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www.herald-dispatch.com Sunday, March 4, 2012 1GproGress 2012:

ince British chef Jamie Oliver and his ABC television show“Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” came to Huntingtonmore than two years ago, there has been substantial progresstoward healthier meals in the Cabell County school system.

Rhonda McCoy, director of Food Services, said CabellCounty was already moving in a positive direction. But, she said,the show has allowed things to move more quickly because of therespect that’s been earned by the program.

“I think we were always doing things, that it drew a lot of atten-tion to us and made change easier,” McCoy said.

This school year, they tried to get even fresher and healthier bylaunching a Farm to School program. In the fall, students in theagriculture program and 4-H programs at Cabell Midland HighSchool helped raise a crop of sweet potatoes that were eventuallymade into a sweet potato casserole and served at the high school.

INsIde ThIs secTIoNprojectsabound inputnamPutnam Countyis in the midst ofa massive schoolconstruction andimprovementtrend, with sevenprojects currentlyunder way. / 3G

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ABOVE: Kindergartener Johnie Holley gets breakfast at Guyandotte Elementarywhere all kids eat for free as part of a universal meals pilot program.

LEFT: Oranges are offered as part of breakfast at Guyandotte Elementary.

Photos by Toril Lavender/For The Herald-Dispatch

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“I think wewere alwaysdoing things,that it drew a

lot of attentionto us and madechange easier.”

Rhonda McCoydirector of Food

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Now, McCoy said they are goingafter grants through the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture in the hopes ofgetting thousands of dollars to growthe program even more in the comingschool year.

They haven’t decided on a crop, buttheywant to get started earlier andwitha larger crop that could potentially feedstudents across the county.

“There’s several benefits,” McCoysaid. “It allows students to see whatit’s like to raise their own produce andalso education in the classroom abouthaving fresh produce.

“Andwe encourage children sowhenthey become older, they can raise theirown garden and have fresh foods toeat,” she said.

It also gives students a chance to trynew things. McCoy said they also wereable to serve fresh radishes throughoutthe county. She said they cut them intowedges and served themwith ranchdip.There also was enough to allow cooksto put into soup or add to cole slaw.

The grant money that’s out there,McCoy said, could help purchase seedand equipment. But she said there alsois interest among some of the wellnesscoaches at various schools in raisingsmall gardens with tomatoes or let-tuce.

If all that fresh produce comes to frui-tion, there will be plenty of room for itat the schools. When schools start thenew year in August, every lunchroomwill have a salad bar that allow stu-dents tomake their own salads and alsochoose from a variety of fresh fruit.

“It’s amazing to see the little ones gothroughandsee their eyes lightupas theymake their own salads,” McCoy said. “Iftheygettopickandselectitemsthemselves,thechance they’ll eat it is greater.”

TheHuntingtonFoundationprovided$60,000 to the school system to finishpurchasing the salad bars.

McCoy also is evaluating the suc-cess of the state’s pilot program thatincludes Guyandotte Elementary. It,and other schools across the state, areproviding free breakfast and lunch toall students.

“I knowwe’re going to be looking atwhat the child nutrition office suggests

we do next year,” McCoy said. “I thinkit has shown so far that the breakfasthas greatly increased in numbers andhearing that students aremore attentiveand have better attendance at school. Ican’t see going back because it is work-ing so well.

The question is how to expand itto other schools, particularly thoseelementary schools with high rates ofstudents who receive free or reducedlunches. At the Feb. 21 school boardmeeting, it was announced that nineschools (eight elementary schools andone middle school,) all with free andreduced rates above 75 percent, wouldtake part in universal meal programsfor the 2012-2013 school year.

Finally, McCoy highlighted animproved kitchen at the Cabell CountyCareer TechnologyCenter that is beingutilized for the first time in years. Priorto this yearmealswere cooked at Bever-ly HillsMiddle School and transportedto the tech center. But they looked atthe numbers and realized there wereenough students to add a cook.

“Any time you can provide meals atthe school, cooked at the school, it’sbetter,” she said.

“it’s amazing to see the little ones go through and

see their eyes light upas they make their own salads. if they get to pick andselect items themselves, the chance they’ll eat it is greater.”

rhonda Mccoy, director of food services for cabell county schools

Toril Lavender/ For The Herald-Dispatch

Jasmine Chapman eats breakfast at Guyandotte Elementary where all kids eat for free as part of a universal mealspilot program.

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JOB: South Point High School prin-cipal.

HOW DID YOU GET IN YOURCAREER? “I became an educatorbecause I was compelled to do so.Rob Wheeler, my high school Englishteacher, told me that God chose myprofession. He said, ‘True educatorsare called to a lifestyle, not a career.’”

FIRST JOB: “My first job was workingfor my father doing general contracting.”

FAMILY: wife, Tara; son, Bryce;

dogs, Scooby and Bella; cat, Tigger.SPECIAL SKILLS: Motivational

speaking, creating and challengingparadigms; writing and synthesizingresearch; coaching shot-put and dis-cus; and making coffee for my wife.

FAVORITE BOOK: “The Tipping Point:How Little Things Can Make a Big Dif-ference,” By Malcolm Gladwell.

FAVORITE MOVIE: “Amadeus.”FAVORITE TV SHOW: “American

Pickers.”

Here are the schools that are part of the Cabell CountySchools system:

HIGH SCHOOLSCabell Midland High School, 2300 U.S. 60 E., Ona, WV

25545; phone: 304-743-7400; fax: 304-743-7577; website:cmhs.cabe.k12.wv.usHuntington High School, 1 Highlander Way, Hun-

tington, WV 25701; phone: 304-528-6400; fax: 304-528-6422; website: www.edline.net/pages/Huntington_High_SchoolCabell County Career Technology Center, 1035

Norway Ave., Huntington, WV 25705; phone: 304-528-5106; fax: 304-528-5110; website: boe.cabe.k12.wv.us/ctc

MIDDLE SCHOOLSBarboursville Middle School, 1400 Central Ave.,

Barboursville, WV 25504; phone: 304-733-3003; fax: 304-733-3009; website: bms.cabe.k12.wv.usBeverly Hills Middle School, Saltwell Road, Hunting-

ton, WV 25705; phone: 304-528-5102; fax: 304-528-5197;website: www.edline.net/pages/Beverly_Hills_Middle_SchoolEnslow Middle School, 26th Street and Collis Avenue,

Huntington, WV 25702; phone: 304-528-5121; fax: 304-528-5097; website: ems.cabe.k12.wv.usMilton Middle School, 1 Panther Trail (Pinehaven

Drive), Milton, WV 25541; phone: 304-743-7308; fax: 304-743-7324; website: www.edline.net/pages/Milton_Middle_SchoolHuntington Middle School, 925 3rd St., Huntington,

WV 25701; phone: 304-304-528-5180; fax: 304-304-528-5215; website: www.edline.net/pages/Huntington_Middle_School

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSAltizer Elementary School, 250 3rd St., Altizer Addition,

Huntington, WV 25702; phone: 304-528-5100; fax: 304-528-5148; website: altizer.cabe.k12.wv.usCentral City Elementary School, Washington Avenue,

Huntington, WV 25704; phone: 304-528-5231; fax: 304-528-5245; website: www.edline.net/pages/Central_City_Elemen-tary_SchoolCox Landing Elementary School, 6358 Cox Lane, Les-

age, WV 25537; phone: 304-733-3019; fax: 304-733-3021;website: coxlanding.cabe.k12.wv.us/default.htmCulloden Elementary School, 2100 U.S. 60 E.,

Culloden, WV 25510; phone: 304-743-7301; fax: 304-743-7306; website: www.edline.net/pages/Culloden_Elemen-tary_SchoolDavis Creek Elementary School, W.Va. 2, Box 498,

Barboursville, WV 25504; phone: 304-733-3024; fax: 304-733-3049; website: daviscreek.cabe.k12.wv.usGeneva Kent Elementary School, Norwood Road, Hun-

tington, WV 25705; phone: 304-528-5126; fax: 304-528-5150;website: genevakent.cabe.k12.wv.usGuyandotte Elementary School, 5th Avenue, B and O

Railway, Huntington, WV 25702; phone: 304-528-5128; fax:304-528-5151; website: www.edline.net/pages/Guyandotte_Elementary_School.Highlawn Elementary School, 2549 1st Ave., Huntington,

WV 25702; phone: 304-528-5130; fax: 304-528-5152; web-site: highlawn.cabe.k12.wv.us/default.htm.Hite-Saunders Elementary School, 3708 Green Valley

Road, Huntington, WV 25701; phone: 304-528-5132; fax:304-528-5038; website: hitesaunders.cabe.k12.wv.us/default.htmMartha Elementary School, 3065 Martha Road,

Barboursville, WV 25504; phone: 304-733-3027; fax: 304-733-3016; website: martha.cabe.k12.wv.usMeadows Elementary School, 1601 Washington Blvd.,

Huntington, WV 25701; phone: 304-528-5166; fax: 304-528-5153; website: meadows.cabe.k12.wv.usMilton Elementary School, 1201 Pike St., Milton, WV

25541; phone: 304-743-7303; fax: 304-743-7307; website:www.edline.net/pages/6563719132587100194Nichols Elementary School, 3505 Erwin Road,

Barboursville, WV 25504; phone: 304-733-3031; fax:304-733-3054; website: nichols.cabe.k12.wv.us/default.htmOna Elementary School, U.S. 60 East, Ona, WV 25545;

phone: 304-743-7318; fax: 304-743-7321; website: www.edline.net/pages/Ona_Elementary_SchoolPeyton Elementary School, 199 Rotary Road, Huntington,

WV 25705; phone: 304-528-5173; fax: 304-528-5195, web-site: peyton.cabe.k12.wv.usSalt Rock Elementary School, 5570 Madison Creek

Road, Salt Rock, WV 25559; phone: 304-733-3037; fax: 304-733-3060; website: saltrock.cabe.k12.wv.usSouthside Elementary School, 200 10th Ave., Hunting-

ton, WV 25701; phone: 304-304-528-5168; fax: 304-304-528-5154; website: www.edline.net/pages/7080225714888046242Spring Hill Elementary School, 1901 Hall Ave., Hunting-

ton, WV 25701; phone: 304-528-5175; fax: 304-528-5177,website: www.edline.net/pages/Spring_Hill_Elementary_SchoolVillage of Barboursville Elementary School, 718 Central

Ave., Barboursville, WV 25504; phone: 304-733-3035 or 304-733-3000; fax: 304-733-3036; website: www.edline.net/pages/Village_of_Barboursville_Eleme

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Auxiliary gyms are being added to Hurricane High School, above,and Poca High School, right.

Buffalo High School, a $20 million new school, is being constructed by Hayslett Construction of Hurricane, W.Va.

Photos by Bill Rheinlander/For The Herald-Dispatch

By BILL RHEINLANDERFor The Herald-Dispatch

Putnam County voters in 2010 passed a$56.75 million school bond, the first since the1970s, to fund school construction projectsacross the county.

Now the Putnam County School Board isputting the money to work. Students at Lake-side Elementary in Hurricane moved intoa $1.89 million addition in December 2011.Seven new schools or improvement projectscurrently are under construction. The bondissue also helped fund auxiliary gymnasiumsat four county schools.

Assistant Superintendent BradHodges pro-vided the following updates on the ongoingprojects.

Buffalo High School: A $20 million newschool is being constructed by Hayslett Con-struction of Hurricane, W.Va.

“Buffalo High School is doing excellent,”Hodges said. “We’re planning on having itdone hopefully by early June. That will giveus the summer to move students in.

“They have all the floor slabs done. All theexteriorwalls are up.Most of the interiorwallsare up. Probably 95 percent of the roof is up.They’re actually starting the finishing in onewing. That’s painting, putting floor tile in,things of that nature.”

Poca Middle School/Poca ElementarySchool: EP Leach & Sons of Huntingtonwon the bid for the $21.6 million complex,expected to be completed by summer2013.

“The new middle school itself probablyshould be completed by mid-May to earlyJune of this year,” Hodges said. “This sum-mer we’ll move the elementary students intothe new middle school, and we’ll renovatethe elementary school. That’ll take a year.So we’re looking at the summer of 2013 to becompleted.”

Confidence Elementary School: The $8.82million new school in Red House should becompleted this July, Hodges said.

“We’re going tomove into Confidence nextschool year,” he said. “Right now all the slabsare done. All the exterior walls are up. Prob-

ably 98 percent of the interior walls are up.Three quarters of the roof is on.”

Winfield Middle School: G&G Builders ofScott Depot is constructing the $19.9 millionschool.

“It’s coming. The three-story building isbeing built in front of the existing school,” saidHodges, who added he expects that phase tobe completed in November 2012. “They haveto move students into the building and alsouse the portables. At that time, they’re goingto tear down the old building. Then it will berebuilt.”

Hodges said the entire project should becompleted by December 2013.

Auxiliary Gymnasiums (Winfield, Hur-ricane and Poca high schools and WinfieldElementary School): The $7.86million projectwent to BBL Carlton of Charleston.

Seven new schools, improvementprojects now under construction

LEFT: The $1.89 mil-lion addition to Lake-side Elementary in Hur-ricane was completedin December 2011.

BELOW: The PocaMiddle School/PocaElementary School proj-ect, which costs $21.6million, is expected tobe complete by thesummer of 2013 by EPLeach & Sons of Hun-tington.

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WAYNE — This year could be among thebiggest for the Wayne County school systemand the county’s 42,000 residents.

Construction is getting under way on FortGay Pre-K through eighth-grade school, tobe built on ballfields that were once used atthe old Fort Gay High School.

Superintendent Gary Adkins said leadcontractor BBL Carlton got on site in earlyFebruary and has started site work. If allgoes well, the school could be ready forthe start of the 2013-2014 school year.The school was designed by ZMM Archi-tects.

The $19 million project includes nearly a$4 million match from the county, with theremainder from the West Virginia SchoolBuilding Authority. Adkins said whenWayne school officials first sought fund-

ing for the project, they had hoped to getenough for new elementary schools in FortGay and Crum. But state officials felt it wasbest to focus on the elementary and middleschools in Fort Gay, he said.

“The people in Fort Gay are well aware andsatisfied,” Adkins said, noting the populationsin those schools are down.

Currently, Fort Gay Elementary has 360students, while themiddle school has 200. Thenew school will house at least 600.

Adkins is hopeful that the Prichardintermodal facility, with constructionslated for summer 2012, will aid in turn-ing around the population of the area andthe schools. The Prichard IntermodalFacility is being developed to serve as acargo-transfer station for rail and truck-ing along the Norfolk Southern rail line.It would provide modern, efficient freightcontainer service and enhanced access tointernational rail lines.

The last new school built inWayne Countywas Wayne Elementary, which opened in2006. It also was mostly funded by the SBA,but those free dollars aren’t going to flow toWayne County any longer.

Wayne County residents must pass a bondmeasure in order to get SBA assistance,Adkins said. And that’s crucial in getting anew Kenova Elementary built, so studentsand staff don’t become permanent residentsin the modular classrooms that were set uplast summer when the former school wasclosed following the discovery of a sinkhole.

“We’ve been told if we don’t pass a bond,then there’s nomoney from the SBA,” Adkinssaid. “But if we do pass a bond, the SBA willbuild a school in Kenova.”

He said there is no plan B without the bondand SBA funding.

It would cost about $20 million and belocated on the site of the former Ceredo-

Kenova High School. It likely would meanconsolidating Ceredo and Kenova elementa-ry schools. School officials are still collect-ing feedback from the community about theconsolidation before making a final deci-sion on the language of the bond measure.Adkins said the staffs at both elementaryschools support a consolidation.

The bond measure is scheduled for a Dec.15, 2012, election date and would be close to$30 million. That would pay for a new CrumElementary at an estimated cost of $18million,with new turf fields at about $1 million eachfor each high school.

The other projects that would be part ofthe bond measure have not been determinedyet because evaluations of all the facilitieshas not been completed. But Adkins didmention an enclosure at Lavalette Elemen-tary and a new roof at Buffalo Elementary.The roof project, he said, would take placeregardless, he said.

Big changes on the horizonImage courtesy of Wayne County Schools

This is an artist’s rendering of the new Fort Gay pre-K through eighth grade school, which could be ready for the 2013-2014 school year. The project, being done by BBL Carlton, costs$19 million, which is being paid for by the West Virginia School Building Authority with a $4 million match from Wayne County Schools.

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HOW DID YOU GET INYOUR CAREER? An elderlygentleman from my churchurged me to get into edu-cation, though I thought Iwould pursue nursing. Heenjoyed teaching piano, sohe thought teaching wouldbe a good fit and kept urg-ing me to go into education.I first thought I would gointo nursing, but enjoyedteaching piano, so I thoughtI would see if it was a goodfit.

FIRST JOB: First positionwas teaching basic skillsmath in Harts in LincolnCounty.

HOW LONG WITH CABELLCOUNTY SCHOOLS: Ninthyear with Cabell CountySchools.

EDUCATION/WORK HIS-TORY: Graduated fromthe former BarboursvilleHigh School; earned botha bachelor’s and master’sdegree in elementaryeducation from MarshallUniversity. Later earned amaster’s degree in admin-istration from Marshall.Began working as a bankteller in junior high until

getting her first teachingposition nearly 29 yearsago. Worked in LincolnCounty for 20 years as ateacher and administrator.Came to Cabell Countyas an administrator atCentral City Elementary,then worked as the TitleI supervisor for two yearsuntil attaining current posi-tion.

SPECIAL SKILLS: Abilityto actively listen to find outwhat the issue or concernmay be when a child andfamily come to the office,and then be able to pro-vide appropriate options.

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IRONTON HIGH SCHOOL

Superintendent: WilliamDean Nance.

Main office: 105 South 5thSt., Ironton, OH 45638.

Phone: 740-532-4133.Website: http://www.

tigertown.com/Schools:Ironton Elementary School,

740-532-2209; 302 DelawareSt., Ironton, OH 45638; Princi-pal Kim Brown; enrollment 730.

Ironton Middle School, 740-532-3347; 302 Delaware St.,Ironton, OH 45638; PrincipalToben Schreck; enrollment 350.

Ironton High School, 740-532-3911; 1701 S 7th St.

Ironton, OH 45638; PrincipalJoe Rowe; enrollment 480.

Number of teachers: 110.Number of support staff:

74.Improvements/ honors inpast 12 months: IrontonMiddle School has improvedsignificantly to no longerbe monitored by the state ofOhio; Ironton High School

has met attendance and grad-uation rate, and according toa 5-year study by the OhioBoard of Regents has thehighest percentage of gradu-ates entering 4-year collegesand 2-year colleges amongLawrence County schools; thehigh school football stadiumhas new handicapped rampsfor accessibility.

Ironton City School District

Superintendent: Dennis DeCamp.Main office: 222 Lane St., Coal Grove, OH 45638.Phone: 740-532-6451.Website: www.db.k12.oh.us/Schools:Dawson-Bryant Elementary, 740-532-6898, 4503 State

Route 243, Ironton, OH 45638; Principal Angela D. Dillow;enrollment 553.

Dawson-Bryant Middle School, 740-533-6008, 1 HornetLane, Coal Grove, OH 45638; Principal Rick A. Barrett;enrollment 275.

Dawson-Bryant High School, 740-532-6345, 1 HornetLane, Coal Grove, OH 45638; Principal Steven L. Easter-ling; enrollment 456.

Number of teachers: 91.Number of support staff: 45.Improvements/ honors in past 12 months: Getting

students involved with the Science Fair program hasbeen a priority and in the past two years, 90 studentsparticipated, which is more than any other school in thecounty; a Leo Club, the student division of Lions ClubsInternational, was formed with more than 100 members;began a program to assist at-risk children with food andclothing; offers free breakfast daily to all students, whereincome is not a criteria; introduced Holocaust Class in10th grade and a Forensics Class for grades 11 and 12;the district is in a 15-year $1.6 million energy conserva-tion program with AEP, which will be paid off in lessthan 10 years, providing an 80 percent utility savingsestimated at $170,000 yearly.

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DAWSON-BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL

Superintendent: ScottHoward.

Main office: 10335County Road 1, Chesa-peake, OH 45619.

Phone: 740-867-3135Website: www.peake.

k12.oh.us/.Schools:Chesapeake High School,

740-867-5958, 10181 CountyRoad One, Chesapeake,OH 45619; Principal TroyTucker; enrollment 428.

Chesapeake MiddleSchool, 740-867-3972, 10335County Road One, Chesa-peake, OH 45619; PrincipalSam Gue; enrollment 450.

Chesapeake Elementary,740-867-3448, 11359County Road One, Chesa-peake, OH 45619; PrincipalJamie Shields; enrollment607.

Number of teachers: 104.Number of support

staff: 65.Improvements/ honors

in past 12 months: An ath-letic complex is being builtat the High/Middle schoolcampus.

ChesapeakeUnion ExemptedVillage Schools

Superintendent: RoniHayes.

Main office: 228 PrivateDrive 10010, Proctorville,OH 45669.

Phone: 740-886-3100.Website: http://fairland.

k12.oh.us/Schools:Fairland East Elemen-

tary, 740-886-3120,10732 County Road 107,Proctorville, OH 45669;Principal Margaret Keeney;enrollment 471.

Fairland West Elementary,740-886-3150, 110 TownshipRoad 1125, Proctorville, OH45669; Principal Teresa John-son; enrollment 410.

Fairland Middle School,740-886-3200, 7875 CountyRoad 107, Proctorville, OH45669; Principal Jim Roberts;enrollment 436.

Fairland High School, 740-886-3250, 812 County Road411, Proctorville, OH 45669;Principal Chad Belville;enrollment 542.


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Superintendent: Ken Cook.Main office: 302 High St.,

South Point, Ohio 45680.Phone: 740-377-4315.Website: http://www.

southpoint.k12.oh.us/Schools:Burlington Elementary:

740-894-4230; 8781 CountyRoad 1, South Point, OH45680; Principal MylissaBentley; enrollment 443.

South Point Elementary:740-377-2756; 201 Park Ave.,South Point, OH 45680; Prin-

cipal Chris Mathes; enroll-ment 470.

South Point Middle School:740-377-4343; 983 CountyRoad 60, South Point, OH45680; Principal TJ Howard;enrollment 450.

South Point High School:740-377-4323; 983 CountyRoad 60, South Point, OH45680; Principal John May-nard; enrollment 450.


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Improvements/ honorsin past 12 months: SouthPoint Elementary receivedExcellent Rating from theOhio Department of Educa-tion on the 2010-2011 LocalReport Card; South PointHigh School was the 2011SCORES Academic Competi-tion All Division winner, Hastaken 27 division SCOREStitles and 24 All-DivisionSCORES titles in 30 years,received 2011 Superior ratingat the state band competition,which was its third consecu-tive year doing so.

South Point Local School District

SYMMES VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

Superintendent: Jeff Saunders.Main office: 14778 State

Route 141, Willow Wood, OH45696.

Phone: 740-643-2451.Website: www.

symmesvalley.k12.oh.usSchools:Symmes Valley Elemen-

tary, 740-643-0022; 14778State Route 141, WillowWood, OH 45696; PrincipalJeremy Newman; enroll-ment 556.

Symmes Valley HighSchool, 740-643-2371;14778 State Route 141, Wil-low Wood, OH 45696 Prin-

cipal Darrell Humphreys;enrollment 249.


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in past 12 months: Schooldistrict rated effective in OhioReport Card, high schoolreceived Excellence ratingfrom Ohio, high school ratingSchool of Promise.

Symmes Valley Local School District

Superintendent: Wes Hair-ston.

Main office: 2325ACounty Road 26, Ironton, OH45638.

Phone: 740-532-7030.Website: rockhill.orgSchools:Rock Hill High School,

740-532-7012; 2415 CountyRoad 26, Ironton, OH 45638;Principal David Hopper;enrollment 443.

Rock Hill Middle School,

740-532-7026; 2171 CountyRoad 26, Ironton, OH 45638;Principal Michael Hairston ;enrollment 343.

Rock Hill ElementarySchool, 740-532-7016; 2676County Road 26, Ironton,OH 45638; Principal FreddieEvans; enrollment 733.


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in past 12 months: Race to

the Top district; district ratedeffective in Ohio Report Card;middle school rated excellentin report card; increased tech-nology adding mobile laptopsand iPad labs, SMART boardsin each library and elementarylabs and conference rooms;professional developmentfocused on common corestandards on English, lan-guage arts and math; revisedstandards in science and socialstudies; and high school Eng-lish teacher is national pre-senter for High Schools ThatWork conference.

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“The gymnasiums are dueto be completed in mid- to lateMarch,”Hodgessaid. “They’re inthe final stages.Theyeitherhavethe floorsdownor theyarebeingputdownaswespeak.After theyget themdown, theyhave to fin-ish them and put stain on them.Theyhave topaint andput logoson them. The scoreboards haveto go up, and the bleachers haveto go in.

“They’llbeinusefortheschoolsin lateMarch or early April. The

springsports, if theyhavetoprac-tice inside, will be able to utilizethem.That’sgoingtoberealposi-tive for theschools.”

Hodges said two other proj-ects — Winfield ElementarySchool and Conner Street Ele-mentary in Hurricane — willgo out to bid soon.

Conner Street Elementary:Hodges said the approximate$2.5 million addition will befunded by the county ($1.5 mil-lion) and the state School Build-ing Authority ($1 million).

“That’s a little bit like theLakeside project, seven class-rooms,” he said. “In those sev-

en classrooms, one of themis going to be a library, one isgoing to be a music room.”

Win f ie ld E lementa r y :Hodges said the approximate$9 million addition will befunded by the state SchoolBuilding Authority ($6.2 mil-lion) and the county.

“The other project is Win-field Elementary School,” hesaid. “That’s basically likeScott Teays, which was a pret-ty good-size project. They’reputting in a newmedia center,a new office complex. They’rebuilding 11 new classroomsand student bathrooms.”

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Winfield Middle School, a $19.9 million new school, is being built by G&G Builders of Scott Depot.

Recently at Collins CareerCenter we changed our slo-gan from “We Make CareerDreams Come True” to“Where it is About Getting aJOB.” There are several rea-sons we made that change.

This year at CollinsCareer Center has been anoutstanding one! Fifty-twoof our high school seniorsare in apprenticeship pro-grams and/or early workplacement programs. Theseare paid positions. Not allseniors are eligible for theseprograms. There are veryspecific criteria attached toachieving the eligibility toenter the apprenticeship andearly work programs. Someof those are attendancerequirements, grade require-ments and credit require-ments to name a few.

Collins Career Center isone of 13 school districtsin the state of Ohio to beawarded a pilot project for anew curriculum titled HealthInformatics. This programconcentrates on the dataand administrative aspectsof health occupations. Thisproject based curriculum ismodeled after Project LeadtheWay. In a few years thiscurriculumwill be availableto all schools in the state ofOhio.

Graduates of CollinsCareer Center are employedin area hospitals, doctor’soffices, automobile deal-erships, and local indus-try. These graduates areemployed due to the educa-tion they received at Collins

Career Center. They areliving in our community andmaking a difference in ourlocal economy. Once morethe slogan is appropriate“Where it is About Gettinga Job.”

In 2010, King’s DaughtersMedical Center approachedCollins Career Center toassume sponsorship of itsCardiac Sonography Pro-gram. This partnershipopened up the opportunityfor an additional partnershipwith Ashland Community& Technical College. ACTCand Collins Career Centersigned articulation agree-ments that provide a smoothtransfer path for graduatesof the Collins RadiologicTechnology and CardiacSonography Programs. Col-lins Career Center feels veryfortunate to have a formalarticulation agreement withsuch a fine institution likeAshland Community andTechnical College.

The Lawrence CountyJoint Vocational SchoolDistrict also known as Col-lins Career Center will beplacing a 1/2 mill permanentimprovement levy on theballot on March 6. The pro-ceeds of this levy will assistthe Lawrence County JVS

in meeting the maintenanceset-a-side requirement of$215,734, which is requiredby the Ohio School FacilitiesCommission.

If the levy is not approvedby the voters of LawrenceCounty the district will nolonger have available fund-ing for the current opera-tions of the district. The lossof funding for the currentoperations will result in areduction in workforce andthe elimination of programsfor the students of the district.Therefore, the passage of thislevy is critical to the studentsand the employees of CollinsCareer Center. The voters ofLawrence County approvedthis levy for 15 years. It wascollected from 1995-2010. Weare asking for your approvalonce again. Please vote YESonMarch 6!

Eva Christian is marketingdirector for Collins CareerCenter.

Collins Career Center gradsfinding success in job market

EvaCHRISTIAN

Graduates ofCollins Career Centerare employed in area

hospitals, doctor’s offices,automobile dealerships,and local industry. Thesegraduates are employed

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More than 100 nurses at Cabell Huntington Hospital have completed an intensive trainingprogram to earn added certification as Geriatric Resource Nurses (GRN).

Uniquely Qualifiedto Care for Seniors.

Older patients have unique needs. And if hospital personnel aren’t sensitive and responsive to those needs, thehealth of those patients can rapidly decline.

At Cabell Huntington Hospital, we understand the unique needs of older patients. More than that, we’ve made asignificant commitment to meeting those needs each and every day. More than 100 of our nurses have completedan intensive training program focused specifically on providing a higher level of care for senior patients. And we’reproud to announce they’ve achieved added certification as Geriatric Resource Nurses (GRN).

Beyond that, Cabell Huntington Hospital is the only hospital in West Virginia and the Tri-State to earn designationas a Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) site.

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ABOVE: Students from Riverside High School tour Marshall University on Feb. 15.

RIGHT: Recruiter Amanda Means talks with students from Riverside High School during the tour of Marshall University.

On Feb. 1, National Signing Day for college football, Marshall’s Athletic Director, Mike Hamrick, repeat-edly gets up from his chair to show off renderings of the proposed indoor practice facility.

“We’re showing kids the pictures now,” Hamrick said. “Hopefully, this time next year, we’ll showthem shovels in the ground.”

Across campus, the director of Recruiting, Beth Wolfe, is crafting the same strategy for the new academicfacilities scheduled to be built during the next two to three years.

“Usually, (high school students’) biggest question is, ‘When will that open?’” Wolfe said. “It’s exciting tothem that Marshall is a growing university and they could be a part of it.”

Hamrick and Wolfe are talking, of course, about the university’s $114 million capital improvement plan thatincludes the indoor practice facility, complete with a student-athlete academic center and sports medicine trans-lational research center; new soccer stadium complex; biotechnology incubator and applied engineering com-plex; high-tech academic building; and a parking garage. The former Stone & Thomas building on 3rd Avenueacross from Pullman Square also will be renovated to house a fine arts incubator and graphic design programs.

Growth, upgrades at MUexpected to boost recruiting

At the heart of the improvement and growth of facilitiesis the ability to better recruit students and student-ath-letes, lending to President Stephen Kopp’s goal of 3,000first-time, full-time freshmen and an overall student bodyof 15,000 by 2020.

“We hope we will see a steady increase, but it’s hardto say because students base their decisions on such dif-ferent things,” Wolfe said. “But it will definitely have animpact.”

In the past decade, Marshall and its donors have

invested millions of dollars in new facilities, includingresidence halls, a dining hall, recreation center and newalumni center. So Wolfe said recruiting with the angleof something new is a well-known strategy. The differ-ence is that the facilities built in the past 10 years can beconsidered perks to attendingMarshall, whereas the newacademic and athletic facilities are more purposeful.

But Wolfe said it is always about putting studentsfirst.

“The university is committed to facilities and provid-

ing students with the best possible facilities to learn andlive,”Wolfe said. “Formost students, it’s themessage thatMarshall is a place that is growing and is trying to createthe best possible environment for students.”

Wolfe said it also is important not to forget all the newprograms have been put in place in recent years as just asimportant because students don’t justwant newbuildings.They want quality degree programs offered inside.

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Putnam County SchoolsBuilding the Future

Lakeside Elementary and Buffalo High School are only twoexamples of the massive building program in Putnam County.

Current projects include the construction of four new schools (Confidence Elementary,Poca Middle School, Winfield Middle School and Buffalo High), renovations to Poca

Elementary School and Conner Street Elementary School, and the construction of auxiliarygyms at four schools (Winfield Elementary, Hurricane High, Poca High andWinfield High).

Buffalo High School - New Tech High School

Buffalo’s “New Tech High School” is part of a nationwide network dedicated to project-basedlearning, the smart use of technology, and creating a culture of success for students.

Lakeside Elementary

Lakeside’s construction is part of the district’s plan to move studentsout of portable classrooms.

BOARD OF EDUCATIONDr. Craig Spicer, President • “Butch” Legg, Vice President

Jack Coyner, Debbie Phillips, Dr. Sam SentelleChuck Hatfield, Superintendent

She said those within finearts and engineering, amongothers, almost certainly willbe improved because ofthe facility upgrades. Thatis important , Wolfe said ,because students still makedecisions on where to attendcollege based on who canoffer the best academic pro-grams in their fields of inter-est.

Down in his office in theShewey Athletics Building,Hamrick doesn’t try to hidehis enthusiasm for all thenew projects because of thepositive impact he knowsis coming. Speaking just ofthe new athletic buildings,Hamrick said they will liftMarshall from the bottom ofC-USA in terms of facilitiesto the top.

The indoor practice facil-ity, he said, will help near-ly every sports team Mar-shall has: an indoor trackfor a track team that doesn’thave one; and winter train-ing options for the baseball,softball, soccer and footballteams.

The new soccer stadium willhave a turf field, and Hamrickenvisions both the indoor facil-ity and soccer stadium hostingseveral high school tournamentseach year.

And that’s just the tip ofthe iceberg, Hamrick said,tout ing they ’ l l be betterable to serve the 350-plusstudent-athletes in the newacademic center. Currently,there’s only a small room inGullickson Hall. And, thenthere is the sports medicineresearch center, where ath-letes will get advanced carefor injuries.

There will be a lot to sellto prospective student-ath-letes, Hamrick said, which

hasn’t always been the case.Until this year, when recruitsvisited campus, they had tobe sold on the history, theplane crash and the movie,over a burger at Fat Patty’s,Hamrick said. The historyand burgers won’t go away,but it won’t have to be thetrump card anymore.

“You can only make a firstimpression once,” he said.“Every recruit, I tell them inthe next two years, you’ll havethis.”

Marshall was able to bond$52.1 million of the $114 mil-lion in projected costs. Theuniversity also had $25 mil-lion set aside from the statefor the $50 million engineer-ing building.

That means raising about$40 mi l l ion , of which 25percent has a lready comein through gifts and pledg-es .

And a big chunk of thefundraising is tied to theathletic facilities. The plancalls for raising all of the$14 million cost of the indoorpractice facil ity, $1 . 3 mil-lion of the $5.4 million costof the soccer complex, $1.5million of the $3.5 million ofthe student-athlete academicsupport center and $3.5 mil-lion of the $7.5 million cost ofthe sports medicine researchcenter.

“Every recruit saw that (ren-dering),” Hamrick said. “Nowwe have to make it a reality. Iwant pressure on all of us toget this done.

“All this stuff Marshall hasdone attracts kids,” Hamrickadded. “I’m in the businessof attracting quality student-athletes, and this stuff doesit.”

When you get better ath-letes who can train in state-of-the-art facilities, it resultsin more victories, Hamricksaid. More wins translate tomore financial support from

donors and by people attend-ing games, staying in localhotels and eating in localrestaurants.

“This helps Huntington,” hesaid.

With all the change, bothWolfe and Hamrick agree thatit hasn’t changed the characterof Marshall.

“Marshall people feel veryclose their entire lives to their

university,” Hamrick said.“These facilities will changea lot of things, but it will onlyenhance Marshall and makeus more proud of the univer-sity.”

Bill Rosenberger is a reporterfor The Herald-Dispatch. Com-ments may be emailed to him [email protected].

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Artist’s rendering courtesy of Marshall University

ABOVE: Marshall University released this drawing of aproposed indoor practice facility.

RIGHT: The former Stone & Thomas building on 3rd Avenueacross from Pullman Square in downtown Huntington will berenovated to house a fine arts incubator and graphic design

programs for Marshall University.Lori Wolfe/The Herald-Dispatch

Plans are in the works for a new entrance-way at Ohio University-Southern campus on Liberty Avenue in Ironton this year.

David E. Malloy/The Herald-Dispatch

By DAVID E. MALLOYThe [email protected]

IRONTON — Plans still arein theworks for a new entrance-way at the Ohio University-Southern campus on LibertyAvenue in Ironton.

“We had to rebid it when thebids came in too high,” said BillWillan, Ohio University-South-ern dean. The $700,000 projectcalls for the entranceway to thecampus along Ohio 141 to bewidened later this year, he said.“We also will add more park-ing. The project will provide asafer entry and exit. We’ll alsohave a student drop-off. It’ll bemuch nicer.”

A renovation at the BowmanAuditoriumontheSoutherncam-pus has been completed, Willansaid. “We put in new seating anda new sound system. We’ve hadseveral events there already.”

Anotherproject scheduled thisyear calls for two soccer fields tobe added at theProctorvilleCen-ter, Willan said. Students in theEastern Lawrence Youth SoccerAssociation will play games andpractice on the field, he said.

“We also want to put in awalking track and eventuallyput in an amphitheater,” hesaid.

Student enrollment in the fallquarter was down about 10 per-cent this year, he said.While theofficials numbers for the win-ter quarter aren’t yet available,they’re not as bad,Willan said.

“They’re telling us there isno money for new buildings,but we may have money forrenovations and deferredmain-tenance,”Willan said.

One of those renovations callsfor a replacement of the roof onthe largest arena aswell as reno-vations to theclassroombuilding,he said. “It should be finished byearly spring,” he said.

The Southern campus also isworking with Ohio University-Chillicotheonanassociatedegreeprogram in hazardous materialshandling,Willan said.

“Our nursing program is stilldoing well,” Willan said. “Wehave many more applicationsthan slots.We’re looking to adda bachelor of science in nursingdegree program in the fall. Wehave a registered nursing to a

bachelor of science in nursingprogram online.”

“We’re trying to get a bache-lor’s degree in social work,” hesaid. “We plan to start offeringclasses in the fall. We still needthe requisite approval fromOhio University and the Boardof Regents.”

The Proctorville Center alsohas started offering a bachelorof science in applied manage-ment, Willan said.

Starting this fall, Ohio Uni-versity is moving from the 10-weekquarter sessions to 15-weeksemesters. The fall quarter willstart Aug. 27 and run throughDec. 8, the second semesterwillstart Jan. 14 and run throughMay4 and the summer semester willstart May 13 and run throughAug. 17.

Other projects in the worksinclude trying to develop morescholarships for veterans andtheir families, he said. “We’relooking to update the equipmentin the electronicmedia programand develop a Nature Centeron about 50 acres of land in theHecla area.Wewant to developa nature trail.”

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By LEE ANN WELCHThe [email protected]

By summer’s end, Mount-west Community and Tech-nical College will be movedfrom six different locationsand housed under mainly oneroof in the former Arch Coalbuilding on 5th Street in Hun-tington. For now, it’s beingcalled the MCTC AcademicCenter.

Move-in begins July 15.During that time, summercourses will be limited toonl ine classes and thoseoffered at Cabell Hall, whichis near the Marshall Univer-sity campus but is retainedby MCTC. By June 30, theschool will be completely outof Corbly and Hodges hallson the Marshall campus.

The school has come a longway in the past five years, saidMCTC President Dr. KeithCotroneo.

It was five years ago theWestVirginia Legislature “unlinked”or separated universities andcommunity college in the state.Since that day, MCTC has cre-ated its own identity, set up agoverning board, school ser-vices and business operations.

There’s been a lot ofwork, butCotroneo says it will be worthit all.

“Community colleges are awonderful engine of economicdevelopment,” he said. “Thedata is clear about the impactcommunity colleges make ontheir service region.”

Among those contributionsare increased family income,lower social services costs,an expanded tax base and astronger work force, makingthe region more attractive toemployers.

The school has received a $5million federal grant to improvestudent success and retentionrates. Cotroneo said this is oneof only 32 such grants, whichtotal $500 million.

As it stood in the past, thethen-Marshal l UniversityCommunity and TechnicalCollege, “wasn’t functioningas a comprehensive commu-nity college when it was linkedto the university,” Cotroneosaid.

Today, courses offered havebeen “broaden and deep-ened.”

Programs include associatedegrees in Allied Health andLife Sciences, Business Tech-nology, Information Tech-nology and Liberal Arts andHuman Services. There areone-year certificates offered

in Accounting, Bookkeeping,Coding, Culinary Arts, DeafStudies, Dental Laboratory,Medical Transcription, PoliceScience, Public Library Tech-nology, in addition to techni-cal studies in graphic design,communication, machiningand maritime training.

Thepurchase and renovationsare within budget, Cotroneosaid, an estimated $20 million.They are still looking to identifya donor andnaming rights to theAcademic Center.

The Academic Center willbring together almost all thecourses, with the exceptionof the culinary programs,machining and the maritimetraining.

Currently, classes are beingheld in various locations —Cabell, Corbly and Hodgeshalls at Marshall University,Latta’s, the Cooking and Culi-nary Institute, the Center forCulinary Arts, Robert C. ByrdInstitute and Tri-State FireSchool.

The new building will facili-tate about 1,800 students oncampus. The remainder of the

3,000 student enrollment willbe in online or off-campus pro-grams. There are 34 classroomsand labs onsite.

“This building is a tremen-dous first step,” Cotroneo said.

So what is the next step forMCTC? Expansion to have thecapability of offering moreintensive programming inindustrial technology and aworkforce development center.

When originally built byArchCoal, there was a level plot ofland created to the left of thefacility for an addition, whichnever happened.

“We have a request into theWestVirginia Legislature for $6million for aworkforce develop-ment center, but that doesn’tlook to happen this year,” Cotro-neo said.

School envisions being anengine of economic growth

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Wires arestripped into aclassroom atthe construc-tion site of theMountwestCommunityand TechnicalCollege’s newfacility.

ABOVE: Mountwest Com-munity and Technical Col-

lege President Keith Cotro-neo, right, tours the MCTC

construction site — theformer Arch Coal Building

— with Mike Meadows,who is overseeing the con-

struction, on Feb. 22.

RIGHT: Construction con-tinues on the Mountwest

Community and TechnicalCollege’s new facility. Move-

in begins July 15.


A raised floor is placed in oneof computer systems class-rooms at Mountwest Commu-nity and Technical College’snew site.

“Community colleges area wonderful engine of

economic development.The data is clear about the

impact communitycolleges make on their

service region.”Keith Cotroneo

Mountwest Community andTechnical College president

JOB: Culinary OperationsManager, Mountwest Com-munity and Technical Col-lege, Cooking & CulinaryInstitute.

HOw DID yOu GET InTHIs cAREER? I worked foraround 15 years cateringlocally and wanted to go intobusiness for myself. I wentback to school through theMCTC Culinary Arts pro-gram so that potential clientswould understand that I hadthe knowledge behind theexperience. I realized that itwould only take one semes-ter to complete the hospital-ity program, so I completed

that as a complement to theculinary degree.

FIRsT JOB: My first job withMCTC happened while inthe culinary program. I wasapproached about becomingthe kitchen manager. Whilestill retaining the title, kitchenmanager, I then took over therole of catering manager forMCTC. Upon graduation, in2006, I applied for the culinaryoperations manager for theMCTC-Cooking and CulinaryInstitute.

FAmILy: I have three grownsons, Jacob Blankenship,Tyler Blankenship, and Mat-thew Blankenship. Also, one

granddaughter, Gabriella Blan-kenship.

sPEcIAL skILLs: My pas-sions are people, catering,and planning life events.I’m a very people orientedperson so I love to work withthe students. I enjoy watch-ing them grow confident intheir skills and the differencein them when they leave ourprogram.

FAVORITE BOOk: My favoritebook has to be “Kitchen Confi-dential,” by Anthony Bourdain(My hero!).

FAVORITE mOVIE: “Waiting.”FAVORITE TV sHOw: “Pau-

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Fun, nurturing, loving,encouraging and exciting arejust a few of the adjectivesused recently by parents andstudents to describe GraceChristian School in our newpromotional video, online atwww.gracesoldiers.net.

For more than 33 years,Grace Christian has beenpartnering with parents in theTri-State to help young peoplelearn to live successfully inGod’s world. As an accreditedevangelical Christian schoolin the area, Grace Christiancontinues to provide an out-standing academic programthat reinforces a Christianworldview.

Grace Christian is commit-ted to helping students growin their personal relationshipwith Jesus Christ, with Bibleclasses and chapel having beena part of our spiritual trainingsince 1978. Recently, a 10-minute “God and I Time” wasadded to the school day forsixth through 12th grades. Inaddition, small groups providefellowship and encouragementin the Christian walk.

Unfortunately, many youngpeople go to schools wherethe name of Christ is not men-tioned, His authority is notacknowledged and HisWordis not welcomed. Grace Chris-tian is committed to helpingstudents possess the realityand relevance of God in theirlives. God’sWord provides astrong foundation for success-ful living.

Learning at Grace ChristianSchool encompasses a widevariety of methods and strat-egies. Elementary studentsenjoy an activity-centered,phonics-based approach toreading that is complementedwith a math curriculum utiliz-ing manipulatives that allowhands-on activities. Readingcomprehension is emphasizedat every level and the Accel-erated Reader programwasadded to challenge studentgrowth in speed and compre-hension.

Writing and speaking areemphasized across the cur-riculum. Classroom projectsdesigned to provide writingand speaking projects in allsubject areas allow studentsthe opportunity to intelligentlysynthesize and confidentlypresent their positions.

To strengthen middle andhigh school writing ability,www.turnitin.comwas addedto enhance the curriculum.This online program also

allows students to submitprojects electronically toreceive peer reviews, teacherinteraction and mastery. Thisprogram allows students tocreate portfolios of projectsso they can readily identifygrowth in their writing ability.Cooperative learning activitiescontinue to assist students intheir social and intellectualdevelopment as students learnto work toward common goalsand express opinions andconclusions with confidence.All of these strategies areenhanced through technology.

More than two miles ofCAT 6 cables were installedthroughout the school andchurch last summer, with newservers and a filtered wirelessnetwork installed.

Several thin-clients werepurchased for teacher and stu-dent use, the computer lab wasupdated with Microsoft Office2010 professional, and Intel-liboards are being installed inall classrooms.

In addition to our curricu-lar offerings of computer, art,physical education, music,choir, band and home econom-ics, Grace Christian offersathletics, music and drama.

This year we hosted theWest Virginia Christian Ath-letic Tournaments middleschool basketball tournamentthat included teams from 10Christian schools across thestate. Last spring our choirand band received superiorratings and won first place inthe West Virginia ChristianEducation Association statecompetitions and represent-ed the WVCEA at the nation-al American Association ofChristian Schools competi-tion in Greenville, S.C.

The staff of Grace Chris-tian is a tremendous group ofeducators that average morethan 18 years of experience.All have trusted Christ as theirsavior and feel called to theministry of teaching youngpeople. The school is accred-ited, teachers are certified,love young people and, mostimportantly, love the Lord.If you would like to see whatGrace Christian School canoffer your family please call

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Grace Christian School hasbeen teaching children in the

Tri-State for 33 years.

Photo courtesy ofGrace Christian School

DanBROKKE

Unfortunately, manyyoung people go to

schools where the nameof Christ is not men-

tioned, His authority isnot acknowledged and His

Word is not welcomed.Grace Christian is com-

mitted to helping studentspossess the reality and

relevance of God in theirlives. God’s Word pro-

vides a strong foundationfor successful living.

JOB: Director of FacilitiesPlanning and Management atMarshall University, oversee-ing the new construction proj-ects at Marshall.

EDUCATION: Graduatedfrom Wayne High School in1973, then served a four-yearcarpentry apprenticeshipprogram from constructiontrades. Also attended variousextended education programsin the past 30 years, includingblueprint reading and hazard-ous chemical training. Wascertified in labor educationand development safety, deepexcavation safety training andcompleted a 30-hour OSHAtraining course.

CAREER: Followed his olderbrothers into the constructionindustry as an apprentice car-penter. Worked his way fromcarpenter foreman to con-struction field superintendent.Also instructed the carpenterapprenticeship program fortwo years.

FIRST JOB: Worked forNeighborgall Construction for18 years.

TIME AT MARSHALL: Hasworked at Marshall since1993.

WHAT PEOPLE MAY NOTKNOW: The department ofFacilities Planning and Man-agement was established in1991 to procure, oversee andmanage major renovation andnew construction projects onthe Marshall campus.The planning and ground-

work is laid out by thepresident and Board ofGovernors, which approvesa project for constructionand establishes budgets.That’s when the project isassigned to May’s office toprocure design services andconstruction documents andto bid the projects out. Hisoffice is responsible for over-seeing construction, verifyingpayment to architects andcontractors and maintainingschedules.

FAMILY: Married to wife,Debbie, for 35 years; twodaughters, Michelle Smith andVeronica May; three grandchil-dren, Trevor, Ashley and Leah.

Photo by Lori Wolfe/The Herald-Dispatch

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SouthPointMiddleSchool377-4343

BurlingtonElementary894-4230

SouthPointElementary377-2756

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Students receiving a“Superior”score were: Cole Nicely, Jonathan Walter,Katie Gibson,SophiaMorrison,Miranda Boyd,Bobby Ferguson,Chris Roy,Leah Lawson,Audrey Rutherford,MarshallGibbs,Skylar Chinn,Karissa Patrick,Makayla Bradburn,Taylor Mazzone,Ryan Bryant, JennaCarter,Harlee Hall,Katie Fry,Abby Garish.

Students receiving an“Excellent”score were: Morgan Arthur,Caleb Eplion,Adara Deeds,JoshMatney,Douglas Shaffer,Cody Gue,Abagail Hannah,Alyssa Forth,Keiana Conwell,Breanna Laney,Reece Duncan Will Hale,Allysa Carpenter, Isabelle Craft,Olivia Pennington,Kendall Bryant,GavenMcCloud,Makennia Bowling,Timmy O’neil,Hunter Koukos,Jonathan Starr, Jane Feng.

Students receiving a score of “Good” were: Travis Dillon,Cade Sanders,Nick Blair,ElizabethLangdon,Reagan Broughton,Kenney Cooper,Mason Fairchild Drew Lilly, Jake Swann,JaredWhitt,Kama Delawder,Brandon Morris,Molly Starr,Brandi Prichard,Nick Wood,Emily Rigney,Rachel Decker,Laken Adkins,Santana St.Clair,Anna Jordan,Abigail Ross,Bobby Fielder,MitchellDement,Madison Kerns,Jonathan Henline,Aaron Wenzel,Freya Patel,Mackenzie Anson,KianaBruton Loren Nicely,Savannah Starks,Callie Gollihue,Ariana Albright, Joseph McQuaid.

Students receiving“Honorable Mention”were: Breawnna Edwards,Brittany Kelley, JohnKuhn,Cheynne St.Clair, Joey Merrick,Emily Koch,Sef Smith,Dustin Lamblin,Shawn Cremeans,Brooke Allen Sarah Bayles,Lexi Fry,Zac Gannon,Matt Webb,Nathan Patterson,Brittany Marcum,Olivia Gibson,Katelyn Remy,Leeann Runyon,Allen Chaney,Abby Daniels,Ryan Scarberry,KristinCardwell,Garrett Lambert,Vergil Petty,Catie Collins,Lexie Sharp Wesley Barker,Hannah Wade,Jacob Johnson.

The students with a rating of “superior” were invited to participate at the county level.

20 of those chose to participate and although no one will be moving on to district thisyear.......10 students and their projects were rated“excellent.”Morgan Authur,Ryan Bryant,Jane Feng,Abby Garrish,Marshall Gibbs,Harlee Hall,Taylor Mazzone,Audrey Rutherford,Chris Roy,Jonathan Walters,Melissa Waugh

1306thgradersparticipatedintheSouthPointMiddleSchoolsciencefairwhichwasheldonJanuary27th.Students projects were judged for a chance to go on to the County Middle School Science Fair.

TheSouthPointBandof Gold

has earned a superiorrating for three straightyears at the state

Burlington Elementary recently held a SuperBowl canned soup drive. All soup collectedwas given to the local community pantries.Special thanks to 5th graders Holey Ramey,Jacob Wise,Zach Southall,Hannah Adamsand Ariona Strange for helping to collect thesoup from the classrooms each day.

Burlington Elementary students practicefor the upcoming “Jump Rope for Heart”

event on Friday, March 2nd. Studentsraised more than $5,000 last year for the

Amercian Heart Association.

Pictured are broadcasters and crew forBurlington Elementary’s WPUP televi-sion broadcast. This is the fifteenth yearfor the student broadcast. (Names leftto right - Standing: Dawson Runyon,Hannah Adams, Ariona Strange, WyattBrammer & Austin Gladden - Seated:Abby Kincaid, Ivy Rooks & Abby Lively)

Students are hard at work on Netbooks atSouth Point Elementary.

Our students helped with fundraisersthrough our PTO to purchase a mobileNetbook cart for our school. This givesthe students more opportunity forcomputer instruction and practice inprograms the district purchases.

Working on Netbooks allows anentire class to research at one

time or type writing lessons. Thestudents really enjoy working

with the computers which makeslearning more fun.


ASHLAND — Getting $11 million forPhase III at the Technology Drive Campusof Ashland Community and TechnicalCollege is no easy task, especially in lightof Gov. Steve Beshear’s wishes for no newcapital projects in Kentucky this year.

Dr. Gregory D. Adkins, the college’spresident and chief executive officer, hasn’tgiven up on the project, however.

“The architectural work is done,” Adkinssaid of plans to further expand theTechnol-ogy Drive Campus off Interstate 64west ofAshland. “It’s a very good project. The proj-ect is ready to go. Our legislative delegationhas always been supportive. I’m making acase for the project.”

“Ashland Community and Technical Col-lege is ranked in the top 10 percent in thenation,” Adkins said. “It shows Appalachianstudents can learn. We have an exceptionalstaff. In the 11 years that I’ve been herewe’veadded 50 percentmore full-time staff.”

The community and technical collegeholds classes at three separate locations.The Technology Drive Campus in BoydCounty, the College Drive Campus inAshland and the Roberts Drive Campus atthe Ashland city limits. The Roberts DriveCampus could be closed and classesmovedto the Technology Drive Campus if thePhase III project is funded, Adkins said.

The campus moved its cosmetologyclasses to a new building on OakviewDrive, part of the College Drive Campus,earlier this year. Heavy equipment (diesel)classes, automotive classes and fire and firerescue classes continue to be located at theRoberts Drive Campus, Adkins said.

Some projects are in the works or underway at the college this year, he said.

The $1.3 million Child DevelopmentCenter on Ramey Street across from theCollege Drive Campus should be ready bylate spring, Adkins said. The 13,000-square-foot building will house some 100 childrenof students and faculty, he said.

The college is adding an educational com-ponent to the Child Development Center,Adkins said. The center, located at the Col-lege Drive Campus, will be changing fromjust custodial care to adding an educationalcurriculum, he said. Students from the BoydCounty school system and the college haveworked at the center for the past 10 years.

The Ashland Community and Technical

College Foundation raised money for thecenter. Once the project is complete, thefoundation will turn its attention to mak-ing improvements at the former Parsonsbuilding in the 1600 block of WinchesterAvenue, Adkins said.

Another project on tap this year calls foradding about 80 parking spaces at theTech-nology Drive Campus, Adkins said.

“We had a record enrollment in the fall of2011,” Adkins said.More than 5,000 studentssigned up for classes at the college, he said.“We’reseeinga trend thatmorestudentswithbachelors and graduate degrees are return-ing to college to improve their job skills. A

community and technical college is ideallysuited for that.”

Another trend is for students to concen-trate on energy efficiency, Adkins said.“There is need for energy efficienciesin homes, barns and garages. The Com-monwealth of Kentucky is very much anagricultural state.”

As part of an outreach program, the col-lege is looking to add a certificate programin agriculture, he said. “We’reworkingwithFuture Farmers in America programs. I’man FFA product. We’re looking at a horti-culture program at the Technology DriveCampus.”

Completion of Technology DriveCampus project on hold for nowNew Child DevelopmentCenter should be ready soon;more parking spaces coming

David E. Malloy/The Herald-Dispatch

The new, $1.3 million Child Development Center on Ramey Street is scheduled to open this spring. It is located across the streetfrom the College Drive Campus of Ashland Community and Technical College.

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Every morning, Tom Bowen,the headmaster at CovenantSchool, wakes up thinkingabout ways to continue toprepare the hearts and mindsof students at Covenant.He works through his daysresearching, discussing,analyzing and observing. Hewants Covenant students likeAmaya, Abby, Blake and Han-nah to be truly prepared forlife.

Amaya is a kindergartenstudent whose class is readinga book called “Flat Stanley”to learn about the areas of theworld. Each student will maketheir own “Flat Stanley” tosend around the United States.When Amaya’s returns, shewill pin it to a map, showingwhere it has been. Amaya isalso learning the continentsof the world and knows a songabout them.

Amaya’s parents know thatCovenant School is their part-ner in her education. Theyknow if she has a disciplinaryproblem at school, the admin-istration will call them to dis-cuss what form of correctionis best for her. The administra-tion and teachers of Amaya’sschool put her heart above allelse in her education.

Abby walks into her fourth-grade classroom knowingthe day’s agenda and that hercreativity is embraced as a gift.She has already memorizedinformation about the medi-eval period this year and per-formed at the school’s Medi-eval Festival in both a musicproduction and a play.

Abby’s teacher knows theimportance of understandingeach child as an individual, soshe investigates current infor-mation to stay in stepwith newresearch, including helping stu-dentswith learning disabilities.

Blake, a Covenant seventh-grader, approached his motherthis year about problems pre-paring for tests. His mothervalues her partnership withthe school and contacted theadministration for advice andinsight. The administrationcollected information aboutBlake from his teachers toanalyze the areas where he

struggles and then met withBlake’s mother about whatthey could do to serve hisneeds best. After the adminis-tration determined that he isan auditory learner, they alsoworked directly with Blake togive him practical help in hisstudies. Blake knows that hisschool values him as a uniquecreation because they treathim as such.

As a seventh grader, Blakeis also confronted daily withinformation from social net-works and other forms ofmedia. Because his teachersresearch to understand theworld their students face, theyteach him how to filter whathe sees through a Christianworldview.

Hannah’s senior year at Cov-enant is a busy one. She hasbeen in her college prepara-tory courses for part of the dayand is also working as a men-tor with grammar-aged stu-dents because she is gifted inworking with children. Men-toring allows Hannah to be anactive part of the school sheloves while giving her a senseof purpose with her gifts.

Academically, she knowshow prepared she is for collegebecause, as she says, “I havelearned how to learn” and thusfeels excited about the nextchapter of her life.

Hannah’s brother GarrettattendsWheaton College. As

a graduate of Covenant’s classof 2011, Garrett is not over-whelmed by college homeworkbecause Covenant Schooltaught him how to managehis time and energy. His con-fidence is boosted by the factthat what he doesn’t alreadyknow, he knows how to findbecause Covenant taughthim how to read, analyze andcommunicate so well. In fact,Garrett tested out of severalclasses, one of which was aspeech class where he deliv-ered a persuasive speech hehad written his senior year.

The diverse curriculumGar-rett received atCovenant gavehima cultural awareness thatmoves him to take advantage ofthe experiences thatChicagooffers.His friends call on himbecause they knowhe is happyto go to an operawith themor tosee a showabout Frank Sinatra.Many of his college classmatesdo not open themselves up tosuch experiences.

Through a close partnershipwith parents, Covenant Schoolstrives to serve the needs ofall students by preparing theirhearts and minds for life. Forinformation about howwe canpartner with your family, con-tact Covenant School at 304-781-6741 or [email protected].

Lara Rodkey is dean of aca-demics at Covenant School.

Covenant Schoolmeets needs of eachchild as an individual

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ABOVE: First-grade teacherMindy Stanleyhelps HannahWayne, 7, withsome work inthe classroomat CovenantSchool.

LEFT: Fourth-graders SethCaserta, left,Timothy Gibbs,center, andJoshua Mitch-ell talk aboutmagnets intheir classroomat CovenantSchool.

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First-grader Tyler Farley, 7, does work in the classroom atCovenant School on Feb. 15.

Huntington JuniorCollege ison amission to provide qualityeducation in a personal environ-ment that allows students tofocus on starting their careersupon graduation.HuntingtonJuniorCollege is celebratingits 75th year ofmeeting theTri-State’s education needs.The college has grown since itstarted in 1936with five studentsin a secretarial program tomorethan 800 students studying inseven associate degree pro-grams. The college has alwaysrecognized the need to serve thecommunity bymaking afford-able quality education availableto all residents and has severalprograms to achieve this goal.

Huntington JuniorCollege

maintains low tuition rates forall students. The college has nothad a tuition increase since Sep-tember 2009. Also,when the col-lege is forced to increase tuition,existing studentsmaintain thetuition rate in placewhen theystarted; they are not chargedthe higher tuition rates. To helpkeep tuition cost affordable,studentswho reside inOhioandKentucky are not charged a

higher tuition rate than studentswho live inWestVirginia.

In addition to maintaininga low tuition, the college doesnot charge any application,testing or graduation fees.The college also providestextbooks to students at noadditional charge. As anadded benefit to the college’sgraduates, Huntington JuniorCollege allows them to returnat any time and refresh theirskills and knowledge by retak-ing a class at no charge, whichis a true advantage for anemployee working with today’squickly changing technology.

Huntington Junior College worksto make education available to all

Lori Wolfe/The Herald-Dispatch

Student Lindsey Dunn of Cross Lanes participates in the real time reporting programFeb. 16 at Huntington Junior College.

Please seeJUNIOR COLLEGE/7H

CatherineSNODDY

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JOB: Director of Develop-ment, Ohio University South-ern.

FIRST JOB: Usher at theKeith-Albee (before college),legislative aide for state Rep.John Carey (after college).

FAMILY: Carol , wife of10 years; Max, 9, Sam, 7,Chloe, 3.

SPECIAL SKILLS: publicspeaking, grant writing.

FAVORITE BOOK: Book ofRevelation.

FAVORITE MOVIE: “Rudy.”FAVORITE TV SHOW:

“Impractical Jokers.”

Huntington JuniorCollegeoffers 10 scholarships each yearto help students achieve theircareer goals. One full scholar-ship andnine partial scholar-ships are awarded to high schoolseniors. The scholarships arenot tied to a specific academiccalendar and can be used any-time in the future. The scholar-ship testing for 2012 is scheduledfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,March 24. The scholarship testis free to applicants.High schoolseniors can contact their guid-ance counselors formore infor-mation.

Huntington Junior Collegealso offers an annual schol-arship award of $500 to oneexisting student at the college.This scholarship is awarded bythe faculty and staff to one stu-dent who serves as a role mod-

el for other students throughclassroom engagement, peerrelationships and involvementin the college’s programs.

In 2011, Huntington JuniorCollege was awarded a$300,000 federal grant toassist with the recruiting andeducation of students in therealtime reporting program.The realtime reporting pro-gram provides students theskills needed to become courtreporters and closed caption-ers. Closed captioners providethe captions for live televisionshows, such as the news andsporting events, by using asteno machine or voice writingsoftware to translate the spo-ken word into written text at180 words per minute.

Huntington Junior College isthe only school inWest Vir-ginia to offer a realtime report-ing program. This program,which prepares students for awell-paying career, is available

through both online and tradi-tional campus-based classes.In order to help make thisprogram available to all WestVirginia residents, the collegewas allowed to use $100,000of the federal grant to providescholarships for students inthis program.

In addition to the realtimeprogram, Huntington JuniorCollege offers associatedegrees in accounting, busi-ness management, dentalassisting, medical coding,medical assisting, and profes-sional office administrationwith both medical and legalspecializations.

For more information aboutcost, graduation rates, place-ment rates and student loandebt, visit the college’s websiteat www.huntingtonjuniorcol-lege.edu.

Catherine Snoddy is directorof Huntington Junior College.

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“Be anopener of doors forsuch as comeafter thee,”wordsspokenbyRalphWaldoEmer-son, exemplifies themanyindividualswhohave crossedthe threshold of strong com-mitment and academies at St.JosephCatholic Schools. Formore than a century, the schoolshaveopeneddoors to countlessstudents and families instillinga great pride in academics, faithand service.As theneed for afaith-based education grew, sodid thenumbers of those thatwouldbe affectedby its influ-ence.On theCatholicCorner, asI refer to the location, aremorethan600 children, young adultsand teacherswhocome readyto learn and serve eachday.Notbad for schools that had theirhumble beginnings on that exactlocation in a two-roomschool-house.

St. Joseph Catholic Schoolsshout achievement andembrace diversity. Each dayfamilies choose to bring theirchildren to our schools overpublic schools. For many, astrong sacrifice is demonstrat-ed.What is the enticement?Small class size, exemplarypractices and the experienceof a family atmosphere arejust some of the reasons forthis promise. In a daywhenmany village schools have beenabsorbed by consolidation, ourschools bellow individualizedattention and a place “whereeveryone knows your name.” Amorning prayer welcomes eachand an afternoon prayer sendsthem out into the world as faithis at the center of each day.

This academic year, St.,Joseph Central High Schoolhouses two National MeritSemifinalists, a Yeager Scholarsemifinalist, Eagle Scouts andstate champions. The recentsenior class received morethan $2 million in scholarshipoffers to top colleges and uni-versities across the country.

Through the years, St. JosephSchools have fostered a spiritof community. In our greatcity, our schools have affordedimmeasurable hours of com-munity service and instilled afirm foundation forwhatwouldcontinue to produce a core ofhardworking professionalswhohave been the cornerstone tocountless originalities. Theschool community takes pridein ongoing participationwiththe greaterHuntington area andgives back by helping studentshave the opportunity to partici-pate inmany events and localcharities. This past year, theschool held its inaugural Char-ity Choice 5K race. The racebrought over 300 participants aswell as $25,000.

In our strongest tradition liesthe faith that propels youth tofind strength through adversityand hope in all encounters. Aswebegin yet another year ofprogress and successes,we aremindful of the steadfastness of

otherswhohave helped to get uswherewe are today. The doorsof opportunity are unbolted atSt. JosephCatholic Schoolswithyet another year of inspiringyoungminds that are eager tocontinue tradition for the sake ofresilient faith that goes hand-in-heartwith esteemed academics.

Catholic education had itsformal beginning in Hunting-ton on September 12, 1872,when Father Thomas A. Quirkwas first resident-pastor. Heerected a combination churchand school, and both Protes-tants and Catholics attended,the number being about equal-ly divided, although, reportsare that there were more Prot-estants than Catholics.

Three Sisters ofMercy camein 1894 to teach in the four-roomschool. Theywere replaced in1895 by the Sisters ofCharityfromMount St. Joseph inOhio.In 1900 the Sisters of St. Josephcame to the school.

By 1924, theCatholic popula-tionofHuntingtonhadbecomesuch that itwas decidedby thepastor, theRt. Rev.Msgr.HenryAltmeyer, to afford the advan-tages ofCatholic secondaryeducation to the childrenof hisparish.Ninth-gradeworkwasoffered. Itwas the intentionofthe administrators to build upthe curriculumyearly so that thefull four years collegepreparato-ry course could be given.A roomin the grade school buildingwasused for the first twoyears forhigh school purposes. In 1926,a dwelling andgarageon thecorner of 6thAvenue and 13thStreetwaspurchased and con-verted into a high school. TwoSisters of St. Joseph and two layteachers staffed the school.Onlyacademic subjectswere taughtat that time, and it remained sountil the buildingwas replacedin 1930by anewstructure.Thisnewbuildingwas furnishedwitha gymnasium, cafeteria, biologylab, and library.

In 1932, the state ofWestVir-ginia accredited St. JosephHighSchool as a first-class four-yearsenior high school. In 1959, St.Joseph became aCentralHighSchool for the parishes of SacredHeart, Our Lady of Fatima, St.PeterClaver and St. Joseph. Alsoat this time five classrooms, aphysics and chemistry labwereadded and the gymwas enlargedto regulation size. Then inSeptember 2000 theReginaK.ZitterTechnologyWingwasadded to the school. The newthree-story addition houses a28-station computer researchlab, amath lab, a science lab, anda rooftop deckwith aweatherstation.

Through the years, St.Joseph High school has fos-tered a spirit of communitythrough numerous clubs andextracurricular activities.

In the fall of 1926, Altmeyerfielded the first St. Joe footballteam. The school at that timeconsisted of only ninth, 10th,and 11th grades, very few boys,and hardly any equipment. Astypical of the “St. Joe” spirit,the desire to participate andexcel overcame all obstacles!In 1927, St. Joseph was theCatholic Football Champion ofthe Tri-State; and in 1928, thefootball team had 14 wins andonly one loss. In August 1930Msgr. Altmeyer died, and withhis death the football programwas terminated. Irish basket-ball also knew early success.From 1932 to 1938 their recordwas 122-18!! The 1937 team lostthe first game of the season,then went through the rest ofthe season undefeated, includ-ing theWest Virginia CatholicHigh School Tournament andthe National Catholic HighSchool Basketball Tourna-ment at Loyola University.Since its beginning in the fallof 1978, the Irish soccer teamhas been a powerhouse in thestate. St. Joseph has enjoyedathletic success, producingmany strong teams and manytalented athletes.

While excelling in athletics,St. Joe students have not forgot-ten that academics come first atthe school. The glory of athleticand academic excellence is the

visionAltmeyer had in 1926, andstill is alive at St. JosephHighSchool. The school is located at600 13th St., Huntington,WV25701. To contact the school, call

304-525-5096, fax, 304-525-0781,or email [email protected] .

Pamela Scaggs is the directorof advancement at the school.

St. Joe has long history of quality education

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ABOVE: Anthony Rabel,from left, Mike Terdosa and

Anthony Pino work in theyearbook computer lab at St.Joseph Central Catholic High

School on Feb. 22.

RIGHT: Summer Pilcherattends a theology class at St.

Joseph Central Catholic HighSchool on Feb. 22.


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C A B E L L C O U N T Y S C H O O L SThe power of public

education cannot be underestimated.As an essential part of the American

experience, public schools empower studentswith the knowledge they need to be productivecitizens. Our schools teach children to become

leaders, to be of strong character and to work toensure the continued strength of our great

democracy. For those living in poverty or whomight otherwise be cast aside or left behind, a

quality education can help break the shackles oftheir situations and help them provide the

resources they and their families will needthroughout their lives.

At Cabell County Schools, we take theresponsibility for providing a quality educationseriously. Through a rigorous curriculum that is

relevant to their lives, we’re reaching studentson their individual levels and supporting

their growth through organizedstructures that help build strong

relationships

Learning is Our PriorityOur ultimate goal is to create a 21st century learn-ing community where every person in our schoolfamily, regardless of their role, works towardstudent success. Whether a custodian, secretary,cook, teacher, administrator, volunteer, parentor grandparent, we understand that caring adultsworking together can make a positive differencein the lives of children.It’s Never Too Late for a SecondChanceSometimes, life can present challenges that leadstudents to believe they are better off droppingout of school. Once they enter the “real world”with no degree, they often discover that findingwork is difficult, and when they do secure em-ployment, wages are often low.

Cabell County Schools is passionate about keep-ing students in school and—if students do decideto leave— welcoming them back. Our counsel-ors, attendance workers, teachers and administra-tors work together with community organizationsand our own Cabell County Career TechnologyCenter to find the most appropriate path towardtraditional graduation or toward earning a Gen-eral Equivalency Diploma. Each year, a DropoutReentry workshop is conducted and anyone in-terested in returning to school is invited to attend,regardless of how many years they have beenaway.WeBelieveYouCan Succeed“Cabell County Schools will empower all stu-dents to reach their highest potential so they willbecome lifelong learners and responsible citi-zens.”

That’s the mission statement of Cabell CountySchools. Its part of a community-developed stra-tegic plan that guides and directs us in all we do.

In Cabell County’s public schools, you’ll finda sense of caring that is uncommon in today’sworld. Expert teachers know their students asindividuals and provide them with the research-based tools they need to be successful.

Our schools operate under the idea that every stu-dent is capable of learning regardless of their so-cioeconomic status, race, disability or any othercircumstance.

We work to build strong character with an em-phasis on order, discipline, safety and respect forothers.

Our schools pride themselves on creating a widerange of productive opportunities for parent andcommunity involvement, encouraging all stu-dents to become contributing adults.

There’s Something Here for YouKeeping students engaged in learning is of theupmost importance to their success. That’s whyCabell County Schools offers a variety of pro-grams and student supports custom-tailored tothe individual.

Elementary students receive the benefit of re-search based instruction enhanced by the use ofthe latest computer technology and interactivepresentation devices. Universal Pre-K is offeredin Cabell County through a successful public-pri-vate partnership.

Our middle school teachers work together ingrade level teams to plan lessons and activitiescooperatively, helping them better meet the in-structional and developmental needs of students.

In our high schools, the transition from middleschool is eased with our Freshman Academy.Like the middle schools, teachers share a groupof grade-level students and work together to planlessons and activities.

High school students in Cabell County have manyoptions when it comes to selecting a path theywould like to pursue toward graduation. The dis-trict offers dual credit and advanced placementclasses, and many students in these classes areable to earn hours toward a college degree. Aspart of our new Innovation Zone program, careeracademies have been established that allow a stu-dent with a particular career interest to take coreclasses customized to complement that interestarea. Academies include health occupations, finearts, child care and teaching, engineering, busi-ness and marketing, civil service and construc-tion.

The arts and physical education serve an importantrole in student development, and Cabell CountySchools is committed to providing these oppor-tunities for students. With rich music and theaterprograms and numerous athletic teams and intra-mural programs, there are many activities duringand after school from which to choose.

Benefit fromOur 21st CenturyLearning CommunityAt Cabell County Schools, we are constantlypursuing new and creative ways to improve oursystem of education. By utilizing the very latestin research-based instructional practices, CabellCounty’s public schools are closing achievementgaps and raising the bar for all students.

Our Organizational Health Initiative has guidedus to examine leadership at all levels of the dis-trict and has been empowering teachers, adminis-trators and other staff members to make decisionsand share responsibility for school managementand student success.

Thanks to the consistent support of Cabell Coun-ty taxpayers, we are utilizing the very latest intechnology to prepare our students for the globalwork force they are entering today.

Cabell County Schools recently completed a$60.5 million construction project that, with sup-port of the West Virginia School Building Author-ity, resulted in two new elementary schools andthree new middle schools. These, in addition totwo modern high schools, two more recently builtelementary schools, a middle school currentlyunder construction and our other well-maintainedfacilities, provide safe, secure learning environ-ments for our students and staff.

We welcome you to visit our schools or contactus to learn more about our 21st Century LearningCommunity.

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COUNTY FACTSPopulation: 95,631

Average Household Income: $33,360Average Home Price : $129,412

Median Age: 37.5Cabell County Schools’ Enrollment: 12,552

Student to Teacher Ratio: 14.6 : 1Attendance Rate: 96%

Elementary SchoolsMiddle SchoolsHigh SchoolsCabell County Schools

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rogenesis, one of two biotechnology companies to beborn out of research conducted through Marshall Uni-versity and the Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Center,has relocated its offices and labs to Huntington and isgearing up for more success.

The small company, valued at $4 million, identified andnow produces various forms of alginate for industrial andmanufacturing use.

Alginate is the slimy substance on seaweed, which is con-verted into a polymer and used in food additives, makeupand medical products.

“Almost every tablet you take has alginate in the coating,which slows down the release of the ingredients,” Richard Nilessaid of the most common medical use in the United States.

INsIde ThIs secTIoNrefiningthe processMarathon plansto have a demon-stration unit online at its Catletts-burg facility forprocessing oilsands./ 3I

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Progenesis Technologies, LLC., chief science officer Hongwei Yu, from left, president Deepay Mukerjee, CEO Richard Niles and research specialist Linda Eastham are pho-tographed in their new business location inside the Red Cross building on Veterans Memorial Blvd., in Huntington.

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In 2006, Hongwei Yu dis-covered the bacterial signalfor alginate production andgenetic alternation of theregulator genes of the algi-nate pathway, meaning syn-thetic production of alignatecould be done. Yu and Niles,both founding members ofProgenesis, said expansion ofthe company comes at a timewhen the quantity of sea-weed harvested is decliningand the cost is increasing.

“Whatever the plantmakes iswhat you get,” said Niles, who,along with Yu, are professorsin the Department of Biochem-istry and Microbiology withinthe Joan C. Edwards School ofMedicine.

Progenesis was founded in2006 after the Marshal Uni-versity Research Corporationdecided to submit a patentapplication for Yu’s discov-ery. In 2008, after two yearsof rounding up investors andreceiving an equipment loanand other assistance from theChemical Alliance Zone, Pro-

genesis set up shopin the former DowTechnology Parkin South Charles-ton. Because of thedistance from Mar-shal l and severalrounds of construc-tion planned afterthe state took own-ership of the tech-nology park , thecompany decidedto look for suitable space inthe Huntington area.

In February, it moved intosecond-f loor off ice spacein the American Red Crossbuilding on Veterans Memo-rial Boulevard and is nowneighbor to the other Mar-shall biotech startup com-pany, Vandalia Research.

Marshall holds the patenton the alginate research in theUnited States and Europe, whileProgenesis licenses it throughthe university. However, thecompany has submitted anotherpatent application of its own,Niles said.

Niles and Yu describe theirwork as genetic engineeringof the bacteria so alginatecan be produced in high and

sustained levels inthe lab. But he saidit’s not just a sliveron the petri dish.It’s done in a five-liter bio-reactor todefine conditionsrequired to scale upthe production.

They a l re adyhave one partner-ship with a leadinginternational sea-

weed alginate producing com-pany and talks are ongoingfor a second contract, whichhelps generate revenue forthe company. The next step,they said, is to set up a pilotplant with a 50-liter bio-reac-tor that would put them at asemi-industrial stage. The goalis to have agreements withproduct manufacturers forroyalties when their “recipe”for the lab-produced alignateis used.

The Progenesis staff alsoincludes research scientistLinda Eastham, who is finish-ing her doctoral work underNiles. Yu said by next year,they would like to be able toadd four additional researchstaff members.

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Lewis Powersworks on thenew West Vir-ginia Day pieceat Blenko Glassin Milton in thisMay 31, 2011,file photo.

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By WHITNEY JOHNSONThe [email protected]

MILTON—The president of Blenko GlassCompany remains optimistic after experi-encing a rocky year in 2011, resulting in thecompany filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

“We’ve continued to operate and the thingthat we’ve been facing, like everyone else, isthe economy,” saidWalter J. Blenko Jr., ownerof Blenko Glass Co. “We feel pretty comfort-able with the trend that we’re having.”

CabellCountyCircuitCourt rendered a judg-ment in September 2005, orderingBlenkoGlassCo. to pay Big Two Mile more than $500,000.The two companies were unable to reach anagreement on how to make payments and the

gas company garnished theglass manufacturer’s bankaccounts.

“On March 25, 2011, BigTwoMilebyaSuggesteeExe-cution attached $26,682.87frombankaccountsofBlenkoGlass and onMarch 30, 2011,BigTwoMile again by a Sug-gestee Execution attached$24,332.41, making the totalattached by Big Two Mile$51,015.28,” according to acourt order filed April 12,2011.

“Big Two Mile tried toshove us aside and we feltthe only way to deal withit was to reorganize,” saidBlenko. “(The garnishment)simply cleaned out the bankaccount andwewere unableto pay our employees andour vendors.”

On March 29, Blenkotransferred $25,000 fromhis own funds to accountsbelonging to Blenko Glass,to assist with paying theemployees, according toa petition for emergencytemporary restraining orderfiled April 4. The secondgarnishment occurred theday after Blenko transferredthe funds, but employees

were paid prior to the garnishment.The order filed April 12 also states that Big

TwoMile asserted that its decision to garnish theaccounts was not in breach of the subordinationagreementpreviouslyentered.CabellCountyCir-cuitCourtJudgeJaneHusteadorderedBigTwoMiletorefrainfromattachinganyofBlenko’sassetsuntilfurther notice, as well as ordering City NationalBank from releasing the money to Big TwoMilefromthe twosuggesteeexecutions inMarch.

The hand-blown glass manufacturer facedan overall debt that exceeded $3 million,owing money to current president Blenko,formerVice PresidentDonB. Blenko Jr., CabellCounty Sheriff’s Office, Big Two Mile andother claimants. Part of the debt owed to theBlenkos was the result for having to use their

personal funds to pay employees.“Basicallywewereforcedtomakeachoiceand

Chapter 11 was the choice that we made,” saidKatieTrippe, vice president of BlenkoGlassCo.“Wewanted to continue to produce butwantedto find a way to settle out of some of the thingsthat were there and (bankruptcy) was themostlogical and feasibleway to do that.”

Theglasscompanywasspeculated topossiblyemerge from bankruptcy as early as December2011, but that has not been accomplished.

“It’s been a little slower than I’d like but we’llwork our way through it,” Blenko said. “I hadthought we’d have this closed up by the end ofthe year but one of the claimants has been slowcomingback.”

The company continued to have issueswithBig Two Mile and recently filed a separatecourt order, which is pending in court.

The employees at Blenko Glass continueto work on a four-day work schedule, whichbegan after the company temporarily closedin early 2009 due to financial issues. However,the company has kept all of its 45 employeesthroughout the bankruptcy process.

“Partofthegoalhereistomaintainemploymentofall theemployees thatyouhave,”Trippesaid.

After the current disputewith Big TwoMileis solved in court, the company plans to file anorder to begin the reorganization process andresolve the entire bankruptcy issue.

“Wehave two things thatweseegoing forus,”Blenko said. “One is the economy. It is seemingtobea littlebitmore favorableand thatof courseaffects us, and the other is we thinkwe’ve beenbuilding our customer base.”

One of the ways BlenkoGlass has started toincrease its customer base is by visitingmajor

shows in cities such as Atlanta, New York,Dallas and Philadelphia.

“Wehaven’t tried to cover theWestCoast yet,but we’ve been working those areas and we’repleased with the feeling we’ve got there,”Blenko said.

Blenkocanonly speculateonwhat theunpre-dictable future may hold for his business but ishopefulwith the economic trends he is seeing.

“Things could changeovernight if the econo-myfalls apart,”Blenkosaid. “We’vebeenpleasedwith thedirectionthingshavebeentaking.We’reseeing somevery encouraging signs.”

Blenko Glass Company optimistic after rocky 2011

ABOVE: Chip Sanders of San Diego, Calif.,examines a glass piece at the 2010 Blenko

Festival of Glass at Blenko Glass in Miltonin this Aug. 7, 2010, file photo.

RIGHT: A woman examines works duringthe 2011 Blenko Festival of Glass.

Photos by Mark Webb/The Herald-Dispatch

“We have twothings that

we see goingfor us. One isthe economy.

It is seem-ing to be a

little bit morefavorable ...and the otheris we thinkwe’ve beenbuilding our

customerbase.”

Walter J.Blenko Jr.

owner of BlenkoGlass Co.

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Marathon will spend about $100 million on refinery upgrades at the Catlettsburg, Ky., refinery complex this year.


CATLETTSBURG, Ky. — Mara-thon plans to have a demonstrationunit on line this year to refine oilsands, including oil sands fromCanada, into petroleum products,according to Jim Cantrell, managerof the company’s Catlettsburg refin-ery complex.

Called a SCRUB unit, the pro-cessing unit is a new techniqueto upgrade and ref ine oil sands,Cantrell said.

“Eight to 10 percent of our oil isCanadian oil, some of which is oilsands material,” Cantrell said. “Werun 30 different types of crude atthis refinery. It is from West Africa,Texas, the Gulf, the Middle East andSouthern Illinois. We also have 5,000barrels per day of East Kentuckycrude.”

That could be changing in thenext five years or so when oil fromUttica shale in the Northeast couldbe refined at the Catlettsburg refin-ery. That oil shale, found some8,000 to 9,000 feet down, could rep-resent half the crude processed atthe refinery in the next five years,Cantrell said.

The refinery along the Big SandyRiver south of Catlettsburg produces300,000 barrels of product per day,including 233,000 barrels of crudeoil. It produces 2.2 percent of thecountry’s gasoline and diesel fuels,he said.

Marathon will spend about $100million on refinery upgrades at therefinery complex this year whichis about average, Cantrell said. Thecompany is spending $2.3 billion

on a project at its refinery in theDetroit area, he said. That projectis to be on-line by the end of theyear, he said.

2011 was the refinery’s best environ-mental year ever, its best product qual-ity year, an excellent financial year andthe second best safety performance,Cantrell said.

The company has 760 employeesand 700 contract employees workingin the refinery, he said. Marathon is inthe process of replacing 350 employ-ees over a five-year period due toretirements.

“We’ve hired 70 percent of those,”

Cantrell said. “We’re looking forpeople with industrial experience.We also look at graduates in theapplied process technology programat Ashland Community and Techni-cal College. We plan to hire at least50 people this year.”

“Crude oil is a world market,”Cantrell said. Emerging markets inChina and India are vying for morecrude, keeping prices up even thoughAmerica’s need for crude was downabout 6 percent last year. “There arethree huge refineries in the Philadel-phia and New Jersey areas that areshutting down,” he said.

“My single biggest concern is the costof electricity,” he said.

The refinery is the largest singlecustomer in the Kentucky Power Co.system. Marathon also is the largestsingle customer in the AEP system,Cantrell said. Kentucky Power receiveda 17 percent rate increase last year andis seeking a 31 percent increase thisyear, he said.

“The cost of electricity is our secondbiggest cost behind personnel costs,”he said.

The Catlettsburg refinery, whichonce was the cheapest of sixMarathonrefineries to operate based on utilitycosts, could be the most expensive in2012, he said.

About 85 percent of the refined prod-uct from the refinery is moved throughMarathon Marine Transportation,Cantrell said. Marathon has 26 riverterminals from Pittsburgh to Paducah.

“We make 26 grades of gasoline,”he said.

The refinery produces a number ofproducts including gasoline, diesel,kerosene, jet fuel, asphalt and propane,among others.

Catlettsburg facility to test processingoil sands, undergo $100M in upgrades

“We’ve hired 70 percent of(replacements for employeeswho have retired over the pastfive years.) We’re looking for

people with industrial experience.We also look at graduates in the

applied process technologyprogram at Ashland Communityand Technical College. We plan tohire at least 50 people this year.”

Jim Cantrellmanager of Marathon’s

Catlettsburg refinery complex

These are exciting timesat the Robert C. Byrd Insti-tute for Advanced FlexibleManufacturing. Neverbefore in RCBI’s 21-yearhistory have opportunitiesburned brighter for us andfor our clients — manu-facturers and engineers,entrepreneurs and innova-tors.

New technology and newpartnerships have combinedto take us in directionsunimaginable just a few shortyears ago.

Our Design Works labs,our newest venture, areopen for business at theRCBI Advanced Manufac-turing Technology Centersin Huntington and Charles-ton, offering aspiringindividuals the tools theyneed to take their idea orconcept to reality. At DesignWorks, we can help themshape their ideas into three-dimensional digital comput-er models that can then beused to create working pro-totypes. The prototype canthen in turn be used to testthe form, fit and function ofthe end-use product.

The labs offer reverseengineering, dimensionalinspections and CAD (com-puter-aided design) assis-tance. We have computerworkstations with Solid-Works 3D design softwareset aside exclusively forclients who need to designtheir products.

In addition, we offer theuse of our FARO ScanArmthat is fully integrated intoSolidWorks via Dezign-Works software. Thiscombination allows clientsto use the Faro ScanArmto capture measurementsdirectly into SolidWorksand use them to reverseengineer a part or product.

RCBI and TechCon-nectWV have partneredto launch “StartUp WVManufacturing,” a newprogram made possible bya grant through the U.S.Economic DevelopmentAdministration (EDA). Theprogram will help individu-als turn their ideas for newproducts or processes intoreality, generating new jobsacross the state.

If you are entrepreneur-ial, innovative and inter-ested in using manufactur-ing technology to makeyour dreams a reality, thisopportunity is definitelyfor you.

This opportunity alsohelps resolve the age-oldconcern of how to pay toproduce a prototype orworking model. The EDAhas awarded financial assis-tance to turn an idea intoa working model and theninto new jobs.

This effort will help attract,create and encourage newbusiness opportunities aswell as retain and grow exist-ing businesses, especiallythose in the technology-basedmanufacturing sector of oureconomy. This is an impor-tant opportunity for forward-thinkingWest Virginians tobring their ideas to reality.Using our new DesignWorkslabs, we are able to assist inthe concept-to-reality por-tion, which will help jump-start the idea, turn it into aprototype and then move itforward to the productionphase.

Meanwhile, registration

is now open for another newprogram, called InnovateWV, that will provide tech-nical assistance — includingdesign and development,rapid prototyping andreverse engineering servic-es at RCBI — to interestedindividuals and small busi-nesses in West Virginia’sThird Congressional Dis-trict.

Funded in part throughthe U.S. EDA, InnovateWV is part of the WestVirginia EDA UniversityCenter partnership amongRCBI, Marshall Universityand Concord University.The program is intendedto help create and encour-age business opportunities,strengthen entrepreneur-ship and generate jobsacross southern West Vir-ginia.

By taking advantage ofInnovate WV, individualsand businesses can accessmanufacturing assistanceand take their concepts toreality through the com-puter-aided design, reverseengineering. prototyping,and fabrication and machin-ing services available atRCBI. Combining theirinnovative ideas with thecapabilities we have avail-able at RCBI will give entre-preneurs the support theyneed to get their product tomarket.

Finally, I’m pleased tonote that information aboutus is now available on theleading social networkingsites — Facebook, YouTube,LinkedIn and Twitter. Post-ings can be accessed byusing the initials “RCBI.”

Because our current — andfuture— clients are goingthere, we need to be there aswell. Social media sites are nolonger novelties accessed bya few avid followers. They’vebecome part of the dailyagenda for millions of people,both in this country and liter-ally around the world.

Look for both StartUpWVManufacturing and InnovateWV on these social mediasites as well as on www.rcbi.org.

Charlotte Weber is direc-tor and CEO of the Robert C.Byrd Institute for AdvancedFlexible Manufacturing(RCBI).

New tech, newpartnerships inplace at RCBI

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“I’m very pleased with the way it’scoming together,” Dingus said. “Theeconomy is turning around. It’s com-ing back strong. This could be one ofthe best, if not the best, years we’veever had.”

Plans are in the works to build threenew shell buildings at the industrial parkthis year, Dingus said. The industrialpark has a vacant 60,000-square-footshell building near County Road 1. Thebuilding has been vacant for about ayear, but that could be changing soon,he said.

“We are in negotiations with a client forthe shell building,” Dingus said.

The Lawrence Economic Develop-ment Corporation, which is overseeingdevelopment of the industrial park,plans to build a $1 million, 30,000-square-foot shell building. The project,funded through a five year, no-inter-est loan from the Ohio Department ofDevelopment, has been put out for bidearly this year and could be ready byAugust.

Construction on another 60,000-square-foot shell building also is plannedthis year, he said. The building is beingdesigned for a major electronics com-pany, Dingus said.

It could be ready byOctober, said JeremyClay, director of the industrial park.

Construction on a smaller, 6,250-square-foot shell building should be fin-ished in early March, Clay said. “We’vehad some interest in that building, too,”he said. It is being built adjacent to a3,600-square-foot building occupied byR.W. Supply adjacent to M&M Mailing.The new company, which opened lastyear, offers welding supplies and rentsmotors and equipment.

A foreign trade zone has been devel-oped and a 24-hour video monitoring

system is being installed.Work is nearing completion on a trans-

fer or intermodal pad where goods can bemoved from railroad cars to trucks andvice versa. The transfer pad should beready early this year, Dingus said.

A 1 ,000 -foot ra i l spur is beinginstalled and rail scales have beenadded, he said.

“We’ve already purchased a gantry cranetomove product from the railroad to trucksand from trucks to railroad cars,” Dingussaid. A road from the industrial park tothe Ohio River also has been completed,he said.

“We’re still a year-and-a-half awayfrom completing the river port,” hesaid. “Part of it could be under con-struction this summer if we get thenecessary approvals from the OhioEnvironmental Protection Agency andthe Huntington District of the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers. We hope toget permits this spring.”

Lawrence Economic Development Cor-poration officials are interested in diversi-fying companies rather than have one bigcompany locate in the 500-acre industrialpark, Dingus said.

“We’re looking for projectswith 25 to 200jobs,” he said. “The future of our region ismoving product. We have to get back tomanufacturing.”

Three new shell buildingsin the works for The PointSouth Point industrial parkcould add 200 to 300 moreworkers by end of the year

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HOW DID YOU GET IN YOUR CAREER? Two primaryfactors contributed to me being in my current career.First I grew up in Southern West Virginia and wasaround the coal business my entire life as that was theindustry in which my father worked and second I alwayswanted to be an engineer. Therefore when it was time togo to college it was natural that I elected to study miningengineering.

FIRST JOB: My first job was assistant district engineer atCSX Minerals, one of the predecessor companies to what isnow Natural Resource Partners.

FAMILY: I am married to Tammy Wall and we are theproud parents of Brandon, a mechanical/aerospace engi-neer living in Huntsville, Ala., and Brittany, who will beentering the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine this fall.

SPECIAL SKILLS: I am not sure I have any specialskills, but two things have served me well are my abilityto do computations and use mathematics and my will-ingness to put in the effort and extra work to achieve agoal.

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Marvin Legg of Culloden and other employees have lunch together as Toyota celebrates its 15thanniversary in West Virginia at its Buffalo plant in this Oct. 14, 2011, file photo.

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BUFFALO, W.Va. — ToyotaMotorManufacturingWestVirgin-iareachedamilestoneinOctober.

TheBuffalo plant celebrated its15thanniversaryinthestatewithapartyandrecognitionofitsgrowththroughout thepast 15years.

The plant has expanded sixtimes and employs more than1,000 people, who as of Octoberhad produced more than 8.6million automatic, four-cylinderand V6 engines. It announcedearlier this week that it willadd another expansion, whichis expected to add 80 jobs, witha $45 million investment.

Theplantmachinesandassem-bles four-cylinder engines for theToyota Corolla and Matrix; V6engines for the Toyota High-lander, Sienna, Rav 4 and LexusRX350; and automatic transmis-sions for theAvalon,Camry,Ven-za, Sienna andLexusRX350.

The facility, which nowbuilds800,000 engines and transmis-sions annually, has received theHarbour Award seven consecu-tive years. The award recogniz-

es productivity of powertrainplants in North America.

In addition to created partsto make vehicles, the plant hasalso had an impact on the com-munity. At the 15th anniver-sary celebration, it gave $15,000checks to both the Eleanor andBuffalo volunteer fire depart-ments. Employees have donated

bothmoney and time to variouscharities. In 15 years, they havedonated more than $700,000 toUnited Way, held fundraisersfor local schools and the SpecialOlympics and put in more than10,000 volunteer hours.

The company also recentlyfundedaJapanOutreachInitiativeprogramatMarshallUniversity.

Toyota celebrates 15 years in West Virginia,continues work on engines and in community

Shigeki Terashi, president and chief operating officer of ToyotaMotor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, speaksduring a press conference celebrating Toyota’s 15th anniversaryin West Virginia in this Oct. 14, 2011, file photo.

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Hospice of Huntington, Inc. is seeking qualified applicants forthe following positions:Per Diem LPN’s for the Home Care ProgramThese are shift-work positions providing continuous care nursingand other LPN duties as assigned. Must have flexibility inscheduling, including nights and weekends. Primary dutiesinclude but are not limited to: providing routine nursing visitsand personal care to patients as necessary: providing comfortoriented physical care to patients: providing emotional support topatients/families. Qualified applicants will be licensed in WV andOhio; minimum of 1-year licensed practical nursing experience,hospice or home health preferred; proof of liability insurance;reliable transportation; must be able to travel to all of Hospice ofHuntington’s service area.Part-time Housekeeper at theEmogene Dolin Jones Hospice HousePrimary duties include, but are not limited to: performinghousekeeping and cleaning activities within well-establishedguidelines, both inside and outside the facility; having mechanicalskills in order to assist with general maintenance of facility; helpingmaintain facility grounds. Must have the ability to follow oraland written instructions. Previous similar work experience in ahealth care setting desirable but not required. Must have reliabletransportation. Must be able to work weekends.

Applications may bedownloaded from the Hospiceof Huntington, Inc. website atwww.hospiceofhuntington.orgor picked up at the Hospiceoffice at 1101 6th Avenue,Huntington, WV. Send thecompleted application toHR Director @ 1101 6th.

Hospice of Huntington, Inc. isan equal opportunity employer.

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We have an opportunity for aManufacturing Supervisor atour Caledonian Alloys plant inHuntington, WV.This role is primarily responsible forusing discretionary judgment in thearea of supervising the workforce;this includes Safety, Delivery, Cost,and Production. This position will beaccountable for driving the TOC’s tothe workforce and making sure allcosts are kept in line with the budget.If you are a strong leader,independent thinker, and a multi-tasker, please apply online at: www.precast.com keyword: # 175322-950

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Holzer Medical Center, located inGallipolis Ohio, is currently seeking aDirector ofUtilization Case ManagementAs Director, the provisions of utilization case management services, admission bed

placement and departmental responsibilities are assumed. The Director plans thescope of and directs the implementation of utilization case management practicewithin Holzer Medical Center. The Director will also function as a Utilization ReviewRN, RN case Manager, or Admission Nurse Coordinator when staffing requires.REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing. BS required or to be obtained within3 years.Current RN license in the State of OhioThree (3) years experience as an RN in acute care for adult and pediatric patients.Three (3) years experience in Case Management and Utilization Review.Working knowledge of Utilization Review Committee, Recovery Audit Contractor,automated systems (i.e. Midas) preferred.

Excellent wages and benefits offered!Qualified candidates, please apply online at www.holzer.org

Jamie Northup - Recruitment Coordinator - 740.441.8052

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POWER PLANT TECHNICIANSt. Mary’s Medical Center, a 393bed tertiary care teaching facilitywith medical school affiliation, hasan immediate opening:Responsibilities include maintainingthe operation of the boilers/steamdistribution system, chillers,air conditioning distributionsystem, medical gas systems,medical surgical vacuum system,heating system, and the EnergyManagement system. Thisposition will also perform generalmaintenance as required throughoutthe facility when needed. Electricaland welding background preferred.Excellent salary and work familybenefits, including free healthinsurance for full-time employees.Please visit our website atwww.st-marys.organd apply on-line underCareers & Education. EOE

Ohio Valley Bank is nowaccepting applications forFull-Time Assistant BranchOperations Manager in ourMilton WV Office

We offer a generous salary andbenefits package, including 401-Kretirement and career advancementopportunities. Pre-employment drugtesting is required.

Interested persons may obtain a jobapplication at any Ohio Valley Banklocation or from our website:www.ovbc.com

ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE MAILEDTO HUMAN RESOURCES,OHIO VALLEY BANK,PO BOX 240, GALLIPOLIS OH 45631or e-mailed [email protected]

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Credit Union Processorand IT Analyst

Positions Available atAshland Credit Union

Ashland, KY.To apply go to

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FULL- TIME HOSPITALISTLocal Huntington medical centeris recruiting full-time hospitalistsfor its growing hospitalistprogram. Attractive salary,benefits and work schedule.Must have a West Virginia license& DEA.Send resume to:Mary Ann Brown,Physician Recruiter,St. Mary’s MedicalManagement, 2900 FirstAvenue, Huntington, WV 25702by 3/31/2012 or apply on-line atwww.st-marys.organd www.monster.comEOE

Do you have a reliable workhistory in any field?Are you interested inworking in a team-orientedenvironment?Are you interested inworking with youth ages12-17?We are looking to expandour team with dependablepeople.Pay range is $7.65-$10.50.Successful candidates will:

Have high schooldiploma/GEDBe at least 21 years of ageMaintain a validDrivers’ LicenseHave a clean drug screen& background check

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Ramey-Estep willbe holding OpenInterviewsfor Child Care Workerson March 9th atKYOVA Mall onUS 60,9am to 3pm.Please bring aresume or visit ourwebsite atwww.rameyestep.comfor an application.REH is a drug-free workplace.EOE ��

HIGHWAY ENGINEER ASSOCIATEThe West Virginia Division of Highways seeks applicants for Highway Engineer Associate for its Bridge Evaluation Section located inCharleston, WV. This position will be an active team member of a statewide bridge inspection team. Duties will include gathering fieldinformation, preparing inspection reports and perform load rating analysis of these bridges. The ability to climb large bridges (training willbe provided) and work at heights from inspection access equipment is an essential part of this job. Frequent overnight travel is required.Performs related work as required. Salary range: $47,352.- $87,612/ year.

Requirements: Two years bridge engineering experience. Currently licensed as a registered professional engineer in West Virginia. Yourapplication will not be processed without verification documents.

Interested applicants are asked to submit a West Virginia Division of Personnel Application for Examination directly to W. Kyle Stollings,Maintenance Division, Captiol Complex, Bldg. 5, Rm. A-350, Charleston, WV 25305-0139 and to the West Virginia Division of Personnel,Building 6, Room 420, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East, Charleston, WV 25305-0139, or apply online at: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/wv/default.cfm.

Applications may be obtained at the WVDOP website at http://www.state.wv.us/admin/personnel/postings/appdown.htmor at any WV Division of HIghways’ Office. Interested applicants with questions may contact the Maintenance Division at 304-558-2901.

Hiring Process: We encourage applicants to apply online. This can speed processing. Your eligible score will be based on informationprovided in your application. ��

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BA in Human Servicesand experience workingwith DD preferred.

AUTISM SERVICES CENTER ISCURRENTLY SEEKING A

FULL-TIME SERVICE COORDINATOR.

Visit www. autismservicescenter.orgto apply by March 4, 2012. ��

LPN:Work withindividuals withdisabilities.$30,160 - $35,775.For complete job descriptionand benefits apply on line atwww.autismservices center.orgOr contact Human Resourcesat (304) 525-8014.Deadline 3/11/12. ��

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We’re looking forexperiencedMedical Assistants,Medical Secretaries�� StaffApply online at himgwv.com,in person or [email protected]

5170 U.S. Route 60 EastHuntington, WV 25705

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3 Therapist, F/T,(1 Cabell,1 Lincoln, 1Wayne), applicantsmust have a Master’s degree in Counseling,Psychology, or Social Work. You must havea WV Social Work license or LPC. Salarydiscussed at interview.KVC provides in-home and foster careservices to children and families. KVCoffers training and benefits. All applicationsmust be submitted online at kvc.orgIf you have any questions please call1-800-835-5277, ext. 204.

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PrimeCare Medical isseeking PRN LPN’s towork in the medicaldept. at the WesternRegional Jail. Contact HRat 1-800-245-7277 or faxresumes to 717-651-1865EOE REF #644

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Is currently seeking aRegistered Nurse, First Assist CNOR.

Qualified candidate must possess:Current Ohio RN License

Endoscopic vein harvesting experience Cardiac experience

Qualified candidates, please apply online at www.holzer.orgJamie Northup - Recruitment Coordinator - 740.441.8052

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Valley Health has a FT pharmacy tech position inHuntington. Duties include but not limited to: Processingprescriptions and handling refill requests. Registeredpharmacy tech license preferred. Great benefits!Apply online at: www.valleyhealth.org or send resumesto: Pharmacy, PO Box 1680, Htgn, WV 25717-1680 EOE

PharmacyTechnician

3-5 years management experience, strongcustomer service skills, strong computer skills,

merchandizing skills/experience, benefitsavailable, pay commensurate with experience.

Mail your resume to:The Herald-Dispatch, Attn: Box 749,

946 Fifth Avenue, Huntington, WV 25701

SEEKING STORE MANAGERFOR A RETAIL PHARMACY

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MasTec, Inc. in Culloden are seekinglineman and laborers for telephone work.CDL license preferred but not required.Must pass background check, and drugtest. Full time with benefits.Call 304-562-4484 orFax resume to: 304-562-4486��

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Full TimeDevelopment DirectorNon profit agency seekingenthusiastic, visionaryprofessional with strengthin strategic planning,execution of fund developmentand donor cultivation.Send Resume to:Executive DirectorP.O. Box 1546 Ashland, KY 41105 ��

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Now HiringAFLAC, a world leader in supplemental insurance, has exceptionalopportunities in sales and marketing in the Huntington, Ashland, andSouthern Ohio areas. This Fortune 500, NYSE-listed Corporationoffers excellent income with annual increases, bonuses, stock &incentives, classroom & field training, and opportunities for localadvancement.Fax your resume to Brian Cumptan, Regional Sales Coordinator(304)781-2270 Or Call (304)697-4444

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Working with youth ages12-17. Clinical licensereq., i.e.,LCSW, LPCA,LPCC, etc.Min. salary $31, 875, maygo up with experience.Competitive salary& benefits.

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Send resume:REH, PO Box 39,Rush, KY 41168email:[email protected] fax 606-547-4359EOE

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Are you looking for a new opportunityto expand your skills?

CAMC Teays Valley Hospital has immediateopenings for a per diem Pharmacist and a perdiem Pharmacy Technician.

CAMC Pharmacists must beRegistered / licensed in West Virginia

Qualified Pharmacy Technician applicantswill have completed a formalized trainingprogram for pharmacy technicians OR willhave 12 months of recentexperience as a pharmacy technician.

Apply online by visiting our web siteat www.camc.org.For additional information regarding thispositioncontact our Employment ServicesDepartment at 304-388-7458or 1-800-323-5157.Equal Opportunity EmployerCAMC will conduct a drug test and background check on all new hires.

West VirginiaDepartment of Agriculture

WVDA seeks a Chemist I for the PesticideResidue laboratory. Work includes analysesof commercial pesticide products, pesticide usedilutions and residues in groundwater samples.Must have experience with HPLC, GC/MS, andLC/MS/MS equipment. Bachelors degree with amajor in chemistry is required along with one yearof employment experience in performing laboratorytechnical work preferably related to pesticideanalyses. Salary $30,000 -$34,000.00 based onexperience. For application and complete jobdescription visit www.wvagriculture.orgSend resume and application toWV Dept. of Agriculture, Attn: Millie Taylor,Executive Assistant, 1900 Kanawha Blvd., East,Charleston, WV 25305, [email protected]: March 16, 2012.

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REGISTERED NURSEDo you enjoy working with people?Full-Time Registered Nurses neededfor Cabell, Wayne, Putnam Countiesand surrounding areas. No shiftwork, no overnights, no on-call, noweekends and no holidays. Flexibleschedule and mileage reimbursement,Benefits include health insurance,life insurance & long-term disability,liberal paid time off and somein-house CEU training provided.Please send your resume to:Sonya Jones CCIL,4329 Hughes BranchRoad, Huntington,WV 25701 or fax to:304-733-6429byMarch 26, 2012.EOE/M/F/V/D

Career ConnectionsFind your dream job here!

To learn more or to find your next great hire,visit heralddispatch.com/jobsor call Linda Waddell304-526-2723

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If you’re a smoker or former smoker,

you should know that a major

study of heavy smokers, called

the National Lung Screening Trial, has

shown that screening for lung cancer

with low-dose CT scans can reduce

lung cancer deaths by up to 20 percent

or more.

You should also know that the

Comprehensive Lung Nodule Program

at Cabell Huntington Hospital is now

offering these screenings at low cost to

patients who meet the criteria.

To qualify, patients must be 55 to 74

years old, and be either an active smoker

with at least a 30-pack per year history

or who has quit smoking within the past

15 years.

Most insurance companies do

not cover these screenings, but the

Comprehensive Lung Nodule Program

at Cabell Huntington Hospital has

reduced the cost to $99 to make the

procedure more affordable.

Remember, it makes adifference where you get yourlung screening done. TheComprehensive Lung NoduleProgram at Cabell HuntingtonHospital was created more thantwo and a half years ago, andtoday, it’s still the only programin Huntington with a multi-disciplinary team of expertsdedicated to quick, convenientand comprehensive diagnosisand treatment of lung cancer.

Formore informationor toscheduleyourscreening, pleasecallHUNTINGTON’SONLYComprehensiveLungNoduleProgramat (304) 691-1689.

Low-dose CT Screening Criteria:• 55-74 years of age• 30 or more pack per year smoking history• Current smoker or have quit in the last 15 years

This CT scan shows multiple lung nodules in both lungsof a patient. Low-dose CT scans of appropriately screenedpatients can detect lung cancer in its earliest stages, whentreatment options are most effective.

Low-doseCT screening canreduce lung cancerdeaths by up to20 percent!

ScreeningCost:$99

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unseasonably warm winter, competition from naturalgas and federal regulations have combined to create ableak outlook for West Virginia’s coal industry in 2012,mining executives say.

Jason Bostic, the vice president for theWest VirginiaCoal Association, said the coal climate is chilled and he

is worried about the future of the industry.“There is a perfect storm happening to themining industry inWest

Virginia,” Bostic said. “We’re really concerned.”The state saw a record year for coal in 2011. The average price of coal

per ton was $70, according to the 2010 data, which is the most recentthat is available from the organization.

Metallurgical coal, used in iron andsteel production, had a great year,according to Nick Carter, presidentand chief operating officer of NaturalResource Partners. Met coal totals 6percent of the total coal production inthe state, with steam coalmaking up theremaining 94 percent.

“Met coal prices were very high atthe beginning of the year and onlycame down amoderate amount,” Cartersaid.

However, steam coal, the coal sold topower plants to generate electricity, sold at a high price at the begin-ning of the year, but decreased toward the end of 2011.

“We’ve seen an extremely softmarket in steamcoal demand,” Cartersaid. “We’re seeing shut-in production because they don’t have the coalsold and they don’t anticipate selling it this year.”

The warmwinter is one factor in the soft steal coal market, Cartersaid. People aren’t heating their homes as much, which has hurt thedemand for coal. But the weather is just one minor factor, he said.

“It’s not fun these days,” Carter said.

Competition from the Marcellus ShaleRecent tapping of natural gas in the Marcellus Shale in West Vir-

ginia’s Northern Panhandle has created a fossil fuel clash.“There’s a lot of natural gas on the market,” Carter said, with gas

After a warm winter, morecompetition from naturalgas and federal regulations,

‘Perfect storm’ ofuncertainty hoversover the industry

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Photo courtesy of theW.Va. Coal Association

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less than $3 per 1,000 cubicfeet. “Coal is not competitiveat those prices.”

The gas drilling is takingaway amarket share of electricgenerating business becauseshale gases are selling at very,very low prices, Carter said.Wells are being drilled becausethe gas companies have tomeetthe commitment of their con-tracts.

“They have to do what theyhave to do and it’s hurtingboth them and us,” Carter said.“They are overproducing themarket.”EPA involvement is‘chronic condition’

The 2009 federal action thatgave the EPA “enhanced coor-dination procedures” in con-junction with the Army Corpsof Engineers is still causingwaves in the mining industry.The new rules were issued inan effort to crack down on sur-face mines.

TheCleanWaterAct Section404 pertains to the construc-tion of structures in streamssuch as sediments ponds, valleyfills or any other constructionthat involves manipulating astream course.

“Theymeannotonlystreamsorcreeks,butalsodrystreams,”Bos-ticsaid.“Anycreviceonamountainwherewaterwillcollectrequiresa‘404permit’ todisturb.”

The National Mining Asso-ciation filed a lawsuit againstthe Environmental ProtectionAgency in 2009, saying the EPAtried to unlawfully curbminingoperations.

In October 2011, U.S. DistrictJudge Reggie B. Walton ruledin favor of the mining industry,saying the EPA overstepped itsboundarieswhenitstartedreview-ing individual Clean Water Actpermits. The second part of thelawsuit,dealingwithanEPAstudyof a change in the insect popula-tion and the water quality stan-dards,willbeheard in June.

Mines are required to have apermit every time water runsoff an operation, Bostic said.The permits, both for a sur-face mine and an undergroundmine, expire every five years.

There are 27 “404 permits”pending for West Virginia.Beginning in 2009 and continu-ing through 2011, three permitsa year have been approved.

“The primary infection fromthe EPA is a chronic condition,”Bostic said. “If themarket comesback tomorrow, the industry isinflexible andcan’t respond.Wecan’t put people back to work,can’t hire coal miners, and can’tpumpthestatecoffers fullofcoalseverancemoney.”

Carter said coal companies inthestateareunable toopenmoremet coal mines because of theinability to get permits, whichmeansminerswon’t havework.

“A lot of coal miners aregoing to lose their jobs this yearby the mines closing,” Cartersaid. “More will lose their job

before the next year is over.”Carter said the coal industry

should expect to see a decreasein the production of steamcoal.

“There will still be a lot ofmet coal produced inWest Vir-ginia, but West Virginia’s con-tribution to the electric powergenerating market is going tobe less and less as years pass,”Carter said.Coal severanceexpected to decrease

The coal severance taxreached record highs last year.According to Danny Fori-nash, of theWest Virginia TaxDepartment, the state received$527,572,390 from coal sever-ance in 2011. Over the pastthree years, the state has col-lected nearly $1.47 billion incoal severance tax.

Coal severance is 5 percentof the selling price of all minedcoal inWestVirginia. The stateretains 93 percent, while theremaining 7 percent is splitamong the counties.

Counties that produce coalshare three-quartersof the7per-cent,while theremainingquarterissplitamongthecountiesanditsmunicipalities.

The record for coal produc-tion was set in the late 1990swhenmines were pumping out180 million tons a year. Recentyears have been between 135million and 145 million, Fori-nash said, but coal has beenselling at a higher price.

Production is expected toslow toward an annual rateof 125 million tons over thenext five years. Forinash saidthe projected coal severancerevenue for fiscal year 2012 is$404 million.Industry setssights on Illinois

As regulations make min-

ing in Appalachia more diffi-cult, Bostic said companies areexpanding to other coal basins.The Illinois and Powder RiverBasin inWyoming both containlarge reserves of steam coal.

“There is a chilled invest-ment in Appalachia,” Bosticsaid. “Companies don’t carewhere (the coal) comes from,they just want a reliable supply.West Virginia can’t providethat at this point.”

Carter said some of his leas-ees have found the permitdiff iculties reason enoughto close their West Virgin-ia mines, while Illinois andWyoming are becoming moreattractive.

“(TheEPA)hasn’tgotten thereyet, but when they get there,they’ll stopmining,”Carter said.“Right now they’re just concen-trating on (Appalachia).”

Bostic says the EPA regula-tions are a policy issue, but theother factors causing the down-turn are cyclical and themarketwill straighten out. However,the policy issues might keepthe industry from being ableto provide adequately to meetthe demand.

“We have an amazing prod-uct in West Virginia, thatpeople seek from all over theworld,” Bostic said. “There’snowhere else to go. Eventually,they’ll come back, and they’llneed West Virginia coal, andwe won’t be able to supply tothe tune of what the marketdemands.”

Though the industry is fac-ing difficulties, Carter said heexpects it to rebound eventu-ally.

“I know we’re going to sur-vive and do well, and the unitholders are going to get paid,”he said. “But 2012 will not bethe growth year we thought itwould be.”

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that people seek from all over the world. There’s nowhere else to go.Eventually, they’ll come back, and they’ll need West Virginia coal, andwe won’t be able to supply to the tune of what the market demands.”

“We have an amazing product in West Virginia,

JASON BOSTIC, vice president for the West Virginia Coal Association

Advantage Valley is aregional marketing and stra-tegic initiatives organiza-tion that aims to foster andfacilitate regional growth andadvancement opportunitiesfor businesses, communitiesand residents in the Charles-ton-Huntington metropolitanareas.

The nonprofit organizationhas been in existence since1996, and it continues to workon accomplishing six keygoals.

n Nurturing greater coop-eration and resource-collabo-ration within the region.

n Assisting in positioningthe region’s business strengthsand quality-of-life assets, par-ticularly in energy, manufac-turing, chemicals, advancedmaterials, financial services,health care, transportation,recreation, tourism and com-munications.

n Providing supportive ser-vices to the region’s economicand business developmentefforts and organizations.

n Promoting educationalachievement and lifelonglearning at all levels, andworking to ensure work forcetraining programs align withthe region’s business needs.

n Fostering and spearhead-ing strategic initiatives for theregion.

n Championing a cultureand supporting efforts thatwill enable and sustain entre-preneurial activities and busi-ness diversity.

As part of fulfilling itsstrategic mission, AdvantageValley continues to strive toprovide complementary activi-ties and region-wide servicesthat will provide for greatercollaboration, communicationand cohesion to advance theregion’s business and employ-ment growth opportunities.We work closely in the localchambers and economic devel-

opment authorities within thisregion.

In 2011, the organizationunderwent a strategic plan-ning effort to affirm its mis-sion and activities, and theboard of directors has outlinedthe following objectives aspart of Advantage Valley’songoing focus on this region’sgrowth and advancement.

n Cross-OrganizationalCollaboration: AdvantageValley will work to leverageand facilitate collaborationamong organizations and pro-grams within the region thatfocus on economic and busi-ness development, work forceadvancement and communityimprovement.

n Marketing: AdvantageValley will work to support,complement or supplementexisting marketing efforts andactivities that promote theregion’s assets and position theAdvantage Valley region as aplace for business investment,job growth or educationaladvancement.

n Workforce Develop-ment/Education: AdvantageValley will work to supportthe region’s work force educa-tional, technical training andskills development efforts,particularly regarding thoseprovided by institutions ofhigher education, communitycolleges, etc.

n Communications:Advantage Valley will work toshowcase the region’s positiveeconomic development, busi-ness, work force and educa-tional news to key stakeholdergroups and the general publicinWest Virginia, as well as totarget groups and decision-makers outside the region.This will be accomplished,primarily via electronic andsocial media tactics. Thesecommunications activities

will complement existing onesdone by local chambers, EDAsand CVBs in the region.

n Data/Research: Advan-tage Valley will compile andmaintain key economic, busi-ness, and work force data onthe region, in conjunction withthe state Development Office,state agencies, local chambers,EDAs, etc. In addition, Advan-tage Valley may initiate specialresearch projects as part of itsongoing mission and strategicplan.

n Policy: Advantage Valleywill educate regional stake-holders on policy issues thataffect the region. AdvantageValley typically will not beinvolved in direct advocacy orlobbying, on the local, state orfederal levels.

n Alignment: AdvantageValley will align itself withother organizations and ini-tiatives that aim to advanceeconomic development, busi-ness growth and educationalachievement and benefit theregion.

n Strategic Initiatives:Advantage Valley will serve tofoster and spearhead strategicinitiatives and projects thatwill be beneficial to the region.

Advantage Valley is volun-teer-driven. Chris Slaughterof Steptoe & Johnson, andWayneMorgan ofWest Vir-ginia AmericanWater Co.,co-chair its Board of Directors.The other members of theBoard represent large corpo-rations, banks, educationalinstitutions, professionalservice firms, and economicdevelopment entities in theCharleston-HuntingtonMSAs.For more information aboutAdvantage Valley, please go towww.advantagevalley.com.

Christopher L. Slaughter isco-chair of Advantage Valley.

Advantage Valleyworks to fostergrowth of business

Christopher L.SLAUGHTER

As part of fulfilling its strategic mission, AdvantageValley continues to strive to provide complementary

activities and region-wide services that will provide forgreater collaboration, communication and cohesion toadvance the region’s business and employment growth

opportunities. We work closely in the local chambers andeconomic development authorities within this region.

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JOB: Operations manager atHuntington Steel.

HOW DID YOU GET INYOUR CAREER? Startedout at WVU as an electricalengineering student. Feltthat wasn’t what I wantedto do. Changed to industrialengineering. Have been anindustrial engineer or opera-tions manager in manufactur-

ing companies ever since.FIRST JOB: Industrial engi-

neer with an automotive carpetmanufacturer.

FAMILY: Wife, Christy; fourchildren, Jeremy, Lindsey, Ian,and James Issac.

SPECIAL SKILLS: Problemsolving, digging down to rootcauses and being innovativewith solutions.

FAVORITE BOOK: “TheScrewtape Letters.”

FAVORITE MOVIE: “Fieldof Dreams” — for anyonewho would like to have onemore game of catch withtheir dad.

FAVORITE TV SHOW: “Break-ing Bad” — find it fascinat-ing how subtle and quick thedescent into evil can be.

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By CARA BAILEYThe Herald-Dispatch

HUNTINGTON — The Huntington steelindustry is on the rebound, after sufferingfrom a slowdown in business during the eco-nomic downturn.

Timothy Duke, president of Steel of WestVirginia, said that overall, the industry isrecovering from the 2009 recession.

“Steel of West Virginia had the best yearin its history in 2011,” he said, adding thatthe success is two-fold. “First, the increaseddemand from our traditional markets, as wellas continued demand for the new productswehave added to our plant over the past severalyears, and second, we are benefiting fromcapital upgrades.”

Steel Dynamics, Inc. , Steel of WestVirginia’s corporate owner, invested $27.9million in capital projects from 2009through 2011, and Duke said he anticipatesanother $11.4 million to be spent in 2012.The parent company also invested $6 mil-lion to help Steel of West Virginia adhereto federal clean air laws.

“These projects will improve product qual-ity and increase production while enhancingthe safety of making steel,” Duke said.

In order for Steel Dynamics to make theinvestment, Steel of West Virginia had toassure the company that it had a stable workforce. Negotiations in 2009 resulted in a five-year labor contract.

Steel ofWest Virginia is beating the odds inthe industry, since a lot of its custom designsand special steel products are for constructionuses. Construction is still down around theworld, Duke said.

“The rate of recovery has a lot to do withwhat markets you serve,” Duke said. “Steelmills that make steel for the commercialconstruction industry are still experienc-ing a challenging market because of weakdemand.”

Duke said there has been an increase intraditional markets, including crossmembersthat are used as the floor joists on the floor ofvan trailers andmast sections and hanger barsfor industrial forklifts.

“Demand for these products has increasedsignificantly because companies were notreplacing this type of equipment during therecession and the equipment just wore out,”he said.

Steel of West Virginia is also seeing anincrease in orders due to a demand in newequipment.

“We also added new products to our millssuch as frame sections that are used in solarenergy projects and products that are used inbuilding ships,” he said.

Mark Trimble, the marketing manager forHuntington Steel, said 2012 is looking betterfor his plant. The company has been able tobuy new equipment and is looking to hiremore employees. There are 75 employeesand Trimble anticipates adding four morepeople.

“We’re anxiously awaiting busier times toreturn,” Trimble said. “So far this year, things

are better. There are several good fabricationprojects that will keep us busy through themiddle of the summer, which is a pretty goodamount of time for us.”

Huntington Steel gets a lot of business fromthe coal industry, which is slowing, Trimblesaid.

While the slowdown in the coal mines haskeptHuntington Steel from some business, thenatural gas boom in the Northern Panhandlehas created work. Huntington Steel has abranch location inMorgantown. Trimble saidthe southern Pennsylvania area is seeing a tre-mendous boom in the oil and gas business.

“A lot of the oil and gas companies are buy-ing flatbars, angles and steel plates,” Trimblesaid.

Projects are increasing, which is a reliefconsidering the past three years have had aless-than-desirable outlook for HuntingtonSteel, Trimble said.

“It’s been very difficult,” he said. “Wehaven’t laid anybody off but we’ve had peopleat timeswhen there really wasn’t a lot of workto do—we don’t want it that way.We want itto be busy.”

Huntington Steel has two projects relat-ing to the oil and gas industry in Kentucky,and one in West Virginia. Trimble saidthose projects will supply work throughthe summer.

“We’re not going to do anything profound,there’s still not enough certainty in the mar-ketplace for us to feel comfortable,” Trimblesaid.

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An employee works at Huntington Steel on Feb. 22. Mark Trimble, the marketing manager for Huntington Steel, said 2012 is looking better for his plant.

Industry seeing some signs of rebound, shifts in demand

ABOVE: Walter Ross welds embedment plates at Huntington Steel.

LEFT: Bryan Rozzi uses an overhead crane to unload plates of steel at Huntington Steel.The company is seeing a boost from the natural gas boom in the Northern Panhandle, butthe slowdown in the coal mines has eliminated some of that business.

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By CARA BAILEYFor The Herald-Dispatch

PRICHARD—AWayneCoun-ty plant thatmanufactures vehiclefiltration systems is preparing toaddmore than 40 newworkers inthe coming year, sending a mes-sage to the community that it iscommitted to the region.

Allevard-Sogefi USA Inc., inPrichard, has won a new contractwith Chrysler and is expected tohire engineers, quality controltechnicians and productionwork-ers to start in the third quarter of2012.

Troy Thomas, plant manager,said employment will number asmany as 90 by the year’s end, upfrom the current 45.

“There’s a message we wantto send,” Thomas said. “We suf-fered greatly when the economygot really bad and were forced todownsize.

“However, Sogefi is committedto their presence inNorthAmericaand here in West Virginia. We’restarting to see lots of optimism inthe company right now.”

The plant opened in 2004, mak-ing stabilizing bars used in sus-pension systems. At that time,there were about 100 employees,growing to a peak of 130. How-ever, in 2009, after the economicdownturn, the plant was forced tocut the staff to about 40.

In 2010, the plant changed tomanufacturing filtration systemsand started to hire back someworkers.

Last year, Sogefi won a contractto work with Chrysler. Thomascould not tell specifics of the con-tract, but said a typical durationfor a similar contact is five years.The plant will produce an oil fil-trationproduct for all ofChrysler’s6-cylinder engines.

“In early 2013,wewill doubleourvolumes,” Thomas said. “That’sthe reason for our growth.”

The Prichard plant also makesfilters for Ford, Fiat,Mazda andTIAutomotive.

Thomas said Sogefi is workingon other growth opportunitiesthat he is confident about, but arestill in the beginning stage.

“Wewill naturally grow in 2013as the current business comesup to full production,” he said.“I expect by 2013 we likely couldhave other contracts and willmake the decision to expand fur-ther.”

Thomas expects the plant toreach the prior employment peakof 130 by mid-2013. Those inter-ested in applying for a positioncan visit the plant, located at 1389Prichard Road.

“I encourage people to watch

the papers and if they have anytechnical skills in the automo-tive industry, apply,” he said.“We’re looking for engineersnow, and later in the year we’llbe looking for other produc-tion workers and quality controltechnicians.”

Sogefi is owned by AllevardSprings, a French company, andis the only of the company’s plants

in America. The Prichard plantopened in 2004 after theHunting-ton Area Development Council,the Wayne County Commissionand the development author-ity invested in a shell building inPrichard.

At the time, it invested $27million in the Prichard project,including buying the 50,000-square-foot vacant shell buildingalong oldU.S. 52 and expanding itto a total of 215,000 square feet.

Photos by Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch

Product awaits packaging at Allevard-Sogefi USA Inc. in Prichard, W.Va.

Allevard-Sogefi expected to double work force in year’s time

LEFT: AprilJacksonassembles apaper filter atAllevard-SogefiUSA Inc. inPrichard,W.Va., on Feb.21.

BELOW:Woody Woodschecks partsat Allevard-Sogefi USAInc. The planthas won a newcontract withChrysler andis expected tohire engineers,quality controltechniciansand produc-tion workersto start in thethird quarterof 2012.

“We will naturally grow in2013 as the current businesscomes up to full production.I expect by 2013 we likelycould have other contracts

and will make the decision toexpand further.”

Troy ThomasAllevard-Sogefi USA Inc.

plant manager

Gloria Meredith assembles airfilters at Allevard-Sogefi USA.

JOB: president, Steel of West VirginiaHOW DID YOU GET IN YOUR CAREER? Worked

full-time while getting college degrees and workedin steel plant in Pittsburgh. At Steel of West Vir-ginia since 1987.

FIRST JOB: Worked with a computer manufac-turer in Philadelphia

FAMILY: Julie, wife, two sons and three grand-children

SPECIAL SKILLS: Years of progressive manu-facturing experience

FAVORITE BOOK: John Grisham novelsFAVORITE MOVIE: “We Are Marshall.”FAVORITE TV SHOW: History channel

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JABO Supply has expandedinto the state of Virginia. Itsnewest location opened Jan.3, and is located at 205 Haw-thorne Drive, Norton, Va.Including headquarters inHuntington, JABO now hasfour locations: Parkersburg,Beckley and Norton, Va. Allbranches are full-servicelocations including inside/outside sales staff, countersales, inventory and deliveryvehicles.

JABO Supply is a whole-sale distributor that providespipe, valves and fittings tothe industrial, chemical, coal,power and gas industries.Founded in 1964, JABO isconsistently ranked in the top50 PVF supply firms in theUnited States.

The Norton Branch is beingmanaged by Jimmy Hilemanformerly of Trevor Supply.Jimmy has 30 plus years ofpiping experience. Major high-ways (U.S. 23 and Alt. U.S. 58)make Norton an ideal spot forservicing the coal industry.

Having finished a recordsales year in 2011, JABO isinvesting heavily in contin-ued growth. Twenty newemployees have been added

to its payroll within the past24 months. A 7,000-square-foot area at headquarters inHuntington has just beenremodeled to allow for addi-tional warehouse storage.Plans are under way to builda new 10,000-square-footshop primarily for the fabri-cation of HDPE (high-den-sity polyethylene) fittings.Construction is expected tostart in early spring. Severalnew product lines have beenadded along with an EnergyServices division that offers

steam system audits, steamtrap surveys, trap sizing andselection, steam seminarsand training along with afull-service valve automationshop.

JABO’s prime market areaincludes all of West Virginia,eastern Kentucky, southwestVirginia, southwest Penn-sylvania and eastern Ohio.Although this area providesmost of the day to day busi-ness, JABO routinely ships pip-ing products throughout theUnited States and Canada. Amultimillion dollar inventoryand dedicated employees witha commitment to customersatisfaction has made JABO

the preferred supplier to manycustomers.

The company’s motto:“Service is more than apromise” is not just a sloganbut a way of doing business.For information, contactJABO Supply Corporation,P.O. Box 238, Huntington,WV 25707, telephone, 800-334-JABO (5226). Visit ourwebsite at www.jabosupply.com for more detailed infor-mation and a line card with acomplete product listing andmanufacturers represented.

Curtis F. Drown is vice presi-dent of sales and marketingfor JABO Supply.

Wholesale distributor JABOSupply expands into Virginia

Photo courtesy of Curtis F. Drown

JABO Supply has a new branch location at 205 Hawthorne Drive, Norton, Va. The phone number is 276-679-1224 or toll-free855-888-5226, or fax 276-679-1266

Curtis F.DROWN

Most West Virginiansdon’t know the long historyof our oil and natural gasindustry, which dates backto the first gas well thatGeorge Washington sur-veyed in 1771.

We first used naturalgas commercially in theearly 1800s at the West-ern Kanawha Salt Factory.By the end of 1899, WestVirginia was the nation’sleading producer of oil andnatural gas, producing oiland natural gas long beforeit became a state.

Most of that productionhas been from shallow forma-tions, the majority of whichare less than 4,000 feet deep.Over the years, drilling hasoccurred in 53 of our 55 coun-ties. Today, we have wellsproducing in 50 of our coun-ties.

The reason we are blessedwith an abundance of min-erals is because the Appa-lachianMountains are thesecond oldest mountain rangein the world— about 300million years old. Encapsu-lated in these mountains aremillions of years of decayingand decayed flora and faunathat produce methane. Eventhough the AppalachianBasin andWest Virginiahave been producing naturalgas for more than 175 years,experts commonly refer tothe region as the oldest butleast explored basin. That isbecause most exploration hasbeen in the shallow forma-tions, and those formationscontinue today to be safeinvestments that yield gaslong term.

Fast forward to the tech-nology of today. Neitherhorizontal drilling norhydraulic fracturing is newto the industry in general,but advances made duringthe past 15 years enable usto drill the source rock ofthe oil and natural gas. Theshale formations, becauseof their dense nature, donot give up their trappedmolecules of energy easily.So today we are produc-ing formations such as theMarcellus and Utica herein Appalachia, and they arefar below formations thatpreviously were developed.Because of advances inhorizontal drilling, we areable to drill multiple wellsfrom a single well pad. It is

a more efficient process thatcreates a relatively smallfootprint.

Our ability to tap intothese extensive shale for-mations means the energyhub of the world is nolonger the Middle East. Itis North America and par-ticularly the United States.Estimates on the vastnessof our reserves will con-tinue to be a moving num-ber, but conservatively theUnited States is believed tohave more than a 100-yearsupply of oil and naturalgas. The challenge aheadis for us to produce thesevast resources efficiently,effectively and in an envi-ronmentally responsiblemanner.

We have the buildingblocks to reignite the fur-naces of manufacturing,produce domestically thegoods that are now beingimported, produce thechemicals that come fromoil and natural gas andprovide the consumer withstable utility costs. Neveragain should a foreigngovernment hold us hos-tage because we need itsenergy. Never again shouldutility consumers beunable to heat or cool theirhomes because a naturaldisaster has interruptedproduction or destroyedinfrastructure.

Once again, nearly 200years after pioneering energydevelopment, West Virginiais at the forefront of being aleader and doing what we dobest — produce the energythat drives this country.

Corky DeMarco is theexecutive director of theWest Virginia Oil and NaturalGas Association.

Shale reserves couldallow U.S. to breakdependence onforeign natural gas

CorkyDeMARCO

We have the buildingblocks to reignite the

furnaces of manufactur-ing, produce domestically

the goods that are nowbeing imported, producethe chemicals that comefrom oil and natural gas

and provide the consumerwith stable utility costs.

JOB: Director of operations for LawrenceEconomic Development Corporation and direc-tor of The Point.

HOW DID YOU GET IN YOUR CAREER? Luckand hard work.

FIRST JOB: Fitzpatrick Construction.FAMILY: Amanda, wife; Kathryn, 3, and Julia,

5 months.SPECIAL SKILLS: Project design and plan-

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