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By TERRY L. MAYASSOCIATE EDITOR

Members of the Williamson FireDepartment once again took an oppor-tunity to help a cause that has been dearto its service field for half a century bycollecting money for MuscularDystrophy.For more than 50 years, the

International Association of Firefightershas partnered with the MuscularDystrophy Association (MDA) to raisemoney to aid in the fight against the dis-ease as well as ALS and other relateddiseases.This year, the WFD made a major

change to its annual Labor Dayfundraiser — changing the day toFriday instead of the traditionalSaturday slot. According to Lt. JoeyCarey, who also serves as president ofthe local firefighters union, the changehad positive results."(Donations) look better this year," he

said. "We are doing really, really well."He said funds will are used by the

MDA to support summer camps, pur-chase wheelchairs and to fund research.In addition to the WFD personnel, 9-

year-old Zach Baisden came out to help

raise money. The boy hasbeen at the roadblocks forabout four years now, Careysaid. To the members of the

Williamson Fire Department,Zach puts a face on theirefforts and on every dollarraised. Zach suffers frommuscular dystrophy and hasbeen able to attend the annu-al MD camp held in WestVirginia and has recentlyreceived a new wheelchair."It has been great to watch

Zach during the past fouryears," said Fire Chief JerryMounts. "The first year hewas very shy. Each year hecomes out of it more andmore. This year he was very active."Whether it is just the dedication and

drive of the personnel at theWilliamson Department, the inspira-tion by Zach or the combination of thetwo, the WFD is a state leader in rais-ing money for the philanthropy."The Williamson Fire Department

has raised the most money per capita(money raised vs. number of firefight-ers) for at least the last 10 years," said

Abby Baker, executive director ofMDA in Charleston. She recently attended a Williamson

City Council meeting to honor thegroup for its efforts.In 2009, WFD #968 gave the MDA

$2,045 towards the fight against mus-cular dystrophy. In the year prior, theWilliamson firefighters raised evenmore money, giving $3,300 to thecause.

Firefighters raise money for philanthropy

Firefighter Michael Mounts, left, and Barry Harmon, retired firefighter, collectmoney from generous motorists during a fundraising drive for the MuscularDystrophy Association conducted Friday by the Williamson Fire Department.

By Charlotte SandersSENIOR WRITER

With above-average tem-peratures continuing to hangon and storms threateningthe East Coast, the TugValley area is preparing toobserve Labor Day during along weekend.Schools in Mingo, Logan,

Pike and Martin countieswill be closed for "LaborDay" and many businesseswill join public offices inwhat will amount to a three-day holiday.Offices in the Mingo

County Court House, MingoCounty Magistrate Court,Williamson Public Libraryand elsewhere in the valleywill be closed until Tuesday.

All public offices in Pikeand Martin counties will beclosed as well.The Williamson Daily

News offices will be closedthrough Monday and willpublish again on Tuesday.Labor Day will herald a

busy month with Autumn tomake its appearance onSept. 23.The Mingo County Board

of Education has two meet-ings scheduled for Tuesday,Sept. 7. A morning sessionbeginning at 10 a.m. will bea workshop as members ofthe board and central officestaff study educationalprogress in the countyschool system. A regularmeeting of the board willfollow at 6 p.m. that day

with personnel geared tostudy Average YearlyProgress in the schools.County School

Superintendent RandyKeathley has on his agendaa reminder that coolerweather will herald a goodtime for another public visitto the site of the new MingoCounty Central High Schoolcomplex. Good progress onthe project is being madeand it is anticipated that theschool will open in time forthe start of the 2011-2012school year. Four Mingohigh schools, Williamson,Delbarton, Matewan andGilbert, are expected to beconsolidated at that time.The Mingo County

Circuit Court's September

Grand Jury is slated to con-vene on Monday, Sept. 20.A list of 400 prospectivepetit jurors has been sum-monsed for duty two weekslater, on Oct. 4.During the coming week-

end, policemen and firemenwill continue to provideemergency services andprotection for area citizensaround the clock.Ambulance services, fire-

men personnel and lawenforcement are just aphone call (9-1-1) away forcitizens in Lincoln, Mingo,Logan and WayneCounties. Emergency andnon-emergency telephonenumbers are listed in thefront pages of your tele-phone directory.

Labor Day to launch busy month

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A lawyer handling twowrongful-death lawsuits says evidence collected so farinside the Upper Big Branch mine could be compromisedbecause of revelations that two Massey Energy managerswere underground for nearly four hours after the deadlyApril 5 blast.Federal investigators have previously acknowledged

the men were underground, but NPR is reporting newdetails confirmed by Massey. It says the managers trav-eled nine miles and were near the longwall miningmachine considered a possible source of the blast.Virginia-based Massey Energy also confirms the two

managers stayed inside after the federal Mine Safety andHealth Administration issued an order to leave. The com-pany insists they were trying to rescue the 29 men whodied."These rescue efforts were their one and only objective.

Period," said Massey's general counsel Shane Harvey.But attorney Mark Moreland said that revelation casts a

pall on all the evidence, and the presence of the managersmust be investigated."This certainly has to be clarified and cleared up com-

pletely before the evidence could in any way be interpret-ed as relieving Massey of fault," Moreland said.The managers were Chris Blanchard, president of the

subsidiary that manages Upper Big Branch, PerformanceCoal, and Jason Whitehead, then director of undergroundperformance and now a Massey vice president.In a press briefing last month, MSHA safety administra-

tor Kevin Stricklin downplayed the presence of Blanchardand Whitehead without mentioning their names, sayingit's common to see people rushing into a mine to help afteran accident. He also said he ordered them out mainlybecause he was concerned for their safety.Stricklin told NPR he doesn't know if the men did any-

thing wrong, but conceded, "there's a question that'sgonna come up of whether there was any tampering thattook place."He is confident investigators will be able to determine

that."We will be able, if we need to, get to the point of fin-

gerprinting or DNA testing to make this determination,"he said.

Massey execs inmine 4 hours

after W.Va. explo-

PIKEVILLE – Damage from the flash-flooding of July17, 2010, has prompted Pike County Fiscal Court officialsto cancel the fall 2010 South Lake Horse Trail Ride.Crews have been working to repair damage sustained tothe trail but will not be able to complete their work beforewinter.“The safety of those participating in the trail ride must

be our top priority,” Pike County Judge-Executive WayneT. Rutherford said. “We wish this were not necessary butwe can’t take the risk of our citizens and visitors beinginjured along an unsafe trail.”According to Jarrod Hunt, Pike County Parks and

Recreation Director, several landslides have occurred onthe main trail, one of which 200 feet in length.Additionally, many of the side loop trails have experi-enced minor slides that have left them covered in debris.Rutherford said that work will continue throughout the

fall and winter with the hope of having the trail ready forthe spring trail ride.Anyone needing further information about the South

Lake Horse Trail’s spring and fall rides may contact Huntat 606-432-6327.

Fall South LakeHorse TrailRide canceled

OngoingThe Action In Mingo

(AIIM) Group will meeteach Tuesday until mid-September in order to planevents for the 39th KingCoal Festival. The groupmeets at 4:30 p.m. in thecouncil chambers atWilliamson City Hall. Thepublic is invited to attend.The Donald Taylor

Community and DisasterCenter of North Matewanare looking for volunteers fortheir center. For more infor-mation, call (304) 426-8554. Liberty Tax of Matewan

will offer a free tax schoolbeginning Sept. 20 withclasses from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.every Monday andWednesday. For more infor-mation, call 1-800-564-1284or (304) 426-8761.The West Virginia Army

National Guard is takingapplications for membership.Must be 17 to 42 years oldand have completed at leastthe 9th grade. GED programavailable if needed. For moreinformation, contact StaffSgt. James Richards at (304)687-5705 or (304) 201-3196.Author Kyle Lovern is

compiling old photographsfor an upcoming book. For

more information or to sendphotos, contact him atklovern@suddenlink.net orcopies of the photos can bemailed to him at KyleLovern, 123 Yeager Drive,Williamson, WV, 25661.Jacob’s Well Mission in

Williamson is currentlylooking for volunteers anddonations for their soupkitchen. For more informa-tion call (606) 625-7529.The Disabled Veterans of

America Chapter 141 willperform military rites atdeceased veterans” funerals.For more information, con-tact Fred Baldwin at (304)475-4760.The Belfry High School

class of 1956 are locatingclassmates for their 55 yearreunion in August 2011. Formore information, contactRuth (Hatfield) Estep at(606) 427-7041 or NancyBrinkley Scott at (330) 649-9550.

Sept. 3-4Belfry High School classes

of 1969, 1970 and 1971 willhold their reunion beginningwith a Get Re-AcquaintedEvening Sept. 3, at 6 p.m., atthe old Belfry High School.A tour of the new BelfryHigh School (optional) willbe conducted Sept. 4, at 9

a.m. with a picnic followingat Grants Branch Park,McVeigh, Kentucky. Formore information, emailNancy Bryan atnancy.bryan@suddenlink.net.

Sept. 4The Delbarton

Homecoming will hostevents throughout the daybeginning at 9 a.m. For moreinformation, call SaundraChafin at (304) 475-3859.

Sept. 5The Blair Reunion will be

held at 12 p.m. in Shed #5near the pool at Laurel LakePark. For more information,call Ann Damron at (304)475-4045.Descendants and friends of

the late William S. and BettyVinson will gather at LaurelLake’s Shelter #2 for theirannual reunion. All familyand friends are encouragedto attend.

Sept. 7The Williamson

Redevelopment Authoritywill have its monthly meet-ing at 6:30 p.m. on the sec-ond floor of the WilliamsonFire Station in Williamson.The public is invited toattend.The King Coal Festival

Beauty Pageant’s registra-tion and rehearsal will beheld at Williamson HighSchool from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.and it also serves as the dead-line for entering the pageant.Registration fee is $30 for 2-year-old girls and $45 for 3-year-olds and up.Applications can be found atHeaven Sent in the SouthSide Mall, SouthWilliamson, Ky. or at theTug Valley Chamber ofCommerce in Williamson.For more information, callpageant director Jada Hunterat (304) 235-0909.The Pike Co. Health

Deptartment’s Mobile Unit

will be at Quality Foods inRegina, Ky. from 9:30 a.m.to 3 p.m. The unit willadminister paps, cholesterolchecks and pneumonia andtetanus shots. Cholesterolchecks, and all other servic-es are billable to insuranceor cost is based on income.Appointments are neededfor paps. All other servicesare on a walk-in basis. Formore information, call thehealth department at (606)437-5500.

Sept. 8The Pike Co. Health

Deptartment’s Mobile Unitwill be at BevinsElementary School inSidney, Ky. from 1 p.m. to 3p.m. The unit will adminis-ter cholesterol checks andpneumonia and tetanusshots. Cholesterol checks,and all other services arebillable to insurance or costis based on income. Formore information, call thehealth department at (606)437-5500.The Mingo County

Airport Authority will meetin special session onWednesday September 8,2010, in Room 136 of theMingo County Courthouse,Williamson, at 1 p.m. Thepublic is invited to attendand if special accommoda-tions are required, pleasecall (304) 235-2217.

Sept. 9The Williamson Utility

Board will hold its firstmeeting of the month at3:30 p.m. in the councilchambers of city hall. The Williamson Unsafe

Building Commission willhold its first meeting of themonth at 4:30 p.m. in thecouncil chambers of cityhall. The Williamson City

Council will hold its firstmeeting of the month at5:30 p.m. in the councilchambers of city hall. The Pike Co. Health

Deptartment’s Mobile Unitwill be at the VirgieCommunity Center inVirgie, Ky. from 9:30 a.m.to 3 p.m. The unit willadminister paps, cholesterolchecks and pneumonia andtetanus shots. Cholesterolchecks, and all other servic-es are billable to insuranceor cost is based on income.Appointments are neededfor paps. All other servicesare on a walk-in basis. Formore information, call thehealth department at (606)437-5500.

Sept. 10The Miss King Coal

Festival Beauty Pageantwill be held at the Rose G.Smith Theater, WilliamsonHigh School at 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 10-11The Pinsonfork Church of

God, Ladies Ministry, willhold an indoor yard sale inthe church gym from 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. each day. Hot dogswill also be sold. The churchis located across fromRunyon Elementary Schoolon Rt. 199, Pinsonfork, Ky.

Sept. 11The town of Matewan will

hold their annual homecom-ing festival beginning at 8a.m. with events going onthroughout the day.The King Coal Festival

begins with the annualcar/bike show at 1 p.m. Pre-registration is optional.Registration fee is $15. Formore information, call (304)239-0250.The Tug Valley Shrine

Club will have a specialmeeting at the ThoroughbredSteakhouse at 7 p.m. to initi-ate new candidates for theShrine. Any Mason whowould like to join is invitedto attend. Registration is at6:30 p.m.The Choir of the

Mountains will hold a patri-otic service, ‘9/11Remembrance - This Is MyCountry’ at 6 p.m. at theMemorial United MethodistChurch in WestWilliamson. The choir’smembers are from severaldifferent churches anddenominations from our TugValley Area. A reception willfollow the service. The pub-lic is invited to attend.

Sept. 12-15The Victory Christian

Center will be holding arevival with Dr. MarkDuplantis beginning withSunday service at noon andMonday through Wednesdayservices at 7 p.m. PastorTerry Blankenship invitesthe public to attend.

Sept. 12Naomi and the Segos from

Nashville, Tenn., will besinging at 3 p.m. at the SoulsHarvest Church on U.S. 119,Belfry Ky. Pastor Kay Fieldsinvites the public to attend.Admission is free. For moreinformation call (304) 426-6130 or email soulshar-vest2003@yahoo.com.The Hardy Church of

Christ, Hardy, Ky., will holdtheir annual homecomingbeginning with SundaySchool services at 10 a.m.and morning worship servic-es at 11 a.m. Dinner will beserved after the services.Pastor Ed Lockard invitesthe public to attend.

Sept. 13The STOP Coalition will

hold a drug and alcoholabuse family support groupcalled HELP, Healing Each

one with Love and Peace at6:30 p.m. at the Larry JoeHarless Community Centerin Gilbert. For more infor-mation, call (304) 664-3916.The King Coal Festival

Pet Show will be held atLefty Hamilton Field inWest Williamson.Registration is 5:30 p.m.and the show begins at 6p.m.

Sept. 14The Matewan Utility

Board will hold its monthlymeeting at Matewan TownHall at 5:30 p.m. The publicis invited to attend.The Matewan Town

Council will hold its month-ly meeting at MatewanTown Hall at 6 p.m. Thepublic is invited to attend.

Sept. 15The King Coal Festival

baby crawling contest willbe held at the First BaptistChurch in Williamson at 6p.m. Registration for the theevent will be at 5:30 p.m.

Sept. 16Stone Heritage Inc. will

hold its monthly meeting at6:30 p.m. the Historic RedRobin Building at Stone,Ky. The public is invited toattend.The King Coal Festival

Cruise Night will be held indowntown Williamson.

Sept. 18-19An ASEP coaching class

will be held Saturday from10 a.m. to 7 p.m. andSunday from 12 p.m. to 5p.m. at Huntington HighSchool for those interestedin coaching a secondaryschool sport. Register atwww.wvssac.org

Sept. 18The King Coal Festival

will hold activities through-out the day including theawards ceremony for Mr.King Coal at 1 p.m. and theparade through town at 5p.m.The annual Kiwanis fall

festival will be held inPikeville City Park from 11a.m. to 6 p.m. The theme is“Hillbilly Christmas inJuly”. Half of the proceedsfrom the event will bedonated to building a handi-cap accessible ramp at BobAmos Park.An acoustic guitar revue

called Autumn Bend I, pre-sented by LyricsPromotions, will host per-formances by WayneGraham, Waylon Nelson,and Kevin Harmon at theRighteous Brew CoffeeHouse, 182 East SecondAve., Williamson from 7p.m. to 11 p.m. Admission is$5.

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Eve Ensler: bald, braveand beautifulBy AMY GOODMANGUEST COLUMNIST

Bald, brave, and beautiful: Those words can't begin to capturethe remarkable Eve Ensler. She sat down with me last week, inthe midst of her battle with uterine cancer, to talk about NewOrleans and the Congo. Eve, the author of the hit play "TheVagina Monologues" and the creator of V-Day, a global activistmovement to stop violence against women and girls, told mehow "cancer has been a huge gift."Eve's moving essay "Congo Cancer" begins, "Some people

may think that being diagnosed with uterine cancer, followed byextensive surgery that led to a month of debilitating infections,rounded off by months of chemotherapy, might get a girl down.But, in truth, this has not been my poison." The poison, she wenton, was the epidemic of rape, torture and violence againstwomen and girls in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC).Eve wrote "The Vagina Monologues" in 1996 as a celebration

of women's bodies and women's empowerment. "When I did theplay initially," she told me, "everywhere I went on the planet,women would literally line up after the show ... 90 to 95 percentof the women were lining up to tell me how they had been rapedor battered or incested or abused. ... I had no idea that one out ofthree women on the planet will be raped or beaten in their life-time. Suddenly this door opened for me."Eve began producing the play to raise funds for rape crisis hot

lines and women's organizations across the U.S. "We came upwith this idea of V-Day," she told me, "which was EndingViolence Day -- reclaiming Valentine's Day as a day of kindnessand goodwill to women. ... We are now in 130 countries. Lastyear, there were 5,000 events in 1,500 or 1,600 places. It's raisedclose to $80 million, that has all gone into local communities."The V-Day movement brought Eve to some of the most des-

perate places on Earth -- Haiti, the Democratic Republic of

Congo and post-Katrina New Orleans. She spent a year withwomen in New Orleans, compiling their descriptions of theirlives and the impact of Hurricane Katrina into a series of mono-logues. It's called "Swimming Upstream." Unbelievably, in themiddle of her chemotherapy, Eve is directing two special per-formances in mid-September, in New Orleans and at the ApolloTheater in Harlem.Eastern Congo, a war-ravaged region of the world's most

impoverished country, is where Eve and V-Day have beendevoting most of their recent efforts. Since 1996, hundreds ofthousands of women and girls have been raped in the easternDRC, victims of what V-Day calls femicide. Last month,Rwandan and Congolese rebels took over villages in the easternDRC and gang-raped almost 200 women and five young boys.The rapes occurred between July 30 and Aug. 3 within miles ofa U.N. peacekeeping base, and went unreported for three weeks. These rapes are brutal, leaving the victims with deep wounds

and fistulae that require surgery. V-Day has been working withPanzi Hospital in Bukavu, the only facility in the region wherethe women can receive adequate treatment. V-Day is also build-ing a woman-controlled safe zone attached to the hospital called"The City of Joy."Eve said the women themselves developed the plans for the

City of Joy, "a place where they could heal, where they could betrained, where they could become leaders, where they had timeand a respite to rebuild themselves and redirect their energiestowards their communities." If all goes well with her own treat-ment, she will be joining them to open the City of Joy inFebruary.The work, Eve told me, defines what she calls a "kind of three-

way V between Haiti, Congo and New Orleans."With a scarf on her head, having lost her hair during cancer

treatments, she was days away from starting her fourth round ofchemotherapy. I asked her how she does it."The women of Congo saved my life," she said. "Every day I

get up, and I think to myself, I can keep going. If a woman inCongo gets up this morning after she's had her insides eviscerat-ed, what problem do I really have? And I think of how theydance. Every time I go to the Congo, they dance and they singand they keep going, in spite of being forgotten and forsaken bythe world. And I think to myself, I have to get better. I have tolive to see the day when the women of Congo are free, becauseif those women are free, women throughout the world will befree and will get to continue."

EditorialWILLIAMSON DAILY NEWS � SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2010 � PAGE 4A

My preacher husband knowsI'm in love with the pirateI have a new love in my life and my husband knows all

about it. It’s Long John Silver’s! Call me crazy … but Ilove it!Oh, I used to eat at Long John’s in the '70’s. My family

sometimes stopped by for Pieces of Eight, a keg of slawand fries. I even partook in the '80’s and knew all of thewords to the commercial. You know the one: "We’ve gotthe best seafood dishes, fries and our homemade slaw —chicken, too!" And then the part about a special for youryoung buccaneer.But, after one too many fried fish fillets and an after

taste that lasted six hours, I’d had enough. I abstained forabout 25 years, no kidding. My husband has eaten there all along and loved it. I

never, ever encouraged our kids to eat at LJ’s. To be hon-est, I don’t know if we’ve ever dined there together. My beloved has shared his passion for Long John’s with

Emmanuel, our Haitian exchange student. I have to tellyou that Emmanuel embraced it from the start. It’s hisvery favorite and within walking distance of the collegehe attends. (He feels doubly blessed.)In the spring, my husband convinced me that some of

the best tea in town was at none other than our local LongJohn’s. We would drive through on our weekly jaunts,order one large sweet tea for him, an unsweetened tea forme and at least one fish fillet with extra crumblies. Thefish was for him, of course. I asked the first time what thecrumblies were for. He said “dessert”. I cracked up-think-ing “heart attack”, nonetheless.The tea was great — much to my amazement. I could-

n’t remember their tea from the '70’s and '80’s.)Early in summer, I was trying to be a super blessing to

my husband so I agreed to go to lunch with him, at LongJohn’s. When I entered the place, I realized that after liv-ing in P’burg for almost seven years, I had never everbeen inside the restaurant. It was quite nice; newly remod-eled. I stood in line trying to decide what on earth I wouldeat. Alas, they had a new type of fish fillet called “crispybreaded” that was totally unlike what I’d tasted in thepast. I didn’t have high hopes.I was completely shocked…It was AWESOME! Now, Long John’s has become one of my favorite

places to eat, too. (It took lots of unsweetened tea to washdown all the crow!) Don’t scream…but I even ring thebell when I leave, signaling to everyone there that it wasgreat.A few Sundays ago, a bunch of us hauled over to LJ’s

after the morning service. There were 30 of us! After dinner, I spoke with my daughter explaining that

we’d just come back from eating. When I told her wherewe’d been, she exclaimed, “Who ARE you?!”I laughed but didn’t EVEN tell her that I’d rung the bell!

SPECIAL TO THE DAILY NEWS

CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Coal Associationwould like to thank NIKE and West Virginia Universityfor their tribute to West Virginia’s coal miners. The deci-sion to exchange the Blue and Gold of the Mountaineersfor the “Black and Gold” is a touching tribute to the hardwork and sacrifice of the 50,000 men and women whomake their living in West Virginia’s coal industry.The uniforms were the creation of NIKE as part of their

introduction of the “Pro Combat” equipment line. CoachBill Stewart’s Mountaineers will wear the uniform for theNovember 26 “Backyard Brawl” at Pitt.“The Mountaineers are truly West Virginia’s team and

much like our coal miners, they are the heart and soul ofour state,” said Bill Raney, president of the West VirginiaCoal Association. “We would like to thank the folks atNIKE and at West Virginia University for making thishappen. This recognition means so much -- to our currentcoal miners and their families and to the generations ofWest Virginians who have worked and given so much ofthemselves to provide the resource that has made ournation great.

�Family LifeBy: Dawn Reed

Coal group appreciatesspecial WVU uniforms

SportsWILLIAMSON DAILY NEWS � SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2010 � PAGE 5A

By PAMELA SCOTT JOHNSONSPORTS EDITOR

The Tug Valley HighSchool football team mayhave been 0-10 last season butwatch out for the Panthers thisyear. After defeating Shermanin the season opener, TVHSbrought the winning spirithome and sent the Van HighSchool Bulldogs home lick-ing their wounds after a soundbeating 28-14.The Panthers, now 2-0,

played the game without start-ing quarterback MikeyNewsome but junior RBBraxton Hinkle stepped inand never missed a beat.Coach Jim Vance said Hinklewas nervous taking over QBduties but certainly nevershowed the nerves during thegame.Of course Hinkle had some

help from senior WR/DBAustin Vance who seemed tobe everywhere on offense aswell as defense. Vance fin-ished the game with 142 yardsrushing and 6 receptions.RB/LB freshman played likea letterman with 77 yardsrushing. Hinkle went 3-5through the air.The Panthers won the toss

and began on their 19-yardline. With Van set in a 5-3 D,sophomore RB Aaron Muncytook the handoff from Hinklefor a 4-yard gain. Vancewould take it from there andtook it 25 yards for a Pantherfirst down.Vance would continue to

advance the ball into Bulldogterritory and on second down,powered the pigskin to Van’s3-yard line. On a QB keeper,Hinkle took the ball on in forthe Panther’s first TD of thenight. Hinkle then connectedwith Vance for the two-pointconversion and with 7:51 onthe clock, Tug Valley led 8-0.Neither team could score

for the remainder of the firstquarter with both defensesmaking key stops. ThePanthers would keep the lead

going into the second.After Hinkle fumbled at the

end of the first, Van began ontheir 37-yard line in the sec-ond. QB Tyler Gunnoedropped back to pass but wassacked by Muncy. On the nextplay, a bad snap led to a fum-ble recovered by Panther LBIsaac Parsley who ran it backfor another TVHS TD. Thetwo-point conversion was nogood and with 10:48 in thehalf, Tug extended their lead14-0.Van was still unable to pro-

duce anything during the nextseries and punted it back toTug Valley. However, Vanwould recover when Vancefumbled after the Pantherspushed the ball to the 50. The Panthers seemed to

have no answer on D for avery quick Van QB inGunnoe. On the first play afterthe fumble, Gunnoe droppedback in shotgun but kept theball and ran it to the Panthers’25-yard line. While the QBkept lining up in the shotgun,he ran the ball three straightdowns until the Bulldogswere at the Panthers’ 9-yardline on third and five.Gunnoe once again lined up

in the shotgun but passed the

ball to Matt White for a VanTD. The two-point conver-sion was no good and with3:36 in the half, the Bulldogswere on the board. The halfwould end with no one elsestepping into the end zone andthe Panthers went to the lock-er room up 14-6.The Bulldogs decided to

bring out their big gun for thesecond half as senior ChrisHalley who had set out thefirst hurt, came out to play forthe remainder of the game.Van would take the kickoff

and after three downs, onfourth and short, the Bulldogsdecided to go for it. However,even after recovering theirown fumble, the Bulldogswould give the ball to thePanthers on downs.After a couple of flags, on

first and 10, Hinkle kept theball for a 15-yard gain.Another flag would cost thePanthers 10 yards and on firstand 15, Vance would scram-ble for 15 making it 2nd and4. On the next two downs,Vance pushed the ball for twofirst downs.Davis’ gain was called back

when motion was called onTug and another flag wasthrown after Vance scam-

pered in for what appeared tobe a Panther TD. The ball,however, was called back.Vance again carried the foot-ball for a gain of six andMuncy muscled it to Van’s 3-yard line.On 3rd and goal, Hinkle

once again kept the ball todive for a Panther TD. Again,the two-point conversion wasno good and with 4:36 in thethird, TVHS led 20-6. TugValley would score for thelast time with 1:15 left in thegame when Vance crossed theline from 10-yards out mak-ing the score 28-6.The onside kick was cov-

ered by Van. On the thirdplay, Gunnoe pitched the ballto Halley for the last TD onthe scoreboard. The two-point conversion was goodand the game ended with thescore Tug Valley 28, Van 14.Vance was emotional after

a tough fought game by hissquad.“They came out the second

half and worked hard,” hesaid. “They wanted to winand deserved it.”The Panthers will be at

home next Saturday againstMount View at home. Thegame will kick off at 7:30.

PHOTO/PAMELA SCOTT JOHNSONPanther QB Braxton Hinkle took over taking the snaps when Mikey Newsome went down last a few days ago with a knee injury.Braxton did a great job under center leading his team to a 28-14 win over Van. The Panthers are now 2-0 on the season.

PHOTO/PAMELA SCOTT JOHNSONTug Valley High School RB/DB Austin Vance was all over the field. The senior rushed for 142 yardsand had 6 receptions. He is pictured recovering a Van fumble while on defense.

By PAMELA SCOTT JOHNSONSPORTS EDITOR

Two of the mountains moststoried high school footballprograms squared off lastnight at Putnam Stadium inAshland, Ky. The 2-0Ashland Blazer Tomcats wel-comed the 1-1 Belfry Piratesin what has become one ofSoutheastern Kentucky’sbest football rivalries.Both teams spent most of

the first quarter testing theother. While each moved theball through the air, neithercould score and the 1st quar-ter ended 0-0.

However, it didn’t takelong for the points in the sec-ond quarter as Ashland QBSam Hunter found WR CodyWithrow for a 9-yard touch-down pass. The two-pointconversion was good asTrey Rogers scooted on asweep and with 11:48 left inthe half, Ashland took an 8-0lead.With both teams exchang-

ing punts, the Pirates finallyfound paydirt when QB TylerWilliams raced 32 yards for aBHS TD. Jeffre Pruitt ran inthe 2-point conversion andwith 4:19 in the second, ThePirates and Tomcats were

tied 8 up.The scoring wasn’t over

when Ashland again scoredthrough the air as Hunterconnected once again withWithrow for a 32-yard passtouchdown pass. Rogersagain added the two-pointconversion and the halfended with the Blazers on top16-8.Ashland wasted little time

in the third scoring in the sec-ond half as Hunter dashed 32yards on a busted play foranother TD. The two-pointconversion wasn’t success-ful, so with 9:39 in the third,the Tomcats extended their

lead 22-8.The pressure was now on

the Bucs and they respondedwith Williams on passes of32 yards to Steven Gibbs and15 to Robinson to move theball inside the Tomcats’ 10-yard line. FB Gary Runyonpowered the pigskin in from9-yards out for the TD. ThePAT was good and with 4:30left in the third, Belfry cutAshland’s lead 22-15.The Blazers wasted little

time gaining back momen-tum as Rogers sprinted 44yards for yet another Tomcatstouchdown. With the two-point conversion, Ashland

took a 30-15 lead into thefinal quarter.Trailing by 15 and with

only 15 minutes to play, ThePirates answered the chal-lenge when RB JoshRobinson carried the footballin from 8 yards out. AustinChilders added the PAT.The score now read

Ashland 30, Belfry 22 with alittle over seven minutes leftin the game. The Pirates Dstood tough and held theTomcats on their next posses-sion and took over on their 6-yard line. After a 21-yardburst up the middle by FBTrey Willis, Williams was

intercepted at the 43-yardline.Tomcats QB Hunter put

the game out of reach with abeautiful 39-yard run for thefinal TD. The contest came toa close with Ashland 36,Belfry 22.Ashland totaled 202 yards

of total offense; 126 passingand 76 rushing. The Bucs had211 total offensive yards; 70yards passing and 141 rush-ing.The Pirates (1-2) will be

back in action at home nextweek against Letcher CountyCentral. The game will kickoff at 7:30 p.m.

Belfry Pirates defeated on the road

By MICHAEL BROWNINGEXECUTIVE EDITOR

MONTGOMERY -- The Matewan High School Tigersfootball team got a big game from quarterback Cody Centersen route to a 46-14 win over the homestanding Valley FayetteGreyhounds, Friday night in Montgomery.Centers completed 4-of-7 passes for 57 yards, a touchdown

and a pair of two-point conversions. Centers threw a touch-down pass to Cory Daniels, and tossed two-point conversionthrows to Jacob Staten and Justin Bradford. He also ran in apair of TDs and a couple two-point conversions. Centers car-ried the ball six times for 42 yards.Matewan built a 38-6 lead by scoring on its first five pos-

sessions of the game. The closest the game ever got was whenValley's Matt Whiteside hit Dillon Ganoe with a 60-yard scor-ing strike with 7:05 left in the first quarter to make it 6-6.From there, it was all Matewan. Joe May led the ground

attack with 111 yards, including a 48-yard touchdown jaunt,on five carries. He also ran in a two-point conversion.Next was Justin Bradford with two touchdowns and 74

yards on 15 carries. Bradford's scores came on runs of 10 and2 yards, respectively. He also caught a pass for 16 yards.Austin Reed ran the ball eight times for 56 yards and Staten

ran the ball twice for 41 yards."We played physical," Matewan Interim Coach John Fry

said. "We got good senior leadership and our experience wasa big key for us. They outsized us, but we were stronger andquicker. John Bailey did a great job for us. Bradford playedwell, and so did Grant Charles. Cody Centers played a goodgame. R.J. Collins was killing them on defense and ZachBrowning has gotten better. Zach keeps improving every day."The big difference for us was up front. My offensive line

did a great job for us and opened up some big holes for myguys to run through."The Greyhounds were led by Keyshawn Payne with a

touchdown late in the game and 73 yards on 12 carries. Paine'sTD run was a one-yarder near the end of the contest.Whiteside completed 4-of-13 passes for 86 yards, a touch-down and one interception.Matewan's Daniels made the pick. Darius Hutchinson ran

the ball seven times for 36 yards and Matt White scored a two-point conversion and ran the ball six times for 33 yards.Matewan's defense forced Valley to punt the ball twice and

to turn it over on downs four times."Valley has good size, good players and an experienced

coaching staff that does a good job with them," Fry said."They played hard and never quit."The Tigers improve to 2-0 and will travel to Grove City,

Ohio, next Friday night.

Panthers keep on rolling Tigers pounceon Greyhounds

PHOTO/MICHAEL BROWNINGMatewan running back Joe May (10) scores a touchdownduring the first half of Friday night's 46-14 Tiger win overhomestanding Valley Fayette in Montgomery.

PHOTO/MICHAEL BROWNINGMatewan quarterback Cody Centers (7) sneaks up the mid-dle to score a touchdown in the first half of the Tigers' 46-14win over homestanding Valley Fayette Friday night inMontgomery.

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�ObituariesFreddie James HallFreddie James Hall Sr., 72,

of Ragland, passed awaySept. 3, 2010, at his home. He was born April 4, 1938,

int Bias, the son of the lateFred and Shirley Hunt Hall.He was also preceded indeath by a son, Freddie J.Hall Jr.Freddie was a veteran of

the U.S. Army having servedwith a missile unit inGermany. He was also a for-mer coal miner andDelbarton police officer.He is survived by his wife,

Jessie Sartin Hall; son, AndyLee Hunt of Delbarton;daughters, Tammy (Steve)Altizer of Newtown andVickie (Joseph) Adams ofRagland; sisters, CosbieButcher of Ragland andMary Maynard of Pearl Hill;sister-in-law, Penny Marcumof Aflex, Ky.; grandchildren,Andy Lee Hunt Jr., MicahChilders, Michael Adams,Lisa Adams, Leandra Huntand Alexis Hunt.Friends and Family may

call at the funeral homeSunday evening from 6-9pmSept. 5, 2010.A private family burial will

take place on Monday at theHunt Cemetery, Bias.The Chafin Funeral Home

of Delbarton is in charge ofthe arrangements.

Janet JacksonJanet Jackson, 64, of

Lenore, passed away Sept. 3,2010, at her home. She was born Oct. 7, 1945,

in Wayne County, the daugh-ter of the late Jiml and IreneBrown Jackson. She wasalso preceded in death by abrother, Oscar Jackson; andone grandchild.She was a homemaker.Her survivors include her

children, Jiml Pierce, BrendaEvans, Michelle Bryant,Bridget Vance, Cindy Waller,Shirley Sheppard, SandraRistler, and Celeste Pierce;one brother, George Jackson;two sisters, Brenda Pierceand Louise Johnson; 21grandchildren; and eightgreat-grandchildren.Funeral services will be

held at noon, Sunday Sept. 6,2010, at the Laurel CreekFreewill Baptist Church withRev. James Ed Baisden offi-ciating. Burial will follow inthe Robinette Cemetery,Road Branch.Visitation will be at the

church Sunday morningfrom 10 a.m. until the time ofthe funeral.The Chafin Funeral Home

of Delbarton is in charge ofthe arrangements.

Stadium, not strip mine, now in WVU uniform ad THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.(AP) — Coal is out of thepicture: The latest versionof an ad promoting a NikePro Combat football uni-form for the West VirginiaMountaineers shows a sta-dium rather than a stripmine behind a player.Nike revised the ad

Thursday after environmen-talists complained about thedepiction of a mountaintopremoval mine behind theimage of a uniform intendedto honor 29 men killed inthe Upper Big Branch mineblast.That mine was an under-

ground operation.Activists said the ad

appeared to be a tacit

endorsement of mountain-top removal by both Nikeand WVU.Both insisted that wasn't

their intention.Nike says it designed the

black and white uniforms asa tribute to the state's coalmining heritage.They'll be worn in the

Backyard Brawl atPittsburgh Nov. 26.

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CHARLESTON, W.Va.(AP) — West Virginia'shighway system is ranked30th in the nation in a studyof performance and cost-effectiveness.The Reason Foundation's

19th Annual HighwayReport looked at 11 indica-

tors, including congestion,pavement condition, costsper mile, deficient bridgesand fatalities.West Virginia ranked

49th in the percentage ofmajor rural roads with nar-row lanes, 47th in fatalityrates and 46th in deficientor functionally obsoletebridges.

The state received highmarks in several other cate-gories. West Virginiaranked first in state high-way agency miles, and sec-ond in maintenance dis-bursements and total dis-bursements.The Los Angeles-based

foundation released thestudy Thursday.

W.Va. highway system ranked 30th in nation

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WHEELING, W.Va. (AP)— Traffic is movingthrough the WheelingTunnel's westbound tubeagain following completionof a major overhaul.The Intelligencer in

Wheeling reports that the

westbound tube reopenedThursday evening, twomonths earlier than project-ed and within the project's$6.7 million budget.Renovation of the east-

bound tube by a differentcontractor didn't go assmoothly. That phase of theproject was completed more

than two years later thanoriginally projected andexceeded its budget.The project's total cost

was about $14.3 million.The cost includes an out-of-court settlement betweenthe Division of Highwaysand the contractor that reno-vated the eastbound tube.

Wheeling Tunnel renovation completed

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FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP)— A Korean War Memorialunder development inMarion County will featurea 125-foot tall flagpole thata designer says will be thetallest in West Virginia.The Times West Virginian

reports that designer C.Rick Hardman provideddetails of the flagpole proj-ect to the CountyCommission this week.The memorial will be

located at East Marion Parkin Fairmont.Hardman said the flag-

pole will have a 30-foot-by-

50-foot flag and will be vis-ible from Interstate 79 andbeyond.It will cost $80,000 to

erect the flagpole and createan endowment to annuallyreplace the flag. Hardmansaid funding will come froma community grant anddonations.

W.Va. war memorial to feature 125-foot flag-

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HUNTINGTON, W.Va.(AP) — Cabell County ele-mentary school studentscan keep on swinging.Cabell County Schools

announced Thursday thatits plan to remove swingsets from elementaryschools goes against statepolicy. A statement postedon the school system's web-site says school officialsdiscovered that the West

Virginia Board ofEducation requires swingsat centers offering kinder-garten programs.Kindergarten programs

are offered at all CabellCounty elementary schools.Schools safety manager

Tim Stewart said earlier thisweek that swing sets wouldbe removed starting this falldue to recent lawsuits andcost concerns over properlymaintaining the protectivebarriers around them.

Superintendent WilliamA. Smith said the schoolsystem is working to ensureit's in compliance with boththe state policy and play-ground safety standards.But he said the issue ofschool systems' liabilityremains."I believe our experience

has shed a light on a ques-tion of law that must beaddressed by our state's leg-islative bodies," Stewartsaid in the statement.

W.Va. county reverses decision,school swings stay

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ROANOKE, Va. (AP) —Virginia's transportationchief wants to hold a sum-mit in the fall with repre-sentatives of all six statesalong the 855-mileInterstate 81 corridor.Transportation Secretary

Sean Connaughton toldThe Roanoke Times thegoal would be to continuework on a plan to improvethe corridor. He has invitedthe transportation chiefs ofTennessee, West Virginia,Maryland, Pennsylvaniaand New York to gather in

Virginia.Virginia Department of

Transportation spokes-woman Heidi Underwoodsays the proposed meetingwould be held in Octoberin the Roanoke Valley.The six states pledged in

2008 to cooperate on com-mon I-81 issues, such ascongestion and bridgemaintenance.Communities along the

corridor are grappling withtraffic volumes on theinterstate, concerns aboutthe number of wrecks,large numbers of heavy-duty trucks loaded with

freight and questions abouthow best to invest publicdollars in railroads.Also of concern is how to

maintain I-81's nearly1,500 bridges, stopping thetransportation of illegaldrugs and protecting theenvironment. About 75percent of the interstate'sbridges are 40 years old orolder.The highway group

Connaughton hopes tobring together bears aname similar to the I-81Corridor Coalition. Thecoalition is working tobring police, emergency

medical services and eco-nomic development agen-cies and state and federalofficials together to discussthe highway.The Coalition plans to

hold a meeting Nov. 15 and16 in either Hagerstown,Md., or Martinsburg, W.Va."These efforts are both

worthwhile. Both havemany of the same objec-tives," said Rick Rovegno,a county commissioner inPennsylvania and I-81Corridor Coalition leader.Rovegno said there may bea basis for combining thetwo groups.

Va official proposes 6-state summit on I-

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CHARLESTON, W.Va.(AP) — Attorney GeneralDarrel McGraw says twodebt collection companieshave agreed to pay penalties

and stop operating in WestVirginia until they registerwith the state and post bonds.McGraw said Friday that

Carpenter CapitalInvestments, and NationalRecovery Services will each

pay a $1,000 penalty.Carpenter also agreed to can-cel debts previously assignedfor collection.McGraw says neither com-

pany is registered as a debtcollector in West Virginia.

State law requires debt col-lectors to obtain a businessregistration certificate fromthe West Virginia TaxDepartment. A $5,000 bondmust be posted for eachoffice location.

W.Va AG reaches settlements with debt collec-

By: ALAN SAYREASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Unlike the blast that led tothe massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in theGulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gush-ing into the water.The Mariner Energy-owned platform that erupted in

flames Thursday was just 200 miles west of the spillsite, but everything from the structures to the operationsto the safety devices were different.Yet when word of the latest mishap spread, residents

along the coast could think only of the three-monthspill that began after the drilling rig Deepwater Horizonexploded on April 20, killing 11 workers."It's unbelievable," said Sophie Esch, 28, a Tulane

graduate student from Berlin. "They should finally stopdrilling in the Gulf. They should shut down all thedrilling out there and not give permission to do anymore. They've shown that it's just unsafe."The Coast Guard initially reported that an oil sheen a

mile long and 100 feet wide had begun to spread, buthours later said crews were unable to find any spill.Coast Guard Petty Officer Steve Lehmann in New

Orleans said Friday morning that an 87-foot CoastGuard cutter patrolling the area has not reported anysigns of leaks. A helicopter was to survey the site laterin the day.Houston-based Mariner did not know what caused

the fire. The 13 workers who were pulled from thewater told rescuers that there was a blast on board, butMariner's Patrick Cassidy said he considered what hap-pened a fire, not an explosion.Platforms are vastly different from oil rigs like BP's

Deepwater Horizon. They are usually brought in afterwells are already drilled and sealed and the oil is flow-ing at a predictable pressure. A majority of platforms inthe Gulf do not require crews on board."A production platform is much more stable," said

Andy Radford, an American Petroleum Institute experton offshore oil drilling.Many platforms, especially those in shallower water,

stand on legs that are drilled into the sea floor. Like agiant octopus, each spreads numerous pipelines and cantap into many wells at once.The Deepwater Horizon was drilling a well a mile

beneath the sea, which made trying to plug it after itblew out an incredible challenge, with BP trying tech-niques never tested. The platform that caught fire,meanwhile, was operating in 340 feet of water in a shal-low area of the Gulf known as a major source of gas.Responding to any oil spill in such a shallow spot

would be much easier than in deep water, where crewsdepend on remote-operated vehicles to access equip-ment on the sea floor.Platforms do not have blowout preventers like deep

water rigs that are supposed to shut down wells if thereis problem. But they are usually equipped with a seriesof redundant valves that can shut off oil and gas at dif-ferent points along the pipeline.Mariner Energy officials said there were seven active

production wells on its platform, and they were shutdown shortly before the fire broke out.The platform was still intact and a small portion

appeared burned, Cassidy said. Louisiana Gov. BobbyJindal said the company told him the fire began in about100 barrels worth of light oil condensate.Photos showed at least five ships floating near the

platform. Three were shooting great plumes of wateronto the machinery, an image similar to when theDeepwater Horizon exploded. Crews decided to let thatblaze burn itself out, and the rig sank into the Gulf twodays after the blast.On the Mariner Energy platform, the fire was out less

than 12 hours.A Homeland Security update obtained by The

Associated Press said the platform was producing58,800 gallons of oil and 900,000 cubic feet of gas perday. The platform can store 4,200 gallons of oil.The workers aboard the platform were found huddled

together, holding hands and wearing life jackets.A captain of the Crystal Clear, a 110-foot boat that

rescued them, said his craft was 25 miles away when itreceived a distress call.When Capt. Dan Shaw arrived at the scene, the work-

ers had been in the water for two hours and were thirstyand tired."We gave them soda and water, anything they wanted

to drink," Shaw said. "They were just glad to be onboard with us."Shaw said workers told him the blast was so sudden

that they did not have time to get into lifeboats. Theydid not mention what might have caused it."They just said there was an explosion, there was a

fire," Shaw said. "It happened very quick."Crew members were flown to a hospital and released

by early Thursday evening.Environmental groups and some lawmakers said the

newest problem showed the dangers of offshoredrilling, and urged the Obama administration to extenda temporary ban on deepwater drilling to shallow water."How many accidents are needed and how much

environmental and economic damage must we sufferbefore we act to contain and control the source of thedanger: offshore drilling?" said Rep. Frank Pallone, aNew Jersey Democrat.There are about 3,400 platforms operating in the

Gulf, according to the American Petroleum Institute.Together they pump about a third of the America'sdomestic oil, forming the backbone of the country'spetroleum industry.___Associated Press writers Harry R. Weber, Michael

Kunzelman and Janet McConnaughey in New Orleans,Chris Kahn in New York, Eileen Sullivan, MatthewDaly, Gerry Bodlander and Dina Cappiello inWashington, Garance Burke in Fresno, Calif., andresearcher Monika Mathur in New York contributed tothis report.

Latest Gulf oil rig problemdiffers from BP spill

By: CAITLIN R. KINGASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)— The first song Brooks &Dunn ever sang together hasbecome their last.The country music duo

closed out a 20-year careerat Nashville's BridgestoneArena on Thursday nightwith their 1991 debut single,"Brand New Man," duringthe encore.The sold-out show was

the final stop on their LastRodeo Tour and doubled asa fundraiser for the CountryMusic Hall of Fame andMuseum.Kix Brooks said early in

the night, "This isn't afuneral. We did show up toparty."They ran through many of

their 23 No. 1 hits, including"Neon Moon," ''My Maria,"''Red Dirt Road" and "BootScootin' Boogie." RebaMcEntire made the onlyguest appearance, singing afew lines during "CowgirlsDon't Cry."Both Brooks and Ronnie

Dunn joked about the rea-sons for their split. Brooksblamed it on his crazy con-cert ideas, like picking oldsongs and hoping the crowdwould help if he forgot thewords. Dunn said he wasjealous of the cowboy hatsBrooks got to wear all theseyears. Dunn explained thatit was the reason he got atattoo of the word"Cowboy" on his right fore-arm.

Brooks acknowledgedthose in the audience whoplayed a part in the duo'ssuccess, including song-writers and people behindthe scenes. In a nod to thefans, he said, "Most impor-tantly, to the people whopaid our rent for the last 20

years, all I can say is,'Thanks.'"Walking off stage for the

final time, Brooks gaveDunn a playful push.The duo has sold more

than 30 million albums andwon more than 80 majorindustry awards.

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I can see it in your faceDear Dr. Brothers: At my high-school reunion this summer, I noticed some-

thing very interesting. It seems the people who aged betterwere happier about their lives -- for some, it looked asthough hardly 10 years had gone by, never mind 30. But itlooked like those who had a rough life appeared much older-- especially those who have been through a divorce or two.Is it true that what you go through psychologically can takea toll on how you look over time?

-- B.R.Dear B.R.: Despite the prevalence of drugs and all sorts of plastic sur-

gery, most people really can't and don't even try to hide themajor signs of aging. While genes and environmental factors

such as sun exposure, smoking, drinking toexcess and even poor nutrition can make ourskin sag and wrinkle, there also are otherfactors that make for an older look.Someone can have poor posture or beseverely underweight or overweight. Theyalso can dress in a frumpy, middle-age man-ner, or try to keep up with the most stylishfashions. Good taste figures in makeup aswell for women, and a certain amount ofspending money to keep the hairstylist and

spa personnel in business helps.That said, you probably are not missing much when you

notice that the people who have been through a few divorces-- with all the stress that kind of history implies -- have agedmore rapidly than the happy and carefree types at yourreunion. In a study that backs you up, researchers from CaseWestern Reserve University studied 186 pairs of identicaltwins and found that those who had been divorced looked anaverage of two years older, according to an independentpanel. Stress and anti-depressant medications were said toage participants, according to the research, published in thejournal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Dear Dr. Brothers:My best friend is turning 50 this winter, and his wife is

planning a big surprise party for him. She contacted meabout getting our old bar band back together, which I thoughtwould be a lot of fun. Boy, was I wrong. In the few rehearsalswe've had so far, it's been a nightmare -- egos all over theplace. I keep trying to remind the other two band membersthat the whole reason we're doing this is for our friend, butstill they continue to bicker. How can I make them stop?

-- W.S.Dear W.S.: Welcome to reunion hell! And remember, reunions don't

have to be only the high-school or college variety. No mat-ter what the occasion -- and a 50th birthday party is a perfectexample -- it always can revert back to an earlier time whenthe guitar player called the shots or the bass player wanted tosing or the drummer never showed up because of girl prob-lems. But at least you have a couple of months to workthings out. That means you can combine all the old conflictswith some new ones, and by the time you are finished, youreally will have solidified those old bonds that you used tohave as bandmates.Sounds pretty awful, doesn't it? It would indeed be a good

idea to try to get to a better place so that everyone can go for-ward and have a good time at the party. But maybe youshould aim a bit higher than that. If you could pull off thisevent and still remain friends, maybe you could have anongoing friendship with these guys that could include somegigs from time to time as bandmates. Before you go any fur-ther, why not sit down after practice and bring up the ideathat you guys are reverting back to your high-school roles?Perhaps a bit of humor would save the day here; poke somefun at yourself as well as the others when you acknowledgehow the bickering hasn't changed through the years.

DR. JOYCEBROTHERS

By: CHRIS TALBOTTAP ENTERTAINMENT WRITER

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)— Miranda Lambert madehistory Wednesday morningwhen she was nominated fornine CMA Awards, the mostfor a female country musicartist.She'll be celebrating with

close friends LadyAntebellum and fiance BlakeShelton. Lady A earned thesecond most nominationswith five and Shelton wasnext with four, tied with ZacBrown Band.The year 2010 is taking on

fairly tale qualities for thefiery Texan, who won threeAcademy of Country MusicAwards in March, gotengaged a few months laterand has much to look forwardto the rest of the year."I don't think it gets better

than this," Lambert said in aphone interview with TheAssociated Press. "It's been adream and it's not even overwith. I'll be sad when 2011comes because this year hasjust been one blessing afteranother. It's just incredible. Idon't know what it is aboutnow that all this is coming to ahead, but I don't care. I'm justglad it is."Lambert and close friend

Dierks Bentley announcednominations in five categoriesWednesday morning on"Good Morning America."The first seven categorieswere announced Tuesday inNashville.Lambert, Lady A, Zac

Brown Band, Brad Paisley

and Keith Urban were nomi-nated for entertainer of theyear, the Country MusicAssociation's top award.Should Lambert win enter-

tainer of the year she'll contin-ue a girl-power trend at coun-try music's two top awardsshows. Taylor Swift becamejust the third female winner ofthe CMA's top award last yearand Carrie Underwood madehistory in April as the firstwoman to win the ACMAwards' entertainer of the yeartwice.Women also figure promi-

nently in several CMA cate-gories this year."It's definitely something

that's been needing to happenfor a long time," Lambertsaid. "I think it's been turningslowly but it's finally startingto show through with the girlsbeing really strong right nowin country music."Lambert, whose last album

"Revolution" was widelyhailed by her peers and critics,fell just short of AlanJackson's overall record of 10nominations, set in 2002.Merle Haggard is the onlyother artist to receive nine ormore nominations.She also earned nomina-

tions for female vocalist of theyear, album of the year, singleof the year for both "WhiteLiar" and "The House ThatBuilt Me," song of the year for"White Liar," musical eventfor "Bad Angel" with Bentleyand Jamey Johnson, andvideo of the year for both"White Liar" and "House."Lady A continued to ride

the success of "Need You

Now," the year's top-sellingcountry album. Along withthe entertainer nod, DaveHaywood, Charles Kelley andHillary Scott received nomi-nations for vocal group of theyear, for album of the year,single of the year and musicvideo of the year.The group openly cheered

Lambert on to an album of theyear victory at the ACMswhen she beat out their self-title debut. Not so much thistime, Kelley joked."She made one of the best

albums of the year, but we'renot going to lie," Kelley said," ... we definitely want to win.Out of all of them I think that'sthe one that would definitelymean the most. It's awardingthe whole body of work andwe still believe in the fullalbum and that journey thatthe fans go on when they pickup a new record."Zac Brown Band also is up

for vocal group of the year,new artist of the year andmusical event for "Can't YouSee" featuring Kid Rock.Brown and bandmate JohnDriskell Hopkins also pick upan individual nomination forsong of the year for "Toes,"written with Wyatt Durretteand Shawn Mullins.The Atlanta six-piece is the

first act to be nominated forboth entertainer and new artistin the same year since RickySkaggs in 1982.Shelton is up for male

vocalist of the year, and hiscollaboration with TraceAdkins on "Hillbilly Bone"earned him nominations forsingle, music event and

video of the year. Thatmeans Adkins also has threenominations.Lambert said she called

Shelton shortly after readingthe list of nominees. A stormknocked out his satellitereception, so he didn't knowhe was up for so manyawards."I'm so excited for him I

haven't had time to be excit-ed for myself," Lambertsaid. "This is a long timecoming for him. He's gotfour nominations, and malevocalist of the year is one Ifeel like he should've beennominated for every yearand every awards show, andwon, and he's never evenbeen nominated. He is oneof the most amazing malevocalists out there and I'mjust glad he finally got whathe deserved for a longtime."Paisley moved into No. 3

on the CMA's list of careernominations with threenods, including music videoof the year and male vocal-ist, which he's won threeconsecutive times. Paisleyhas been nominated everyyear since 2000 and has 52career nods. Only GeorgeStrait (81, including two thisyear) and Alan Jackson (79)have more.Bentley also has three

nominations with nods formale vocalist of the year,album of the year for "UpOn The Ridge" and the "BadAngel" collaboration.The CMA Awards show

will be aired live on ABCon Nov. 10 from Nashville.

Miranda Lambert tops CMA Awards with 9 nominations

Brooks & Dunn end 20-year career at Nashville show By: CAITLIN R. KINGASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lady Antebellum guitaristDave Haywood still needs a plus-one for the CMA Awards.He tells The Associated Press that he asked his mom to

go with him over Twitter, because "she loves Twitter forsome reason." But it turns out she can't go.The group is up for five awards at the Nov. 10 show,

including entertainer of the year and album of the year.Haywood tweeted from the group's account Wednesday:

"SO humbled by the nominations!!! Very excited. Wouldbe more excited if my mom (at)SCLadyA would be mydate for the show. Mom?"Haywood says he's "bummed" his mom can't attend, but

now he's "in the hunt." He thinks his dad will likely comeup.Singer Charles Kelley says, "You know we're in a new

age, a new era when you're asking your mom over Twitterto go to an awards show. That is awesome."

Lady A's Dave Haywood lookingfor CMA Awards date

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LONDON (AP) — Yoko Ono says John Lennon is stillhelping her in her endeavours as an artist and peace activist asshe pays tribute to her late husband before what would havebeen his 70th birthday.Ono visited Lennon's childhood home and school in north-

ern England's Liverpool on Friday. She was welcomed byhundreds of students at Dovedale School, before she went tothe semi-detached family home that Lennon shared with hisaunt from 1945 to 1963.The musician was shot outside his New York home in 1980,

when he was 40 years old. He would have been 70 on Oct. 9.Ono will travel from her home in New York to Iceland on

Lennon's birthday to light the Imagine Peace Tower, an illumi-nated memorial.

Lennon still helping me,Yoko Ono says

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.(AP) — Just in case it wasn'tclear: Weapons and drugs

don't make good charitabledonations.Albuquerque police briefly

evacuated a Goodwill storeThursday after someone left

a pistol, ammunition, agrenade and some marijuanain a collection box.Police spokeswoman

Nadine Hamby says the

police bomb squad took thegrenade away for demoli-tion after determining it wasa World War II-style inert— or inactive — grenade.The police report did not

list what type of guns werein the box or the quantityof marijuana.

By: CURT ANDERSON& JENNIFER KAYASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

MIAMI (AP) — Officialsdecided to shut down much ofMiami International Airportafter a database showed a sci-entist with a suspicious itemin his luggage had once beencharged with illegally trans-porting bubonic plague, a sen-ior law enforcement officialsaid Friday.No dangerous material was

found on 70-year-old ThomasButler after he was detainedThursday night, the officialtold The Associated Press onFriday.Butler who was acquitted

on charges of transporting thepotentially deadly germ in2003, cooperated fully afterhe arrived on a flight from theMiddle East, said the official,who requested anonymitybecause he wasn't authorizedto release the information.Most of the airport was shut

down Thursday night afterofficials found a suspiciousmetal canister in Butler's lug-gage. A Homeland Securityspokesman said at first itlooked like a pipe bomb, butno explosives were found.The senior law enforcement

official said a TransportationSecurity Administrationinspector noticed an odd con-tainer as Butler was goingthrough Customs after arriv-ing on a flight from theMiddle East, where he hadbeen teaching at a SaudiArabian university.The inspector ran Butler's

name through a database anddiscovered that he had beentried on the plague charges in2003. Officials decided toevacuate the airport anddetain Butler.Tests showed that the con-

tainer and his other belong-ings did not contain any haz-ardous biological material orexplosives. He was releasedFriday morning. No oneanswered the door at anaddress in Lubbock, Texas,listed as his on a U.S.Department of Commercewebsite.A Miami-Dade police

bomb squad spent hoursscouring the airport. Between100 and 200 passengers wereevacuated from four of the air-port's six concourses. Airportroadways and a hotel near theairport's international terminalwere closed down.Butler is a professor at Ross

University in Dominica on ateaching assignment in SaudiArabia, said another govern-ment official who alsorequested anonymity to dis-cuss the ongoing investiga-tion.In 2003, the world-

renowned plague researcherprompted a bioterrorism scarewhen he reported that 30 vialsof plague samples possiblyhad been stolen from hisTexas Tech lab. Within hours,dozens of federal agentsswarmed to Lubbock.A frantic search for the vials

ended when Butler gave FBIagents a written statement inwhich he admitted a "mis-judgment" in not telling his

supervisor that the vials hadbeen "accidentallydestroyed," according to courtrecords.Before Butler's trial, leading

scientific organizationsexpressed concern about thecriminal case against him andits effect on infectious diseaseresearch. Four Nobel laure-ates said in an open letter thatButler had been "subjected tounfair and disproportionatetreatment" and that prosecut-ing his case "is having a nega-tive impact on the future ofresearch in this crucial nation-al-security-related field."Butler testified that FBI

agents forced him to make theadmission to calm the public'sfears.He was acquitted of the

most serious charges of smug-gling and illegally transport-ing the potentially deadlygerm, and of lying to federalagents about the missing vials.Jurors found Butler guilty

of the mislabeling and unau-thorized export of a FedExpackage that contained plaguesamples he sent to Tanzania.An appeals court upheld hisconvictions and the U.S.Supreme Court declined toreview the case.Butler served two years in

prison and he was on super-vised release until 2008. Healso agreed to retire from theuniversity and to surrender hismedical license.He is not currently licensed

in Texas, a spokeswoman forthe Texas Medical Board saidFriday.Jonathan Turley, a George

Washington University lawprofessor who representedButler during his appeals, saidFriday that the Miami incident"appears to be a fantasticoverreaction," probablyresulting from a computerflagging Butler's court record."That's ironic because we

defeated all the national secu-rity counts in the case," Turleysaid. "The only plague claimhe was convicted of was ahighly technical paper viola-tion; he literally checked thewrong box on the form."He added: "I find it strange

to evacuate an airport becausea guy was convicted of con-tractual violations with a uni-versity."Passengers, workers and

others were allowed back injust as the airport was expect-ing the first of 1,500 passen-gers on flights between 4 a.m.and 6 a.m."Everything's back to nor-

mal," airport spokesman GregChin said.Lennox Lewis, was waiting

to fly to Barbados later Fridaymorning in one of the fourconcourses that had beenclosed.He said the Miami airport is

"one of the most stringent" toget through because he has tobe fingerprinted and have hispicture taken at customs."Traveling right now is a

pain but you have to do it,"said 39-year-old Lewis, whowas flying with his two smallchildren after a trip to NorthCarolina and Disney World. "Idon't get overly worried thatpeople will do stupid things."

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Prof in Miami scare once accused of hauling

NM Goodwill collection box turns up inert

By: RAY LILLEYASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) —A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much ofNew Zealand's South Island early Saturday. No tsunamialert was issued and there were no reports of seriousinjuries, but looters broke into some damaged shops inChristchurch, police said.The quake, which hit 19 miles (30 kilometers) west of

the southern city of Christchurch according to the stategeological agency GNS Science, shook a wide area withsome residents saying buildings had collapsed and powerwas severed.Christchurch police reported road damage in parts of the

city of 400,000 people, with a series of sharp aftershocksrocking the area. Police officers cordoned off some streetswhere rubble was strewn about."There is considerable damage in the central city and

we've also had reports of looting, just shop windows bro-ken and easy picking of displays," Police inspector MikeColeman told New Zealand's National Radio. "It's veryunsafe to be out and about."Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker said the "sharp, vicious

earthquake has caused significant damage in parts of thecity ... with walls collapsed that have fallen into thestreets."Chimneys and walls had fallen from older buildings,

with roads blocked, traffic lights out and power, gas andwater supplies disrupted, he said."The fronts of at least five buildings in the central city

have collapsed and rubble is strewn across many roads,"Christchurch resident Angela Morgan told The AssociatedPress."Roads have subsided where water mains have broken

and a lot of people evacuated in panic from seaside areasfor fear of a tsunami," she said, adding that "there is quitesignificant damage, really, with reports that some peoplewere trapped in damaged houses."Suburban dweller Mark O'Connell said his house was

full of smashed glass, food tossed from shelves, with setsof drawers, TVs and computers tipped over."She was a beauty, we were thrown from wall to wall as

we tried to escape down the stairs to get to safety," he toldthe AP. "It was pitch black (with the power cut) and wewalked through smashed glass everywhere on the floor."The quake hit at 4:35 a.m. (1635 GMT) shaking thou-

sands of residents awake, New Zealand's National Radioreported.Resident Colleen Simpson said panicked residents ran

into the street in their pajamas. Some buildings had col-lapsed, there was no power, and the mobile telephone net-work had failed."Oh my God. There is a row of shops completely demol-

ished right in front of me," Simpson told the Stuff newsWeb site.Another person from Christchurch, Kevin O'Hanlon,

said the jolt was extremely powerful."I was awake to go to work and then just heard this mas-

sive noise and 'boom,' it was like the house got hit. It juststarted shaking. I've never felt anything like it," he told thenews Web site.

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