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Snuffer elected president of group
Richard V. “Rick” Snuffer II has been elected as president of the state School Board Association.
One of four officers elected Feb. 23 at the organization’s 2008 annual business meeting, Snuffer’s term begins July 1.
Other officers elected include Rick Olcott, Wood County Board of Education, president-elect; Mike Mitchem, McDowell County Board of Education, vice president; Howard V. Corcoran Jr., president of the Ohio County Board of Education, financial officer; and Sally Cann, a member of the Harrison County Board of Education, the organization’s immediate past president.
Snuffer has served as a member of Raleigh County board since 2003.
Born, reared and educated in Raleigh County, he is a 1973 graduate of Trap Hill High School.
In 1977 Snuffer graduated magna cum laude from West Virginia University with a B.S. degree in animal science and in 1978 acted as teaching assistant for the Department of Animal Science while working on his master’s in vocational agriculture.
In summer of 1978, Snuffer was hired as the first teacher of vocational agriculture in Fayette County, where he developed the new program and taught for two years.
For the last 27 years, he has been employed with the U.S. Department of Agriculture as an information technology specialist.
Snuffer is an active member of Breckenridge Baptist Church and has been active in youth soccer within Raleigh County.
He is also well known for his farming enterprise, Snuffer and Sons Angus Farms, which he operates with his father and brother.
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- Tentative agreement reached between Appalachian Regional Healthcare and the United Steelworkers of America A tentative collective bargaining agreement between Appalachian Regional Healthcare and the United Steelworkers of America was reached Wednesday for more than 2,300 ARH employees represented by the USW in eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia.
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Greenbrier to host Fun Fest and Egg Hunt
The Greenbrier will host its first Community Children’s Easter Fun Fest and Egg Hunt for children ages 3-12 March 28.
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Bluestone Wildlife Area cleaning up from flood
Very little flooding was reported along the New River near Bluestone Dam Saturday, but in other locations the river overflowed its banks and caused considerable damage, including in the Bluestone Wildlife Management Area, officials said.
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W.Va. gets $72 million in school construction bonds
West Virginia is getting more than $72 million in federal bonds for public schools.
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Officials seek federal declaration for flood recovery
Gov. Joe Manchin, Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Congressman Nick Rahall have sent requests to the president for a federal disaster declaration for Greenbrier, Mercer, Summers, Fayette, Kanawha and Raleigh counties in the wake of last weekend’s flooding.
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SCHOOL CLOSINGS and DELAYS
Click HERE to go to the West Virginia Department of Education with up-to-date school closings and delays by county.
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Flood recovery continues
Southern West Virginia residents continued to mop up floodwaters and shovel sludge Monday, working to clean out their homes and rebuild their lives.
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Flood recovery continues
Southern West Virginia residents continued to put the pieces of their homes and lives back together Tuesday as recovery from last weekend’s severe flooding continued.
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Calendar — Thursday, March 18, 2010
today's events
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Two injured in ambulance crash
Two Greenbrier County ambulance service employees were injured Wednesday, one seriously, when their ambulance struck two trees, Lewisburg police said.
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