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Mudslide damages homes, businessMartha SparksSociety Editor

ARACOMA — Crews are busy cleaning up from a major mudslide that occurred early this week in Aracoma. The slide began oozing down the mountain and surround-ing homes on Saturday afternoon with the majority of the mud slid-ing off the mountain Sunday morn-ing, damaging about six homes and a business.

Traffic was also blocked along Rt. 10 as crews from the Department of Highway crews monitored and cleaned the area.

“I don’t think traffic was blocked for more than hour or two,” said Mike Kolota, Logan County De-partment of Highways supervisor, on Wednesday. “The slide is due to Cabot Oil and Gas.”

Kolota said DOH crews will be in the area cleaning up the mud along the side of the road but Cabot Oil and Gas is responsible for cleaning the mud from away from the homes

Photos | Martha Sparks

Cleanup workers shovel mud away from Rt. 10 Wednesday afternoon at Aracoma as heavy machinery scoop up it up and haul it off. The five-bay car wash, along with an estimated six homes, were damaged from a mudslide which began Saturday afternoon in Aracoma.

For the second time in less than two months, this home in Aracoma received damage from a mudslide. The first slide occurred during heavy rains on March 15. Pictured are workers from BBU Services of WV pumping mud from around homes on Wednes-day afternoon.

Martha SparksSociety Editor

The Children’s Home So-ciety’s WE CAN Program’s Annual Vaudeville Review Show will be held Friday, May 11, at the Coalfield Jamboree in Logan.

Performers will include the Daddy Rabbit Band, Kai-tlin Boytek, Michael Pegg, The Dance Studio, Westside High School Dance Team, Majorette Mania, Kelli Wil-liams, Cherriffic and long-time show favorites, The Dixie Dudes and Landua Eugene Murphy Jr.

Doors will open at 6 p.m. and performances will be-gin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 each and children 3 and

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Conservatives have field day with inmate Judd’s successBy Paul AdkinsSports Editor

Chances are you didn’t know who Keith Judd was on Election Day.

You might have even vot-ed for him.

Whatever the case, it might not have even mat-tered.

All that you might have known was that Judd was on the ballot and he was an alternative to President Barack Obama on the Dem-ocratic Presidential ticket.

That was enough for some people.

But you probably know

Photo | SubmittedA bridge spanning the Guyandotte River at Man was dedicated the U.S. Navy Cox Joe Gollie Me-morial Bridge on April 29.

Bridge dedicated in memory of Joe GollieMartha SparksSociety Editor

MAN — A bridge span-ning the Guyandotte River between the old Man Hos-pital and Man High School was the site of dedicated services on Sunday, April 29.

Bridge number 23-11/3-0.909 on Route 80 in Man was dedicated in honor of

U.S. Navy Cox Joe Gollie. Sponsoring the resolution for the renaming of the bridge was W.Va. Senator Ron Stollings and House of Delegate members Rupie Phillips, Josh Stowers and Ralph Rodighiero.

Gollie entered the U.S. Navy on August 4, 1942, serving as an armed guard and, throughout his service,

participating in the Pacific, the European and the North African theaters of opera-tion. Gollie achieved the rank of Coxswain (Cox) and was an E-4 Boatswain’s Mate. In 1944, Gollie was a sailor on the U.S. Armed Merchant Vessel S.S. An-drew G. Curtain when it

By Michael BrowningStaff Writer

CHAPMANVILLE — The first-ever Logan County fish fry is coming up this Saturday.

Chapmanville Mayor Jerry Price, who organized the day of fishing, food and fun and brought together the mayors from Logan, Man, West Logan and Mitchell Heights to make it a countywide event, said he hopes everyone in Lo-gan County joins in Saturday at Chief Logan State Park.

Mayors from the municipalities have all met together to iron out the plans for the upcoming countywide fish fry.

The fish fry will be held at the Chief Logan State Park Lake. It’s free to all Logan Countians.

“We’re going to have 2,000 pounds of catfish, there will be music and singing and we’ll have some tagged fish,” Price said. “There will be inflatables for children and West Vir-ginia University Extension Service Agent Jeremy Farley will give away fishing rods.”

Price said Farley will give a fishing rod away every 10 minutes, starting at 8 a.m.

The Logan County Commission recently gave grants to each municipality to help with the cost of stocking the lake. Price came up with the idea of the countywide fish fry af-ter his town held a fish fry for its residents the past several years at the old Mullins Farm. Price got the idea to open it up to everyone in the county in an effort to unite all the residents as one big family. He then spoke with the mayors of Logan, Man, West Logan and Mitchell Heights about the inclusion of all the municipalities and everyone agreed that it would be a good event to unify the county.

“We want everybody to get to know everybody. We want to be able to work together as towns and cities and to pool together our resources and be able to go to each other for advice. We want to forge relationships and bonds to make us stronger as a community — as Logan County.”

Price said the event will have fishing, prizes, food and

Countywide fish fry set for this Saturday

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CHARLESTON (AP) — Prima-ry voters set up a rematch between Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Republi-can Bill Maloney on Tuesday, while narrowing the field of candidates for agriculture commissioner and two State Supreme Court seats. The election results also featured a pair of legislative upsets.

With 96 percent of precincts re-porting, Maloney overcame GOP rival Ralph William Clark with 83 percent, while Tomblin bested fel-low Democrat Arne Moltis by 84 percent. Tomblin narrowly defeat-

ed Maloney in last year’s special gubernatorial election for an unex-pired term. The office is now up for a full, four-year term.

Maloney, celebrating in Mar-tinsburg, said he’s ready for the rematch, though he’s uncertain his 180,000-mile truck will last through the campaign. A lesson he learned from the last race is that face time with voters is critical, so he’s traveling the state, from the Eastern Panhandle to the southern coalfields.

“You can’t rely on word of mouth. You’ve got to be there, and people have got to meet you,” Maloney said. “We feel really good about the

ground game.”Tomblin did not issue a state-

ment or speak to reporters about his victory.

The state Supreme Court race, meanwhile, pits incumbent Justice Robin Davis and fellow Democrat Tish Chafin, a recent State Bar president, against Republican Cir-cuit Judge John Yoder and Allen Loughry, a Supreme Court law clerk.

Chafin and Davis each received at least 26 percent of the vote to beat out four other Democrats, Circuit Judges Jim Rowe and J.D. Beane, Supreme Court law clerk Louis Palmer, and New Martins-

ville lawyer H. John Rogers. Davis was first elected in 1996. Chafin spurred a debate among the candi-dates with her proposal to address judicial conflicts of interest. Yoder and Loughry were the only GOP candidates Tuesday.

Sen. Walt Helmick prevailed in the five-way race to become the Democratic nominee for the next commissioner of agriculture. With 33 percent of the vote and 96 per-cent of precincts reporting, he defeated two top department offi-cials, Steve Miller and Bob Tabb, former agency official Joe Messi-

State primary voters OK gov. rematch

Staff Photo/KYLE LOVERNSonya Dingess Porter is pictured getting a big hug from her father Vernon Kent Dingess after it became apparent she would win the democratic nomination for sheriff of Logan County. Porter is the current chief field deputy and a third generation law enforcement officer. She beat popular candidate Ralph Rodighiero.

Staff Photo/KYLE LOVERNRock Hill poll workers Gloria Martin and Karen Bradshaw are shown delivering the ballots from the last precinct to report from Logan County Tuesday night. Pam Bailey, who works in County Clerk’s John Turner’s office is pictured receiving the votes. The final electronic vote tallies came out shortly after 10 p.m.

Porter wins sheriff ’s nomination; Lane holds off Mendez

Frye wins BOE raceKyle LovernFor The Logan Banner

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The fol-lowing percentages and totals in this article were all as of presstime and from unofficial results.)

LOGAN – Voters in Logan County nominated an experi-enced female deputy for sher-iff.

Dramas also consisted in the race for magistrate and in the board of education race as the final votes were counted following Tuesday’s Primary Election.

Democratic sheriff’s candi-date Sonya Dingess Porter, a third generation law enforce-ment officer, defeated former House of Delegate member Ralph Rodighiero 2, 871 to 2,351.

Several other candidates in the sheriff’s race picked up strong support including Charlie Walls who received 1,079 votes, Elbert Vance got 487 and George Mathis had

Voters to pick prez, other nomineesLawrence MessinaAssociated Press

CHARLESTON (AP) — Republican voters in West Virginia backed presumed presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Tuesday, while Democrats sent President Obama a message that he’s still wildly unpopular in the Mountain State.

The primary also featured congressional incumbents who were either unopposed or won easily against poorly funded opponents. Voters also selected 28 delegates to August’s Republican national convention in Tampa.

With 97 percent of pre-cincts reporting, Romney had more than 69 percent of the vote. Rick Santorum, who dropped out of the race last month and endorsed the former Massachusetts gover-nor this week, followed with 12 percent. Ron Paul, who remains in the running, had 11 percent.

The loudest message of the night went to Obama. The president’s only prima-ry opponent, Keith Russell Judd, picked up four out of every 10 votes cast despite being incarcerated at the Beaumont Federal Correc-tional Institution in Texas for making threats at the University of New Mexico in 1999.

The results were further evidence of West Virginia’s dislike of Obama, where his economic and environ-mental policies have made him extremely unpopular. Obama lost the 2008 pri-mary here to Hillary Clinton, and then the general election to Republican John McCain. Polls show him with among his worst approval ratings in West Virginia.

For some West Virginia Democrats, running against Obama was enough to get Judd votes.

“I voted against Obama,” said Ronnie Brown, a 43-year-old electrician from Cross Lanes who called him-self a conservative Demo-crat. “I don’t like him. He didn’t carry the state before and I’m not going to let him carry it again.”

Come November, though, Brown doesn’t see himself supporting either Obama or presumptive Romney.

“I don’t like neither one of them, to be honest,” Brown said. “I’ll probably leave that blank unless somebody comes in.”

Judd was able to get on

Texas convict beats Obama in Logan CountyJudd carries 41 percent of Democrat vote in West Virginia primary, wins 10 counties

Paul AdkinsSports Editor

The coal fields of southern West Virginia and Logan County have never been what you would call a Barack Obama hotbed.

Obama won in an Electoral Col-lege landslide in the 2008 Presidential Election but lost the Mountain State by 13 points to Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona.

Locally in Logan County, Obama

lost to McCain by 11 points and be-came the first Democrat to lose the very blue but very socially conserva-tive county since the pre-FDR days.

The last time Obama ran in a West Virginia Democratic Presidential Pri-mary four years ago the results were abysmal.

New York Senator Hillary Clinton crushed the freshman Illinois senator by a stunning 41 points as the former First Lady grabbed 67 percent of the

popular vote to a paltry 26 percent for Obama.

The results were even better for Clinton in the southern coal fields, where she made a pre-election day stop at Logan Middle School. County-wide, Clinton won by a staggering 87-11. It was even worse in neighboring Mingo County where Obama lost 88-8. In Wyoming County it was an 80-11

Keith Judd beat Barack Obama by 11 points in Logan County and toppled the president by 20 points in Mingo County.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING FOR CITIZENS OF LOGAN COUNTY

WHO HAVE FLOODEDAll persons who have sustained substantial damage from fl ooding to their home are encouraged to attend a meeting on Friday eve-ning May 11th at 6:00pm at the Southern WV Community Technical College, Logan County Campus, Building A, Theater Auditorium if you are interested in participating in the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program commonly known as the “Buy Out” program. State Representatives of the grant program will be in attendance to explain the program and eligibility for inclusion in the Logan County HMGP Application. There are other programs you may already qualify for.If you are interested in being a participant in the Logan County Hazard Mitigation Grant Pro-gram, it is essential that you attend this meeting.

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Obituaries

SIM HOWZE JR.LORADO, W.Va. — Sim

Brown Howze Jr., 83, of Lorado, departed this life Friday, May 4, 2012.

Born February 15, 1929, at Lorado, he was a son of the late Sim Brown Howze and Eleanora Lapslep How-ze. Also preceding him in death was his loving wife of 63 years, Mrs. Dorothy Carter Howze; two broth-ers, Beddo Binders and Anthony Cornelious “AC” Howze; one sister, Willa Mae Binders Singleton, and one son, Thomas Howze.

Mr. Howze graduated from the former Buffalo High School and was ac-tive in the alumnae reunion programs. He was a deacon of St. James Missionary Baptist Church of Kistler, having been a deacon at the former St. John Mis-sionary Baptist Church at Amherstdale. He was a re-tired miner, having worked life long at Lorado Mines’ Pittson Coal Co., and was

a president of UMWA Lo-cal 8454. He was a member of the Logan Chapter of the NAACP, and had received the Community Leader-ship Award of the NAACP. Mr. Howze had served as treasurer of both the Guyan Valley Baptist Association and the Guyan Valley Min-isters and Deacons Union. He was First Vice-President of the Guyan Valley Sun-day School Congress and a member of the Executive Board of the Guyan Valley Baptist Music Convention.

Those left to cherish his memory include two sons, Sim Brown (Minnie) How-ze III of Washington, D.C., and Frederick Douglas (Greta) Howze of Temple Hills, Md.; six daughters, Ella Mae (Alan) Robeson and Shelah Howze of Clin-ton, Md., Brenda Howze Terry of Columbus, Ohio, Marlene Howze of Up-per Marlboro, Md., Sonya (Darnell) Harris of Kis-tler, and Cynthia Howze of Herndon, Va.; one brother, Kenneth (Julia) Howze of Forestville, Md.; 13 grand-children; 13 great-grand-children; other extended family; a host of nieces and nephews and many friends.

Services will be held at noon Friday, May 11, at St. James Missionary Baptist Church at Kistler with Rev. Audie Murphy, assisted by Rev. Jeff C. Woods, officiat-ing. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery at Peck’s Mill.

Visitation will begin one hour prior to services Fri-day at the church.

Pallbearers will be the in-laws, sons-in-law, and grandsons.

Honorary pallbearers will be Thomas Tolliver, Ernest Grimmett, Clinton San Francisco, and James Hutchinson. Granddaugh-ters and friends will serve as flower bearers.

Pond Funeral Home of Aracoma is in charge of ar-rangements.

BLANCHE LUCASHARTS, W.Va. — Blanche

McNeely Lucas, 80, of Toney Addition of Harts, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at her residence.

Born June 25, 1931, in Logan County, she was a daughter of the late Sebert and Thelma Frye McNeely. Also preceding her in death was her husband, Lucian “Jack” Lucas; two brothers, Homer and Ronald Mc-Neely; two sisters, Corrine

Tomblin and Macie Lam-bert, and two grandsons, Todd and Shannon Lucas.

Blanche was a member of the Enon United Baptist Church and a loving moth-er, grandmother and sister.

Those left to cher-ish her memory include two daughters, Phyllis (Gary) Bryant of Harts and Janice (Bill) Kirk of Chapmanville; three sons, Larry (Linda) Lucas of Harts, Elmer (Debbie) Lucas of Salt Rock and Lu-cian Jr. (Bobbi) Lucas of Chapmanville; one sister, Barbara (Jeff) Toppins; 15 grandchildren, Scott (Beth) Kirk, Rebecca (Jack) Ball, Krista (Ray) Murray, Billy (Andrea) Kirk, Dr. Larry (Kelly) Lucas, Dr. Lonnie (Amy) Lucas, Mark (Ann) Lu-cas, Chad (Christen) Lu-cas, Amanda (Bob) Mills, Mike (Katrina) Bryant, Kevin (Jill) Bryant, Dustin (Ashley) Bryant, Aman-da Akers, Kristi Hunter and Amanda Alverson; 20 great-grandchildren, Kayla and Austin Kirk, Nick, Tyler and Lucas Ball, Zak Kirk, Jil McRob-erts, Jackson and Karly Kirk, Lonnie Lucas Jr., Lara Beth Lucas, Taylor Lucas, Max Mills, Caitlyn Lucas, Emma, Jacob and Kelcy Bryant, Christopher Oliver-Gore, Clay Lostet-ter, Reese Alverson, and her special friends, Virgie Wiley, Grace Lucas, Amos and Florence Hall, Mary

Rakes, Marietta Perry and Lavon Muncy.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, May 11, at Freeman Funeral Home with David Lucas officiat-ing. Burial will follow at the Lucas Mountain View Cem-etery at 14 Mile Mountain at Ranger.

Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. Thursday at the funer-al home.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons.

Freeman Funeral Home of Chapmanville is in charge of the arrangements.

DOROTHY KINGLAUREL CREEK, W.Va.

— Dorothy King, 65, of Laurel Creek, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at her home.

Born June 24, 1946, at Holden, she was a daugh-ter of the late Ed and El-len Estep Blankenship. Also preceding her in death was her husband, Oscar Thomas “Tom”

King, and brothers, John-ny and Larry Blanken-ship.

Dorothy was a home-maker.

Her survivors include her children, Ed (Rita) King of Lenore, Otto King of Humboldt, Iowa, and Mary (Bruce) Marcum and Bertha King both of Lenore; step-children, Michael (Kim) King, Rebecca King and Rob-ert King, all of Alabama, Sherry (Johnny) Mar-cais of Chicago, and Pam (Marty) Pearson of Ten-nessee; brothers, Wallace and Matthew Blankenship of Rockford, Ill., and Bill Blankenship of Lenore; sisters, Mary Christian of Delbarton, and Brenda Sue Curry of Chapman-ville; five grandchildren; one precious grandchild and several step-grand-children.

Services will be held at noon Friday, May 11, at Chafin Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ceburn Blankenship officiating. Burial will follow in the Vance Cemetery at Cop-peras Mines.

Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Condolences can be left at www.chafinfuneral-home.com

Chafin Funeral Home of Delbarton is in charge of the arrangements.

What’s happening across the area

Area churches host special services

May 10Thursday

LOGAN — The Logan County Board of Educa-tion will meet in Special Session at 4 p.m. at the Coalfield Jamboree. Follow-ing the meeting, beginning at 5 p.m., Logan County Schools will recognize stu-dent award winners for 2011-2012.

LOGAN — The Scottish Rite Bodies of Freemasonry will observe table lodge at 7 p.m. in the Masonic Tem-ple. All members are urged to attend.

May 11Friday

LOGAN — LEAD Com-munity Organization will have a hot dog sale with free delivery. $5 gets two hot dogs, chips and dessert. Proceeds from the sale will benefit future LEAD pro-grams and projects. Order online at www.leadcommu-nityorg.com or call 304-688-8237.

May 12Saturday

MAN — The Man Midg-et Football League will have a mandatory meeting for all board members and coach-es at 5 p.m. at the Man

High School football field. The purpose of the meeting is the election of officers. The meeting is open to the public.

CHIEF LOGAN STATE PARK — The Town of Chapmanville, along with the Town of Man and the City of Logan, will host a fish fry at the fishing pond at Chief Logan State Park from 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

May 14Monday

LOGAN — The Logan County Genealogical Soci-ety will meet at the Logan County Area Public Library on Midelburg Island at 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

May 15Tuesday

LOGAN — The Logan County Education Associa-tion will have their Annual Retirement Dinner at Chiri-co’s at 5 p.m.

May 16Wednesday

FOSTER — The Boone County Joint Administra-tive Board will have a busi-ness meeting at 9 a.m. on the Boone/Lincoln Campus of Southern West Virginia Community and Technical

College, 3505 Daniel Boone Parkway, Suite A, Foster, The meeting is open to the public.

May 19Saturday

MAN — Man High School Local School Im-provement Council (LSIC) will host their 1st annual Bingo Fundraiser beginning at 6 p.m.

MATEWAN — Matewan Heritage Day will be held with two shows of The Mate-wan Massacre at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., guest speakers, Hatfield/McCoy play, street vendors ATV/Dirtbike/UTV Scavenger Hunt and more. To register for the Scaven-ger Hunt, call Outback ATV or Jeff Hatfield at 304-426-5152.

May 22Tuesday

LOGAN — Logan El-ementary School will host VIVA LAS VEGAS, a math workshop, for parents and students from 1-3 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Math games will be pre-sented by teachers and demonstrated by students. Parents/guardians are invit-ed to attend and accompany their child.

July 4Wednesday

CHAPMANVILLE — The Town of Chapmanville will have a fireworks display beginning at dusk.

September 28-29Friday-Saturday

CHAPMANVILLE — The Chapmanville Apple Butter Festival will be held from 5-11 p.m. Fri., 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sat. at the Chapmanville Municipal Building. On Sat., the Chap-manville on the Move 6th Annual Walk will begin at 9 a.m. For more info, call Sally Stollings at 304-855-8478.

November 19-25Monday-Sunday

CHAPMANVILLE — Christian Heritage Week will be held at the Chap-manville Municipal Build-ing.

December 1Saturday

CHAPMANVILLE — The Town of Chapman-ville will host their annual Christmas Parade at 4 p.m. Line up begins at 3 p.m. at East Chapmanville Grade School. For more info, call Sally Stollings at 304-855-8478.

May 10-13Thursday-Sunday

DAVIN — Davin Baptist Church will have revival services at 7 p.m. with Rev. Charles Abraham speaking. Special singing nightly. Pastor Johnny Hatfield

May 12Saturday

WHITMAN — 20 Whit-man Community Church will have a Mothers Day Dinner at 6 p.m. Pastor Joaquine Ooten

SWITZER — Switzer Church of God will have their annual Mother/Daughter banquet at 5 p.m. Also purse auction and a cookbook for sale. Pastor Bob Vance

May 13Sunday

LOGAN — Nighbert Memorial United Meth-odist Church will observe Mother’s Day beginning at

11 a.m. Pastor Tom Beck-ette

May 20Sunday

TURTLE CREEK — Olive Branch Missionary Baptist will have “Youth Sunday” with Johnny Slazo speaking at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

HARTS — Little Harts Freewill Baptist Church will have guest speaker Jerry Mann and singing by Still Blessed. Pastor Mo-ses Vance

LOGAN — Nighbert Memorial United Meth-odist Church will observe Shut-in’s Day beginning at 11 a.m. A luncheon will follow at 12:30 p.m. Pastor Tom Beckette

May 21-23Monday-WednesdayTURTLE CREEK —

Olive Branch Missionary Baptist will have Spring revival services at 7 p.m.

with a different speaker and special singers nightly.

May 21-23Monday-WednesdayTURTLE CREEK —

Olive Branch Missionary Baptist will have Spring revival services at 7 p.m. with a different speaker and special singers nightly.

May 23Wednesday

HARTS — Little Harts Freewill Baptist Church will have guest speaker Larry Napier. Pastor Mo-ses Vance

May 26Saturday

LOGAN — Nighbert Memorial United Meth-odist Church will have a free community cookout beginning at 4 p.m. in the parking lot. Pastor Tom Beckette

May 27Sunday

HARTS — Little

Harts Freewill Baptist Church will have guest speaker Joe Lane and singing by Anthony Vance and Family. Pas-tor Moses Vance

LOGAN — Nighbert Memorial United Method-ist Church will honor their 2012 graduates beginning at 11 a.m. Pastor Tom Beckette

May 30Wednesday

HARTS — Little Harts Freewill Baptist Church will have guest speaker Ja-son Neace. Pastor Moses Vance

May 31Thursday

N. MITCHELL HGHTS — The Logan Seventh-day Adventist Church will have a USDA Food Pantry from 5-6 p.m. Bring proof of income. First come first serve. For more informa-tion call 304-752-7308

CHARLESTON (AP) — A Lincoln County man accused of threatening election fraud investiga-tors is set to go on trial.

Jury selection began Wednesday in federal court in Charleston in the trial of James Matheny.

Prosecutors say the 61-year-old Midkiff man brandished a semi-auto-matic pistol Feb. 28 when approached by an FBI agent and an investiga-tor with the Secretary of State’s office. The pair

sought to question Ma-theny as they investigated absentee ballot fraud.

Two former county of-ficials pleaded guilty in March to charges that they attempted to flood the county’s 2010 Democratic primary with fraudulent absentee ballots. Former Sheriff Jerry Bowman and ex-county Clerk Donald Whitten are scheduled to be sentenced June 13.

Matheny faces at least seven years in prison if convicted.

Trial set for W.Va. man accused of threats

W.Va. gov: did not vote for felon in primary

CHARLESTON (AP) — More than 72,000 West Virginians voted for an im-prisoned felon over Presi-dent Barack Obama in the state primary, but Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin was not one of them.

A Democrat like Obama, Tomblin’s campaign said Wednesday that he abso-lutely did not vote for Keith Judd.

But Tomblin also said that Obama’s stance on coal and Republican Mitt Romney’s proposal on various issues means he’s

not supporting either candidate.

Judd is serving a fed-eral prison sentence in Texas for making threats. He has repeatedly tried to get on presidential ballots across the coun-try since at least 1996. Though rarely successful, he did become a candi-date in Tuesday’s West Virginia primary.

Judd attracted nearly 41 percent of the vote. An-other 25,000 primary vot-ers skipped that part of the ballot.

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Postal Service: Will keep rural post offices openHOPE YENAssociated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bending to strong public opposition, the nearly bank-rupt U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday backed off a plan to close thousands of rural post offices after May 15 and proposed keeping them open, but with shorter operating hours.

The move to halt the shuttering of 3,700 low-rev-enue post offices followed months of dissent from rural states and their law-makers, who said the cost-cutting would hurt their communities the most. In recent weeks, rising oppo-sition had led Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to visit some rural areas in a bid to ease fears about cuts that could slow delivery of prescription drugs, newspa-pers and other services.

In an election year, the angst over postal closings also extended to nearly half the senators, who in letters last week urged Donahoe to postpone closing any mail facility until Congress ap-proves final postal overhaul legislation. The Senate last month passed a bill that would halt many of the clos-ings; the House remains

stalled over a separate bill allowing for aggressive cuts.

“I could live with this plan, and I think the major-ity of people could,” said June Nygren, who runs the Jersey Lilly Saloon & Eat-ery in the tiny Montana town of Ingomar. Donahoe visited the rural town of about 80 people last month, which welcomed him with a spread of home-made baked goods and a packed school gymnasium as people plead-ed for their post office to stay open.

“I felt he really paid at-tention, and apparently he did,” Nygren said.

At a news briefing, Do-nahoe said he hoped the lat-est plan will help allay much of rural America’s concern about postal cutbacks. He prodded Congress to act quickly on legislation that will allow the agency to move ahead with its broad-er multi-billion dollar cost-cutting effort and return to profitability by 2015.

“We’ve listened to our customers in rural America, and we’ve heard them loud and clear — they want to keep their post office open,” he said. “We believe today’s announcement will serve our customers’ needs

and allow us to achieve real savings to help the Postal Service return to long-term financial stability.”

While no post office would be closed, more than 13,000 rural mail fa-cilities could see reduced operations of between two hours and six hours, but only after a review process that is expected to take sev-eral months. An additional 4,000 rural post offices would keep their full-time hours.

The agency also will an-nounce new changes next week involving its proposal to close up to 252 mail pro-cessing centers.

After the Postal Service gets regulatory approval and hears public input sometime this fall, the new strategy would go into place over two years and be com-pleted in September 2014, saving $500 million a year by reducing full-time staff.

Under the plan, com-munities would get the op-tion of keeping their area post offices open, but with reduced hours. Another option would be to close a post office in one area while keeping a nearby one open full time. Communities could opt to create a Village Post Office, one set up in a

library, government office or store such as Walmart, Walgreens or Office Depot.

“At the end of the day, we will not close rural post of-fices until we receive com-munity input,” said Megan Brennan, the Postal Ser-vice’s chief operating offi-cer.

The latest move comes as the Postal Service is pushing Congress to pass cost-saving postal legisla-tion that includes an end to Saturday mail delivery.

The Senate-passed bill would give the Postal Ser-vice an $11 billion cash infusion but also impose a one-year freeze on shut-tering rural post offices. It would cut about half the planned closings of mail processing centers, give affected communities new avenues to appeal closing decisions and bar cuts to Saturday delivery for at least two years.

At the time it was passed, the Postal Service denounced the Senate bill as “totally inappropriate” because it would keep un-needed facilities open.

In the House, hesitancy among rural lawmakers is helping to stall a separate bill that would allow for far more aggressive cuts,

including a more immedi-ate end to Saturday deliv-ery.

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., a co-sponsor of the House bill, said the plan announced Wednesday doesn’t cut costs enough. He noted, for instance, that additional cuts can be made in more densely pop-ulated urban communities, which should also be prod-ded to consider Village Post Offices or other alter-natives that save money.

“The smallest 10,000 post offices collectively cost USPS less than $600 million to operate each year,” he said. “To achieve real savings creating long-term solvency, the Postal Service needs to focus on consolidation in more-populated areas where the greatest opportunities for cost reduction exist.”

Most of the 3,700 post offices that had been un-der review for possible clos-ing had been in rural areas with low volumes of busi-ness, with most having only two hours of business a day even though they are open longer. Currently the post office operates more than 31,000 retail outlets.

The agency said its new plan will save more, mostly

by weeding out full-time postmasters who don’t have labor contract protections and replacing them with part-time workers. It plans to discuss possible buyouts with 13,000 postmasters who are now eligible for re-tirement. More than 80 per-cent of postal costs in rural areas are labor-related.

The Postal Service has been grappling with losses as first-class mail volume declines and more people switch to the Internet to communicate and pay bills. The agency has forecast a record $14.1 billion loss by the end of this year; with-out changes, it said, annual losses will exceed $21 bil-lion by 2016.

If the House fails to act soon, postal officials say, they will face a cash crunch in August and September, when the agency must pay more than $11 billion to the Treasury for future retiree health benefits. Al-ready $13 billion in debt, the health payment obliga-tion will force the agency to run up against its $15 billion debt ceiling, caus-ing it to default on the pay-ments.

The agency plans to re-lease its latest quarterly financial results today.

HUNTINGTON (AP) — Scientists say moun-taintop removal mines are causing widespread water pollution across Appala-chia, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to consider the science when approving a West Virginia operation.

The Charleston Gazette says the testimony came during a trial under way this week in U.S. District Court in Huntington.

Environmentalists are challenging a Clean Wa-ter Act permit granted to Virginia-based Alpha Natural Resources for its Highland Reylas mine. It would bury 2 miles of Lo-gan County streams.

They want Judge Rob-ert Chambers to block the permit and require more environmental review.

A Duke University aquatic geologist says nu-merous studies have doc-umented harm to headwa-ter streams.

Alpha says it would employ 100 people for six years and leave a site that could be used during flooding and other emer-gencies.

W.Va. judge hears more arguments on mine permit issue

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vidal Sassoon used his hairstyling shears to free women from beehives and hot rollers and give them wash-and-wear cuts that made him an internation-al name in hair care.

When he came on the scene in the 1950s, hair was high and heavy — typically curled, teased, piled and shellacked into place. Then came the 1960s, and Sassoon’s cre-ative cuts, which required little styling and fell into place perfectly every time, fit right in with the fledgling women’s libera-tion movement.

“His timing was per-fect: As women’s hair was liberated, so were their lives,” Allure magazine Editor-in-Chief Linda Wells told The Associated Press in a written state-ment. “Sassoon was one of the original feminists.”

Sassoon was at his home in Los Angeles with his family when he died Wednesday at age 84, police spokesman Kevin Maiberger said. Maiberg-er said police were sum-moned to the home but found that Sassoon had died of natural causes, and authorities wouldn’t investigate further.

His exact cause of death was unclear, but publicist Mark Sejvar said Sassoon had leukemia for several years.

“Vidal Sassoon was the most famous hairstylist in the history of the world,” said John Paul DeJoria, a close friend of Sassoon and CEO of John Paul Mitchell Systems, a com-pany he co-founded with the late Paul Mitchell, a Sassoon protege. “Good hairstylists never die. Vidal Sassoon and Paul Mitchell will always live on.”

DeJoria said Sassoon had been scheduled to sit at his table for a fund-raiser Monday night but called to cancel, saying “his body was feeling just a little bit too tired and he would be there in spirit.”

Sassoon opened his first salon in his native London in 1954 but said he didn’t perfect his cut-is-everything approach until the mid-’60s. Once the wash-and-wear con-cept hit, though, it hit big, and many women retired their curlers for good.

His shaped cuts were an integral part of the “look” of Mary Quant, the superstar British fashion designer who popularized the miniskirt.

“My idea was to cut shape into the hair, to use it like fabric and take away everything that was

superfluous,” Sassoon said in 1993 in the Los Angeles Times, which first reported his death. “Women were going back to work, they were as-suming their own power. They didn’t have time to sit under the dryer any-more.”

His wash-and-wear styles included the bob, the Five-Point cut and the “Greek Goddess,” a short, tousled perm — inspired by the “Afro-marvelous-looking women” he said he saw in New York’s Har-lem.

Paul Mitchell’s son An-gus Mitchell, co-owner of John Paul Mitchell systems and a prominent hairstylist in his own right, said Sassoon’s sim-ple-but-dynamic system forever changed the busi-ness because it could be replicated anywhere.

“Vidal was like Christo-pher Columbus,” Angus Mitchell, who studied under Sassoon, told the AP in a phone interview Wednesday. “He discov-ered that the world was round with his cutting system. It was the first language that people could follow.”

Celebrity stylist and Madison Avenue salon owner Oscar Blandi said Sassoon made him fall in love with the hair busi-ness and showed him the “true art of styling.”

“He truly changed the world of hair and beauty,” Blandi said in an email. “He was definitely the most innovative person ever to enter the industry. He led the way for the ce-lebrity stylists of today.”

Many of those celebrity stylists were tweeting tributes as word spread.

“My great day turned into a devastating day,” Tabatha Coffey of the Bra-vo reality TV series “Ta-batha Takes Over” said on her Twitter account. “RIP Vidal Sassoon thank you for all you have done for our industry and for me.”

Hairstylist Frederic Fekkai, who has his own chain of salons and col-lection of namesake prod-

ucts, called Sassoon “an extraordinary man.”

“He was an artist — a talent and a visionary,” Fekkai said. “He paved the way to introduce con-temporary hairstyles and made an incredible im-pact on the fashion and beauty communities. … The world has lost not only an icon but a kind man.”

Sassoon often worked in the 1960s with Ameri-can designer Rudi Gern-reich, who became a household name in 1964 with his much-publicized (but seldom-worn) top-less bathing suit.

“While Mr. Gernreich has dressed his manne-quins to look like little girls,” The New York Times wrote after view-ing Gernreich’s collection for fall 1965, “Vidal Sas-soon has cut their hair to look like little boys with eye-level bangs in front, short crop in back. For really big evenings, a pin-on curl is added at the cheek.”

In 1966, he did a curly look inspired by 1920s film star Clara Bow for the designer Ungaro. He got more headlines when he was flown to Holly-wood from London, at a reputed cost of $5,000, to create Mia Farrow’s pixie cut for the 1968 film “Rosemary’s Baby.”

Sassoon opened more salons in England and expanded to the United States before also devel-oping a line of shampoos and styling products bear-ing his name. His adver-tising slogan was “If you don’t look good, we don’t look good.”

The hairdresser also established Vidal Sassoon Academies to teach aspir-ing stylists how to envi-sion haircuts based on a client’s bone structure. There are now academies in England, Germany, China, the U.S. and Can-ada.

“Whether long or short, hair should be carved to a woman’s bone structure,” he told the Los Angeles Times in 1967. “Actu-ally short hair is a state of mind … not a state of age.”

Sassoon’s hair-care mantra: “To sculpt a head of hair with scissors is an art form. It’s in pursuit of art.”

He wrote four books: “Vidal: The Autobiog-raphy” released in Feb-ruary of this year; an earlier autobiography, “Sorry I Kept You Wait-ing, Madam,” published in 1968; “A Year of Beauty and Health,” written with his second wife, Beverly, and published in 1979; and 1984’s “Cutting Hair the Vidal Sassoon Way.

He sold his business in-terests in the early 1980s to devote himself to philan-thropy. The Boys Clubs of America and the Perform-ing Arts Council of the Mu-sic Center of Los Angeles were among the causes he supported through his Vi-dal Sassoon Foundation. He later became active in post-Hurricane Katrina charities in New Orleans.

He had moved to Los Angeles in the early 1970s in search of a chemist to formulate his hair-care products and decided to make the city his home.

A veteran of Israel’s 1948

War of Independence, Sas-soon also had a lifelong commitment to eradicating anti-Semitism. In 1982, he established the Vidal Sas-soon International Center for the Study of Antisemi-tism at the Hebrew Univer-sity of Jerusalem.

Growing up very poor in London, Sassoon said that when he was 14, his moth-er declared he was to be-come a hairdresser. After traveling to Palestine and serving in the Israeli war, he returned home to fulfill her dream.

“I thought I’d be a soccer player but my mother said I should be a hairdresser, and, as often happens, the mother got her way,” he told the AP in 2007.

He told the Chicago Tri-bune in 2004 that he was proud to have entered the field.

“Hairdressers are a won-derful breed,” Sassoon said. “You work one-on-one with another human being and the object is to make them feel so much better and to look at them-selves with a twinkle in their eye. Work on their bone structure, the color, the cut, whatever, but when you’ve finished, you have an enormous sense of satisfaction.”

Married four times, Sassoon had four chil-dren with his second wife, Beverly, a some-time film and television actress, usually billed as Beverly Adams.

None of the children went into the family busi-ness. The eldest, Catya, an actress and model, died in her sleep on New Year’s Day 2002 of an accidental overdose.

Liberator of ladies’ hair Vidal Sassoon dies at 84

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JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The elections that drove Nicolas Sarkozy out of power in France and left Greece scrambling to build a coalition government pose a financial threat to the United States that could undermine President Barack Obama’s efforts to cast himself as the agent of a U.S. economic revival.

For Obama, the danger is that any economic turmoil unleashed by the French and Greek elections will spill over to the United States, slow the recovery even more and, ultimately, further jeopardize his re-election, adding him to the recent roster of politicians whose careers have been short-circuited by economic anger.

At the same time it has shifted Europe’s political bal-ance to the left and in favor of the type of economic growth policies that Obama has advo-cated both for Europe and for the United States.

For Mitt Romney, the all-but-certain Republican presi-dential challenger, the results in Europe underscore how deeply economic unease af-fects politics. They feed his camp’s underlying storyline: that Obama’s economic poli-cies would not safeguard the United States from a widening European recession.

But as a rejection of auster-ity measures, the European elections also present a cau-tionary tale for the type of belt-tightening that Romney and congressional Republicans have embraced.

“It is clear there is a lot of economic anxiety in the EU that is affecting world mar-kets, and how that affects the economy will have an impact on voters throughout this sum-mer and into the fall,” Romney adviser Kevin Madden said.

Obama senior campaign ad-viser David Axelrod has said repeatedly that the biggest challenge to Obama’s re-elec-tion is economic developments beyond Obama’s control.

“As has happened sev-eral times before, when our economy gets going, events elsewhere can intervene and throw a monkey wrench in the works,” he said. “We’re not hoisting a ‘Mission Ac-complished’ banner. We know there is a lot of work left to be done and the headwinds are part of that equation.”

While economic crises ap-pear to be taking their politi-cal toll across the Atlantic, the United States is not Europe.

The anti-incumbent mood that swept through France, Greece and Italy in the past three days was fed by grievanc-es that have little resemblance

to the anxiety percolating here. Across the Atlantic, voters re-belled against deep austerity measures designed to address the 17-nation eurozone debt crisis. In the U.S., govern-ment belt-tightening has been far less severe and the debate has centered on Obama’s calls for more short-term spending to stimulate a weak economic recovery.

“The debate we’re having here in the United States is dif-ferent than the one they’re hav-ing in Europe,” Madden said, “but the economy is still the premier issue that voters are using to consider their vote for president in November.”

Obama advisers are quick to note the difference, saying Obama has pressed for an ap-proach to debt reduction that includes cuts and increased revenue, such as higher taxes on wealthier taxpayers and the elimination of some tax breaks for corporations.

If the elections in Europe represented voters recoiling to austerity measures, Axelrod said, “I don’t think we’ll get caught up on the wrong side of that debate.”

The victory of Socialist Francois Hollande over con-servative president Nicholas Sarkozy in France and the losses sustained in Greece and Italy by mainstream parties illustrate the fierce anti-auster-ity backlash in Europe. But it didn’t come as a surprise; since 2009 leaders in virtually every European country that tried to respond to the crisis with austerity measures have lost elections.

The United States eco-nomic downturn has not been as severe. The U.S. economy has been growing since 2009, though it has recovered slow-ly and erratically and has left unemployment still above 8 percent. The policy debate across the country has been one over how to stimulate the economy, with Obama press-ing for more spending on jobs programs against Republican objections about the rising cost of government. But even Romney and Republicans, who have made an issue of the nation’s rising debt, have proposed modest cuts com-pared to what Europeans have instituted.

“The European situation is quite different form the U.S.,” said Simon Johnson, an economist at the Massachu-setts Institute of Technology and former chief economist at the International Monetary fund. “Certainly if you were proposing precipitating im-mediate austerity in the U.S. you might reconsider it. But that is not what Romney or Obama is going to be propos-ing.”

Romney supports the Re-publican budget plan offered by House Budget Commit-tee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and has called for even steeper domestic spending cuts and higher spending on defense. But even those cuts aren’t as steep as what debt-ridden countries like Greece have had to contemplate.

Despite the fear that a European financial collapse could spread to U.S. shores, the Obama administration so far has taken the position that the Europeans can correct their own problems without assistance from the United States. Obama aides have said repeatedly that the president has no intention of adding U.S. taxpayer dollars to the IMF for any possible bailout of a eurozone country, a step that would invite opposition from congressional Republi-cans.

That leaves Obama with few options to stave off Euro-pean financial disaster, John-son said. And even when it comes to protecting the U.S. economy, Obama’s best bet rests with the Federal Re-serve, which Johnson faulted for letting banks reduce their capital reserves to pay off divi-dends.

The European financial network, intricately inter-twined with the U.S. banking system, looks more precari-ous after the election results, Johnson said, adding: “We should be building up capital buffers against losses.”

The economy aside, the election results in France pose new foreign policy challenges for Obama.

Hollande has vowed to pull French troops out of Afghani-stan by the end of the year.

What’s more, Obama is looking for European coun-tries to help with the U.S. commitment to assist Af-ghanistan rebuild and sustain internal security after all U.S. combat troops leave in 2014. Those pledges will be at the center of discussions when Obama hosts fellow leaders for the May20-21 NATO sum-mit in Chicago.

The questions, said Heather Conley of the Center for Stra-tegic and International Stud-ies, is whether Europe can make that commitment based on both its political and auster-ity constraints.

And, she added, can the U.S. seek such European sup-port without making some financial commitment to help-ing the eurozone solve its debt crisis.

“It’s ironic that at the same moment we’re telling them to take care of this yourself,” she said, “we are asking them to fulfill their pledge.”

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Coal ash dust upCriticism of Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., for

not supporting a measure to prevent coal ash from being declared a hazardous substance clear-ly has touched a nerve with the senator.

Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., succeeded in convincing the House of Representatives to adopt an amendment to a major transportation bill also pending in the Senate. McKinley’s amendment would force the Environmental Protection Agen-cy to back away from a plan to regulate coal ash as a hazardous waste. It would substitute a plan for more scientific limits on coal ash.

But Rockefeller has said the amendment does not belong in the transportation bill. McKinley has criticized him for that, suggesting Rockefell-er is retreating from his own concern, expressed last year, about the EPA plan.

Rockefeller released a statement accusing McKinley of being misleading. “I do not and have never supported federal efforts to declare coal ash as a hazardous waste,” the senator in-sisted.

He reiterated, however, that the McKinley amendment and two other environmental provi-sions were “in order to create controversy, not to solve problems. … Pushing this or any other controversial provision will bring down a high-way bill that West Virginia workers desperately need.”

“We need roads and bridges and the jobs that go with them in our state, not political games,” Rockefeller added.

But the proposed coal ash restrictions are part of President Barack Obama’s war on coal — a package of some of the most outrageous political games ever played in Washington.

Obama played games with the Senate itself when he asked for its approval of his “cap and trade” bill to cripple the coal industry. When the Senate rejected the measure, Obama had the EPA go ahead with its own proposal — in ef-fect rejecting the will of the people as expressed through their senators.

Perhaps the biggest political game of all is Obama’s campaign of making coal more expen-sive — while lavishing billions of dollars on “al-ternative” energy companies.

Indeed, political games are being employed in an attempt to wreck the coal industry — and the West Virginia economy. If Obama is not curbed, the only new highways West Virginia will need will be to take unemployed workers out of state.

Surely Rockefeller understands all that. If so, he owes it to his constituents to help win approv-al of the McKinley amendment in the Senate.

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Today inHistory

Europe’s bad mood: Does Obama need to worry?

Today is Thursday, May 10, the 131st day of 2012. There are 235 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven in Promontory, Utah, marking the comple-tion of the first trans-continental railroad in the United States.

On this date:In 1611, Sir Thomas

Dale arrived in the Vir-ginia Colony, where, as deputy governor, he instituted harsh mea-sures to restore order.

In 1775, Ethan Allen and his Green Moun-tain Boys, along with Col. Benedict Arnold, captured the British-held fortress at Ticond-eroga, N.Y.

In 1865, Union forces captured Confederate President Jefferson Da-vis in Irwinville, Ga.

In 1933, the Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Ger-many.

In 1940, during World War II, German forces began invading the Netherlands, Lux-embourg, Belgium and France. The same day, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned, and Winston Churchill formed a new government.

In 1941, Adolf Hit-ler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess, parachuted into Scotland on what he claimed was a peace mission.

In 1994, Nelson Man-dela took the oath of office to become South Africa’s first black pres-ident.

Ten years ago: A tense 39-day-old stand-off between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen at the Church of the Nativity in Beth-lehem ended with 13 suspected militants flown into European exile and 26 released into the Gaza Strip.

Five years ago: The Democratic-controlled House, by a vote of 255-171, defeated legisla-tion to require the with-drawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq within nine months.

One year ago: The bulging Mississippi River rolled into the Mississippi Delta af-ter cresting before daybreak at Memphis, Tenn., causing wide-spread damage.

Today’s Birthdays: Sportscaster Pat Sum-merall is 82. Author Barbara Taylor Brad-ford is 79. TV-radio per-sonality Gary Owens is 73. Singer Donovan is 66. Former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., is 54. Actress Victoria Row-ell is 53. Model Linda Evangelista is 47. Race car driver Helio Cas-troneves is 37. Actress Odette Annable (TV: “House, M.D.”) is 27. Actress Lauren Potter (TV: “Glee”) is 22.

Thought for Today: “Nothing recedes like success.” — Walter Winchell, American columnist and broad-caster (1897-1972).

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Beth J. HarpazAssociated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a concept that parents may not be familiar with, but experts say it can explain a lot about family conflicts: Is your child’s temperament a good “fit” with yours?

For example, a stubborn child who’s a chip off the old block might have a lot of showdowns with an equally stubborn mom or dad. But contrasting temperaments don’t necessarily assure good results: A determined child might overwhelm an overly flexible parent.

Many personality traits like these are inborn, but “temperaments can also be colored by the environ-ment in which children are raised,” said child psycholo-gist Brian Daly, who teach-es at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

That means parents who take a step back to consider their child’s personality traits may be able to tailor their childrearing style to deal more effectively with problems.

Much of the research on child temperament is based on the New York Longitudi-nal Study, in which psychia-trists Alexander Thomas and Stella Chess followed a group of children from birth to adulthood beginning in 1956. Thomas and Chess, who were married, found that children’s personalities could be put in three basic categories: easy, difficult, and slow to warm up. They also identified nine other variables that measured be-haviors and traits like will-fulness, moodiness, activity levels, distractibility, atten-tion span, and regularity in sleep, hunger and other

biological functions.One finding from their

research was that a good “fit” between children and parents results when adult expectations, values and demands are in accord with a child’s natural capacities and behaviors. Their last book, published in 1999, was called “Goodness of Fit.” (Thomas died in 2003, Chess died in 2007.)

But their theory was not just a way of letting parents off the hook by blaming kids for personality traits they could not control. The take-away for parents was that conflicts resulting from a poor fit between parent and child might be ameliorated if childrearing practices could be changed. The the-ory has withstood the test of time, with psychologists and other experts who work with children and parents still using some of these concepts today.

Resa Fogel, a psycholo-gist who practices in Mont-clair and Teaneck, N.J., was one of the children in the original study. “When I was little, they came to my house all the time and interviewed and watched me,” said Fogel. “They were the nicest people. I thought they were another set of grandparents.”

She became interested in psychology, an interest that was fueled when she got a job assisting Thomas in his research at New York Uni-versity. She used some of the original studies for her dissertation, which looked at how children with diffi-cult temperaments end up behaving.

“You would think people with difficult temperaments are automatically very hard people to be around,”

she said. “I showed that if there’s a goodness of fit between the environment and the person, then even if you have a difficult tem-perament, you’re not going to necessarily misbehave. In other words, there’s hope for people who are tough.”

Difficult children “are going to be harder” for par-ents, she acknowledged, “but you have to have the right way of handling it. That’s what goodness of fit is. It’s like a puzzle you put together.”

Arthur Robin, director of psychology training at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, said one common problem he encounters is a child with ADHD or “a very hyper-impulsive child” who has “a passive, depressed, lethar-gic mom. The child is going to get to do anything he or she likes because the mom is not going to have the en-ergy level to set down some structure.”

Another common prob-lem is “a very rigid, willful child and a highly flexible parent,” Robin said. “The parent is going to go with whatever the child wants. The child is going to end up really spoiled or have a strong sense of entitle-ment.”

Sometimes problems are rooted in the temperament of the parent, not the child. “If a parent is extremely moody, and a child is not very even-tempered, the child is going to get really upset and scared, and may develop in an introverted manner because they can’t deal with the extremes of parent moodiness,” Robin said.

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Today is Wednesday, May 9, the 130th day of 2012. There are 236 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On May 9, 1712, the Carolina Colony was of-ficially divided into two entities: North Carolina and South Carolina.

On this date:In 1754, a cartoon

in Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette showed a snake cut in pieces, with each part representing an Ameri-can colony; the caption read, “JOIN, or DIE.”

In 1945, U.S. officials announced that a mid-night entertainment cur-few was being lifted im-mediately.

In 1951, the U.S. con-ducted its first thermonu-clear experiment as part of Operation Greenhouse by detonating a 225-kilo-ton device on Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific nick-named “George.”

In 1962, scientists at the Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology suc-ceeded in reflecting a laser beam off the surface of the moon.

In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee opened public hearings on whether to recom-mend the impeachment of President Richard Nixon.

Ten years ago: Follow-ing the example set by Illinois, Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening sus-pended all executions in his state while a study was done on whether the death penalty was being meted out in a racially discriminatory way.

Five years ago: Vice President Dick Cheney pressed Iraq’s leaders to do more to reduce vio-lence and achieve political reconciliation in a visit to Baghdad that was punc-tuated by an explosion that shook windows at the U.S. Embassy where Cheney was visiting.

One year ago: Former House Speaker Newt Gin-grich announced on so-cial networking websites that he was running for the Republican presiden-tial nomination.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress-turned-politician Glenda Jackson is 76. Musician Sonny Curtis (Buddy Holly and the Crickets) is 75. Singer Tommy Roe is 70. Actress Candice Bergen is 66. Ac-tor Anthony Higgins is 65. Singer Billy Joel is 63. Actress Alley Mills is 61. Actress Rosario Dawson is 33. Actress Rachel Bos-ton is 30. TV personality Audrina Patridge is 27.

Thought for Today: “Life is a series of colli-sions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be.” — Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955).

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Dear Dr. Brothers: My daughter claims that her seemingly continuous text messaging with her friends is as good as reading for develop-ing vocabulary and self-expression. I think she’s just look-ing for an excuse to upgrade her cellphone plan at my expense. It seems to me that text messaging would only teach her ac-ronyms and, if anything, stunt her vocabulary. Am I being old-fashioned, or can text messaging have some benefits that I can’t see? — S.K.

Dear S.K.: While text messaging may have some benefits, especially in the convenience it confers,

you’re likely right to think that it’s not helping your daughter build her vocabulary or even necessarily allow-ing her to develop a unique manner of self-expression. Rather than encour-aging the uncon-

strained use of language, text messaging limits teens to commonly used collo-quialisms and even phrase abbreviations that limit their exposure to new and creative text. In contrast, reading a book or even reading online material rather than print media can expose your daughter not only to new vocabulary, but also to new patterns and manners of expression.

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munication with their kids.* * *Dear Dr. Brothers: My

son, who’s in college and who I think of as being too old for these kinds of things, is really into online gaming. He plays games where he talks to and forms relationships with the other players through the Internet, and I think it’s affecting his real-life ability to make friends. He doesn’t leave his dorm room, and he spends his weekends online rather than meet-ing real people. Can these types of games interfere with social-skill develop-ment enough that I should really worry? — T.V.

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Dear Heloise: Last year, we had a new well put in, and now we have been having problems with HARD-WATER STAINS in sinks, toilets and the shower. Please advise on how I can remove the stains. Thanks. — Sandra S. in Michigan

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However, if the stains are from hard water, then just plain old white or ap-ple-cider vinegar should work. You can heat it (not boiling) and pour it in a sink that has a stopper plugging the drain. Let it sit for an hour or so, then scrub. You can do the same with your toilet, pouring vinegar into the bowl, letting it sit, scrub-bing and flushing. For the shower, shower heads can be removed and soaked overnight in vinegar. Or tie a plastic bag over

the shower head — fill it with vinegar so that the shower head is com-pletely submerged, and in the morning, scrub clean. For the rest of the shower and tub, just pour vinegar on the stains and scrub as you go. There are so many uses for vinegar! You’ll find these hints and more in my vinegar pam-phlet. To receive a copy, please send $5 and a long, self-addressed, stamped (65 cents) envelope to: Heloise/Vinegar, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. Most vinegars will last indefi-nitely, so be sure to stock up when they are on sale, and keep plenty in your home for all your cleaning needs! — Heloise

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Dear Heloise: I saw a letter asking about a lady using five dryer sheets at the laundromat (Heloise here: It was in a previ-ous column that a reader had seen another woman do this). I save my used dryer sheets, and when I am out of sheets, I recycle the used ones, using sev-

eral at a time. Maybe that was what she was doing. I read you every day as my mom read your mom. Thanks for all the good tips. — Kathy L., via email

Kathy, that could have been what she was doing. Of course, the makers of the sheets say to use them only once because the ma-jority of the fabric soft-ener has been used the first time. My take? Give it a try, and if it works for you, go for it! — Heloise

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YACOLT, Wash. (AP) — When Princess Natalie was still a kitten, before she was prison royalty, she was left in a cage with another cat for months. They were fed, given wa-ter and not much else.

Natalie became afraid of people and other cats. When she was adopted, she hissed at her own-ers, made a mess in their home and bit them at every opportunity. They gave up and handed her over to a shelter.

Natalie was scheduled to be put down. But then a program at a minimum-security prison in Wash-ington state presented another option: Hand her over to a pair of inmates.

The six-year-old, long-haired black cat would live in their cell, get out-side time daily and learn manners. For Joey Con-treras, 28, Natalie’s arriv-

al in March was his ticket out of a 40-man dorm and into a two-person cell with a door.

Contreras and his cell-mate, after passing the screening process, are two of the four inmates in the “Cuddly Catz” program at Larch Correc-tional Facility in Yacolt.

“Nobody was wanting to adopt her,” Contreras said. “We got her and it’s been awesome ever since.”

It wasn’t awesome at the outset. She came as advertised, Contreras said — moody, dysfunc-tional and prone to vio-lence. But the changes in his newest cellmate are evident.

She can now be petted, brushed and even held for a few minutes. She still growls but rarely hisses. She has a scratch-ing post and perch that takes up a healthy chunk of the 12 foot-by-10 foot cell. Contreras and his

cellmate care for her in shifts.

The program’s other cat, a half-Persian mix named Clementine, is in the care of Richard Amaro, who said the ex-perience has been about more than escaping dorm life.

“You get close to them,” Amaro said.

The prison hopes to add four more cats. In-mates accepted in the program have to exhibit good behavior — infrac-tions can mean being sent back to the general population.

Prison counselor Mo-nique Camacho said the experience helps re-inforce the concept of teamwork for inmates who are used to looking out for only themselves.

“In prison, they tend to think about No. 1,” Ca-macho said. “Now they have to look out, care for and have responsibility for something else.”

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SportsBy Jerry FeketeBanner Correspondent

MAN — The Man High School baseball team began Class A sectional play in a big way by thumping Van 15-0 at Man’s Dr. Juan Nor-delo Field on Wednesday night.

Cody Carter hurled a one-hit shutout in the five-inning mercy game. Carter only walked one batter as Man improved to 18-11 on the season and 1-0 in sectional play.

The Hillbillies got all the runs they would need in the bottom of the first inning off Bulldogs hurler Tyler Gun-ner by scoring two runs to take the early 2-0 lead.

Jordan Simpson’s RBI sin-gle scored Andrew Merrit to make it 1-0. Later, Jacob Riggins was hit by a Gunner pitch with the bases loaded for the second run.

Van got its only hit of the game off Carter with two outs in the top of the second on a single by Corey Agos-ti but he ended up being stranded.

The Billies pushed their lead to 4-0 in the bottom of the second frame.

Shane Browning led off with a double. Aaron Wil-lard then flew out for the first out. J.T. Twardy then delivered an RBI single to give Man a 3-0 lead.

Van then brought in Jus-tin Toler to the mound but he walked Nick Carter and Simpson drew a bases load-ed walk to load the bases. Freshman Braden Griffin then had a sac fly to give the Billies a 4-0 advantage.

Carter then got the Bull-dogs out in order in top of the third stanza.

Man loaded the bases in the home half of the third inning off Toler but Carter grounded out back to Toler to end the threat.

Carter got Van out on just four pitches in the top of the fourth inning.

Man then broke the game

open in the bottom of the fourth inning, sending 15 batters to the plate and scor-ing 11 runs to take a com-manding 15-0 lead.

Browning had a two-run double to give MHS a 8-0 lead. Simpson also had a two-run double in the in-ning to push the game to 11-0. Jacob Riggins and Griffin both had RBI singles as well in the marathon in-ning.

Carter then got the Bull-dogs out in order in the top of the fifth inning to end the game.

Man, rated No. 8 in the state in Class A, is scheduled to resume sectional play on Thursday at 6 p.m. against No. 2-ranked Charleston Catholic at the University of Charleston Field.

Van’s season came to a close at 5-21. The Bulldogs had already lost to Charles-ton Catholic earlier this week in sectional play.

The Irish and the Billies are now set to play what amounts to a best-of-three game series. Game 2 is scheduled to be played on Friday at 2 p.m. at Logan’s Roger Gertz Field.

Man to play Charleston Catholic in a best-of-three series

Photos | Steven BrowningMan High School catcher Nick Carter tags out Van’s Tyler Workman at the plate in Wednesday night’s 15-0 win by the Hillbillies over the Bulldogs in the Class A sectional tourney at Man.

Man’s Cody Carter pitches the Billies to the win last night over Van. The Billies’ J.T. Twardy takes a swing against the Bulldogs.

The Billies’ Thomas Blair makes a catch in the Class A sectional tourney on Wednes-day night at home.

Billies thump Van 15-0 in Class A sectionals

By Paul AdkinsSports Editor

What do the Logan High School and South Charleston baseball teams have in com-mon with the girl on the Mor-ton’s salt box?

They’re all wet.Rain was again the victor

in Wednesday night’s Class AAA sectional baseball tour-ney game at Logan’s Roger Gertz Field. But at least this time they were able to play four full innings.

Last night’s game was sus-pended by rain in the top of the fifth inning with South Charleston leading 3-2. The Black Eagles had the bases loaded and one out before the skies opened up and heavy rain and small hail fell down onto the field.

After a 40-minute rain de-lay and an attempt to fix the field, tournament officials and the coaches from each team decided to suspend the game.

The contest is scheduled to resume on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Logan and will pick up from the same spot.

Logan and South Charles-ton were originally scheduled to play each other on Tuesday night but the game was also rained out.

With two straight rainouts the double-elimination sec-tional tourney will now have to be extended to at least Sat-urday.

After Thursday’s suspend-ed game is finished, South Charleston is slated to play George Washington on Friday night.

The finals, between the two remaining teams, would then be played on Saturday.

If a second game is needed, it would most likely have to be delayed five more days until Thursday, May 17. That’s because the WEST-EST is scheduled to be given in the Logan County Schools next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and no games are

allowed to be played.Logan came into the game

with a 20-5 record and the state’s No. 8 ranking. South Charleston was just 7-23 and had lost twice to the Wildcats during the regular season, in-cluding a close 7-6 setback at Logan.

The Wildcats began the sectional tourney on Monday with a 6-2 victory over Joe

Wong and the homestanding George Washington Patriots.

Senior Alex Mareske was Logan’s starting pitcher in last night’s suspended game. He lasted four innings and gave up three runs and four hits with three strikeouts and one walk.

Justin Oney came into the

Photo | Paul AdkinsLogan High School’s Alex Mareske pitches to a South Charleston batter in Wednesday’s rained out Class AAA sectional game at Logan.

Logan-South Charleston game suspended by rain in the fifth

By Paul AdkinsSports Editor

Hard work has paid off for Chapmanville Regional High School tennis athlete Emily Stroud.

In his last year with the team the senior and No. 1 singles player, has qualified for this weekend’s Class AA/A state tournament in Charleston.

Stroud said she’s thrilled to be able to play in the state tourney.

“It feels like I have accom-plished something,” Stroud said. “I have played all four years of high school and I’m happy that all of my hard work has finally paid off. When I first started tennis in the ninth grade, I just thought it would be something fun to do while cheerleading was out of sea-son. I never expected to love it so much and get so good at it.”

Stroud said she gained a lot of confidence on the hard court, especially this season as the Chapmanville girls’ tennis team continued to pile up the wins.

“When I discovered that I had the potential to be good, I worked hard and got there,” she said. “Last year I was the number one seed as well, but didn’t have the confidence. This year, I realized I was a lot better than most in my region.”

Stroud has also been well known over the years as a Chapmanville cheerleader and a popular pick to sing the Na-tional Anthem before CRHS

boys’ basketball games.“I like to sing and I have

liked being a cheerleader,” she said. “I’ve been in many types of honor choir and I sing in church. I am valedictorian of my class, a class officer, a mem-ber of the National Honor Soci-ety and I also sing the National Anthem at all of our home basketball games. I have also went to states in cheerleading as well.”

Stroud said she plans on go-ing to college at Marshall Uni-versity.

“My plans are to head to Huntington to study at Mar-shall University. My course of study is going to be a doctorate in physical therapy,” she said.

Stroud will not be alone at the state tournament.

Four other Chapmanville tennis players have also quali-fied.

Seniors and No. 1 girls dou-bles players Allie Carter and Kylie Clay made it to state as well. This is Clay’s second trip to the state tournament. Last year, she qualified in singles play. Clay is the first girl in Chapmanville Regional High School history to play in the state tournament in singles and doubles.

Tigers’ senior Seth Deskins, the No. 1 boys singles player, also qualified.

Sophomore Kishan Patel, the No. 3 boys player, made it to state in singles, while the No. 1 boys doubles team of Deskins and Patel qualified as well.

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CHAPMANVILLE — The Chapmanville Regional High School softball team had hoped to play Wayne on Friday at home in the Class AA regional semifinal tournament.

However, Chapmanville coach Ronnie Ooten said the WVSSAC has mandated that all regional softball games be played on Thursday.

Therefore, the Lady Tigers are now slated to take on the Pioneers on Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

No. 1-ranked Chapmanville comes into the game with a 24-5 record. Wayne, rated No. 3, is also 24-5.

The Chapmanville Lady Tigers, winners of state titles in 1999, 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2010, are hoping to get a win over Wayne and advance to the May 17 Class AA regional championship game.

Chapmanville would play at either No. 3 Herbert Hoover (21-4) or Sherman (20-11) in the finals. The Huskies and Tide, which split during the regular season, are set to play on Thursday night.

The Lady Tigers are hoping to get revenge on Wayne, a team which beat Chapmanville this season in a pair of one-run games, 1-0 and 3-2.

Chapmanville is hoping to make it back to the state tour-ney, which is set for May 23-24 at Vienna. The Lady Tigers went 1-2 last year at state to finish third.

The Logan High School Lady Cats are also in action on Thursday as Class AAA No. 5 Logan (25-5) hosts Riverside (16-11), Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Logan Softball Complex.

Man (14-5), ranked No. 3 in Class A, will have to wait until May 17 to play in the regional championship game at top-ranked Buffalo (27-6), the defending state titleholders.

The Lady Billies and the Lady Bison both received byes in the Class A semifinal round.

Lady Tigers’ regional softball game moved up to Thursday night

By Paul AdkinsSports Editor

CHAPMANVILLE — The Chapmanville Regional High School baseball team had an easy time with Min-go Central in Wednesday night’s Class AA sectional tournament game at Chap-manville’s Ted Ellis Field as the Tigers won 10-0 over the Miners.

Chapmanville, the de-fending 2A state champs, improved to 18-10 on the season.

Mingo Central, playing its first season of baseball, saw its season come to an

end at 10-16. The Miners had lost 7-5 to Scott on Monday in the sectional tourney opener.

Chapmanville went 2-0 this season against the Miners, also taking a 19-3 win at home during the regular season.

Last night’s game had originally been scheduled for Tuesday night but was rained out. It was halted in the fifth inning due to the 10-run mercy rule.

The Tigers led 8-0 through the fourth inning and were led by Tyler Col-lins who was 3-for-3 at the plate with two doubles and

two RBI.Tristan Thompson went

2-for-3 with a triple and three RBI, while Jordan Banks had a two-run sin-gle. Cox, Brock Dalton, Scottie Thompson and Joe Woody all singled.

Tyler Cox picked up the win on the mound as he tossed a one-hitter with seven strikeouts and one walk.

Since the sectional tourney is in a double-elimination format, Chap-manville and Scott will play what amounts to a best-of-three game series beginning with tonight’s

6 p.m. contest at Ted El-lis Field.

The Tigers and Sky-hawks are then set to play each other again on Friday at 6 p.m. at Chapmanville. A third game would be played on Saturday, if nec-essary.

If Chapmanville is able to win tonight and Friday, the Tigers will be section-al champs for the fourth straight season.

CRHS beat Scott twice during the regular season, taking 11-0 and 11-5 wins.

The Tigers have gone 10-2 over their last 12 games.

Tigers win easily over Miners in sectional

IRVING, Texas – Follow-ing one of its best regular-seasons in Conference USA, four Marshall University softball players have been voted to the 2012 Confer-ence USA Softball All-Conference second team.

Rebecca Gamby, Alian-na Telles, Jazmine Valle, and Andi Williamson were all named to the sec-ond team. The Thunder-ing Herd had the second most representatives on the team behind UAB.

All-Conference selec-tions consist of two teams with a total of 25 student-athletes. Each team, plus the all-freshman team and specialty awards are voted on by the nine conference softball head coaches.

After being named to this season’s preseason all-conference team, catcher Rebecca Gam-by earned her second straight all-conference nod. The senior was on the C-USA first team last season and this year earned the accolade thanks in part to her .342

batting average, 51 hits, 11 doubles, six home runs, and 29 RBI. Each of those is in the top two on the Herd while her average and hits are ca-reer highs. Gamby had her first four hit game at Southern Miss and hit a walk-off home run against George Washington.

Alianna Telles picks up her first all-conference honor after posting ca-reer highs in batting aver-age (.312), hits (53), dou-bles (14), and walks (20). Her hits and doubles are team highs. She is tied for the conference lead in doubles and ranks fourth all-time in career doubles with 40. Telles had her first four hit game against UTEP earlier this season, which helped her earn her first C-USA Hitter of the Week award.

Jazmine Valle is now a two-time all-conference honoree, after being named to the all-confer-ence team during her freshman year. This sea-son Valle has a .280 bat-

ting average with a team leading 10 home runs and 42 runs batted in. Her RBI total along with 19 runs scored are career highs. The California native be-came the fifth Marshall player to have 100 career RBI earlier this season. She now has 107 runs bat-ted in. The junior hit a walk-off home run to de-feat Longwood this year.

After three straight shutouts of UCF to end the season, Andi William-son, a Chapmanville Re-gional High School grad-uate and Harts native, appeared as a C-USA All-Conference team member for the first time. She has a 1.47 earned run average for third best in confer-ence. Her 23 wins ties for the most single-sea-son victories by a Herd pitcher. 253 strikeouts this season is the second highest total by a MU pitcher in a season and ranks second in C-USA. Her .187 opponent bat-ting average is the low-est single-season number

in school history and the first below .200.

Marshall (34-20, 15-9 C-USA) is coming off three straight shutouts against UCF to conclude the regular season. The Herd secured the three seed thanks to its three game sweep of the Knights. Marshall will play East Carolina in C-USA tour-nament on Thursday. The first round game is slated for 5:30 p.m. in Birming-ham, Ala.

Marshall softball player Williamson named Second-Team All-Conference USA

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and car wash.“I’ve got guys down there

now trying to clean up the side of the road and I’ve got some flaggers,” Kolota said. “Cabot Oil has a cleanup crew in there now. They are even pumping mud from un-der the houses. I don’t know how long it will take, but probably several days I would say.”

Kolota said traffic would be halted as needed during the cleanup but doesn’t anticipate any long traffic delays.

“Unless it comes across the road again,” said Kolota.

This was the second time that a mudslide occurred in the same area. A slide on a smaller scale occurred during storms on March 15, resulting in damage to several homes. One resident, who wished to remain anonymous, said he had just about finished clean-ing up from the first slide when the recent one hap-pened.

“I lost everything in the bottom of my house,” said the gentleman. “I have a full size basement and lost ev-erything in it. Cabot Oil and Gas has come in and assessed

everything and has taken full responsibility for it.”

The gentleman said a gas-well road on the mountain behind the homes slipped.

“It brought the mountain down about a mile back in there,” he said.

The gentleman said he doesn’t know the amount of damages he received, but is concentrating on getting his home cleaned up.

“Right now we are just try-ing to clean up stuff first,” said the gentleman. “Then we will get into the assessment.”

Another resident, who also wanted to remain anony-mous, said the slide began

again on Saturday.“It actually happened on

Saturday afternoon,” said gen-tleman two. “Then on Sunday morning about 6:30 it all be-gan coming out.”

Both residents were giv-ing praise and thanks to local government officials for their quick actions following the slide.

“The county commission has been great,” said gentle-man two. “Willie Akers, Art Kirkendoll, Roger Bryant and Bill Weese … we don’t know what we would have done without them. They have been fantastic.”

Both gentlemen agreed that

Cabot Oil and Gas has taken responsibility for the slide and are acting accordingly.

“Cabot Oil has been fantas-tic,” said gentleman two.

“Cabot is at fault for it,” said gentleman one. “They knew about the slip before because I contacted them the first time and they said that they weren’t at fault. It’s got me twice.”

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Both gentlemen said the area is being monitored 24 hours a day by Cabot Oil in case of any future sliding.

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who Judd is now.The infamous Texas pris-

oner made national and worldwide headlines by snag-ging 41 percent of the Demo-crat vote in Tuesday’s West Virginia Presidential Primary. Obama won the state with only 59 percent but it was a to-tal headache for the president in the southern West Virginia coal fields.

A total of 10 counties were won by Judd, who was able to get his name on the West Virginia ballot despite being a convicted felon and behind bars.

Among those 10 were Lo-gan, Mingo, Boone, Lincoln and Wyoming counties in the coal fields.

The five-county block has playfully been referred to as “The Kingdom of Judd.”

It wasn’t even close in Lo-gan County as the Texas in-mate grabbed 2,786 votes to Obama’s 2,231, winning by 11 points — 55.5 percent to 44.4.

The anti-Obama epicenter was Mingo County, where Judd won by a full 20 points and 1,005 votes. With 100 percent of the precincts re-porting, Judd had 2,972 votes (60.1 percent) to Obama’s 1,967 (39.9 percent).

Mingo was also Obama’s worst showing in the 2008 Democratic Primary — a county which went for Hill-ary Clinton by a staggering 80 points, 88-8, perhaps the big-gest disparity in the nation.

Statewide, Judd surprising-ly finished with 72,544 votes.

As you might expect, con-servatives and Republicans across the state and the na-tion had a field day with the strange turn of events.

At the top of the conser-vative Drudge Report web-site on Wednesday morning the headline streamer said: “Obama gets run for his money in W.Va. Primary from Inmate No. 11593-051.”

This is a website, by the way, that self-reports 31 mil-lion hits in the last 24 hours, 860 million in the last month and more than 10 billion in the last year.

The story made it to ABC-TV and radio, Fox News and even the London Daily Mail in the United Kingdom.

Is Jay Leno sure to follow?Syndicated conservative ra-

dio talk show host Rush Lim-baugh talked at great length about Judd and Obama’s staunch unpopularity in West Virginia during his Wednes-day afternoon monologue.

“If I didn’t know better I would say that there’s a war on Obama being waged by the Democrats,” Limbaugh said. “It certainly looks that way to me. It looks to me like Democrats in West Virginia want jobs. It would appear to me that Democrats in West Virginia want lower gasoline prices. They want higher home values and more dis-posable income. They don’t want people telling them what kind of light bulbs to buy. The Democrats in West Virginia figured out that the president

put a moratorium on drilling in the Gulf. He spent a trillion dollars on non-shovel ready jobs. He ran up five trillion dollars in new debt in three and a half years and Ameri-cans are fleeing the job mar-ket out of frustration.”

Added Limbaugh, “There is no improvement in the job market and no economic growth. There’s no reason to re-elect the guy. So Demo-crats in at least eight counties in West Virginia would rather have an inmate from a Federal prison than Barack Obama. That’s a protest vote.”

Republican candidate for governor Bill Maloney, speak-ing with Hoppy Kercheval on Wednesday morning’s “Talkline,” put it more simply.

“The southern coal fields are obviously ticked off,” said Maloney, who is running against Gov. Earl Ray Tom-blin in this fall’s rematch. “It sounds like the Democratic Party doesn’t like their would-be nominee.”

Republican Second Con-gressional District Congress-woman Shelly Moore Capito also weighed in during the show.

“The first numbers that I saw were coming out of southern West Virginia,” Cap-ito said. “That says to me that it was a total rejection of the president and his policies on our energy resources. Logan, Mingo and Boone were three of the counties that Obama actually lost. I think that was because of the president’s en-vironmental and economic policies. It was a rejection

with the way that the presi-dent is taking the country.”

Tomblin and Senator Joe Manchin have both distanced themselves from the unpopu-lar Obama while at the same time trying not to alienate left-wing and liberal Democrats within the state.

Manchin, who is in a fall rematch with the GOP’s John Raese for a full six-year senate term, recently told a Wash-ington reporter, “I am just waiting for it to play out. I am not jumping in one way or an-other.”

Hardly an endorsement of the president.

Tomblin has also refused to endorse the president, accord-ing to a press release issued on Wednesday.

“I do not believe either can-didate has a real understand-ing of what is important to West Virginia,” Tomblin said. “Neither President Obama nor Governor Romney has earned my vote at this point.”

Maloney fired back at Tom-blin in a Wednesday press release saying, “I don’t know why Earl Ray is so confused who to vote for.”

With Obama at the top of the general election ticket in November, state Democrats are hoping that he will not be a drag on any of the other can-didates.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney leads Obama 54-37 in West Virginia according to a recent poll by R.L. Repass & Partners — and that was before Obama went on TV Wednesday afternoon and

gave gay and lesbian marriage his blessing.

Hardly a move that’s going to fire up conservatives to vote for Obama in West Vir-ginia’s Bible Belt.

Obama has never done well in the Mountain State. In the 2008 general election he lost by 13 points to the McCain/Palin ticket. Hillary Clinton had previously clobbered Obama by 41 points in the primary.

For some West Virginia Democrats, simply running against Obama was enough to get Judd votes.

It didn’t matter who he was and it didn’t matter to some voters if they had no idea who Keith Judd was.

The fact was that there was another name on the ballot.

“I voted against Obama,” said Ronnie Brown, a 43-year-old electrician from Cross Lanes who called himself a conservative Democrat. “I don’t like him. He didn’t carry the state before and I’m not going to let him carry it again.”

When asked which presi-dential candidate he voted for, Brown told The Associ-ated Press, “That guy out of Texas.”

No, not Ron Paul, the GOP congressman from Texas.

Keith Judd.The other Texan.“Keith Judd’s performance

is embarrassing for Obama and our great state,” outgoing West Virginia GOP Chairman Mike Stuart said.

Politico writer Charles Mahtesian writes that race is

a debatable factor in Obama’s poor showing but the presi-dent’s stance on coal is not. He writes, “Whatever other forces may be at work in the Appalachian opposition to Obama — the role of race has been debated since his 2008 run — it’s clear the ad-ministration’s energy policies played a big role in the presi-dent’s lackluster performance. Locally, it’s referred to as ‘the war on coal.’”

Conservative radio talk show host Sean Hannity also touched on the Judd fiasco on Wednesday.

“How unpopular is Presi-dent Obama in some parts of the country?” Hannity asked. “The answer is enough that a man in a Texas prison for 17 years received more than four out of 10 votes from West Virginia Democrats in their primary. This is pretty amaz-ing. A Texas inmate getting 41 percent of the vote? How did that happen?”

Romney won West Vir-ginia’s GOP primary Tues-day with 68 percent of the vote. Rick Santorum followed with 13 percent, while Ron Paul had 11 percent. Newt Gingrich had 6 percent and Buddy Roemer got 1 percent.

Judd got on the state bal-lot by paying a $2,500 fee and filing a form known as a notarized certification of announcement, said Jake Glance, a spokesman for the Secretary of State’s office.

He is expected to finish out his 17-year prison sentence on June 24, 2013.— The Associated Press contributed to

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was sunk in action by a Ger-man submarine on January 26, 1944, while on Murmansk Run in the North Atlantic

Ocean.During the sinking of the

S.S. Andrew G. Curtain, Gollie abandoned ship in the cold wa-ters of the North Atlantic and was picked up by the HMS Inconstant which took him to

Vaenga, Russia, on January 28, 1944. After being transported by ship to Vaenga, he was tak-en by tugboat to Murmansk, Russia, on January 29, 1944. The S.S. Phillip Livingston took Gollie from Murmansk

to Gourock, Scotland, arriving on March 13, 1944, and, from here, he boarded the S.S. Albert C. Ritchie on April 1, 1944, ar-riving in New York on April 3, 1944. Following his return to the states in April, 1944, Gollie

served on the U.S. Armed Mer-chant Vessel S.S. William Webb and the U.S. Armed Merchant Vessel S.S. Charles Wilson Peale and received an honor-able discharge from the United States Navy in 1945. Gollie was awarded several medals for his service to our state, nation and world including the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with Bronze Star, the Good Conduct Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.

Gollie continued to serve his state and his country as a lifelong coal miner in Logan County.

Gollie’s children, Joseph “Jo-eboy” Gollie of Danville and Shelia Gollie Combs of Man, along with their families and friends, also attended the cer-

emony.Joseph Gollie said he was

very impressed with the open communication between him and the state representatives who worked on getting this bridge named in the memory of his father.

“The family especially ap-preciates the efforts of Sena-tor Ron Stollings, Senator Art Kirkendoll, Delegate Rupie Phillips, Man Mayor Jim Blevins, Man Police De-partment, and the Man Fire Department that allowed this event to be very success-ful,” said Gollie. “A special thanks to the Daniel Boone VFW Post 5578 of Madison who performed a remarkable twenty-one gun salute with the playing of TAPS.”

A reception followed the ceremony at the Man swim-ming pool.

other fun, like helicopter rides and music.

“This will showcase the park, the fishing pond, the Museum in the Park and Pickin’ in the Park,” Price said. “Ray Perry and his band will come up and perform. There will be a

few groups coming to sing. We’re going to have hot dogs, chips and deserts starting at 11 a.m. and we’ll serve until we’re out of food. We want everyone to attend so that we can bring the entire county to-gether.”

There will also be helicop-ter rides given during the day for a fee, Price said.

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Logangame in the fifth inning in relief.

After striking out Zach Wright, Jonathan Cline beat out an infield single. Jake Wool-wine and Austin Santrock then drew back-to-back walks to load up the bases. As Evan Delbart came to the plate with the bases juiced, the rain came.

South Charleston was outhit-ting Logan 5-4 in Wednesday’s game. Logan had committed five errors in the game to three to the Black Eagles.

Logan had jumped ahead 2-0 on SC pitcher Jared Jurst in the bottom of the first inning.

Adam Mareske led off by being safe on an error and Z. Minnick walked. The runners moved up to second and third with one out after a balk. Alex Mareske walked and that set the table for Matthew Greene who ripped a two-out, bases loaded double.

South Charleston cut it to 2-1 in the second as Santrock walked, stole second and scored as DH Antonio Brown ground-ed into a double play, Logan’s fifth in its last two contests.

The Black Eagles then went

ahead 3-2 in the fourth. The first run scored after a pair of Logan errors. Third baseman Jonathan Pauley then broke the tie with an RBI single to left.

Cline and Pauley each had two hits for South Charleston. Rease Ripley added a double. Staton also had a hit for Logan.

* Heading into the game, Alex Mareske was leading the Wildcats with a .442 batting av-erage. He also had team highs in home runs with three and RBI with 26. Mareske had five doubles and two triples and had a team-best .675 slugging percentage.

Greene, a West Virginia Uni-

versity signee, had a .436 aver-age with 24 RBI, three doubles and three triples. Greene and Mareske tied for a team-high 34 base hits. Freshman Z. Minnick has a .375 average with one homer, 22 RBI, three doubles and three triples.

Adam Mareske is hitting at a .369 clip with four RBI, two doubles and a triple. He also has a team-best .554 on-base percentage, boosted by his 22 walks and five hit-by-pitches — both tops on the squad. Catcher/first baseman Benji Adkins has a .354 average with one homer, 21 RBI, a team-best seven doubles and two triples.

Justin Oney has a .343 bat-ting average with 13 RBI and five doubles. Middle infielder Trent Dalton (.271, 11 RBI, 3 doubles), outfielder Codie Doss (.261, 8 RBI, 1 double) and outfielder Andrew Staton (.262, 12 RBI, 1 double) round out Logan’s starters.

On the mound, the Wild-cats are led by Cody Frye, who is 7-2 with a 1.83 ERA. The right-hander has 41 strikeouts and just 17 walks in 46 innings of work. Minnick is 5-1 with a 4.29 ERA. He has fired 32.2 innings and has fanned 37 and walked 25. Alex Mareske has a 3-1 record and 2.75 ERA with

three saves. He’s tossed 35.2 innings and has struck out 40 and walked 14. Oney, Logan’s closer, is 0-1 with a 3.29 ERA and a team-best six saves. He’s pitched 17 innings and has fanned 28 and walked only nine. Johnny Morrison is 2-0 on the hill with a 4.59 ERA. He has pitched 10.2 innings and has 15 strikeouts with seven walks.

Troy Burgess is 2-0 with a 0.66 ERA. In 10.2 innings of work, he’s allowed just one earned run and seven hits with 13 strikeouts and three walks.

Greene, Staton and Trace Butcher have also seen a hand-ful of innings on the mound.

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Dignity Hospice of Southern West Virginia, Inc.BALANCE SHEET

31-Dec-11

ASSETSCash $242,834Accounts receivable 815,219Other 8,393Total Current Assets 1,066,446

Building and equipment 1,345,739Accumulated depreciation 374,200 971,539

Total Assets $2,037,985

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETSNote payable, current 392,484Accrued payables and 298,536Accrued salaries and 26,213Total Current Liabilities 717,233

Long term debt, less cash 231,015

Net assets, unrestricted 1,089,737

Total Liabilities and Net $2,037,985

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGESIN NET ASSETS

Year Ended 31-Dec.-11

INCOMEPatient service revenue $2,451,817Other income 54,130Interest and other 26,999Total Income 2,532,946

EXPENSESSalaries and benefi ts 1,532,397Patient supplies and 675,182Travel allowances 139,645Occupation 124,790Offi ce 106,055Interest 45,200Other 55,078Total Expenses 2,678,347Change in net assets -145,401

Net assets, beginning 1,235,138Net assets, end of year $1,089,737

The Company is not owned nor controlled by any individual or corporation. It is a not for profi t entity that is run by the board of directors. There is no stock issued on this entity.

Details concerning the contents of this report, as well as other reports, statements, and schedules which the company is required to fi le with the Health Care Authority, 100 Dee Drive, Charleston, West Virginia, are available for inspection and for copying at the offi ce of the board.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LOGAN COUNTY,

WEST VIRGINIA

STAT E OF WEST VIRGINIA,BY ITS PROSECUTING AT-TORNEY OF LOGANCOUNTY, for and on behalfof the US 119 TASK FORCE,

PLAINTIFF

VS.

KEITH DONTAE PRATHERAND JAMIE B, "WHITE"BROWNING AND UNITEDSTATES CURRENCY IN THESUM OF TWO THOUSANDFIVE HUNDRED ANDT H I R T Y D O L L A R S($2,530.00) AND ANY OTHERUNKNOWN PARTIES OF IN-TEREST

DEFENDANT

CIVIL ACTION NO.12-C-110-P

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of the above-en-titled suit is to seek an Orderforfeiting the herein describedproperty/currency pursuant tothe West Virginia ContrabandForfeiture Act (Chapter 60A,Article 7, of the West Virginiacode, as amended) to theState of West Virginia.

TO: Any claimant of a rightor interest in said propertylisted as DEFENDANT KEITHDONTAE PRATHER ANDJANIE B. "WHITE" BROWN-ING AND UNITED STATESCURRENCY IN THE SUM OFTWO THOUSAND FIVE HUN-DRED AND THIRTY DOL-LARS ($2,530.00) AND ANYOTHER UNKNOWN PARTIESOF INTEREST.

"You have the right to file aclaim to the above describedproperty within the time speci-fied hereafter. Any such claimmust clearly state the identityof the claimant and an addresswhere legal process can beserved upon said claimant.

It appearing by affidavitfiled in the case that lastknown address of Keith Don-tae Prather, 854 West LibertyStreet, Columbus, Ohio45214 and Janie B. "White"Browning, 160 CharlesStreet, Logan, West Virginia25601.

That the above-named indi-vidual defendant(s) was/werein possession of the above re-ferred property in LoganCounty, West Virginia, whenit was seized by officer(s) ofthe U. S. 119 Task Force.

THEREFORE, it is OR-DERED that KEITH DONTAEPRATHER AND JANIE B."WHITE" BROWNING or anyother claimant(s) serve uponJohn Bennett, Prosecuting At-torney of Logan County of Lo-gan County, West Virginia at420 Main Street Family LawMaster Bldg., Judicial Annex,Logan, West Virginia, 25601,an answer or other defense tothe complaint filed in this ac-tion on or before May 31,2012, otherwise judgment bydefault will be taken againstthe Defendants/Claimants atany time thereafter.

Such order requested ofthe Court will be direct forfei-ture of the seized property tothe state, and vesting owner-ship of such property in the U.S. 119 Task Force.

A copy of said complaintcan be obtained from the un-dersigned Clerk at this office.

ENTERED by the Clerk ofsaid Court this the 30 April,2012.

VICKIE KOLOTACLERK OF THE CIRCUIT

COURT OF LOGAN COUNTYCOURTHOUSE LOGAN,WEST VIRGINIA 25601

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LOGAN COUNTY,

WEST VIRGINIA

STAT E OF WEST VIRGINIA,BY ITS PROSECUTING AT-TORNEY OF LOGANCOUNTY, for and on behalfof the US 119 TASK FORCE,

PLAINTIFF

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KEITH DONTAE PRATHERAND JAMIE B, "WHITE"BROWNING AND UNITEDSTATES CURRENCY IN THESUM OF TWO THOUSANDFIVE HUNDRED ANDT H I R T Y D O L L A R S($2,530.00) AND ANY OTHERUNKNOWN PARTIES OF IN-TEREST

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CIVIL ACTION NO.12-C-110-P

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of the above-en-titled suit is to seek an Orderforfeiting the herein describedproperty/currency pursuant tothe West Virginia ContrabandForfeiture Act (Chapter 60A,Article 7, of the West Virginiacode, as amended) to theState of West Virginia.

TO: Any claimant of a rightor interest in said propertylisted as DEFENDANT KEITHDONTAE PRATHER ANDJANIE B. "WHITE" BROWN-ING AND UNITED STATESCURRENCY IN THE SUM OFTWO THOUSAND FIVE HUN-DRED AND THIRTY DOL-LARS ($2,530.00) AND ANYOTHER UNKNOWN PARTIESOF INTEREST.

"You have the right to file aclaim to the above describedproperty within the time speci-fied hereafter. Any such claimmust clearly state the identityof the claimant and an addresswhere legal process can beserved upon said claimant.

It appearing by affidavitfiled in the case that lastknown address of Keith Don-tae Prather, 854 West LibertyStreet, Columbus, Ohio45214 and Janie B. "White"Browning, 160 CharlesStreet, Logan, West Virginia25601.

That the above-named indi-vidual defendant(s) was/werein possession of the above re-ferred property in LoganCounty, West Virginia, whenit was seized by officer(s) ofthe U. S. 119 Task Force.

THEREFORE, it is OR-DERED that KEITH DONTAEPRATHER AND JANIE B."WHITE" BROWNING or anyother claimant(s) serve uponJohn Bennett, Prosecuting At-torney of Logan County of Lo-gan County, West Virginia at420 Main Street Family LawMaster Bldg., Judicial Annex,Logan, West Virginia, 25601,an answer or other defense tothe complaint filed in this ac-tion on or before May 31,2012, otherwise judgment bydefault will be taken againstthe Defendants/Claimants atany time thereafter.

Such order requested ofthe Court will be direct forfei-ture of the seized property tothe state, and vesting owner-ship of such property in the U.S. 119 Task Force.

A copy of said complaintcan be obtained from the un-dersigned Clerk at this office.

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BLONDIE Dean Young/Denis Lebrun

BEETLE BAILEY Mort Walker

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE Chris Browne

HI & LOIS Brian and Greg Walker

FUNKY WINKERBEAN Tom Batiuk

MUTTS Patrick McDonnell

THE FAMILY CIRCUS Bil Keane

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CONCEPTIS SUDOKUby Dave Green

Thursday, May 10, 2012 ComiCs/EntErtainmEnt

Today’s Answers

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, May 10, 2012:

This year you carry key projects and goals to completion. You have always been a steady captain of your ship, and this year you are even more so. Recognize when it would be best to abandon ship, like if an idea does not seem to work. Do not get bogged down in what you must do so much so that you do not enjoy your friends and loved ones. If you are single, you could meet someone who offers you a lot of what you want. Explore this bond. If you are attached, your sweetie may long for some silliness. Why not? Laughter heals the heart. AQUARIUS opens doors. Dare to go through them.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You make your point with

ease. How others respond at first might be very positive, yet one person will prove to be unusually difficult. Give this person space to turn around his or her mood and point of view. Tonight: Have a discussion with a friend.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You see beyond what oth-

ers see. At times, this ability could seem to be a problem, in that others do not get what you are saying and quickly discard your view. A meeting takes an unusual tone, especially if you decide to participate less. Tonight: Organize any upcoming plans.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)HHHH Defer to others, and you will

have an opportunity to gain a broader perspective. Please note that when you don’t give one person enough attention, he or she can become quite difficult and touchy. Your instincts will guide you through difficult moments. Tonight: Togetherness is the theme.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)HHH Others demand to hear your

point of view. You might not want to share as much as you need to. Within a meeting and/or a group, your audi-ence will be far more receptive. A personal problem might be coloring your mood. Tonight: Among friends, anything can happen.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)HHHH Slow down and complete

whatever you must. You easily could be overwhelmed by a situation that keeps popping up. You might not be sure when to say “enough,” but when you do, say it loud and clear. Others will not believe you otherwise. Tonight: Put your feet up.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)HHHHH Where others fail, you

seem to come in with ease and a solution. Will others follow your lead? You will not know until you get to that moment. Creativity and mental quick-ness could make it easy to get over a difficult moment or two. Tonight: Start the weekend early.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Stay close to home. You’ll

gain a certain level of comfort as a result. Deal with a partner or key person in a far more effective man-ner. Know what you want, and you’ll find that others will agree with you. Be wishy-washy, and people will follow suit. Tonight: Make togetherness the theme.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH You could be overwhelmed

by everything that comes up. In fact, you hear so many different points of view and encounter so many diverse situations, that you might decide to split early for the weekend. Tonight: Catch up on a friend’s news.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)HHH You might feel as if you are

the only person who is aware of the costs of proceeding according to plan. Others seem overly optimistic. Stop and have a serious talk. You cannot ignore the situation or pretend that you did not know what was happening. Tonight: Your treat.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)HHHH Your personality fills in

many gaps, and your efforts finish a project. Others might be a bit too dependent on you. Know when to let go and encourage others to go on their own. Your optimism will help a friend or loved one. Tonight: Let the fun begin.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)HHH You might realize that you

are sitting on a ticking time bomb. With any luck, the storm clouds will disappear if you say little. Remain optimistic, despite the fact that you feel overwhelmed and concerned. Tonight: Nap, then decide.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)HHHH Use this day as if there

were no tomorrow. You could be sur-prised by how much you can achieve when you are left to your own devices. Someone has special news that could make you smile from ear to ear. You wonder what is going on behind the scenes. Tonight: Where people are.

Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internetat www.jacquelinebigar.com

zITS Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Jacquelene Bigar’s Horoscope

THE LOCKHORNS William Hoest

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