West Virginia glassmaker cuts production and jobs
In Weston Lewis County Glassworks cuts output and trims staff after main customer Princess House of Taunton Mass reduces orders. Skilled workers will join a labor pool of 20 to 30 and be called to work as needed while the firm seeks new customers and a marketing plan. Normal production may take one to four months. The firm makes hand made glass products.
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Weston
W.va
Lewis County
Glassworks
Princess House of
Students Propose Bush Goals in Peer Mediation Survey
Fourth through fifth graders in Straley's Peer Mediation program voiced priorities for the next president. Students called for lower taxes, more school funding, helping the homeless, safer banks, and preserving roads and historic sites. The Goals for the President survey by Weekly Reader included over 97,000 students in November.
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Straley
Bush
Catherine Mitchell
Marquiesha Hairston
Kira Saunders
Kelly Pawlowski
Autumn Guill
Travis Keatley
Erica Hendricks
Weekly Reader
Tax cut holds risk as revenue trends worsen
Lawmakers critique the governor’s car tax cut plan tied to tobacco funds. Senator Phillip Puckett warns revenue projections are down and may not trigger the next phase, risking a $1 billion annual loss when the tax would be fully phased out in 2002. Stump argues for clearer guidance to the public and opposing tobacco-funded implementation.
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Stump
Phillip Puckett
D Russell
Puckett
Idea Park funding stalls as supervisors weigh returns
Tazewell County supervisors declined funding for the 28,000 square foot Idea Park behind Camp Joy, despite Economic Development Director Joe Hunnicutt citing about 40 good jobs at nearby SpanDeck. After years of debate over the property purchase price, Rao Lowe and fellow members urged clearer guarantees before taxpayer dollars are spent.
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Richlands
Tazewell County
Joe Hunnicutt
Hunnicutt
Idea Park
Charlotte of America
Springville
Camp Joy
Lowe
Charlotte America Company
Obituary notices from Bluefield area include several service details
The section lists obituaries for Parks of Colorado and Timothy Parks of Princeton with family survivors, funeral at First Christian Church on Bland Street, burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park, and military rites by Pocahontas American Legion Post 14 and Bluefield VFW Post 9696, plus pallbearers and honorary pallbearers. Other notices cover Katherine A Smith of Dublin, Frank Wishnevsky Sr. of Kimball, William J Dean Jr. of Charlotte, Charles Michael Jackson of Bluefield Va, and Roy Allen Ward of Warriormine with service times, burial locations, and participating churches and funeral homes.
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Bluefield
VFW
Robert Elsaid
Timothy Parks
Brian Parks
Tommy Green
Ben Thomas
Walter Melvin
Jeffery Young
Tommy Melvin
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Dublin
Katherine A
Katie) Smith
Walnut Avenue
Pulaski, Va
Wise County
Farley
Kizzie Mann
Robert A
Bob) Mann
Allene
Woodlawn Memorial Park
D. Homer Stewart
Frank Wishnevsky Sr
Kimball
St. Luke’s Hospital
McDowell County
John and
Hattie Brown Wishnevsky
UMWA
Eugene F
Alvin R. Wishnevsky
Stan Wishnevsky
Helen Levert
John Wishnevsky
Karen
Bassett
Frank Wishnevsky Jr
Joseph Fred Wishnevsky
Lynn
Keystone
Connie C
Edith Wishnevsky Coleman
Mary Ellen Bishop
Cravens- Shires
Darrell Church
Sandy River District
American Legion Post
Mercer County Veterans Council
Jason Rose
James Rose
Ronald Copley
Theodore Hazzard II
Lester Burnette
Richard Church
Bobby Scott
Samuel Hazzard Jr
Timothy Burnette
Joseph and
Charlotte
N.C
William J
Mike” Dean
Maybeury
Welch
Frances M. Watkins
William J. “Bill” Dean
Northfork High School
Bluefield State College
True Worshipers Assembly
West Virginia
Redeeming Life Christian Center
Sykes Enterprise
Dina M. Davis Bryson Dean
Marcus D. Bryson
Monae L. Bryson
Almeta R. Martin
Alphonso Dean
Mark Dean
William Payne
Columbus
Ohio
Teresa Davis Todd
Joseph L
Cynthia) Davis
Federal Street
Jean Jordan
Frederick M. Brown, Jr
Timothy Joyce
Ronald C. Miller, Jr
Woodlawn Memorial
St. Theresa’s Catholic Church
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Roy Allen Ward
Warriormine
Hubert and
Tilda Benton Ward
Frank Ward
Helen Handshoe Ward
Hubert Ward
Cindy Baker
Billy
Eva Lough Ervin
Odella Hicks
Patty Jean Payne
Shirley Scott
Ruth Baker
Cody Baker
Emily Baker
Independent Church of the Living God
Clinton delivers 15th Oval Office address before exit
President Clinton pledges ongoing U S leadership and equal treatment for all in a seven minute prime time speech. He highlights economic prosperity but omits the Lewinsky scandal and impeachment. Two days before Bush's inauguration, aides strip photos, archive drives, and prepare for the transfer of power.
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Clinton
America
Coun
Oval Office
Monica Lewinsky
Bush
White House
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Lewis County Glass Maker
A-1
Jones
Durham
Griffith
SpanDeck
Wingate and Associates
American LaFrance
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Page Funeral Home
Charles Michael Jackson
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Frances Ross Jackson
Charles Herman Jackson
Sarah Marie Jackson
the Home
Sgt
Kenneth J
Wilmer Muncy
Walter Muncy
Melvin Muncy
Underwood
Kenneth Hicks
Glen Scott
Ivor Hicks, Jr
Charles Jackson
Dennis Hicks
Tommy Perkins
Gary Hicks
Larry Lough
Donny Harding
Bobby Lough
Farwell
Neda A Ee
Open Sky Enterprises
Spegasus
Ashutosh Chandel, M.D
F.A.C.C
Cherry Street
Warn’ Winch
Arctic Cat Atv
Brick Street
Princeton, WV
Teleetsstaveleel
Atari
Bluefield City Auditorium Stadium
Bluefield, WV
Brmc Rural Health Clinic
BRMC
Medicare
Arctic City
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