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TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2013
Vol. 126, Number 83
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W.Va. food tax ends, phase-out began in 2005
CHARLESTON, W.Va.
(AP) — West Virginians no
longer have to pay a sales
tax on their groceries.
Legislation
repealing
the tax on food and food
ingredients, if emergency
reserves are sufficient,
went into effect Monday.
“Many
hard-working
West Virginians live within a budget, and in order
to eliminate the food
tax, West Virginia had to
do the same. In balancing our own budget, the
Rainy Day Fund reached
12.5 percent of the General Revenue Fund at the
end of December 2012.
By meeting this goal, we
can take the final step to
eliminate the food tax,”
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin
said in a news release.
The state began phasing
out the food tax in 2005
during U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s first term as governor, when Tomblin was
president of the West Virginia Senate. The tax rate
fell from 6 cents per dollar
spent in 2005 to 3 cents in
2008 and to 1 cent in 2012.
Eliminating the final 1
percent rate will save West
Virginia families an average
$52 a year. Families have
saved a total $162 million
a year since the phase-out
began, Tomblin said.
“For too long West Virginians have been burdened by a regressive tax
on one of life’s basic necessities,” Tomblin said.
“The elimination of the
food tax allows families to
keep more of their hardearned money.”
West Virginia is now one of
29 states that don’t tax food.
“The elimination of the
food tax is part of a larger
effort to make the tax system fairer, efficient and
balanced for both families
and businesses,” acting
State Tax Commissioner
Mark Matkovich said in
the news release.
Matkovich said eliminating the tax levels the playing field for businesses in
border counties that compete with businesses in
neighboring states.
The sales tax remains in
effect for soft drinks, food
bought from vending machines and prepared food.
Deputies make
drug bust at Cora
Martha Sparks
Society Editor
Photos by Martha Sparks
An unidentified man holds a sign during a rally in support of Jared Marcum and the Second Amendment held
Friday afternoon in Logan.
From support to victory rally
Martha Sparks
Society Editor
A support rally for 14-yearold Jared Marcum was renamed
a victory rally Friday following
disclosure that criminal charges
had been dropped against him on
Thursday.
Marcum was charged with obstructing following an incident
in April over a National Rifle Association (NRA) t-shirt with the
wording “Protect your right” and
a picture of a gun that he had worn
to attend classes at Logan Middle
School. Charges against Marcum
were dropped by the Prosecuting
Attorney’s Office on Thursday.
A small crowd gathered in front
of the Logan Courthouse where a
truck displaying a banner “Sons
of the Second Logan County” was
parked. Emceeing the rally was
Shaun Adkins.
There were several speakers
during the rally, which lasted almost an hour. Two speakers came
from out of state to attend, Wayne
Dupree of Maryland and Shannon
Wright of New Jersey. Dupree is
described as a conservative blogger, radio host and founder of
the News Ninja website. Wright
is described as a pastor, community activist, blogger and webcast
program host and someone who
takes interest in constitutional
matters.
Civitas News Service
(Editor’s Note: This is
the third of a four-part series on domestic violence)
LOVELY, Ky. — Not all
women fully recover from
the scars, whether physical
or mental, attributed to domestic violence. Although
victims you speak with will
tell you of fears they still
experience or flash backs
they may have; time, support and counseling will allow most to eventually lead
White House
has coal country
on the defensive
Matthew Brown
The Associated Press
Shannon Wright is described as a pastor, community activist, blogger and
webcast program host and someone who takes interest in constitutional
matters, traveled from New Jersey to speak at the rally.
First to speak was Marcum’s
stepfather, Allen Lardieri.
“People, we are under invasion,” Lardieri began. “I’ve spoken with several parents who contacted me with stories like you
wouldn’t believe.”
Lardieri said events like Marcum’s happening on the average
12 times a month. Reports of children being suspended for bring-
ing a squirt gun to school, bring
cupcakes to school with images of
army soldiers and for drawing a
picture of his father, who is in the
military service, holding a rifle.
“The worse one I have heard so
far is the hearing impaired kid,
a kid by the name of Hunter, is
asked to have his name changed
See RALLY ‌| 10
Striving to overcome domestic violence
Rachel Baldwin
Logan County Sheriff Sonya Dingess Porter has announced that her department has made another drug bust
in Logan County.
Logan County Deputy Sheriffs were dispatched by Logan County 911 Sunday evening, June 30, regarding a female who stated that her husband had been shot in Cora,
which is in the Logan Heights area.
Deputies Lyall and Carter responded and found the
female caller, identified as Geena Robinette, at the Rich
Gas Station. After speaking with her, deputies were told
that her husband, Kenneth Robinette, and Larry Bradford
were in a house at Cora, when she had heard a gunshot
and ran to the gas station to call 911.
Deputies then went to the house in Cora and found
Mr. Robinette and Bradford standing in a yard. Deputies
quickly found that Mrs. Robinette’s story was not true.
During the deputies investigation they had performed
a search on the two men and found Mr. Robinette to have
a brown prescription bottle with several crack cocaine
rocks and $512 in U.S. currency in his possession. Mr.
Robinette, 53, of Baisden, was placed under arrest for
possession with the intent to deliver crack cocaine.
Mr. Robinette is currently incarcerated at the Southwestern Regional Jail and his bond is set at $25,000.
It was not disclosed if charges will be filed against Mrs.
Robinette for false reporting of an emergency.
a normal life. For others, it
takes much longer and for
a few, the fear never goes
away.
Donna Hammonds is a
29 year old former resident
of Martin County, Ky. who
spoke with the Williamson
Daily News while visiting
her mother in Lovely, Ky.
Hammonds now resides
in Danville, Ky., where she
shares an apartment with
one of the few people she
says she can truly call a
friend. She was involved
in an abusive relationship
for approximately 6 years
and was able to end it two
years ago. Although she
would never have thought
the road to recovery would
have taken this long, Hammonds stated she is grateful every day for her life
and the gift to another day.
Following is her story of
her strides to overcome
the past, and of the pitfalls
she has encountered, in
her own words.
“No one can ever imag-
ine what this relationship
did to me unless you’ve
lived through a similar situation yourself. I was lucky
enough to get out approximately 2 years ago and
worked incredibly hard
to manifest a new life for
myself starting from the
ground up. I feel blessed
every day to have made it
to where I sit today.”
“I was hospitalized numerous times during my
See VIOLENCE ‌| 3
COLSTRIP, Mont. —
After several years of taking a beating from the poor
economy, new pollution
rules and a flood of cheap
natural gas, the coal industry was on the rebound
this year as mining projects moved forward in the
Western U.S. and demand
for the fuel began to rise,
especially in Asia.
But almost overnight,
coal is back on the defensive, scrambling to stave
off a dark future amid
President Barack Obama’s
renewed push to rein in climate change.
The proposal, with its
emphasis on cuts in carbon
dioxide emissions from
new and existing power
plants, would put facilities
like the 2,100 megawatt
Colstrip electricity plant in
eastern Montana in regulators’ cross hairs. That has
profound spin-off implications for the massive strip
mines that dot the surrounding arid landscape
of the Powder River Basin
and provide the bulk of the
nation’s coal.
Montana’s sole member
of the U.S. House of Representatives bluntly declared
that the administration had
decided to “pick winners
and losers” in the energy
sector with its plan. “He
wants to move toward
shutting down the coal industry,” Republican Rep.
Steve Daines said of the
president.
Energy Secretary Ernest
Moniz and representatives
of the Environmental Protection Agency rejected
claims that the administration’s plan would exclude
coal. They pointed to billions of dollars being spent
by the government on
technologies to decrease
emissions by capturing
and storing carbon dioxide
from coal plants.
Yet widespread application of those technologies
is years away, and Obama
made clear in announcing
his proposal that he intends to halt the “limitless
dumping of carbon pollution” from power plants.
He directed the Environmental Protection Agency
to craft rules to make that
happen.
The Colstrip plant,
which dominates the skyline of a coal-centered
town by the same name,
burns about 10 million
tons of coal a year from a
nearby mine and provides
power to customers as far
away as Seattle.
According to the EPA,
the plant churned out more
than 15 million tons of carbon dioxide in 2011, the
latest year for which data
was available. That’s roughly equivalent to the emissions from about 3 million
cars running for a year.
On Monday, as Colstrip’s
towering
smokestacks
poured out a constant
plume of steam and smoke
into otherwise blue skies,
pipefitter Joe Ashworth,
60, was nearby packing up
his RV. He spent the past
two months working on a
maintenance project at the
plant. The traveling union
worker said people in the
coal industry were nervous
See COAL ‌| 10
Page 2 — The Logan Banner, Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Obituaries
Collins Funeral Home of
Switzer is in charge of arrangements.
Jackie Hughes
MILTON, W.Va. —
Jackie Ray Hughes, 64, of
Milton, formerly of Logan,
departed this life Sunday, June 30, 2013, at St.
Mary’s Medical Center in
Huntington.
Born February 22, 1949,
in Logan County, he was
a son of Wanda Smith
Hughes and the late Jack
Hughes. Also preceding him in death was his
brother, Keith Hughes, and
grandparents, Walter and
Emma Hughes and Floyd
and Grace Smith.
Survivors include his
loving wife, Mary AllenHughes; two sons, Michael
(Amy) Hughes and Mark
(Julie) Hughes, both of
Milton, and one daughter,
Leann (Andrew) Price of
Charleston; two brothers,
Gary (Brenda) Hughes
of Huntington, and Greg
and (Lisa) Hughes of
Monaville; two sisters,
Brenda Hall of Columbus,
Ohio, and Diana Toney of
Monaville, and two grandsons, Drake Allen Hughes
and Evan Michael Hughes
and many special nieces
and nephews.
Jackie was a retired safety director in the coal mining industry and enjoyed
working in the Masonic
Lodge. Raised in Aracoma Lodge No. 99, he has
served as Worshipful Master and was a Past High
Priest of Chapter No. 41
RAM in the York Rite. He
was a member of Valley of
Logan Scottish Rite Bodies
and Charleston Consistory.
Some of his many accomplishments have included
receiving the degrees of
Anointed High Priest and
Super Excellent Master
Milton, W.Va. and serving
as Eminent Commander
of the Logan Commandery No. 26. In addition, he
received the decoration of
Knight Commander of the
Court of Honor in 1984
and was appointed to the
Grand Commandery Line
in 1992. He was a member
of the First Baptist Church
in Logan and attended
Milton Baptist Church. He
will be sadly missed by his
family and friends.
Services will be held at
1 p.m. Wednesday, July 3,
at Collins Funeral Home
Chapel with Bob Wooten,
Lonnie Smith, and Harold
McMillen Jr. officiating.
Burial will follow with Masonic Grave Rites at Highland Memory Gardens at
Godby.
Visitation will be from
6-9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Condolences may be
left a wwwcollinsfuneralhomewv.com
Thomas Butcher
CHAPMANVILLE,
W.Va. — Mr. Thomas
Howard Butcher, 85, of
Chapmanville, was born
December 14, 1927, at
Chapmanville, a son of
the late Kyler and Amanda
Stollings Butcher. He departed this life Sunday,
June 30, 2013, at Boone
Memorial Hospital at
Madison.
Mr. Butcher was a retired supervisor for the
Logan County Board of
Education Chapmanville
District School bus garage;
he was associated with the
Boy Scouts of America
for more than 27 years,
receiving the Silver Beaver Award, and was of the
Church of Christ faith.
Survivors include his
wife, Lorraine Cook Butcher; son, Thomas A. (Teresa) Butcher of Hewett;
brother, Lawrence Butcher
of St. Cloud, Fla.; two
grandsons,
Christopher
and Chad Butcher,both
of Hewett; a niece, Lucy
Valsek of Mt. Pleasant,
S.C., and several other
nieces, nephews, cousins
and friends
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, at Evans Funeral Home and Cremation
Services with Rev. Roger
McCauley officiating. Entombment will follow at
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Mausoleum at Pecks Mill.
Pallbearers will be family and friends.
Visitation will begin after 1 p.m. Wednesday at
the funeral home.
The family wishes to
thank the doctors, nurses
and staff at Boone Memorial Hospital for all the
kindness that was shown
to the Butcher family during Howard’s illness.
Evans Funeral Home
and Cremation Services
of Chapmanville is serving
the Butcher family.
Melissa Ratz
LOGAN, W.Va. — Melissa “Missy” Sue Ratz, 43, of
Logan, departed this life to
Community Calendar
be with the Lord Thursday,
June 27, 2013.
Born June 21, 1970, in
Logan, she was a daughter
of Robert and Gloria McDonald.
Preceding her in death
was her grandmother, Esta
Adkins, whom she loved
dearly, and grandparents
Harold and Belle McDonald, all of Logan.
Missy was vibrant and
full of life. She could light
up a room with her smile
and personality. Missy was
loved by many. Her favorite prayer was the Serenity
Prayer.
Those left to cherish
her memories include her
sons, Justin (Erin) Ratz
and Devon Ratz, both of
Logan; one sister, Samantha (Warren) McClung
of Logan; two brothers,
Tony McDonald of Logan
and Charlie McDonald of
Huntington; three nieces
and a nephew whom she
cherished as her own, Julie
Coombs, Storm and Gloria
McDonald, and William,
and several aunts, uncles
and cousins.
Services will be conducted from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, at James Funeral Home. Burial will follow
at Big Ugly.
Pallbearers will be Craig
Blankenship, James Barker, Chuck Carter, David
Vanmeter, Chad Summers,
Homer Butcher, Clarence
Crum and Wes Nelson.
Honorary
pallbearers
will be Larry Collins and
Michael Bryant.
Information supplied by
family.
and Grace Workman, Lydia
Hubbard and Olivia Ortiz;
three great-grandchildren,
Bayler Ortiz, and Adelaide
and Micaiah Hubbard;
mother-in-law, Ernestine
Workman, and several very
special sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at
7 p.m. Wednesday, July 3,
at Freeman Funeral Home
with Rev. Bill Phillips and
Rev. Vive Marcum officiating. Graveside services will
be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Highland Memory
Gardens.
Pallbearers will be family and friends.
Visitation will be from
6-9 p.m. Wednesday at the
funeral home.
Freeman Funeral Home
of Chapmanville is in
charge of arrangements.
Holcomb
HANOVER, W.Va. —
Terry Joe “Joe Bob” Holcomb, 50, of Hanover, son
of the late Robert “Bobby” and Judith “Nookie”
Withrow Holcomb, died
Sunday, June 30, 2013.
Services will be held at 1
p.m. Wednesday, July 3, at
Hanover Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Cline Cemetery
at Hanover. Visitation will
begin after 6 p.m. Tuesday at the old Baileysville
High School. Mounts Funeral Home of Gilbert is in
CLEVELAND, Ohio —
Michael B. Vannatter 59,
son of the late Glenn and
Nell Vannatter, died Monday, June 24, 2013. Memorial services will be held
at noon Friday, June 5, at
Freeman Funeral Home.
Freeman Funeral Home of
Chapmanville is in charge
of local arrangements.
INDIANAPOLIS — BP
has agreed to a $7 million settlement to resolve
lawsuits filed last year after the oil giant recalled
about 4.7 million gallons
of tainted gasoline in four
Midwestern states.
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who bought the incorrectly formulated gas in
August 2012 in Indiana,
Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin. Some vehicles experienced hard starting,
stalling and mechanicalcomponent damage.
BP said Monday it has
agreed to “compensate
consumers with legitimate
claims” up to a total of
$5 million under a settlement agreement filed in
June. The company also
has agreed not to oppose a
request for attorney fees of
up to $2 million under the
proposed settlement.
A federal judge in Chicago will hold a hearing later
this month to consider giving preliminary approval to
the settlement and granting it class-action status.
“The decision to settle
this litigation is a reflection of BP’s commitment
to provide consistent,
dependable, high-quality
gasoline to its consumers,
as demonstrated by its fuels guarantee, and to avoid
protracted litigation,” BP
said in a statement.
To date, BP has resolved
and paid more than 16,800
The Chatman Funeral Home in Cherry Tree
will remain OPEN until we can rebuild.
Arrangements have been made for us to
conduct Services and Continue Providing our
Families with the Love and Care
we have for Many Years.
Any Questions Call Todd
at 304-752-4030.
60430373
July 4
Thursday
CHAPMANVILLE — The Town of Chapmanville will
have their 4th of July fireworks beginning at dusk.
MAN — Town of Man’s Annual 4th of July Block Party
starts at 6 p.m. with games, food, and fellowship, followed by the town’s fireworks display. Party is located at
intersection of Bridge Street and McDonald Avenue and
is sponsored by Bruce McDonald Memorial United Methodist Church.
July 6
Saturday
LOGAN — LHS Class of 1959 will have breakfast at 10
a.m. at Bob Evans Restaurant at Fountain Place Mall. The
breakfasts’ will be held the first Saturday of each month.
July 12-13
Friday-Saturday
LOGAN — Logan High Class of 1975 will hold their
annual Scholarship Fundraiser at BJ’s of Logan. Cookout starts around 6 p.m. both nights. Cost is $10 per
person for entire weekend. All LHS Alumni is invited.
All money raised goes toward scholarships for Logan
High graduates.
Aug. 4
Sunday
HENLAWSON — The Smith-Mathis 56th Reunion will
be held at Chief Logan State Park, shelter 3 beginning at
11 a.m. with dinner at 1 p.m. Bring your favorite food,
desserts and soft drinks. Eating ware will be furnished.
For more info, call Thomas F. Mathis at 304-855-3695.
Aug. 9-10
Friday-Saturday
LOGAN — Logan High School Classes of 1980-85
will have a reunion beginning with an event Fri., at Chief
Logan State Park and Sat., at the Logan Country Club.
For more info, write LHS Classes of 1980-85, PO Box
904, Logan, WV 25508; or look on either Facebook and
Classmates.com
DEHUE — The 28th Annual Dehue Community Family Reunion will begin Fri. at 5 p.m. with registration,
refreshments and sock hop, and again Sat. at 10 a.m.
with the annual picnic feast. Bring your favorite foods
and drinks, fix extra if possible. A brief memorial service
will be held; memorial tables will be set up to display deceased family member photos; decorating the school gym
Thur., Aug. 8 at 10 a.m. Both events will be held at the
Dehue Chambers Grade School. Classmates of the LHS
class of 1962 are invited to attend; classmates if you plan
on attending, please contact me at the number below, for
a head count. Donna Porter Lucas at 304-525-4218 or
email: [email protected]
Today’s services…
Moore, Mary Lee Ham
— 11 a.m. today at Highland Memory Gardens at
Godby. Moore, 79, of Barboursville, died Sunday,
June 28, 2013. Wallace
Funeral Home of Barboursville is in charge of arrangements.
Mullins, Cecil — 1
p.m. today at Freeman Funeral Home with Minister
Greg Mullins officiating.
Burial will follow at Mullins Family Cemetery at
Ferrellsburg. Mullins, 81,
of Huntington, formerly
of Ferrellsburg, died Saturday, June 29, 2013.
Freeman Funeral Home of
Chapmanville is in charge
Editor’s Note: Events listed in the church calendar must
of arrangements.
be submitted via fax, 304-752-5189, or email msparks@ci———
vitasmedia.com. Calendar items are not accepted over the
Condolences can be posted on the telephone. The calendar is reserved for special speakers,
Comments section, located at the
singers or events and will be printed as space is available.
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BP agrees to settle suits filed over tainted gas
Rick Callahan
July 3
Wednesday
MAN — The West Virginia Dreamers Summer Learning Program at Man Middle School is sponsoring a community yard sale beginning at 9 a.m. Space rental is $10.00
per space and you must bring your tables. Proceeds go to
support the W.Va. Dreamers Summer Learning Program.
Anyone interested in renting a space contact Tara Frye or
Jennifer Bartram at 304-583-8316 or 583-8317.
July 20
Saturday
HENLAWSON — LHS Class of 1959 will have a picnic
at Chief Logan State Park at 11:30 a.m. All classmates are
Mollett
invited to attend. This is a bring-your-own lunch and soft
C H A P M A N V I L L E , drinks picnic
W.Va. — Mr. Ralph Mollett, 79, of Chapmanville,
Aug. 2-4
died Sunday, June 30,
Friday-Sunday
2013. Arrangements are
CHAPMANVILLE — Chapmanville High School Class
incomplete. Evans Funeral of 1993 will have their 20 year reunion beginning Friday
Home and Cremation Ser- at the old Chapmanville High School at 7 p.m. with a meet
vices of Chapmanville is in and greet; Saturday at Chief Logan Conference Center at
7 p.m. for dinner and dance, and Sunday at Chief Logan
State Park, Shelter 4, at 11 a.m.
Vannatter
Sandra Workman
CHAPMANVILLE,
W.Va. — Sandra Sue Workman, 65, of Chapmanville,
went home to be with the
Lord Monday, July 1, 2013,
at Madison.
Born January 3, 1948, in
Logan, she was a daughter
of the late Frederick C.
and Norma Faye Spencer
Snow. Also preceding her
in death was her father-inlaw, Winford Workman,
and brother-in-law, Lewis
Vance.
Sandra enjoyed traveling in the RV and camping, home decorating
and spending time with
her children and grandchildren. She was of the
Church of God faith
Those left to cherish her
memory include her husband, Berl Workman; two
sons, Chris (Milly) Workman of Pineville, La., and
Brian (Cheryl) Workman
of Sturbridge, Mass.; one
sister, Donna Kay Vance;
one brother, Mark “Buck”
(Vickie) Snow; five grandchildren, Sandra, David
Editor’s Note: Events listed in the calendar must be submitted in writing; calendar items are not accepted over
the telephone. Information may be e-mailed to msparks@
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is reserved for non-profit organizations, school and community events. Ongoing calendar items will be published
as space allows. If you have a legal requirement to publish
an announcement, you must purchase advertising space.
consumer claims totaling
about $16 million involving
the tainted gasoline that
was processed at the company’s Whiting refinery.
As part of the proposed
agreement, BP said it “will
publish notices in the media and on a settlement
website” explaining which
consumers are entitled to
compensation under the
settlement and how they
can submit a claim.
Two Indianapolis law
firms involved in the suit
said the tainted gasoline
was distributed to more
than 575 retail outlets in
Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin,
and Ohio. In a statement,
the firms said BP had identified a “process upset” as the
source of the misformulated
gasoline and that “higher
than normal levels of a hydrocarbon polymer passed
through the refinery unit” in
Whiting, tainting the gas.
Attorney Irwin Levin of
Cohen & Malad, LLP, said
in the statement that BP
has agreed “to fully and
fairly compensate consumers who bought their adulterated product.”
July 2
Tuesday
LOGAN — HEAL (Help Eliminate Addictions in Logan) will have a prayer meeting at First Baptist Church of
Logan, 423 Main Street. For more info, call 304-752-4071
WEST LOGAN — West Logan Church of God will
have a free clothing giveaway from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Clothing for men, women and children.
MAN — New Hope Freewill Baptist Church will have
Randy Toler speaking at 7 p.m.Pastor Sherman Grimmett
July 3
Wednesday
MAN — St. Edmund Catholic Church will have a Rummage and Hot Dog Sale from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the church
on Bridge Street in South Man. They will also be selling
hot dogs during the “Man 4th of July Celebration” from
6-9 p.m. All proceeds from the hot dog sale go to the Gabe
Lyall Fund. Hot dogs will be $1 and dinners are $4.
July 6
Saturday
CORA — Shamrock Freewill Baptist Church will have
a clothing giveaway from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Clothing for men,
women and children. Pastor Orville Ellis Jr.
July 7
Sunday
Shane Bryant speaking at 2 p.m. Pastor Sherman Grimmett
July 14
Sunday
Bill Belcher speaking at 2 p.m. Pastor Sherman Grimmett
July 16
Tuesday
James Short speaking at 7 p.m. Pastor Sherman Grimmett
The Logan Banner, Tuesday, July 2, 2013 — Page 3
Grandma accidentally shoots 11-year-old W.Va. boy
JARVISVILLE (AP) — An
11-year-old West Virginia boy
died of a gunshot wound to the
chest after one of several bullets
his grandmother had fired at suspected intruders went through
his bedroom wall.
William Owens was lying in
his bed just before midnight
Sunday when a bullet from the
.40-caliber handgun pierced the
trailer’s wall and struck him,
Harrison County Sheriff Albert
Marano said Monday.
Tina Owens, 57, had not been
charged as of Monday afternoon,
but Marano said the investigation was continuing. The results
will be turned over to the Harrison County prosecutor’s office,
which will decide whether to
pursue charges.
Tina Owens’ home and the boy’s
home are about 200 yards apart
in the rural area of Jarvisville,
Marano said. Tina Owens and
her son both went outside their
homes when they heard what they
thought were intruders.
“She thought they were tampering with her property,” Marano said, “and she fired multiple
times to scare them off.”
It’s unclear whether there
were any intruders. Marano said
deputies found no one else at the
scene when they arrived.
Marano said other children
were in the home at the time, but
no one else was hurt.
Prosecution wrapping up in WikiLeaks trial
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP)
— Al-Qaida leaders reveled in
WikiLeaks’ publication of reams
of classified U.S. documents,
urging members to study them
before devising ways to attack
the United States, according to
evidence presented by the prosecution Monday in the courtmartial of an Army private who
leaked the material.
“By the grace of God the enemy’s interests are today spread all
over the place,” Adam Gadahn,
an American member of the ter-
rorist group, said in a 2011 al-Qaida propaganda video. The video
specifically referred to material
published by WikiLeaks, according to a written description of the
propaganda piece submitted at
the trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning.
The evidence, which both sides
agreed was factual, was read into
record by lead prosecutor Maj.
Ashden Fein.
Prosecutors also submitted
excerpts from the winter 2010
issue of al-Qaida’s online magazine “Inspire,” which said “any-
thing useful from WikiLeaks is
useful for archiving.”
The government presented another uncontested written statement that former al-Qaida leader
Osama bin Laden asked for and
received from an associate the
Afghanistan battlefield reports
that WikiLeaks published. The
material was found on digital
media seized in the May 2011
raid on bin Laden’s compound in
Abbottabad, Pakistan, Fein said.
Bin Laden was killed in the raid.
The evidence came as prosecu-
tors neared the end of their case
in Manning’s court-martial on
charges he aided the enemy by
sending hundreds of thousands
of documents to the anti-secrecy
group WikiLeaks while working
an intelligence analyst in Iraq in
2009 and 2010.
The prosecution’s final witness, a Defense Intelligence
Agency counterintelligence official, was called to testify, but the
court went into closed session to
hear classified information from
him. Then the trial recessed for
the day and was scheduled to
come back Tuesday.
He was the government’s 28th
live witness in the trial that began June 3. The government also
has presented more than 50 written statements from witnesses.
Manning has said he leaked
the war logs to expose the U.S.
military’s disregard for human
life. He also leaked more than
250,000 State Department diplomatic cables he said exposed
secret deals and U.S. deceit in
foreign affairs.
Trail lodging in Mercer
A
big
Medicaid
gap
looms
can’t meet demand
BRAMWELL (AP) —
Lodging for the HatfieldMcCoy Trail system in
Mercer County can’t keep
up with demand.
Hatfield-McCoy
Trail
Authority executive di-
rector Jeff Lusk says the
problem is due to the trail
system’s rapid growth.
Lusk tells the Bluefield
Daily Telegraph that 75 to
100 beds have been added
in Mercer County for visi-
tors using the trail system.
But the demand is more
than twice that amount.
Lusk says a new motel
or hotel would go a long
way toward meeting the
demand.
Ariz. fire chief: Shelters
are ‘last-ditch effort’
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP)
— A fire chief says lightning
sparked a number of wildfires near Prescott, Ariz.,
the day a nearby blaze killed
19 members of an elite “Hotshots” fire crew.
Prescott Fire Chief Dan
Fraijo says he was assigned
to another fire when he
received a call Sunday afternoon from someone assigned to the deadly fire.
He says he learned 19
members of the Granite
Mountain Hotshots had
deployed their portable
emergency shelters while
battling the blaze near the
small town of Yarnell.
Fraijo describes the shelters as a “last-ditch effort
to save yourself.”
One man on the 20-member Hotshot crew survived,
and that was because he
was moving the unit’s truck
at the time. Fraijo says the
survivor “feels terribly, and
we all feel terribly.”
Police: Ohio woman cites
diet pills in sex abuse
CINCINNATI (AP) —
Records show an Ohio
woman blamed diet supplements after police accused her of filming herself
sexually abusing her young
daughter and emailed the
video to others.
A grand jury indicted
the 32-year-old woman
on Monday on charges in-
cluding rape and pandering. She did not yet have
an attorney.
She was arrested at
her home in Springboro
in southwestern Ohio on
June 22 after police say
her boyfriend found five
videos of her in graphic
sexual acts with her toddler-age daughter.
According to a police
report, the woman said
she didn’t remember
shooting
the
videos
because she had taken
diet pills that rendered
her unconscious.
The Associated Press is
not identifying the woman to protect her daughter’s identity.
us was the final straw. He
brutally raped and sodomized me, ripping me to the
point that I had to undergo
vaginal reconstructive surgery.”
“When I finally left Jake,
I was shocked when I truly
opened my eyes to what
was going on around me
and realized that one by
one, I had lost everyone
in my life that loved me. I
was expecting to open my
eyes to a world of supporters such as family, friends,
co-workers, etc., all cheering me on for doing what
was right. Unfortunately,
I quickly found out that
wasn’t the case. People can
only watch a train wreck
so many times before they
simply have to turn away.
Lucky for me, I was able
to mend many of those
broken relationships and
reconnect with those I
had closed out of my life.
A hard lesson I’ve had to
learn though is that try as
you may, some people will
never trust that you won’t
go back and don’t want to
risk having to deal with the
loss of you yet again. I’ve
had no choice but to accept this.”
“I’ve also had to learn
that nothing can be fixed
overnight. The time it
takes to progress forward
feels never ending. I still
have so far to go and the
most frustrating part of it
all is that I’ll never truly be
the same.”
“It’s been two years and
despite all my successes,
which again I thank the
good Lord for every day,
I still feel like a deer in
headlights at least once a
day. Having the freedom
to use your voice without
fear of repercussions is so
new and scary. Being able
to make the most simple
of decisions without direction and dominance including what I’m going to
eat or wear on a given day
seems so overwhelming. I
remember the first time I
went to a grocery store by
myself with my own list.
I walked in – proceeded
to cry – and walked back
out.”
“Life actually seemed
too hard at first. Even with
all the abusive he had inflicted upon me, it was
still hard at times to not
go back to what I was familiar with. This person
and that life was all I had
known for six years. Con-
in Obama health care law
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 2
in 3 uninsured low-income people who
would qualify for subsidized coverage under President Barack Obama’s
health care law may be out of luck
next year because their states have
not expanded Medicaid.
An Associated Press analysis of figures from the Urban Institute finds a
big coverage gap developing, with 9.7
million out of 15 million potentially
eligible adults living in states that are
refusing the expansion or are still undecided with time running short.
That a majority of the neediest
people who could be helped by the
law may instead remain uninsured is
a predicament unforeseen by Obama
and congressional Democrats who
designed a sweeping extension of the
social safety net. The law’s historic
promise of health insurance for nearly
all U.S. residents would not be fulfilled
as envisioned.
It’s the direct consequence of last
summer’s Supreme Court decision that
gave states the right to opt out of the
Medicaid expansion, combined with
unyielding resistance to the law from
many Republican state lawmakers.
Expanding Medicaid is essential to
Obama’s two-part strategy for covering the uninsured.
Starting next year, middle-class
people without job-based coverage
will be able to get tax credits to help
them buy private insurance. But the
law calls for low-income people to
enroll in Medicaid, expanded to accommodate a largely excluded group:
adults with no children at home. Expanded Medicaid would cover about
half the 25 million to 30 million people
who could be helped by the law.
Twenty-three states and the District
of Columbia have decided to accept
the expansion, which is fully financed
by Washington for the first three years
and phases down gradually to a 90
percent federal share.
Among those are six states led by
Republican governors. But the majority of low-income Americans newly
eligible for Medicaid under the law
live in states such as Texas, Florida
and Georgia, where political opposition remains formidable.
“Because of the Supreme Court’s decision making Medicaid expansion optional with the states, we’re going to see
some pretty significant differences in
this country from one place to another
in terms of access to health care and
access to health insurance,” said Gary
Cohen, the Health and Human Services
official overseeing the rollout of the law.
Speaking this past week at the
Brookings Institution, Cohen added:
“We are going to have an opportunity
… to take a look at that in a year and
see what difference it made, the choices that were made at the political level
to do one thing rather than another.
“And that’s going to be a pretty profound difference and a pretty profound
choice that we get to make every couple of years about what kind of country we want to be,” Cohen continued.
Elections for state offices and Congress will be held next year.
Republican state lawmakers continue to oppose the expansion for several
reasons. Many believe Medicaid has
too many problems already. Others
worry that Washington will renege
on financing, and some believe health
care is an individual responsibility, not
a government obligation.
Violence
From Page 1
6 years with Jake. Upon
my final visit to the hospital and a 19 day stay
for injuries he inflicted, I
was given the support and
found the strength to leave
and begin the rebuilding
process. In those two short
years, I have found a job,
acquired an apartment
with a roommate that I’m
best friends with, put myself in a financially stable
position, bought a car and
most importantly, have had
the opportunity to work on
all of the ruined relationships in my life that were
damaged by my time spent
with Jake. You never stop
to think of how an abusive
relationship is affecting
those people in your life
that care about you until
you look back on it from a
distance. I lost my family
for that period of time –
something that I will never
risk losing again. They are
my core, my strength, and
the people that have made
me what I am today. They
are my history and my future.”
“Jake abused me in every way possible. It began
with verbal abuse that
quickly escalated into that
of a physical nature. He
told me he owned me, that
there was no where I could
ever go to hide from him.
He slapped me, punched
and kicked me, held my
head under water, held
me captive in the house;
the list goes on and on.
The last incident between
sistency – good or bad –
is human. The anxiety of
facing the world alone is
sometimes too much for
me to bear, so I hide. I use
tools like the internet to
work around social anxieties and avoidance of large
groups. I used to be the
social butterfly, boy has
that changed. I hear that
exercising, attending social events and getting out
there to meet new people
are all healthy parts of recovery from trauma but it’s
difficult to do those things
when you’re afraid to leave
your apartment.”
“I’ve been in therapy and
work very hard. After each
session, I ask my counselor how she feels I’m doing
and when will I be normal again? When will I be
ready to date? It’s extremely frustrating to know that
I’ve already lost my 20’s. I
want so bad to be a good
girlfriend, then a good wife
and God willing, a good
mother. I can’t succeed at
any of those things until I
get through this arduous
process of healing. My 30th
birthday is in 2 months. I
want to be fixed now!”
“The thing that bothers me the most is that
although Jake is incarcerated, he still believes he
did nothing wrong. He felt
like I was his property to
treat however he sees fit.
Maybe, just maybe – it
he would show some sort
of remorse or regret, that
would help me get through
this. But all he says when
someone visits him and
brings up the subject is
that I was his bitch, his
property, and he was just
putting me in my place.”
“I can tell you that physical scars are by far in a
way, the less of the two
evils. It’s the emotional
and psychological beat
downs that make me still
wonder who I am today.
After two years, I still can’t
tell you what my favorite
thing to do is, where I like
to go for fun, what I’d like
for my future to hold. I’m
too ashamed to answer
people that ask me these
questions by saying that
my favorite hangout place
is on my couch behind a
door with 6 different locks
on it and a security system
that stays on 24/7.”
“This is the only place
that I truly feel safe.”
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Today in
History
Organ donors
About one-third of Americans are registered to
be organ donors after death, federal health agencies say — but there’s always a shortage of available organs. There’s an urgent need for more conscientious folks to join the potential donor rolls.
The Department of Health and Human Services says more than 100,000 sick Americans are
on waiting lists, each desperately hoping that an
organ will become available for them. …
We hope more compassionate people will register. But if they don’t, here’s a wise plan: Pass
opt-out laws.
Around 90 percent of Americans say they support organ donation — but most never get around
to volunteering. Currently, most states have optin laws requiring each would-be donor to sign up.
However, opt-out laws make everyone a potential
organ source, except a few who specifically ask to
be exempted.
Here’s a European comparison: Germany
had an opt-in system, and only 12 percent of
Germans registered. But Austria has opt-out
— and the exemption rate is so tiny that 99.98
percent of Austrians are potential donors. Examples like this caused 24 European nations to
adopt opt-out plans.
America should follow Europe’s pattern, which
would triple the number of available donors. West
Virginia legislators should consider an opt-out
plan for the Mountain State. Saving lives of tragic
victims is a noble pro-life goal.
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A
TERRIBLE
THING HAPPENS
WHEN YOU DON’T
ADVERTISE.
NO ONE
NOTICES
YOU
ANYMORE
What Jefferson wrought
If only all
Jefferson wrote
congressionear the end of
nal commithis life, “that the
tees were
mass of mankind
so inspired.
has not been born
T h e
with saddles on
committee
their backs nor a
charged
favored few bootwith puted and spurred,
ting
to
ready to ride them
paper the
legitimately by the
reasons the
grace of God.”
ContinenIn spelling out
tal
Conour “unalienable
gress had
right” to “life,
Rich Lowry
resolved
liberty, and the
to declare
pursuit of happiindepenness,” it anchors
dence from Britain turned our very humanity in the
to Thomas Jefferson to do right to self-determinaits drafting. If the reasons tion. Jefferson amended
for that choice weren’t parthe traditional trinity of
ticularly profound — Jefferson’s talents as a writer “life, liberty, and propwere widely recognized, erty” by inserting the purand no one thought the suit of happiness in recdeclaration as important as ognition that property is
other pressing revolution- only a means to that larger
ary business — its conse- end. “What is important is
the colonists’ liberty to do
quences assuredly were.
Jefferson’s work of a what they believe necesfew days was for the ages. sary and useful with their
John Adams had handed lives,” historian Robert
the writing over to the Webking writes.
Virginian while he led the
In saying that “govfloor debate over inde- ernments are instituted
pendence — and came to among men” in order “to
regret the missed opportu- secure these rights,” it
nity for glory.
grounds the authority of
But Jefferson’s words government in the protecwere more than rhetori- tion of our freedom.
cal theatrics; they laid the
Finally, in stipulating that
philosophical bedrock of “whenever any form of govthe American republic. In ernment becomes destructhe space of three mag- tive to these ends, it is the
nificent sentences in its right of the people to alter
preamble, the declaration or abolish it,” it asserts the
packs enough content to right to revolution. The rest
fill volumes of treatises on of the document details the
political theory.
long train of abuses by the
In declaring that “all men British government that
are created equal,” it insists justifies the colonists’ asthat there’s no such thing as sertion of this right.
a natural ruling class. Put
All of this was a direct
another way, it tells us, as steal from the natural-rights
In saying that
“governments are
instituted among
men” in order
“to secure these
rights,” it grounds
the authority of
government in the
protection of our
freedom.
philosophy of John Locke.
These Lockean premises
were so widely accepted
among revolutionary leaders that the preamble —
which has never lost its
power to awe and to command the reader’s assent
— was adopted by the
Continental Congress with
nary a peep of protest. “Neither aiming at originality of
principles or sentiments,”
Jefferson later wrote of the
declaration, “it was intended to be an expression of
the American mind.”
“All honor to Jefferson,”
Lincoln once proclaimed,
“to the man who, in the
concrete pressure of a
struggle for national independence by a single
people, had the coolness,
forecast, and capacity to
introduce into a merely
revolutionary document,
an abstract truth, and so
to embalm it there, that
today and in all coming
days, it shall be a rebuke
and a stumbling block to
the very harbingers of reappearing tyranny and oppression.” Amen.
— Rich Lowry is editor of the
National Review.
(c) 2013 by King Features Synd., Inc.
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Today is Tuesday, July
2, the 183rd day of 2013.
There are 182 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On July 2, 1963, President John F. Kennedy
met Pope Paul VI at the
Vatican, the first meeting between a Catholic
U.S. chief executive and
the head of the Roman
Catholic Church.
On this date:
In 1776, the Continental Congress passed
a resolution saying that
“these United Colonies
are, and of right ought
to be, free and independent States.”
In 1812, Connecticut
Gov. Roger Griswold
declared his state’s militia would not serve in
the war against Britain,
reflecting New Englanders’ opposition to
the conflict.
In 1881, President
James A. Garfield was
shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Washington
railroad station; Garfield
died the following September.
In 1926, the United
States Army Air Corps
was created.
In 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific
Ocean while attempting
to make the first roundthe-world flight along
the equator.
In 1982, Larry Walters
of San Pedro, Calif., used
a lawn chair equipped
with 45 helium-filled
weather balloons to rise
to an altitude of 16,000
feet; he landed eight miles
away in Long Beach.
In 2002, American
adventurer Steve Fossett became the first
person to fly a balloon
solo around the world as
he returned to western
Australia.
One year ago: Jim
Yong Kim began his new
job as president of the
World Bank, promising
to immediately focus on
helping poor countries
navigate a fragile global
economy.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Country singer Marvin
Rainwater is 88. Former Philippine first lady
Imelda Marcos is 84.
Actor Robert Ito is 82.
Actress Polly Holliday is
76. Racing Hall of Famer
Richard Petty is 76. Luci
Baines Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon
B. Johnson, is 66. Actress-model Jerry Hall is
57. Actress Yancy Butler
is 43. Actor Owain Yeoman (TV: “The Mentalist”) is 35. Race car
driver Sam Hornish Jr.
is 34. Singer Michelle
Branch is 30. Actress
Vanessa Lee Chester is
29. Actress Lindsay Lohan is 27.
Thought for Today:
“The instinctive feeling
of a great people is often wiser than its wisest men.” — Louis Kossuth (kaw-SOOTH’),
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Sports
TUESDAY,
JULY 2, 2013
Williamson, Bandits beat Akron
Paul Adkins
Sports Editor
Andi Williamson and the
Chicago Bandits made the
most of their opportunity
on Saturday afternoon,
winning 6-5 over the homestanding Akron Racers in a
game which was broadcast
nationally by ESPN2.
The Bandits, sitting in
first place in the National
Professional
Fastpitch
league, then improved to
12-3 on the season by shutting out the Racers 8-0 on
Saturday night to complete
the day-night doubleheader sweep.
Williamson notched the
win on the mound in Saturday’s TV game opener, improving to 3-0 in her professional softball career.
Williamson, a 2009
Chapmanville
Regional
High School graduate,
Harts native and former
pitcher at Marshall University, pitched five innings
and allowed five runs
(only on earned) and five
hits with five issued walks
and two strikeouts. After
giving up four runs in the
bottom of the third as Chicago trailed 4-2, she was relieved by Mel Dumezich in
the fifth after the Bandits
scored four in the top of
the fourth to lead 6-4. The
rookie from Texas A&M
would exit quickly, though,
as Charlotte Morgan’s long
single loaded the bases in
the fifth inning.
The Bandits then brought
in ace Monica Abbott for a
save opportunity. The veteran hurler shut down the
Racers’ offense, striking out
six though three innings of
work and closing out the
win for Chicago.
The Bandits were led by
veteran second baseman
Vicky Galindo, who ripped
two home runs and drove
in three for the game.
Ivy Renfroe, a former
pitcher at the University
of Tennessee, took the
loss for the Racers within
the circle.
The Racers recorded a
pair of singles against Ab-
bott in the bottom of the
seventh but were unable to
capitalize, leaving the winning run at first base.
Abbott then pitched Chicago to the 8-0 win in the
nightcap.
Abbott, a former United
States Olympian, improved
to 5-1 on the season and allowed just three hits while
striking out 13 in seven innings of work.
Alisa Goler had a double
and Nerissa Myers hammered her first career
home run to make it a 2-0
ballgame in the top of the
third inning.
The Bandits plated three
more runs in the sixth after
Vicky Galindo doubled and
later scored off Kimi Pohlman’s single. Kristen Butler
was called upon to pinch
hit and delivered, hitting
her second home run of the
season and tacking on two
more Chicago runs.
In the top of the seventh, Chicago plated three
more runs.
The Chicago Bandits are
scheduled to play again on
Wednesday night at home
against the New York/
New Jersey Comets. The
contest begins a four-game
home series.
* If you missed Saturday’s
Bandits game and want to
see Williamson pitch as a
professional you can catch
a replay of the broadcast on
the internet on ESPN3.com
with the network’s Watch
ESPN app.
Williamson, who wears
her familiar No. 13, had a
2.33 ERA heading into Saturday’s action. He has now
thrown 19 innings and has
fanned 15 and walked 11.
Her array of pitches was
on full display during the
game. Williamson’s fastball topped out at 71 miles
per hour.
Williamson was not
drafted but was a free
agent pickup by the Bandits in early June.
She led Marshall to its
first ever NCAA Tournament in late May. The
Herd played in the Lexington Regional and finished
1-2 with a victory over
Notre Dame in which Williamson pitched.
The Chicago Bandits’
team colors are orange and
black, ironically, the colors
of Chapmanville Regional
High School.
Williamson led Chapmanville to Class AA state
championships in 2007
and 2009.
Photos by Paul Adkins | The Logan Banner
The Madison 7-8-year-old Little League All-Stars won the Coach Pitch District 2 championship
on Sunday with a 6-3 win over Man at Chapmanville’s Tracy Vickers Field.
Man’s James Scites is congratulated after making a diving catch in the outfield.
Madison claims District 2 coach pitch title
Paul Adkins
Sports Editor
CHAPMANVILLE — If you
are a Little League baseball fan
and you weren’t able to make it
to Chapmanville’s Tracy Vickers
Field on Sunday evening you
missed a good one.
The Man and Madison
7-8-year-old all-stars played a
spirited District 2 championship
game as Madison came out on
top 6-3 to win the title.
Several outstanding defensive
plays were made on both sides.
The best was in the first inning
as Man left fielder James Scites
made a diving catch across the foul
line on a sharply hit liner off the
bat of Madison’s Cooper Martin.
Madison eventually broke a
3-3 tie by plating three runs in
the last half of the fifth inning.
The Madison All-Stars then
got Man out in the top of the
sixth to preserve the championship game win.
Madison closed out the tournament with a 5-0 record. Man,
which lost 13-9 to Madison
earlier in the week in pool play,
closed out with a 3-2 record.
Man advanced to the title
game with Saturday’s 10-3 win
over Chapmanville in one of the
two semifinal games. Madison,
one of two teams from the Madison Little League playing in the
coach pitch tourney, moved on
to the championship game with
a 15-5 victory over Pineville on
Saturday night.
Madison scored the eventually
game winning run in the fifth as
Keaton Wheatley singled and his
pinch-runner Andrew Britton
scored along with Griffin Miller
on a two-run single by Reece
Carden. Madison then made it
6-3 with an RBI single by Jayden
Sharps.
Man led 1-0 in the first with an
RBI ground out to third by shortstop Jeremiah Harless.
Madison took a 2-1 lead in the
bottom of the second inning with
Jordan Fowler’s RBI single.
It was a 3-1 ballgame in the
third as Miller ripped an RBI
double.
Man tied it 3-3 in the top of the
fourth with an RBI single off the
bat of Diezel Cook.
Madison outhit Man 11-7 for
the game.
Carden was 2-for-3 with two
RBI, while Miller and Sharps
were each 2-for-3 with one run
knocked in.
Hunter Dolin, Wheatley, Will
Elkins, Will Thompson and
Fowler each had hits.
Man was led by Jacob Walls
and Cook who had two hits
apiece. Colton Miller, Bo
Thompson and John McCoy
had one hit each.
In Saturday’s semifinals, Jordan Adams had three hits, including a double and a triple to
lead Man past Chapmanville,
which closed out the tourney
with a 3-1 record after winning
its pool.
Harless also had three hits for
Man while Walls had two hits.
Cook, Drake Veres, Miller and
McCoy had one hit each.
Chapmanville was led by Brody
Dalton, Caleb Whitt and Jacob
Blair who had two hits each. One
of Whitt’s hits was a double. Kel-
don Lucas, Jacob Topping and
Trey Butcher had one hit each.
In Saturday’s other semifinal,
Madison cruised to a 15-5 win over
Pineville, which closed out at 3-1.
Martin had three hits, including two doubles for Madison.
Griffin Miller had two hits —
one of which was a double.
Fowler also had two hits. Dolin,
Britton, Carden, Sharps and Will
Thompson had one hit each.
Pineville was led by Tyler
Haynes who had two hits. Cole
Lambert, Tyler Belcher and Jacob Howard had one hit each.
Last Friday in the quarterfinals,
Man advanced with a 22-3 victory
over the Madison No. 2 team. The
Madison No. 1 team prevailed
21-2 over Matewan (2-2).
See MADISON ‌| 7
Man beats Chapmanville in 9-10 tourney
Paul Adkins
Sports Editor
The Man 9-10-year-old Little
League All-Stars outlasted Chapmanville 13-11 on Sunday during
the second day of the District 2
Tournament at Mullens.
Man evened its record to 1-1 in
the tourney. Man had lost 10-7 to
Mullens on Saturday.
Chapmanville is also 1-1 after
winning 7-4 over Madison on
Saturday.
Ryan Cozart pitched for Man
and had two hits at the plate.
Trey Pancake was Chapmanville’s starting pitcher.
Caleb Blevins was also 2-for4 with a double for Man. Corey
Miller went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Cameron Frye had a bases loaded, three-run triple in the first inning, then scored on an overthrow
for the fourth run. Chapmanville
had went on top 5-0 after one half
inning before Man was able to tie
it with a five spot.
The game was then tied 6-6
after three before Chapmanville went up 9-6 with a threerun top of the fourth. Man answered with six runs in the last
half of the fourth and one more
in the fifth to make it 13-9.
Photos by Steven Browning
Ryan Cozart pitched the Man 9-10-year-0ld all-stars to a
13-11 win over Chapmanville on Sunday in the District 2
See TOURNEY ‌| 7 Chapmanville All-Star Chris Sampson tosses to first base as pitcher Trey Pancake watches. tourney at Mullens.
Reds, Latos squeezed out in 3-2 loss at Texas
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) —
There was one throw Cincinnati
Reds starter Mat Latos really
wishes he could take back — and
it wasn’t one of his pitches.
Latos made an errant toss
after his barehanded scoop of
a squeeze bunt, leading to two
runs on that play for the Texas
Rangers in their series-clinching
3-2 victory Sunday.
“It was just a reaction. He
bunted it pretty hard. I felt I
could make a play,” Latos said.
“As I look back, I should have
held on to the ball.”
Elvis Andrus’ bunt in the fifth
inning put the AL West-leading
Rangers up 2-0, and they added
a run on a RBI bloop single by
Nelson Cruz in the seventh.
Yu Darvish (8-3) struck out
eight over 6 2-3 scoreless innings
to win for the first time in eight
starts. The ace from Japan hadn’t
won since May 16.
Latos (7-2) also worked 6 2-3
innings. The right-hander struck
out nine while allowing three
runs, including an unearned run
on the squeeze play.
Engel Beltre led off the fifth by
dragging a bunt past the mound
for a hit before Leonys Martin
doubled. After Ian Kinsler struck
out, Andrus bunted back toward
the mound. Lantos grabbed the
ball and tossed toward the plate
in one motion.
The ball ricocheted off the
earflap of Beltre, who was still
on the ground when Martin also
scored for a 2-0 lead.
“I never saw two runs on a
squeeze before,” Reds manager
Dusty Baker said. “I wasn’t surprised. But with the meat of the
order coming up I didn’t really
mind giving up one run. Sometimes a squeeze keeps you in the
game because you’re giving up a
run for an out.”
Catcher Devin Mesoraco, who
had a hard collision with Beltre
while trying to block the plate,
said the Reds weren’t really
caught off guard by the play.
“I figured Andrus would be
aggressive so I called for a firstpitch slider. To his credit, he got
the bunt down,” Mesoraco said.
“With the speed they had on
the bases, it didn’t have to be a
perfect bunt. … Whenever you
have a squeeze, a pitcher’s only
thought is he has an opportunity
to get an out at the plate. (Beltre) was in the way of the ball
and me catching it.”
The AL West-leading Rangers
have won 10 of 13 games since a
six-game losing streak. Cincinnati has lost seven of nine, including a 2-6 road trip.
The Rangers went up 3-0 in the
seventh, when Martin had a leadoff single and a stolen base before
scoring on the single by Cruz.
Robbie Ross got the last out
of the seventh after taking over
for Darvish. Tanner Scheppers
made his team-high 39th appearance for Texas, after three days
off, and threw only two of his
nine pitches for strikes.
Scheppers walked Zack Cozart on four pitches in the
eighth and gave up consecutive
singles to Joey Votto and Phillips before going to a 2-0 count
against Jay Bruce — and being
relieved by Neal Cotts. Bruce
and pinch-hitter Chris Heisey
had consecutive sacrifice flies
before reliever Jason Frasor retired Todd Frazier on a flyout.
“We couldn’t get any type of hit
when we needed it,” Bruce said.
“We need to execute better.”
Joe Nathan pitched a perfect
ninth for his 27th save in 28
chances.
Darvish snapped his longest
professional winless drought —
in his two years with the Rangers or seven in Japan before that.
The right-hander was 0-2 with a
2.93 ERA in those seven games,
when Texas scored only 12 runs
while he was on the mound.
“As a starter, if the team
doesn’t win the day that you
pitch, that can be really frustrated, so that was my thing,”
Darvish said through his translator, though he insisted later he
wasn’t overwhelmed by the winless streak. “I was thinking how
I could live day by day, and nothing really special.”
Darvish threw 77 of 117 pitches for strikes on a sunny afternoon when the gametime temperature was 90 degrees, which
was 10 degrees cooler than at
the start of Friday night’s series
opener. While increasing his majors-best strikeout total to 151,
he walked four and scattered four
hits with only one 1-2-3 inning.
“He wasn’t as sharp as he
could be. I’ve seen him sharper. His breaking ball wasn’t as
sharp. His changeup wasn’t as
sharp. He was high with his fastball,” Baker said. “We threatened
against him, but we’ve just got to
get hits in those situations.”
Notes: Latos is 21-6 in 50 career starts for the Reds. … Martin extended his hitting streak
to 14 games. … Cincinnati has
played twice at Rangers Ballpark. The Reds also lost two of
three games in 2002. … The Reds
sixth ended when first baseman
Mitch Moreland backhanded
Xavier Paul’s grounder and
threw to second to start a double
play. Moreland hustled back to
take the relay throw at first when
Darvish wasn’t yet at the bag.
Reds 6, Rangers 4, 11 innings
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) —
Shin-Soo Choo got the Cincinnati Reds started with a home
run on the first pitch of the game
Saturday night.
Devin Mesoraco’s two-run
homer in the 11th inning gave
the Reds a 6-4 victory over the
AL West-leading Texas Rangers.
The Reds can forget about that
defensive debacle in between,
three errors in the third inning
that led to three unearned runs
for Texas and likely took a victory away from starter Mike Leake.
“We made a bunch of mistakes, but they kept fighting
and fighting, and that’s all that
matters that we got a win,” manager Dusty Baker said. “I looked
up there and they had one hit
and three runs — that’s rare to
see that. Usually Joey (Votto)
doesn’t make errors, Zack (Cozart) doesn’t make errors. It’s
one of those nights.”
The Reds and Rangers both
played their 81st game, reaching the midpoint of the regular season. Texas (47-34) has
a half-game lead over Oakland
while Cincinnati (46-35) is is in
third place in the NL Central, a
season-high 4½ games behind
division-leading Pittsburgh.
J.J. Hoover (1-5) got the last
two outs in the 10th, even after a
walk and a hit. Aroldis Chapman
worked the 11th for his 20th save
in 23 chances.
With runners at first and third
for Texas in the 10th, Adrian
Beltre had an inning-ending foul
pop caught by catcher Mesoraco.
A.J. Pierzynski drew a leadoff walk in the 11th, but Mitch
Moreland — whose deep flyball
leading off the bottom of the
ninth was caught by right fielder
Jay Bruce against the wall —
then grounded into a double play.
Cincinnati had lost six of seven games overall and was coming
off consecutive shutout losses
before Choo’s fifth leadoff homer
this season, and 12th overall.
The Reds had also lost five consecutive interleague games.
“Every streak starts with one.
You got to get one before you get
10, six or whatever it is,” Baker
said. “I think one game can get
you going. And the way you win
it gets you going sometimes too.”
Mesoraco was 0 for 4 with
three strikeouts before his 380foot homer into the left-field seats
off Kyle McClellan (0-1), which
came right after Todd Frazier was
hit by a pitch to start the 11th.
“Baseball’s a crazy game. I
think sometimes when you’re
struggling you try harder, but in
reality you try less just because if
you’re going up there and you’re
grinding and you’re trying to get
a hit, most of the time you’re not
going to do it,” Mesoraco said. “I
think it’s just a matter of going
up there, relaxing and staying
within yourself.”
Madison
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District 2 Coach Pitch (7-8-year-old)
Little Leauge Tournament
at Chapmanville’s Tracy Vickers Field
Sunday, June 30 (championship game):
Madison No. 1 team 6, Man 3
Saturday, June 29 (semifinals):
Man 10, Chapmanville 3
Madison No. 1 team 15, Pineville 5
Friday, June 28 (quarterfinals):
Man 22, Madison No. 2 team 3
Madison No. 1 team 21, Matewan 2
Thursday, June 27:
ppd. rain
Wednesday, June 26:
Pineville 19, Welch 6
Tuesday, June 25:
Madison No. 1 team 13, Man 9
Matewan 19, Baileyesville 9
Monday, June 24:
Madison #2 team 25, Omar 7
Chapmanville 14, Tug Valley 6
Sunday, June 23:
Madison #1 team 26, Mullens 0
Pineville 22, Omar 3
Chapmanville 18, Baileysville 1
Madison #2 team 17, Welch 13
Matewan 25, Tug Valley 13
Saturday, June 22:
Pineville 19, Madison #2 team 8
Tug Valley 8, Baileysville 6
Man 12, Mullens 2
Welch 20, Omar 10
Chapmanville 17, Matewan 8
Photos by Paul Adkins | The Logan Banner
Madison’s Andrew Britton scores the eventual game-winning run
as Man catcher John McCoy watches.
Man’s Jacob Walls legs it out to first base.
Tourney
From Page 1
Chapmanville scored two
in the top of the sixth but
it was not enough.
Dillon Vitrals added a hit
and two RBI for Man.
Chapmanville’s hitting
statistics were unavailable.
In
Sunday’s
other
action, Pineville downed
Tug Valley 5-2.
Josh Wilson had a
double and scored a run
for Tug Valley. Brandon
Hanshaw tripled. Justin
Hall pitched for TV.
Pineville was led by
pitcher Ty Dominic who
had three hits, including a
double.
Tanner Whitlen doubled, while Brandon Simpson, Jacob Riling, Blake
Cornell and Jacob Ellison
all singled.
Tug Valley also played
Pineville in round robin
action on Sunday but no
score was available. Tug
Valley also played Welch
on Saturday.
Tournament play was
scheduled to continue on
Monday night as Man (11) played Madison and
Pineville took on Welch.
On Tuesday night at 6
p.m., Chapmanville (11) concludes pool play
with a game against host
Mullens.
The two semifinal games
are scheduled to be played
on Wednesday night at 6
and 8 p.m.
The two winners meet
in the championship game
on Friday at 7 p.m. No
games are scheduled on
the Fourth of July.
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CHARLESTON — West
Virginians can expect the
issue of same sex marriage
to resurface in the Legislature and in the crucial 2014
elections after the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on
the matter.
The push for a constitutional amendment defining
marriage as being between
one man and one woman
is certain to continue after last week’s pair of rulings celebrated by samesex marriage advocates.
A divided Supreme Court
struck down a provision
of a federal law denying
federal benefits to married
gay couples, and in a separate decision legalized gay
marriage in California on a
technicality.
“I do think there’s an
urgency to it,” said House
Minority Leader Tim Armstead. “At the very least, it
should be taken up during
the next session.”
While the Kanawha
County Republican hopes
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin
will consider calling a special session on the issue,
Delegate Stephen Skinner
questions whether the momentum has shifted away
from gay marriage foes. A
freshman Democrat and
the Legislature’s first openly gay member, Skinner
previously headed Fairness
West Virginia, a group that
advocates for the state’s estimated 57,000 gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender
residents.
“It lets the air out of their
tires,” Skinner said, referring to the Supreme Court
action. “There’s really not
much reason for a constitutional amendment, except
to promote discrimination
and promote homophobia.”
West Virginia already
defines marriage as being
between a man and a woman. It also does not recognize same-sex marriages
granted elsewhere, under
state law provisions enacted in 2000. Advocates of a
constitutional amendment
argue that the statutes are
insufficient and vulnerable
to a legal challenge.
“We don’t know when
someone might file a lawsuit or have some other issue come up where a judge
can review that issue,”
Armstead said. “I believe a
majority of West Virginians
want it defined as between
one man and one woman. I
think that means we need
to go to the next step.”
Armstead and fellow
GOP delegates have repeatedly led the charge to put
a proposed amendment on
the ballot. But the necessary measure routinely idles
in committee each session,
never advancing. That recurring fate has sometimes
prompted Republican-led
efforts to force the stalled
measure to the House floor.
Democrats have blocked
each attempt, arguing it violates the committee process.
Saying the 2000 law is sufficient, they’ve also accused
the GOP of grandstanding
on a divisive social issue for
political gain.
The marriage issue has
indeed become election
ad fodder in recent years,
particularly during a failed
multimillion-dollar bid by
Republicans to capture the
House in 2006. It seems
certain to play a role in the
high-stakes 2014 midterms.
After significant gains last
year, the GOP holds 46 of 100
House seats and is girding for
a takeover. The entire House
and half the 34-member
Senate is up for election next
year. Republicans haven’t had
a majority in either chamber
since the 1930s.
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in the West Virginia Constitution isn’t solely a Republican goal. Five House
Democrats,
including
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Protection Amendment”
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session. Like the GOPonly version, it remained
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Jacquelene Bigar’s Horoscope
zITS
THE FAMILY CIRCUS
Bil Keane
DENNIS THE MENACE
Hank Ketchum
Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
CONCEPTIS SUDOKU
by Dave Green
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday,
July 2, 2013:
This year marks an important time
in your life. Expect good fortune and
opportunity to meet. Make choices
that suit you. You are initiating a
12-year cycle, so make sure that you
are keeping your eye on the long-term
as well as the short-term. If you are
single, you will meet someone who
will enrich your life. What type of relationship evolves from there depends
on you. If you are attached, you enter
one of those warm, connected years
where your bond grows stronger.
TAURUS is loyal.
The Stars Show the Kind of Day
You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive;
3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
HH Be careful with any type of
spending, even if it is something
as basic as doing someone else’s
budget. The wise Ram will make no
commitments right now. Focus on a
recent assessment you’ve made, and
figure out what you need to get rid of.
Tonight: A must appearance.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
HHHHH You have the skill set to
manage many different interests, but
you might feel overwhelmed. You’ll
want to manage a situation differently
and move forward with a project.
Prioritizing will help diminish your
to-do list more efficiently. Tonight:
Happiest at home.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
HHHH Listen to what someone
wants to share; help this person form
a game plan to get there. You suddenly might discover that there is a
change in how you proceed. Your
sense of humor will emerge regarding
a discussion involving money. Tonight:
Fun doesn’t have to cost anything.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
HHHH You know which way to go
and why you are heading in that direction. You can explain only so much
to others; otherwise, you might miss
the opportunity. Timing is critical right
now. A sense of humor goes far when
dealing with a problem. Tonight: What
would make you happy?
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
HHH Know how to say “no.” Your
wittiness might be best kept to yourself for the time being. Make a point
of saying “hello” more often to that
acquaintance who makes a difference
in your life. Understand what must
happen in order to get a project off the
ground. Tonight: Out late.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
HHHH Keep reaching out to some-
one whose opinion you trust. You
need to get feedback, but it needs
to come from someone who is not
involved in the outcome. Be willing to
put out ideas that you typically would
judge as not workable. Tonight: Let
your imagination lead the way.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
HHHH Examine what you want
and expect from a family member.
This person often becomes very
innovative when dealing with you.
Maintain a good attitude, but find a
different approach. One-on-one relating is not that easy for this person.
Tonight: Have a long chat with a
friend.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
HHHH Someone seems to command more attention and decides to
take the lead in a situation. Generally,
center stage is your turf. How you
handle this reversal will be telling of
who you are. You can’t control others,
so stop any manipulative thoughts.
Tonight: Go with a suggestion.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
HHH Not everyone is as determined or focused as you might be
at the moment. How you speak to
someone, and your expectations
for this person’s responses, might
need revision. Choose to allow your
feelings and thoughts to flow more
openly. Tonight: Schedule some more
free time.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
HHH Build on an existing bond.
You know what to expect, and you’ll
find it easy to be open with this person. Open up to new possibilities,
and test them out on this friend, who
just might come back with yet another
idea. Let the brainstorming session
begin! Tonight: Ever playful.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
HHHH You might discover that the
best path right now is the tried-andtrue. Though normally you are more
unconventional, if you want to succeed, you’ll need to bend a little more.
Real estate, a parent and security all
are factors that need serious consideration. Tonight: Stay close to home.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
HHHH You know what you like,
and you’re capable of creating it.
Get on the phone or send out some
emails to initiate conversations with
those whom you might impact by
deciding to move in a new direction.
Brainstorm away. Tonight: You might
be amazed by what emerges.
Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet
at www.jacquelinebigar.com.
Rally
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because the universal sign
for his name is this motion,” Lardieri said, as he
formed his hand into the
shape of a pistol.
Lardieri said that there
is a systematic invasion going on in our educational
system.
“Controlling the school
system is called social engineering,” Lardieri said.
“It is instilling and forcing
the mindset on a youth so
that as they grow up it becomes their ideology.
Lardieri urged parents
to talk with their children
and to keep abreast of what
was going on with them at
school and what they were
being taught.
“Watch, be observant
and listen to your kids,”
Lardieri said. “We are under invasion. Be ever vigi-
lant, be vocal and let the
school board know ‘no’ we
don’t want you social engineering our kids. We don’t
want you to take away our
(parents) values and put in
your own. Just stick with
the curriculum.”
Adkins then told the
crowd that he had been
told that it wasn’t very
appropriate for Marcum
to have worn that shirt to
school.
“Let me ask you this…
are you going to ban the
West Virginia University mascot on shirts in
schools? What are we going to do about the West
Virginia state flag? Are we
going to ban the flag from
schools because it has
cross rifles on it?” Adkins
said. “The Marine emblem, the Army emblem…
they all depict rifles.”
Dupree said that Mar-
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cum should not have gone
through what he went
through.
“The liberals have decided they can do what
they want to because our
voice is small,” Dupree
said. “…we need to take
back our schools. We need
to take back jobs. We need
to take back our churches.
We need to take back our
lives. Because right now,
the Democrats, the liberals
— even some Republicans
— think they can infringe
on our rights. Our rights
shall not be infringed.”
Dupree said Marcum
stood for freedom of
speech and an attempt was
made to shut him up.
“We cannot accept that,
and just because the charges
have been dropped doesn’t
mean that it isn’t going to
happen to somebody else,”
Dupree said. “That’s why
this is important today.”
Dupree said that our
children are being destroyed.
“They are doing it
through pop culture, they
are doing it with these
reality shows and they’re
doing it through their music,” Dupree said.
Dupree said what had
happened in Logan was a
template.
“America needs to see
this template. You all stood
behind Jared and the more
cities and towns see you
standing up then they
will stand up,” Dupree
said. “Show America
that we stand together…
and that we are going to
stand together to protect
this country.”
Delegate Joshua Nelson
was the next to speak.
Nelson said he became involved in the Marcum incident because of his son.
“How is it going to be in
10 years when my boy is
14? If some teacher tries
to tell my boy to turn his
‘protect your rights’ t-shirt
inside out, that isn’t going
to fly with me,” Nelson
said.
Nelson told the crowd to
stand up, get involved, and
stay involved.
“And the next time they
try to tell a 14-year-old kid
he can’t stand for his Constitutional right, they will
think twice,” Nelson said.
Also attending the rally
was Sean Dill with the
West Virginia Civilian Defense League (WVCDL).
The WVCDL describes
itself as “West Virginia’s
largest pro-gun lobbying
group, is a non-partisan,
non-profit, all-volunteer,
grassroots organization of
concerned West Virginians
who support our individual
right to keep and bear arms
for defense of self, family, home and state, and for
lawful hunting and recreational use, as guaranteed
by Article III, §22 of the
West Virginia Constitution
and the Second Amendment of the Constitution of
the United States.”
“This past year has been
huge for gun rights. We’ve
had ups and we’ve had
downs,” Dill said. “We got
a record number of pro gun
bills signed into law… five
pro gun bills are now law.”
Dills said that every time
a tragedy happens that involves a firearm, like the
Connecticut shootings, anti-gun “vultures” that start
stand on top of the dead
people’s bodies and use
them to push their agenda.
“Vultures like our own Joe
Manchin. Hours after this
tragedy, he gets his ugly mug
on TV, he says now nobody
needs more than three shells
in their rifle for deer hunting,” Dill said. “You know
what Joe? It’s not about deer
hunting, brother. Not one
line in the Second Amendment mentions deer.”
Dills, recalling the numerous accounts of children being suspended from school,
said he was glad that he
lived in West Virginia.
Ben White, Jared Marcum’s attorney, said Thursday’s decision by prosecutors brought closure to what, in his opinion,
were ridiculous charges over a 14-year-old who was just trying to explain his side of the story.
“I used to be glad I like in
West, by God, Virginia, because that won’t happen in
my state,” Dill said. “Folks,
I am here today because it
did happen here. This time
the anti-gun folks I mentioned is the Logan County school board. Now we
have a teacher and city officials harassing a 14-yearold boy all because he wore
a shirt they didn’t agree
with. They are threatening
his future, his prospects
for a job, for college.”
Following Dill was Pastor Wright who urged the
crowd to what was correct.
“My Bible says marriage
is between a man and a
woman. My Bible says parents raise their children.
We teach children from
a young age which way
to go and when they get
older they will not depart.
It does not say sent them
to school to be indoctrinated with a whole bunch
of stuff that you know is
not right,” Wright said. “As
Americans, as parents, as
people… we have too… it
is imperative, that we stand
up and do what we know to
be correct. Not politically
correct, but biblically and
constitutionally correct.”
Marcum’s attorney, Ben
White, was the final speaker.
“Yesterday was a great
day for Jared. Yesterday
was a great day for all of
you,” White said. “Frankly,
we couldn’t have done it
without all of the support
from people like you and
all the different groups.
We really, really appreciate
your support and your continued fight.”
White said Thursday’s
decision by prosecutors
brought closure to what, in
his opinion, was ridiculous
charges over a 14-year-old
who was just trying to explain his side of the story.
“The big fight begins today. We want, mostly, for
your continued fight for
Jared and his family and
our office and our fight
to take this to the school
board to deal with policy
issues…,” White said.
White said he had
watched the video of the
incident several times with
Jared’s family and with the
news media.
“Jared didn’t act out.
We have witnesses that
may collaborate that,”
White said.
Marcum did not make a
public appearance.
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Coal
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that efforts to curb emissions could cost jobs and
drive up electricity prices.
“Go green sure. But do you
have an electrical vehicle that
will pull my trailer so I can
make a living?” he asked.
Despite a frequently
heard boast that the state
has more coal than anywhere else in the U.S., antipathy toward the administration’s plan is not universal
in Montana. One of Daines’
predecessors, former Rep.
Pat Williams, said last week
that warming temperatures
pointed to a “doomsday”
scenario if carbon emissions
were not addressed.
Others maintain that the
worries over lost jobs are
overstated. On Tuesday, the
Natural Resources Defense
Council plans to release a report detailing new jobs that
would be created because of
all the work needed to retrofit plants such as Colstrip.
The environmental group
said its analysis of the administration’s plan shows 3,600
jobs in Montana alone.
Among utilities elsewhere
in the country, the trend
away from coal has been
well underway over the past
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several years. Rock-bottom
natural gas prices — coupled with huge price-tags to
clean up mercury and other
pollutants from burning coal
— drove many utilities to
simply switch fuels.
Those pressures finally
started to ease this year: Demand from utilities started to
rise as coal stockpiles dwindled. Proposals for major new
mines by Cloud Peak Energy
and Arch Coal, Inc. gained
traction. And coal finally
started to reclaim its competitive edge as gas prices rose.
Colstrip is among those
plants that have remained
open, in part due to heavy
capital investments. That includes $88 million spent on air
pollution controls since 2000,
according to PPL Montana,
which co-owns the 360-employee plant and operates it on
behalf of five other utilities.
Carbon dioxide controls
would cost far more: $430 million to install the equipment,
plus annual operating and
maintenance costs of $900 million, according to a PPL study
from several years ago.
That would equate to $53 for
every ton of coal burned, the
company said. That’s about five
times the price of the fuel itself
in the nearby Powder River
Basin, according to pricing
information from the Energy
Information Administration.
Still, PPL representatives
and others in the industry see
room for maneuvering before carbon capture becomes
mandated. Key details of the
administration’s plan still
must be worked out, including the scope of emissions
cuts and their timetable. The
broad goal is to achieve a 17
percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below
2005 levels by 2020.
Assuming the goal doesn’t
shift, the key question will
be how those reductions are
spread among different sectors of the economy, from
transportation and power production, to manufacturing.
Even without the president’s latest announcement,
the Supreme Court ruled
five years that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse
gases are pollutants that the
government must regulate,
said Quin Shea, vice president of the Edison Electric
Institute, which represents
investor-owned utilities in
the U.S. and has worked
with the administration on
the climate issue.

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