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Robert A. Burford Jr.

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Robert A. Burford Jr., 81, of Charleston, passed away Thursday, March 30, 2016.

Robert was preceded in death by his father, Robert A. Burford and his mother, Martha Burford; and his late wife, Reba Ann (Wade) Burford.

He is survived by his companion, Alice Ann Eskins of 23 years; his two sons, David (Renele) and Craig (Katie), both of Winton Salem, N.C.; and six grandchildren; two brothers and two sisters.

He retired for Columbia Gas Transmission with over 30 years of service. Robert enjoyed working on his farm and being outside. Robert never met a stranger.

Gathering of family and friends will be held Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 11am. Tyler Mountain Funeral Home, 5233 Rocky Fork Road, Cross Lanes. Funeral service will follow at noon with Pastor Paul Bailey officiating.

Online condolences may be sent to TylerMountainFuneralHome.com.


Ronnie Joe Bostic

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Ronnie Joe Bostic, 60, of Pilot, Va., died March 27, 2016. Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at Groves Funeral Home Chapel, Union, with visitation two hours prior.

Funerals for: April 01, 2016

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Chapman, Anita G. — 11 a.m., Wilcoxen Funeral Home, Point Pleasant.


Combs, Pamela A. — 3 p.m., Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo.


Cope, Anne — 1 p.m., Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill.


Elswick, Terry L. — 11 a.m., Kanawha Valley Memorial Gardens Mausoleum Chapel, Glasgow.


Foster, Betty L. — 1 p.m., Bollinger Funeral Home, Charleston.


Kellogg, Alice — 11 a.m., Cunningham Memorial Park, Lower Mausoleum Chapel, St. Albans.


Lamb, Jacqueline M. — 2 p.m., Matics Funeral Home, Clendenin.


Lanham, Tamma K. — 11 a.m., Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar.


Laverty, Janet J. — 1 p.m., Pennington Funeral Home, Gauley Bridge.


Lester, Virginia M. — 1 p.m., Foglesong Funeral Home, Mason.


McKnight, Maxine V. — 11 a.m., Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville.


Sigmon, Glenn E. — 2 p.m., Wallace Funeral Home, Milton.


Smith, James H. — 1 p.m., Nitro Church of Christ, Nitro.


Thompson, Judith A. — 1 p.m., Ripley Baptist Temple, Ripley.

'Mom prom' in Putnam County hopes to raise money

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By Laura Haight

Mothers in Putnam County are dusting off old prom and formal dresses in preparation for the inaugural Mom Prom.

The MOMS club of Teays Valley is hosting the MOM Prom at 8 p.m. April 15 at the Valley Park Community Center in Hurricane.

MOMS, which stands for Moms Offering Moms Support, is a club of stay-at-home moms in Putnam County. The members were inspired to throw a prom after they heard of a club in Michigan putting on a dance for mothers.

MOMS president Sarah Flick said the event is focused on remaining local, with local Putnam County businesses sponsoring the event.

"It's just going to be a fun night out and a chance to be with other ladies," Flick said. "And all proceeds go to charity."

Although the event is called MOM Prom, the event is open to all women ages 21 and older.

Tickets are $35 and will be sold until April 8. Admission to the event is by pre-sale ticket only, Flick said.

Flick said the attire is prom inspired but can be anything from an old bridesmaid dress to whatever dress women might have in their closet.

All of the profits raised from the prom will go towards member Heather Catterson's fundraising effort for the Charleston Juvenille Diabetes Research Fund Walk in May.

Catterson's 4-year-old daughter, Kimber, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in June of 2014, and the members of the club voted to have the profits go towards JDRF in honor of Kimber.

Catterson said she's found the group of moms to be very supportive, and thought it was great that the club was directing the profits to a cause that is close to her heart.

"It's awesome," Catterson said. "It's really exciting. There's so much research that's been going on, and knowing there's more funds going in on [Kimber's] behalf - it feels great."

Catterson said women should attend not only because the money is going to a great cause, but also because it will be a fun night out in Putnam County.

There will be door prizes, a silent auction, food, drinks and dancing to make a fun girl's night out, Flick said.

Flick said the group has set a goal to sell 150 tickets to the prom, and any woman, regardless of whether they have a child or not, is welcome to attend.

The dance will start at 8 p.m. on April 15 and end at midnight.

For more information, contact Sarah Flick at se_flick@yahoo.com or visit https://www.facebook.com/events/241777952832562/.

Reach Laura Haight at laura.haight@wvgazettemail.com, 304-348-4843 or follow @laurahaight_ on Twitter.

Daily Mail cartoon: April 2, 2016

Daily Mail editorial: Cleaning, revitalization efforts spruce up communities

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For many families, spring is a time to rid junk drawers, basements and garages of clutter and unwanted items, and work to make their homes more enjoyable.

But spring cleaning isn't limited to homes. Neighborhoods, cities and counties are getting into the spirit and are working to make their areas cleaner and brighter - both physically and economically.

Hurricane residents gathered Wednesday to spruce up their city, the Gazette-Mail's Laura Haight reported. City of Hurricane officials hosted the cleanup event after residents, businesses, churches and other groups asked what they could do for community service. The city provided all of the supplies, with the exception of paint for the town's gazebo, which was donated by Home Depot.

Volunteers spent hours weeding, mulching and painting the gazebo, located along Main Street. The area will host several events in the coming months, so the cleanup was much needed.

"We've got a lot of events coming up here, so we thought we would take the opportunity and take one big day where one big group could come out and have plenty to do," said Vanessa Ervin, Hurricane's marketing and development manager.

Meanwhile, residents of Hinton are working to spruce up the area's economy.

Ken Allman, who runs PracticeLink, an online job bank serving the health care industry, moved the business to Summers County in the late 1990s. Now, the site gets more than 200,000 visits per month from job seekers across the globe, the Gazette-Mail's Lori Kersey reported.

But PracticeLink is more than just a website. Allman has expanded his enterprises to include a development company called MountainPlex, a company focused on a "piece-by-piece re-do and revitalization of the town's historic district," Kersey reported.

MountainPlex has worked with civic organizations on several projects in recent years, renovating several historic buildings.

Whether physical beauty or economic revitalization, spring is an optimal time to start fresh. But work shouldn't have to stop in other seasons of the year. West Virginia needs people willing and ready to work to improve our state, whether by creating new business or volunteering for cleanup efforts year-round.

We urge West Virginians to get involved in the community and make this state a little brighter.

Stephen Reed: How likely is a contested convention? (Daily Mail)

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Just when we thought the GOP presidential primaries were on their way to being wrapped up by Donald Trump following Super Tuesday's mostly southern primaries, a faint heartbeat was detected in the body politic - in different parts of the country. Suddenly, Trump had to share victory night with a rival.

For example, on March 15, Trump managed to knock out U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio in his home state of Florida - a significant victory for the frontrunner.

However, on the same night he shared the winner's circle with Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who beat Trump by double-digits in the Buckeye State.

Moreover, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, adding to his own Super Tuesday scores, has proven to be another thorn in Trump's quest to wrap up the nomination before July's GOP National Convention in Cleveland. On March 22, Arizona went to Trump, no doubt largely due to his immigration policies. However, on the same day, Cruz picked up a win in Utah, where conservative social issues reign supreme.

Is Trump losing some of his previously unstoppable momentum? We'll know shortly, as two key primaries loom large: Wisconsin on April 5, and Pennsylvania on April 26. Recent polling in both states may make Trump scowl with concern.

For starters, Trump's looking at a much more equitable three-way split in Wisconsin between himself, Cruz and Kasich. Cruz is leading Trump in both of the recent polls taken there; indeed, he has increased his lead to five points, 36 percent to 31 percent, according to the Free Beacon poll released this week.

Meanwhile, Kasich - a Pennsylvania native of McKees Rocks near Pittsburgh - is only three points behind Trump, 33-30, in a Franklin and Marshall poll taken there the week of March 14. Kasich knows how to speak Pennsylvanians' language and could well overtake Trump there.

So why can't Trump wrap up this nomination, preventing a now increasingly likely contested convention in Cleveland? What's going on here?

In both of these significant states, immigration issues count, too, but not for everything.

For example, job losses have been troubling. That has been Kasich's opening, as he points to 400,000 new jobs created during his six years as Ohio's governor while much of the country still remained economically stagnant.

However, a primary calendar filled with different state election-year priorities may not tell the whole story as to Trump's recurring bumps in the road. He certainly can't say the media has not given him multiple millions of dollars' worth of airtime to get his message out. Trump has had wall-to-wall coverage.

So why can't Trump close the deal and avoid the nightmare - for him - of a contested national GOP convention in Cleveland?

A possible answer is that Trump is finally losing some of his novelty. We forget that voters in states towards the end of the primary calendar have been tuning into this campaign all along to some degree. They've heard Trump on immigration and trade deals, but not much else.

Maybe they've been waiting patiently, hoping the guy they came to love on "The Apprentice" would find time to speak to their own significant concerns about job creation, terrorism and the cost of raising a family in 21st century America.

Cruz and Kasich have real, detailed positions on such issues. They both have lively discussions at their town hall meetings in whatever state they find themselves in each week.

People come away from their events heard, rather than just being lectured to, as with Trump rallies. Trump even boasted earlier this year that his followers do as he tells them to do. Wow!

Just one problem with that. Americans, by and large, are not followers. As a people, we are either leaders or at least full citizen partners with our leaders. Nothing less.

The Republican voters in upcoming primaries like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and West Virginia have a chance to remind us of that.

Trump has it backwards: in America, our leaders follow us.

Stephen N. Reed is a former talk radio host on WCHS-AM.

Short takes on March Madness and litter cleanup

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Americans who visit bracket sites spend 21 percent more minutes watching the NCAA men's basketball tournament than those who do not, according to new Nielsen research released this week by the American Gaming Association.

Engagement with bracket sites drives viewership most heavily in the early rounds of the tournament - before brackets start busting - creating higher levels of fan engagement even for less competitive games.

An estimated 40 million Americans wagered $2 billion on more than 70 million brackets, the gaming association says.

Overall, $9.2 billion will be bet on March Madness this year, with 97 percent of such activity occurring illegally. Under current law, sports betting in the U.S. is largely banned outside of Nevada.

So, if you read that right, the gaming association is pointing out that your little $5 office pool is illegal. And rightly or wrongly, the gaming industry wants betting on sports to be legal.

"Greater engagement in March Madness - on which Americans bet billions of dollars - significantly increases viewership of the NCAA tournament," said Geoff Freeman, AGA president and CEO. "Despite the current federal prohibition of sports betting, we would expect a similar trend to exist in all sports - the more invested, the more viewership, creating lucrative opportunities for advertisers and broadcasters alike."

And as the Final Four games start this evening (see page 1B), congrats to all those whose brackets aren't yet fully busted.

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We've all heard the slogan "West Virginia, Make It Shine." Now it's time to get out there and put in the work to make our state a cleaner, brighter place.

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection announced Thursday several Make It Shine events across the state. More than 160 volunteer groups have signed up to host litter cleanup events during the month of April, according to a news release from DEP.

"The West Virginia Make It Shine program is a joint effort between the Department of Environmental Protection and the Division of Highways to ensure that the state's highways and public lands are not contaminated with litter," according to the news release.

Today, 10 volunteers in Barbour County will pick up litter along Shiloh Road while another group of 10 will clean in and around the downtown area, for example.

Harrison, Jackson, Hampshire, Kanawha, Mason and Ritchie are among other counties that will see cleanup efforts today.

For a list of more Make It Shine events, visit adobe.ly/1q9iOhZ.


George Will: Libya undermines Clinton's credibility (Daily Mail)

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WASHINGTON - Republican peculiarities in this political season are so numerous and lurid that insufficient attention is being paid to this: The probable Democratic nominee's principal credential, her service as secretary of state, is undermined by a debacle of remarkable dishonesty.

Hillary Clinton's supposedly supreme presidential qualification is not her public prominence, which is derivative from her marriage, or her unremarkable tenure in a similarly derivative Senate seat.

Rather, her supposed credential is her foreign policy mastery. Well.

She cannot be blamed for Vladimir Putin's criminality or, therefore, for the failure of her "reset" with Russia, which was perhaps worth trying. She cannot be blamed for the many defects of the Iran nuclear agreement, which was a presidential obsession.

And she cannot be primarily blamed for the calamities of Iraq, Syria and the Islamic State, which were incubated before her State Department tenure. Libya, however, was what is known in tennis as an "unforced error," and Clinton was, with President Obama, its co-author.

On March 28, 2011, nine days after the seven-month attack on Libya began and 10 days after saying it would last "days, not weeks," Obama gave the nation televised assurance that "the task that I assigned our forces [is] to protect the Libyan people from immediate danger and to establish a no-fly zone."

He said that U.S. forces would play only a "supporting role" in what he called a "NATO-based" operation, although only eight of NATO's 28 members participated and the assault could not have begun without U.S. assets. Obama added: "Broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake."

The next day, a Clinton deputy repeated this to a Senate committee. And then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates said at the time that no vital U.S. interest was at stake.

Recently, he told The New York Times (Feb. 27, 2016) that "the fiction was maintained" that the goal was to cripple Moammar Gadhafi's ability to attack other Libyans. This was supposedly humanitarian imperialism implementing "R2P," the "responsibility to protect."

Perhaps as many as - many numbers were bandied - 10,000 Libyans. R2P did not extend to protecting the estimated 200,000 Syrians that have been killed since 2011 by Bashar Assad's tanks, artillery, bombers, barrel bombs and poison gas.

Writing for Foreign Policy online, Micah Zenko, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, notes that "just hours into the intervention, Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from a British submarine stationed in the Mediterranean Sea struck an administrative building in [Gadhafi's] Bab al-Azizia compound, less than 50 yards away from the dictator's residence."

A senior military official carefully insisted "[Gadhafi's] not on a targeting list." This was sophistry in the service of cynicism: For months, places he might be were on targeting lists.

The pretense was that this not-really-NATO operation, with the United States "supporting" it, was merely to enforce U.N. resolutions about protecting Libyans from Gadhafi. Zenko, however, argues that the coalition "actively chose not to enforce" the resolution prohibiting arms transfers to either side in the civil war.

While a senior NATO military official carefully said "I have no information about" arms coming into Libya, and another carefully said that no violation of the arms embargo "has been reported," Zenko writes that "Egypt and Qatar were shipping advanced weapons to rebel groups the whole time, with the blessing of the Obama administration."

On May 24, 2011, NATO released a public relations video showing sailors from a Canadian frigate, supposedly enforcing the arms embargo, boarding a rebel tugboat laden with arms.

The video's narrator says: "NATO decides not to impede the rebels and to let the tugboat proceed." Zenko writes, "A NATO surface vessel stationed in the Mediterranean to enforce an arms embargo did exactly the opposite, and NATO was comfortable posting a video demonstrating its hypocrisy."

On Oct. 20, 2011, Clinton, while visiting Afghanistan, was told that insurgents, assisted by a U.S. Predator drone, had caught and slaughtered Gadhafi. She quipped: "We came, we saw, he died." She later said that her words expressed "relief" that the mission "had achieved its end."

Oh, so this military adventure was, after all, history's most protracted and least surreptitious assassination. Regime change was deliberately accomplished by the determined decapitation of the old regime, and Libyans are now living in the result - a failed state.

Stopping in Libya en route to Afghanistan two days before Gadhafi's death, Clinton said, "I am proud to stand here on the soil of a free Libya."

If you seek her presidential credential, look there.

E.J. Dionne: The great Trump distortion

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The evidence is in and it shows that the dominant media narratives about 2016 are wrong. Our country is not roiled with across-the-board discontent, and Donald Trump is not the most important voice in our politics. Turmoil in one of our political parties is being misread as reflecting a deep crisis well beyond its boundaries.

The most revealing and underplayed development of the week is Gallup's finding that President Obama's approval rating hit 53 percent (not once, but three times). This was its highest level since April 2013. If the people of the United States had lost all confidence in their institutions, the president wouldn't be enjoying such a surge in popularity.

Compare the current incumbent, first, to George W. Bush. His approval rating at this point in his presidency was 32 percent, on its way down to 28 percent a few weeks later. And in a comparable period in 1988, Ronald Reagan's approval stood at 50 percent. Note that the incumbent party was routed in 2008 but comfortably held on to the White House 20 years earlier.

And the demography of Obama's support explains why a relentless media focus on Trump and the Republican primaries entirely warps the message coming from Americans as a whole. Obama's approval is at 89 percent with Democrats and 50 percent among independents. But it stands at only 12 percent with Republicans and 9 percent among conservative Republicans. Yet the voices of conservative Republicans are being amplified beyond all reason by the obsession with Trump and the GOP's struggles.

Sure, conservatives really don't like Barack Obama. But that's not news and we certainly didn't need Trump to bring it to us.

And speaking of Trump, the sharp partisan differences in attitudes toward him again signal the folly of viewing this year's political events through a lens trained almost entirely on one party. A March 16-21 Quinnipiac poll, for example, found that Trump was viewed favorably by 62 percent of Republicans but only 34 percent of independents and 6 percent of Democrats. His overall favorability rating: 33 percent.

In the case of Obama, many independents are on the same page as Democrats. In the case of Trump, affection is mostly a Republican phenomenon - and even there, Trump has far less sympathy in his party than Obama has among those in Democratic ranks. Trumpism is not sweeping the nation. It has a strong foothold only in the Republican Party, and not even all of it.

Now only Pollyanna or Candide would conclude that everything is going swimmingly for our country. The Trump rebellion in the GOP and the Bernie Sanders revolution among Democrats both reveal the discontent of Americans who have been left out in our return to prosperity. If there is a bipartisan message in 2016, it is that our ruling classes have ignored the plight of those being hammered by technological change and globalization.

But Trumpism is a very poor guide to what needs to be done. Those hurting include both middle-aged white working-class voters, particularly men, and African-Americans who - as the sociologist William J. Wilson showed in his pioneering book "When Work Disappears" - were particularly disadvantaged by deindustrialization. At a time when we need to address legitimate grievances across our lines of division, Trump is driving a racial and ethnic wedge through the country.

As Jason McDaniel and Sean McElwee pointed out in an important analysis of the data on the contest so far, "racial attitudes uniquely predict support for Trump," including "racial resentment and explicit racial stereotypes."

This doesn't mean that we should write off the pain many Trump supporters feel. Nor should we ignore Trump's challenge to conservative economic orthodoxy. But in the wall-to-wall coverage of Trump, the backlash around race and how he is courting it deserve far more scrutiny - even if this means The Donald might turn down a television network's offer to do yet another telephone interview, in his pajamas if he wishes.

At the least, the media might start asking whether the president's popularity and Trump's relative lack of it tell us something very important about what is happening in our nation that is being utterly lost in the clamor of Trumpism. We are allowing a wildly and destructively inaccurate portrait of us as a people to dominate our imaginations and debase our thinking.

If you will forgive me for borrowing from the man obsessed with talking about "winners," someone here is a "loser," and it's not Barack Obama.

E.J. Dionne is a columnist for The Washington Post.

Gazette editorial: Opioid malpractice

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The tragedy of Charleston's Jessica Grubb spotlights an ugly flaw in medical practice: Too many doctors blindly hand out painkiller prescriptions without checking whether patients are addicts on the brink of fatal overdoses, and even when patients repeatedly warn doctors of the danger.

Jessica's story has become a national example cited by President Obama. After fighting painkiller and heroin addiction for seven years, she seemed to be victorious. But a hip infection required surgery. Her parents warned doctors and nurses that she mustn't be given opioids - but a discharging physician didn't get the word, and sent her home with 50 oxycodone. Eight pills took her life.

While readers condole with the Grubb family, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is considering a "Jessie's law" to require medical records to display prominent warnings of patients' addiction, to make all professionals aware of opioid risks. We hope he succeeds with this safeguard.

This month, the Centers for Disease Control mandated that U.S. doctors should cease massive automatic use of painkillers. Only a week of pills is sufficient for most pain, the CDC said, but physicians usually prescribe a month's supply - leading to addiction and illegal street sales. The CDC's move is another good step.

But what of the doctors themselves?

Dr. Carl Sullivan, who runs the addiction program at WVU, told the Gazette-Mail's David Gutman that tragedies like Jessie's happen all the time, or nearly happen.

Just Monday morning he said he received a call from a furious patient in recovery who had been given an opioid prescription after having teeth removed, despite having explained her medical history to the doctor.

"They don't really get it, so even when a patient tells and they tell and tell, some doctors just don't, they just don't know anything at all about it," Sullivan said. "And so they revert back to what they know, which is the wrong things," Sullivan said. "I just don't think they get it when a patient tells them 'I'm an opioid addict.' I don't think they know what that really means."

This is bad medicine, and it is systemic.

President Obama has announced that more than 60 medical schools, including West Virginia and Marshall universities, have agreed to instruct medical students about opioid prescribing, another good step.

What of doctors who are already practicing?

Medical professionals themselves must get serious within their own organizations and take responsibility. They must educate their members about the disease of addiction until they know how serious it is when a patient says, "I cannot have that drug."

The story of Charleston's Jessica Grubb is heartbreaking. We hope it impels doctors to reform their practice across America.

Letter: 'Meals on Wheels' shows seniors need support of WV lawmakers

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Editor:

Anna Patrick's "More Than A Meal" was a very insightful article that shows how important the "Meals On Wheels" program is in so many ways to low income seniors.

I'm asking all the Koch Brother Operatives that were swept into the state Legislature on the anti-Obama wave, that instead of jeopardizing any state funding for the Senior Centers by ignoring the huge budget hole, how about forgetting ALEC's agenda and start paying attention to the needs of West Virginia citizens? Funding should be expanded to eliminate the waiting list.

I reckon the DEP and state coal industry inspectors will be the first to feel the cuts, just ahead of the Seniors Centers, State Police, school staffs, etc. when the budgetary gap ax falls. Won't that be good for Big Business!

PS. Great lead photo with that article.

Mickey Janowski

Webster Springs

Letter: Trump presidential bid scares loyal WV Republican, Christian

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Editor:

For the first time in my life, I'm scared. Donald Trump has created a hateful environment -- or enhanced a severe and ugly emotion -- in this country. Rather than uniting, he has further divided my party and my country. Yes, I am a Republican. Yes, I am speaking out about my fear of Trump in the state that supports Trump most.

At first, I believed his candidacy to be something of a joke -- reality-TV-star-turned-politician runs for president. It is the perfect setup line to the greatest joke in political history. Now, I'm realizing just how serious and scary this candidacy really is.

There is an Internet rule known as Godwin's Law. The rule states that if you give any online argument enough time, it will result in someone being called "Hitler." What we are seeing today is the groundswell of anger among "white America," somewhat like what happened in Nazi Germany. Understand, I am not calling Trump "Hitler." I am simply noting that there are numerous similarities in their rise to power.

I don't blame Trump directly for this. I blame the failure of the government to aid those in need in this country. I blame a poorly administrated immigration system and a totally neglected lower-middle class. I blame ignorance of the general populous to fully understand the complexity of issues facing our country. I blame myself and others who have remained silent to allow such anger and resentment to grow. Finally, I blame our churches, synagogues and even mosques for preaching division and harboring hate instead of love. I am a Christian and I have never seen such hate spilling from the pews than I have in recent months.

We must stop preaching hate from our political stumps. Pundits would rather argue over "who is worse," rather than consider solutions. Politicians would rather debate "hand size" than policy, and we the people feed right into it. We cheer as the personal insults fly. We boo when a candidate holds another's feet to the fire. We are angry and we want someone who says what we think. We are tired of being PC.

And so, my fellow West Virginians, I am scared. I am completely uncertain of our nation's future and direction. I'm seeing rage like I've never witnessed before. Your mind may be made up, but at least ask yourself: "What do I want our nation's future to be?"

Dustin Blankenship

Morgantown

Walter Farrish Jr.

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Walter Franklin "Buddy" Farrish, Jr. , 83, of Oak Hill, died Thursday March 31, 2016. Service will be Monday April 4, at 2:30 p.m. Friends may call one hour prior to the service Monday at the funeral home. Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill, WV.

Rickey Danbery

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Rickey Todd Danbery, 51, of Cannelton, died March 28, 2016, at home. He was born to the late Earl "Brother" and Lorraine Alford Danbery on May 21, 1964, in Charleston.

He was a graduate of Valley High School and a certified heavy equipment operator.

Left to cherish his memories are sisters, Sharon and husband, Roger Griffith of Charleston, and Beverly Rosewell of Charleston; brothers, Rodney T. and wife, Patrizia Danbery of Huntsville, Ala., and Randy T. Danbery of Boomer; nephews, Travis Griffith of Charleston, Brian Rosewell of Cross Lanes, Douglas Danbery of Huntsville, Ala., Cody and Garrett Danbery of Boomer; niece, Angela Danbery; and great-nephew, Franklin, both of the Orlando, Fla. area.

Ricky Todd's family wishes to thank all of his friends and neighbors for their friendship and help.

Service will be 3 p.m. Sunday April 3, at Carbondale Baptist Church with Pastor Jeff Floyd officiating. Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the church. O'Dell Funeral Home, Montgomery is in charge of arrangements where expressions of sympathy may be sent at www.odellfuneralhome.com.


Thomas Conley

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Thomas "Jim" Conley, 66, of Chapmanville, died March 31, 2016. Service will be held 2 p.m. Mon. April 4, at Evans Funeral Home and Cremation Services at Chapmanville. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Sun. at the Evans Funeral Home and Cremation Services at Chapmanville.

Robert Clark

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Robert (Bobby) Clark, 79, of Charleston, died March 31, 2016. Preston Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Donald Chaffins

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Donald Kenneth "Si" Chaffins, of Smithers, went home to be with the Lord on March 30, 2016. He was born August 16, 1928 in Cannelton, son of the late Frank and Bertha (Sadler) Chaffins.

Along with his parents, he was also preceded in death by his sisters Genevieve Radford, Anna Laura, Norma Evans, Gladys Jones, Lelia Gilliham, Carol Leake, and brothers Frankie and William Chaffiins.

Si was a military veteran, U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division, during the Korean Conflict. He retired from Cannelton Industries, Cannelton, WV. He served as Fire Chief of Smithers Volunteer Fire Department and he served as Past Master, 1963-1964, Coal Valley Lodge #74, AF&AM Montgomery, WV; a member of Montgomery Chapter #47 Royal Arch Masons where he served as High Priest Knight Templer, Mount Hope Commandery #22, Mount Hope, WV; Kanawha Chapter Order of Eastern Star #38, Montgomery; Scottish Rite Bodies of Charleston and 32°Mason. He was a member Beni Kedem Shrine Temple, of Charleston; Beni Kedem Oriental Band where he was proud to be 1st Musette player; Fayette County Shrine Club.

His memory will be cherished by his devoted wife of 62 years, Barbara "Pat" Brown Chaffins; daughter, Rebecca Sears and her husband, Roger; loving grandsons, Tyler, Troy, and Tanner Sears; sister, Aretta Johnson of Belva; and many nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to Montgomery United Methodist Church, 319 Fifth Ave. Montgomery, WV 25136, or a charity of your choice.

Service will be 1 p.m. Mon. April 4, at Montgomery United Methodist Church with Rev. Wilma Dobbins and Rev. Peggy Vaught officiating. Burial will follow at Kanawha Valley Memorial Gardens, Glasgow with Masonic grave side rites presented by Coal Valley Lodge #74 AF & AM. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. on Sun. April 3, at O'Dell Funeral Home, Montgomery. Expressions of sympathy may be sent at www.odellfuneralhome.com.

Ida Brady

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Ida D. Brady, 93, of Charleston, died April 1, 2016. Preston Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Pauline Bishop

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Pauline E. Bishop, 81, of Danville, passed away at home on Wed. March 30, 2016, after a long battle with Alzheimer's.

She was a homemaker and a member of Cox's Fork Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer L. Bishop; sons, Dale and Jody; and daughter, Almeda Collins.

She is survived by her kids, Elmer Jr. (Lynda) Bishop of Bim, Linda Michonski, Judy (Dennis) Stowers and Dennis Bishop, all of Danville, and Paula (Mark) Perry of Van; and sisters, Shirley Hager and Ruth Godby. She also leaves behind 25 grandkids; 64 great-grandkids; and 28 great-great-grandkids.

Service will be 2 p.m. Sun. April 3, at Handley Funeral Home, Danville with Stevie Cox and Harley Egnor officiating. Burial will follow in Danville Memorial Park, Danville. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Sat. at the funeral home. You may express your condolences to the family at www.handleyfh.com.

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