Experiencing New York through a photographer’s lens
A writer recalls a New York City trip with friends, chasing raw urban experiences over tourist sights. They describe graffiti, subway buskers, a sleeping bum, raw fish meals, and a fascination with daily people and gestures, concluding with a longing for home in Bluefield.
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Big Apple
Empire State Building
Statue of Liberty
New York City
Dorothy
Bluefield
ABCs of Tazewell County history by local students
The Reader's Guild at Tazewell Elementary writes The ABCs of Tazewell County a history book for children. Students from 2nd to 5th grade, guided by Nell Bundy Julia Adkins and Janet Meadows, assign letters and craft sentences while including facts about creeks mountains Main Street Theater and the county's electric street car. Artists and a librarian provide illustrations and photos to accompany pages likely 53, with printing set for June and September. Preorders are sought at local drug stores.
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Reader's Guild
Tazewell Elementary School
Tazewell County
Nell Bundy
Crab Orchard Museum
Julia Adkins
William Pendleton
Pendleton
Janet Meadows
Tazewell
ABC
Meadows
Main Street
Ing
Spencer Roberts
Roberts
Steven Mitchell
Kirk Maiden
Laurie Surface
Surface
Neil Bundy
Jackson’s Drug Store
Jerry's Pharmacy
Big money in toys at international auctions
Private collectors chase old dolls bears and toys at Sothebys where 600 lots sold for 2.38 million dollars. 17th century wooden dolls fetch up to 125000 while 19th century wax dolls go for about 1200. 1956 57 Barbie dolls in the United States bring roughly 3000 each with older bears selling strong before 1935.
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Granny
London
Sotheby's
England
Kaemmer
Reinhardt
Sotheby's Toys
Hillary Kay
United States
Dedication ceremony marks Bland County library milestone
The Bland County Public Library dedication drew 82 attendees despite rain threats. Speakers included state and local officials. Reasor lauded resident funding amid recession. Jill Jessee praised library staff. Vicki Tate received a plaque for her longtime service. Local artists displayed works inside.
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Bland County
Board of Supervisors
Boucher
Jackson
Reaser
Wytheville
Virginia General Assembly
Reasor
Bland County Board of Supervisors
Frank W. Chandler III
Chandler
Buck Rogers
Jill Jessee
Smyth-Bland
SBRL
Tate
Friends
Bland County Libary
Immersion French in Kansas City Elementary Schools
Five years after Kansas City opened foreign language elementary programs, students at Longan and other schools learn in French Spanish and German. Full immersion boosts fluency, math and science understanding, while partial immersion has mixed results. Teachers from Belgium Germany and Canada guide students who adapt quickly and think in their second language.
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Loren Canady
Longan Elementary School
Kansas City
Virginia Wallace
Longan
Paul Garcia
Sheila Stanton
Odette Tchouanou
Loren
Wallace
Regine Dupuis
Dupuis
Stanton
Europe
Margaret
Belgium
Gordon Seyffert
Vivian
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Jackson Reasor
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Tom Jackson
Barbara Stafford
Anna “Karree
Paciga
Scripps Howard News Service
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