County Hazardous Materials Workshop Attended in Princeton
Mercer County Hazardous Materials Emergencies course Part I drew representatives from Green Valley Glenwood, Athens Area, Matoaka, Bluefield, WV Department of Highways, Princeton Police, Mercer County Sheriff's Department, Bluefield Rescue, OH 9 Ambulance Service. Instructor J T Hodges highlighted first minutes response, films showed proper and improper reactions, and students received guides and manuals. Part II set for December 17 to map local sites with explosives and flammable materials to aid county wide analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Gilreath
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
Princeton Senior High School
Richard Flanigan
Green Valley
Glenwood
Athens Area
Matoaka
Bluefield Fire Department
West Virginia Department of Highways
Princeton Police Department
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Bluefield Rescue Squad
Oh-9 Ambulance Service
Hodges
Flanigan
Council Meeting To Include Rec Center Matter
Bluefield Virginia Parks and Recreation Committee will present its first choice of engineering firm for the proposed recreation center to the Town Council at its Monday meeting. The second meeting of the month was canceled. The town uses competitive negotiation to select the firm and also plans a planning commission presentation on December 21. Graham High School students will present to council a time capsule, a second reading of the retirement plan ordinance will be held, Civil Defense matters in Tazewell County will be discussed, and garbage pickup issues will be on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Parks and Recreation Committee
Towner
Art Mead
Town Planning Commission
Mead
Graham High School
Tazewell County
Marriage and real estate records from Mercer County
A marriage license was filed for Thomas Lynn Angles and Anna Marie Carter of Bluefield. Real estate transfers include Burdette to Johnson for two tracts in Plymouth District totaling 44,000, and Ralph Hanshaw to Candace Allen for a four tract Laurel Creek property at 500. A Rand McNally almanac notes about 95,000 U.S. places derive most income from alcohol sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Clerk's Office
Thomas Lynn Angles
Anna Marie Carter
Bluefield
Mercer County
William E. Burdette
Mary G Burdette
Oliver W. Johnson
Yvonne W. Johnson
Pymouth
James Lawrence Edens
Vicki L. Edens
William C. Vogt, Jr
Rebecca A. Vogt
Plymouth
Ralph B. Hanshaw
Lilly M Hanshaw
Candace Rose Allen
Laurel Creek
United States
Rand McNally
West Virginia Manor bake sale and local notices
Residents of the West Virginia Manor in Bluefield hold a 10 a.m. bake sale in a lobby room with a $5 per child limit. Tammy Furbes is the contact at 487-2232. Manor Club president Casey Jones and secretary Kay Wilson organize the event. Also listed are December Elks Club class cancellations in Princeton, Lamaze childbirth classes for February, a St. Jude Bike-A-Thon raising 331.86, and a Twins Club Christmas party December 13 at Lilly Grove Baptist Church with gifts for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Manor
Bluefield
The
Manor Club
Casey Jones
Kay Wilson
Mary Frank
Parents of Twins Club
Lilly Grove Baptist Church
Mistrial Declared in Bluefield Armed Robbery Case
A Mercer County Circuit Court mistrial was declared in the case of Tony James Bennett after jurors deadlocked on the July 12 armed robbery at the Kaye service station in Bluefield. Judge William O. Bivens Jr. dismissed the jury after deliberations stretched into Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Bluefield
Mercer County
William O. Bivens Jr
Tony James Bennett
Kaye
Bivens
Donald Frazier
Montcalm
Mercer School Deficit Tops State in West Virginia
Mercer County schools face the largest current operating expense deficits in the state, totaling 589000 dollars, with an additional 217000 dollar bond fund deficit offset by transfers. Only five of 55 counties show general deficits, while Mercer accounts for 71 percent of the statewide five-county total of 823000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
West Virginia
James Smith
County Boards of Education
Smith
Taylor County
Wayne County
Ritchie County
Clay County
Brooke
Cabell
Doddridge
Kanawha
Logan
Tucker
Bluefield High
Bluefield Junior High
Bramwell High
West
Virginia
Also Mentioned on This Page
J.T. Hodges
West Virginia University Fire Training Extension Program
Bond
Princeton Ave
W.va
Bulletin Board
Bake Sale
Tammy Furbes
Lamaze
Elks Club
Bluefield Prepared Childbirth Association
Bike-A-Thon
Keystone
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Dena Scott
Patti Wilson
Cindy Backus
Dreama Norris
John Harris
Melissa and
Jerry Scott Jr
Valarie
Ryan Frost
Angie Knuckles
Paula Ball
Harold Scott
Monica Martin
Drema Belcher
Katherine and
Thomas Young
Jerry Scott
Regina Knuckles
van Knuckles
Bonnie's Place
Steve's Market
Keystone Abc Store
Tomchins
Northfork
Donna’s Packett
Elkhorn Valley
Keystone Bank
Mayor
Bery
Frazier
Bennett
Anthony Bigelow
Ted Hatfield
David Knight
Fraizer
Bruce Ambrose
Sbausch
Somb Sale
Lawrence Optical
Bluefield Welch
North Mcdowell ST
Woodland
Brookchar Aviation
Skyhawk
King Air Call
Nestvid
Montgomery Ward
Mercer Mall
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