Walters win big at West Virginia State Fair vegetables
Colin and Janie Walters of Princeton dominate the vegetable entries at the West Virginia State Fair closing August 16, each earning 20 blue ribbons. Colin takes the Jan Chase Premier Gardener Award while Janie wins the Victor Tessaro Best Overall Gardener Award, with Janie repeating Premier honors for three prior years.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Colin
Janie Walters
North McNutt Avenue
West Virginia
Walters
Colin Walters
Jan Chase
Concord University president swaps roles with freshmen
Concord University president Dr. Gregory F. Aloia and two incoming freshmen will swap living spaces for a week. Aloia will stay in Wooddell Hall while the students reside at the president's Athens home to experience check-in, orientation, meals, studying, socializing, and campus routines from a freshman perspective.
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Concord University
Gregory F. Aloia
Ravenswood
Lynch Station
Alda
Wooddell Hall
Athens
Concord
Earth Talk Recycling Reminders for Friday Pickup
Bluefield residents with Friday garbage service should place recyclables out by 8 am Tuesday. Accepts newspaper cardboard aluminum No 1 and 2 plastic containers clean steel cans with labels removed and all plastic bags. Not recycled now: magazines telephone books office paper Styrofoam or glass. Call 327 2456 for details. Tie knots to close bags and flatten boxes.
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Bluefield
Funding and reforms eyed for West Virginia volunteer fire units
Beckley reports the Legislature's special committee on volunteer firefighting units will hear from Brick Street officials and a fireworks expert on how to stabilize funding and safety. Clifford Rotz will present on explosive fireworks and a 10 percent tax to finance a pension fund, while Brian Jones of the Professional Firefighters Association will respond to a proposal linking paid firefighter eligibility to three years in a volunteer unit. The rural state relies on 424 VFDs amid fuel cost pressures and compensation disputes.
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Beckley
Charleston
Brick Street
Clifford Rotz
Rotz
Brian Jones
Professional Firefighters Association
Harrison County
Bernie Fazzini
Fazzini
West Virginia
Becky Neal
Andy Wessels
Neal
War museum seeks return of missing Medal of Honor
RINCE T ON The Pussiorns of the Those Who Served War Museum in Princeton renewed efforts to recover the missing Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to Staff Sgt J I Junior Spurrier for World War II action in France The medal presented by General Eisenhower in 1945 has been missing for years A replica is now on display while the search continues Spurs Spurrier died in 1984 and a Bluefield ally of Medal of Honor recipients Gary Littrell and Ed Simmons joined the effort to locate the medal
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Rinceton
War Memorial
Princeton
J.I
Spurrier
Dwight Eisenhower
Tony Whitlow
Museum Board of Directors
Whitlow
Ed Simmons
Bluefield
Gary Littrell
St Pete Beach
Fla
Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Simmons
Littrell
Washington, D.C
Achain
France
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Ron Martin
Ronnie Cruey
Green Valley
Virginia
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Richlands
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Cove
Clinch Mountain
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Cove School
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King’s Mountain
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Point Pleasant
Cornstalk
Tazewell County
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Mary Woodbury
Bluefield Junior High School
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Bluestone
Charles Gabe
Charles Shelton
Center For Cancer Care
Bluestone State Park
Kathy
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Debi Jones
John Wagner
Fincastle Country Club
Saies Executives Club
David Burnette Cpa
Jim Spencer
Burnette
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