Superfund site cleanup could exceed ninety million in Nitro
EPA official says final cleanup phase for the 12 acre Nitro site may cost as much as 18 million, with total already at 73 million. The Fike Artel site originated as a World War I munitions plant and later chemical plants. Public hearing set for July 18 on finishing cleanup. legal actions involve about 54 businesses.
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Richard Kuhn
Environmental Protection Agency
Philadelphia
EPA
Roberts Chemical Co
Fike Chemical Inc
Artel Chemical
Petting
Artel
Kuhn
Crab Orchard Museum to Cut Hours After Funding Loss
In Tazewell Virginia the Historic Crab Orchard Museum and Pioneer Park will suspend several educational programs and modify visitor scheduling after a $75,000 state funding cut. Museum director Ross Weeks Jr. notes a record 16 000 visitors last year and says cutbacks are necessary despite growing interest. The museum will close to the general public on a date to be announced.
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Tazewell
Historic
Crab Orchard Museum
Pioneer Park
Ross Weeks Jr
Commission slows search for Draper replacement in Princeton
Princeton Mercer County Commission members voice patience in replacing Executive Director Bill Draper who resigned. President Joe Coburn cites tight budget and no rush to hire while Commissioner John Anderson proposes a formal posting with a cutoff and interviews. Anderson notes the need for a qualified candidate to handle multiple government levels as Coburn wishes Draper well and recalls his strong tenure.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Bill Draper
Commission
Joe Coburn
John Anderson
Coburn
Hambrick named new director of Science Center
BLUEFIELD The Science Center of West Virginia hires Larry Hambrick as director after months without leadership. Hambrick, 54, born in Bluefield, grew up in Ohio and Baltimore, later earning physics degrees from Wake Forest and a PhD in electrical engineering from George Washington. He took the post July 1 and cites the John Nash exhibit as a key draw. Nash, a 1994 Nobel laureate, visited the Center in 1995 for Beaver High School’s reunion.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Larry Hambrick
Hambrick
Cincinnati
Ohio
Baltimore
Wake Forest College
Wake
George Washington
Wake Forest
Science Center
John Nash
Nash
Greater Bluefield
Millennium celebration McDowell Fair kicks off Monday
The third annual McDowell County Fair runs Monday July 16 through Saturday July 21 in Gary. Festival director Dorothy Horne says the event will be bigger and better for the counties millennium celebration featuring Bluegrass and Gospel music, a Cabin Creek Band performance, live radio, lumberjack contests, sack races, baking and midway rides. Pre-festival horse show starts Friday at Paynesville's Bradshaw Mountain Horse Ring.
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ARY
McDowell County
Gary
Dorothy Horne
Horne
Cabin Creek
Bill Monroe
Don Reno
Red Smiley
Lester Flatt
Earl Scruggs
Louvin Brothers
Bradshaw Mountain Horse Ring
Paynesville
Gary Recreation Center
Two Tazewell weekend festivals draw crowds and events
In Tazewell County, residents will enjoy back to back events starting Friday July 27 with the Historic Main Street Moments Festival in downtown Tazewell and July 29 through August 4 for the 2001 Tazewell County Fair at the county fairgrounds. The Moments Festival, now in its 12th year, features a concert straw maze nearly 100 vendors and family shows as well as promotional banners along Main Street. The fair opens with free food for the first 1 000 patrons and offers a wide slate of activities including tractor and car shows, a pet show, pony rides and a maze test for all ages. The maze uses a wheel card or dart game at each turn and may require multiple entries to finish the tour. The event runs into July 30 with more education, horse shows, pageants and a balloon ride program. The Great James H Drew Exposition will begin July 31 at the fairgrounds.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Alpo
Fairgrounds
Betty Melvin
Merlin
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