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Mingo pharmacist pleads guilty to
conspiracy to acquire controlled substances
Thousands of pills involved in conspiracy
By CHAD ABSHIRE
Staff Writer
A licensed West Virginia
pharmacist appeared yesterday in federal court and
pleaded guilty before a United
States District Judge to conspiracy to acquire or obtain
controlled substances by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery,
deception and subterfuge.
James P. Wooley, 76, of
Louisa, Ky., the owner and
operator of Strosnider Drug
Store, Inc. which conducted
its business operations as SAVRITE Pharmacy in two locations near Kermit, pleaded
guilty to John T. Copenhaver,
Jr.
An investigation by the
DEA and FBI found that, from
June 2006 through September
2006, Wooley and other licensed pharmacists under his
direction illegally dispensed
controlled substances to patients from Justice Medical
Clinic, located in Kermit.
Wooley admitted that he
knew that the prescriptions issued to various patients at the
time were not valid because
the controlled substances prescribed were distributed without a doctor’s written approval.
Wooley also admitted that
during the scheme, he issued
numerous illegal prescriptions
using a registered physician’s
DEA number between June
and September 2006, without
the physician’s consent.
In addition to Wooley and
his employees distributing
controlled substances, Justice
Medical Clinic was closed for
failing to obtain a Certificate
of Need from the West Virginia
State Health Care Authority.
Wooley faces up to four
years in prison and a $250,000
fine when he is sentenced on
May 3, 2012.
McCormick signs proclamation
for Black History Month
By RACHEL C. DOVE
Staff Photo
WILLIAMSON
Mayor Darrin McCormick was joined by
several local residents
who gathered in the city
council chambers to
witness the signing of a
proclamation declaring
February to be “Black
History Month” in the
City of Williamson.
Those in attendance
with McCormick included Virdell, Leah
and Aaron Banks, Maliyah and Zion Martin,
Juanita Hooks, Jada
Hunter, John Fullen,
Willene Moore, Chris-
topher and Kaylin Joplin, Prestine Warren,
Bernice Johnson and
Zada Hairston.
A variety of activities
are planned throughout
the month, sponsored
by
the
Williamson
Branch of the NAACP,
Southern West Virginia
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Pictured with the students who won the Terrific Kids award for the
month of January at Riverside Elementary are Williamson Kiwanis
Representative Judy Hambrick and Principal Paula Brown.
Williamson Kiwanis honors
Riverside’s Terrific Kids
By RACHEL C. DOVE
Staff Writer
WILLIAMSON - Judy Hambrick,
of the Williamson Kiwanis Club, put
a smile on the faces of a special group
of students at Riverside Elementary
Thursday afternoon, as she presented
them with prizes and certificates for
being chosen as “Terrific Kids” for
the months of Dec. and Jan.
The Kiwanis honors students each
month from Riverside and Williamson Christian School in Mingo
County, and at Southside Elementary in Pike County, Ky.
Teachers for each grade choose a
student who has excelled in a variety
of different areas including being
thoughtful, respectful, friendly and
enthusiastic. They are then recog■ Turn to KIWANIS/6
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Williamson Mayor Darrin McCormick is pictured with several community
members during the Thursday signing of a proclamation declaring February as Black History Month.
Mingo County Comission agrees to assist ambulance service
By JULIA ROBERTS
GOAD
Staff Writer
WILLIAMSON - A
Mingo County Ambulance service is struggling to survive due to a
delay in reimbursement
payments from Medicaid.
Kendall
Simpkins,
owner of Stafford EMS,
addressed the Mingo
County
Commission
about the situation.
He said Medicaid has
not reimbursed him for
services since last year.
“I have been doing
this for 22 years and I
have never seen medicaid do anything remotely
resembling this. We are
entering our fifth week
with no reimbursement,”
Simpkins told the MCC.
“And if we do paper reimbursement, its going
to be six more weeks before it goes through the
mill.”
Simpkins says the lack
of payment from Medicaid has put his business
operating at a loss.
“We operate on a very
slim margin anyway, and
to put us at a 30 percent
deficit for five weeks
now is really hitting us
hard,” he said. “And the
bad part is they give us
no time line as to when
this problem will be
solved. As a result, we
are just waiting in the
wings, we have no idea
when they are going to
start reimbursing us.
Thirty percent of your
total income is hard to
bear.”
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Senate passes STOCK act, 96-3 ‘Rough N’ Rowdy’ invades
By CHAD ABSHIRE
Staff Writer
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)
yesterday voted for final passage of the
STOCK (Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge) Act, a measure that
would prohibit members of congress
and their staff from using inside knowledge to profit by trading on Wall Street.
The bill passed the Senate 96-3.
The senators also voted on 18 amendments to the STOCK act, including:
· McCain amendment #1471, which
would prohibit executives at Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac from receiving bonuses while in conservatorship.
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you ...
Manchin cosponsored the amendment,
which was agreed to by voice vote.
· Blumenthal amendment #1498,
which would strip members of Congress, the President, the Vice President,
and other state and federal elected officials of their retirement benefits if they
are convicted of certain felonies such as
bribery, gratuity, perjury and other related offenses. Manchin supported the
amendment, which was agreed to by
voice vote.
“I am pleased that a large, bipartisan
group of Senators have come together
to support this commonsense measure
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Williamson this weekend
By RACHEL C. DOVE
Staff Writer
WILLIAMSON - Local men and women,
along with several from
our neighboring states,
are stepping into the
boxing ring this weekend in an attempt to
prove that they are,
indeed – the toughest
competitor, and the last
fighter standing.
The seventeenth annual Tug Valley Area
Rough N’ Rowdy Brawl
will take place tonight
and Saturday evening
at the Williamson Field
House. Doors will open
at 6 p.m., and the first
punch is slated to be
thrown at 7:30.
Under the direction of
promoter and event organizer Chris Smith, the
Rough N’ Rowdy is one
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of the largest attended
annual sporting events
to hit the area. Over 150
participants have registered to compete this
weekend.
Smith
commented
how excited he is with
this year’s response, and
stated he’s convinced
it will be a banner year
for the Tug Valley area
brawl.
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After IPO, Facebook will face new profit pressures
MICHAEL LIEDTKE
AP Business Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)
— For all the huge numbers in
Facebook’s IPO papers, a surprisingly small figure stands
out: $4.39, the amount the site
generated per user last year.
It’s one of the company’s
major challenges because the
total is paltry compared with
competing Internet companies.
Google makes more than $30 a
year from each registered user.
Even struggling Yahoo and
AOL make $7 and $10, respectively.
Once Facebook goes public,
Wall Street will surely demand
more. That means the social
network will almost certainly
have to attract a lot more users
or be more aggressive with its
advertising, perhaps by mining
personal data even more than it
does now.
But can Facebook do all that
without spoiling the user experience?
The company may have a
tough time increasing the number of ads on a site that has
become primarily a home for
online conversations.
“It’s a communications tool.
Can you imagine what a turn-
off it would be if we were talking on the phone and AT&T
tried to play an ad in the middle
of our conversation?” said University of Notre Dame finance
professor Tim Loughran, who
studies IPOs.
Facebook stock probably
won’t begin trading until at
least May, but analysts already
believe the company will try to
sell shares at a price that will
give it a market value of at least
$100 billion — more than Yahoo, AOL and Hewlett Packard
Co. combined.
To justify a valuation like
that, Facebook will need to
maximize its revenue to get
closer to Google, one of its biggest rivals. Google’s revenue
of nearly $38 billion last year
translated into about $35 per
registered user.
Facebook recorded $3.7 billion in revenue last year.
The question is whether it
can bring in more money without alienating the 845 million
users who have become accustomed to hanging out with
friends and family on the social
network without an onslaught
of ads.
Part of that online environment has been by design.
Facebook co-founder and CEO
Mark Zuckerberg wanted to get
as many as people as possible
to create profiles on the website before figuring out the best
ways to profit from all the information about their interests
and connections.
In theory, those insights
should enable Facebook to target ads to people most likely to
be interested in certain products or services. That should
appeal to marketers, giving the
site enough leverage to charge
more for its ads than other
sites. If the ads work, Facebook
should easily be able to increase
revenue per user to $10 to $12
annually, said Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter.
Before Google went public,
it also faced questions about
its ability to make money from
selling ads next to search results, in emails and within videos. Evidently most users don’t
mind because Google’s annual
revenue is now about 25 times
higher than in 2003.
Advertising isn’t the only
way Facebook can make money. It charges a commission for
some of the sales of games and
other services on its website.
Although advertising accounted for 85 percent of Facebook’s
revenue last year, that was less
than at Google, where ads accounted for 96 percent of revenue.
Most of Facebook’s non-advertising revenue comes from
commissions paid by Zynga
Inc., the maker of such popular Web games as CityVille and
Words With Friends. In its IPO
papers, Facebook says it may
try to increase its revenue by
introducing fees for other ecommerce features on its website.
Facebook, which is based in
Menlo Park, Calif., easily could
offer sales of movies, music,
even houses and cars. But believing it can expand into those
markets requires a huge leap of
faith, said Hudson Square Research analyst Daniel Ernst.
“It’s like saying because
Chipotle has been good at selling burritos in certain urban
markets in the U.S., it should be
able to make more money selling Chinese food in France,” he
said.
Facebook says roughly half
its audience — about 425 million people — now gets access
to its service on smartphones,
tablet computers and other
mobile devices. But the site
acknowledges it hasn’t figured
out the best way to make mon-
ey from mobile users.
The application-driven systems on mobile devices pose
another threat because they
could allow Zynga and other
services to offer their own mobile apps to bypass Facebook
and connect directly with users.
The rise of mobile devices
also opens up an opportunity
for Google to expand the audience of Plus, its social networking alternative to Facebook. Although it hasn’t done
so yet, Google could make Plus
part of the Android operating
system that runs 250 million
smartphones and tablets.
Zuckerberg,
Facebook’s
controlling shareholder as well
as its leader, is promising to
put users’ interests ahead of the
company’s financial interests.
“Simply put: We don’t build
services to make money; we
make money to build better
services,” Zuckerberg wrote
in a letter included in Wednesday’s IPO filing. “These days,
I think more and more people
want to use services from companies that believe in something beyond simply maximizing profits.”
Mass hysteria rare, but usually seen in girls
MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
ATLANTA (AP) —
Fifteen teenage girls
report a mysterious outbreak of spasms, tics and
seizures in upstate New
York. But tests find nothing physically wrong.
Scores of adults in
Northern California report crawling skin sensations and other bizarre
symptoms. Government
doctors find no physical
cause after an extensive
study.
The conclusion by
experts is that these are
just the latest examples
of what used to be called
mass hysteria. Now
known as conversion
disorder, sufferers experience real, but psychologically triggered symptoms.
It’s rare, but scores or
even hundreds of outbreaks have been recorded through the decades
around the world.
It’s a diagnosis that’s
often reached after other causes are ruled out,
and is usually traced to
a stress-causing trigger. Individual cases are
common, even the kind
involving tics and other
movement-related symptoms. On average, the National Institutes of Health
gets reports of two such
cases each week, said Dr.
Mark Hallett, who heads
the branch that fields
those calls.
Outbreaks, however,
are unusual. Most involve
females, often teenagers.
Why is not clear. Some
think it has to do with the
way girls are socialized
to deal with stress. Others
say that females are just
more likely to seek medical help — and thus appear in medical reports.
Symptoms seen in outbreaks vary, and cases
have included blindness,
headaches, nausea, paralysis and inability to
speak. As in infectious
disease outbreaks, they
often seem to begin with
one person who gets the
symptoms and then it
spreads to people she
knows. Experts believe
that these first “index”
cases often are people
who have symptoms
caused by a physical illness, but subsequent
cases are subconscious
mimicry.
Recent examples include:
—In the fall of 2007,
at least eight girls at
a Roanoke, Va., high
school developed strange
twitching symptoms similar to those in upstate
New York. The school
district spent $30,000 to
check the school, but investigators found no environmental cause.
—Earlier in 2007, a
mysterious illness swept
through a Catholic boarding school in Chalco,
Mexico, causing 600
girls to suffer fever, nausea and buckling knees
that left many unable to
walk. Batteries of tests
found no physical cause.
—In 2002, 10 teenage girls at a small, rural North Carolina high
school had epileptic-like
seizures and fainting. The
school buildings were in-
spected, but nothing was
found to explain the outbreak.
Allegations of fakery sometimes surface,
but most experts believe
these patients have real
symptoms that they can’t
consciously control.
One thing they often
have in common, is some
kind of precipitating
stress in their lives.
That was the case in
Le Roy, N.Y., the site
of the latest example of
this disorder. Dr. Jennifer
McVige, a pediatric neurologist based in nearby
Batavia, has seen 10 of
the teens. “All of the
kids had something big
that happened,” like divorcing parents or some
other upsetting situation,
McVige said, declining to
go into detail.
The Le Roy Central
School District paid for an
inspection of the school,
checking for formaldehyde, carbon monoxide,
carbon dioxide, molds,
solvents and other volatile organic compounds
and even lighting levels.
No environmental cause
for the cases was found.
But the belief that
there must be a physical
cause drew national news
attention, and finally,
California environmental
activist Erin Brockovich.
She wanted to investigate
whether a 1970 derailed
train carrying chemicals
may have contaminated
groundwater with trichloroethene, or TCE.
State health officials say
no TCE was found at the
school, and on Wednesday they reported no sign
of that chemical or other
threatening contaminants
in the school or village
water supply.
The idea that it’s a
stress-induced psychological disorder has been
hard for some of the girls
and their parents to swallow. Some have appeared
on national and international TV voicing that
view.
On NBC’s Today
Show last month, senior Thera Sanchez told
how her Tourette-like
tics worsened to the
point where she couldn’t
even attend class. She
had some psychological
counseling, which she
says didn’t resolve her
condition. “I want an answer. A straight answer,”
she said on the show.
Doctors familiar with
the girls’ treatment say
the continuing news coverage has slowed progress they were making.
They have recommended
that all the girls see therapists. But that’s easier
said than done. There’s a
shortage of pediatric psychologists in that part of
the state, McVige said.
Experts
elsewhere
have looked on curiously
at the Le Roy story. One
piece of footage prompted laughter this week
among a group of physicians. They were watching a BBC report on the
cases, which showed one
girl with a jerking arm
that suddenly became
very controlled as she applied eyeliner and then
jerked around again when
she was done.
“It’s almost impossible to conceive of a true
neurological disorder that
can allow for that complexity of switching back
and forth,” said Dr. Jose
Maldonado, chief of psychosomatic medicine at
Stanford University, who
mentioned the group’s
reaction. “It also looks
very purposeful. I’m not
saying she’s making it
up. I’m just saying that
it doesn’t look neurological.”
The AP was unable
to reach the girl or her
mother.
McVige
acknowledged the other doctors’
reaction. She recalled
one examination in which
the tic in one girl’s arm
stopped when a doctor
forcefully held it, but
then the other arm started
moving. That also is not
something generally seen
in neurological disorders.
She said the Le Roy
outbreak, at its core, is no
hoax. But “now I think
there’s an overlay of
some of the girls trying to
prove ‘there’s something
wrong with me,’” she
added.
Calls from the AP to
three of the girls were not
returned. Brockovich did
not respond to an email
request for an interview,
either.
Last week, while those
cases were in the news,
government doctors coincidentally released a
long-awaited report on
their investigation into an
illness known as Morgellons (mor-GELL-uns).
The
condition
is
marked by some bizarre
symptoms,
including
sores, crawling sensations on the skin and —
perhaps worst of all —
mysterious fibers that the
patients believe sprout
from their skin. Anecdotal and media reports
about cases six years ago
led to a study by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
The agency found no
environmental or physical cause for the cases;
tests showed the fibers
came from fabric, like
clothing or blankets. Psychological evaluations
suggested
conversion
disorder, said a neurologist who worked on the
study.
Some specialists argue it doesn’t fit in that
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category. Some believe
Morgellons is a form of
psychosis. Others insist these patients are
not psychotic, but suffer
from a less severe kind
of psychological disorder
which isn’t well understood yet.
Also, at least some of
the Morgellons patients
probably don’t have a
psychological problem
at all, said Dr. J. Michael
Bostwick, a psychiatrist
at Mayo Clinic who has
studied delusions of infestation.
It turned out one woman had itchy skin that was
caused by high calcium
levels that developed
from parathyroid tumors.
In past outbreaks, the
symptoms of conversion
disorder have tended to
disappear in a matter of
weeks or a few months.
In Le Roy, many of the
cases appeared around
the beginning of the
school year and were improving, but about half of
the girls got worse after
the wave of media attention and disputes about
the cause of the illness.
Indeed, McVige said
she has stopped forwarding media requests to her
patients.
Anxiety and suspicion
are continuing, fueled by
YouTube, Facebook and
other social media that
weren’t prevalent in earlier outbreaks, observed
Robert
Bartholomew,
a sociologist who has
studied mass hysteria for
many years.
“There is a good
chance that symptoms
could spread to other
students and last for several more months — even
years,”
Bartholomew
said in an email from
New Zealand, where he
teaches at a university.
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Friday, February 3, 2012 ■ 3
Trump endorses Romney after a puzzling Vegas day
BETH FOUHY
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP)
— With his trademark
flair for spectacle, Donald Trump endorsed Mitt
Romney for president
Thursday on the famed
Las Vegas strip — just
hours after Newt Gingrich’s advisers were
spreading the word that
The Donald would be
anointing him instead.
Trump’s endorsement
seemed likely to affect
this Saturday’s Nevada
primary — and the GOP
nomination fight in general — about as much as
a Sin City breeze disturbs
the real estate mogul’s
legendary hair. But he
managed to create a stir
of a different sort, at least
for a day.
Romney said he was
glad to get the support,
but he seemed almost bemused to be caught up in
the Trumpian drama.
“There are some
things you just can’t
imagine happening. This
is one of them,” Romney
said with a smile, looking
out at the reporters and
cameras jammed into the
lobby of the hotel complex that bears Trump’s
name. The real estate
mogul had entered to applause, with Romney and
his wife, Ann, at his side
“Mitt is tough, he’s
smart, he’s sharp and
he’s not going to allow
bad things to continue
to happen to this country
we all love,” Trump said.
He vigorously shook
Romney’s hand and said,
“Go out and get ‘em. You
can do it.”
But the endorsement
was just the finale for a
puzzling chain of events
that began Wednesday
when Trump’s office announced he would be
flying to Las Vegas for a
“major announcement”
related to the presidential contest. Trump had
announced last spring he
would not run for the Republican nomination but
had hinted as recently as
last month that he might
run for president as an independent.
What would he say in
Las Vegas? Gingrich advisers suggested Trump
had sent “signals” that
he planned endorse the
former House speaker.
The Gingrich team began leaking word of an
impending endorsement
to news organizations including The Associated
Press.
Nope.
Reporters
learned Thursday that
Trump would be endorsing Romney instead.
Earlier, on a tour of a
Las Vegas manufacturing
facility, Gingrich made
clear he had gotten the
message.
“No,” the former
House speaker replied
when asked if he was
expecting Trump’s endorsement. He added
that he was amazed at the
attention Trump was getting.
Romney hasn’t always
been Trump’s man.
In an interview with
CNN last April, Trump
dismissed Romney as a
“small business guy” and
suggested Bain Capital,
the venture capital firm
where Romney made his
millions, had bankrupted
companies and destroyed
jobs.
“He’d buy companies,
he’d close companies,
he’d get rid of jobs,”
Trump said.
Romney, for his part,
turned down an invitation to participate in a
presidential debate that
Trump planned to moderate in Iowa in December, leading Trump to
cancel the event. And
while Romney, like most
of the GOP hopefuls, visited Trump at his office
in Manhattan to discuss
campaign strategy, he
slipped in and out of the
building without speaking to reporters.
Trump has played
an unusually prominent
role in the presidential
contest since last spring,
when he mused publicly
about joining the Republican field.
He also stirred controversy and considerable criticism during that
time by openly questioning the validity of President Barack Obama’s
birth certificate, lending
credence to the chorus
of “birthers” who say
Obama was not born in
the United States and not
eligible to be president.
The fuss pushed Obama
to release a long-form
version of his birth certificate, showing he was
born in Hawaii in 1961.
The president dismissed Trump as a “carnival barker” and then
memorably
skewered
him at the White House
Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, which Trump attended.
On Thursday, Romney
said he was honored to
receive the endorsement,
but hoped even more to
win the support of Nevada voters. The state
holds presidential caucuses Saturday.
Trump, for his part,
called Gingrich “a wonderful person” but said he
had decided to endorse
Romney two weeks ago.
“He’s a friend of mine,
I like him a lot. I respect
him a lot. But this is the
way I went,” Trump said.
Trump said China
policy was a key factor
in his decision to back
Romney. Trump has often accused China of manipulating its currency
and “cheating” the U.S.
— a theme Romney has
echoed on the campaign
trail.
Trump, a multimillionaire and host of a reality
show where he famously
proclaims “You’re fired,”
said he wasn’t worried
that his endorsement
would hurt Romney, another wealthy businessman whose opponents
have criticized as out-of
touch.
“I really think he does
connect, and he’s starting
to connect really well,”
Trump said.
at a court-martial that
year to “intentional selfinjury without intent to
avoid service,” a criminal
charge that the government says helps maintain
good order and discipline
in the armed forces. The
charge is sometimes used
in self-injury cases when
there isn’t enough evidence to prove malingering, military justice experts say.
Caldwell was sentenced to 180 days in
jail and a bad conduct
discharge. Military rules
allow an appeal after a
guilty plea in some cases, but Caldwell’s initial
appeal was denied in
December. His lawyer,
Navy Lt. Mike Hanzel,
said this week he will
ask the military’s highest court, the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Armed
Forces in Washington, to
hear the case.
“I think it definitely
touches important issues
which are affecting all
the branches of the armed
forces right now,” Hanzel
said in a telephone interview from Bremerton,
Wash.
Military prosecutors
didn’t immediately respond to requests for
comment. In an appellate
brief, the government
stated Caldwell “was not
charged with, or convicted of, attempting suicide.
He was charged with, and
properly convicted of, in-
tentionally injuring himself to the prejudice of
good order and discipline
or the discredit of the service.”
Hanzel claims military
law prohibits intentional
self-injury prosecutions
for genuine suicide attempts induced by depression, PTSD or other
mental illness. He said
there should be a presumption such clients
can’t form a guilty intent.
He also noted that successful suicides are presumed by the military to
have been committed in
the line of duty, and the
service member’s death
isn’t considered to have
been due to their own
misconduct.
“If you succeed in
committing suicide your
service is treated honorably and your family
receives full benefits,”
Hanzel wrote in an email
to The Associated Press.
“If you are unsuccessful
in a genuine suicide attempt, you can receive
a federal conviction and
get a bad-conduct discharge and jail time,
which is what happened
to Pvt. Caldwell.”
The military has had
an increase in suicide
rates among all branches
since the start of the wars
in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Marine Corps reported a record 175 suicide
attempts among activeduty Marines in 2011.
It said 33 Marines committed suicide last year,
down from 37 in 2010.
The Marine Corps and
Army couldn’t immediately provide statistics on
prosecutions or convictions for intentional selfinjury without intent to
avoid service. The Navy
said no such cases involving sailors came before Navy court-martials
last year.
Retired Army Judge
Advocate Victor M. Hansen, a professor at the
New England School of
Law in Boston, said it’s
fairly unusual for commanders to convene
courts-martial on self-injury charges. “It happens
but it doesn’t happen a
lot,” he said.
Craig Bryan, a former
Air Force psychologist
who has studied military
suicides, said he’s heard
of only a handful of cases
of service members disciplined for a suicide attempt. In those instances,
the military interpreted
the suicide attempts as a
way to avoid disciplinary
action, said Bryan, associate director of the University of Utah’s National
Center for Veterans Studies. Disciplinary action is
generally among the most
common stress-inducing
events preceding military
suicides and suicide attempts, he said.
In 2010, Caldwell told
the court he tried to kill
himself minutes after he
was told he was going
to the brig to await trial
on charges including larceny for allegedly helping a friend steal a belt
from a local shop. He had
learned a day earlier of
a friend’s death, and he
said those events were
the last straws in a series
of emotional blows that
included the deaths of
several family members,
a stabbing by his former
fiance, a 60-day confinement for other alleged offenses and personal problems within his unit.
Caldwell said after he
was patched up and put in
the brig, he was surprised
to learn he would be
charged with self-injury.
“I thought it was unfair
and I thought it was just
kind of morally wrong
to punish somebody for
something of that nature,” Caldwell said.
“Seeing the kind
of state I was in, there
should have been a way
of getting help instead
of just a punishment,” he
said.
Caldwell said he took
the plea in hopes it would
be the quickest way to
get home to see his sick
mother.
The bad-conduct discharge made him ineligible for certain veter-
an’s benefits, though, so
Caldwell, who has since
married an active-duty
Marine, said he’s getting
no mental health treatment.
The
judge
in
Caldwell’s case accepted
his guilty plea without
ordering a mental health
examination, which Hanzel claims was another
error.
The charge has been
on the books since at
least the 1940s. It is applied in self-injury cases
in which the government
can’t prove an intent to
avoid service but can
show that the act was
detrimental to good order
and discipline, or could
bring discredit upon the
armed forces.
Eugene Fidell, who
teaches military justice
at Yale Law School, said
the case raises fundamental questions about
the purpose of military
justice, which allows for
prosecution of some acts
that wouldn’t be crimes
in the civilian world.
“One would have to
assume that the pre-trial
investigating officer and
the convening authority
would have given long
and prayerful consideration to the wisdom of
pursuing such a case,” he
said.
Marine fights conviction for suicide attempt
DAVID DISHNEAU
Associated Press
HAGERSTOWN, Md.
(AP) — A discharged
Marine private who slit
his wrists in a suicide attempt is fighting his military conviction for deliberately injuring himself,
arguing the punishment
is inconsistent with the
armed forces’ efforts to
battle a rise in suicides
during the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan.
It’s not clear how often
the Marines or any other
service branch prosecute
active duty members for
trying to kill themselves.
But the defense lawyer for Pvt. Lazzaric T.
Caldwell says it’s wrong
to punish service members with mental health
problems for genuine
suicide attempts. Suicide
prevention has become a
priority across the military as numbers climbed
in the past decade with
the increasing stress of
combat and multiple deployments in the wars.
Caldwell, 25, of Camp
Pendleton, Calif., never
deployed to a war zone
but was diagnosed in
2009 with post-traumatic stress disorder and a
personality disorder, according to court records.
In 2010, he slashed his
wrists in his barracks at
Camp Schwab in Okinawa, Japan.
He pleaded guilty
Cancer charity confronts backlash
DAVID CRARY
AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The renowned breast cancer charity Susan
G. Komen for the Cure faced an
escalating backlash Thursday over
its decision to cut breast screening
grants to Planned Parenthood. Some
of Komen’s local affiliates are openly upset, including all seven in Cali-
Senate
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countable to those we represent,”
Manchin said. “It is absolutely intolerable for members of Congress
to profit based off of knowledge
they’ve gained in the course of
public service. I consider it an honor to serve West Virginians each
and every day, and I believe we
must treat the privilege of service
with the respect it deserves.”
President Barack Obama released a statement on the Senate’s
passing of the bill, referencing his
State of the Union Address where
he “laid out a blueprint of an econ-
fornia, and at least one top official
has quit, reportedly in protest.
Meanwhile, Komen has been
deluged with negative emails and
Facebook postings, accusing it of
knuckling under to pressure from anti-abortion groups, since The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that it
was halting grants that Planned Parenthood affiliates used for breast exams and related services. The grants
totaled $680,000 last year.
Planned Parenthood has been
heartened by an outpouring of support in response to the cutoff. Besides $400,000 in smaller donations
from 6,000 people, it is receiving
$250,000 from a family foundation
in Dallas and a $250,000 pledge
announced Thursday by New York
Mayor Michael Bloomberg to match
future donations.
omy built to last, where everyone
gets a fair shot, everyone does their
fair share, and everyone plays by
the same set of rules.”
“Last week, I called on Congress to pass a bill that makes clear
that Members of Congress may not
engage in insider trading,” Obama
said. “No one should be able to
trade stocks based on nonpublic information gleaned on Capitol Hill.
“So I’m pleased the Senate
took bipartisan action to pass the
STOCK Act. I urge the House of
Representatives to pass this bill,
and I will sign it right away.”
The president also acknowledged that the public’s perception
of the government was waning,
and said that the bill’s passage was
“an important step to rebuild the
trust between Washington and the
American people.”
“There is much more work to be
done,” Obama said, “like prohibiting elected officials from owning
stocks in industries they impact,
and prohibiting people who bundle
campaign contributions for congress from lobbying congress, an
idea that has bipartisan support
outside of Washington.
“These are straightforward proposals that will help eliminate the
corrosive influence of money in
politics.”
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Editorial
■ An Upward Look
Keep yourselves in
the love of God
“Keep yourselves in the love of God, MAE
looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus STALLARD
Christ unto eternal life.” (Jude 1:21)
When apostasy arises, (when there
is a falling away of God’s truth) when
false teachers emerge, when the truth of
God is attacked, it is time to fight for the
faith. Only believers who are spiritually
“in shape” can answer the summons to
“Fight! Contend! Do battle!
At the beginning of his letter Jude focuses on the
believer’s common salvation, but then feels compelled
to challenge them to contend for the faith. The danger is real. False teachers have crept into the church
turning God’s grace into unbounded license to do what
they please.
Jude reminds such men of God’s past dealings with
unbelieving Israel, disobedient angels, and wicked Sodom and Gomorrah. In the face of such danger Christians should not be caught off guard. The challenge is
great, but so is the God who is able to keep them from
stumbling.
A surprisingly large number of Paul’s letters confront the problem of false teachers, and almost all of
them allude to it. But Jude goes beyond all other New
Testament epistles in its relentless and passionate denunciation of the false teachers who have “crept in unawares”.
We must realize that false teachers are at work in
our world today, and they sometimes cause havoc in
the churches by enticing new Christians to doubt their
experience with Christ. We must become more mature
in our own faith so that false teachers will not be able
to cast doubt in our minds and we will be able to rescue those who are already ensnared by error. We must
keep ourselves in God’s love as we wait for the mercy
of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring us to eternal life.
Poem
It is time to fight for our faith,
When false teachers enter our midst,
And attack the truth of God,
So their attack on our faith we must resist.
Do not be ensnared by their false teachings,
Stand up by what you believe,
And help that we need,
From our gracious Lord we will receive.
Prayer
Dear Father, we praise you that when we call on
you, the strength we need to win the battle is ours. In
Jesus’ holy name we pray. Amen.
Romney’s 1 percent
nation under God
Although Mitt AMY
cially against his curRomney has yet to GOODMAN rent main rival, Newt
win a majority in
Gingrich, is driven
a Republican priby massive cash inmary, he won big
fusions to a so-called
in Florida. After he
super PAC, the new
and the pro-Romney
breed of political acsuper PACs flooded
tion committee that
the airwaves with
can take unlimited
millions of dolfunds from individulars’ worth of ads in a state als and corporations. Super
where nearly half the hom- PACs are legally prohibited
eowners are under water, he from coordinating their actalked about who he wants tivities with a candidate’s
to represent. “We will hear campaign. Federal Election
from the Democrat Party Commission filings made
the plight of the poor, and public Jan. 31 reveal that the
there’s no question, it’s not principal super PAC supgood being poor,” he told porting Romney, “Restore
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien. Our Future,” raised close
“You could choose where to $18 million in the second
to focus, you could focus half of 2011, from just 199
on the rich, that’s not my donors. Among his supfocus. You could focus on porters are Alice Walton,
the very poor, that’s not my who, although listed in the
focus. My focus is on mid- report as a “rancher,” is betdle-income Americans.” ter known as an heir to the
Of the very rich, Romney Wal-Mart fortune, and the
assures us, “They’re doing famously caustic venture
just fine.” With an estimat- capitalist and billionaire
ed personal wealth of $250 Samuel Zell, the man credmillion, Romney should ited with driving the Triknow.
bune media company into
Romney’s campaign it- bankruptcy. William Koch,
self is well-financed, but the third of the famous
his success to date, espe- Koch brothers, also gave.

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Thugs still steal our children’s lives
Some years ago when I STANLEY
murders continued until they
was writing a novel, I was CROUCH
were broken down north and
struck by a passage in Plato’s
south, east and west.
“Republic.” The philosopher
Interestingly, neither the
tells the story of a god who is
Democrats nor the Republicondemned to suffer for his
cans see this as an important
crimes by devouring his own
issue of public health, justice,
children. In the unfinished
economics and social comprenovel, I thought that Hitler,
hension. Neither party actually
Stalin and Pol Pot were all
understands how important the
versions of that myth because chil- black and Latino street gangs are to
dren were hypnotized by the force the killing fields of lower-class comof these totalitarian men who de- munities all across this country.
voured them through misleading the
That is why Mayors Michael
innocent into committing loyal but Nutter of Philadelphia and Cory
coldly horrible acts.
Booker of Newark, N.J., are so imAs far as that misleading goes, portant at this time. Both black men,
I found it chilling when looking at both relentless in pursuit of safer
a Cambodian woman who said on streets, they realize that the pox on
C-SPAN that she had been totally the nonwhite communities are the
brainwashed in a frightening way. young men and women who have
To what extent? The woman said embraced the vision of street gangs,
that what she had been taught as a which means murder, drug dealing
pre-adolescent made her ready to and anarchic violence. By the way,
kill any person declared an enemy the thugs never represent even 10
of the state — relative, neighbor percent of the community, a decided
or stranger. She was, however, too minority within a minority.
young to be given a firearm, which
Said Nutter last week when rollwere passed out at 14. Her family ing out a nine-point plan to fight
got her out of the country before she crime in his troubled city: “I’ve got a
grew old enough to become a mur- message to every punk, every crimiderer for the regime.
nal, every person carrying an illegal
Those who seek to prevent the weapon in the city of Philadelphia
destruction of children have a hard — got a gun, go to jail.”
way to go in our country, especialIn nearby Newark, Booker has
ly if and when they confront the made amazing progress against
problems faced by so-called minor- violent crime — but it’s a fight he
ity children and their communities. must wage anew every year, because
Kids and adults exist as red meat the gangs and the guns aren’t going
for neighborhood criminals who are away.
our urban totalitarians: people ready
And the gory body count, from
to murder, rape, rob and kill when- babies to the elderly, lets us know
ever they can because they are much one thing for sure: These are not
more dangerous in our time than things that can be dismissed as “boys
white racism was at any of its high being boys” or “blowing off steam.”
tides, before the civil-rights move- Latino and black mothers deeply
ment led to legislation against big- hate this heartless violence, as do the
oted laws, or the idea that “boys will vast majority of those who try to live
just be boys,” or “they were only civilized lives in those communities.
blowing off steam.” These racist
But left-wing black academ-
ics and the supposed members of
the civil-rights leadership still do
not understand any of this, or they
would not submit to cliches about
the so-called prison-industrial complex, in which racism and profit
have supposedly become a variation
on the old slave plantation system.
How now brown cow?
This is an old con that goes back
to the Black Panther Party, which
had a program demanding that every
black person in prison be released
because, the story went, the prisoners had never gotten a fair trial.
While there were sincere Panthers,
most were bullying, inarticulate and
uneducated thugs and political gang
members, beginning with founder
Huey P. Newton. What a good number actually wanted was sexual access to the sort of black middle-class
women who had been taught by their
parents to avoid thugs, drugs and
knuckleheads, but, suffering from
guilt, gave into those “real men.”
Our lower-class communities
need to be liberated from oppression
by criminals and street gangs. When
those in positions of leadership learn
what Booker and Nutter know, only
then can gang and drug violence be
dramatically reduced. At that point,
our nation can begin preparing the
children in those communities to
help our country become as important internationally as General Motors became when it was saved from
economic oblivion.
GM’s jobs were saved, and the
company thrives, even though conservatives did not believe it was
possible. If we turn around these
oppressed communities, we would
shock the world with our level of
international competition. I’m sure
of that.
(Stanley Crouch can be reached
by email at crouch.stanley(at)gmail.
com.)
Sports
.com
Basketball rules you think you know but…
By PAMELA SCOTT
JOHNSON
Sports Editor
If something is repeated
over and over again throughout the years, it can become
the truth to us regardless of the
facts. And people repeating
these falsehoods as if they actually know it to be true only
strengthens the belief. We
even become guilty spreading
the information as facts without checking the reality of the
words speaking out of blind
faith on others words.
For example, recently before the Tug/Mingo basketball game held at Naugatuck a
question was raised how many
tickets would Tug Valley be
required to set aside for Miner
fans. Because this was not a
tournament game, the answer
was none
Actually, Tug Valley High
School could have sold every
ticket to Panther fans…every
single seat could have legally been filled with silver and
black.
The host school is under no
obligation, legal or otherwise,
to hold any tickets for the visitors. The tickets sold to opponents or held for opposing
fans are done so at the discretion and courtesy of the home
school.
And Tug Valley showed its
class by not stooping to keeping Miner fans out of the gym.
Their actions added to an awesome game atmosphere most
haven’t seen in many years.
It is different story during
post-season play. A certain
amount of tickets must be set
aside for each school involved
in the tournament.
This is just one example
of basketball rules misunderstood. There are several more.
Listed below are just a few…
* One huge misjudged rule
is over the back. People believe if a player is blocking
out and has position in front of
the opposing player, officials
must call over the back if both
go for the rebound. There is
actually no such thing. There
must be contact resulting in a
shove or push before a call can
be made.
In other words, if a player is
taller than the person in front
of him/her, it is very possible
that player can come away
with the rebound as long as he/
she doesn’t make contact with
the player in front. If contact is
made it is a shove or push foul
and not over the back.
But if a player is taught
to block out correctly by using their behind, it is almost
impossible for the opposing
player to not foul going for the
rebound regardless of height.
Standing straight up to grab a
board just won’t do it.
* Another call that can
bring boos from the stands is
the charging foul. Many think
a player’s feet must be planted
to take a charge…not so. The
defensive player does not have
to be stationary in order for
the charge to be called. He/she
only has to establish a legal
guarding position.
According to the National Federation of State High
School Associations, a “defender may turn away or duck
to absorb contact, provided
he or she has already established legal guarding position,
which is both feet on the playing court and facing the opponent. The defender can always
move backwards or sideways
to maintain a legal guarding
position and may even have
one or both feet off the play-
ing court when contact occurs.
That player may legally rise
vertically.”
It is whistled a blocking foul
if the defender is moving forward and makes contact with
the player they are guarding.
* Although many would argue otherwise, the backboard
has nothing to do with goaltending. This is contact with
the ball on its downward path,
above the level of the rim, with
the possibility to score. It is legal to pin the ball against the
backboard if it is on the way up
and not in the imaginary cylinder above the basket.
Slapping the backboard isn’t
goaltending or basket interference either. However, this action can result in a technical
foul if the board is slapped so
hard it garnishes attention by
the official. Otherwise, the refs
usually let it go if the player
is attempting to block a shot
or accidentally slaps the backboard.
* Fans often yell at officials
if the ball-handler dribbles the
ball above their waist. Many
think when a ball is dribbled
this high it is a turnover. But
there is actually no restriction
as to how high the ball can
bounce.
Carrying the ball should be
called when the B-ball comes
to rest in the player’s hand (the
hand is underneath the ball) and
the player continues to travel or
dribble instead of stopping.
It isn’t walking or traveling
while the player maintains his/
her dribble including when the
ball bounces high as long as the
hand is not cradling the rock.
* One of the most common
outcries from fans is the reaching foul.This term is not even
listed in the rule book and is
not in itself, a foul. If no con-
tact is made, a defender merely
reaching is legal. If the defender makes contact, the foul
called is holding or illegal use
of the hands and not reaching.
These are just a few of the
common misunderstood rules
of basketball. There are many
more and officials are not required to explain any judgement calls. However, some do
if respectfully approached by
the head coach. Refs have been
instructed to call a technical for
foul language, unsportsmanlike conduct or excessive complaints.
This isn’t to say that officials never make a bad call.
They are human and mistakes
will be made. It is a good policy for players and coaches to
treat the refs with appreciation.
Say “yes sir” or “no sir” when
asked a question. Say “thank
you, sir” when handed the ball
on the freethrow line or out of
bounds. Pick up a loose ball
and take it to the ref - don’t just
toss it over.
This may seem like brownnosing and maybe it is but always remember, officials are
human and there are times
when a judgement call may
come down on your side because of the politeness you
have shown during the game.
The ref won’t make the call
because they are thinking about
the kindness displayed…but it
just might come down on your
side because the polite acts
have registered in the official’s
consciousness. And in the heat
of the moment, when there isn’t
time to think but just react, that
can go a long way.
Logan Wildcats sweep Mingo Central Lady Miners
By PAMELA SCOTT JOHNSON
Sports Editor
LOGAN — The Mingo Central Lady Miners dropped
its third straight game on Feb. 1 as the Logan Wildcats
swept the series winning this contest 48-40.
The Wildcats defeated Central earlier in the season 5950 on Mingo’s home floor.
The Miners had two players hit double figures with
Danielle Butcher leading the way with 18 points and
Danielle Browning following with 10.
The Cats were led by Shayna Gore’s 18 points with
Hannah Tothe and Rachelle Toppings adding 12 each.
Mingo fell to 7-11 with the loss having given up 8 of
their last 10 games including a 47-43 loss to in-county
rival Tug Valley on Jan. 26.
Central’s last win was on Jan. 19 when they beat the
Pirates at Belfry High School 53-45.
Logan improved to 7-12 on the year. The Lady Cats
travel to Cabell Midland on Feb. 9 and to South Charleston on Feb. 11 before closing out the regular season on
Feb. 13 at home against Capital.
Submitted Photo
The Miners hosted Mount View last night and will remain home against Westside Feb. 8 and on Feb. 9 against Danielle Butcher, Danielle Browning and Brianna New trap a Logan player during the 48-40 loss
Pike County Central. MCC will close out its regular sea- at Logan’s Willie Akers Arena on Feb. 1 The Wildcats swept the series this year having defeated
son on Feb. 13 on the road against Mount View.
the Miners 59-50 on Jan. 5. The Lady Miners fell to 7-11 on the season.
Man High School student-athlete nominated
Soccer
for 2012 McDonald’s All American®
Registration
Special to the Daily News
Man - McDonald’s® has announced
the list of players nominated for the
2012 McDonald’s All American®
Games. Of the 600 nominees selected
by high school coaches, athletic directors, principals and members of the
McDonald’s All American Games Selection Committee, one player hails
from Man High School – Jordan Simpson. He is one of only four nominees
from West Virginia.
Simpson will be honored for this
achievement prior to a home basketball
game at Man High School, Tuesday,
February 7. The presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m. Simpson will receive
his official McDonald’s All-American
Nominee certificate from local McDonald’s Owner/Operators Bob and
Chris Connolly.
“With only four nominees in the
state of West Virginia this year, Jordan is among an elite group of basketball players to receive this honor. The
fact he comes from a small school in
a small town shows that his athletic
talent stands out even outside of our
community, and we are proud to recognize his accomplishments while he’s
among family, friends and his team,”
said Chris Connolly, local McDonald’s
Owner/Operator. “The McDonald’s All
American Games presents the opportunity to preview the country’s up and
coming basketball talent, and we’re
excited to have Man, W.Va. represented by this young man.”
The other nominees from West Virginia for the boys team are Elijah Macon and Negus Webster-Chan, both of
Huntington Prep. The only nominee
from West Virginia for the girls team
is Candace Brown of Summers County
High School. Recognition ceremonies
for these student-athletes have not
been set.
The complete list of 2012 McDonald’s All American Games nominees
is available at www.mcdaag.com. The
final roster of 24 boys and 24 girls selected to play in the 2012 Games will
be announced during the McDonald’s
All American Games Selection Show
on ESPNU, airing February 9 at 5 p.m.
The 35th annual Boys Game will
tip-off on Wednesday, March 28 at
8:30 p.m. CT from Chicago’s United
Center and will be broadcast on ESPN.
Immediately preceding the Boys Game
will be the 11th annual McDonald’s All
American Girls Game which tips-off at
6 p.m. CT and will broadcast live on
ESPNU. Information regarding tickets
for the 2012 McDonald’s All American
Games is available at Ticketmaster.
Proceeds from the Games will benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC®) of Chicagoland and
Northwest Indiana (RMHC-CNI). To
date, millions of dollars have been
donated to RMHC Chapters from proceeds generated by McDonald’s All
American Games.
Belfry Area Youth Soccer will
be holding fall soccer registration on Feb. 11 from 1-4 p.m. at
the Southside Mall. Boys and girls
from Kentucky and West Virginia
ages 4-19, as of July 31, 2011,
are eligible to play. New players
must bring copies of their birth
certificate and social security card
to registration. Spring soccer fees
are $35. For more information,
please call Sherri Mendoza at
606-257-5689.
Obituaries
Anna Blackburn
Anna Mae Blackburn,
81, of Turkey Creek, Ky.,
passed away Tuesday
January 31, 2012, at Cabell Huntington Hospital.
She was born April
23, 1930, at Borderland,
to the late Everette and
Rosa Preece Kazee.
She is also preceded
in death by her husband,
Willie Blackburn; daughter, Linda Lee; granddaughter, Kimberly Lee;
and two brothers, Leroy
Kazee and Kenneth Kazee.
She was a homemaker
and a member of the Turkey Creek Old Regular
Baptist Church.
She is survived by two
daughters, Diana Gail Deskins of Auxier, Ky., and
Louella (Larry) Booth
of Huntington; one son,
Dennis (Ella) Blackburn
of Turkey Creek, Ky.;
two sisters, Lena Gay
Kitchen of Flatwoods,
Ky., and Ellen Lowe
of Turkey Creek; nine
grandchildren, Beverly
(Doug) Hatfield, Kerri
(Chuck) Henlsey, John
(Jesyka) Wagoner, Anglea (Chris) Conley, A.
J. (Braley) Booth, Kayla
Booth, Leigh Ann Blackburn, Amber Blackburn
and Mary (Greg) Snodgrass; 12 great-grandchilren and a host of loving
family and friends.
Funeral services will
be conducted at 1 p.m.
Sunday February 5, at the
Turkey Creek Old Regular Baptist Church with
Old Regular Baptist Ministers officiating. Burial
will follow at Mountain
View Memory Gardens,
Huddy, Ky., with family and friends serving
as pallbearers. Visitation
will be after 6 p.m. Friday night at R. E. Rogers
Funeral Home and after 4
p.m. Saturday at the Turkey Creek Old Regular
Baptist Church with special services both nights
at 7 p.m.
R. E. Rogers Funeral
Home of Belfry, Ky., is in
charge of arrangements.
Online condolences at rerogersfuneralhome.com
Gladys McCoy, 82, of
South Williamson, Ky.,
passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2012,
at the Pikeville Medical
Center.
Born August 21, 1929,
in Inez, Ky., she was the
daughter of the late Mose
Stepp and Darcus Hensley Stepp.
In addition to her parents, Gladys is preceded
in death by her husband,
John H. McCoy; a beloved daughter, Doris
Childers; her loving
daughter-in-law, Susan
McCoy; three brothers,
Bill and Delbert Kazee
and Roy Stepp; and a sister, Lavina Hobbs.
A woman of deep
faith and quiet strength,
Gladys was a loving,
caring and very devoted
mother and grandmother.
Her family was the great
joy of her life. She was
proud of her children,
her grandchildren and her
great-grandchildren. She
glowed when she spoke
of her family.
Gladys was blessed
with the admirable gifts
of hospitality and generosity. She was an outstanding cook and always
quick to share her wonderful dishes with friends
and neighbors. She was
an avid gardener, spending countless hours nurturing her flowers and
vegetables.
Gladys was widely
known throughout the
Tug Valley as an exceptional and award winning
vegetable and flower
gardener. She was the recipient of several floral
awards earned at the annual Wildwood Garden
Club Flower Show. She
had also won numerous
awards over the years for
her canned garden foods
and quilt entries at the annual King Coal Festival
Gladys was a member
of the Big Elk United
Baptist Church, the Williamson Wildwood Garden Club and Women of
the Moose.
Gladys is survived by
a son, Grover McCoy of
Hardy, Ky.; three daughters, Virginia McCoy
and her husband, Arthur
Pokopac of Uniontown,
Ohio, Phyllis Bannister
and her husband Buck
Bannister of Spartanburg,
S.C., and Brenda Kaye
Felix and her husband,
Bobby Felix of Rincon,
Ga.; three brothers, Grover Stepp, of Oceana,
James and Joe Stepp,
both of Shelby, Ohio;
one sister, Janet Keller,
of Shelby; grandchildren,
Chuck (Teresa) Childers,
costs, first by cutting out
overtime, then by eliminating paramedic services at night.
“We’re not the only
ones,” Simpkins said.
“Doctors, clinics and
other ambulance services throughout the state
are facing the same situation. Some places won’t
even take Medicaid patients anymore.”
Simpkins said West
Virginia Medicaid says
the delay in payment is
due to technical difficulties.
Gladys McCoy
Jumps
Service
Simpkins said the
company is currently
$75,000 to $100,000 behind in payments from
Medicaid. He said Stafford has been cutting
Rough
“The men’s lightweight
class is loaded with talent, including two returning champions, 2011 winner Channing
Preece from Kermit and 2010
champ Chase Kennedy from
Simon,” stated Smith. “Also
in this class we have three
returning runner-ups, Gerald Epling III of Hardy, Ky.,
Travis Barbour of Hanover
and ‘D’Bo’ Deboris Wright of
Williamson.
“Local middleweight superstar Michael Whitt is sure
to have the fans on the edge
of their seat, making a comeback after several years out of
the ring.”
Smith stated that he was
saddened to hear of the re-
Proclamation
Community and Technical College, the Williamson Public Library
and the West Virginia
Humanities Council.
They include a series
of programs honoring
the legacy of Black/African-American women
in American culture and
history. These events
will be held each Monday of this month at the
Kiwanis
cent passing of Whitt’s father,
Mingo County Redevelopment Authority Director Mike
Whitt, and wished the fighter
good luck in the competition.
Smith remarked that the
heavyweight division is going
to be explosive, with the return of last year’s champ John
Paul Morrison of Holden, and
runner-up Micah Mahon of
McCarr, Ky.
Mahon is also well known
to the local area as a former
Belfry High all-star football
player.
“Mahon promises to win it
all this weekend” said Smith,
“But he will have to contend
with the 2012 Charleston
heavyweight champ Cameron
Ellis, of Gilbert, who is adamant that he will be the one
walking away with the Wil-
nized and rewarded for their
accomplishments.
“This is one of my favorite things to do with the Kiwanis,” stated Hambrick. “I
love seeing their faces light
Mark (Jennifer) Childers,
Kimberly (Joey) Scott,
Dustin Bannister, Jessica
(Jason) Moore, Craig
(Bobbie Jo) Felix, Heather (Tommy) Howes,
Jonathan (Amanda) Felix and Brent (Katie) Pokopac; great-grandchildren, Austin, Cameron
and Colton Childers, Josiah and Ella Pokopac;
Daisy and Levi Scott,
Madison Grace Moore,
Caitlyn, Devon, Mason
and Brinlee Felix, Sara,
Eli and Sydney Howes,
Austin Shoemaker, and
Seriah Ancil.
Gladys is also survived by many other loving family members and
dear friends.
The family will receive friends from 6
p.m. until 9 p.m. Friday
evening, February 3,
at Weaver Mortuary in
West Williamson. There
will be a special service
at 7:30 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted
at 11 a.m. on Saturday,
February 4, 2012, at the
mortuary. The Revs. Tim
McCoy, Eddie Hatfield,
Jerry McCoy and Eddie
Layne will assist with the
services. Interment will
follow the service at the
Mountain View Memory Gardens at Maher.
Buck Bannister, Austin
Childers, Dustin Bannister, Chuck Childers,
Mark Childers and Joey
Moore will serve as active pallbearers. Lacy
Muncy and Aurthur Pokopac are serving as honorary pallbearers.
Express online condolences at www.weavermortuaryinc.com. Weaver Mortuary of West
Williamson is serving the
McCoy family.
Conyers, Ga., formerly
of Matewan, went home
to be with her Lord on
December 23, 2011.
Born February 3, 1947,
she was the daughter of
the late Wade and Pauline
Mitchem of Matewan.
She is survived by her
husband Steve; daughters Sheila and Angela
who lived nearby; two
grandchildren,
Jordan
and Brian; her sisters,
Marian Hill of Tennessee, and Marilyn Norman
of Parkersburg;and her
brother, Darrell Mitchem
of Huddy, Ky.
Her love and devotion to her Lord, Church,
and Family made her an
inspiration to many, and
she will be sadly missed.
This obituary is a courtesy of Hatfield Funeral
Chapel of Toler, Ky.
She was a homemaker and a member of the
Church of Christ.
She is survived by her
husband, Roy G. Williamson of Canada; three
sons, Roy (Melissa)
Williamson of Canada,
Donald C. Williamson of
Belfry, Ky., and Jack David (Linda) Williamson
of Canada; one daughter, Breanna Nichole
Williamson of Canada;
two brothers, Clinton
(Ann) Reed of Canada,
and Larry David (Sandy)
Reed of Culpeper, Va.;
one sister, Janice Sessons of Raleigh, N.C.;
three grandchildren, Michelle Marie Williamson, Suzanne Katelynn
Williamson and Jack David Williamson II; one
great-grandchild, Braden
Allen John Williamson;
and a host of loving family and friends.
Funeral services will
be conducted at 11 a.m.
Saturday February 4,
at R. E. Rogers Funeral
Home with Mitchell
Bias officiating. Burial
will follow in the Family
Cemetery, Canada, with
family and friends serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held after
6 p.m. Friday, February
3, at the Funeral Home
Chapel.
R. E. Rogers Funeral
Home of Belfry is in
charge of arrangements.
Online condolences at
www.rerogersfuneralhome.com.
Myrtle Williamson
Janice
Carol
(Mitchem) Mayo, 64, of
Myrtle Joyce Williamson, 61, of Canada,
Ky., passed away Tuesday February 2, 2012, at
Pikeville Medical Center.
She was born October
4, 1950, at Williamson,
to the late Carl and Sadie
Marie Justice Reed.
She was also preceded
in death by one son, John
Randall Williamson; one
grandson, Matthew Randall Williamson; and one
brother, Jack Reed.
Kenny McCoy of
Toler, Ky., passed away
Thursday, February 2,
2012, at his home.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Hatfield
Funeral Chapel of Toler.
“They say its a computer glitch, well, there’s
somebody there that can
fix a computer glitch,” he
said.
MCC is responsible
for providing ambulance
services to the citizens
of the county, and has
agreed to help a local ambulance company with
expenses until Medicaid
reimburses the company.
Stafford EMS fuel
costs average $14,000 to
$16,000 per month, and
the MCC agreed to give
the company $14,000
with the agreement Stafford will pay the county
back with 60 days of
receiving payment from
Medicaid.
Commissioners also
agreed to write to legislators to bring attention
to the problem.
Janice Mayo
liamson jacket this year.”
The Rough N’ Rowdy
Brawl is a two-day, single
elimination
boxing
contest featuring local men and
women with none, or limited
ring experience. Each fight
consists of three one-minute
rounds and a one-minute rest
between the rounds. Smith invites bar-room brawlers and
street fighters to enter and
match their skills against the
competition. The event will
be sanctioned and supervised
by the West Virginia Athletic
Commission.
Thousands in cash, plus
title jackets and trophies will
be up for grabs. The champion in each division wins a
jacket, trophy and $1,000.
The runner-ups will receive
a trophy and $250. The men
library, beginning at 5
p.m.
On Feb. 19, the annual
Black
History
Month/Candlelight Vigil
program will be held at
the Logan Street First
Baptist Church in Wil-
up when we call their names,
and it gives the others something to strive for.”
Winners for the month of
December 2011 were: Damian Hensley, Cayden Turner,
Riley Jude, Peyton Massie,
Bradley Maynard, Hailey
Smith, Sydney Stafford,
will fight in lightweight (140159 lbs.), middleweight (160184 lbs.) and heavyweight
(185-400 lbs.)
Females will fight in the
lightweight class (140-159
lbs.) The women’s prize
money is subject to change,
depending on the number of
entries.
Another popular event with
the males in the crowd is the
ring girl bikini contest. The
grand champion will take
home a $1,000 prize, and two
runner-ups will be awarded
$250 each. The winners are
chosen based on the crowd’s
applause.
All fighters are asked to be
at the field house no later than
5 p.m. both nights to complete
their registration, weigh-ins
and pre-fight physicals. The
liamson at 3 p.m. Guest
speakers will include
West Virginia First Lady
and President of Southern West Virginia Community and Technical
College, Joann Tomblin,
and Carl Lee, former
Meghan Ball, Kelsey Maynard, Graci McCoy, Mya Vernatter, Lana Thacker, Madison Hoffman, Sonny Gooslin,
Javi Williams and Isabella
Ball.
Those honored in the
month of January were:
Kaylee Brock, Jamison Ho-
fighters must also produce a
valid I.D. for proof of age.
Those competing must be between the ages of 18 and 39.
Tickets are on sale now
at the Williamson Gun and
Archery on Second Avenue
and at the Delbarton Exxon
One-Stop. Tickets may also
be purchased online at www.
boxingcontest.com, or bought
at the gate each night, beginning at 5 p.m.
Adult general admission
is $15 for adults and $10 for
children 12 and under. Reserved ringside seats are $20.
A complete list of all fighters registered thus far can be
viewed on the website listed
above, along with photos of
the ring girl contestants.
football coach for West
Virginia University and a
member of the Marshall
University Hall of Fame.
For more information on any of the above
listed events, you may
contact Willene Moore,
sley, Tristan Queen, Katelyn Smith, Jaelyn Marcum,
Malahki Gray, Makena Griffin, Sarah Deaton, Jasper McCoy, Kelly Taylor, Alahna
Jessie, Will Coleman, Madyson Hensley and Riley Harmon.
Hambrick was joined by
Kenny McCoy
Program Chairman for
the Williamson Branch
of the NAACP, at 304235-3268, or Ron Lemon, Vice-President for
Development at the
SWVCTC at 304-8967425.
Riverside Principal Paula
Brown during the presentation, who congratulated the
students and encouraged
them to do their best. Brown
reminded them if they try
hard; they could very well
be chose as a Terrific Kid in
February.
Entertainment
Breakup is
ruining her life
Dear Dr. BrothDear Dr. Broth- DR. JOYCE
ers: Six months BROTHERS ers: After a marriage of 26 years,
ago, my boyfriend
my husband and I
dumped me and
are going our sepagot together with
rate ways. It’s been
another
woman.
a smooth process so
I’ve had breakups
far, but I am dreadbefore, but this one
ing the actual dividis different. I can’t
ing up of the house.
seem to stop going
over things in my mind Our kids are long gone,
and wondering what I but there are so many
could have done differ- memories that I am afraid
ently so that I wouldn’t we both may want the
have lost him. My friends same things. Neither of
are telling me it is time to us likes confrontation, but
move on, but I am stuck. I we both have strong feelam constantly thinking of ings about everything,
him and our relationship. from wedding presents
Is this normal? Is there to our kids’ artwork from
anything I can do to try to kindergarten. Can you
let go of the past? — L.T. help me make this easier?
Dear L.T.: It’s hard to — S.R.
Dear S.R.: Divorce
know in advance which
breakup will be taken rarely is accomplished
in stride and which one without some discomfort,
will set you back. Unfor- heartbreak and regret. So
tunately, a bad breakup far, you and your husband
can lead to a reluctance have dodged the proveron your part to trust and bial bullet, and when you
fall in love again, and start dividing up the bethat would be a shame. longings that have meant
So it would be a good so much to you throughidea to try to gain some out the years, it may be
control of your emotions the first time the reality
as you put your life back of divorce is going to hit
together. Try talking to a you. So you both will
counselor, and feel free need to come to grips
to reject your friends’ with the fact that you will
timetable about when you suffer, and agree to make
should be “over it.” Ev- it as easy on both of you
eryone mourns the death as possible. I do think
of a relationship differ- there are ways to do that
ently, but it must be at if you both are motivatyour own speed — when ed to be reasonable and
you are able to absorb the open to compromise. One
loss and move on, it will way would be for each of
be on your own terms and you to make lists of everything you absolutely
schedule.
That is not to say you want, don’t care one way
should sit around obsess- or another, and will take
ing about what might straight to Goodwill.
have been or what you Then compare the lists,
could have done differ- and you’ll be able to pinently. You are ruminating, point the problem items.
Some couples go
and it’s sort of the opposite of worrying, which around the house together
focuses on the future. Ru- and take turns picking an
minating focuses on the item, one at a time. You
past, and unless you can could do that, or use the
take a life lesson from “taking turns” method to
it and apply it as you go resolve the problem items
forward, it probably is not on your list, if that is the
very helpful. So, focusing route you’ve chosen. You
on the present — perhaps even could agree to swap
with some mindful medi- certain things once a year.
tation — would be of There are so many ways
benefit to you. It also will to work this out — the
be helpful to start dating main ingredient is the
again, even if you don’t motivation to cooperate
exactly feel like it. There and be as considerate as
is nothing like a new ro- possible of each other’s
mance to take your mind feelings. I think you’re
off to an excellent start.
off the old one.
***
‘Jersey Shore’ cast
not angry with NJ
city’s snub
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — The women of MTV’s
“Jersey Shore” say they’re not angry that Hoboken officials won’t allow a spinoff of the reality show to be
filmed in the city of Frank Sinatra’s birth.
But Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and Jenni “JWoww”
Farley tell The Associated Press the city would have
benefited from the proposed show. They say officials
likely based their decision on “stereotypes” about the
show and its cast.
“The thing is we don’t go to a town to damage it. …
We go to a town to help it out,” Farley said Wednesday.
“We wanted to help out Hoboken, we wanted to give
them more revenue, we wanted to give (to) their stores.”
Mayor Dawn Zimmer says the local Film Commission’s decision was based on safety and quality of life
concerns for residents of the city along the Hudson
River. Hoboken officials say 495 Productions was seeking a 24-hour filming permit to follow two “well-known
reality television celebrities” who would live in the city.
The production company, which has filmed “Jersey
Shore” in Seaside Heights, Miami and Italy, can appeal
the decision to the city council.
Farley and Polizzi questioned Zimmer’s role in the
film commission’s decision and said she eventually
would “regret” not having the spinoff filmed in her town.
“I wish she would have met us first and maybe talked
about what the show was gonna be about before just
being like ‘You’re not allowed in Hoboken.’ I think
that’s really rude, to be honest,” Polizzi said. “She was
24 once, she’s from Jersey, she was at the shore and she
was doing the same exact thing we’re doing. She just
wasn’t taped.”
Madonna channels Victor Cruz with dance
NEKESA MUMBI MOODY
AP Music Writer
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Madonna won’t explicitly say who
she’s rooting for, but her spot-on
salsa dance in honor of the New
York Giants Victor Cruz may have
revealed where her allegiance lies.
At a news conference Thursday to promote her halftime Super
Bowl performance, she was asked
what she thought of the wide receiver’s touchdown celebration
dance and if she had any criticisms
of his moves.
“I have no criticism … actually,
he’s inspired me. I’ve been practicing,” said Madonna, who lives in
New York, before busting a move
in front of the few hundred media
members in attendance.
“Do you think he’d approve?”
she asked after her brief performance. Madonna also leaned toward the Giants when pressed on
which quarterback she’d rather
have dinner with, the New England
Patriots’ Tom Brady or the Giants’
Eli Manning. While she protested
the question was unfair, she allowed: “I’d have to say Eli because
he lives in New York and I don’t
want him to waste gas. “
Madonna’s salsa dance was her
only performance of the day; she
declined to follow the footsteps of
other halftime acts who have given
a tease of their performance with a
mini concert.
Madonna gave few details
about Sunday’s show, which is be-
ing “imagined” Cirque du Soleil
and may feature white-hot rapper
Nicki Minaj, who is featured on
Madonna’s new single “Give Me
All Your Luvin’.” (She promoted
her song by announcing it would
be available on iTunes Friday, and
for those who may not have known
her film “W.E.” opens this week,
a press kit was placed on seats for
reporters).
“”I really don’t want to blow
the surprises,” said Madonna, who
only promised to sing three old
songs and one new one. “I want
people to be knocked off their
feet.’”
The 53-year-old music icon is
perhaps the most edgy Super Bowl
performer since 2004, the halftime
show that will live in infamy, as
Justin Timberlake revealed Janet Jackson’s bare breast during a
“wardrobe malfunction.” Madonna, who is as defined by sometimes
racy antics as her music, once again
promised no flesh would be seen
during her set, and when asked if
she was going to be “pushing the
envelope,” she said: “The envelope
I am pushing is for a spectacular
show which will, I think, entertain
all age groups and will be a feast
for the eyes and ears.”
Madonna fielded several questions from reporters, some softball,
some staid, and a couple bizarre.
One person asked if she could confirm that her former companion and
rumored boyfriend Alex Rodriguez
had a painting in his house featur-
ing himself as a half-man centaur.
“If he does, I haven’t seen it but
I’m pretty sure he has a rather large
painting of me,” she said.
Someone else asked Madonna, who admitted that she rarely
watches TV let alone games, about
the ankle injury to New England
Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski,
and whether she’d be able to perform with such an ailment.
“Well, a lot of people would
say I’m a bit of a masochist,” said
Madonna, who said ibuprofen and
tape would have her ready to go.
The superstar said she stared
rehearsals for the halftime show
in December. She also said preparing for her set, which will likely be
around 10 minutes, was the most
arduous time of her long career,
and perhaps made her the most
nervous. While Madonna, who has
lived in Britain, sometimes affects
a British accent, she stressed her
Midwestern roots and expressed
her love for Indianapolis as well.
“This is a Midwestern girl’s
dream to perform at the Super
Bowl,” she said. She added that
she’d dedicate her performance to
her father.
“I was raised in the Midwest
and he is the personification of
Midwestern values,” she said. “He
gave me the work ethic I have so if
I am a hard working girl that never
stops it is because of him. I am sure
of all of the things I have ever done
in my life this will be the thing he
is most excited about. “
Indy gets dose of star power with Super Bowl
NEKESA MUMBI
MOODY
AP Music Writer
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)
— Indiana — the place
where Peyton Manning,
Larry Bird, the Hoosiers
and more have created the
stuff of legend — is undoubtedly a sports mecca.
A celeb magnet however? Not so much.
But that will change
over the next few days as
Madonna and an assortment of stars from film,
music and TV arrive for
four compact days of entertainment and partying
tied to the Super Bowl.
“It doesn’t even matter
what state or what city it’s
going to be in, people are
going to come and they’re
going to party and they
will enjoy the game,” said
rapper-turned-celeb-DJ
D-Nice, who is spinning
at the ESPN Next party
hosted by Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam
Newton and featuring a
performance by chart-topping rapper Drake.
Alec Baldwin is hosting the “NFL Honors,”
which will features celebs
like Lenny Kravitz; Snoop
Dogg, Nas and J. Cole are
expected to perform separately at various parties;
Steven Tyler and Carrie
Underwood are performing for “CMT Crossroads” on Super Bowl
eve; and “Late Night With
Jimmy Fallon” is planning a broadcast after the
Super Bowl with scheduled guests to include
Taylor Lautner, Tracy
Morgan, Tim Tebow and
Maroon 5’s Adam Levine.
Playboy is having its annual Super Bowl party,
as is Maxim, which has
a superhero theme. Both
promise curvaceous beauties and celebs.
It’s looking to be a
strong celeb turnout, dispelling some initial concerns that the choice of
Indianapolis might lead
to weaker participation
from stars than in previous years, when the Super
Bowl was held in sunny,
celebrity-friendly cities
like Miami and San Diego.
Tracy Kessler, an event
planner who has curated
the Maxim party for the
last seven years, says it
helps that the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens collapsed
in the final minutes of the
AFC and NFC Championship games, leaving the
Super Bowl to the New
England Patriots and the
New York Giants.
“When you’re in a big
town like Miami, you
know the celebrities are
coming no matter what.
When you’re in a town
like Indy you do worry
about that (turnout) until
the teams are in it, and we
could not have had two
better teams,” said Kessler, adding: “I breathed
a sigh of relief when we
saw who was going.”
Still, there are some
concerns.
Indianapolis
doesn’t have the club or
luxury hotel stock that
bigger cities have. But
Scott Keogh, chief marketing officer for Audi,
which hosts the A-list
“Audi Forum” Super
Bowl week, says Indianapolis is not an undesirable location for its temporary “oasis” for celebs
(Spike Lee, Neil Patrick
Harris, Kellan Lutz and
Mary J. Blige are among
the expected guests).
“I’ve read a lot of articles and I think people are
being a little hard on Indianapolis, because they’re
comparing it to much
larger and obviously more
celebrity-oriented
type
of towns like Miami and
places like that,” he said.
“In our minds, it doesn’t
change a thing. Whether
it’s Miami with the warm
weather or Arizona or
Indianapolis, we always
want to execute a smart
forum. … We still feel it’s
important to be there.”
Calendar
February 4
The Lyrick Talent Quest 12
will be held at the Mountaineer
Hotel at 31 East Second Ave. in
Williamson, from 6 p.m. to 11
p.m. on a first-come-first-serve
basis. Contact Lyrick Promotions, Ltd. at (304) 928-5085
or visit their website, www.lyrickpromotions.webstarts.com.
February 7
The Action In Mingo (AIM)
Group will meet at 4:30 p.m. at
Williamson City Hall to begin
planning for the 40th annual
King Coal Festival. All members are encouraged to attend
and new members are always
welcome. For more information, contact AIM President
Mae Stallard at (304) 2355560.
February 8
The King Coal Highway
I-73/74 Authority Board will
meet at 3:30 p.m. in Charleston at the Charleston Town
Center Marriott in the Cumberland Room for their regular
meeting. The Authority covers
both the King Coal and Tolsia
Highways.
February 9
The Williamson City Council will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. in the
council chambers of city hall.
The public is invited to attend.
February 11
Examinations for people
who to be granted a new or upgraded amateur radio “Ham”
license from the Federal Communications Commission will
be held at 9 a.m. at the Museum of Radio and Technology
in Huntington. A fee of $15
will be charged per test. For
more information, call (304)
522-1294.
February 13
The Mingo County Health
Department will be conducting
a food school at 1 p.m. at the
Brass Tree in Williamson. For
more information or to register, call (304) 235-3570.
February 17-19
ASEP Coaching class will
be conducted at Huntington
High School for those interested in coaching a secondary
school sport. Register at www.
wvssac.org.
February 18
TO: JACKIE ISSAC BAILEY
HC 70, Box 643
Lenore, WV 25676
6-29-80, DOB
Magistate Court Cast No.:
11-D-247
Family Court Civil Action No.:
11-DV-198
ORDER OF PUBLIACTION
(Protective Order/ Hearing
Date)
1. The object of this suit is to
obtain a protection from the
Respondent.
IN THE FAMILY COURT OF
BOONE COUNTY, WEST
VIRGINIA
TO: JACKIE ISSAC BAILEY
HC 70, Box 643
Lenore, WV 25676
6-29-80, DOB
The First Baptist Church
at Belfry, Ky., will be serving
lunch as a fundraiser to support the WMU missions group.
The cost is $6, tickets are
available at the door. To purchase in advance, contact Angie S. at (606) 353-0396. Menu
includes stuffed baked potato,
soup and more.
February 21-22
The Mingo Career Center will be holding GED testing for candidates who have
passed the Official Practice
Test. For more information,
contact John Webb at (304)
475-3347, ext. 13. To register
for Adult Basic Education to
take the Official Practice Test,
contact Mary Oliver at (304)
235-2022.
February 23
The Williamson City Council will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. in the
council chambers of city hall.
The public is invited to attend.
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IN THE FAMILY COURT OF
BOONE COUNTY, WEST
VIRGINIA
Legals
2. The objectf of this publication by Class I legal advertisement is to notify Respondent
of the PROTECTIVE ORDER
prohibiting the above-named
Respondent Legals
from having contact with certain indivduals.
This order may affect property
and other rights of the Respondent. Violating this order
may subject the Respondent
to criminal sanctions. The Respondent is strongly encouraged to obtain a copy of this
Protective Order and Petiton
from the Circuit Clerk of the
County listed above.
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT:
If appearing by evidence duly
taken in this action that you
could not be found in or that
you have left the State of West
Virginia, you are hereby notified of the ORDER refernced
above, a copy of the Petition
and Order may be obtained at
the Boone County, Circuit
Clerk's Office. This PROTECTIVE ORDER will remain in effect until February 8, 2012.
A final Hearing is scheduled
for the 8th of February, 2012,
at 11:00 a.m., before the
Boone County Family Court.
Issued this the 27th day of
January, 2012 at 10:54 a.m.
Circuit Clerk
2:3
Sealed bids for materials for
the JULIUS HALL Waterline
Extension will be received by
the Mingo County PSD, #1
Riverside Drive PO Box 98
Naugatuck, WV 25685 - until
10:00 a.m. (lpt) on February
14, 2012, and then at said office publicly opened and read
aloud. Quantities are estimates only and more or less
items may be actually purchased.
Quanity:
(10000) Feet of
6"x20'
CL-200 SDR-21 R/T PVC
PIPE
(2000) Feet of 2"x20' CL-250
SDR-17 R/T PVC PIPE
(6)
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GATE VALVE, OPEN LEFT,
less MJ ACCESSORIES
Magistate Court Cast No.:
11-D-247
Family Court Civil Action No.:
11-DV-198
(12) 6" TRANS MJ VALVE
ACCESSORY PACK with MJ
GLAND, TRANSITION GASKET, and ANTI-ROTATION
BOLTS with NUTS
ORDER OF PUBLIACTION
(Protective Order/ Hearing
Date)
( 12 ) 2"x lOOO' DETECTABLE MARKING TAPE BLUE
WATER
1. The object of this suit is to
obtain a protection from the
Respondent.
(20) #14 AWG THHN SOLID
COPPER WIRE in 500ft
ROLLS
2. The objectf of this publication by Class I legal advertisement is to notify Respondent
of the PROTECTIVE ORDER
prohibiting the above-named
Respondent from having contact with certain indivduals.
This order may affect property
and other rights of the Respondent. Violating this order
may subject the Respondent
to criminal sanctions. The Re-
(24) QUART CAN PIPE LUBRICANT
( 5000) 3/4"x500' CTS 200#
PE3408 ENDOPOLY HIGH
DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
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Quantities
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SDR-17 R/T PVC PIPE
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( 12 ) 2"x lOOO' DETECTABLE MARKING TAPE BLUE
(20)
#14 AWG THHN SOLID
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(20)
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(24)
QUART CAN PIPE LUROLLS
BRICANT
(24) QUART CAN PIPE LU(BRICANT
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PE3408 ENDOPOLY HIGH
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(DENSITY
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Legals
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(43)
GRAP-IP GRIPRING
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(43) 6" GRAP-IP GRIPRING
No
Bid may bePACK
withdrawn for a
ACCESSORY
period of ninety (90) days after
the Bid
timemay
of the
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No
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period of ninety (90) days after
The
Bidder
understands
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to
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the
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Bids.
Virginia
Code,
the OWNER
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serves
the extent allowed by the West
the
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Bids
in whole or or
in irregular.
part or
to reject a bid that is in any
For
information
contact
way further
incomplete
or irregular.
JB Heflin at 304-235-2244.
Robert
Adams/
Chairman
For
further
information
contact
2:3,10
JB Heflin at 304-235-2244.
Robert Adams/ Chairman
2:3,10
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NOTICE
OF March
SUBSTITUTE
will Baptist
Church
at 235-2022.
TRUSTEE'S SALE
6 p.m. There is no admission
May 26
IS HEREBY
GIVEN
charge andNOTICE
everyone
is
invited.
Williamson
High School All
that default having occurred in
March
20-21
the payment
of a certain inClasses Reunion Cruise Memodebtedness
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of Trust
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recorded
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in the Office of the Clerk of the
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Test. ForCommission,
more information,
Mingo County,
West
Virginia
in
Deed
of
Trust
contact John
Webb at (304) only available until Jan. 3,
Book No. 419 at Page 400,
2012. However, you can make
475-3347,which
ext. Deed
13. To
register
of Trust
authorizes
the
beneficiary
to
remove,
for Adult Basic Education to reservations at any time within
substitute or add a Trustee, at
take the Official
Test, 30 days of departure. For more
its option,Practice
and the beneficiary
info, please contact Jennifer
havingOliver
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contact Mary
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beneficial owner of said in-html.
Williamson,
from 6 p.m.
to 11 said
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of Trust, will offer for
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first-come-first-serve
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basis. Contact Lyrick Promo- will take all new unemploytions, Ltd.THURSDAY
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FEBRUARY, 16, 2012
or visit their
website,
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IN FRONT OF THE MINGO
between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
COUNTY
COURTHOUSE
April
24-25
WILLIAMSON, WEST VIR-Please arrive 30 minutes prior
The Mingo
GINIA Career Center will be holding GED test- to complete an application.
the following described real
ing for candidates
who
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improvements,
easements,
appurte-tenerate office in Williamson
passed the
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belonging:
DHHR office on Wednesdays
Test. Fornances
morethereunto
information,
contact John
(304)
All thatWebb
certain at
parcel
of land
from 8:30 to 5 p.m.
known as Tract No. 4 beginning at a stake in the creek a
corner to Tract No. 3; thence
N. 81º 32ʼ E. 126 ft, to stake in
the Creek; thence S. 71º 15ʼ E.
84 ft. to a stake in the creek, a
corner to Tract No. 5; thence
S. 70º 53ʼ E. 1822 ft to a stake
on the ridge; thence S 65º 13ʼ
W. 30 ft. to a stake; thence S.
75º 39ʼ W. 9336 ft. to a stake
on the ridge; thence S. 88º 53ʼ
W. 7983 ft. to a stake, corner
to Tract No. 3; thence N. 70º
53ʼ W. 1869 ft. to the beginning containing 8.64 acres.
Parcel ID: 31
The property having a common address of: RR 2 Box
395, Williamson, West Virginia
25661
However, by showing this address no additional coverage
is provided
Property is sold subject to
prior trusts, encumbrances, restrictions and easements of records, if any. The property is
sold subject to an accurate
survey at purchaser's expense.
Legals
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE
TRUSTEE'S SALE
NOTICE
SUBSTITUTE
NOTICE ISOFHEREBY
GIVEN
TRUSTEE'S
SALE occurred in
that default having
the payment of a certain inNOTICE IS HEREBY
debtedness
secured GIVEN
by a
that default
having
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in
Deed
of Trust
dated
July 13,
the
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of
a
certain
in2009, between Anna Joyce
debtedness
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by a
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Ball and David
Deed
of Trust
dated recorded
July 13,
L.
Thurston,
Trustee,
2009,
between
in the Office
of theAnna
Clerk Joyce
of the
Ball a/k/a JoyceMingo
Ball and
David
Commission,
County,
L. Thurston,
West
VirginiaTrustee,
in Deedrecorded
of Trust
in the Office
of the
the
Book
No. 419
at Clerk
Page of400,
Commission,
which
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Trust County,
authorWest
Virginia
in Deed
of Trust
izes the
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400,
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its
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of said Deed
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cas
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and Kesner
the underits
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in
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said Deed
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said
insigned
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debtedness
to enforce
said
having of
been
requested
by the
Deed
Trust,
will offer
for
beneficial
owner
of
said
sale at a public auction on indebtedness to enforce said
Deed
of Trust, will offer for
THURSDAY
sale
at a public
FEBRUARY,
16,auction
2012 on
AT 4:15 PM
THURSDAY
IN FRONT OF THE MINGO
FEBRUARY,
16, 2012
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
AT
4:15 PM
WILLIAMSON,
WEST VIRIN
FRONT OF THE MINGO
GINIA
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
WILLIAMSON,
WEST VIRthe following described
real
GINIA
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described
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nances
thereunto
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parcel
of land
nances
thereunto
belonging:
known as
Tract No.
4 beginning at a stake in the creek a
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parcel
land
corner
Tract
No. 3; of
thence
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The property having a comParcel
ID: 31 of: RR 2 Box
mon address
395, Williamson, West Virginia
The
25661property having a common
address
of: RRthis
2 Box
However,
by showing
ad395, Williamson,
West
Virginia
dress
no additional
coverage
25661
is provided
However, by showing this address
no additional
coverage
Property
is sold subject
to
is provided
prior
trusts, encumbrances, restrictions and easements of reProperty
sold property
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if any.is The
is
prior
encumbrances,
resold trusts,
subject
to an accurate
strictions
and
easements
of
resurvey at purchaser's excords, if any. The property is
pense.
sold subject to an accurate
survey at TAX
purchaser's
FEDERAL
LIEN: In exthe
pense.
event that there are Federal
Tax Liens against the property,
FEDERAL
TAX LIEN:
the
the United States
wouldInhave
event
thatto there
arethe
Federal
the right
redeem
propTax
the property,
erty Liens
withinagainst
a period
of 120
the
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the date
of have
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the
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or thetoperiod
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for
erty
within aunder
period
of law,
120
redemption
local
days
fromisthe
date of such
whichever
longer.
sale or the period allowable for
redemption
under local
law,
TERMS
OF SALE:
A deposit
FEDERAL TAX LIEN: In the
event that there are Federal
Legalsthe property,
Tax Liens against
the United States would have
the right to redeem the property within a period of 120
days from the date of such
sale or the period allowable for
redemption under local law,
whichever is longer.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit
of $13,000.00 by certified
check or cashier's check at
sale made payable to Mancini
& Associates, the balance in
cash or by certified check at
closing. Certified funds must
be presented to Trustee for inspection at start of sale in order to be qualified to bid. The
purchaser will be required to
complete settlement within 30
days of the date of the sale,
failing which the deposit made
will be forfeit and the property
resold at the risk and expense
of the purchaser. Conveyance
will be subject to all easements,
conveyances,
rights-of-way, conditions and
restrictions of record. The
property is sold in "as is" condition. The beneficial owner of
the Deed of Trust does not
make any representations or
warranties as to the physical
condition of the property. Any
and all legal procedural requirements to obtain physical
possession of the premises after the closing are the responsibility of the purchaser. Risk
of loss or damage will be purchasers from and after the
foreclosure sale. All taxes and
utility charges will be the responsibility of the purchaser.
All settlement fees, costs of
conveyance, examination of title, recording charges, and
transfer taxes are at the expense of the purchaser. Trustee makes no representations
regarding state of title. If the
Trustee cannot convey insurable or marketable title, purchaser's sole remedy is a return of deposit.
Pursuant to the Deed of Trustee, the Trustee may postpone
the sale by public announcement at the time and place
designated or by posting a notice of the same, and act by
agent in the execution of the
sale. The Trustee reserves the
right to continue sale of the
subject property from time to
time by oral proclamation,
which continuation shall be in
the sole discretion of the Trustee. The parties secured by
the Deed of Trust reserve the
right to purchase the property
at such sale.
ini, Esq.
sociates
Drive
Daniel J. MancMancini & As201A Fairview
Monaca, PA
15061
Phone (724) 728-1020
Fax (724) 728-4239
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The Stars Show the Kind of Day
You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive;
3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
HHHH Think before you speak, as
you could put your foot in your mouth
with ease. You might mean well, but
your subconscious becomes more
activated and will remain so. Make it a
habit to choose your words carefully.
Tonight: Join friends.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
HHH Juggle your finances with
care. You could find that what seems
clear to you is hogwash to another
person. Test ideas on others, as you
could be subject to odd thinking right
now, especially if you’re born at the
beginning of the sign. Tonight: Nap,
then decide.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
HHHH Someone seems to test
your temper more often than not. You
wonder when to say “that is enough.”
There is no time like the present to
initiate a change. Honor who you are.
Don’t accept people going past your
boundaries. Tonight: Be spontaneous.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
HHH Continue being low-key,
especially as your mind weighs the
pros and cons of a personal situation.
Ask for feedback only from people you
respect; otherwise, don’t dare. You
sense a different perspective and an
opening up coming. Tonight: You will
know what to do.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
HHHH You might need to rethink
your plans. A meeting results in common goals and support. You might be
rather taken aback by everything winding up as you had wished. Extremes
dominate. Tonight: Only what you want
to do!
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
HHHH It could be close to impossible to pursue any other course than
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the immediate one. You take the lead,
whether you are in charge or not. Be
aware that there could be a backlash that might not be too pleasant.
Keeping the appropriate image might
be very important. Tonight: To the wee
hours.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
HHHH You might want to evaluate what has been a problem once
more. You’ll easily find a solution and
realize how irrelevant the issue might
have been. By getting less caught up
in black-and-white thinking, your mind
opens up. Tonight: Take off ASAP.
Adventure lies ahead.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
HHHH Visualize a deeper partnership that allows greater give-and-take.
You could be set back by a conversation from a while ago. Why not try it
again? The results could be beneficial.
Remain optimistic that logic and good
will will prevail. Tonight: You are happiest with few people.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
HHHH You find that others insist
on being on center stage. Let them,
as you won’t be able to change their
minds. If you want to defer to someone
else, do. Your ability to read between
the lines helps you get along with
demanding people. Tonight: Don’t be
surprised if someone singles you out.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
HHHH You might believe you
have put in enough effort — you have.
Be more forthright and direct. You
think one thing, only to discover you
are wrong. Lighten up about what
is happening within your immediate
crowd. Be willing to forge a new trail.
Tonight: It gets better as the night gets
older.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
HHHH Your mind-set goes with
the day and the pending weekend.
Tame your expansive imagination and
allow yourself to penetrate a project or
situation in your daily life. You could
be surprised by how quickly you come
up with an answer. Tonight: Let it all
hang out.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
HHH Tension builds, encouraging
an even more positive outlook on the
weekend. You might need a walk or
a break to center yourself in the afternoon. You enter a new cycle where
your imagination and resourcefulness
are empowered. Let it happen; don’t
fight the inevitable. Tonight: Plans
could change.
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