Six Pillars of Character education highlighted in Bluefield
Bluefield Rotarians heard Mercer County Character Counts Coalition outline its mission to promote the Six Pillars of Character trustworthiness respect responsibility fairness caring and citizenship. The group aims to involve youth groups and schools and has received a $1000 grant from the Bluefield Area Foundation. Shrader and Thompson stressed learning through example and a common language for students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luefield
Character Counts
Bluefield Rotarians
Katherine Thompson
Janet Shrader
Mercer County
Character Counts Coalition
America
Mercer Coalition
Bluefield Area Foundation
Thompson
Shrader
Charleston
West Virginia Board of Education
Rotarian
al Modena
Boil water advisory reaches Virginia and West Virginia areas
Pocahontas Virginia and West Virginia customers facing a boil water advisory due to the Pocahontas Water System lacking a full time plant operator. About 2,857 customers in Bluestone Yards Wolfe Pocahontas Nemours Falls Mills and Boissevain advised to boil water until operator staffing improves and tests confirm safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Water System
Greg Jones
West Virginia
Bluestone
Yards
Wolfe
Nemours
Falls Mills
Boissevain
Virginia
Jones
Charles Best
Virginia Health Department
West Virginia State Line
Pocahontas, Boissevain and
Tazewell County
Virginia aims to narrow digital divide with task force
A 51 member Virginia task force met to develop strategies to expand Internet access and reduce the gap between computer literate and illiterate residents. Virginia ranks 12th in household computer ownership, but rural areas remain underserved. libraries now offer public Internet access and a Web based clearinghouse will share successful programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Richmond
Dulles
Nelson Worley
Department of Technology
Jim Gilmore
Windon farm named district's best in Shady Spring
Don and Carolyn Windon transformed 110 acres near Shady Spring into the Southern Soil Conservation District farm of the year. Judges praised their work restoring non productive land into good pasture and water, with district help improving fences ponds and access. The Windons bought the property in 1992 and moved there in 1993 after years of searching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
Carolyn Windon
Southern Soil Conservation District
Windon Farm
Windon
West Virginia
Raleigh
Fayette
Summers
Mercer
Wyoming
McDowell
Keith
Carolyn
Beckley
Lewisburg
Minor leaguers Summer Youth crews at Bluefield and Princeton fields
Youth workers from the Governor's Summer Youth Program clean and groom the Bowen Field and Hunnicutt Stadium sites for the Bluefield Orioles and Princeton Devil Rays. Teens like James Hoke and Carlos Duncan help with concessions, tarps, landscaping, and litter control, while expressing love for baseball and hopes to play professionally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luefield
Bowen Field
Hunnicutt Stadium
Bluefield Orioles
Princeton Devil Rays
Jim Angrove
Holland
James Hoke
P-Rays
Hoke
Elmo Scarberry
Campbell
Carlos Duncan
Charlie Brewster
Angrove
Tempe Bennett
Jim Angove
Cy Campbell
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Eric DiNove
Bluefield Avenue
Easley Bridge
Bette Dillehay
Northern Virginia
Department of Motor Vehicles
DMV
Richard Holcomb
Nation
Shady Spring Farm
John
McClanahan
Rick Lamham
Jeff Kelley
Princeton
Mount View High School
Jim Holland
Mick Bayle
Tony Barba
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