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Lovann Broyles, technology coach for Raleigh County Schools Technology Department, helps Shady SpringHigh School students set up iPads in the school library Thursday. Eventually, iPads will be provided to allRaleigh County students, grades two through 12, in a program called The iRaleigh Initiative.

iRaleigh Initiative

By Jessica FarrishREGISTER-HERALD REPORTER

Excitement buzzed in the air atShady Spring High SchoolThursday as students were as-signed their own iPads.

The iRaleigh Initiative — de-ployment of iPads to everyRaleigh County student ingrades two through 12 —brought smiles and some tears tostudents at the high school.

“They are pretty pleased,” re-marked Mary Ann Foster, tech-nology coordinator for RaleighCounty Schools.

Students leaned in close astechnology experts from the cen-tral office helped them to set uppasswords and answered ques-tions. They examined the iPadsand pointed out features, talkingexcitedly with administrators,teachers and each other.

“Unfortunately, some don’thave opportunities at home thatthey would have these devices,”Foster said. “We’re equaling theplaying field.

“(Some students) hugged theiPads and would say, ‘This is re-ally mine?’” said Foster. “It’s anemotional thing for people to see.

“Humbling is what it is,” sheadded. “It’s humbling.”

Shady senior Jessica Snow, 17,described students’ reactions toreceiving the new technology.

“We were basically excited,”said Snow. “The second we got it,we started using the camera andtaking pictures.”

Foster and her team of technol-ogy experts proved that practicemakes perfect. In 70 minutes,they’d handed out around 800iPads, making sure each studenthad one.

Manchin won’tsupport militaryaction againstSyrian regimeBy Wendy HoldrenREGISTER-HERALD REPORTER

Sen. Joe Manchin said Thursday that hebelieves a military strike against Syria atthis time is “the wrong course of action.”

President Barack Obama has been press-ing the U.S. Congress for its authorization ofa military strike against Syria PresidentBashar Assad’s regime, but Manchin said itis something he cannot support.

“In good conscience, I cannot support theSenate Foreign Relations Committee’s reso-lution and will be workingwith my colleagues and theadministration to developother options,” Manchinsaid.

“I believe that we must ex-haust all diplomatic optionsand have a comprehensive plan for interna-tional involvement before we act.”

Manchin said over the past week he has at-tended a number of hearings before the Sen-ate Armed Services Committee and the Sen-ate Foreign Relations Committee.

“I have attended classified briefings by theadministration and have met with nationalsecurity and foreign policy experts from theleading think tanks and universities aroundthe country. I have spoken with current andformer military and administration officials.”

He said he “sought out as much informa-tion as possible,” and this was “one of themost serious decisions I have ever made.”

Upset student fleesDaniels Elementarylooking for ‘mommy’

By Jessica FarrishREGISTER-HERALD REPORTER

Daniels Elementary School administratorsare looking into “beefing up” security at theschool and are urging other local school offi-cials to do the same following a “scary” incidentthat turned one parent into an accidental hero.

Daniels Elementary dad Chris Treadwaywas doing what many parents do Wednesdaymorning. His son had forgotten his backpack,and Treadway was driving it to the school.

It was around 8:30 a.m., right after schoolhad started, he recalled.

He had just turned from 4-H Lake Road — atwo-lane roadway — onto the driveway leadinginto the school when he saw a tiny figure run-ning from the direction of the school towardsthe main road.

“She was crying. She was upset,” he recalled.“This little, tiny child had some legs on her.

“Carl Lewis would’ve been proud of this kid,”added Treadway. “This has got to the fastestlittle kid I’ve ever seen, and I coach junior var-sity football.”

Treadway put his car in “park” and told hisfriend to watch it.

“By that time, she’d sprinted a good 50yards from me,” he remarked. “I’m not slow,but I’m not as fast as I used to be.

Panel may suggest keeping, expanding tollsBy Mannix PorterfieldREGISTER-HERALD REPORTER

Don’t bet the farm just yet ontolls vanishing from the West Vir-ginia Turnpike six years from nowas provided under law.

Not only would they stay inforce under a series of recommen-dations by Gov. Earl RayTomblin’s special Blue RibbonCommission on Highway Needs,but would go up, with any increas-es tied to inflation, and E-ZPass

users could see existing rates stat-ic for a mere five years.

The idea is to provide footing sothe West Virginia Parkways Au-thority could float up to $1 billionin new bonds, financing a series ofroad projects across the entirestate, among them the East Beck-ley-By Pass completion.

“This may not be a silver bul-let,” Jason Pizatella, the gover-nor’s deputy chief of staff andchairman of the commission, toldthe Parkways Authority in

Thursday’s monthly meeting.“It may not be a magic bullet.

But it’s something we think isworthy of consideration by policymakers throughout the state, bothin the Legislature and executivebranch, so we can try to raise thekind of money so we have a trans-portation system we can all beproud of, without putting that sys-tem on the backs of ordinary WestVirginians.”

’Pike cell coverage improvements progressingBy Mannix PorterfieldREGISTER-HERALD REPORTER

No one is promising uninterrupt-ed, wall-to-wall cell phone coveragealong the 88 miles of the West Vir-ginia Turnpike.

Yet, once all the wrinkles areironed out between Verizon andAT&T, the Princeton-to-Charlestontoll road no longer should be regard-ed as “The Twilight Zone” where callsswiftly fall into another dimension

beyond that which is known to man.For years now, commuters have

complained about dropped calls, andsome legislators have worried openlyabout the prospects of being strand-ed in a medical or crime emergency,unable to call for help.

Turnpike Manager Greg Barrtold the Parkways Authority’scommittees Thursday that AT&Tis in talks with not only Verizonbut the toll road as well for aground lease on which to erect a

structure to house its equipment.“And it has to fit within the foot-

print of the Verizon lease that wehave given them,” counsel A. DavidAbrams said. “That should be inter-esting.”

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‘Hero’ returns child; administratorsexamine ways to improve security

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George GalenShrout

CRAIGSVILLE —George Galen Shrout, 74, ofCraigsville, formerly of OakHill, died on Wednesday,September 4, 2013, atCAMC - General Division inCharleston, W.Va.

Born March 8, 1939, atOswald, W.Va., he was theson of the late Buckner andOphelia Ramsey Shrout.

He was a retired surfacemine foreman for Ellen Inc.of Beckley.

Four brothers, ThomasShrout, Edward Shrout,Charles Shrout and ChesterShrout preceded him indeath.

Survivors include twosons, Ritch Shrout and wife,

Michelle of Centerburg,Ohio and David “Skip”Shrout and wife, Cindy ofWesterville, Ohio; brother,Noel Shrout of Derry Haleand sisters, Bethel Martinof Mill Creek and HildredDodrill of Dille.

Also surviving are fourgranddaughters, BrooksBrooks of Columbus, Ohio,Amanda Rossey of Wester-ville, Ohio, Mindy Goudy ofWesterville, Ohio andCaylee Shrout of Wester-ville, Ohio; two great grand-daughters, Brianna Brooksof Columbus, Ohio and Tay-lor Ducilli of Westerville,Ohio and two great grand-sons, Tyler Rossey of West-erville, Ohio and ZaylanShrout of Westerville, Ohio.

Funeral services will beon Sunday, September 8,2013 at 1 p.m. at Tyree Fu-neral Home in Oak Hillwith John Wood officiating.Burial will be at NutallCemetery, Edmond.

Visitation will be held atTyree Funeral Home, OakHill on Saturday, Septem-ber 7, 2013, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Online condolences maybe sent at www.tyreefuner-alhome.com

Arrangements by TyreeFuneral Home, Oak Hill.

Teresa Rae Slatton

LINDSIDE — Teresa RaeSlatton, 56 of Lindside,passed away Sunday, Sep-tember 1, 2013.

Funeral services will be11 a.m., Friday, September6, 2013, at the Broyles-Shrewsbury Funeral Home,Peterstown, with PastorPaul Broyles officiating.

Online guestbook can besigned or condolences maybe sent to the Slatton familyat www.broyles-shrews-bury.com

Arrangements byBroyles-Shrewsbury Funer-al Home, Peterstown.

Dennis M. ThomasDennis M. Thomas, age

86, of Shady Spring, passedaway on Tuesday, Septem-ber 3, 2013, at the Ap-palachian Regional Hospitalfollowing a long illness.

Born on May 31, 1927, inSprague, W.Va., he was theson of the late Lacy G.Thomas and Maudy ThorneThomas.

Mr. Thomas was a WorldWar II Navy Veteran andretired as the owner and op-erator of the Drive In Bak-ery on Eisenhower Drive inBeckley for over 35 years.

He was an avid outdoors-man and enjoyed gardeningand reading his bible.

Mr. Thomas was preced-ed in death by his wifeEdith R. Thomas the love ofhis life for 62 years in 2008,by an infant son, DennisDwaine in 1955, by adaughter Debra K. Thomasin 2011, and by brothers

and sisters, Vetrice Greene,Thelma Hatcher, LillyPittman, Alma Ransom, in-fant sister, Zelda Thomas,Orville Thomas, Gilmer

Thomas,and EdThomas.

Sur-vivors in-clude hischildren,DeenaScintillaand herhusbandRon ofCler-mont,Fla., Di-

ana Wills and her husbandDavid of Shady Spring, Dar-rell Thomas and his wifeSara of Vienna, Va., DavidThomas and his wife Deb-bie of Marietta, S.C.; 10grandchildren, and ninegreat grandchildren alsosurvive.

As per the request of

Mr. Thomas, a privategraveside service will beheld for immediate familymembers on Saturday,September 7, 2013, atSunset Memorial Park inBeckley. Entombment willfollow. There will be novisitation. Pastor DonKelly of the Open DoorChurch will officiate theceremony.

The family extends spe-cial thanks to the RaleighCenter of Daniels for theexcellent care they provid-ed and to Pastor Don Kellyfor conducting the service.

Private online condo-lences, floral tributes, andother expressions of sym-pathy may be directed tothe family via our guest-book at www.roseandque-senberry .net

Arrangements are byRose and Quesenberry Fu-neral Home Shady SpringChapel, 729 Flat TopRoad, Shady Spring.

OBITUARIESContinued from 9A

Thomas

The conflict began inMarch 2011 as largelypeaceful demonstrationsagainst Assad’s rule;however, after oppositionsupporters took up armsto fight a brutal govern-ment crackdown on dis-sent, it turned into a civilwar.

Nearly 7 million peo-ple have been uprootedfrom their homes andmore than 100,000 peo-

ple have been killed. U.N. humanitarian

chief Valerie Amos metwith Syrian governmentofficials in the capital,lobbying for access tocivilians trapped in areaswhere fighting has raged,but after meeting withthe president of the Syri-an Arab Red Cresent,Amos said she is “ex-tremely concerned thesituation on the groundis becoming worse.”

After an alleged chemi-cal attack near Damas-cus in August, Obamahas been lobbying for in-

ternational and domesticsupport for punishing theregime, which the U.S.says fired rockets loadedwith the nerve agentsarin on rebel-held areasand killed hundreds ofpeople.

Obama has won littleinternational support foraction, and among majorallies, only France has of-fered publicly to join theU.S. in a strike.

The Associated PressContributed to this

article. — E-mail: wholdren@register-herald.com

MANCHINContinued from 1A

“It was like the 80’sOlympics.”

Treadway said hemanaged to catch upwith the child right be-fore she made it onto 4-HLake Road.

She told him she waslooking for her “mom-my,” he said.

Treadway said he did-n’t want to frighten theminiature sprinter, whoseemed distrustful ofhim at first.

“You could tell the par-ents had talked to herabout the whole strangerthing,” he said. “I tried topresent myself as best Icould. I got her to holdmy finger and come backtowards the school.”

As he led the tiny es-capee towards theschool, four women were“sprinting” towardsthem from the school, herecalled.

“I made sure she wassafe with them, and Iwent on about my busi-ness,” he said. “There

was serious emotionfrom the teachers.”

Treadway said he justdid what any parentwould do and added thathe didn’t “have a lot offaith” that his own sonmight not try the sameantics, even though heenjoys his time atDaniels.

“It’s a good school, wehave good teachers,” hesaid. “I’m just glad thelittle girl is OK.”

Daniels principal AlvinJames said Thursdaythat school officials hadnotified the student’sparent of the incidentand added that it’s theonly time in the school’shistory that he can recalla student leaving theschool without authori-zation.

James said he and hisstaff are already lookingat ways the school cantighten security and con-trol who exits the doorsduring the school day.

He pointed out that inschools all over the coun-ty, office staff must be“buzzed” to open thedoors for people enteringthe school, but anyone

can walk out of theschool doors during theday.

“We’ll touch base withour safety person tosomehow connect our Ac-cess Safety ... so that if adoor opens somewhereduring an unauthorizedtime, a light automati-cally comes on,” he said.“I would think if my dooropened and it’s not sup-posed to open, thereshould be a little buzz orsound that would alarmin the office.”

James was not at theschool on the day the in-cident occurred, but headded that he is glad thesituation ended with thestudent safely returnedto the school.

“I have a little boy whogoes to school here, too,and things happen for areason,” he added. “Whata great, teachable mo-ment this is going to befor our school and ourcommunity.

“This could happen atany school,” he pointedout. “We’re definitely go-ing to be pro-active.”

— E-mail: jfarrish@register-herald.com

STUDENTContinued from 1A

“I was surprised at howorganized it was,” re-marked Nicole Hegele, 17,a senior.

She added that the firstsight of so much technolo-gy was impressive, too.

“It was amazing to seeevery iPad lined up,” saidHegele.

Students said they ex-pect the iPads to expandtheir educational experi-ence.

“I feel like it can be uti-lized, and it can be a lot ofhelp,” remarked AnthonyWatkins, 17.

Watkins, Hegele andSnow said they want to bereassured that teachersare receiving adequatetraining to teach on thedevices, that wireless key-boards are permissibleunder the student use pol-icy and that school Wi-Fiwill be fast enough to keepup with academic de-mands.

Foster explained thatWi-Fi service is being up-graded today to accommo-date the use of so manyiPads at the same time.

While the school systemwill not provide wirelesskeyboards, the keyboardsare permissible, she as-sured students.

Teacher training start-

ed Tuesday, and eachteacher will receive seventraining sessions through-out the academic year.

Foster said the successof iRaleigh will be whenteachers are using theiPads to expand students’educational horizons.

She said she’s receivedpositive feedback fromteachers who have re-ceived training this week.

“Teachers feel they’releaving the teacher train-ing center, and they cantake what they’ve learnedback to the classroom anduse it,” said Foster. “Whenteachers are using iPads,that’s the success.”

— E-mail: jfarrish@register-herald.com

iRALEIGHContinued from 1A

Kid’s Classic continues

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Amy Stover, collection development programming librarian at Raleigh County Pub-lic Library, fourth from left, works with Ian Jenkins, 4, from left, Parker Jenkins, 6,Abbie Taylor, 4, and Seth Jenkins, 8, to help them create ‘‘I Spy WV’’ mystery bot-tles at the library. This is just one of many activities that are part of the 20th annu-al Beckley Kid’s Classic which continues through Sunday. For more festival details,visit www.beckley.org and click on Beckley Renaissance, call 304-256-1776, or vis-it “Beckley Events” on Facebook.