Jury finds in favor of Hannah, Smith, Miller

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Jury finds in favor of Hannah, Smith, Miller
Hearing held in US District Court
Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
CHARLESTON — A jury has
ruled in favor of former Mingo
County Sheriff Lonnie Hannah, Sgt.
Joe Smith and Deputy Mike Miller
in a lawsuit brought against them by
Arvil Runyon of Varney, W.Va.
Runyon, 58, sued the Mingo
County Sheriff’s Department and
Mingo County Commission claim-
ing negligent training of law enforcement as to handling someone who is
disabled, but had been arrested.
“The jury found that no excessive
force was used in the stairwell of the
Memorial Building,” said attorney
Bill Murray, who represented all
three of the defendants in the case.
The trial was held in U.S. District Court in Charleston and
concluded last Thursday.
“They were very pleased to be
vindicated by the jury,” Murray said
of Hannah, Smith and Miller.
“This was stressful for these
men,” Murray added. “I am sure
they are relieved that it is over.”
“I’m glad it’s over and justice was
served,” Sgt. Smith said.
The suit alleged excessive force
by law enforcement and that Runyon was not accommodated for a
handicap as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Murray said the jury didn’t find
this to be true under the ADA.
The incident took place in February of 2012, when Runyon contacted Hannah about a vehicle
which had been impounded by the
sheriff’s department while being
used by his son. Hannah told him
in order to retrieve the vehicle, he
would need to come to the sheriff’s
office located on the first floor of
the courthouse and speak to Chief
Field Deputy James Smith to obtain the keys, the suit read.
See JURY ‌| 3
Former Sheriff Lonnie Hannah
Weekend fatality
attributed to DUI
Rachel Baldwin
Staff Writer
PIKEVILLE — According to Public Relations
Officer Shaun Little with
Pikeville Post 9 of the Kentucky State Police (KSP),
a weekend accident near
the Mouthcard community
claimed the life of a Pike
County resident and ended
with another behind bars.
On Saturday afternoon
at approximately 4 p.m.,
KSP’s Pikeville Post of the
received a call of an accident on U.S. 460. Upon
arrival, Trooper Ryan
Hamilton was told by eye
witnesses that William
Damron, 48, had lost control of his 1989 Chevrolet
Caprice, dropped off of the
William Damron charged with
DUI and manslaughter.
shoulder of the roadway
and struck Donald B. Castor, 35, of Mouthcard, who
was cutting grass at his
See FATALITY ‌| 3
Photos by Rachel Baldwin | Daily News
Helping Margie Booth (seated left) celebrate her 95th birthday are Mae Stallard (seated right); (standing,
left to right) Missie Hatfield, Danny Williamson, Melissa Dove, Russ Adams, Amber Haugen, Paul Noe, Jocelyn
McCown, Elmer Mollett and Jacqueline Atkins, CNE.
Celebration of age; perseverance and success
Rachel Baldwin
Staff Writer
WILLIAMSON — One would not think of the
physical therapy department of the Williamson Memorial Hospital (WMH) as a location for a birthday
party celebration, but the staff members and several
patients who attend therapy session there went all
out last Friday, putting a big smile on the face of a
special 95 year-old Williamson resident.
Margie Booth was definitely surprised when
she walked into the physical therapy session
alongside of her dear friend Mae Stallard, who
has also been taking maintenance therapy for
well over 10 years. Booth was greeted with
shouts of happy birthday and had numerous pictures taken of her and her many friends.
While speaking with the Director of Rehab
Services for WMH, Russ Adams, he told the Williamson Daily News that Booth originally started
taking cardiac therapy a little over 10 years ago
and graduated the 36 week session. She then began taking maintenance therapy and has continued to do so for the past 9 years.
“Margie is one of several long-term maintenance
therapy patients that we have here,” stated Adams.
“The purpose of this program is to improve the
risk factors associated with growing older and to
See CELEBRATION ‌| 3
Submitted Photo
Mr. Cedric Greene, who serves as the Deputy Secretary of the W.Va. Department of Administration, will
speak at a celebration ceremony for the 150th anniversary of the State of West Virginia on June 30th at
the Logan Street First Baptist Church in Williamson.
Margie Booth (center), a patient of the WMH Rehab Services
Maintenance Therapy Department, is shown doing one of
her daily exercises that is part of her maintenance program.
Pictured with Booth is Physical Therapy Assistant Melissa
Dove and the Director of Cardiac Rehab, Russ Adams.
Weekend arrests reported in Mingo County
Rachel Baldwin
Staff Writer
WILLIAMSON — According to
criminal complaints received from
the Mingo County Magistrate Court,
officers within the county have been
quite busy as of late, making several
arrests on a variety of charges.
Stanley Andrew Messer, 31, of
Kermit, was taken into custody on a
single charge of impersonating a police
officer by Mingo County Sheriff’s Department (MCSD) Deputy L. Thomas.
According to the criminal complaint,
the defendant did identify himself to be
a law enforcement officer to Kimberly
Marcum, who was allegedly, ran off
the roadway by the defendant. Messer
reportedly told Marcum that he was a
police officer and “could do anything
he wanted to on the roadway”.
Messer was arraigned before Mag-
istrate Dee Sidebottom and was released from custody on a $100 personal recognizance bond.
Terry Lee Vance II, 27, of Lenore, was arrested by MCSD Deputy
M.J. Miller and West Virginia State
Police (WVSP) D. Contos on charges
of battery and obstructing an officer.
On June 14, the victim of the
crime, Billy Dempsey, relayed to
the officers that he was working in
his bathroom that was under construction when the defendant proceeded to enter his home uninvited,
jumped on his back and began choking him. Even after the victim fled
his home, Dempsey continued the
assault. Eye witnesses to the crime
verified the incident played out the
exact way the victim said it did.
Dempsey had redness and swelling
in his neck area from being choked.
The defendant is said to have re-
fused to get into the police cruiser
and reportedly cursed and yelled at
the officers. He was arraigned before Magistrate Pam Newsome and
was remanded to the custody of
the Southwestern Regional Jail at
Holden on a $2,000 bond.
Delnor Whitt, 60, of Williamson,
was placed under arrest by WVSP
Senior Trooper C.A. Douglas,
Trooper J.J. Dean and MCSD Deputy M.J. Miller on charges of domestic battery and domestic assault.
The charges stemmed from a
physical altercation that allegedly occurred between Whitt and the victim,
his wife Amanda Davis, that began as
a verbal argument. After losing him
temper and becoming physical with
his wife, the defendant is said to have
yanked his wife off of their bed to the
See ARRESTS ‌| 3
Celebration scheduled
at Williamson Church
Rachel Baldwin
Staff Writer
WILLIAMSON — The members of the Logan
Street First Baptist Church are cordially inviting
the public to attend a special program on Sunday, June 30 that is slated to begin at 3:00 p.m.
at their church located at the corner of Logan
Street and Joseph Avenue in commemoration
and in celebration of the Sesquicentennial of
West Virginia having been granted her statehood
on June 20,1863.
Rev. Gerald Dotson is Pastor of the Church
and is excited about the program that is sponsored by the Rose of Sharon Missionary Society
that will feature several dignitaries and distinguished persons from our community and state.
Guest Speaker will be Mr. Cedric Greene of the
office of WV Governor Earl Ray Tomblin and of
the State Sesquicentennial committee. Greene
is married to Miss Raquel Baker, formerly of
Williamson and a former member of the Logan
Street First Baptist Church.
Greene serves as deputy secretary of the Department of Administration. In this position, he
assists the cabinet secretary in overseeing and
providing direction for the operation of the agenSee CHURCH ‌| 3
2 ■ TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013
WILLIAMSON DAILY NEWS
Obituaries
Gary
Edward Estepp
Gary Edward Estepp,
age 56 of Kountze, TX
formerly of Matewan, WV
passed away Friday; June
21, 2013 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Houston, TX. Born
January 23, 1957 in Matewan, WV; he was the son
of Betty Wright Estepp of
Newtown, WV and the late
Thomas Edward Estepp.
Gary was a U.S. Marine
Corps veteran and was a
mechanic.
Survivors, in addition to
his mother, include his wife
Inez Estepp; his children
Jesse Richard Estepp of Brazolia, TX, Amanda (Matt)
Broucher of Kountze, TX,
T.J. Estepp of Haleyville,
Alabama, Clayton (Kellie) Estepp of Lafayette,
LA, shane Edward Estepp,
Meagan Estepp, and Mylea
Estepp all of Kountze, TX;
1 sister Teresa Hatfield of
Newtown, WV; and his
grandchildren Kyler Bumstead, Kori Bumstead, Bella
Estepp, Khloe Estepp, and
Thomas Estepp.
Funeral services will be
Friday; June 28, 2013 at
11:00 A.M. at the Broussard’s Mortuary, 530 West
Monroe, Kountze, TX
77625. Burial will follow in
the Old Hardin Cemetery
in Kountze, TX.
Visitation will be from
5-8 P.M. Thursday, June
27, 2013 at the Broussard’s Mortuary.
This obituary is a courtesy of the Hatfield Funeral
Chapel of Toler, KY.
Ruth Edith Mollett
Ruth Edith Mollett, 74,
world traveler, horticulture
enthusiast, and ornithologist passed away on Monday, June 24, 2013 at OSU
Hospital in Columbus, Ohio,
due to complications from a
three-year battle with ALS.
An elementary school
teacher for more than four
decades and well-loved by
her many students, Ruth
was a loving mother, wife
and grandmother who enjoyed attending her Warfield
High School class reunions,
Delta Kappa Gamma events,
and driving her convertible.
Born November 25, 1938 to
the late Telia and William H.
(Bill) Muncy, she was also
preceded in death by her
husband Harold Mollett,
and siblings, Lakie Sluss
and Cecil Muncy. She is survived by her children Jeffrey
(Julia) and Victor, her most
favorite person on earth,
grandson Skyler, and her be-
loved pets: Nemo and Lady.
A viewing will be held
from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, and funeral
Thursday at 11:00 a.m.
Both services will be held
at The Wellman Funeral
Home in Laurelville, Ohio.
An additional viewing
will be held Thursday evening from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
at Richmond-Callaham Funeral Home in Inez, Kentucky, with a funeral on
Friday at 12:00 p.m.
Community Calendar
June 27
Williamson City Council will
meet at 6 p.m. at City Hall on
4th Avenue. The public is invited to attend.
The Williamson Housing
Authority will hold its Regular
Board Meeting at 4:45 p.m. The
meeting is open to the public.
Public comments are welcome.
For further info call 304-2353270, ext. 15.
June 29
The Mingo County Democrat
Women will be having their annual
picnic on Saturday, June 29 at the
park in Kermit, WV. It will start
at 1 pm and continue through the
evening. The group encourages all
members and families, local and
state democratic political office
holders, and anyone that would
be interested in attending and obtaining more information on our
club to attend. Come enjoy the
company, good food and fun! Let’s
celebrate America.
A Singing featuring the gospel group Etched in Stone will
be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Airport Bottom Assembly of God
located at the lower end of Airport Bottom a few miles above
Delbarton. Refreshments will be
served. Pastor Calvin Clark welcomes everyone.
July 13
The annual Chattaroy Junior
High Reunion will be held at the
West Williamson Community
Center (swimming pool) starting at 6 p.m. All CJHS alumni are
encouraged to attend. For more
info call 304-235-2190.
July 30 - 31
The Mingo Career Center will
hold GED testing for candidates
who have passed the Official
Practice Test. For more information, contact John Webb at 304235-3347, ext. 13. To register for
Adult Basic Education to take
the Official Practice Test, contact
Mary Oliver at 304-235-2022 or
email mingoabe@gmail.com
Ongoing
Celebrate Recovery meets
every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the
Chattaroy Church of God.
Mingo County Extended
Learning Center at Rt. 2, Box
52-A, Delbarton, WV 25670 is
applying to become a candidate
for accreditation with the Commission of the Council on Occupational Education. Persons
wishing to make comments
should write to the Executive
Director of the Commission,
Council on Occupational Education, 7840 Roswell Road, Building 300, Suite 325, Atlanta, GA
30350. Persons making comments must provide their names
and mailing addresses.
In preparation for a 50 year
class reunion, the 1963 class of
Belfry High School is in need of
a current mailing address for several members of the class: Thelma
Bowen, Redia Scott Liebee, Penny Smith Holbrook, Brenda Stafford Tingler, Bonnie Thompson
Davis, Donald Evans, Billy Bryan
Hatfield and Robert Allen. Please
call if you can assist with this
information 606 237-4339, 2375896, 237-6094 or 606 432-9704.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets Saturdays at the
Jacob’s Well in the old Cantee’s
location on 3rd Avenue in Williamson. Weigh in is 10 - 11 a.m.,
the program is 11 - noon. The
first visit is free of charge. For
more information call 304 2353025 or 606 353-6777.
Williamson Public Library preschool story hour is held every
Wednesday at 11 a.m. For more
information call the library at
304 235-6029.
Starters Sports Restaurant
and Lyrick Promotions, LTD.,
presents The Acoustic Guitar
Revue, featuring live music each
Monday from 7:30 p.m. to 11
p.m. at Starters.
A Circle of Parents meeting
will be held on the third Thursday of each month at 1 p.m.
at Logan Street First Baptist
Church. Meetings offer anyone
in a parenting role to participate
in a group meeting to exchange
ideas, share information, develop
and practice new skills and more.
Contact David Bell for more information at 304-443-3041.
Mingo Extended Learning
Center is accepting applications
for our Practical Nursing Program for the Class of 2013-2014.
Applicants must take and pass
a pre-entrance exam to be considered for the program. Testing
dates are March 5, April 9, and
May 7. There is a $35 testing fee.
For additional information call
304 475-3347 ext. 16 or 29.
Center is accepting applications
Dad demands coroner give back daughter
Vicki Smith
The Associated Press
MORGANTOWN — The
parents of a 16-year-old West
Virginia girl who authorities
say was killed nearly a year
ago by her best friends canceled a protest planned for
Monday outside the office
of a coroner in Pennsylvania
after receiving assurances
that they will be able to
see her body within a
week, the father said.
Dave Neese said the
Monongalia County prosecutor’s office called him
and persuaded him to call
off the protest.
Neese said his daughter
Skylar will be returned
to West Virginia, and the
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state police there will arrange for him and his wife,
Mary, to see her body.
He had said earlier Monday that he and his wife
were frustrated and confused about why Greene
County Coroner Gregory
Rohanna wouldn’t give
them access to their
daughter’s body. Rohanna
apparently wants to do
more tests, Dave Neese
said, but it’s been nearly a
six months since authorities recovered her remains.
“This guy is telling me
he needs to do further
tests. … He doesn’t have
the facilities to do more
tests,” Neese said. “He
couldn’t even determine
the cause of death. Well,
all he needs to do is look
at the police reports to see
the cause of death.”
Rohanna didn’t immediately return a telephone call
or email messages to his office in Waynesburg, Pa.
One of Skylar’s friends
— 16-year-old Rachel
Shoaf — has pleaded guilty
to second-degree murder
in the slaying last July in
Wayne Township, Pa.
Shoaf admitted planning
the murder with another
girl who hasn’t been identified because her case
remains in juvenile court.
Skylar Neese was an honors
student at University High
School, and her father said
the three girls were close.
But Shoaf, police and
prosecutors have all refused to offer a motive for
the attack, and Dave Neese
said he still has more questions than answers.
Police reports aren’t included in Shoaf’s court file,
but during her plea hearing
last month, she admitted
that she and the other suspect drove the victim to a
secluded spot in Pennsylvania and stabbed her to death
at an agreed-upon moment.
They tried to bury Skylar but hid her body under
branches when they couldn’t.
The cold calculation and
brutality of the plot shocked
a small town already frustrated by the slow pace and
secrecy surrounding the
case. Investigators have
said nothing publicly
about the case since announcing the charges
against Shoaf on May 1.
Prosecutors say in the
court documents they plan
to recommend a 20-year
prison sentence and will oppose any move to have Shoaf
sentenced as a juvenile. But
she could get as many as 40
years under the law.
Shoaf’s family issued a
public apology through a
lawyer but has made no
further statements.
for the Medical Office/Accounting Program for the fall program.
For additional information contact Alichia Marsico at 304 4753347, ext. 25.
The Pike County Health Department is offering free diabetes management classes. There
are various dates and times
available including one Saturday during January 2013 at the
Pike County Health Department. For more information,
call Paula Compton at 606-5095503. Free diabetes self management classes are also offered to business and worksite
wellness programs.
Southside Elementary School
will conduct a preschool story
hour program for children between 2 and 4-years-old and not
currently enrolled in school. For
more information, call the school
at 606-353-1284.
Narcotics Anonymous meets
Sunday at 3 p.m. and Wednesday
at 7:30 p.m. at 815 Alderson St.
For more information, call John
at 235-2093.
The West Virginia Army National Guard is taking applications for qualified applicants
only. Applicants must be between the ages of 17 - 35 unless
they have prior military service. No drug violations of felonies, meet height and weight
requirements, be a high school
graduate, or have completed
the ninth-grade. We offer up
to $50,000 student loan repayment, state and federal tuition
assistance, medical, dental and
life insurance and a part-time
career with the opportunity to
become full-time. For more information, call recruiter SSG
Donna Smith at 3047 201-
3196 or email her at donna.
smith24@us.army.mil.
Workforce West Virginia will
take all new unemployment
claims at its office at 300 Prosperity Lane, Logan, between 10
a.m. and 2 p.m. Please arrive 30
minutes prior to complete an application. This does not affect
the intenerate office in Williamson DHHR office on Wednesdays
from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.
The Parsley Freewill Baptist
Food Panty will continue to
provide USDA commodities.
The pantry gives out the commodities once, monthly, on the
fourth Thursday.
Center (formerly Mingo Career
and Technical Center) is currently accepting applications for
the Medical Office Technology
and Legal Office Technology programs for the 2012-2013 school
term. For more information, call
(304) 475-3347 ext. 25.
Hatfield and McCoy Feud descendants are being sought for a
special project by Leah Hatfield
and Kim McCoy. Specifically,
only direct descendants of the
feud still carrying the last names
of Hatfield or McCoy. Hatfields
may contact Leah Hatfield at
843-575-0594 or by email theonenurse@yahoo.com. McCoys
may contact Kim McCoy at 502751-5200 or by email derby130@
insightbb.com.
Operation Charity food pantry
will distribute free USDA food
from noon until 2 p.m. the last
Friday of each month at the New
Vision Assembly Church in Hatfield Bottom.
Authorities say grain
silo explosion kills one
UNION MILLS, Ind. (AP) —
Authorities say an explosion at a
grain silo in northwestern Indiana
left one worker dead.
The LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department says the explosion occurred
Monday afternoon in a concrete grain
silo at the Union Mills Co-op.
The department says in a news release that the victim was a co-op employee believed to be working in the silo
when the blast happened. The cause of
the explosion was not immediately clear.
The department says all other employees are accounted for and no other
injuries were reported. It also says no
hazardous chemicals were involved.
Indiana
Labor
Department
spokesman Bob Dittment says a
workplace safety investigation has
begun. The co-op is about 50 miles
southeast of Chicago.
Deputy Sheriff Neil Lachmund says
the co-op has multiple grain and fertilizer storage facilities.
Zimmerman portrayed as vigilante
SANFORD, Fla. (AP)
— George Zimmerman
was fed up with “punks”
getting away with crime
and shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin “because he
wanted to,” not because he
had to, prosecutors argued
Monday, while the neighborhood watch volunteer’s
attorney said the killing
was self-defense against a
young man who was slamming Zimmerman’s head
against the pavement.
The prosecution began
opening statements in the
long-awaited murder trial
with shocking language,
repeating obscenities Zimmerman uttered while
talking to a police dispatcher moments before
the deadly confrontation.
The defense opened with
a knock-knock joke about
the difficulty of picking a
jury for a case that stirred
nationwide debate over racial profiling, vigilantism
and Florida’s expansive laws
on the use of deadly force.
“Knock. Knock,” said defense attorney Don West.
“Who is there?”
“George Zimmerman.”
“George Zimmerman
who?”
“Ah, good. You’re on
the jury.”
Zimmerman, 29, could
get life in prison if convicted
of second-degree murder
for gunning down Martin
on Feb. 26, 2012, as the unarmed black teenager, wearing a hoodie on a dark, rainy
night, walked from a convenience store through the
gated townhouse community where he was staying.
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The Mingo Career Center will
hold GED testing for candidates
who have passed the Official
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From Front...
Goodman Manor residents’ voices complaint
Williamson Housing Authority
Director offers solution
Rachel Baldwin
Staff Writer
WILLIAMSON — Several residents who reside
at the Goodman Manor
high rise on 4th Avenue in
Williamson have contacted
the Daily News complaining that the shopping carts
that were at the housing
complex that were used to
transport their groceries,
etc. from the bottom floor
to their apartments were
taken away by the Housing
Authority and has created
a hardship on those who
are non-ambulatory, unable
to lift objects or to make
multiple trips.
Jim Chafin was one of
the residents complaining and had penned a
letter of complaint to the
Mingo County Commission, enquiring if there
was anything they could
do to help them get the
carts back. Chafin explained how difficult it
is for a great majority of
those who call the Goodman Manor home to
carry load after load of
groceries and laundry to
their apartment, as well
as those moving in and
out of the high rise.
Pauline Sturgell, the
Executive Director of the
Williamson Housing Authority, talked with the
Daily News about the sore
subject, and explained
that although a few of the
metal shopping carts had
in fact been donated by
a local grocery store, the
majority of the 55 carts
found and confiscated by
staff were not.
“We found shopping
carts from several local stores,” said Sturgell. “It was brought to
my attention that these
carts were creating a
trip hazard for many
of our residents since
they were being left in
the hallways, on elevators, in the parking lot,
on balconies and were
also being hidden inside
the apartments, which
makes it impossible for
firefighters or EMS to
have room to maneuver
a gurney inside, should
the need arise.”
My staff did a sweep
of the building and found
a total of 55 shopping
carts, which astonished
me. I figured we may find
20 to 25 but I wasn’t prepared to hear the number
55,” commented Sturgill.
“We transported the carts
back to the stored from
which they came.”
The solution that Sturgell speaks about is one
that she says if everyone
cooperates and shares like
they should, is the purchase of approximately 4
metal carts that resemble
a smaller scale shopping
buggy with two levels instead of one. They will
be stored in a designated
room on the 1st floor and
can be utilized by the residents with the rule in place
that they must be brought
back when the resident is
finished using it.
“If everyone does the
Pictured is the Goodman Manor high rise on Fourth Avenue located in Williamson.
right thing, we’ll have no
problems and it will be a
workable solution for everyone involved,” Sturgell
stated. “I am placing the
order today and as soon
as they arrive, we will get
them in place.”
On another topic regarding Goodman Manor,
Sturgell was very excited
about activities planned
for the upcoming weekend, during which a total
of 75 volunteers will be
revamping and redoing the
playground areas at Victoria Courts and at Liberty
Heights. Plans are also in
place to construct raised
garden areas where residents of those complexes
will be able to plant vegetables and flowers.
Sturgell also commented
on how much the residents
of Goodman Manor enjoy
the once a month events
Fatality
Jury
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residence. Damron’s vehicle is said to have ran over Castor and then re-entered the highway and traveled approximately 500 feet before coming to a complete stop.
Emergency Services personnel were dispatched to the scene
but were not able to resuscitate Castor. He was pronounced
dead at the scene by Pike County Coroner Zeb Hampton.
After further questioning of the driver, Damron was
placed under arrest and was transported to the Pike
County Detention Center on charges of DUI, manslaughter; 2nd degree, no insurance and expired registration.
The defendant remains incarcerated on a full cash
$500,000 bond. He is scheduled to be arraigned early this
week in Pike County District Court.
Runyon, who is disabled and walks
with the use of a cane, said when he
went to the sheriff’s office, he was told
by Hannah that neither he nor anyone
in the office had the keys to the vehicle.
Court documents say Runyon
claimed Sgt. Joe Smith “forcibly escorted” him to the door, took his cane
and was “dragged down the hallway”
by members of the Sheriff’s Department. His suit claimed he was abused.
However, the defendants in the
case said Runyon cursed them, re-
fused requests to leave the courthouse, and continued an outburst
until Sgt. Smith arrested him for
profanity, swearing and obstructing
an officer. Runyon was then arrested
and put in handcuffs.
After his arrest, Runyon had to be
arraigned before a magistrate on the
third floor of the Memorial Building.
Runyon was provided a wheelchair
to go from the Courthouse to the Memorial Building. However, the elevator in the Memorial Building was out
of order. Smith and Miller said they
offered to have Runyon arraigned in
Celebration
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educate them on exercise,
nutrition and medication management. This
program can play an important role in increasing
one’s lifespan by staying
healthy and more active.
It allows them to improve
and maintain a higher
quality of life than those
who do not exercise.”
Booth relayed to the
Daily News that during a
medical check-up, her physician told her that her vital
signs and ability to remain
ambulatory and as active as
she presently is compares
held under the direction of
Activities Director Donna
Paterino, who is employed
on a part-time basis and is
responsible for overseeing
the fun activities that are
attended by many.
“Donna is wonderful with our residents,”
said Sturgell. “She puts
tremendous effort into
creating events that are
a great deal of fun and
are enjoyed by all. Donna
also plans monthly birthday celebrations for our
residents and personally
cooks a wonderful meal to
commemorate the occasion, thanks to generous
food donations by several
of our local churches.”
To enquire about apartments at any of the complexes managed by the
Williamson Housing Authority, you may call 304235-3270.
the basement, but that he refused.
Runyon’s lawsuit claimed he was
not offered an alternative to going
to the third floor, and that instead
of helping him up the stairs, Miller
and Smith pushed him as he went
up to the third floor.
Both Miller and Smith claimed
Runyon went to the third floor
without incident.
Runyon pled guilty to battery of a
law enforcement officer.
Recently, U.S. District Judge John
Copenhaver dismissed the claims of
negligent training and excessive force.
Church
to that of a female who is
65 years of age.
“That was wonderful
news to hear,” said Booth.
“I owe a lot of that to my
physical therapy program.”
Booth is originally a resident of Wayne County and
when asked if a handsome
man was the reason she relocated to Williamson, she
laughingly stated that “a
man wasn’t the reason I first
came to Mingo County, but
he was the reason I stayed.”
Booth was referring to
the marriage to her late husband, Aubrey Booth, saying
what a wonderful life they
had together that produced
2 children, 8 grandsons, 5
great-granddaughters and
3 great-great grandchildren.
She has been an active
member of the Williamson
First Baptist Church and
taught Sunday school for
over 70 years.
Booth was overwhelmed
at the number of people
and hospital staff members
who stopped by the physical therapy department to
wish her well, thanking
each and every one of them
for taking time out of their
day to help her celebrate
her 95th birthday. She was
presented a bouquet of
springtime flowers balloons and other presents,
as well as birthday cake
and all the trimmings.
“Margie is one of the
most special people I have
ever met,” stated Adams.
“It has been such a pleasure
to work with her to establish an exercise program
that has greatly assisted in
her living a full, healthy life.
We hope that she’s here to
celebrate many more birthdays in the future.”
If you would like more
information on cardiac
rehab and maintenance
therapy, you may call 304235-2500 and ask for Russ
Adams or one of his assistants in the Rehab Services Department.
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cies under its authority. Additionally, he assists with all
personnel matters as they relate to the department. Previously, Greene worked as Chief of Staff for the Secretary of
State’s Office and as the Deputy Executive Director for the
West Virginia Regional Jail Authority within the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety.
For more than 20 years, Greene served in the United
States Marine Corps, stationed on both coasts as well
as Okinawa, Japan as a gunnery sergeant. Greene’s last
years of service focused on every recruiting duty station
in West Virginia, including the recruiting station in Hurricane. Since 1987, he has served on numerous boards
including the American Heart Association and has also
participated in the Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots Program
since 1995. Greene has recently been assigned to the Governor’s Committee for the Purchase of Commodities &
Services from the Handicapped as well as the position of
chairman for the West Virginia Veteran’s Council.
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floor below by grasping her hair and
pulling her. While on the floor, Whitt
proceeded to place his knee on her
chest and applied pressure while he
continued to yell verbal threats.
Whitt was arraigned by Magistrate
Pam Newsome and was transported
to jail on a $2,000 bond.
Bobby Douglas Cantrell, 21, of
Ragland, was arrested and charged
with 1 count of fleeing, no vehicle and
2 counts of obstructing an officer.
MCSD Sgt. J.W. Muncy went to
the residence to serve Catrell with a
felony capias warrant. When the officer knocked on the door and ordered
him to come outside, the defendant
allegedly hid in the attic of the house.
After a few moments passed, Cantrell
thought Sgt. Muncy had left the location and exited the attic and tried to
escape through the front door, only
to find officers on the porch.
Cantrell was arraigned before
Magistrate Newsome and was remanded to the custody of the Southwestern Regional Jail.
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CHARLESTON — When you hear about West Virginia leading the nation in this category or that, it’s
often not a designation to be proud of.
This one is.Having worked in, written about and visited many states throughout the region as part my job as a
food writer and travel editor, I can tell you the Mountain
State’s advancement of the “farm-to-table” fresh food
movement is better than most.
Other states may have more restaurants and chefs
promoting the cause, but West Virginia has a more concentrated effort, a dedicated organization and true visionaries who are successfully connecting business owners,
chefs and consumers to farmers and food producers.
There are farm markets, large and small, across the
state. Future Farmers of America and Community
Supported Agriculture programs deliver a bounty of
fresh-picked produce and local meats, cheeses and
more to convenient drop-off points.The Collaborative for the 21st Century Appalachia hosts an entire
website, www.WVfarm2u.org, that helps consumers
find West Virginia farms and farm products, markets,
roadside stands, specialty foods, wineries, greenhouses, nurseries, farm-to-table restaurants and other agri-tourism destinations.
Led by director Allen Arnold, the Collaborative also
increases awareness of the state’s culinary heritage by
hosting a variety of cooking competitions and food
events around the state, including a fantastic farm dinner I attended last week on the gorgeous grounds of
Swift Level Farm in Lewisburg.
In an idyllic scene straight from the pages of Southern Living, guests sipped wine while enjoying a multi-course gourmet meal of local foods prepared by some of the state’s top
chefs.The highlight of the night for me came at the start of
the meal with an antipasto station of grilled shrimp, marinated shitakes, assorted olives, a fava bean salad with goat
milk ricotta and a colorful assortment of roasted vegetables.
If was Chef Dale Hawkins’ veggies that blew me away
— they were so crisp, fresh and delicious that I swear I’ve
never had better. The grilled bok choy alone was mindblowing.Hawkins also served a delicious tortilla chicken
soup (with chicken provided by Raleigh County FFA students) with charred corn, roasted red and jalapeno peppers and fresh herb and artisanal cheese garnishes.
Next came “Trout 2 Ways,” with Chef Reed VanDenBerghe preparing trout amandine and a trout-with-trout-caviar
dish bathed in light, bright yellow sauce (was it saffron?
curry-kissed?) you could have sipped as its own soup.Chef
Stephen Gustard followed that with a delicious smoked
strip steak with melt-in-your-mouth sweet corn pudding
and more grilled veggies with a balsamic reduction.
Studies find methane
in Pa. drinking water
PITTSBURGH (AP) —
New research in Pennsylvania demonstrates that it’s
hard to nail down how often
natural gas drilling is contaminating drinking water:
One study found high levels
of methane in some water
wells within a half-mile of
gas wells, while another
found some serious methane pollution occurring naturally, far away from drilling.
The findings represent a
middle ground between critics of the drilling technique
known as hydraulic fracturing who claim it causes
widespread contamination,
and an industry that suggests
they are rare or nonexistent.
The contamination from
drilling is “not an epidemic. It’s a minority of cases,”
said Rob Jackson, a Duke
University researcher and
co-author of the study released Monday. But he added the team found that serious contamination from
bubbly methane is “much
more” prevalent in some
water wells within 1 kilometer of gas drilling sites.
Methane is an odorless gas
that is not known to be toxic,
but in high concentrations it
can be explosive and deadly.
The Duke paper, published in the Proceedings
of the National Academy of
Sciences, is an expansion of
a 2011 study that attracted
Letter to The Editor
I would like to hear U.S. Senator
Joe Manchin speaking about Obama
Care, the future of coal, jobs and the
economy, our failing school system,
etc. and Hillary Clinton on Benghazi.
I don’t know about all of your
readers, but I am deeply troubled
about the way this country is being
run. Hillary Clinton’s query about
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it really matter?” If we have any interest in maintaining our integrity
and stature in the world, it matters
quite a bit. And, how about the issues with immigration legislation?
The Black Community stands to
lose more than any group of workers if the Democrats start hauling
in millions more.
Get out of your jeans, Joe, and
put your suit back on… address the
failures of Hillary Clinton and the
Obama Administration. Joe, No matter how many times you swing that
gun around in the TV ads — West
Virginian know you sold us ‘down the
river’ on Guns and Coal.
Thank you,
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State Briefs
Clothing voucher
applications start July 1
CHARLESTON (AP) —
West Virginia residents can
begin applying for school
clothing vouchers for eligible children on July 1.
The Department of
Health and Human Resources say the vouchers
can be used toward the
purchase of school clothing. Families who sew
clothing for their children
can use the vouchers to
buy piece goods.
Each eligible child will
receive a $200 voucher.
Children in foster care
will automatically receive
the vouchers, along with
children in families who
currently receive cash assistance from WV WORKS.
Other families could be
eligible if they meet income guidelines.
July 31 is the deadline to
submit applications. Families
must use the vouchers at participating stores by Oct. 31.
widespread attention for
its finding that drilling was
polluting some water wells
with methane. The new
study includes results from
141 northeastern Pennsylvania water wells. It found
methane levels were an average of six times higher
in the water wells closer
to drilling sites, compared
with those farther away.
Ethane, another component of natural gas, was 23
times higher in the homes
closer to drilling.
Some of the methane
was at dangerous levels.
The study found 12 homes
with levels above the recommended federal limit
of 28 milligrams per liter,
and 11 of those water wells
were closer to gas drilling sites. Jackson said the
Huntington
researchers believe that
landlord sentenced
faulty drilling can cause
on drug charge
methane pollution, but
HUNTINGTON (AP) —
that natural causes can,
too. Eighty percent of all A federal prosecutor says a
the water wells they tested Huntington landlord who
contained some level of accepted illegal drugs as
methane, including many
with no nearby drilling.
In 2011, Pennsylvania
strengthened rules for the
steel casing and cement
around the top of a gas
well that are meant to protect water supplies from
contamination, but some
older wells weren’t drilled
to those standards.

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payment for rent has been
sentenced to three years
and 10 months in prison.
U.S. Attorney Booth
Goodwin says 46-year-old
Jerry A. Lowe previously
pleaded guilty to distribution of oxycodone. He was
sentenced Monday.
According to Goodwin,
Lowe told police he typically received heroin or
prescription
painkillers
as rent payment from two
convicted felons. Lowe
also bought oxycodone
pills from another resident
of the apartment complex,
and sold at least 10 pills a
month for about two years.
W.Va. auditor settles
ethics complaint
CHARLESTON (AP)
— West Virginia Auditor
Glen Gainer has settled an
ethics complaint stemming
from his participation in a
Visa online campaign.
The Charleston Daily
Mail reports that Gainer
will donate $1,000 for the
Charleston Area Medical
Center’s Children’s Advocacy Center as part of an agreement with the West Virginia
Ethics Commission. The donation will go to the commission and Gainer won’t take a
tax benefit for it.
The newspaper says it
obtained a copy of the settlement agreement.
The Visa campaign
promoted West Virginia’s
purchasing card program.
Gainer and other state officials appeared in the online
videos last summer. Gainer’s office manages the program for state government.
In April, the ethics commission ruled in an advisory
opinion that state officials
can’t promote programs on
a company’s website.
Deliberations
to resume in W.Va.
doctor’s trial
CLARKSBURG
(AP)
— Jury deliberations are
scheduled to resume Monday in the fraud trial of a
Clarksburg dermatologist.
Dr. Allen George Saoud
(seye OOD’) is charged
with bankruptcy fraud,
health care fraud, identity
theft, tax law violations
and making false statements to investigators.
The Exponent Telegram
reports that jury deliberations began Friday.
Prosecutors say the
58-year-old
Saoud
fraudulently
billed
Medicare and Medicaid.
Groups say W.Va.
failing at surface
mine oversight
CHARLESTON
(AP)
— Environmentalists are
rallying in Charleston, fed
up with what they say is
the state’s chronic failure to
protect people and the environment from pollution
caused by coal mining.
Coal River Mountain
Watch, the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and
other groups are planning
a news conference Monday
outside the federal Office of
Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement’s offices.
Organizers say they’ll
march from there to the
governor’s office.
They say decades of citizen action has failed to improve the state Department
of Environmental Protection’s enforcement of mining laws, especially when it
comes to surface mining.
The groups are launching a new campaign called
CARE, or Citizen Action for
Real Enforcement.
Its goal is to hold government agencies accountable for failures to
protect West Virginians.
Region
EPA criticizes
plan for King Coal
Highway segment
School nearing completion
Buffalo Mountain section questioned
CHARLESTON (AP) — A study of a proposed segment of the King Coal Highway and a related surface
mine doesn’t consider alternatives that could reduce
the project’s adverse effects on the environment and
health, the Environmental Protection Agency said in
a letter released Monday.
The EPA said that the study is limited and the information it provides is inadequate. The agency recommended
that alternatives be evaluated to ensure that the least environmentally damaging option is chosen.
The study, a draft supplemental environmental impact
statement, received an EU-3 rating (environmentally unsatisfactory — inadequate information) from the EPA.
“Our experience in Appalachia demonstrates that it is
possible to improve mine design to better protect water
quality and the environment, reduce costs and maximize
coal recover,” EPA Regional Administrator Shawn Garvin
wrote in the letter, which was sent Friday to the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, the Federal Highway Administration and the state Department of Transportation.
The corps and the FHA prepared the study in cooperation with the state agency.
The study involves a segment of the King Coal Highway from Delbarton to Belo. CONSOL Energy plans to
grade land for the road bed as part of its proposed Buffalo
Mountain surface mine.
Buffalo Mountain would bury more than 7 miles of high
quality streams and create a dozen valley fills, the EPA
said, noting that the mine is one of the largest surface
mines ever proposed in Appalachia.
“Our concerns focus on the nature and extent of direct, indirect, and cumulative adverse impacts to human
health and the environment expected to result from the
construction and operation of the proposed Project and
the lack of information in the Draft SEIS assessing these
effects,” Garvin said.
Once completed, the King Coal Highway would run 90
miles from Williamson to Bluefield and be part of the Interstate 73/74 corridor. West Virginia has enlisted coal
companies to help build the road. Through these publicprivate partnerships, the companies keep the coal they
mine while grading the land for road-building in the process. A 12-mile section opened in 2011.
The Charleston Gazette first reported the EPA’s concerns.
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The new Nolan Christian Academy school is nearing completion. The school is being built on the site of the old
Nolan Grade School property by the Nolan Freewill Baptist Church. The work on the building has been mostly
done by volunteers and members of the church. The new Christian school will have spacious class rooms, a
library and media center, internet service, a teachers work area and break room and much more. The church is
hoping the building will be finished by late summer.
Contract OK'ed for Coalfields Expressway connector
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The
Virginia Department of Transportation plans to award a contract in
July for the second phase of a highway that will link the Coalfields Expressway to Kentucky.
Gov. Bob McDonnell says in a
news release that the department received authorization on Friday from
the Commonwealth Transportation
Board to award the $108 million design-build contract to Rapoca Energy.
Rapoca Energy will prepare
a road bed to rough grade for a
6-mile section of the U.S. Route
460 Connector in Buchanan
((buhk-AN’-un) County. The first
segment is under construction.
Transportation
department
spokeswoman Michelle Earl tells the
Bristol Herald Courier that another
contract will be awarded later to a
company to pave the connector.
When completed, the four-lane
Coalfields Expressway will run
from Buchanan County to Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Jail and prison misconduct claims cost W.Va. millions
CHARLESTON (AP) — Sexual
misconduct claims at prisons and
regional jails have cost West Virginia nearly $12 million over the
last decade, state records show.
Board of Risk and Insurance
Management records obtained by
the Charleston Daily Mail (http://
bit.ly/19v5mXX ) show that prisoners and their lawyers received
more than $5 million in settlements and fees from Jan. 1, 2003,
to June 1, 2013. The average settlement was about $20,000.
Another $6.6 million was
spent to pay the state’s lawyers,
special investigators, expert witnesses and court fees.
The number of sexual miscon-
duct claims rose from 21 in 2008
to 83 in 2010. The number then
declined to 45 in 2011 and to 26
in 2012. Two claims have been
filed this year so far.
“We still have too many of
them. And we still have too many
of them that have a basis of merit
as well,” Joe Delong, executive
director of the Regional Jail Authority, told the newspaper.
Regional jails were the targets
of 157 claims, while 97 claims alleged sexual misconduct at prisons from 2003 to 2013.
Most of the claims were filed by
female inmates against male correctional officers. Most of the female
inmates were being held at regional
jails awaiting beds in the state’s
prison system, DeLong said.
There are about 2,000 correctional officers for 5,400
inmates at prisons, compared
to about 900 officers for 4,900
inmates at regional jails.
“They’re fairly comparable in
the number of inmates they have
to house, but the (regional jail authority) does it with half the staff.
You’re really comparing apples to
oranges, to some degree,” he said.
In 2012, all state-sentenced
female inmates awaiting beds at
Lakin Correctional Center were
moved to Tygart Valley Regional
Jail in Randolph County. Surveillance cameras were installed in all
sections and corridors of the jail.
Correctional officers are receiving regular training about appropriate relationships with inmates.
“It certainly is an ongoing
challenge. In a lot of cases you
have very young, not far out of
high school correctional officers
who are working late at night
in environments with seasoned
criminals,” Delong said.
Under state law, inmates can’t
give consent for sexual activity
with corrections officers.
“So even if the inmate is the
one who instigates activity, the
corrections officer is always at
fault because the inmate cannot
give consent,” Delong said. “Un-
fortunately, there are times that
they are able to get our officers to
do things that are inappropriate.”
Corrections Commissioner Jim
Rubenstein said guards at state
prisons also are trained to recognize and avoid inmates’ attempts
to involve them in illegal activity.
“One of the main things from
day one that we talk about, you
don’t have sex with an inmate and
you don’t get lured into the situations that put you in precarious
places and situations where you
could compromise yourself and
other staff in the facility,” he said.
Information from: Charleston Daily Mail,
http://www.dailymail.com
Alpha Foundation closer to choosing from 160 research pitches
MORGANTOWN (AP)
— A foundation with $48
million to spend on new
research into coal miners’
safety and health has reviewed 160 proposals as
it moves closer to picking
winners by Oct. 1.
Chairman Michael Karmis won’t say how many
pitches
survived
the
first round or what they
centered on. The Alpha
Foundation sent letters
this week to those with
the most promising projects, requesting detailed
proposals and budgets for
review in August. Eventually, the pool will be whittled to 10-15 projects, and
some $10 million in grants
will be awarded.
The foundation also sent
out dozens of rejection letters this week, but Karmis
said review teams representing labor, academics
and industry sent feedback
in hopes of keeping those
groups engaged and helping them craft better proposals in the future.
“In all the areas, we see
quite a lot of ideas — new
concepts or papers taking the existing concepts
farther than they have before,” said Karmis, a Virginia Tech professor.
The Alpha Foundation
was formed under a $210
million settlement between
the U.S. Department of
Justice and Virginia-based
Alpha Natural Resources
after the Upper Big Branch
Mine disaster.
Alpha bought the former
Massey Energy Co., which
owned Upper Big Branch
in southern West Virginia
when a massive explosion
ripped through its underground corridors in 2010,
killing 29 men. It was the
worst U.S. coal mining disaster in 40 years.
The settlement spared
Alpha criminal prosecution and wiped out 370
safety violations related
to the disaster but kept
individuals on the hook.
The ongoing criminal
probe has already put
two former mine officials
behind bars, and a third
awaits sentencing.
The agreement consisted
of $35 million in fines for
safety violations at Upper Big Branch and other
Massey mines, $46.5 million in restitution to the
miners’ families and $128
million for safety improvements, research and training. Alpha agreed to invest
$48 million of that in a
mine-safety research trust,
and the foundation was
formed the following April.
In their first meeting last
fall, board members said
they want to fill in gaps
and overcomer barriers to
scientific research, not duplicate existing work.
Potential research areas
could include black lung
disease, technology to prevent explosive buildups of
gas and dust, better mine
communication systems
and better mine-rescue capabilities. Industry groups
also want the foundation
to consider “soft research,”
such as including safety
and health management
systems, risk management
and leadership.
Karmis won’t identify
anyone who submitted
proposals because the process is confidential. But he
said only academic institutions and nonprofit 501c3
corporations can apply.
“We got a wonderful array of universities, some
of whom have a significant
track record on health and
safety, and some of whom
are newcomers,” he said.
He said the newcomers are welcome because
they can bring a fresh
perspective to longstanding problems.
The non-prosecution
agreement also required
Alpha to build a training center, and it opened
the $23 million Running
Right Leadership Academy in Julian on Thursday.
It gives safety instructors
a place to create and control crises, while miners
get realistic preparation
for the day they hope will
never come.
U.S. Attorney Booth
Goodwin said the lab employs some of state-of-theart equipment that Alpha
is deploying to its mines
under the settlement, including a continuous oxygen system that replaces
the belt-worn air packs
miners have long used
when trying to escape.
Mod-Air of Chapman-
ville designed a self-contained breathing apparatus
that resembles a firefighter’s gear. It has a full face
mask, a back-worn tank
and stations where those
tanks can be replenished.
The academy gives manufacturers a place to work
out potential problems
with their equipment without risking miners’ safety.
For example, Goodwin
said, Mod-Air learned it
needed to make connection
hoses in various lengths
because multiple miners
would be using the oxygen
station
simultaneously.
Feedback from miners also
prompted Mod-Air to use
magnets to ensure those
hoses stay connected.
“The hope is that once
Alpha deploys and embraces these various aspects of
safety technology,” Goodwin said, “that will set a
bar for the rest of the industry to reach.”
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Tug Valley, Matewan in little league tourney
Paul Adkins
Civitas News Service
CHAPMANVILLE — It was
an impressive start for the Man
7-8-year-old Coach Pitch All-Stars.
The Man Little Leaguers routed
Mullens 12-2 on Saturday during
the first day of the District 2 allstar baseball tourney at Chapmanville’s Tracy Vickers Field. Man
scored one run in the first inning,
two each in the second and third
and six more in the fourth inning
to build an 11-0 lead. Mullens
scored two runs in the top of the
fifth and Man added a run in the
bottom half of the frame to end the
game early due to the 10-run mercy
rule. Man’s Jordan Adams ended
the game in the fifth with a walkoff RBI double. Adams finished the
game 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles
and an inside-the-park home run.
Diezel Cook also hit an inside-thePaul Adkins | Civitas Media Photo park homer for Man and had two hits
Tug Valley’s Cody Crum is tagged out trying to reach second with the other being a double. Jerbase in Little League tourney action at Chapmanville.
emiah Harless, Drake Veres, Colton
Miller, Bo Thompson and John McCoy all had two hits each for Man.
Jacob Walls and Jayden Brumfield
added hits for Man.
Harless had a triple for Man. Veres
and Miller both doubled. McCoy also
rapped out a triple. Brylon Arvon
had two hits to lead Mullens. Conner
Stover, Thomas Simmons and Tanner Cook also had hits. Man outhit
Mullens 18-5 for the game. Man is
slated to get back into all-star action
on Tuesday night at 8 against the
Madison No. 1 team.
Tug Valley 8, Baileysville 6
The Tug Valley Coach Pitch AllStars opened the 7-8-year-old tourney on Saturday with an 8-6 win
over Baileysville at Chapmanville’s
Tracy Vickers Field. Tug Valley never
trailed and outhit Baileyesville 20-10
on the afternoon. Julian Vance,
Zach Hall, Dakota Ooten and
Cody Crum had three hits each to
lead Tug Valley. Paul Preece and
Karlie Smith had two hits apiece.
Autumn Hall, Kyle Hodge, Conner
Lackey and Elijah Fluty had one hit
each. Dale Bledsoe, Morgan Massie
and Hunter Lester had one hit each
for Baileysville. Jessie Lester, Brady
Cline, Nathan Brown and Jaiden
Bledsoe had one hit each.
Matewan 25, Tug Valley 13
Tug Valley dropped to 1-1 in pool
play on Sunday with a 25-13 loss to
Mingo County foe Matewan at Chapmanville. Julian Vance and Dakota
Ooten were each 3-for-3 at the plate
to lead Tug Valley. Both had triples.
Autumn Hall was 3-for-4 at the plate
with a double for Tug Valley.
Conner Lackey and Cody Crum
were each 2-for-2 with inside-thepark home runs. Karlie Smith, Elijah Fluty and Haskel Horn each had
hits for Tug Valley. D.J. Parker and
Austin Bragg were each 5-for-5 at
the plate to lead Matewan (1-1).
Bragg hit an inside-the-park homer.
Kaden Bolding was 3-for-4, while
Jacob Cantrell, Donovan Johnson
See TOURNEY ‌| 7
Logan sweeps Mingo
in Babe Ruth action
Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
LOGAN — The Logan Babe Ruth baseball team swept
Mingo County in a doubleheader on Friday night by
scores of 7-0 and 8-7.
Tommy Adkins recorded shutout for Logan in the first
game. He only allowed two hits and struck out five batters.
Adkins also had two hits and a pair of RBIs. Zach
Shawver had a single and three RBIs, while Jared Shawver
had a triple and Chester Bradsher doubled for Logan.
Nate Sanger had a double and Thomas Harmon a single
for Mingo’s only two hits. Sanger was also the losing pitcher.
In the nightcap, Seth Nichols was the winning
hurler for Logan. Zach Samuel took the loss on the
hill for Mingo County.
Dawson Beckett led Logan with two hits, while Peyton Branning, Dillon Brown and Nichols all had base hits.
Nichols drove in the winning run to help his own cause.
Noah Lucas had a triple and two RBIs to lead Mingo.
Zack Curry had a single, Cody Spaulding and Blake Hackney had base hits, while also Harmon had a hit in this
game. Spaulding also had an RBI.
Raahkim Gray was the starting pitcher and threw 4 1/3
innings before being relieved by Samuel.
Nerlens Noel draft status
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…Marshall
basketball
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Drew Franklin and Tyler the Brooklyn Nets.
Thompson. They have
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billed the show as airing University men’s basketball
from the land of the Hat- player had a Monday workfield-McCoy Feud.
out with the NBA team.
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but fans may hang around
provide one night of lodgfor a meet and greet after
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the show ends at 12 noon.
Tinnon’s schedule Mon…Former Kentucky basday
includes a morning
ketball star Nerlens Noel
workout
at the team practice
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the NBA draft on Thurs- facility in East Rutherford,
day. Noel is tabbed as one N.J., followed by media interviews then lunch and inof the top five prospects.
The 7-0 center injured terviews with the Nets.
The Marshall spring gradhis knee, but is still exuate
is hoping to be taken
pected to be a lottery pick.
He has been rehabbing the June 27 in the NBA Draft.
Tinnon is a 6-foot-8,
knee the last few weeks.
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forward who
The torn ACL is not the career-ending injury it once collected 641 rebounds in
was, with modern surgery two Thundering Herd seasons. Last season he averand treatment.
Noel is still on the wish aged 10.5 points and 9.1
rebounds a game.
list for many NBA teams.
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with the New England Pa- klovern@williamsondailynews.com
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The runners-up in Williamson 6th grade AAU tournament this weekend. Pictured are Gaylen Cisco, Code Maynard,
Amare Smith, Jarod Wellman, Case Sartin and C.J. Merrith.
Director comments on tourney
Letter to The Editor:
My name is Gaylen Cisco and
I am a former Williamson High
School student class of 1987. I
have a travel AAU basketball
team out of Ceredo Kenova and
we were in this weekend Williamson tournament.
Hats off to two individuals
Brandon Ball and Chris McCoy,
they showed class during this
function. Not only did they have
a great tournament, but also
made us feel at home and took
us under their wing.
It was run the right way like
it was supposed to be. I have
■
been involved in many tourneys
and Williamson is the top of the
list. From the guys in stripes
to the people handing out the
drinks was over the top. Now
that being said I was a little disappointed with the appearance
of the Williamson Fieldhouse. I
remember it being clean, freshly
painted and shinning floor.
I understand that the town is
in a turn around with the new
school but please take pride in
your facility. Williamson has a
great tradition of youth sports
and I would like to see that
again. We need for more people
to get interested in this great
and historic building. A fresh
coat of paint and clean restrooms go a long way. I challenge
the residents of Williamson and
the surrounding area to get involved and bring back Williamson youth sports because you
guys are sitting on a gold mine.
I’m the director of our youth
basketball league in CK and I
know first-hand what it takes and
I would be willing to share my
ideas with the league. I just don’t
want people to forget youth sports
because folks –it’s for the kids!
Gaylen Cisco
Sports Calendar
Little Miner
Basketball Camp
Mingo Central basketball coach Brad Napier is
having the Little Miner
Camp to Wednesday, June
26. It will be for girls and
boys age 4-12 and sign-ups
begin at 8 am on Monday,
June 24. The hoops camp is
from 9 am to 12 noon and
all campers will receive a
T-shirt and their will also
be awards ceremony from
12-12:30 on the 26. The
cost is $50$ per child, and
$80 for a family with two
kids in same family.
First Baptist Bible
Basketball Camp
The 19th Annual 1st Baptist Church Bible Basketball Camp will be held July
8 -12, 2013, from 6:00 pm
- 7:30 pm. Ages 4 - 8 from
6:00pm - 7:30 pm, ages
9 - 13 from 7:30 pm - 9:00
pm. The church provides
a safe environment for the
children to learn “Biblical
Truths” and basketball fun-
damentals. The cost is only
$5 per child. Come out and
enjoy the fun.
Mingo Miner
Football Camp
The Mingo Central Future Miner Football Camp
will be held on Saturday,
July 27, from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. at Buck Harless Stadium. Campers will get a
free T-shirt and lunch will
be provided. The camp is
for kindergarten through
8th grade. The cost is $25
per child, $20 for an additional sibling of the first
paid camper.
Mingo Central
Girls Car Show
The Mingo Central
Girl’s Basketball Boosters
will be holding its 2nd annual Car, Truck and Bike
Show on Saturday, July 13
at the parking lot of the
school. For more information call Bob Hammond
at 304-784-8599, Kim Mayanrd at 475-4216 or Skee-
ter Runyon at 475-2747.
Williamson ML
Football registration
Williamson
Midget
Football and Cheerleading league will be having
sign-ups for the upcoming season, every Tuesday and Thursday at the
Williamson Fieldhouse
from 5-9 p.m. The cost
is $35.00/player and
$15.00/child for a family that has more then
1 child playing in the
league. Payment must be
made at time of registration. We will need a copy
of the childs birth certificate. We are also taking
sign-ups for our football/cheerleading camp
at the same time/place.
The cost of the camp is
$25.00 per child, $10.00/
child after the 1st. The
camp will be the last two
weeks in July, with a free
swim day and party at
the Williamson Pool on
the Saturday after the
camp ends. All children
will get a camp T-shirt.
Williamson ML
Football Camp
The Williamson Midget
Football and Cheerleading
League will be hosting their
first annual camp this year.
The camp will run Monday
through Friday during the
last 2 weeks of July from 5-7
pm. The children will get one
on one instruction and some
pre-season playing time. The
Saturday following the camp
there will be a free swim day
with food and refreshments
and activities for the day! All
campers will receive a t-shirt!
The cost is $25.00/child and
$10.00/2nd child for families
having more than 1 child participating. For more information please contact Lori Phillips at 606-625-0966.
Sports Calendar is a service of the
Williamson Daily News. If you have
submission for the calendar send it
to klovern@civitasmedia.com
Doc Rivers headed to LA Clippers ■ All-Star Voting
BOSTON (AP) — Doc Rivers will be
the next coach of the Los Angeles Clippers if the NBA approves the rare but not
unprecedented trade of an active coach,
a Boston Celtics official told The Associated Press on Sunday night.
The deal would bring Boston a first-round
draft pick in 2015, according to the official,
who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it is pending a trade call with the NBA
office. Rivers, who had three years and $21
million left on his contract with the Celtics,
must also reach an agreement on a new deal
with the Clippers.
Celtics spokesman Jeff Twiss said the team
had no announcement.
The tentative agreement on Sunday
wraps up weeks of haggling over the deal
and frees Rivers from presiding over the
dismantling of the team that won the franchise’s record 17th NBA title in 2008.
The Celtics and Clippers have also dis-
cussed sending Kevin Garnett to Los Angeles in a package with Rivers for draft choices,
center DeAndre Jordan and point guard Eric
Bledsoe. But NBA commissioner David Stern
nixed those talks this week, saying teams aren’t
allowed to trade active players for a coach.
A deal for Garnett could still happen, but
the teams would have to convince the league
that it was a separate deal. The 37-year-old
big man has a no-trade clause in the contract
that will pay him 23.5 million over the next
two years, but it is believed he would waive it
to be reunited with Rivers on the West Coast.
He has also discussed retiring.
Boston could also cut ties with Paul
Pierce, the longest-tenured member of the
team, who is due to earn $15.3 million
next season; he could be bought out for $5
million. Pierce will be 36 by the 2013-14
opener and showed signs of slowing down
this season, when he averaged the fewest
minutes per game in his career.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Through June 23
FIRST BASE
1. Joey Votto, Reds, 2,677,813
2. Paul Goldschmidt, Diamondbacks, 2,270,886
3. Allen Craig, Cardinals, 1,801,138
4. Brandon Belt, Giants, 1,323,511
5. Freddie Freeman, Braves, 1,181,657
SECOND BASE
1. Brandon Phillips, Reds, 2,597,742
2. Marco Scutaro, Giants, 2,272,484
3. Matt Carpenter, Cardinals,
2,251,248
4. Chase Utley, Phillies, 1,136,890
5. Daniel Murphy, Mets,
1,088,224
SHORTSTOP
1. Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies,
3,104,285
2. Brandon Crawford, Giants,
1,757,255
3. Jean Segura, Brewers,
1,625,753
4. Pete Kozma, Cardinals,
1,354,974
5. Andrelton Simmons, Braves,
965,016
THIRD BASE
1. David Wright, Mets, 2,917,819
2. Pablo Sandoval, Giants, 2,788,988
3. David Freese, Cardinals, 1,728,322
4. Chris Johnson, Braves, 1,008,552
5. Aramis Ramirez, Brewers, 881,559
CATCHER
1. Yadier Molina, Cardinals, 3,596,858
2. Buster Posey, Giants, 3,506,402
3. John Buck, Mets, 1,087,519
4. Jonathan Lucroy, Brewers, 845,519
5. Miguel Montero, Diamondbacks, 799,837
OUTFIELD
1. Carlos Beltran, Cardinals, 3,473,030
2. Justin Upton, Braves, 2,453,531
3. Bryce Harper, Nationals, 2,363,965
4. Carlos Gonzalez, Rockies, 2,060,388
5. Ryan Braun, Brewers, 2,010,310
6. Matt Holliday, Cardinals, 1,947,864
7. Andrew McCutchen, Pirates, 1,777,568
8. Hunter Pence, Giants, 1,732,843
9. Shin-Soo Choo, Reds, 1,566,597
10. Angel Pagan, Giants, 1,541,055
11. Carlos Gomez, Brewers, 1,393,464
12. Jon Jay, Cardinals, 1,321,149
13. Gregor Blanco, Giants, 1,210,892
14. Domonic Brown, Phillies, 1,107,632
15. Jay Bruce, Reds, 978,994
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Through June 22
FIRST BASE
1. Chris Davis, Orioles, 3,960,299
2. Prince Fielder, Tigers, 2,579,031
3. Mike Napoli, Red Sox, 902,562
4. Albert Pujols, Angels, 872,602
5. Mitch Moreland, Rangers, 750,674
SECOND BASE
1. Robinson Cano, Yankees, 3,032,183
2. Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox, 2,135,499
3. Ian Kinsler, Rangers, 1,329,136
4. Omar Infante, Tigers,
1,191,119
5. Jose Altuve, Astros,
850,577
SHORTSTOP
1. J.J. Hardy, Orioles,
2,548,682
2. Jhonny Peralta, Tigers, 1,838,500
3. Elvis Andrus, Rangers, 1,616,834
4. Jed Lowrie, Athletics, 1,207,486
5. Derek Jeter, Yankees,
819,175
THIRD BASE
1. Miguel Cabrera, Tigers
4,337,223
2. Manny Machado, Orioles,
2,097,804
3. Adrian Beltre, Rangers, 1,334,195
4. Evan Longoria, Rays, 1,106,984
5. Josh Donaldson, Athletics, 635,581CATCHER
1. Joe Mauer, Twins, 2,788,972
2. Matt Wieters, Orioles, 2,068,032
3. A.J. Pierzynski, Rangers, 1,054,093
4. Carlos Santana, Indians, 1,029,674
5. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Red Sox, 966,196
DESIGNATED HITTER
1. David Ortiz, Red Sox, 3,247,462
2. Lance Berkman, Rangers, 1,519,503
3. Edwin Encarnacion, Blue Jays, 1,091,593
4. Victor Martinez, Tigers, 959,646
5. Mark Trumbo, Angels, 919,036
OUTFIELD
1. Adam Jones, Orioles, 3,571,693
2. Mike Trout, Angels, 3,548,195
3. Nick Markakis, Orioles, 1,915,860
4. Jose Bautista, Blue Jays, 1,867,367
5. Torii Hunter, Tigers, 1,851,657
6. Nate McLouth, Orioles, 1,660,080
7. Nelson Cruz, Rangers, 1,595,371
8. Jacoby Ellsbury, Red Sox, 1,289,195
9. Alex Gordon, Royals, 1,239,771
10. Yoenis Cespedes, Athletics, 1,183,926
11. Coco Crisp, Athletics, 1,115,204
12. Austin Jackson, Tigers, 983,469
13. Josh Hamilton, Angels, 897,181
14. Shane Victorino, Red Sox, 823,363
15. Ichiro Suzuki, Yankees, 759,154
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Autumn Hall take a swing for Tug Valley against Baileysville in Little League tourney action
from this past weekend.
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and Ava Williams had two
hits each. Laikyn Hinkle,
Peyton Cisco and Cameron Pilkins all had hits.
Welch 20, Omar 10
Welch won 20-10 over
Omar on Saturday on the
first day of the District 2
Coach Pitch Little League
tourney at Chapmanville.
Andrew Workman and
Brycen Tomblin had two
hits each for Omar.
Workman had an insidethe-park homer, while
Tomblin ripped out a double. Hayden McCloud had
a triple and Braden Blair
and Colton Donahue each
had doubles. For Welch,
Travis Bell led the way
with three hits, including
an inside-the-park homer
and a double. Jaylen Hall
also had three hits. Emilee
Harman and Anthony Atkins clubbed two hits each.
One of the hits by Atkins
was a triple. Alex Gouge
also had an inside-theparker for Welch.
Chapmanville 17,
Matewan 9
The
Chapmanville
7-8-year-old Coach Pitch
All-Stars banged out 24
hits and defeated Matewan 17-9 on Saturday
night in the District 2
tourney at Chapmanville.
Brody Dalton had four
hits to pace the Chapmanville All-Stars.
Keldon Lucas, Adam
Mullins, Hayla McGraw
and Jacob Blair all had three
hits each for Chapmanville.
Mullins and McGraw each
had doubles. Jacob Toppins, Caleb Whitt and Trey
Butcher had two hits each.
One of Whitt’s hits was
a triple. Keith Ferguson
tripled and Josef Brammer
added a single. One of the
coaches of the Chapmanville All-Stars is J.D. Brammer, a former Logan High
School baseball standout
pitcher who reached the
Triple-A level in the minor leagues. Chapmanville
broke the game wide open
with eight runs in the sixth
inning. Matewan was held
to only six hits.
Austin Bragg had three
hits, including a homer
and a triple. D.J. Parker,
Laikyn Hinkle and Kaden
Bolding all had one hit
each. In Saturday’s other
game, Pineville routed the
Madison No. 2 team, 198. No statistics are available. Also on Sunday in
pool play, Mullens played
the Madison No. 1 team,
Omar took on Pineville,
Chapmanville squared off
with Baileysville and the
Madison No. 2 team battled with Welch. No scores
or statistics were available
on those games. The pool
play tournament continued
on Monday with a pair of
games as Omar squared
off with the Madison No.
2 team and host Chapmanville battled with Tug Valley in a Pool A contest.
On Tuesday night, two
more games are set to take
place as Matewan plays
Baileysville at 6 p.m. and
Man squares off with the
Madison No. 1 team at 8
p.m. Then on Wednesday,
Welch is set to do battle
with Pineville at 7 p.m.
Crossover playoff games
are then slated for Thursday, June 27 as the Pool
C and Pool B runner-up
teams are set to play at 6
p.m. The 8 p.m. game has
the Pool C winner facing off with the Pool A
runner-up squad. Then on
Friday at 6 p.m., the Pool
A winner plays takes on
an advancing team. The 8
p.m. contest has the Pool B
winner taking on another
advancing team.
The District 2 Coach
Pitch championship game
is scheduled to be played on
Saturday, June 29 at a time
to be determined later. Also
on June 29, the 9-10-year-old
District 2 tourney at Mullens is set to get under way.
The 11-12-year-old District
2 Little League tournament
at Madison is scheduled to
begin on July 6.
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publication of the following Notice for four (4) consecutive
weeks in The Williamson Daily
News, a newspaper published
in Varney, WV and available in
the vicinity of Timothy Browning Jr.ʼs last known address
It is further ORDERED that if
the Respondent, Timothy
Browning, Jr., does not enter
an appearance or otherwise
Answer the Petition, further
personal service or service by
further publication shall be dispensed with and service of any
future notices, motions, orders
or other legal documents in
this matter may be made upon
Browning, Jr., by filing same
with the Juvenile Court Clerk
for Sevier County, Tennessee.
NOTICE
TO THE RESPONDENT:
Timothy Browning, Jr.,
The state of Tennessee, Department of Childrenʼs Services, has filed a Petition
against you seeking to terminate forever your parental rights
to Timothy Browning, Jr.. It appearing that ordinary process
of law cannot be served upon
you because your whereabouts are unknown. You are
hereby ORDERED to serve
upon Daniel Smithwick, Attorney for the Tennessee Department of Childrenʼs
Services,
LEGALS
115 Allensville Rd., Suite 105,
Sevierville, TN 37876, Phone
No: (865) 429-7012, an Answer to the Petition for Termination of Parental Rights filed by
the Tennessee Department of
Childrenʼs Service, within thirty
(30) days of the last date of
publication of this notice or appear personally in the Juvenile
Court of Sevier County, Tennessee, at 125 Court Avenue,
Sevierville, Tennessee, 37862,
on the August 21, 2013 at 9:00
a.m. to personally answer the
Petition for Termination of Parental Rights. Failing to appear
for the hearing on this date and
time, without good cause, pursuant to Rule 39(c) of the
Tenn. R. Juv. P., will result in
the loss of your right to contest the petition to terminate
your parental rights to the child
listed above. You may view
and obtain a copy of the Petition and any other subsequently filed legal documents at the Juvenile Court
Clerkʼs Office, 125 Court Avenue, Sevierville, Tennessee
37862.
ENTER the 14th day of May,
2013.
IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF
SEVIER COUNTY, TENNESSEE
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDRENʼS SERVICES,
Petitioner,
v. No. 12-001619
TIMOTHY BROWNING, Jr.
Father
LEGALS
NOTICE OF ABANDONED
VEHICLE:
This notice is in regards to a
1995 Wells Fargo Trailer, VIN:
1WC20013V1075224, that was
abandoned at Rt. 2, Box 394,
Rockhouse Road, Delbarton,
WV, and possession of said
vehicle was taken at the same
address. this letter will serve
as notice that any unknown
owner has the right to reclaim
the above-referenced vehicle
within ten (10) days from the
date of this publication,
provided they have proper title
to send vehicle and provided
they supply payment in full of
all towing, preservation and
storage charges. Your failure
to exercise you right to reclaim
the motor vehicle within the ten
(10) days period shall be
deemed a waiver by you, as
last known owner, of all right,
title and interest in the motor
vehicle and of your consent to
the sale or disposal of the
abandoned motor vehicle or
junked motor vehicle at a public auction or to a license salvage yard or demolisher.
Mitchell Bias
Regional Church of God
P.O. Box 236
Delbarton, WV 25670
(304) 475-3468
6:25,
Respondent,
IN THE MATTER OF:
GAVIN JUSTUS, d.o.b: 8-182006
A CHILD UNDER
EIGHTEEN
LEGALS
(18) YEARS OF AGE
ORDER FOR SERVICE BY
PUBLICATION
It appearing to the Court from
the allegations of the Petition
for Termination of Parental
Rights, the returned summons,
showing no service, and the
Affidavit of Diligent Search that
the whereabouts of the Respondent, Tim Browning, are
unknown and cannot be ascertained by diligent search,
therefore, the ordinary process of law cannot be served
upon Timothy Browning, Jr. It
is therefore, ORDERED that
said Respondent be served by
publication of the following Notice for four (4) consecutive
weeks in The Williamson Daily
News, a newspaper published
in Varney, WV and available in
the vicinity of Timothy Browning Jr.ʼs last known address
It is further ORDERED that if
Browning, Jr., does not enter
an appearance or otherwise
Answer the Petition, further
further publication shall be dispensed with and service of any
this matter may be made upon
HON. JEFF RADER
SEVIER COUNTY JUVENILE
JUDGE
APPROVED FOR ENTRY:
Daniel K. Smithwick, BPR
#023900
Assistant General Counsel
Tenn. Dept. of Childrenʼs Services
115 Allensville Rd., Suite 105
Sevierville, TN 37876
(865) 425-7012
NOTICE
TO THE RESPONDENT:
The state of Tennessee, Department of Childrenʼs Services, has filed a Petition
against you seeking to termin6:4,11,18,25
ate forever your parental rights
to Timothy Browning, Jr.. It appearing that ordinary process
TRUSTEEʼS SALE OF VALUof law cannot be served upon
ABLE REAL ESTATE
you because your whereabouts are unknown. You are
The undersigned Substitute
Respondent,
hereby ORDERED to serve
Trustee, by virtue of the auIN THE MATTER OF:
upon Daniel Smithwick, Attorthority vested in him by that
GAVIN JUSTUS, d.o.b: 8-18ney
for
the
Tennessee
Departcertain Deed of Trust, dated
2006
ment
of
Childrenʼs
Services,
the 12th day of April, 2007,
A CHILD UNDER EIGHTEEN
115
Allensville
Rd.,
Suite
105,
and duly recorded in the Of(18) YEARS OF AGE
Sevierville,
TN
37876,
Phone
ORDER FOR SERVICE BY
fice of the Clerk of the County
No:
(865)
429-7012,
an
AnPUBLICATION
Commission of Mingo County,
swer to Miscellaneous
the Petition for Termin- West Virginia, in Deed Book
ation
of
Parental
Rights
filed
by
It appearing to the Court from
406, at page 445, Michael
the allegations of the Petition
Dillon and Lisa Dillon did conChildrenʼs
Service,
within
thirty
for Termination of Parental
vey unto Kami Fries,
(30)
days
of
the
last
date
of
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Trustee(s), certain real proppublication
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Trustees, Inc., as Substitute
Sevierville,
Tennessee,
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on
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August
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2013
at
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No. 299, default having been
made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured to
be paid and the holder of the
note having requested the undersigned so to do, the undersigned Trustee will by virtue of
the authority vested in him, on
the 19TH day of JULY, 2013 at
9:00 AM at the Front Door of
the Courthouse
of Mingo
LEGALS
County, West Virginia, in the
City of Williamson, in Mingo
County, West Virginia, offer for
sale at public auction, to the
highest bidder, the property in
and being more particularly described as follows, to-wit:
All of those certain parcels of
real estate situate, lying and
being on Baisden Fork of Gilbert Creek Stafford District,
to-wit:
TRUSTEEʼS SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
The undersigned Substitute
Trustee, by virtue of the authority vested in him by that
certain Deed of Trust, dated
the 12th day
of April, 2007,
LEGALS
and duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County
Commission of Mingo County,
West Virginia, in Deed Book
406, at page 445, Michael
Dillon and Lisa Dillon did convey unto Kami Fries,
Trustee(s), certain real property described in said Deed of
Trust; and the beneficiary has
elected to appoint Seneca
Trustees, Inc., as Substitute
Trustee by a Substitution of
Trustee dated January 31,
2013 and recorded in the
aforesaid Clerkʼs office; and
default having been made under the aforementioned Deed
of Trust, and the undersigned
Substitute Trustee having been
instructed by State Farm Bank,
F.S.B. to foreclose thereunder,
will offer for sale at public auction at the front door of the
Mingo County Courthouse in
Williamson, West Virginia, on
July 2, 2013 at 2:15 o'clock pm
the following described real estate, together with its improvements, easements and appurtenances thereunto belonging,
situate in Hardee District,
and more particularly described as follows:
BEING DESCRIBED AS .50 A.
SUR. PIGEON CREEK, BEING TAX MAP 283 PARCEL
004.0001 OF SAID DISTRICT
AS CERTIFIED BY THE
SHERIFF OF MINGO
COUNTY ON CERTIFICATE
OF SALE NO. 2004-S-4.
BEING THE SAME REAL ESTATE CONVEYED UNTO MICHAEL DILLON AND LISA
DILLON FROM REBUILD
AMERICA, INC., BY DEED
DATED MARCH 21, 2007,
WHICH DEED IS TO BE RECORDED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY HEREWITH.
At the time of the execution of
the Deed of Trust, this property was reported to have an
address of: WV Rt 65 Baisdentown, Baisdentown, WV
25661.
The referenced real estate will
be conveyed with no covenants of warranty, and subject
to all covenants, restrictions,
easements, rights of way and
reservations which may be a
matter of record in the aforesaid Clerkʼs Office or visible
upon the ground, all prior liens
and encumbrances, including,
without limitation, liens for real
estate taxes, incinerator, sanitary and sewer charges. The
purchasers at the sale shall be
responsible for paying the recording costs and also the tax
on the privilege of transferring
real property (the cost of the
tax stamp to be affixed to the
deed). The purchasers shall be
responsible for payment of all
real estate taxes.
The subject property will be
sold in "AS IS" condition. The
Substitute Trustee shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or person occupying the subject property to vacate said property.
TERMS: $4,000.00 in cash
and/or certified funds as deposit with the balance due and
payable within 30 days of the
day of sale.
FEDERAL TAX LIEN: In the
event that there are Federal
Tax Liens against the property,
the United States would have
the right to redeem the property within a period of 120 days
from the date of such sale or
the period allowable for redemption under local law,
whichever is longer.
Pursuant to the Deed of Trust,
the Trustee may postpone the
sale by public announcement
at the time and place designated or by posting a notice of
the same, and act by agent in
the execution of the sale. The
parties secured by the Deed of
Trust reserve the right to purchase the property at such
sale.
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06/18/13, 06/25/13
NOTICE OF TRUSTEEʼS
SALE
By virtue of that certain deed of
trust made on February 14,
2008 by RICKY L. LESTER, to
Jerry R. White or Harry K.
White, either of whom may act,
Trustee, and of record in the
Office of the Clerk of the
County Commission of Mingo
County, West Virginia, in Trust
Deed Book No. 408, at Page
No. 299, default having been
made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured to
be paid and the holder of the
note having requested the undersigned so to do, the undersigned Trustee will by virtue of
the authority vested in him, on
the 19TH day of JULY, 2013 at
9:00 AM at the Front Door of
the Courthouse of Mingo
County, West Virginia, in the
City of Williamson, in Mingo
County, West Virginia, offer for
sale at public auction, to the
highest bidder, the property in
and being more particularly de-
PARCEL NO. 1
“BEGINNING at a steel pin in
the road right-of-way and
corner to the Estel and Phyllis
Lester land; thence running in
a straight line up the hill seventy (70) feet to a steel pin;
thence turning right and running in a straight line in an upcreek direction One Hundred
(100) feet to a steel pin; thence
turning right and running down
the hill Seventy (70) feet to a
steel pin; thence turning right
and running down the creek
with the Estel and Phyllis
Lester land One Hundred (100)
feet to the point of BEGINNING,” together with all and
singular the improvements
thereon and the appurtenances thereunto belonging or
in any manner thereunto appertaining.
PARCEL NO. 2
“BEGINNING at a steel pin in
the road right of way and a
common corner of the
Grantorʼs property and property now owned by the
Grantees by virtue of deed of
even date herewith from Michael Dave Lester; thence running in a straight line down the
hill Twenty-One (21) feet to a
steel pin; thence turning right
and running in a straight line in
an up-creek direction One
Hundred (100) feet to a steel
pin; thence turning right and
running up the hill Twenty-One
(21) feet to a steel pin; thence
turning right and running down
the creek with the land purchased by the Grantees this
date from said Michael Dave
Lester One Hundred (100) feet
to the point of BEGINNING,
and being a rectangular parcel
abutting the said parcel purchased by the Grantees this
date from Michael Dave
Lester,” together with all and
Also includes a 1984 CLAZ
MODULAR HOME - SN:
7820A&B
And being the same property
conveyed to RICKY L.
LESTER died intestate January 14, 2013, leaving as his
sole heir, his wife, SHARON
LESTER, who was appointed
over his estate in Fiduciary
Book 33, at page 385. RICKY
LESTER from will of HERBERT LESTER, who died testate on February 8, 2005. Under a provision in his Last Will
and Testament of record in the
Office of the County Clerk of
in Will Book 42, at Page 372,
his son, Ricky Lee Lester, inherited the full interest of said
property. The last deed was to
Herbert Lester from MARIE
KATHLEEN LESTER (also
known as KATHLEEN
LESTER), by a General Warranty deed dated March 3,
1999, and recorded March 19,
1999, in the Office of the Clerk
of the County Commission of
in Deed Book No. 366, at Page
No. 385.
TERMS: Cash in hand on day
of sale. The property will be
sold, “AS IS” and said conveyance will be made subject to all
pertinent covenants and restrictions and subject to any
and all unpaid property taxes
or special assessments. Trustee reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
The Sale may be subject to the
rights of the Internal Revenue
Service to match any offer
made on said property within
120 days from said sale.
JERRY R. WHITE, TRUSTEE
6:18,25
NOTICE OF TRUSTEEʼS
SALE
By virtue of that certain deed of
trust dated September 29,
2008, from Richard I. Wilkerson to Jerry R. White or Harry
K. White, Trustees for the
Bank of Mingo, for the principal indebtedness of $83,053.34,
and recorded on October 9,
2008, in Trust Deed Book 413,
at page 77. A Loan Modification agreement on this trust
deed was recorded on December 2, 2010, in Trust Deed 427,
at page 537, default having
been made in the payment of
the indebtedness thereby secured to be paid and the holder of the note having requested the undersigned so to do,
the undersigned Trustee, will
by virtue of the authority vested in him, on the 19TH day of
JULY, 2013 at 8:45 AM at the
Front Door of the Courthouse
of Mingo County, West Virginia, in the City of Williamson, in
offer for sale at public auction,
to the highest bidder, the property in Mingo County, West Virginia, and being more particularly described as follows, towit:
All those certain, pieces or parcels of property located and
situated in the City of Williamson, Mingo County, West Virginia, and being more particularly described as follows:
PARCEL 1:
“BEGINNING at the line of lot
Nineteen (19) and Lot Twenty
(20), Block Fifty-Nine (59),
where the same joins Vinson
Street; thence running with the
dividing line between said Lots
Nineteen (19) and Twenty (20)
towards the alley a distance of
Fifty-Six (56) feet; thence turning right and running across
Lot Nineteen (19) a distance of
Thirty (30) feet to Lot Eighteen
(18); thence turning right and
running with the division line
between Lots Eighteen (18)
and Nineteen (19) Fifty-Six
(56) feet to Vinson Street;
thence turning right and running with the front line of Lot
Nineteen (19) and Vinson
(20), Block Fifty-Nine (59),
where the same joins Vinson
Street; thence running with the
dividing line between said Lots
Nineteen (19) and Twenty (20)
towards
the alley a DAILY
distanceNEWS
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Fifty-Six (56) feet; thence turning right and running across
Lot Nineteen (19) a distance of
Thirty (30) feet to Lot Eighteen
(18); thenceLEGALS
turning right and
running with the division line
between Lots Eighteen (18)
and Nineteen (19) Fifty-Six
(56) feet to Vinson Street;
thence turning right and running with the front line of Lot
Nineteen (19) and Vinson
Street Thirty (30) feet to the
point of BEGINNING so as to
contain the front Fifty-Six (56)
feet of Lot Nineteen (19), Block
Fifty-Nine (59).”
PARCEL 2:
“BEGINNING at a point in the
line of Vinson Street in the City
of Williamson, said point being
the dividing line between Lot
Nos. 17 and 18 in Block No.
59; thence back from Vinson
Street with the said dividing
line a distance of 50 feet to a
point in said dividing line;
thence turning at right angles
and in a straight line across the
original Lot No.18, a distance
of 26 feet to a point inside the
original Lot No.18; thence running in a straight line parallel
with the dividing line between
the original Lots Nos. 18 and
19 a distance of 50 feet to a
point in the front of the original
Lot 18; thence turning at right
angles and running in a
straight line with the line of Vinson Street with the front line of
Lot 18 a distance of 26 feet to
the point of departure between
Lots 17 and 18, in Block No.
59.”
PARCEL NO. 3:
“BEGINNING at the corner of
Lot No. 15 adjoining Lot No.
14, in Block No. 53, as shown
on the official map of the said
City of Williamson, West Virginia, made by Thomas Boggess, Surveyor, said corner
being at the line of Boggess
Street; thence with the line of
Boggess Street twenty-three
(23) feet to a hub; thence turning to the left and at right
angles a distance of fifty-two
and twenty-eight hundredths
(52.28) feet to a nail at the end
of a stone wall; thence turning
to the left and at right angles a
distance of twenty-three (23)
feet to a hub in the line
between said Lots Nos. 15 and
14; thence turning to the left
and at right angles and running with the division line
between lots Nos. 14 and 15
fifty-two and twenty-eight hundredths (52.28) feet to the beginning;” together with all and
Together with all and singular
the improvements thereon andthe appurtenances thereunto
belonging or in any manner
thereunto appertaining.
And being the same property
conveyed unto RICHARD I.
WILKERSON, single, as follows:
PARCEL 1:
By deed dated the 18th day of
November, 1994, from ARH
EMPLOYEES FEDERAL
CREDIT UNION, a federal
credit union, and recorded in
the Office of the Clerk of Mingo
County, West Virginia in Deed
Book No. 338, at Page No. 91.
PARCEL 2:
By deed dated July 31, 2008,
from BOBBIE C. CHILDRESS,
single, PATRICIA ALEXANDER, single, GUY CURTIS ALEXANDER, single, and
ROBERT STEVEN ALEXANDER and TERESA ALEXANDER, his wife, being the heirs
at law of Robert Alexander,
and recorded in the Office of
the Clerk of Mingo County,
West Virginia in Deed Book
No. 421, at Page No. 528.
PARCEL 3:
A part of the same property
conveyed by deed dated
December 28, 2001, from THE
BANK OF MINGO, a West Virginia banking corporation, and
recorded February 19, 2002 in
the Office of the County Clerk
of Mingo County, West Virginia in Deed Book No. 385 at
Page No. 479.
TERMS: Cash in hand on day
of sale. The property will be
sold, “AS IS” and said conveyance will be made subject to all
pertinent covenants and restrictions and subject to any
and all unpaid property taxes
or special assessments. Trustee reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
The Sale may be subject to the
rights of the Internal Revenue
Service to match any offer
made on said property within
120 days from said sale.
JERRY R. WHITE, TRUSTEE
6:18,25
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This year you have many exciting options appear, yet a sense of
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in your favor. Avoid taking any risks.
News from someone at a distance
could leave you wide-eyed. Tonight:
Enjoy the moment with friends.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
HHHH Zero in on priorities in
your day-to-day life. You might have
a lot of energy that’s being focused
on organizing and making your life
easier. Do not cancel an appointment.
Some good fortune will stem from it
— maybe not immediately, but soon.
Tonight: Hang with friends.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
HHHH Taming your imagination
will help you funnel your creativity
appropriately. You know the virtues
of finding solutions and showing compassion to others. Losing your temper
won’t help. A misunderstanding does
not need to go any further. Tonight:
Act as if there is no tomorrow.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
HHHH You’ll want to rethink a
tension-driven reaction. You might not
want to think through the issue, but it
would benefit you to do so. If nothing
else, try to look at the situation from
other people’s point of view. A change
in perspective will help you. Tonight:
Entertain from home.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
HHHH You will be more open with
someone — a partner or loved one —
than you have been in the past. This
person will become more transparent as a result. With gentleness and
care, this relationship could open up.
Tonight: Visit with friends, but first
check in with a loved one.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
HHHH You’ll feel more comfortable
relating to others. What had been a
problem in the past will be resolved
easily. You might have more choices
than you realize. Be sensitive to others in a discussion. Know what you
want — do not play around. Tonight:
Sort through invitations.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
HHHH You need to understand
what is happening around you.
Observation helps. In the next few
weeks, you might notice that you’ll
have more energy than you have
had for a while. This news will make
you smile, as you could have more to
do every day. Tonight: Do your own
thing.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
HHHH Allow your imagination
to lead the way. A loved one might
delight in your humor and lightheartedness. You will see a situation from
a different perspective as you learn
what it’s like to walk in someone
else’s shoes. Tonight: You might want
to vanish with a loved one.
Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet
at www.jacquelinebigar.com.
Nation
Senate faces key vote on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama campaigned
from the White House for immigration legislation on Monday in
advance of a Senate test vote on
a bill calling for more than $30
billion worth of new security
measures along the border with
Mexico and offering a chance at
citizenship for millions living in
the country illegally.
Far outnumbered, conservative critics attacked without
letup in speeches and electronic appeals. “It will encourage
more illegal immigration and
must be stopped,” Sen. Ted
Cruz, R-Texas, exhorted supporters, urging them to contact
their own senators with a plea
to defeat the measure.
After three weeks of desultory debate, the end game was at
hand in the Senate for the most
ambitious attempt to overhaul
the nation’s immigration system
in decades.
Supporters exuded confidence they had more than the
60 votes required to send the
measure over a key hurdle and
on its way toward Senate passage by week’s end.
Democrats appeared unified
on the issue. Republicans were
anything but, as evidenced by
the divide among potential
2016 presidential contenders.
Among them, Sen. Marco Ru-
bio of Florida was an enthusiastic supporter of the bill, while
Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky
and Cruz were opposed.
Passage would send the issue to the House, where most
conservative Republicans in the
majority are strongly opposed to
citizenship for anyone who came
to the country illegally or overstayed their visa.
Some GOP lawmakers have appealed to Speaker John Boehner
not to permit any immigration
legislation to come to a vote for
fear that whatever its contents, it
would open the door to an unpalatable compromise with the Senate. At the same time, the House
Judiciary Committee is in the
midst of approving a handful of
measures related to immigration,
action that ordinarily is a prelude
to votes in the full House.
“Now is the time to do it,”
Obama said at the White House
before meeting with nine business executives who support a
change in immigration laws. He
added, “I hope that we can get
the strongest possible vote out
of the Senate so that we can then
move to the House and get this
done before the summer break”
beginning in early August.
He said the measure would be
good for the economy, for business and for workers who are “oftentimes exploited at low wages.”
Russian astronauts
take spacewalk
at Fla. space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two space
station astronauts took care of a little outside
maintenance Monday.
Russian flight engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin
and Alexander Misurkin replaced a main valve
on the International Space Station, after emerging from their 250-mile-high home.
“To save the time, I’m embroidering,” one
of the spacewalkers said in Russian, holding a
clump of cord as he worked on the fluid valve.
“It’s not easy to handle all these ropes.” Later, he
added, “OK, now we’re doing bead work.”
Also on the spacewalkers’ to-do list: installing
clamps and retrieving science experiments. Some
of the work will pave the way for the arrival of a
new Russian compartment at the end of this year.
The year’s third spacewalk was under the
direction of Russian Mission Control outside
Moscow. The four other space station residents
monitored the action from inside.
Yurchikhin arrived at the space station just
a few weeks ago. Misurkin has been on board
since March.
The crew includes three Russians, two Americans and one Italian. The Italian and one American
will conduct a pair of spacewalks for NASA in July.
Begun in 1998, the space station still is one
room short.
The Russian Space Agency plans to launch a research lab to replace the Pirs air lock that has been
in place since 2001. An unmanned Proton rocket
will hoist the lab, which also will serve as an air
lock for spacewalk preparations and a docking port
for visiting craft. As for Pirs — Russian for pier —
it will be cut loose before the launch of its replacement and burn up upon re-entry as junk.
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As for the overall economy,
he said, “I think every business leader here feels confident that they’ll be in a
stronger position to continue
to innovate, to continue to invest, to continue to create jobs
and ensure that this continues
to be the land of opportunity
for generations to come.”
Leaving little to chance, the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced it was launching a new
seven-figure ad buy Monday in
support of the bill. “Call Congress. End de facto amnesty. Create jobs and economic growth by
supporting conservative immigration reforms,” the ad said.
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated the legislation will reduce the deficit and increase
economic growth in each of
the next two decades. It is also
predicting unemployment will
rise slightly through 2020, and
that average wages will move
lower over a decade.
At its core, the legislation
in the Senate would create a
13-year pathway to citizenship
for an estimated 11 million immigrants living illegally in the
United States. It also calls for
billions of dollars to be spent
on manpower and technology
to secure the 2,000-mile border
with Mexico, including a dou-
bling of the Border Patrol with
20,000 new agents.
The measure also would create a new program for temporary farm laborers to come into
the country, and another for
lower-skilled workers to emigrate permanently. At the same
time, it calls for an expansion
of an existing visa program for
highly-skilled workers, a gesture
to high tech companies that rely
heavily on foreigners.
In addition to border security,
the measure phases in a mandatory program for employers to
verify the legal status of potential workers, and separate effort
to track the comings and goings
of foreigners at some of the nation’s airports.
The legislation was originally drafted by a bipartisan
Gang of 8, four senators from
each party who negotiated a
series of political tradeoffs
over several months.
The addition of the tougher
border security provisions came
after CBO informed lawmakers that they could potentially
spend tens of billions of dollars
to sweeten the bill without fearing higher deficits.
The result was a series of
changes negotiated between the
Gang of 8 and Republican Sens.
John Hoeven of North Dakota
and Bob Corker of Tennessee.
Different, lesser-noticed provisions helped other lawmakers
swing behind the measure.
In a speech on the Senate
floor, Sen. Charles Grassley,
R-Iowa, likened some of them
to “earmarks,” the now-banned
practice of directing federal
funds to the pet projects of individual lawmakers.
He cited a provision creating a
$1.5 billion jobs fund for low-income youth and pair of changes
to benefit the seafood processing
industry in Alaska. Sen. Bernard
Sanders, I-Vt., issued a statement
on Friday trumpeting the benefits of the first; Alaska Sens. Lisa
Murkowski, a Republican, and
Mark Begich, a Democrat, took
credit for the two others.
Grassley also raised questions
about the origin of a detailed list
of planes, sensors, cameras and
other equipment to be placed
along the southern border.
“Who provided the amendment sponsors with this list?”
asked Grassley, who is a member of the Judiciary Committee
that approved an earlier version
of the bill. Homeland Security
Secretary Janet Napolitano “did
not provide the committee with
any list. Did Sikorsky, Cessna
and Northrup Grumann send up
a wish list to certain members of
the Senate?”
Snowden said to seek asylum in Ecuador
WASHINGTON (AP)
— WikiLeaks officials
say former National Security Agency contractor
Edward Snowden has applied for asylum in Ecuador, Iceland and possibly
other countries.
WikiLeaks founder Ju-
lian Assange (ah-SAHNJ’)
says he cannot go into
detail about Snowden’s
whereabouts except to say
that he is safe.
Snowden left Hong
Kong Sunday to travel to
Ecuador through Moscow
and other points to avoid
extradition to the U.S.
He is facing espionage
charges stemming from
his disclosure of U.S. surveillance programs that
collect phone records and
online data in the name of
national security.
Snowden was not on a
flight to Cuba Monday as
expected. Ecuador says it
is considering its asylum
requests. Snowden had
previously discussed seeking asylum in Iceland.
Assange’s lawyer has said
Snowden does not have
many options for asylum.
Heavy rain or other weather needed at Colo. fire
DEL NORTE, Colo. (AP) —
Tourists and business owners
forced to flee a popular summer retreat in the southwestern Colorado
mountains resigned themselves to
a long wait as fire officials declined
to speculate when they might be
able to reign in an unprecedented
and erratic blaze raging through
the Rio Grande National Forest.
The fire more than doubled in
size over the weekend, growing to
an estimated 117 square miles. Incident commander Pete Blume said
Monday that firefighters would need
a major change in the weather, such
as the arrival of heavy rain from the
summer monsoon season, to check
the fire burning in drought-stricken,
beetle-killed forest near South Fork.
“It’s a significant fire with significant problems and it’s not going
to be significantly contained until
we see significant changes in the
weather,” said Blume, a commander
with the Rocky Mountain Type 1 Incident Command Team.
Afternoon thunderstorms producing
rain typcially develop in the state in July.
The fire has been fueled by beetle-killed trees and fanned by hot,
windy weather. More of those conditions were expected Monday there
and across much of Colorado, New
Mexico, Utah and Arizona. A nearly
119-square-mile wildfire burning
in the mountains of southern New
Mexico’s Gila National Forest is ex-
pected to grow larger this week because of the conditions.
In Colorado, firefighters were able
to start building about 2 miles of
bulldozer line near South Fork on
Sunday because the fire didn’t grow
much. A break in the wind was expected Tuesday at the fire near South
Fork but Blume said that wouldn’t be
enough to help stop the fire. Still, he
said every day the fire doesn’t advance toward town is a good day.
“Things are looking better but are no
means secure,” he said of South Fork.
Mike and Mary Duffy, who own
the South Fork Lodge, were able to
get their personal possessions before
fleeing fast-advancing flames that officials on Friday feared would overtake
the town. But with the fire still within
three miles of South Fork, they are
worried about the long-term impact
of a prolonged evacuation and news
reports about the massive blaze threatening the tourism-dependent town.
Summer visitors include many retirees from Texas and Oklahoma who
come to the mountains to flee the heat.
“Here we are the 23rd of June.
We had to tell people not to come
because we are not there,” Duffy
said. “I just don’t how much more
of an affect it will have. Everyone’s
bottom line is going to get tagged
by this. … You still have to pay
your property taxes whether you
make money or not.”
The town has 400 permanent resi-
dents, but South Fork Mayor Kenneth
Brooke estimates that between 1,000
to 1,500 people were in town when
the evacuation was ordered. More
than 800 firefighters were battling the
blaze, and more are coming every day.
No structures have been lost and
firefighting efforts remained focused
on protecting South Fork, the Wolf
Creek ski area and homes along Highway 149 as the newest arm of the fire
crept through beetle kill toward the
historic mining town of Creede.
Creede, near the headwaters of
the Rio Grande River, was the last
silver boom town in Colorado before the industry went bust in the
late 1800s. It has since dwindled in
population, making way for a thriving tourist industry that relies on
the town’s colorful past. The town
also is known for such characters
as Robert Ford, who ran a tent saloon there and was best known for
shooting and killing outlaw Jesse
James in Missouri in 1882.
Tim Foley, a fire behavior expert
with the same incident command as
Blume, said beetles have killed most
of the forest’s hundreds of thousands
of acres of mature spruce.
Elsewhere in Colorado, about
a dozen fires also continued to
burn. Cooler conditions and clouds
helped firefighters hold the line on a
20-square-mile wildfire near Walsenburg in southern Colorado.
Ethanol debate heats up as groups want to block E15
WASHINGTON (AP) —
It’s a dilemma for drivers:
Do they choose a gasoline
that’s cheaper and cleaner
even if, as opponents say,
it could damage older cars
and motorcycles?
That’s the peril and promise of a high-ethanol blend
of gasoline known as E15.
The fuel contains 15 percent
ethanol, well above the current 10 percent norm sold at
most U.S. gas stations.
The higher ethanol
blend is currently sold in
just fewer than two dozen
stations in the Midwest,
but could spread to other
regions as the Obama administration
considers
whether to require more
ethanol in gasoline.
As a result, there’s a feverish lobbying campaign
by both oil and ethanol
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On Monday, the Supreme
Court rejected a challenge
by the American Petroleum
Institute, the oil industry’s
chief lobbying group, to
block sales of E15. The
justices left in place a federal appeals court ruling
that dismissed challenges
by the oil industry group
and trade associations representing food producers,
restaurants and others.
Tom Buis, CEO of
Growth Energy, an ethanol industry group, hailed
the decision as victory for
U.S. consumer, who will
now have greater choice
at the pump.
“Now that the final
word has been issued, I
hope that oil companies
will begin to work with
biofuel producers to help
bring new blends into
the marketplace that allow for consumer choice
and savings,” Buis said.
The API had argued
that E15 was dangerous
for older cars.
Putting fuel with up to
15 percent ethanol into
older cars and trucks
“could leave millions of
consumers with broken
down cars and high repair
bills,” said Bob Greco, a
senior API official who
has met with the White
House on ethanol issues.
The ethanol industry
counters that there have
been no documented cases of engine breakdowns
caused by the high-ethanol
blend since limited sales
of E15 began last year.
“This is another example of oil companies
unnecessarily
scaring
people, and it’s just flatout wrong,” said Bob
Dinneen, president of
the Renewable Fuels Association, an ethanol industry group.