General's connection echoes in Bluefield heritage links
Bluefield residents recall General H Norman Schwarzkopf Jr born in 1934 to Ruth Alice Bowman and the Bowman family long tied to Highland Avenue. The article traces late 19th and 20th century ties, noting city officials and local friendships, with memories of delivery routes and a collie dog accompanying paper routes on Highland Avenue.
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Bluefield
Betty Bailey
Highland Avenue
H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr
Fannie Kate Gardener Bailey
Mamie Bowman
Bowmans
Bailey
Bowman
Highland
Jim Ferguson
Schwarzkopf
Jim Swafford
Dermox of
West
Virginia
North Carolina
Ferguson
Ruth Alice (Bowman) Schwarzkopf
General Norman Schwarzkopf
Princeton family seeks holiday cards for Danny Surface
Sharon Stacy asks readers to mail encouragement cards to Danny Surface in Blountville Tennessee as he battles Guillain Barré disease and cancer. His wife Judy remains by his side while he cannot speak due to a ventilator. Surface is a retired United Mine Workers official known for extensive union work.
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Lountville
Tenn
Sharon Stacy
Inlaw
Danny Surface
Guillian Barré
Greystone
Dunlap Road
Blountville
Stacy
Danny
Judy Surface
Princeton Area
Stacy Danny Surface
United Mine Workers of America International
Point of View Local chambers host legislative breakfast
Bluefield and Princeton chambers sponsor a Legislative Point of View breakfast at 8 a.m. Friday January 4 2013 at the Quality Hotel and Conference Center Bluefield WV. Attending will Virginia and West Virginia lawmakers including Senators Puckett Morefield Chafin Cole and delegates Gearheart Moore Goode Phillips Ellington Shott among others. Reservations are requested via the Bluefield or Princeton Chambers or by contacting Bill Archer.
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Bluefield
Virginias
Greater Bluefield
West Virginia
H. Truman Chafin
Dmingo
William P “Bill” Cole Ill
R-Mercer
Marty Gearheart
Clif Moore
D-Mcdowell
Linda Goode Phillips
D. Wyoming
Joe Ellington
R- Mercer
John H. Shott
Meachum
Bluefield Chamber
Bluefieldchambercom
Princeton Chamber
Pmece
Frontiernet.net
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline.com
Pesticides Linked to Child Health Decline Says PANNA
Earth Talk notes a PANNA 2012 report titled A Generation in Jeopardy shows many studies linking widespread pesticide exposure to harm in developing brains and nervous systems. It cites everyday contact through food air homes schools and pets and warns even low levels can affect fetal and early childhood growth.
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Pesticide Action Network North America
PANNA
PAMA
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Bluefield Church
First Presbyterian Church of
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Donald Kensinger
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Our Towns
Gloria (Dehart) Chewning
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Conner Printing Inc
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Barack Obama
White House
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Virginia Mining Journal
Virginia City
Buchanan County
Carl E. Zipper
Powell River
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Virginia General Assembly
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D-Russell
James W
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