Counselors Face Paperwork Stress Across Virginia West Virginia
Readable segments show counselors juggling duties amid mandated time with students. West Virginia districts report ratios around 385 students per counselor while Virginia counties vary from 270 to 481 students per counselor with workload split between counseling and clerical tasks.
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Ance
Soas
Virginia
Graham High School
Bland County
Charlotte Viers
Viers
Tazewell County
Buchanan County
Bland
Rocky Gap
Marlene Belcher
McDowell County
Fran Lambert
Lambert
McDowell
Mercer County
West Virginia
Logan
Memorial Day Reflections Highlight Veterans’ Voices
Nelson stresses remembering causes of World War II to prevent a repeat while Arnold Porterfield recalls personal loss. Vietnam veteran John Fleming notes delayed gratitude as attitudes toward Vietnam shift. Fleming, a combat journalist and Legion member, cites changing recognition and Veteran stories from Princeton. Anna Catsonis, World War I widow, recalls Armistice celebrations and a mock funeral for Adolf Hitler.
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Arnold
Nub” Porterfield
Bluefield
Porterfield
John Fleming
Princeton
Vietnam
Fleming
America
Navy
American Legion
Vietnam Veterans of America
Adolf Hitler
County schools show gains in state and national tests
Mercer County students reduced the bottom quartile share from 10.2 to 7.7 percent for 1998 99 and performed above state standards. ACT EXPLORE results show county eighth graders scoring near or above the national mean in five of six categories, with gains attributed to teamwork among students teachers and administrators.
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McPherson
Mercer County
Community meeting notices from Bluefield and surrounding towns
Parkway Authority to meet at 7 p.m. June 7 in Concord College Student Union Center. Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center board meets 6:40 p.m. Tuesday at Welch Clinic. Retired Railroad Club gathers 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Western Sizzlin in Bluefield. Red Cross Bloodmobile at Youth Center Thursday noon to 6 p.m. Gospel concert June 12 at BSC auditorium. CASE accepting share orders June 7–11. Princeton Retired Railroad Veterans meet noon Thursday at Finks Cafe. Mount Rogers Planning District Commission Exec Committee meets 7 p.m. Thursday at 1021 Terrace Drive.
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Southern Highlands
Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center
Welch Clinic
Bluefield
Western Sizzlin
American Red Cross
Youth Center
Stadium Drive
BSC Bluefield State College
Leroy H. Anthony
Enduring Faith
BSC Basic Science Center
Princeton
Princeton Retired Railroad Veterans Association
Finks
Marion
Mount Rogers
Mount Rogers Planning District Commission Executive Committee
MRPDC
Terrace Drive
Daily Record Police Blotter May 31 Theft and Disturbance Reports
Police blotter entries show several Sunday night incidents including a purse theft at Maples Nursing Home property destruction on Stadium Drive vandalism on Augusta Street and fights in progress on Augusta Street and Mitchell Stadium. Additional notes include a hit and run at East River Mountain Overlook a verbal altercation at Penmar and Frederick and a disturbance at Stateside lot and Preston Street. Shots fired on Preston Street and a prowler report at 316 Orange Street were unresolved. May 31 saw disturbances investigated by Officers Harmon Williams Mason and others with no further details.
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R.S. Mason
Maples Nursing Home
Stadium Drive
Augusta Street
A.B. Palmer
J.R. Thomason
East River Mountain
Penmar
Frederick Streets
H.L. Harmon
Preston Street
Orange St
State destroys guns used in crimes in West Virginia
About 350 guns and knives used to commit crimes in West Virginia will never again be used for crime. The state treasurer's office destroyed the weapons Thursday to make a stand against violence and crime. Northern Mountain State Metals Inc. in Fairmont cut the barrels off the guns. Police across the state turned the weapons over to the Unclaimed Property Division. The destroyed weapons will be sold for scrap metal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
West Virginia
Northern Mountain State Metals Inc
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Carol Dodson
Bluefield High School
Dodson
Graham Middle School
Mary Beth Hash
Hash
Tom Justus
Justus
A-1
Nelson
Pulaski County
New River Valley Fairgrounds
Dublin
Cette
Er Sista
Biel
Moriest Es
Dublin Lions
P.O. Box
Dublin Lions Club, Inc
Athens
Welch
Community Action of
Southeastern West Virginia
CASE
Federal St
Daily Record
Mitchell Stadium
J.M. Williams
Grant Street Bridge
Daytona
Mall Customer Service Center
Mercer Mall
Center Court
Dewey Russell
Earlie Moon
Ron Lively
Herb McClaugherty
Better City Government Committee
John Perry
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