Recreational Sports 2000 empowers young ladies in McDowell County
The Elkhorn Valley group Recreational Sports 2000 created by Carlotta Young engages 9 to 15 year old girls with swimming, basketball, dances and social activities at Northfork Middle School. Fundraising and community support funded a Charlotte Sting trip for 34 participants and 13 chaperones, marking a notable summer outreach.
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Blair House Pool
Switchback
Blair House
Elkhorn Valley
McDowell County
Carlotta Young
Young
Northfork Middle School
Ladies of
Kimball Elementary
Keystone Elementary
Blair House Bed and Breakfast
Charlotte Sting
Houston Comet
Cynthia Cooper
Ronald “Hop” Hopkins
Hop
Priscilla
Scout Camp Stories Highlight Years of Merit and Teamwork
Veterans like Cabell reflect on decades teaching merit badges since 1986 while Boone County Troop 85 spends about 60 nights yearly in outdoor activities. Surber, a world champion carver, recalls 52 years of camp attendance and family ties to scouting. Young scouts from Troops 102 and others describe climbing, rappelling, archery, and the Order of the Arrow as they revive McDowell County scouting with pride.
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A-1
Steven
Cabell
Boone County
Boy Scout
Jerry Lurber
Glen Lyn
Surber
Bill Garrett
Mountain Dominion Boy Scout
Cameron Stevens
Garrett
Bobby Minnix
Princeton
Stuart Swope
Nick Lawrence
Bluefield
David Ritter
Becky
Swope
Lawrence
Order of the Arrow
Minnix
Michael Overstreet
Matthew Belcher
Gary
Overstreet
Belcher
McDowell County
Markella Gianato
Adam Gianato
Anthony Robinson
Timmy Nichols
Elwin Thomas
Steven Wood
Gianato
Potter reads fuel summer program at Princeton pool party
Potter program director Gore says readers must finish books including Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to power the library ship. If quotas are met, a silly stunt is planned during the August 12 pool party at the Princeton Public Pool, possibly a belly flop from the diving board.
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Gore
Princeton
Flood plan meetings and phase one actions for Tug Fork area
The Tug Fork flood plan invites eligible residents affected by the 1977 flood or its recurrence to attend a homeowners meeting. Phase one will relocate and acquire property later this year, with phase two taking longer. School design may start late fall or early spring 2001.
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Heath
Hostage release ends botched jewelry store heist in California
Six people were held hostage after gunmen robbed Morgan's Jewelers in Peninsula Center. Three captives were released earlier and the remaining three exited unharmed around 11 a.m. after a nearly 17 hour standoff. Authorities said the situation is over as deputies surrounded the scene.
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Rolling Hills Estates
Calif
Plett
Los Angeles
Norine Plett
Morgan’s
Peninsula Center
Bomb blast on Pakistani train kills ten in Hyderabad
A bombing on a passenger train en route to Karachi from Hyderabad killed ten people and injured about thirty. Police offered no suspects, calling it an act of terrorism. Rescues rushed to hospital as authorities cordoned the scene. Separately in Iraq, the United Nations suspended international observers in southern provinces citing security concerns after a hostage incident and ensuing clashes.
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Indonesia
Malukus
Jakarta
Maluku Islands
Aisad
Protestant Church Hospital
Karachi
Pakistan
Hyderabad
Moazim Jah Anzari
Azim
Baghdad
Iraq
United Nations
U.N
Food and Agriculture Organization
George Somerwill
FAO
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Bill Arche
Charlotte
Hopkins
Keystone
Billie Cherry
Potter
Kinser
First Community Bank
Vicky Mays
Mays
First Century Bank
Christina Naylor
Tammy Cadle
One Valley Bank
Cadle
Nusash.com
Tel Aviv
Israel
Ehud Barak
Rabin Square
West Bank
Likud Party
Barak
Nili Gerber
Mevasseret
Jerusalem
Moluccas
Spice Islands
IRS
Jkharris
Wall
Rezulin
FDA
Mark Hrutkay
Wilson & Hrutkay Law Offices
Logan, WV
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