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don at MES.
The recommendation was defeated
on a 2-3 vote (Taylor, VanReenen,
and Vance voting no).
Mr. Trusler also discussed the
many changes proposed in special
education positions, explaining that
the number of these students chang-
es often. He said it is hoped an fair-
ly accurate county will be available
in May.
Most of the large personnel agen-
da was approved in one motion. In-
cluded were the following for the
2003-04 school year:
* employment of service person-
nel on probationary contracts - Cora
Carpenter, secretary at PCHS, half-
time; Rebecca Evans, custodian at
Hillsboro, half-time; Michael Gal-
ford, hus driver; Curtis Kershner,
custodian, Green Bank; Elaine
Faulknier, secretary at central of-
rice; Jamie Walker, bus driver; Jef-
frey Wayne, custodian at Green
Bank.
* employment of professional
employees on probationary con-
tracts - Joyce Boothe, Thomas
Boothe, and David Irvine, Jr..
teachers at PCHS: Diane Delfino.
Gina Hard€sty, Tatiana Mynuk, and
Theresa Weimer, teachers at Mar-
linton Middle; Stephanie Mitchell,
teacher at Marlinton Elementary.
* employment of professional
personnel on continuing contract -
Heather Holstine, teacher at Green
Bank, and Rebecca O'Brien, teacher
at PCHS.
County/Multi-school
* employment on continuing
contract and change in assignment -
Kristi Walton from teacher of art at
Marlinton Middle (0.5) and physical
education at Hillsboro (0.5) to
teacher of art at Marlinton Elemen-
tary and Marlinton Middle, 0.5
each.
* change of Norman Alderman
from Data Management Facilitator
to Technology Facilitator, at the
central office.
* transfer of Donna Burns from
Special Grants Project Director. due
to loss of grant funding, to teacher
at Hiilsboro
* transfer of Bernadette Rolleston
from special education teacher at
Marlinton Elementary to itinerant
special education teacher at Marlin-
ton Elementary and Marlinton Mid-
die
* transfer of McArthur Buzzard
from physical education/health
teacher (0.5) and Dean of Students
(0.5) at Mexlinton Middle to physi-
cal education/health teacher at Mar-
iinton Middle and Hillsboro, 0.5
each
* non-rehire of Denise Sharp of
music teacher at Hillsboro (0.5) and
math teacher at Marlinton Middle
(0.5) due to lack of need due to re-
organization and reallocation of re-
sources and abolishment of this po-
sition
Green Bank
* non-rehire of Jane Buzzard as
counselor and abolishment of half-
time counselor position
* non-rehire of Shirlene Grose-
close as long-term substitute and
abolishment of long-term substitute
teacher position, due to return of
full-time employee
* transfer of Anna Hayes as aide,
due to decline in enrollment, as-
signment to be determined later
* non-rehire of Tabeatha McCoy
as aide, due to reorganization of
special education services
* abolishment of two special ed-
ucation aide positions
* abolishment of early childhood
education teacher position
Hilisboro
* non-mhire of Darlene/h'bogast,
Terri Beck, and Pamela McCurdy as
teachers, due to decline in enroll-
ment
* non-rehire of Wanda Withers as
teacher, due to loss of grant funding
* abolishment of positions of
teacher of multi-subjects and pre-
school teacher
Marlinton Elementary
* release from contract of Karen
Goldizen and Renee Hill as aides,
due to reorganization of special edu-
cation services
* non-rehire of Carrie Hickman
as aide, due to reorganization of
special education services
* abolishment of two special ed-
ucation aide positions
* non-rehire of Rebecca Spencer
as teacher due to logs of grant fund-
ing and decline in enrollment
* abolishment of position of pre-
school teacher
* release from contract of Doris
Starks as aide, due to realignment
of job assignments
* abolishment of pre-schooi aide
position
* non-rehire of Sheri Turley as
teacher, due to decline in enrollment
* abolishment of teacher of mul-
ti-subjects position
* creation of art teacher position
Marlinton Middle
* abolishment of half-time Dean
of Students position
* non-rehire of Lowell Galford as
special education teacher, half-time,
due to decline in enrollment and re-
placement by senior employee
In other personnel matters the
Board approved:
* employment of Cathrine Crof-
ford and Jan Jonese as homebound
teachers for the remainder of the
2002-03 school year.
* Steve McCoy and Jeff Wayne
to serve as assistant volunteer base-
ball coaches at PCHS.
* permission for superintendent
to rill a contract services position
prior to the next meeting. This
was on a 4-1, with Mr. King vot-
ing no.
The Board gave approval to the
PCHS Local Vocational Education-
al Education Plan for 2003-04 for
the spending of federal vocational
education funds. The plan lists no
changes in the school's vocational
course offerings for next year.
Dr. Phares reported that all sched-
uled school trips are still go. They
are Spanish students to Mexico,
French students to France, and
Green Bank students to Washing-
ton, D. C., and Virginia Beach.
Under the new federal No School
Left Behind Act, schools must pro-
vide the name, addresses, and phone
numbers of junior and seniors to
military recruiters and institutions
of higher learning, upon request,
unless parents direct that this not be
done. The Board approved the letter
that will sent to parents informing
them of the new federal law's re-
quirement and providing a form to
return to the high school if they do
not want their child's name re-
leased.
The Board met in executive ses-
sion for two expulsion hearings.
Following the hearing, approval
was given for the expulsion of two
male PCHS students for the re-
mainder of the school year, one for
the possession of drugs and the oth-
er for using threatening language to
a teacher. They will be served by
the alternate education program.
The next regular Board meeting
will be on April 14.
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Forest Service Plans Spring
Burn for Shock Run Area
The Forest Service announces
plans to conduct a prescribed burn
in a 25-acre area east of Highway
92 between Frost and Dunmore this
spring, weather permitting. The
purpose of this burn is to enhance
oak regeneration in this area that
was recently harvested as part of the
Shock Run Timber Sale. Over the
next three to five years, ten harvest
units totaling 210 acres may receive
similar burn treatments in the area.
The Forest Service is working
Outboor
with researchers who are studying
the regeneration of oak stands
through the use of fire. The intent
is to reduce competition from such
species as striped maple and red
maple. These species inhibit the
growth of red oak, black cherry, and
other species.
The use of fire to help restore
the "natural" ecosystem may seem
odd in this part of the country but
research indicates that fire is exactly
what helped shape the forests we
typically perceive to be natural and
undisturbed. Native Americans
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Farm Service News
Livestock Compensation
Program - I1
The Agricultural Assistance Act
of 2003 provides direct payments to
owners of eligible livestock
through the Livestock Compensa-
tion Program-II (LCP-II). This
program provides assistance to live-
stock farmers for damages due to
natural disaster. Pocahontas
County was designated a disaster
county by the Secretary of Agricul-
ture due to the drought conditions
last summer.
Signup for LCP-II will begin
April 1 and continue until an end-
hag date is announced.
Owners of eligible livestock
must certify the number of head
owned, leased, or subject to a pur-
chase contract on June 1, 2002.
The animals must have been owned
a minimum of 90 days. June 1
must fall within the 90-day owner-
ship period.
Eligible livestock are cattle,
sheep, goats, buffalo, be€fate, and
catfish.
Eligible Livestock specific cri-
teria for June 1, 2002:
* Adult cow must have calved at
least once.
* Adult bulls must have been
2 years of age or older.
* Non-breeding heifers must
have weighed 500 lbs. or more.
* Replacement heifers must
have weighed 500 lbs. or more on
June 1 and not have borne any off-
spring.
* Steers must have weighed
500 lbs. or more.
* Bulls must have weighed
more than 500 lbs. and were under
2 years old.
Payment rates for each type of
livestock are determined based on
standard feed consumption data for
each eligible type of livestock:
* Beef cattle, buffalo and beef-
ale (cows and bulls) $18
* Beef. dairy, buffalo, and beef-
alo replacement heifers, steers, non-
breeding heifers, buffs $13.50
* Adult dairy cattle (cows and
bulls) $31.50
* Sheep and Goats (All)
$4.50
If you have questions, please
contact the Pocahontas County
Farm Service Agency located in the
USDA Service Center at Buckeye,
telephone 304-799-4317.
FSA Targets Funds for
Socially Disadvantaged
Persons
Farm Service Agency (FSA)
has received loan funds for the new
fiscal year (FY 2003) for Socially
Disadvantaged (SDA) applicants in
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used fire for approximately 6000
years prior to European settlement.
Without fire our oak forests will
continue to transition to more shade
tolerant maples.
Before burning, the Forest
Service will develop detailed bum
plans that will use natural barriers,
dozer constructed lines and some
hand lines around each unit in order
to keep the fire from spreading
beyond the intended burn areas.
Fir€fighters wiU be prepositioned to
assure the bums do not escape. In
addition, staffed trucks and ATV's
with water carrying capabilities will
be stationed in the area. After bum-
ing, the area will be monitored by
firefighters to assure the fire does
not escape.
According to Gary Busttamente,
Fire Management Officer for the
Monongab¢
actual timing of the
determined by the
wind, and humidity on
That is why it is
exactly when the
plans to bum."
must be right in
competition but also
fire to the designated
law
the media will be
burning days.
Rend/Fischer,
of the Marlinton
says that the Forest
take every
these burns are
intended areas and
threats to the
West Virginia to buy and operate
family-size farms and ranches.
These funds are set aside for mem-
bers of specific groups, such as:
African Americans, American Indi-
ans, Alaskan Natives, Hispanics,
Asian and Pacific Islanders, and
women, each year.
These funds are available for the
following loan categories: Direct
Farm Ownership, Direct Farm
Operating, Guaranteed Farm Owner-
ship, Guaranteed Farm Operating
and the Beginning Farmer Loan
Programs. The program assists
applicants in purchasing farms, in
construction or improvement of
buildings, installing conservation
measures and other real estate
improvements. Funding is also
available for
stock purchases
expenses. Limited
available for debt
FSA Farm Loan
help the borrower
lems, determine
and plan the best
resolggs.
In Fiscal Year
ended September
Virginia FSA Farm
made 41 SDA
$840,625. This waS
total direct loa
If you are an
you may obtain
from the local FSA
4317.
The offices of
Dr. John Eilers will
be closed
March 31 - April 11
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