Dates to remember in June community notes list
June events span Raleigh Beckley Elkhorn Valley Keystone Kimball and four county meetings. Defense driving course at Raleigh County Armory, sewing classes at HEP Center, concerts at Mt Carmel Church, awards at Bradshaw, graduation project, and numerous city council meetings across Bramwell Anawail War Keystone Gary Welch Pineville Mullens Oceana McDowell and Wyoming counties with contact numbers.
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Elkhorn Valley Development Corp
HEP Center
Keystone
Last Blast of Summer seeks volunteers in Welch event
Welch prepares for the Fourth Annual Last Blast of Summer in mid August with no sponsors yet. City Clerk Debbie Romeo urges community participation and early registration for ethnic foods arts crafts and talent booths while outlining planned events such as Run the Hill a five mile race and children races alongside a fireworks display and a Red Coats concert.
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Welch
Cnthe
Debbie Romeo
Romeo
Tug River Health Clinic Opens Serving McDowell County and Gary
The Tug River Health Clinic in Gary expands care for McDowell County residents offering medical OB GYN family planning pediatric and other services. It began as a UMWA facility to aid active and retired miners and address medical manpower shortages.
Tug River Health Clinic Network Details
Tug River Health Clinic operates in Gary with a satellite in North Fork, offering general medical, OB GYN, family planning, pediatric, and black lung services. It serves McDowell County residents unable to afford care, funded by federal and state programs through Tug River Valley Health Care Association. Gary line 448 2101 North Fork line 862 2588.
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Gary
Northfork
McDowell County
Tug River Valley Health Care Association
Memorial Day Services in Welch and Roderfield Honor Veterans
Memorial Day observances were held Sunday in Welch by American Legion Post No. 8 and Bradshaw Post No. 175. They gathered at 10 a.m. to honor POWs and MIAs, dedicated the Premiere Memorial, and placed flags on graves at Roderfield where about 250 veterans are buried. A guest speaker and a 21 gun salute closed the day in Welch.
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Welch
American Legion Post No
Bradshaw
Welch City Hall
Post No
Wiley Lester
Roderfield
Lester
Legion
Linda Douglas Faces Tough Job After Re-election
Linda Douglas, long-time Board of Education member and president since 1988, thanks supporters as she faces a challenging term. She has spent days interviewing architects on a proposed consolidation of Big Creek and Jaeger High Schools, praising McDowell Countians as the nicest people.
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Linda Douglas
Board of Education
McDowell Countians
Douglas
Big Creek
Jaeger
Robert
Tourist train may link Bramwell Pocahontas and Matoaka
Reginald Sexton, Bramwell, chair of the Mercer County Tourist Train and Transportation Board, said a daily tourist train could run to Pocahontas and Matoaka within two years and pay for itself in about five. Also reported: a single-engine plane crash near Leckie with four McDowell County residents feared dead. The craft carried C Thomas Seay, his stepson J J Johnson, Jennifer Davis, and David Prater after leaving Bluefield. Postmaster Dilmeda Carroll gave a space stamps program to Pineville Junior Girl Scout Troop 2180 at Riverside School. Heather Bolt won a stamp prize. scouts present included several named girls.
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Bramwell
Pocahontas
Matoaka
Reginald Sexton
Mercer County Tourist Train and Transportation Board
McDowell County
Leckie
Welch
C. Thomas Seay
Mercer County
Bluefield
Carl Bradford
Seay
James Allen
J.J.” Johnson
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Jennifer Davis
David “Pete” Prater
Welch Area
Dilmeda Carter Carroll
Oceana
Pineville
Pineville Riverside School
Dilmeda
Sonia
Heather Bolt
Rosie Trump
Shannon Prichard
Sara Sizemore
Lori McNair
Sarah Houchins
Ja Jewell
Brell Laxton
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Raleigh County Armory
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Bradshaw Junior High School
Mcowell County
Boy Scouts
Keystone Elementary School
Mount View High School
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Mullens
McDowell County Commission
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Riverside Drive
Route 52
Virginia Avenue
Red Coats
Howard Street
Dwight Hampton
Phil Farmer
Hampton
U.S. 52
Tug River
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UMWA
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Hensley
Skygusty
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Edwin Anderson
Ross Patton
Ronald Dalton
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