Virginia lawyer Walter Green censured by state bar
Virginia State Bar issued a public reprimand to Harrisonburg attorney Walter Green IV after a panel found violations of competence and promptness in two client matters. The agreement requires $2,000 plus interest to the first complainant and ethics training within a year. An additional note references an unrelated audit on Medicaid fraud on Page 7.
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Virginia State Bar
Harrisonburg
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Virginia Code of Professional Responsibility
Obituary Notices From West Virginia and Harrisonburg
Carl J. Gaynor Jr aged 56 of Kearneysville West Virginia Francis S. Rickard aged 85 of Stephens City Grace S. Strickland aged 91 of Harrisonburg Ruby K. Swope aged 91 of Harrisonburg Frances M. Yancey aged 88 of Broadway are listed in this page 14 obituary section with brief identifications and ages.
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Kearneysville
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Francis S. Rickard
Stephens City
Grace S. Strickland
Harrisonburg
Ruby K. Swope
Frances M. Yancey
Broadway
Enrollment rises at EMU and Bridgewater College pace
Bridgewater College enrolls 1,201 students this year, up from 901 in 1991-92, reflecting continued growth in attendance. Eastern Mennonite University expands to 1,162 students for the 2000-2001 year, after holding 986 the prior year, signaling steady expansion in regional higher education.
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Bridgewater
Eastern Mennonite
EMU and Bridgewater plan growth to expand enrollments
Eastern Mennonite University and Bridgewater College presidents say modest yearly growth of 3 to 5 percent at EMU and potential expansion at Bridgewater could raise student populations to about 1,500 without adding residential buildings. Both stress maintaining intimate student attention amid space pressures.
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Bridgewater College
EMU
Joseph Lapp
Phillip Stone
Toll Clashes Escalate as Israel Deploys Tanks
Violent clashes spread through the West Bank and Gaza as Israeli troops roll out tanks and fire rockets to confront Palestinian rioters. The five day conflict has left at least 51 dead and over 1,000 wounded, most of them Palestinians, with peace talks collapsing amid the war. A 24 year old Israeli is killed on the road to a Jewish settlement and a settler school bus comes under fire. Fighting also spills into Arab towns inside Israel, with five Israeli Arabs killed. Police and Arab rioters clash in Akko. See ISRAEL Page 12. Yugoslav President Milosevic denounces opponents on Page 24.
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Netzarim
West Bank
Gaza
Israel
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Gaza Strip
Ariel
Supreme Court declines Confederate flag free speech appeal
The Supreme Court refuses to hear a Kansas boy’s appeal after a three day suspension for drawing a Confederate flag in class. Officials cite a racial harassment policy adopted after local tensions, while the boy’s lawyer laments the ruling. The term’s first day also confirms 47 cases agreed to hear, including challenges to the Clean Air Act and disability discrimination suits against states.
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Supreme Court
Kansas
John Whitehead
Rutherford Institute
Vir
Ginia
Indian Mascot Fight Intensifies at Blacksburg High
A coalition seeks removal of Blacksburg High School's Indian mascot. Virginia tribal leaders and the local NAACP chapter join the effort, arguing the mascot is indefensible legally and morally. Protests persist as other schools drop Native American mascots nationwide.
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Blacksburg
Blacksburg High School
Virginia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Unified Coalition For American Indian Concerns
Montgomery County
Convicted killer Earl Washington Jr wins Virginia pardon
Gov. Jim Gilmore granted Earl Washington Jr an absolute pardon after DNA tests showed he could not have committed the 1982 Rebecca Williams killing. Washington, who had been on death row, remains imprisoned for a 1983 violent crime and will not be released. The pardon does not erase the 1983 sentence and cites evidence review by the governor.
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Richmond
Earl Washington Jr
Virginia
Jim Gilmore
Washington
L. Douglas Wilder
Rebecca L. Williams
Gilmore
Earl Washington
Gilmore Intervenes After DNA Links Rape Suspect
Gov. Jim Gilmore calls for intervention in the judicial process after DNA tests tied semen on a blanket at a crime scene to a convicted rapist. He ordered state police to reopen the Fauquier County murder inquiry. spokesman Mark Miner declined to comment on the rapist’s identity. Washington, described as mentally retarded, was arrested in May 1993 on a breaking and entering charge.
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Mark A. Miner
Washington
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