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WVU Tech recognized its 2013 Alumni of the Year at Saturday’s homecoming activities duringthe basketball games in the Baisi Athletic Center. Barry Pearson, second from left, Class of1996, the honoree from the College of Business, Humanities and Social Sciences, shakes handswith Dr. Stephen Brown, who presented him. James Smith Jr., right, Class of 1986, the honoreefrom the Leonard C. Nelson College of Engineering and Sciences, shakes hands with his pre-senter, Dr. Z Torbica. The men were honored during a banquet on Friday, Oct. 25. The parademarshal, Tim O’Neal, Class of 1997, was also recognized on Saturday in between the games.

State of Tech Address

BY ADRIENNE KINGFOR THE HERALD

MONTGOMERY — TheWVU Tech campus commu-nity gathered for the annualState of Tech addresspresented by CEOCarolyn Long on Fri-day, Oct. 25 as partof homecoming activ-ities.

In Long’s address,she provided updateson the institution’sefforts to recruit, re-tain and rebuild, in-cluding an announce-ment that enrollmentis up more than 10 percent.

In describing the universi-ty’s recruitment achieve-ments, Long said the cam-pus is experiencing “won-derful growing pains.” WVUTech’s fall enrollment is1,222 with students from 28states and 23 nations. Resi-dence halls are at 92 per-cent capacity and the dininghall is overflowing with stu-dents.

In response to the growth,Long announced plans toadd an additional “grab-and-go” eatery in the Engi-neering Building as well asthe new dining options of-fered in the new StudentSuccess Center.

“We are one of the fewpublic institutions in WestVirginia to see an enroll-ment increase this past

year,” explained Long. “I amconfident that with hardwork and dedication we willcontinue to grow our enroll-ment.”

During her address, Longemphasized the university’sfocus on retention. She high-lighted the campus’ recentaccomplishments in the newStudent Success Center.This semester alone, thecenter has had over 2,300students visits and offeredmore than 1,000 hours of tu-toring. She challenged the

campus to become apart of the commit-ment to student suc-cess and retention.“Our vision of a stu-dent-centered uni-versity can only beaccomplished witheach of us partner-ing together.”

Long said the uni-versity has beenworking on several

key projects to rebuild cam-pus, including the comple-tion of an outdoor basketballcourt, a new fire alarm sys-tem in the Baisi AthleticCenter and the new Wel-come Wall project funded bythe Tech Golden Bear Alum-ni Association. She alsohighlighted several upcom-ing campus improvementprojects including a new ele-vator in the engineeringbuilding and repaved park-ing lots.

“WVU Tech is a great in-stitution with even greaterpotential,” Long said in clos-ing, “and with a positive at-titude toward the futurethis institution will continueto thrive and grow. I inviteeach of you to become a partof this dream.”

Time for someChristmas shopping

Oak Hill will be buzzing with Christmas shoppers this weekend.The Fayette, Nicholas and Greenbrier Valley Chapter of theAmerican Red Cross will host its annual Christmas Festival

and Craft Show this Saturday. The ARC’s 20th annual festivalhas outgrown its previous location at the Lewis Community

Foundation’s Christian Community Center on Central Avenue inOak Hill, so this year will also offer vendors at the O.C. Rush-

ing Center of the Oak Hill Church of the Nazarene at 1913Main Street East. Those who visit the festival at both sites willbe included in a drawing for a $100 gift card. Christmas music

will fill the air all day, and door prizes will be give away eachhour from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The military tree ceremony is setfor 1 p.m., and Santa Claus will be on hand from 2 to 4 p.m.

The ARC also will offer BBQs and hot dogs for sale. For moreinformation, call the local ARC office at 304-469-4636. Also at

the Rushing Center, the Goldeneers Senior Citizens will offerhot dogs, barbecues, beans and cornbread and a variety of

soups, and a good selection of homemade baked goods.

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BY CODY NEFFTHE REGISTER-HERALD

The Fayette County Boardof Education continued its Lo-cal School ImprovementCouncil tour last Monday,visiting Valley High School.

Reports from officials in thearea said things are mostlypositive.

One official said his schoolis having problems, but heknows he and his staff canget things fixed.

“These young people areour future,” Gauley BridgeElementary principal JosephGroom Jr. said. “They are ourresources. They are the onesthat we as educators strive tosupport each and every day ineach and every matter that

we can, no matter who theyare or what they are. Weshould do everything we canto see that they’re successfuland have every opportunityfor success.”

Groom said the school hasproblems with writing andanalyzing written works.

“To fix that, our teachersare doing more activities thatfocus on writing and analyti-cal traits,” Groom said. “Wefeel this will help our stu-dents become more proficientin how to paraphrase, do se-quencing, drawing conclu-sions, and describing charac-ters. Our teachers are helpingstudents to summarize anddetermine cause-and-effect.We feel this will help themwith analytical traits.

“We've also planned a ‘fam-ily literacy night’ workshop inNovember with West Virginiaauthor Cheryl Ware. Thisworkshop will give parentssome insight into the writingprocess and what it takes tomaster the content standardspertaining to analyticaltraits. It will also equip par-ents with the knowledge tohelp their kids with assign-ments.”

Groom said his staff also isworking to help parents to beable to help their kids withtheir math homework.

“We have also planned a‘family math night’ in Novem-ber that will give parents andstudents an insight into whatit takes to master the stan-dards of math,” Groom said.

“It’s a wonderful workshop inwhich we take the parents in-to the classroom and sit themdown and give them a mathassignment. Their childrenhelp them with the math. Wefeel this will help parents tounderstand what their childis going through and to helpstudents understand theproblems better.

“We also let the parents geton these every-day mathgames on the computer andtheir kids help them with themath games. Before they allleave, we try to equip themwith resources and tools sowhen they get home, they cansit down with their childrenand help them do math home-work.”

Although he said things

have been hard, Groom saysthe school has had some goodimprovements too.

“Our fourth grade this pastyear did better than they’veever done before,” he said. “Ithink a lot of it is due to ourparent workshops, teacherscollaborating, and parent in-volvement.

“We are also currently in-stalling new playgroundequipment into our play-ground. We also really appre-ciate the help from the boardof education to get a new roofon our school and the newHVAC system. These thingsallow us to have a warm, safe,and secure learning environ-ment.”

WVU Tech honors alumniEnrollmentup more than10 percent

Long

School officials from Valley area give mostly positive report to BOE

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ANSTED — A bliz-zard and an avalanchehave closed a roaddown the mountain.

That is the scenarioand the premise of amurder mysteryevening scheduledSaturday, Nov. 2 atHawks Nest StatePark.

The ‘whodunit’event, “Silent Night,Deadly Night,” beginsat 7 p.m. at HawksNest Restaurant. The

theater group Murderand Merriment willperform the interac-tive mystery evening.

Hawks Nest Restau-rant is the eveningsponsor. The ticketprice of $45 includesmystery entertain-ment and dinner. Din-ner and theater reser-vations are required bycalling 304-658-5212,ext. 1542. Lodging atHawks Nest Lodge isavailable and the room

rate includes an ex-press breakfast.

Hawks Nest StatePark features an iconicview of the New RiverGorge, a lodge and full-service restaurant forwinter retreats and ac-commodations year-round. Visit www.hawksnestsp.com formore information. Forrestaurant informa-tion, hours, menus andmore, visit www.hnr-wv.com.

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GLEN JEAN — TheNew River Gorge Nation-al River recently solicitedpublic input on a proposalto charge fees at thepark’s new flagship camp-ground, the MeadowCreek Campground, nearSandstone.

Most of the feedbackfrom government repre-sentatives, stakeholdersand the public indicatedgeneral support for charg-ing fees in National ParkService campgrounds inorder to provide facilitiesand services.

Because of this feed-back, the NPS wants togauge public sentimentfor charging fees in threeexisting campgrounds inthe New River Gorge Na-tional River: Army CampCampground, GladeCreek Campground andGrandview SandbarCampground, all locatedin the vicinity of Prince.

Amenities at thesecampgrounds are limited:all campsites have a pic-nic table and fire ring, anddrive-in sites have a tentpad.

A volunteer camp hostsite is located at Grand-view Sandbar Camp-ground. Army CampCampground provides 10drive-in campsites, includ-ing two that are handi-capped accessible, and sixaerated vault toilet stalls.

Glade Creek Camp-ground offers six walk-inand six drive-in camp-sites, including one that ishandicapped accessible,and a five-stall aeratedvault toilet.

Grandview SandbarCampground has sixwalk-in campsites, 10drive-in sites, includingone that is handicapped-accessible, and two hand-icapped-only drive-incampsites, as well as twomulti-stalled aeratedvault toilets. More infor-mation on these camp-grounds can be found atw w w . n p s . g o v / n e r i/planyourvisit /camp-grounds.htm.

The NPS proposes tocharge $5 per night foruse of each site, a ratethat is based on compar-isons to rates and ameni-ties in other similar camp-grounds in Southern WestVirginia. By law,this rate mustbe comparable,without under-cutting, rates atcampgrounds inthe local area.

Recogniz ingthat these camp-sites have tradition-ally been available forfee-free public use, thepark’s decision to moveforward with this proposalwill be based on the feed-back received from thepublic during this opencomment period. Freecamping will still be avail-able at other primitivecampgrounds and back-country campsites in thepark.

The reasoning behindthe fee proposal is two-fold. First is the reality ofdeclining budgets and in-creasing costs to maintainthese facilities. Park staff,vehicles and supplies aredecreasing with budgetcuts, while gas costs toreach these remote camp-grounds remain high andfacilities continue to age,requiring maintenanceand repairs. Fee rev-enues, under the FederalLands Recreation En-hancement Act, will bededicated to managingthe fee collection programand to facility mainte-nance and improvementsat these and other parkcampgrounds. Fees wouldallow the NPS to continueto provide a satisfactorylevel of service toovernight visitors andwould reduce the poten-tial need to extend season-al closures of campgroundfacilities.

Secondly, the nature offree campsites along theriver often invites some ofthe local criminal elementinto the park. The crimerate for every major cate-

gory in West Virginia ex-cept for motor vehicletheft is up and rising.Park rangers have re-sponded to numerous visi-tor complaints and inci-dents in these three camp-

grounds, includingdomestic dis-putes, disorder-ly conduct, andalcohol-relatedcrime and noisecomplaints. Oth-

er comparablecampgrounds in

the National Parksystem had similar is-

sues prior to institution ofa nominal fee for camping.

After the fee was intro-duced, the people whowere largely responsiblefor the criminal issues,presumably being unwill-ing to pay, were replacedby more family-orientedgroups filling the camp-sites. The NPS anticipatesthat charging this $5 feeat the New River GorgeNational River will pro-duce similar results sothat the park may offerthe public a safer andmore enjoyable visitor ex-perience in and aroundthe Army Camp, GladeCreek and GrandviewSandbar campgrounds.

For more informationand to submit commentson the proposed fees,please go towww.nps.gov/neri andfrom the links on the leftside of the page, select“Management,” then“Park Planning,” then“Civic Engagement forProposed New Fees atArmy Camp, Glade Creekand Grandview SandbarCampgrounds,” then“Document List.”

Comments can be sub-mitted online through thiswebsite, or may be sub-mitted by mail to: NPS –New River Gorge Nation-al River; Attn: Commenton Proposed CampingFees; PO Box 246; GlenJean, WV 25846-0246.

Please submit com-ments online or by mailno later than Nov. 24.

Proposed campground fees up for comment■ NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Hawks Nest plans murder mystery

Kanawha early voting beginsEarly voting began

Oct. 26 for the Nov. 9Kanawha County ex-cess levy election.

According to CountyClerk Vera McCormick,Kanawha County citi-zens can cast earlyvotes through Nov. 6.

The voter registra-tion office (415 Quarri-er Street, Charleston)wil l be open from 9

a.m. to 5 p.m.“I urge everyone to

take advantage of earlyvoting and to remindvoters that if they don’tearly vote, they can goto their assignedprecinct on election dayand vote,” McCormicksaid.

Early voting hoursare 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. onMonday, Tuesday,

Wednesday and Friday,8 a.m. to 7 p.m. onThursday, and 9 a.m. to5 p.m. on Saturday,Nov. 2.

County voters are de-ciding on support of anexcess levy that willprovide funding for theKanawha County Pub-lic Library system andKanawha CountySchools.

Resort’s marketing campaign honoredvacation homes and camp-sites.

The competition honorsoutstanding achievementby creative professionalsinvolved in the concept, di-rection, design and pro-duction of media.

Stonewall Marketingand Adventures on theGorge (AOTG) recentlyearned multiple TravelWeekly Magellan Awardsfor the resort’s 2013 tele-vision campaign andprint collateral.

Television commercialswere produced highlight-ing the myriad activitiesand amenities availableat AOTG and ran in anumber of markets in-cluding Cincinnati andColumbus, Ohio. Com-mercials showcasedAOTG’s diverse familyoutdoor vacation prod-ucts including whitewa-ter rafting on the Newand Gauley rivers, Tree-

Tops Canopy Tour, Grav-ity Zip Lines, TimberTrekAerial Adventure Park,kayaking, fishing, moun-tain biking, hiking,mountain climbing, andCanyon Falls SwimmingHole along with the re-sort’s four restaurants.

In addition, Stonewalland AOTG were honoredfor the 74-page 2013 Re-sort Vacation Planner forAdventures on the Gorge.The four-color print piecehighlights the resort’s all-inclusive family adven-ture activities and ameni-ties where there are ac-tivities for everyone ofevery age and whereguests can rent cabins,

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At Valley ElementarySchool, the principal saystest scores have beenvery positive.

“Our fourth grade stu-dents increased testscores in the areas ofreading by 16 percent, inthe areas of math byeight percent, and in thearea of writing by 23 per-cent,” DeAnn Bennettsaid. “Our fifth grade stu-dents experienced an in-crease of 16 percent inwriting. We attributethat growth to newteacher training and sup-port.

“At Valley we have hada high turnover rate ofteachers because of ourlocation. We’ve decided tojump in quickly withthose new teachers to getthat training done as ear-ly in the year as possi-ble.”

Bennett says the facul-ty and staff have beenworking to help students

to become more maturein different ways.

“We’re trying to helpour students becomemore responsible and tovalue their own educa-tion more,” she said. “Wehave partially imple-mented the ‘seven habitsof happy kids’ and we’reworking on the first twohabits. The first habit is‘Be proactive’ and the sec-ond habit is ‘Begin withthe end in mind.’

“We’re also using the‘Kennel Club.’ That’s aprogram in which theValley High School stu-dents come over once aweek and meet with ourstudents that need extrahelp and that’s had a realpositive influence in somekids’ lives.”

For Valley HighSchool’s presentation,principal Craig Loycouldn’t make it to themeeting, but teacher RitaBohanna read a letterthat he had left behind.

“Valley High Schoolhas developed a plan totarget three key areas ofimprovement,” the lettersaid. “These areas are

student achievement,school culture, and grad-uation rate. Valley HighSchool has been strug-gling with making andmeeting achievementrates.

“This year, I’m pleasedto inform you, ValleyHigh School has in-creased its achievementrate and we are now atransition school.”

The school fell justshort of its assignedgoals, but the letter saidthe school’s staff was veryhappy all the same.

“Our (accountability)index target for this pastyear was 48.721 and Val-ley High School’s ratewas 47.6637,” the lettersaid. “We missed by just1.2084. Our accountabili-ty items that were lack-ing were graduation rate,observed growth, and ad-equate growth.

“We met at least 50percent of our targets inmath and reading lan-guage arts. Our facultyhas worked very hard toassist us in meeting thesetargets.”

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lives of more students,the letter says facultyworked with a group tocreate ‘the Kennel Club’program.

“We have worked withHi-Y to provide a peermentoring program,” theletter said. “We want tomake Valley High Schoola place that studentswant to come to everyday to learn and havefun.

“We are identifyingstudents early that maybe potential drop-outsand are offering assis-tance academically andemotionally so that thestudent will not fail.We’re offering course re-covery for failing highschool students to getthem back on track.”

The principal’s lettersaid everyone’s hardwork paid off.

“One significant gainin our achievement is in

our seventh grade mathand reading/languagearts classes,” the lettersaid. “The assessmentscores have improvedand progress thereseems to be increasingeach year.”

Now that the LSICmeetings are done, boardmembers will be able totake a step back and lookat how things are goingin Fayette County. Oneboard member says he’svery happy with what hehas seen.

“We’re seeing a lot ofwork to get children con-nected with educationand with each other,”board president SteveBush said. “I was soproud that I’ve seen a lotof achievement, especial-ly among disadvantagedchildren. Educators arestarting to see that it’snot so much about put-ting the cookie right at

the bottom, but raisingthe bar just a little fur-ther. Everyone is seeingthat when these kids aregiven the challenge,they'll make the chal-lenge and exceed it.

“Once they dig in andsee what’s at the core ofit all, they say, ‘Well Ican do that.’ These littlepeople say, ‘Well I’m in-terested in this and in-terested in this, so I maybe interested in this too.’They broaden theirthinking. They seethere’s more to schoolthan a nice, happy meal.There’s something be-yond that. Once they re-alize that, they start toask themselves wherethey can make a connec-tion that makes it rele-vant to them. We’re see-ing that it’s not about ed-ucating the masses. It’sabout educating childrenone by one by one.”

Prospective jurors to report for duty Nov. 15Danny Wright, circuit

clerk for Fayette Coun-ty, has released thenames of individualsdrawn for petit jury du-ty.

The following prospec-tive jurors are to reportto Judge Paul Blake’scourtroom, located onthe second floor of thecourthouse annex build-ing, on Nov. 15, no laterthan 8:45 a.m.

Charles A. Alderman,Fayetteville; Gale Roger An-able, Oak Hill; Louella Arm-strong, Scarbro; AdrianOwen Atkins, Mount Hope;Jennifer Lynn Ballard, OakHill; William Harold Bal-lenger, Danese; CherishElizabeth Beickert, MeadowBridge; Angelia Marie Bell,Boomer; Charles J. Bel-mont Jr., Gauley Bridge;Leslie Rae Billups, MountHope; Marshall W.Blankenbeckler, MountHope; Jacquelyn M.Blankenship, Fayetteville;Jack Reyes Booda, OakHill; Neeko Makara Brad-ford, Mount Hope; LindaJean Bragg, Beckley

Will iam Edward Bros-hears, Fayetteville; KirbyAlecia Bryant, Oak Hill;Aimee Darlene Buchan,Charlton Heights; TiffanyAnn Burdette, Oak Hill;Christie Ann Burns, OakHill; Dalena Maleigha Cald-well, Ansted; Alicia BrackenCampbell, Fayetteville; Bet-ty Jane Campbell, MountHope; Ernestine Campbell,Hico; Cecil Raymond Cana-day, Bradley; Michelle Can-terbury, Oak Hill; LolaLouise Casto, Scarbro;David Chamberlin, Fayet-teville; Ernest D. Chapman,Gauley Bridge; MarilynKaye Childers, GauleyBridge

James Cecil Colaiseno,Oak Hill; Jerome S. Cole-man Jr., Fayettevil le;Michael Todd Conelly,Mount Hope; David JeromeCook, Montgomery; VirginiaK. Cracraft, Oak Hill; Louza-nia A. Craddock, Pax; Gre-gory Allen Crist, Victor;Regina Carole Crist, Hico;Bonnie Jo Crouse, Fayet-teville; Ashley Diane Crowe,

Danese; Tiffany D. Cunning-ham, Powellton; JosephSteve Danko, Fayetteville;Rebecca Dean, Fayet-teville; Jennifer K. Dickin-son, Fayetteville; Judy LynnDix, Fayetteville

Reginald Eugene Dodd,Oak Hill; Teresa June Dozi-er, Charlton Heights; OwenG. Dravenstott, CharltonHeights; Regina G. Dufour,Ansted; David Harold Dun-can, Meadow Bridge; Dou-glas O. Elliott, Cannelton;Charles Lee Ellison, OakHill; Jessica Francis Ellison,Mount Hope; Ellen Jean El-more, Oak Hill; Staci DawnEskridge, Montgomery;Mary Elaine Farley, MountCarbon; Erma Carol Farrish,Scarbro; Kelly Lanham Fen-ton, Oak Hill; Catherine M.Fisher, Boomer; Vonda K.Fisher, Scarbro

Joshua S. Fletcher,Fayetteville; Carrie MaeFlowers, Oak Hill; JasonGarrett Forney, Oak Hill;Samuel H. Forren, Minden;Casey A. Foster, Victor;Robert S. Foster, GauleyBridge; Randi ChristineFowler, Fayetteville; Opal V.Frady, Oak Hill; Anita MarieFrank, Smithers; Victor A.Garcia, Oak Hill; ShawnRobert Garland, MountHope; Candy Rose Gilkey,Oak Hill; Randy Lee Gorby,Oak Hill; Jennifer Gordon,Mount Carbon; ClementineGray, Mount Hope

Bert Conduff Gregory,Oak Hill; Deborah LynnGrimmett, Hico; Kevin W.Gum, Meadow Bridge;Justin Harvey Gunnoe, Pax;James G. Harrah, Fayet-teville; Edward Allen Hart-line, Kimberly; John EdwardHarvey, Fayetteville; EllaLouise Helmick, Oak Hill;Clint Franklin Henry, Fayet-teville; Ricky Jay Hilder-brand, Cannelton; MildredW. Holcomb, Danese; Hol-lie A. Horrocks, Victor; Cyn-thia Ann Hudson, Mont-gomery; Donald EugeneHudspeth, Hico; Brittany M.Humphrey, Scarbro

James Gregory Hunt,Meadow Bridge; CynthiaDenise Hysell, Oak Hill;Donesia Woods Jackson,Montgomery; Charles Ja-

cobowski Jr., Oak Hill; Lor-rie Ann Jasper, Fayetteville;Arthur T. Jeffries, Fayet-teville; Howard L. KarnesJr., Meadow Bridge; Geral-dine Sue Kasper, Oak Hill;Winfred T. Kincaid,Danese; Laura SergentKirk, Oak Hill; Henry PaulKizer, Mount Hope; Kather-ine Arlene Knapp, GlenJean; William R. Laird IV,Oak Hill; Jackie DonaldLane II, Fayetteville; BrendaKay Lanham, Gauley Bridge

Michael Ray Lanham,Gauley Bridge; Lana RoseLeake, Cannelton; RonaldJabal Lee, CharltonHeights; Ronald W.Leonard, Oak Hill; DavidScott Light, Boomer;William Gene Lilly Jr., Lay-land; Robert Andrew Lively,Fayetteville; Robert RayMartin Jr., Fayetteville;Ronald Lee Martin,Danese; Quenton BrooksMcCallister, Mount Hope;Charles Edward McClung II,Jodie; Hugh Hampton Mc-Coy, Fayettevil le; LynnElaine McGuire, Fayet-teville; Juanita R. Mead-ows, Meadow Bridge;Samantha ReneeMetheney, Hico

Tina Denise Midkiff,Spring Dale; Buster EugeneMiller, Mount Hope;Frances O. Miller, Oak Hill;Shelby Jean Mills, Kimber-ly; Regina Lynn Mims,Fayetteville; Holly GwenMitchell, Fayetteville; RoseMarie Morton, Oak Hill;Kristina Marie Moses, OakHill; Thelma Mae Mullins,Meadow Bridge; EmilySuzanne Murray, MeadowBridge; Bryant Lavar Murry,Kimberly; Louise M. My-natt, Fayetteville; Tammy L.Nady, Oak Hill; Jeffery AllenNeal, Victor; Catrina AnnNeal-McClung, Fayetteville

Stephanie Dawn Nickell,Victor; Tina Marie Odell,Kincaid; Eric Devon Oden,Boomer; Eugene J. OliverJr., Scarbro; Joshua L. Par-sons, Powellton; CarolynColeman Pascocciello,Fayetteville; Joseph DelfordPauley, Ansted; NathanielA. Penn, Oak Hill; Lauren E.Pettey, Victor; LawrenceRay Pettit, Oak Hill; April

Dawn Poff, Scarbro; JosephDavid Poff, Fayetteville;Gyaneswor Pokharel,Mount Hope; Carol JeanPotter, Ansted; Donna SuePowers, Oak Hill

Thomas Franklin Pride-more Jr., Fayetteville; Jon-ah Raymond Pritt, Hico;Asha Puttaiah, Mount Car-bon; James H. Raynes, Lay-land; Timothy I. Reedy,Mount Hope; JonathanBlake Renkovish, Oak Hill;Teresa M. Reynolds, Kim-berly; Andrew Ray Rhodes,Fayetteville; Nicholas Ed-ward Rhodes, CharltonHeights; Melvin E. Rich-mond Jr., Meadow Bridge;Julie Ann Riddle, Oak Hill;Ralph M. Romage, Layland;Christopher Nelson Rozell,Layland; Reba J. Sayers,Hilltop; James Steven Sex-ton, Oak Hill

David Clark Simms, Vic-tor; Darryl Slack, Mont-gomery; Adrian VanessaSmith, Charlton Heights;Amanda J. Smith, Hilltop;Casey Nicole Smith, Fayet-teville; Gary Lee Smith Jr.,Danese; Amanda A. Sor-rells, Danese; Amber LeighSpears, Victor; Evelyn E.Stegel, Oak Hill; David P.Stephenson, Dixie; DavidM. Stoner, Fayetteville;Raymond I. Stonestreet,Fayetteville; Andrew RobertStout, Fayetteville; PerryGray Stover, Scarbro; Jack-son Nicole Strunk, Lookout

Marieda Sunderland, Kin-caid; Jo Beth R. Surface,Fayetteville; William EllisTabor, Meadow Bridge;Daniel Laird Taylor II, Anst-ed; Michelle AltheaThomas, Oak Hill; ToneyTolli, Scarbro; Anna BelleVandall, Fayetteville; Jessi-ca R. Vest, Ansted; CecilWagner, Oak Hill; Brian Kei-th Wamsley, Nallen; ShirleyF. Watson, Glen Jean; RuthAnn Weatherholt, Oak Hill;Craig Andrew Weisel,Meadow Bridge; Mava I.Whitlock, Fayetteville; JudyA. Whittaker, Pax; Amy K.Whitworth, Mount Hope;Melissa Dawn Williams,Mount Hope; Jean LouiseWillis, Victor; Gay EileenWood, Victor; Gilbert RayWriston, Kincaid

FDA recommends makinghydrocodone a Schedule IIcontrolled substance

BY WENDY HOLDRENTHE REGISTER-HERALD

The Food and DrugAdministration has of-ficially recommendedthat the Departmentof Health and HumanServices reschedulehydrocodone from aSchedule III to Sched-ule II controlled sub-stance, according to arelease from Sen. JoeManchin.

Manchin saidrescheduling thisdrug, which is a high-ly addictive substancefound in drugs like Vi-codin and Loritab, willgreatly help curb pre-scription drug abuse.

The Department ofHealth and HumanServices is expected topass this recommen-dation to the Drug En-forcement Administra-tion, which will imme-diately begin the re-classification process.

“Today was atremendous step for-ward in fighting theprescription drugabuse epidemic thathas ravaged West Vir-ginia and our coun-try,” Manchin said.

“Rescheduling hy-drocodone from aSchedule III to aSchedule II drug willhelp prevent thesehighly addictive drugsfrom getting into thewrong hands and dev-astating families andcommunities. I wantto sincerely thank mygood friend Sen. TomHarkin from Iowa forbeing so helpful inmaking this possible. Iam also extremely

grateful that the Foodand Drug Administra-tion has finally imple-mented its own advi-sory committee’s rec-ommendations to re-classify these addic-tive drugs. The agencyhas just saved hun-dreds of thousands oflives.”

Manchin has beenworking since May2012 to have the drugreclassified.

West Virginia StatePolice Col. C.R. “Jay”Smithers said he rec-ognizes that a legiti-mate need for painmanagement exists,but the illegal use ofprescription pain med-ication is one of thebiggest problems thestate faces.

“The reclassificationof hydrocodone is amajor step towardrestoring accountabili-ty and oversight be-tween medicalproviders and patientssuffering from acuteinjuries, chronic painand terminal illness,”Smithers said.

“I would l ike tothank Sen. Manchin,the U.S. Congress, theU.S. Drug Enforce-ment Administration,and the Federal DrugAdministration forproactively taking amajor step toward ad-dressing the issue ofprescription drug di-version not only herein West Virginia, butnationwide,” Smitherssaid. “It is my sincerebelief that this meas-ure will decrease theamount of hy-drocodone available tothose who do not pos-sess a legitimate pre-scription.”

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It was hearteningearlier this month tosee that Peabody Ener-gy Corp. finallystepped up and tookresponsibility for themess it had createdwith Patriot Coal.

Patriot was spun offfrom Peabody in 2007and filed for bankrupt-cy in 2012.

Some, such as theUnited Mine Workersof America, say the Pa-triot spin-off was setup to fail in a deliber-ate plan to endPeabody’s benefit obli-gations to retirees.

The long, contentiouscourt battle — and aseries of demonstra-tions against bothPeabody and Patriot bythe UMWA — ensued.

An initial ruling inMay by U.S. Bankrupt-cy Judge Kathy Sur-ratt-States thatPeabody was not obli-gated to continue thehealth benefits for re-tirees was overturnedin August by an 8thU.S. District Court ofAppeals bankruptcypanel.

Peabody announcedon Oct. 10 that it willpay hundreds of mil-lions of dollars overfour years to settle thelegal dispute and fundretiree benefits.

It also will provideabout $140 million in

letters of credit to Pa-triot, bolstering thatcompany’s hopes ofemerging from bank-ruptcy.

Peabody is theworld’s largest private-sector coal company. Itcertainly must havehad the money tomake an agreementsuch as this monthsago. As heartening asit is that the companyhas finally stepped upto the plate, it is justas disheartening thatit took this long — plusthe millions spent inlitigation — to takethat responsibility.

In this settlement,the UMWA must sur-render nearly all of its35 percent stake in Pa-triot that resulted fromSurratt-States’ Mayruling. However,UMWA President CecilRoberts says he ispleased by the settle-ment and that theunion will end itsprotests.

It is sad when a busi-ness — or a govern-ment — breaks itscovenant with the peo-ple who give theirblood, sweat and hardwork.

It is good thatPeabody officials final-ly swallowed theirpride and did whatshould have been donefrom the beginning.

Peabody finallydoes the right thing

It’s abouttime

WednesdayOctober 30, 2013

The recent govern-ment shutdown andnear default on our na-tion’s debt has cost oureconomy an estimated$24 billion.

Federal work-ers and militaryfamilies experi-enced nerve-wracking uncer-tainty abouttheir paychecks,and Americanbusinesses feltthe pinch of amore than 16-day freeze ongovernment pur-chases.

Critical govern-ment services and opera-tions were disrupted,such as the issuance ofindustry permits, andgovernment inspectionsand financing, that hurtboth businesses and in-dividuals. The closure ofnational parks and mon-uments hurt tourismand took money fromthe economy of countlesscommunities, including

many of our state’s own.The fiscal fiasco re-

sulted in yet anothercredit rating agencythreatening to down-

grade our na-tion’s debt, shak-ing internationalconfidence in theU.S. dollar andeconomy, and in-creasing borrow-ing costs for busi-nesses and indi-viduals.

The sordid inci-dent hurt ourstanding andprestige in theinternationalcommunity, and

undercut our nationalsecurity and militaryreadiness.

And, perhaps worst ofall, it further under-mined the Americanpeople’s faith in theirgovernmental institu-tions.

The one silver lining,perhaps, is that the Con-gress, albeit belatedly,did act before it was too

late. The extremists, fornow at least, did not gettheir way in forcing anunprecedented debt de-fault. Everyone andevery side had an oppor-tunity to have their say.But, ultimately, majorityMembers in the Houseof Representatives, whofor weeks voted repeat-edly to continue a politi-cal standoff while pro-claiming the aversion toshutdowns and defaults,at last, abandoned thatreckless strategy andvoted to end the crisis.

For now, we canbreathe a collective sighof relief, but this is atemporary respite.

We should hope andpray that cooler headswill prevail before wemust revisit these issuesearly next year, and thatthe majority in theHouse of Representa-tives will not revive thethreat of a shutdownand default to extractpolitical concessions.

Meanwhile, there is

talk of reviving somegrand bargain, a mas-sive multi-trillion-dollarlegislative package thatpresumably would affectall aspects of the federalgovernment, includingSocial Security andMedicare. Ironically,some believe that agrand bargain is a real-istic option, when theCongress cannot evenagree on a temporaryspending bill.

I think such a propos-al is the equivalent oftilting at windmills. AndI certainly would opposeany effort to try to ex-tract cuts in Social Secu-rity and Medicare bene-fits in exchange foraverting another govern-ment shutdown or rais-ing the debt limit. Grandbargains put the empha-sis on cutting for thesake of cutting, withoutsufficient regard for thehuman and economicimpact of such cuts.

Instead, I hope budgetnegotiators would focus

on what is practical andachievable. We shouldcomb through the mass-es of reports on deficitreduction recommenda-tions generated from allcorners – there are a lotof them on the shelf, onejust about as good as an-other – and enact sever-al bills over a period oftime that could showprogress on the deficit.My own emphasis wouldbe on strengthening fi-nancial managementcontrols to eliminate im-proper payments andensuring a fairer taxcode by eliminatingwasteful tax expendi-tures.

Our nation’s deficits,while still large and un-sustainable, are declin-ing. As a percentage ofthe economy, they areless than half their sizesince 2009. That’s be-cause the economy isgrowing, albeit in fitsand starts, and weshould push ahead withpolicies that will keep it

growing – with invest-ments in education andworkforce training, sci-ence and research, andbuilding and repairingour nation’s infrastruc-ture.

Congress’ focus shouldbe on trying to restorethe faith of the people intheir governmental in-stitutions, and keepingthe reins of leadershipaway from those whowould rather sabotagethe government thanfind ways to make itwork better for the peo-ple it was created toserve.

Members of Congresshave a Constitutional re-sponsibility to ensure aproper functioning gov-ernment. There is nogreater guide than ourfounding document, withits emphasis on com-prise and consensus, toprevent yet another un-necessary and unwisegovernment shutdown.

(Rahall represents WestVirginia’s 3rd District.)

Restoring the faith of the people in their governmental institutions

GuestColumn

Rep. NickJ. Rahall

Nothing has been more con-tentious in the field of educa-tion than the idea of schoolchoice.

Which is odd. We take it forgranted that we’ll find dozensof brands of cereal atour grocery stores andhundreds of stations onour cable TV. We expectto be able to choosefrom a wide variety ofcoffee drinks and scoresof restaurants. Yetwe’re expected to be-lieve that the schooldown the street is thebest possible one for ourchildren.

Whether it offers for-eign-language classes,after-school activities, orexcellent sports programs is ir-relevant. It’s the closest, andthat’s all we’re supposed toneed to know.

Of course, there are somevery good public schools acrossthe country. There are alsosome very bad ones. In some ofthe country’s largest schooldistricts, less than half of allchildren graduate. These fail-ing schools tend to be locatedin inner cities and serve poorminority students.

Those schools have virtuallyno incentive to improve be-cause they face no penalty for

failure. In Washington, D.C.’sschools a few years ago, for ex-ample, most students werereading below grade level, yetvirtually every teacher (98 per-cent) was rated above average.

The educational es-tablishment’s standardresponse to educationalfailure is to call formassive spending in-creases. Yet today,while inflation-adjustedper-pupil spending hasmore than doubled since1970 — it now exceeds$11,000 per student peryear — academicachievement has stag-nated, and high-schoolgraduation rates for dis-advantaged children

have remained flat.To achieve meaningful edu-

cational reform, parents shouldbe empowered to hold schoolsaccountable through schoolchoice. And the good news isthat, in many cases, they are.Today, millions of America’sstudents exercise public schoolchoice, attend private schools,or are home-schooled.

Parents in Florida, for exam-ple, have a wide range ofschool choice options, includingpublic school choice, onlinelearning such as the FloridaVirtual School, and some pri-

vate school choice. Families inArizona have access to innova-tive education savings ac-counts, which allow parents todirect every dollar of what thestate would have spent ontheir child in the public systemto education services andproviders that meet theirchild’s unique learning needs.

Nevertheless, nearly three-quarters of America’s childrenremain in government-as-signed public schools, all toomany of which fail to provideeven a safe learning environ-ment, let alone a good educa-tion.

Scandalously, Americanteachers’ unions are doingeverything in their power torestrict parental choice in edu-cation. And thanks to theirdeep pockets, they often havethe political clout to succeed.

To understand the power ofteachers’ unions to block eventhe most promising education-al reforms, consider the ongo-ing struggle over school choicein our nation’s capital. Today,public schools in Washington,D.C., enjoy the dubious distinc-tion of leading the nation in vi-olence while ranking amongthe lowest in academic per-formance.

Education at a crossroads

GuestColumn

EdFeulner

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Important dates in W. Va. historyCHARLESTON — The

following events hap-pened on these dates inWest Virginia history.

Oct. 16, 1859: JohnBrown and his raiderscaptured the arsenal atHarpers Ferry, but theywere soon besieged bythe local militia and fed-eral troops. The raid gal-vanized the nation, fur-ther alienating Northand South and drastical-ly reducing any possiblemiddle ground for com-promise.

Oct. 16, 1922: TheRev. Leon Sullivan wasborn in Charleston. In1977, Sullivan initiatedthe original SullivanPrinciples, a code of con-duct for companies oper-ating in South Africa.The Principles wereamong the most effectiveefforts to end the systemof apartheid.

Oct. 17, 1859: Hey-ward Shepherd, anAfrican-American, waskilled by John Brown’sraiders at Harpers Fer-ry. Shepherd was aporter at the local rail-road station and a prop-erty owner in nearbyWinchester, Va.

Oct. 18, 1941: William“Billy” Cox was born inWheeling. He is one oftwo bassists to haveplayed regularly withlegendary guitarist JimiHendrix.

Oct. 19, 1894: Histori-an and illustrator JuliusAllan DeGruyter wasborn in Charleston. Aself-taught painter andillustrator, DeGruyter’sart appeared in numer-ous exhibits and is rep-resented in the collec-tions of the State Muse-um.

Oct. 20, 1990: The cur-rent USS West Virginiawas commissioned. TheUSS West Virginia is anOhio Class Trident bal-listic missile submarinethat is 560 feet long.

Oct. 21, 1865: BishopMatthew Wesley ClairSr. was born in Union.He was one of the firstAfrican-Americans elect-ed as a bishop in the pre-dominantly whiteMethodist EpiscopalChurch.

Oct. 21, 1918: HulettSmith was born in Beck-ley. In the 1964 guber-natorial primary Smithcarried 53 of the state’s55 counties, receivingmore votes than histhree opponents com-bined.

Oct. 22, 1693: LordThomas Fairfax wasborn in Kent, England.He inherited five million

acres in Virginia, landthat included much ofthe present EasternPanhandle of West Vir-ginia.

Oct. 22, 1734: Fron-tiersman Daniel Boonewas born in Pennsylva-nia. In 1788, Boone andhis family settled nearthe mouth of theKanawha River. He rep-resented KanawhaCounty in the VirginiaGeneral Assembly in1791.

Oct. 22, 1821: Collis P.Huntington was born inHarwinton, Conn. In1869, Huntington pur-chased the Chesapeake& Ohio Railway and setabout extending itstracks from Richmondacross southern WestVirginia to the Ohio Riv-er. There, in 1871, he es-tablished a new citybearing his name.

Oct. 22, 1977: Con-struction of the NewRiver Gorge Bridge wascompleted after threeyears of work. The NewRiver Gorge Bridge inFayette County is one ofWest Virginia’s best-known landmarks.

Oct. 23, 1943: Germanprisoners arrived atCamp Ashford in WhiteSulphur Springs. Builtby the U.S. War Depart-ment, Camp Ashfordwas one of two camps inWest Virginia thathoused prisoners of warduring World War II.

Oct. 24, 1929: Compos-er George Crumb wasborn in Charleston. In1968, Crumb wasawarded the PulitzerPrize for “Echoes ofTime and the River:Four Processionals forOrchestra.”

Oct. 25, 1918: AthleteMarshall ‘‘Biggie’’ Gold-berg was born in Elkins.He led the Chicago Car-dinals to the NFL cham-pionship in 1947, andwas elected to the NFLHall of Fame in 1958.

Oct. 25, 1951: WriterDenise Giardina wasborn in Bluefield andraised in neighboringMcDowell County. Sheis best known as a novel-ist and also has a longhistory of community ac-tivism, including a runfor governor.

Oct. 26, 1801: Jeffer-son County was estab-lished from a portion ofBerkeley County by theVirginia General Assem-bly and named forThomas Jefferson.

Oct. 26, 1934: AthleteRodney Clark ‘‘Hot Rod’’Hundley was born inCharleston. Hundleyearned first team All-American recognitionhis senior year at WestVirginia University andaveraged 24.5 points pergame and scored 2,180points over his collegecareer, ranking secondin WVU history.

Oct. 27, 1879: HowardB. Lee was born in WirtCounty. He was electedstate attorney general in1924, and served foreight challenging years.His term saw the im-peachment of a state au-ditor, the lawlessness ofProhibition, and labortroubles in the coal-fields.

Oct. 28, 1972: SingerBrad Paisley was born inGlen Dale.

Oct. 29, 1861: Confed-erate troops pulled out ofCharleston, never to re-turn.

e-WV: The West Vir-ginia Encyclopedia is aproject of the West Vir-ginia Humanities Council.For more information,contact the West VirginiaHumanities Council, 1310Kanawha Blvd. E.,Charleston, WV 25301;(304) 346-8500; or visit e-WV at www.wvencyclope-dia.org.

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Composer George Crumb was born in Charleston onOct. 24, 1929.

Writing workshop inspiredby the life of Pearl S. Buck

LEWISBURG —Pulitzer- and NobelPrize-winning authorPearl S. Buck was bestknown for her writingabout China, especiallyin her beloved novelThe Good Earth. Buther roots were in theGreenbrier Valley ofWest Virginia. In No-vember, New RiverCommunity and Tech-nical College will offer awriting workshop in-spired by Buck’s writ-ing about West Vir-ginia.

The workshop, enti-tled Writing with Pearl,will be taught by notedlocal author BelindaAnderson and will takeplace on Thursday,Nov. 7, from 2 to 4 p.m.

at New River’s Work-force Education facilityin Lewisburg.

Pearl Buck was bornin Hillsboro, in 1892,but when she was threemonths old the familyreturned to China,where her parents weremissionaries. She spentmuch of her life thereuntil 1934, and she nev-er lost her interest inand affection for theChinese people.

In a memoir she saidthat she lived in “sever-al worlds,” one a “small,white, clean Presbyter-ian world of my par-ents,” and the other the“big, loving merry not-too-clean Chineseworld.”

According to Ander-

son, the workshop “willexamine how the seem-ingly mismatchedpatches of Pearl Buck’slife are part of the tap-estry of her creativity.Along the way, you’ll beprompted to examinethe patchwork pieces ofyour own life to see howyou can use them toweave patterns of yourown — as stories, es-says, poems or othernarrations.”

Tuition is $38, andpre-registration is re-quired by Nov. 1. Formore information or toregister, contact theNew River Communityand Technical CollegeOffice of Workforce Ed-ucation at 304-793-3001 or 304-793-6101.

West Virginia fun facts■ Outdoor advertising had

its origin in Wheeling about1908 when the Bloch Broth-ers Tobacco Company paint-ed bridges and barns withthe wording: “Treat Yourselfto the Best, Chew MailPouch.”

■ The first electric railroadin the world, built as a com-mercial enterprise, was con-structed between Huntingtonand Guyandotte.

■ The 1500 block of Vir-ginia Street in Charleston isconsidered the longest cityblock in the world.

■ The last public hangingin West Virginia was held inJackson County in December1897.

■ Stone that was quarriednear Hinton was contributedby West Virginia for theWashington Monument andarrived in Washington in Feb-ruary 1885.

■ Mother’s Day was firstobserved in a Grafton churchon May 10, 1908.

■ The first spa open to thepublic was at BerkeleySprings.

■ The first municipally-owned parking building in theU.S. was opened Sept. 1,1941 in Welch. It showedprofit the first year.

■ ESPN’s Scholasticpicked The Poca High SchoolDots as the best sportsteam nickname in America.

MORGANTOWN —In honor of October be-ing fire preventionmonth, an expert fromWest Virginia Univer-sity’s Fire Service Ex-tension is remindingthe community thattaking steps in fire pre-vention is easy.

West Virginia’s firefatality rate is 3.3times higher than thenational average, ac-cording to the UnitedStates Fire Association.

“Preparation is es-sential in the eventthat a fire does actuallybreak out in yourhome,” said Lanny Ad-kins, WVU Fire ServiceExtension program co-ordinator.

The first step tomake your home fireready is to installsmoke detectors. Withtwo-thirds of all fire re-lated deaths occurringin homes without func-tioning smoke detec-tors, Adkins says it’simportant.

“Smoke detectors areonly beneficial ifthey’re working,” Ad-kins said. “One of thebiggest mistakes we seeis that people tend toremove the batteriesfrom alarms that re-peatedly go off, l ikethose in the kitchen.”

Adkins advises thatfor those areas, try asmoke detector with ahush feature. This pre-

vents the dangerousscenario of thinking adetector is workingwhen it really isn’t. Healso advises testing alldetectors once a monthand replacing themonce every 10 years.

When installing, re-member that smokerises, so place the de-tector high on a wall oron the ceiling if possi-ble. Every level of yourhome should have atleast one smoke detec-tor, and you should aimto place one in eachbedroom and one out-side or around eachsleeping area.

The next step is tohave a rehearsed es-cape plan in case of ahome fire. Make surethat all members of thefamily are aware of thespecific details of theplan. Designate a meet-ing area outside of thehome and practiceevacuation in both aday and night setting.

Another useful tool tohave is a fire extin-guisher, though Adkinswarns that they have

limitations.“Fire extinguishers

are not universal,” hesaid. “They are de-signed to fight con-tained fires in smallerareas and it’s up to theperson to practice com-mon sense when itcomes to determining ifa fire is too large to at-tempt to fight it.”

Adkins said that fireextinguishers aremeant to be used from6 to 8 feet away, and ifthe flames are too hotor large to fight fromthat distance, it’s bet-ter to just evacuate tosafety.

If it is safe to use afire extinguisher, re-member the acronym“P.A.S.S.” First, pullthe pin and aim at thebase of the fire. Beginto squeeze the triggerslowly, but firmly asyou sweep the nozzleside to side.

For general informa-tion and tips on firesafety, contact WVUFire Service Extensionat 304-269-0875 or visitfireservice.ext.wvu.edu.

“Smoke detectors are only beneficial ifthey’re working,” Adkins said. “One of the

biggest mistakes we see is that people tend toremove the batteries from alarms that

repeatedly go off, like those in the kitchen.”

Lanny Adkins, WVU Fire Service Extension

Expert provides easy fire prevention,safety tips to help keep your home safe

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BOOMER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Rt. 60, Boomer, WV • Everyone Welcome Pastor: Sandra Lawerence Sunday Church Service - 9:30 a.m. Sunday School - 10:35 a.m. Tuesday Bible Study - 11 a.m. Wednesday Song & Praise Group - 6 p.m. CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST SMITHERS Pastor: Rev. Donald C. Canterbury, Sr. Thursday Bible study- 7 p.m. Saturday Praise & Worship - 7 p.m. Sunday School- 10 a.m. Sunday Praise & Worship- 7 p.m. BELL CREEK PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 173 CHURCH HILL ROAD, DIXIE, WV Sunday School- 10:00 a.m. Sunday Night- 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Service- 7:00 p.m. Pastor, Lee Holliday Also listen to “The Everlasting Gospel” radio broadcast every Sunday at 2:30 p.m. on 92.9 FM WCMV, Summersville HUDLESTON COMMUNITY CHURCH Pastor - David Manley Sunday School- 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship- 11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening- 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Service-7:30 p.m. GAULEY BRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday School-10 a.m. Morning Service-11 a.m. Choir Practice-6:00 p.m. BYF (Youth) 6:00 p.m. Evening Worship 7:00 p.m. Wednesday 7:00 p.m. “Expressions” Puppet Ministry meets at 6:00 p.m. Sunday evenings. ABWM (Women) & Men’s Fellowship meet once a month. Sunday school classes meet once a month for fellowship. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, MONTGOMERY Saturday Mass 5:30 p.m. Sunday Mass 8:45 a.m. BOOMER CHURCH OF CHRIST Sunday morning-10 a.m. Sunday evening-6 p.m. Wednesday evening-7:00 p.m. ALTA CHURCH OF GOD Sunday school-10 a.m. Morning worship-11 a.m. Evening worship-7 p.m. Wed. prayer meeting-7 p.m. Ladies Circle-4th Tues. BETHEL BAPTIST, CANNELTON Church study-9:45 a.m. Morning worship-11:15 a.m. KANAWHA FALLS BAPTIST Sunday school-10 a.m. Morning worship-11 a.m. MONTGOMERY PRESBYTERIAN Sunday school-10:00 a.m. Morning Worship -11 a.m. Sunday Evening Youth Group - 5 p.m. Pastor - Rev. Joan Stewart GLEN FERRIS APOSTOLIC CHURCH Sunday morning service: 10:00 a.m. Sunday evening service: 6:00 p.m. Wednesday night service: 7:00 p.m. Pastor David Bounds • www.gfac.org CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, HANDLEY Sunday school-10 a.m. Morning worship-11 a.m. Sunday evening-6:30 p.m. Wednesday night-7 p.m. CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, MORRIS DRIVE Sunday school-10:15 a.m. Evening service-6 p.m. Wed. prayer meeting-7 p.m. Sat. services-7 p.m. EAGLE CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH, EAGLE,WV Sunday School - 10 a.m. Morning Service - 11 a.m. Wed. prayer service - 6:30 p.m. Wed. Bible Study - 7 p.m. Richard R. Bullard Pastor ST. ANTHONY SHRINE BOOMER Sunday Mass 11:00 a.m. 1ST BAPTIST CHURCH, POWELTON, WV Sis. Dorothy Walker, Church Clerk Sunday School - 9:45 a.m. Worship Service - 11 a.m. Holy Communion Following Morning Worship Service FRESH OIL CHRISTIAN CENTER (COGIC) KIMBERLY Armstrong Creek Road, Kimberly, WV Rev. Lewis Jackson Sunday School-10:00 a.m. Morning Worship-11:00 a.m.

EAST BANK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 143 Elm St., East Bank, WV Morning Worship-9:30 a.m. Sunday School-10:45 a.m. Bible Study, Wednesday-6:30 p.m. Pastor: Don Dobbins APOWELLTON UNITED METHODIST Pastor Joe Darlington Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Evening Service 7:00 p.m. Bible Study Wed. 7 p.m. EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH HANDLEY Sunday School-9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship (Every)-11 a.m. Wednesday Prayer Service-6 p.m. CEDAR GROVE BAPTIST Sunday school-10 a.m. Morning service-11 a.m. Evening worship-7 p.m. Youth program (Wed.)-6:30 p.m. Wed. prayer service-7 p.m. KIMBERLY CHURCH OF GOD Sunday school-10 a.m. Morning worship-11:30 a.m. Sunday evening-7 p.m. Wed. evening-7 p.m. APOSTOLIC LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH, MT.CARBON, WV “A Light In The Valley” Pastor: John Hurley Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Sunday Night 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening 7:00 p.m. OAKLAND CHURCH OF GOD SMITHERS Morning worship-9:45 a.m. Sunday school-10:30 a.m. Sunday night-6 p.m. Wednesday night-7 p.m. W.C.G. (4th Tues.)-7 p.m. ELIZABETH BAPTIST, CEDAR GROVE Sunday school-9:45 a.m. Worship-11 a.m. FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST, LONDON Sunday school-9:45 a.m. Morning service-11 a.m. Evening service-6 p.m. Wed. Bible study-6:30 p.m. Wed. prayer service-7:30 p.m. HANDLEY BAPTIST Sunday School-9:45 a.m. Morning service-11:00 a.m. Evening service-7:00 p.m. Wed. Bible study-6:30 p.m. Wed. Prayer Meeting-7:00 p.m. FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST, SMITHERS Sunday school-10 a.m. Morning worship-11 a.m. Mon. Bible study-6:30 p.m. Wed. mission meeting-5 p.m. Wed. prayer service-6 p.m.

CEDAR GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, WILLIAMS ST., CEDAR GROVE Worship Service Sunday 10 a.m. Bible Study Thursday 7 p.m. Rev. John Massey Pastor Everyone welcome. BETHEL 184 Michigan Ave. 10:00 Sunday Morning Worship 7:00 Sunday Evening Worship 7:00 Mens Prayer & Bible Study ST. JOHN MISSIONARY BAPTIST MORRIS DRIVE Sunday school-10 a.m. Morning service-11 a.m. Wed. prayer service-6 p.m. Wed. Bible study-7 p.m. BOOMER BAPTIST Sunday school-9:45 a.m. Morning service-11 a.m. Evening service-7 p.m. Wed. service-7 p.m. MORNING STAR BAPTIST DEEPWATER Sunday school-9:30 a.m. Church service-11 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sunday) Teachers’ conference- 6 p.m. (Wednesday) MT. ZION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CARBONDALE Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Service 11:00 a.m. Wed. Prayer Service 6:00 p.m. Wed. Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

ROBSON FREEWILL BAPTIST Sunday School-10 a.m. Sunday Night-6 p.m. Wednesday Night-7 p.m. CAMPBELL MEMORIAL BAPTIST, SMITHERS Sunday school-10 a.m. Morning service-11 a.m. Evening service-7 p.m. Wed. service-7 p.m. MAMMOTH PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH Mammoth, WV Sunday School-10 a.m. Tues Night. 7:30 Sat. Night. 7:30 GLASGOW UNITED METHODIST Sunday school-10 a.m. Morning service-11 a.m. Evening service-7 p.m. Choir practice-6:30 p.m. (Wednesday) Prayer meeting-7:30 p.m. (Wednesday) FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST, HANSFORD Sunday school-10 a.m. Morning service-11 a.m. Every Sunday Tues. Bible Class-7 p.m. EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD HANSFORD Sunday worship-9:30 a.m. FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST OF BOOMER Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Service 11 a.m. Sundays Prayer Service 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Wednesday OPEN BIBLE TEMPLE P.O. Box 572, Powellton, WV Pastor: Rev. Gail Raynes Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Sunday Night 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Night 7:00 p.m. CANNELTON ASSEMBLY OF GOD Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday Night 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Night 7:00 p.m. SMITHERS CHURCH OF GOD CANNELTON ROAD Pastor: Joseph Hubbard Monday Night Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Midweek Service Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Sunday Service 11:00 a.m. Sunday Night 7:00 p.m. COMMUNITY FIRST CHURCH OF GOD, SCRABBLE CREEK RD., GAULEY BRIDGE Pastor: Jr. Cooper Sunday School: 10 a.m. Sunday Evening Worship: 6 p.m. Wednesday: 7 p.m. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF MONTGOMERY Pastor - Bishop Thomas Murray Jr. Wednesday-7 p.m. Sunday School-10 a.m. Morning Service-11 a.m. CHRISTIAN REVIVAL CENTER Robson, WV Sunday - 10:30 a.m. Sunday Night: 6:00 p.m. Wednesday - 6:00 p.m. MONTGOMERY BAPTIST CHURCH 310 5th Ave. Montgomery, WV Phone: 442-9602 Pastor: Rev. C. James Rider Sunday services: Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Services: 7:00 p.m. Bible Study and BYF Everyone Welcome SMITHERS CHURCH OF CHRIST Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Morning Service 11:00 a.m. Pastor: Kim Kirby FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF MONTGOMERY Corner Of 6th Ave And Ferry St. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Church Service 10:50 a.m. Wed. Bible Study 7:00 p.m. www.fbmontgomerywv.com EAST BANK CHURCH OF GOD Pastor: Rev. George Ocheltree Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Church Service 11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m

OLD KANAWHA BAPTIST CHURCH, PRATT Sunday School 10:00 A.M. Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday Night 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening Prayer Meeting 7:00 p.m. MT. LEWIS BAPTIST, MAMMOTH Sunday School 10:00 A.M. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Evening 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7:00p.m. Lady Auxiliary 1st & 3rd thursday Pastor, Larry Boner CARBONDALE BAPTIST CHURCH Cannelton, WV Sunday School 10:00 A.M. • Morning Worship 11:00 A.M. Sunday Evening Service 6:00 P.M. Prayer Meeting & Bible Study- Wednesday Wednesday B.Y. F. 7:00 PM Pastor: Ron Eagle FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH KIMBERLY Sunday school-10 a.m. Sunday morning service- 11 a.m. Wed. prayer service-6 p.m. Larry R. Smith, Pastor BROWNSVILLE HOLINESS CHURCH Rt. 39 Brownsville Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Tues, Sat, Sun Services 7 p.m. Special Gospel Sing The First Saturday Each Month 304-632-1008 Pastor: Charles Blankenship MAMMOTH ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH Sunday school 10:00 a.m. Sunday evening service 6:30 p.m. Wednesday prayer service 6:30 p.m. Pastor: Roy Boyd JESUS IS LORD FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER Belva WV Service Sat. 7:00 pm Pastor Charles Bowe Non denominational SMITHERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Elder-Jim Dempsey Morning Worship Service 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Fellowship Dinner-2nd Tuesday 6:00 p.m. BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH Belva, WV Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship 6:30 p.m. Wed Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Pastor Tom Sanford Joshua Scott Boarding School “A Christian School for Boys” OPEN DOOR COMMUNITY CHURCH Powellton, WV Pastor Greg Francis Sunday Services 10:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Bible Study Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Thursday Service 7:00 p.m. Everyone Welcome MONTGOMERY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Services and Activities Sunday School - 10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship - 11:00 a.m. Children’s Church Sunday - 11:00 a.m. Bible Study - Wednesday - 7:00 p.m. Free Hot Dog Dinner every 1st Wednesday 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Free Community Dinner every 3rd Saturday 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Pastor Wilma M. Dobbins 442-5446 LONDON CHURCH OF GOD Sunday School - 10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship - 11:00 a.m. Thurs. Night Praise & Worship - 7:00 p.m. Pastor: Phyllis Bowling DEEPWATER CHURCH OF LIVING WATER Rt. 61 • Deepwater, WV Pastor: Randy Black Sunday Morning Worship - 10:00 a.m. Sunday School - 11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening - 7:00 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study - 7:00 p.m. FALLS VIEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Worship Service - 9:30 a.m. Sunday School - 11:00 a.m. MONTGOMERY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday School - 10:00 a.m. Worship Service - 11:00 a.m. CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH 310 Fourth Ave. next to CVS Sunday Morning Worship - 11:15 a.m.

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In memory of Juanita Lucas Metz graduate of East Bank High School. A member of the Montgomery Christian Church. A 35 year

member of the Montgomery Rebekah Lodge. A former employee of the G.C. Murphy Store.

Mae Belle BackusMae Belle Backus, 76,

of Jodie, died Oct. 25,2013, at CAMC GeneralDivision, Charleston.

Born Jan. 2, 1937, atTwenty Mile, she was thedaughter of the late JohnWyatt and Tressie Esther

(Darling-ton) Fos-ter. Shealso wasprecededin deathby herdaughter,E s t h e rBackus ;brothers,H o w a r dand Al-

fred Foster; and a sister,Valena Gross.

She was a member ofthe Vaughan BaptistChurch.

Surviving: her children,Beverly Roop of Jodie,Herbie (Beth) Backus ofJodie, Nancy (Jimmy)Jones of Jodie, Eddie (Fe-licia) Backus of Lockwood,Allison (Charley) Mc-Clung of Jodie, and Scott(Heather) Backus ofJodie; 13 grandchildrenand seven great-grand-children.

Services were Oct. 28 atthe Vaughan BaptistChurch with the Rev.Naaman Moore officiat-ing. Burial followed inVaughan Cemetery.

Online condolencesmay be sent at www.carl-wilsonfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by Pen-nington Funeral Home,Gauley Bridge.

Robert S. BryantRobert S. Bryant, of

London, died at home Oct.26, 2013.

Born in Longacre, hegraduated from Mont-gomery High Schoolwhere he was an out-standing athlete.

He was a veteran ofWorld War II and Koreaand the recipient of a Pur-ple Heart.

Surviving: wife, Betty;daughter, Kim (Mike);sons, Brett (Andrea) andPride (Tracey); threegrandchildren and fourgreat-grandchildren.

Service was held Oct. 29at the Montgomery Unit-ed Methodist Church withthe Rev. Wilma Dobbinsofficiating. The family re-quests memorial contribu-tions be made to theMontgomery UnitedMethodist Church.

Shannon HodgeShannon (Duke) Hodge,

51, of Beech Glen, diedOct. 27, 2013, in his homesurrounded by his familyafter a long illness.

Shannon was born April9, 1962, in Charleston, theson of Marilyn Hodge and

the lateC h a r l e sHodge. Inadditionto his fa-t h e r ,C h a r l e sH o d g e ,Shannonwas pre-ceded indeath byhis pater-

nal grandparents, Man-gus and Reba Hodge; hismaternal grandparents,Charles and Gussie Jar-rett of Beech Glen; and hismother- and father-in-law, Junior and BarbaraNottingham of Dixie.

Shannon was a memberof the Boomer Church ofChrist.

He was a disabled for-mer coal miner forKanawha Eagle Mining inComfort. He was also aformer employee of RebaTrucking Co. in Belva,Hawks Nest Mining inBoomer and Terry EagleCoal of Jodie.

He was a 1980 graduateof Gauley Bridge HighSchool.

Surviving: his wife, Re-becca Nottingham Hodgeof Beech Glen; mother,Marilyn Hodge of BeechGlen; daughter, AmandaHodge Nix and her hus-band, Joey, of Auburn,Ga.; son, Brandon Hodgeand his girlfriend, NicoleCatoggio of Beech Glen;grandson, Douglas Nix ofAuburn, Ga.; brother,Chad Hodge and his wife,

Libby, of Beech Glen; sis-ter, Jill Hodge of BeechGlen; aunt, Carolyn Hack-ney of Beech Glen; severalnieces and nephews; anda host of other family andfriends.

Services will be held at1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1 atPennington FuneralHome, Gauley Bridge,with Jason Smith officiat-ing. Friends may call twohours prior to the service.

Following services, any-one who wants to partici-pate will be having onelast motorcycle ride in hismemory. For informationon the ride, contact Beckyat 304-632-5156.

In lieu of flowers, Shan-non requested donationsbe made to Kanawha Hos-pice Care.

Online condolences maybe sent at www.carl-wilsonfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by Pen-nington Funeral Home,Gauley Bridge.

Pastor Claude‘Toad’ Miller

Pastor Claude “Toad”M i l l e r ,77, ofM o n t -g o m e r yHeights,died Oct.27, 2013.

Claudewas thepastor ofHandleyF u l lG o s p e l

Community Church for 11years and was the founderof Bethel Church inSmithers.

He served in the USMC,taught “Sea School” andplaced the first set ofMarines on the USS Iowa.

He was employed byO’Dell Funeral Home,Central Appalachian CoalCompany, Sheppard’s Au-to Supply, Corey andFuller Auto Supply, Mont-gomery Hardware andB.C. Hooper FuneralHome.

Surviving: his wife of 57years, Learease; sons,Kevin and wife Eva andKeith and wife Pam;daughters, Kira (Rick)and Kathy (the late T.G.Seacrist); grandchildren,Kelly and husbandCharles Lee, Eric (Christi-na), Landon and wife Jen-na, Nathan and wifeMelissa, April, Triston(Sonya), Auston andCaleb; great-grandchil-dren, Kristen, Eadin,Kade, Kessa, Leah, Gar-rett, Remington and Dy-lan; brother, Frank Millerand wife Dorris; and ex-tended family, Jane Miles,Kandi, Kristi, Brian, Kari,Kati and their families.

Services will be 12 noonon Thursday, Oct. 31 atBethel Church inSmithers with Rev. JeffFloyd officiating. Burialwill follow in MontgomeryMemorial Park at Londonwith military honors.

Friends may call onWednesday from 6 to 9p.m. at O’Dell FuneralHome, Montgomery.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions can be made toBethel Church, PO Box25, Smithers, WV 25186in memory of PastorClaude Miller.

Expressions of sympa-thy may be sent towww.odellfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by O’DellFuneral Home, Mont-gomery.

David ‘Dave’ Wayne O’Dell

David “Dave” WayneO’Dell, 53, of Victor, diedOct. 16, 2013, in Beckley,following a long illness.

David was born Feb. 24,1960, in Richwood, son ofBradley W. O’Dell ofGreenville, S.C., andGarylee O’Dell of Leivasy.

He was a member of theSummersville MasonicLodge #76 and the BeniKedem Temple inCharleston.

He was a heavy equip-ment operator for thestrip mine industry andan 18-year member of theUMWA.

Surviving: his wife, JillS. Crosier O’Dell of Victor;his parents, Garylee andGordon O’Dell of Leivasy

OBITUARIESand Bradley and BarbaraO’Dell of Greenville, S.C.;sons, Robert O’Dell ofCannelton and JoshuaO’Dell of Summersville; asister, Debra Robinson ofSummersville; and fourgrandchildren.

Funeral services wereOct. 19 at Wallace andWallace Funeral HomeChapel in Ansted withPreacher Jack Eades andRev. Bradley Boyce offici-ating. Burial followed inRestlawn Memory Gar-dens in Victor.

Online condolences maybe sent at wallaceandwal-lacefh.com.

Arrangements by Wal-lace and Wallace of Anst-ed.

Ethel Irene YoungOsborne

Ethel Irene Young Os-borne, 82, of Kennesaw,Ga., formerly of Bick-more, died Oct. 23, 2013,at her home.

Born March 5, 1931, inBickmore, she was the

daughterof the lateJohn G.and CoraE l s i eB r o w n .She alsowas pre-ceded indeath byher hus-band of48 years,

Dencil Denver Osborne;infant sister, Hazel MaeBrown; brothers, CecilEugene Brown and HarryE. Young; and a sister-in-law, Lucille Brown.

She was a homemakerand a member of the LickFork Baptist Church.

Surviving: a daughter,Sue (Henry Charles)Stempfel of Georgia;grandchildren, Julie Lee(Kevin) Kozlowski of NewYork, Erik Daniel (Ja-nine) Stempfel of Georgia,Angel Dawn Stempfel andfiance Robert Zelin of Cal-ifornia; great-grandchil-dren, Brittany Anne Lu-cas and Jenna Lee Lucasof New York, Erik DanielStempfel Jr. of Georgia,and Amber Fisch of NewYork; sisters-in-law, EdithYoung of New York andMarie Morris of Bentree;and a host of nieces andnephews.

Services were held Oct.

28 at the Lick Fork Bap-tist Church, Bickmore,with the Rev. John Os-borne officiating. Burialfollowed in Sunset Ceme-tery, Bickmore.

Online condolences maybe sent at www.carl-wilsonfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by Wil-son-Shamblin-Smith Fu-neral Home, Clay.

Samuel Moses Saul III

Samuel Moses Saul IIIof Glen Rock, Wyo., for-merly of Montgomery,died Oct. 25, 2013.

He was born in Mont-gomery on Jan. 6, 1951,

the son ofthe lateS a m u e lT h o m a sa n dA g a t h aMae Jar-rell Saul.He alsowas pre-ceded indeath byhis wife,

Linda Lorraine Saul, andhis brother, John E. Saul.

He was retired fromCentral AppalachianCoal Company in Mont-

gomery and was a mem-ber of the Glen RockLodge #22 AF&AM inGlen Rock, Wyo.

Surviving: childrenSamuel Saul IV and hiswife, LeAnn, of EastBank, Yolanda Leonardand her husband, Bryan,of Bellefontaine, Ohio,Lee Ann Jarrell and herhusband, Timothy, ofRichwood, Ohio, AllisonPhillips of London, SissyWaites and her husband,Ronnie, of Weston, Dian-na Lockhart and herhusband, Ron, of Beck-ley, Jacque Phillips ofCharlton Heights, SueAnn Whitt and her hus-band, Robert, of Beckley,and Lisa Jackson andher husband, Shannon,of Summersville; severalgrandchildren and great-grandchildren; brother,Grey Saul of Glen Rock,Wyo.; sisters, Rose Saulof Glen Rock, Wyo., Con-nie Foster of Thornville,Ohio, and Neoma Duarte

of Phoenix, Ariz.Service will be 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 30 atO’Dell Funeral Home,Montgomery, with Rev.Jim Smith officiating.Burial will follow inKanawha Valley Memor-ial Gardens at Glasgow.Friends may call twohours prior to service atthe funeral home.

Expressions of sympa-thy may be sent towww.odellfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements byO’Dell Funeral Home,Montgomery.

Larry Donell TurnerLarry Donell Turner

died Oct. 22, 2013, at 2:50a.m. after a long fightwith cancer.

Born in Jonesboro, La.,on Sept. 24, 1950, he wasthe son of the late Mason“Jack” Turner and BerthaMae Phillips Turner.

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Larry became a mem-ber of Ferguson MemorialBaptist Church in 1995under the leadership ofRev. Emanuel E. Heyligerwhile attending a three-day crusade in OrchardManor in Charleston thatwas being hosted by Fer-guson Memorial BaptistChurch. He was faithfulin his attendance. Evenwhen he was late hewould sit outside in thevestibule and listen to theword of God.

Larry was a member ofOperating Engineers Lo-cal 132, Tennessee Av-enue, Charleston, wherehe worked for 20-plusyears as a bull dozer oper-ator.

He was a master me-chanic, and if you neededyour car fixed, he could fixit; he loved working oncars!

He loved his son, Loren-zo Turner; his grandson,Isaiah Turner, and Isa-iah’s mother, ChristinaTerrell, who took care ofall his appointments andmade all his doctor ap-pointments and took himto them whenever shecould; he dearly lovedChristina Terrell.

He spent a lot of time inSissonville with his goodfriends at Smitty’s JunkYard. He always spokevery highly of Steve

Smith, Joe Griasano,Johnny Vannatter, Sonnyand Joyce Haynes, Ron-nie Jones, Bill Hoy, DaleWatson, Linda Crosth-waite, and Connie Lock-hart.

Surviving: his son,Lorenzo Turner of Pow-ellton, and Lorenzo’smother, Linda Rogers ofPowellton; his grandson,Isaiah Turner, and Isa-iah’s mother, ChristianaTerrell of Montgomery;sisters, Judy Bradfordand Catherine Martin,both of Saline, La.;nephew, Danny Bradfordof Jonesboro, La.; aunt,Jessie Mae Caleb of Bi-eniville, La.; cousins, Pat-sie Beard and Eva Peoplesof Louisiana; his specialfriend, Toinette Scott ofCharleston; and a host ofcousins and friends.

Service was Oct. 25 atO’Dell Funeral Home,Montgomery, with Rev.William Kinney officiat-ing. Additional servicesand burial will be con-ducted in Jonesboro, La.

Expressions of sympa-thy may be sent towww.odellfuneralhome.com.

Joanna SueWilliams

Joanna Sue Williams,49, of East Bank, diedOct. 24, 2013, at home.

Born Sept. 11, 1964, inCharleston, she was thedaughter of Sheman Har-ris of Rand and the lateBetty Allison Harris. Shealso was preceded in

death by her husband,Stephen Allen Williams.

Surviv-ing: chil-d r e n ,J a m e sWilliamsof CrossL a n e s ,a n dJ o s h u aWilliams,MatthewWilliams,Nicholas

Williams and TylerWilliams, all of EastBank; father, ShermanHarris of Rand; andgrandchildren, Regan,Madelyn, Emma andZoey.

Service was Oct. 29 atO’Dell Funeral Home,Montgomery, with LuluScalise officiating. Burialfollowed in Kanawha Val-ley Memorial Gardens atGlasgow.

Expressions of sympa-thy may be sent towww.odellfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by O’DellFuneral Home, Mont-gomery.

Stephen Lee WrightStephen (Steve) Lee

Wright, 62, of Pratt,passed away on the beau-tiful banks of the Green-brier River in PocahontasCounty on Oct. 19, 2013.

He passed away at aplace he called his secondhome: his beautiful familycamp in PocahontasCounty, a special placethat was also very dear to

his late mother andnamed Camp Leona inher memory. He lovedspending time with hisfamily, especially at thecamp, and watching hischildren, grandchildrenand all the children in the

family en-joy thepeace andtranquili-ty that heso lovedabout thecamp.

Surviv-ing: hisl o v e l ywife of 45y e a r s ,

Brenda SzerokmanWright; daughters, JudyWright and companionBilly Robinson of CrownHill and Karen WrightJenkins and spouse KellyJenkins of Hansford; sis-ters, Judy (Bill) Sheets,Lynn Conard, and Cathy(James) Campbell; broth-ers, Raymond (Carline)Wright and Bill (Brenda)Wright; sisters-in-law,Cathy Jones and DianeRamsey; grandchildren,Danielle Thaxton, AlexThaxton, Hunter Jenkinsand Garrett Jenkins; un-cle, Charles (Sharon) Col-lier; special nephew, Ed-die Wright; special niece,Angie Cooper; and a hostof several other specialnieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

The family requests do-nations to Crown HillFreewill Baptist Churchin Steve’s memory.

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WVU professors’ therapy techniques making impact in the field of counselingMORGANTOWN —

West Virginia Universi-ty professors Ed Jacobsand Chris Schimmel co-authored an article pub-lished in October’s edi-tion of School Counselormagazine on their workon a progressive methodof creative counselingcalled impact therapy.

Impact therapy is anactive, multisensory,creative, theory-drivenapproach to counseling.By employing tech-

niques that engage mul-tiple senses, a therapistis able to counsel theclient in a way that isclear and thought-pro-voking. For example, Ja-cobs and Schimmelmight use a dollar bill todemonstrate self-worthto a client, or shake up asoda bottle to get themto visualize their angermore clearly.

School Counselormagazine goes to schoolcounselors throughout

the country.Jacobs, an associate

professor and coordina-tor of the master’s pro-gram in the Counseling,Rehabilitation Counsel-ing, and CounselingPsychology Department,and Schimmel, assistantprofessor and coordina-tor of the department’sschool counseling pro-gram, have been perfect-ing the method of im-pact therapy since its in-ception in the early ‘90s.

Schimmel was Jacobs’student at the time hebegan to teach impacttherapy as a counselingtechnique and has sincethen worked with him todevelop it.

“The brain likes novel-ty,” Jacobs said. “Usingmultisensory techniqueslike a shaken up sodabottle to representanger, or a small chairto represent the littleboy or little girl part ofthe client, helps to more

fully engage the client.”In the article, Jacobs

and Schimmel encour-age school counselors,who work with studentson a time constraint, toutilize impact therapy.They note that usingthese methods with dif-ficult students couldmean the difference be-tween not gettingthrough to them andhelping them workthrough their issues in alimited period of time.

They provide sugges-tions on the use ofprops, as well as writ-ing, to create specificimagery that makes animpact.

“We are pleased thatour work is now reach-ing school counselorsthroughout the coun-try,” said Jacobs andSchimmel, “because im-pact therapy is such auseful approach forthose counseling school-aged kids.”

That’s why the D.C.Opportunity Scholar-ship Program, launchedin 2004, was such abreakthrough. Accord-ing to a federally man-dated evaluation, theuse of an opportunityscholarship resulted inthe equivalent of 3.7months in additionallearning for students.Moreover, these $8,500scholarships, which en-able students to attenda private school, arehalf the cost of the$18,000 per-pupil pricetag for a year in a D.C.public school.

Yet the program hasbeen at the heart of a

pitched battle for sur-vival over the last fewyears, with the teachers’unions gunning for it atevery turn.

Today, American edu-cation stands at a cross-roads. One path leads toincreased governmentcentralization, fewerparental choices, and agreater role for specialinterests. The otherpath leads to increasedparental authority anda return to the constitu-tional principle that ed-ucation policy is prima-rily a state and local af-fair and shouldn’t be setin Washington.

Which path we ulti-mately go down will de-pend on the fate ofschool choice.

(Feulner is founder ofThe Heritage Foundation.)

EDUCATION▼

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Car hits stopped train atmouth of Armstrong Creek

Emergency dispatch-ers received a call justafter 3:30 p.m. Thurs-day reporting a car hadcrashed into a stoppedtrain on Route 61 atthe mouth of Arm-strong Creek in Mont-gomery.

The driver statedthat the vehicle ’sbrakes faulted, result-

ing in the collision, anemergency dispatchersaid.

The two vehicle occu-pants were transportedto CAMC with minorinjuries. State Policetroopers and Mont-gomery Fire Depart-ment responded to thescene.

— Brandi Underwood

The Montgomery Heraldwww.montgomery-herald.com8 ■ Wednesday, October 30, 2013

MONTGOMERY —The WVU Tech men’sbasketball team chris-tened the 2013-14 cam-paign with a 108-64 vic-tory over visiting Uni-versity of Cincinnati-Clermont Saturday af-ternoon. The action atthe Baisi Athletic Cen-ter took place duringhomecoming festivities.

Three Golden Bearsregistered a double-dou-ble to pace the triumph.Senior forward ArmondPerez led Tech with 22points, 12 rebounds,three assists and ablocked shot. Juniorguard Jaren Marinologged 14 points and 10rebounds, to go alongwith three assists and a

steal. Junior forwardJauries Thomasgrabbed a total of 13boards (five offensive,eight defensive) andscored 12 points.

Leading the offensiveattack was BrandonBurgraff, who totaled19 points on thestrength of 5-for-9 accu-racy from the 3-pointline. He also had twosteals and two assists.

Also hitting double-digits in the scoring col-umn for Tech were LeonCooper Jr. (13) andRa’shaud Kincaid (12).Floyd Campbell con-tributed nine points andseven rebounds.

As a team, Tech was42-for-82 from the floor,including 10-for-20 frombeyond the arc.

Tech commanded anearly lead and never re-linquished it during theentire game, accordingto www.goldenbearath-letics.com. The leadreached 30 points at onepoint in the opening 20-minute segment, withTech settling on a 52-27cushion at the break.

Thomas started offthe second half with ajumper in the paint only20 seconds in off a Perezassist, and the Techmargin eventuallystretched to 48 pointswhen Cooper foundPerez for a layup at the10:26 mark.

The WVU Tech de-fense forced 12turnovers and picked upeight steals.

For the visitors, Dar-win Tolliver netted agame-high 24 points.

Kendall Beamon added15 and Talmadge Bell13.

Tech returns to theBaisi Center court for a7 p.m. contest on Nov. 5with Salem Internation-al University.

■ ■ ■The WVU Tech

women’s basketballteam dropped its seasonopener to Point ParkUniversity 68-50 onSaturday.

Tech was led byCheyanna Lusk’s 12points, eight rebounds,six steals and five as-sists. Freshman Eliza-beth Evans registerednine points and two as-sists for the GoldenBears.

Roche Wimberly andCierra Mobley scoredeight points apiece.Wimberly grabbed fiveboards while Mobleybrought down four re-bounds.

The Golden Bearswere within two points,15-13, with 6:42 left inthe first half before thePioneers knocked downa 3-pointer to expandthe lead. Point Parkused a 16-5 run over thefinal portion of the firsthalf to extend its lead to32-18 going into half-time.

Point Park led by asmany as 27 points inthe second half on itsway to the triumph.

Teresa Davis scored17 points to power thewinners.

WVU Tech plays atBluefield (Va.) at 4 p.m.on Nov. 5.

FROM STAFF REPORTS

RICHWOOD — TheClass A No. 3 ValleyGreyhounds scored 20fourth-quarter pointsand forced five turnovers

to defeata peskyRichwoodsquad 40-9 Friday.

T h eLumber-j a c k strailed byjust 12-9late inthe firsthalf whenH e n r yB a r r o n -Houchinsintercept-ed a passat the 2-yard lineto stop aRichwoods c o r i n gthreat.

V a l l e yput theg a m e

away in the second halfwith five straight scores,including long touch-down runs in the finalquarter by Dante Wilk-erson (94) and Barron-Houchins (73) and asafety by Casey Stewart.

Wilkerson finishedwith 129 yards andKeyshawn Payne had104.

Michael Adams led theLumberjacks with 163yards on the ground andkicked a 24-yard fieldgoal.

Valley (8-0) looks tostay undefeated when ittravels to Midland TrailFriday, while Richwoodhosts Summers County.

Valley 40, Richwood 9V (8-0) 6 6 8 20 — 40R (2-6) 0 9 0 0 — 9First QuarterV: Dante Wilkerson 15 run (run failed)Second QuarterR: Logan Brown 15 pass from LoganCox (kick blocked)R: Michael Adams 24 FGV: Keyshawn Payne 5 run (rush failed)Third QuarterV: Darius Hutchinson 6 run (pass failed)V: Casey Stewart tackled Adams in endzoneFourth QuarterV: Payne 2 run (Raeshawn Brecken-ridge run)V: Wilkerson 94 run (pass failed)V: Henry Barron-Houchins 73 run (rushfailed)INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — V: Wilkerson 7-129,Payne 15-104, Barron-Houchins 1-73,

Stewart 4-28, Tracy Conliffe 4-26,Breckenridge 7-25. R: Adams 23-163,Johnny Clevenger 4-27, Logan Brown 2-14, Austin Livesay 3-12, Cox 1-5.PASSING — V: Breckenridge 2-5-0-36.R: Cox 7-17-2-105, Shane Lipps 0-1-1-0. RECEIVING — V: Payne 1-27, DruwBowen 1-9. R: Jared Amick 3-64, LoganBrown 2-31, Adams 1-5, Levisay 1-5.TAKEAWAYS — V: Barron-Houchins(int), Wilkerson (fum rec), Hutchinson(fum rec), Breckenridge (int), Wilkerson(int). R: Levisay (fum rec).

Also last week:

Meadow Bridge 66PikeView 27

Class A No. 13 Mead-ow Bridge raced out to a38-0 first-half lead androlled past Class AAPikeView 66-27 Friday.

Jake Parker carriedthe ball only 19 times,but he finished with 255yards and six touch-downs (3, 49, 15, 36, 16,35) to lead the hostWildcats.

Ryan Church (67) andAbber Gelsinger (4)added touchdown runsfor Meadow Bridge.

PikeView was led byDaniel Brown with 91yards on the ground andtwo touchdowns.

Peyton Richmond ledMB on defense with 10tackles.

Meadow Bridge 66, PikeView 27PV (3-6) 0 0 7 20 — 27MB (7-2) 32 6 22 6 — 66First QuarterMB: Jake Parker 3 run (Ryan Churchrush)MB: Church 67 run (Parker rush)MB: Parker 49 run (Craig Peters passfrom Church)MB: Parker 15 run (Kaleb Farr passfrom Church)Second QuarterMB: Parker 36 run (kick failed)Third QuarterMB: Parker 16 run (Abber Gelsingerrush)MB: Parker 35 run (Church rush)PV: Ryan Roberts 12 pass from ChrisMcBride (Alex Testerman kick)MB: Gelsinger 4 run (rush failed)Fourth QuarterPV: Daniel Brown 8 run (kick failed)PV: Tanner Farley 7 pass from McBride(Testreman kick)MB: Shane Harless 62 kick return (rushfailed)PV: Brown 9 run (Testerman kick)INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING — PV: Joseph Jennings 14-71, Brown 9-41, Hunter Moses 10-39,McBride 1-19, Ryan Roberts 4-16. MB:Parker 19-255, Gelsinger 16-68,Church 1-67, Harless 1-27, ChrisSimms 4-9, Peters 2-5, Lawson Patter-son 4-5.PASSING — PV: McBride 7-21-1-31.MB: none. RECEIVING — PV: Brown 2-8, Jen-nings 2 (-3), Dakota Bailey 1-7, Farley1-7, Roberts 1-12. MB: none.TAKEAWAYS — PV: Brown (fum rec),Richard Edwards (fum rec). MB: JimmyRichmond (fum rec.), David Gainer(int).

STEVE KEENAN/THE MONTGOMERY HERALD (6)

Leon Cooper Jr. goes up for a field goal attempt inWVU Tech’s season-opening basketball win Satur-day.

Armond Perez led theGolden Bear men with22 points, 12 rebounds,three assists and ablocked shot.

Former West Virginia Tech standout Ron Beatty, shown greeting coach BobWilliams, was one of the numerous Golden Bears who returned for homecom-ing and alumni activities. Beatty, a 2013 inductee into the WVU Tech Hall ofFame, played for two West Virginia Conference championship teams at Tech,including the 1988 squad that advanced to the NAIA National Tournament.

Elizabeth Evans dribbles upcourt for Tech.The Golden Bears’ Nia Nolan drives against twoPoint Park defenders.

Cincinnati-Clermont’s Talmadge Bell, left, and Tech’s Jauries Thomas battle fora loose ball.

Golden Bear men win in opener;Tech women fall to Point Park

Valley romps pastRichwood, 40-9

Wilkerson

Barron-Houchins

BY STEVE KEENANSPORTS EDITOR

FAYETTEVILLE —The few hardy souls whostuck it out on the homeside for the duration ofFayetteville’s seniornight football game weretreated to the Pirates’first win since a 61-0thumping of Richwoodon Sept. 13.

Fayetteville (3-5) waseffective on the groundand through the air inwhipping Buffalo 38-14Friday at Fletcher ArrittMemorial Stadium, halt-ing a four-game losingskid of its own and keep-ing the Bison winless at0-8.

“We played in a playoffgame every week,”Fayetteville coach FrankSpangler said in refer-ring to a difficult sched-ule that has kept histeam on its toes all sea-son long. “We playedfour of the Top 10 teamsin single-A.

“A win is a win is awin. We’ll take a win anytime. The kids playedwell; they played a lotbetter tonight, and we’regetting a little morehealthy now. I was realproud of our (nine) sen-iors. They went out (athome) in good fashion.”

The Pirates took con-trol by scoring on theirfirst two possessions —first on a Tasheem Saun-ders 4-yard run that wasset up by a 29-yard burstby Jake Alton and an 18-yard Saunders gain,then on a 28-yard WillDooley touchdown recep-tion midway through theopening period. Dooleyleaped up between twoBuffalo defenders andhauled in the scoringaerial on a nicely thrownball from quarterbackWill Fenton.

The Pirates kept up

the pressure early in thesecond quarter when Al-ton sprinted 30 yards tothe end zone on a re-verse to make it 22-0.

Buffalo answered thatscore as Isaiah Robinsoncaught the ball fromConnor Fields on a mid-dle screen and legged it35 yards to paydirt for a22-8 deficit.

Before the Bison got alate 50-yard scoringjaunt from Jordan Tuck-er (19 carries, 114yards), though, Fayet-teville had created morethan enough cushionwith another Fenton-to-Dooley scoring hook-up(this one covering 9yards) and a second six-pointer from Saunderson a 3-yard burst.

On the latter scoringdrive, Saunders (14-140)ripped off key carries of19 and 13 yards beforeringing up his secondTD.

Fayetteville rushed for359 yards and passed for89 more on the night.

Fenton was 11-of-15for 89 yards and the twoscores to Dooley.

“We felt like we couldrun the football,” saidSpangler. “We’re prettydecent up on the offen-sive line.

“We just ran our basicset. Of course, that(rushing success) openedup the passing gamesome.”

Defensively, he saidthe Pirates had to altertheir scheme somewhatto compensate for Buffa-lo’s speed on the edges.

Alton rushed for 85yards and accounted for45 yards in receiving forthe Pirates. Dooley hadfour catches for 41 yardsand two TDs. Reserveback Troy Farrell rushedfor 92 yards on seven at-tempts.

Pirates notch third win

The Montgomery Herald www.montgomery-herald.com Wednesday, October 30, 2013 ■ 9

BY STEVE KEENANSPORTS EDITOR

MONTGOMERY —It’s a big week for theWVU Tech soccer pro-grams.

The United StatesCollegiate Athletic Asso-ciation (USCAA) lastweek announced via on-line video the 2013 na-tional tournament par-ticipants for men’s andwomen’s soccer, and theevent will get under way

today at two Charleston-area soccer complexes.

Golden Bear players,coaches and fans gath-ered in the Bear’s Dento watch the announce-ment, according to a re-port on www.golden-bearathletics.com.

WVU Tech, the host ofthe 2013 USCAA Na-tional Soccer Tourna-ment, will field bothmen’s and women’steams in the event.

The Golden Bear men

received the top seed forthe tourney, while theschool’s women’s squadwill be seeded 10th.

“We definitely thinkthe benefits of playing infront of home fans onhome turf far outweighany logistical challenges(of hosting),” said KennyHowell, WVU Tech’s in-terim athletic director.“The folks in Charleston,the USCAA and thestaff at Tech haveworked hard to make it

a quality experience.”All told, 20 squads

will compete Oct. 30-Nov. 2 at the Friends ofCoal Trace Fork SoccerComplex and Schoen-baum Soccer Stadium atCoonskin Park.

“I am very much look-ing forward to the tour-nament; there are somany good, qualityteams that made thefield this year that everygame is going to comedown to the lastminute,” said Tech’smen’s coach, LuisCortell. “It is going to begreat for the West Vir-ginia soccer communityto see such quality ofsoccer being played, andrepresent the USCAAwell.”

The Tech men, the2012 USCAA nationalrunners-up, earned afirst-round bye in 2013and will see their firsttourney action at 7:30p.m. on Thursday, Oct.31 at Schoenbaum Sta-dium against the winnerof a matchup betweenthe University of Maineat Machias and PSUBrandywine.

From 5 to 7 p.m. onThursday at Schoen-baum Stadium, WVUTech will stage a tail-gate featuring a “trunk-or-treat” and costumecontests. Fans of allages are invited to thefree event.

The women’s squad isset to face Paul Smith’sCollege, N.Y. in the firstround of play onWednesday, Oct. 30 at1:30 p.m. at Schoen-baum Stadium. It marksthe first time the WVUTech women have par-ticipated in a nationaltournament.

“I am looking forwardto playing in this year’stournament. It’s a greatfeeling to be playing athome. I hope we achievewhat we set out to ac-complish and make ourschool and communityproud,” senior forwardJoe Jackson said onwww.goldenbearathlet-ics.com.

The Tech men, 15-2-1

and winners of ninestraight games, wasranked No. 2 in theWeek 4 USCAA coachespoll.

“We are all very excit-ed for the opportunity tocompete for a nationalchampionship in ourcommunity. It gives us agreat chance to bringpositive national recog-nition to our school,”said senior midfielderTyler Fabian.

Admission to all tour-nament games is free.

For complete tourna-ment and WVU Techathletic information, youcan visit goldenbearath-letics.com.

— E-mail: skeenan@register-herald.com

Riverside cross country

STEVE KEENAN/THE MONTGOMERY HERALD (3)

The Riverside Warriors were among those participat-ing last Thursday in the Class AAA Region 3 crosscountry qualifying meet at Cedar Lakes.

At left, Nick Kennedy competes on the 5-kilometercourse for the Warrior boys, who placed seventhwith 167 points. Kennedy placed 20th in 19 min-utes, 19.9 seconds. Other Riverside boys in thefield included: Cecil Dean, 24th, 19:49.7; DavidDean, 37th, 20:48.9; Tristin Sanchez, 44th,21:16.9; Cameron Norris, 48th, 21:28.1; and DylanHicks, 61st, 25:05.2. The top 10 runners in each di-vision advanced to the state meet.

Below left, Emma Cox (32:11.9) was 49th for theRHS girls.

Below right, Riverside’s Samantha Keller, right, was48th in 31:46.6. Sarah Ivey (51st, 34:21.4) alsoparticipated for the RHS girls.

STEVE KEENAN/THE MONTGOMERY HERALD (2)

WVU Tech senior forward Dennis Fuerst is shown in agame earlier this season. The top-seeded GoldenBears will begin play in the 2013 USCAA National Soc-cer Tournament Thursday.

Shelby Swiney advances the ball for WVU Tech in a regular season game. Techopens tournament play today.

Tech poised for USCAA soccer event

BY GARY FAUBERTHE REGISTER-HERALD

OAK HILL — Blue-field coach Fred Simonsays his team likes toscore on its openingdrive.

With this offense,that’s just the tip of theiceberg.

In a matchup thathad the look of a poten-tial shootout, the ClassAA co-No. 2 Beaverscontrolled from the out-set. They scored on allfive of their first halfpossessions, and the de-fense bottled up OakHill senior Jalen Jonesin a 51-15 victory Fri-day at frigid John P.Duda Stadium.

Bluefield (7-1) wentmethodical on the veryfirst series of the game,using 15 plays andmore than six minutesof clock. D.J. Stewart’s5-yard touchdown putthe Beavers ahead 7-0with 5:27 left in thefirst quarter before theRed Devils had eventouched the ball.

“Coach told us that ifwe come out fightingand score first, thatdoes something to (theopponent),” said Stew-art, a 5-foot-7, 160-pound junior. “It gets tothem. So we knew wehad to score first. Don’tlet them score first, be-cause if they score firstthey get momentum.We score first, we havemomentum on ourside.”

That was never an is-sue.

Bluefield forced OakHill, rated No. 8 inClass AAA, into a three-and-out on its first se-ries. This time, theBeavers didn’t need asmuch time to score.

A 50-yard run byStewart to the Oak Hill26-yard line on the sec-ond play of the drive setup Charles Ross’ touch-down run from there fora 14-0 Bluefield lead.

“We like to score onthe first drive, and Ithink we did a nice job ofcalling the plays,” Simonsaid. “My son (FreddyIII) is the offensive coor-dinator and did a nicejob of mixing up the runand the pass and gettingus down there (in theend zone).”

The Beavers, whoscored 50 points or morefor the third straightweek and sixth overall,led 28-0 on a 1-yardsneak by quarterbackR.J. Bourne and a 76-yard catch-and-run by

D.J. Edwards in the sec-ond quarter.

A 67-yard kick returnby Jones set Oak Hill upat the Beaver 20. TheRed Devils needed sevenplays, but K.K. Good-man scored the first ofhis two touchdownsfrom a yard out to makeit 28-7 with 2:55 left be-fore the half.

That was the onlyhighlight of the gamefor Jones, Oak Hill’ssenior running backwho has been battlingan ankle injury most ofthe year. He was held to20 yards on 10 carriesand was kept out of theend zone.

Jones was injured onhis first run of the sec-ond half and came outof the game, favoringhis left leg. He returnedlater but carried justonce more.

Bluefield’s defensedominated as much asthe offense, limiting OakHill to 165 yards of of-fense. Jarrell Green ran12 times for 56 yardsand Goodman had 53yards on 15 carries.

Oak Hill coach EddieSouk refused commentafter the game.

“We needed (the win),”Simon said. “We playeda really good footballteam.”

The Devils turned theball over on their lastthree possessions, tworesulting in touchdownsfor Bluefield.

Bourne was 10-of-15for 230 yards and atouchdown. He also ranfor a pair of scores. Ed-wards caught five pass-es for 126 yards, whileBrandon Lilly had threereceptions for 79 yards.

Oak Hill will renew itsrivalry with WoodrowWilson next Friday inthe teams’ first meetingsince 2003. The gamewill be played in OakHill at 7:30 p.m.

Bluefield will hostJames Monroe next Fri-day before closing outthe season Nov. 8against Class AA No. 1Wayne.

Stewart knows howimportant it will be notto overlook James Mon-roe in anticipation of theshowdown with the two-time reigning statechampion.

“We just take it onegame at a time,” he said.“Take practice day-by-day, practice hard, lifthard. Just take it game-by-game.”

— E-mail: gfauber@register-herald.com

Bluefield rolls by Oak Hill

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$ 17.52 11%Public Authority (24,415 Gallons)

$ 23.43 11%

The second step will produce approximately $301,091 annually inadditional revenue over the Step 1 rates, an increase of 17.2%. Theaverage monthly bill for the various classes of customers will bechanged as follows compared to the Step 1 rates:

($) INCREASE INCREASE (%)Residential (3,510 Gallons)

$ 6.42 17%Commercial (12,765 Gallons)

$ 21.23 17%Industrial (18,125 Gallons)

$ 29.80 17%Public Authority (24,415 Gallons)

$ 39.87 17%

Collectively, the two increases will produce approximately$478,924.00 annually in additional revenue, an increase of 27.3%. Theaverage monthly bill for the various classes of customers will bechanged as follows over current rates:

($) INCREASE INCREASE (%)Residential (3,510 Gallons)

10.20 29.6Commercial (12,765 Gallons)

33.71 29.9Industrial (18,125 Gallons)

47.32 29.9Public Authority (24,415 Gallons)

63.30 30.0

The increases shown are based on averages of all customers in theindicated class. Individual customers may receive increases that aregreater or less than average. Furthermore, the requested rates andcharges are only a proposal and are subject to change (increases ordecreases) by the Public Service Commission in its review of this filing.The Commission shall review and approve or modify the increasedrates only upon the filing of a petition within thirty (30) days of theadoption of the ordinance changing said rates or charges, by:

(1) Any customer aggrieved by the changed rates or charges whopresents to the Commission a petition signed by not less thantwenty-five percent of the customers served by such municipallyoperated public utility; or

(2) Any customer who is served by a municipally operated publicutility and who resides outside the corporate limits and who is affectedby the change in said rates or charges and who presents to theCommission a petition alleging discrimination between customerswithin and without the municipal boundaries. Said petition shall beaccompanied by evidence of discrimination; or

(3) Any customer or group of customers who are affected by saidchange in rates who reside within the municipal boundaries and whopresent a petition to the Commission alleging discrimination betweensaid customer or group of customers and other customers of themunicipal utility. Said petition shall be accompanied by evidence ofdiscrimination.

All petitions should be addressed to the Executive Secretary, PublicService Commission of West Virginia, 201 Brooks Street, PO Box 812,Charleston, West Virginia 25323.

A complete copy of the proposed rates, as well as a representative ofthe utility to provide any information requested concerning it, isavailable to all customers, prospective customers, or their agents at thefollowing office of the utility.

Oak Hill Sanitary Board100 Kelly Avenue

Oak Hill, West Virginia 24901

A copy of the proposed rates is available for public inspection at theoffice of the Executive Secretary of the Public Service Commission at201 Brooks Street, PO Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323.11-6-WED-2-MH; LG 154

er.The date of the first

publication of this no-tice is OCTOBER 24,2013.

Kelvin E. Holliday,Clerk

Fayette CountyCommission

Fayette County,West Virginia

11-6-WED-2-MH; LG 153

Attorney: James C.Blankenship, III POB326 Fayetteville, WV25840

DECEASED: THELMAH. RATLIFF -10082013-209Fiduciary: Robert LeeRatliff 308 South LoopDr. Oak Hill, WV 25901Attorney: James C.Blankenship, III POB326 Fayetteville, WV25840

DECEASED: LINDAMILLER STEWART -07152013-95Fiduciary: CharlesStewart, Sr. 318Woods Ave. Oak Hill,WV 25901

DECEASED: LOUISEWILLIAMS -10112013-220Fiduciary: Howard J.Jones POB 571 Fayet-teville, WV 25840Attorney: James C.Blankenship, III POB326 Fayetteville, WV25840Fid. Comm.: Philip J.Tissue 303 Jones Ave.Oak Hill, WV 25901

DECEASED: LUCILEELIZABETH SHEP-HERD DUNCAN -10112013-219Fiduciary: Rita Toler1039 Burnside St. OakHill, WV 25901

Any interested per-son objecting to thevalidity of the will, thequalifications of thepersonal representa-tive or the venue orjurisdiction of thecourt shall file noticeof said objection on,or before JANUARY23, 2014, or withinthirty days of serviceupon them of thisnotice by the personalrepresentative. IF ANOBJECTION IS NOTTIMELY FILED, THEOBJECTION IS FOR-EVER BARRED.

Additionally, anyclaims against the es-tates must be filed inaccordance with theprovisions of Chapter44, Article Three-A ofthe West VirginiaCode.

Settlement of theestate of the preced-ing decedents, notpreviously referred,will proceed withoutreference to a fiducia-ry commissioner un-less within ninety daysfrom the first publica-tion of this notice areference is requestedby a party in interestor an unpaid creditorfiles a claim and goodcause is shown tosupport reference to afiduciary commission-

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All questions shouldbe addressed to TylerBragg, GIS Specialistin the Fayette CountyAssessor's office at(304) 574-4353

The Fayette CountyCommission reservesthe right to reject anyand all bids in wholeor in part and to waiveany informality there-in.

Sealed bids shouldbe mailed to FayetteCounty Commission,P.O. Box 307, Fayette-ville, West Virginia25840 and will be readaloud at a regularlyscheduled CountyCommission Meetingon November 8, 2013.10-30-WED-2-MH; LG 151

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Meetings■ Fayette County Com-

mission — The FayetteCounty Commission willmeet at 9 a.m. on Friday,Nov. 8; Friday, Nov. 22; andFriday, Dec. 13 in theFayette County Commissionchambers of the FayetteCounty Courthouse. Themeetings are open to thepublic.

■ Narcotics Anonymous— A Narcotics Anonymousdrug abuse recovery meet-ing is held at 7:30 p.m.every Monday night at theImmaculate ConceptionCatholic Church, 708 1stAve., Montgomery.

■ Coin Club — TheKanawha Valley Coin Clubmeets the first Tuesday ofeach month at the SouthCharleston Library. Themeetings start at 7 p.m. Thepublic is invited to attend.For more information aboutthe upcoming coin show orclub meetings, call 304-562-6917 or 304-727-4062. Visit the website atwww.kvcc.eznetway.com.

■ Smithers Women’sClub — The SmithersWomen’s Club meets thefirst Monday of every monthat 7 p.m. at the SmithersSenior Center. New mem-bers are welcome. For moreinformation, contact NeldaLogan at 304-442-4751.

■ West Virginians for Life— The Fayette County Chap-ter of West Virginians for Lifemeets at 6 p.m. the firstMonday of each month at theMount Hope UnitedMethodist Church. For more,visit the chapter’s Web site atwww.savingthebabies.com.

■ Cancer Support Group— The Fayette County CancerSupport Group meets thefirst Monday of each month(excluding holidays, followingwhich the group will meet onthe second Monday) at 6p.m. at the Oak Hill ChristianChurch, Summerlee Road,Oak Hill. The church is locat-ed next to the Oak Hill AnimalHospital. For more informa-tion, contact President AnnPerry at 465-1224.

Announcements■ Coat and Jacket Drive —

The Sharon Church of God,Cabin Creek Road, DryBranch, will hold a coat andjacket drive Nov. 1 throughNov. 22. All donations of newor gently used coats or jack-ets of all sizes will be greatlyappreciated. For more infor-mation, call Pansey at 304-595-8810.

■ Warm Hands from WarmHearts — Help keep our kids’hands warm this winter.Please donate new glovesand hats for the elementarystudents in our county. Thereare 10 elementary schools inFayette County. The goal is tosupply each elementaryschool with 50 pairs ofgloves, along with 50 winterhats for needy children ateach school. Of the 50 pair,each school will receive 25sets for girls and 25 sets forboys. For more information,please feel free to call 304-222-0629. Drop off dates willbe through Nov. 15 at BenFranklin in Fayetteville, NewRiver Sportswear in Oak Hill,King Coal Chevrolet in Oak

Hill, Piggly Wiggly in Hico, U-Save Convenient Mart inLookout, The MontgomeryHerald office in Montgomery,and Gauley Home Furnish-ings in Gauley Bridge. Drop-offs also are accepted at allbranches of Fayette CountyNational Bank.

Places to Go■ Coin Show — The

Charleston Coin Club’s annu-al coin show will be held Nov.2-3 at the Charleston CivicCenter, Charleston. The showwill be held between thehours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.on Saturday and 10 a.m. and3 p.m. on Sunday. There isno admission fee. Dealersfrom West Virginia, Ohio andKentucky will be in atten-dance to buy, sell and tradecoins, paper money, gold jew-elry and coal mine scrip andWest Virginia tokens. TheCharleston Coin Club meetsthe third Tuesday of eachmonth at the Kanawha CityCommunity Center. The meet-ings start at 7 p.m. The pub-lic is invited to attend themeetings. For more informa-tion about the upcoming coinshow or club meetings, youcan call 304-727-4062, orvisit the website atwww.kvcc.eznetway.com forinformation about all the coinclubs that meet in theKanawha Valley.

■ Scrip Show — The Na-tional Scrip Collectors As-sociation, Inc., will host itsannual Fall Coal Mine ScripShow Nov. 2 at theCharleston Civic Center,Charleston, from 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Theshow is free to the public.The National Scrip Collec-tors Association, Inc. wasorganized on Oct. 21,1972, for the purpose ofpromoting the collection ofcoal company store scripand related tokens, and toencourage the study and re-

search of the history of coalmining companies as it re-lates to the usage of scriptokens and the history ofcompanies that manufac-tured the scrip. The groupholds semi-annual meet-ings each spring and fall.This fa l l meet ing inCharleston is the first timethe meeting has been heldin the capital of West Vir-ginia. Information aboutNSCA can be obtained byvis i t ing the website atwww.NATIONALSCRIPCOL-LECTORS.ORG or by writingNSCA, PO Box 10113,Knoxville, TN 37939.

■ Haunted School House— The Southern Appalachi-an Labor School (SALS) andthe Oak Hill High SchoolBaseball Boosters haveteamed up to bring the com-munity the most frightfuland delightful evening thiswitching season. Rumorshave it that the Historic OakHill School is actually haunt-ed; you are invited to be thejudge. The facility is locatedat 140 School Street, OakHill. Doors will open at 7p.m. and close at 9 p.m. onweekdays and close at 11p.m. on Friday and Satur-day. The haunted schoolwill be open Monday throughSaturday, and closed onSunday. Strobe lights, fogmachines, black lights andactors will be in use. OnWednesday evenings, therewill be a “No Scare Night” sothat children under 8 yearsold may attend. The childrenwill be able to walk throughthe haunted house withoutbeing scared by the actors.Admission for adults will be$10 each, children 12 andunder will be $8 and Wednes-day nights for No Scare willbe $5 for children 8 years oldand younger. The concessionstand will open nightly at 6p.m. for snacks before andafter the event. For more in-formation, visit the website at

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■ Trunk or Treat — OnThursday, Oct. 31, from 5to 6 p.m., the Lively Fam-ily Amphitheater Commis-sion will host a Trunk orT reat k ick o f f fo r OakHill’s Halloween eveningat the Lively Family Am-phitheater in downtownOak H i l l . The event issponsored by the Am-phitheater Commission.Several local businessesand organizations, law en-forcement, f i re depart -ment and an ambulancecompany will be on handto pass out treats to thechildren. A costume pa-rade also is planned, somake i t good, kids. Al ltrick or treat age childrenare inv i ted . Park ingplaces will be marked offon Main Street, directly infront of the amphitheaterand on Kelly Avenue. Dec-orate your truck, the trunkof your car o r b r ing atable and chairs to set upand pass out some treatsto the ch i ld ren o f ourcommunity. Set up will be-gin at 4 p.m.

■ Southern Gospel Con-cert — The “Keeping theHer i tage” Southerngospel concert, blendingthe “old” and the “new”in convent ion -s t y lesinging, is p lanned forNov. 2 at 6:30 p.m. at theFellowship Memorial Bap-tist Church on Terry Av-enue, Oak Hill. For moreinformation, call 304-658-5829.

Church■ Harvest Festival — The

Swiss Missionary BaptistChurch will host its annualHarvest Festival on Satur-day, Nov. 2 beginning at 4

p.m. The festival will fea-ture games and contests,cake walks, snacks and aBible story. Everyone is in-vited to attend.

Fundraisers■ Fall Bazaar — The

Sharon Church of God, Cab-in Creek Road, Dry Branch,will hold a fall bazaar Satur-day, Nov. 2 from 8 a.m. to2 p.m. There will be some-thing for everyone. Rent atable for $10 each and sellyour homemade crafts andgoodies. There also will bea hot dog sale from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. For more in-formation, call Kathy at304-925-3903.

■ Sale — A communityyard/craft and hot dog salewill be held at the FayetteCounty Starting Points Fam-ily Resource Center in theold Falls View School from10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Satur-day, Nov. 2. Come to sell orshop. The entire gym andsome of the parking lot willbe full of vendor spaces. Ifyou have thought abouthaving a yard sale, organiz-ers say this is a good op-portunity. Rent a space andkeep the profits. Prices are:indoor space — $10; out-door space — $5; tablerental — $2. You must reg-ister by Oct. 25. To regis-ter, contact Andrea Isaacsat 304-932-1042 or an-drea.isaacs0310@gmail.com.

■ Fall Bazaar and HotDog Sale — The SharonChurch of God on CabinCreek Road, Dry Branch,will hold a fall bazaar andhot dog sale on Saturday,Nov. 2. Sell your home-made crafts and goodies;tables will be available for$10 each. For more infor-mation, please call Kathyat 304-925-3903.

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FAYETTE COUNTY CHILD DEVELOPMENT, INC.Public Report for Fiscal Year Ending July 31, 2013

Fayette County Child Development, Inc. (FCCDI) is a federally funded non-profit organizationthat receives a grant through the Department of Health and Human Services to operate both aHead Start and Early Head Start programs. For the program year 08/01/12 - 07/31/13 ourorganization received $1,690,032.00 to operate the Head Start program and $436,615.00 tooperate the Early Head Start program. FCCDI received $26,208.00 for training and technicalassistance for our Head Start program and $10,915.00 for our Early Head Start program. FCCDIreceived a total of $123,957.00 in USDA reimbursements to provide nutritious meals for childrenin both programs. FCCDI received $267,804.00 from the Fayette County Board of Educationthrough reimbursements for the Pre-K program. FCCDI also received $22,600.00 in cash rebatesfrom using E-Rate for our telecommunication services/bills. We also accumulated $648,919.00 inprivate in-kind donations/services for Head Start and $119,253.00 for Early Head Start. This madeour total budget for this fiscal year to be $3,346,303.00.

Expenditures from each source of funding can be viewed on the Financial Disclosure Formattached.

FCCDI received Head Start funds to provide services to 248 children and families. During thisfiscal year we provided services to 305 children and families throughout the year. FCCDIreceived funds to provide services to 40 children and families with the EHS grant. We providedservices to a total of 61 children and families in the Early Head Start program. Our organizationmaintained 100% enrollment each month during the fiscal year in both programs. At no timeduring the fiscal year did we have less than the required number of children enrolled in eitherprogram. According to our latest Community Assessment our program provided services to79.2% of eligible 4 year old Head Start children and only 41% of eligible EHS children. Althoughthrough collaboration with the local BOE and other child development agencies, our combinedeffort produced servicing 100% of eligible 4 year old children requesting services.

A financial audit of our program is currently underway and we expect no findings as thepreliminary reports show and there are no issues with mismanagement of funds. Our programcontinues to meet or exceed all Performance Standards that govern Head Start and Early HeadStart programs as determined by our latest Self-Assessment. A complete copy of our latestFederal Audit, Financial Audit and Self-Assessment can be viewed in our Central Office at 102Hunter Street, Oak Hill, WV.

Medical exams were obtained on over 90% of Head Start children enrolled and 100% of EarlyHead Start children enrolled. Of the children needing medical treatment or follow-up services,100% of children received such treatment/follow-up in both options. A Dental Screening wasobtained on over 90% of children enrolled in Head Start and 100% in EHS. Of the childrenobtaining this screening and needing follow-up, 100% received the required treatment/follow-up.

FCCDI provides a wide range of opportunities for parents to be involved with the program.One such area is the Policy Council. Membership of this group is individually voted on at eachCenter, by the parents of enrolled children. This group acts as a vital part of our Managementstructure of the organization and overall program governance. Their roles consists of approvingall funding applications, employment of staff, policies / procedures and program goals. At eachcenter, parents are also encouraged to participate in site activities through parent meetings,parent activity days, volunteer reading and assisting in the development of daily lesson plans.Parents also receive various training throughout the year including CPR / First Aid, resumewriting, interviewing skills, college financial aid workshops, weatherization programs andCDL/HOTS training for parents who want to be placed on our employment sub lists.

FCCDI is committed to providing a smooth transition from local programs into EHS/Head Startand from Head Start to the local BOE. We do this by maintaining a transition plan that involvesmeeting with agencies and BOE personnel and by having children visit each site. We work withchildren throughout the year by developing goals for children to help them get ready forkindergarten. Classroom instruction is geared toward large group and individualized learningopportunities. Child progress is kept on each child enrolled to meet goals.

Children with special needs are monitored by our Mental Health / Disabilities Specialist. Thisperson ensures that children needing additional services are provided the services through oneof our many contracted professional providers.

Fayette County Child Development, Inc. is committed to preparing children for public school.We utilize a comprehensive curriculum in all of our classrooms. This curriculum is then tailoredto meet children's individual needs. All children have Individualized Education Plans. Theseplans allow for individual instruction. Children's progress in obtaining school readiness goals ismonitored using a computer data base. Updates of the child's progress is given to parents.

FCCDI, has developed Child Outcomes plans for all children enrolled. These plans includebenchmarks for developmental progression. All areas of the Child Outcomes Plan showedimprovement from the beginning of the year to the end. Science and Math areas wereparticularly targeted and improvement in children's development in these areas progressed. Inaddition, FCCDI utilizes 2 separate methods of monitoring our classroom environment. Theseare tools are the ECERS and the CLASS. Both tools used proved that our classrooms are meetingor exceeding facility and classroom learning environment requirements.

FAYETTE COUNTY CHILD DEVELOPMENT, INC.FINANCIAL DISCLOSUREFY ENDED: JULY 31, 2013

Description: AmountREVENUES:FEDERAL HEAD START PROGRAM FUNDING 1,690,032FEDERAL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 26,208

TOTAL HEAD START FUNDING 1,716,240

FEDERAL EARLY HEAD START FUNDING 436,615FEDERAL EARLY HEAD START TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 10,915

TOTAL EARLY HEAD START FUNDING 447,530

USDA NUTRITION PROGRAM FUNDING 123,957FAYETTE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FUNDING 267,804COMMUNICATIONS REBATES 22,600LOCAL PRIVATE IN-KIND HEAD START FUNDING 648,919LOCAL PRIVATE IN-KIND EARLY HEAD START FUNDING 119,253

TOTAL REVENUES 3,346,303

EXPENDITURES:ADMINISTRATION:PERSONNEL 145,047EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 44,764GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 76,776TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 5,449IN-KIND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 9,514

SUB TOTAL 281,550

CHILDREN SERVICES:PERSONNEL 990,169EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 305,579GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 245,741TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 36,554IN-KIND EDUCATION EXPENSES 619,066

SUB TOTAL 2,197,109

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES:PERSONNEL 206,683EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 63,785GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 150,153TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 0IN-KIND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES 30,991

SUB TOTAL 451,613

OCCUPANCY EXPENSES:PERSONNEL 68,894EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 21,262GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 217,273TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 0IN-KIND OCCUPANCY EXPENSES 108,601

SUB TOTAL 416,030

TOTAL EXPENDITURES 3,346,303

EXCESS REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES 0FAYETTE COUNTY CHILD DEVELOPMENT, INC.

FINANCIAL DISCLOSUREBUDGET

FY ENDED: July 31, 2014

Description: AmountREVENUES:FEDERAL HEAD START PROGRAM FUNDING 1,600,967FEDERAL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 26,208

TOTAL HEAD START FUNDING 1,627,175

FEDERAL EARLY HEAD START FUNDING 413,605FEDERAL EARLY HEAD START TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 10,915

TOTAL EARLY HEAD START FUNDING 424,520

USDA NUTRITION PROGRAM FUNDING 129,119FAYETTE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION HEAD START FUNDING 242,603COMMUNICATIONS REBATES 22,600LOCAL PRIVATE HEAD START IN-KIND FUNDING 407,607LOCAL PRIVATE EARLY HEAD START IN-KIND FUNDING 106,289

TOTAL REVENUES 2,959,913

EXPENDITURES:ADMINISTRATION:PERSONNEL 146,826EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 51,434GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 102,703TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 5,450IN-KIND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 9,514

SUB TOTAL 315,927

CHILDREN SERVICES:PERSONNEL 869,853EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 338,154GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 256,410TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 31,673IN-KIND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 364,790

SUB TOTAL 1,860,880

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES:PERSONNEL 168,846EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 59,310GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 133,901TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 0IN-KIND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 30,991

SUB TOTAL 393,048

OCCUPANCY EXPENSES:PERSONNEL 56,282EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 19,769GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 205,406TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 0IN-KIND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 108,601

SUB TOTAL 390,058

TOTAL EXPENDITURES 2,959,913

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