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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 2001
Page
2
Teens weighed in on favorites in a local news brief. B Industry Excel Homes announced plans for a new facility near Ghent. A-5 FEMA emergency housing show a success as McDowell County Mount View High School faces probation.
Gov. Bob Wise said West Virginia will receive over 8.5 million dollars from a National Emergency Grant to fund temporary jobs for dislocated workers in eight counties. Mercer and McDowell counties are among those to receive funds for flood cleanup efforts.
McDowell County Board of Education voted 5-0 to push a final effort to have Northfork Middle School ready for fall classes starting Aug. 27. Superintendent Dr. J Kenneth Roberts outlined temporary closure actions and said FEMA was asked about modular buildings while Health Department officials assess opening viability.
AP review finds nearly equal numbers of troubled West Virginia youths remain in out-of-state facilities as four years earlier. First quarter 2001 data show an average 316 youths per month housed out of state at about 4.8 million dollars, with projected yearly costs near 19 million. DHHR blames system-wide factors and judges, noting shared responsibility among Legislature, courts, and providers.
A 1997 review of 356 cases found family input often lacking, therapy missing, and some rights violations in out of state treatments. Discharge criteria were vague and follow up inadequate. A 2000 review of 146 cases showed DHHR not involved in 30 percent of placements and 61 percent had multiple moves.
Mercer County youths are among 316 juveniles statewide placed in out of state facilities by the DHHR. Jason Najmulski, local DHHR director, says why some youths cannot be kept in state facilities due to lack of suitable beds and services, despite a legislative order four years ago to cut placements.
A Mercer County Circuit Court judge set a $75,000 bond Monday for 45 year old Princeton resident Doug Martus on a first degree murder charge after the body of 44 year old Carmela A. Smiley was found Sunday evening in her Douglas Street apartment. Detective C N Poe of the Princeton Police Department provided the case details.
Kenneth Smith, 42, of Bluefield, drowned Sunday evening while fishing with Kevin Pace, 25, of Falls Mills, in the New River near Glyn Lyn. The body was located Monday by area fire departments and rescue squads after a search that began at 6 30 p m when he stepped off an underwater ledge into deep water.
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