Tazewell County Fair showcases bluegrass and talent acts
At the Tazewell County Fair inside Fuller-Peery Exhibition Hall visitors admired home grown agriculture such as a medicine ball sized cabbage an 18 inch zucchini and an eight foot cornstalk. Youth and Adult Talent Contests produced Best Vocals winners Amanda Fly Mary Thompson and Erin Hamlin. The day featured Bluegrass and Battle of the Bands with carnival preparations ahead for Tuesday’s grand opening Ben Jones known as Cooter from Dukes of Hazzard will sign autographs at 11 a.m. A Bluegrass Show with Tazewell County Back Porch Pickers and The Black Diamond Band starts at 6 p.m. Firebird will DJ and host karaoke later.
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Supermen Showcase Giants Of Strength In Rowdy Display
The show featured multiple lifters including Jamie Morrison at 6 feet 4 inches and 250 pounds who benches 400 pounds, John Kopta at 6 feet 0 inches and 250 pounds who bent 20 tons of steel with his teeth, Willie Raines at 6 feet and 290 pounds who bends steel and benches 600 pounds, and Mark Kerr at 6 feet and 270 pounds who once pulled a 20 ton truck. Performers set sensational feats such as tearing a four inch telephone book and bending concrete walls, with one act promising 315 pounds on a bench while lying on beds of nails with 1,000 nails between two beds.
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John Kopta Bends Steel and Crushes Ice in Feat
John Kopta bent over 20 tons of steel with his teeth and crushed more than 10 tons of ice last year using his forearms and fists, showcasing unusual strength in a described display.
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Power Team tops US school assemblies for abstinence talks
Orlicki notes the Power Team, the nation's leading school assembly, will perform at local venues Tuesday or Wednesday, featuring high energy acts to promote abstinence and drug prevention with gospel messages. Sunday attendance neared 250, events run 7 to 9 30 PM, donations of 3 dollars, grants cover travel, Skatetown USA provides space, contact Kenna Amos at kamos bottonline.com
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Fuller-Peery Exhibition Hall dedicated at Tazewell fair
In Monday's Daily Telegraph report on the Tazewell County Fair the first names of two contributors were transposed. The Fuller Peery Exhibition Hall was dedicated to Glen Peery and B C Fuller in honor of both men's support of the fair.
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Planners gear up for Athens Concord Town Social
Plans for the Athens Concord Town Social on August 10 2003 at Concord College run 2 to 5 pm with 600 to 800 expected attendees. Free food gifts for first 600 registrants and free blood pressure screenings. Athens Family Practice to receive Business Longevity Award 2003. Crafts vendors invited. seating and power supplied. Contacts Anne O Sullivan Jean Beasley and Georgia Kelley.
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Bill Hodges
Elizabeth Kane
Lori Keaton
Randy Keaton
Ann Kessinger
Eddie Kessinger
Joyce Kessinger
Anita Lewis
Margaret Ann Scott
Lynne White
Kati Whittaker
Fire damages storage building in Princeton suspected origin
A Sunday evening blaze on 1st Street in Princeton caused about 5000 in damage to a storage building. Sgt. PW Hill alerted the call at 6 20 p m. Fire crews arrived quickly, contained the fire in 15 minutes, and spent about 90 minutes on cleanup and investigation. No injuries were reported. investigators note power was out and no evident electrical or mechanical cause.
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Princeton Police Blotter Highlights Domestic Battery and Fraud
July blotter notes a Princeton resident, Tuwanna Faye Wirtz, 32, arrested for domestic battery and threats involving a knife. Patricia Marie Prince, 18, turned herself in on an outstanding battery warrant. Other cases include driving suspended and improper insurance charges, assault with a beer bottle, forged checks referred to detectives, petty larceny at Allen's Grocery, shoplifting by Delores Hudson, and a fraud warrant involving Ronnie Tignor.
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