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BerrypickingtimeGerry and Carolyn Bevinsof Mudlck Road, Hardy,Ky., and their grandsonCaden spend a summerweekend picking wildblackberries along theirhollow recently. The groupplans to turn the berriesinto sweet treats.

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Grand jury declares no wrongdoing in Pike electionBy TERRY L. MAYASSOCIATE EDITOR

The May 2011 PikeCounty Grand Jury endedits session on last week bydeclaring the county's mostrecent elections valid andabove board, according to aletter from the jury foreman

to the commonwealth's at-torney.

According to RonaldCollins, the group wascharged with the responsi-bility "to inquire into any ir-regularities brought to thethe attention of the grandjury" in reference to the pri-mary election conducted in

May 2011."Three months after the

election, we have receivedno allegations of criminalwrongdoing from any in-vestigatory agency," Collinsstate.

However, the grand jurydid have one concern aboutPike County's new voting

system which entails themarking of a paper ballot.

"The grand jury is con-cerned about the lack of pri-vacy when voters aremarking the paper ballotsand recommends the Elec-tion board make every ef-fort possible to protect thevoters," Collins continued.

WVU docsutilize newLJHCC clinicBy CHAD ABSHIRESTAFF WRITER

GILBERT – In its firstofficial use, the new clinicat the Larry Joe HarlessCommunity Center wasopened to the public forfree exams given by WestVirginia University special-ists.

The clinic was availablefor use by anyone onThursday, July 14, and Fri-day, July 15.

The WVU clinic is nor-mally held once a month,but last month’s wasmissed due to weather. Assuch, the clinic was openfor two days to make up forthat. Previous visits fromWVU were held upstairs inthe older clinic housedwithin LJHCC.

Three chairmen of med-ical departments, alongwith program directors,medical students and more,were the ones hosting theclinic.

Dr. Judie F. Charlton,M.D., Professor and Chair-man of Ophthalmology,was in charge of the eyecare given.

“We’re offering full oph-thalmologic exams,” Charl-ton said. “We also have eyelasers to treat for glau-coma.”

She explained how peo-ple had been interested inLASIK surgery, but didn’thave those lasers availablewith her. Although, she hadperformed a “minor eyetopical surgery” earlier inthe day, for a person whohad a cyst on their eye.

Charlton and her staffwere offering eye screen-ings for any age. Peoplecould come in for visionand glaucoma tests. Shesaid that she had seen“three or four” patients thatday, a drop from the 20 shewould normally see on avisit to Gilbert. Last year,she gave screenings to 75patients.

“Those who fail theexam are referred to localeye care or wait for theophthalmologist to come

again,” Charlton said. Charlton also sang

praises of the new clinic,noting that there was moresame. She said that in theold clinic they used, it washard to keep the equipmentfree of dust.

“And there were curtainsinstead of walls. There wasno patient-doctor confiden-tiality,” Charlton said.

And that’s all been fixedwith the new clinic.

The other chairmen thatmade the trip to Gilbertfrom Morgantown also pre-ferred the new clinic.

John Brick, Chairman ofDepartment of Neurologyat WVU, and James Brick,Chairman of Department ofMedicine, are identicaltwin brothers. And they’vebeen doing these free clin-ics for “about four or fiveyears.”

It got started becauseJohn “knew Mr. Harlessand had talked about it afew times. Discussionswent in this direction andwe were offered space. Sowe started coming downhere.”

And John doesn’t just dothis, he enjoys it.

“The patients are greatpeople. They’re very appre-ciative. And it’s a fun trip. Ialways look forward tothis,” he said. “I think thatWVU should be here toserve the needs of WestVirginia.”

He continued that nearlyeveryone he sees has some-thing to say about WVU,like that a son or fatherwent there. Seeing some-one wear something as lit-tle as a blue sweatshirt,John said, instills pride.

James reiterated theideas John made, sayingthat he “feels stronglyabout the idea that state col-leges and universitiesshould serve the statethey’re in. We wanted to bea part of that.”

James noted the locationof the clinic, saying that itworked well with his spe-

By JULIA ROBERTS GOADSTAFF WRITER

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Pike County willuse $300,000 in multi-county coal fund-ing to study the creation of a new commu-nity along U.S. 460 near the Fishtrap LakeState Park.

The site will have level land suitable fordevelopment thanks to mountain top de-velopment, Judge Executive Wayne T.Rutherford said this week. The land is cur-

rently owned by TECO Coal, he ex-plained.

“We have been handicapped for yearsbecause we have no level land,” JudgeRutherford said. “All this land is beingmade available through mountain top de-velopment.”

There has been a study conducted bySummit Engineering of the opportunitypresented when the area is opened up bythe new highway.

“We will have 1,200 level acres on the

other side of the Fishtrap Reservoir,”Rutherford said. “It is a great opportunityfor development.”

“We need to think out of the box,”Rutherford said. “There is such opportu-nity for development.”

He said his office will meet with the of-fice of Rural Development and the Ken-tucky Cabinet for EconomicDevelopment.

“Coal Mountain is the name of the com-munity we want to develop,” Rutherford

said.“Some of the ideas we have had in meet-

ings are middle and lower income housingand a retirement community,” Rutherfordsaid. “We are going to visit Russel County,Virginia to see their technical park. Wewill have no trouble selling these lots.”

He explained that the new U.S. 460 willconnect Fishtrap with the Breaks InterstatePark, which could provide an opportunity

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By: BEN FELLERAP WHITE HOUSECORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON (AP)— President BarackObama's decision to haullawmakers in day by day tonegotiate a debt deal comesdown to reality: He has noother choice. The presidenthas essentially cleared hisagenda to deal with oneenormous crisis.

The threat of an unprece-dented government default,combined with the shrink-ing time left to prevent it,has prompted an extraordi-nary dynamic in a town ofdivided government and di-visive politics. For fivestraight days, the presidentand leaders of Congresshave gathered in the Cabi-net Room to try to work itout.

"It's absolutely remark-able," said Allan Lichtman,a presidential historian at

American University.Whether it is working is

still in question.From the White House

perspective, Obama's all-consuming role as directnegotiator with the topHouse and Senate lawmak-ers is essential for maxi-mizing leverage, conveyinga sense of urgency andfinding the votes in Con-gress so that both chamberswill agree to raise the na-tion's borrowing limit byAug. 2.

Without that vote, thegovernment says it will nothave the money to pay itsexisting bills, an outcomebig enough potentially towallop the world economy.

The Republicans whocontrol the House insist thedebt limit should not beraised without a correspon-ding package to slash thedeficit. The debate over thesize and composition ofsuch a major debt-cutting

package has kept Obamaand lawmakers in tensetalks for days.

So Obama is spendingmost of his time negotiat-ing, reviewing options withstaff, calling lawmakers,making his case in themedia.

"It's really the only op-tion we have," said WhiteHouse communications di-rector Dan Pfeiffer. "Theconsequences of not solv-ing this problem are cata-strophic."

The president was hold-ing a news conference onFriday, his second in fivedays, to keep making hiscase. He did interviewswith three local televisionstations in Washington andPhiladelphia on Thursdayand with one of the net-works on Tuesday.

Obama's point man onthe debt talks had been VicePresident Joe Biden, wholed nitty-gritty budget-cut-ting talks for weeks withRepublican and Demo-cratic lawmakers. Thatprocess was always in-tended to kick a potentialdeal up to Obama. It stalledshort of that when all sidesreached an unsolvable riftover tax increases.

"There are tactical orstrategic factors to consider

about what's most likely toget you where you want tobe," said Michael Ettlinger,vice president for economicpolicy at the Center forAmerican Progress."There's a reason why peo-ple often have proxies innegotiations. On the otherhand, there may be just notime for that."

By Monday, after Obamahad twice met with law-makers and the scope of thebig deal he wanted was dis-appearing, he promisedtalks every day until anagreement was sealed."We're going to resolvethis, and we're going to re-solve this for a reasonableperiod of time, and we'regoing to resolve it in a seri-ous way," he said.

The talks, at times, haveproduced frustratingly lit-tle. And they may havestrained relations within theleadership group, at least inthe short term. On Wednes-day, a clearly frustratedObama warned House Ma-jority Leader Eric Cantor,"Don't call my bluff," afterthe Virginia Republicanurged him to accept a short-term debt ceiling extensionthat the president hadpromised to veto. "Enoughis enough," Obama de-clared as he curtly walked

out of the room. "I'll seeyou all tomorrow."

The White House saysObama is the one who hasshown leadership and will-ingness to compromise.Faced with GOP intransi-gence over taxes, he askedRepublican leaders directlywhat "shared sacrifice"they were offering. At an-other point, he used a Re-publican icon tocongratulate himself for hisdeep involvement in thetalks, insisting that RonaldReagan never spent asmuch time as he has hag-gling with lawmakers overpolicy details.

"Obama has got to getthis done," Lichtman said."Even if people blame theRepublicans in Congress,he's the president. And ifthings go rotten on hiswatch, he pays for it. Thisis his moment. And heknew it was going to betrouble, because Republi-cans have very little incen-tive to make a deal."

One of the people in theroom each time, HouseDemocratic leader NancyPelosi, said Obama has puton a display of patience.

"He is the president ofthe United States. I knowhe is busy," Pelosi said. "Imyself am almost too busy

to continue listening tosome of the things goingon in that room, so I knowhe must be very busy. Buthe has treated everyonethere with great dignity."

Talks wrapped Thursdaywith Obama asking leadersto get back to him within36 hours on a plan thatwould suit their members.There were no immediateplans for a sixth straightday of meetings, althoughone could occur over theweekend. All sides areunder pressure to come toan agreement by nextweek.

Meanwhile, Obama isgetting more face timewith lawmakers than per-haps he had in mind.

The last such make-or-break negotiations, day byday, happened just earlierthis year to prevent a shut-down of the government.

"Compared to the situa-tion we're in right now, thegovernment shutdown waspee wee football. This isthe Super Bowl," Pfeiffersaid. "This is incrediblyimportant. The conse-quences of a shutdownwould have been bad. Theconsequences of not deal-ing with this situationwould be historically disas-trous."

SAN FRANCISCO(AP) —The federal government

asked the U.S. 9th CircuitCourt of Appeals on Thurs-day to reconsider its orderlast week demanding an

immediate halt to the en-forcement of the ban onopenly gay troops in themilitary.

The Obama administra-tion filed the emergencymotion in response to the

appeals court's decision lastweek to lift its stay of alower court's ruling lastyear that found the ban,known as "don't ask, don'ttell," unconstitutional.

Department of Justicelawyers said in the motionthat ending the ban nowwould pre-empt the "or-derly process" for rollingback the 17-year-old pol-icy as outlined in the lawpassed and signed by thepresident in December.

"Congress made quiteclear that it believed theterms of the transition werecritical to the credibilityand success of this historicpolicy change, and to en-sure continued military ef-fectiveness," according toa statement from the Jus-tice Department.

"Any court-ordered ac-tion forced upon the mili-

tary services so close to thecompletion of this repealpolicy pre-empts the delib-erate process established byCongress and the Presidentto ensure an orderly andsuccessful transition of thissignificant policy change,"the department said.

Last year's ruling stemsfrom a lawsuit filed by theLog Cabin Republicansagainst the Department ofJustice.

The gay rights group per-suaded a lower court judgeto declare the ban unconsti-tutional after a trial that putthe Obama administrationin the position of defendinga policy it opposes.

The chiefs of the militaryservices were scheduled tosubmit their recommenda-tions on the repeal to De-fense Secretary LeonPanetta last week. As soonas the Pentagon certifiesthat repealing the ban willhave no effect on militaryreadiness, the military has60 days to implement therepeal, which could hap-pen by September.

"It is sad and disappoint-ing that the governmentcontinues to try to preventopenly gay and lesbianAmericans from serving inour armed forces," LogCabin Republicans attor-ney Dan Woods said.

"It is particularly disap-pointing because the Pres-ident has stated that Don'tAsk, Don't Tell 'weakens'our national security andsigned the repeal bill withgreat fanfare and yettoday's filing with theNinth Circuit is a last-ditcheffort to maintain this un-constitutional policy,"Woods added.

The Justice Departmentasked the 9th Circuit toissue a decision by the endof the day Friday.

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Obama's hands-on negotiation a political necessity

MIDWAY, Ga. (AP) —Police in Georgia have shutdown a lemonade stand runby three girls trying to saveup for a trip to a water park,saying they didn't have abusiness license or the re-quired permits.

Midway Police ChiefKelly Morningstar sayspolice also didn't knowhow the lemonade wasmade, who made it or whatwas in it.

The girls had been oper-ating for one day when

Morningstar and anotherofficer cruised by.

The girls needed a busi-ness license, peddler's per-mit and food permit tooperate, even on residen-tial property. The permitscost $50 a day or $180 per

year.One girl, 14-year-old

Casity Dixon, says thethree had to listen to policeand shut down.

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By: TOM HAYSASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK (AP) —The FBI has begun a pre-liminary inquiry based onconcerns in Congress over areport that media mogul Ru-pert Murdoch's News Corp.sought to hack into thephones of Sept. 11 victims,a law enforcement officialsaid Thursday.

The decision to step inwas made after U.S. Rep.Peter King and several othermembers of Congress wroteto FBI Director RobertMueller demanding an in-vestigation, said the official,who spoke to The Associ-ated Press on condition ofanonymity because the offi-cial wasn't authorized tospeak publicly.

The official stressed thatthe review was in its infancybut declined to discuss thescope of it or say what stepshad been taken. The FBIroutinely makes preliminaryinquiries into issues raisedby lawmakers and others todetermine whether a full-blown investigation isneeded.

On Friday, U.S. AttorneyGeneral Eric Holder con-firmed the early stages of aninquiry into the allegationsthat first surfaced in theU.K.

"There have been mem-bers of Congress in theUnited States who haveasked us to investigate thosesame allegations and we areprogressing in that regardusing the appropriate crimi-nal law enforcement agen-cies in the United States,"Holder said at a press con-ference in Australia whileattending a meeting of theAttorneys-General of theU.S., United Kingdom,Canada, New Zealand andAustralia.

News Corp., based inNew York, has been in crisismode because of a scandalthat sank its U.K. newspa-per the News of the World.

A rival newspaper re-ported last week that theNews of the World hadhacked into the phone ofU.K. teenage murder victimMilly Dowler in 2002 andmay have impeded a policeinvestigation into her disap-pearance. More possible

victims soon emerged: otherchild murder victims, 2005London bombing victims,the families of dead soldiersand former Prime MinisterGordon Brown.

The suggestion that Sept.11 victims also may havebeen were targeted surfacedMonday in the Mirror, aBritish competitor of NewsCorp.'s The Sun. The news-paper quoted an anonymoussource as saying an uniden-tified American investigatorhad rejected approachesfrom unidentified journalistswho showed a particular in-terest in British victims.

British Prime MinisterDavid Cameron vowedWednesday that the claimwould be investigated there.

U.S. Department of Jus-tice spokeswoman LauraSweeney said Thursday thatthe department "does notcomment specifically on in-vestigations, though any-time we see evidence ofwrongdoing, we take appro-priate action."

The FBI and the U.S. at-torney's office in New Yorkdeclined to comment.

King's letter had called for"an immediate investiga-tion," saying it was an "ur-gent matter."

King, a Republican, saidThursday afternoon he hadnot officially been contactedby the FBI and said hewanted to reserve commentuntil he hears from theagency.

By: STEVE PEOPLESASSOCIATED PRESS

MANCHESTER, N.H.(AP) — The address hasn'tchanged, but Mitt Rom-ney's Granite State head-quarters is not the sameplace it was four years ago.

Half as many staffers oc-cupy the plain Elm Streetoffice, tucked between theManchester Music Mill andVan Otis Chocolates. Longtables that once held volun-teer phone banks sit empty.And only one person wholed Romney's 2008 NewHampshire presidential pri-mary campaign remains.

"In general, the output isleaner and meaner. That'sreally not a slogan becausetruly, that's the way it is,"said Jason McBride, who is

in charge of Romney's NewHampshire campaign thisyear. "We're doing the sameor more with less."

The smaller footprintpartly is reflective of a can-didate who is universallyknown here, having spentmillions to build a NewHampshire organizationthat earned a second-placefinish in 2008. But the newstrategy also helps Romneystockpile cash for what histeam says could be alengthy and expensivenomination battle extend-ing well beyond the first-in-the-nation primary state.

The former Massachu-setts governor already en-joys a substantial cashadvantage over the rest ofthe GOP field, with $12.6million in his campaign ac-

count at the end of June.His New Hampshire op-

eration is significantlysmaller than four years ago,with seven staffers and oneconsultant on the payrollcompared with 14 at thispoint during the 2008 cam-paign. Even so, the NewHampshire operation is farlarger than Romney's ef-forts in other early votingstates, underscoring theemphasis he is placing on astrong showing in the na-tion's first primary. Rom-ney has just three paid staffin Iowa, two in South Car-olina and one in Florida,according to Williams. Hisnational headquarters inBoston employs dozens.

"The fact that they havefewer staff this time thanlast time I think is less im-

portant than what they dowith their staff," said JamieBurnett, who was politicaldirector for Romney's 2008New Hampshire operationbut isn't aligned with a can-didate this year. "This timeit seems that they're ac-knowledging the fact thatNew Hampshire is the mostimportant state for them.They have to win it."

Romney's lead senioradviser in New Hamp-shire, Jim Merrill, down-plays any perceivedadvantage that Romneymay have as the formergovernor of a neighboringstate who owns a NewHampshire summerhome.

"New Hampshire's veryunique. It requires yourtime and it requires your

effort. And it's not to betaken lightly or forgranted," he said. "Peopleare wearing different hats,maybe more hats. We'redoing more with less. Butit doesn't reflect the candi-date's time. He's up here alot. He'll be up here a lot

more."Romney's visit to the

state Thursday was hisninth day of public ap-pearances in New Hamp-shire since launching hiscampaign last month.That's eight more than anyother state.

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CHICAGO (AP) — Aliberal group upset overpotential cuts to Medicare,Medicaid and Social Secu-rity delivered pledges Fri-day to President BarackObama's national cam-paign headquarters threat-ening to pull its support.

About a dozen peoplerepresenting the Progres-sive Change CampaignCommittee delivered whatthey said were 200,000

pledges from people whowill refuse to donate orvolunteer for Obama's re-election campaign if hecuts the entitlement pro-grams.

"It's not a question ofwho they're going to sup-port for president, they'regoing to vote for BarackObama. It's a question ofwhere their time andmoney is going to go,"spokesman T. Neil Sroka

said.Obama has been taking

heat from the left over thedebt ceiling negotiations,in which he has been will-ing to target the long-standing programs. Hisapproach is certain to sitbetter with independentvoters, many of whomhave told pollsters theywant Washington politi-cians to work together tosolve the big problems.

Sroka said the 200,000people represent more than$17 million in donations toObama's campaign in 2008and about 2.6 million vol-unteer hours.

Protester Mary EllenCroteau, 61, of Chicagosaid she's even ready tofind someone else to sup-port if Obama cutsMedicare and Social Secu-rity.

"I don't know who I'm

going to vote for yet be-cause there doesn't seem tobe too many people on thehorizon, but I will vote forsomeone whether it's aGreen candidate, whetherit's a communist, I don'tcare. Somebody who'sgoing to stand up for peo-ple," Croteau said.

Sroka later said she wasnot speaking on behalf ofthe group.

The Obama campaign's

chief operating officer,Ann Marie Habershaw, ac-cepted the group's petitionsin the lobby of the down-town office building thathouses the campaign.

"Americans elected thepresident in 2008 to takeon the big challenges fac-ing our country, and he'sengaged in an effort to dojust that," Obamaspokesman Ben LaBoltsaid in a statement.

Liberal group threatens to pull Obama support

Romney operation lean in priority state of NH

AP source: FBI reviews News Corp. 9/11 phone claim

We must act now to prevent future oil pipeline disastersDear Williamson Daily News,Despite this ongoing disaster, Congress is preparing to

vote on legislation to speed up the permit for the massiveKeystone XL tar sands oil pipeline, which would carryup to 20 times the amount of oil per day as the Yellow-stone pipeline and cross this same river on its routethrough six heartland states.

The Yellowstone oil pipeline burst is the third major

U.S. oil disaster caused by Big Oil in just the last 15months, after the Gulf oil spill and Michigan's KalamazooRiver oil spill. Last weekend is just a glimpse into whatcould unfold if the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline isapproved.

A thorough environmental review of the Keystone XLis essential, as it poses a huge risk to our communities,wildlife and natural resources.

I'm counting on Congress to take this latest tragic spillas the final wake-up up call and oppose legislation to ex-pedite the permit for the dangerous Keystone XL tarsands oil pipeline.

Sincerely,Ms. Andrea Tackett311 Cedar Creek RdPikeville, KY 41501-3761

But that’s not the pointEarlier this week, investigators aren’t

entirely sure on the exact day, an 8-year-old boy from Brooklyn, named LeibyKletzky, was suffocated and then dis-membered. His remains were found in afreezer and also in a dumpster.

Levi Aron, the man accused of com-mitting the murder, has found himself inthe national spotlight, making manygrieving people ask questions, like“How? Why?” and “What now?”

I managed to catch a bit of CNN on Friday afternoon

and saw a woman named Wendy Walsh. She’s appar-ently a human behavior expert, or so the graphic belowher claimed.

She condemned the attack, of course, but then sug-gested how parents could prevent this sort of thing fromhappening to their child, answering the “What now?”part of grief.

Walsh suggested that parents teach their kids to avoidmen when they find themselves in times of trouble, in-stead finding a mother with children or a retailer to seekhelp from.

Because men, you know, have terrible track recordswhen it comes to children. Oh, and they’re all the same.

And male strangers with children, I’ll admit, nor-mally don’t pan out how they should. There have beenfar too many children murdered by men, but you can’tlump every member of the male species into one cate-gory.

Since when did John Wayne Gacy only populate thestreets?

If Kletzky had picked any other man to ask for direc-tions from, he’d still be alive.

I’m not blaming the child’s judgment of character, he

was 8-years-old, for crying out loud. But it’s not as ifhe was in the middle of the jungle with only lions hang-ing around, looking for an easy target.

Even Aron himself said in a written confession thatthe only reason he killed Kletzky is because he startedto panic after seeing fliers with the boy’s face on it.

Then again, his defense is going after the insanity bit.If he is insane and doesn’t know right from wrong, howdid he understand what panic felt like?

Back to the topic though, completely avoiding menfor help isn’t the best idea. I mean, choosing mothers asa source of help could have its drawbacks as well.

Lest we forget Andrea Yates.But we’re losing sight of the big picture here. This

isn’t about a potentially sexist remark and this isn’tabout how you can’t trust anyone.

It’s about how a boy, who had simply just gottenmixed up in where he was going, was murdered.

And we can’t forget that when we’re discussing orwriting about it. People and news networks will go offon tangents regarding all the different angles of thiscase, but I hope they won’t lose sight of the main issue.

A kid died.

We must put Social Security first

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)today wrote a letter to Treasury SecretaryTimothy Geithner stressing the critical im-portance of keeping our promise to Amer-ica’s seniors and making Social Securitya top priority if Washington should fail tocome to an agreement on the debt ceilingby August 2.

“If the worst happens, and Washingtonfails to do what is right and come to an

agreement on the debt ceiling, families should not pay theprice. I strongly urge you to make sure that this countrykeeps its trust with Social Security recipients and contin-ues to send Social Security checks,” Senator Manchinsaid. “I came to Washington to fix things and do what isright for the next generation, not the next election. I trulybelieve we must work together to resolve this debt crisis,not engage in scare tactics to score political points. It isnot only wrong, it is unacceptable that politicians woulduse threats to scare our seniors.”

Senator Manchin believes that Social Security is a vitalprogram, particularly because nearly half a million WestVirginians receive Social Security payments, and formany of those citizens, their Social Security checks aretheir only source of income.

The full text of Senator Manchin’s letter is includedbelow: Dear Secretary Geithner, As you know, I believe this great nation must set our

priorities based on our values. In my eyes, the highest pri-ority should be the seniors who belong to the greatest gen-eration. We must make it clear that for those seniors,Social Security is a promise they can count on.

If the worst happens, and Washington fails to do what isright and come to an agreement on the debt ceiling, fam-ilies should not pay the price. I strongly urge you to makesure that this country keeps its trust with Social Securityrecipients and continues to send Social Security checks.

I came to Washington to fix things and do what is rightfor the next generation, not the next election. I truly be-lieve we must work together to resolve this debt crisis, notengage in scare tactics to score political points. It is notonly wrong, it is unacceptable that politicians would usethreats to scare our seniors.

Looking forward, I will continue to work hard every

day with Republicans and Democrats to come to a com-monsense solution on our debt crisis – one that gets spend-ing under control and is based on tax fairness.

This is a great nation, one that all of us are lucky to bea part of. I hope and believe that we can live up to thegreatness of the American people and reaches a responsi-ble deal that is right for West Virginia, the nation and thenext generation.

With warmest regards, Senator Joe Manchin III

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As the President and Congress con-tinue budget negotiations, debating thedebt limit and attempting to balance thebudget as we did with President Clinton,I will continue fighting hard to protectSocial Security benefits for seniors andworking families in southern West Vir-ginia.

More than 156,000 people, includingretirees, widowers, spouses, and children

in southern West Virginia rely on Social Security bene-fits each month. For many, Social Security is a lifeline,especially for those who rely solely on their monthlycheck to cover living expenses.

Long ago, Congress shielded Social Security fromgetting whipsawed in federal budget fights. Social Se-curity is not contributing to the current budget impasse.This year, Social Security is projected to generate aroughly $58 billion surplus, and it has been running sur-pluses since the early 1980s.

Three things are driving these alarming deficit pro-jections – the weak economy, the Bush tax cuts, and

military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.It is grossly unfair to ask seniors and working families

to shoulder additional burdens, and to cut back on So-cial Security benefits without extending the long-termsolvency of the program, while some insist that everytax break for millionaires, and every tax dodge andloophole for multinational corporations should be ex-tended in perpetuity.

The Congress must address the statutory debt ceilingby August 2, which is when the Treasury Departmentprojects that it will be forced to default on its debt obli-gations. We need to keep our heads and focus on bal-ance and moderation in finding our way past the currentbudget impasse; looking at all sides of the budget andcrafting a series of deficit reduction bills over time thatwill help ensure the long-term economic security of allAmericans. But, Social Security should remain off thetable.

That’s why I have written to the President, andcosponsored a resolution in the U.S. House of Repre-sentatives, making my opposition known to any propos-als being discussed as part of broader budgetnegotiations to trade away Social Security benefits inorder to offset deficits in other areas of the budget.

One idea that has been raised as part of broaderbudget negotiations is to substitute a new inflationindex, known as a chained consumer price index, in cal-culating Social Security benefits. The effect of such aproposal would be to slowly reduce Social Security ben-

efits over time.That may sound reasonable to some, but it also sets a

very dangerous precedent, poaching the Social Securitytrust funds to pay for tax cuts and non-Social Securityspending.

After forgoing a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA)for the last two years, retirees and working families can-not afford to give up this crucial income. And, theyshould not have to do so.

I am a cosponsor of the Consumer Price Index forElderly Consumers Act of 2011, a bill that would createa new inflation index to help ensure that Social Securitybeneficiaries receive an annual COLA that keeps pacewith rising prices incurred by seniors.

Social Security has its own set of challenges, which iswhy the Congress treats it separately for budget pur-poses, designating all Social Security revenues and out-lays as “off-budget.” The Congress establishedsafeguards to ensure the fiscal integrity of the Social Se-curity program, so that we do not do what some are sug-gesting we do – using Social Security monies to pay forunrelated matters.

We must be realistic. To deny seniors a COLA twoyears in row, and then to scale back their benefits evenfurther in order to offset non-Social Security spendingelsewhere in the budget, is too much to ask. Anyonewho thinks that seniors have not incurred higher ex-penses in the last two years must have their heads buriedin the sand.

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By PAMELA SCOTT JOHNSONSPORTS EDITOR

Mingo Central High School will soonmake its debut on the gridiron. The fourschools consolidated to form MCHS takewith them a tradition in football builtthroughout the years that should never beforgotten.

Since 1976, at least one of the teamsmade the state playoffs with the exceptionof 1977, 1981, 1988 and 2005. In otherwords, 31 out of 35 years, Burch, Gilbert,Matewan or Williamson appeared in thestate playoffs. In 1999 and 2000 all fourschools captured playoff berths.

Below is postseason history of the fourschools no longer in existence.Playoff appearances since 1976:Burch - 4Gilbert - 20Matewan - 21Williamson - 7Playoff records since 1976:Burch-(2-4)Gilbert-(13-19)Matewan-(27-17)Williamson-(3-7)Overall number of state football championships:Burch-0Gilbert-1Matewan-2Williamson-42010:Matewan(#7):40-34 Buffalo, 54-16 Meadow Bridge,

12-34 Wheeling Central2009:Gilbert (#16):6-48 Madonna2008:Matewan (#5):25-13 Moorefield, 23-40 Wheeling

Central2007:Gilbert (#3):6-34 Buffalo2006:Gilbert (#7):7-21 Pendleton County

2004:Matewan (#3):42-13 Tucker County, 14-21 Moorefield

(OT)Gilbert (#10):26-58 Wheeling Central2003:Matewan (#11):20-14 Notre Dame, 20-34 WahamaGilbert (#16):16-67 Williamstown2002:Williamson (#8):22-28 Meadow BridgeMatewan (#10):8-33 Parkersburg Catholic2001:Williamson (#3):40-18 Valley Fayette, 46-20 Mount

Hope, 14-36 Wheeling CentralMatewan (#10):28-6 Fayetteville, 0-28 Wheeling Cen-

tral2000:Matewan (#5):40-22 Burch, 6-28 FayettevilleWilliamson (#7):20-0 Parkersburg Catholic, 0-26

CameronBurch (#12):22-40 MatewanGilbert (#15):22-52 Cameron1999:Gilbert (#2):38-12 Gauley Bridge, 24-52 FayettevilleBurch (#9):50-11 Bishop Donahue, 14-61 Moore-

fieldWilliamson (#10):20-56 FayettevilleMatewan (#13):24-0 Valley Fayette, 22-40 Wheeling

Central1998:Gilbert (#4):7-25 WahamaMatewan (#8):26-0 Clay-Battelle, 6-17 FayettevilleWilliamson (#15):6-64 Moorefield

1997:Gilbert (#1):36-6 Meadow Bridge, 28-8 Parkersburg

Catholic, 9-13 MoorefieldBurch (#7):30-12 Franklin, 14-16 Guyan Valley1996:Gilbert (#1):12-6 Wheeling Central, 29-12 Wahama,

20-30 MoorefieldMatewan (#10):40-14 Pakersburg Catholic, 6-28 Mid-

land Trail1995:Matewan (#2):32-0 Williamstown, 50-20 Buffalo-Put-

nam, 8-14 GilbertGilbert (#6):48-6 Vinson, 28-6 Hamlin, 14-8 Mate-

wan, 28-20 Valley Wetzel1994:Matewan (#5):24-6 Fayetteville, 34-6 Mount Hope, 0-

30 Ceredo-KenovaGilbert (#8):12-17 East Hardy1993:Matewan (#1):40-6 Clay-Battelle, 34-7 Van, 12-8

Ceredo-Kenova, 21-13 Valley Wetzel Gilbert (#10):39-0 Athens, 7-13 Valley Wetzel (OT)1992:Matewan (#2):26-0 Athens, 14-6 Mount Hope, 20-18

Van, 9-15 Fayetteville Williamson (#14):7-13 Wirt County1991:Matewan (#3):21-13 Wahama, 24-8 Union (M), 12-6

Valley Wetzel, 26-21 Peterstown Playoffs Change to Top 16 from being

Top 81990:Williamson (#5):0-6 Cameron1989:Matewan (#6):29-12 Tygarts Valley, 8-10 Mount Hope1987:

Matewan (#7):22-17 Wirt County, 8-6 Tyler County, 8-

22 Madonna1986:Gilbert (#8):0-48 Sistersville1985:Gilbert (#3):40-13 Tygarts Valley, 0-17 SistersvilleBurch (#8):0-35 St. Francis1984:Gilbert (#2):22-8 Tyler County, 14-47 Sistersville1983:Gilbert (#2):14-19 Tyler CountyMatewan (#8):6-57 Sistersville1982:Gilbert (#1):43-15 St. Francis, 23-27 Duval1980:Matewan (#6):6-12 Pineville1979:Gilbert (#3):8-18 Bishop Donahue1978:Matewan (#5):7-13 DuvalPlayoffs expanded to 8 Teams from 41976:Gilbert:22-32 ManningtonPlayoffs are 4 Teams1961:Williamson-20 Mount Hope-13 (State

Champs)1960:Mount Hope-7 Williamson-7 (Co-State

Championship)1944:Williamson (From 1937 to 1946 the

WV Sports Writers Association named theState Champion)1926:Williamson (State Champions by Popu-

lar Acclaim-Occurred from 1916 to 1936)(Editor’s note –Thank you to Wes Wil-

son for compiling the information.)

History of football before consolidation

Kentucky football play-ers and coaches know thereare plenty of doubtersgoing into this season re-ports Kentucky.com.

But when asked aboutthe question marks and po-tential lack of tested play-makers, all of them gave aknowing look.

It's the look of someonewho might be in on a bigsecret.

That's how Joker Phillipssees it, too. He said asmuch to the media in abrief gathering before theCats coach went to a speak-ing engagement at Fasig-Tipton on Thursday.

"There's a lot of buzzgoing around our facilitiesright now," Phillips said.

"It's getting me excitedabout the season."

It's not the typical pre-season noise, either, he as-sured.

"I've never heard thistype of buzz going aroundwith our players, and that'sexciting to hear," he said.

Phillips and the positioncoaches can't start workingwith players directly untilcamps start later this sum-mer, but they do interactwith the players.

The head coach said he'sbeen hearing positivethings from his experiencedoffensive linemen. Guyswho have "been here a longtime, seen guys come andgo, seen guys with fourstars come and go and not

play here," as Phillips de-scribed.

"That's the thing that getsyou excited about this foot-ball team," he said.

Because of limited con-tact, Phillips didn't imme-diately single out thesebuzz-worthy players, butwhen pressed, the namescame pouring out.

Wide receivers DarylCollins, DeMarco Robin-son and Nile Daniel; run-ning backs like MarcusCaffey and Josh Clemons;and offensive linemanDarrian Miller from BryanStation.

"I'm excited about all ofour skill positions on of-fense," Phillips said. "De-fensively, there are a

couple of guys who havewalked through the doorthat some of our olderguys are excited about."

When asked what mes-sage he wanted to get outabout Kentucky's programin his second season at thehelm, Phillips pointed tothe new marketing sloganalready seen on billboardsaround town.

"Rise," he said. "We'reon the rise. We feel likewe're continuing to rise.We plateaued a little bit bygoing 6-7, but I think thisprogram is definitely onthe rise."

His players echoed asimilar sentiment whenthey chatted with themedia earlier this week.

Former LexingtonCatholic star Winston Guysaid he's confident UK willrise to the occasion.

"We lost a lot of goodpeople, but this team isgoing to have more leadersthan we had last year,"Guy said. "Everybodyshould expect us to be bet-ter than we were last year.Everybody just needs to bepatient."

Three Cats get SECnods

Three Kentucky playerswere named to the 2011Coaches Pre-season All-SEC Team, which was an-nounced by the leagueThursday.

UK offensive linemanLarry Warford was named

to the first team on offenseand linebacker Danny Tre-vathan was named to thefirst team on defense.Punter Ryan Tydlacka wasnamed to the third team forspecialists.

Arkansas led the annualcoaches' poll voting with14 players on the threeteams, followed by Al-abama's 13 players.

The Crimson Tide hadthe most first-team playerswith seven in all. Georgia,which had nine playerstotal, had six first-teamplayers.

The school with thefewest players is Ten-nessee with two. UK hadthe second fewest withthree.

Cats, coaches abuzz about new season

• All boys grades 9 -12 interested in playingfootball at Belfry HighSchool are to report forpractice at 6 p.m. Monday,July 25 at the athletic com-plex. There will be an im-portant meeting for parentsat 7 p.m. July 21. Equip-ment will be issued Thurs-day July 21, Seniors 6 p.m.,Juniors 6:20 p.m., Sopho-mores 6:40 p.m. and Fresh-men 7 p.m.

• Belfry HighSchool Volleyball willbegin conditioning July 13.at 10 a.m. at the BHS gym-

nasium. Dr. Chuck Johnsonis offering free physicals tothe girls interested in play-ing at his office on July 12.Every girl who is interestedin playing must bring acompleted physical formbefore they can participate.

• Miners FootballCamp will take place July25-27 at Matewan HighSchool. The University ofConcord coaching staff willconduct the camp.

• Practice for theAll-Star squads participat-ing in the 2011 Hatfield-McCoy Bowl begins July

25. The West Virginiasquad will practice atGilbert High School at 6:30p.m. and the Kentuckyteam will practice at Pre-stonsburg High School at 6p.m.

• The Hatfield-McCoy Bowl is set for July30 at 8 p.m. at Tiger Sta-dium in Matewan.

• Second AnnualP.V Classic BasketballTournament in Fairmontwill be held Aug. 12-14 atEast Fairmont High Schooland East Fairmont JuniorHigh for boys and girlsgrades 5-12. The entry feeis $175 per team and is due

before Aug. 5. The fee willincrease to $200 per teamthe week of Aug. 6-11.Teams will be broken into

divisions by grades. Certi-fied officials, t-shirts, tro-phies, hotel discounts willalso be at the tournament.

Please contact James Beck-man at 304-376-5313(Cell) or Mike Sarsfield at304-641-6197 (cell).

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C H A R L E S T O N ,W.Va. (AP) — Pro-grams in Huntingtonand in Raleigh Countywill receive federalfunding to provide ad-ditional housing assis-tance to homelessveterans.

Congressman NickRahall announced thefunding Thursday fromthe Department of

Housing and UrbanDevelopment.

The Housing Author-ity of Huntington willuse a $56,000 grant toprovide rental assis-tance to 15 veterans.The Housing Authorityof Raleigh County willuse a grant of nearly$36,000 to assist 10veterans.

W.Va. homelessvets to receivehousing help

CHARLESTON, W.Va.(AP) — House of Dele-gates members on a jointlegislative committee look-ing into the regulation ofMarcellus shale gasdrilling will hold threepublic hearings later thismonth.

The hearings are sched-uled for July 21 in Wheel-ing, July 25 in Morgantownand July 27 in Clarksburg.

The House-Senate com-

mittee has been assigned toattempt a Marcellus rulescompromise.

Also known as fracking,the process involves pump-ing large amounts of watermixed with chemicals andsand into wells to crack theshale and release the gas.Environmental concernsinclude draining localstreams to provide thewater and drinking watertainted by fracking fluids.

3 public hearingsplanned on Marcellus shale

C H A R L E S T O N ,W.Va. (AP) — Low-costflights have helped pas-senger boardings in-crease 10 percent atCharleston's Yeager Air-port for the first sixmonths of the year.

The airport saw135,883 passengers fromJanuary to June, com-pared with 124,013 forthe same period of 2010.

Passenger boardingslast month were 28,948,the second-highest Juneever at the airport and a12 percent increase from

June 2010. The highestJune total, at just over29,000 passengers, oc-curred in 2005.

Airport Director RickAtkinson says low-costservice offered by Air-Tran Airways and SpiritAirlines have boostedboardings.

Spirit Airlines offersflights to the marketserving Fort Lauderdale,Fla., and Myrtle Beach,S.C. AirTran Airways of-fers flights to Orlando,Fla.

Yeager Airport sayspassenger traffic up

Melungeons celebrate curious Appalachian heritageBy RENEE ELDERASSOCIATED PRESS

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)— Tales of Melungeons arepacked with mystery andmeaning in the Ap-palachian region.

Campfire stories aboutthe dark-skinned moun-taineers have long swirledthrough the hills andhollers, largely depictingthe Melungeons as secre-tive, lawless, and eventhreatening to outsiders.

A conference in Swan-nanoa this week may helpunravel the mystery of theMelungeons, includingDNA results that show thattheir dark hair and Euro-pean features likely camefrom Arabic and Jewishimmigrants centuries ago.

Melungeon Heritage As-sociation President S.J.Arthur says the three-dayconference draws people

who want to learn moreabout Appalachia's multi-ethnic heritage.

Seminar topics for the15th Union include Jewish,Muslim, and Gypsy ances-try; the Civil War experi-ences of mixed-ancestryfamilies; and "The InvisibleLine," a book by DanielSharfstein exploring thefates of three families thatswitched racial identityafter the Civil War.

"The Melungeons havetaught us that life in themountains was much morediverse than outsiderscould ever imagine," Sharf-stein said.

Melungeons have beentraced back for more thanfour centuries in Tennessee,North Carolina, Virginiaand West Virginia, but theirunusual appearance and fa-milial closeness often keptthem apart from many oftheir white neighbors.

Phyllis Starnes of south-

western Virginia said shebegan to probe her Melun-geon ancestry a decade agoafter she was treated for about of stomach and chestpain.

Born and raised in themountains, Starnes wasshocked to hear her doctordiagnose familial Mediter-ranean fever, a rare heredi-tary disease passed downby Arabs and Jews,

"My family has been inAppalachia for hundreds ofyears, so I thought: thisdoesn't make sense,"Starnes said.

Following her own her-itage trail led the FortBlackmore, Va., resident tothe Melungeons, a groupthat had often been stereo-typed as less intelligent andlazier than their lighter-skinned neighbors.

"Melungeon ever so longwas a dirty word. Nobodywanted to be Melungeon."

But with new research

and a renewed interest inancestry and family back-grounds, the affiliation istaking on a much morepositive spin.

"Seems like everybodywants to be Melungeonnow," said Starnes, 59.

Autosomal DNA testing,which measures mixed ge-ographic heritage, offers aprofile of Melungeons thatincludes Jewish, MiddleEastern, Egyptian andsometimes Gypsy ancestry.African and Native Ameri-can heritage also appears.

"We're definitely anamalgam," Starnes said.

The origin of the termMelungeon is unknown. Itfirst appeared in writtenform in 1813 churchrecords from Stoney Creek,Va., where someone ac-cused a church member ofharboring "them Melun-geons."

Some say the term wasderived from the French

term mélange, meaningmixture.

Melungeon historianBrent Kennedy links arrivalof the Melungeons in Ap-palachia to the Spanish In-quisition, when ahalf-million Jews and Mus-lims were exiled fromSpain and Portugal in the16th Century.

Kennedy writes that theexiled people becamerenowned for their seago-ing exploits and sometimeswound up on ships headedfor America — either asslaves or galley hands.

An early American his-torical account tells ofBritish explorers in the1600s encountering a set-tlement in the TennesseeValley where people spokein a foreign language theyreferred to as "Portyghee."

Genetics Professor J.P.Evans at the University ofNorth Carolina at ChapelHill says it can be useful to

combine DNA researchwith stories such as the onethe British told in the1600s.

"The Portuguese werethe first Europeans in theAge of Discovery to startcrossing the Atlantic,"Evans said. "It would notsurprise me at all if somewound up in the mountainsof North Carolina or Ten-nessee."

Evans said the Melun-geon's story helps provethat people around theworld are not as different asthey sometimes mightseem.

"You don't have to go farback in the human familytree to find that all our fam-ilies' ancestry came out of afairly small region of sub-Saharan Africa," he said.

"To me, the warm andfuzzy and very valid con-clusion from DNA ances-tral studies is that we reallyare all related."

Gas industry launchingW.Va. radio ads, talk showBy VICKI SMITHASSOCIATED PRESS

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) —The natural gas industry is launching a six- to 12-monthpublic relations blitz to tell its side of the story about theimportance of exploiting the Marcellus shale reserves,launching a paid half-hour talk show and one-minutepromotional ads on 49 West Virginia radio stations.

The West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Associationwon't say how much it's spending on the deal withWAJR-AM of Morgantown and its members and inde-pendent affiliates, but Executive Director Corky De-Marco is hoping it will pay off with a well-educatedpublic.

"There's a lot of misinformation out there and a lot ofmisunderstanding," he said. "You pick up the newspaperevery single day in any community in West Virginia, andthere's something about the Marcellus in there. If we'regoing to educate the public, we can't wait for them tocall us."

"Inside Shale" will air every Tuesday from 8:35 to 9a.m., providing various experts who will answer ques-tions and "try to get ahead of issues," DeMarco said. Thelineup could feature inspectors and regulators, too.

The time slot is during "Talk of the Town," which oc-casionally features an "Ask the Experts" segment.

WAJR's Morgantown market manager, Gary Mertins,will host the segment. He says "Inside Shale" is no dif-ferent than other paid 30-minute segments that air now,including a "Talk to the Doc" program sponsored by alocal hospital and another sponsored by a chiropractor.

Mertins said he will take calls from listeners, and in aplanning meeting on Friday, asked the industry leadersif any question is off-limits.

"They said 'absolutely not,'" said Mertins, who alsohopes to host interviews with geologists, economists andregulators.

"They won't be all softball questions," he said. "I dothink, though, that the one thing the industry hasn't had

the opportunity to do — and what this show will helpthem to do — is to talk about the benefits of all thisgrowth."

Mertins said the industry is evolving so quickly that itwill be difficult to cover everything in 25 minutes aweek.

DeMarco said his organization is committed to a six-month run for both "Inside Shale" and the "MarcellusMinute," which will air on 49 MetroNews stations andtheir independent affiliates.

The "Marcellus Minute" will offer "little factual snip-pets" about the shale, drilling and jobs, he said, airing10-20 times a day for a week before a new one rolls out.

If feedback shows the initiative is working, DeMarcosays the association and a lobbying group called Ener-gize West Virginia may commit to another six months.

West Virginia has a long history with oil and gasdrilling, dating to the 1770s, when George Washingtonsurveyed the first well in what was then Virginia.

"We've been commercially producing in this state for176 years, but nobody knows that," DeMarco said.

Until the Marcellus reserves took off, it simply wasn'tcontroversial.

Now, the industry is in overdrive as unconventionalhorizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologiesallow companies to go deeper than before. Many arerushing to tap the Marcellus reserves underlying partsof Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and NewYork.

Though industry insists its practices are safe, manycitizens and environmental groups are worried about theprospect of water and air pollution, ecosystem damage,road destruction and other issues.

The city of Morgantown is being sued by Charleston'sNortheast Natural Energy over its recent adoption of anordinance aimed at banning drilling and fracking withincity limits and up to a mile beyond.

"The things that are going on are too important to usto not do this," DeMarco said. "We don't have a badstory to tell. We just haven't told the story."

cialty. He is a rheumatolo-gist, and with the numberof arthritis programs avail-

able at LJHCC, manytimes people will be diag-nosed by him and then signup immediately afterwardfor a program to help them.

“There are few special-ists. And there are notenough rheumatologists in

West Virginia to beginwith. There’s a real need.And people are nice.They’re appreciative. Andit’s a nice drive.”

Soon, James said, they’llbring a cardiologist alongfor the trip, but wasn’t sure

when. The next clinicdoesn’t have a set-in-stonedate, but usually happenduring the first Thursdayof the month.

“This was our first day,”James said, “ and I’m justtickled with it.”

for tourism development.“We could have nature

walks, bike trails, indoormountain climbing, indoorhorse riding,” Rutherfordsaid.

He said the people of thecounty are being asked fortheir input about what proj-ects could be developed atCoal Mountain.

The project will befunded with monies fromdifferent agencies, Ruther-ford explained.

“It is good to bind apackage together than getsmoney from differentplaces,” he said. “Duringthis period of economicdistress, Pike County has$550 million in projectsmoving forward. Sen. RandPaul is a proponent ofmountaintop development,and Governor Beshear iscommitted to our area.”

Grace TackettGrace V. Tackett, 94, of

Pinsonfork, Ky. passedaway Sat-urday, July16, 2011, atthe J. J. Jor-dan Geri-a t r i cC e n t e r ,Louisa, Ky.

She wasborn April

25, 1917, in Williamson,the daughter of the late Cle-tus and Sally Ward Meade.She was also preceded indeath by her husband,Lewis Allen Tackett; sev-eral brothers and sisters; agrandson, Steven Runyonand sons-in-law, CharlesLusk, Richard Gary andRobert Runyon. She was aretired cook having workedat Kings Restaurant inWilliamson, for severalyears and a member of thePentecostal HollinessChurch.

Survivors include sevensons, David Michael (MaryAnn) Tackett of Norfolk,

Va., Randall Lewis(Priscilla) Tackett of Stuart,Va., Larry Adrian (Marcy)Tackett of Huddy, Ky., Fred(Genda K.) Tackett ofLouisa, Ronnie Lee (AlanaE.) Tackett of Louisa, JoeAllen (Bessie) Tackett ofToler, Ky. and Mark An-thony (Angela) Tackett ofStone, Ky.; six daughters,Edna Helen Lusk ofFlorida, Martha Ann (Rich)Roberts of Harrisburg,N.C., Karen Susan Gary ofNew Port News, Va., RobinJill (Chet) York of Hardy,Ky., Penny Runyon of Bel-fry, Ky. and Tina Maresa(Jack) Parsley of Kermit,WV; several grandchildren,great grandchildren andgreat great grandchildrenand a host of friends.

Funeral services will beheld Tuesday, July 19, 2011at 1 p.m. in the R. E.Rogers Funeral HomeChapel. Burial will followin the Mountain ViewMemory Gardens, Huddy,Ky. with grandsons servingas pallbearers.

Visitation will be heldafter 6 p.m. Monday, July18, an the funeral home.

R.E. Rogers FuneralHome is in charge ofarrangements. Online con-dolences atwww.rerogersfuneralhome.com

ROGERSFUNERAL HOME

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ST. LOUIS (AP) —Busch Stadium could setan attendance record thisweekend, but the crowdwon't be there for a St.Louis Cardinals game.

The baseball team oftensells out the St. Louis ball-park, but a stadium-record

52,000 people are ex-pected for the U2 concertscheduled for Sundaynight. That will includefans with seats on thefield.

In fact, the turf at thestadium has been dug up.It will be replanted after

the concert and shouldhave plenty of time to set-

tle before the Cardinals re-turn home.

By: KYLE HIGHTOWERASSOCIATED PRESS

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)— For an entire genera-tion of football watchers,the catchphrase "Are youready for some football?"at the opening of MondayNight Football broadcastsis synonymous with thestart of the NFL season.

Hank Williams, Jr., theman who popularized

those six words, is inFlorida recording a promofor an upcoming seasonthat, as of Thursday, wasstill in limbo as ownersand players worked to endthe lockout that has lastedfour months.

Williams is entering his23rd season as part of theNFL's biggest weeklydraw and is confident thatthere will be a season.

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Expressions of gratitude take practice

BY DR. JOYCE BROTHERS

Dear Dr. Brothers:I have one employee who isn't a strong leader, and I'm

worried that his division will suffer. Recently he put upsome of the best numbers of all of my managers, andwhen I asked his employees about it, they mentioned thathe really believes in them even if he's not the strongestleader. Is it really possible to motivate your employeessimply by believing in them, or was it just luck that over-came his poor managerial skills?

-- S.B.Dear S.B.: It turns out that how leaders or man-

agers view their subordinates or employ-ees can become a self-fulfillingprophecy. If a manager believes his em-ployees are good, hardworking peoplewho are doing their best for their com-pany, they likely will act in this way tomeet those high expectations. In fact, arecent study published in the peer-re-viewed journal Organizational Behavior

and Human Decision Processes showed that if managersviewed their employees positively, they would treat themwell and foster an environment that not only increasesproductivity, but improves employees' perceptions of in-terpersonal relationships in the office and job satisfac-tion.

If, on the other hand, a manager views his employeesnegatively, his other leadership qualities are not as impor-tant. He's more likely to treat them badly, and we allknow that badly treated employees are not productiveemployees. And managers tend to act on these percep-tions of their employees -- ranking someone higher for apromotion, for example -- even if they don't realizethey're doing it. So, it sounds like your manager actuallyis a better leader than you give him credit for. He has dis-covered the power of positive perceptions, and yourother managers probably could benefit from followinghis lead in that respect.Dear Dr. Brothers: One of my good friends from my childhood passed

away recently, and I found myself able to express myfeelings of gratitude toward her and our relationship onlyin her eulogy, when it was in some ways too late. I don'twant to wait to let my other friends know how impor-tant they are to me, especially since we're all gettingolder, but I feel uncomfortable being so sentimental.How can I feel more comfortable expressing my grati-tude for my friends?

-- C.W.Dear C.W.: It's great that you've come to this realization at a point

when you still can do something about it. As we getolder, we're in a unique position to express gratitude forlifelong friendships that may have seen their ups anddowns. It can be hard, and can make you feel overly sen-timental when you're first getting used to expressingthese feelings, but with practice it only becomes easier.You should focus on the good you're doing for the friendsyou're recognizing, but also on the good you're doing foryourself. People who are appreciative of what they have,and who take time each day to be grateful for their gifts,are universally happier than those who take these thingsfor granted.

You may talk yourself out of having these conversa-tions, thinking that no one really cares or that the peopleyou love know how important they are to you, but don'tlet these excuses derail your gratitude train. Your wordsand actions can have a great effect on others, and whileyou've probably shown them a little bit over the years,taking the time to reflect on the contributions others havemade to your life can reveal more that you didn't even re-alize. You can make some notes about what you'd liketo say to each person and bring them with you. This cancalm your nerves and make it easier to say the things thatare important to you and your loved ones.

DR. JOYCEBROTHERS

By: LYNN ELBERAP TELEVISION WRITER

LOS ANGELES (AP) —With "Mad Men,"''Boardwalk Empire" andother prestige series, cableruled the Emmy nomina-tions for drama. But broad-cast networks got the lastlaugh with their sitcoms.

Of the six nominees forbest drama series only one,CBS' "The Good Wife," is anetwork program. Of thehalf-dozen comedy seriescontenders, all air on net-works.

Members of the Academyof Television Arts & Sci-ences clearly favored sitcomtradition. "Modern Family,"''The Office" and otherbroadcast shows have amore purely comic bent anderr on the good-natured sideof satire. Cable comedies areincreasingly, in a word, mor-dant: Think Showtime's"The Big C," about a cancer-stricken woman.

"There was a heyday ofcomedies on cable like 'Sexand the City,' but now it'sbroadcast" that dominatesthe genre for Emmy voters,said Tom O'Neil, editor ofthe award websites gold-derby.com and theenve-lope.com.

The lack of cable comedybids may represent "a bit ofa backlash" against the hy-brid comedy-drama, O'Neilsaid.

It also underscores the sit-com's resurgence on broad-cast TV, which seemed tolose its comic touch as hitssuch as "Friends" and "Sein-

feld" faded into memory andweren't replaced.

A winning new crop isnow emerging, includingABC's "Modern Family"and its clever take on whatfamily has come to mean.Crowned best comedy seriesafter its freshman season, itreceived 17 nominations thistime around. Nods also wentto NBC's "Parks and Recre-ation," ''The Office" and "30Rock," CBS' "The Big BangTheory" and Fox's "Glee."

They've yet to break intolofty ratings territory — onlyone comedy, CBS' formerCharlie Sheen vehicle "Twoand a Half Men," cracks theNielsen top 20 — but they'regenerating buzz and gainingmomentum.

"OK, keep it together," asurprised nominations co-announcer Melissa Mc-Carthy said Thursday whenshe realized she was a nom-inee herself for "Mike &Molly."

While cable comedieswere overlooked, their starsweren't. Edie Falco, whowas named best actress in acomedy last year for Show-time's "Nurse Jackie," wasnominated again. Laura Lin-ney scored a bid for "TheBig C" and Louis C.K.earned a best comedy actorbid for his FX Networksshow "Louie."

Given broadcasters fixa-tion on franchise crime dra-mas such as "CSI"and"NCIS," it's unsurprisingthat cable's daring, unique(and often awash in nudityand violence) series domi-nate the Emmys.

Besides handing AMC's"Mad Men" 19 nominationsand a shot at a fourth consec-utive best drama series tro-phy, the academy gavefistfuls of bids to HBO'swild Prohibition-era series"Boardwalk Empire" (18)and fantasy saga "Game ofThrones" (13). Other bestdrama cable nominees areDirecTV's "Friday NightLights" and Showtime's"Dexter."

"The Good Wife" had tobe really good to wrestle aspot. It received eight othernominations, including onefor star Julianna Margulies.

The period melodrama"Mildred Pierce," starringKate Winslet and based onthe 1941 James M. Cainnovel, grabbed a top 21 bidsincluding best miniseries ormovie in the new categorythat combines both formats.

Also in the category is theminiseries "The Kennedys,"which was dropped by theHistory channel and given asecond chance by lesser-known ReelzChannel. It re-ceived 10 nominations,including best miniseriesand, among its acting bids,one for the critically laudedBarry Pepper as RobertKennedy.

There was room for freshfaces, including best dramaactress nominee MireilleEnos of AMC's "TheKilling" and best dramaactor Timothy Olyphant ofFX Networks' "Justified."

And there were longtimefavorites as well, most no-tably Betty White. The 89-year-old wonder nabbed a

best supporting actress bidfor the sitcom "Hot in Cleve-land." If she wins, it wouldbe her eighth Emmy.

"I am so thrilled. Howlucky can an old broad be?"White said by phone a fewminutes after her agentwoke her. "I wasn't eventhinking about the nomina-tions because I didn't eventhink there was a chance."

Jon Hamm of "Mad Men"received his fourth nomina-tion and another chance toconvert one to a win. Al-though three-time winnerBryan Cranston is out of therunning because "BreakingBad" took a breather, SteveBuscemi, a Golden Globewinner for "Boardwalk Em-pire" is among the formida-ble competitors.

Emmy voters have achance to flaunt their risk-taking side with "Game ofThrones," given the usual re-sistance to rewarding genreshows such as fantasy or sci-ence fiction. The seriesbased on the George R.R.Martin novels scored a bestdrama nod but only a singleacting bid, for Peter Din-klage in a supporting role.

HBO received the mostnominations, 104, more thandouble second-place CBS'50. NBC has 46 bids; PBS,43; Fox, 42; ABC, 40;AMC, 29; Showtime, 21.

The nominations were an-nounced by McCarthy andJoshua Jackson of "Fringe"at academy offices. TheEmmy Awards are sched-uled to air Sept. 18 on Fox,with "Glee" star and nomi-nee Jane Lynch hosting.

For Emmys, networks have the right sense of humor

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BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. -On the Brickside Pub’smain screen Thursday nightwas no sporting event, butrather a new show calledSweet Home Alabama re-ports westvirginiaillus-trated.com.

The Bridgeport establish-ment opened its doors to thepremiere party for KashKiefer, one of 20 youngmen starring as the eligiblebachelors on CMT’s latestreality television show.

Kiefer, a Bridgeport na-tive, spent his freshman andsophomore years at WestVirginia University, wherehe walked on to the Moun-taineers football team as apunter. The show lists himas one of its 10 “countryguys” vying for the heart ofDevin Grissom, the bache-lorette.

He likes that description. “I had a great time here in

West Virginia,” says Kiefer.“I’ve been to a lot of placessince then – I went toMaine, I’ve been in Geor-gia, I’ve been in Las Vegas,now I live and reside in LosAngeles, but once a Moun-taineer, always a Moun-taineer.”

Kiefer gets a kick out ofpunting, but he also prac-tices his footwork on adance floor. From the ripeage of three, he’s beenworking in studios to im-

prove his moves in jazz, tap,clogging and acrobatics.

Perhaps it was the acro-batics that led to Kiefer mix-ing football withcheerleading. That’s right –before joining the footballteam, he was a cheerleaderfor the Mountaineers.

In his freshman year atWest Virginia, he stood onthe sideline for the team’sopener against James Madi-son and watched as PhilBrady and the other special-ists took the field forpregame warm-ups.Dressed head to toe in hischeerleader outfit, he turnedto the rest of his squad andtold them he could do whatthe punters between thewhite lines were doing.

“You have no shot what-soever to kick at West Vir-ginia,” said another malecheerleader.

“That’s all I needed tohear,” says Kiefer.

He looked up the closestkicking camp, which hefound in New Jersey, andbegan to sharpen his craft.The first Wednesday of thenext semester, he woke upbright and early to attendwalk-on tryouts at MilanPuskar Stadium. By noonthat day, his name had beenadded to the list of playerswho made the team.

As a member of the 2006Nokia Sugar Bowl team,

Kiefer experienced one ofthe program’s most excit-ing seasons, but he did itwhile looking up a loadeddepth chart ahead of him.The faith he had in his ownabilities led him to leaveWVU and accept a scholar-ship offer at the Universityof Maine.

He still holds the school’srecord for longest punt,with a booming 82-yarderas a senior.

After college, he decidedto take a stab at every oneof his interests, rather thanjust settling for one. Train-ing with former NFL kick-ing coach Doug Blevins,Kiefer refined his puntingskills and began sendingvideos to league scouts. Healso pulled together head-shots and looked into mod-eling and acting.

In February, he workedout for the Denver Bron-cos, but even if an NFLteam would show interestin him these days, the lock-out is keeping him frommaking that connection.

“Hopefully this show,Sweet Home Alabama, willgive me a little bit of expo-sure,” he says. “I’m still inthe circuit, so hopefullywhen this lockout finishesup, my manager has beentalking with several NFLteams and maybe I can getin there, get my chance and

get a little bit lucky.”So with no football, his

other loves rise to the top.He recently found a role asan extra in a music videoby pop singer Katy Perrycalled “Last Friday Night.”His part comes about twominutes in when he chasesa female across the screenwith a shark fin on hisback.

Take your time lettingthat sink in before we getback to the football stuff.

If you need more time,check out the episode ofBaggage, hosted by JerrySpringer, that Kiefer starredon. Keep in mind that thisis not what he grew up as-piring to do with his life.Neither is football.

Kiefer has simply soughtout opportunities and de-cided to tackle whatevercomes his way. He firstpursued college footballbecause he was told hecouldn’t. He moved to LasVegas – drove all the wayby himself – because hehad nothing else going onat the time to keep him inWest Virginia.

“I’m taking life for aride,” he says.

Where that ride leadshim, even Kiefer cannotsay for sure. What he doesknow is that he intends toenjoy every stop along theway.

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LOUDON, N.H. — Kentucky.com reports BrutonSmith boasted about the largest crowd to attend aNASCAR race this season: More than 100,000 fansfilled Kentucky Speedway in its inaugural Sprint CupSeries event.

Unfortunately for NASCAR, it was the fans whocouldn't get there that got the headlines.

The lasting memory of the race is not Kyle Buschtaking the checkered flag, but the gridlocked cars filledwith fans who were, in NASCAR terms, red-flaggedand forced to sit on I-71 with no shot at making the bigpass and arriving to the track in time for the start - oreven the halfway point - of the race.

Smith, the track owner, and NASCAR officials wantanswers to why fans were stuck in traffic for hours asthey tried to get to Saturday night's race at the track inSparta, Ky.

Smith said he will meet next week with Kentuckygovernor Steve Beshear to start finding some solutions.

Smith absorbed some of the blame, but stopped wellshort of saying there was more the track could havedone to avoid the problem. He blamed everyone fromthe company running parking ("they did a lousy job"),to I-71 ("a lousy piece of interstate"), to the fans whowere warned about the trouble ahead but still left late.

"When I tell you we will fix it, I hope that you be-lieve me," Smith said Friday at New Hampshire MotorSpeedway.

NASCAR President Mike Helton called the traffic a"very serious issue" that must be corrected, adding thatNASCAR "won't rest" until it figures out what wentwrong and how to correct it.

Many fans say once they got to the gate, they wereturned away by police because the track had run out ofparking.

"We're sorry for the fans that were touched by thatunfortunate episode," Helton said. "We will not let thisfall to the wayside until we get resolution to it."

Helton said there were numerous meetings with trackofficials and other organizations, and he was confidenta proper plan was in place. Kentucky Speedway hadheld Truck Series and Nationwide Series races in thepast without the massive congestion on I-71. The statespent millions of dollars over the last decade to im-prove the infrastructure around the venue in hopes ofone day getting a Cup date. Yet widening the interstateto three lanes for a couple of miles heading north toCincinnati did little to expedite traffic.

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By: DAVID McHUGH& GABRIELE STEINHAUSERAP BUSINESS WRITERS

FRANKFURT, Ger-many (AP) — Eight of 90European banks flunkedstress tests projecting howthey would fare in anotherrecession, and 16 morebarely passed — but ana-lysts doubted Friday's re-sults would succeed inrestoring confidence in thecontinent's shaky financialsector.

Some countries chal-lenged the results as inac-curate and overlypessimistic, saying theywould not force theirweaker banks to raise newcash. Economists warnedthat the tests were insuffi-cient because they did notsimulate the main riskhanging over Europe, adefault by Greece.

While markets weresanguine about the results— the euro barely moved— experts questionedwhether the tests achievedtheir goal: restoring confi-dence in a sector that iscarrying billions of baddebt from crisis-hit coun-tries like Greece, Irelandand Portugal.

"The publication ofthese results will not as-suage investors' fears overthe resilience of the EUbanking sector," saidMarie Diron, senior eco-nomic adviser for Ernst &Young.

She said the tests wereuseful to single out partic-ularly weak banks, butnoted that a national debtdefault was "the singlegreatest risk facing the Eu-

ropean banking sector atpresent."

As it presented the re-sults, the European Bank-ing Authority said thefailing banks shouldquickly raise a total of€2.5 billion ($3.5 billion)to boost their capital cush-ions. The banks thatbarely passed were alsoasked to shore up their fi-nances in coming months.

Spain, commonly seenas the next-weakest link inthe 17-country eurozone,fared by far the worst inthe tests. Five banks —Catalunya Caixa, Caja deAhorros de Mediterraneo,Banco Pastor, Unnim andGroup Caja3 — failed thetest outright, while sevenothers barely scraped by.However, the number ofbanks that Spain testedwas far higher than in allother countries.

The next in line wasGreece, with two lenders— EFG Eurobank andgovernment-owned ATE-Bank — flunking the testsand two others almost fail-ing.

Austria's Oesterreichis-che Volksbank AG was theonly lender outside the cri-sis countries to not pass,though German Landes-bank Helaba pulled out ofthe tests earlier this week,saying the EBA refused totake into account some ofthe capital it had set aside.

The European bankingregulator's decision to notcount certain types of cap-ital for its stress scenarioshas come under fire fromseveral countries andcould become a major

hurdle for the tests' credi-bility.

"I refuse to accept thatthe five failed the test,"Bank of Spain GovernorMiguel Angel FernandezOrdonez said Friday night,insisting that none of theSpanish banks had to raiseextra funds.

He complained that theEBA had refused to countgeneral provisions, moneythat Spanish banks are re-quired to set aside for acrisis such as the one envi-sioned in the stress tests.

German officials alsoquestioned the tests' re-sults, saying they saw noreason for any of theirbanks to take action, eventhough two — HSH Nord-bank AG and Nord-deutsche Landesbank —fell into the "barelypassed" category.

Nordbank and Nord-deutsche Landesbank bothchallenged the stress testresults, saying they didn'treflect how strong theywere.

The EBA lacks thepower to force banks toraise more capital —whether from investors orgovernments — or tomake them merge or sellbusinesses. Only their na-tional governments can dothat, and analysts say thekey to the stress tests iswhether governments acton the results.

"The real test of theprocess, and of thestrength of the new Euro-pean supervisory system,will be the willingness ofindividual regulators tofollow up," said Bob

Penn, a partner at com-mercial law firm Allen &Overy.

In addition to the Span-ish, Greek and Germanbanks that only barelypassed, one bank in Slove-nia, one in Italy, one inCyprus, and two in Portu-gal also only just survivedthe EBA's stress scenario.

The EBA worked hardto make this year's testmore credible after a stresstest last summer waslargely considered awhitewash — it failed tospot huge black holes inIrish lenders, whose col-lapse weeks later pushedthe country to take an in-ternational bailout.

A similar exercise in theU.S. in 2009, however, iswidely credited withdrawing a line under thecountry's banking crisis.In the U.S. stress tests, 10of the nation's 19 largestbanks had to raise a totalof about $75 billion.

The EBA said Fridaythat the main reason sofew banks failed the testwas that it gave lendersthe opportunity to raisecapital ahead of the re-sult's release. At the endof last year, 20 bankswould have failed thetests and between Januaryand April lenders raised atotal of €50 billion ($71billion) in preparation forthe test.

The banks were also re-quired to maintain a big-ger financial pad than lastyear: at least 5 percent of

their loans, investmentsand other risky assets.That cushion — dubbedCore Tier 1 capital —stands ready to absorb un-expected losses and istherefore a key measureof a bank's stability.

The tests, run by na-tional banking regulators,simulated what wouldhappen to bank financesduring a recession wheregrowth falls more than 4percentage points belowEU forecasts, while hous-ing prices plummet andunemployment jumps.For the 17-country euro-zone, they envisaged adrop in economic outputof 0.5 percent this yearand 0.2 percent next year.

However, a key point ofcontroversy was theEBA's decision not to in-clude an explicit defaultin its worse-case stressscenario. Most market ob-servers believe that aGreek default is almostinevitable, while manyalso expect Ireland andPortugal to eventually re-structure their debts.

But even though euro-zone finance ministershave been pushing forbanks to share part of theburden of a planned sec-ond rescue package forGreece, the EU has saidthat testing for an outrightdefault would conflictwith its promise that sucha move is not in the cards.

Instead, it chose tomake the banks discloseexactly how much they

hold in shaky bonds, in-cluding amounts and ma-turities. The intention is toclear the air, with strongbanks no longer suspectedof hiding losses and thusable to borrow morecheaply, while increasingthe pressure on weakerones and their respectivegovernments to take re-medial steps.

"The disclosure willgive the markets enoughinformation to draw theirown conclusions aboutthe banks' positions: thoseconclusions will be muchmore gloomy than theEBA's conclusions giventhe state of the eurozoneperiphery," Allen &Overy's Penn said.

Another goal was to ad-dress the so-called ad-dicted banks, financialinstitutions that are soweak they can only sur-vive by tapping emer-gency credits from theEuropean Central Bank.The idea is to push gov-ernments to finally re-structure or recapitalizethem.

The disclosure tactic didnot sit well with everyone.The Association of Ger-man Banks said that whilestress tests were useful,"in the current uneasy sit-uation on the financialmarkets, it cannot be ruledout that this detailed infor-mation may seriously ex-acerbate market volatilityor could even be used forspeculation against somebanks."

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By: KYLE HIGHTOWERASSOCIATED PRESS

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)— Standing on a makeshiftfootball field atop a sound-stage in the middle of flash-ing lights, dancingcheerleaders and screamingfans, Hank Williams, Jr.lifted his cowboy hat andbelted out the words thatfor more than 20 years havebecome synonymous withthe start of the NFL season.

Hank Williams, Jr., theman who popularized thelyrics "Are you ready forsome football?" was inFlorida on Thursdayrecording the openingpromo an upcoming seasonthat, right now at least, isstill in limbo, with ownersand players trying to strikea new labor deal.

Williams said he hassympathy for both the fanswho are crossing their fin-gers that the season beginson time and those aroundthe negotiating table. Inmore than two decades as-sociated with the league, hesaid he feels like a man inthe middle of a fight be-tween his friends.

"We were in thererecording the audio and Isaid, 'Why are we doingthat, they aren't gonna playit,'" Williams joked. "But Iknow a lot of people in thefootball world — the own-ers, the players, the market-ing directors, and some ofthe great retired (players).So I see where they're com-ing from. I said, 'Well ifwe're going to Orlando toshoot this thing, I guessthey're gonna play.'"

Whether or not Williamsis right, what can't be dis-puted is that as much as fa-mous broadcasters likeHoward Cosell and DonMeredith were identifiedwith "Monday Night Foot-ball," now too is the 62-year-old country star, whooriginally signed a one-year contract to be a part ofthe production in 1989.

His song "All MyRowdy Friends Are Hereon Monday Night," is aremixed version of his1984 hit song "All MyRowdy Friends are Com-ing Over Tonight." The re-tooled version of the songwon him four EmmyAwards in the early 1990sas the opening theme toMonday Night Football.

"You think about it, 22years, there's a whole gen-eration of kids that are justgetting out of college thatdon't know Monday NightFootball without HankWilliams, Jr.," said BobToms, an ESPN vice presi-dent who was with ABCwhen Williams was ini-tially hired. "That song hasbecome an anthem and thatline has become the catch-phrase that says Mondaynight. Hank's face and out-fit, etc., kind of says'Monday Night Football' toa lot of people."

ABC last produced theshow for network televi-sion in 2005 before hand-ing it over to fellow WaltDisney Company propertyESPN full-time for the2006 season. It was a seis-mic shift for a show thatthrived outside of cable tel-

evision for 35 years."I'm the only one, every-

body else is gone. The trueABC Monday Night Foot-ball — they're gone,"Williams said.

He said he hasn't alwaysbeen a fan of all the bellsand whistles that have beentried during his tenure.

"I'm not gonna name anynames, but when they usedsome of those otherthings...some of the hoststhey had — it didn't goover," Williams said. "Butit's still great, no matter ifthey have Frank (Gifford)or Al or Mike Tirico host-ing."

Dozens of extras werehired to be the backgroundfans in Thursday's promoshoot. Wearing jerseys ofNFL stars like Peyton Man-ning and Tom Brady,among others, they rangedin age from children to sen-iors.

Toms said it isn't lost onanyone involved with theproduction of the show thatthe sight of Williams infront of the cameras wear-ing his black and whitecowboy hat enlivens theirfootball spirit.

"I think the line 'Are youready for some football'means a more this year thanit has in a lot of years,"Toms said. "And when hesays 'Are you ready forsome football?' I think a lotof people are ready to stopthe business discussion,and start talking aboutteams, games, talent andget into the fun part aboutfootball and the part we alllove about it.

"I know we're excitedabout it...and we'll keep ourfingers crossed that it'll allbe worked out and we'll beon the air soon enough."

No matter when the nextMonday night game isbroadcast, Williams said hewill be watching from thecomfort of his couch at oneof his homes — in Mon-tana, Alabama and Florida.He said he plans to keepenjoying his job, for as longas he has it.

"I don't run to the TVanymore, I just wait for oneof my kids to say 'Daddy,you're on!'" Williams said."The people I've workedwith over the years, theyknow where I'm comingfrom and it's been a won-derful ride. And hopefullyit's been very good for thegame."

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"Ten lanes wide,everybody would havebeen in there," Smithsaid.

Helton has not talkedto any Kentucky government officials since Saturdayafternoon.

"What I think we have an interest in is finding outexactly what happened Saturday night. Did all thosechanges contribute to that and did it really maybe com-pound the situation," Helton said. "Was there overcon-fidence from the fact they had raced there for 10 yearsand not taken in full consideration of the physicalchanges that were taking place. Those are the kind ofquestions we'll have to get to the bottom of to figureout the solution."

Kentucky Speedway on Monday offered a ticket ex-change to fans who missed the race because of the traf-fic.

Speedway Motorsports Inc. president Marcus Smithsaid fans can swap their unused Kentucky tickets forentry into events at any 2011 race at an SMI track. Thetickets also can be swapped for entry into the 2012 raceat Kentucky.

"I know that we all work on a common goal of mak-ing the experience for race fans" appealing, Heltonsaid. "Along the way, we have hiccups."

Maybe a good scare will solve that.This is the time of the year when next year's race

schedule is set and, while Kentucky is sure to be on it,Helton might have made officials there squirm a bitwhen he refused to say for certain Cup racing wouldreturn.

"I don't want to speculate on that type of thing," hesaid. "You look at the history of our sport, we've had is-sues that happen, and we generally figure out how towork through them."

Asked if he threatened the governor with moving therace to another one of his tracks, Bruton Smithcracked, "Las Vegas, baby."

Kentucky gets another shot this season in Octoberwhen it holds Trucks and IndyCar races.

Two-time Cup champion Tony Stewart knowschange must come.

"I felt bad for the fans because they are the ones thatsuffered last weekend," he said. "It put a black eye onus."

Most tracks have dealt with traffic and parkingheadaches in the past and usually found a way to easecongestion - and complaints.

The foul-up was a big speed bump in what's other-wise been a solid year for NASCAR. TV ratings arecreeping up, first-time winners such as Trevor Bayne,Regan Smith and David Ragan placed fresh names inthe news, and Helton believes the revamped pointssystem has added a jolt of interest in Chase qualifying.

The first 10 spots go to the top-10 in points, with thefinal two wild cards reserved for the winningest driv-ers not already qualified. Those two drivers, though,must be in the top-20 in points.

"We like the energy or emphasis around what thewild card has placed on winning," Helton said.

NASCAR wants to keep the focus on wins, greatraces, and the fun on the track.

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July 11 – 12, 15Aflex Baptist Church is

having VBS, beginning at6 p.m. and ending at 7:30p.m. There are classes forall. Fun, games, crafts, andrefreshments will beserved.

July 11 - 15The First Baptist Church

at second Avenue and Har-vey Street will hold theirannual Bible BasketballCamp at the WilliamsonFieldhouse from 6 – 9 p.m.A $5 registration fee is re-quired to pay for shirts. Formore information, call 304235-1930.

July 15There will be a Gospel

sing from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.at Open Fork Park. Every-one is invited.

July 16Memorial United

Methodist Church at 504Gum Street will hold itsfree monthly neighborhoodmeal from noon until 2p.m. Everyone is welcome.

The Williamson FarmersMarket will be from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. on Third Avenueat the old freight depot inWilliamson.

July 18-21PandaMania Vacation

Bible School will be heldfrom 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.nightly for those aged 4-years-old through fifthgrade at Stone BaptistChurch located at 24 Bap-tist Street, Stone KY,41567.

July 18-22Vacation Bible School

will be at Lynn FreewillBaptist Church from 5 p.m.to 7 p.m. nightly. The

theme will be “Hero Head-quarters.” For more infor-mation, contact SherriSpencer at (304) 426-4109.

July 18The King Coal Highway

I-73/74 Authority willmeet at the Huntington Tri-State Airport RestaurantConference Room at noon.The authority covers boththe King Coal and TolsiaHighways.

July 21Stone Heritage will hold

its regular social meeting at6:30 p.m. in the Red Robinbuilding at Stone, Ky.Speaker for the eveningwill be Pike County ArtsDirector, StephanieRichards. Everyone is wel-come.

Williamson’s TownCouncil will meet atWilliamson City Hall at 6p.m. The public is invited.

July 23Acoustic Guitar Open

Mic Night VIII will be heldat the Righteous Brew Cof-feehouse, 182 E. 2nd Ave,Williamson, from 6 p.m. to10 p.m. Performancespaces will be held on afirst come-first servedbasis. For more informa-tion, contact Lyrick Pro-motions at 304-235-2823.

July 24Logan Street First Bap-

tist Church will be cele-brating the twentiethappreciation day of theirpastor, the Rev. GeraldDotson, and his family.The theme will be “Love isthe Way.” Morning servicewill begin at 11 a.m. Din-ner will be served at 1 p.m.Sunday school will be at9:45 a.m.

July 25The Mingo County

Health Department will beconducting a food schoolon Monday at 1 p.m. at theBrass Tree in Williamson.For more information or toregister, please call (304)235-3570.

July 26 – 27The Mingo Career Cen-

ter will be holding GEDtesting for candidates thatpassed the official practicetest. For more information,call John Webb at (304)475-3347 x13. To registerfor Adult Basic Educationto take the official practicetest, call Mary Oliver at(304) 235-2022.

July 28There will be a free swim

day at Williamson CityPool from noon to 5 p.m.sponsored by Bank ofMingo.

July 27Blackberry Elementary

FRC and KindergartenTeacher, Kelli Brooks willbe having KinderCamp.Beginning at 10:00 a.m.,activities will take place inthe kindergarten classroomlocated downstairs in room103. Any child who will be5 years old on or beforeOctober 1, 2011 is eligiblefor kindergarten enroll-ment. All incoming stu-dents and parents arewelcome to attend.

July 28Blackberry Elementary

FRC and Head Start Staff,Sherri Coleman and LauraHager will have Head StartSchool Readiness from 10a.m. to noon. Any childwho will be at least 3 yearsold on or before October 1,2011, is eligible for HeadStart enrollment. All in-coming students and par-

ents are welcome to attend.July 30

There will be a Battle ofthe Bands in Logan. It is abiker bash for the Brothersof the Wheel. For more in-formation, call Dee after 8p.m. at (304) 855-5652.

August 1-5There will be VBS at

Chattaroy Missionary Bap-tist Church starting at 6p.m. and ending at 8 p.m.nightly. The kickoff rallywill be July 31 at 4 p.m. thetheme is “Big Apple Ad-venture.” There will be freefood and drinks, as well asgames.

August 2The AIM (Action In

Mingo) Group will meet atWilliamson City Hall at4:30 p.m. It is open to thepublic and will be dis-cussing the annual KingCoal Festival.

August 4There will be a free swim

day at Williamson CityPool from noon to 5 p.m.sponsored by Dr. SteveWilson and Dave Hurley ofValu-Tax.

August 5The Singing Cookes will

be performing at BelfryHigh School’s auditoriumat 7 p.m. Admission is $10.For information, contactBrad Williamson at (606)353-8137.

August 5 – 6Memorial Church of

Christ will have a "Back toSchool Bash” for grades K-12.

Friday activities will befrom 6:00-8:30 p.m. withBible lesson, craft, singingand refreshments. Saturday,10:00-1:00 p.m., with out-door activities; games, face

painting, corn hole, refresh-ments and more.

August 7, 14, 21ASEP coaching class

will be held from 1 p.m. to6 p.m. at Winfield HighSchool for those interestedin coaching a secondaryschool sport. Register atwww.wvssac.org.

August 7Dandy’s open mic night

3 will be held from 6 p.m.to 10 p.m. First come, firstserve. A $50 grand prizewill be awarded to the firstplace finisher. For more in-formation, call Lyrick Pro-ductions at 304 235-2823.

August 9There will be a free swim

day at Williamson CityPool from noon to 5 p.m.sponsored by Dr. C. Dono-van Beckett.

August 11The West Virginia Uni-

versity Mingo County Ex-tension Office will beoffering a Dining with Di-abetes class beginningThursday from 6 p.m. to 8p.m. at Christ TempleChurch in Williamson.

August 12-13Williamson High

School’s class of 1961 isholding their reunion. Formore info, call Dana Bald-win at (540) 536-0173 orBobbie Thomas at (606)237-0158.

August 19-20The Belfry High School

1950-59 Class Reunionwill be held at the school.No registrations will be ac-cepted at the door. If youhave any questions call arepresentative of your classor Sheb Hatfield at (606)353-7388.

August 20The Williamson Farmers

Market will be from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. on Third Avenueat the old freight depot inWilliamson.

Pond Creek Fire Depart-ment is sponsoring a CarShow and Catfish Tourna-ment at Grants Branch Parkin Stone, Ky. There is a $20entry fee for the car showand a $10 entry fee for thecatfish tournament. Formore information, call(606) 353-9775.

September 17The Williamson Farmers

Market will be from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. on Third Avenueat the old freight depot inWilliamson during theKing Coal Festival.

OngoingAnyone aged 5-years-old

to 12-years-old interestedin playing midget leaguefootball, The WilliamsonMidget League will be con-ducting sign-ups on Satur-day July 16, Sunday July17, July 23, July 24, July30, and July 31. Saturdaytimes are from 5 p.m. to 7p.m. and Sunday times are1 p.m. to 3 p.m. For moreinformation contact Donnieat (304) 235-2215.

Call now for your regis-tration forms for the 2011Senior Olympics hosted byCentral West VirginiaAging Services. TheOlympics will be held thisyear at Holly Gray Park inBraxton County. Registra-tion fees are $15 with fullmeal plans available for$35, which includes regis-tration. For additional in-formation, contact Shelly at1-800-814-8514 or emailsflint@frontier.com

By: JENNIFER DOBNERASSOCIATED PRESS

SALT LAKE CITY(AP) — A polygamousfamily made famous by thereality TV show "SisterWives" plans to challengethe Utah bigamy law thatmakes their lifestyle ille-

gal, a Washington-basedattorney said Tuesday.

In an email to The Asso-ciated Press, attorneyJonathan Turley said hewill file the lawsuit chal-lenging Utah's bigamy lawin Salt Lake City's U.S.District Court on Wednes-day.

Turley represents KodyBrown and his four wives,Meri, Janelle, Christineand Robyn. Brown is onlylegally married to MeriBrown.

Originally from Lehi, theBrowns, who have 16 chil-dren, has been featured onthe TLC reality show since

last fall. They moved out ofUtah to Nevada in Januaryafter police and UtahCounty prosecutorslaunched a bigamy investi-gation. No charges wereever filed.

The Browns practicepolygamy as part of theirreligious beliefs.

'Sister Wives' family to chal-lenge Utah bigamy

By: MATTHEW LEE& SELCAN HACAOGLUAssociated Press

ISTANBUL (AP) —More than 30 nations, in-cluding the United States,on Friday declared thatLibyan leader MoammarGadhafi's regime is nolonger legitimate and for-mally recognized Libya'smain opposition group asthe legitimate governmentuntil a new interim author-ity is created.

The decision will keepup the military pressure onGadhafi and potentiallyfree up cash that the rebelsfighting Libyan forces ur-gently need. The front linesin the Libyan civil warhave largely stagnatedsince the popular uprisingseeking to oust Gadhafibroke out in February.Rebels, backed by NATOair force bombers, controlmuch of the country's eastand pockets in the west.But Gadhafi controls therest from his stronghold inTripoli, the capital.

In Friday's final state-ment following a meetingof the so-called ContactGroup on Libya, the na-tions said: the "Gadhafiregime no longer has anylegitimate authority inLibya," and Gadhafi andcertain members of his

family must go.The group said it would

deal with Libya's main op-position group — the Na-tional Transitional Council,or NTC — as "the legiti-mate governing authorityin Libya" until an interimauthority is in place.

The recognition of theLibyan opposition as thelegitimate governmentgives foes of Gadhafi amajor financial and credi-bility boost. Diplomaticrecognition of the councilmeans that the U.S. will beable to fund the oppositionwith some of the more than$30 billion in Gahdafi-regime assets that arefrozen in American banks.

"The United Statesviews the Gadhafi regimeas no longer having any le-gitimate authority inLibya," said U.S. Secretaryof State Hillary RodhamClinton. "And so I am an-nouncing today that, untilan interim authority is inplace, the United Stateswill recognize the TNC asthe legitimate governingauthority for Libya, and wewill deal with it on thatbasis."

In addition to the U.S.,the Contact Group onLibya includes members ofNATO, the EuropeanUnion and the ArabLeague.

Ahead of the meeting, adefiant spokesman for theLibyan government said itsmembers were ready to diein defense of the country'soil against attacks by therebels and NATO forces."We will kill, we will diefor oil," Moussa Ibrahimsaid. "Rebels, NATO, wedon't care. We will defendour oil to the last drop ofblood and we are going touse everything."

A senior U.S. official,speaking on condition ofanonymity to discuss pri-vate diplomatic conversa-tions with the TNC and theother Contact Group mem-bers, said Friday's decisionby the Contact Group onLibya indicates strong sup-port for the TNC and thatGadhafi's time is up. TheNational TransitionalCouncil won internationalrecognition after it said itwould abide by its commit-ments and find a way for-ward for a truly democraticLibyan government, the of-ficial said.

The assurances includedupholding the group's in-ternational obligations,pursuing a democratic re-form process that is bothgeographically and politi-cally inclusive, and dis-persing funds for thebenefit of the Libyan peo-ple.

The U.S. official said therecognition of TNC as thegovernment of Libyawould allow countries tohelp the opposition accessadditional funds. However,he stressed that more legalwork needs to be done bysome countries, includingthe U.S., and at the UnitedNations, to fully legalizethat step.

The recognition does notmean that the U.S. diplo-matic mission in the rebel-held city of Benghazi,Libya, is now an embassy.Titles of staff and names ofoffices would be decided inthe coming days, the offi-cial said.

Speaking on the side-lines of Friday's meeting,Italian Foreign MinisterFranco Frattini told re-porters that "the entireLibyan Contact Group de-cided to recognize theNTC as the legitimate au-thority of Libya."

French Foreign MinisterAlain Juppe said, "Thismeans that we will be ableto unfreeze a certainamount of money belong-ing to the Libyan statesince it is the TransitionalNational Council which asof now will have this re-sponsibility."

A road map to end theconflict demands that Gad-hafi must resign and a

cease-fire be declared witha goal for democratic elec-tions, Juppe said. Hestressed that military pres-sure will be kept until Gad-hafi steps aside.

Earlier, Turkey's foreignminister urged delegates tofind "innovative ways" tosupport the Libyan opposi-tion. Ahmet Davutoglusuggested the group openlines of credit to meet theLibyan rebels' "urgent needfor cash" before the holyMuslim month of Ra-madan, which starts nextmonth. Turkey has alreadystarted a $200 millioncredit line, he said.

Davutoglu also stressedthe need to increase hu-manitarian aid Ramadanapproaches, warning thatongoing U.N. sanctions arecausing suffering amongpeople living under Gad-hafi's control.

There have been con-cerns about whether theinitial government wouldrepresent the full spectrumof Libyan society, andHuman Rights Watchcalled on the ContactGroup on Libya to pressthe opposition to ensurethat civilians are protectedin areas where rebels haveassumed control.

The right groups saidFriday it has documentedabuses in four towns —

Awaniya, Rayayinah, Za-wiyat al-Bagul, andQawalish — recently cap-tured by rebels in the west-ern mountains, includinglooting, arson, and beatingsof some civilians who re-mained when governmentforces withdrew.

"Rebel abuses may palein comparison with theatrocities by Libyan gov-ernment forces, but theyrequire immediate atten-tion," said Sarah LeahWhitson, Middle East andNorth Africa director atHuman Rights Watch."Governments supportingthe NATO campaignshould push the oppositionto protect civilians in areaswhere rebels have control,especially where somepeople may support thegovernment."

Turkey, which co-chaired Friday's meetingtogether with the UnitedArab Emirates, has calledfor an immediate cease-fireand providing water, foodand fuel to strife-torncities. It wants NATO tostop targeting groundforces to prevent civiliancasualties, HaberTurk tele-vision said Friday.

Davutoglu has said Gad-hafi could remain in Libyaif an agreement is reached,but Gadhafi has refused tostep down.

Gadhafi regime declared no longer legitimate

Nation & WorldWILLIAMSON DAILY NEWS � SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2011 � PAGE 14A

By Charlotte SandersSENIOR WRITER

Employment, transfers,resignations, and other ad-ditions affecting profes-sional and servicepersonnel were reviewedby the Mingo CountyBoard of Education at itsJuly 5 meeting.

Actions pertaining toprofessional personnel andeffective July 1 included:

The transfer of AlexBlankenship to teacher ofGrade 4 at Kermit K-8School was rescinded andhe was reassigned toteacher of Health andPhysical Education atGilbert Elementary.

Amanda Cline's transferto Grade 5 teacher atLenore K-8 was rescindedand she was reassigned toGrade 4 teacher at GilbertElementary.

Nancy Kline's non-re-hire was rescinded and shewas employed as Englishteacher at Lenore K-8.

Tom Preece's transfer toGrade 2 teacher at DingessElementary was rescindedand he was reassigned toInterventionist at theDingess school.

– Employed effectiveJuly 1, 2011 were the fol-lowing:

Michael Anderson, asMath teacher, Tug ValleyHigh; Melinda Dotson, asKindergarten teacher,Dingess Elementary;Stephanie Endicott, asGrade 3 teacher, GilbertElementary; Loren Evans,as Grade 5 teacher at Ker-mit K-8; Barbara Fields, asGrade 4 teacher, KermitK-8; Melissa Hunt, as Spe-cial Education teacher(MMI/SLD/BD/Career/Technical Education Focus),

Mingo Central High; AmyJohnson, as Health Occu-pations teacher, MingoCentral High; Dora Jus-tice, Grade 3 teacher,Burch Elementary; Kim-berly Martin, a Li-brary/Media Specialist, 20Riverside Elementaryschool; Jessica Maynard,as Grade 3 teacher atLenore K-8; Annetta M.Swafford, a Grade 3teacher, Matewan Elemen-tary; Lia Vance, as Title Iteacher, Dingess Elemen-tary; and Peggy Wolford, aCounselor, .40 percent ofthe time at Matewan Ele-mentary and .60 percent ofthe time at Matewan Mid-dle.

(All except the Johnson,Martin and Wolford hiringwere from the NonrehireList).

– Transfers included thefollowing:

Heather Davis, fromteacher at Lenore K-8 toGrade 1 teacher at BurchElementary; KristinDingess, from teacher atGilbert High to Scienceteacher at Mingo CentralHigh; Justin Endicott,from teacher at BurchMiddle to Grade 4 teacherat Gilbert Elementary;Linda Henson, from atten-dance officer/Social Serv-ices, Mingo Central High,to teacher/Alternative Ed-ucation, Mingo Countyschools.

Lydia Maynard, fromKindergarten teacher toGrade 5 teacher at LenoreK-8; Rhonda Newsome,from teacher at DingessElementary to Grade 5teacher at Matewan Mid-dle; Patricia Parsley, fromGrade 4 teacher to Grade 3teacher, Dingess Elemen-tary; Ralph Pyszkowski,

from Counselor at MingoCentral High to Counselor.40 percent at RiversideElementary and .60 per-cent at Williamson Mid-dle; Carola Rivas, fromteacher at Matewan Mid-dle and High schools, toteacher at Matewan Mid-dle and Williamson Mid-dle schools; TerrenceSoltesz, from teacher atGilbert High to Musicteacher (Band, Instrumen-tal and General Music), atMingo Central High;Alivia Sturgill, fromteacher at Burch Middle toGrade 6 teacher at LenoreK-8; and Leah Wireman,from principal at MatewanMiddle to assistant princi-pal (40 percent at River-side Elementary, and 60percent at WilliamsonMiddle).

– Retirements: MichaelBrowning is retiring fromSpeech Therapist forMingo County schools,June 9, 2011, and NancyRatliff is retiring fromteacher at WilliamsonMiddle, July 1, 2011.

– Sherry Good resignedas a teacher at Burch HighJune 9, 2011.

– The following wereemployed under the Extra-Curricular/Exra-Duty pro-gram:

Deborah Butcher, asZero-Compensation assis-tant Volleyball coach,Mingo Central High; GaryCassell, as Zero-Compen-sation assistant Golfcoach, Mingo CentralHigh; Kimberly Davis-Smith, as Cheer coach atWilliamson Middle; DanaMatthew Ellis, as Zero-Compensation assistantfootball coach, MingoCentral High; Tara Ellis,as Cheer Coach, Tug Val-

ley High.Michael Grimm, as as-

sistant Volleyball coach,Tug Valley High; LeslieHobbs, as Boys Soccercoach, Mingo CentralHigh; also as Zero-Com-pensation assistant Boysbasketball coach, and asZero-Compensation assis-tant football coach atGilbert Middle; andTiffany Perry, as Cheercoach, Burch Middle.

– Professional personnelactions regarding the sum-mer program:

Current contracts forKelli Burnett, SandyChapman, Helen Dingessand Geneva Runyon asschool nurses were ex-tended for five additionaldays each to be scheduledbetween June 10-30, forMingo County schools.

Sarah Richardson wasemployed as an Englishteacher for the SummerProgram, County Pro-gram/Vocational Center,June 10 through July 15,as/if needed, based uponstudent enrollment orneeds/IEPs.

– Gina Hicks was em-ployed as an itinerantt e a c h e r(MMI/SLD/BD/AUTY)for the Summer and Spe-cial Education program, –– Willa Reynolds resignedas a substitute teacherJune 8; Avery Ritchie andMelissa Smith were em-ployed as substitute teach-ers July 1.

– Glenna S. Belcher andEdith M. Ford were em-ployed as Licensed Practi-cal Nurses undercontracted services to pro-vide health services dele-gated by the CertifiedSchool Nurse, at the rateof $12 per hour, on an as/if

needed basis, for the 2011-2012 school year. Positiondoes not include any ben-efits of retirement, per-sonal leave, etc.

SERICE PERSONNELE M P L O Y M E N T S ,TRANSFERS, ANDOTHER ACTIONS:

Under the Regular pro-gram, Teddy May was em-ployed as a mechanic forMingo County schools asof July 1. James O'Brienwas employed as halftimeCustodian III (3 p.m. to6:30 p.m.) at the MingoCounty Extended Learn-ing Center, July 1.

– Transfers were ap-proved as follows:

Richard Herbst, fromCustodian III/Watchman,to Custodian III (3 p.m. to11 p.m.) at Mingo CentralHigh; Mose Hite, fromCustodian III/Watchman,to Custodian III (3 p.m. to11 p.m.) at Mingo CentralHigh; Bonnie Moore,from secretary at Mate-wan Middle to secretary atMingo Central High;Hazel Murphy, from Cus-todian III at MatewanMiddle to Custodian III (6a.. to 2 pm.) at MingoCentral High;

Cynthia Rose, fromhalftime Custodian III atDingess Elementary, (.50Cook II, Lenore K-8, andCook III at Burch Elemen-tary; Tammy Watts, fromCustodian III, BurchHigh, to Custodian III (1p.m. to 9 p.m.) at LenoreK-8; Gary Wellman, frombus operator at Tug Valleyarea, to Information Tech-nology Operations man-ager, Mingo Central High;Margaret Woolum, fromCustodian III, Mingo Cen-tral High, to Custodian III

(3 p.m. to 11 p.m.), BurchElementary.

– Vada Ooten was re-moved from transfer andassigned to Sign Lan-guage Specialist (itinerantposition), Mingo Countyschools.

– David Blankenship re-tired June 30 from theMaintenance Departmentin Mingo County schools.Phillip Daniels retiredfrom bus operator for theMatewan area June 9.

– Fred Dean was sus-pended June 9 from Cus-todian III at GilbertElementary school.

Under the Extra-Curric-ular/Extra-Duty program,James T. Jarrell was em-ployed as bus operator forthe Tug Valley area, P.M.Vocational Run, for thetransportation of Tug Val-ley area students fromMingo Central High, on adaily basis at the rate of$20 per day, on an as/ifneeded basis, July 1.

– Employed as Custo-dian III/Groundsmen (7a.m. to 3 p.m.), summergrass cutting crew effec-tive June 13 to July 29were: Donald Chafin, ascrew leader, Zan May-nard, James O'Brien andDreama Pruitt.

Deloris Chambers re-signed from Aide/SpecialEducation, 2011-2012Summer Program, June 9.

– Employed s substituteaides under the Substituteprogram, July 1, were:Michelle Brewer, JamieBrowning, Alisha Canter-bury, Stacey Coleman,Natashia Dove, KathleenHall, Jennifer Perry andTammy Salmons.

Frank Duty was em-ployed as a substitute cus-todian July 1.

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