West Virginia State Fair reflections and featured locals
A Register-Herald report from the West Virginia State Fair highlights Wanda Bragg Loudermilk and daughter Sandra at the Ohio Meat and Cheese Company booth sharing stories from her 39 years at the exposition. The piece also profiles Stonehedge Farm goat handlers Freida and David Adkins, Hands All Around Quilt Club members, and Greenbrier East High School musicians guiding traffic, all capturing the fair’s community ties.
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Wanda
Loudermilk
Sandra Loudermilk
Ohio Meat and Cheese Company
Tommy Sydenstricker
Emory
Clintonville
Akron
West Virginia
Mount Hope
Smoot
David
Freida Adkins
Stonehedge Farm
Alderson
Lacey
Freida
Stonehedge
Beckley
Mildred Lilly
Terri West
Chris Goins
Lewisburg
Justin Wigglesworth
Justin
Greenbrier East High School
Fairgrounds
Greenbrier East
Russ Bush
Buckhannon
Scholarship program funds students through college years
The director describes seeing applicants gain confidence from interview to receiving tuition money. Guidelines are given, and after the April 30 deadline a foundation committee reviews applications. Selection hinges on financial and extracurricular needs, and funds are disbursed in the spring if grades and standing are satisfactory.
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Uhl
Ethel N. Bowen Foundation
Localities urged to share education spending stories with JLARC
State supervisors report that JLARC seeks input from local governments and school divisions on how they spend education dollars beyond state standards. The focus is on teacher salaries, funding for personnel, and smaller class sizes, with requests for local perspectives on expenditures supporting high quality education.
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JLARC
Grant Workshop Helps Local Groups Prepare Proposals
The foundation funds discretionary and field of interest grants in education health human services and arts. In 1999 it distributed 20700 across 19 grants. A Tuesday workshop will cover proposal prep eligible projects applicant rules deadlines and required forms. For registration call 324-0222.
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Foundation
West Virginia church banquet honors missionary leaders
The Bluefield area event featured Rev Garry Moore and Rev F Winston Polly among speakers at the Missionary Baptist Association banquet. Polly, who lost a leg to diabetes, urged faith, hope, and service. Music by Gloria and Karl Miller and the Little Zion Baptist Church Choir accompanied remarks and acknowledgments, including a crowning of district officers and the selection of a 2000 First Lady.
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Ers
Garry Moore
The
Missionary Baptist Association
Ret Mozelle Scruggs
Association
Associatiog
Cheelchair
Polly
Gloria
Karl Miller
Little Zion Baptist Church
Jordan Hargraves
Karen
Romell Hargraves
Miller
Aprylle Buford
Bluefield
Anthony Wright
Mount Olive Baptist Church
Ora Johnson
Ethel Bennett
Alice English
Eva Saunders
Letisha Hargraves
Thelma Scruggs
Courtney Wallace
Anna Hairston
Marion Dodson
Delores Holcomb
Beverly Phillips
Rev. Jackson
Lilly Reunion Draws Thousands To Top Mountain
Beginning on Saturday and Sunday the Lilly Union event features food stalls pony rides and wagon rides with no admission. Sunday's program starts at 10 a.m. with entertainment and presentations including honors for Judge C Berkley Lilly and Lewis McManus. Attendees wear ribbons by Lilly name with color symbolism creating a striking scene at Top Mountain.
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Lilly Union
Lilly
C. Berkley Lilly
Lewis McManus
Buck Harless a West Virginia magnate and GOP fundraiser
The longtime businessman Buck Harless built International Industries, facing union pressure and federal funds issues in the 1950s. He later expanded with an industrial park in McDowell County and a strategy of employee ownership. Harless, a Republican, remains politically influential and active in West Virginia despite aging. He credits his Aunt Rosa as a guiding force in his rise from modest beginnings.
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Billie Anne’s
Midas
Harless
Guyandotte River
June
West Virginia
Pigeoncreek
McDowell County
International Industries
Gary White
Cecil Underwood
Underwood
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
George W. Bush
Rosa
Buster
Buck
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