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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1998
Page
14
Thursday night partly cloudy with lows in the 40s. Friday and the weekend show partly cloudy skies with highs from the mid-60s to upper-60s. Stream conditions listed for Bluestone Lake Summersville Lake and R D Bailey Lake with numbers and times provided.
Principal Redden touts a bright, safe, modern campus at Daniels Elementary. Students use computers in a lab to reinforce literacy and math, while teachers integrate Shurley methods, inclusion activities, and hands on geography. Scores exceed national and local averages, underscoring a successful opening day.
Lafferty recalls seeing few adults around Beaver Elementary as lunch happens in a shared entry area. The school lacks a dedicated cafeteria causing staff to spend hours setting tables and folding them away. Classrooms show clutter from filing cabinets due to no storage closets and duct tape fixes carpet seams. The basement appears finished with fake brick to disguise its status. Despite rough conditions, teachers push through and students learn with test scores above the national average, though sixth grade trails state and county averages.
Beckley Stratton Junior High School is closed today due to sewer system construction. It may also close Thursday and Friday. Parents staff and students are told to monitor local radio and TV for updates. Principal Ron Cantley II says students received assignments to offset lost instructional time. Faculty reporting sites for Thursday and Friday will be announced later.
A yearlong probe led to Bowling’s indictment with potential penalties up to 500 dollars fine and six months imprisonment plus removal from office. Judge Jolliffe set arraignment for Oct. 26 and recommended a special judge after recusal by two circuit judges. The case ties to a separate $250,000 federal suit by former deputy James Livesay alleging wrongful firing for whistle blowing on property assessments. Witnesses include Wade Thompson and Steve Malcomb, with Malcomb and Sartors raising concerns since 1997 about disparities in Greenbrier County assessments.
Officers from Raleigh County sheriffs office eradicated 330 marijuana plants in the Workman’s Creek area on Monday. Detectives R L Booker and R D Burgess led the investigation but have no leads on the growers. The plants were valued at about $990 000. information can be called in to the sheriff’s office or Crime Stoppers.
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