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DUI deaths sentence called fair

Bobby Frazier to serve six to 26 years in prison in deaths of four people
WEDNESDAY By CURTIS JOHNSON
The Herald-Dispatch
September 30, 2009 cujohnson@herald-dispatch.com
HUNTINGTON — Special
Prosecutor Sean Hammers
believes a six- to 26-year pris-
on sentence was fair and just
for the repeat drunken driver
now convicted of killing two
adults and two children.
Bobby Frazier, 48, of
Louisa, Ky., entered a Ken-
nedy plea Friday, Sept. 25, to
a six-count indictment before
Wayne Circuit Judge Dar-
rell Pratt. His trial had been
scheduled to begin Monday,
Oct. 5.
The conviction stems from
an April 17, 2008, crash on Big
Sandy Road that killed two
adults and two children near
Kenova. Investigators had said
Frazier stole a vehicle, drove
it into West Virginia, crossed
the center line and hit the vic-
tims’ truck head on.
Killed were John Michael
Boone, 28, of Prichard, and
his two children, Jordan, 3,
and Michael, 2. The father’s
friend — Thomas “Reno”
Hardwick, 29, of Fort Gay —
also died in the crash. Their
families agreed with the plea
agreement and sentence, said
Hammers and public defend-
er Gerald Henderson.
“This sentence and the
deal is a fair analysis and a
fair result. It is a just result,
and justice was done,” Ham-
mers said.
Please see FRAZIER/4A Frazier

Food for thought Kopp:

“... I know I can do it here.” Continued
Habitat house
breaks ground
— Chef Jamie Oliver
enrollment
The late Rev. Mark
McCalla’s message increases
imperative
of hospitality will
live on in Hunting-
ton’s latest Habitat
for Humanity house.
The groundbreaking
ceremony for the
Future faculty pay
house being built in raises are unlikely
his honor took place By BILL ROSENBERGER
on Tuesday. The Herald-Dispatch
Local / 3A brosenberger@herald-dispatch.com
HUNTINGTON — The 11.5 percent

Fall harvest increase in new full-time freshmen was

feeds plenty
Popular fall harvest
food can be an
educational tool for
kids as well as tasty
ingredients for fall
recipes. For plenty
of fall recipes, turn
to Brenda Lucas’
food column.
among the most noteworthy achievements
at Marshall University this fall.
But President Stephen Kopp said that
without a sustained increase in both new
freshmen and retention rates, faculty raises
will not become a real-
ity.
Kopp, almost apologeti-
cally, told the hundred
or so faculty members
who attended Tuesday
Top photo, Chris Jackson; Above photo, Lori Wolfe/The Herald-Dispatch afternoon’s State of the
University Address that
TOP: Jamie Oliver poses for a photo in his healthy food education center on 3rd Avenue on Saturday. ABOVE: Several
people gather for a cooking class Monday at Jamie’s Kitchen, a one-stop shop for information about food on 3rd state officials have all
Avenue in Huntington. Kopp but ruled out increased

Goal is long-term change in

funding during the next
Life / 3C couple of years.
“There will be no increase in state allo-
cations in 2011,” Kopp said. “The challenge
we face is unprecedented in our lifetime.

eating habits, TV chef says

Puzzles switched to
larger format
Many readers have
asked that our daily
puzzles be published in
larger format, and those
new larger sizes are
introduced in today’s
edition.
To accommodate the
larger size, the daily
crossword puzzle has
moved to the Classi-
By BRYAN CHAMBERS
The Herald-Dispatch
bchambers@herald-dispatch.com
HUNTINGTON — Huntington resi-
dents should feel comfortable that their
city will be portrayed fairly and accu-
rately in an upcoming reality television
series that aims to change poor eating
habits, the show’s host says.
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver knows
some people may question his inten-
tions. He’s not the least bit surprised if
local residents view him as an annoying
outsider, especially after comments he
made about Huntington to an interna-
tional news service earlier this month
ruffled a few feathers.
“But I already know the stories we
are going to tell will touch America
on prime-time national television,” he
said. “They’re stories of community,
family and transformation.
“I know my heart is in the right place.
I’ve done this before with much success
in my own country, and I know I can
do it here.”
Oliver has been filming for almost
a month now in Huntington for the
unscripted, six-episode series that is
tentatively set to debut in February on
ABC. At its heart, the show will be a
conglomeration of two of his trademark
shows in Britain, “Jamie’s School Din-
ners” and “Ministry of Food.”
Please see OLIVER/5A
State revenues are declining and will likely
do so the next two years.”
In fact, he said all indications are
that there actually will be a 4 percent
decrease in Marshall’s state allocations.
But Gov. Joe Manchin plans to use stimu-
lus reserves to keep Marshall at the 2009
levels.
“That leaves us with a structural deficit
of 4 percent,” Kopp said. “How do we over-
come? Keep increasing our enrollment.”
Non-resident student enrollment stayed
flat, while West Virginia resident enroll-
ment made up most of the increase. That
is surprising, Kopp said, because college-
aged residents are a declining demographic
Please see MARSHALL/4A

‘American Dream’ moves further away

fied section, so look for
that on Page 3D. The
Jumble, Cryptoquip How about some Tamiflu
with your vaccine? as income gap widens between rich, poor
and Sudoku have been
reformatted in the Com-
ics section on Page 7C.
The Associated Press the lowest level since 1997. have devastated household bud-
Index WASHINGTON — The recession Poverty jumped sharply to 13.2 gets. They said while the rich-
Business 5B
Classified 2D
Local 3A
B. Lucas 3C
Hospitals try drive-thrus for swine flu has hit middle-income and poor
families hardest, widening the eco-
percent, an 11-year high.
“No one should be surprised at
est Americans may be see-
ing reductions in executive
Comics 7C Movies 6C nomic gap between the richest and the increased disparity,” said pay, those at the bottom
Fast-food places have them. Banks and pharma-
Crossword 3D Nation 7A poorest Americans as rippling job Richard Freeman, an econ- of the income ladder are
cies do, too. Now hospitals are opening drive-thrus
Editorials 6A Obituaries 2C layoffs ravaged household budgets. omist at Harvard Univer- often unemployed and
and drive-up tent clinics to screen and treat a swell-
Horoscope 5D Sports 1B The wealthiest 10 percent of Amer- sity. “Unemployment struggling to get by.
ing tide of swine flu patients.
Life 3C Television 6C icans — those making more than hurts normal workers Large cities such
Call it McTriage. And yes, you can get Tamiflu with that
© $138,000 each year — earned 11.4 who do not have the as Atlanta, Washing-
— if you’re sick enough to need it. Most people aren’t.
times the roughly $12,000 made by golden parachutes ton, New York, San
Champion Publishing, Inc. The idea behind these efforts is to keep coughing,
those living near or below the pov- the folks at the Francisco, Miami and
feverish people out of regular emergency rooms,
www.herald-dispatch.com erty line in 2008, according to newly top have.” Chicago had the most
where they can infect heart attack victims and other
Huntington, West Virginia released census figures. That ratio Analysts inequality, due largely
very sick patients. The need has soared in recent
Vol. 109 No. 273 was an increase from 11.2 in 2007 and attributed to years of middle-class
weeks as flu has spread among schoolchildren
the previous high of 11.22 in 2003. the widen- flight to the suburbs.
before vaccine is available.
Household income declined across ing gap to Declining industrial cit-
6A For the complete story all groups, but at sharper percentage t he wave ies with pockets of well-
levels for middle-income and poor of layoffs off neighborhoods, such as
Also on 6A: How to tell the cold from the flu Americans. Median income fell last in the eco- Pittsburgh, Cleveland and
On 2A: Salt Rock library hosts flu shot clinic year from $52,163 to $50,303, wiping nomic down- Buffalo, N.Y., also had sharp
out a decade’s worth of gains to hit turn that disparities.
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