Big game expands with Bluefield events and reunions
Mitchell Stadium hosts a double celebration as Bluefield Highs 1965 championship team reunites on Saturday at quarterback Johnny Beckett's home, while Graham High's Joe Cundiff recalls a 3 point win that night. City events run from 9 am Lemonade Festival to 2 pm Blues Festival, featuring multiple acts and $12 advance tickets.
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Bluefield
Mitchell Stadium
Bluefield High School
Johnny
Tom Cole
Beaver Graham
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce Board
Commerce Street
The
Nighthawks
Tommy Cox
Victor Lawson
Boogie Chillen
JC/BC
Carpenter Ants
Cole
Debrah Ammar
Book Signing Carnival Draws Local Authors in Bluefield
In Bluefield Virginia a crowd attended the inaugural Book Signing Carnival at the Sanders House and Museum. Tower Street String Band provided music as 13 authors sold books and spoke with visitors. Professor Robert Merritt of Bluefield College noted he has spent a lifetime on poetry while Adda Leah Davis and Rachel Riggsby chatted with attendees. June Brown volunteers at the Tazewell County Visitors Center and helps with Artisan of the Month programs.
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Bluefield
Tower Street
Robert Merritt
Merritt
Bluefield College
Bluestone Review
June Brown
Brown
Tazewell County Visitors Center
Rob Merritt
Adda Leah Davis
Rachel Riggsby
Sanders House and Museum
Clean coal and carbon capture push energy future
Earth Talk discusses continuing coal use worldwide and how to harness its energy without worsening climate. Experts highlight carbon capture and sequestration to remove CO2 from emissions, noting advances like SaskPower’s full scale clean coal plant as part of broader energy breakthroughs.
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Ear EarthTalk
Sally Ristau
Erie
India
Asia
Europe
Eric Redman
Summit Power Group
SaskPower
Saskatchewan
National Geographic
July flood forces cancellation of Pumpkin Festival in Pocahontas
Flooding across Tazewell County on July 5 prompted the Lions Club and Pocahontas American Legion to cancel this year’s Peel Chestnut Mountain Pumpkin Festival. Reverend Reginald Blakewood promises a fall 2016 revival. The event, long rooted at Synan farm then Laurel Park, draws thousands and serves as a homecoming for former residents.
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Ocahontas
Tazewell County
E Tas Lions Club
Pocahontas American Legion
Reginald Blakewood
Lions Club
Blakewood
Abbs Valley
Russell Synan
Synan
Peel Chestnut Mountain
Laurel Park
Pocahontas
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Bill Archer
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Eric DiNovo
International Ogney
IEA
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Don McCullough
Flickroc
Bradshaw
McDowell County
Chloe Frances
Frankie” Stanton
Stanton
Charlie Vance
Vance
Chief Stanton
State Supreme Court
ANU
County Chamber of Commerce and the Greater
Chamber of Commerce
American National University
Hilltop Drive
Princeton
Cody Wickline
NBC
the Voice
Rail Yard
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Wickline
J.W. Flanagan
Greg Lilly
Gabe Dixon
Courtney Clark
Wvva-Tv
Steve
Harvey
Bluefield Blue Jays
Bristol Pirates
Bowen Field
Steve Harvey
West Virginia
Cleveland
Rain Barrel Workshop
Tazewell
Nuckolls Hall
Tazewell County Fairgrounds
Virginia Child Network
Child Project
Mercer County Inc
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