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SUBMITTED ARTICLEWINFIELD -- West Virginia

Attorney General Darrell Mc-Graw announced Tuesday thata workshop will be held inWin-field on Tuesday, April 10, tohelp homeowners obtain reliefunder the recent mortgage-foreclosure settlement with fivenational banks.

The workshop will take placefrom 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at thePutnam County courthouse.

The workshop is part of a re-

cenntly launched intiativelaunched by the Attorney Gen-eral’s office called Project: SaveOur Homes.

In addition to the workshopin Putnam County, workshopswill also be held in Kanawhaand Fayette Counties in thecoming weeks.

Those workshops are set for:• April 12, Montgomery,

Upper Kanawha Valley Eco-nomic Development, 326 3rdAve. (near WVU Tech)

• April 17 -- Charleston, Uni-versity of Charleston, Riggle-man Hall, 2300 MacCorkle Ave.SE.

• April 19 -- St. Albans, Hans-ford Senior Center, 500 Wash-ington St.

At the Save Our Homes work-shops,representatives of the At-torney General s Office willoffer information and assis-tance on applying for loanmodifications, refinancing forunderwater loans, halting the

foreclosure process, safeguardsfor service members, new loanservicing standards, and othermortgage relief.

All homeowners interested inthe relief provided by the set-tlement as well as optionsavailable outside the settle-ment are encouraged to attendone of the workshops.

Additional Save Our Homesevents are planned for May and

Wednesday,April 4, 2012

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WINFIELD – U.S. Sen. JoeManchin, D-W.Va., stopped atthe John Amos power plant onTuesday, April 3, to deliver aspeech about the importance ofenergy to the overall economy ofthe United States.

Manchin's stop in PutnamCounty came as part of a two-week long series of public meet-ings and events throughoutWestVirginia that the senator hasdubbed the “Fighting for EveryJob” tour.

“Not everyone sees the con-nection between energy andjobs, and that’s why I wanted tovisit John Amos, the largestpower plant in American Elec-tric Power’s system,” Manchinsaid to a standing room onlycrowd that filled a large confer-ence room at the power plant.“Here at John Amos, you useAmerican coal to employ Amer-ican workers to provide energyto Americans.”

Manchin usedmuch of his 30-plusminute speech to talk aboutthe importance of coal to the

overall energy plan for theUnited States. He said that whilemany in Washington, D.C., in-cluding the president would liketo see coal phased out as part of

the energy producing pipeline inthe United States it will be amajor player for years to come.

“Because although we can –and should – use other sources

of energy like wind, solar, bio-mass, natural gas – they simplydon’t cut it,” Manchin said.

Manchin talks energy, jobs at John Amos plant

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Attorney General’s office to offer workshop inWinfield April 10

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., fields questions from reporters outside the John Amos power plant in Winfield on Tues-day following a speech he delivered there on energy policy. Manchin stopped in Putnam County on Tuesday as part of atwo-week long tour of West Virginia he calls “Fighting for Every Job.” Photo by Jack Bailey

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VALLEY GIRL BRINGS HIGH ENDCONSIGNMENT TO HURRICANE.

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WINFIELD -- The PutnamCounty Chamber of Commerceand the Putnam County Cham-ber NOW (Network of Women)will hold their second AnnualEmpowering Women Confer-ence and Business Showcase onApril 27.

This conference is designedto providewomenwith the toolsthey need to continue to climbthe ladder of success.

This Conference will takeplace on Friday, April 27 at theValley Park Community CenterinHurricane beginning at 9 a.m.and ending at 3 p.m.

The schedule of events in-cludes: an all-day BusinessShowcase; a panel discussionentitled “WhatYouNeed to Suc-ceed” featuringMandy Curry ofCity National Bank, Cindy Skilesof Teays Physical Therapy Cen-ter, Linda Tennant of SimonettiConsulting and moderation byDeborah Linz of WCHS; twoworkshops titled “BalancingAct” by Betty McHale of Work-place Solutions and “SuitingUp” by Sen. Karen Facemyer;and a keynote address titled

EmpoweringWomen eventset for April 27

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Good Friday Concert inScott Depot

“Voices of Praise,” the wor-ship choir of Teays Valley Churchof God, along with varioussoloists, dancers, and dramatistswill present “Day of Darkness,” amusical and artistic concert cen-tered on the crucifixion of Christon Friday, April 6, at 7 p.m. at theTeays Valley Church of God inScott Depot.

The church’s Pastor, Rev. Dr.Melissa Pratt said, “This concertwon’t be an upbeat celebration.That will happen on Easter Sun-day morning. Sober reflection onthe slow death of Christ on thecross will be the focus of theevening. We find Easter becomesmore joyous and spirited after wehave contemplated the depths ofChrist’s sacrifice.”

The event is free. A nursery will be provided.

Teays Valley Church of God is lo-cated at 4430 Teays Valley Rd. inScott Depot, just east of exit 40 onI-64.

For more information call 304-757-9222.

Gospel ConcertEaster Sunday, April 8, 7 PM at

Buffalo Church of God featuringRandy Parsons and Robert Ful-ton. Come and enjoy an eveningof gospel music. Pastor Jake Eld-gridge welcomes all to attend.

Easter Egg HuntWhen: April 7 from 1-3 p.m.Where: Teays Valley Acres,

sponsored by Teays ValleyChurch of God.

Who: Age appropriate.More info? Call 304-757-9222.

Easter Sunrise ServiceThe Teays Valley Ministerial As-

sociation will sponsor a commu-nity Easter Sunrise Service at 7a.m. Sunday, April 8 at Valley(Wave Pool) Park - 1 Valley ParkDrive, Hurricane, WV.

Easter Egg Hunt!An Easter Egg Hunt will be held

April 7th beginning at 2 p.m.sponsored by Scott Depot ChristFellowship Church. The eventwill be held at the Valley Park,Shelters 1-4. Call Ann at 304-549-8529 for more information.

Come one, Come All!Easter Egg Hunt!

You’re invited to the AnnualEggstravagant Easter Egg Hunt!at the Hurricane Church of Christon Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 12:00Noon.

There will be Food, Games,Easter Egg Coloring, Egg BagToss, Face Painting, Easter EggHunt and a visit from the EasterBunny!

Come Enjoy All the Fun!

Outdoor (2012 Spring)Volleyball League now

Forming!A new Sand-court CO-ED adult

volleyball league is forming inScott Depot. All Skill Levels (15years or older) are encouraged toplay! Whether you are a weekendwarrior, family reunion, picnic-only type volleyball player or aseasoned veteran, we want you!We are seeking individualsand/or teams interested in fam-ily-friendly competition, exerciseand fun!

Play begins on Tuesday, April17th, 2012 and continues for 8weeks, plus a 1 week tourna-ment. Best of 3 Game Series willbe played each Tuesday Eveningsat 6:00, 6:45, 7:30 & possibly 8:15pm depending on the number ofteams signing up. League will berefereed (call if interested inbeing hired). Our Concessionstand, Childrens Play area andRestrooms will be open duringthe games. Site is alcohol/to-bacco free and is Located atTeays Valley Acres - a communitypark on Teays Valley Road be-tween Rocky Step and McCloud.

Individual Player Cost is $30for the season. Corporate Spon-sored Teams may sign-up to-gether or we can randomly assignindividuals to 8 person teams (6players maximum on court ofwhich no more than 3 men at onetime are permitted).

To sign up, call Thom Pratt at:304-757-6453 or email:[email protected].

NoticePutnam Union PSD meetings

for 2012 will be held the 1stWednesday of each month at 6p.m. at Route 34 Fire Depart-ment.

ASEP Coaching Classesto be held in April

ASEP coaching class will beheld April 15-17 at SouthCharleston High School for thoseinterested in coaching a second-ary school sport. Register atwww.wvssac.org.

Putnam County VoterRegistration DeadlinePutnam County Voter Registra-

tion deadline is April 17th, 2012.For more information contactthe Putnam County Clerk’s officeat 304-586-0202.

4th Annual PutnamCounty Rotary hostingAnnual Charity RafflePutnam Rotary is offering tick-

ets for its annual charity raffle."We're not selling tickets," saidChet Marshall. "We're offering anopportunity to get something inreturn while supporting collegescholarships and local commu-nity improvement projects."

The club this year awarded twoscholarships for Putnam highschool students, an increasemade possible by fundingthrough the annual raffle.

All income from ticket salesgoes to charitable projects. Theclub will pay the cost of prizes.

Three drawings for prizes weremade. The first drawing for $500was held on February 14th. Thesecond drawing was held onMarch 13 and the final drawingwill be made on April 10 for agrand prize of $1,000.

All drawings are at noon at theFirst State Bank CommunityRoom. Holders of the winningtickets do not need to be presentto win.

Don’t Keep Your Heap!The economy is showing signs

of recovery even with the risingcost of gas. Many people whoheld on to their car during the re-cession are now looking to re-place it with a more fuel efficientone.

If you are one of those people,you have to figure out what to dowith your car. If your vehicle doesnot get good gas mileage, has alot of miles, is more than 5 yearsold or is not in good condition,the dealership won’t offer youmuch for it as a trade in. Theywon’t want it because there is nodemand for it. It will be difficultto sell it privately for the samereason.

One alternative is to sell it for acouple of hundred dollars to ajunk yard. A better alternative isto donate your car to charity.Cars4Charities will gladly takeyour old car, no matter whatshape it is in.

In return for your generosity,you will get a tax deduction of$500 or more. They have hun-dreds of charities that can behelped by your car donation. Fordetails, please go tohttp://www.cars4charities.org/or call 866.448.3487.

Living WithOsteoarthritis?

Today, more than 10 millionAmericans suffer from os-teoarthritis of the knee, making itthe most common form of arthri-tis in the U.S.

What are frequent causes ofthis type of arthritis, and whatcan you do to protect your knees,reduce the symptoms, and sup-port your doctor’s treatment?With advice from some of theworld’s leading knee specialists,the American Arthritis Societyhas compiled in its publicationARTHRITIS INFO useful andpractical tips for self-care. Eachtip is interesting and easy to fol-low.

For a free sample issue ofARTHRITIS INFO, write to: Amer-ican Arthritis Society, P.O. Box271010, Minneapolis, MN 55427(please include a loose 45 centstamp for return postage. Thankyou.)

2nd AnnualTaste of Putnam

Putnam County Kiwanis inviteyou to come out on Sunday, May20th at Valley Wave Pool for a fun-filled family oriented event!Enjoy Picnic in the Park featuringthe unique culinary offerings ofPutnam County.

ALL area restaurants and Chefsare encouraged to participate. Noother event offers this type of ex-posure, marketing or brandingopportunity to reach new cus-tomers.

To sign up or for more infor-mation contact Michael Henshallat [email protected] or 304-993-7650.

T.O.P.S. No. 150Weekly meetings of TOPS

"Take Off Pounds Sensibly," areheld at 6 p.m. Tuesdays at Light-house Baptist Church, 2440 USRoute 60, Hurricane. For moreinfo, call Sharon, 304-523-4618.

Rentals – The Commons& The Valley ParkCommunity Center

The Putnam County Parks &Recreation Commission is takingreservations for rental of theCOMMONS (formerly the Mu-seum in the Community) and theValley Park Community Center,located at Valley Park, Hurricane.

The centers are available Sun-day through Saturday. The cen-ters offer an excellentopportunity for individuals or or-ganizations to provide their func-tion in a first class, tastefullydecorated and smoke free envi-ronment.

The centers are available forreceptions, birthday parties,showers, club dinners, lunch-eons, meetings, workshops, of-fice parties, trade shows,reunions, and dances.

For additional information orto make reservations call 562-0518 ext. 10.

Community OutreachGospel Series at Pumpkin

Park Music HallAs We R Southern Gospel Min-

istries presents Community Out-reach Gospel Series with specialguest Squire Parsons on Satur-day, April 28th at Pumpkin ParkMusic Hall, Milton, WV.

Doors open at 5:00 p.m. withsinging beginning at 6:00 p.m. AsWe R will also be singing.

Tickets are $10 in advance, $15at the door – special Churchgroup rates available. (Children15 and under, free).

Tickets are available at GuidingLight Bookstore or by phone at304-549-0900 or 304-302-6441 orvisit www.aswerministries.com.

A portion of proceeds will ben-efit the Make-A-Wish Founda-tion.

Concessions will be available.

University of Charlestonannounces upcoming

SpeakerThe University of Charleston

Speaker Series announces thefollowing event:

Energy: Who’s Got the Power??April 12 – “Global Power Plays”

– with Barry Worthington, Execu-tive Director, U.S. Energy Associ-ation

Event begins at 6:30 p.m. inGeary Auditorium, RigglemanHall, and is free and open to thepublic.

No tickets needed. Details, photos, and speaker

bios are available on our website,www.ucwv.edu/speakerseries.

For more information, pleasecontact: University of CharlestonOffice of Communications, (304)3 5 7 - 4 7 1 6 ;[email protected].

Putnam County SchoolsDevelopmental ScreeningPutnam County Schools De-

velopmental Screenings will beheld on Friday, April 20, 2012 atthe Teays Valley PresbyterianChurch, Teays Valley Road.

We will screen children ages 2-1/2 to 4 years for speech/lan-guage, hearing, vision, motorskills, social skills, self-help andcognition.

Please call 586-0500 ext 1154,to schedule an appointment.

Instructors NeededPutnam County Parks & Recre-

ation Commission is looking forinstructors to teach classes.

If anyone has a trade andwould like to teach a class pleasecontact the park office at(304)562-0518 ext. 10.

Shelter RentalPutnam County Parks & Recre-

ation Commission is acceptingshelter reservations for ValleyPark and County Park – Eleanor.Call 562-0518 ext. 10.

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–April 2-6, 2012 Community Calendar The Putnam Standard

“Movin’ On Up” presented byPhyllis Arnold of BB&T.

Lunch catered by the Green-house of Teays Valley will be pro-vided.

Admission is $40 for Chambermembers and $50 for non-mem-bers.

Sponsors for this event in-clude; Workplace Solutions, PocaValley Bank, Randolph Engineer-ing, Teays Valley Storage and The

Putnam County Chamber NOW. There are sponsorship and

business showcase opportunitiesavailable. To become a sponsor,business showcase participate or

to purchase tickets contact theChamber office for details at304.757.6510 or [email protected], or visit www.Put-namChamber.org.

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Attorney General McGraw�sSave Our Homes initiative wasestablished to help guide con-sumers through homeowner as-sistance options, includingthose provided by the recentmortgage-foreclosure settle-ment with JP Morgan Chase,Wells Fargo, Citibank, Bank ofAmerica, and GMAC/Ally Fi-nancial.

“With Project: Save OurHomes, the Attorney General’sOffice will do everything we canto lend a helping hand to WestVirginia�s homeowners so thatthey can stay in their homes,”�McGraw said.

In addition to offering directassistance to West Virginiahomeowners in obtaining relieffrom the settlement, the pro-gram can offer a second chanceto those who may have beenturned by their bank previouslyor were simply overwhelmed bythe process.

Save Our Homes can also as-sist homeowners whose mort-gage companies are not coveredby the settlement to exploreother financial relief optionsthat may be available.

Interested homeownersshould call the Attorney Gen-eral�s Consumer ProtectionHotline, 1-800-368-8808, formore information.

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WOMEN FROM PAGE 1

“When coal makes up 39 percentof your energy production – andthere’s nothing else out therethat’s as dependable, reliableand affordable – you can’t sur-vive without it. So the (Obama)administration shouldn’t try tokill it. Instead, this administra-tion should be working on a true‘all of the above’ approach.”

Manchin said that thanks totechnology, the use of coal inelectric power generation iscleaner now than at any time inthe nation's past. He pointed tothe John Amos plant as a primeexample of how coal can be usedto generate electricity in acleaner burning fashion. At JohnAmos, AEP spent more than $1billion to install 'scrubbers' thatdramatically reduce the amountof nitrogen oxide and sulfurdioxide emissions, created whencoal is burned in the process ofgenerating electricity.

“The last time I was here atJohn Amos was when I was gov-ernor, and you were puttingthousands of West Virginians towork making this one of thecleanest coal plants in theworld,” Manchin said. “When Itell my colleagues why thiscountry can’t walk away fromcoal-generated power – and thatwe can make it cleaner, I point tothis plant. When they say a pic-ture is worth a thousand words, Iwish every senator could comein and see this plant and whatyou do here.”

Manchin said that unfortu-nately, like many issues in Wash-ington, energy has become apolitical issue with both partiesfighting, instead of working onsolutions.

“There are people who saythat some Republicans don’tcare about our environment andonly want to get rid of all of theregulations. And there are thosewho say that some Democratsdon’t care about jobs and onlywant to make new burdensomerules,” Manchin said. “But thetruth is, they’re wrong. Energy isa commonsense issue – and itdoesn’t belong to one politicalparty or another.”

Manchin said that he wouldlike to see common groundreached on energy, and espe-cially coal, instead of imple-menting rules that make it morecostly to generate electricityfrom coal-fired power plants.

“By its own estimates, this ad-

ministration says that coal willmake up 39 percent of our en-ergy generation in 2035.But in-stead of embracing thisabundant energy source that wehave right here in America, thisEPA is fully engaged in a war oncoal,” Manchin said. “You don’thave to look much further thanthe newly proposed greenhousegas emissions rules for newpower plants to understand that.Under those rules, we won’t seeany new coal-fired plants built,and that is a grave mistake.”

Manchin said that he still hashope that bi-partisan solutionscan be reached in Washingtonthat would allow coal-firedpower plants to continue intothe future.

He pointed to the namesake ofthe John Amos plant as a primeexample of bi-partisanship. Notonly has John Amos a long-timedirector of AEP but a staunchDemocrat who managed RobertC. Byrd's first political cam-paign.

“Now, who would believe thatthe largest power plant in AEP’ssystem is named after a hard-core Democrat?” Manchin askedthe crowd.

“Forty years ago, no onewould have thought twice. That’sbecause energy isn’t a partisanissue. We all need power. We allwant a clean environment. Weall need good paying jobs. I’mfighting for every single one ofthose jobs.”

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin spoke to a standing room only crowd inside the John Amos power plant on Tuesday about the im-portance energy plays to the nation’s overall economy. Photo by Jack Bailey

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WINFIELD – Following recentnatural disasters in Wayne andLincoln Counties, PutnamCounty Office of EmergencyManagement Director FrankChapman is taking steps to getcounty residents here more pre-pared.

Chapman is asking all PutnamCounty residents to sign up to re-ceive warnings from the Office ofEmergency Services through itsWide Area Rapid Notification, orWARN system.

Registering to receive mes-sages from the system is easy,Chapman said.

Anyone with access to a com-puter can go to www.put-

namemergency.com, and clickon the Citizen Signup link there.

Clicking on the signup link willtake users to a new windowwhere they are asked to entertheir name, address and contactnumbers, including cell phonenumbers.

Once signed up for the system,Chapman said that anytime aWARN notice goes out, people

will receive a call to notify them.Warnings could include anythingfrom a chemical spill, to a natu-ral disaster such as the tornadoesthat recently tore through east-ern Kentucky, and into Wayneand Lincoln Counties.

Chapman said that he hadbeen in touch with his counter-parts in the areas hardest hit bythe most recent round of storms

and that convinced him thatmore action needed to be takenin Putnam County.

“We want to be proactive,”Chapman said. “Instead of wait-ing for storms to tear through thearea.”

Anyone wanting more infor-mation can visit www.put-namemergency.com, or call304-586-0246.

SUBMITTED ARTICLECHARLESTON -- West Virginia

residents whose properties weredamaged in the recent stormsare warned to be alert for and re-port any potential fraud duringrecovery and rebuilding efforts,Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency officials said.

The aftermath of a disastercan attract opportunists and conartists. Homeowners, rentersand businesses can follow somesimple steps to avoid beingscammed.

Be suspicious if a contractor:• Demands cash or full pay-

ment up front for repair work;• Has no physical address or

identification;• Urges you to borrow to pay

for repairs, then steers you to aspecific lender or tries to act asan intermediary between youand a lender;

• Asks you to sign something

you have not had time to review;or

• Wants your personal finan-cial information to start the re-pair or lending process.

To avoid scams:• Question strangers offering

to do repair work and demand tosee identification;

• Do your own research beforeborrowing money for repairs.Compare quotes, repaymentschedules and rates. If they dif-fer significantly, ask why;

• Never give any personal fi-nancial information to an unfa-miliar person; and

• Never sign any documentwithout first reading it fully. Askfor an explanation of any termsor conditions you do not under-stand.

Disasters also attract peoplewho claim to represent charitiesbut do not. The Federal TradeCommission warns people to be

careful and follow some simplerules:

• Donate to charities you knowand trust. Be alert for charitiesthat seem to have sprung upovernight.

• If you're solicited for a dona-tion, ask if the caller is a paidfundraiser, who they work for,and the percentage of your do-nation that will go to the charityand to the fundraiser. If youdon't get a clear answer - or ifyou don't like the answer you get- consider donating to a differ-ent organization.

• Do not give out personal orfinancial information - includ-ing your credit card or bank ac-count number - unless you knowthe charity is reputable.

• Never send cash: you can'tbe sure the organization will re-ceive your donation.

• Check out a charity beforeyou donate. Contact the Better

Business Bureau's Wise GivingAlliance at www.give.org.

If you believe you are the vic-tim of a contracting scam, pricegouging or bogus charity solici-tations, contact local law en-forcement and report it to theWest Virginia office of the Attor-ney General. Call the ConsumerHelpline at 1-800-368-8808 orfind a complaint form online atwww.wvago.gov/consumers.cfm.

Many legitimate persons -- in-surance agents, FEMA Commu-nity Relations personnel, localinspectors and real contractors -- may have to visit your disaster-damaged property.

Survivors could, however, en-counter people posing as in-spectors, government officials orcontractors in a bid to obtainpersonal information or collectpayment for repair work.

Your best strategy to protect

yourself against fraud is to ask tosee identification in all cases andto safeguard your personal fi-nancial information.

Please keep in mind that local,state and federal employees donot solicit or accept money forpublic services.

All FEMA employees and con-tractors will have a laminatedphoto ID. A FEMA shirt or jacketalone is not proof of identity.FEMA generally will only requestan applicant's Social Security orbank account numbers duringthe initial registration process.However FEMA inspectors mayrequire verification of identity.FEMA and U.S. Small BusinessAdministration staff nevercharge applicants for disasterassistance, inspections or helpto fill out applications. FEMA in-spectors verify damages but donot recommend or hire specificcontractors to fix homes.

–April 2-6 2012 Community News The Putnam Standard

April Birthdays!Happy Birthday to ALL

If you - or someone you know - will be celebratrating a birthday in the

coming months... Call 304-743-6731 and give us their name - OR just

email the information to [email protected]

David MillerJulia Zimmerman (April 7th)Margaret Hanna SmithDon EnsorCassie & Alex SimsConnie BeasleyTeresa BuzzardBillie J. CallJanet CochranDiamond B. Collins-PrichardBreana DamonKent DamonRaymond ElswickSandra HagleyRoberta HarperDustin HayesDonald HodgesConnie Holley

Putnam residents encouraged to sign up for Emergency Notification SystemBy Jack Bailey

[email protected]

FEMA officials warn of possible scams following storms

WINFIELD -- Make plans nowto participate in the PutnamCounty Chamber of Commerce’sannual golf tournament beingheld on Monday, June 25 atSleepy Hollow Golf Club.

The Chamber is acceptingteams, hole sponsorships andprize donations at this time.

Team entries are $650 for mem-bers, $725 for non-members and$180 for a single player.

Confirmation numbers are as-signed for all registering teamsand will be required the day ofthe tournament.

Hole sponsors are $175 formembers ($200 for non-mem-

bers), an excellent marketing toolfor any business to consider.Businesses that sponsor golfholes or donate door prizes willbe listed in the official tourna-ment program.

For more information, pleaseemail [email protected] call 304-757-6510.

Chamber golf tournament set for June 25

HUNTINGTON -- MarshallUniversity's School of PhysicalTherapy has announced the in-augural class of Marshall Univer-sity's Doctor of Physical Therapyprogram.

They are expected to begincoursework in May.

Local residents include the fol-lowing:

• Michael Curry; Winfield,W.Va.; Bachelor's Degree Gradu-ate of WVU Institute of Technol-ogy

• Eric Duran; Nitro, W.Va.;Bachelor's Degree Graduate ofOhio University

• Marshall's Doctor of PhysicalTherapy (DPT) program is anentry-level, 115-credit, three-

year, lockstep clinical degree pro-gram for students who wish topursue a career as a physicaltherapist practitioner and whopossess a baccalaureate degreeand required prerequisitecoursework.

Dr. Penny G. Kroll, chair of theSchool of Physical Therapy, saidthat the curriculum has been de-veloped, regional accreditationhas been received and facultymembers are being hired.

The school also is seeking spe-

cialized accreditation by theCommission on Accreditation inPhysical Therapy Education(1111 North Fairfax Street,Alexandria, VA 22314; phone;7 0 3 - 7 0 6 - 3 2 4 5 ;[email protected]).

Kroll said the first step in thatprocess will be achievement ofCandidate for Accreditation sta-tus, which is required prior to im-plementation of theprofessional/technical phase ofthe physical therapy program.

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Panel recommends namesfor Putnam judge’s spot

CHARLESTON - The stateJudicial Vacancy AdvisoryCommission has recom-mended three of the fourcandidates who applied tofill a circuit judgeship in Put-nam County.

The panel sent the namesof Democrats David L. Hill, J.Robert Leslie Jr. and JenniferD. Singletary to Gov. Earl RayTomblin.

He will choose one of thethree to serve as judge formost of this year until theelection to fill the remainingfour years of O.C. "Hobby"Spaudling's term.

Spaulding, also a Democ-rat, retired at the beginning

of the year after he was diag-nosed with Lou Gehrig's dis-ease.

The JVAC did not name EdEagloski as a finalist.

A Republican, Eagloskiwas a circuit judge beforelosing to Judge Philip Stow-ers in 2008.

Hill, Leslie and Eagloski allare running for the positionin this year's special elec-tion.

Also running are Republi-can Joseph K. Reeder of Hur-ricane and DemocratRosalee Juba-Plumley ofPoca.

Republican Timothy J.Lafon of Winfield, a Republi-can, had filed to run, but hehas since said he would notpursue the position.

By Chris Dickerson

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Local students among first MU physical therapy class

Putnam County Schools –Menu – April 2012

PUTNAM COUNTY SCHOOLS– CHILD NUTRITION BREAK-FAST/LUNCH MENU

Thursday, April 5: ScrambledEggs Sausage/Biscuit

LUNCH: HOT DOG w/SAUCE,Cole Slaw, Baked Beans, FrenchFries, Fruit Cocktail, Milk

Friday, April 6: IS DAY - NOSCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

APRIL 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 –SPRING BREAK WEEK!

Monday, April 16: OatmealMuffin Square

LUNCH: BREADED CHICKENNUGGETS, Macaroni & Cheese,Pineapple Chunks, Cheese-Gar-lic Biscuit, Milk

Tuesday, April 17: PotatoRounds/Toast

LUNCH: SALISBURY STEAKw/GRAVY, Mashed Potatoes,

Green Beans/Applesauce. WheatBreadstick. Milk

Wednesday, April 18: FrenchToast Sticks

LUNCH: GRILLED CHEESESANDWICH, VEGETABLE BEEFSOUP w/Crackers, Sliced Pears,Yogurt Cup, Milk

Thursday, April 19: Egg &Cheese on English Muffin

LUNCH: SPAGHETTIw/MEATSAUCE, Tossed Salad,Corn on the Cob, Mixed FruitCup, Wheat Roll, Milk

Friday, April 20: Pizza BagelLUNCH: BREADED CHICKEN

ON A BUN, RomaineLettuce/Tomato, French Fries,Marinated Bean Salad. Water-melon Wedge, Milk

Monday, April 23: Mini Pan-cakes

LUNCH: PIZZA, SteamedSpinach, Fresh Carrots w/Dip,Apple Crisp, Vanilla Ice Cream,Milk

Tuesday, April 24: Breakfast

PizzaLUNCH: CHICKEN FAJITA,

Lettuce/Tomato/Cheese, RefriedBeans, Orange Wedges, Chipsw/Salsa, Milk

Wednesday, April 25: Scram-bled Eggs, Canadian Bacon/Toast

LUNCH: PORK BBQ ON ABUN, Cole Slaw, Baked Potato,Green Beans, Gelatin w/Fruit,Milk

Thursday, April 26: BlueberryMuffin, Yogurt Cup

LUNCH: PEPPERONI ROLL,Caesar Salad w/WW Croutons,California Blend Veg’s, SlicedPeaches, Milk

Friday, April 27: Biscuitw/Gravy

LUNCH: HAMBURGER ON ABUN, Romaine Lettuce,Tomato/Cheese, Potato Wedges,Fresh Melon Cup, Milk

–April 2-6, 2012 Community News The Putnam Standard

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LOCAL DIRECTORY

USDA offers loan program in PutnamSUBMITTED ARTICLECROSS LANES --

Kanawha/Putnam County USDAFarm Service Agency (FSA) FarmLoan Manager Charles Lipscombis reminding producers that hisagency offers specially-targetedfarm ownership and farm operat-ing loans to Socially Disadvan-taged (SDA) applicants.

"FSA targets a portion of itsloan funds each year to sociallydisadvantaged farmers andranchers," said Lipscomb. "Farm-ing and ranching is a capital in-tensive business and FSA iscommitted to helping producersstart and maintain their agricul-tural operations."

In fiscal year 2011, West Vir-ginia FSA obligated $1,354,450million in direct and guaranteedloans to socially disadvantagedproducers.

USDA defines socially disad-vantaged applicants as a groupwhose members have been sub-jected to racial, ethnic, or genderprejudice because of their iden-tity as members of the group

without regard to their individualqualities.

For farm loan program pur-poses, SDA groups are women,African Americans, American In-dians and Alaskan Natives, His-panics and Asians and PacificIslanders.

SDA producers who cannotobtain commercial credit from abank can apply for either FSA di-rect loans or guaranteed loans.Direct loans are made to appli-cants by FSA. Guaranteed loansare made by lending institutionswho arrange for FSA to guaranteethe loan. FSA can guarantee up to95 percent of the loss of principaland interest on a loan. The FSAguarantee allows lenders to makeagricultural credit available toproducers who do not meet thelender's normal underwriting cri-teria.

The direct and guaranteed loanprogram offers two types of loans:farm ownership loans and farmoperating loans.

Farm ownership loan fundsmay be used to purchase or en-

large a farm or ranch, purchaseeasements or rights of wayneeded in the farm's operation,build or improve buildings suchas a dwelling or barn, promotesoil and water conservation anddevelopment and pay closingcosts.

Farm operating loan funds maybe used to purchase livestock,poultry, farm equipment, fertil-izer, and other materials neces-sary to operate a successful farm.Operating Loan funds can also beused for family living expenses,refinancing debts under certainconditions, paying salaries forhired farm laborers, installing orimproving water systems forhome, livestock, or irrigation useand other similar improvements.

Repayment terms for direct op-erating loans depend on the col-lateral securing the loan andusually run from one to sevenyears.

For more information on FSA’sfarm loan programs, please con-tact the farm loan Service Centerin Point Pleasant at 304-675-2020.

NOTICEHURRICANE WATER CUSTOMERS

FLUSHING LINESThe City of Hurricane Water Department will be flushing the Water System fromDuring the time that the Department is flushing lines you may experience some turbidity or cloudiness for a short period during and immediately after the line flushing.

Putnam County breakfast, lunch menus for April

Free lecture to discussgenealogical researchSUBMITTED ARTICLECHARLESTON – Dr. Charles

Ledbetter will present“Lessons Learned by a Lay Per-son about the Joys and Frus-trations ofGenealogical/Historical Re-search” on Thursday, April 12,in the Archives and History Li-brary at the Culture Center,State Capitol Complex inCharleston.

The 6 p.m. program is freeand open to the public.

Ledbetter will relate some ofthe pitfalls he has found in re-searching the history of indi-viduals and organizations andwill share the lessons he haslearned from that research.

He will discuss online ge-nealogy programs; workingwith librarians and archivists;using census data and officialdocuments; conducting inter-views; translating the languageof the past; and interpreting

myths and stereotypes. He also will reveal specific

examples of lessons learned inhis research of African Ameri-cans and Native Americans.

Ledbetter is the author ofthree books and a number ofarticles including his award-winning two volume AllianceAgainst the Odds: The ManualTraining High School Story;From Segregation to Desegre-gation: A Major Flaw in Imple-menting The Brown Decision;and Tuskegee Airmen and theWest Virginia State College Avi-ation Program Connection.

For planning purposes, par-ticipants are encouraged toregister for the program, butadvance registration is not re-quired to attend.

To register in advance, con-tact Robert Taylor, librarymanager, by e-mail [email protected] or at(304) 558-0230, ext. 163.

The Putnam Standard Outdoor News April 2-6, 2012 –

Cabell Midland High Schoolmade a strong showing at theseventh-annual West VirginiaArchery in the Schools tourna-ment, finishing second overall.

The event was held March 24at the Charleston Civic Center.This year's tournament was thestate's largest ever indoorarchery tournament with morethan 650 students from 50schools competing, said KristaSnodgrass, state Archery in theSchools program coordinator.

Cabell-Midland finished sec-ond, behind only Ripley HighSchool. Buffalo Elementary fin-

ished sixth in the elementary-school division.

The tournament has grownfrom a small event held in theCapital High School gymnasiumless than a decade ago and thisyear had to be moved to the Civiccenter to accommodate its greatsize – organizers say more than30,000 arrows were shot duringthe one-day tournament.

Competition was close. In theboy's high school division, for in-stance, only three points sepa-rated first from seventh place.Three Cabell-Midland studentsshot a score of 285.

Here is a breakdown of localarchers who placed:

In the elementary school boys'competition:

• Third place, Dalton Bai-ley, Buffalo Elementary, score270.

Fourth place, Hunter Whitting-ton, George Washington MiddleSchool, 268.

Sixth place, Jacob Harmon,Buffalo Elementary, 265

Girls’ high school:• Second place, Alexis

Parsons Cabell Midland High,281.

Fifth place, Jessica Nicely Ca-bell Midland High, 279.

Boys’ high school:• Third place: Justin Jenk-

ins Cabell Midland High, 286. Sixth place: Tony Pinkerton

Cabell Midland High, 285 (al-though he has the same score asseventh place, the number of 10-

point shots was used as a tie-breaker).

Seventh place: Cody Braleyand Griffen McNeely (tie) CabellMidland High, 285.

Team competition:• Elementary school,

sixth place, Buffalo Elementary.High School, second place, Ca-

bell Midland High.Kentucky was the first state to

offer the program – West Virginiawas third and modeled its pro-gram on Kentucky's. The pro-gram allows schools to includearchery in their physical-educa-tion programs as well as ex-tracurricular archery clubs. WestVirginia's program started in2004 with a pilot of less than 20schools, but has expanded to 268

schools. Officials estimate thatmore than 72,000 students haveparticipated since the program'sinception.

Before schools can participatein the program, instructors aretrained in archery skills andsafety. The program has been sopopular, the DNR has troublekeeping up with demand fortraining and holds a class everycouple of months.

For more information aboutthe program or to schedule train-ing, contact Krista Snodgrass at(304) 558-2771 or via e-mail atDNR.Wildlife.gov.

Contact David Payne Sr. [email protected].

Cabell Midland comes in second place at State Archery Tournament By David Payne Sr.

[email protected]

A few weeks ago, I wrote aboutthe late Wayne Bailey, a West Vir-ginia native who had a major im-pact on the resurgence of thewild turkey in the Eastern UnitedStates.

The man who picked up andcarried Bailey's torch, Jim Pack,

has his own legacy – a data revo-lution. He's the godfather ofmodern wildlife data collection.The only thing that Pack consid-ered more valuable than raw datawas more raw data.

The trends he began in 1970have made West Virginia a leaderin wildlife sciences. West Virginiahas a unique wealth of historicalwildlife information – thanks toPack – and that is a gift that keepson giving.

The seeds of that data revolu-tion were sown in 1966, whenPack was a young biologist. Hehad been sent to southern WestVirginia to study squirrel migra-tion. While staying at a hotel, heheard a DNR hunting forecastbroadcast over the media thatcalled for an excellent year ofhunting.

“We had a freeze,” Pack re-called, “that went from Maine toGeorgia right when everythingwas flowering and it just knockedout mast conditions. I thought

'anybody who knows mast wouldnever make a prediction likethat.’ In 1970, I got a chance to dosomething about it.”

Pack created the first-ever realmast survey in West Virginia in1970. Since then, biologists fromaround the state have gatheredinformation about mast produc-tion to help hunters plan theirtrips. Every outdoor writer in thestate for the last 40 years hasused those mast surveys to forannual hunting forecasts.

Pack's true stroke of geniuscame in 1980 with his idea of mo-bilizing a volunteer army ofshade-tree biologists to collectneeded information about wildturkey populations in SpringGobbler Survey. Pack had knownfor years that more data wasneeded to help the state managethe wild turkey population andset hunting seasons. Then, itdawned on him – there werethousands of amateur biologistsin the field already studying

turkey every year. It would takean army of biologists to equal thedata collected by hunters willingto write down their observationsfor the Spring Gobbler Survey.

“When you start talking aboutusing 500 hunters a total of10,000 hours or more in each ofthese surveys,” Pack said. “Thatinformation is so much morevaluable. Even 20 or 30 biologistscan't beat that.”

To increase participation, Packmade it fun. After that 1980 sea-son, Pack and his staff compiledall the scientific data from thehunters, made sense of it andshared that in the Spring GobblerSurvey publication.

In addition to all the necessarypie graphs and other scientificdata to show the general state ofturkey hunting in general, Packincluded all the humorous sto-ries hunters submitted.

Biologists, however, neededmore data on animals besideturkey. In the early 1990s, Pack

realized that a great deal of infor-mation could be gleaned frombowhunters, most of whomspend more time in the woodsthan anyone during their three-month season. They are also themost easily distracted. As thehours pass, any animal that won-ders by is welcome entertain-ment. Pack created thebowhunter survey and as a re-sult, the state has a wealth of in-formation on deer, squirrels,rabbits, foxes and other animalsover the past two decades of col-lecting.

The bowhunter survey came atan interesting time, just whencoyote populations were takingroot in West Virginia.

Those surveys are the primaryand definitive source of informa-tion about the coyote's expan-sion in West Virginia.

Contact David Payne Sr. [email protected].

Jim Pack's Wildlife Legacy

David Payne Sr.

Column by David Payne Sr.

[email protected]

Lower Ohio and Kanawharivers: Fishing for sauger, wall-eye, white bass and hybridstriped bass in the tailwatersareas should be picking up withwarming water. Concentratefishing effort in the slack water ofthe lock side of the tailwater canbe effective during high flows.Guyandotte, Coal, Poca, Elk,

and Mud rivers are all expectedto be muddy this week.

Beech Fork Lake:The reservoirwater level is at winter pool. An-glers should call the Beech ForkCorps of Engineers office at 304-525-4831 for more information.Now is the time to catch big bassas the water continues to warmup. Bass will be holding near logsor rock shelter. Channel catfishcan be caught throughout thelake on chicken livers and cut-bait. Crappie fishing will also be

picking up.East Lynn Lake: The reservoir

water level is at winter pool. Formore information call the Corpsof Engineers recorded messageat (304) 849-9861. Bass will beholding near logs, stumps andfish attracting brush piles. Muskywill be found near bush piles andfallen trees. Channel catfish andflatheads are abundant in thelake and can be caught with a va-

riety of baits. Crappie fishingshould be picking up, try aroundstanding timber or trees thathave fallen into the water. A fewwalleye have been caught in thelake and tailwater within the lasttwo weeksR.D. Bailey: Fishing on the lake

is OK. Some of the largest spottedbass in WV are found in R. D. Bai-ley Lake.

Spotted bass can be found

along drop-offs and points ex-tending into the lake at this timeof the year. Good baits are plasticjigs, live shad, or crayfish. Hybridstriped bass are also available forthe hearty angler at R.D. Baileyright now. Best baits are luressuch as rattletraps, spoons, orwhite/chartreuse jigs.

For more information call theCorps of Engineers recordedmessage at (304)664-9587.

Fishing Report for local lakes

–April 2-6, 2012 Leisure The Putnam Standard

Across

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Marines, say (acronym)16. “Major” animal17. Dextrality 20. In-flight info, for short

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Tales” pilgrim69. Chancel 70. Masked critter71. Facilitates

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evergreen shrubs10. Submerged 11. Certain surgeon’s “pa-

tient”12. “___ quam videri”

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The Putnam Standard Obituaries April 2-6, 2012 –

BETHLINE BARNETTPATRICIA HOLT BENNETTCARL F. BOGGESSDAISY H. BRISCOEDIANA LYNN CHILDRESSJAMES WILLIAM CUMMINGSJACK R. DAWSONOLA MAY CRAWFORD

DAOUSTARLENE MARIE EDWARDSROBERT EUGENE JACOBS JR.MARILYN JONESDELMAR JOE KINDERPATRICIA DAWN KINGJAMES SYDNEY "SYD" LAR-

RICKWALLACE DAVID "DAVE"

LINDBERGDORA BRADLEY McCLUNGGARY WAYNE McCRACKENBETTY SUE CRITES MOODYTEX AUBIL PRIDDYDORTHY E. RANDOLPH-

RAMSEY CONSTANCE ANNE RANSONNANCY CAROLYN FINN

ROBERTSON BILLY JACK SEXTON CATHY LOVEJOY STOTTSSARAH FAIN WOLZ

BETHLINE BARNETTBethline Barnett, 67, of Buffalo

passed away Thursday, March 22,2012, at her home following along illness. Born September 26,1944, she was the daughter of thelate Homer Criner and Lesta Lan-ders Criner. In addition to herparents, she was preceded indeath by a brother, Tony Criner.

Survivors include her hus-band, Belvin Barnett; children,Steven, Sherri, Karen and Timo-thy; seven sisters; six brothers; sixgrandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

The family would like to ex-tend special thanks to all thenurses and caregivers of Hos-picecare, as well as Dr. Shah, Dr.Jogenpolly and staff and thewomen of the Buffalo Church ofGod for their love and kindness.

Funeral services were held Sat-urday, March 24, at Raynes Fu-neral Home, Buffalo with PastorWayne Burch officiating. Burialfollowed in Buffalo MemorialPark, Buffalo.

Online condolences may besent to the Barnett family, andthe online guestbook signed, byvisiting www.raynesfuneral-home.com.

Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo,was in charge of arrangements.

PATRICIA HOLTBENNETT

Patricia Holt Bennett, 76, ofHurricane passed away on Satur-day, March 24, 2012, after a shortillness.

She was born November 10,1935, the only child of the lateRobert E. and Kathleen E. Holtand was a 1953 graduate ofCharleston High School. She at-tended Alderson Broaddus Col-lege and Morris Harvey College.

She was preceded in death byher daughter, Jan Bennett of Hur-ricane.

She is survived by her son,Michael Bennett of Hurricane.

She was a homemaker andwonderful mother. She retiredfrom Appalachian Power.

No services were held per herrequest.

Allen Funeral Home was incharge of arrangements.

Condolences may be sent at al-lenfuneralhomewv.com.

CARL F. BOGGESSCarl F. Boggess, 89, of Scott

Depot passed away March 24,2012, at the VA Hospital in Hunt-ington.

Carl was born March 3, 1923,in Nitro, and was a son of the lateIvan G. and Avalee SmithBoggess. Carl served his countryduring World War II as a memberof the United States NavySeabees. He worked as a chemi-cal operator for Avteck/AmericanViscose in Nitro. Carl enjoyedhunting and fishing, and was amember of the NRA.

In addition to his parents, Carlwas preceded in death by hiswife, Susie Mae Loring Boggess;his son, Kenneth D. Boggess; hisbrother, Earl Boggess; and his sis-ter, Celesta Zukowski.

He is survived by his son, KeithL. Boggess and his wife, Linda, ofFraziers Bottom; his daughter,Donna S. Sanderson and herhusband, Carl, of Lisbon, N.Y.;his sister, Janet Duffield and herhusband, John, of Buffalo; sevengrandchildren; two great-grand-children; and sister-in-law, Mar-cella Boggess.

Services were held Wednesday,March 28, at Chapman FuneralHome, Hurricane. Burial fol-lowed in Tyler Mountain MemoryGardens.

Chapman Funeral Home, Hur-ricane, assisted the Boggess fam-ily.

To share a memory of Carl, orto express condolences, pleasevisit www.chapmanfuneral-homes.com.

DAISY H. BRISCOEDaisy H. Briscoe, 91, of

Charleston, formerly of St. Al-bans and Scott Depot, passedaway Monday, March 26, 2012, atThomas Memorial Hospital,South Charleston.

Born August 28, 1920, inWinifrede, she was the daughterof the late Carl and KathleenCobb Hudnall. She was also pre-ceded in death by her husband,James E. Briscoe; and brother,Carl Hudnall.

She was a homemaker, and aformer employee of Union Car-bide Corporation. She was amember of St. Andrew UnitedMethodist Church, St. Albans,and a graduate of CharlestonHigh School, class of 1938, as wellas a graduate of the CharlestonSchool of Commerce.

She is survived by her son anddaughter-in-law, Dr. Gregory C.and Evelyn Briscoe ofCharleston; and daughter andson-in-law, Cynthia A. and

Samuel Golston of Lewisburg.Also surviving are her lovinggrandchildren, Joshua Briscoeand his wife, Amanda, MelissaBriscoe, Jeremy Golston andKathleen Wickline and her hus-band, Larry; one great-grandson,Trey Wickline; and sister-in-law,Alice Hudnall of Charlotte, N.C.

Funeral services were heldThursday, March 29, at Bartlett-Chapman Funeral Home, St. Al-bans, with the Rev. Dr. Jeffrey A.Johnson officiating. Burial fol-lowed in Cunningham MemorialPark, St. Albans.

The family suggests donationsare made to West Virginia Veter-ans Coalition, 106 McKinley St.,Crab Orchard, WV 25827.

You may share memories orcondolences with the family atwww.bartlettchapmanfuneral-home.com.

DIANA LYNNCHILDRESS

Ms. Diana Lynn Childress, lov-ing daughter, sister and friend,48, of Cross Lanes passed awayMarch 24, 2012, at home.

Diana was a former employeeof Rite Aid Warehouse, and a1982 graduate of Winfield HighSchool.

She is survived by her mother,Mary Kersey and husband, Don;father, Robert David Childress;brother, Robert Allen Childressand wife, Margie; sisters, SharonLou Smith, Susie Casto and hus-band, Terry, and Brenda KayFrancis and husband, Donnie;nephews, Barry Smith, JeremySmith, Jesse Reed and RobertChildress Jr.; niece, Kim Chil-dress; and her cats, Midnight andMittens.

A tribute to the life of Dianawas held Wednesday, March 28,at Gatens-Harding FuneralHome Chapel with Robert Chil-dress officiating. Burial followedin Childress Cemetery.

Condolences may be sent tothe family by visiting www.hard-ingfamilygroup.com.

Gatens-Harding FuneralHome, Poca, assisted the Chil-dress family.

JAMES WILLIAMCUMMINGS

James William Cummings, 65,of Midkiff went to be with theLord on Tuesday, March 20, 2012,after a long illness. Jim was thehusband of Karen Cummings. Hewas a loving and devoted father,grandfather, friend and col-league. Jim and Karen wereblessed with 44 years of a lovingmarriage.

His faith in God sustained himand provided peace beyond un-derstanding through a long jour-ney with cancer. He was thegeneral manager at SuperValu,where he worked for 34 years. Hewas a member of and servedmany roles at Mount MoriahUnited Baptist Church for 32years. Jim was on the board of di-rectors of the Huntington AreaFood Bank, and the board of di-

rectors for the West VirginiaTrucker's Association (WVTA).

He was preceded in death byhis father and mother, James F.Cummings and Avanelle Cum-mings; brother, Robert; and fa-ther- and mother-in-law, Georgeand Dorothy Mae Staten.

He is survived by his children,two daughters, Gina Pertee(Greg) and Angie Urling (Doug)of Midkiff. He is also survived byfour grandsons, Tyler and HunterPertee and George and Will Url-ing; by his sisters, Patricia Pullenof Barboursville, Kathryn Adkinsof Midkiff, Pam Shumate (Greg)of Ranger and Cleta Harless(Todd) of St. Albans; by his broth-ers- and sisters-in-law, GeorgyStaten, Gary Staten and Gail Hen-drick (Steve), all of Huntington;10 nieces and nephews; and sixgreat-nieces and nephews. He isalso survived by one uncle, BillyJack Cummings of Chardon,Ohio; and two aunts, Joyce Cum-mings Miller of Mallory andEmma Browning Mitchell ofVerner.

The family wishes to thank Dr.Charles Turner of HIMG, Dr.Arvinder Bir of HIMG, HIMG On-cology and Hospice of Hunting-ton for their loving care of Jim.We appreciate you very much.

Funeral services were held Sat-urday, March 24, at Handley Fu-neral Home, Hamlin. Burialfollowed in Baylous Cemetery,Salt Rock.

Donations may be made inhonor of Jim Cummings to eitherMount Moriah United BaptistChurch, c/o Debbie Pennington,28 Lexington Ave., Branchland,WV 25506; or Huntington AreaFood Bank, 1327 7th Ave., Hunt-ington, WV 25701, attention:Leigh Ann Zappin,www.hafb.org.

Jim leaves behind a legacy ofleadership, community involve-ment, strong family and lastingfaith in God. He is rejoicing inHeaven with his loved ones andhis Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 4:7-8: I have foughta good fight, I have finished mycourse, I have kept the faith:henceforth, there is laid up forme a crown of righteousness,which the Lord, the righteousjudge, shall give me at that day:and not to me only, but unto allthem also that love his appear-ing.

JACK R. DAWSONJack R. Dawson, 81, of Hurri-

cane, formerly of St. Albans, went

home to be with the Lord on Fri-day, March 23, 2012, at his resi-dence with his family at his side.

Jack was a 1948 graduate of St.Albans High School. He served inthe Marine Reserves and retiredfrom Union Carbide after 35years and another nine years as aconsultant. He was a devotedChristian and a member of CrossPointe Worship Center. He lovedthe Lord, his family and will bemissed by all.

Jack was born May 24, 1930, atCharleston to the late Riley andOpha Holt Dawson. He was alsopreceded in death by his son,Richard Michael Dawson.

He is survived by his lovingwife of 61 years, Rosemary Daw-son; son and daughter-in-law,Donnie and Lugene Dawson ofVandalia, Ohio; daughter, Chris-tine Young of Myrtle Beach, S.C.;daughter and son-in-law, Nancyand David Cline of Ocoee, Tenn.;grandchildren, Brian Young,Tiffani and her husband, TaylorGardner, Julie Cline, JenniferDawson and Brittany Dawson;brother, George Dawson ofColumbus, Ohio; sister, KatySmith of Red House; brothers-in-law, Keith (Sue) Young, Jerry(Donna Jean) Young and Phil(Jettie) Young; and many niecesand nephews.

Funeral services were heldTuesday, March 27, 2012, at theCross Point Worship Center,Scott Depot, with Pastor DanBerger officiating. Entombmentfollowed in Tyler MountainMemory Gardens, Cross Lanes.

The family suggests donationsare made to HospiceCare, 1606Kanawha Blvd., West,Charleston, W.Va., 25312.

Online condolences may bemade at www.ChapmanFuneral-Homes.com.

Chapman Funeral Home, Hur-ricane, was in charge of arrange-ments.

OLA MAY CRAWFORDDAOUST

Ola May Crawford Daoust, 91,of St. Albans passed away Thurs-day, March 22, 2012, at home.

Born May 29, 1920, she was thedaughter of Jonas McNealy andGertrude Lee Black McNealyThompson. In addition to herparents, she was preceded indeath by her first husband, Mar-vin Crawford; her second hus-band, Delmer Daoust; her eldestson, Marvin Edward Crawford;her granddaughter, Amy Mur-phy; four sisters; and one

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–April 2-6, 2012 Obituaries The Putnam Standard

brother. Ola May lived her entire life in

the Kanawha Valley. She was ahard worker and it showed in herlast few years, with arthritis rav-aging her body. She was very in-dependent living by herself untilshe turned 91. She loved to cutup. Even the day before shepassed, she was kidding and jok-ing with Brady and Sue whilethey visited with her. She lovedher kids, there was no doubt; itshowed in everything that shedid. She was sharp, and alwayshad a comeback for anything thatwas said when she felt someonewas trying to get one over on her.The hole that has been left in thisfamily is great, as she was whatheld us all together.

She leaves behind her daugh-ters, Sue and Harry (Butch) Ringof St. Albans, Judy and Ben Steeleof Dayton, Ohio, and Linda Shaf-fer and Roy Bolden of St. Albans;her sons, Brady and JoeAnnCrawford of Tornado and Wayneand Ila Crawford of Columbus,Ohio; eight grandchildren; 14great-grandchildren; and a hostof nieces, nephews and cousins.

A special thanks goes to Audrey"Sis" Amos for the love and careshe provided mom. A specialthanks goes to Lori from Hospice,whose visits she so enjoyed.

A celebration of Ola May's lifewas held Sunday, March 25, atCasdorph & Curry Funeral Home,St. Albans, with Pastor HomerFink officiating. Burial followedin Cunningham Memorial Park,St. Albans.

Online condolences, flowersand gifts may be sent to the fam-ily atwww.casdorphandcurry.com.

ARLENE MARIEEDWARDS

Arlene Marie Edwards, 94, ofColumbus, Ohio, formerly ofEleanor, went home to be withthe Lord on Tuesday, March 20,2012. She was a member of theRed House U.B.I. Church for over70 years. Arlene was born andraised in the beautiful hills ofWest Virginia. She was also a vol-unteer for the Retired Senior Pro-gram at Thomas MemorialHospital.

Born August 21, 1917, she wasthe daughter of the late EmoryRhodes and Gladys LuikartRhodes. In addition to her par-ents, she was preceded in deathby her husband, Godfrey S. Ed-wards; an infant son, Samuel LeeEdwards; and two sisters, Opal

Lanham and Anna Withrow. Survivors include her daugh-

ter, Mary Bowling of Columbus;grandchildren, John B. Bowlingand Marilyn Chaney; great-grandchildren, Christina, Joe andSarah; and great-great-grandchildren, Destiny, Joey,Angel, Jesse, Anthony and Richie.

Funeral services were held Sat-urday, March 24, at the RedHouse U.B.I. Church with PastorGreg Blake officiating. Burial fol-lowed in Luikart-Maiden Ceme-tery, Red House.

Online condolences may besent to the Edwards family, andthe online guestbook signed, byvisiting www.raynesfuneral-home.com.

Raynes Funeral Home,Eleanor, was in charge ofarrangements.

ROBERT EUGENEJACOBS JR.

Robert Eugene Jacobs Jr., 62, ofSt. Albans passed away Wednes-day, March 21, 2012, at HubbardHospice House, Charleston.

Born September 7, 1949, inCharleston, he was a son of thelate Robert Eugene Sr. and VernaMay Martin Jacobs.

He was a surveyor for HobetMining and Patriot Coal. He wasa member of King's River Wor-ship Center, and enjoyed flyingradio controlled airplanes andanything to do with aviation.

He is survived by his wife, San-dra Harris Jacobs; children,Robert E. Jacobs III (Chris) of Gal-latin, Tenn., and Beth Fowlkes(Chet) of Lubbock, Texas;stepchildren, Cheryl Cabell(John) of Friendswood, Texas,and Brian Early of St. Albans; sis-ter, Sharon Hickman (Tom) ofWheatfield, Ind.; brothers, GregJacobs (Vicky) of Clendenin andCraig Jacobs (Pat) of Teays Valley;six grandchildren, Lurhesa Walls(John) of Winfield, ZacharyYoung of Winfield, Holly Jacobs ofLubbock, Steven Jacobs of Gal-latin and Jeremiah Fowlkes andHannah Fowlkes, both of Lub-bock; and great-grandson, AdamLeclair of Lubbock.

Funeral services were heldSunday, March 25, at Bartlett-Chapman Funeral Home, St. Al-bans, with Pastor Ron Crumofficiating. Burial followed inCunningham Memorial Park, St.Albans.

You may share memories orcondolences with the family atwww.bartlettchapmanfuneral-home.com.

MARILYN JONESMarilyn Jones, 77, of Eleanor

died March 26, 2012, at St. Mary'sMedical Center, Huntington.

Born December 10, 1934, inGlasgow, she was a daughter ofthe late Benjamin W. and BirdieM. Jackson Johnson. She was alsopreceded in death by her brother,Bill; and her son, Timothy Wayne"Timbo" Jones.

A loving and dedicated wifeand mother, Marilyn cherishedher time with her family. She alsoserved her town as a formercouncilwoman, and was also for-merly employed by Teays ValleyHardware and Heck's Warehouse.

Surviving are her husband,Clyde R. "Bud" Jones, with whomshe celebrated 58 years of mar-riage on March 12; her children,Debra Hodges of Red House,Daniel Ray (Pam) Jones of Scotts-boro, Ala., and Paul Michael(Sandra) Jones of St. Albans; hergrandchildren, Seth, Jordan,Heather and Missy; and hergreat-granddaughters, Elizabethand Emma. Also surviving is hercousin, Mary Newman, who shethought of as a sister.

Funeral services were heldThursday, March 29 at ChapmanFuneral Home, Winfield. Burialfollowed in Beech Grove Ceme-tery, Eleanor.

Online condolences may alsobe made by visiting www.chap-manfuneralhomes.com.

DELMAR JOE KINDERDelmar Joe Kinder, 71, of St.

Augustine, Fla., passed peacefullyonto God on March 12, 2012

Joe was born on January 13,1941, in South Charleston, W.Va.,to Scegil and Ruth Kinder. Hegraduated from SouthCharleston High School and re-tired from the Teamsters Union,after 32 years of service betweenSmith Transfer and YellowFreight. He moved to Florida in2005 to be with his family. Joe wasan active member of the WV Ma-sonic Lodge for many years. Hewas an active member of the carclub, the 'St. Augustine Cruisers.'

He is survived by the love of hislife, and mother of his children,Joann Kinder; his daughter, JoniZwick and son-in-law, Ed, ofPonte Vedra Beach, Fla.; hisdaughter, Jeni Vaught of St. Au-gustine, Fla., and son-in-law,David Vaught of Teays Valley;three grandchildren, Joseph,India Ruth and Rachel; and hissister, Charlotte Robbins of SouthCharleston.

He was preceded in death byhis daughter, Bonnie LynnKinder; and his parents, Scegil,and Ruth; and his sister, Frances.

Delmar Joe desired to be cre-mated and not to have a funeral.

A donation may be made to theAmerican Lung Association.

PATRICIA DAWN KINGMs. Patricia Dawn King, 39, of

Bancroft went home to be withthe Lord on March 26, 2012, atCabell Huntington Hospital.

Patricia was the Associate Di-rector of Financial Aid at Hunt-ington Junior College; a 1991graduate of Poca High School; a1999 graduate of West VirginiaState University; and three weeksaway from getting her master's atMarshall University. She was amember of and Sunday schoolteacher at Elizabeth BaptistChurch, Bancroft.

She is survived by her parents,J.B. and Sandy King of Bancroft;and brother, B.J. King of Buffalo.She is also survived by a host ofaunts, uncles, cousins andfriends.

A tribute to the life of Patriciawas held Friday, March 30, atElizabeth Baptist Church withPastors Jeff Arthur and HollisWalters officiating. Burial fol-lowed in Showen Cemetery, Ban-croft.


Gatens-Harding FuneralHome, Poca, assisted the Kingfamily.

JAMES SYDNEY "SYD"LARRICK

James Sydney "Syd" Larrick,100, of Scott Depot went home tothe Lord on Sunday, March 25,2012, at the Hospice of Hunting-ton after enjoying a long and pro-ductive life on this earth.

Syd was born in Middletown,Va., on November 28, 1911, andwas the son of the late Sydneyand Ida May Larrick. He first at-tended Middletown School, andthen graduated from NationalBusiness College in Roanoke, Va.After graduation from college in1930, he moved to Beckley andstarted working for Beckley Iceand Feed Company, which laterbecame known as Beckley Feedand Hardware. Syd bought intothe hardware business, and laterbecame the president and gen-eral manager of the company.The company joined the Hard-ware Association of the Virginias,and he served as their presidentfor one term. In 1998 Syd retiredfrom the business after morethan 68 years of service, and heand his wife moved to ScottDepot to be near their daughterand her family. While living inBeckley he was active in the city,having served two terms on theBeckley City Council. He was apast president of the BeckleyLions Club; Exalted Ruler of theElks Lodge #1452; and served aspresident of the Raleigh CountyChamber of Commerce. He wasalso a charter member of theBeckley Hunt Club, located inPocahontas County, and a longterm member of the Bear LoopHunt Club in Bath County, Va.

Syd was a member of St. JohnsUnited Methodist Church inTeays Valley, and previously wasa longtime member of the UnitedMethodist Temple in Beckley,where he served the church aschairman of the board, chairmanof the trustees and chairman of

the building committee that fa-cilitated the construction of thecurrent United Methodist Templebuilding.

Syd was preceded in death byhis loving wife, Mary HollidayLarrick, after 71 years of mar-riage; his brothers, Howard Lar-rick and Eugene Larrick; sister,Sadie Withrow; and son, MichaelLarrick.

He leaves behind his lovingdaughter, Betsey Eads, and son-in-law, Terry Eads, of Scott Depot;his grandchildren, Brian Eadsand wife, Rebecca, of Roanoke,Va., Krista Eads Voorhees andhusband, Andrew, of Eleanor andAshley Eads of Scott Depot; twogreat-grandchildren, Seth Eadsand Hayden Eads; and his niece,Joann Rule of Staunton, Va.

Services were held Thursday,March 29, at the UnitedMethodist Temple, Beckley withPastors Dan Johnson and MartinHallett officiating. Burial fol-lowed in Sunset Memorial Park,Beckley.

Please make donations to Hos-pice of Huntington, Inc., P.O. Box464, Huntington, WV 25709.

Condolences may be shared atwww.calfeefh.com.

Calfee Funeral Home, Beckleywas in charge of the arrange-ments.

WALLACE DAVID"DAVE" LINDBERG

Wallace David "Dave" Lind-berg, 60, of Cross Lanes passedaway March 27, 2012, at SelectSpecialty Hospital following along illness. He was born Novem-ber 9, 1951, in St. Marys, Pa., ason of the late Wallace and Eliza-beth Lindberg. David was an avidPittsburgh Steelers fan all his life.Besides the Steelers, Dave lovedto watch his grandson, Bobby,play baseball.

Funeral services were heldThursday, March 29, at TylerMountain Funeral Home withPastor Rick Ranson officiating.Burial followed in Tyler MountainMemory Gardens.

Survivors include one son,Joseph Lindberg of Cross Lanes;one daughter, Nicole Lindberg ofHurricane; grandson, BobbyLindberg, "his little buddy;" onebrother, Steve Lindberg and wife,Janet, of Lower Burrell, Pa.; twosisters, Christine Reid and hus-band, Roy, and Amy Lindberg,both of Lower Burrell, Pa.;mother of his children, MarshaLindberg of Hurricane; fournieces; two nephews; one great-nephew; and two great-nieces.

The family would like to thankthe staff of CAMC General andSelect Specialty hospitals for theirwonderful care during his illness.

DORA BRADLEYMcCLUNG

Dora Bradley McClung, 92, ofRegency Place, Scott Depot, for-merly of No. 7 Sunnydale Drive,Hurricane, passed away on Sat-urday, March 24, 2012, at PutnamCare and Rehabilitation Center,

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Hurricane. She was born on February 6,

1920, at Spruce to the late Pat andNettie Loudermilk Bradley. Shewas also preceded in death byher brothers, Dixon, Charlie andBeryl; and sisters, Anne Simmsand Freda Simms.

Dora was a member of MountVernon Baptist Church, Hurri-cane, and retired in 1981 fromthe Kroger Company. DuringWorld War II, she worked as awelder in the shipyards in Nor-folk, Va.

Surviving is her loving hus-band of 66 years, William HaroldMcClung; sister, Pearl Moore ofHurricane; and several niecesand nephews.

Funeral services were heldTuesday, March 27, 2012, atChapman Funeral Home, Hurri-cane, with the Rev. Lee White of-ficiating. Burial followed inCunningham Memorial Park, St.Albans.

Online condolences may bemade at www.chapmanfuneral-homes.com.

GARY WAYNEMcCRACKEN

Gary Wayne McCracken, 56, ofMyrtle Beach, S.C., passed awayat home Sunday, March 25, 2012.He was a veteran of the UnitedStates Army, as well as manyyears in the West Virginia Air Na-tional Guard in Charleston.

He was a store manager foreight years with Nationwise AutoParts, and for the past sevenyears he was with ScotchmanStores as a store manager. Garywas a former resident of SouthCharleston and Scott Depot, andfor the last 16 years lived in Myr-tle Beach. He loved the outdoorsand longed to return to his WestVirginia home. Gary was pre-ceded in death by his mother,Phyllis McCracken; and grand-parents, Isaac and Alma Mc-Cracken.

Survivors include his lovingwife of 35 years, Sherri Mc-Cracken of Myrtle Beach; twosons, Jeremy McCracken andfriend, Teresa Laughter, of MyrtleBeach and Joseph McCrackenand wife, Amee, of Myrtle Beach;one daughter, Jessica McCrackenMack of Myrtle Beach and herhusband, William Clay Mack ofCarmi, Ill.; six grandchildren,Alexis Faulkenberry at home,Ciara Taylor at home, AliyahMack and Carley Mack, of Carmi,Ill., Olivia McCracken of MyrtleBeach and Tyler Lee McCrackenof Myrtle Beach; father, Jack Mc-Cracken of Scott Depot; specialaunt, Helen Miles of Columbus,Ohio; two brothers, Gregory Mc-Cracken and wife, Ellen, of Hur-ricane and Michael Miles ofColumbus; six sisters, DesireeJohns and husband, Frank, ofScott Depot, Vickie Clark andhusband, Steve, of SouthCharleston, Cynthia Chopin andhusband, Jeffrey, of Columbus,Kimberly Pinnix and husband,John, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio,Diana Bryant of Westerville,

Ohio, and Pamela Shankle andhusband, Jeff, of Milford Center,Ohio; three sisters-in-law, RuthaChestnut and husband, Archie, ofCharleston, Nancy Lebolt andhusband, William "Bill," of Hur-ricane and Sue Argabright andhusband, George, of Lewisburg;and many aunts, uncles, niecesand nephews. Gary enjoyed thefriendships of many, and mostrecently Wilbur Glasscock ofMyrtle Beach and Dean Georgeand Kevin Martin, both ofCharleston.

Funeral services were held Fri-day, March 30, at Tyler MountainFuneral Home with Pastor RickMcCracken and Pastor Travis Mc-Cracken officiating. Burial fol-lowed in Tyler Mountain MemoryGardens, Cross Lanes.

Online condolences may besent to www.tylermountainfu-neralhome.com.

BETTY SUE CRITESMOODY

Mrs. Betty Sue Crites Moody,63, of Jackson, Ohio, formerly ofPoca, passed away March 24,2012.

She is survived by her mother,Audrey McClanahan; sons, Timand wife, Tawney Hill, John andwife, Tara Hill, Keith and wife,Lori Conley, and Mike and wife,Debbie Helmick; brothers andsisters, Burt Davis, Larry Crites,Brenda Honaker, Donnie Crites,Cathy Saunders and Judy Crites;and eight grandchildren.

Services were held Thursday,March 29, at Grandview Memo-rial Park, Dunbar.


Gatens-Harding FuneralHome, Poca, assisted the Moodyfamily.

TEX AUBIL PRIDDYTex Aubil Priddy, 67, of Nitro

went to be with the Lord onMarch 20, 2012, surrounded byhis devoted companion, SusieWillard, and son, David Willard,at Hubbard Hospice House,Charleston.

Tex loved being outdoors andworking with his hands. He wasan operator engineer, and en-joyed riding motorcycles. He wasa loving and devoted partner,stepfather and friend. Tex andSusie were blessed with nearly 17years of love together.

He will be strongly missed byhis survivors, Susie Willard; son,David Willard; and a host of otherfamily and friends.

Services were held at OtterBranch United MethodistChurch, Buffalo on Sunday,March 25.

Susie and David wish to thankthe Hubbard Hospice staff fortheir kindness and generosityduring this difficult time.

DORTHY E.RANDOLPH-RAMSEY

Dorthy E. Randolph-Ramsey ofScott Depot passed away March

22, 2012, after a long illness. Shewas a homemaker, and a won-derful mother who loved herchildren and grandchildren. Shewill be deeply missed by all whoknew and loved her.

Left to cherish her memory isher son, Adam McCune of ScottDepot, and her daughter, AmyWalker of Raleigh, N.C. She alsoleaves behind seven grandchil-dren.

Per her wishes, her body wasdonated to science.

A memorial service will beconducted in her honor at a fu-ture date. Family and friends willbe notified.

CONSTANCE ANNERANSON

Constance Anne Ranson, 60,of Farmington, Pa., passed awayon Wednesday, March 21, 2012,suddenly at her home.

She was born December 21,1951, at St. Albans, W.Va., daugh-ter of the late Kerwin Ralph"Chib" Ranson and Aileen Cun-ningham Ranson.

Surviving are three brothers,Ralph (Belva) Ranson of CrossLanes, Donald (Karen) Ranson ofRocky Mountain, Va., andMichael (Suzanne) Ranson ofRoanoke, Va.; and numerousnieces and nephews.

Constance was a longtime em-ployee with the National ParkService, as a naturalist, most re-cently with the Fort NecessityNational Battlefield at Farming-ton, Pa. She received her mas-ter's degree in wildlifemanagement at West VirginiaUniversity, Morgantown.

A memorial service will beheld at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April14, 2012, at the Donald R. Craw-ford Funeral Home, Farmington,Pa.

In lieu of flowers, memorialsmay be made in her name to Ft.Necessity National Battlefieldtree fund, 1 Washington Parkway,Farmington, Pa. 15437.

NANCY CAROLYN FINNROBERTSON

Nancy Carolyn Finn Robertsonof Columbia, S.C., died suddenlyof a stroke on March 19, 2012.

Nancy was born May 25, 1946,in Buffalo, N.Y., to Dorothy B.Finn and the late Donald W. Finn,but grew up in St. Albans. She at-tended St. Albans High School,where she was a cheerleader andactive in sports. She briefly at-tended WVU. Nancy worked forthe Bank of St. Albans until shemoved to Columbia, where shecontinued her career at Wachoviauntil her retirement.

Nancy is survived by hermother, Dorothy B. Finn of St. Al-bans; her daughter, Karen Baire-foot and her husband, Billy, ofRidgeway, S.C.; her grandsonsDevin and Cole; her sister, TrishMacPherson and husband, Kerry,of Apex, N.C.; nephew, Doug ofRaleigh, N.C.; brother, Paul Finnand wife, Karen, of Louisville, Ky.;nephews, Matthew and Eric; andcousins and relatives in theHolmes family.

Nancy was a generous personwhose passion for shopping wasexceeded only by her love of giv-ing presents to family andfriends.

A celebration of her life washeld in Columbia. Donationsmay be made to St. AndrewsUnited Methodist Church, 851Kanawha Terrace, St. Albans, WV25177, in her honor.

BILLY JACK SEXTON Billy Jack Sexton of Scott Depot

died March 21, 2012, at ThomasMemorial Hospital, SouthCharleston.

Funeral services were heldMonday, March 26, at ChapmanFuneral Home, Hurricane.

CATHY LOVEJOYSTOTTS

Cathy Lovejoy Stotts, 53, of St.Albans passed away on Friday,March 23, 2012, at Hubbard Hos-pice House, West, SouthCharleston.

She was a homemaker and ahome health nurse.

Cathy was born April 15, 1958,at South Charleston to the lateCecil and Rachel Ward Lovejoy.She was also preceded in deathby her husband, Charles LeoStotts; sisters, Loretta, Jane, Car-olyn, and Cheryl; and brothers,

Jerry, Billy and Dennis. Surviving are her loving chil-

dren, Christina Y. Hill of St. Al-bans, Rachel Roberts of ScottDepot, Kathy Carden of St. Al-bans and Jack Neal, III of St. Al-bans; brothers, Gary Lovejoy ofSt. Albans and Cecil Lovejoy ofBuffalo. Also surviving are 10 lov-ing grandchildren.

Online condolences may bemade at www.bartlettchapman-funeralhome.com.

SARAH FAIN WOLZMrs. Sarah Fain Wolz, 74, of

Cross Lanes went home to bewith the Lord on March 23, 2012,at home.

She was a member of SylvesterMethodist Church, and retiredDirector of X-Ray for Ap-palachian Regional Hospital andMinnie Hamilton Hospital.

She was preceded in death byher daughter, Iva Mae Loftin Pe-ters.

Mrs. Wolz is survived by herdaughter, Sarah Gaye Loftin Cle-venger and husband, Mike, ofCross Lanes; son, Larry H. LoftinJr. and wife, Lori, of Lewisburg;brothers, Harold Fain and wife,Alice, of Greenbrier County andJohn Fain of Virginia; grandchil-dren, Michael Anthony Gunnoe,Matthew Seth Gunnoe, AustinFain Clevenger, Brooke PetersPyles and husband, Michael,Joseph "Drew" Peters, PresleyPeters, Larry "Trey" Loftin, ColeLoftin, Loren Loftin, Justin Cle-venger and wife, Nichole, JordanClevenger and Mandy Cle-venger; five great-grandchildren;and loving dog, Odie. She is alsosurvived by a host of nieces andnephews.

A tribute to the life of Mrs.Sarah Fain Wolz was held Sun-day, March 25, at Gatens-Hard-ing Funeral Home Chapel withPastor David Clark and PastorBron Walker officiating. Entomb-ment followed in Haven of RestMemory Gardens, Red House.


Gatens-Harding FuneralHome, Poca, assisted the Wolzfamily.

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TEAYS VALLEY – Even thoughit has only been open a fewmonths, Valley Girl, a chic con-signment boutique located inthe heart of Teays Valley has al-ready started to develop a loyalfollowing.

“We opened on Dec. 26 takingin consignment items,” saidstore owner Lisa Rickert. “Andwe had such a response that wewent ahead and opened afterthe first of the year.”

The high-end consignmentboutique offers a variety ofclothing items for women in ad-dition to fashion accessories,shoes and jewelry.

A sampling of the types ofitems available at Valley Girl canbe found on the store's website,www.valleygirlwv.com.

A limited edition Coach hand-bag, a Prada handbag andJimmy Choo shoes are just a fewof the items available.

“Women have great style inthis area,” Rickert said, “But,they are thrifty, too. There are

some very savvy shoppers.”A veteran of consigning items

of her own, Rickert said that sheknew that the growing TeaysValley area would be a goodmarket for her new boutique.

“Valley Girl is a high-end con-signment boutique,” she said.“We accept only very high qual-ity items and offer them at a

great price. There is nothing likeValley Girl in the area.”

Word about the new store hasspread quickly, and Rickert saidthat it is not uncommon forshoppers from Charleston andHuntington to come throughher doors.

“We are very particular inwhat we accept,” Rickert said.

“We want items that will be de-sirable.”

Currently, the store is accept-ing summer clothing items forconsignment in addition tohandbags and shoes, which areaccepted anytime.

“We are in the process ofphasing out our winter mer-chandise to make room forspring and summer,” Rickertsaid. “So now people can findname-brand merchandise at af-fordable prices.”

Rickert said that she has alsostarted to keep a “wish list” forher customers of items that theywould like to be notified aboutif they come in.

“It's just a level of personalservice we are able to offer andit helps us get to know peopleon a more personal level,” shesaid.

A native of Huntington, Rick-ert has lived in the Teays Valleyarea for the past five years. S

he said that she had alwaysthought about opening her ownbusiness, and saw a need for astore like Valley Girl.

“We have filled a need in the

community,” Rickert said. “I hadalways wanted to own my ownbusiness and I am definitelypassionate about fashion.”

In addition to following herdream, Rickert has brought herfamily along for the ride.

Her older daughter, AdrienneImperi, is the manager of thestore, while her younger daugh-ter, Candi Rickert, also works atthe store.

Candi is still in high school,and Rickert said that working inthe store has encouraged her towant to stay in the area follow-ing her graduation.

“It's nice to be able to blendwhat you enjoy doing into abusiness and a career,” Rickertsaid. “And my daughters enjoyit, too. They are growing andlearning as the business grows.”

Valley Girl is located at 3657Teays Valley Road in Hurricane.

The store is open from 10 a.m.until 6 p.m. Monday throughSaturday.

For more information, callValley Girl at 304-964-3931 orvisit the store's website atwww.valleygirlwv.com.

Valley Girl brings high-end consignment to Hurricane

Owner Lisa Rickert opened Valley Girl, a chic consignment boutique, earlier thisyear. The high-end consignment boutique offers a variety of clothing items forwomen in addition to fashion accessories, shoes and jewelry. Photo by JackBailey

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