Balloon Released in Illinois Drifts 800 Miles to Virginia
An Oakvale Virginia resident found a charity balloon released in Marine Illinois during reading week. The note from kindergartner Katie Schanuel asks for a reply and describes a 800 mile drift aided by the jet stream. Local mayor O Bee Boothe notes the timing and distance and plans to respond.
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Earisburg
Oakvale
St. Louis
Angie Boothe
Katie Schanuel
Marine Elementary
Marine, IL
c/o Marine Elementary
West Division
St. Marine
O Bee Boothe
Angie
Boothe
Schanuel
Pearisbug
Illinois
Rock Hall of Fame in Cleveland tops year one targets
Tim Moore, director of communications for the Rock Hall, reports the first full year of operations drew 1,035,000 visitors since opening Sept 1, 1995. Visitors came from outside Ohio at 58 percent with international guests about 12 percent, surpassing expectations.
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Bluefield
Cleveland
Tim Moore
Clarence
Dora Moore
Donna
Moore
Ohio
Woody Guthrie
West Virginia environmentalists brace for tougher laws
Charleston reports a brewing "feeding frenzy" as environmentalists anticipate harsher environmental regulation in the next Legislature. Key leaders Chuck Chambers and David Grubb are exiting, while Gov elect Cecil Underwood's stance may threaten environmental protections. Industry allies, notably in coal and timber, are seen as influential, with debates over Corridor H and a Mason County pulp mill.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Norm Steenstra
Citizens Action Group
House
Chuck Chambers
D-Cabell
David Grubb
Kanawha
Senate
Earl Ray Tomblin
D-Logan
Bob Kiss
D. Raleigh
Steenstra
Cecil Underwood
Tomblin
Kiss
Underwood
Elkins
Virginia
Mason County
Morgantown Industrial Research Park Inc
Morgantown
Chambers
O'Toole Wesleyan Church to Be Demolished in McDowell County
After decades as a local cornerstone the O'toole Wesleyan Church in Anawalt and Jenkinsones is slated for demolition. Anonymous threats prompted owner Robert Presley to raze the vulnerable structure while McDowell County Citizens Conservation Corp crews remove remaining parts. The bell may be kept for a future park, and the pews were sold to a Northfork church. The county's lone remaining Wesleyan church is English.
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Robert Presley
McDowell County Citizens Conservation Corp
Delpha Dean
Dean
Presley
Church of God
Northfork
Tom Hatcher
McDowell County
Local 4-H Leader Returns Home as Extension Agent
Tazewell County Virginia welcomes John Blankenship as the new 4-H extension agent, returning to his hometown Thompson Valley. He succeeds by reviving clubs, starting new groups, and promoting agriculture education while working with Mike Harris under the Virginia Cooperative Extension. Blankenship, a Tazewell High School graduate, Ferrum College alum, and Virginia Tech graduate student, grew up on a family farm and credits 4-H with shaping his career and hobbies.
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Tazewell
John Blankenship
Tazewell County
Thompson Valley
Blankenship
Virginia Cooperative Extension
Mike Harris
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors
Blank
Enship
Tazewell High School
Ferrum College
Virginia Tech
Southern State Cooperative
Buchanan County
Harris
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Mike Davis
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