Hindu wedding festival brings India to Bluefield area
Anand and Veena Gupta Lothe wed in a Hindu ceremony at Bluefield Country Club with about 300 guests. Veena, native of Bluefield, and Anand, Indian American, celebrated a festival like ceremony with sacred fire parched rice, seven hymns, and a rainbow mandap. The couple tied the knot between 11:30 and noon after astrology guidance.
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Anand
Veena (Gupta) Lothe
Bluefield Country Club
Veena
Bluefield
G. Sri Rama Gupta
Lalitha S. Gupta
India
Anand Lothe
Veena Gupta
VMI welcomes first female recruits amid hazing concerns
Virginia Military Institute cadet Chris Craft praised the first female cadets as they endure a harsh start. Mia Utz passed the Fitness Test, signaling progress a week into a six month initiation, while observers note lingering tensions since the Citadel hazing cases. Since the 1996 Supreme Court ruling, VMI has pursued coeducation amid campus skepticism and minor attrition differences between male and female students.
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Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
Chris Craft
Craft
Richmond
Mia Utz
VMI
The
Citadel
Marsha Greenberger
National Women’s Law Center
Washington
Post
Val Vojdik
Shannon Faulkner
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Josiah Bunting
Bunting
Fixing's my game by Tony Barbery, Bluefield repairman
Ernest Poe, 62, runs Ernie's Fix It Shop on Federal Street, repairing vacuums and power tools amid a decade in business after 25 years at Coppinger Machinery. He volunteers Wednesdays at Beckley VA Hospital and cites repair over replacement as recycling. He has three daughters and five grandchildren, and once worked on appliances for Gilligan's Island star Bob Denver.
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Tony Barbery
Ernie Poe
Ernie
Federal Street
Bluefield
Ernest Poe
Poe
Veteran’s Administration Hospital
Beckley
Dorkis
Karen
Carla
Valerie
Bob Denver
Gilligan’s Island
Gilligan
Buchanan Fest to spotlight faith music in Grundy
In Grundy Virginia area churches plan the 2nd Annual Buchanan Fest for September 20 aimed at Buchanan County youth. Organizer Krista Church notes a spiritual uplift theme with Guardian as headliner along with regional artist John D. and Believable Picnic. Events at Hurley Park include clowns and prize drawings.
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Grundy
Krista Church
Buchanan County
Guardian
John D
Hurley Park
Verner M. Blankenship Park
Bottled water and tomato projects eyed for McDowell
Harold Patterson of the McDowell County economic development authority outlined two proposed ventures in Jaeger and Northfork. A bottled spring water plant in Northfork could open within six months to a year, using water near Crumpler. A Jaeger congeneration and hydroponic tomato operation could employ up to 60 people within a year, using sawdust energy and water grown tomatoes.
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Jaeger
Northfork
Harold Patterson
Economic Development Authority
Shawnee Parkway Association
Patterson
Crumpler
Vir
McDowell County
Richlands bridge completion may slip to winter
In Richlands Virginia the Clinch River bridge project may not finish until winter as delays in prestressed concrete beams halt work. Town Manager Tim Taylor notes the delay, with VDOT originally aiming for late 1997. The bridge connects to the Dalton Addition near Veterans Drive and Farmer Street, prompting resident concerns about extended construction.
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Richlands
Clinch River
Tim Taylor
Virginia Department of Transportation
VDOT
Tay
Lor
Michelle Earl
Richlands Recreational Park
Virginia Avenue
Dalton Addition
Addition
Veterans Drive
Farmer Street
Taylor
Patrick Construction Company
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Sara Coleman
Daily Telegraph
Eric DiNovo
McDowell
Charles Owens
Elch
McDowell Coun
Clinch
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