County youth and poverty contrasts emerge at summit
The summit reviewed county by county data on youths in McDowell Mercer Monroe Summers and the state. Mercer shows lower dropout and poverty trends while McDowell records the worst child poverty and highest teen injury deaths. Attendees split into county groups to create plans aiding 2000 at risk children by 2000.
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McDowell
Mercer
Monroe
Mercer County
West Virginia
Summers
McDowell’s
Mercer’s
Moss
Summers County
Monroe County
Hatfield McCoy Trail Plan Tied to Coal Lands
Pocahontas Land plans to convert mining access roads into a Hatfield McCoy trail system with intern help from Marshall University Park Resources and Leisure Services. Company president Daniel Smith insists trails avoid coal mining gas extraction and logging. The 1995 Corps study projected 600000 visitors yearly and over 3000 jobs boosting 100 million locally. counties Boone Lincoln Logan Mingo McDowell Wayne Wyoming face job scarcity. Pocahontas Land, a Norfolk Southern subsidiary, has leased land for a shooting preserve and a fishing lake.
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A-1
Marshall University
Park Resources and Leisure Services
Pocahontas Land
Daniel Smith
Corps of Engineers
Hatfield- McCoy
West Virginia
Boone
Lincoln
Logan
Mingo
McDowell
Wayne
Wyoming
Hatfield and McCoy
Tug Fork
Kentucky
Paradise
Raleigh County
McDowell County
Norfolk Southern Corp
Attitude Key in Job Applicants Says Bank VP Vicki Mays
First Community Bank Vice President Vicki Mays says a positive attitude is the key attribute she values in hiring. She notes training covers many areas but attitude is brought by the employee. Let the applicant talk and attitudes reveal themselves. Attitude is everything. Bluefield High School cheerleading starts today at 8 a.m. Students should bring grades, physical form, proof of insurance, and sign contract.
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A-1 First Community Bank
Vicki Mays
Mays
BHS
Bluefield
Bluefield High School
Ramsey ad seeks handwriting match in JonBenet case
Denver report says JonBenet Ramsey's parents published a full page ad in the Daily Camera with handwriting samples from the ransom note. The ad, plus fliers and direct mailings, aims to identify the note writer while noting investigators have not ruled out the family.
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Denver
JonBenet Ramsey
Daily Camera
Bouldier
Colo
Ramseys
JonBenet
Patsy Ramsey
John
John Ramsey
Ramsey
Newsweek
Rachelle Zimmer
Associated Press
Salvation Army takes over hospital day care center
The Safe Care Academy at the Princeton Salvation Army facility on Princeton Avenue shifts to Salvation Army operation from Princeton Community Hospital on July 1. The center serves 45 to 50 children aged 4 through 12, with all day and before after school care. Rates are 12.50 per day for six to nine hours, 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The program includes personal growth activities and occasional Vacation Bible School, with any extra funds possibly aiding scholarships for families in need.
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Princeton
Safe Care Academy
Salvation Army
Princeton Avenue
Paul Egan
Princeton Community Hospital
Direc
Tor
Egan
PCH
Daily Record police blotters from Mercer County July calls
Mercer County 911 log lists counts by category for July 21 to 27 including larceny vandalism and theft related incidents. Notable entries reflect calls across departments Bluefield Princeton Mercer Sheriff and state police with multiple vehicle accidents suspected medical events and disturbances.
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Crumpecker Hill
Mercer County
B.O.L
Icoucs
Bluefield
Princeton
Mercer
West Virginia State Police
Matoaka
Electronic Network Workshop in Tazewell County
Tazewell County businesses are invited to send employees to an Electronic Network workshop today and on Aug 6 and Aug 8. Sponsored by the Economic Development Office, the free sessions run 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Tazewell High School, Richlands High, and Graham High with contact at 540 988-7541 ext 403.
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Tazewell - Tazewell County
Tazewell County Economic Development Office
Tazewell High School
Richlands High School
Graham High School
Economic Development Office
AEP Begins Aerial Mapping of High Voltage Lines in WV
American Electric Power has started helicopter mapping of its high voltage lines, using two helicopters via Airborne Environmental Services. The project aims to update maps, improve fault analysis, and cover seven operating companies across West Virginia Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee by late October with full system completion in 1998.
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Charleston
American Electric Power
Karen Simmons
West Virginia
AEP
Jim Leach
Airborne Environmental Services
AES
Leach
Virginia
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Cuntaineer
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Ransom Note
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North Street
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Columbus
Federal Service Mark Insurance Company
Daily Record
D.O.A
Bluefield Rescue
OH-9
Athens
Bluestone Valley
Bluewell
Bramwell
East River
Green Valley
Montcalm
Oakvale
Waterford
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