Officials warn floods may hide dangerous contaminants
West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner Gas Douglass warns floodwaters from recent rains can carry toxins that contaminate food and garden supplies. He urges avoiding floodwater exposure for produce and canned goods, notes contaminated inputs can affect crops, and says stores usually destroy flood damaged items.
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Charleston
West Virginia
R. Douglass
Douglass
West Virginia Department of Agriculture
WVDA
Herma Johnson
Sales seminar at Fincastle Country Club set for Friday
A three hour training seminar titled 21 Ways for Salespeople to Maximize Every Sales Opportunity will be led by Frank Barnes from 9 a.m. to noon at Fincastle Country Club in Bluefield Virginia area. Open to all area businesses, the event costs 25 dollars per person and includes breakfast. registration is by calling Patti Roberts at 304 325 7151.
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Bluefield
Fincastle Country Club
Frank Barnes
Barnes
Brooks Group
America
Bank One
U.S. Air Force Reserve
Volvo Trucks of North America
Sara Lee Corporation
Fincastle
Patti Roberts
Police blotter reports shots fired and machete call
Police logged 911 calls in the early hours of Friday and Saturday. Officers located an unoccupied vehicle linked to shots fired on Bluefield Ave. A machete incident at the Economy Inn could not locate a suspect. Juveniles riding toys in the Rogers St area were advised to park them and stay off the roadway.
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Bluefield Ave
R.S. Mason
S.J. Cary
A.m
Economy Inn
Rogers St
Arafat hunkers in Ramallah as Israeli siege deepens
Protests pledge to stay with Arafat as Israel tightens the Ramallah siege. Israeli guards exchange fire with Arafat's forces. casualties rise with at least 13 Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers dead since Friday. Bush condemns Sunday bombings while Sharon pledges to pursue the offensive despite a UN call to withdraw.
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Israel
Arafat
Ramallah
Ron Kitrey
Sharon
Free World
Middle East
Saeb Erekat
Erekat
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
Shekel
Beirut
Lebanon
Nahum Barnea
Yediot Ahronot
Hamas
Shimon Sabag
Efrat
West Bank
Bush
White House
Gordon Johndroe
U.N. Security Council
United Nations
U.S
Yehuda Lancry
Israel Army Radio
Ing Arafat
Netta Golan
Golan
Kitrey
Area students shine at Region V Governor's School hosted by SVCC
High school juniors and seniors in the SVCC service area are invited to apply for the Region V Governor's School for Science and Technology to be held in the Charles R. King Engineering Building at Southwest Virginia Community College. Sixty students will be selected from area school systems Buchanan Dickenson Russell and Tazewell with support from the Virginia Department of Education.
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Richlands
Virginia
Smoky Mountains
Vaughn K. Lester
Vaughn. Lester
War veteran and undercover agent to speak at BC luncheon
Maxey Gilleland, Vietnam veteran and longtime undercover agent for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, will headline Bluefield College Media Appreciation Day. He recounts three Vietnam tours, multiple near fatal incidents, and a 28 year narcotics career with 3,000 undercover buys and 70 hit man operations. The noon luncheon in Short Hall leads to a roundtable with local media and BC students.
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Bluefield
Bluefield College
Maxey Gilleland
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Gilleland
Vietnam
John Tresch
Belmont University
Nashville, Tenn
Dr. Tresch
Maxey
Short Hall
BC Communication
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Emerald Reger
Dearbourn Avenue
Luefield Ice Department
A-1
Turnely Golf Clinics
Richwood
SVCC
BC Media
Wytheville
Castrol
Bluewell
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