Arts expert Dr Dunphy speaks to Concord Upward Bound students
Dr Michael Dunphy a multifaceted educator and martial arts expert led a Champions in Life session for Upward Bound students at Concord College. He mixed stretching with hands on activities to emphasize education as a catalyst and showed partners swapping roles in a stick exercise to illustrate discipline and control.
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Michael
D” Dunphy
Concord College
Dunphy
Montcalm
Upward Bound
Travis Helmandollar
Upward Bound program opens doors for area youth
The Upward Bound program at Concord College offers high school students tutoring and activities during the year and a six week summer residency. Ten Upward Bound programs operate in West Virginia with over 700 nationwide. Students visit West Virginia University Davis and Elkins College Marshall University WV Tech and Radford University and take part in Web page contests and science fairs. Last year’s participants averaged ACT 24, eight points above the national average.
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Concord College
Darrell Taylor
Upward Bound
West Virginia
The
United States
West Virginia University
Davis and Elkins College
Marshall University
WV Tech
Radford University
Taylor
Unity in Mercer Community Foundation forms merger
The Bluefield and Greater Mercer County Charitable Foundations merge to form the Community Foundation of the Virginias Inc. Co-presidents Nick Amell and Dewey Russell call the first meeting a success as Secretary of State Joe Manchin approves the merger. The next meeting is set for Tuesday, Aug. 13 at 4 p.m. at the Douglas Center in Princeton to elect officers.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Community Foundation of the Virginias, Inc
Nick Amell
Dewey Russell
Joe Manchin
Bluefield Area Foundation
Greater
Ameli
Russell
Douglas Center
Princeton
RHS stadium concerns prompt board to seek repairs
In Richlands Virginia the Tazewell County School Board chair warns of possible structural damage at Richlands High School football stadium and auditorium. Tom Witten and Jan White urge an engineering assessment and repairs before students return to school this fall.
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Richlands
Tazewell County
Richlands High School
Tom Witten
Jan White
Jr. White
Mission director recalls May flood impact in McDowell
McDowell Mission executive director Jay Wilson spoke at the Bluefield Rotary Club about the May 2 flood that struck McDowell County, the second 100 year flood in a year. He praised agencies and churches aiding victims, noted the McDowell Mission’s growth, and said volunteers worked around the clock to rebuild, despite the toll.
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Bluefield
Jay Wilson
McDowell Mission
Bluefield Rotary Club
McDowell County
Wilson
McDowell County Task Force
Gary
McDowell
Mountain Mission
Restoration underway for Kimball World War I memorial
Site work begins around the War Memorial building in Kimball after decades of neglect. A Lusk Disposal Empire Salvage crew demolished surrounding structures to reveal the 1928 memorial. Believed to be the only U S memorial honoring African American World War I veterans, it suffered a 1989 fire.
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Lusk Disposal
Empire Salvage
Green Valley
War Memorial
Kimball
U.S
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