HURRICANE – The 15th annual Civil War Weekend at Valley Park in Hurricane will take place March 23-25 with a host of new activities for the public to enjoy. “This has become one of our biggest events of the year,” said Putnam County Parks Director Scott Williamson. “And it is the first event of the re-enactors sea- son. We are trying some different things this year and it should be a lot of fun.” On Friday, the Civil War week- end will kick off in earnest. Begin- ning at 9 a.m. and continuing throughout the day, area school children will be coming to Valley Park to see presentations from the re-enactors and learn more about living at the time of the CivilWar. A new feature for the school kids this year will be a presenta- tion by the Western Virginia Mili- tary Academy, a group of middle school students from Cabell County. Cadets from the Academy are re-enactors who are from the 1859-1860 period, right before the Civil War. Thursday, March 22, 2012 HOW TO REACH US PHONE: (304) 743-6731 FAX: (304) 562-6214 WINFIELD – Drivers crossing the Ross Booth Memorial Bridge at Winfield during the past week may have noticed a new sign that recently went up recognizing the bridge’s inclusion on the Na- tional Register of Historic Places. Workers from the state Depart- ment of Highways put the new signs up on March 13 to recog- nize the bridge’s inclusion on the list of the nation’s most historic places. The Ross Booth Memorial Bridge was added to the National Register in December. “I’m very happy about it,” said Oran “Pooch” Booth, who worked to see the former Win- field Toll Bridge renamed in honor of his late father, Ross Booth. Ross Booth was a carpenter who worked on the bridge’s con- struction in the 1950s before it opened to traffic in 1957. Pooch Booth began advocating to have the bridge renamed sev- eral years ago, and found a wel- come ear in Putnam County Del. Brady Paxton. In 2006 the bridge was offi- cially named the Ross Booth Me- morial Bridge. With the change in the name, Booth began advocating to have the bridge included on the Na- tional Register of Historic Places. He said he began that process more than two years ago, and was delighted when it was added to the Register in December. Now with the new signage going up letting motorists know about the bridge’s inclusion on the National Register, Booth said that he was pleased. “I think it’s important,” he said. “I think Putnam County citizens need to know that this is an his- toric site.” The National Register of His- toric Places is the official list of the nation’s historic places wor- thy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s Na- tional Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to support public and private ef- forts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic re- sources. In Putnam County, five other properties also appear on the Na- tional Register of Historic Places. They are the Asbury House in Hurricane, the Hoge House in Winfield, the Putnam County courthouse in Winfield, the Buf- falo Town Square and the Buffalo Indian Village site. New signs commemorate bridge’s historic status SEND YOUR COMMUNITY NEWS TO US AT [email protected]The Putnam Standard 1101 Hospital Drive www.thebarnyardbbq.com 1/2 Rack Ribs With 2 Homemade Sides $ 3 00 OFF Dine-In Only Expires 04/03/12 Annual Civil War Weekend set to kickoff Friday at Valley Park New signs were placed under the Ross Booth Memorial Bridge’s name on March 13 to recognize the bridge’s inclusion on the National Register of His- toric Places. The bridge was added to the National Register in December. Photo by Jack Bailey SEE WAR ON PAGE 3 SUBMITTED ARTICLE SCOTT DEPOT -- The Putnam Public Service District (PSD) has won three Gold Level Awards from the Saint Albans District Of- fice of the West Virginia Depart- ment of Health & Human Resources in the 2011 Drinking Water Performance Awards. The awards are given in recog- nition of drinking water quality and are held in high esteem in the water treatment industry. The first award is the Gold Level Award for 2011 Surface Water System of theYear. This is in recognition of PPSD’s record in 2011 of having high water treatment quality combined with few violations or deficiencies. The next award is the Gold Level Award for Optimized Water Treatment Plant. This award rec- ognizes PPSD’s water plant for exceeding some of the most rig- orous standards in the industry. Finally, PPSD is also the recip- ient of the Gold Level Award for Most Outstanding Surface Water System. This award is considered to be the most prestigious honor that can be attained by a surface water system in the Saint Albans district and is the result of having the highest average scores in a mix of criteria over a six year pe- riod. D. David Cobb, PE, the Engi- neering Supervisor for the Saint Putnam PSD wins awards for water SEE PSD ON PAGE 3 By Jack Bailey [email protected]By Jack Bailey [email protected]EXTRA ONLINE EDITION
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HURRICANE–The 15th annualCivil WarWeekend at Valley Parkin Hurricane will take placeMarch 23-25 with a host of newactivities for the public to enjoy.
“This has become one of our
biggest events of the year,” saidPutnam County Parks DirectorScott Williamson. “And it is thefirst event of the re-enactors sea-son.We are trying some differentthings this year and it should be alot of fun.”
On Friday, the Civil War week-endwill kick off in earnest. Begin-
ning at 9 a.m. and continuingthroughout the day, area schoolchildren will be coming to ValleyPark to seepresentations from there-enactors and learnmore aboutliving at the time of the CivilWar.
A new feature for the schoolkids this year will be a presenta-tion by theWestern Virginia Mili-
tary Academy, a group of middleschool students from CabellCounty.
Cadets from the Academy arere-enactors who are from the1859-1860period, right before theCivilWar.
Thursday,March 22,2012
HOW TO REACH USPHONE: (304) 743-6731FAX: (304) 562-6214
WINFIELD – Drivers crossingthe Ross Booth Memorial BridgeatWinfield during the past weekmay have noticed a new sign thatrecently went up recognizing thebridge’s inclusion on the Na-tional Register of Historic Places.
Workers from the stateDepart-ment of Highways put the newsigns up on March 13 to recog-nize the bridge’s inclusion on thelist of the nation’s most historicplaces.
The Ross Booth MemorialBridgewas added to theNationalRegister in December.
“I’m very happy about it,” saidOran “Pooch” Booth, whoworked to see the former Win-field Toll Bridge renamed inhonor of his late father, RossBooth.
Ross Booth was a carpenterwho worked on the bridge’s con-struction in the 1950s before itopened to traffic in 1957.
PoochBooth began advocatingto have the bridge renamed sev-eral years ago, and found a wel-come ear in Putnam County Del.Brady Paxton.
In 2006 the bridge was offi-cially named the Ross BoothMe-morial Bridge.
With the change in the name,
Booth began advocating to havethe bridge included on the Na-tional Register of Historic Places.He said he began that processmore than two years ago, andwas delighted when it was addedto the Register in December.
Now with the new signagegoing up letting motorists knowabout the bridge’s inclusion onthe National Register, Booth saidthat he was pleased.
“I think it’s important,” he said.“I think Putnam County citizensneed to know that this is an his-toric site.”
The National Register of His-toric Places is the official list ofthe nation’s historic places wor-thy of preservation.
Authorized by the NationalHistoric Preservation Act of 1966,the National Park Service’s Na-tional Register of Historic Placesis part of a national program tosupport public and private ef-forts to identify, evaluate, andprotect America’s historic re-sources.
In Putnam County, five otherproperties also appear on theNa-tional Register of Historic Places.They are the Asbury House inHurricane, the Hoge House inWinfield, the Putnam Countycourthouse in Winfield, the Buf-faloTown Square and the BuffaloIndianVillage site.
Annual CivilWarWeekend set to kickoff Friday atValley Park
New signs were placed under the Ross Booth Memorial Bridge’s name onMarch 13 to recognize the bridge’s inclusion on the National Register of His-toric Places. The bridge was added to the National Register in December. Photoby Jack Bailey
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SUBMITTED ARTICLESCOTT DEPOT -- The Putnam
Public Service District (PSD) haswon three Gold Level Awardsfrom the Saint AlbansDistrict Of-fice of the West Virginia Depart-ment of Health & HumanResources in the 2011 DrinkingWater Performance Awards.
The awards are given in recog-nition of drinking water qualityand are held in high esteem inthe water treatment industry.
The first award is the GoldLevel Award for 2011 SurfaceWater System of the Year. This isin recognition of PPSD’s recordin 2011 of having high watertreatment quality combinedwithfew violations or deficiencies.
The next award is the GoldLevel Award for OptimizedWaterTreatment Plant. This award rec-ognizes PPSD’s water plant forexceeding some of the most rig-orous standards in the industry.
Finally, PPSD is also the recip-ient of the Gold Level Award forMost Outstanding SurfaceWaterSystem.This award is consideredto be themost prestigious honorthat can be attained by a surfacewater system in the Saint Albansdistrict and is the result of havingthe highest average scores in amix of criteria over a six year pe-riod.
D. David Cobb, PE, the Engi-neering Supervisor for the Saint
The Whisnants will be at RockBranch Independent Church lo-cated at 133 Cross Lanes DriveNitro, WV at 7:00pm for a FREESong & Praise service. A love of-fering will be taken. For more in-formation contact the church at304-755-1364.
HHS Band Boosters tohost Longaberger
Basket BingoThe Hurricane High School
Band Boosters will host aLongaberger Basket Bingo onMarch 24th in the HHS Com-mons. Doors will open at 5pmand bingo will start at 6pm. Allbaskets will be filled. Cost is $20to play 20 regular bingo games,with 5 special games at $1 percard. Concessions will be avail-able. Proceeds from thisfundraiser will be used for rou-tine band expenses (such asband camp, instrument repairand replacement, care of uni-forms) for our 2012 season.
St. Francis Bingo St. Francis Church at 525 Hol-
ley Street, St. Albans holds Bingoevery Monday evening beginningwith Early Birds at 5pm. Conces-sions are available. Please call(304) 727-3033 for more informa-tion.
Literacy Volunteers ofPutnam County
Would you like to make a dif-ference? Do you know someonewho needs help with reading? Be-come a literacy volunteer andhelp adults improve their basicacademic skills. We will teach youhow to help others through ourfree 10 hour training sessionwhich will give you the skills youneed. Call 304-757-1550.
South Charleston PublicLibrary to hold Monthly
MeetingThe South Charleston Public
Library Board will hold its regularmonthly meeting on Monday,March 26, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. Theagenda is available at the library.
The public is welcome to at-tend.
Caregiver SupportProgram
The Family Caregiver SupportProgram offers support, trainingand relief to those providing full-time caregiving for a loved one.Services include in-home respiteand counseling. Putnam Aging,the West Virginia Bureau of Sen-ior Services and the Metro AreaAgency on Aging sponsors theprogram.
For more information, contactSally Halstead, 304-562-9451.
Spring BazaarThe Buffalo Nazarene Church
will have a Spring Bazaar on Sat-urday, March 24, 10 AM – 3 PM.Homemade candy and desserts,hot dogs, baked beans, potato ormacaroni salad. Eat in or carryout. Everyone Welcome.
Election WorkersNeeded
If you are registered to vote inPutnam County and would liketo work as an election worker inthe May 8, 2012, primary elec-tion, please contact the office ofthe Putnam County Clerk at 304-586-0202, by March 30. Workerswill be placed on a first comebasis. Both evening and daytraining sessions will be avail-able.
Maintenance PositionPutnam County Parks and
Recreation Commission is seek-ing a qualified individual to fillthe position of MaintenanceWorker. The position is full time,hourly with benefits. The suc-cessful applicant must be willingto perform a variety of mainte-nance tasks on an individual andcollective basis. Experience inconstruction, plumbing andelectrical work is helpful.
To obtain a job description andapplication form, visit our website at www.putnamcounty-parks.net or come to the Admin-istrative Office located at #1Valley Park Drive, Hurricane, WV25526 or call 304-562-0518 ext.10. The completed application,cover letter, resume and refer-ences are to be mailed or deliv-ered to the park office by 3 p.m.on Friday March 23, 2012.
National Medalof Honor Day
The United States Congresshas designated March 25th ofeach year as National Medal ofHonor Day, a day dedicated toMedal of Honor recipients.
This is the only award pre-sented by the President in thename of Congress.
As a Patriotic American thereare things that you can do tocommemorate this day: Fly yourflag and remember our heroes.
Instructors NeededPutnam County Parks & Recre-
ation Commission is looking forinstructors to teach classes. Ifanyone has a trade and wouldlike to teach a class please con-tact the park office at (304)562-0518 ext. 10.
BingoEvery Wednesday night (7:00
p.m.) VFW Post 9097, Teays ValleyRoad. Public invited.
PCTC Career DayPutnam Career & Technical
Center is sponsoring a CareerDay for high school students,adult students and communitymembers on Thursday, March29th, at the PCTC in Eleanor.
Area employers, labor unionsand post-secondary school rep-resentatives will be in attendanceto discuss career opportunitieswith all participants.
All community members whoare seeking employment and/orpost-secondary training are en-couraged to attend. Times will be8:50 until 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 to2:00 p.m.
It is suggested that participantsdress appropriately and bring re-sumes with them for potentialemployers. There are no fees forthis service which is a School-to-Work activity.
Free ScrapbookingClasses
Free Scrapbooking classes “Ona Budget” are held at HometownSenior Center every Monday &Thursday at 10 a.m. For more in-formation, call 304-586-2745.
Pool Pass DiscountsPurchase your season pass by
April 1, 2012 and receive a 20%discount.
If a season pass does not workfor you, we offer a book of 20 tick-ets for (adults 12 yrs. and over)$160.00 (children 5 – 11 yrs. old)
$120.00. County Pool $90.00.So hurry into the park office lo-
cated at #1 Valley Park Dr. Hurri-cane or call (562-0518 ext. 10)before the time passes you by.
Nitro SeniorCitizen Center
The Nitro Senior Center, Sec-ond Avenue and 21st Street, isopen from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. week-days. Lunch is served at 11:30a.m. All seniors are invited tovisit, have lunch, play pool orcards, use exercise machines andenjoy other activities. For thoseneeding a ride, the senior van isavailable by calling 304-755-5502before 9 a.m.
PCTC Adult LearningCenter provides
Academic RemediationStudents prepare for various
types of testing including ACT,GED, and LPN. Hours are 8 a.m.to 3 p.m. Monday through Thurs-day, and 8 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. onFriday. For more info. call 586-2411.
University of Charlestonannounces upcoming
SpeakersThe University of Charleston
Speaker Series announces thefollowing schedule:
Energy: Who’s Got the Power??March 27 – “The Power of
Coal” – with Kevin Crutchfield,CEO of Alpha Natural Resources
April 12 – “Global Power Plays”– with Barry Worthington, Execu-tive Director, U.S. Energy Associ-ation
All events begin at 6:30 p.m. inGeary Auditorium, RigglemanHall, and are free and open to thepublic. No tickets needed. De-tails, photos, and speaker biosare available on our website,www.ucwv.edu/speakerseries.For more information, pleasecontact:
University of Charleston Officeof Communications, (304) 357-4716; [email protected].
Photography Class –(Tuesday’s)
May 10 – June 14, 2012Putnam County Parks & Recre-
ation Commission is hosting aphotography class instructed byDusty Hurley starting May 10thru June 14, 2012. Class will beon Tuesday’s from 6:15 – 7:45p.m. Located in the Commons of
Putnam County.For more information or to
register please contact Dusty at586-0201. You may also registeron her link at www.lovehappi-nessphoto.com.
Order YourEaster Eggs NOW
The United Methodist Womenof Forrest Burdette UnitedMethodist Women are taking or-ders for ½ pound Easter Eggs,available in vanilla, coconut,cherry nut, maple nut and themost favorite of all, peanut but-ter. Each egg is hand decorated.Cost $3.50.
The eggs will be available forpick on Saturday, March 31st,2012, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. atForrest Burdette UnitedMethodist Church, 2848 PutnamAvenue in Hurricane. Also, onthat day, books, crafts, bakedgoodies and hot dogs will be onsale for the Spring Festival.
To place an order, call Jan, 304-562-2053 or email your order [email protected] with thesubject Eggs!
Huntington's DiseaseSupport Group Formed A peer-led Huntington's Dis-
ease Support Group has beenformed in Charleston for pa-tients, families, caregivers andthose at risk. The meetings areheld on the second Saturday ofthe month from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.at Saint Francis Hospital.
Childhood Education major atGrove City College, has beennamed to the Dean's List withDistinction for the fall 2011 se-mester. Marita is a 2008 graduateof Teays Valley Christian Schooland is the daughter of Mr. andMrs. Gerald Sodaro from ScottDepot, WV.
Students eligible for the Dean'sList have a GPA of 3.40 to 3.59; forthe Dean's List with Distinction aGPA of 3.60 to 3.84 and for theDean's List with High Distinctiona GPA of 3.85 to 4.0.
Founded in 1876, Grove CityCollege stands on its foundingideals of faith and freedom, madepossible by an unwavering com-mitment to Christian principlesand rigorous academics at a pricewithin the reach of families withmodest means.
The College, located 60 milesnorth of Pittsburgh, Pa., has anenrollment of 2,500 students andteaches the liberal arts, sciencesand engineering. It is an advocateof the free market economic sys-tem and accepts no federal fund-ing.
Tuition is about half the na-tional average for private col-leges.
Winfield, West Virginia, USPS 451-160The Putnam Standard (ISSN, 451160) is published weeklyat P.O. Box 179, Winfield, WV 25213. Yearly subscriptionrates: In-County $22.00; In-State $38.00; Out-of-State$48.00. Bill Unger, Publisher. Periodical Postage paid atMain Post Office, Winfield, WV, and additional mailing of-fices under the act of March 3, 1979. Postmaster: Send Ad-dress changes to the Putnam Standard, P.O. Box 179,Winfield, WV 25213. We reserve the right to accept or re-ject and to edit all news and advertising copy.
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Albans District Office, said that“these three awards are the high-est level achievable in each of thecategories we present awardsand thus together this is a mostimpressive feat. “
Both Mike McNulty, PPSD
General Manager, and John In-ghram, PPSD Superintendent ofWater Quality, expressed pleas-ure and gratitude for winning theawards.
“We’ve invested heavily in en-suring that our customers receive
the highest quality water possi-ble. It is good to see that our ef-forts have yielded dividends,”said McNulty.
Inghram added that while it isalways an honor to receive recog-
nition from the DHHR, winningall three awards in the same yearis one of the highlights of his pro-fessional career.
For more information, visitPutnamPSD.com
They don military academydress of the time and perform mil-itary drills.
On Friday they will be showcas-ing some of those drills for areaschool children, and also teachingthem about the Civil War era timeperiod.
Then throughout the weekend,the Cadets will participate in there-enactments by re-creating aCivil War era hospital scene.
“Hopefully, they will be an in-spiration for some of our kids inPutnam County,” said Williamson,who added that he would like tosee a similar living history groupbrought to the school system here.
While the dinner with Abe Lin-coln and the addition of the West-ern Virginia Military Academycadets are new for this year, per-haps the biggest change that peo-ple who attend the weekend willnotice is that the site where re-en-actors recreate the skirmish ofHurricane Bridge and the Battle ofScary Creek has been changed.
Previously, the battles wererecreated on the large soccer fieldat Valley Park, but this year thanksto a lot of hard work and elbowgrease, the area around the creekbehind the shelters at Valley Parkhas been cleaned of brush and thebattles will be re-enacted there.
“That was our biggest criticism,from the re-enactors and the pub-lic, that the battles took place on asoccer field,” Williamson said.“But this year, we are actually por-traying the Battle of Scary Creek at
the creek. This will be a very accu-rate portrayal of what happened.”
Moving the battlefield was noeasy task and Williamson creditsthe Park Staff, area Boy Scouts andEagle Scouts and Putnam Day Re-port workers for doing a tremen-dous job in clearing brush anddebris to make it possible.
Williamson said that the newlycleared area will provide a greatvantage point from every angle forthose turning out to watch thebattles re-enacted.
Typically, several hundred peo-ple turnout to watch the battles,and Williamson suggested trying
to arrive early. The battles will be recreated at
2 p.m. on both Saturday and Sun-day. Williamson suggested tryingto arrive by noon to allow ampletime for parking and finding aseat.
In addition to watching the re-enactment of the battles, therewill be plenty of other activitiesspread around the grounds at Val-ley Park. There will be vendorsselling a variety of items, and var-ious presentations throughout theweekend.
On Saturday at 3 p.m. there willbe a Ladies Tea at the Valley Park
Community Center and all ladiesages 8 and above are invited to at-tend. Then on Saturday eveningat 7:30 p.m. there will be a MilitaryBall at the Community Center.While many of the re-enactorswho are there for the weekend willappear at the Ball in period dress,no special dress is required.
Also going on throughout theweekend will be storytelling, nightfiring, parade drills, and a lanterntour. For more information on theCivil War Weekend call PutnamCounty Parks at (304) 562-0518ext. 10 or the Putnam County Vis-itors Bureau at (304) 562-0727.
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Civil War re-enactors will return to Valley Park in Hurricane March 23-25 for the 15th annual Civil War Weekend. Re-en-actors, shown here during last year's weekend, re-enact the skirmish of Hurricane Bridge and the Battle of Scary Creekas part of the weekend's activities. Putnam Standard file photo.
SUBMITTED ARTICLEWASHINGTON, DC – Agricul-
ture Secretary Tom Vilsack hasannounced that USDA is seekingapplications for grants to helprural businesses create jobs andspur economic development.
USDA Rural Developmentplans to award up to $8.6 millionthrough the Rural CommunityDevelopment Initiative program.Applications are sought for proj-ects that:
Provide technical assistance toimprove the capacity of local or-ganizations to complete success-ful housing, economicdevelopment and community fa-cilities projects;
Help recipients complete pre-development requirements –such as architectural and engi-neering plans;
Help development organiza-tions improve their board opera-tions, management andknowledge of financial and infor-mation technology systems;
Provide homeownership edu-cation or training for entrepre-neurs.
Part of the RCDI funds to beawarded may be used for projectsassociated with the Rural Jobsand Innovation Accelerator Chal-lenge, which was announced onMarch 8, 2012.
The deadline for submittingRCDI applications is May 9, 2012.Applications must be submittedto the USDA Rural Developmentstate office where the applicant'sheadquarters are located.
A list of these offices is availableon the USDA Rural Developmentwebsite.
The deadline to apply for RCDIfunding for Rural Jobs and Inno-vation Accelerator projects is May9, 2012. For more information onhow to apply, please visitGrants.gov.
SUBMITTED ARTICLEBARBOURSVILLE – Jeffer-
sonWhitney, a Hurricane basedinsurance, investment and fi-nancial planning firm that
places an increased focus onthose with special needs, issponsoring Special EasterBunny at The Huntington Mallin Barboursville.
This event will be held in theCommunity room SaturdaysMarch 24 and 31 from 9 a.m. -10:30 a.m. Special Easter Bunnyis geared towards families withchildren with special needs.
Eliminating the busy mallenvironment and providing amore calm experience will helpfamilies continue the traditionof visiting the Easter Bunny.]
Photos and a special gift willbe provided to participants.
JeffersonWhitney is locatedat 3466 Teays Valley Rd. andserves clients throughout thetri-state area.
For more information, pleasev i s i twww.jeffersonwhitney.com orcall Stacie Thomas at (304) 397-6517.
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workshop series to learn how to grow your own fresh fruit, even in
your own backyard. The information is pertinent to any
grower looking to grow his or her own small fruits. Workshops are
made possible by a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the West Department of Agriculture.
West Virginia State University R&D Corp. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, marital status, disability, or status as a U.S. veteran.
ScheduleMarch 27 - GrapesApril 3 -Fruit Trees
Time10:00 - Noon
Workshops will be held at the Pumpkin Park in Milton, WV
To register, contact Jeanie Sutphin at304-204-4305 or [email protected]
CHARLESTON – A windyMarch day is great for flying akite, but not for burning brush.That’s why state foresters are ask-ing residents to be extremelycautious this month with out-door fires.
“One spark can easily start aforest fire,” said Assistant StateForester Walt Jackson. “Help uskeep the woods safe by usingcommon sense and not burning
debris on windy days.”Since Jan. 1, foresters have
recorded 148 forest fires through-out West Virginia. Half of thosefires, 74, were caused by sparksfrom debris fires or the escape ofthe fires themselves. The secondleading cause of forest fires in2012 is equipment use that hasled to 32 fires. Arson or incendi-ary fires account for 26 fires so farthis year.
Jackson offered several tips tokeep down fire danger whenburning outdoors.
•Burn only after 5 p.m. — it’sthe law — and put your fire outcompletely by 7 a.m.
•Put debris in several smallpiles instead of one large one
•Never burn on dry, windydays
•Select a safe place away fromoverhead power lines, phone
lines or other obstructions andwhere the fire cannot spread intothe woods or weedy or brushyareas
•Clear at least a 10-foot areaaround the fire and make surethe area is clear of all burnablematerial
•Have water and tools on handto extinguish anything that mayescape the burn area
•Be conscientious of neighbors
and don’t burn debris that pro-duces a lot of smoke at timeswhen smoke does not rise. If thesmoke spreads out near theground instead of rising, put outthe fire and burn another time.
•Stay with the fire at all timesuntil it is completely out. Leav-ing a fire unattended for anylength of time is illegal.
•Call 911 immediately if a firedoes escape.
Special Easter Bunny to visit Huntington Mall
State foresters issue guidelines for burning outdoors
WINFIELD -- Hurricane HighSchool teacher Christian St. John,who previously said he wouldfight his termination, has appar-ently decided to gracefully bowout and resign after reaching anagreement with school officialsto avoid outright termination.
“What this says,” said VictoriaSewell, mother of two of St.John's former students, “is thatgiving children a good educationis not as important as sticking tothe administration’s rules, evenwhen they don't make sense.”
Monday night, the PutnamCounty Board of Education ac-cepted the resignation of St.John, who earlier this month saidhe had reached an agreementwith school officials to allow himto keep his benefits and retire-ment, although he would not beable to teach in the county. How-ever, after a public outcry in hissupport, he said that he would
fight to keep his job and with-drew his initial resignation.
It appears that the final agree-ment was reached just a shortwhile before Monday's meeting,which was attended by around60 people, many of whom wereSt. John's students, former stu-
dents or parents. The original agenda, posted on
the county's Web site, www.put-namschools.com, called for anexecutive session and a vote on atermination action for insubordi-nation, but was revised so soonbefore the meeting that copies of
the new agenda were delayed.It wasn't available until just
before the meeting was called toorder and had been updated toinclude St. John's resignation.
During the meeting, Boardpresident Craig Spicer struck theexecutive session and changedthe suspension/terminationclause to read: "To ratify the 10-day suspension imposed by thesuperintendent and accept thesettlement agreement recom-mended by the superintendentand executed by Christian St.John and the superintendent."
Three people addressed theboard Monday, including MarshaBradbury, who said, “we all hopehe is given a second chance to re-main an educator in PutnamCounty Schools” and TheresaCatanzarite, who credited St.John with helping her daughterthrough a difficult time.
“What kind of choice is it,”Bradbury said after the meeting,“to resign or be fired and lose thething you love most in life.”
Students and former students,angry and bewildered about theend of St. John's decades-longcareer, spoke of him as an ap-proachable educator.
Many had stories about friendssuffering extreme depression –even on the brink of suicide –whose confiding in St. John liter-ally saved their lives.
“He could inspire anyone,”said former student Mark Shaf-fer, “to do anything.”
Lucas Willis, a 2009 graduateof Hurricane, said St. John con-vinced him to give college a try.
“He motivated you,” Willissaid. “He would stick up for you.He works with whatever teachingstyle fits you. If something didn'twork, he kept trying until hereached you. He made me be-lieve I could do anything. Hehelped me in other classes. Heeven helped me with collegeclasses. How many teachers doyou keep up with years after yougraduate? How many teacherswill help you after you graduate?”
Embattled Hurricane High School teacher resignsBy David Payne Sr.
Marsha Bradbury speaks in support of former Hurricane High School teacherChristopher St. John at Monday night’s meeting of the Putnam County Board ofEductaion. Photo by David Payne Sr.
WINFIELD – Putnam CountyClerk Brian Wood said that he isin need of poll workers for theupcoming May 8 primary elec-tions.
Wood said that he needs bothRepublican and Democrat pollworkers.
“Anyone interested shouldplease contact my office,” Woodsaid. “This being a presidentialelection we would like to have astockpile of workers to drawfrom.”
Wood said that he needs pollworkers both to work the pollsthe day of the primary electionand also to man informationbooths that he plans to set up inhigh traffic voting areas. Wood
said that he thinks the informa-tion booths are necessary be-cause of recent redistrictingchanges so that voters know theproper places to vote.
“We can use all of the peoplewe can get,” Wood said.
In order to be eligible to be apoll worker, Wood said that youmust be a resident of PutnamCounty, must be 18 years of ageand registered to vote.
A training session is providedfor poll workers before the pri-mary election, Wood said.
In addition to performing acivic duty, Wood said that poll
workers are also paid for theirservices.
Workers receive $50 for at-tending the training session andthen $150 for working on Elec-tion Day.
Wood said that anyone who isinterested in becoming a pollworker should contact his officeas soon as possible at (304) 586-0202.
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SUBMITTED ARTICLETEAYS VALLEY -- The Teays
Valley Church of God will add asecond service beginningEaster Sunday, April 8.
The first service will begin at9 a.m. and the second servicewill be held at 10:45 a.m.
“We have seen tremendousgrowth during the past fiveyears and are out of room, agreat challenge to have,” saidthe church’s pastor, the Rev. Dr.Melissa Pratt.
In order to make way for con-tinued growth, the staff has de-cided to offer a second service.The church plans to relocate totheir 74 acres of property
sometime during the next fiveyears, but until then, thechurch will move to a two-ser-vice structure.
Both services will feature anursery and activities for chil-dren and teenagers as well.
Teays Valley Church of God isa non-denominational churchwhose focus is connecting thecommunity with Christ.
All are welcome.For more information, call
304-757-9222 or visit thechurch’s website atwww.tvcog.org.
The Teays Valley Church ofGod is located at 4430 TeaysValley Road in Scott Depot.
County in need of poll workers for May 8 primary election
Teays Valley Church of Godadding second Sunday service
Teays Valley Church of God’s staff are (from left) Wendy Hicks (children's pas-tor), Thom Pratt (connections pastor) Melissa Pratt (senior pastor) Mandy Bohm(worship pastor) and Jonathan Secrest (youth pastor).
SUBMITTED ARTICLEWASHINGTON, D.C. -- The
U.S. Small Business Administra-tion has announced that federaleconomic injury disaster loansare available to small businessesin Putnam County following theannouncement of a Presidentialdisaster declaration for severalcounties in West Virginia af-fected by severe storms, torna-does, flooding, mudslides andlandslides from Feb. 29 to March5, 2012.
"The U.S. Small Business Ad-ministration is strongly commit-ted to providing the people ofWest Virginia with the most ef-fective and customer-focusedresponse possible to assisthomeowners, renters, and busi-nesses with federal disasterloans. Getting businesses andcommunities up and runningafter a disaster is our highest pri-ority at SBA,” U.S. Small Busi-ness AdministrationAdministrator Karen G. Millssaid.
The disaster declaration cov-ers the counties of Lincoln, Mar-ion and Wayne in West Virginia ,which are eligible for both Phys-ical and Economic Injury Disas-ter Loans from the SBA.
Small businesses and mostprivate non-profit organizationsin the following adjacent coun-ties are eligible to apply only forSBA Economic Injury DisasterLoans: Boone, Cabell, Harrison,Kanawha, Logan, Mingo,
Monongalia, Putnam, Taylorand Wetzel in West Virginia ;Boyd, Lawrence, and Martin inKentucky ; and Lawrence inOhio .
Disaster loans up to $200,000are available to homeowners torepair or replace disaster dam-aged or destroyed real estate.Homeowners and renters are el-igible up to $40,000 to repair orreplace disaster damaged or de-stroyed personal property.
Businesses and private non-profit organizations of any sizemay borrow up to $2 million torepair or replace disaster dam-aged or destroyed real estate,machinery and equipment, in-ventory, and other business as-sets.
The SBA may increase a loanup to 20 percent of the totalamount of disaster damage toreal estate and/or leasehold im-provements, as verified by SBA,to make improvements thatlessen the risk of property dam-age by future disasters of thesame kind.
For small businesses, smallagricultural cooperatives, smallbusinesses engaged in aquacul-ture and most private non-profitorganizations of all sizes, theSBA offers Economic Injury Dis-
aster Loans to help meet work-ing capital needs caused by thedisaster. Economic Injury Dis-aster Loan assistance is avail-able regardless of whether thebusiness suffered any physicalproperty damage.
Interest rates are as low as1.875 percent for homeownersand renters, 3 percent for non-profit organizations and 4 per-cent for businesses with termsup to 30 years.
Loan amounts and terms areset by the SBA and are based oneach applicant's financial con-dition.
To be considered for all formsof disaster assistance, call theFederal Emergency Manage-ment Agency (FEMA) at 800-621-FEMA (3362), (TTY)800-462-7585 for the deaf andhard-of-hearing. Additional de-tails on the locations of DisasterRecovery Centers and the loanapplication process can be ob-tained by calling the SBA Cus-tomer Service Center at800-659-2955 (800-877-8339 forthe deaf and hard-of-hearing) orby sending an e-mail to [email protected].
The filing deadline to returnapplications for physical prop-erty damage is May 15, 2012 .
The deadline to return eco-nomic injury applications is De-cember 17, 2012 .
For more information aboutthe SBA's Disaster Loan Pro-gram, visit www.sba.gov.
SBA disaster loans available to local businesses
SUBMITTED ARTICLEForeign high school students
are scheduled to arrive soon foracademic semester program
homestays, and the sponsoringorganization, Pacific Intercul-tural Exchange (P.I.E), needs afew more local hosts.
Americans mentor interna-tional teenagers and provide acaring environment, a room anddaily meals.
P.I.E. area representativesmatch students with host fami-lies by finding common interests
and lifestyles through an infor-mal in-home meeting. Prospec-tive host families are able toreview student information to se-lect the perfect match.
There is no such thing as a typ-ical host family. One can be mar-
ried, single, retired, with childrenor no children.
The international teenagersare ages 15-18 years old, havetheir own spending money, areacademically strong, speak Eng-lish well enough to attend a pub-lic high school, and are waiting tohear from a friendly American.
The international studentshave accident and health insur-ance and are anxious to sharetheir cultural experiences withtheir new American families.P.I.E. currently has programs tomatch almost every family'sneeds, ranging in length from asemester to a full academic year,where the students attend localhigh schools.
Families who host for P.I.E. arealso eligible to claim a $50.00 permonth charitable contributiondeduction on their itemized taxreturns for each month they hosta sponsored student.
For the upcoming school year,P.I.E. has students from Ger-many, Hong Kong, Venezuela,Belgium, Brazil, South Korea,Mexico, Norway, China, Den-mark, Thailand and other coun-tries.
People interested in learningmore about student exchange orarranging for a meeting with acommunity representative maycall P.I.E., toll-free, at 1-888-743-
NITRO -- Bruce McCuskey, asenior at Nitro High School willrepresent the state of West Vir-ginia May 13-15 in the PoetryOut Loud: National RecitationContest.The West Virginia Division of
Culture and History and theWest Virginia Commission onthe Arts announced Tuesday,March 20, that McCuskey won$200 plus an all-expense-paidtrip to Washington, D.C. for thenational finals after winning thestate Poetry Out Loud competi-tion.McCuskey also took home a
trophy created for the Poetry OutLoud competition by Charlestonartists Chris Dutch and RobinHammer. His school will receivea $500 stipend for the purchaseof poetry books, and a travelingtrophy to display for one year.McCuskey chose to recite “Pre-
ludes” by T. S. Eliot, “The LastLaugh” by Wilfred Owen and “AsKingfishers Catch Fire” by Ger-ard Manley Hopkins.This year’s runner-up, Dayja
Legg, a junior at Capital High
School, recited “Caged Bird” byMaya Angelou, “A Birthday” byChristina Rossetti and “Invictus”by William Ernest Henley. Leggwill receive $100 and her schoollibrary will collect $200 for po-etry books.Two state semifinal rounds
were held Friday, March 2.Twenty-one students from 21high schools in 17 counties com-peted. The top 10 finalists advanced
to the state finals on Saturday,March 3, in the Norman L. FaganWest Virginia State Theater in theCulture Center, State CapitolComplex in Charleston. The other students who were
finalists included David Crowefrom Richwood High School,Nicholas County; Sabrina Dahliafrom East Fairmont High School,Marion County; Tim DiFaziofrom Morgantown High School,Monongalia County; Tyler Ham-mack from Roane County HighSchool; Kaley Hensley fromChapmanville High School,Logan County; Sarah McCloyfrom Wirt County High School;
Afsheen Misaghi from GeorgeWashington High School,Kanawha County; and TimberlyRobinson, Lyceum Prep Acad-emy, Ohio County. A completelist of all 21 semifinalists is at-tached.Judges for the West Virginia fi-
nals were Colleen Anderson, afreelance writer, songwriter andgraphic designer fromCharleston who has publishedshort fiction and poetry, andwon awards in two nationalcompetitions for her essays forWest Virginia Public Radio; NikkiBowman of Morgantown, ownerand editor of the critically ac-claimed WV Living and WV Wed-dings magazines and co-ownerof WV Living Marketplace, whorecently launched a new maga-zine called Morgantown; KateMorris of Hurricane owns a busi-ness that provides speech, lan-guage, and feeding therapy toinfants and toddlers and is activein community theater, havingperformed with Kanawha Play-ers, the Charleston Stage Co. andthe 5th Avenue Theatre Co.; and
Deborah Stiles, a native of Elkinswho has published poetry, fic-tion and nonfiction in the UnitedStates, England and Canada, aswell as two books, Riding Lime-stone and Movement Cata-logued.West Virginia native Chris
Sarandon, star of screen, theaterand television, served as emcee.He graduated magna cum laudefrom WVU and received his mas-ter’s degree in theater fromCatholic University of Americain Washington, D.C. Originallyfrom Beckley, Sarandon has per-formed in such films as Dog DayAfternoon, for which he receivedan Oscar nomination, ThePrincess Bride, Child’s Play, TheNightmare Before Christmas andLoggerheads. His Broadway ap-pearances have included TheRothschilds, Two Gentlemen ofVerona, Nick and Nora andCyrano de Bergerac.The Division presented Amber
Tamblyn as the special guestpoet and actress, who performedduring the final competitionMarch 3. Tamblyn has been a
writer and actress since the ageof nine. She is recognized for herwork as Joan on the CBS televi-sion program Joan of Arcadiaand won a Locarno Film Festivalaward for best actress for her rolein Stephanie Daley. Tamblyn isthe author of two poetry collec-tions, Bang, Ditto and Free Stal-lion. Her work has beenpublished in New York Quarterly,Poets & Writers, Interview, andCosmopolitan, among others.She is the executive producer of“The Drums Inside Your Chest,”an annual poetry concert thatshowcases outstanding contem-porary poets.Poetry Out Loud is a program
sponsored by the National En-dowment for the Arts (NEA) andthe Poetry Foundation, pub-lisher of Poetry Magazine, theoldest English-languagemonthly publication dedicatedto verse. The program is designed to
encourage high school studentsto learn about great poetrythrough memorization, per-formance and competition.
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The Putnam Standard Outdoor News March 19-23, 2012 –Page 7
Imagine yourself on a browntrout stream in ancient Macedo-nia.
You've done well fishing withlive worms or bugs on a hook allyear, but then a large hatch en-sues, with millions of tiny fliescasting off their cases and usingthe water's surface tension to drytheir wings in the mountain air.
The trout are in a frenzy, nip-ping these flies from the surfaceand ignoring any type of bait atyour disposal. You try to bait yourhook with one of these flies, butit crumbles and falls to theground. But then, you have anidea.
You gather up some wool andfeathers and tie them to yourhook with a piece of horsehairthat looks like the insect the troutwant. Soon, your buddies are allplucking hairs from their horses'tails and pulling bits of wool fromtheir clothes for their own flies.
While that precise moment ofthe birth of flyfishing wasn'trecorded, it may have happenedsomething like that. Nearly 2,000years ago, the Roman ClaudiusAelianus described Macedoniansfishing for brown trout with arti-ficial flies they used to representwhat he described as a bee-likeinsect that the trout were feeding
on. The earliest recipes for fishing
flies are found in “Treatyse ofFysshynge Wyth an Angle” fromthe 1400s. It's usually attributedto Dame Juliana Berners, al-though it may have been writtenby someone else – an authorshipcan of worms best opened in itsown column.
The author has the readerusing live baits and some home-made oven-baked stink baits,made with bread and blood to beused except for when “the troutleapeth.”
When the trouth “leapeth,”that was time for tied flies “ac-cording to the month,” followedby as far as I know with the oldestknown hatch chart.
These patterns and a few other
Dame Juliana flies are collectivelyknown as the Treatise Flies. Peo-ple still tie similar flies today,though the designs have evolvedwith modern materials.
For April, there is the Dun Fly:“the body of black wool. Thewings of the blackest drake (maleduck) and the lay under thewings and under the tail.”
For May, there is the Stonefly:“the body of black wool, yellowunder the wing and under the tailand the wings of the drake. In thebeginning of May, a good fly.”Also for the month is the YellowFly: “the body of yellow wool, thewings of the red cock hackle andof the drake yellow.”
In June, it was time for theBlack Louper: “the body of blackwool and lapped about with the
herle of the peacock tail and thewings of the red capon with blueheed.”
The Manure Fly was the fly ofchoice for July: “the body of darkwool, the wings of the blackestmale of the wild drake.”
The Drake Fly was the fly ofchoice for August: “the body ofblack wool and lapped aboutwith black silk: wings of the Blakedrake with a black heed.”
The Treatise author doesn'tmention the flies floating undertheir own buoyancy and I doubtthey did, but that doesn't meanthey weren't fished as dry flies.He or she does go at length to de-scribe the medieval tackle usedand how to make it, so we knowthat fishing of that time was upclose and personal with a shortsection of line attached to therod. The author used various col-ors of dyed horse hair for camou-flaging line in different waterconditions, cork for bobbers andeven wire leaders for pike. It wasmore like fish hunting than anycommon modern-day fishingtechnique.
Yet, there was no need for thefly itself to float because you sim-ply dangled it on the surface ofthe water.
The need for the flies to floatby themselves came with the ap-pearance of the fishing reel.While the reel is referenced in
Chinese art in the 12th Century,it doesn't seem to appear in Eu-rope until the 1600s.
The first reference to a fishingreel is in Thomas Barker's “TheArt of Angling” from 1651. It wasprobably a simple spool that youwound excess line onto, but theability to have excess line gavethe angler the power to castmuch farther out. Now, his fliesneed to float.
So it's no coincidence thatBarker also mentions floatingflies.
As far as I know, his book is theearliest known discussion ofwhich materials float best. “Iwork much of hog's wool,” hewrites, “for I find it floateth best.”
Those early fishing booksboast an extraordinary under-standing of fish behavior andreading water. Much of the ad-vice still applies.
You'll also find some ideas inthem that seem remarkablymodern, such as this from theTreatise: “When ye have suffi-cient mess,” the author writes,“ye should covet no more (fish) atthat time. Also, ye shall helpyourself to nourish the game inall that ye may.”
That's as good advice today asit was a half millennium ago.
The presence of Largemouthbass virus has been discovered infour West Virginia lakes, officialssay.
Recent fish health surveys con-ducted by the West Virginia Divi-sion of Natural Resourcesrevealed the presence of large-
mouth bass virus in four WestVirginia lakes, East Lynn (WayneCounty), North Bend (RitchieCounty), Stonewall Jackson(Lewis County), and Sutton(Braxton County) lakes.
Fish health surveys also wereconducted at Mount Storm(Grant County) and Moncove(Monroe County) lakes and LittleKanawha (Wood County),Monongahela (MonongaliaCounty), Tygart (BarbourCounty), and New (SummersCounty) rivers. No virus wasfound in those fish.
“Largemouth bass virus is acommon pathogen found prima-rily in southern United Stateslargemouth bass populations,but has been expandingthroughout North America,” saidChris O’Bara, DNR fisheries re-search biologist. “LMBV has notbeen linked to any human healthconcerns but, as always, fishshould be properly preparedprior to eating.”
Bret Preston, DNR wildlife re-sources assistant chief, said thatjust because the fish had beenexposed to the virus, doesn'tmean they were ill with it.
“We've documented large-mouth-bass virus is some fish –that doesn't mean they were sickand we haven't seen any thatwere sick. That just means thatthe virus is present. It's not un-common to have viruses in ani-mals that are present, but notactive. We've had no die-offs orkills that can be attributed to thisvirus,” Preston said.
Biologists say the virus posesno threat to humans and hasbeen found in at least 20 states.However, they are concernedthat if there are other stressespresent in a fish's environment,such as improper handling byanglers before release, it couldbecome vulnerable to the virus.
Preston said anglers shouldhandle fish that are to be re-leased as little as possible to pre-
serve the fish's health. Besidesthe stress of being out of watertoo long, a mucus membranethat covers fish and protectsthem from infection can be dam-aged when fish are handled withdry hands. Always wet yourhands before handling a fish.
“The virus can hit hard,” hesaid. “There have been fish killselsewhere attributed to it. Ittends to be larger fish that arevulnerable during the warmermonths. The best thing you cando is minimize handling of fishand minimize that stress to thefish, especially during warmertemperatures. Fish are not unlikeus, if our immune system isstressed, we might be more sus-ceptible to a cold virus, for exam-ple. Other times, if you are ingood shape and don't have stressfactors, you can fight it (virus) offand it doesn't become an issue.The same is true for fish.”
Surveys performed during thesummer and early fall of 2011 were
focused on monitoring overall fishhealth in water bodies whereWVDNR staff collects broodstockfor hatchery production. Severalspecies of fish were collected from10 water bodies and samples weresent to the U.S. Fish and WildlifeService’s Lamar Fish Health Labo-ratory for analysis.
The DNR is asking anglers tohelp curtail the virus' spread bykeeping their boats and live-wells clean to make sure that thevirus isn't accidentally trans-ported.
“Don't move fish from onebody of water to another and becareful about live wells and boattrailers where (possibly infected)water, plants, or even mud couldbe transported. Clean your boatand trailer,” he said.
The DNR will be expandingthis survey into other bodies ofwater later this year.
The Putnam Standard Leisure March 19-23, 2012 –Page 8
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ELEANOR – Sept. 26, 2012has been designated Mesothe-lioma Awareness Day in thestate of West Virginia thanks tothe efforts of an Eleanorwoman who has dedicated herlife to promoting awareness ofthe disease.
Missy Bowles lost her fatherto Mesothelioma in 2008 andsince that time has worked tohonor her father's memory bybuilding awareness of this formof cancer which is usuallycaused by exposure to asbestos.
She has organized ROD'sBenefit for Meso the past twoyears in Eleanor, and is plan-ning a third event for this Sept.22 in Eleanor.
The annual event is namedfor Bowles father Richard O.Dorsey.
Bowles said that she beganthinking about trying to have astatewide MesotheliomaAwareness Day declared follow-ing last year's Benefit. She saidthat she talked to people who
knew that other states had des-ignated a special day forMesothelioma Awareness andshe wanted to bring that toWest Virginia as well.
“I then had to make sure that
in daddy’s honor the residentsof West Virginia would under-stand and acknowledge whatMesothelioma is and that wehave a national designated dayfor it,” she said.
Bowles said that in workingto have Mesothelioma Aware-ness Day designated in thestate of West Virginia she re-ceived a great deal of help andsupport from Putnam CountyDelegate Brady Paxton and Put-nam County State Senator MikeHall.
Bowles said that after con-tacting the legislators, it wasless than a month later thatboth the state House of Dele-gates and the State Senatepassed resolutions designatingSept. 26, 2012 as MesotheliomaAwareness Day.
“In less than one month fromvisiting the Capitol, my mother,my son and myself were invitedto the Capitol to sit through theHouse and Senate for passageof the Resolution,” Bowles said.“(And) As of March 2, NationalMesothelioma Awareness Dayis now recognized in the stateof West Virginia.”
The day designatingMesothelioma Awareness willcome just before Bowles thirdannual ROD's Benefit for Meso,which this year is set for Sept.
22 in Eleanor. This year's event is expected
to feature a walk, outdoorgospel singing, food, children'sactivities, raffle prizes, a silentauction, a 50/50 drawing andmore, Bowles said.
All money raised goes to theMesothelioma Applied Re-search Foundation to supporttheir research to cure the dis-ease.
“This September will be mythird year at putting this eventon in Eleanor Town Park inEleanor,” Bowles said. “Eachyear we have raised around or alittle over $15,000 for research.We have had a great turnoutand each year it continues togrow with the help and spon-sorship of our local communi-ties. I am blessed at all thesupport I have received.”
For more information, visitBowles' website at www.rods-benefit4 meso.webs.com or callher at (304) 395-0636.
General donations can besent to Missy Bowles at ROD’sBenefit P.O. Box 205, Bancroft,WV 25011.
Work of Putnam woman leads state to declare Mesothelioma Awareness Day
(From left) Putnam County State Senator Mike Hall presents a resolution toJaden Bowles, Missy Bowles and Sharon Dorsey declaring Sept. 26 Mesothe-lioma Awareness Day in West Virginia. Missy Bowles worked for the designa-tion in honor of her father, Richard Dorsey, who died from Mesothelioma in 2008.Courtesy photo
