Mercer schools PASS policy draws concern from board member
Mercer County board of education debates a revised senior class rank policy. The plan allows PASS students to be counted in class rank after up to eight semesters, prompting objections about insufficient rewards for effort and fairness. Supporters say it preserves rank opportunity for returning to regular classes. The policy moves to a second reading next month.
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Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education
Eral
Deborah Akers
Janet Williams
Williams
Don White
White
Greg Prudich
Bikers rally to aid injured WV trooper Elswick
West Virginia riders from Ghost Riders Motorcycle Club join with state troopers and Raleigh County police to raise funds for Trooper R. J. Elswick. A charity poker run on November 9 starts at Princeton, passes Beckley and Hinton, ending back in Princeton to support lodging, meals, and potential disability needs for Elswick who was shot in Hedgesville while responding to a domestic incident.
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Rinceton
West Virginia
R.J
Bobby” Elswick
Martinsburg
A.P Christian
Princeton
West Virginia State Police
Ghost Riders Motorcycle Club
Christian
Elswick
Princeton State Police
Beckley
Hinton
Raleigh
Associated Press
Trooper Elswick
Bill Archer
Barcher
Clarification on Kim E Bowman in Mercer County Grand Jury Indictments
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph clarifies that Kim E Bowman, daughter of Bo Bowman of Princeton and Yvonne D Bowman of Bluefield, is not the Kim Bowman named in last Sunday's Mercer County Circuit Court Grand Jury Indictments.
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Kim E. Bowman
Bo Bowman
Princeton
Yvonne D. Bowman
Bluefield
Kim Bowman
Mercer County Circuit Court
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Woman reports sexual assault near Bluefield State College
A 32-year-old Bluefield State College student says she was raped in a college parking lot after night class on October 17. Detective J B Kahle says the case is a second-degree felony with a 10 to 25 year prison range and up to $10,000 fine. evidence was sent to a forensic lab and no arrests have been made.
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Bluefield
Bluefield State College
Bluefield City
J.B. Kahle
South Charleston
Forensic Crime Lab
Kahle
Kahlo
Mercer County
International consultant urges resilience at Jewish dinner
Tel Aviv consultant Clive Lessem told the United Jewish Charities dinner at Fincastle Country Club that Israelis face ongoing violence and economic strain but show resilience. He cited Golda Meir, urged support for Jewish communities in Argentina and the former Soviet Union, and critiqued U.S. policy as too single minded while calling for U.S. brokered peace.
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Bluefield
Clive Lessem
Tel Aviv
United Jewish Charities
Fincastle Country Club
Golda Meir
Israel
Meir
U.S
Lyndon Johnson
Lessem
Argentina
Soviet Union
George Bush
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bdtonline
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