| By Bob Weaver
Sheriff Allen Parsons, at the end of his latest term, will have
served sixteen years as
the Sheriff of Calhoun County, the longest stretch in the counties
history. "It has been
a great experience for me, and I have learned a lot," he said. "I have
tried to be a
responsible police officer and serve the public to the best of my
ability." Parsons has
been in police work for 21 years.
Sheriff Allen Parsons
Parsons is hiring a new Deputy Sheriff, Ronald Gene Bandy, Jr. who now
resides near
Clendenin. "He has a good track record and will be a real asset to our
department," he
said. The thirty-year-old Bandy is a graduate of the West Virginia
State Police
Academy and has worked for police departments in Summersville,
Clendenin and
North Carolina. He is a veteran of the U. S. Army.
Roane County Sheriff Todd Cole has announced he is hiring former
Grantsville
policeman Jeff Smith as his Chief Deputy. Smith has been working as a
Spencer City
Police and doing part-time work for Sheriff Allen Parsons.
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