Secretary outlines ed goals for southern schools long effort
Secretary Richard Riley spoke in White Sulphur Springs about a 12 year effort to lift public schools in the South. The Southern Regional Education Board, with 16 states, reviews progress toward 2000 goals set in 1988 and outlines next steps for reform. Riley praised improvements in early grade preparation and college readiness while noting concern over teacher preparation.
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White Sulphur Springs
South
Richard Riley
Southern Regional Education Board
Riley
West Virginia to deregulate power in 2001
West Virginia consumers will choose power suppliers and long distance service as the Public Service Commission pursues deregulation of the electric industry. The plan begins January 1 2001 with electric generation deregulated and customers able to select alternative providers, subject to PSC changes.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Charlotte R. Lane
Public Service Commission of
Bluefield Rotary Club
Commission
PSC
Bee Keeper Joe Davidson Has Seven Stands In Bluefield
Local beekeeper Joe Davidson, longtime bee hobbyist since learning from his uncle Ancil Davidson in Nemours, now tends seven stands in his East Cumberland Road backyard in Bluefield. He shares calm methods and the belief bees sense fear, recalling a time when he provoked a swarm by placing his head among leaves but was not seriously harmed.
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Luefield
Joe Davidson
Joe
Ancil Davidson
Nemours
Bluefield
East Cumberland Road
Davidson
John Nelson
Wytheville Man Dies in I-77 Crash
A Wytheville man, Christopher Wesley Barnes, 20, was killed when his car struck a guardrail and rolled on I-77 near the I-77 81 interchange at about 1:20 PM. His passenger Jessica Edgell, transported by helicopter, was admitted to Carilton Roanoke Memorial Hospital in critical but stable condition. Trooper R.M. Freeman investigated.
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Wytheville
Christopher Wesley Barnes
Virginia
Barnes
Jessica Edgell
Carilton Roanoke Memorial Hospital
R.M. Freeman
Gent man rides to work with horses to beat high gas prices
Meadows, a 61-year-old Cool Ridge feed store owner, travels six miles to PaPaw's Farm and Feed in a horse drawn carriage. He minimizes fuel costs by feeding two horses, Delbert and Mare, about a pound and a half of grain daily. The cart, built in Rome in the 1800s, cost 2500 dollars and sits as a nod to adapting to rising gasoline prices.
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Arvin Meadows
PaPaw
Daniels
Meadows
Delbert
Rome
United States
Uni
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