McDowell County Faces High Poverty and Health Struggles
A Globe report highlights 40 percent of McDowell County school age children living in poverty in 2000, the highest in West Virginia. It notes 57 percent poverty among ages 5 to 17 in 1995, aging schools with poor heating, and mentions new schools, roads, and jobs plans funded by federal flood proofing and state funds.
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McDowell County
Boston Globe
Appalachia
West Virginia
Mark Manchin
Manchin
Mount View
County Commission
Stevens
Supreme Court
Hatfield and McCoy
Indian Ridge
Cluefield Daily editors and staff quoted scripture
The text lists executive, managing and state editors of a Cluefield Baily Telegraph with names Thomas A Colley Samantha Perry Barbara Hawkins Bill Archer and city county editor plus a senior writer and copy editor. It ends with a biblical quotation about thoughts and ways.
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Tammie Toler
Barbara Hawkins
Bill Archer
Salvation Army donates Camp Joy to Clinch Valley action group
Capt Bob Mullins announces transfer of Camp Joy to Clinch Valley Community Action after long sewage system problems and camp closure. CVCA plans to revive the youth camp with volunteers, urging community support to bring back the summer program in Four Seasons Country.
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Camp Joy
Bob Mullins
Salvation Army
Clinch Valley
Bob
Sandra Mullins
Princeton
Bluefield
Mullins
Clinch
Valley
Don Neal
CVCA
Chris Thompson
Capt. Mullins
Four Seasons
Anawal Firemen Defend Response to Oct Fire Letter
Assistant Fire Chief Jim Castle of the Anawal Volunteer Fire Department defends the response to a structural fire in Conklintown on October 31. He explains volunteers acted promptly despite limited equipment and funding and addresses a resident's criticisms about tree obstructions and on scene absence.
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Conklintown
Aaron Chapman
Ms. Palmer
Daily Telegraph
A.v.ed
Anawalt Volunteer Fire Department
Jim Castle
A.V.F.D
Community letters clash over books and irradiated school food
A Virginia reader defends Christian speech and appeals for choice in classroom reading while warning of lawsuits over offended beliefs. The letter also urges action on irradiated ground beef in school lunches, urging attendance at a Dec 15 school board meeting and calls to congressional reps to fix the Farm Bill.
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Samantha Pruett Tazewell
USDA
Boucher
Allen
Warner
Congress
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Globe Report
McDowell
All Hope
Ture
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline.com
Cluefield Baily Telegraph
Thomas A. Colley
Samantha Perry
Shoe Enoe
Randy Deason
Camp Joy Salvation
Anawal
Irra
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