Return to Common Sense in School Discipline Debate
A reader argues education reform hinges on common sense amid fights in classrooms and legal risk for teachers who restrain students. The piece recalls past discipline methods such as corporal punishment, notes mixed reactions to a paddle bill in West Virginia, and urges open dialogue to address problem students and teachers without excessive rules.
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John Doe
Johnny Smith
Johnny
Little Johnny
West
Sweet Angel
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Staff Credits
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists staff roles including News Editor Sports Editor Darryl Hudson Publisher Andy Patton Brian Woodson Samantha Perry Managing Editor Senior Editor ity Editor Bill Archer Charles Owens. The page features a quoted Bible verse about the Lord as light and salvation.
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The
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sperry @bottonline.com
Manchin seeks national Silver Alert network in Congress
United States Senator Joe Manchin announces plans to introduce federal legislation creating a National Silver Alert network to assist local and regional efforts in locating missing adults. The West Virginia program, praised by state officials, has located missing seniors in all recorded activations.
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U.S
Joe Manchin
West Virginia
Manchin
D-W.va
Clif Moore
D-Mcdowell
Moore
McDowell County
Jerry Dornburg
West Virginia seniors face $25 lifetime license fee
Letter criticizes lawmakers for charging seniors 65 and older a $25 lifetime hunting and fishing license fee starting Jan 6 2012. The writer denounces tax and fee hikes on elderly budgets citing Social Security cuts and rising costs for housing food utilities and medical care. Calls for legislators to fund outdoor programs from other sources and to vote out those offficials who fail senior welfare.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Princeton
West Virginia
Signs of spring and local concerns echo in West Virginia
The column notes forsythia blooming signaling spring, cites Henry Van Dyke on spring days, and explains Forsyth's naming after William Forsyth. It mocks legislature sessions, recalls a father's stance on infrequent sessions, and shifts to negative news: Bluefield’s population and property values decline, plus potential closure and discontinuance studies for 18 southern West Virginia post offices, with two-thirds of such studies in the region.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
West Virginia post offices face closings fuel debate
The article discusses McDowell and Raleigh County post offices Eckman Elkhorn Jenkin Jones Hensley Rhodell and the impact of closures on small towns. It quotes Sen Byrd and Rep Rahall criticizing mergers and urging scrutiny while highlighting rural mobile coverage concerns and flood safety reflections by Tomblin.
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Rhodell
Raleigh County
Robert C. Byrd
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West Virginia
Nick Rahall
D-W.va
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