Four wheeler crash claims life near Gary
Tolby J. Rose Jr., 35, of Montcalm, died when his all terrain vehicle overturned in Sugar Camp woods two and a half miles off Route 103. He was checking hunting territory with another person when the accident happened around 6:30 p.m. Middle of a steep embankment the vehicle rolled and crushed his head. Rose, not wearing a helmet, died at Welch Emergency Hospital. Fire and ambulance units assisted after a delayed remote call. He leaves wife Mary and a daughter Jessica Anne. funeral Tuesday at Cravens Shires Funeral Home Bluewell.
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Bombings in Kenya Tanzania Kill Over Two Hundred
Rescue teams pressed Sunday as survivors and bodies were recovered after Friday bombings near the U S Embassy in Nairobi and in Tanzania. The death toll reached 210 with 12 Americans among the dead including Consul General Julian Bartley and his son Jay. Americans and locals mourned at services while nations offered prayers for the injured and missing. Archbishop Rafael Ndingi urged forgiveness amid the tragedy.
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Underwood urges support of amendment at Athens social
Gov Cecil Underwood urged support for the Infrastructure Amendment at the Athens Concord Town Social on Concord College campus. He cited local projects funded by the initial amendment and named Nick J. Rahall and Chief Justice John McCusky present. Sharon Johnson received the Outstanding Citizen Award for service to Athens Elementary School and the Athens Park Committee.
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Athens-Concord Town
Concord College
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Mercer-Summers
Littlesburg-Duhring
Town Social
Sharon Johnson
Cooper Street
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Genoa Park Central High reunion draws hundreds
Genoa Park Central High School Reunion draws attendees from many states with about 450 present and past reunions reaching 500. Genoa High served African-American students from the 1920s and became a junior high after Park Central High opened. Park Central closed in 1969. Committee leadership includes Prince Banks as 1998 chair and Juanita Willis as recording secretary with Ada Morris, Louise Martin, Thomas Mack and others serving in roles. Betty Graves hosts, Olivia Cannady is pianist, Madeline Richardson Townsend deliver welcome remarks, James Hanley offers invocation, and Rev Garry Moore welcomes on behalf of the community.
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Herb Sims
New Jersey
Washington
D.C
Ohio
Kentucky
Michigan
Genoa Park Central High School
Juanita Willis
Genoa
Park Central High School
Park Central
Prince Banks
Banks
Willis
Ada Morris
Louise S. Martin
Thomas H. Mack
Sandra Jones
John A. Scruggs
Marion Dodson
Delbert Neal
Elsie Sims
Titus Harris
Betty Crews Graves
Mercer prosecutor bound for Bosnia as UN peacekeeper
Major Michael Lawrence, a prosecuting attorney, is deployed to Bosnia for seven months with the Marine Corps Reserve to serve as a civil affairs worker with the UN peacekeeping force. He notes the Dayton Peace Accord of 1995 and the need to aid repatriation while assisting in rebuilding Bosnia's infrastructure and state agencies.
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Bosnia
United Nations
Dayton
Marine Corps Reserve
NATO
Ohio
Lawrence
Marine Corps
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