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Landau does it, wins AGT
By CHAD ABSHIRE
Staff Writer
Car washer-turned-crooner,
Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.,
won “the biggest talent show in
the world” last night on the finals of NBC’s “America’s Got
Talent.”
After a two-hour show rid-
v
dled with guest appearances
and performances, AGT finally
decided to let everyone’s tension ease down and began to
reveal the finalists places.
Poplyfe captured fourth
place; Team iLuminate was
awarded third place; Silhouettes settled for second; and
West Virginia’s new favorite
son took home the first place
prize of $1 million.
After a near minute of
waiting after he tore the envelope containing the winner’s
name, host Nick Cannon let
the drama build and allowed
the people in the audience
keep yelling before belting
out Landau’s name, revealing
the Logan native as the winner.
After being told that his
performance of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” was a “million dollar performance”
Tuesday night by judge Piers
Morgan, Landau was looking
good to win it all.
His performance was made
official last night, indeed it was
worthy of $1 million. Landau
will be performing in Las Vegas
at Caesars Palace next month,
headlining his own show.
And really, what better place
for a crooner to have a show?
After all, Frankie did have a
box set of live performances
simply titled: Sinatra: Vegas.
Deputy wants
nothing but to serve
By JULIA ROBERTS GOAD
Staff Writer
Staff photos/TERRY L. MAY
Students, faculty and staff at Runyon Elementary School rallied around the flagpole Wednesday
as Principal Rosa Wolfe tells them it was the last day of classes at the school. The Pike County
Board of Education voted Monday to merge the school with Bevins Grade School at Sidney
because of extremely low enrollment at Runyon.
Runyon principal says goodbye to students
By TERRY L. MAY
Associate Editor
PINSONFORK, Ky. — It was
a day filled with emotions as the
grade school in this small community closed its doors to students ending it 46-year academic history.
In a simple, moving ceremony, Runyon Elementary School
Principal, Rosa Wolfe, called her
students to an assembly in the
school parking lot, telling them
over the school’s intercom system to rally around the flagpole,
“It is so good to see all your
smiling faces today,” she began.
“This a sad occasion — this is
your last day here at Runyon.
But, this doesn’t mean I am giving you up. It doesn’t mean your
teachers are giving you up. We
will always be here for you.”
As she told the students the
official news that they will all be
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A deputy for the Mingo County Sheriff’s Department says he wanted nothing more than to do his job
when he began legal action against Sheriff Lonnie
Hannah.
Deputy Max Mounts was trained at the expense
of the Mingo County Commission, and worked as a
deputy for the MCSD for over a year when he submitted his resignation to Sheriff Lonnie Hannah last
November. Within 24 hours, Mounts reconsidered
the decision to quit the Sheriff’s Department, told
Sheriff Hannah he wanted to withdraw his resignation.
However, the sheriff refused to allow Mounts to
withdraw his resignation.
Mounts appealed the Sheriff’s decision to the
Mingo County Civil Service Commission for Deputy Sheriffs. The Commission told Mounts they
“don’t have the authority to hire. We can’t hire anybody. We create a roster and the Sheriff is mandated
to hire from that roster.”
Mounts then appealed that ruling to West Virginia Circuit Court, where, in June of this year, Judge
Robert Chafing ruled that the Civil Service Commission did indeed have the authority to appoint
Deputy Mounts for reinstatement, and that the Civil
Service Commission should have done so.
According West Virginia code, an officer is eligible for reinstatement as long as served as a deputy
■ Turn to SERVE/6
Health department
begins flu shots
By JULIA ROBERTS GOAD
Staff Writer
This week the Mingo County Health Department
has begun administering flu shots.
Cathy Headen, Administrator at the Health Department, said more than 50 people had taken advantage of
the immunizations by noon Wednesday.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, each
year thousands of people die from influenza. Certain groups of people are at high risk to suffer from
its symptoms. Those groups include young children,
people over the age of 65, and those with pre-existing
health problems such as heart, lung or kidney disease
or a weakened immune system.
The “flu season” occurs from October through May,
while in reason years, most infections have been recorded in January and February.
Adults and older children require only one dose of
vaccine per year, while children younger than nine
may need two doses.
It is recommended that all persons over the age of
six months be immunized. However, certain conditions may indicate someone is not a candidate for a flu
shot. People who have severe allergies or an allergy
to eggs and those who have had Guillain-Barre Syndrome should talk to their doctor before getting immunized.
The Mingo County Health Department will be administering flu shots on Tuesdays and Friday, from
8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. as long as the supply of vaccine lasts. Clinics during other hours may be added,
Headen said. There is no charge for the service.
The Health Department is located on the second
floor of the Memorial Building on Logan Street in Williamson. For more information, call (304) 235-3570.
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Community Calendar
2 ■ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
September 15
The GFWC WV Williamson Woman’s Club
will hold its regular
meeting at the Starlight
Restaurant (formerly the
Brass Three) at 5:30 p.m.
Call Ann Lipps, president, at (304) 235-5012
with any questions.
Stone Heritage will
hold its regular Social
Meeting at 6:30 p.m. in
the historic Red Robin
Building.
John Michael Johnson
with the State Transportation Department will be
the speaker. Everyone is
welcome to attend.
The Gold Refinery
will be at The Starlight
Restaurant, formerly The
Brass Tree from 6 p.m.
until 8 p.m. paying cash
for gold, silver and platinum jewelry. Call (304)
235-1225 if you need directions.
The Tug Valley Shrine
Club will meet at 6:30
p.m. All members are encouraged to attend.
The Mingo County
Redevelopment Authority monthly board meeting
will be held at 3:30 p.m.
at the Authority’s office
on 1100 East Fourth Ave.,
Williamson, WV.
September 16-17
The Williamson High
School Athletic Hall of
Fame Induction will be
held at the Mountaineer
Hotel. On Friday at 6:30
p.m. “Meet the Pack”
night will be held in place
of the tailgate party. On
Saturday, the induction
ceremony will begin at 1
p.m. and the social hour
at noon.
September 17-18, 25
ASEP coaching class
will be at Huntington
High School for those
interested in coaching a
secondary school sport.
Register at www.wvssac.
org
September 17
The Williamson Farmers Market will be from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Third
Avenue at the old freight
depot in Williamson during the King Coal Festival.
Lyrick
Promotions,
Ltd., will be sponsoring
the Lyrick Talent Quest
2011, as part of the King
Coal Festival from 2 p.m.
to 4 p.m. in Williamson,
featuring four local artists. For more information, contact (304) 2352823.
The Disabled American Veterans Chapter
#141, Belfry, Ky., and its
Auxiliary will have their
monthly meeting on at 2
p.m. at the Belfry Courthouse. All members and
honorably
discharged
veterans, and their spouses are invited to attend.
Memorial
United
Methodist Church at 504
Gum St. will hold its free
monthly neighborhood
meal from noon until 2
p.m. Everyone is welcome.
Crossroads Recovery
Home and the STOP Coalition will celebrate the
home’s second anniversary at 5 p.m. at the Larry
Joe Harless Community
Center. Entertainment,
food and refreshments
will be provided. The
event is free and the public is invited to attend.
September 18
The Lyrick Talent
Quest 5 will be held at
The Mountaineer Hotel
at 31 East Second Avenue in Williamson, from
6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on a
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first-come-first-serve basis. $100 in prize money
to be awarded. Contact
Lyrick Promotions, Ltd.
at (304) 235-2823.
The Yearley homecoming service will begin at
10:30 a.m. at Rockhouse
Freewill Baptist Church
in Ragland. Everyone is
invited to attend. Dinner
will be served in the social hall. There will be no
night service.
September 20
The Mingo County
Democrat Women will be
meeting at 6 p.m. at the
Righteous Brew Coffee
House. All nomination
committee members are
asked to attend. All members are encouraged to attend. There will be a short
board meeting prior.
September 20-22
The Larry Joe Harless
Community Center will
start its after school program on Tuesday for 2nd
and 3rd graders and on
Thursday for the 4th, 5th
and 6th graders.
September 24-25
The Open Bible Freewill Baptist Church at
Slaters Branch, Ky., will
have its annual candlelight service with special
singers and preaching on
Saturday. On Sunday at
11 a.m. services begin
with special signing and
preaching and dinner to
follow. Everyone is invited.
Memorial Church of
Christ, US 119 N, Dans
Branch Exit, will have a
Homecoming. It begins
Saturday at 7 p.m. and
Sunday at 10 a.m. Everyone is welcome.
September 24
The Airport Bottom
Assembly of God and
Crossfire Assembly of
God will be sponsoring a Gospel Singing
Reunion featuring the
Singing Disciples, from
Gilbert, noon. It will be
held at the Crossfire Assembly of God at Pie,
(outside weather permitting). Everyone is invited
to attend. Refreshments
provided. For more information, call 426-4376.
The Tug Valley Shrine
Club will be hosting its
5th annual poker run.
Registration will begin at
10 a.m. at the Southside
Mall and continue until
noon. The poker run will
leave the Southside Mall
at 12:30 p.m. Registration
fees are $10 for the driver
and $5 for the rider.
The Town of Kermit
is hosting its Fall Festival Pet Show at 2 p.m. at
Community Park Shelter.
Many categories are featured and there is no entry
fee. For more information, call (304) 393-3649.
September 25
The Lynn Freewill
Baptist Church, Lynn,
WV, will be celebrating
its annual homecoming at
2 p.m. Marlyna Vanhoose
will provide the special
singing and Hack Runyon will bring the message. Dinner will follow
the service.
September 27, 29 –
October 4, 6
The Pike County
Health Department will
be having free diabetes
management classes at
the Pike County Health
Department from 10 a.m.
to noon each day. For
more information, contact Paula Compton at
(606) 509-5503.
September 27
The (MCARSE) Mingo County Association
of Retired School Employees will meet at the
Conley Memorial Church
in Delbarton at10:30 a.m.
All members are urged to
attend.
September 30October 2
There will be a revival
at Community Lighthouse Ministries on Rt.
199, Stone, Ky. Services
begin at 7 p.m. nightly
Friday and Saturday and
at 11 a.m. Sunday. Call
Irvin Francis at 237-4743
for more information.
October 1
Hatfield
McCoy
Mountain is having a free
fish fry and pig roast beginning at noon. All musicians and candidates are
welcome. If directions
are needed or if there
are questions, call Curtis
Hatfield at (606) 4277951.
October 3
The Mingo County
Board of Education will
have its regular board
meeting at 6 p.m. at
the central office in the
boardroom.
October 8
All former and current residents of Aflex,
Ky., are invited to attend
a casual get-together Saturday Oct. 8 beginning at
noon at the Aflex Baptist
Church. Please bring
a covered dish or dessert
and any old photos for
reminiscing. For more
information, call Denise
Reed Chapman at 606353-4023 or 606-3537600.
October 9
The Lyrick Talent
Quest 6 will be held at
Dandy’s at First Avenue
and Court Street in Williamson, from 6 p.m. to
10 p.m. on a first-comefirst-serve basis. $100
in prize money to be
awarded. Contact Lyrick
Promotions, Ltd. at (304)
235-2823.
Ongoing
Mingo County PSD is
now accepting applications for water service on
the Dingess Water Project. Those customers that
signed up for water service and have paid their
tap fee can now apply to
have their water meter
installed. A fifty dollar
($50.00) refundable security deposit is required.
Applications will be accepted at the PSD’s office
located at the Naugatuck
Water Plant Monday
through Friday from 9:00
am to 5:00 pm. Mingo
County PSD will have a
temporary office set up at
the field office beside Jamie’s Restaurant in Dingess beginning August
8, 2011 from 9:30 am to
4:00 pm Monday through
Friday. You may call 304235-2244 with any questions.
The Nolan Christian
Academy is now accepting student applications.
For enrollment information call
304-235-2919 or 304235-5633 or visit www.
nolanfwbchurch.com.
Every fourth Monday
of each month, House
of Hope Food Pantry on
Helena Avenue in Delbarton holds its food giveaway. They offer USDA
foods free of charge to
qualifying low-income
families. Hour of operation are from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. For emergency food,
call (304) 235-1678.
Celebrate Recovery
holds weekly meetings
each Tuesday at 7 p.m. at
the Chattaroy Church of
God. Celebrate Recovery
is a 12-step program with
an emphasis on Christianity. Everyone is welcome to attend.
The Donald Taylor
Community and Disaster
Center of North Matewan
is looking for volunteers
for their center. For more
information, call (304)
426-8554.
PRO (People Reaching Out) West Virginia is
a grant funded, non-profit
organization to provide
free crisis counseling and
outreach services to the
victims of the June 2010
flood disaster. Free services are available until
August 2011. For more
information or to signup,
call (304) 235-3656 ext.
419 for the Mingo-Logan
branch, (304) 436-2106
ext. 250 for the Wyoming-McDowell branch,
or (304) 888-8639.
HELP in conjunction
with the STOP Coalition
holds weekly family support group meetings for
families with drug or alcohol addicted members.
The meetings are held
each Monday from 6:30
p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the
Larry Joe Harless Center
in Gilbert.
Narcotics Anonymous
meetings will be held
weekly on Sundays at 3
p.m. at the Harry Joyce
Center on Liberty St., off
of Vinson St. in Williamson. For more information, call (304) 235-2093.
The West Virginia
Army National Guard is
taking applications for
membership. Must be
17 to 42 years old and
have completed at least
the 9th grade. GED program available if needed.
For more information,
contact Staff Sgt. James
Richards at (304) 6875705 or (304) 201-3196.
Author Kyle Lovern
is compiling old photographs for an upcoming
book. For more information or to send photos,
contact him at klovern@
suddenlink.net or copies of the photos can be
mailed to him at Kyle
Lovern, 123 Yeager
Drive, Williamson, WV,
25661.
Jacob’s Well Mission
in Williamson is currently looking for volunteers
and donations for their
soup kitchen. For more
information call (304)
236-5955.
The Disabled Veterans of America Chapter
141 will perform military
rites at deceased veterans’ funerals. For more
information, contact Fred
Baldwin at (304) 4754760.
Lynn Freewill Baptist holds Church Youth
Works the third Monday and Tuesday of each
month from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Busing Provided. For Information, call Sherri
Spencer 3094-426-4109.
Free genealogy workshops have been scheduled at the Red Robin
Buildings in Stone, Ky.,
throughout the four Tuesdays in September. The
workshops begin at 5:30
p.m. Anyone interested
in their family history
and how to locate relative information, please
contact Betty Howard for
registration at (606) 4321601 or email bcph@
bellsouth.net
The Town of Gilbert
is looking for musical
groups or individuals
that would be interested
in playing at Trailfest on
Oct. 6, 7, and 8. Those
interested should send
CD’s or soundtracks to
Gilbert Town Hall, P.O.
Box 188, Gilbert, WV
25621 immediately.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 ■ 3
King Coal Pet Show Winners 2011
Dogs Best of
Show: Snowball
Most Obedient
1st place
Greta (
German Shepherd)
Frank Hawkins, Williamson
2nd place Snowball
(Pomeranian)
Priscilla Van Hoose,
Omar
Socks
(Boston Terrier)
Dylan Coley, Canada,
Ky.
3rd place
Roxie
(Bearded Collie)
Rita Miller, Williamson
Kramer
(Corgi)
Amy and Trina Cook,
Williamson
Friendliest
1st place
Margo
(Boxer Mix)
John Ashurst, Williamson
2nd place Snowball
Cisco
(German Shepherd)
Becky Gibson, Sidney,
Ky.
3rd place
Theo
(French Bull Dog)
Lisa White, Naugatuck
Socks
HM
Chico
(Boston Terrier)
Patty Soto, Sidney, Ky.
Sugar
(Teacup Yorkie)
Madison Carey
Jasper
(Yorkie)
Jaden Scott, Aflex, Ky.
Best Groomed
1st place
Snowball
2nd place Roxie
Sassy
(Maltese)
Wanda McCoy,
Belfry, Ky.
3rd place
Abigail
(Poodle)
Barbara Davis, Lenore
Paris
(Yorkie)
Tammy Crawford, Omar
HM
Sugar
Best Dressed
1st place
Snowball
2nd place Bella
(Yorkie)
Kim Maynard, Lenore
Abigail
3rd place
Annie
(Jack Russell)
Bailey Hensley, Williamson
Rico
(Chihuahua)
Priscilla Van Hoose
Most Unique
1st place
Roxie
2nd place Zeek
(Beagle)
Bailey Hensley,
Williamson
Theo
3rd place
Kramer
Cisco
HM
Daisy
((Jack Russell mix)
John Ashurst, Williamson
Smokey
(Pug)
Antonio Soto, Sidney,
Ky.
Spade
(Chihuahua)
Lisa White, Naugatuck
Biggest
1st place
Cisco
2nd place Roxie
3rd place
Greta
Margo
Cats Best of Show:
Zoolu
Most Unique
1st place Zahara (Bengal)
Sandra Marcum,
Kermit
2nd place Chester Romeo
(Ragdoll)
Teresa Blackburn, Williamson
3rd place Zoolu (Siamese)
Sandra Marcum, Kermit
Rough (Russian
Blue)
Connie Marcum,
Williamson
Best Dressed
1st place Zoolu
2nd place Zahara
3rd place Luna Bell (American Short Hair)
Bethany
Grimmette, Williamson
Rough
Prettiest
1st place Chester Romeo
2nd place Zoolu
3rd place Zahara
Rough
Biggest
1st place Zoolu
2nd place Chester Romeo
3rd place Luna Bell
Zahara
Staff Photo/
CHAD ABSHIRE
Zoolu, a Siamese, won
Best of Show for cats
at the King Coal Pet
Show. Zoolu is owned
by Sandra Marcum of
Kermit.
Staff Photo/CHAD ABSHIRE
Snowball, a Pomeranian, won Best of Show for dogs at the King Coal Pet Show. Priscilla Van
Hoose, of Omar, is Snowball’s owner.
BSCTC announces the 2011-2012 Big Sandy Singers
cations, at www.gearheart. will include shows at the
com<http://www.gear- college’s Gearheart AuBig Sandy Commu- heart.com/> or State Farm ditorium. “We are also
nity and Technical Col- at (606) 432-5230.
working on some shows in
lege (BSCTC) announces
The Big Sandy Singers our campus’ planetarium.”
the 2011-2012 Big Sandy sing all over Pike, Floyd, Hall said. “The audience
Singers. The Big Sandy Johnson, Martin, and Ma- can listen to beautiful voSingers are the elite, stu- goffin Counties for col- cal music while looking at
dent singing group who lege, civic, church, and the stars.”
are all students at one of business functions as well
The Big Sandy Singers
the four BSCTC campuses as perform at elementary are now taking bookings
(Pikeville, Prestonsburg, schools and in the local for the 2011-2012 year
Paintsville, Hager Hill) or high schools as they host and are available to sing
on the Morehead Extend- the Big Sandy Idol shows. at business events, comed Campus at BSCTC. The new singers are al- munity functions, or priThese students are chosen ready booked for several vate parties. The Singers
through an extensive au- shows. Their first show have a Halloween Show,
dition process and receive will be held at the Apple a 60’s – 80’s Dance Show,
scholarships to attend col- Day Festival in Paintsville and a Gospel Show. The
lege.
on the Courthouse-Main Singers also perform for
The Singers were Stage at 6 PM on Friday, free to churches and nonfounded in the Fall of 2004 Sept. 30. Other shows profit organizations and
by Director Laura Ford
Hall and BSCTC President
Dr. George Edwards, with
help from Provost Dr. Nancy Johnson. Since their inception, the Singers have
performed over 430 shows
and have brought a “go to
college” and “drug free”
message to over 18,000 elementary and high school
students across the eastern
Kentucky region with their
school show and Big Sandy Idol programs.
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so proud that all of these
excellent singers are from
right here at home. You
will not find better talent
anywhere than what you
will find in eastern Kentucky.”
In addition to Hall, the
group is served by Tech
nical Director Timothy
Cooley of Prestonsburg
and Assistant Director
Clayton Case of Betsy
Layne.
The group is sponsored
by Premiere Sponsor
Gearheart Communications. “We are so thankful
for the Gearheart family
and their company,” Hall
said. “We are able to grow
our program because of
their generosity.” Hall also
thanked gold sponsor Jennifer Reynolds State Farm
Insurance, who supported
the program for the past
three years. “We are glad
Jennifer Reynolds State
Farm decided to continue
to help us grow.” Please
visit our Premiere Sponsor, Gearheart CommuniSpecial to the Daily News
for a minimal fee for forprofit businesses. To book
the Big Sandy Singers, call
Hall at (606) 424-2498 or
email laura.hall@kctcs.
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kctcs.edu>.
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Editorial
Troy Davis and the
politics of death
By AMY GOODMAN
Death brings cheers these days in America. In the
most recent Republican presidential debate in Tampa,
Fla., when CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked, hypothetically, if a
man who chose to carry no medical insurance, then was
stricken with a grave illness, should be left to die, cheers
of “Yeah!” filled the hall. When, in the prior debate,
Gov. Rick Perry was asked about his enthusiastic use of
the death penalty in Texas, the crowd erupted into sustained applause and cheers. The reaction from the audience prompted debate moderator Brian Williams of NBC
News to follow up with the question, “What do you make
of that dynamic that just happened here, the mention of
the execution of 234 people drew applause?”
That “dynamic” is why challenging the death sentence
to be carried out against Troy Davis by the state of Georgia on Sept. 21 is so important. Davis has been on Georgia’s death row for close to 20 years after being convicted
of killing off-duty police officer Mark MacPhail in Savannah. Since his conviction, seven of the nine nonpolice
witnesses have recanted their testimony, alleging police
coercion and intimidation in obtaining the testimony.
There is no physical evidence linking Davis to the murder.
Last March, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Davis
should receive an evidentiary hearing, to make his case
for innocence. Several witnesses have identified one of
the remaining witnesses who has not recanted, Sylvester
“Redd” Coles, as the shooter. U.S. District Judge William
T. Moore Jr. refused, on a technicality, to allow the testimony of witnesses who claimed that, after Davis had
been convicted, Coles admitted to shooting MacPhail. In
his August court order, Moore summarized, “Mr. Davis is
not innocent.”
One of the jurors, Brenda Forrest, disagrees. She told
CNN in 2009, recalling the trial of Davis, “All of the witnesses -- they were able to ID him as the person who actually did it.” Since the seven witnesses recanted, she says:
“If I knew then what I know now, Troy Davis would not
be on death row. The verdict would be not guilty.”
Troy Davis has three major strikes against him. First,
he is an African-American man. Second, he was charged
with killing a white police officer. And third, he is in
Georgia.
More than a century ago, the legendary muckraking
journalist Ida B. Wells risked her life when she began reporting on the epidemic of lynchings in the Deep South.
She published “Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its
Phases” in 1892 and followed up with “The Red Record”
in 1895, detailing hundreds of lynchings. She wrote: “In
Brooks County, Ga., Dec. 23, while this Christian country
was preparing for Christmas celebration, seven Negroes
were lynched in twenty-four hours because they refused,
or were unable to tell the whereabouts of a colored man
named Pike, who killed a white man ... Georgia heads the
list of lynching states.”
The planned execution of Davis will not be at the
hands of an unruly mob, but in the sterile, fluorescently lit
confines of Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison
in Butts County, near the town of Jackson.
The state doesn’t intend to hang Troy Davis from a
tree with a rope or a chain, to hang, as Billie Holiday
sang, like a strange fruit: “Southern trees bear a strange
fruit/Blood on the leaves and blood at the root/Black
body swinging in the Southern breeze/Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.” The state of Georgia, unless its
Board of Pardons and Paroles intervenes, will administer
a lethal dose of pentobarbital. Georgia is using this new
execution drug because the federal Drug Enforcement
Administration seized its supply of sodium thiopental
last March, accusing the state of illegally importing the
poison.
“This is our justice system at its very worst,” said Ben
Jealous, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Amnesty International has
called on the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to commute Davis’ sentence. “The Board stayed Davis’ execution
in 2007, stating that capital punishment was not an option
when doubts about guilt remained,” said Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA. “Since then
two more execution dates have come and gone, and there is
still little clarity, much less proof, that Davis committed any
crime. Amnesty International respectfully asks the Board to
commute Davis’ sentence to life and prevent Georgia from
making a catastrophic mistake.”
But it’s not just the human-rights groups the parole
board should listen to. Pope Benedict XVI and Nobel
Peace Prize laureates President Jimmy Carter and South
African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, among others, also
have called for clemency. Or the board can listen to mobs
who cheer for death.

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‘Contagion’ not like real world
I thought I would provide my perspective on
the movie “Contagion”
and what I feel was not
a complete picture of
what transpires when an
event of this nature happens.
Luckily we have never had such a widespread
event, but we have
worked with CDC on
the Bird Flu, H1N1, perceived cancer clusters
and meningitis. There is
a lot of planning at the
local and state level for
events that we hope will
never happen.
However, we’ve had
small events happen
where we had to find
hundreds of contacts
and provide appropriate
treatment,
immunization and education. The
movie did depict the ac-
tions of CDC, but did
not reflect accurately the
roles of the Local Health
Departments,
Local
Emergency
Management, Local Hospitals,
Local Medical providers
and the State Health Department and Lab.
After a local doctor
or hospital notifies the
health department of a
reportable
condition/
disease, the local health
department
follows
defined protocol for
investigation and containment and will have
most of the depicted
procedures in place before CDC comes on the
scene.
There are four time
frames for reporting
conditions/diseases to
the local health department, they are: all ani-
mal bites are to be reported within 12 hours;
there are forty conditions/diseases to be reported within twenty
four hours; there are
eight conditions/diseases to be reported within
one business day; and
nineteen
conditions/
diseases to be reported
within five business
days.
You can find more
information about these
reportable conditions/
diseases from your local health department
or http://www.lrc.state.
ky.us/statrev/frontpg.
htm.
I am very proud of our
health department and
our partners that train
and respond with us at
disasters and events of
this nature.
If you would like
more information about
the health department
and our preparedness,
please contact us at 4375500. As it was once
said, “ you know everything is going ok when
you don’t hear much
from the health department”. We are on call
twenty-four hours a day
and seven days a week.
Please remember one
thing that was brought
up numerous times in
the movie: “Wash Your
Hands”.
It is the single most
effective weapon in the
prevention of spreading
diseases…
Paul Hopkins
Director, Pike County
Health Department
An Upward Look
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness
Mae Stallard
“Repent therefore of this thy
wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may
be forgiven thee.” (Acts 8:22)
After the descent of the Holy
Spirit on the day of Pentecost, the
apostle Luke recorded the important events in the early history of
Christianity from the ascension
of Christ to the outpouring of the
Holy Spirit to the rapid progress of
the gospel, beginning in Jerusalem
and spreading throughout the Roman Empire. With the arrival of the Holy
Spirit the disciples are transformed
and filled with the courage to proclaim the brand new message of the
resurrected saviour. Peter’s powerful sermon, like all sermons in Acts
is built upon the Resurrection, and
3,000 persons respond with saving
faith on one occasion.
Seven men, including Stephen
and Philip, are appointed as deacons. The men were of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and
wisdom, and they were named to
assist the disciples who Philip, one
of the deacons, went down to Samaria, and preached Christ unto
them. When the crowds heard Philip preach and saw the miraculous
signs he did, they all paid close
attention to what he said. Unclean
spirits, crying with a loud voice,
came out of many, and many paralytics and cripples were healed. So
there was a great joy in that city.
A man named Simon had
practiced sorcery in the city and
amazed all the people of Samaria.
He boasted that he was someone
great, and the people thought he
had divine power. Many people
believed Philip as he preached the
good news of the Kingdom of Gad,
and the name of Jesus Christ. Many
men and women believed and were
baptized, among them Simon.
When Simon saw that the Spirit
was given at the laying on of the
apostles’ hands, he offered them
money and said, “Give me also this
ability so that everyone on whom I
lay my hands may receive the Holy
Spirit.” Peter answered, “May your
money perish with you, because
you thought you could buy the gift
of God with money.” He advised
Simon to repent of this wickedness
and pray to God that the thought of
his heart would be forgiven. May
we also seek God’s forgiveness
when we sin against Him. Simon the sorcerer believed and
was baptized
In the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ.
When Peter and John laid their
hand on the believers
They received the Holy Spirit
and that sufficed.
But Simon wanted to have that
gift,
And he offered Peter money to
buy the gift of God.
So Peter told him to repent and
pray for forgiveness,
That God would forgive that
thought while here he trod.
Dear Father, forgive us for
thoughts that are unchristian like,
and help us to focus on the things
that are pleasing to you. In Jesus
name we pray. Amen.
Sports
For All Sporting News, contact:
Pamela Scott Johnson at
303-235-4242 or 606-353-7276 or
email wdnsportseditor@gmail.com
.com
The battle of the undefeated
By PAMELA SCOTT
JOHNSON
Sports Editor
GOODY, Ky. -- The Belfry Pirates put their unbeaten
record on the line against the
undefeated Pikeville Panther at
Cam Stadium this weekend.
The Bucs overpowered a
strong Prestonsburg team 48-30
on the road while class A Pikeville defeated a weak 3A Sheldon
Clark 24-13 at Hillard Stadium
Friday night.
Belfry has owned the series
over the Panthers but this could
have a different outcome.
The 4-0 Panthers allowed 258
yards on the ground and 50 yards
through the air against Sheldon
Clark.
But Pikeville has scored 101
points and their D has only allowed 55 in the four games
played this year.
Panther Chase Hall led PHS
rushing against the Cards with
177 yards on 17 touches. He was
followed by QB Randy Maynard
with 9 for 82 yards.
Maynard had a bad night
passing completing 1 out of 4 for
22 yards and an interception.
Wes Anderson led the defense
with 12 tackles and Austin Black
followed with 8.
Pikeville has defeated Harlan, Tellico Plains, Raceland and
Sheldon Clark for its 4-0 record.
The Panthers will have to do
much better to stop the Pirates
running game.
Belfry ran for 520 yards
against a tough P’Burg defense.
The Pirates average 434 yards
this season per game on the
ground.
Once again the Bucs had three
Pirates with double figures rushing
Submitted Photo
The Belfry Pirates will face long time rival Pikeville Panthers at Cam Stadium Friday night. Both squads are undefeated as BHS is 3-0 coming off a Prestonsburg win and
Pikeville defeated Sheldon Clark to go 4-0 on the year.
and this was without Justin Johnson who suffered an ankle injury
early in the first. He will return
against the Panthers.
Belfry was led by Josh Dixon
who had 171 yards on 8 touches.
“The Hulk,” Trey Willis followed
with 137 yards and Josh Robinson
was close behind with 131.
BHS did allow 267 yards in the
air and will go back to the drawing
board to work on the pass D.
For the year, Pikeville has
rushed for 826 on the ground and
passed for 576 yards.
Belfry has scored 116 points
this year and its stingy D has allowed 58.
The Pirates have run for an impressive 1301 yards while passing
for 174. There is no doubt and certainly no secret that the Bucs are a
running squad.
The question is can the Panthers’ D stop them?
BHS has defeated Harrison
County 34-7, Henry Clay 34-21
and Prestonsburg 48-30 for its 3-0
record.
Game time against the Panthers
begins at 7:30 p.m.
Central stays on the
road against Westside
By PAMELA
SCOTT
JOHNSON
Sports Editor
MCHS
volleyball
Photo by Greg Adkins
Mingo Central’s volleyball squad defeated Man at home 2516, 25-15 and 25-14
to imrpove to 9-1
on the season. The
Miners host Loncoln
County today at 6:30
p.m. Pictured is Nikki
Simpkins.
Panthers look for third win over Twin Valley
By PAMELA SCOTT JOHNSON
Sports Editor
Tug Valley will face another
Panther squad when they travel to
Virginia to battle Twin Valley Friday night.
Twin Valley has had a poor
showing so far with losses against
Northwood and Grundy.
Meanwhile, the local Panthers
are 2-1 with wins over Sherman
and Mount View and a heartbreaking OT loss to Van.
With the absence of senior
Braxton Hinkle, Tug was held to
18-yards on the ground as a squad
for the game against Mount View.
However QB Mikey Newsome
was 9 for 20 for 175 yards in the
air with a touchdown and senior
Chuckie White, a quarterback for
the Williamson Wolfpack last year,
threw for 33 yards.
The Panthers will need to improve rushing to record the win
against Twin Valley.
Tug was tough on defense.
Aaron Muncy led the D with 9
tackles and a sack. Ace Maynard
followed with 8 tackles while Jessie Mays followed with 6. Matt
Barker racked up 5 tackles, an
interception and a defensive TD.
Isaac Parsley had 5 tackles including 2 sacks and Derek Blevins also
had 5 tackles. A host of Panthers
added tackles to the stats, including
Newsome who had 2 and a couple
big interceptions.
The Panthers will have to keep
an eye on senior QB Dillon Ashley,
WR Jacob Cottingim, OL Bobby
Green, OL Dylan Steffey and RB
Mike Burke.
TV Coach Tyler Hodge said in
order to stay on the winning streak,
the Panthers must play smart fundamental football.
“We have to cut down on penalties and turnovers,” he said. “If we
can do those things, I feel like we
have a chance to win every game.”
Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
After a
close 34-26
loss to River
View Sept.
10, Mingo
Central remains
on
the road to
battle Westside at Clear
Submitted Photo
Fork Friday
Mingo
Central
travels
to Westside
night.
C e n t r a l for a tough 2A battle this weekhad
more end. The Miners fell to 1-1 after a
yards on the loss to River View Sept.10.
ground than
easily defeated Man 33-6
River View but came up last week.
short offensively as the
The Renegades took
Raiders had 350 offen- an 18-0 led at the break
sive yards to the Miners over the Hillbillies after
333.
a Thomas Forren 27-yard
Miner Joey Canter- run and a fourth down
bury led Central with 1-yard run in the opening
130 yards rushing com- quarter.
pared to River View’s
QB Dylan Newsome
175 yard as a team. But made it 18-0 on a 19-yard
QB Aston Cline threw TD catch to Forren.
for 140 yards and had
The
Renegades
2 TDs but 2 intercep- pushed their lead to
tions.
26-0 with 10:17 to go
Meanwhile, the Raid- in the fourth quarter
ers QB Jacob Muncy on a 4-yard TD run by
threw for 175 yards, a Justin Tilley and PAT
touchdown and one inter- run by freshman Justin
ception.
Cogar.
The difference in the
Westside got its final
game was Central’s in- points of the game with
ability to score in the 1:59 in the game on a
third quarter and failed Mike Mullins touchdown
6-PATs.
catch and a James Adams
The Miners led in al- PAT.
most all the stats with
Mingo will have to
one big exception….the cover Forren and improve
score.
their pass protection to
Westside comes into come away with the V
the game 2-1 with wins Friday night.
over Liberty and Man.
Game time is set for
The class 2A program 7:30 p.m.
Big East has some of top runners in country
Sports
announcements
Wayne Middle School is seeking a football game
for the week of October 6. The team will travel if need
be. For more information, call Jeff Wallace at 304634-9879, Rusty Newell at 304-208-3974, Ted Williamson at 304-453-1783 or the football office at 304272-5915.
The Tug Valley Volleyball Board needs officials.
Anyone interested call 304-235-1440 or 606-3537971.
Cabell Midland High School Basketball will be
Hosting a Fall Shootout October 8th- 9th at Cabell
Midland High School. The cost is $150 and each team
is guaranteed to play at least 4 games. There will be a
division for High School and Middle School Boys and
Girls Teams. Contact Steve or Tammy Bennett at 304633-3686, or 304-544-7638 or email at sbennett100@
Frontier.com
The Williamson High School Athletic Hall of Fame
Induction will be held at the Mountaineer Hotel. On
Sept. 16 at 6:30 p.m. “Meet the Pack” night will be
held in place of the tailgate party. The following day,
the induction ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. and the
social hour at noon at the hotel.
CINCINNATI (AP) -- When
Cincinnati’s Isaiah Pead was being
recruited by Big East schools, the
conference’s legacy of great running
backs was part of the appeal.
The league has a rich history of
players running up big numbers.
Amos Zereoue, Edgerrin James, Willis
McGahee, William Green, Ray Rice,
Steve Slaton, Donald Brown, Dion
Lewis and others have taken turns at
running into the record books.
“Yeah, that was put into play as
I was being recruited,” Pead said.
“Not necessarily what team I wanted to play for, but what backfield I
wanted to play in and what playmakers were in the backfield. Cincinnati
had a few. Of course, West Virginia
always does. And Pittsburgh and
Louisville and everyone.
“We do hold up our end -- I’m
speaking of running backs as a whole.”
Holding up quite well so far.
Two games into the season, the
Big East has some of the country’s
top backs. Pead is averaging 11.5
yards per carry, the most on the nation among backs with 20 attempts.
Pittsburgh’s Ray Graham leads the
nation with an average of 161 yards
per game. Connecticut redshirt
freshman Lyle McCombs has a pair
of 100-yard games as a fill-in.
A conference that returned its
top six quarterbacks this season is
watching a handful of runners put
sizzle in the offense, led by the junior in Pittsburgh.
“Having a guy like Ray -- we
sometimes hand the ball off to him
and we’re fundamentally messing
up and missing blocks and he makes
you miss and makes yards,” firstyear Pitt coach Todd Graham said.
“He’s got a chance to be one of the
best in the country. Absolutely that
is something that gives you a great
deal of comfort, knowing you’ve got
a guy like that in the backfield.”
The Panthers’ passing game has
struggled early as it adapts to a new
system. Graham ran for 121 yards
and three touchdowns in a 35-29 win
over Maine last week that was much
closer than expected.
Like all good running backs, Graham is quick to share the credit with
those who created the small holes he
needs.
“I might be the one scoring the
touchdowns, but were all doing this
together,” the running back said.
Pead has pulled off some of the
most amazing runs. He ran 40 yards
for a touchdown on Cincinnati’s first
play in a lopsided win over Austin
Peay, and scored on a 65-yard run the
first time he touched the ball in a lopsided loss at Tennessee. The senior ran
for 155 yards against the Volunteers.
“Any long run is a special moment,” Pead said. “You live for those
as a home-run hitter, so to say. In the
locker room, the linemen said, ‘You
want to score on the first play again?’
I said, ‘If you want me to, I’m down
for it.’ And it happened.”
McCombs has been the biggest
surprise out of a Big East backfield.
The redshirt freshman was upgraded
to starter after senior D.J. Shoemate
was injured in practice a few days before the opener. McCombs has a pair
of 100-yard games, is averaging 129.5
yards per game -- 12th in the nation -and has scored four touchdowns.
Obituaries
Erma Frazier
Erma Lou Frazier, of
Williamson, passed away
on Wednesday, September 14, 2011, at the
Appalachian
Regional
Hospital Skilled Nursing
Facility in South Williamson, Ky.
She was born in Matewan, the daughter of the
late Emmitt Ferrell and
Dixie Lou Huff Ferrell.
In addition to her parents,
she is preceded in death
by a son, Robert Emmitt
Hoskins; one brother,
Emmitt Ferrell, Jr.; and
a sister, Julia Catherine
Ferrell.
Erma was a loving
and truly devoted wife,
mother and grandmother. She was the quintessential homemaker. She
loved her family and her
ultimate joy was in being with her husband,
Bill, the children and
all of the grandchildren.
Through the years she
enjoyed sewing and all
things domestic. She especially enjoyed being
with her grandson, Jason,
whom she helped raise.
She very much enjoyed
attending his ball games
and cheering him on.
Erma is survived by
Bill Frazier, her beloved
and devoted husband of
60 years; two wonderful
sons, David Kent (Edna)
Hoskins of Kemp, Texas,
and William “Bill” (Rebecca) Frazier of Williamson; and a cherished
daughter, Krista Lynn
(Brad) Cather of Williamson.
Also surviving are six
grandchildren, Melissa,
Michelle and Heather
Hoskins, Clark Napier,
Ryan Hoskins and Jason
Cather, whom she deeply loved and thought of
as her own dear son; 14
great-grandchildren; and
one great grandchild.
The family will receive friends on Thursday evening, September
15, from 7 p.m. to 10
p.m. at Weaver Mortuary
in West Williamson.
Funeral services will
be conducted on Friday, September 16, at
1 p.m. at the mortuary.
The Rev. Greg Blair will
officiate. Interment will
follow the service at the
Mountain View Memory
Gardens at Maher. Pallbearers include Brad
Cather, Jason Cather,
Clark Napier, Robert
Brown, Bobby Ryan and
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attending other schools on Thursday, students began
hugging each other, taking friends by the hand and
openly weeping.
“Remember, wherever you go you will always
be Runyon Elementary Raiders. This is where you
started,” Wolfe said. “No matter where you are, represent yourselves well. Always be nice and mannerly like we have taught you here at Runyon.”
In turn, each faculty member said their goodbyes
to the students and attempted to reassure them that
change can be a positive thing and encouraging
them to do the best they can in their new situations.
“When I first started teaching, I had a vision of a
little red schoolhouse in my mind,” said Janet Stiltner who teaches writing and language arts. “This is
my little red schoolhouse. As we leave here, we will
all take a lot of good memories with us. Share them
with new friends and always remember the bond we
have here.”
The Pike County Board of Education voted Monday night to close the school because of dwindling
enrollment. While the school once, in its prime,
boasted student bodies of several hundred, Runyon
Elementary closed yesterday with a student population of 62. Most of those students will be attending
Bevins Grade School in Sidney.
The program ended with a teacher and a student
taking the flag flying outside the school from its
pole. As everyone watched the patriotic emblem
slowly descend, a faint voice was heard.
A student began singing “God Bless America”
with a wavering voice.
She was quickly joined by the other students —
covering their hearts, watching the flag, pondering
the news they just heard, saying goodbye.
“I am so proud of every one of them,” Wolfe said.
September is
‘National Senior
Center Month’
PIKEVILLE – In recognition of National Senior Center Month, Pike
County’s eight senior
centers will be hosting open houses on
Wednesday, Sept. 21,
2011, from 10:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
The main purpose of
the open houses is to
encourage seniors over
the age of 60 to visit
their local senior center.
“Our seniors and
children are our most
cherished residents,”
Pike County JudgeExecutive
Wayne
T. Rutherford said.
“Even in tough economic times the fiscal
court has remained
committed to keeping
our senior citizens
centers open and the
senior program funded.”
This year’s national
celebration theme is “It
Happens at My Senior
Center. My Life, My
Time. My Way!”
“This is an opportunity to showcase our
senior centers; market
the valuable programs,
activities and services
we offer,” Pike County
Community
Services
Director Carol Napier
said. “We promote a
positive image of aging
and create interest and
community awareness to
capture new patrons.”
There are eight senior
centers located in Pike
County, including at the
Belfry Courthouse and
one at McCarr. T
Bernie Hubbard.
Express online condolences at: www.weavermortuaryinc.com
Weaver Mortuary of
West Williamson is serving the Ferrell family.
William
Simpkins Jr.
William Riley Simpkins Jr. 90, of Williamson, passed away Tuesday September 13, 2011
at the Appalachian Regional Hospital.
He was born January
25, 1921 at Lynnside, to
the late William Riley
Simpkins Sr. and Lydia
Hensley Simpkins. He is
also preceded in death by
a daughter, Brenda Wolford; brothers, Golden,
Everett, Clyde, James
and Ken Simpkins and
an infant brother; sisters,
Edna Flemmings and
Thursey Boggs.
He was a retired coal
miner, a member of the
U.M.W.A., Little Rosie
Old Regular Baptist
Church for 26 years and
a veteran of U.S. Army in
World War II.
He is survived by his
loving wife of 65 years,
Margie Cisco Simpkins; brother, Lawrence
(Jonell) Simpkins of
Columbus, Ohio; grandchildren; Lori Carter
of Louisville, Ky., and
Gary Steven Wolford of
Dry Ridge, Ky.; and nine
great-grandchildren.
be conducted at 11 a.m.
Friday September 16,
at R. E. Rogers Funeral
Home with Wayne Herald, Elbert Sesco and Tom
Dials officiating. Burial
will follow at Mountain
View Memory Gardens
at Maher, with family and
friends serving as pallbearers. D.A.V. will conduct Graveside Military
Services. Visitation will
be after 6 p.m. Thursday
night at the funeral home
with special services at 7
p.m. with Hobart Hamilton, Richard Staton and
Albert Cable officiating.
R. E. Rogers Funeral
Home of Belfry, Ky., in is
charge of arrangements.
Online condolences at rerogersfuneralhome.com
Harold Williams
Harold Lloyd Williams, 77, of North Matewan, passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2011,
at Williamson Memorial
Hospital in Williamson.
Born August 24, 1934,
in Martin County, Ky.,
he was the son of the late
Sam and Virgie Ratliff
Williams. In addition to
his parents, Harold is
preceded in death by his
wife, Gertrude Crawford
Williams; brother, Bud
Williams; sister, Virgie
Mitchum; and a host of
half brothers.
Harold was a retired
coalminer and member of
the Cornerstone Church
of Hatfield Bottom,
Matewan.
He is survived by his fiancée, Barbara Salmons,
of North Matewan; son,
Harold Lloyd (Penny)
Williams Jr., of Greasy
Creek, Ky.; daughters,
Anita (Stanley) Asher,
of North Matewan, and
Mary Rose (Buck) Copley of Duncan Fork; seven grandchildren; and 10
great-grandchildren.
be held Friday, September 16, at noon, at Cornerstone Church of Hatfield Bottom, Matewan,
with the Rev. Tommy
Whitt and Dave Stratton
officiating. Burial will
follow at Mitchell Family Cemetery at Straight
Fork of Newtown. Pallbearers will be family and
friends. The family will
begin receiving friends
on Thursday, September
15, at 6 p.m. at the church
with a special service at 7
p.m.
You are invited to
share expressions of
sympathy online at www.
chambersfuneralservices.
com
Arrangements
are
under the direction of
Chambers Funeral Services, Inc. of Matewan.
West Virginia Coal Association
Endorses Earl Ray Tomblin
At the Annual Media Appreciation Breakfast of the Bluefield Coal
Show, West Virginia Coal Association Chairman Gary White today
announced the Association’s endorsement of acting Gov. Earl Ray
Tomblin in the Oct. 4 special election for governor. White said the decision by the
Association’s Executive Committee is in recognition of Tomblin’s
lifetime of service to the people
of West Virginia and his proven
record of fiscal responsibility and
leadership while serving as president of the Senate. “Our state is fortunate to have
the choice between two capable
candidates as Gov. Tomblin and Republican candidate Bill Maloney,
who has worked in and has many
friends in the industry,” White said.
“We want to thank each of them for
their dedication, but we believe
it is critical for the state to have
a seasoned, demonstrated leader
like Earl Ray Tomblin to guide us
through the stormy seas of overly
stringent federal intervention and
regulation. “Gov. Tomblin is a leader. He
has been the ‘steady hand at the
wheel’ who has been instrumental in restoring our state’s fiscal
stability. His effective, far-sighted
leadership has made it possible for
West Virginia to weather the storm
in these tough times. West Virginia
needs a governor who has a demonstrated record of accomplishment. West Virginia needs Earl Ray
Tomblin. “He has never wavered. He has
worked tirelessly to meet the needs
of West Virginia’s coal industry
and its people. From the privatization of our workers’ compensation
system to the creation of the Coal
Mine Health and Safety Board,
Gov. Tomblin has been there. He
has led the fight against intrusive,
job-killing and federal regulation,
and made sure we continue to mine
our West Virginia coal with West
Virginians. He’s always been there,
in the good times and the bad. He is
the most qualified candidate we’ve
ever had for our Governor.”
In accepting the endorsement,
Gov. Tomblin thanked the members of the Association for their
support and said, “I pledge to you
that as your Governor, I will have
three priorities: to bring more jobs
and lower taxes to our great state
of West Virginia, … and to end the
EPA’s assault against our state’s
working coal miners. “West Virginia coal mining families truly are the backbone of our
state and our country. I’m proud
to have the support of people who
contribute so much to our economy
and quality of life.”
Maloney hires ex RNC staffer involved in club flap
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican candidate for governor Bill Maloney is taking heat
for hiring a former Republican National Committee staffer who lost her job in a scandal involving
reimbursements for donors who attended a lesbian
bondage-themed nightclub in Los Angeles.
Campaign finance reports show Maloney’s campaign has paid nearly $13,000 since May to a political consulting company owned by Allison Meyers,
the former head of the RNC’s Young Eagles initiative, which tried to recruit major GOP donors 45
and younger.
Meyers and several top RNC staffers were fired
after the Jan. 31, 2010 visit to Voyeur Hollywood
West, in which the young Republicans ran up a tab
of almost $2,000 that was reimbursed by the party.
“Given Maloney’s attempts to position himself
as a ‘family values’ candidate, even running ads
on the topic, his decision to associate his campaign
with someone who was forced to resign from the
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for at least six months,
had no charges of misconduct against him
and applied for reinstatement within two
years of his resignation.
Mounts qualified under
those requirements. He
is currently working as
a deputy by the Mingo
County Sheriff’s Department.
The Sheriff’s Department has presented
the County Commission was with an invoice from the firm of
Spilman, Thomas and
Battle of Charleston in
the amount of $8,652 for
representing Sheriff Hannah in the matter.
But the Commissioners said they have reservations paying the bill.
“It troubles me greatly,” Commissioner Greg
“Hootie” Smith said.
“This (expense) is over
litigation we asked Sher-
RNC for spending thousands of dollars at a lesbian
bondage-themed club should raise questions about
his judgment among West Virginia voters,” Democratic Governors Association spokeswoman Lis
Smith said in a news release after the story first appeared Tuesday in the Huffington Post (http://huff.
to/oAW1ls ).
Maloney campaign spokeswoman Michelle Yi
said Tuesday night Meyers was hired months ago
and “this isn’t news.”
“This is clearly an attempt by a desperate campaign using desperate measures to deflect attention
from a failing campaign,” Yi said. “Allison is a valued and respected staffer who has been critical to
assisting our effort to move West Virginia forward
from the failed leadership of a 36-year career politician.”
Maloney faces acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin in
the general election Oct. 4.
iff Hannah not to take
part in. Despite the Commission’s request, this
matter has been litigated
before the Civil Service
and the Circuit Court.”
Smith said he felt
county tax money would
be better spent on projects such as water lines
and parks.
The Commissioners
voted to table Sheriff
Hannah’s request until
the issue went before the
state Supreme Court, in
order to address the entire issue.
However,
Max
Mounts said he wants
the people of Mingo
County to know he is
not seeking any monetary damages of any
kind, that he took legal
action because he wants
to be a cop.
“I’m not going after
any money,” Deputy
Mounts told the Daily
News. “I just wanted my
job back.”
Entertainment
8.4M people watch ABC’s
Kennedy tapes special
DAVID BAUDER
AP Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Fifty years on, Camelot has
little apparent fascination for young people.
The majority of the 8.4 million people who
watched ABC’s two-hour special featuring a previously-unheard interview with former first lady
Jacqueline Kennedy had personal memories of the
Kennedy administration. The Nielsen ratings company said just under 2 million of those viewers were
aged 18 to 49.
More people in that youthful demographic
watched reruns of “NCIS: Los Angeles” on CBS
at the same time Tuesday or saw contestants dropping into the water on ABC’s “Wipeout” earlier in the
night.
“Young people just don’t care about old people on
TV,” said Bill Gorman, co-founder of the TV By The
Numbers website, which analyzes television ratings.
“It’s just the way it works.”
Still, add in the older viewers and it’s a much larger
audience than ABC is accustomed to on a Tuesday
night this summer. The Kennedy special grew in ratings as the night went on and was more popular than
the season premiere of NBC’s “Parenthood,” Nielsen
said. ABC said it was happy with the ratings.
A book based on the interviews, conducted by historian and former Kennedy aide Arthur M. Schlesinger
Jr. four months after the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination
of President John F. Kennedy, topped the best-seller
list on Amazon.com on the day of release Wednesday.
The book was published by Hyperion Books, owned
like ABC by the Walt Disney Co.
ABC’s much-anticipated broadcast of portions of
the interview on Tuesday had been scooped — first by
The Associated Press, which ran details from the book
last Thursday, and then by NBC, which broadcast its
own report Friday.
The 8.4 million viewers compared with the 14.8
million people who watched Diane Sawyer’s interview with former kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard in
July. Television viewership generally picks up from
the summer after Labor Day.
ABC noted, however, that Sawyer’s special on
the Kennedy tapes drew more than twice the 3.5
million people who watched the reality game show
“Take the Money and Run” and the drama “Combat
Hospital” in the same time slot a week ago.
The special also was likely very inexpensive for
ABC to put together, Gorman said. Sawyer filmed an
interview with Kennedy daughter Caroline Kennedy
and a few historians, showed film clips and played
audiotapes. And if it boosted sales of the book, so
much the better for Disney, he said.
“Some people in New York and Washington cared
about this, and old people all over the country,” said
Gorman, who’s 51. “The Kennedy fascination is really quite concentrated these days.”
Court orders tossing of
lawsuit over ‘Bruno’ scene
LOS ANGELES (AP)
— A lawsuit accusing Sacha Baron Cohen of causing injuries to a woman
during the filming of
“Bruno” should be dismissed because the comedian was exercising his
right to free speech when
the mishap occurred, an
appeals court has ruled.
The 2nd District Court
of Appeal said Monday
that the finding prevents
Baron Cohen from being
sued by the woman who
tried to force him and his
crew from an event being
filmed.
Richelle Olson sued
Baron Cohen in June
2009, claiming she fell
and hit her head moments
after struggling with the
comedian and his crew as
she ordered him to leave
a charity bingo game.
Her injuries were serious enough to require Olson to use a cane to walk,
according to the lawsuit.
Olson initially allowed
filming at the game in
Lancaster, Calif., but
ordered Baron Cohen
to leave after he started
equating the numbers
with the homosexual re-
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lationships of his character in the film about a gay
Austrian fashionista.
The court ruling states
that the comedian’s behavior was protected because the comedian was
trying to offer commentary on gay stereotypes,
culture and homophobia.
His conduct was closely
tied to those issues, the
ruling states.
Olson’s attorney Marjorie Marenus did not immediately return a phone
message seeking comment.
The unscripted scene
did not appear in the final version of “Bruno,”
which was released in
July 2009.
It was the latest legal
victory for Baron Cohen,
who has been unsuccessfully sued over his movies’ inclusion of participants who aren’t familiar
with the comedian’s outlandish characters.
Another Baron Cohen
film, “Borat: Cultural
Learnings of America for
Make Benefit Glorious
Nation of Kazakhstan,”
became a hit in 2006.
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My daughter fears animals
By DR. JOYCE BROTHERS
Dear Dr. Brothers: My 6-yearold daughter is terrified of animals.
Whether it’s the dog we see coming down the sidewalk or a bird
flying near her, she screams and
tries to run away. She’s never had
any bad experiences with animals,
so I don’t know what she’s scared
of. I’ve tried explaining that there’s
nothing to be afraid of, but she’s
still scared. What can I do to help
her get over this inexplicable fear
of animals? -- R.R.
Dear R.R.: As you know by
now, it doesn’t always take a bad
experience with something for us
to become scared of it. Attempting to explain to a 6-year-old why
there’s no rational reason to be
scared of a puppy or a goat is futile,
since that fear already has caught
hold. Instead, you need to focus on
supporting her feelings and slowly
introducing her to animals in a controlled manner that’s as unthreatening as possible. You might think
her fears are silly or unreasonable,
but by acknowledging the importance of her emotions, you give her
the confidence to face these fears.
There are plenty of ways you can
start to work through your daughter’s fear. Having her put herself in
the place of the animal -- whether
through drawing, reading or play-
ing -- can help her understand and
feel more powerful the next time
she encounters an animal. You also
can help her learn about animals
from a safe distance -- a museum,
zoo or even television or the Internet can help. It’s important to instill
confidence in your daughter, but
also to teach her some self-comforting skills. Rather than rushing
to calm her down, teach her how
to calm herself when she confronts
something scary. This will give her
the ability not just to face her current fear of animals, but to stand up
to potentially more serious scary
situations later in life. In no time,
your daughter should at least be
able to interact with animals with
less fear.
Dear Dr. Brothers: A friend of
mine’s daughter is showing some
of the signs of having an eating
disorder. She’s in her early teens,
and is still very picky about what
she eats, refusing anything that
she thinks is “bad” for her. My
friend, though, refuses to admit
that there’s anything wrong, claiming that her daughter is healthy and
that she’ll grow out of this picky
stage. Is there anything I can do to
persuade my friend to look a little
more closely at her daughter’s eating habits? -- E.P.
Dear E.P.: In this case, it may be
difficult to change anything about
your friend’s daughter without first
getting through to your friend. If
she denies that there’s anything
going on, her daughter can’t hope
to see the truth. You don’t want to
scare your friend, but you should
impress upon her the seriousness
of adolescent eating issues. Your
friend would be wrong to think that
it’s just a phase or that her daughter will grow out of being picky, if
she truly is using “pickiness” as a
cover for anorexia. According to a
recent study in the Journal of the
American Dietetic Association,
teens who get into unhealthy eating or exercising habits retain these
habits as they move into adulthood.
Because of this, early identification and prevention of eating
disorders is critical for healthy
development and healthy eating
throughout life. If your friend can’t
see that there may be something
going on with her daughter and begin to address it now, unfortunately
she may be setting her daughter up
for a lifetime of disordered eating.
If her daughter is concerned about
her weight or her health, she needs
to be led to healthy options to control these things. There also may be
other underlying issues, and your
friend should recognize that eating
disorders are sometimes only one
sign of larger problems going on.
Charlie Sheen quiets down some after manic spring
NEW YORK (AP) —
Charlie Sheen says his
life’s a lot calmer now.
The actor and former
star of CBS’ “Two and
a Half Men” told NBC’s
Matt Lauer that he didn’t
really know what happened this spring when
he was fired from the
show and began a manic
round of media appearances talking about his
“tiger blood” and “winning.” Lauer’s interview
will air on the “Today”
show on Friday, and
NBC released excerpts
on Wednesday.
“It was one of those
things where the plan-
ets were aligned, perfectly or imperfectly. I
said some stuff and then
it caught such traction
globally and instantly
that I couldn’t really put
out the fire,” Sheen said.
“I had to keep fueling
it.”
Sheen said the experience “was like being
shot out of a cannon
into another cannon and
then being just shot out
of that one. It was like
from one moment to the
next I didn’t know what
was going to happen. It
was pretty exciting.”
The actor said he was
sober but couldn’t tell
Lauer the last time he
took drugs or drank. He
said he didn’t believe
in keeping track of the
sober time because “if
you’re walking around
hanging on to your time,
it’s only a matter of time
before it goes.”
Now he says he’s
reconnecting with his
children — Cassandra
with former girlfriend
Paula Profit, Sam and
Lola with actress Denise
Richards, and twins,
Bob and Max, with exwife Brooke Mueller
— and appreciating the
quiet things in life.
“That’s where the
life is, you know, it’s in
those quiet moments,”
he said. “It’s not the giant TV deal or the big
party or the award or
whatever; it’s the memory of your child’s smile
at the end of the day that
sort of brings that one
lonesome tear.”
Sheen is also appearing Thursday on the
“Tonight” show. His
re-emergence coincides
with the airing of a
Comedy Central roast of
him Monday, the same
day that Ashton Kutcher
debuts as Sheen’s replacement on “Two and
a Half Men.”
Bachmann shot at Perry over vaccine stings her too
BRIAN BAKST
Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican Michele
Bachmann is feeling the sting of a presidential campaign jab gone awry, while the target is using the
flap to shore up his pro-life credentials.
Bachmann is trying to regain her footing in the
race after a late-summer slide. At a GOP debate
sponsored by CNN and the Tea Party Express Monday she tried to raise doubts about front-runner Rick
Perry among conservatives and libertarian-style tea
party members critical to both candidates.
Bachmann criticized Perry, the Texas governor,
for signing an order requiring middle-school girls
in his state to get vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, known as HPV. But in the following
days, she linked the vaccine to mental retardation.
Medical experts roundly disputed the claim, calling
it irresponsible and dangerous.
Following a fundraiser in Richmond, Va.,
Wednesday, Perry admits he “made a mistake in the
way I took this forward” in 2007. But he categorized his support for the mandate under the same
moral conviction that makes him opposed to abortion.
“I’ve sat on the side of a bed with a young lady as
she was dying of cervical cancer. It had an impact
on me,” Perry said. “Did I mishandle this law? I’ve
readily admitted that I did.”
Political observers say Bachmann’s comments in
the days after the debate muddied her shot at Perry.
“It’s an absolute blown hit,” said David Welch, an
unaligned GOP strategist who worked for nominee
John McCain in 2008. “It’s the difference between
the ready-for-prime-time political candidate and the
not-ready-for-prime-time political candidate. You
just don’t repeat what somebody just told you.”
In post-debate TV interviews, Bachmann said
that a tearful woman approached her to attribute her
daughter’s mental retardation to the HPV vaccine
called Gardasil.
Doctors and other immunization advocates criticized her comments as unfounded, irresponsible
and dangerous. Some expressed worry that nervous
parents would take the claim as fact and refuse inoculation for their children.
“It’s the obligation of politicians to know the
facts before they talk about vaccinations. They
should understand how they work, how important
they are and how much work goes into recommendations for their use,” said Dr. Deborah Wexler, executive director of the Immunization Action
Coalition, a vaccine information clearinghouse for
doctors and the public.
Wexler added in an interview Wednesday, “It
harms our vaccination program when public figures
make statements that are untrue and do it in an emotional statement.”
Bachmann has since ratcheted her comments
back.
“I am not a doctor. I am not a scientist. I’m not
a physician,” Bachmann told Fox News host Sean
Hannity when asked if she personally believed a
Gardasil injection could cause retardation.
Bachmann wasn’t available Wednesday for an
interview with The Associated Press, but spokeswoman Alice Stewart said the congresswoman’s
message was about more than the safety of the vaccine.
“The point she was making dealt with the overreach of executive authority and crony capitalism,”
Stewart said.
The HPV vaccine issue also simmered in Bachmann’s home state of Minnesota, but not wasn’t as
explosive as in Texas. By the time the issue reached
the Legislature in 2007, Bachmann was in Congress.
The bill was introduced but never got a hearing.
Minnesota law requires schoolchildren to get
vaccines for rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, polio and
hepatitis B.
The state’s childhood immunization law underwent minor changes while Bachmann was a state
senator. She supported all of the revisions, which
mostly dealt with timing of previously mandated
vaccinations, recordkeeping and requirements that
health providers more closely track problems with
vaccines.
Opponents of required HPV immunizations draw
a distinction between the vaccine and those for other communicable diseases like mumps and polio.
They argue parents should have the ultimate say on
the HPV because it is aimed at stopping sexually
transmitted diseases spread by risky behavior.
Father of Natalee Holloway seeks death declaration
JAY REEVES
Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM,
Ala.
(AP) — The father of missing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway is asking a
court to declare his daughter dead, six years after she
vanished during a graduation trip to Aruba.
Mississippi
insurance
agent
Dave
Holloway
filed the request in probate court earlier this summer, but court officials
said Wednesday it could be
months before any decision
is reached.
Holloway wrote in a
sworn statement that it was
his “painful” belief that
Pi c k
his daughter is dead and
recounted the years spent
investigating her baffling
disappearance in 2005. He
said there was no evidence
to suggest Natalee is either
alive or that she had run
away from home.
“Prior to her trip to Aruba, Natalee had no medical
issues, psychological issues
or family issues,” the statement said.
Holloway’s body was
never found despite extensive searches both on Aruba
and in the waters off the
coast of the Caribbean island. The request said the
teenager didn’t have a will
and owned about $500 worth
of personal property; it did
not mention any life insurance policy.
An initial hearing on
Holloway’s request is set
for Sept. 23, and state law
mandates a second hearing
before a decision is issued.
Officials said Alabama law
also requires that the request
be advertised for months,
meaning it could be after the
first of the year before a final decision is issued.
The father’s lawyer, Karen Hennecy, said Holloway
“is seeking closure for this
family.”
“This is a normal proceeding for families when a
loved one has been missing
for an extended period of
time,” Hennecy said.
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The missing woman’s
mother, Beth Holloway, said
she was surprised her exhusband filed the request.
“I only learned about this
when I was handed the citation by a process server
while addressing a large
audience at a conference in
Georgia,” she said in a statement. “I don’t know what
this is about, or why Dave
is taking this action at this
time.”
A spokeswoman for Beth
Holloway declined comment
on whether she would oppose the petition.
Authorities said former
Aruba resident Joran van
der Sloot remains the prime
suspect in the unsolved 2005
disappearance of Holloway,
an 18-year-old Alabama
graduate he met in a casino on Aruba while she was
traveling with friends from
Mountain Brook, a wealthy
enclave in suburban Birmingham. Van der Sloot confessed and recanted a role in
Holloway’s disappearance
several times, and he is now
charged in the death of a
young woman killed in Peru.
Van der Sloot also faces
federal charges in Birmingham for allegedly attempting to extort money from
the Holloway family in exchange for information involving the whereabouts of
her remains.
Judge blocks Fla. law restricting doctor gun talk
CURT ANDERSON
AP Legal Affairs Writer
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge
on Wednesday blocked enforcement
of a first-in-the-nation law that restricted what Florida physicians can
say about guns to their patients, ruling the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s free speech guarantees and
does not trample gun rights.
U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke
said it was important to emphasize
“the free flow of truthful, non-misleading information within the doctor-patient relationship.”
“This case concerns one of our
Constitution’s most precious rights
— the freedom of speech,” said
Cooke, appointed to the bench by
Republican President George W.
Bush. “A practitioner who counsels
a patient on firearm safety, even
when entirely irrelevant to medical care or safety, does not affect or
interfere with the patient’s right to
continue to own, possess or use firearms.”
The law was passed earlier this
year by the Republican-controlled
Legislature and signed into law June
2 by GOP Gov. Rick Scott. The gov-
ernor, the National Rifle Association and other supporters contended
it was a violation of privacy and
possibly the Second Amendment for
doctors to question patients about
guns at home.
But physicians’ groups representing some 11,000 doctors and the
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence sued. They said the law halted meaningful discussions between
doctors and patients — especially
parents with guns — about keeping
the weapons out of the hands of children.
Dr. Lisa Cosgrove, president of
the Florida chapter of the American
Academy of Pediatrics, said the ruling will help save lives. She said
doctors routinely counsel patients
about safety issues at home, on everything from backyard swimming
pools to use of bike helmets.
“Sometimes it’s just a reminder
that if you are a gun owner, you
make sure you are a responsible gun
owner,” said Cosgrove, a pediatrician. “Children cannot make these
decisions about safety for themselves. Parents have to be the guides
for that.”
Daniel Vice, senior attorney with
Prosecutors file more
charges in ‘sextortion’ case
CHARLES WILSON
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS
(AP) — A Maryland
man charged with extorting an Indiana teen
into sexual favors victimized other teens in
several states after he
was released on bond,
federal prosecutors said
Wednesday.
Trevor Shea, 20, has
agreed to plead guilty
to charges of sexual exploitation of children
stemming from both
cases, according to the
U.S. Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors say he
blackmailed and convinced 10 girls between
the ages of 13 and 16
to send him sexually
explicit photographs or
videos.
Court documents filed
in U.S. District Court
in Indianapolis allege
that Shea coerced four
girls in Florida, Kansas
and Maryland into various acts after his release
on bond following his
initial indictment in
June 2010. At the time,
Shea was on home detention and being electronically
monitored
and had agreed not to
use a computer as a term
of release. He was in
U.S. marshals’ custody
Wednesday.
U.S. Attorney A.
Brant Cook said it was
important for teens to
realize that online acts
that seem harmless and
private today can later
come back to haunt
them.
“It’s important to note
that digital images ...
never go away and can
be passed along at the
click of a button,” he
said at a news conference to announce the
charges Wednesday.
Shea could face 15
to 30 years in prison on
each of the seven counts
against him under terms
of a proposed plea
agreement, and up to 30
years more for violating
the terms of his pre-trial
release.
Shea’s attorney, Michael Donahoe, declined
to comment on the case.
The case is an example of a growing crime
that federal prosecutors call “sextortion,” in
which Internet predators
catch victims in embarrassing situations online
and threaten to expose
them unless they create
sexually explicit photos
or videos for them.
U.S. Attorney Joe
Hogsett said Shea’s case
was a “landmark of its
kind” in part because
there were so many victims from across the
country and he allegedly forced the girls to
indulge in sadistic and
masochistic behavior on
webcam.
Shea’s case began in
September 2009, when
police received a report
that a 16-year-old girl
from Brownsburg, Ind.,
was being stalked over
the Internet. The girl
and two of her friends
had visited a chatroom
and flashed their breasts
over a webcam. A week
later, a stranger contacted the girl and said
he had captured her image on the webcam and
would post the pictures
to her MySpace friends
unless she posed for
more explicit pictures
and videos for him, the
documents said.
“Every
time
she
logged on to the Internet, she couldn’t escape
him,” said Brownsburg
police Detective Sgt.
Jennifer Pyatt, who attended the news conference.
The girl complied
for a while, but finally
balked, and the stranger
briefly took control of
her MySpace page and
threatened to expose her.
Investigators traced the
online threats to Shea
and raided his Mechanicsburg, Md., home in
March 2010, and even-
tually found videos of
five more girls on Shea’s
computer, the documents said.
After appearing in
court in June 2010, Shea
was released on bond
and ordered not to use a
computer or the Internet.
But in November, police
in Pace, Fla., received a
report that a 16-year-old
girl was being blackmailed over the Internet.
Documents say a person
later found to be Shea
contacted the girl and
asked if the person who
had blackmailed her previously had been caught,
then told her to guess
who was back. Shea allegedly coerced the girl
into posing for several
nude videos before she
contacted police.
Authorities traced the
threats to Shea’s residence, where they arrested him and seized
his computer on Dec.
22. Investigators who
examined the computer
also found videos of
three additional girls,
one from Maryland and
two from Kansas, engaged in sexually explicit acts that were later
found to have been made
while Shea was on pretrial release. That led to
the new charges.
The proposed plea
agreement does not include any agreed-upon
recommended sentence.
Both sides will argue for
what they deem to be an
appropriate sentence at a
hearing to be scheduled
later.
the Washington-based Brady Center,
said the decision invalidates a “dangerous and blatantly unconstitutional law.”
“Especially with eight kids shot
and killed every day in America, it’s
crucial that doctors be able to talk
about the severe risk of guns in the
home,” Vice said.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and
Scott’s office did not immediately
say whether there would be an appeal, and NRA officials in Tallahassee could not be reached for comment. Cooke’s ruling temporarily
halts enforcement of the law, but the
judge indicated that decision would
likely be made permanent.
The chief Senate sponsor, Republican Sen. Greg Evers, said he was
disappointed in the ruling and that
he expected an appeal. The lead
House supporter, GOP Rep. Jason
Brodeur, said doctors could accomplish their goal by giving gun safety
talks to all Floridians.
“Direct questions about firearm
ownership when it has nothing to do
with medical care is simply pushing
a political agenda, which doesn’t belong in exam rooms,” Brodeur said
in an email.
The law arose out of the so-called
“Ocala incident,” in which a young
mother in 2010 was dropped from
a doctor’s practice because she refused to answer questions about gun
ownership. Her cause found its way
to the Legislature, which came up
with similar instances around the
state that some lawmakers compared
to interrogations.
At one point, lawmakers wanted
to make violations punishable by
a five-year prison sentence and $5
million fine. That was eventually
scaled back to disciplinary action
that could include loss of a doctor’s
medical license and a fine up to
$10,000. There were also several exceptions, such as permission to ask
questions about firearms to people
with mental problems.
In her ruling, Cooke said she
found very little evidence of widespread harassment or discrimination
of gun owners by doctors.
“It is unlikely that a concern for
some patients who may be offended or uncomfortable by questions
regarding firearm ownership could
justify this law,” she said.
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Notice is hereby given that PREMIUM ENERGY LLC, PO BOX 40, 1000 MINGO LOGAN AVE., WARRENCLIFFE, WV 25651 has a permit on file with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
for the surface mining of approximately 906.5 acres and has submitted an application to the DEP, 1101
GEORGE KOSTAS DRIVE, LOGAN WV 25601, for renewal of Article 3 Permit Number S-4004-00 to
surface mine in the Hernshaw and splits, Chilton and splits, Winifrede and splits, Buffalo Creek
and splits, Alma and splits, Dingess and splits, Williamson and splits, Upper and Lower Cedar
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of Gilbert Creek of the Guyandotte River, Unnamed Tributaries of Big Fork and Big Fork and Unnamed Tributaries of Adams Fork and Adams Fork all of Gilbert Creek of the Guyandotte River;
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the Tug Fork River of Big Sandy River of Ohio River and is located 3.5 (miles), Northwest of Gilbert
in Stafford District of Mingo County, Longitude 81º 57' 13" and Latitude 37º 37' 36" (Coordinates from
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Box 1155 Gilbert, WV 25621
Box 1210 Huntington, WV 25714
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*and the mineral associated herewith is owned by:
NAME
David L. France estate
Premium Energy LLC
ADDRESS
P.O. Box 1210 Huntington, WV 25714
Surface of the area within 100 feet of the permit area is owned by:
NAME
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ADDRESS
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*and the mineral within 100 feet of the permit area is owned by:
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ADDRESS
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Written comments and/or requests for an informal conference of the permit renewal application shall
identify the applicant and application number and will be received by the Permit Supervisor at the DEP
address above until October 30, 2011, or thirty (30) days from date of final publication. A copy of the
application will be available for review until October 30, 2011, or thirty (30) days from date of final publication in the DEP Regional Office located at the address above AND in the Mingo County Clerk's Office
during normal business hours.
DEP Telephone No. 304-792-7250
Permit No. S-4004-00
*These items are to be completed only for operations involving mineral removal.
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PERMIT No. S-4004-OO Mingo County
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Receiving Streams: Unnamed Tributaries of Coon Branch, Unnamed Tributaries of
Perry Branch and Perry Branch, Unnamed Tributaries of Horsepen Creek and
Horsepen Creek of Gilbert Creek of the Guyandotte River; Unnamed Tributaries of
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of Gilbert Creek of the Guyandotte River; Unnamed Tributaries of Left Fork and Left
Fork, Unnamed Tributaries of Lick Branch and Lick Branch, Unnamed Tributaries of
Beech Fork and Beech Fork, all of Ben Creek and Ben Creek of the Tug Fork River.
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DINA CAPPIELLO and
HARRY R. WEBER
Associated Press
BP bears ultimate responsibility for the worst
offshore oil spill in U.S.
history, a key government
panel said Wednesday in
a report that assigns more
blame to the company than
other investigations and
could hurt its effort to fend
off criminal charges and
billions of dollars in penalties.
The report concluded
that BP violated federal
regulations, ignored crucial warnings, was inattentive to safety and made
bad decisions during the
cementing of the well a
mile beneath the Gulf of
Mexico.
Eleven rig workers
were killed in the April
2010 explosion, and some
200 million gallons of
crude spewed from the
bottom of the sea.
The investigation was
conducted by a team from
the two main agencies responsible for drilling and
safety in federal waters:
the Coast Guard and the
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management Regulation
and Enforcement.
In the report, other companies shared some of the
blame. Rig owner Transocean was accused of being deficient in preventing
or limiting the disaster, in
part by bypassing alarms
and automatic shutdown
systems. Halliburton, the
contractor responsible for
mixing and testing the cement, was faulted as well.
But BP, as the designated operator of the Macondo well, “was ultimately
responsible for conducting
operations at Macondo in
a way that ensured the
safety and protection of
personnel,
equipment,
natural resources and the
environment,” the panel
concluded.
The report identifies
many of the same causes
and faulty decisions
found by previous investigations, including those
conducted by a presidential commission, congressional committees and the
companies themselves.
But some of those earlier
investigations spread the
blame more evenly.
The new report also
marks the first time an investigative body looking
into the spill has identified specific violations of
federal regulations by BP
and its contractors.
The findings will be
used to shape reforms in
offshore drilling safety
and regulation. They will
also be used by lawyers
for victims involved in
court battles over the oil
spill, and by government
agencies
considering
charges and penalties.
“It is only a question
of time before BP —
along with Transocean
and Halliburton — will
face criminal charges for
their roles in the Gulf oil
spill,” said David Uhlmann, a University of
Michigan law professor
who formerly led the Justice Department’s environmental crimes section.
The Justice Department hasn’t commented
on where its probe stands.
Congressional leaders
immediately scheduled
hearings to discuss the
findings,
BP responded to the report by saying it is time for
“other parties to acknowledge their roles in the accident and make changes to
help prevent similar accidents in the future.” Transocean said it takes exception to any criticism of its
drill crew. Halliburton did
not comment.
In the report, the primary cause of the disaster was identified —
again — as the failure
of the cement seal in the
well. While it was Halliburton’s job to mix
and test the cement, BP
had the final word and
made a series of decisions that saved money
but increased risk and
may have contributed to
the cement’s failure, the
panel said.
The report said BP,
and in some cases its contractors, violated seven
federal regulations at the
time of the disaster.
The violations include
failure to take necessary
precautions to keep the
well under control at all
times, and failure to securely cement the well
and maintain the blowout
preventer. Cement is used
as a barrier in wells to
keep the highly pressurized oil and gas bottled
up.
This report is likely
to carry more weight in
Congress than the other
investigations. Republican lawmakers had said
they were unwilling to
adopt reforms until the
federal investigation was
complete.
Since the disaster, the
Obama
administration
has reorganized the offshore drilling agency and
boosted safety regulations. But Congress has
yet to pass a single piece
of legislation to address
safety gaps highlighted
by the disaster.
The panel recommended further changes
to offshore drilling practices, including requiring
at least two barriers in
a well — one mechanical, one cement. BP’s
well had a single barrier,
the cement. The last line
of defense, the blowout
preventer, failed because
a kink in the well pipe
prevented the device from
pinching the well shut, the
panel found.
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Obama to take jobs sales
pitch to North Carolina
DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama
is pitching his jobs plan at a North Carolina business
that the White House says would benefit from what he
wants Congress to pass immediately.
Obama was to appear Wednesday in the RaleighDurham area to tour a machine company and give his
third speech in as many days, highlighting the help he
says his plan would extend to small businesses.
More than half of the nearly $450 billion plan
Obama sent to Congress last week is devoted to tax
cuts and tax credits to encourage businesses to hire.
But Obama is proposing to pay for the plan by raising
taxes on big corporations and the wealthy, an idea that
isn’t sitting well with Republicans in Congress.
“We got to make sure that everybody pays their fair
share,” Obama said Tuesday in Ohio.
Obama would cover most of the cost of his jobs initiatives, nearly $400 billion, by limiting the itemized
deductions wealthier people can take. He would get
$40 billion by closing tax loopholes for oil and gas
companies, $18 billion from imposing higher taxes on
certain income from investment fund managers and $3
billion from changing how the tax code treats corporate jets.
Obama has run these ideas by Congress in the past
and has gotten nowhere.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.,
said Obama was essentially daring Republicans to
vote against his ideas again. “I think most people see
through all this,” McConnell said.
For businesses, Obama’s package would cut the
taxes that employers and employees pay to fund Social
Security. It also proposes tax credits worth thousands
of dollars to encourage businesses to hire veterans as
well as people who’ve been out of work for more than
six months.
It’s those incentives for businesses that Obama
planned to highlight on the trip to WestStar Precision,
a small business in Apex, a Raleigh suburb. The company makes specialized components for the aerospace,
medical and alternative energy industries, according to
its website, and also has offices and a manufacturing
facility in Costa Rica.
While in North Carolina, the White House said the
president would announce plans to speed up payments
to small businesses that have government contracts.
The government currently had 30 days to make those
payments, but Obama wants that cut to 15 days.
With the economic recovery stalled, unemployment
holding at 9.1 percent and people losing confidence in
his handling of the issue, Obama needs to show progress on the economy as the GOP presidential campaign
gains steam.
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Field Lighting for Kermit K-8
Athletic Field
Randy Keathley, County Superintendent of Mingo County,
and Dr. Jorea Marple, West
Virginia State Superintendent
of Schools, as designee of the
West Virginia State Board of
Education acting in lieu of the
Board of Education of Mingo
County pursuant to West Virg i n i a
C o d e
§18-2E-5(p)(4)(c)(iv) will receive sealed bids for Field
Lighting for Kermit K-8 Athletic
Field.
Sealed bids will be received
until 2:00 p.m., on the 19th
Day of September, 2011, at
the office of the Mingo County
Board of Education, Route 2,
Box 310, Williamson, WV
25661, at which time and
place all bids will be publicly
opened and read aloud.
The specifications are on file
at the Central Office of the
Mingo County Board of Education. For more information and
or to obtain a copy of the
specifications please call Beth
Daniels, Purchasing Director
at 304-235-7140 or email at
bdaniels@access.k12.wv.us
Randy Keathley, County Superintendent of Mingo County,
and Dr. Jorea Marple, West
Virginia State Superintendent
of Schools, as designee of the
West Virginia State Board of
Education acting in lieu of the
Board of Education of Mingo
County pursuant to West Vir§
ginia
Code
18-2E-5(p)(4)(c)(iv) reserves
the right to reject any or all
bids.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION
FAMILY OF MINGO COUNTY,
WEST VIRGINIA
IN RE
THE MARRIAGE OF: CIVIL
ACTION NO. 11-D-188
BILLY JOE BRYANT, PETITIONER, AND EVA GAIL
BRYANT, RESPONDENT
THE OBJECT OF THIS SUIT
IS TO OBTAIN A DIVORCE.
To The Above Respondent
It appearing by affidavit filed in
this action that Eva Gail Bryant
is a non-resident of the State
of West Virignia, it is hereby
ordered that Eva Gail Bryant
serve upon Billy Joe Bryant,
petitione's attorney, whose address is Rt. 3 5b Delbarton,
WV 25670, West Virignia, an
Answer, including any relatd
counterclaim or defense you
may have to the Petitoin for Divorce filed in this action on or
before 30 days from the date
of first publication of this notice.
If you fail to do so, thereafter
judgement, upon proper hearing and trial. Action may be
taken aginst you for the relief
demanded in the Petiton.
A copy of said Petition can be
obtained form the undersigned
Clerk at his/her office.
Entered by the Clerk of said
Court September 2, 2011.
Grant Preece
Clerk of Court
By: Deputy Clerk
Brandy Baisden
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Notice to Creditors and
Beneficiaries
Notice is hereby given that settlement of the estate
of the following named decedents will proceed
without
reference
to a
Fiduciary
Commissioner
unless
within 45
days from the
first
publication notice
such
reference is
requested by a
party in interest
or an unpaid
creditor files a
claim and
good cause is
shown to
support reference
to a
Fiduciary Commissioner.
Douglas Prater
Dated this the 2nd Day of September, 2011.
Jim Hatfield
Clerk of the County
Commission of Mingo County
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OF WEST VIRGINIA
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N O .
MINGO COUNTY PUBLIC
SERVICE DISTRICT
Application for a certificate of
convenience and necessity for
the construction, operation and
maintenance of a waterline extension to provide water and
fire service to approximately
101 residences in Kermit Magisterial District of Mingo
County, for approval of financing related thereto, and for approval of a Water Purchase
Contract between the District
and the Town of Kermit (Marrowbone Creek Project)
NOTICE OF FILING
On September 8, 2011, the
N O .
MINGO COUNTY PUBLIC
SERVICE DISTRICT
Application for a certificate of
convenience and necessity for
the construction, operation and
maintenance of a waterline extension to provide water and
fire service to approximately
101 residences in Kermit Magisterial District of Mingo
County, for approval of financing related thereto, and for approval of a Water Purchase
Contract between
Legals the District
and the Town of Kermit (Marrowbone Creek Project)
NOTICE OF FILING
On September 8, 2011, the
Mingo County Public Service
District (District) filed an application, duly verified, for a Certificate to construct certain additions and improvements to
its water system in Mingo
County.
The proposed project, referred to as the Marrowbone
Creek Project (Project), consists of the construction of a
waterline extension to provide
quality and dependable potable water and fire protection
service to approximately 101
residences in the Kermit Magisterial District in Mingo
County, West Virginia. The
water for the extension will be
provided via the Town of Kermit Water Treatment Plant
(Town) through a Water Purchase Contract negotiated between the District and the
Town. The District is also
seeking approval of that contract in this proceeding. The
Townʼs plant has the excess
capacity to supply through its
existing Spaulding water tank
the anticipated 15,150 gallons
per day additional demand as
a result of the extension which
will connect to the Townʼs
8-inch waterline at the western
end of the Townʼs system on
County Route 2/2.
In the event modification to
the Project becomes necessary, Plan Sheet 13 (Marrowbone Ridge Road – Not a
County Route) and Plan Sheet
16 (County Route 2/5) as contained in the engineering documents filed with the Districtʼs
application, and on file with the
Public Service Commission,
could be deducted with a construction cost savings of approximately $89,500.00. This
would lower the number of
customers served by 5 customers.
Any additions to the Project
would extend the water line to
approximately four (4) customers above the tank site on Plan
Sheet 13 that have requested
water. This would require a
continuous booster pump station and additional water line
at a construction cost of approximately $110,000.
The application is on file
with and available for public inspection at the Public Service
Commission, 201 Brooks
Street, in Charleston, West
Virginia.
The total estimated cost of the
Project is $2,913,000, to be
funded through a $1,250,000
Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grant, a Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) loan in
the amount of $763,000 for a
40-year period at an interest
rate of 2.375% and a RUS
Grant of $900,000.
No increase in the Districtʼs
base water rates will result
from the proposed project.
The utility will continue to bill
under its current water rates
on file with the Commission:
SCHEDULE I
APPLICABILITY
Applicable within entire territory served, excluding the area
formerly served by Justice
Public Service District.
AVAILABILITY
Available for general domestic, commercial, industrial and
sale for resale water service.
RATES (customers with metered water supply)
First
2,000 gallons
used per month
$ 11.20
per 1,000 gallons
All Over
2,000 gallons
used per month
$ 11.20
per 1,000 gallons
MINIMUM CHARGE
No minimum bill will be rendered for less than $22.40 per
month which is equivalent to
2,000 gallons or
5/8
inch
$ 22.40 per month
3/4
inch
$ 33.60 per month
1
inch
$ 56.00 per month
1 - 1/4
inch
$ 81.80 per month
1 - 1/2
inch
$ 112.00 per month
2
inch
$ 179.20 per month
3
inch
$ 336.00 per month
4
inch
$ 560.00 per month
6
inch
$1,120.00 per month
8
inch
$1,792.00 per month
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
DELAYED PAYMENT PENALTY
The above schedule is net.
On all accounts not paid in full
when due, ten percent will be
added to the net current
amount unpaid. This delayed
payment penalty is not interest
and is to be collected only
once for each bill where it is
appropriate.
RESALE RATE
All water for resale to the
town of Delbarton will be billed
in accordance to the approved
rate of $4.17 per 1,000 gallons
used per month.
SERVICE
CHARGE
CONNECTION
33.60 per month
1
inch
$ 56.00 per month
1 - 1/4
inch
$ 81.80 per month
1 - 1/2
inch
$ 112.00 per month
2
inch
$ 179.20 per month
3
inch
$ 336.00 per month
4
inch
$ 560.00 per month
6
inch
$1,120.00 per month
8
inch
$1,792.00 per month
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
On all accounts not paid in full
appropriate.
RESALE RATE
All water Legals
for resale to the
town of Delbarton will be billed
in accordance to the approved
rate of $4.17 per 1,000 gallons
used per month.
SERVICE CONNECTION
CHARGE
The following charges are to
be made whenever the utility
installs a new tap to serve an
applicant.
A tap fee of $100.00 will be
charged to customers applying
for service before construction
is completed adjacent to the
customer's premises in connection with a certificate proceeding before the Commission. This pre-construction tap
fee will be invalid after the
completion of construction adjacent to the applicant's premises that is associated with a
certificate proceeding.
A tap fee of $350.00, or the
actual cost of the connection
(solely determined by the District), whichever is greater, will
be charged to all customers
who apply for service outside
of a certificate proceeding before the Commission for each
new tap to the system.
WATER DISCONNECT-RECONNECT-ADMINISTRATIVE
FEES
Whenever water service has
been
disconnected
for
non-payment of water bills, a
disconnection fee of $25.00
shall be charged; or in the
event the delinquent water bill
is collected by the PSD in the
field, an administrative fee of
$25.00 shall be charged. A
$25.00 reconnection fee will
be assessed for each occurrence where water service to
sewer customers is restored,
after water service has been
terminated for non-payment of
water bills. Reconnection after
hours (Monday-Friday after 4
pm, anytime or holidays and
weekends) an additional
$25.00 fee shall apply.
INCREMENTAL COSTS
An amount not to exceed
$5.00 per 1,000 gallons is to
be used when a bill reflects
unusual consumption which
can be attributed to eligible
leakage on the customerʼs
side of the meter. This rate
shall be applied to all such
consumption above the customerʼs historical usage. The
District shall establish a
non-discriminatory policy regarding this provision for leak
adjustments.
RETURNED
CHECK
CHARGE
A service charge equal to
the actual bank fee assessed
to the utility or a maximum of
$25.00 will be imposed upon
any customer whose check for
payment of charges is returned by the bank due to insufficient funds.
EFT, CREDIT CARD, ACH
AND DROP BOX PAYMENTS
A service charge will be imposed on EFT, Credit Card,
ACH or Drop Box payments.
The amount shall be equal to
the actual charges to the utility
from the financial institution for
processing payment.
TRANSPORTATION CREDIT
A credit of $0.135 per 1,000
gallons exiting the Town of
Delbartonʼs water system will
be issued by the District on the
bill rendered for the Townʼs
purchased water for its costs
of pumping and transporting
water through the Townʼs system.
SECURITY DEPOSIT
A deposit of $50.00 or
two-twelfths (2/12) of the average annual usage of the applicantʼs specific customer class,
whichever is greater.
FIRE PROTECTION FEE
Where connections, hydrants, sprinklers, etc. on private property are maintained
by customer:
Per Annum
$
2 inch service line with hydrants, sprinklers,
and/or hose connections
$
59.64
$ 135.60
$ 238.08
$ 603.48
$ 989.64
$ 1,755.72
$ 2,460.24
These terms apply monthly in
advance.
RATE
Each municipality shall pay
an annual public fire service
charge of $250.00 per year per
fire hydrant payable in twelve
(12) monthly payments.
$ 135.60
$ 238.08
$ 603.48
$ 989.64
$ 1,755.72
$ 2,460.24
These terms apply monthly in
advance.
Legals
RATE
Each municipality shall pay
an annual public fire service
charge of $250.00 per year per
fire hydrant payable in twelve
(12) monthly payments.
SCHEDULE II
APPLICABILITY
Applicable within the entire
territory formerly served by
Justice Public Service District.
AVAILABILITY
Available for general domestic, commercial, industrial service.
RATES
First
3,000 gallons used
per month
$9.86 per
1,000 gallons
Next
3,000 gallons
used per month
$8.12
per 1,000 gallons
Next
4,000 gallons
used per month
$7.25
per 1,000 gallons
Next
10,000 gallons
used per month
$6.38
per 1,000 gallons
Next
20,000 gallons
used per month
$5.51
per 1,000 gallons
Next
60,000 gallons
used per month
$4.64
per 1,000 gallons
All over 100,000 gallons
used per month
$4.06
per 1,000 gallons
MINIMUMCHARGE
No minimum bill will be rendered for less than $19.72 per
month, which is equivalent to
2,000 gallons usage, or:
$ 19.72
$ 29.60
$ 49.30
$ 98.60
$157.80
5/8 inch meter
per month
3/4 inch meter
per month
1
inch meter
per month
1 - 1/2 inch meter
per month
2
inch meter
per month
On all accounts not paid h full
appropriate.
TAP FEE
The following charge is to be
made whenever the utility installs a new tap to serve an
applicant.
A tap fee of $250.00 will be
charged to all customers who
apply for service outside of a
certificate proceeding before
the Commission for each new
tap to the system.
RECONNECTION
$15.00
To be charged whenever the
supply of water is turned off for
violations of rules, nonpayment of bills, or fraudulent use
of water
LEAK ADJUSTMENT
$1.82 per M Gallon is to be
used when a bill reflects unusual consumption which can
be attributed to eligible leakage on customerʼs side of the
meter. This rate shall be applied to all such consumption
above the customerʼs historical
usage.
Anyone desiring to protest
or intervene should file a written protest or request to intervene within
thirty (30) days
folTHURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER
lowing the date of this publication unless otherwise modified
by Commission order. Failure
to timely protest or request to
intervene can affect your right
to protest aspects of this certificate case, including any associated rate increases, or to
participate in future proceedings. All protests or requests
to intervene should briefly
state the reason for the protest
or request to intervene. Requests to intervene must comply with the rules on intervention set forth in the Commissionʼs Rules of Practice and
Procedure. All protests and
requests to intervene should
be addressed to Sandra
Squire, Executive Secretary,
P.O. Box 812, Charleston,
West Virginia 25323.
In the absence of substantial protest received within
thirty (30) days of this publication, the Commission may
waive formalLegals
hearing and grant
the application based on the
Commissionʼs review of the
evidence submitted with the
application.
MINGO
COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE
DISTRICT
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A deposit of $50.00 or
two-twelfths (2/12) of the average usage of the applicantʼs
specific customer class, whichever is greater.
ANIMALS
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In the absence of substantial protest received within
thirty (30) days of this publication, the Commission may
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Commissionʼs review of the
evidence submitted with the
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SURCHARGE
$1.50 per thousand gallons
be added to all bills rendered
by the Justice Public Service
District to address an arrearage the Justice Public Service
District owes to its bondholder.
The surcharge will end when
the Justice Public Service District is merged with the Mingo
County Public Service District
or whenever the arrearage is
paid off.
Anyone desiring to protest
or intervene should file a written protest or request to intervene within thirty (30) days following the date of this publication unless otherwise modified
by Commission order. Failure
to timely protest or request to
intervene can affect your right
to protest aspects of this certificate case, including any associated rate increases, or to
participate in future proceedings. All protests or requests
to intervene should briefly
state the reason for the protest
or request to intervene. Requests to intervene must comply with the rules on intervention set forth in the Commissionʼs Rules of Practice and
Procedure. All protests and
requests to intervene should
be addressed to Sandra
Squire, Executive Secretary,
P.O. Box 812, Charleston,
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday,
Sept. 15, 2011:
This year, often you are digging and questioning about the real
meaning of life. Other times, you
are detached, light and easy. A key
relationship plays into your processing when seeking answers. This
person might have more depth than
many people in your life. If you are
single, romance could wing in from
a distance or be very different. You
make the call about what level this
relationship evolves to. If you are
attached, focus on a mutual longterm goal, which could involve a trip.
This emphasis will bring more closeness. TAURUS helps you detach and
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The Stars Show the Kind of Day
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ARIES (March 21-April 19)
++++ Use the a.m. to the max.
In the afternoon, attend to money
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child, loved one or someone you care
about. At the present point, the wise
move will be not to tackle any crisis,
especially as you might not have all
the information you need. Tonight:
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
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whatever you project. A family member could be upset by a choice and
lets you know it in no uncertain terms.
Tonight: Whatever feels right.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
+++ Use the morning for decisive action. Others could be taken
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back of your mind, you have an idea
or different perspective that you might
want to look at. Tonight: Keep your
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CANCER (June 21-July 22)
++++ Handle your responsibilities early on. A boss or someone you
respect notices just how efficient you
can be. In the afternoon, you could
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
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Seek out a friend or a respected
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Tonight: So many choices.
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Reach out for someone at a distance in order to get feedback, but
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when dealing with a special person.
Tonight: Pretend that the weekend
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Avoid an argument with a roommate.
Tonight: Hang out with pals.
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