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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 2000
Page
7
Financial note listing closing prices and quotations as provided by Ron Campbell Investment Planning and Raymond James Financial Services. Includes contact for NASD and SIPC member firms.
U S stocks climbed in a thin session ahead of Independence Day. The Dow rose 112.78 to 410560.67 while the S&P 500 gained 14.72 to 1469.32 and Nasdaq added 25.82 to 3991.93. Trading was light with a half-day closing. The ISM PMI for June showed growth at 51.8, easing inflation concerns as rate-sensitive names rose. J P Morgan and First Union advanced, Verizon jumped on the Bell Atlantic GTE merger, Oracle fell as Lane exits. Russell 2000 up 6.81 to 524.04.
Jessica Bowen a rising Rocky Gap junior won first place in the Beta Honor Society national creative writing contest held June 18 21 in Arlington Texas She competed against thousands of students and wrote a fable about a deer and a boar with a moral about beware what you hold dear Bowen also won the state title with a short story Nightwatch and cites plans to pursue literature teaching at Virginia Tech or the University of Virginia She volunteers at St Luke s Hospital this summer
The second annual McDowell County Fair runs July 10 through July 15 at the Gary Recreation Center sponsored by the McDowell County Board of Parks and Recreation. Events include nightly live entertainment, crafts, 4-H exhibits, coal mining displays, pony rides, radio coverage by WELC, a car show, contests, bingo, a beauty pageant, carnival rides, and a July 15 five mile fun run starting near city hall. Participants are invited to sponsor shows at 100 dollars each with banner and logo display.
RAMWELL Erin EB Harrell, a top Bluefield High School student in 1999, will be inducted into the National Society of Collegiate Scholars during a fall ceremony on the Florida State University campus after achieving a 4.0 GPA as a freshman at FSU.
Mercer County attorney Charles Pace of Princeton was elected chair of the West Virginia Library Commission at the June organizational meeting, with Alison Deem of Clarksburg named vice chair. Pace will assume the role in August in Romney as the commission develops a new strategic plan for the state's library system.
Energy Express runs at Silver Springs Wade Montcalm and Spanishburg schools to bridge summer break. WVU Extension Service CASE Mercer County Schools AmeriCorps and the Foster Grandparents Program partner to provide daily two meal meals and preserved reading skills with mentor college students and community volunteers.
Princeton Community Hospital schedules free childbirth classes for deliverers with sessions July 10, 17, 24 and 31 from 6 to 8 30 p m in Education Classrooms 1 and 2. Topics cover labor stages breathing exercise newborn care and post delivery care. An infant care class on December 30 from 6 to 9 p m continues the series for parents of children birth to two years old.
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