WINFIELD – Putnam County Commissioners received an up- date on possible water projects in the county at their Tuesday, Aug. 28, meeting. Jim Nagy from the engineer- ing firm Terradon said that many proposed water projects in the state and county had been placed on hold because of a de- cision from West Virginia Amer- ican Water to stop participating in their financing and construc- tion. However, Nagy said, that may change, and Terradon has been active in gauging community in- terest in parts of Putnam County where possible waterline exten- sions have been previously iden- tified. In 2011, Terradon had identi- fied several projects throughout the county including ones that would extend service to resi- dents of Custer Ridge Road, Sig- mon Fork and Painters Fork Road. Nagy said that recently, Ter- radon had gone to residents in those three areas to see if they would sign user agreements, agreeing to use and pay for the service if water lines were ex- tended. At least 80 percent of residents in an area that would be served need to sign the agreements, and Nagy said that in the Custer Commission receives update on water projects Friday, August 31, 2012 HOW TO REACH US PHONE: (304) 743-6731 FAX: (304) 562-6214 SEND YOUR COMMUNITY NEWS TO US AT [email protected]The Putnam Standard HURRICANE – With less than three days remaining to vote, the Putnam Farmers Market is cur- rently in second place in the country in an online contest sponsored by the American Farmland Trust to identify Amer- ica's Favorite Farmers Markets. As of Friday morning, Aug. 31, the Putnam Farmers Market was the second leading vote getter in the country in the small market category. Voting in the national contest began June 22 and concludes on Monday, Sept. 3, at midnight. The Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks Farmers Market in Fayet- teville, Arkansas, was first in the small market category. The small market category is for markets with 15 or fewer ven- dors. The goal of American Farm- land Trust’s fourth annual Amer- ica’s Favorite Farmers Markets contest is to highlight the role that farmers markets play in keeping family farmers on the land. The summer long contest is a nationwide challenge to see which markets can rally the most votes from their customers. At the end of the contest, four winning markets—one small, one medium, one mid-size, and one large—will receive the title FAT PATTY’S PLANS TO OPEN IN TEAYS VALLEY ON LABOR DAY. PAGE 10 SEE COMMISSION ON PAGE 3 BUFFALO -- A ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the new Buffalo High School will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 6 p.m. at the school. The public is invited to attend the ceremony. Following the ribbon cutting ceremony visitors will be allowed a look inside the new $20 million school building. Then at 7 p.m. the regular meeting of the Putnam County Board of Education will take place at the school. The new Buffalo High School building contains approxi- mately 88,000 square feet, in- cluding classrooms, science labs, computer lab, a library/media center, dining room, kitchen, a gymnasium with locker rooms, an auxiliary gymnasium, rest- rooms and faculty planning areas. The new school was made possible by the passage of a $56.7 million bond issue in 2009 by Putnam County voters. The bond was the first passed by county voters since 1976, and paved the way for various con- struction projects around the county. In addition to the new Buffalo High School building, a new Confidence Elementary School building also opened to students this year. Ribbon cutting set for new Buffalo High Farmers Market second in national online voting A ribbon cutting ceremony will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 6 p.m. for the new Buffalo High School building. The public is invited to attend. Photo by Jack Bailey By Jack Bailey [email protected]SEE MARKET ON PAGE 3 By Jack Bailey [email protected]EXTRA ONLINE EDITION By Jack Bailey [email protected]
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WINFIELD – Putnam CountyCommissioners received an up-date on possible water projectsin the county at their Tuesday,Aug. 28, meeting.Jim Nagy from the engineer-
ing firm Terradon said thatmany proposed water projects
in the state and county had beenplaced on hold because of a de-cision fromWest Virginia Amer-icanWater to stop participatingin their financing and construc-tion.However, Nagy said, that may
change, and Terradon has beenactive in gauging community in-terest in parts of PutnamCountywhere possible waterline exten-
sions have been previously iden-tified.In 2011, Terradon had identi-
fied several projects throughoutthe county including ones thatwould extend service to resi-dents of Custer Ridge Road, Sig-mon Fork and Painters ForkRoad.Nagy said that recently, Ter-
radon had gone to residents in
those three areas to see if theywould sign user agreements,agreeing to use and pay for theservice if water lines were ex-tended.At least 80 percent of residents
in an area that would be servedneed to sign the agreements,and Nagy said that in the Custer
Commission receivesupdateonwaterprojects
Friday,August 31, 2012
HOW TO REACH USPHONE: (304) 743-6731FAX: (304) 562-6214
HURRICANE –With less thanthree days remaining to vote, thePutnam Farmers Market is cur-rently in second place in thecountry in an online contestsponsored by the AmericanFarmlandTrust to identify Amer-ica's Favorite Farmers Markets.
As of Friday morning, Aug. 31,the PutnamFarmersMarket wasthe second leading vote getter inthe country in the small marketcategory.
Voting in the national contestbegan June 22 and concludes onMonday, Sept. 3, at midnight.
The Botanical Gardens of theOzarks FarmersMarket in Fayet-teville, Arkansas, was first in thesmall market category.
The small market category isformarkets with 15 or fewer ven-dors.
The goal of American Farm-landTrust’s fourth annual Amer-ica’s Favorite Farmers Marketscontest is to highlight the rolethat farmers markets play inkeeping family farmers on theland.
The summer long contest is anationwide challenge to seewhichmarkets can rally themostvotes from their customers.
At the end of the contest, fourwinning markets—one small,one medium, one mid-size, andone large—will receive the title
FAT PATTY’S PLANS TO OPEN INTEAYS VALLEY ON LABOR DAY.
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BUFFALO -- A ribbon cuttingceremony to officially open thenew Buffalo High School willtake place onTuesday, Sept. 4, at6 p.m. at the school.
The public is invited to attendthe ceremony.
Following the ribbon cuttingceremony visitors will be alloweda look inside the new $20millionschool building.
Then at 7 p.m. the regularmeeting of the Putnam CountyBoard of Education will takeplace at the school.
The new Buffalo High Schoolbuilding contains approxi-mately 88,000 square feet, in-cluding classrooms, science labs,computer lab, a library/mediacenter, dining room, kitchen, agymnasium with locker rooms,an auxiliary gymnasium, rest-rooms and faculty planningareas.
The new school was madepossible by the passage of a$56.7 million bond issue in 2009by Putnam County voters.
The bond was the first passed
by county voters since 1976, andpaved the way for various con-struction projects around the
county.In addition to the new Buffalo
High School building, a new
Confidence Elementary Schoolbuilding also opened to studentsthis year.
Ribbon cutting set for newBuffaloHighFarmersMarketsecond innationalonline voting
A ribbon cutting ceremony will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 6 p.m. for the new Buffalo High School building. Thepublic is invited to attend. Photo by Jack Bailey
andMarthaMynes Ashworthwillbe having their 28th Annual Re-uniononSeptember 12th startingat 11 amatValleyWave Pool Park,shelter #1. Formore information,call 304-727-4449.
Dog Swim!Where:Valley ParkWave PoolWhen: September 3rd, 2012Time: 6:30pmDonations accepted for new
Animal Shelter.
All-you-can-eatItalian Feast
There will be an all-you-can-eat Italian Feast on September8th from5-6 p.m. and 6:30 to 7:30p.m. sponsoredbyNewHopeAn-imal Rescue at theGreenhouse ofTeays Valley. Tickets are $15 andcan be purchased in advancefrom the Paws and Shop ThriftStore or the Greenhouse of TeaysValley.For more information call 304-
562-0300.
CoonCreek ReunionJohn Ginn Farm, September
1st, 12 p.m. Bring your favoritecovered dish and join us!
DevelopmentalScreening
PutnamCounty SchoolsDevel-opmental Screenings will be heldon Friday, September 7, 2012 atthe Teays Valley PresbyterianChurch, Teays Valley Road. Wewill screen children ages 2-1/2 to4 years for speech/language,hearing, vision, motor skills, so-cial skills, self-help and cognitionPlease call 586-0500 ext 1154, toschedule an appointment.
Parking Lot Sale –Sept. 8th
The annual Parking Lot Salewill be held Sept. 8, 2012 atValley(Wave Pool) Park.It’s that timeof the year again to
gather all the old clothes and un-wanted items.So, clear out your closets and
bring your items to the parkinglot sale held at the Wave Poolparking lot.Call the Putnam County Parks
andRecreation office at 562-0518ext. 10 and reserve a space for$15.00. Time is 8 – 2 p.m. (cancelif rain).
PutnamFarmers'Market to host
Kids Day CelebrationOnSaturday September 8, 2012
the Putnam Farmers' Market willbe hosting a Kids Day Celebra-tion. Along with their usual vari-ety of fresh local produce andgoods for sale, there will be sev-eral Free activities, games andprizes for all ages of children. In-flatable jumping toys, an inflat-able ball pit, face painting, cottoncandy and carnival style games.There will be a local specialtypopcorn shop set up with severalvarieties of popcorn for sale andSherry's Sweetswill be theremak-ing their delicious ice cream. TheHurricane Fire Department willbe bringing their SmokeHouseand the PutnamFarmers'Marketwill be having a children's versionof "Chopped." (as seen on FoodNetwork)ThePutnamFarmers'Market it
located at the Hurricane CityPark. They are open from3:30pmto 7:00pm on Tuesdays and9:30am to 1:30pm on Saturdays.Vendors sell a variety of items in-cluding seasonal produce,meats,jewelry, breads, jams/jellies, pot-tery, honey, flowers, other bakedgoods andmuchmore. TheMar-ket is a wonderful way to buylocal, support local farmers andpurchase food that is safe for yourfamily. Most of the vendors prac-tice organic farming and severalare approved with the AnimalWelfare Approved program. Youcan visit the Putnam FarmersMarkets Facebook page athttps://www.facebook.com/#!/putnamfarmersmarket or websiteat http://putnamfarmersmar-ket.weebly.com/
Shifty Fifties Car ShowA classic car show is coming to
Valley Park in Hurricane, WV onSeptember 16, 2012. Car enthusi-asts arewelcome to showoff theirautomobiles by registering be-tween 9:00a.m. and 1 p.m. Thetop 50 vehicles will receive anaward. The first 100 cars enteredinto the judging will receive a
dashplaque.Therewill be 12 spe-cials including best of show.The Putnam County Conven-
tion andVisitors Bureau (PCCVB)co-sponsors the event with thePutnamCounty Parks and Recre-ationCommission (PCPRC).Theyhave joined forces with CliffMesser, a correspondent for theGolden Oldies Street Road Asso-ciation, to help promote the carshow. Mr. Messer has over 18years of car show experience.Awards for the car showwill be
presented at 4:00p.m. andall pro-ceeds from the event will go to-ward more PCCVB and PCPRCevents. For more informationplease call 304-562-0518 ext. 10 or304-562-0727 ext. 102.
4-H Frozen Food SaleDo you know that you can get
the best buys on frozen fruits,meat, vegetables, and appetizerswhile at the same time supportthe Putnam County 4-H pro-gram?The PutnamCounty 4-H Lead-
ers Association, in cooperationwithWilson’s Zero Foods, is nowtaking orders for the Fall “truck-load” frozen food sale. Everythingfrom chicken breasts to stir fryvegetables, or BelgianWaffles toblackberries is available at superprices. Even at the lowest pricesaround, the 4-H program stillmakes a profit which is used forcamp scholarships for children,4-H Leaders’ enrichment train-ings, and other 4-H club programsupplies.The order forms for the bulk
pack frozen foods are available attheWVUExtensionOffice locatedon the second floor of the Court-house inWinfield or from any 4-H clubmember of leader. Ordersare being accepted through Fri-day, September 7, 2012. No pay-ment is due until Wednesday,September 19, 2012, when youpick up your food order right offthe truck in theCourthouse park-ing lot in Winfield. You will re-ceive a “reminder” phone call. Acheck made payable to “PutnamCounty 4-H Leaders Association”for the amount of your order willbe collected at the truck between5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.when youpick up your order.Please get a frozen food order
form, fill it out, send the order tothe 4-H office, stock your freezerfor the busy Fall and Wintermonths ahead, and support the4-H organization!Twelvepercent of the total sales
go directly to support our local 4-H program.
For more information, pleasecall the WVU Extension 4-H Of-fice at 304-586-0217.
HamlinHigh School,Class of 1962 ReunionFriday, September 7, 3:30 pm
Tour of Hamlin Middle School(formerly Hamlin High) and 4:15pm, Tour of Lincoln High School.(Optional)…6-9 pm Lincoln County High
Commons Area, general get-to-gether; bring your ownfood/snacks and soft drinks. Thelast hour, music and singing willbe provided by Lonnie Adkinsand his Roadrunner Band.Saturday, September 8, 1-4 pm
there will be a luncheon andother activities at Tascali’sDecades Restaurant (openmenu.). Tascali's is located onUSRoute 60, Barboursville, RiverPlace Plaza.
Hunter Education ClassRedHouseUBIChurch is host-
ing a hunter education classwhich is being conducted by theWV DNR. This is for children atleast 10 years of age and whowant to get a hunting license.Newhunters are required to com-plete this course prior to getting ahunting license.Class will be held on Saturday,
September 8 from 9am to 5 pmand Sunday September 9 from 1pm to 5:30 pm at the Red HouseUBI Church.All participants must preregis-
ter with theWV DNR at 304-759-0703.Red House UBI Church is lo-
cated 1mile south of theWinfieldBridge on Route 62.
Chris Cozen toconduct workshop atMain Street Studio
Mark your calendar now! ChrisCozen –GoldenArtistwill be con-ducting a workshop on GoldenAcrylics, Fluid Acrylics, MediumsandGels…etc on September 7th,8th and 9th. This will be a hands-onworkshopwithdemonstrationand material education. A fin-ished project is not the goal forthis workshop, but rather an un-derstanding of the paints andmediums Golden offers.For more information, call
Terry at the Studio - 304-982-1522.
BeginningDigitalPhotography Class
PutnamCounty Parks & Recre-
ation Commission is hosting aphotography class instructed byLaura Moul. Classes will be heldin the Commons of PutnamCounty by theWavePool for threeconsecutive Tuesday’s Sept. 4th,11th,& 18th, 2012 from5:30 – 7:30p.m.Formore informationor to reg-
ister please contact Laura at 743-8281 or call the Park office at304-562-0518 ext. 10. You mayalso register on her link atwww.lovehappinessphoto.com.
Margaret Denison FallNatureWalks
Farewell to Summer walk willbeheldonSaturday, September 8,2012 at Kanawha State Forest.Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.with walks beginning at 9:00 a.m.(near swimming pool).Wildflowers, Fungi, Birds,
Pond/Aquatic Life, Trees and somuchmore!Nature Photography – bring
your own camera.There will be an auto tour for
limited ability walkers.Cost: Adults - $5; Children - $2.Barbecues & drinks will be for
sale.Need more information? Call
304-925-2771 or Forest Office a304-558-3500.Sponsored by: Kanawha State
The Putnam County HistoricalSociety (Upper Vandalia Histori-cal Society) founded in 1961 byIvan Hunter and William D.Wintz, is pleased to announcethat due to the overwhelmingsuccess (reprinted five timessince January 2012) the publica-tion of “We Love To Tell The Sto-ries,” a pictorial history of thecounty,wewill be publishingVol-ume II in the very near future.If you have pictures that relate
to the history of Putnam Countythat were not published in Vol-ume I, please contact PamelaPierce-Sims at 304-415-8359 orPresident Cheryl Wintz Withrowat 304-760-2121. We are lookingfor pictures that tell the stories ofthepeoplewhomadeadifferencein their life-time, families, events,businesses, churches, schools,and places of interest relating tothe communities of PutnamCounty. The cost for Volume IIwill also be $15.If you have not purchased Vol-
ume I and desire a copy, contactus. The books are still available inHurricane at Beth’s Massage,Town Hall, CAMC Teays ValleyHospital Gift Shop. In ScottDepotat Kitchens Unlimited, CredeLawn and Tractor, Teays ValleyHardware, and Shamblin Stone.In Winfield at Kuhl’s SportingGoods. In Buffalo at The BuffaloDiner.InTeays atWVHobby at Liberty
Square.
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SUBMITTED ARTICLEWINFIELD -- If you, or some-
one you know, are expecting ababy sometime around the firstfull week of October, your “newarrival” could be honored as thisyear’s Putnam County future 4-H’er!The Putnam County Leaders’
Association, in celebration ofNational 4-H Week, October 6-13, 2012, will be showering thefirst Putnam County Baby bornon or after Oct. 6, 2012 with gifts.
This will mark the 21st year ofrecognizing a “Future 4-H’er.”To be eligible, the “October
baby” must be pre-registeredwith the PutnamCounty 4-HOf-fice by calling 304-586-0217 or e-mailing [email protected] baby and family must re-
side in Putnam County, and theparents must be willing to allowphotos to be taken for publicitywhen the baby is “showered”with gifs from 4-Hers.
The “Future 4-H’er” will re-ceive a layette full of gifts do-nated by members of the localPutnam County 4-H Clubs.Happy Birthday to our past
(1998), 15-year-old Joshua PerrySomerville (1997), 16-year-oldJeremy Harris (1996), 17-year-old Charlotte “Charlie” Mabie(1995), 18-year-old Tasha LynnTheverin (1994), 19-year-oldCaitlyn Nichole Lett (1993) and20-year-old Christian GregoryCorns (1992).
Leaders’ Association seeking PutnamCounty Future 4-H’er
of America’s Favorite FarmersMarket for 2012.
The winning markets will befeatured in themedia and will behonored at local celebrations or-ganized by American FarmlandTrust.
For more information aboutthe America’s Favorite FarmersMarkets contest or to vote, visitwww.votemyfarmersmarket.org.
Last year, the Putnam FarmersMarket was recognized in theAmerica's Favorite FarmersMar-kets contest as the best in WestVirginia, while finishing amongthe 20 top FarmersMarkets in thecountry in the boutique category.
The Putnam Farmer's Marketis open this season on Tuesdays
and Saturdays through themonth of October.
The Market hours this year are3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesdaysand 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sat-urdays.
For more information visit theMarket's website at www.put-namfarmersmarket.weebly.com.
In addition to the website, thePutnamFarmers'Market also hasa Facebook page that you can liketo receive regular updates.
For more information, contacttheMarket by phone at (304) 300-8995 or by e-mail [email protected].
Ridge Road area nearly 80 per-cent had. In the other two area,Nagy said that about 50 percentof potential users had signed theagreements.According to the report Ter-
radon prepared in 2011 the pro-posed Custer Ridge Roadextensionwould reach 24 homesat a total cost of $772,585. Theproposed Sigmon Fork exten-sion would reach 9 homes at atotal cost of $326,645, and theproposed Painters Fork Road ex-tensionwould reach 16 homes ata total cost of $598,235.Commission President Gary
Tillis said that with interest ratesremaining low, now was a goodtime to consider financing theextension projects if enough res-idents sign the user agreements.Nagy said that he would re-
turn at the Commission's Sept.11 meeting to give commission-
ers another update on the num-ber of user agreements Terradon
had received.Also at the Aug. 28 meeting,
commissioners passed a procla-mation honoring Brothers inBlue, for a recent fundraiser theorganization had that raised$1,500 to go to the county ani-mal shelter. Brothers in Blueconsist of first responders in-cluding police officers, firefight-ers and EMS workers. The grouphosted its 'Paws to the Wall'fundraiser on Aug. 11.Commissioners also approved
a petition to decrease the corpo-rate limits of the town of Eleanorby minor boundary adjustment.The change moves 51.96 acresoutside of the Eleanor city limits.The stated reason for the changewas that the propertymay be ac-quired by the Putnam CountyDevelopment Authority and thatbeing outside of the city limitswould make the property moreattractive to potential busi-nesses.
Commissioners also held a bidopening for replacement of thewindows at the county court-house inWinfield. Two bids werereceived, with Dan Hill Con-struction of Gauley Bridge sub-mitting the lowest base bid at$80,644. Commissioners votedto award the bid to Dan HillConstruction pending staff re-view.In other news at the Aug. 28
County Commission meeting,commissioners approved con-tracts for Community Participa-tion Grants for $5,000 for newbathrooms at the fairgrounds inEleanor; $9,000 for new metalroofs at Valley Park; and $5,000for work on the amphitheater atthe fairgrounds.The next meeting of the Put-
namCounty Commissionwill beSept. 11 at 9 a.m. at the court-house inWinfield.
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SUBMITTED ARTICLEHURRICANE -- Eavesdrop-
ping is easy in the digital age,and privacy is gone, Bob Siebeltold the Putnam Rotary Club atthe group's meeting Aug. 28.
He held up a wafer the size ofa postage stamp.
"This is an FM wireless trans-mitter," he told his audience. "Itis cheap and easy to get. And youcan sit in a car in the next blockand hear everything that is said."
Siebel is a licensed private in-vestigator who retired nine yearsago after 34 years as corporatesecurity manager for C&P, BellAtlantic, and Verizon.
And now he puts in about 60hours a week in technical sur-veillance countermeasures. Heis a consultant for SecurityAmerica. He worked for a timeas director of loss prevention atthe Cross Lanes casino and racetrack.
"Wiretapping is illegal in thestate of West Virginia," he said,"and it's illegal on a federal level.Wiretapping includes anythingfrom recording a conversation
on the telephone, or in an office,whether you and I are talking, orsomeone else is talking and Irecord their conversation. . . .You can pick up signals with aninfrared transmission.
"Wiretaps are so many and[there are] so many differentkinds. Devices are sold now on-line, at spy shops on the inter-net, available for pennies. Andthey do things that you really
would not have done to you."Monitoring devices come in
all shapes and forms. I've seenthem on radios, in watches.There are buttons that will fit onyour shirt, on your coat, andthey record. They can record upto three hours. I have seen someas small as an eraser on a pencil.
"West Virginia has somethingcalled 'one-party consent.' Thatmeans if you are a participant ina conversation, you can recordthat conversation legally.
"The telephone companytrained security personnel sothat we could check boards ofdirectors rooms, conferencerooms, even customers' lines ifthey suspected they were beingwiretapped.
"Corporations and individualsdeserve a bit of privacy," saidSiebel. "And some individualswill take that away from you in aheartbeat.
"A large corporation, theywant their plans, their formulas,their mergers, their intellectualproperties, to stay within a cer-tain circle.
" I have gone into board of di-rectors rooms and found -- inone case -- a recording devicetaped under a table, recordingperhaps plans for a mergerwhich could have cost that com-pany a lot of money if someonehad had inside [stock] tradinginformation.
"I have gone into a conferenceroom, scanned the room elec-tronically, and found that some-one had set their cell phone onthe table. It was on the entiretime, transmitting somewhereelse.
"There are a lot of unscrupu-lous private investigators whowill do this for their customers,and it is a federal and a statefelony.
"I have had a couple of high-profile cases," he continued,"and I believe I am still the onlyprivate investigator who wascertified by the federal court inWest Virginia to testify on thesekinds of devices.
"A good technician in this[counter surveillance] field willnot only sweep rooms electroni-
cally, but they will get down ontheir hands and knees, they willbe in crawl spaces, they will bein attics, under a couch, under abed -- anything it takes to detector locate that kind of instru-ment.
"I've worked for the state on acouple [of wiretap cases], withthe FBI on a couple. Most of [thewiretaps] tend to be very unso-phisticated."
Most of his surveillance workis visual, "because wiretaps areillegal," he repeated. "Unfortu-nately, most of them tend to bedomestic issues, and I do notlike working domestic issues."
"I've worked with businesses.I sometimes have had lawyerswho thought they were beingbugged. And in a couple ofcases, they were.
"If there is a valid concernthere, I'll be happy to help. I tryto offer peace of mind. Everyonedeserves a bit of privacy."
The Putnam Rotary Clubmeets every Tuesday at noon inthe Community Room at FirstState Bank in Teays Valley.
Rotary Club learns about protecting privacy in digital age
Security consultant Bob Siebel talksto the Putnam Rotary Club.
CHARLESTON - A couple issuing the City of Nitro and twocity officials after they claimpub-lic records they requested underthe Freedom of Information Actwere not given to them.
Ron King, the FireMarshal/Code Official for theCity of Nitro, and David A. Case-bolt, the duly elected and servingMayor of the City of Nitro, werethe city officials named in thesuit.
Richard A. Nease and LorindaJ. Nease own an auto body repairshop in Nitro and on June 14,they made a request throughtheir legal counsel directly toKing for certain public records,according to a complaint filedAug. 24 in Kanawha CircuitCourt.
The Neases claim according toclear and unambiguous statutorylaw, the defendants, upon receiv-ing the records request, were re-quired as soon as is practicable
but within a maximum of fivedays, not including weekends orlegal holidays, to respond by fur-nishing copies of the requestedinformation; by advising the per-son making the request of thetime and place at which he or shemay inspect and copy the mate-rials; or by denying the requeststating in writing the reasons forthe denial.
However, contrary to the law,King mailed the Neases' counselon June 19 a "paltry, single-sen-tence letter stating only that he'...received the FOIArequest...and will be working tocompile the documentation youhave requested.'"
The Neases claim on July 26,after not hearing further re-sponse, they requested the infor-mation again and on July 31, Kingprovided some of the requestedpublic records, but advised thatthe remaining files would have tobe manually pulled and copied,which would be done at theNeases expense.
On Aug. 3, the Neases, through
their counsel, responded to Case-bolt that they were not willing toassume the expenses of any em-ployee of the City associatedwithpulling or photocopying any doc-uments and reminded the defen-dants that it is not authorized tocharge for an employee's time insearching, pulling or copyingdocuments or other things, ac-cording to the suit, but insteadthe statute authorizes Nitro onlyto charge the actual photocopy-ing expense actually incurred bythe City for the photocopiesthemselves.
The Neases claim the defen-dants have knowingly, willfully,maliciously andwrongfully failedand refused to further respond tothe request.
The defendants' failure and re-fusal constitutes a denial of theNeases' right to inspect the pub-lic records of the City of Nitro,which violates the Freedomof In-formation Act, according to thesuit.
James A. Dodrill, the Neases'counsel, said the couple had an
issuewith King three to five yearsago, where they were cited for vi-olations of paint fume exhaus-tion at their auto body repairshop.
"My clients were required topay thousands of dollars becauseof the paint fume exhaustion, butwhen the state fire marshal wasbrought in and it turned out theyshouldn't have been cited forthose violations," Dodrill said.
Dodrill said there was also anissue with a storm drain at theNeases place of business thatfilled in with concrete by the city,and then the Neases were citedfor not having a storm drain.
"We wanted to see if anyoneelse in the city had been treatedlike my clients have beentreated," Dodrill said. "That'swhy we filed under FOIA for thedocuments and when the docu-ments weren't released to us, wefiled the suit."
Dodrill said it is not right to forthe city to charge the Neases, oranyone else, to do their own jobs.
"It is appalling that the local
government-when the citizensare already being charged taxes,fees and assessments-wants tocharge money for doing theirjob," Dodrill said.
The Neases are seeking a find-ing and determination that thedefendants knowingly, willfully,maliciously and wrongfullyfailed and refused to respond, inproper manner and as requiredby law, to their request or de-mand to inspect or copy thespecified public records; a find-ing and determination that saidacts, failures or refusals to act onthe part of the defendants con-stituted a willful violation or vio-lations of the provisions of WestVirginia Code; entry of an appro-priate order enjoining the defen-dant and/or the City of Nitrofrom withholding the requestedpublic records; and entry of anappropriate order compellingthe defendants to immediatelyproduce the requested publicrecords.
The case has been assigned toCircuit Judge Charles E. King.
Putnam County Schools –Menu – August/September2012
Bill WhittDiane BlackMichael LemleyJason Daniel BlackRickey L. ReynoldsDelbert H. SowardsRobert SummersKelly D. SwannThomas H. SwickRobert J. Tabor Jr.Bob SargentNada CartwrightNatalie TarrBruce H. ThomasAnne B. TurmanDarrell L. WaggonerRosetta M. WardJackie M. Whitt
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LONNIE DAREL CAMPBELLHELENMARIE CARTERDORIS JEAN CUNNINGHAMJOAN LEIDY DAVISTRACEMICHAEL GIBBSPHILLIP S. JOHNSONVELLAMAE KITTSRAYMOND E.MARTIN JR.EDWARD A.MEESDAVID C. PARKSHELENHOPE PEALDINAH LOUISE PLANTHARRY ALEX RACZOKBILLY E. REID SR.REBECCA ANN ROMEROJULIAN "RED" SHAFFEREVERETT O. "BUTCH"
Lonnie Darel Campbell, 76, ofCulloden, W.Va., passed awayTuesday, August 21, 2012, at St.Mary's Medical Center.
Funeral services were con-ducted Thursday, August 23,2012, at Wallace Funeral Home,Milton, by Rev. O.F. Adkins. Burialfollowed in Culloden Cemetery.
Hewas born January 7, 1936, inHurricane,W.Va., a son of the lateClayton Campbell and EmmaJane Garrett Campbell. He wasalso preceded in death by his sis-ters Hazel, Bonnie and Faye; andbrothers Harold, Ronnie andCarlton.
He was a member of CullodenUnited Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife RosieMae Thornton Campbell; onedaughter and son-in-law ConnieandDewain Bledsoe of Culloden;two sons and daughters-in-law,Darel andTerry Campbell of Cul-loden, and Lee and BrendaCampbell of Hurricane; sixgrandchildren, Stacey, Brent,Nikki, Justin, Brandon and
Brooke; and three great-grand-children, Gracie, Brandie andMaddy.
Condolencesmaybe expressedto the family at www.time-formemory.com/wallace.
HELENMARIE CARTERHelenMarie Carter, 84, of Scott
Depot passed away August 18,2012, after a long illness.
She was a loving mother, andgrandmother and a lifelong resi-dent of Kanawha County.
Helen was preceded in thedeath by her loving husband,John "Junior" Carter.
Survivors include her children,Ron Carter and wife, Jeannie, ofSissonville, Rick Carter and wife,Doris, of Jarrell, Texas, PastorRandy Carter and wife, Peggy, ofNitro, Robin Hammack and hus-band, John, of Scott Depot, withwhom she made her home, andTiny Carter and wife, Lena, ofSouth Charleston; seven grand-children; five great-grandchil-dren; six step-grandchildren;seven step-great-grandchildren;and three step-great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were heldTuesday, August 21, 2012, at Cun-ningham-Parker-Johnson Fu-neral Home with serviceprovided by her son, PastorRandy Carter. Burial followed inJohn Beane Cemetery, Sis-sonville.
The family wishes to expresssincere thanks to Doretta, Dianeand staff of Hubbard HospiceHouseWest.
The family suggests donationsare made in Helen's memory toHubbard Hospice HouseWest atThomasMemorial Hospital, 4605MacCorkle Ave. SW, SouthCharleston,WV 25309.
The family will accept memo-rial online condolences at: cpjfu-neralhome.com.
Cunningham-Parker-JohnsonFuneral Home assisted the Carter
family.
DORIS JEANCUNNINGHAM
Doris Jean Cunningham of St.Albans passed on to her heavenlyhome on August 19, 2012, after acourageous battle with cancer.
Doris was preceded in death byher parents, Richard and BlancheO'Brien; her husband, Paul Cun-ningham; sister, Virginia LeeWalker; brother, Eddie O'Brien;and son-in-law, Ned Schroeder.
She is survived by her daugh-ters, Patsy Brown (David) ofChesterfield,Va., Linda Cunning-ham of Pittsburgh, Pa., and JudyCunningham of Nitro; grand-sons, Eric Brown of AlexandriaVa., Travis Brown of Chesterfield,Va., and Brian Schroeder of Pitts-burgh, Pa.; sister, DormaCastanoof Tucson, Ariz.; and brother,George O'Brien (Judy) of Hurri-cane; andmany nieces, nephews,and cousins.
Doris recently retired as treas-urer/manager of MembersChoiceWV Federal Credit Unionwith 42 years of service. Doriswas also very active at both thelocal and state credit union level.In 1975, she was elected to theboard of directors to theKanawhaValley Chapter of CreditUnions and served for manyyears as the chapter's president.In 1990, she was elected by theKanawhaValley Chapter to serveas their representative on theboard of the WV Credit UnionLeague, a position she held untilearlier this year. During the 22years, she served at the statelevel, she was elected and servedas chairman two years, then waselected and served as treasurerfor the past 14 years. In 1992,Doris received theWilliam BryanHawkins Award, which is theLeague's highest award recogniz-ing outstanding service as a vol-unteer. She also served as a BoardMember of WV Central CreditUnion andWV Corporate CreditUnion, both located in Parkers-burg, Doris alsowas amember ofHighlawn Baptist Church in St.Albans.
Services were heldWednesday,August 22, at Highlawn BaptistChurch with the Rev.Mark Stauf-fer officiating. Entombment fol-lowed at CunninghamMemorialPark, St. Albans.
Online condolences may beexpressed to the family atwww.curryfuneralhome.org.
Doris requested that donationsare made to Highlawn BaptistChurch, 2304 Jefferson Ave., St.Albans,WV 25177. Or, donationsmay be made to HospiceCare,1606 Kanawha Blvd., W.,Charleston,WV 25387.
JOAN LEIDY DAVISJoan Leidy Davis, 81, of St. Al-
bans, passed awayThursday, Au-gust 16, 2012, at Dunbar Care andRehabilitation.
Born August 17, 1930, in Frank-fort, Ky., Joanwas the daughter ofthe late Charles Porter andVivianSteele Leidy.
She was a 1948 graduate of herbeloved Charleston High Schooland a 1952 graduate ofMcMillianSchool of Nursing in Charleston.She retired as a registered nursewith 42 years of service fromThomas Memorial Hospital andMcMillian Hospital. She workedin the OB newborn nursery atThomas Memorial Hospital,where she had the pleasure ofseeing her grandson born. Shewas the band nurse, travelingwith the St. Albans High Schoolband. She was a member ofHighlawn Presbyterian Church,St Albans; a Cincinnati Reds andPete Rose fan; and loved theMountaineers and PittsburghSteelers.
She is survived by her hus-band, Donald M. Davis; daugh-ter, Jana Donel (Jerry) Dawson ofPoca; son, Charles Preston(Martha) Davis of High Ridge,Mo.; brother, Charles Leidy ofFort Lauderdale, Fla.; and onegrandchild, Nicholas AndrewDawson of Charleston.
Funeral services were heldMonday, August 20, at Bartlett-Chapman Funeral Home, St. Al-bans, with Pastor Nancy Didwayofficiating. Burial followed inCunningham Memorial Park, St.Albans.
You may share memories orcondolences with the family atwww.bartlettchapmanfuneral-home.com.
The family would like to thankthe staff at Dunbar Care and Re-habilitation and especially Shan-non Sheets, RN, and JesseJackson, CNA, for their lovingcare and devotion to Joan, as wellas Lisa Daughtry and BarbaraJackson.
TRACEMICHAELGIBBS
Trace Michael Gibbs went tobe with the Lord onMonday, Au-gust 13, 2012, as he slept peace-fully in bed.
His bright smile captured thehearts of everyone he met sincehe was born onMarch 6, 2012.
He is survived by his lovingmother, Amanda Stone Gibbs,and adoring brother, Derek ToddGibbs. He is also dearly loved byhis grandparents, Mike and TinaStone of Foster; great-grand-mothers, Edna Stone of Uneedaand Mary Hastings of DryBranch; aunt, Janna, and uncle,Jason Petry, of St. Albans; uncle,James Stone of Florida; great-aunt, Barbara Stone of Madison;great-aunt and uncle, Toni andJoe Boyd of Paint Creek; andcousins, Richard and Janet Shep-ard of Dry Branch and Ryan JoeBoyd of Morgantown.
Services were held Thursday,August 16, at Handley FuneralHome, Danville, with Richard F.Shepherd officiating. Burial fol-lowed inDanvilleMemorial Park,Danville.
You may express your condo-lences to the family at www.han-dleyfh.com.
PHILLIP S. JOHNSONPhillip S. Johnson, 61, of Lick
Creek Road, Hurricane, enteredinto his eternal rest on Saturday,August 18, 2012, at home sur-rounded by his family and lovedones after a long battle withcolon cancer.
He had a long career in mineelectrical sales and controls au-tomation and was employed byState Electric, McJunkin, Wescoand most recently AdvancedControls & Distribution inElkview. Hewaswell respected inhis field and truly loved his work.Hewas an avid outdoorsman andloved spending time with familyand friends fishing and huntingat the family camp in Durbin onthe Greenbrier River.
He was preceded in death byhis father, William W. Johnson;and his grandparents, Everetteand Ada McCallister and Hughand Alta Johnson; and step-grandmother, Rosetta Johnson.
He is survived by his wife of 42years, Rosi (Sumner) Johnson; hismother, Fay Johnson; two daugh-ters, Christy (Chris) Ma-tuszkiewicz and TammieJohnson; two sisters, Karen Racer(David Chaney) and Pam(Richard) Harper; one grand-child, Alex Matuszkiewicz, all ofHurricane; as well as a large andloving extended family of pre-cious in-laws, nieces, nephews,great-nieces and great-nephews.
The family would like to thankDr. Bir and the staff of HIMG inHuntington for their constantsupportive care and to Dr. Clin-ton Sloan, Indian Fork andFairview Primitive BaptistChurches, Mt. Moriah BaptistChurch and JimMcGhee for theirspiritual and emotional care dur-ing the time we needed youmost.
Funeral services were heldTuesday, August 21, at Allen Fu-neral Home, Hurricane, withElder Lewis Johnson, ElderHarold Johnson and JimMcGheeofficiating. Burial followed inMt.Moriah Baptist Church Cemeteryin Hurricane.
The family suggests a donationto Mt. Moriah Baptist ChurchCemetery Fund, Rt. 3, Box 98,Hurricane,WV 25526.
Please visit allenfuneral-homewv.com to share memoriesand condolences.
VELLAMAE KITTSVella Mae Kitts of Hurricane,
formerly of North Matewan, de-parted this life on Saturday, Au-gust 18, 2012.
The daughter of the late Syl-vanus and RosaMaeNorris,Vellawas born in Ashland, N.C., onFebruary 20, 1926.
She was preceded in death byher husband, Oren P. Kitts; andher only sister, LaVonne Pen-nington. Survivors include abrother, Shelton (Joyce) Norris ofCreston, N.C.; three sons, Don-ald (Lois) of Pikeville, Ky.; Gene(Kathy) of Charleston, and Sam(Lenora) of St. Louis, Mo. Vellawas very proud of her grandsons,
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Gerrit (Meredith) and Josh(Sara); and her granddaughters,Megan (Ricky) Cremeans,Alexandra Kitts and Jessica(Jared) Branham, but her twogreat-granddaughters Annekaand Jaryn, put a special sparklein her eyes. Her first great-grand-son, Nathaniel, is expected inSeptember.
She spent much of her earlylife in Majestic, Ky., after her fa-ther moved his family there insearch of employment duringthe Great Depression. A youngman from Bluefield came toMa-jestic with his family for thesame reason.Vella and Orenmetand grew up together in the littleeastern Kentucky coal town.After graduation from PhelpsHigh School and with the onsetof World War II, Vella went towork in Columbus, Ohio, andOren went off to war in Europe.With the end of the war, bothcame home to resume their in-terrupted romance. Married onJanuary 31, 1947, in Pikeville, Ky.,they soonmoved to NorthMate-wan, where they made theirhome and raised their boys.
Vella was a wonderful home-maker and a frugal wife, alwaysseeming to come up with thefunds for Oren's favorite time ofyear, miner's vacation. A 1965trip to New York City to visit theWorld's Fair was one of theirmany adventures.
The sudden death of Oren in1974 changed her world, butVella's strong faith and her lovefor her family sustained her.Vellawas a devout member of theMatewan Missionary BaptistChurch, where she was baptizedin 1951. She touched countlesslives as a teacher and leader inthe church and through herother community activities suchas Woman's Club, PTA andscouting.
Vella was a resident of Broad-more Senior Living in Hurricanesince 2010, where she loved andwas loved by the staff and themany friends she made there.
Funeral services were heldTuesday, August 21, at MatewanMissionary Baptist Church withthe Rev. Don Matney presidingwith assistance from Pastor CarlButler. Interment followed at theMountain View Memory Gar-dens at Maher.
Contributions to theMatewanMissionary Baptist Church aresuggested.
Arrangements were under thedirection of Chambers FuneralHome in Matewan.
RAYMOND E.MARTIN JR.
Raymond E. Martin Jr., 50, ofPliny passed away on Friday, Au-gust 17, 2012, at Thomas Memo-rial Hospital from complicationsrelated to pneumonia and gener-alized infections causing multi-system organ failure.
Born December 17, 1961, inSouth Charleston, hewas the sonof Dixie White Martin of Plinyand the late Raymond E. Martin
Sr., whom he dearly loved. Hewas also preceded in death by hisgrandparents,Walter and GlenvaMartin and Eban and EdnaWhite.
In addition to his mother, sur-viving are his children, Jason andSamantha Martin of Milton, andtheir children, Brianna, Alec andCooper; Walter and CourtneyMartin of Leon, and their chil-dren, McKinzey, Zachery andNattlie; RebeccaMartin andNickLuikart of Buffalo and their chil-dren, Savannah, Trenton andRyan; and Matthew and BrittanyMartin of Barboursville. Also sur-viving are his sisters, Vicky andMike Rader of Pliny and theirchildren, Elijah and Jessica, JoniMartin of Pliny; mother of hischildren, Kathy Martin; auntsand uncles, Janet and Rick Fisher,Delena Howery, Delores Russell,Clayton and Rita White, Darlinand Keith Thornton, Doug andPat White, Rich and BrendaWhite, June and Dave Hesson,Nicky White, Ralph and VioletWhite; as well as many cousins.
Services were held Tuesday,August 21, 2012, at Mount UnionUnited Methodist Church, Pliny,with Pastor Rick Waller and theRev.MikeTucker officiating. Bur-ial followed in the church ceme-tery.
Online condolences may alsobe made by visiting www.chap-manfuneralhomes.com.
Memorial contributions maybe made to the church cemeteryfund, in care of Lester Fellure,10492 Jerry's Run Road, AppleGrove,WV 25502.
Chapman Funeral Home,Win-field, was in charge of arrange-ments.
EDWARD A.MEESEdward A.Mees, 77, of Fraziers
Bottom died on Friday, August17, 2012, at Hubbard HospiceHouse, Charleston.
He was preceded in death byhis parents, LowellMees and Zel-pha Chapman Mees Fields; hisbrother, Robert Mees; and hiswife, Carolyn Mees.
Surviving are his daughter,Daisy McGowan of Cleveland,Tenn., and her children, DeborahBlevins, Matthew McGowan,Jonathan and AndrewMinter.
The family would like to offer aspecial thank you to Kledith andGeraldine Chapman and manyneighbors and friends for theircompassion and help.
Graveside services were heldSunday, August 19, 2012, atMount Olive Church Cemetery,Milton, with the Rev. DonReynolds officiating.
Online condolences may bemade by visiting www.chapman-funeralhomes.com.
Chapman Funeral Home,Win-field, was in charge of arrange-ments.
DAVID C. PARKSDavid C. Parks, 78, of St. Al-
bans, died at Hubbard HospiceHouse, after a brief illness, on Au-gust 16, 2012.
Born July 13, 1934, in Chesa-peake, David was the son of thelate Opal Barnett and WilliamParks. In addition to his parents,he was preceded in death by hisloving wife of 49 years, ElizabethSimasek Parks; an infant child;brother, Douglas Cooper; sister,Joanne Kirk; and son-in-law,Mark Ballengee.
David served his country for 23years in the United States AirForce as a medical technicianand veterinary technician and re-tired as technical sergeant. He re-ceived two CommendationMedals. He also retired as a cap-tain with the Kanawha CountySheriff's Department, where hewas respectfully known as "Doc."During his 21 years as a deputy,he implemented the Home Con-finement Program in the state ofWest Virginia and also assistedother departments in doing thesame. Docwas the past presidentof theWVAir Force Sergeant's As-sociation. He belonged to theFOP, Scottish Rites, Charleston,Washington Masonic Lodge, No.58 AF&AM, St. Albans, and theBeni Kedem Shrine, Charleston.Davidwas a faithfulmember andusher at St. Francis Church andhad coached the church girl’ssoftball team to championships.
He is survived by his children,Lisa (Ellis) Reed of Orlando, Fla.,Melinda (David) Husk of Beverly,Ohio, Teresa Ballengee of St. Al-bans, Patricia (Tim) Breslend ofJacksonville, Fla., David(Heather) Parks of SouthCharleston and Craig (Julie)Parks of Ravenswood. David isalso survived by his grandchil-dren, Jeff and Ellisa Reed, David(Katie), Andrew and Philip Husk,Timothy Bradley and Jessica Bal-lengee, Bryan (Melissa), Patrickand Aaron Breslend, Kristen andKatherine Parks, Justin Ingramand Jeremey and Joy Parks; hisgreat-grandchildren, Devin andAbigail Breslend; his siblings,Wanda Adkins and BrendaCooper; and a vast extendedfamily.
The Mass of Christian Burialwas celebrated Monday, August20, at St. Francis of Assisi CatholicChurch, St. Albans, with the Rev.Father Patrick M. McDonoughofficiating. Burial, with honors,provided by the United States AirForce and the Kanawha CountySheriff's Department, followed inCunningham Memorial Park, St.Albans.
Donations may be given to St.Francis of Assisi Church, Fundfor the Needy, 1023 Sixth Ave., St.Albans, WV 25177; or HubbardHospice House, 1001 KennawaDrive, Charleston,WV 25311.
Bartlett-Chapman FuneralHome, St. Albans, assisted theParks family.
HELENHOPE PEALHelen Hope Peal, 68, of Pliny,
passed away Thursday, August16, 2012, at her home.
Born March 7, 1944, in Pliny,she was a daughter of the lateClay and Thelma Dunn Frazier.
Hope was a master gardener,having received her certificationthroughWestVirginia University,and she loved working with na-ture. She was an avid cook, had apassion for antiques and greatlyloved her family, her friends andher pets.
Surviving are her husband,Wayne; her children, DavidWayne and Christine Peal andtheir children, Colin Taylor andCaitlin Olivia Peal, all of Pliny,and Heather and Michael Halland their children, Michaela andShayla Hall, all of Hurricane; andher sisters,Martha AnnMartin ofPliny, Elizabeth Skolnick ofMary-land and Tammy Henry of New-ton Grove, N.C.
Services were held Monday,August 20, at Chapman FuneralHome, Winfield, with the Rev.Mike Hall and the Rev. BarrettJordan officiating. Burial fol-lowed in Mount Union UnitedMethodist Church Cemetery,Pliny.
Online condolences may alsobe made by visiting www.chap-manfuneralhomes.com.
Memorial contributions maybe made to Hospice Care, 1606Kanawha Blvd. W., Charleston,WV 25387.
DINAH LOUISE PLANTMrs. Dinah Louise Plant, 65, of
Scott Depot, died Aug. 16, 2012.She was a self-employed printer.
She is survived by a daughter,Tammy Hill of Scott Depot, andtwo sons, JasonGonzales of ScottDepot and Wade Rose of CrossLanes.
Chapman's Mortuary, Hunt-ington, assisted the family.
HARRY ALEX RACZOKHarry Alex Raczok, 70, of Buf-
falo, W.Va., passed away Sunday,August 19, 2012, at Pleasant Val-ley Nursing and Rehab Center inPoint Pleasant,W.Va., following along illness. He devoted his life toeducation, and impacted count-less lives working as a teacher.
Harry was a graduate of Mar-shall University, with a B.A. in Bi-ology, and Master's degrees inBiology and Education. Duringhis professional career, he taughtin public schools in Kentucky,WestVirginia, Arizona,Maryland,and South Carolina. He alsoserved as Assistant Professor ofBiology at Marshall University.
Harry was a member of theBuffalo Baptist Church, as well asthe Chi Beta Phi, Phi DeltaKappa, Kappa Delta Pi honor so-
cieties, and was listed in Who'sWho Among America's Teachersin 1996 and 1998. He was greatlyloved and appreciated and willbe greatly missed by all thosewhose lives he touched.
Born November 18, 1941, hewas the son of the late WilliamRaczok and Sophie Fedus RaczokTowers. In addition to his par-ents, hewas preceded in death bytwo brothers.
Survivors include his lovingwife of 38 years, Barbara NealRaczok; a daughter, Jennifer Rac-zok (Joe) Bailey of Stafford, Va.; abrother, Ronald Raczok of Sagi-naw, MI; grandchildren,Jonathan Bailey and Erin Bailey.
Funeral services were held Fri-day, August 24, 2012, at RaynesFuneral Home Eleanor Chapel,Eleanor, WV with Pastor CliffordCurry officiating. Burial followedin White Chapel Cemetery, Bar-boursville,W.Va.
Online condolences may besent to the Raczok family and theonline guestbook signed by visit-ingwww.raynesfuneralhome.com.
BILLY E. REID SR.Billy E. Reid Sr., 88, of St. Al-
bans, went to be with Jesus onAugust 20, 2012.
Hewas a Christian and amem-ber of GatewayChristian Church,St. Albans. He formerly workedfor Heck's Warehouse of Nitro.Billy was a World War II veteran.He loved woodworking.
He was preceded in death byhis wife, Dorothy; second wife,Rose; and son, Robert.
Billy is survived by sons, Dale(Regina) Reid of St. Albans andBilly E. Reid Jr. of Ohio; grand-children, Sarah and her fiancé,Russell, and Lisa and her fiance,Thomas, both of St. Albans, JasonReid and Scotty Reid, both ofNitro, and Rhona of Nevada; andfour great-grandchildren.
A celebration of Billy's life washeldThursday, August 23, at Cas-dorph & Curry Funeral Home, St.Albans, with Pastor Jeff Ransonofficiating. Burial followed inCunningham Memorial Park, St.Albans.
Online condolences, flowers orgifts may be sent to the family atwww.casdorphandcurry.com.
REBECCA ANNROMERO "BECKY"
Rebecca AnnRomero, "Becky,"was called to be with the Lord onthe morning of August 18, 2012.She was in St. Mary's intensivecare unit, where her family com-
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forted her with scripture andprayers. Her favorite music filledthe air as she left us to be withGod. Becky's life was a reflectionof her caring love for God, the in-nocent, the poor and unfortu-nate.
Becky Romero, daughter ofGaylord and Lucille Allen, wasborn July 11, 1946, in Parkers-burg. Becky was a spirit-filledChristian, serving her commu-nity and the world in many waysthroughout her life.
Rebecca attended high schoolat Woodrow Wilson in Beckleyand graduated summa cumlaude from Morris Harvey Col-lege School of Nursing inCharleston.
Becky became a missionary,with sponsorship from theCatholic Medical Mission Board,and founded the first regionalmedical facility in El Progreso,Guatemala. Returning home toWest Virginia, Becky worked asan RN at St. Francis Hospital(where she met her husband)and CAMCMemorial.
Beckymarriedwidower Dr. Er-dulfo Romero Sr. in the winter of1974 and adopted his six chil-dren. She was blessed with twoboys of her own, raising eightkids with her Christian and mis-sion values. Becky was a truespokeswoman for children, theborn and unborn.
She was the head lobbyistspeaking on behalf of the Pro Lifemovement. Becky co-foundedtheWestVirginia Right to Life or-ganization and became the vicepresident. Additionally, Becky at-tended the annualMarch for Lifein Washington, D.C., for manyyears and gave many speakingengagements advocating life.
Becky was an active parish-ioner and Eucharistic minister atAscension Catholic Church (toomodest to sing in the choir; shehad an angelic voice). She was aproud member of the West Vir-ginia Republican Women. Beckyworked hospice care, comfortingthe dying. She had a big heart, al-ways donating food and clothingto the less fortunate. Into herhome she welcomed those inneed. Becky enrichedmany liveswith random acts of kindness.
Rebecca lost her life to a long-term illness. Becky is survived byher loving husband, Dr. ErdulfoRomero Sr., and her children,Mrs. Joy Tillman, Dr. TonyRomero, Mrs. Marie Wise, ArnelRomero, Albert Romero, Mrs.Michelle Flood, Daniel Romeroand David Romero; eight grand-
children; and her siblings, MaryAllen, Cathy Martin, Amy Rick-etts and Bob Allen. In addition toher parents, she was preceded indeath by her brother, Jim Allen,and Betsy Keely.
Becky's funeral service washeld Saturday, August 25 at As-cension Catholic Church, Hurri-cane.
Her family requests that youplease send donations to the fol-lowing organizations: WoundedWarrior Project at www.wound-edwarriorproject.org or ChristKitchen, 304-722-4284.
JULIAN "RED"SHAFFER
Julian "Red" Shaffer, 78, ofYawkey passed away on Saturday,August 18, 2012, at his home fol-lowing a courageous battle withcancer.
He was preceded in death byhis parents, Albert and JennyMc-Clure Shaffer; sister, Mabel;brother-in-law, Scott; and broth-ers, Byron, Harold and EdwardShaffer.
Julian is survived by his wife of55 years, Lyndel; daughter, Mon-ica Summers and husband, Aric,of St. Albans; son, Kevin Shafferof Yawkey; former daughter-in-law, Susan of Winfield; grand-daughters, Leslee Shaffer ofWinfield, and Lynsey Hargravesand husband, Joe, of Ona; great-grandsons, Dylan and Reed Har-graves; sister, Shirley Hill ofJulian; and brother, James EstilShaffer of Michigan.
He served in the U.S. Navy forfour years during the KoreanConflict, followed by an addi-tional four years in theU.S. NavalReserve. Julian belonged to theTeamsters Union No. 175, Grif-fithsville Masonic Lodge, No. 71,and Beni Kedem Shrine,Charleston. He also attendedBeech Grove Baptist Church.
Hewas a 31-year resident of St.Albans, where he ran a personalcare homewith his wife. He lovedmusic and playing the piano andguitar.
The family would like to ex-tend a special thank you to Dr.Mark Sheridan, Dr. FaredoonMisaghi, Penny Adkins, RN, andspecial friends, Paul Lett, GeorgeAtek and Richard andDottie Hill.
Funeral services were heldTuesday, August 21, at Curry Fu-neral Home, Alum Creek, withthe Rev. Kenny Sams officiatingand special music by Dottie Hill.Burial with Masonic gravesiderites and military graveside rites
followed in CunninghamMemo-rial Park, St. Albans.
Online condolences may beexpressed to the familyatwww.curryfuneralhome.org.
EVERETT O. "BUTCH"SHRADER JR.
Everett O. "Butch" Shrader Jr.,67, of Scott Depot, passed awayAugust 19, 2012, at CAMC TeaysValley, with his family by his side.
He was born March 31, 1945,andwas the son of Everett O. andDrema Harless Shrader. Butchwas the former owner/operatorof Darnold Air ConditioningService.
He is survived by his wife,Carol Shrader; children, LeeAnnShrader and William EveretteShrader; his loving grandson,WilliamMatthew Shrader, whomhe raised; and grandchildren,Nikki, Justin and Sierra.
Butch was a strong-willed andbrave man who will be greatlymissed.
A celebration of Butch's lifewas held Thursday, August 23, atCasdorph & Curry FuneralHome, St. Albans, with PastorCherylWintzWithrow officiating.
Online condolences may besent to the family at www.casdor-phandcurry.com.
BONNIE LOUSTRAIGHT
Bonnie Lou Straight, of Hurri-cane, died Tuesday, August 21,peacefully at home, surroundedby her family. Bonniewas born inLincoln County on January 25,1938. Bonnie married Berton T.Straight on June 14, 1957. Shewas baptized in March 1972 atthe Church of Christ in Hurri-cane. She influenced her wholefamily and friends with her gen-erous, cheerful spirit as a Chris-tian wife, mother, grandmotherand great-grandmother all of thedays of her life. She visited thesick and sat with the elderly onmany occasions. Shemade beau-tiful quilts, wonderful potatosalad, biscuits, cornbread andher special peanut butter fudge.
She was preceded in death byher parents, Frank and SibylJohnson ofMidkiff; five brothers;and two sisters.
Bonnie is survived by her hus-band, Bert of Hurricane, andtheir four children, Teresa Myersand her husband, Cris, of Vir-ginia, Tina Straight of Hurricane,Sherri Monington and her hus-band, Dean, of Hurricane andTed Straight of Hurricane. Bert
and Bonnie have eight grandchil-dren, Cristopher Isaac Myers,Sarah Myers Truslow and Re-bekah Myers Russell, all of Vir-ginia, Rachel Straight Given,Philip Ellis and Keri Ellis Pauley,all of Hurricane, Hannah EllisIkner of Cross Lanes andHaydenStraight of Ohio. Her great-grandchildren are Ryder andTeaghan Myers, Casey andDakota West, Jonah Truslow,Lindsey and Jacob Ellis, CharlieCollins, Gibson Pauley andNathan Ikner. She is also survivedby a brother, O'Dell Johnson ofFlorida, and her sisters, SueBragg and Linda Fields ofCharleston.
Funeral services were held Fri-day at Allen Funeral Home. Inter-ment followed in Valley ViewCemetery, Hurricane.
The family would like to thankHospice of the Kanawha Valleyfor their compassionate care. Inlieu of flowers for the family, do-nations to Hospice of theKanawhaValley would be appre-ciated.
Please visit allenfuneral-homewv.com to share memoriesand condolences.
RAYMONDMITCHELL TABOR
Mr. Raymond Mitchell Tabor,91, of Poca went home to be withthe Lord on August 19, 2012, inthe Hubbard Hospice House.
Mr. Tabor is a member of theHometown Senior Citizens, re-tired from the Department ofHighways as District 1 superin-tendent with 10 years of service,was a member of the RaymondCity Community Church, was aNavy veteran ofWorldWar II, wasa businessman, sportsman,coach, and enjoyed hunting andfishing.
He is survived by his wife, Jo;children, Raymond M. Tabor Jr.of Ashland, Ky., Ronald D. Taborof Teays Valley and John I. Taborof Charleston; stepchildren, Bar-neyWayne Sigman ofMilton andNancy Darlene Adkins of Bar-boursville; eight grandchildren;and three great-grandchildren.He is also survived by a host ofother family and friends.
The family would like to say aspecial thank you to all the hos-pice staff for the care given toRay.
A tribute to the life of Mr. Ray-mond Tabor was held Wednes-day, August 22, 2012, atGatens-Harding Funeral HomeChapel with Pastor Linden Reedofficiating. Entombment fol-lowed in Haven of Rest MemoryGardens.
The family suggests donationsare made to the Hubbard Hos-pice House.
Condolences may be sent tothe family by visiting www.hard-ingfamilygroup.com.
Gatens-Harding FuneralHome, Poca, assisted the Taborfamily.
PHYLLISFRANCESTERRY
Phyllis Frances Terry, 79, diedWednesday, August 15, 2012, atHubbard Hospice House West,South Charleston, after a long ill-ness. Shewas a Christian and hadresided at Teays Valley NursingHome for the past 11 years. Shewas preceded in death by herhusband, Billy Klan; sons, Juniorand Timothy; daughter, Vanessa;grandson, Paul Eric; and grand-daughter, Bernadette.
Surviving are her sons, CharlesTerry of Cross Lanes and the Rev.DavidTerry of Hurricane; daugh-ters, Belinda Mullins of St. Al-bans, Nora Smart ofTornado andSandra, Angela and Robin; 12grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Services were held Friday, Au-gust 17, 2012 at Good ShepherdMortuary, SouthCharleston, withthe Rev. David Terry officiating.Burial followed inTylerMountainMemory Gardens, Cross Lanes.
JONVINEYARDJon Vineyard, 71, of Scott
Depot, passed away August 21,2012, at Putnam Care and Reha-bilitation Center, Hurricane, aftera short illness.
Jon was born January 24, 1941,the only child toWilliamHowardTaft and Mary Rosalee RobertsVineyard. In addition to his par-ents, hewas preceded in death byhis grandson, Jon MatthewGunter.
Jon retired fromColumbia GasTransmission after 37 years ofservice and hemost recently wasa consultant with HartPetro,Charleston. Jonwas amember ofMount Vernon Baptist Church,where he also served on theboard of trustees. Jon was aproudmember of the NRA,TroutUnlimited and FMCSportsman'sClub. He was an avid hunter andfisherman and enjoyed campingand spending time with his fam-ily.
Surviving Jon are his wife of 53years, Carolyn Sue KingVineyard;and daughters and their children,Beth Gunter and husband, Jeff,and their daughter, Morgan, ofTeays Valley, Susan Johnson andhusband, Brian, and their chil-dren, Kassie and Brett, ofRavenswood and Missy Northupand husband, Zac, and their chil-dren, Alex, Sophie andMeredith,of TeaysValley.
Funeral services were heldThursday, August 23, at Chap-man Funeral Home, Hurricane,with Pastor Ron McClung offici-ating. Burial followed in MountVernon Cemetery, Hurricane.
The family asks that donationsaremade in Jon's name toMountVernonBaptist Church, c/o Sanc-tuary Fund, 2150 Mount VernonRoad, Hurricane,WV 25526.
Online memories and/or con-dolences may be made atwww.chapmanfuneralhomes.com.
Chapman Funeral Home, Hur-ricane, was honored to handleMr. Vineyard's arrangements.
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TEAYS VALLEY – The newTeays Valley location of FatPatty's is planning to open onLabor Day, Sept. 3.Owner Clint Artrip said that he
was excited to open the newTeaysValley location of his popu-lar restaurant chain because Put-nam County is a growing areaand he sees a bright future here.“A lot of people from Putnam
County come to our Bar-boursville location,” Artrip said,“And they are always asking mewhen Iwas going to put a restau-rant in Putnam County.”The new Teays Valley Fat
Patty's is located in the formerShoney's location, adjacent toInterstate 64.Workers have spent the past
fewmonths remaking the formerShoney's building into a greenand white mecca for casual din-ing fair.“We are known for our spe-
cialty burgers, but we feature afull menu,” Artrip said. “We have18 different salads. Our salads areawesome.We havewraps, wings,
and a full menu of appetizers.”The specialty burgers run the
gamut from the Pretzel Patty, ahalf-pound patty with Americancheese served on a pretzel bun,to The Vampire Killer, which is ahalf-pound burger “with enoughgarlic to kill Dracula himself.”Other popular burgers include
the Big Fat Patty, a 12-ouncemonster burger with all the fix-ings, The Born on the Bayou, ahalf-pound patty blackenedwith
Cajun spices, sautéed onionsand peppers and melted pro-volone cheese; and the LuauCow, a half-pound patty servedHawaiian style topped withgrilled ham, provolone cheeseand pineapple. Most burgers arepriced at $6.99 and come withchips and a pickle.Artrip said that he changes his
Fat Patty's menu every fourmonths to bring in new entreesand appetizers.
“We try to have something foreveryone,” he said.The restaurantwill feature half
price appetizers daily from 4p.m. to 7 p.m. and from 10 p.m.to 1 a.m.Someof the appetizers include
nachos, a pound-of-wings,chicken strips, buffalo popcornshrimp, cheese dippers, baconcheddar fries, and for those whocan't decide a Patty Samplerplatter. Most appetizers arepriced in the $4.99 to $6.95range.The restaurant has seating for
180 people, which Artrip calledthe perfect size for a restaurant ofits type.Fat Patty's only takes reserva-
tions for parties of 10 or more.However, for larger parties, thenew Teays Valley location doesoffer a special room for privacy.The inside of the new Teays
Valley location bears little resem-blance to its days as a Shoney's.The interior has been completelymade over, and a large custombuilt bar takes up one wall. Thebar will serve a wide variety ofdraft and bottle beer as well aswine and cocktails.
The building itself has alsobeen expanded, adding a newenclosed patio seating area.Throughout the restaurant are 17large, flat screen TVs, where pa-trons will be able to watch foot-ball, or other events of the day.Wall decorations were still goingup last week, but Artrip said thathe intends to feature both Mar-shall and WVU items in therestaurant, aswell as decorationshighlighting Putnam County'shigh schools.The entrance to the restaurant
has also been made over andnow features a large waiting areain addition to an area displayingFat Patty's merchandise for salewith its distinctive “Fat Patty'sBite This!” logo. Shirts, hats andother items are all available forsale.Fat Patty's will be open seven
days a week. Its hours will be 11a.m. to 1 a.m. Monday thru Sat-urday andnoon to 1 a.m. on Sun-day.Formore information, visit Fat
Patty's online at www.fatpat-tysonline.com, or call the newTeays Valley location at (304)757-5000.
