Roanoke Times

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Virginia: Tuesday, March 18, 1997

• GUYANA GETS HOSPITAL BILL FOR ITS LEADER
• PLAN: COUNTY NEEDS NEW HIGH SCHOOL RESIDENTS' GROUP HAS $100 MILLION WISH LIST
• $150 MILLION FOR WATER QUALITY WESTVACO POURS IN MONEY TO CLEAN UP JACKSON RIVER
• RADFORD HOSPITAL SUED IN DEATH OF RELEASED PATIENT
• BOTETOURT TO BUILD ON HERITAGE
• BOTETOURT MAN CHARGED WITH RAPE
• INNOTECH HAS ITS EYE ON EXPANSION PLAN WOULD DOUBLE THE SIZE OF ITS FACILITY
• MAN ROBBED ON SALEM AVE.
• ROANOKE COUNTY PRINCIPAL EULOGIZED KILLED IN WEEKEND CAR ACCIDENT JOEL TURNER THE ROANOKE TIMES JAMES "MONTY" JOHNSON, 52, HAD BEEN PRINCIPAL OF THE BURTON CENTER SINCE 1982. HE WAS NAMED EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR IN 1995 BY THE SALEM-ROANOKE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. JAMES "MONTY" JOHNSON WAS REMEMBERED MONDAY AS AN EDUCATOR WHO WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH SEEKING RECOGNITION FOR HIS STUDENTS AND STAFF THAN FOR HIMSELF. "HE MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION IN ROANOKE COUNTY, BUT HE WANTED OTHERS TO GET THE CREDIT," SAID MARTY ROBISON, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR COUNTY SCHOOLS. JOHNSON, PRINCIPAL OF THE ARNOLD R. BURTON TECHNOLOGY CENTER, DIED SUNDAY AS A RESULT OF INJURIES HE RECEIVED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN BEDFORD COUNTY SATURDAY. JOHNSON, 52, HAD BEEN PRINCIPAL OF THE BURTON CENTER SINCE 1982. HE HAD BEEN NAMED EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR IN 1995 BY THE SALEM-ROANOKE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. HE WAS PRINCIPAL OF THE BEDFORD EDUCATIONAL CENTER FROM 1974 TO 1982. JOHNSON HELPED IMPROVE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AT THE COUNTY AND STATE LEVEL, BUT HE WAS ALSO KEENLY INTERESTED IN ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, ROBISON SAID. "HE THOUGHT THE TWO WENT HAND IN HAND," ROBISON SAID. "HE WANTED A BLEND OF THE VOCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC FOR HIS STUDENTS." JOHNSON SUPERVISED THE RENOVATION OF THE BURTON CENTER AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SEVERAL NEW CURRICULUM PROJECTS DURING HIS TENURE. "LEAVING WHAT I TOUCH A LITTLE BETTER IS THE PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT I SEEK," JOHNSON ONCE WROTE IN REVIEWING HIS PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS. JOHNSON WAS A GRADUATE OF CAVE SPRING HIGH SCHOOL AND VIRGINIA TECH. HE HAD A MASTER'S DEGREE IN SECONDARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. HE TAUGHT SEVEN YEARS IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY BEFORE HE BECAME A PRINCIPAL IN BEDFORD COUNTY.
• PROGRAM HELPS CITIZEN POLICE GROUPS PATROL GIVEN CELL PHONE
• VA. TO TRY GANGS JOINTLY GOV. ALLEN SIGNS BILL INTO LAW
• COUNCIL CHOOSES CONTROVERSIAL 'QUINT' FIRE TRUCKS `QUINTS' WIN, 4-3
• HIGH COURT TO CONSIDER CONSTITUTIONAL POINT EUROPEANS PLEAD FOR O'DELL'S LIFE AS SUPREME COURT TO CONSIDER CONSTITUTIONAL POINT
• GEORGE CARTLEDGE DIES CHAIRMAN OF GRAND PIANO & FURNITURE CO. LED DOWNTOWN REJUVENATION
• PROTESTER THREATENS TO SET HIMSELF ON FIRE CHAINED TO FEDERAL BUILDING BENCH
• JUDGE DISMISSES FELONY CHARGE AGAINST TECH PLAYER EVIDENCE IN THE CASE DID NOT SUPPORT THE CONVICTION OF ANGELO HARRISON, THE JUDGE SAID
• GREENFIELD DECISIONS EXPECTED
• CHEERLEADERS CHILL OUT
• WORKING HARD
• OBIT LATE NOTICES
• GREENWAY LEADERS SELECTED VINTON, SALEM, ROANOKE COUNTY TO CONSIDER PANEL
• MILL MOUNTAIN COMMITTEE TO `ADVISE' FROM NOW ON; THE PANEL WILL `DEVELOP' NO MORE
• OBIT
• PRINCIPAL EULOGIZED IN COUNTY KILLED IN WEEKEND CAR ACCIDENT JOEL TURNER THE ROANOKE TIMES
• BOTETOURT MAN CHARGED WITH RAPE