High Interest Rates Boost Mercer County School Funds
Mercer County School Superintendent John Hughes told a Bluefield Lions Club meeting that high interest rates created about 9 million extra dollars for the school construction fund, raising the total to around 34 million with added facilities and programs. He highlighted expanded vocational education, 20 new special education programs, a college AP plan, and planned maintenance reforms to address elementary plant needs and cost controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Leslie
Telegraph
Mercer County
John Hughes
Bluefield Lions Club
Hughes
Spanishburg
Athens
Montcalm High School
Bluefield
Glenwood
Memorial
Ramsey
Bluefield High
Brushfork
Bluewell
Mercer County approves hospital revenue bonds for St Luke’s Bluefield
Mercer County Commission unanimously approves an $8.4 million first mortgage revenue bond issue to finance the 72 bed St Luke’s Hospital in Bluefield. Bids are received for fire and smoke safety upgrades at the courthouse and jail with Southern West Virginia Construction Company as apparent low bidder. Final award to Hunter and Associates after evaluation is expected next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County Commission
St. Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
Ray Bragg
Joe Coburn
Clarence Six
Humana, Inc
St. Luke's
Robert E. Holroyd
Humana
Holroyd
Eugene G. Eason
Steptoe and Johnson
Robert Parnell
Henderson, Few and Company
Coburn
General Hospital
U.S. Rt
Eason
Bragg
Mercer County
New York
County Commission
G. Cameron Hunter
Hunter and Associates, Inc
Southern West Virginia Construction Company
Corte Company
Allied Refrigeration
Allied
Hunter
Gospel tabernacle and revival events in Princeton Bluefield area
A list of church services and events fills the Princeton Bluefield area Saturday through Sunday. Details include Gospel Tabernacle at 301 Roanoke Street Bluefield, Upper Room Church in Princeton, Revival Center, Open-Air Worship with Hillsmen Quartet, and First Church of God staff changes. Additional items cover Gospel Concert at Glenwood Park, Clover Hollow revival, Inter-Denominational Men’s Breakfast in Narrows, Parkview Baptist Joint Heirs Quartet, and other worship activities and guest speakers. Also notes Bluefield gospel tours by Bob Williams and Rose of Sharon church services. In Princeton, a theft at a Country Store on Athens Road is reported with entry through a plate glass window and ongoing inventory checks.
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Bluefield State
Concord
Hughes
Mental Health Center
Princeton
Bluefield
Fairview
Central
U.S
Crews
Princeton Ministerial Association
First Church OF God
Mahood Avenue
Toledo
Ohio
Dennis Cole
Nancy
Princeton- Athens
Brian
Michael
Cole
Linda Ellis
Travis
Bobbie Clemson
Clover Hollow
Clover Hollow Church
Newport
Giles County
Troy Webb
Roanoke
Parkview Baptist
Joint Heirs
Parkview Baptist Church
Parkview
Raymond R. Kidd
Scott Stephenson
Mack Saunders
Jim Puckett
Lorena Kidd
David L. Hicks
Melvin Grubb
Rose OF Sharon
Rose of Sharon United Holy Church
Cresentview Apartments
Athens Road
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
R.E. Baughman
Criminal Investigation Division
Baughman
Harry Fields
Wolfe Rock meeting eyed to plan removal on Route 20
Julian Ware of the West Virginia Department of Highways in Princeton says a meeting with Pocahontas Land Corporation is planned for next week to discuss removing Wolfe Rock a boulder that has drawn Wolfe residents concern since 1975 when it slid onto Route 20. Tom Bryant helped arrange the tentative discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Ware
West Virginia Department of Highways
Princeton
Pocahontas Land Corporation
Ware
Tom Bryant
Wolfe
Hospital Dialysis Expansion Review Planned in West Virginia
Bluefield Community Hospital seeks expedited SHPDA review to add acute hemodialysis services with two portable machines worth about 17000. Public input windows open by Aug 11 for standard versus expedited review and by Aug 31 to request a hearing. Final decision expected by Sept 30 with post decision notice.
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State Health Planning and Development Agency
SHPDA
Bluefield Community Hospital
West Virginia Health Systems Agency, Inc
Meadows and Family Reunions Across Virginia Aug Events
The eC Bulletin Board lists the 14th Jonathan Meadows family reunion at Rich Creek Town Park on Aug 2 starting 11 a.m. It also notes numerous other reunions in Giles County and nearby areas, including McNeil, Rasnick Rasnake Rasnic, Bailey Calfee, and Miller Blankenship gatherings with dates in August and venues such as Boone Park Glenwood Park and Calfee Memorial Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Meadows
Rich Creek
Miller- Blankenship
John Miller
Lamarr Mountain
Camp Creek Park
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County Vocational Center
Bluefield High School
Bart Harvey
Don Cooper
Roger Angles
Mike Goforth
L. C
Corky"’ Caldwell
Lion M. T. Meachum
Lioness Club
Mountain View Ave
Commission
Fort A.P. Hill
Caroline County
Gospel Tabernacle
Gospel Tabernacle Church
Roanoke St
Gwen Hamilton
Hattie Bennett
Upper Room Church
Leonard Repass
Seventh Street
Straley Avenue
Gene Kennett
Erie
Kennett
Irene Quesenberry
Lilly Highway
Roger Walker
Glenwood Park
Dave Kelly
North Carolina
the Narrows
Bill Morris
Woody Butler
L.B
John Hopkins
Burt Compton
Colin Kellam
Sam Johnson
Bob Lacy
Kirby
the Rock Baptist Church
Calvary Services
Calvary Tabernacle
George Johnson
Bob Williams
Bluestone Baptist Church
Mill Creek Baptist Church
Jones Chapel
South Second Street
West Virginia
Perdue Foods, Inc
Bluefield Avenue
Cherry Street
Carter
Jay Barringer
United States Bankruptcy Court
Law and Commerce
New Glenwood Park
New Glenwood Park & Boosters
County Park
Doh
Wolfe Rock’ Meeting
The
Rock
Popular
Bonanza
Bluefield Bonanza
Mar
Ec Bulletin Board
Meadows Reunion
Pearisburg
Giles
New River Historical Society
Pearisburg Baptist Church
McNeil
Boone Park
Rose
Dillon
Carver
Hall and Taylor
Bailey and Calfee
Calfee Memorial Christian Church
Princeton Public Library
Rasnick
Lebanon
Canada
Robert L
Bob) Rasnick
Giles County 4H
Castle Rock
Narrows Recreational Park
Pearisburg Park
Giles Extension
Pipestem State Park
Red Cross
Patty Farley
Perry LePhew
Old Guard
King’s Trio
Bluefield Old
Eugene Winzenrith
Charles E. Brewster
Joe Brown Heldreth
L.W. Yost
Frank E. Wright
M-F. Bevins
Claude Martin
Norman E. Cole
Amana
Amana Energy Savers
UT. TV
Virginia
William J Rutherford
William C Rutherford
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