Officials assess storm damage across state

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2012
Vol. 100, Number 259
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Conviction set aside in Miller trial
Rachel Dove-Baldwin
Staff Writer
WILLIAMSON — “The jurors
that serve on Mingo County court
cases sacrifice their time to perform the task assigned to them
and the majority of them take their
responsibilities very serious,” said
Mingo County Circuit Court Judge
Michael Thornsbury. “It angers me
to know that all it takes is one that
does not take his oath or responsibilities serious to taint a trial.”
“In the case of the State of West
Virginia vs. Joshua Bly Miller, the
jury’s verdict has been set aside, the
conviction does not stand. We are
forced to try this case again.”
During the Sept. 13, trial of
Miller, who had been charged with
reckless DUI causing death and
two counts of reckless DUI causing
injury, it was brought to the judge’s
attention while recessing for lunch
that a juror, Gary Baisden, was an
employee of the Mingo County Tax
Department and had failed to disclose his employment status during
jury selection, or information concerning his relationship with members of the MCSD.
Baisden’s direct supervisor is
Sheriff Lonnie Hannah, who also
serves as the county treasurer. After
receiving the information regarding
Baisden, the judge immediately dismissed him, and had him removed
from the courtroom.
The trial continued as scheduled,
but only after Judge Thornsbury assured the prosecution and defense
attorney that if any discrepancies
were brought to light during the trial because of the situation, he would
declare a mistrial.
The jury reached a decision of
guilty of reckless DUI causing death
(felony) and one count of DUI causing death (misdemeanor). Miller
was remanded to the custody of the
Southwestern Regional Jail at Holden where he had been employed as
a corrections officer at the time of
the accident.
On Oct. 15, a post-conviction
hearing was held for Miller where
several hours of testimony and arguments ensued. Mingo County
prosecuting Attorney C. Michael
Sparks said that oral arguments
were provided by both he and
Abraham. Impact statements
were presented by members of
the victim’s family. Abraham filed
several motions that would need
to be reviewed and ruled on prior
to sentencing, which was then
rescheduled for Oct. 29, but was
later bumped back to Oct. 31.
During the sentencing hearing
Wednesday, Judge Thornsbury began by saying that each and every
person was entitled to a fair trial.
After carefully reviewing the Miller
trial and all the circumstances that
Circuit clerk office under construction
occurred during those two days in
the courtroom, the judge said he felt
like a fair trial may not have been
the case, referring to the problem
with the juror, the poor job conducted with evidence collection and
a possible procedural error that had
occurred.
“One very specific question that
we ask each potential juror is if they
know or have a personal or business relationship with any of the
attorneys involved, the judge, defendant, victim or law enforcement
agency that investigated the crime,”
said Thornsbury. “Mr. Baisden remained silent and did not disclose
See TRIAL ‌| 3
CONSOL lays off
145 at Millers Creek
Julia Roberts Goad
Staff Writer
NAUGATUCK — CONSOL Energy has announced
it will idle its Millers Creek
surface operations, laying
off 145 employees, due to
delays in the permitting process by the Environmental
Protection Agency.
The news has sparked
outrage among leaders at
the local, state and national
level.
Although the EPA released its objection to a
Clean Water Act 402 permit,
CONSOL needs to obtain a
404 permit to begin to work
toward mining the site and
allow for the development
of the Buffalo Mountain
section of the King Coal
Highway. The project is one
of the public-private partnerships developed by the Mingo County Redevelopment
Authority (MCRA).
“This is devastating,”
Steve Kominar, Executive
Director of MCRA, said.
“CONSOL has been fighting for this permit for years,
they have spent millions
Rachel Dove-Baldwin | Daily News
The office of the Mingo County Circuit Clerk, Grant Preece, is currently undergoing renovations which will allow
staff members to better accommodate the public. The clerk apologizes for any inconvenience this has caused, but
assures the public that the remodeling project will be completed in a quick and efficient manner, and said that business will continue as usual during this time.
Special to the Daily News
INSTITUTE — A West Virginia
State University professor has been
appointed a municipal court judge
by the town of Gilbert. Dr. Michael
Kane, assistant professor of Criminal
Justice, was appointed by the Gilbert
Town Council Oct. 15.
“I’m very excited about it,” Kane
said of his appointment. “My passion
is criminal justice.”
In his new role, Kane will hear
cases such as those involving traffic citations and other petty crimes.
He said that he will hold court every
other week in Gilbert and is look-
ing forward to stepping into his new
part-time position.
Kane teaches Criminal Justice 308
Ethics in Criminal Justice, which addresses dilemmas in adjudication.
He said his experience as a municipal court judge will help him in the
classroom.
“I teach criminal justice ethics and
adjudication and ethical sentencing
is a cornerstone,” he said. “This experience should help.”
A U.S. Marine Corps veteran,
Kane is familiar with the judicial system from the other side of the bench.
He has served as a police officer in
Louisiana and Tennessee and previ-
ously worked at the Mt. Olive Correctional Complex in West Virginia.
He has been an assistant professor
at West Virginia State University for
the past three years.
“I’m originally from Maryland and
grew up in North Carolina, but Gilbert is like my adopted home town,”
Kane said of the Mingo County community. “I have family there, and
when I was growing up we would
spend summers there.”
Kane will undergo training for his
new duties Nov. 2 and will begin his
municipal court duties Nov. 15.
He will serve at the will of the Gilbert Town Council.
Director
of dollars. They have done
everything thing they can
to satisfy the EPA, then
the EPA changes what they
want.”
Nicholas J. DeIuliis, president of CONSOL, said the
company has been working
on the permitting process
for Millers Creek since 2007
“CONSOL Energy has
been working under a MemoSee CONSOL ‌| 3
Jacob’s Well to conduct
local coat giveaway
Rachel Dove-Baldwin
Staff Writer
New Gilbert municipal judge named
MCRA Executive
Steve Kominar
WILLIAMSON
—
With the temperatures
dropping and the winter
season right around the
corner, those who are in
need of coats, toboggans
and scarves and who meet
the income guidelines can
receive those items, courtesy of Norfolk Southern
(NS) Railway Safety DeSee GIVEAWAY ‌| 3
Christian Help now
accepting applications
Rachel Dove-Baldwin
Staff Writer
KERMIT — The nonprofit charitable organization that has provided
assistance for area residents for many years are
currently in the process of
accepting applications for
their Christmas project
that supplies food, toys and
clothing to those in need.
This year, the organization will be out in the community taking these applications for those who are
See HELP ‌| 3
Officials assess storm damage across state
Death toll climbs to 5; thousands still without power
Chad Abshire
Staff Writer
FAYETTEVILLE — Gov. Earl Ray
Tomblin, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin and
U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall visited communities yesterday to assess storm damage
and meet with both local emergency
management directors and individuals
affected by Hurricane Sandy’s affect on
the Mountain State.
“It was absolutely heartbreaking to
meet with folks who have had their
homes and businesses destroyed by
the storms” Tomblin said after assessing storm damage. “As I told each and
every person I met with today, I’m
doing everything within my power to
help all those who have been affected
by the storms.
“Tomorrow, I will request a major
federal disaster declaration, which if
granted will bring additional federal
assistance. We will continue working
around the clock until all West Virginians are safe, our roads are open, and
our utilities have been restored.”
“I am pressing top FEMA officials
to make available all possible federal
resources to aid the state in the restoration of power and opening access to
roads,” Rahall said. “In that regard, I
understand the U.S. Forest Service has
offered its services in removing fallen
trees and that food, water and generators are being delivered by FEMA to
areas in need.
“Having seen the widespread damage for myself and spoken in depth
with state and local officials, I will con-
tinue to make the case to Federal officials in order to assist our families and
businesses in their recovery.”
“As I travel around with Gov. Tomblin and Congressman Rahall, what
we’re seeing is a strong team effort,
with FEMA working closely with the
state and our National Guard,” Manchin said. “Our top concern right now
is contacting the people we haven’t
been able to reach because of heavy
snowfall in the mountains. I know all
West Virginians will join me in praying
to the good Lord that they’re all right
as we work feverishly to reach them,”
Sen. Manchin said. “On top of those
concerns, my heart is just broken by
the devastation I saw firsthand today,
but I am also truly inspired by the deep
resilience of the people of our great
Photo courtesy of the governor’s office
state. Inspiring is the only way to de- Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin and U.S. Rep. Nick
See DAMAGE ‌| 3 Rahall meet with members of the National Guard in Summersville.
2 ■ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2012
Obits
Helen Smith
Helen Jean Smith, 88, of
Williamson, passed away
Wednesday morning, October 31, 2012.
She was born March 6,
1924, in Pike County, Ky.,
the daughter of the late
Charley and Maude Ramey
McCoy.
She was also preceded
in death by her son-in-law,
Howard Hatfield; and three
brothers, Clarence “Buddy” McCoy, Clyde McCoy
and Claude McCoy.
Helen was a retired from
the Appalachian Regional
Hospital where she had
been a nurse’s aid. She also
enjoyed being a volunteer
of the Appalachian Regional Hospital Auxillary working in the gift shop and she
was a member of the First
Baptist Church of Williamson.
Survivors include her
two daughters, Ann (and
the late Howard Hatfield)
Hatfield of Belfry, Ky.
and Brenda Joyce Smith
of Belfry, Ky.; brother,
Danny (Mary Ann) McCoy of Belfry; sister, Rita
(James) Dehner of Florence, Ky.; grandchildren,
Dawn Annette Smith of
Cincinnati, Ohio, Sherrie
(Randy) Casey of Forest
Hills, Ky., Chris (Jennifer)
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Sandra Ruth Jarrell, 63,
of Pikeville, Ky., passed
away Tuesday, October
30, 2012, in the Pikeville
Medical Center.
She was born August 4,
1949, in Pike County, Ky.,
the daughter of the late
Lestle and Myrtle Marie
Pugh Varney.
She was also preceded
in death by her husband,
Earl Jarrell; one son, Tommy David Canada; and
two brothers, Kenneth
Ray Varney and Michael
Blake Varney.
Survivors include her
son, James Earl (Toby)
Jarrell of Pikeville; four
sisters, Marlene Miller of
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of Prestonsburg, Ky., Henrietta Hatfield of Blackberry, Ky., and Janice Holbrook of North Carolina;
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Jarrell and Sandra Marie
Jarrell of Pikeville; one
great-grandchild, Jaden
Taylor Jarrell; and a
host of other family and
friends.
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host of other loving family
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Funeral services will be
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Funeral Home Chapel with
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Burial will follow in the
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WILLIAMSON DAILY NEWS
Calendar
Nov. 1
There will be an open house and
enrollment fair at the Lenore VA
Outreach Clinic from 1 p.m. to 3
p.m. which will offer area veterans
the opportunity to visit the new
clinic location and meet the clinic
physician, Dr. Manolo Tampoya,
and support staff. Veterans who
have questions about eligibility and
enrollment may contact the enrollment office at the Huntington VA
Medical Center at 304-429-6741,
ext. 3459, 2490 or 2496, or toll free
800-824-8277. Veterans may contact
the Lenore VA Clinic directly at 304475-3000.
will conduct Alzheimers screenings at the Mingo County Extended
Learning Center from 10 a.m. until
2 p.m. For more information, call
Marcella Cooper at 304-475-3347
ext. 16.
Nov. 3 - 4
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in
Williamson will have homecoming
at 2 p.m. Saturday and 11:30 a.m.
Sunday
Nov. 17
The Disabled American Veterans Chapter #141, Belfry, Ky., and
its auxiliary will have its regular
monthly meeting at 2 p.m. at the
Belfry Courthouse. All members
and honorably discharged veterans
and their spouses are invited to attend.
Nov. 3, 4, 11
ASEP coaching class will be held
at Huntington High School for those
interested in coaching a secondary
school sport. Register at www.wvssac.org.
Nov. 4
The Choir of The Mountains will
have its annual Harvest Celebration
Service at 4 p.m. at the Memorial
United Methodist Church in West
Williamson. The choir is composed
of members from several different
churches and denominations from
our Tug Valley Area. The service
will consist of songs from the choir,
narration, solos, duets, and much
more. A dinner will follow. Everyone is invited to attend.
Nov. 8
Williamson Memorial Hospital
will host the Annual Diabetes Fair
at the Southside Mall from 8:30 a.m.
until 3 p.m. Diabetes education will
be available from various vendors
as well as free diabetes and cholesterol screening. One hundred free
flu shots will also be available. Door
prizes will be awarded and the public is invited to attend.
Nov. 10
The Lyrick Talent Quest 22 will
be held at the Mountaineer Hotel
at 31 East Second Ave. in Williamson, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on a
first-come-first-serve basis. Contact
Lyrick Promotions, Ltd. at (304)
928-5085 or visit its website, www.
lyrickpromotions.webstarts.com.
The School of Practical Nursing
will host a candle lighting event for
Alzheimers awareness at the Mingo
County Extended Learning Center
at 6 p.m. For more information, call
Marcella Cooper at 304-475-3347
ext. 16.
Nov. 11
The Williamson Elks Lodge will
host a free dinner for all veterans
from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. held in the
Elks dining room.
Nov. 13
The School of Practical Nursing
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Nov. 13 - 14
The Mingo Career Center will be
holding GED testing for candidates
who have passed the Official Practice Test. For more information contact John Webb at (304) 475-3347,
ext. 13. To register for Adult Basic
Education to take the Official Practice Test, contact Mary Oliver at
(304) 235-2022.
Nov. 26
The Mingo County Health Department will conduct a food school
at 1 p.m. at the Brass Tree in Williamson. For more information or to
register, call 304-235-3570.
Dec. 18 - 19
The Mingo Career Center will be
holding GED testing for candidates
who have passed the Official Practice Test. For more information contact John Webb at (304) 475-3347,
ext. 13. To register for Adult Basic
Education to take the Official Practice Test, contact Mary Oliver at
(304) 235-2022.
Ongoing
Cash Express is hosting its 8th
annual and toy and coat drive from
now until Dec. 15.
Southside Elementary School
will conduct a preschool story hour
program for children between 2
and 4-years-old and not currently
enrolled in school. For more information, call the school at 606-3531284.
Narcotics Anonymous meets Sunday at 3 p.m. and Wednesday at 7:30
p.m. at the Harry L. Joyce Community Center.
The West Virginia Army National
Guard us taking applications for
qualified applicants only. Applicants
must be between the ages of 17 - 35
unless they have prior military service. No drug violations of felonies,
meet height and weight requirements, be a high school graduate,
or have completed the ninth-grade.
We offer up to $50,000 student loan
repayment, state and federal tuition
assistance, medical, dental and life
insurance and a part-time career
with the opportunity to become
full-time. For more information, call
recruiter SSG Donna Smith at 3047
201-3196 or email her at donna.
[email protected]
Workforce West Virginia will take
all new unemployment claims at its
office at 300 Prosperity Lane, Logan,
between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Please
arrive 30 minutes prior to complete
an application. This does not affect
the intenerate office in Williamson
DHHR office on Wednesdays from
8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.
The Parsley Freewill Baptist
Food Panty will continue to provide
USDA commodities. The pantry
gives out the commodities once,
monthly, on the fourth Thursday.
Mingo Extended Learning Center
(formerly Mingo Career and Technical Center) is currently accepting
applications for the Medical Office
Technology and Legal Office Technology programs for the 2012-2013
school term. For more information,
call (304) 475-3347 ext. 25.
The GED is changing from the
current paper-and-pencil test to a
Computer-Based test beginning
January 1st, 2013. The paper test
will be offered for the last time on
the December test date. If you have
taken the GED, but not passed all of
the tests, all scores will be cancelled
after December 31, 2012. Thus, if
you have one or more tests you still
need to re-take, you must get it done
not later than the December testing.
After that, you must meet all the requirements for the new ComputerBased Test. If you have questions,
call John Webb (304)235-3347, ext.
13 or Mary Oliver (304) 235-2022.
Nolan Christian Academy is now
accepting enrollment applications
for the 2012-2013 Fall school term.
Contact Earl White at 304-235-5633
or Bonnie Workman at 304-4753508. Class space is limited.
Hatfield and McCoy Feud descendants are being sought for a special
project by Leah Hatfield and Kim
McCoy. Specifically, only direct descendants of the feud still carrying
the last names of Hatfield or McCoy.
Hatfields may contact Leah Hatfield
at 843-575-0594 or by email [email protected]. McCoys may
contact Kim McCoy at 502-7515200 or by email [email protected].
Horse College class is for anyone
interested in learning more about
horses. Classes are each Tuesday
evening at 6 p.m. at the Pike County
Extension Office. Topics are 9/4
- Nutrition for your Horse; 9/11
- Facilities for Horses and Basics
of Horse Behavior; 9/18 - Forages
Including Hay and Pasture; 9/25 Basic Health Care for Your Horse.
Please call 432-2534 to register.
Advanced Horse College class is
for more in depth “Hands On” Horse
information. Classes are each Monday in October at the Boyd County
Fairgrounds/Franks Building in Ashland. Pike County Extension will be
taking a van to the trainings. Topics
include 10/1 - Body Condition Scoring and what it means; 10/8 - Feeding Concerns for different situations; 10/15 - Emergency Hoof Care;
10/22 - Emergency First Aid—what
do you need and what to do till the
vet arrives.
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grants totaling $16,000. Stella Hinkle accepted the grants for the town’s park and
fire department. “It’s always nice to request and receive funds for community projects that benefit the town and its citizens,” Chafin said. “I appreciate all the mayor
and town council are doing for this fine Mingo County community.”
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2012 ■ 3
Consol
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randum of Understanding
together with the Federal
Highway
Administration,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the West Virginia Departments of Highways and
Environmental Protection,
and the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority since
2007 to secure the permits
for development of our Buffalo Mountain mine project
on which the King Coal Highway was planned for postmine use land,” Deluiis said.
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin
emphasized the importance
of public-private partner-
ships such as the King Coal
Highway.
“As a West Virginian, I
watched this project come
together one partnership at
a time for the past two decades,” Manchin said. “I am
incensed and infuriated that
the EPA would intentionally
delay the needed permit for
a public-private project that
would bring so many good
jobs and valuable infrastructure to communities that so
desperately need them.”
Kominar said the decision
by the EPA and the resulting
shut down by CONSOL will
affect the county’s economic
outlook beyond the jobs lost
at Millers Creek.
“It’s frustrating,” Kominar said. “We are trying to
do what is best for Mingo
County, and its like we have
the government smacking
us down with uncooperative
regulatory practices. We
have proved we can do this
(surface mine) responsibly.”
“Rather than fight this
project, the EPA should be
embracing it as a model
of how to work together,”
Senator Manchin said.
“We’ll put the land to good
use after it has been mined
by building the King Coal
Highway. We’ll build a
wastewater treatment plant
that will clean up millions of
gallons of water for people
in the Pigeon Creek Watershed – eliminating raw
sewage and other pollutants. The EPA’s callousness
jeopardized the funding for
all these projects. In short,
this project is a win-win and
the EPA is trying to make it
a loser.”
“West Virginia can’t
move forward if projects
that have been negotiated
for so many years remain
stuck in limbo, with no
clear end in sight,” Senator
Rockefeller said.
The project would allow
vital economic diversifica-
tion for the county, Kominar
said.
“Look at what we have
been able to do, ten percent of our workforce in
the county is working on
a post mine land use site,”
Kominar said. “Those are
jobs that weren’t there ten
years ago. We are trying
to create opportunities for
our kids to stay in Mingo
County. This is going to set
us back.”
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin
said the EPA had become
an obstacle to economic
growth in the state.
“Once again the EPA
has stepped in the way of
a great project here in West
Virginia,” Tomblin said.
“Instead of stalling and creating unnecessary impediments, we should be working together to put people
to work, develop our infrastructure, and provide the
low-priced energy that our
Country needs. This project
would accomplish all three
of these crucial goals.”
Kominar said the economic future of the county
will be affected by the layoffs.
“This is going to after
generations going forward,”
Kominar said. “We need to
have a life after coal.”
Giveaway
From Page 1
partment employees.
According
to
Jeanette
O’Brien, President and Director of Jacob’s Well, a non-profit
organization located at 151 East
Third Avenue in Williamson that
provides services to low-income
residents, their mission will host
the coat giveaway tomorrow and
Saturday, between the hours of
11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The garments
are gently used, and were gathered by NS employees and their
families. They include men’s,
women’s and children’s coats in a
variety of sizes, as well as toboggans and scarves.
“We want to invite anyone that
needs a coat that is low-income
or currently unemployed to
come and have lunch with us and
pick out a coat,” said O’Brien.
“The economy is bad right now
and there are a lot of families
that have difficulty making ends
meet. This coat drive is one way
that NS employees feel will help
to accommodate those in need.”
Jacob’s Well Mission is also
in need of food donations to assist in alleviating their costs to
supply hot meals every Friday
for area residents. The nonperishable items can be dropped
off each Friday, or you can make
arrangements for another day by
contacting the Mission at 304236-5955, or 304-235-2730. You
may also call these numbers if
you require additional information on the coat giveaway.
O’Brien asid she was always
grateful to anyone who has time
to volunteer at the mission, and
encourages the public to take
time out of their day to help others who are not as fortunate as
themselves.
“I’m the president but the
Mission belongs to God,” said
O’Brien. “We’re just trying to
help those in need, just as God
would have us to do.”
Help
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unable to make the journey
to their Kermit facility.
For your convenience,
staff members with Christian Help will be set up at
the following locations to
better accommodate those
who are requesting their
help. If you have already
signed up through an area
church or agency, you need
not apply again.
On Wednesday, Nov. 7,
Christian Help representatives will be at Jamie’s
Restaurant in Dingess and
the Delbarton Housing Au-
thority office between the
hours of 10 a.m. and noon.
Later that day, they will be
at the Jacob’s Well Mission,
located on Third Avenue in
Williamson in the former
Cantees Department store
location and the Magnolia Gardens Conference
Room, from 1:30 p.m. until
3:30 p.m.
Each Monday, Tuesday
and Thursday, you may
apply for this assistance at
the Christian Help Office in
Kermit, between the hours
of 10 a.m. and noon, and
also from 1 p.m. until 4
p.m. You must provide your
current proof of residence,
income and the number of
children in the home.
The items are scheduled to be distributed on
Saturday, Nov. 22, at the
Kermit Gym. The center is
still collecting donations of
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for this project.
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Trial
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his employment, nor did the Sheriff
of this county, who sat in the back of
this courtroom and failed to disclose
that he had direct knowledge that he
had an employee on the jury.
“He’s an officer of this court and
by law, he had a sworn duty to
disclose the fact that Mr. Baisden
worked in the tax department.
“He did not.”
Judge Thornsbury said that he
was approached during the lunch
recess of the trial and Baisden’s
employment status was disclosed
to him.
“Within just a few moments after
being told this news, we had got to
the bottom of the matter and he was
removed as juror and was replaced
by an alternate. However; the damage was done and the credibility of
this jury was in question.
“I thought I had seen it all during my time on the bench, but I
was very mistaken. I had not seen
everything.
“I did not want to put the victim’s
family through the terrible ordeal
of another trial, to have them sit
and listen once again to the circumstances that surrounded the death
of their son Adam, but this cannot
be avoided,” said the judge. “I also
understand that a second trial is tiring both physically and mentally on
the defendant and his family, and
an additional cost to the taxpayers.
Even with taking all those factors
into consideration, the bottom line
is that Mr. Miller deserves a chance
to have a fair and just trial without
any issues such as the one that previously occurred.”
Following that statement from
the judge, the parents of the defendant were elated, knowing that this
meant a second chance for their
son. Tears streamed down the face
of his mother, Myra Miller.
After the judge ruled to set the
verdict aside and hold a second trial,
Abraham, the attorney for Miller, requested that bond be set for his client pending the second trial. The attorney said that due to the fact that
Miller was formerly employed as a
corrections officer, it was necessary
for him to be kept away from the
general jail population for 23 hours
out of each day, and was allowed
very little social interaction. Considering that fact and that of his client
being on home confinement before
the trial with no problems whatsoever, he felt that a reasonable bond
should be issued.
The prosecutor told the Daily
News that the amount of bond, if
granted, would be thoroughly reviewed before being settled on, especially since the conviction handed
down against Miller at the conclusion of the first trial proved that it is
very likely that the defendant could
be convicted in the second trial that
was scheduled for Dec. 4.
“One of the factors you use in
determining the amount to set the
bail is whether or not there is a
high probability the defendant will
be convicted, and due to the first
verdict rendered, we see that there
is a good chance of the decision
being the same as before. When
those circumstances apply, you have
to consider the defendant to be a
greater flight risk than before,” said
Sparks. “I’m sure that a decision will
be made regarding bail in the near
future.”
When asked about his feelings regarding the verdict being set aside
and a second trial against Miller
scheduled, Sparks told the Daily
News that he looked forward to retrying the case and said he would,
once again, seek justice for the York
family.
“They deserve closure in this
case. They are devastated right now.
This has taken a huge emotional toll
on their entire family,” said Sparks.
The case stems from a one-vehicle accident which occurred the
night of October 13, 2011, on U.S.
119 that claimed one life.
Four friends had allegedly spent
a few hours at a strip-club in Logan
and were traveling back toward Williamson when the driver lost control
on the Toyota SUV, crossed the median and both of the north-bound
lanes before flipping and coming to
rest on their top.
Joshua Miller, the owner of the
vehicle was arrested for DUI at
the scene by members of the Mingo County Sheriff’s Department
(MCSD).
One passenger, Adam York, was
pronounced dead at the scene while
another, Zachary Smith, was airlifted to a trauma center in Huntington, where he spent several weeks
after undergoing multiple surgeries
for injuries he sustained.
A fourth occupant in the vehicle,
Paul David Howard, Jr., who had
only minor injuries, reportedly fled
the scene and was not questioned
until several days after the accident occurred. Brian Abraham, the
defense attorney that represented
Miller, argued during the trial that
Howard was in fact the driver instead of his client.
The pre-trial hearing in this matter is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov 27
at 9 a.m., and the trial will be held
on Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 9 a.m.
Damage
scribe the determination of
these families and businesses to put their lives back
together - and to help their
neighbors do the same.”
While estimates of citizens without power number
in the thousands, ultities
have been restored to many
across the state, according
to a release from Appalachian Power.
“Appalachian
Power
crews and outside workers have restored power to
more than 60,000 customers as a result of Monday’s
storm,” the release stated.
“Outages peaked around
noon on Tuesday at more
than 157,000 customers.”
Restoration times have
been established for most
areas, however they are estimates and could change
depending on further assessment of electrical facilities and ongoing inclement
weather in some areas.
Williamson, Logan and
all surrounding areas were
estimated to be 90 percent
restored by Friday night, the
release stated.
Company officials said
they had been preparing for
the storm since last Friday:
“Appalachian’s power outages are part of a national
crisis affecting millions of
customers up and down
the mid-Atlantic coast. Resources have been spread
very thin, but fortunately
we have been able to secure
plenty of crews to get our
repairs completed as quickly and safely as possible,”
Phil Wright, vice president
of distribution operations,
said.
The storm damaged a variety of equipment, including taking out 48 substations, 110 circuit breakers
and 44 transmission lines.
Additional crews were secured from Appalachian’s
six sister companies within
AEP bringing the total to
more than 2,000 working on
storm restoration.
Unfortunately, the death
toll across the state climbed
to at least five as a result of
the storm, including a legislative candidate struck by a
falling tree limb.
Republican House of
Delegates candidate John
Rose Sr., 60, was checking
fences on his 100-acre deer
farm near Philippi when a
falling tree limb struck him
Tuesday afternoon, his son
George Rose told The Associated Press.
“It was a big limb,” the
younger man said. “I don’t
even think he knew it hit
him.”
Lt. Phil Ferguson, a Bar-
bour County sheriff’s deputy and lifelong friend of the
Rose family, said tree limbs
nearly took out a sheriff’s
cruiser, too. Shortly after
he moved it while clearing
roads, four fell where it had
been sitting.
“It could happen to any
of us,” he said. “It’s bad out
there.”
John Rose was running in
the House’s 47th District.
He had previously appeared
at the Legislature as an advocate of deer farms, where
captive herds are bred for
hunting, as livestock and for
commercial products. His
name will remain on the ballot but there will be a special
write-in period.
Leslie Fitzwater, spokes-
woman for the Division of
Homeland Security and
Emergency Management,
said the West Virginia medical examiner had confirmed
five deaths as being stormrelated, including Rose. The
others were:
• a Raleigh County woman who died of hypothermia late Sunday, before the
storm hit;
• a 40-year-old female
driver who collided with a
cement truck Monday in
Tucker County;
• a 68-year-old Preston
County woman who was ill
and trying to get to a hospital, but died Tuesday when
the family vehicle got stuck
in snow.
• and a 51-year-old
Upshur County man who
died of carbon monoxide
poisoning Tuesday.
“I encourage all West Virginians to check on your
neighbors, friends and family—take care of each other,”
Tomblin said. “With power
companies predicting it may
be several days before the
power will be restored in all
areas, I want to make sure
our families are safe. If you or
someone you know has been
displaced or is without electricity, I urge you to seek out a
shelter in your area for a meal
and a warm place to stay.”
Additional storm updates, including road conditions, are available online
at www.governor.wv.gov or
https://twitter.com/wvgov.
The Associated Press
contributed to this article.
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Editorial
The dead-end
servant economy
Sam Pizzigati
Syndicated Columnist
Fire fighter, basketball player, lion tamer,
teacher, nurse: Ask little
kids what they want to
be when they grow up,
and you’ll get all sorts of
answers. But you’ll never hear this one. You’ll
never hear youngsters
say they want to devote
their careers to serving
rich people.
Today’s youth might
want
to
reconsider.
They’re facing an American economy where
serving rich people increasingly seems to offer
the best future with real
opportunity. We’re well
on the way to becoming
a full-fledged “servant
economy,” as the economist Jeff Faux puts it.
We’ve had “servant
economies” in the world
before. At times, people
even rushed toward servant status. In the early
industrial age, jobs in
mines and factories
would be dangerous and
pay next to nothing.
Domestic work for rich
families could seem, by
comparison, a relatively
safe haven.
But
that
calculus
changed as workers organized and won the right
to bargain for a greater
share of the wealth they
were creating. Over the
first half of the 20th
century, America’s super-rich lost their dominance, and fewer and
fewer Americans worked
as servants for them.
This state of affairs
didn’t last long. Since
the late 1970s we’ve
witnessed an assault
on the building blocks
of greater equality —
strong unions, progressive taxes, regulatory
limits on business behavior — that has hollowed
out the American middle
class.
Good manufacturing
jobs have largely disappeared,
outsourced
away. Most Americans
no longer make things.
They provide services.
We could, of course,
have a robust “service”
economy, if we built that
economy on providing
quality services to all
Americans. But providing these quality services, in everything from
education to transportation, would take significant public investment
— and significant tax
revenue from America’s
rich.
A half-century ago, we
did collect significant tax
revenue from America’s
wealthy. No longer. Tax
cuts have minimized that
revenue and left public
services chronically underfunded. That leaves
young people today, Faux
notes in his new book
The Servant Economy,
with a stark choice.
Young people can either become engineers
and programmers and
spend their careers in
“pitiless
competition
with people all over the
world” just as smart and
trained but “willing to
work for much less.” Or
they can join the servant
economy and “service
those few at the top who
have successfully joined
the global elite.”
In this new “servant
economy,” we’re not
talking just nannies and
chauffeurs. We’re talking, as journalist Camilla Long notes, “pilots,
publicists, art dealers,
and bodyguards” — a
“newer, brighter phalanx
of personal helpers.”
Want to see the world?
In the new servant economy, you can become a
“jewelry curator” and
voyage to foreign lands
to pick up gems for
wealthy clients.
Want to face daily challenges? You can become
a concierge and hire an
elephant for a wealthy
patron’s wedding reception.
Or, if you lean traditional, you can always
shell out $12,000 for a
course that will certify
you as a manservant in
good standing with the
Guild of Professional
English Butlers.
A butler can annually
pull in over $100,000.
But serving the rich
can be far more lucrative than that. Interior
decorator Michael Smith
pulled in an $800,000 fee
for his work on a Wall
Street CEO’s office. John
Blackburn, an architect
in Washington, D.C.,
specializes in designing
horse barns for wealthy
equestrians. His fee can
run up to $300,000 per
barn.
But we have a basic
problem here. We have a
limited pool of super-rich
people who can afford to
commission horse barns
and hire elephants.
As of this past summer,
calculates
the
Credit Suisse Research
Institute, only 38,000
Americans had fortunes
over $50 million. The
entire world has only
about 3 million people
worth at least $5 million.
Even if those 3 million
gave gainful “servant
economy” employment
to 100 people each, we
would still have another
4 billion folks on the
outside of the “servant
economy” looking in.
The “servant economy” can only be a dead
end. We need to change
course.

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■ An Upward Look
Now concerning spiritual gifts
“Now concerning spiribeliever has been given
tual gifts, brethren, I do
spiritual gifts,(12:7) and
not want you to be igthe gifts belong to God
norant:” (I Corinthians
and are give to the believ12:1)
er to use for the glory of
As we read the Book of
God. (I Peter 4:11)
First Corinthians we see
Paul did not want them
Paul’s concern for memto be ignorant. They know
bers and the problems,
that when they were papressures, and struggles
gans, somehow or other
of a church called out of
they were influenced and
a pagan society. He adled astray by dumb idols.
dressed a variety of probHe wanted them to know
lems in the life-style of
that no one who is speakthe Corinthian church:
ing by the Spirit of God
Mae Stallard
factions, lawsuits, imsays, “Jesus be cursed,”
morality,
questionable
and no one can say, “Jesus
practices, abuse of the Lord’s Supper, is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.”
and spiritual gifts. Along with words
He further explained that there are
of discipline, Paul shared words of different kinds of gifts, but the same
counsel in answer to questions raised Spirit. There are different kinds of
by the Corinthian believers.
service, but the same Lord. There
Spiritual gifts are those gifts given are different kinds of working, but
by the Spirit of God for the accom- the same Lord works all of them in
plishment of God’s purpose in the all men. To each one the manifestaworld and for the edification of the tion of the Spirit is given for the
church, the body of Christ. We should common good. TO one there is given
remember two things that are impor- through the Spirit the message of
tant concerning spiritual gifts. Every wisdom, to another the message of
knowledge, by means of the same
Spirit, and another faith by the same
spirit. Paul mentions also the gift of
healing, miraculous power, prophecy,
tongues, and interpreting tongues.
All those are the work of one and the
same Spirit, and he gives them to
each one, just as he determines. May
we use God’s gifts to us in a way that
will honor and glorify His holy name.
Praise you, Father.
Poem: God does not want us to be
ignorant,
Concerning our spiritual gifts,
And when we use them as He intended,
Our hearts He uplifts.
For to each on the manifestation of
the Spirit,
Is given for the common good,
And if we do not praise Him for
the gift,
We surely should.
Dear Father, please give to us
grateful hearts for your special gifts.
In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
■ Letter to the editor
We should expect better
Dear editor:
We know there are
West Virginians are
thousands of good men
sadly accustomed to nearand women, our state
daily news stories about
employees, who are
various scandals in our
working hard to provide
state government. Unimportant services for
fortunately, this year has
West Virginia’s taxpaybeen no different and, in
ers. These employees
some ways, recent events
are toiling on highway
are demonstrating that
crews, providing importhe culture of corruption
tant services to veteris becoming more pervaans, educating children,
sive.
and keeping our families
The results are deeply
safe. State employees
disappointing — hurting
do not deserve the kind
Bill Maloney
the morale of our state
of failed leadership they
employees, lowering the
are getting from the calevel of the services received by our reer politicians like Earl Ray Tombcitizens, and further damaging the lin. State employees deserve leaderimage of our state in the nation and ship to be able to perform their jobs
world.
without the distractions that come
from poor decision-making by corrupt politicians.
As governor, I will clean-up our
state government and increase accountability so that we have a state
government that is responsive to
our citizens, treats everyone fairly,
and uses our tax dollars wisely. I
have a plan to finally put a stop to
the corruption in West Virginia
state government.
Working together, we can end the
culture of corruption. We should expect better, and we deserve better.
The future of West Virginia may depend on it.
Sincerely,
Bill Maloney
Candidate for governor
Nation
Millions without power in Sandy’s wake Obama tours
Ted Anthony
AP National Writer
PITTSBURGH — The most devastating storm in decades to hit the country’s
most densely populated region upended
man and nature as it rolled back the clock
on 21st-century lives, cutting off modern
communication and leaving millions without power Tuesday as thousands who fled
their water-menaced homes wondered
when — if — life would return to normal.
A weakening Sandy, the hurricane
turned fearsome superstorm, killed at
least 50 people, many hit by falling trees,
and still wasn’t finished. It inched inland
across Pennsylvania, ready to bank toward
western New York to dump more of its water and likely cause more havoc Tuesday
night. Behind it: a dazed, inundated New
York City, a waterlogged Atlantic Coast
and a moonscape of disarray and debris —
from unmoored shore-town boardwalks to
submerged mass-transit systems to delicate presidential politics.
“Nature,” said New York City Mayor
Michael Bloomberg, assessing the damage
to his city, “is an awful lot more powerful
than we are.”
More than 8.2 million households were
without power in 17 states as far west
as Michigan. Nearly 2 million of those
were in New York, where large swaths of
lower Manhattan lost electricity and entire
streets ended up underwater — as did
seven subway tunnels between Manhattan
and Brooklyn at one point, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.
The New York Stock Exchange was
closed for a second day from weather,
the first time that has happened since a
blizzard in 1888. The shutdown of mass
transit crippled a city where more than 8.3
million bus, subway and local rail trips are
taken each day, and 800,000 vehicles cross
bridges run by the transit agency.
Consolidated Edison said electricity in
and around New York could take a week
to restore.
“Everybody knew it was coming. Unfortunately, it was everything they said
it was,” said Sal Novello, a construction
executive who rode out the storm with
his wife, Lori, in the Long Island town of
Lindenhurst, and ended up with 7 feet of
water in the basement.
The scope of the storm’s damage wasn’t
known yet. Though early predictions of
river flooding in Sandy’s inland path were
petering out, colder temperatures made
snow the main product of Sandy’s slow
march from the sea. Parts of the West
Virginia mountains were blanketed with
2 feet of snow by Tuesday afternoon, and
drifts 4 feet deep were reported at Great
Smoky Mountains National Park on the
Tennessee-North Carolina border.
With Election Day a week away, the
storm also threatened to affect the presidential campaign. Federal disaster response, always a dicey political issue, has
become even thornier since government
mismanagement of Hurricane Katrina in
2005. And poll access and voter turnout,
both of which hinge upon how people are
impacted by the storm, could help shift the
outcome in an extremely close race.
As organized civilization came roaring
back Tuesday in the form of emergency response, recharged cellphones and the reassurance of daylight, harrowing stories and
pastiches emerged from Maryland north
to Rhode Island in the hours after Sandy’s
howling winds and tidal surges shoved
water over seaside barriers, into low-lying
streets and up from coastal storm drains.
Images from around the storm-affected
areas depicted scenes reminiscent of bigbudget disaster movies. In Atlantic City,
N.J., a gaping hole remained where once
a stretch of boardwalk sat by the sea. In
Queens, N.Y., rubble from a fire that destroyed as many as 100 houses in an evacuated beachfront neighborhood jutted into
the air at ugly angles against a gray sky. In
heavily flooded Hoboken, N.J., across the
Hudson River from Manhattan, dozens of
yellow cabs sat parked in rows, submerged
in murky water to their windshields. At
the ground zero construction site in lower
Manhattan, seawater rushed into a gaping
hole under harsh floodlights.
One of the most dramatic tales came
from lower Manhattan, where a failed
backup generator forced New York University’s Langone Medical Center to relocate
more than 200 patients, including 20 babies from neonatal intensive care. Dozens
of ambulances lined up in the rainy night
and the tiny patients were gingerly moved
out, some attached to battery-powered
respirators as gusts of wind blew their
blankets.
In Moonachie, N.J., 10 miles north of
Manhattan, water rose to 5 feet within
45 minutes and trapped residents who
thought the worst of the storm had
passed. Mobile-home park resident Juan
Allen said water overflowed a 2-foot wall
along a nearby creek, filling the area with
2 to 3 feet of water within 15 minutes.
“I saw trees not just knocked down but
ripped right out of the ground,” he said.
“I watched a tree crush a guy’s house like
a wet sponge.”
In a measure of its massive size, waves
on southern Lake Michigan rose to a record-tying 20.3 feet. High winds spinning
off Sandy’s edges clobbered the Cleveland
area early Tuesday, uprooting trees, closing schools and flooding major roads
along Lake Erie.
Most along the East Coast, though,
grappled with an experience like Bertha
Weismann of Bridgeport, Conn.— frightening, inconvenient and financially problematic but, overall, endurable. Her garage
was flooded and she lost power, but she
was grateful. “I feel like we are blessed,”
she said. “It could have been worse.”
Who can fix political gridlock? Poll favors Romney
Connie Cass
Jennifer Agiesta
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Just
about everybody agrees Washington is a gridlocked mess.
But who’s the man to fix it?
After two years of brawling and
brinkmanship between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans, more
voters trust Mitt Romney to
break the stalemate, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows.
Romney’s message — a
vote for Obama is a vote for
more gridlock — seems to be
getting through. Almost half
of likely voters, 47 percent,
think the Republican challenger would be better at ending
the logjam, compared with 37
percent for Obama.
With the race charging
into its final week, Romney is
pushing that idea. He increasingly portrays himself as a
get-things-done, work-with-everybody pragmatist, in hopes
of convincing independent
voters that he can overcome
Washington’s bitter partisanship. The AP-GfK poll shows
the race in a virtual dead heat,
with Romney at 47 percent
to Obama’s 45 percent, a difference within the margin of
sampling error.
At a rally Wednesday in
Coral Gables, Fla., Romney
recounted how he worked
with the Democratic-led Legislature as governor of Massachusetts and insisted he
would find common ground
with Democrats in Washington, too: “We can’t change
course in America if we keep
attacking each other. We’ve
got to come together and get
America on track again.”
Obama made his own show
of bipartisanship Wednesday,
touring superstorm Sandy
devastation alongside Republican Gov. Chris Christie in
New Jersey. A major Romney
supporter, Christie has been
praising Obama’s “outstanding” response to the natural
disaster.
Obama counters the Washington gridlock question by
predicting that Republican
lawmakers focused on opposing his re-election will become
more cooperative once he
wins a second term and becomes ineligible to run again.
Referring to the top Republicans in Congress, Obama
joked he would “wash John
Boehner’s car” or “walk Mitch
McConnell’s dog” to help get
a federal deficit-cutting deal.
Obama also argues that
Romney is more conservative
these days than when he was
elected governor and will find
his newer ideas don’t go down
easily with Senate Democrats.
For example, Romney, who
worked with legislators to
pass a health care overhaul in
Massachusetts, has vowed to
repeal the Democrats’ similar
national health care law.
In the AP-GfK poll, about
1 out of 6 likely voters didn’t
take a side on the gridlock
issue: 6 percent weren’t sure
who would do a better job at
getting Washington moving
and 10 percent didn’t trust
either man to break the impasse among congressional
partisans.
“They all need to be taken
by the ear by a grandma,” voter Margaret Delaney, 65, said
in frustration.
She lives in Janesville, Wis.,
the hometown of Republican
vice presidential nominee
Paul Ryan, and she’s leaning
toward voting for the GOP
ticket. But when it comes
to ending gridlock, Delaney
thinks it may not matter
whether Romney or Obama is
president.
“I’m not sure either of them
can do it,” she said.
A political standoff last year
came close to forcing the government to default on its bills
and led Standard & Poor’s to
downgrade the United States’
credit rating. Over the past
two years, a Congress split between Republican and Democratic leadership posted one of
the least productive sessions
in history.
When lawmakers return
after Election Day for a lameduck session, they need to
work together with Obama to
solve some festering troubles,
including the “fiscal cliff” — a
looming combination of higher taxes and spending cuts
that could trigger another
recession if Congress doesn’t
find a resolution.
If re-elected, Obama will
almost certainly face another
two years or more of divided
government. Polling in the
states suggests Republicans
are likely to keep the control
of the U.S. House that they
won in 2010. And tea partyers
who stymied efforts to reach
a deficit-reduction deal seem
certain to remain a substantial
presence.
There’s a good chance that
a President Romney would
face a split Congress, as well.
Democrats appear to have
an edge in holding onto their
Senate majority, especially if
the presidential race remains
close. At least a dozen of the
33 Senate races remain competitive, making the overall
outcome tough to predict.
Obama also likes to remind
Democrats and like-minded
independent voters that he
serves as a check on congressional Republicans. The
president suggests Romney
would be unwilling to stand
up to “the more extreme
parts of his party.”
Airports,stock exchange reopen; NJ devastated
Adam Geller
AP National Writer
NEW YORK — Two major airports
reopened and the New York Stock Exchange got back to business Wednesday,
while across the river in New Jersey,
National Guardsmen rushed to feed and
rescue flood victims two days after Superstorm Sandy struck.
For the first time since the storm
slammed the Northeast, killing at least
62 people and inflicting billions of dollars in damage, brilliant sunshine washed
over the nation’s largest city — a striking sight after days of gray skies, rain and
wind.
At the stock exchange, running on generator power, Mayor Michael Bloomberg
gave a thumbs-up and rang the opening
bell to whoops from traders on the floor.
Trading resumed after the first two-day
weather shutdown since the Blizzard of
1888.
New York’s subway system was still
down, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo said
parts of it will begin running again on
Thursday. And he said some commuter
rail service between the city and its suburbs would resume on Wednesday afternoon.
Kennedy and Newark Liberty airports
began handling flights again just after
7 a.m. New York’s LaGuardia Airport,
which suffered far worse damage and
still had water on its runways, remained
closed.
It was clear that restoring the region
to its ordinarily frenetic pace could take
days — and that rebuilding the hardesthit communities and the transportation
networks that link them could take considerably longer.
About 6 million homes and businesses
were still without power, mostly in New
York and New Jersey. Electricity was out
as far west as Wisconsin and as far south
as the Carolinas.
The scale of the challenge could be
seen across the Hudson River in New
Jersey, where National Guard trucks
rolled into heavily flooded Hoboken to
deliver ready-to-eat meals and other supplies and to evacuate people from their
condo high-rises, brownstones and other
homes.
The mayor of the city of 50,000 issued
an appeal for people to bring boats to
City Hall to help with the evacuation.
Natural gas fires raged Wednesday in
a section of Brick Township, N.J., where
dozens of houses were devastated by the
storm’s surge. No injuries were reported.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie issued
an order postponing Halloween trickor-treating until Monday, saying flood-
waters, downed electrical wires, power
outages and fallen trees made it too dangerous for children to go out.
President Barack Obama planned to
visit Atlantic City, N.J., which was directly in the storm’s path Monday night
and saw part of its historic boardwalk
washed away.
Outages in the state’s two largest cities, Newark and Jersey City, left traffic
signals dark, resulting in fender-benders
at intersections where police were not
directing traffic. At one Jersey City supermarket, there were long lines to get
bread and use an electrical outlet to
charge cellphones.
Amid the despair, talk of recovery was
already beginning.
“It’s heartbreaking after being here 37
years,” Barry Prezioso of Point Pleasant,
N.J., said as he returned to his house in
the beachfront community. “You see your
home demolished like this, it’s tough. But
nobody got hurt and the upstairs is still
livable, so we can still live upstairs and
clean this out. I’m sure there’s people that
had worse. I feel kind of lucky.”
As New York began its second day after the megastorm, morning rush-hour
traffic was heavy as people started returning to work. There was even a sign
of normalcy: commuters waiting at bus
stops. School was out for a third day.
storm damage
David Espo
Julie Pace
Associated Press
BRIGANTINE, N.J. — President Barack Obama
soberly toured the destruction wrought by superstorm
Sandy on Wednesday in the company of New Jersey’s
Republican governor and assured victims “we will not
quit” until cleanup and recovery are complete. Six days
before their hard-fought election, rival Mitt Romney
muted criticism of Obama as he barnstormed battleground Florida.
Forsaking partisan politics for the third day in a row,
the president helicoptered with Gov. Chris Christie over
washed-out roads, flooded homes, boardwalks bobbing
in the ocean and, in Seaside Heights, a fire still burning
after ruining about eight structures.
Back on the ground, the president introduced one local woman to “my guy Craig Fugate.” In a plainspoken
demonstration of the power of the presidency, Obama
instructed the man at the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a 7,500-employee federal
agency, to “make sure she gets the help she needs” immediately.
Despite the tour and Romney’s own expressions of
sympathy for storm victims — a break on the surface
from heated campaigning — a controversy as heated as
any in the long, intense struggle for the White House
flared over the Republican challenger’s new television
and radio ads in Ohio.
“Desperation,” Vice President Joe Biden said of the
broadcast claims that suggested automakers General
Motors and Chrysler are adding jobs in China at the
expense of workers in the bellwether state. “One of the
most flagrantly dishonest ads I can ever remember.”
Republicans were unrepentant as Romney struggled
for a breakthrough in the Midwest.
“American taxpayers are on track to lose $25 billion
as a result of President Obama’s handling of the auto
bailout, and GM and Chrysler are expanding their production overseas,” said an emailed statement issued in
the name of Republican running mate Paul Ryan.
The two storms — one inflicted by nature, the other
whipped up by rival campaigns — were at opposite
ends of a race nearing its end in a flurry of early balloting by millions of voters, unrelenting advertising and so
many divergent polls that the result was confusion, not
clarity.
National surveys make the race a tight one for the
popular vote, with Romney ahead by a statistically insignificant point or two in some, and Obama in others.
Both sides claim an advantage from battleground
state soundings that also are tight. Obama’s aides contend he is ahead or tied in all of them, while Romney’s
team counters that his campaign is expanding in its final days into what had long been deemed safe territory
for the president in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Minnesota.
The storm added yet another element of uncertainty,
as Obama spent a third straight day embracing his role
as incumbent and Romney tried to tread lightly during
a major East Coast disaster.
The president received a briefing at the Federal
Emergency Management Agency across town from
the White House before flying to New Jersey, where
the shoreline absorbed some of the worst damage in a
storm that killed 50 and laid waste to New York City’s
electrical and transportation systems.
Christie was waiting when Air Force One landed, and
he and Obama, two figures in blue windbreakers, walked
together toward the president’s helicopter to begin their
tour. It was a tableau that seemed impossible a week
ago — a president struggling to defend his economic record in a tight election, flying off to a non-battleground
state to spend the afternoon in the company of the man
who delivered the keynote address at Romney’s Republican National Convention this summer.
Three hours later, the two men spoke of one another
in glowing terms.
“He has sprung into action immediately,” said Christie.
Said Obama of the governor, “He has put his heart
and soul into making sure the people of New Jersey
bounce back stronger than before.”
The storm forced an abrupt change in Romney’s campaign, as well.
In Tampa, the Republican challenger said, “We love
all of our fellow citizens. We come together at times like
this, and we want to make sure that they have a speedy
and quick recovery from their financial and, in many
cases, personal loss.” His criticism of Obama was glancing. “I don’t just talk about change. I actually have a plan
to execute change and make it happen.”
Romney was spending the full day in the state, campaigning with former Gov. Jeb Bush. It was an unusual
commitment of time in the final days of a close race, and
an indication that Republicans view the state and its 29
electoral votes as anything but secure.
The debate was ferocious over Romney’s broadcast
ads. The radio version said that after Obama’s auto bailout, General Motors has “cut 15,000 American jobs, but
they are planning to double the number of cars built in
China which means 15,000 more jobs for China.
“And now comes word that Chrysler is starting to
build cars in, you guessed it, China.”
Biden termed the ads scurrilous. He said that executives from General Motors and Chrysler, which produces Jeeps, had said the claims were inaccurate.
“Ladies and gentlemen, the truth is, just recently in
the last couple of months, in Toledo, Ohio, not only is
the Jeep plant open and churning out Jeeps, they announced they’re adding 1,100 new jobs.”
Ryan’s emailed response conceded nothing. “President Obama has chosen not to run on the facts of his
record, but he can’t run from them,” it said.
His reference to a $25 billion cost to taxpayers reflected the Treasury Department’s most recent estimate
of the amount General Motors and Chrysler still owe
the government from the financing it received during a
managed bankruptcy in 2009.
Ryan didn’t mention that the two companies have repaid billions more than that. Nor did he refer to Obama’s
frequent claim that the administration’s bailout, which
Romney opposed, saved large numbers of jobs and prevented the collapse of the U.S. auto industry itself.
Obama’s aides said the president would return to
political travel on Thursday with stops in Wisconsin,
Nevada and Colorado. But for one more day, he was
hands-on commander of the federal response to Sandy,
and consoler-in-chief for its victims.
DAILY NEWS
Sports
THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 1, 2012
Belfry hosts Knott County Central in playoffs
Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
GOODY, Ky. – The Belfry Pirates (8-2) will play
host to Knott County Central (2-8) Friday night in
the first round of the Class
3A playoffs in the Bluegrass State.
The two teams are at
opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to
football programs.
Knott Central’s only two
wins came against Jackson
County and Jenkins. They
lost 46-32 to Allen Central last week and 54-0 to
a tough Breathitt County
team the week before. The
Patriots have struggled the
past few seasons.
Belfry is coming off a
big 17-12 win at Johnson
Central. Coach Philip
Haywood said he likes to
see his team tested before
heading into the playoffs.
The road game against
a good Class 4A Golden
Eagles squad did just that.
“We were pleased with
how we finished,” Haywood said of the regular
season. “The last half of
the season and the last
couple of weeks we were
making progress and felt
like we’re getting better.”
“It may not have showed
in some areas, but we did
some good things, even in
our last game,” Haywood
continued. “Our defense
was playing fundamentally
sound. We have been physical all year, but fundamentally, we could have been
better.”
“Our special teams were
sound and offensively we
made plays when we needed to make them – but our
continuity is not where it
should be,” Haywood added.
But with that said, Haywood sees improvement
with the Pirates. “Once we
looked at the game film –
we saw where we were doing some of the little things
better than we have been.”
Junior Trinity Carr is
now the team’s leading
rusher with over 900 yards
in 10 games. He passed
previous leader, junior Justin Johnson, who has been
out since the Ashland Paul
Blazer game with a concussion.
Carr has also kicked 33
Justin Johnson returns to the
lineup this week after suffering a
concussion in the Ashland game.
Senior Payton Mullins leads
the Pirates in tackles this
season.
extra points and booted a
field goal against Johnson
Central last week.
Johnson’s status for the
first round playoff game is
listed as probable and he
should return to the field.
He had rushed for 746
yards and 12 touchdowns
before the head injury.
Even though Belfry has
some depth in the backfield, Haywood and his
staff will be glad to have
Johnson back this week.
“That will help us, he
is certainly a good back,”
Haywood said of Johnson.
“He knows our offensive
scheme and he is also a
good blocker. We definitely
missed having him in the
backfield.”
“Our kids are working hard to get better and
that is exciting,” Haywood
said. “A lot of teams have
already reached their peak,
but I think we are just
now hitting ours. We are
not even close to what we
can be. If we can just keep
improving at the level we
have been, hopefully we
will hit our stride.”
Senior Josh Robinson,
BHS Cheerleaders show their support
along with sophomores
Keaton Taylor and Austin
Hatfield, have also stepped
up for the Pirates. Robinson has eight rushing TDs,
two receiving scores and
one punt return so far this
season. These players give
Belfry plenty of depth in
the backfield.
Junior quarterback Sani
Warren is also capable of
keeping the pigskin and
gaining yardage and his
passing has also improved
the last couple of games
giving Coach Haywood
and his staff offensive balance.
When Warren throws
the ball he has big 6-4
senior tight end Tony
Messer as a target, along
with senior split end Eli
Huddle who has caught
three TD passes and junior
Cam Johnson. He also has
the multitude of backs he
looks for on screen passes,
which has helped Belfry’s
air attack. Taylor, Johnson,
Robinson and Carr have all
been targets at time this
year out of the backfield.
Defensively Belfry has
been led by senior linebacker Madison Ghorm-
ley, Messer at defensive
end and linebacker Payton Mullins. Mullins leads
the team in tackles, while
Ghormley is second in
stops. In the secondary
Robinson leads the way
with five interceptions,
while Johnson has picked
off three passes.
Belfry’s huge, strong offensive and defensive linemen have been a big key to
their success.
Knott County Central is
a young team, according
to Haywood. This is their
first playoff appearance in
a while and he said they
will be coming into Belfry
hungry.
Even though earlier in
the week there was some
inclement weather and
school was canceled on
Tuesday, Haywood said
this has now disturbed
practice.
“At some point you want
to see a measured improvement,” Haywood said of
his team. “We’re pretty
excited about where we
are right not. I feel like we
are just hitting our stride
heading into the playoffs.”
Kentucky reloads
with 4 talented
freshmen
Gary Graves
AP Sports Writer
Submitted Photo
The Belfry High School cheerleaders are shown with their pink bows. They have worn the pink bows for every game during the month of October in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The girls will be cheering Friday night at CAM
stadium as the Pirates host Knott County Central for a first round playoff game.
■ Sports Calendar
Belfry Midget League
basketball
The Belfry Midget
League will have registration on Monday, Nov.
5, and again on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 5 to 7
p.m. at the Belfry High
School gym. This is for
players from pre-K to the
6th grade. There is a $25
sign-up fee. There will
also be a coaches meeting for anyone interested
in coaching a team on
Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
For more information call
Mike Hylton at 606-6252307.
Belfry playoff tickets
Belfry will host Knott
County Central Friday night
in the first round of the Class
3A playoffs in the Bluegrass
State. Reserved seating
tickets are $7, general admission are $5 and season
ticket holders have the first
choice for the reserved seats
at CAM Stadium up until 12
noon on Thursday.
ASEP Coaching Class
The ASEP coaching
class will be held November 3, 4 and 11 at Huntington High School for those
interested in coaching a
secondary school sports.
Pre-register at www.wvssac.org.
Tug Valley Basketball
Officials
Anyone interested in
becoming a member of
the Tug Valley Basketball Officials Board and
becoming a registered
WVSSAC referee should
call Mark Whitt at 304235-0370. The class begins on Monday, October
29, at the Mingo County
Courthouse.
(Sports Calendar is a service of the
Williamson Daily News. If you have
submission for the calendar send
it to klovern@williamsondailynews.
com)
■ Sports Briefs
TCU planning late arrival
for WVU game after storm
FORT WORTH, Texas
(AP) — TCU is planning a
late arrival for its game Saturday at West Virginia in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy.
The Horned Frogs originally planned to fly into West
Virginia on Friday and have a
walkthrough at the stadium
before going to its hotel in the
Pittsburgh area.
Coach Gary Patterson said
Tuesday that his team will
instead conduct all of its normal day-before-game routine
at home. The Frogs will do
their walkthrough, video tests
and pregame dinner at home
before flying directly to Pittsburgh and arriving at their hotel around 10 p.m. Friday.
It was snowing Tuesday in
West Virginia, but the longterm forecast is for partly
cloudy conditions with temperatures in the upper 40s for
kickoff Saturday afternoon between the Big 12 newcomers.
No. 2 Cardinals set sights
on Final Four return
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) —
Louisville players expect to
make another NCAA tournament run, last year’s ended at
the Final Four.
The second-ranked Cardinals feel they can win it all.
Louisville returns 11 players from a 30-10 team that
won the Big East Conference
tournament and reached the
Final Four for the first time
since 2005. They lost to eventual champion Kentucky in the
semifinals.
Injuries forced several Cardinals to play key roles and the
experience has created depth
on this year’s team.
Leading the way are guards
Peyton Siva and Russ Smith,
center Gorgui Dieng and forward Chane Behanan, who
each averaged at least 9 points
per game last season. That balance reflects an unselfish attitude that the Cardinals believe
will lead to a national title.
Louisville opens the season
Nov. 11 against Manhattan.
San Francisco goes orange and black for Giants
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
Orange-and-black clad hordes
flooded the streets of San
Francisco on Wednesday for a
ticker-tape parade celebrating
the 2012 World Series champion Giants — a Halloween
treat made all the more sweet
as a repeat performance.
Tens of thousands of people
decked out in the team’s holiday-appropriate colors stood
20 deep behind barriers along
the city’s main commercial
street to watch their favorite
players wave from atop individual convertibles.
Standing next to a gold Rolls
Royce that served as his ride,
Giants manager Bruce Bochy
credited the fans with helping
lift San Francisco to its second
World Series victory in three
years, an improbable double
play for a team that before 2010
had not won a World Series
title since 1954.
In wake of Sandy, Giants
preparing for Steelers
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
(AP) — Instead of shoes at the
bottom of his locker, New York
Giants safety Stevie Brown had
a couple of power cords.
One carried a charge into his
cellphone and the other current
into his laptop in somewhat of
a crossing pattern.
While the Giants (6-2) prepare for Sunday’s game against
the Pittsburgh Steelers (3-4),
the electronic equipment at the
bottom of the NFC’s defensive
player of the week’s locker was
a sign of another opponent
the Giants are facing this
week — the aftermath of
Sandy.
The superstorm devastated areas of New York
City and New Jersey and it
has left a number of Giants
without power at home,
something an NFL player
needs to review videotape
of upcoming opponents —
as well as to stay warm and
comfortable.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky lost six players from
last year’s national championship team and is again
projected to be title contender this season.
Yes, Wildcats coach John
Calipari signed another talented freshman class.
The high expectations
remain after the Wildcats
won their eighth title behind
freshmen Anthony Davis,
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and
Marquis Teague. All were
first-round NBA draft picks
along with Terrence Jones;
Doron Lamb and Darius
Miller went in the second
round.
It’s a tough act to follow for
freshmen Nerlens Noel, Alex
Poythress, Archie Goodwin
and Willie Cauley-Stein —
but Kentucky is ranked No.
3 in the preseason poll.
Nearly seven months after
Calipari won his first title
with a team anchored by underclassmen, he is eager to
see if this group can go as far
as their predecessors.
“We’re just so young,”
Calipari said. “If we had to
play a game right now, we’d
probably be the fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth team in our
league. Now, let’s hope in
two months that that’s not
the case.
“I like our talent. I like our
size. I like our length. We
have some guys with pretty
good speed. We’re just not a
good basketball team right
now. Too many young guys
that we’re trying to bring
along.”
Replacing a lineup that
accounted for 92 percent of
last year’s offense definitely
gives Calipari room to exlpore many options with an
incoming class that includes
three McDonald’s All-Americans. The Wildcats are taller
than last year’s squad and
have just as much quickness,
in addition to veterans ready
John Calipari
to fill a variety of roles.
Leading the way is 6-foot10 forward Noel, considered
the nation’s top recruit. His
offensive and shot-blocking
skills have already drawn
comparisons to Davis, That’s
high praise considering Davis earned many of the nation’s top awards and was
the NBA’s top overall pick.
Noel acknowledges the
comparisons to Davis, but
said, “this is a different day
(and I’m a) different person.
I’m bringing my own game
to this team and interested
in winning games.”
Poythress, 6-7, is considered one of the nation’s most
versatile forwards and can
play several positions. The
same has been said about 6-4
guard Goodwin, who gives
Kentucky another excellent
swingman.
Cauley-Stein, a 7-foot center, lacks the accolades of
his fellow rookies but brings
athleticism that has Calipari considering pairing him
with Noel. Calipari could
even play a trio of big men
with a lineup that features
Noel, Cauley-Stein and 6-10
sophomore Kyle Wiltjer, the
Wildcats’ leading returning
scorer at 5.0 points per game
Just don’t ask Calipari
how this group stacks up
against last year’s team —
one he describes as a oncein-a-lifetime squad.
AREA HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 2
Knott Co. Central at Belfry
(playoffs)
Herbert Hoover at Mingo
Central
Logan at Scott
Chapmanville at Point
Pleasant
Clay County at Tug Valley
Van at Sherman
Wyoming East at Liberty
Raleigh
Westside at River View
Bluefield at Wayne
Tolsia at Poca
Colleges
Saturday, Nov. 3
TCU at WVU
Marshall – Open
UPike at Union
Vanderbilt at UK
Sports
Inconsistency plagues Herd Joker Phillips’
Derek Redd
AP Contributor
HUNTINGTON - Lose
one. Win one. Lose one.
Win one. Lose two. Win
one. Lose one.
The pendulum of momentum has swung back
and forth for Marshall
University’s football team
this season. At 3-5 and 2-2
in Conference USA, the
Thundering Herd has yet
to get rolling in a positive
direction for any longer
than one game at a time.
The last two weeks may
have been the most extreme case, as the Herd
followed its best overall
performance of the year, a
59-24 road win over Southern Mississippi, with its
worst, a 54-17 home loss
to the University of Central Florida.
As the Herd prepares for
this Saturday’s 2 p.m. clash
with 1-7 Memphis, the
players return to what has
become their season-long
quest - finding the formula
for more consistent success.
Sixth-year guard John
Bruhin said it has become
frustrating that this quest
has gone on for eight
games and the Herd has
seemed to come no closer
to a solution.
“It’s hard to pinpoint,
but we sit back and think
about it all
the time,”
Bruhin said.
“We
ask,
‘What are
we not doing right?’
I think we
come
out
to
work
every day
and do the
right things
and sometimes it just
doesn’t fall Rakeem Cato
in our favor.
We’re just got
to keep working.”
In thumping the Golden
Eagles, the Herd reached
season highs in yards
(629) and points. The
defense recorded its first
multi-sack game with three
and reached a season low
in yards allowed (331)
and tied a season low in
points allowed.
In getting thumped by
the Knights, the Herd
stumbled
to
season
lows in yards (364) and
points, Marshall receivers
dropped seven first-half
passes and quarterback
Rakeem Cato was sacked
four times and hurried 10
times through four quarters.
The defense allowed
the most points since
West Virginia University scorched it for 69 in
the season
opener and
allowed 568
yards, the
third time
its allowed
at least that
much this
year. The
Herd also
could muster only one
sack.
T h o s e
aren’t the
only examples. The
Herd finally
snapped its winless streak
in Texas by beating Rice
in double overtime, only
to allow 28 second-quarter points the next week
in a 51-41 loss to Purdue.
Defensive end Jeremiah
Taylor said it’s a frustrating predicament, but
that’s how life is some
times. Ups and downs
come and the Herd needs
to fight through that. He
said it starts with effective
leadership.
“Right now we’re going
to need great leadership
out of the captains and
the seniors and finish out
the season strong like we
did last year,” said Taylor,
one of Marshall’s defensive captains. “It starts
with leadership. Last
year, were down at Memphis and we were down a
couple scores. We just had
everybody in the game focused up and got the win
and that carried through
the rest of the season.”
Redshirt junior corner
Derrick Thomas said Marshall has the resiliency to
turn the tide, like it did
last season in winning
four of its last five. A Penn
State transfer who didn’t
start practicing until halfway through the Herd’s
first week of preseason
camp, Thomas hasn’t
been on the team long.
But he has been there long
enough to see his teammates have the gumption
to start a positive streak.
“The one thing I can
say about this team is it’s
never really quit, momentum or no momentum,”
Thomas said. “We might
not have momentum at
times, but there are still
guys going around the
locker room trying to get
guys together and pump
guys up. No one’s really sitting there with their head
down.
“That’s what I like about
this team,” he added. “All
the adversity we’ve been
through this year, all the
things we’ve been through
this year, guys never give
up. Even when we don’t
have the momentum, guys
are still out there fighting
to make things better.”
Bobcats’ Dunlap names starters for season opener
Steve Reed
AP Sports Writer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. —
Bobcats rookie Michael KiddGilchrist, the No. 2 overall pick
in this year’s draft, will start
the season opener Friday
night against the Indiana Pacers, coach Mike Dunlap said.
Dunlap tinkered with his
lineup throughout the preseason, but has decided on
Kemba Walker starting alongside Gerald Henderson in the
backcourt, with Kidd-Gilchrist and Byron Mullens
at forward and Brendan
Haywood at center.
The Bobcats first-year head
coach said that decision was
based on that group’s defensive
ability.
“They get after it defensively,” Dunlap said Wednesday.
“We have been selling that. …
If I say we’re going to tilt this
thing toward defense you have
to do it with your actions, not
your words. And those five
there to me, on our deflection
chart and all of our defensive
things we chart (in the preseason), they are the top five.
So that’s how I did it.”
Charlotte finished with the
worst record in the NBA last
season at 7-59 and lost its final
23 games.
Dunlap said he plans to go
deep into his bench and play
11 players per night, largely because of his plans to pressure
the ball on defense.
“If you go with a short
bench and you’re demanding
a lot of trapping on defense
there will be a burnout factor,”
Dunlap said.
Dunlap experimented with
a variety of lineups and rotations during the preseason to
see what combinations worked
best. In particular, Dunlap
worked extensively with
Walker and Sessions in the
backcourt.
“Any kind of movement of
the chairs was to get a sampling of player combinations,”
Dunlap said. “I know more
know now what those combinations can do, and yet I still
don’t have all of the samples. It
will take a little longer.”
future as Wildcats
coach in jeopardy
Gary Graves
AP Sports Writer
LEXINGTON, Ky —
Kentucky coach Joker
Phillips has tried to maintain a sense of humor during what has been a difficult season and mounting
questions about his job
status.
“I was coming over
here today, and I got in
the car, and my seat was
hot,” he said. “And I
looked up, and I had hit
Joker Phillips
the seat warmer.”
Questions regarding
Phillips’ future and Kentucky’s struggles are no laughing
matter, though.
The Wildcats (1-8, 0-6 Southeastern Conference) lost
their seventh straight game Saturday at Missouri, ensuring a third consecutive losing season and putting them
on pace for their worst finish since going 2-9 in 2004.
Injuries have forced Phillips to play 26 freshmen
against one of the nation’s toughest schedules. That
hasn’t stopped Wildcats fans from expressing their frustration: Calling for his dismissal on radio talk shows and
not showing up for games — attendance has fallen off at
67,942-seat Commonwealth Stadium.
Players say they still support Phillips and will try to
finish the season with three wins to help the embattled
coach.
“He’s still here, he’s still our coach, we’re still playing
for him and I’m going to play hard for him,” junior right
tackle Kevin Mitchell said.
“We don’t actually say anything to him (about his
situation), but we come out and we practice hard. We’re
keeping it going, we just continue as a team. We’re all
pushing each other hard. Practicing hard shows him that
we still care, that we still believe and that we’re not giving up.”
Phillips, 12-22 and in his third season at Kentucky, is
one of several SEC coaches facing uncertain futures —
joining Auburn’s Gene Chizik, Tennessee’s Derek Dooley and Arkansas’ John L. Smith.
But Phillips has remained upbeat through the turmoil,
saying that he’s been too busy focusing on his team to
pay attention to what has been or said about him.
When asked again if he has talked to Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart about his status, Phillips came back with his standard response that the two
friends have talked without being specific.
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brand today is multifaceted.
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by Dave Green
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday,
Nov. 1, 2012:
This year you are very strong-willed
about what you want, and you do not
take “no” easily. You will tap into your
intellectual side in order to display your
determination. You are sensitive to
what is not being said; you can read
between the lines. Detach when you
are triggered, and you’ll become a
more effective communicator. If you
are single, your sensuality and wit
emerge. Enjoy deciding who, what and
where! If you are attached, you will
relate more effectively. Your sensitivity
to your sweetie will draw you closer
together. GEMINI’s energy can bowl
you over sometimes.
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)
HHHH You have the right words
to make an impression. You have a
tendency to renew yourself and your
thoughts. Encourage others to do the
same. You could act in an unpredictable matter. Opportunities knock on
your door; it is your choice whether or
not to respond. Tonight: A force to be
dealt with.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
HHH Be aware of a tendency to go
overboard, especially today. Someone
or something might be so tempting
that you might not be able to say “no.”
You don’t need to spend any money
in order to impress others — you are
impressive anyway. Tonight: Treat a
friend to dinner.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
HHHH You blossom, and someone
responds. You could feel as if a child
or a new friend is being manipulative.
A loved one also might not be reliable,
as you will see soon. Use your strong
personality to draw in more of what you
want. Tonight: All smiles.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
HHH Know what is going on behind
the scenes, and deal with it as best
as you can. A problem could occur in
which someone you know might want
to reveal his or her true feelings. You
will land on your feet, no matter what.
Use your intuition. Tonight: Get some
extra Z’s.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
HHHH Zero in on what works.
You could be taken aback by a new
perspective. Lie low and watch a situation evolve, as you might not be up for
taking any huge risks right now. You
will move when you feel more secure.
A friend lets you know that he or she
supports you. Tonight: In the whirlwind
of the moment.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
HHHH Keep pushing to achieve
what you want. You might have a lastminute show of support or energy. You
will accomplish much more than you
thought possible and feel pleased with
the results. Demonstrate your caring
through a card or a token of affection.
Tonight: A force to be dealt with.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
HHHH You might be overwhelmed
by everything that is going on around
you. Listen to your instincts when dealing with someone at a distance. This
person opens you up to a lot of new
opportunities. Tonight: Read between
the lines.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
HHHH Relate to a loved one directly, as he or she has an unusual sense
of merriment and often can be rather
whimsical. You enjoy being around
this person, so make plans to visit in
the near future. Your attitude could
be affected greatly if you don’t get to
spend quality time with him or her.
Tonight: Dinner for two.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
HHHH Others are quite dominant
and lively. You could get into the quirkiness of the day. A meeting reminds
you how much a friendship means
to you. Others could elevate your
stress level. Throw your rigidity away,
and everyone will have a good time.
Tonight: Accept an invitation.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
HH Pace yourself, and don’t allow
someone to upset you. Separating
your personal life from your professional or outside life will only make your
day-to-day routine simpler and easier.
Try not to share so much private news.
Tonight: Off to the gym, or take a walk.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
HHHH You might not be able to
greet the weekend yet, but you will act
as if you are. You spontaneously could
decide to throw out a project that has
become rather complicated. A child or
loved one gives you a reason to give in
to a more self-indulgent day. Tonight:
Act as if there is no tomorrow.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
HHH Stay close to home, or work
from home, if possible. Others find you
performing on a high level right now,
even in this more relaxed situation.
You might want to check out an investment that could involve your finances
or a real-estate matter. Tonight: Happy
at home.
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Boy Scouts host anti-abuse forum
David Crary
AP National Writer
Even as its past policies on sexabuse prevention fuel controversy,
the Boy Scouts of America is hosting an unprecedented closed-door
symposium Thursday with other
national youth organizations, hoping to share strategies to combat
future abuse.
The 10 participating groups, including the Boys and Girls Clubs
of America, the YMCA and Big
Brothers Big Sisters, will hear
presentations from some of the
nation’s top experts on child sexabuse prevention. They also will
discuss the sensitive topic of how
uncorroborated information about
potentially threatening adult volunteers might be shared among youth
organizations.
Planning for the one-day session
in Atlanta began late last year, part
of long-standing efforts by the Boy
Scouts to demonstrate a commitment to preventing the abuse problems that have bedeviled it and other youth groups over the decades.
The Boy Scouts have been criticized for a lack of transparency in
the ways they deal with sex abuse
allegations. They have fought
to keep their so-called “perversion files” confidential, and those
files reveal many cases where the
Scouts failed to protect youths
from pedophiles.
Two weeks ago, the Scouts released files from 1959-85 on 1,200
alleged pedophiles after The Associated Press, The Oregonian, The
New York Times, Oregon Public
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organization.
The public is excluded from the
Thursday symposium, but the organization says that will encourage
candid discussion among participants.
Michael Johnson, a former police detective hired by the Scouts in
2010 as national director of youth
protection, has been the key organizer of the symposium, calling it
a “groundbreaking opportunity”
for groups serving more than 17
million youngsters to discuss their
shared challenges and anti-abuse
strategies.
“Crazy as it sounds, this hasn’t
been done before,” Johnson said.
One of the symposium’s sessions
will deal with the type of confidential files kept by the Boy Scouts
since the 1920s, containing a range
of verified and unverified allegations involving thousands of adults
deemed to pose a threat of abuse.
The Scouts’ policy — not always
adhered to over the decades — is
to share substantive allegations
with law enforcement. Thursday’s
symposium will include discussion
of whether, and how, these types of
files might also be shared among
youth groups even when the allegations are unproven.
“This information is an incredible tool that might be helpful to
other organizations, but where is
the legislation that allows this to be
shared amongst us?” said Johnson.
“We want kids to be safe. We don’t
mean to be defensive. But it is complicated.”
The expert recruited to facilitate
the symposium, Dr. Michael Haney
of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, said
the question of information sharing
is “a very gray area legally,” raising
questions with no easy answers.
“You may have enough information to know someone violated
your policy, so you don’t let him be
a volunteer,” Haney said. “How do
we deal with that so that individual
can’t just walk around the corner
and find another venue to have access to children?”
The session on information-sharing will be led by Suzanna Tiapula,
director of the National District Attorneys Association’s National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse.
She said the youth organizations
needed to be wary of reports that
appeared false or vindictive, but
should be working on ways to share
with other youth groups any information deemed serious enough to
report to law enforcement.
“That’s going to be delicate,” she
said. “They have a lot of issues, and
they’re trying to do it correctly.”
US stocks mixed after historic 2-day close
Bernard Condon
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK — Stocks closed
mixed on Wednesday in their first
session since Hurricane Sandy
forced an historic two-day shutdown of trading.
The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 10.75 points to
13,096.46. The Standard & Poor’s
500 index rose, but barely — up
0.22 of a point to 1,412.16.
Investors were nervous that a
flood of orders after two days of
pent-up demand from customers
might lead to volatile trading. But
stock prices barely budged at the
opening, and stayed within a tight
range throughout the day.
“It’s been very smooth,” Duncan
Niederauer, CEO of NYSE Euronext, told CNBC from the exchange
floor shortly after the opening bell.
“The market-making community
is more than staffed enough to be
open.”
The last time the New York Stock
Exchange closed for two consecutive days because of weather was
during the Blizzard of 1888 — 124
years ago. Since power was out in
large parts of downtown Manhattan
on Wednesday, the trading floor had
to be run on backup generators.
Home Depot and Lowe’s rose as
investors anticipated more business
for the home improvement chains as
people made repairs in the aftermath
of the devastating storm. Home
Depot gained $1.34 to $61.38 and
Lowe’s rose $1.02 to $32.38.
Netflix soared $9.66 to $79.24
after financier Carl Icahn said he
had bought a 10 percent stake in
the troubled company.
Among the losers were insurers
Chubb, Allstate and Travelers. Investors worried that the companies
are most likely to suffer losses due
to insurance claims. The trio have a
large share of the insurance market
in areas where Hurricane Sandy hit.
Chubb fell 98 cents to $76.98,
Travelers dropped 62 cents to
$70.94 and Allstate slipped 17
cents to $39.98.
Half of the ten industry sectors in
the S&P 500 fell. Health-care stocks
were down 0.7 percent, the biggest
drop. Utility stocks led the gainers
with a rise of 0.8 percent.
Stocks flitted between small
gains and losses in the last hour of
trading. The indexes started the
day higher than the close on Friday, the last trading day. Then they
dropped, and stayed in the red for
much of the day.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite lost 10.72 points to 2,977.23.
The opening followed days of
scrambling by NYSE officials to
make sure power, telecom connections and computers would be
ready. Many workers on the floor
use the subways to get downtown,
but Hurricane Sandy left the system
with its worst damage in its 108year history. New York’s governor,
Andrew Cuomo, said says limited
subway service will resume in New
York City on Thursday.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Former
Penn State assistant football coach
Jerry Sandusky on Wednesday
was sent to serve his child molestation prison sentence at an institution in far southwestern Pennsylvania that includes most of the
state’s death row inmates.
The Corrections Department
said Sandusky was transferred to
Greene State Prison after being
evaluated at a facility outside Harrisburg. Prison officials said he will
be housed in protective custody.
“We make individual decisions
based on facts,” Corrections Secretary John Wetzel said in a written
statement. “Given the high profile
nature of this individual, coupled
with the nature of his crimes, this
makes him very vulnerable in a
prison setting.”
Sandusky, 68, was convicted
this summer of 45 criminal counts
for sexual abuse of 10 boys over 15
years. He has maintained his innocence and is pursuing appeals.
The 30- to 60-year sentence imposed Oct. 9 means he faces the
likelihood of dying in prison.
He will not have a cellmate and
will be subject to heightened supervision and an escort when not
in his cell. He will get an hour of individual exercise five days a week
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He will eat meals in his cell.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP)
— Tina Curl was so eager to
see her 9-year-old daughter’s
killer executed Tuesday night
that she couldn’t even take
her seat in the witness room.
“I was right up to the
glass,” she told The Associated Press after the execution.
“I wanted to see it up close.”
Donald Moeller, 60, received a lethal injection
at the South Dakota State
Penitentiary in Sioux Falls on
Tuesday night as punishment
for the 1990 kidnap, rape
and killing of young Becky
O’Connell.
Curl, who said Moeller’s
death brought her relief but
not closure, had been steadfast in her wish to watch
Moeller die, even raising
funds to cover her expenses
to make the 1,400-mile trip
from her home in New York
state to Sioux Falls for the
execution.
Late Tuesday she said she
will never return to South
Dakota.
Moeller kidnapped Becky
from a Sioux Falls convenience store where she’d gone
to buy sugar to make lemonade at home. He drove her to
a secluded area near the Big
Sioux River, then raped and
stabbed her. Becky’s naked
body was found the next day;
investigators said her throat
had been slashed.
After the execution, Curl
showed pictures of Becky at
9 years followed by a framed
drawing of how she might
have looked had she lived to
age 32.
Curl said she wanted to
know details from Moeller
about the crime. She had
written to him in prison,
but he didn’t respond. She
was hoping to get that information Tuesday night in
Moeller’s final statement.
But when asked if he had
any last words, Moeller replied, “No sir,” and then
looked up and said, “They’re
my fan club?” It’s not clear
who Moeller was referring to
as his fan club.
Moeller then was administered a lethal injection of
pentobarbital and took about
eight heavy breaths before
his breathing stopped and
Moeller turned slightly pink.
Moeller’s eyes remained
open as his skin turned ashen, then purple. The coroner
then checked for vital signs,
and Moeller was pronounced
dead at 10:24 p.m.
Gov. Dennis Daugaard
said he hoped the execution
would bring some peace to
Becky’s family and he commended Warden Doug Weber
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state’s second execution in
less than a month.
“I take no pleasure in his
death, but there are those who
are so vile that executions are
warranted,” Daugaard said in
a statement.
Moeller initially was convicted in 1992, but the state
Supreme Court overturned
it, ruling that improper evidence was used at trial. He
was again convicted and
sentenced to die in 1997.
The state Supreme Court
affirmed the sentence, and
Moeller lost appeals at the
state and federal levels.
Though he fought his
conviction and sentence for
years, Moeller said in July
he was ready to accept death
as the consequence of his actions. He admitted for the
first time in court that he
killed the girl.
But even as Moeller insisted he was ready to die, several motions were filed on his
behalf to stop the execution
despite his protests.
Earlier this month, a federal judge dismissed a pending
suit challenging South Dakota’s execution protocol after
Moeller insisted he wanted
no part of it. Moeller also
distanced himself from a motion filed by a woman with
loose family ties who argued
that his decades in solitary
confinement had made him
incapable of voluntarily accepting his fate. That motion
was dismissed Monday.
Moeller’s execution came
just two weeks after the Oct.
15 execution of Eric Robert for killing South Dakota
prison guard Ronald “R.J.”
Johnson during a failed escape attempt.
Before that, the last execution in South Dakota was in
2007, when Elijah Page died
by lethal injection for the
murder of Chester Allan Poage, who was abducted and
killed in a scheme to burglarize his mother’s home.
In 1947, George Sitts was
electrocuted for killing two
law enforcement officers.
And in 1913, Joseph Rickman was hanged for the
murder of a woman and her
daughter.