Evening Shade Concert Hints at Dr Phil Visit in Bluefield
Bluefield Virginia residents gathered for a Friday Evening Shade show as Don Whitt led a lively set at Graham Square with 150 attendees. Mayor James H Jones announced that Dr Phil and Robin McGraw will visit the area on November 2 as Toys For Tots spokespeople, attending events near Norfolk Southern HQ and a train trip to Richlands.
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Mercer County Fair and Lemonade Days draw crowds in Bluefield area
At Spanishburg School and across Bluefield, fairgoers join day two of Lemonade Days. Mountain State Ice owner Doug Cook, 58, discusses past horse shoe contests in Dublin and Parkersburg, noting his 25 years of competitive pitching and plans to attend upcoming events. Mercer County Fair horseshoe organizers bought new sand from Winston Salem, improving pits. West Virginia High School Rodeo saw 2007 Mercer County Fair Queen Kellen Honaker, 17, dodge an out of control horse Friday night, while Little Miss Mercer County Fair Brittany Moore, 9, walked the grounds with relatives.
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Rare Virginia ice wine priced at forty five dollars per bottle
A cold front in Roanoke Valley produced Virginia’s first rare ice wine harvest. Ann Rhein Wine Cellars began selling half bottles at 45 dollars, a sign of a grape crop frozen at harvest. Winery owner Russ Amrhein notes the event as unusually far south for such a wine. Experts say Virginia’s latitude makes this anomaly noteworthy.
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Travel & Leisure Magazine
NIE Community Yard Sale Draws Big Turnout
Bluefield residents packed the Telegraph front lawn and parking lot for 16 yard sale vendors to support Newspaper in Education. Organizers say proceeds aid NIE programs, with volunteers from the Telegraph and Princeton Times shelling out at the concession stand.
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Stockem Coal Cleaner a big hit at Coal Show
Bluefield area notes recount a 1930s unveiling of the Lockem Coal Cleaner at the Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit. Invented by James M Godwin Sr and Butch Skinner, the spoof device wowed engineers and lawyers from coal firms before fading from history. The 2007 Bluefield Coal Show runs Sept 12 14 at Brushfork.
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Franki) Patton Rutherford
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