Tradition beams rise as hospital marks topping out
A ceremonial final white beam was raised at Princeton Community Hospital amid a flag ceremony. Nabeel Hamden traced the tradition of topping out and signed by tradespeople, honoring past and present board members and Dr. L. J. Pace as community builders. Lunch followed on the site’s lower level.
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Hamden
Princeton
L. J. Pace
Pace
Europe
United States
Jack Brown
PCH Board
PCH and Raleigh General file joint heart center plan
PCH and Raleigh General Hospital filed a letter of intent to pursue a certificate of need for a regional heart center, with Bluefield Regional Medical Center and the University of Virginia invited to join. PCH aims to locate the center in Mercer County and continues to seek regional unity while weighing the proposal amid BRMC negotiations.
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BRMC
Dan Dunmyer
Open Heart
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University of Virginia
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Dunmyer
Mercer County
Raleigh General Hospital
West Virginia
Eugene Pawlowski
Bluefield Health Systems
R.W. “Buz” Wilkinson
Make a Difference Day honor travels to Tarboro effort
Drew and a West Virginia Virginia region convoy organized by The Register-Herald Bluefield Daily Telegraph and local businesses delivered toys to Tarboro for USA Weekend Make a Difference Day. US Postal Service supported with two trucks while tolls were lifted on the turnpike and state troopers escorted the caravan. The event, lasting two weeks from start to finish, marked the ninth annual Make a Difference Day with more than two million volunteers and recipients nationwide. Drew will travel to Washington DC to receive the national honor.
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Thomson
United Parcel Service
Tarboro
Kiss
Governor’s Office
North Carolina
USA Weekend
West Virginia
Drew
Washington, D.C
Steve Smith
The
Daily Telegraph
Thomson West Virginia
Smith
Make
Points of Light Foundation
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