Princeton Recreation Director resignations linked to last week
Princeton Assistant Recreation Director Sam Arrington resigned Friday in protest after Recreation Director Rick Ratcliffe was asked to resign last Wednesday. The commission planned to discuss the resignations at a meeting that night, but it was canceled due to lack of a quorum. Acting director Alma Belcher will lead until a successor is hired, with ads planned for director and recreation center manager positions. Ratcliffe, 19 year old Bluefield native, had led the department since last September.
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Princeton
Sam Arrington
Rick Ratcliffe
Commission
Arrington
Rick
Jerry Flanagan
Princeton Parks and Recreation Commission
Alma
Alma Belcher
Flanagan
Ratcliffe
Stabbings in Bluefield leave two hospitalized
A 38 year old man Harry Logan Manns and a 16 year old girl were hospitalized after separate stabbings. Manns was stabbed at his home around 430 AM in a lovers quarrel and remained in critical condition with a chest wound near his heart. Carolyn Hurt 32 was the alleged assailant and was treated for a superficial gunshot wound and released.
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Bluefield
Mike Poe
Harry Logan Manns
Fairfax St
Bluefield Community Hospital
Manns
Poe
Carolyn Hurt
Greenbrier St
Hurt
Byrd wary of tax bill action amid middle income impact
U S Senator Robert Byrd says he will not back speedy tax bill action until the exact effects on middle income Americans are clear. The Reagan administration seeks quick Senate passage, arguing reforms risk delay with amendments. Byrd, minority leader, contends middle income families would be hardest hit.
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Charleston
U.S
Robert Byrd
Reagan
Senate
Byrd
Virginia Highways Face funding gap by 1994
Virginia highway official warns rising repair costs will outpace projected revenues, risking no funds for new road construction by 1994 unless gasoline tax and vehicle fees rise or maintenance is trimmed. James W. Atwell cites a 2 percent annual revenue rise vs faster maintenance cost growth. In Stuart, Judge Frank I. Richardson Jr. sets an Oct. 3 execution date for Dennis Walden Stockton after competency rulings and counsel disputes.
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Richmond
Virginia
James W. Atwell
State Highway Department
Stuart
Patrick County
Frank I. Richardson Jr
Dennis Walden Stockton
Stockton
Richardson
William A. Slover
Beacon Trailer Park sale to church final
The Beacon Trailer Park on Cumberland Road in Bluefield was sold to Beacon Baptist Church. Trailer owners have 30 days to relocate, with services moved to a block building by July 6 and a 1,500 seat sanctuary planned after homes are moved. Rev. Steven Lilly confirmed the sale and relocation plan.
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Beacon Trailer Park
Beacon
Cumberland Road
Bluefield
Steven Lilly
Beacon Baptist Church
Flat Top National Bank Trust Department
al Modena
Bank
Lilly
Ser
Beacon Hill
Pennington placed under house arrest for murder appeal
Rodney K. Pennington, convicted of first degree murder in 1983, is under house arrest at his Oak Hill home while a bail record hearing ordered by the West Virginia Supreme Court proceeds. Judge William O. Bivens Jr. requires daily phone contact with the Fayette County Sheriff and notes Pennington’s paraplegia and kidney issues influence the custody plan. The case stemmed from the 1981 killing of Amma Lee Mathews. Pennington’s bond was revoked and a new hearing set for July 1 after a sequence of habeas corpus actions.
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Princeton
Rodney K. Pennington
Oak Hill
Mercer County
Circuit Court
William O. Bivens Jr
State Supreme Court
Bivens
Supreme Court
Pennington
West Virginia
Moundsville
Arch A. Moore
Fayette County
Robert M. Honaker
Amma Lee Mathews
John R. Frazier
Mercy
School case dismissed in Mountain Mission School suit
A Buchanan County circuit court judge dismissed a lawsuit by former Mountain Mission School student Randolph Scott alleging physical and sexual abuse by school officials. The May ruling had found insufficient evidence. after two days of testimony the judge affirmed dismissal. Scott amended his complaint to include whippings and beatings and claimed sexual molestation by a contracted doctor.
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Grundy
Buchanan County
Mountain Mission School
Randolph Scott
Scott
Beckley
Johnston
Graham coach indicted for sexual assault of student
Graham High School basketball coach was indicted Tuesday on a charge of sexually assaulting a 17 year old female student from Bluefield High School. Charles A. Phelps, whose resignation as coach was effective Friday, was also indicted by a Mercer County grand jury Tuesday. No trial date has been set. See related story on B-3.
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Graham High School
Bluefield High School
Charles A. Phelps
Mercer County
Superintendent to Recommend Bible Teachers for 1986 87
Princeton Mercer County School Superintendent William H. Baker said he will recommend to the board that all 10 Bible program instructors be re employed for the 1986 87 term. He noted pre registration forms were incomplete at several elementary schools and that final counts will be tallied when school opens in fall. Baker said the Bible program is sponsored by the Bible Study Fund Association and taught in 18 elementary schools plus Bluefield and Princeton high and middle schools. The board may act during the summer after the June 26 meeting.
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Princeton
Mercer County
William H. Baker
Board of Education
Baker
Board
Bible Study Fund Association
Eva Easley
Bluefield
Association
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