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Mustangs name Thompson coach CHEYENNE - The Cheyenne Mustangs AABC baseball program has named Rick Thompson its manager. Thompson will be assisted by former Mustangs skipper Todd Hall and Trey Thompson. Trey Thompson is Rick Thompson's son and was a three-year starter for the Mustangs. Piranhaz place second in Denver CHEYENNE - The Family First Piranhaz seventh- and eighth-grade boys basketball team was second at the Roundball Classic this past weekend in Denver.

Progress is being made in bringing state Department of Veterans Assistance field offices up to compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. Department of Veterans Assistance secretary Rick Thompson announced the progress before the Select Committee on Veterans' Affairs Monday. A November audit from the Legislature's Performance Evaluation and Research Division found that five of the six field offices it evaluated were potentially non-compliant with ADA laws, federal privacy laws, or both. The Lewisburg, Beckley and Moorefield had \"major ADA compliance issues. The report found hallways and doorways in the Beckley and Lewisburg offices were too narrow to meet ADA standards, and that wheelchairs could not easily fit through some parts of the Beckley office. \"I think it needs to be $100,000 a year, Thompson said. \"We're getting the list of all the vans and mileages, but so far we've not had any issues with them. I am just anticipating that after going a couple of years at $50,000, we'll need to get that boosted up or we may have problems in the future. Currently, we're OK, but I'm looking ahead.

The West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance is working to renegotiate leases on some field offices to make them more accessible to veterans. A November report from the Legislature's Performance Evaluation and Research Division found offices in Beckley, Lewisburg, Logan, Huntington and Princeton were out of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, federal privacy laws or both. \"What we did during session was the Legislature and the budget gave us some more flexibility by moving some of our line items in our field office expenses for this coming fiscal year, [Rick Thompson] said. \"We'll be able to renegotiate those leases. We'll have added money to look at renegotiating some of those leases. \"We're still looking at it, Thompson said. \"We have to find new places to move to or at least see if someone is willing to renegotiate the lease. Some of them we'll have to wait until July 1 so we'll get some more money.

\"What I'm trying to do here in this is make the veterans more aware of the services that are available,\" [Rick Thompson] said. \"This is just another step in reaching out and getting the maximum amount of communication ... We all have the same goal, we just have to work together.\" In a release, CTCS Chancellor James Skidmore called the agreement a \"win-win\" for the state's schools and veterans. \"This cooperative venture will benefit the many veterans and military members likely to choose our community colleges to further their education and training,\" he said. \"We see it as yet another way to open opportunities to those who think they simply can't pursue an education program.\"

\"[Rick Thompson] has worked in a variety of human resource capacities in several industries over the last 30 years. We are fortunate to have someone with Rick's level of skill, ability and knowledge join our team,\" [Jerome Ferson] said. \"As we continue to adapt our organization to changing market conditions, increasing our capabilities and removing organizational development roadblocks are key priorities for him.\"

[Rick Thompson], who once presided over standing-room-only meetings with House leaders in his sizable Speaker office, spoke on Tuesday to the Legislature's Select Committee on Veterans' Affairs. \"My heart's in this job, so it's a very easy thing to do, to tell them about my department,\" he said after the meeting. Thompson has spent his first month on the job traveling to his agency's field offices and visiting veterans' hospitals around the state, the agency's nursing home in Clarksburg and its veterans' home in Barboursville.

Both that role and his handling of committee assignments risk potential conflicts with the House's large GOP minority. Republican delegates expressed frustration toward the end of this year's session when the key proposals from their agenda failed to advance, with most bottled up in committees, including [Miley]'s. The 60 days also featured several partisan flare-ups over some of the Democrats' priority topics, including Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's education overhaul measure and a proposed pay raise for county magistrates and staff. \"I reject such criticism,\" Miley said, adding that \"simply because they didn't get what they want\" doesn't mean the leadership ignored good public policy. \"My biggest concern is, the people that elect us who don't have a paid lobbyist down here are the ones who are often neglected. They want us to be their representatives,\" Miley said. He added, \"I'm not saying that what the lobbyists are proposing is bad legislation. It's just that they interact so often with legislators, that's where the attention goes. That's who you see and that's who you interact with on a daily basis.\"

The team of Mike Ross, Dennis Koluk, Craig McDonald, and Bob Mulrooney played and rolled well, claiming victory on the front nine. Equally good (or lucky) were Matt Wallace, Pat Bulley, Bill Ballantyne, Mike Milks, Rick Thompson, and David Kayser (aka King of the 20 boards). They took the honours on the back side. Don Ross was the lucky 50/50 prize winner, [John McKenney] won the bottle draw, and the pro shop prizes went to Rick Thompson and Garth \"hey buddy\" Hannah.

Last week's item about how House Speaker Rick Thompson will be able to bump his state pension up about 168 percent, to $34,200 a year, if he stays in his new appointment as secretary of the Departments of Veterans' Assistance for three years, prompted a little game at the statehouse: Name all the former legislators who now have state jobs. The contract employees, who work as legislative liaisons for the governor's office during legislative sessions, are Chuck Felton, Preston County senator 1987-93, and Martha Walker, Kanawha County senator 1993-2001 and former Health and Human Resources chairwoman. Technically, I guess you could also count Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin ($150,000), Logan County delegate 1975-80, senator 1981-2011, former Finance chairman and Senate president; and Agriculture Commissioner Walt Helmick ($95,000), Pocahontas County delegate 1989, senator, 1989-2012, former Finance chairman.