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~line and Paul Manzuk, recently re-elected to positions on the Jefferson County Board
,~ ~ttion, are shown above as they take their oaths of office from Circuit Judge David Sand-
t# 1 ~g on at left are Larry Togans, president of the board, and members Peter Morgens and
~ tr~scene took Place at a B ard f Educati n meeting last week"
The Board of Education ap- out.
proved a $39 million bond call to be Under a cooperative agreement
placed on a ballot for a special elec- the school and the federal program
tion on September 23. The final ap- will combine resources for local
proval to place the bond before the students.
voters came during a regular meet- Students at risk will have the
ing of the board on July 5. option of staying enrolled at Jeffer-
The funds, if approved by the son High School for academic
voters, will be used to construct a courses and attending vocational
second high school and to maketraining courses at the Job Corps,
substantial renovations to Jeffer- high school Head Counselor Susan
son High School. Wall told the board.
In other matters, Beverly Or, students can drop out of Jef-
Hughes, personnel director, was ferson High School, enroll in the
selected as associate superinten- Job Corps GED classes and attend
dent. (See accompanying story.) vocational classes there.
The board approved a new pro- Both options offer students
gram between Jefferson High many incentives, she said. Stu-
School and the Harpers Ferry Job dents enrolled in Job Corps pro-
Corps that will offer new options grams can live at the Job Corps fa-
for students at risk of dropping cility if they wish and will be eli-
in the Mountains
Part H
m.L Dart of the "Music in the Mountains" program for 2000.
~ ~to, top left, center, Major General Bob Ruth (USA rat), is about to present a memento to Army
'~ I~?'~or Chief Warrant Officer Michael W. Walker, left. Looking on at right is Park Ranger Marsha
?3 I.~il~lic relations officer at Harpers Ferry.
l ~/r~the second concert in the series, the first being presented by Sliver Wings, the country an-
/ ~0the U'S" Air F :C:e the U.S. Army Band and Chorus on Saturday, August 12, while the flnalett Concert will
f:~mber 9, featuring the U.S. Navy Band and Sea Chanters.
Baturday, Sap
at top right shows Army Blues vocalist Staff Sergeant Ronald Gutierrez singing a ballad to
/IC=~(:lies inthegrote?~iOo;c~h? right, Staff Sergeant Dave Smith plays a mellow saxophone to Duke
' . . County Approves
Takes Appeal to High Court
~ ~ Stown attorney David Camilletti is taking his case to the
Recommendations
I ~ a SUpreme Court, asking it to allow a three-member panel On Building Codes
1[~.vet his primary election challenge in the race for the 4th
~.eship in the 23rd Circuit. It appears that the Jefferson
]~},Who trails Gray Silver III by 39 votes for the Democratic County Commission is moving
I~'~l~ the judge's race, wants the special panel instead of the closer and closer to imposing build-
l[~h~l~aty Commissioners because he says his challenge is lag codes on new home construe-
tl~ tt n the commission s handling of the primary ballots, tion and the hiring of an inspector
.a / [l~e high court agree with Camilletti, he and Silver would to enforce those new codes.
One member while Governor Cecil Underwood woudd
"i'J [ ~l~-tt With a possible implementation
,a, / ~.rfl member, by early next year, the county must
[[l~ls challenging the results of the election, particularly the now meet with builders, enforce-
~) / ]~U.tallying of ballots. He says the validity of over 200 bal- ment agency officials in Berkeley
[ ~lOnable because the signatures of one or both poll clerks County and others to determine
~[~'~ on those ba~lt~e secial panel be denied, the Berkeley the best codes to use locally.
~' ~e request fo p Commissioner A1 Hooper has
-- t ~ll~OUld proceed with a hearing later this month. That deci" volunteered to meet with home
builders on the new building codes,
~,l]F~.l~Pealed to Circuit Court, then to the West Virginia Su- and has suggested that Jefferson
' County would need only one in-
It{)) spector to enforce the code.
000 Allocated to Burr Farm When the codes are in place, one
~h~O1~ . .
County Co ,ss,on last Thursday allocated SlO,O00 themaj rimplementationhUrdle will be ofeliminatedlocal impactf r
~ Landmarks Commission, money that will be used as fees on new construction. Such fees
i~ lag funds for a $20,000 grant from the West Virginia
2t~: Arts. The funds will be spent at the Peter Burr Farm, are levied on developers of new
homes with the fees used to help
,# / I~'~g transformed by Landmarks officials into a living his, defray the cost of those services re-
,'~ l [~ere visitors are able to see how life and farming was over quired to support new construc-
,* * I tlk~O.
t . tion.
t l$~i~0rlginally asked for $15,000, but the figure was re- Ambulance Fees
1 l]~t~ ~.The county funds will be added to $6,000 in the Land- County Commissioner James K.
I t~, leaving the local agency just $4,000 short of the Ruland recently suggested that the
l l~ "~q to secure the $20,000 arts council grant, commission consider a new fee to
VcFATHI
Page 2 The extended forecast for the
Page 7 area through Sunday is:
Page 9 Partly cloudy throughout the next
Page 11few days. Highs ranging from the
Page 13lower 80s today to the mid 80s Sun-
Page 14day. Lows in the low to mid 60s.
Page 15Chance of rain showers each day,
Page 15particularly on Friday.
help fund paid ambulance service
in the county.
The County Commission has
funded the paid ambulance service
administered by the Jefferson
County ~mbulance Authority for
two years from video lottery pro-
ceeds.
Nearly $900,000 in county
funds will go toward the paid am-
bulance service over that two-year
period.
Legislation proposed by Senator
John Unger, D-Berkeley, would
help in the collection of the fees.
That legislation would prohibit the
renewal of a motor vehicle regis-
tration until that person's ambu-
lance fee is paid. No fee structure is
currently being considered.
gible for all Job Corps benefits.
A steering committee will de-
velop a placement protocol for stu-
dents and will evaluate the pro-
gram, Wall said.
The number of Jefferson High
School students who participate
will be determined by the available
space at the Job Corps, school offi-
cials said.
In return for the Job Corps ser-
vices, the school system will pro-
vide Job Corps students and staff
with training opportunities, use of
school computer labs and will pro-
vide GED testing.
The program was developed fol-
lowing a change in the philosophy
for the federally sponsored Job
Corps program. Previously, the lo-
cal Job Corps primarily provided
services to young people from tihe
Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and
Philadelphia areas. Now, Job
Corps are refocusing efforts to pro-
vide services to young people from
the areas where their facilities are
located.
"This program offers many
pluses for our students and gives
us other options to help them stay
in school," Ms. Wall said.
The textbooks,
to Pro e-ramming Using Microsoft
Visual Basic Version 5 and 6 for
high school computer science class,
and Holt Science Spectrum: A Bal-
will be considered
for adoption at the next regular
meeting. The books are available
for review at the Board of Educa-
tion office.
The next regular meeting will
be Tuesday, July 18, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Board of Education office, 110
Mordington Avenue.
Mosquito
Precautions
of Health
Jefferson County Board of
Health Chairman James Hocker
recently issued an alert for all citi-
zens to assist in the fight against
mosquito infestation during the
summer months. This alert is
spawned by the presence of the
West Nile Virus, a mosquito-borne
illness that has been detected in
East Coast areas of the country. He
noted that this virus, which had
never been seen in the United
States before last year, could cause
a serious illness.
Earlier this year in the New
York area, the microbe was found
to have overwintered there in mos-
quitoes that survived the cold
weather in basements and aban-
doned buildings. This month, offi-
cials in New York State and New
Jersey, announced the virus had
spread to crows and it did devas-
tate the crow population in some
sections of New York State.
The federal government Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Pre-
vention has made money available
for anti-virus efforts and many
states have begun surveillance.
Due to its geographic location,
West Virginia is not included in the
CDC's prescribed area of enhanced
surveillance. Hecker pointed out
that this is not an emergency alert
for there has been no evidence of
the disease anywhere near this
area, but there are steps that"can
be taken by citizens to reduce any
incidence of the disease enterit~g
the area.
The disease is transmitted by
mosquitoes, which become infected
when they feed on infected birds.
After an incubation period of 10
days to 2 weeks, infected mosqui-
toes can then transmit the virus to
human beings while biting to take
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Beverly Hughes
Hughes New
Associate
Superintendent
The Jefferson County Board of
Education last Wednesday se-
lected Beverly Hughes, personnel
director, to become associate su-
perintendent.
Hughes has worked for Jeffer-
son County Schools since graduat-
ing from Shepherd College in 1971
with a Bachelor of Arts in Second-
cry Education, English and Physi-
cal Education. She earned a Mas-
ters of Arts degree in Education
Administration from West Virginia
University in 1975.
First hired as an English and
physical education teacher at the
former Shepherdstown High
School in 1971, Hughes became the
physical education teacher there
when the school was converted to
Shepherdstown Junior High
School in 1972.
She moved into administration
in 1978 when she became second-
cry supervisor, a position she held
until 1989 when she was selected
as coordinator of programs and
staff development. She became
personnel director in 1994.
While serving in various admin-
istrative roles, Hughes imple-
mented a number of programs and
events. Under her guidance, the
Jefferson County Secondary Sci-
ence Fair and Jefferson County So-
cial Studies Fair were established,
the School Business Partner pro-
gram began and the Jefferson
County Teacher of the Year and
Service Personnel of the Year selec-
tion began. Hughes also began the
opening day program for all em-
ployees, the Mentor Teacher Pro-
gram and expanded staff develop-
ment offerings for all employees.
She is a member of the Jeffer-
son County Education Association
and is the Region VIII representa-
tive for the West Virginia School
Personnel Association.
Hughes will replace John Rose,
who retired from the associate su-
perintendent position last month.
"I am looking forward to the
new challenges this position will
bring," Hughes said following her
appointment.
Superintendent David W.
Markoe recommended Hughes
from 15 applicants.
Workers Comp Meeting Locally
Employers in the Eastern Panhandle will have a chance to meet
with administrators and staff of the West Virginia Workers Compen-
sation Division, July 18 in Shepherdst wn'
Workers Compensation will hold the last of six statewide informa-
tional seminars Tuesday at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center,
17 Lowe Road, beginning at 8:30 a.m. The meeting is designed to help
employers, vendors and providers better utilize services provided by
the division. There is no charge to attend the meeting.
Bureau of Employment Programs Commissioner William F. Vieweg
will open the meeting with a report on improvements Workers Com-
pensation continues to make in important areas like lowering the defi-
cit, implementation of fairer rates and new services for employers.
The remainder of the day will include a series of five concurrent
breakout sessions hosted by Workers Compensation staff members.
Session topics are:
Claims and Medical - Covers reporting, compensability, employer
protest, treatment and AMA guidelines and other related topics.
Employer Payroll Reporting and Legal - Covers civil immunity,
repayment agreements, delinquency and default, Internet reporting,
payments, administrative hearing, fraud and related topics.
Safety - Covers the WVSAFE program, video lending library,
safety inspections and other topics.
Rating - Covers rate making, wages, basic rate policy, reclass and
recalculations, rate reports, reserves, error corrections and other re-
lated topics.
Underwriting - Covers rating plans, classification, coverage for
new business, audits, Employers Excess Liability Fund and other top-
ics.
For more information or to register for the seminar, visit the Work-
ers Compensation area of the BEP's website at www.state.wv.us/bep
or call 304-558-4998.
