Marshall professor to keynote Coal Association dinner
Dr. Michael Hicks of Marshall University will headline the Pocahontas Coal Association dinner at Webster's Restaurant in Bluewell on Thursday August 17. The study he authored, commissioned by the West Virginia Senate Finance Committee, projects the economic impact of mountaintop mining and valley fill rulings by U S District Judge Charles H Haden II. Association president Mark Henshaw says the study is alarming yet valuable for future planning and urges all members to attend.
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Michael Hicks
Marshall University
U.S
Charles H. Haden
West Virginia
Hick
West Virginia Senate Finance Committee
Webster’s
Bluewell
Mark Henshaw
Association
Hicks to speak at Welch Library luncheon on mountaintop removal
Marshall University professor Dr. Michael Hicks will address the Welch Chamber of Commerce luncheon on mountaintop removal surface mining at noon in the Herzbrun Room of the McDowell Public Library Welch. Hicks also heads MU's business research arm and is a Army Reserve Major.
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Caffrey
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Virginia Military Institute
U.S. Army Reserve
Bland and Wythe farms join Virginia Century Farm program
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services added 64 farms to the Century Farm program, bringing the total to 569. Three Bland County farms Claude Kidd Farm Thompson Hill Farm Willowbrook Farm and a Wythe County farm Glade Farm are recognized for 100+ years of family ownership.
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Century Farm
Virginia Department of
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Virginia Century
General Assembly
Bland County
Wythe County
Claude Kidd
Thompson Hill
David Carrel Thompson
Willowbrook
Barbara S. Thompson
George Allen Thompson
James Harry Thompson
Estate planning colors future tax talk amid promises and laws
Money Promises promises by a Memphis lawyer and others discuss how potential federal estate tax repeal within a decade should not derail planning. Experts urge detailing asset distribution, guardianship and incapacity plans, using wills, trusts, durable power of attorney, and considering premarital agreements to handle deaths, divorces and blended families.
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Williams, McDaniel and Wolfe
Memphis, Tenn
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A. G. Edwards & Sons
Lanning
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Lanner
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Memphis
Simmons
Brandon
Visa Boxx teen prepaid card aims for safer spending
Visa USA launches Boxx a reloadable prepaid card for ages 13 to 17 to allow parents to set limits monitor online or by phone and reload as needed. Critics warn it may teach spending without fostering work money management while officials tout it as a teaching tool and safer than cash.
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Visa USA
Visa
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MyVesta.org
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Consumers Union
Consumer Reports Magazine
Boxx
Torres
Stephen Brobeck
Consumer Federation of America
Brobeck
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