Two Rescued From Distressed Sailboat Near Norfolk Harbor
A couple fleeing Hurricane Irene were saved after their sailboat took on 6 to 8 foot seas and 45 mph winds in Chesapeake Bay. Two rescue swimmers plucked them from the vessel near Willoughby in Norfolk and returned them to shore. Their cat survived and the boat was left as wreckage ashore.
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Community meeting notices from Bluefield Princeton and Abingdon
Bluefield Railroaders Club will meet at noon Thursday at Mt View Conference Center Bluefield all railroaders invited. The Southwest Republican Women's Club meets Thursday at Washington County Republican Headquarters Stone Mill Shopping Center Abingdon social 6:30 p.m. meeting 7 p.m. Linside event Sept 7 Lindside United Methodist Church runs 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with guest speakers and demonstrations. Blood Mobile at Bluefield youth center Thursday noon to 6 p.m. MountainHeart to hold professional development Sept 7 at Workforce WV Princeton pre-registration required by phone.
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Our towns. Continuous tale of crafts faith healing hunting
A fragment notes themes craft, faith healing and hunting in Our towns continued from B-1. The book is published by Anchor Trade Paperback Books.
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Anchor Trade Paperback Books
Cotton's Reunion Brings Back Graham High Stars and Local Hearts
Bluefield Virginia memories rise at Cotton's as Rusty Fife is inducted into the Graham High School Football Hall of Fame. Otis Mitchell recalls buying the restaurant in 1982 and calls Cotton's a second home for locals who grew up there. The second annual Cotton's Reunion draws a busier crowd with former players and townsfolk reconnecting.
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Correction on Our Towns entry about Shott family
A Bluefield correction clarifies an Our Towns item about Hugh Ike Shott Jr. It states James H. Shott was the eldest, H I Shott Jr. the youngest, with Lillian Shott as the middle child of Hugh I. Shott Sr. and Mary Katherine Shott.
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H.I. Shott Jr
Lillian Shott
H.S. Shott Sr
Mary Katherine Shott
Cyanide Fishing Threatens Global Coral Reefs
Earth Talk cites World Resources Institute findings that cyanide fishing has spread across the Pacific and East Africa amid weak enforcement and corruption. As fish stocks deplete, trade moves on, targeting pristine reefs. WRI estimates about 20 percent of live fish in Southeast Asian markets are cyanide caught.
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