] were two good players. We knew coming in and they’re as good as advertised.”

Lake Porter shot the final goal of the game from a pass off the foot of sophomore Rosheka Beckford.

This was Beckford’s first assist and she said she was excited to help the team in such a strong showing of skill.

“I was pretty happy,” she said.

“I’ve been working pretty hard. It’s nice for them to give me a chance to prove myself.”

In a defensive first half, Taylor Walroth (7) played hard against one of Midland’s best, Sophia Anten (6).

Porter’s goal started as a shot on goal by Watson that went high and landed on the top cross bar of the frame. The shot rolled off the top of the net and in front of Beckford’s foot for the pass to Porter.

Midland’s Cintry Johnson said the Knights started getting tired in the second half due to the loss of three starters for the week.

“We were getting tired, “Johnson said. “We’re missing three starters and that’s hard to deal with.

We have to make transitions around them. We had a couple of injuries.

You have to work with what you have at the end of the day.”

The Redskins visit Sissonville Thursday, Oct. 9.

Hurricane soccer struggles in loss to Cabell Midland

By Zach Cumberland zach@theputnamstandard.com It’s been a rollercoaster ride for the young Hurricane Redskins boys soccer this season. They’ve beaten themselves in a lot of losses this year, but one key to success moving forward is not to out-think themselves.

“They’re so young and they let the other teams beat them because they out-think themselves,” said Hurricane Coach Coert Voorhees.

“If they realized the talent that they have, they’d go far, they’d go beyond their limit.”

The Redskins (4-9-2) got off to a slow start at home against Cabell Midland Oct. 2. Hurricane was shutout by the Knights 4-0 on the warm evening.

“We struggled with simple things,” said junior Devon Lovejoy. “We didn’t keep the ball as well as we’d like to. We played too hard when we could’ve played simple. It just wasn’t our day, I guess.”

Cabell Midland (7-7-1) put the Redskins on their heels early when Andrew Hogue opened the scoring at the 32:51 mark of the first half.

He went ahead of the Hurricane defense and put the ball in the back

of the net to make it 1-0. It was the first shot on goal for Midland.

Hurricane struggled to keep up with Midland’s intensity in the first half. The young Redskins came out a bit lethargic and fell behind early, but team members said the younger players have had their bright moments this year.

“I’m impressed with some of the young guys that have really stepped up to take significant minutes,” said senior Elijah Shultz. “It hasn’t always been amazing, but they’ve fought and they’ve played hard.

They’ve bought into their chances and I’m really pleased with that.”

Although Midland seemed to win the one-on-one battles throughout the game, Hurricane had six solid opportunities on net, but just couldn’t capitalize when they needed to.

“The last two games against Charleston Catholic and Nitro we had poor touches,” Voorhees said.

“The touches kind of resemble off how you play in the game. If you can’t play to your own partner as simple as possible it kind of ruins the whole momentum.

“I feel like this team was totally a beatable team and we ended up beating ourselves, I think.”

The Redskins fell even further behind in the first half when James Tyler scored for the Knights with 27:48 left. It was only the second shot on net.

“We just weren’t taking enough shots, just dribbling the ball too much looking for open space,” Lovejoy said. “We just needed to take more shots.”

Two missed first half scoring chances haunted the Redskins. One came when senior Loran Meadows kick was blocked by the Midland defense and the other came on a corner-kick at 13:08, but Hurricane could not get anything positive going.

After being up 2-0 at the half, Midland added their third and fourth goals in the second 40 minutes of play.

Hurricane was able to control the ball at some points in the second half, but never was able to seize any significant momentum.

Even with the loss, the Redskins players said they do still see room for hope down the stretch, heading into the MSAC game against Capital.

“I’m overly optimistic,” Shultz said. “I’m always one that, until we lose, I think we can beat anybody,

Hurricane’s Avery Meadows controls the ball as he moves it downfield against Cabell Midland so maybe it’s unrealistic but I’m always shooting for states.

“Once you get to the playoff stuff everybody’s got a shot. If we can find our mindset, we can play

with everybody. It’s just finding it.”

The Redskins will look to find the right frame of mind when the MSAC tournament is played at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9.

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Community News

Marshall University launches Herdalum.com Herdalum.com, the Marshall University Alumni Association’s website, has a whole new look this week after a complete design overhaul. The new design is a result of feedback and recommendations from alumni and fans. “We began the redesign process last year with the help and support of our web partner, iModules,� said Matt Hayes, executive director of the Alumni Association. “From our research and recommendations from the iModules design team, we

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The new design addresses requests for more photos, mobile compatibility and an improved browsing experience. “From the beginning, this project was all about Marshall University alumni, friends and fans,� said Rob Ellis, associate director of Alumni Relations. “What we’ve been able to create through this

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WVSU, Calvary Baptist Academy partner on science programs West Virginia State University’s (WVSU) student chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is expanding its efforts to bring science education to K-12 youth in Putnam County through a partnership with Calvary Baptist Academy in Teays Valley.

WVSU Assistant Professor of Chemistry Dr. Micheal Fultz, and Mr. Bryan Barnett of Calvary Baptist Academy, were among 200 pairings selected to participate in the 2014-2015 ACS Science Coaches program. The national initiative encourages chemistry professionals to partner with and share their expertise and enthusiasm for science with an elementary, middle or high school teacher during an academic year. “Through this partnership, and others, State is encouraging young people to explore science and discover how our modern day conveniences are a product of scientific discoveries,� said Dr. Robert J. Barney, Interim Dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at WVSU. “The students of the WVSU American

Chemical Society student chapter, guided by Dr. Fultz, continue to be a driving force expanding outreach opportunities that may very well lead today’s elementary, middle and high school students to their future careers based in chemistry.� “Partnering our teachers with local professionals like this allows our students to benefit from the expertise that comes with years of professional research and academic excellence,� Calvary Baptist Academy Principal Milton Thompson said. “Our students will get a chance to experience college-level science activities with real-world applications.�

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Obituaries

The Putnam Standard LESTER RAY ADKINS Lester Ray Adkins, 52, of Hurricane, passed away Saturday, Sept.

27, 2014.

He was employed as a glass cutter with the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Local 1195, Charleston. Lester loved his family and the outdoors with all his being. If there was a meal to eat, spot to camp, a road to ride, an animal to hunt or fish to catch Lester was there.

He is survived by his wife, Peggy Sue Taylor Adkins; son, Cody Ray Adkins at home; daughter and son in-law, April and Luke Flaugher of Salt Rock; along with their son, Braxton; mother, Helen Watts of Barboursville; father, Amos Adkins of Culloden; brothers, Gary (Joyce) Adkins of Lesage and Michael (Lynn) Adkins of Culloden; sisters Lucy (Ken) Kramer of Fishers, Ind., Teresa Adkins of Barboursville; Father inlaw, James Darrell Taylor; brother in-law, William Taylor, both of Hurricane; and many aunts, uncles, nephews and cousins that will miss him greatly.

Funeral services were held Oct. 3 at Chapman Funeral Home, Hurricane with Pastor Jimmy Perry officiating. www.chapmanfuneralhomes.com JEFFREY SHANNON GILBERT Jeffrey Shannon Gilbert, of Red House 46, died at home, Sept. 26, 2014.

Jeff was born December 6, 1967 in Syracuse, NY. He graduated from Brandon High School in Brandon, Fla., where he was a state-champion wrestler. Jeff graduated from Florida International University in Miami, Fla. and worked in Hospitality Management in Fla., Va., and W. Va. Jeff recently was the proprietor of a general store and operator of Four Kids Farm in Red House.

He is survived by his beloved children, Jack and Chloe Gilbert of South Charleston. He is also survived by his parents, Richard A. Gilbert of Temple Terrace, Fla., Constance S. Gilbert of Sun City Center, Fla.; and his sister, Sara Gilbert Loftus of Huntington.

Memorial service were held Oct. 2 at Chapman Funeral Home, Winfield, conducted by Rev. R. Joseph Tuscan, O.F.M. Cap. www. chapmanfuneralhomes.com.

EUGENIA M. “JEAN” MARTIN Eugenia M. “Jean” Martin, 80, of Buffalo, passed away Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 at C.A.M.C. Memorial following a short illness.

She was a member of the Otter Branch Community Church. She was an Avon representative for 18 years, and sold Home Interior for many years. Jean enjoyed reading and working crossword puzzles, and attended the Buffalo Senior Center. She will be missed by all those who knew her.

Born July 20, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Luther H.

Johns and Linnie Pearl Hall Johns.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband of 50 years, Hancil E. Martin; as well as four brothers, two sisters and an infant brother.

She is survived by her sons, Roger (Winifred “Win”) Martin of Sylvania, Ohio, and Joe (Debbie) Martin of Buffalo; brothers, Bob (Judy) Johns and Donnie Ray Campbell, both of Buffalo; sisters, Pricilla (Don) McCoy of Ohio and Kay (Paul) Goddard of Buffalo; grandchildren, Jeremy (Anna) Martin, Christopher Martin, Colin Martin, Connor Martin, Cheryl (Jeremy) Tyndall, Christina (Phillip) Cobb, Joseph (Tracey) Martin and Jonathan Martin; greatgrandchildren, Kaela Cobb, Luke Martin, Wyatt Cobb, Mckinzey Martin, Breigh Martin and Dylan Martin.

Funeral services were held Sept. 28 at Raynes Funeral Home Buffalo with Pastor Mike Tucker officiating.

STEVE CLAYTON NICHOLS Mr. Steve Clayton Nichols, 64, of Scott Depot, passed away Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.

Steve was a proud veteran of the United Sates Army. He retired from the Charleston Fire Department and was the director of the Charleston Ambulance Service before it merged with the Charleston Fire Department. He was also an avid fisherman.

Steve is preceded in death by his grandparents, Quincy and Norma Nichols; and his father, Junior Thair Nichols.

He is survived by his loving wife, Vicki, of 25 years; mother, Evelyn Delores Nichols; stepchildren, Joseph and wife Jennifer Fisher, Kayla and husband Steven Bappert; brothers, Gary and Tony Nichols, both of Ohio; three grandchildren; brother-in-law, Charles and wife Debbie Allen of Teays Valley; and sister-in-law, Anita Cleaver of St. Albans.

Services were held Oct. 3, 2014 at the Donell C. Kinnard Memorial State Veterans Cemetery.

GEORGIA PAULINE SERGENT Georgia Pauline Sergent, 84, of Johnson Creek, Walton, West Virginia passed away at home on September 28, 2014. She was born at Cass, Pocahontas County, West Virginia on February 7, 1930, a daughter of the late Robert Brooks and Esta Long Reed of Glenville.

Georgia graduated from Glenville High School, obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Home Economics from Glenville State College and a Master’s Degree in Physical Education from the West Virginia University College of Graduate Studies. She was employed as a WVU Extension Home Demonstration Agent for several years and served in several counties when she met her future husband, the late RobertSergent of Walton, then a fellow WVU 4-H agent. Robert and Georgia were married twice, once

at Glenville and again at Jackson’s Mill Girls’ State 4-H Camp in the Formal Rose Garden. Robert later worked with the USDA Farmers Home Administration as a County Supervisor, covering over one half of West Virginia’s counties, The couple resided in Buckhannon, Romney, Philippi, Moundsville, Elkview, Kingwood, Wayne and Winfield gaining many lifelong friends. Georgia enjoyed working with children and taught in the 1960’s at the Winfield Methodist Church-sponsored kindergarten.

Georgia and Robert retired to the Sergent Family farm in 1978, joining the Methodist Class of the Walton Union Church. She was active in teaching Sunday school, youth ministries and the Outreach Committee, making home visits to shut-ins. Georgia and Robert were blessed in traveling twice to the Holy Land. Georgia enjoyed gardening, cooking, canning and sewing. She shared her garden produce with the community, especially senior citizens. Robert and Georgia loved to operate their “Bed and Breakfast without the Breakfast” at the 100 year old family farmhouse for friends, relatives, and neighbors in need. She enjoyed local history and helped republish “Bishop’s History of Roane County” and helped publish the “Roane County West Virginia Family History Book”. She was a member and past president of the Roane County Friends of the Library and, along with the community, help fund the building of the Walton Branch Library. Late in life, Georgia shared her farm and homemaking skills with cousin and author, Suzanne McMinn, and was cast as a romance novel character in “A Weekend Engagement” by McMinn. Georgia was a regular feature in McMinn’s “chickensintheroad.com” blog. Georgia was active in the 4-H program, the founding adult leader of the Winfield Scotts 4-H club, a WV 4-H All Star, and she lived by the All Star motto, “Service”.

Georgia is survived by her son, Mark Sergent and wife, Sheryl, of Walton and one grandson, Madison Sergent, of Morgantown. She is survived by brothers and wives: Bob (Cricket) Reed, A. J. “Jack” (Wanda) Reed, Nelson Reed, brother-in-law, Richard “Dick” Reed (husband of late sister, Marion Reed) all of Glenville, and many nephews, nieces and cousins.

A memorial service will be held at the Walton Union Church, Walton, West Virginia on October 12,2014 at 1:00 PM followed by a fellowship dinner sponsored by the church. A private burial service will be held later at the Sergent Family Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Friends of the Roane County Library c/o Spencer Library, 110 Parking Plaza, Spencer, West Virginia 25276 or the Roane County 4-H Foundation,` P.O. Box 105, Spencer, West Virginia 25276. The TAYLOR-VANDALE FUNERAL HOME, of Spencer, assisted with the arrangements.

Thursday, October 9, 2014 - Page 15 ROBERT EDWARD “BOB” STOUT, JR. Robert Edward “Bob” Stout, Jr., 65, of Scott Depot, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 at home surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle with cancer.

Robert was born March 2, 1949, in Clarksburg. He was the son of Robert and Sarah “Louise” Stout.

He graduated from Washington High School, Washington, Pa. in 1967. He served his country in the US Marine Corps and was a Vietnam veteran, (67 – 69). He retired from Pepsi Cola as a Warehouse Foreman in Nitro after 30 years. After retirement, he enjoyed traveling with his beloved wife, Karen; and, dog, Skyler. Robert loved spending time with family and friends, as well as hunting and gardening.

Robert was also well known for helping others as the neighbourhood handyman. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Edward Stout, Sr.; and sister, Shelia Moss. Robert is survived by his loving wife of 35 years, Karen (Pennington) Stout; daughter Samantha Stout; son, Robert “Bobby” Stout III; mother, Sarah “Louise” Stout, all of Scott Depot; sister, Linda Johnson (Brent) of Pittsburgh, Pa.; several nieces, nephews and great-nieces and nephews.

A celebration of Robert’s life, with military honours, was held Oct. 4 with Pastor Pete Thompson officiating. At his request his body has been cremated. www.hardingfamilygroup.com.

OTIS GLEN WELLS Otis Glen Wells, 92, of Winfield, passed away on Sept. 29, 2014 at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Huntington, surrounded by his family.

Wells was born to the late Wm. Henry and Alma Prince Wells in Ashland, Ky. on April 10, 1922.

In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his sister, Hager McCallister; and brother, Willard Wells.

Wells was a renowned church designer and builder across the country, eventually building more than 300 churches. He was a local land developer, as well as being the founder of Beco Company, Beco of Atlanta, BPI, and co-founder of Teays Valley Hardware. His love for Christ led him to sing in a quartet and participate up in his late years in the church music ministry as a member of Teays Valley Church of the Nazarene.

The love of his family was paramount to him with happiness

coming from playing with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as the West Virginia Mountains, camping, hunting, and being a shark at the card game Rook.

He proudly served his country during World War II in the US Navy.

Wells leaves behind his loving wife of 73 years, Arlene Joyce Wells; sons, Roger (Sherry) Wells of Warner Robins GA, and Terry (Bonnie) Wells of Winfield. He is also survived by his grandchildren, April Aviv, Brent Wells, Toby Wells, Stacy Taylor, Maridyth Schrader and Christian Wells; as well as his great-grandchildren, Tanner, Aidan, Sofia, Abby, Rowan, Brody, Zach, Caden, Sam, Emme and Case; and many other friends.

A celebration of life was held Oct. 2 at the Teays Valley Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Charles V. Williams officiating. www. chapmanfuneralhomes.com DAVID WORKMAN David Workman, 48, of Buffalo, passed away Friday, Sept. 26, 2014.

He was preceded in death by his brother, Rick Workman; maternal grandparents, Floyd and Alma Sigman; paternal grandparents, Oden and Nellie Workman; brother-inlaw, Tom Vaughan and mother-inlaw Zelma Higley.

David was a carpenter by trade and member of the 1207 Carpenters Union, he was also a member of the Kanawha Valley Masonic Lodge #36 A.F. & A.M., Buffalo. David loved NASCAR, hunting, WVU and Steelers Football, but most of all his little girl, Josie, who was his pride and joy. David’s smile, easy-going and joking nature will be missed by his family and many friends.

He is survived by his wife, Stephanie Workman; beloved daughter, Josie; parents, Gene and Barbara Workman of Buffalo; sister, Patty Vaughan (Skip Brewer) of Red House; brother, Donnie Workman of Eleanor; father-in-law, Jim Higley of Nitro; niece and nephews, Jennifer and Tommy Lee Vaughan and John Thomas, III; as well as other family and a host of friends Funeral services were held Oct. 1 at Chapman Funeral Home, Winfield.

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Christian’s Sports Beat: The face you see a lot

By Christian Deiss Sports fans in Putnam and Cabell Counties know the face of Mark Martin, Sports Director of WCHS and WVAH – TV as he talks to us every night in our living room. Just like me, Martin enjoys covering high school sports and I recently got a chance to catch up with him and talk sports, my favorite topic.

Both Martin and I are natives of West Virginia, me growing up in Scott Depot and Martin in Ripley.

I wanted to know from the veteran sportscaster a little bit about himself. “ I h a v e always liked sports and my parents always supported me and weren’t concerned I wasn’t going to be a doctor,”

Martin said.

“So I played about every sport growing up and I got to go to college to play football and get a broadcasting degree.”

Martin at- Martin tended Ripley High School and Marietta College in Ohio. If I ever became a broadcaster, I couldn’t think of a better sportscaster to follow. I always have fun covering different sports, which is the same for Martin.

“It’s a lot of fun, a lot of work but a lot of fun,” Martin said. “The best thing about it is that it doesn’t really seem like work, even though

it is my job.”

Martin has also always found it easier to interview high school athletes and coaches.

“They’re always happy to see me or my crew show up and do a story about their teams and appreciated the coverage we give them,” Martin said.

“There’ve been times when professional players could‘ve cared less we were interviewing them.”

Martin has been the Sports Director for both WCHS-TV and WVAH-TV (FOX 11) since 2000.

The Media Center is producing the high school football games this fall for WCHSTV.com and I have been helping with his sideline reports.

Martin is the game’s playbyplay announcer and I asked him 73. Winter driving hazard

DOWN 1. In the ____, like a skinny-dipper 2. *”What ____ Happened to Baby Jane?”

3. Stringed instrument with pear-shaped body 4. Oafs 5. Desperate or badly-off 6. Another name for an Oldsmobile 7. Nourished 8. String bean’s opposite 9. IV+IV 10. Imitator 11. 1983 ZZ Top hit 12. “... ___ he drove out of sight” 15. Mexican beaches 20. Brewer’s staple 22. Big bang maker 24. Lawn pastime 25. *Norman _____ 26. Get off the chair 27. Opposite of glossy 29. Place of origin 31. Coconut fiber 32. One who is tutored 33. Muhammad’s religion 34. *”When a Stranger _____” 36. Fans reactions 38. London subway 42. *”Hellraiser III: Hell on _____” 45. *”Scary Movie 2” bird 49. Writing under influence, in text 51. Bears or cedes 54. Dal _____, in music 56. Angler’s basket 57. *Rabid St. Bernard 58. Aphrodite’s lover 59. “Lifestyles of the ____ and Famous” 60. Measuring roll 61. Doing nothing 39. Famous march composer THEME: SCARY MOVIES 62. Post-it ____ 40. Yugoslavian leader during World War II 63. Buzzing pest 41. Chef’s headgear ACROSS 64. Large edible mushroom 43. It will 1. Sir Toby of “Twelfth Night” 66. *Movie with same name as certain tool 44. To impede 6. Mosquito enemy 46. Lowest brass 9. Wide river valley 47. Not made up 13. Part of soft palate 48. “___ ___ Margery Daw” 14. Grassland 50. *Like a lot of horror movie scenes 15. Hamelin’s child abductor 52. First responders 16. Awful smell 53. Metal enemy 17. Banned insecticide 55. Face twitch, e.g.

18. City in Belgium 57. *1976 prom night thriller 19. *”One, two, ______’_ coming for 60. *Movie about a cursed videotape you...”

64. Antique shop item 21. *”The People Under the ______,” 65. Federal procurement org.

1991 67. Was dishonest with 23. Seek damages 68. DVD player button 24. It’s more commonly called a pika 69. *Don’t take one if you star in a 25. Onomatopoeia for collision Krueger flick 28. Young salmon 70. Fourth letter in Greek alphabet 30. Maneuver for attaining particular goal 71. Fancy-schmancy 35. Show horse type 72. Be in the red 37. Fireplace smudge

what it is like being the lead guy.

“I just love games, but high school games are such a community thing and watching kids play for their schools, this’ll be memories they will never forget,” Martin said. “It’s fun knowing I am describing something that that’s special for all involved.”

Martin was inducted into the Ripley High School Viking Football Hall of Fame in 2006. When Martin isn’t doing sportscasts on WCHS or the High School Webgame of the Week, you can hear him as the color analyst on the Marshall University ThunderingHerd Sports Network.

Martin told me what he likes about being the color man on the broadcasts.

“Since I love football and al-

ways have been a big fan of Doc Holliday (Marshall’s Head Football Coach) and just being around major college football, it’s been a great deal. Just another day at the job I love,” Martin said.

Martin was recognized as the West Virginia Sportscaster of the Year in 2002.

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STRAIGHT TICKET VOTERS: “IF YOU MARKED A STRAIGHT TICKET: When you mark any individual candidate in a different party, that vote will override your straight party vote for that office. When you mark any individual candidate in a different party for an office where more than one will be elected, YOU MUST MARK EACH OF YOUR CHOICES FOR THAT OFFICE because your straight ticket vote will not be counted for that office”.

The following are in the 4TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT: Precinct Numbers 6-1, 6-2, 7, 8-1, 8-2, 9, 10-1, 10-2, 11, 24, 25-1, 25-2, 26-1, 26-2, 27-1, 27-2, 28-1, 28-2, 29-1, 29-2, 30, 31, 32, 33-1, 33-2, 41, 42, 43-1, 43-2 and 47

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Mason Co.

JOHNNY ROACH

Pt. Pleasant

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Mason Co.

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Cross Lanes

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Kanawha Co.

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MIKE HALL

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Winfield

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14th Delegate District (Vote For ONE) JIM BUTLER

The following are in the Ballot on Constitutional Amendment 38TH DELEGATE DISTRICT: Nonprofit Youth Organization Precinct Numbers 22, 27-1, 27Tax Exemption Support Amendment 2, 28-1, 28-2 and 47

Putnam Co.

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Putnam Co.

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Charleston

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Hardy Co.

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Glenville

Gilmer Co.

PHIL HUDOK

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Scott Depot

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SCOTT CADLE

ALEX X. MOONEY

Charles Town NICK CASEY

Charleston

DAVY JONES

Martinsburg

Letart

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Alum Creek

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Putnam Co.

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Sod

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GARY MCCALLISTER

Harts

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Poca

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JEFF ELDRIDGE

JOSHUA MARTIN

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RAY HELMICK

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SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO

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Culloden

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ERIK P. WELLS

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DAVID L. HILL

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Red House

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ED GAUNCH

Charleston

UNEXPIRED TERM 26th Family Court Circuit (Vote For ONE)

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Winfield

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Summary of Purpose: To amend the State Constitution to exempt from property tax certain properties in this state owned by nonprofit youth organizations and built at cost of at least $100 million whether or not the property is used for the nonprofit youth organization’s charitable or nonprofit purpose to help raise funds for the benefit of the nonprofit youth organization. If approved, the Legislature would be required to enact laws that would protect local and regional businesses from unfair competition and unreasonable loss of revenue caused by the nonprofit organization use of the tax exemption.

Instructions to Voters: To vote in favor of the Amendment submitted on this ballot, darken the oval completely next to “FOR”.

To vote against the Amendment, darken the oval completely next to “AGAINST”.

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA COUNTY OF PUTNAM, TO-WIT: I, Brian Wood, Clerk of the County Commission and Ex-Officio Chairman of the Putnam County Board of Ballot Commissioners, hereby certify that the foregoing is a facsimile of the Official Ballot for the General Election to be held on November 4, 2014, as provided by Chapter 3, Section 5, and Article 10 of the West Virginia Code.

Given under my hand and seal of said Court this 8th day of September, 2014.

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D i s t r i b u t e e s a n d Given under my than this Beneficiaries of the within 3rd day of October 2014. named persons: Fiduciary Supervisor, I have before me the final Putnam County settlement of estates of the following persons, which 1t 10-9 ps shall be presented to the County Commission of Putnam County, at the LEGAL NOTICE Courthouse, in the City of Winfield, on Tuesday Notice of Short Form the _14th_ day of Settlement of Estates October 2014 at 09:00 for their approval which T o t h e C r e d i t o r s , settlements have been D i s t r i b u t e e s a n d presented to me by the Beneficiaries of the within Fiduciary of such estates named persons: a n d w h i c h p r o p o s e d I have before me the s e t t l e m e n t s I h a v e final settlement of the approved as indicated estates of the following below: persons, which shall be presented to the County D e c e d e n t : C a r m e l Commission of Putnam Stevens County, at the Courthouse, Fiduciary: Kathy Patrice in the City of Winfield, Clevenger, Administratrix on Tuesday the 14th day Address: 10 Settle Drive, of October 2014 at 09:00 Hurricane WV 25526 for its approval which settlements have been Any persons having an presented to me pursuant interest in the estate of any to West Virginia Code such person, may before 44-3A-4a, as amended, the County Commission (Waiver and Application at the time and place for Short Form Settlement

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Estate of Penny Jean Blackburn Estate of Lois Hathaway C a t h y B l a c k b u r n , Russell Cook, Executor Administratrix Estate of Peggy R Hedrick Estate of Beverly Henry Frances Louise Tolley, Morgan Jr Executrix Norma Jean Morgan, Executrix Any persons having an NOTE: NOVEMBER 1, 2014, IS THE interest in the estate of LAST DAY OF EARLY VOTING Estate of Donald Cooke any such person may Janet A Cooke, Executrix appear before the County Early voting will take place on the second floor of the courthouse.

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VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR GENERAL ELECTION IS Estate of Iva L. Winter Given under my hand this K a t h r y n E W i n t e r , 3rd day of October 2014.

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From left, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, Circuit Judge Phillip Stowers, Charles Tucker and Judge Brent Benjamin. Tucker was Putnam County’s first graduate of Veteran Court, a program which helps veterans suffering from addiction receive rehabilitation services in exchange for their jail sentence.

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U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, joined by W.Va. State Sen. Mike Hall and Putnam County Commission President Steve Andes, visited the Teays Valley Volunteer Fire Department to congratulate the firefighters on a successful acquisition of a new grant and to commemorate their 50th anniversary.

Manchin From Page 1 President Barack Obama’s energy agenda frequently throughout the afternoon.

Beginning at a Putnam Judicial Meeting, Manchin spoke to a joyous crowd about the need to better take care of veterans who return with war wounds.

“If you could see the conditions in which they fight and are willing to die for us, never once questioning their loyalty to America,” Manchin said. “When a person puts that uniform on, they’re basically putting that on for you, they’re agreeing to take a bullet for you.

We’re not giving them the support and the treatment they need. We’re truly not.”

Manchin commended 29th Circuit Judge Philip Stowers, whose Veteran’s Court program enabled Charles Tucker, 26, to enter an extensive rehabilitation program rather than be sentenced to prison.

Tucker’s charges were officially dismissed at the graduation ceremony.

“This is probably the proudest moment of my life,” Tucker said to the crowd of family, fellow veterans and mental health practitioners. “This program is an answered prayer. This program saved my life.”

Manchin, who sits on the Senate Committee for Armed Services, said further trauma, such as that experienced by Tucker, could be avoided if the U.S. stops getting involved in the Middle East.

“This is not going to end any time soon,” he said. “We’ve tried the 13 nation building and occupying years- it has not worked. I’ve been to Iraq in 2006, I’ve been back –it’s in worse shape now than it was. If money or military could change that part of the world we would have changed it already.

“We’ve spent $2 trillion, we’ve lost 7,000 Americans, we’ve wounded 50,000 plus Americans and we’ve done irreparable damage to many many thousands more.”

Following a brief reception, Manchin also spent time talking with Winfield residents at the Winfield Municipal Building during a town hall meeting. The meeting quickly turned to Obama’s treatment of the coal industry.

“If we had an administration that would work with us, we’d be totally energy independent right now,” Manchin said to a crowd of around 50 people. “I respectfully, totally disagree with the President on his energy policy, or what I call a lack of an energy policy.”

Manchin said that the U.S. uses a small portion of the coal used worldwide and that perfecting the use of coal would do more good than simply banning its use.

“This government’s got you believing that if you stop burning coal in America, you’ll clean up the global climate,” he said, saying this is a lie. “If the president would invest in clean coal technology and the president would invest money in cleaning up carbon, not only would it clean up America, it would clean up the world.”

Although Manchin focused more on national issues rather than those specifically relevant to Winfield, Mayor Randy Barrett said he was glad Manchin’s staff approached him about the meeting and said he thought it was an excellent opportunity for Winfield residents to get an inside peak on the workings of national government.

“I thought it went really well,” Barrett said. “He didn’t talk about a lot of things related specifically to Winfield, but that’s OK.” Barrett said he was surprised at the amount of information Manchin provided on the Middle East.

“He had a lot of inside perspective on ISIS,” he said. “He had a lot more details on stuff than what’s reported on the news.”

Manchin said at the end of the afternoon that the meeting is as beneficial to him as it was to Mayor Barrett.

U. S. Sen. Joe Manchin spoke to a full house of over 50 Winfield residents in a scheduled town hall meeting Oct. 3.

“You’ve got to get out and talk to people and let them know what you’re seeing on my end of it and what they’re seeing on their end,” Manchin said. “I take that back to Washington and when people start talking about different things and start trying to pass different pieces of legislation, I can use what I saw at the meeting in Putnam County.”

Manchin ended the day at the Teays Valley Volunteer Fire Department, where he presented an American flag in honor of their 50th anniversary. Manchin and county commission president Steve Andes joined the department to congratulate them on the anniversary and to celebrate the acquisition of a grant. The grant will allow the department to purchase life-saving equipment.

“Let me say, 50 years is something,” Manchin said to members of the TVFD. “Fire departments are the lifeblood of every com-

munity. We tell everybody that fire departments are basically the gathering point that a community is based on.”

Teays Valley VFD Chief John Smoot thanked Manchin for his assistance, adding that this money would allow the department to better protect the 22,000 residents under its care.

“We appreciate the help that you’ve given, because since 2009, we’ve received almost $750 thousand,” Smoot said. “The grants have purchased much needed equipment. And most importantly it hired 18 part-time guys to work

24-hours, seven days a week coverage.”

Smoot said the department currently has 18 part-time and 23 volunteer firefighters.

After a long afternoon touring the county, Manchin had one message for the residents of Putnam County: “Keep doing what you’re doing,” he said. “You’re doing a good job. You’ve got a great education program here, the economy is growing, they have a purpose of being. I would say continue to be the economic engine they are. The state needs you.”

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