Firefighters rescue nine puppies from groundhog hole in Bluefield
Nine trapped puppies fell into a groundhog type hole beneath a shed at Carolyn Harland's Princeton Avenue home. Bluefield firefighters dug five feet and freed them after hours of work beginning Friday evening. Honey the母dog had 11 puppies born Wednesday, and their mother led to the hole as the pups tumbled in during the night.
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Bluefield
Carolyn Harland
Princeton Avenue
Gerald Steele
Honey
Harland
Kimberly
Craft Memorial Library
Ron Cramer
Snakes Alive Inc
Right
Aaron Reardon
Rachel
Forensic Nurses report 53 sexual assault cases in 14 months
Mercer County's Sexual Assault Task Force notes 53 cases handled by the Forensic Nurses Team over the past 14 months. Director Kimberleigh Hawkins White cites 85 percent of victims not reporting to police and stresses free services through hospitals, victim advocates, and police collaboration. The group plans a countywide sexual assault register and elected officers, with White reappointed president and Dan Dunmyer as first vice president.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Kimberleigh Hawkins White
Mercer County Sexual Assault Task Force Board
White
Forensic Nurses
Brookfield
Pam
Dan Dunmyer
Barbara McCarty
Lynne Krulich
Jim Leslie
Guy Perkins
Mark
Leaders Hitting school officials illegal in West Virginia
Mercer County deputy sheriff explains that assault and battery of a teacher or school employee are criminal charges under West Virginia Code Section 61-2-15. He cites a June 4 Montcalm High incident where a parent struck a teacher. the parent was arrested for battery and the juvenile involved referred to authorities. Administrators emphasize teachers may use necessary force to break up fights, then stop.
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Princeton
Mercer County
West Virginia
D.B. Bailey
Bailey
Montcalm High School
Seaver
Bluefield College Opens First Year Fine Arts Camp
Bluefield College launches its first Fine Arts Camp for children ages 6 to 12 in Bluefield West Virginia. Coordinator Elizabeth Clement notes the program fills a gap in school budgets and emphasizes arts inspiration alongside morning physical activities like martial arts or jazzercise.
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Kids’ Fine Arts
Bluefield
West Virginia
Elizabeth Clement
Bluefield College
Clement
Mercer board weighs heat pumps stadium upgrade and policy change
The Mercer County Board of Education met at the Technical Education Center. They approved bids of 59,300 for three heat pumps at Montcalm Elementary and 44,900 for stadium locker and training room upgrades funded by digest money and boosters. They discussed Bramwell School improvements, parking lot leases with Melrose Church and First Christian, and a first reading on a high school grading policy aligning with the West Virginia framework. The proposal would lower grade thresholds and adjust final exam inclusion for 2003-04.
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Rinceton
Mercer County Board of Education
Mercer County Technical Education Center
Montcalm
Hunnicutt Stadium
Princeton
Legislative Digest
Boosters Association
Bramwell
Melrose Presbyterian
First Christian Church
Debbie Akers
West Virginia Board of Education
Akers
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Joseph Rohr
Rick Carey
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Eric DiNovo
Anne Freeborn
Bluefield College Fine Arts
Patrick Perdue
Dakota Miller
Phillip Cyrus
Mercer Education Board
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