Virginia adopts father registry to aid birth mothers
Virginia joined about three dozen states by creating a registry to identify potential fathers in adoptions. The one page form or online sign up collects details including Social Security numbers and conception timing. Registration does not prove paternity but protects paternal rights if the birth mother seeks an adoption or termination.
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Virginia
Jones
Pamela Fitzgerald Cooper
State Department of Social Services
Social Services Department
Cooper
Adam Pertman
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
Massachusetts
Pertman
Portman
Adoption Nation
U.S
Mary Landrieu
D-La
Finance Committee
Jay
O’brien
R Clifton
Tazewell County Fair expands to eight days with expo
The Tazewell County Fair in Tazewell Virginia adds the Southwest Virginia Sportsman's Expo turning the event into an eight day celebration. The fair runs Saturday through Aug 18 with more than 90 vendors and 27 bands. Events include a 2,000 fish aquatics tank a 3-D bow hunter challenge archery seminars simulators hunter safety and a gun show.
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Melvin
James H. Drew
Confederate Railroad
Road Closures Hit Grundy and Tazewell in Route 604 608 Closures
Virginia Department of Transportation reports a three mile section of Route 604 near Poplar Gap Park in Grundy will be closed this week and stay shut through November for a Buchanan County development project. Detours and caution advised. A second project on Route 608 in the Cove area of Tazewell County will close from 8 am to 4 pm Wednesday to Friday for drainage work with detour signs directing traffic.
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Buchanan County
Virginia
Department of Transportation
Poplar Gap Park
Prater
Cove
Tazewell County
Virginia Department of Transportation
Princeton Board of Education to meet in special session
PRINCETON The Mercer County Board of Education will meet in a special session at 7 p.m. today at the Mercer County Technical Education Seminar center 1397 Stafford Drive Princeton. Agenda includes personnel matters employee disciplinary action and other items. GLENWOOD PARK The GlenWood Park Retirement Village Auxiliary is accepting items for its Good As New Sale scheduled Sept 29. No clothing, but clean usable items such as small appliances, decorations, jewelry, furniture, and dishes are welcome. Proceeds fund projects for residents. Shelby Graham at 425-8128 for info. GLENWOOD PARK A WIC TSN picnic honors breastfeeding families Friday Aug 10 at 11 a.m. at Glenwood Park Route 20 Princeton top shelter Free admission tell attendant you are there for the WIC picnic. Call 325-3926 for more info.
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Tazewell County
Elizabeth Robinette
Tazewell County Fair
Aime Gerber
Virginia
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education
Mercer County Technical Education Seminar Center
Stafford Drive
Glenwood Park
Auxiliary
TSN
WIC
Route 20
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