Ironton in Bloom bulb sale underway

IRONTON — Ironton In Bloom, Inc. is selling a large variety of spring bulbs for fall planting.

All proceeds will go toward the group’s continuing city beautification projects. Citizens may purchase bulbs for their own use, or donate bulb purchases for planting in parks, along highway entrances, and other public places.

Daffodil donations are especially needed.

Bulbs may be purchased by contacting any Ironton In Bloom member or calling Carol Allen at 532-4495, or Judy Sanders at 532-2954. All bulb orders must be in by Sept. 14.

Marshall to appeal medical school probation proposal

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall University officials plan to travel to Chicago in the fall to appeal an accrediting body’s recommendation that the medical school be placed on probation.

The Liaison Committee on Medical Education listed 10 areas of partial or substantial noncompliance with accreditation standards in a June 15 letter it sent to Marshall President Stephen Kopp.

The Herald-Dispatch reports that Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine interim dean Robert Nerhood discussed the committee’s recommendation Tuesday during a meeting of Marshall’s Board of Governors.

Nerhood said the recommendation is due to a misunderstanding of information that the school provided to the committee. He said Marshall officials will appeal the recommendation at the committee’s Oct. 2 meeting in Chicago.

Body found in pond identified

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A body found in a Cabell County pond has been identified as a missing Huntington man.

Media outlets report the state Medical Examiner’s Office on Tuesday identified the body as 21-year-old Zachary Alexander Boggs.

Boggs had been missing for a week. His body was found last Saturday. He was last seen July 30 after visiting with several people at a party at the pond.

No cause of death was released pending the completion of toxicology reports.

Special event to raise funds for MDA

SOUTH POINT — A Charity garage sale for MDA will be Saturday at 6944 County Rd 1 Old 52 (1/2 mile toward South Point behind Lowes) from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will raise funds for the MDA executive lock-up on Aug. 16 at the Cabell County Jail.

South Point resident Lawrence Summers has volunteered to be “locked-up” and all proceeds and donations will go toward his $3,200 bail.

Any 100 percent tax-deductible donation will help MDA continue research into the causes of and cures for 43 neuromuscular diseases. Support of the “lock- up” will also help MDA provide wheelchairs, clinic visits and Summer camp for people in the local area.