Fromkin competes in National Spelling Bee
Molly Fromkin, a seventh grade Bluefield Middle School student and Mercer County spelling champion, competes in the National Spelling Bee in Washington. She is in the second half of 248 contestants from the United States and territories and faces words like myriacanthous as rounds proceed toward a champion. Results are posted on spelling.com with a 20 to 30 minute delay.
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Ashington
Molly Fromkin
Bluefield Middle School
Mercer County
Charleston
Rebecca Broyles
Princeton
Fromkin
United States
Guam
Mexico
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Molly
Broyles
Cuti
Independence
Grand Hyatt
Washington
ESPN
Spelling.com
Settlement Ends West Virginia Police Civil Rights Case
The city of Bluefield settles a civil suit over a bar arrest that injured Robert Ellison. The agreement includes a citizen review panel and potential payments up to 2 million dollars. United National Bank to manage the trust. Willie Ellison acts as power of attorney. Police officers remain on the force as negotiations highlight economic factors and prevent bankruptcy.
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United National Bank
Ellison
Hill
Willie Ellison
Greg Lord
Bluefield
Robert Ellison
City of
John Feuchtenberger
Feuchtenberger
C.N
Flanagan
Cpl. C.S. Myers
D.M. Dillon
Department
J.M. Williams
North Carolina
Citizens’ Review Panel
West Virginia
Robbie
Jefferson Street
BRMC Faces Multi-Year Cuts Under APC Reforms
Pawlowski said BRMC has closed the Wellness Center and discontinued valet parking after selling New Method Laundry. Community Care and Bluefield Health Systems reorganized, trimming labor and nonlabor costs. He warned of a $1.7 million hit for outpatient APC changes on July 1, 2000, with ongoing reductions through 2002 in a five year plan.
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Pawlowski
Bluefield
Montcalm Choir Heads to Lincoln Memorial for Festival
Montcalm elementary school choir of 33 students departed at 5 a.m. for a festival performance open to non professional groups. Gov ernor to name one choral and one instrumental group representing West. The Generals perform at 11 a.m. today at the Lincoln Memorial following a May trip to America Sings in Chicago.
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States
Lori Comer
West
Virginia
Comer
Montcalm
America Sings
Chicago
Lincoln Memorial
Wavebot earns fifth in nation at FIRST in Florida
Wavebot team members traveled to Orlando to tie for fifth among five top teams in the FIRST competition as NASA official Dan Goldin met with students at Garden High School. He praised the project, promised an astronaut visit, and urged continued community STEM involvement. Astronaut Steve Crouch then spoke about his space missions and gravitation experiments aboard the Space Shuttle.
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Virginia
Orlando
Fla
Wavebot
NASA
Dan Goldin
Florida
Blankenship
Garden High School
Goldin
Crouch
GHS
Tennessee
Buchanan County
Chuck Yeager
Obituary: Harry Edward Wiles of Wytheville dies at 64
Harry Edward Wiles, 64, of Wytheville, Va., died May 30 2000 at his residence. He is survived by a fiancee, step children, four daughters and sons in law, four sons and daughters in law, a son, his mother, siblings, nine grandchildren, and other relatives. Funeral services were held today at 2 p.m. at Barnette Funeral Chapel Wytheville with two ministers officiating. Interment followed at West End Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Harry Edward Wiles
Wytheville
Edward F. Wiles
Bertha Ramsey
Rebecca
David Biggs
Millie
Larry Smith
Beverley
Travis Gray
Janice Wiles
Clarkville
Tenn
Tina Ramey
Toccoa, Ga
Edward and
Lori Wiles
Larry
Vickie Wiles
Noel, Mo
Tony
Brenda Wiles
Kingsport
Richard Reed
Toccoa
Clara Wiles Hartley
Gate City
Elizabeth
Buddy Croy
Princeton
Linda
Ell. Fulcher
Victorville
Calif
Gaynelle Gail
Rachelle
Ray Hartgrove
Walter “Buster
Rachelle Kennedy
Andy Tate
Barnette Funeral
Rick Lindamood
Kenneth Fogus
West End
Kenneth G. Harris
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Perdue
Peel Chestnut Mountain
Sadie Sylvester Bradley
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield
Earnest B. Meadows
First Christian Church
Willowton
Willowton Cemetery
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