For the first time in more than 40 years; the West Virginia House of Delegates sergeant-at-arms was not on the job when the governor gave his state of the state address.

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For the first time in more than 40 years; the West Virginia House of Delegates sergeant-at-arms was not on the job when the governor gave his state of the state address. Oce Smith, 72, the longest serving sergeant-at-arms in the state's history, was recuperating from an aortic dissection he suffered nearly a year ago. But be watched the speech on television and keeps up with politics through the newspaper and friends at the Capitol. House...