Soapstar returns home for celebrity softball game
Harleton AP reports soap opera actress Lesli Kay Sterling, a Charleston native, will play in a celebrity softball game at Watt Powell Park in Charleston West Virginia on August 16. She stars as Molly Conlan on CBS As the World Turns, lives in Los Angeles with husband Mark, and joined the tour to enjoy softball and her hometown appearance.
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Harleston
Lesli Kay Sterling
Charleston
Molly Conlan
CBS
West Virginia
Watt Powell Park
Sterling
Watt Powell
George Washington High School
Los Angeles
Mark
Calendar of Community Events August 7 11
Aug 7 12 6 p.m. Red Cross Bloodmobile at Bluefield Youth Center Stadium Drive. Aug 7 7 p.m. Mount Rogers Planning District Commission Exec Committee meeting at 1021 Terrace Drive Marion Va. Aug 8 7 p.m. Sons of Italy dinner meeting Brass Lantern Bluefield five scholarship awards presented. Aug 9 12 30 2 30 p.m. Mercer County Democrat Club Picnic Bluefield Police Firing Range directions via Stadium Drive toward Bluefield Middle School. Aug 10 2 p.m. VFW Pinnacle Post 3856 Bluefield and Auxiliary meeting Greater Bluefield Community Center. Aug 11 6 p.m. Bland County School Board special meeting board office Bastian Va personnel assignments.
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American Red Cross Bloodmobile
Bluefield Youth Center
Stadium Drive
Mount Rogers Planning District Commission Executive Committee
MRPDC
Terrace Drive
Marion
The
Sons of Italy
Brass Lantern
Bluefield
Mercer County Democrat Club
Bluefield Middle School
Lois Conner
Veterans of Foreign Wars Pinnacle Post 3856
Greater Bluefield
VFW
Bland County School Board
Bastian
Daily Telegraph Weather and Hotline Notice
Mostly sunny today with highs in the 70s and tonight clear with lows in the 40s. A weather package is included along with a tip line and contact numbers for Mercer and surrounding counties in West Virginia and Virginia for Daily Telegraph readers.
Bills will hurt smokers and aid move-prone residents
Bluefield reports the Clinton tax and budget plan signed Tuesday aims to balance the budget by 2002 and reshape Medicare while boosting welfare and children's health spending. It includes 152 billion in tax cuts for families with children and investors, with a 56 billion cigarette tax hike likely not deterring most smokers. Local investors say winners include buyers planning to sell large homes, while smokers are big losers.
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Bluefield
Clinton
Ron Campbell
Robert Thomas Securities, Inc
Campbell
Anne Crowe
Scott and Stringfellow, Inc
Grundy flood plan outlined aims for gradual relief
The Army Corps of Engineers presented Grundy Virginia's flood plan highlighting nonstructural options. It includes voluntary flood proofing or evacuation for Slate Creek areas, a Route 460 upgrade, a protective ringwall, and a redevelopment site with an estimated 86.1 million dollar cost in 1992 funded by federal and Virginia DOT dollars, with no local contribution.
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Grundy
Army Corps of Engineers
Slate Creek
Virginia Department of Transportation
David Harley
Booker Associates
Booker Engineers
Harley
Buchanan County
Appalachian School of Law
Graham graduate becomes Boeing's top woman executive
Nancy Bethel, a Graham High School graduate from Wyoming County, is promoted to executive vice president at Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, becoming Boeing Co's highest ranking woman. At 43 she will also serve on the office of the president and oversee commercial airplane sales and support.
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Bluefield
Nancy Bethel
Wyoming County
Graham High School
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Boeing Co
Bethel
Boeing
Airplane Group
Irene Haynes
Haynes
Bramwell
Guy Haynes
County unveils 50,000-square-foot shell building plan
In Bluefield Virginia officials unveiled a 50,000 square foot shell building at the Bluefield Industrial Park. The project aims to attract a new business with a minimum of 100 employees and is expected to be ready before the first snowfall. Lt. Gov. Don Beyer attended the announcement with local leaders as planning and marketing efforts begin.
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Bluefield
Jimmy Jones
Tazewell
Jones
Virginia
Don Beyer
Tazewell County
Wardell
Richlands
Scott Nelson
Economic Development Commission
Joe Hunnicutt
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Monroe
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Fayette
Greenbrier Counties
Abby
Bob Campion
Grace
Vigor Princeton
Princeton Dance Studio
Janice Grace
Katie Flanigan
Trisha Muldoon
Stephanie Harmon
Jessica Gibbs
Princeton Times
Charles Owens
Graham
Bill Archer
John Nelson
Jeremy Helms
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Clinch Valley Community Action
Shell
Bazewell
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