Yakety Yak Do Come Back wins playground name
Diara Edwards a six year old Ramsey Elementary student won the Kids Count Name the Playground contest with Yakety Yak Do Come Back securing the top name for the Bluefield City Park playground. She earned a $100 savings bond from First Community Bank in Site ny at the Friday ceremony.
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Ramsey
Luefield
Bluefield City Park
Diara Edwards
Ramsey Elementary
Anne Edwards
Edwards
Diara
First Community Bank
Siteny
Ciara Edwards
Bluefield
West Virginia courts German tourists with real Americana appeal
State tourism officials target Germans as visitors while Canada remains the top foreign source. Officials cite six weeks paid vacation and higher spending by Germans, who have already visited Disney World and New York City. Canada still sent about 200,000 visitors in 1995, with Europeans totaling 41,000. Tourism boosted by $4.03 billion economy in 1996 and $2.2 million in promotion. Outdoor activities, hunting, fishing, skiing, and whitewater rafting drive draws.
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Charleston
Canada
West Virginia
Alisa Bailey
Disney World
New York City
Bailey
Department
Caryn Gresham
United States
Southern Living
McCall's
Ladies’ Home Journal
New
Gauley
Cheat
NS Contributes to Kids Count Playground Drive in Bluefield
Norfolk Southern and Pocahontas Land Corp leaders presented 25000 to the Kids Count Committee at a Bluefield Rotary meeting as part of a 150000 corporate fund drive. The Kids Count Playground, titled Yackity Yak Do Come Back, will be built with volunteers in June led by NS official Bill Carper.
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Luefield
Bluefield
Lotto Park
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Danny Smith
Pocahontas Land Corp
Kevin Grigsby
Norfolk Southern
Pocahontas
Lecia Smith
Anne Crowe
H.S. Shott Jr. Foundation
Pocahontas Land
West Virginia marketing hard sell reshapes skeptic stance
Governor Cecil Underwood spoke to Bluefield State College marketing students about revamping West Virginia’s image to national industrialists. He traced the 40 year struggle from mining layoffs to a rebound with 8,500 new jobs, a growing population, and a transformed labor force.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Cecil Underwood
Bluefield State College
Underwood
West Vir
New York
Clay County
General Electric
Bell Atlantic
Statewide excess levy urged to fund education in WV
A Governor appointed panel recommends a statewide excess property tax levy as long as education is funded from property taxes. The draft report says the plan could raise about 60 million dollars annually beyond county levies, aiming for funding equity across counties. The panel meets December 18 to finalize recommendations for Governor Cecil Underwood.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Cecil Underwood
Commission On Educational Quality and Equity
Underwood
State Department of Education
Anawalt Students Help Deck Downtown For Christmas
McDowell County town of Anawalt lights up for the holiday season with Dec orations placed on telephone poles by Anawalt Elementary School students. Each class made a large green wreath as part of a community effort led by school staff and the beautification committee.
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Dudley
Graham High School
Anawalt
McDowell County
Becky Hubbard
Hubbard
Eva
Rasi
Rash
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Mary Denson
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