UP: To the many pubs and restaurants offering a taste of Ireland during this past Wednesday’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. It is a special day when everyone can trace at least some of their ancestry back to the Emerald Isle. UP: To Mark W. Gaddy, who this week was named new plant manager at Kraton Polymers in Belpre. Gaddy, who comes to the plant with 23 years in the petrochemical industry, many of those years in an executive capacity, replaces Bob Roesch who retired after 34 years with Shell and Kraton. UP: To outgoing Vienna Police Chief Steve Stephens for his outstanding leadership in that department during the past five years. Stephens, a 28-year veteran of law enforcement, was named Thursday as the new director of confinement operations with the Wood County Sheriff’s Department. DOWN: To the West Virginia Legislature for passing a bill granting a sales tax holiday for gun purchases.