West Virginia hires Price amid library turmoil
West Virginia Library Commission selected David Price as executive director amid lingering controversy from his California tenure. Price resigned in Sonoma County after a projected 400000 shortfall and employee dissension, with past firing of Fred Glazer still unresolved and lawsuits pending. Price’s supporters defended his modernization efforts while critics cited rapid changes and budget concerns.
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Charleston
State Library Commission
David Price
California
Commission
Price
David Childers
West Virginia
Childers
State Library
Fred Glazer
Glazer
Sonoma County
Calif
Sonoma
Press Democrat
Santa Rosa
San Francisco
Sonoma State College Library
Susan Harris
Notice of separation and debt disclaimer in divorce
James L. Anderson will not be responsible for any debts of Joyce M. Anderson following their separation on June 12 1997 during pending divorce. Mary Sue Davis notary her commission expires February 28 2006.
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James L. Anderson
Joyce M. Anderson
Mary Sue Davis
Notice of application for CBM R-29C operation in Buchanan County
CONSOL Inc filed for gas and oil operations CBM R-29C and CBM Q-28B in the Yukon Pocahontas Tract 102 area totaling about 598.5 acres plus 5.66 acres, Garden District. Objections must be filed within 15 days with the Virginia Gas and Oil Inspector. inquiries to Division of Gas and Oil at 540 676 5423. operator address P O Box 947 Bluefield VA 24605. telephone 540 988 1000.
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Code of Virginia
Virginia Gas and Oil Inspector
Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
Division of Gas and Oil
P. O. Box
Abingdon
Consol Inc
P.O. Box
Bluefield
Yukon
Pocahontas
Garden
Buchanan County
Virginia
Levisa
Rose Hale Heirs
Prater
G.C. Vandyke
Groover Vandyke
Joseph Ales Looney
Garden Realty
CBM Q-1E Oil and Gas Permit Objections in Buchanan Co
The Virginia Gas and Oil Inspector and Rose Hale Heirs et al face objections to the CBM Q-1E gas and oil operation on Levisa Tract and adjacent surface tract in Prater District, Buchanan County. Objections must state reasons within 15 days of receipt, filed with the Virginia Gas and Oil at the designated address.
CBM R-12A-256 Oil Operations in Buchanan VA
The notice references CBM R-12A-256 oil operations and the Yukon Pocahontas Big Vein 131 mineral tract of 599.00 acres and the G C Vandyke heirs surface tracts of 110.7 and 43.7 acres in the Prater District Buchanan County Virginia. A contact telephone number is provided as (540) 988-1000.
Notice of Trustee's Foreclosure Sale on Bluefield Property
Public sale set at Mercer County Courthouse steps for residential lot in Bluefield Mercer County West Virginia Lot 14 and half of Lot 15 Section 859 Oakland Addition Jefferson Street at 10:00 AM September 8 1997. 10 percent down balance in 30 days cashier's check or money order payable to Substitute Trustee Randal W Reading sale subject to taxes liens easements and existing covenants.
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County Commission
Mercer County
West Virginia
Gloria Francine White
First National Bank of Keystone
Bluefield
Oakland Addition
Appalachian Engineering & Surveying, Inc
Jefferson Street
Mercer CO
W. VA
Ralph E. Ebersole
Sue B. Ebersole
Randal W. Reading
Randal W
Roahrig
Pregnant Martinsburg Woman Escapes Rape By Jumping Window
In Martinsburg, a 23 year old pregnant woman fled a knife point assault by diving through a second story window at an abandoned Berkeley County building. The attacker, Kenneth Robin Gray, 35, faces first degree sexual assault and abuse charges. Gray pursued and the victim, though injured and naked, survived. Local police recovered the weapon and clothing as Gray was arrested nearby.
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Martinsburg
Berkeley County
Kenneth Robin Gray
Barbara Bartley
Bartley
Kenny
Gray
City Hospital
Washington, D.C
Racially motivated murder probed in Elk Creek case
Authorities and the Virginia NAACP investigate possible racial motive in the slaying of Garnett Paul Johnson, 40, whose burned headless body was found at Louis Ceparano’s Elk Creek home. Two white men, Ceparano’s guest Emmitt Cressell Jr., 37, and another man, are charged with first degree murder and held without bond.
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Elk Creek
Virginia Naacp
Garnett Paul Johnson
North Carolina
Grayson County
Jerry Wilson
Louis J. Ceparano
Ceparano
Emmitt Cressell Jr
Johnson Appar
Ently
Wilson
Johnson
Patricia Johnson
West Virginia seal eyed for state quarter design
West Virginia lawmakers urged using the state seal on a proposed West Virginia quarter. The plan would replace the eagle with 50 state designs, though it remains unclear who would decide each state’s emblem. The seal shows Montani Semper Liberi motto, a farmer and a miner, and the state rock with the 1963 admission date.
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Harleston
West Virginia
Congress
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Highwaey Radio
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