Bluewell Public Service District seeks Falls Mills road tap fees
Bluewell Public Service District accepts tap fees and final user agreement forms for the Falls Mills road water project with a deadline of August 1. Residents should bring deed information when paying the fee and completing the agreement. call 589-3470 for details in Bluefield Virginia. Also, free blood pressure screening is slated for Wednesday at New Graham Pharmacy in downtown Bluefield, held the first Wednesday of each month from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
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Bluewell
Falls Mills Road
Bluefield
New Graham Pharmacy
Retired Railroaders Meet in Bluefield and Princeton Dinners
The Retired Railroad Club will hold a noon meeting Thursday at Western Siz zlin Bluefield Virginia with a 6 p.m. dinner at Princeton Western Steer on Oakvale Road. Retired employees and spouses are invited.
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Western Sizzlin
Bluefield
Princeton Western
Oakvale Road
Vietnam Vets Form New Chapter Holds Meeting at Bonanza
A newly formed Chapter 628 of the Vietnam Veterans of America will meet at 6 30 p m Thursday at the Bonanza Steak House Claypool Hill Mall. Dutch treat meals. More members are needed for the group’s activities and outreach.
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Claypool Hill
The
Vietnam Veterans of America
Claypool Hill Mall
Mount Rogers Planning District Committee Meets Thursday
The Mount Rogers Planning District Commission Executive Committee will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in the MRPDC offices at 1021 Terrace Drive in Marion. The public is invited.
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Marion
Mount Rogers Planning District Commission Executive Committee
MRPDC
Terrace Drive
Bloodmobile visits planned at Bluefield and Narrows centers
The American Red Cross bloodmobile will visit Bluefield at the Bluefield Youth Center on Stadium Drive from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday. It then goes to Narrows at Hoescht Celanese on Friday, operating from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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American Red Cross
Bluefield
Bluefield Youth Center
Stadium Drive
Narrows
Hoescht Celanese
Spaghetti Supper Slated By Bramwell Kiwanis Club
Bramwell Kiwanis Club sponsors a spaghetti supper Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Kiwanis Hall in Bramwell. Admission is 3.50 for adults and 2 for children under 12.
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Bramwell
Bramwell Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Hall
Mercer Sportsmen to Meet at Bluewell Fire Department
Mercer Sportsmen and Conservation Club will hold a meeting at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Bluewell Fire Department to discuss club affairs and local conservation efforts.
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Mercer Sportsmen
Bluewell
Mercer Sportsmen and Conservation Club
Bluewell Fire Department
Youth Orchestra Plans Mercer County Concerts in June
The Stuttgart Music School Symphonic Youth Wind Orchestra to perform two concerts in Mercer County in early June. They play at Concorde on Friday at 8 p.m. A joint concert with Bluefield High School Band follows Saturday at 7 30 p.m. at Bluefield High School, co hosted by Bluefield and Princeton high school bands.
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Stuttgart Music School Symphonic
Mercer County
Concorde
Bluefield High School
Bluefield
Princeton
Car Salesman Dale Ringstaff Linked to Ramey Dealerships
Dail City Editor Jim Terry and Princeton Bureau Chief James Barbery report Dale Ringstaff, a car salesperson, is employed by Ramey Oldsmobile Chevrolet and Toyota on U S 460 near Princeton and not at Ramey Chrysler.
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Jim Terry
Princeton
James Barbery
Daily Telegraph
Dale Ringstaff
Ramey
Oldsmobile
Chevrolet & Toyota
U.S. 460
Ramey Chrysler
Looking Back Five Decades of Bluefield Community Philanthropy
In 1987 Bluefield Kiwanis clubs and Radio 1104 funded Appalachian Teen Challenge by gifting Mountain Festival Picnic profits totaling 1270 dollars and 40 cents. In 1982 Richlands British influenced metal group White Boy and the Average Rat Band won Southwest Virginia Community College battle of the bands. Clyde W. Bowling led Camp Joy operations with a $100 Kiwanis donation in 1967. A 1942 Bartley Pond Creek Pocahontas store fire caused about $50,000 loss from likely wiring fault.
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Bluefield Area
Kiwanis Clubs
Radio 1104
Appalachian Teen Challenge
Q White Boy
Average Rat
Richlands, Va
Southwest Virginia Community College
Clyde W. Bowling
Salvation Army
Joy
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Kiwanis Club
Bluefield
Pond Creek Pocahontas Company
Bartley
Lillian Roten
Daily Telegraph
Tazewell to fund second phase of housing rehab
Tazewell announces a $500000 state grant under the 1992 Community Development Block Grant program to rehabilitate 20 more Carline area homes. The town previously received a similar grant in 1991 and aims to begin architectural work soon with construction targeted for July.
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Tazewell
Carline
Doyle Frye
Frye
CDBG
Virginia
Princeton to buy Armory building in city move
Princeton to purchase the old National Guard Armory on Straley Avenue for 10 000 dollars. The site may serve as a senior center youth center or dispatch hub as a citizen committee studies best uses while reviving downtown activity with a Saturday bazaar and enhanced police patrols funded by an 8 847 grant.
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Princeton
National Guard Armory
Mike Stafford
Armory Board
Charleston
Stafford
Straley Avenue
Thorn Street Bridge
National Guard
Q City
Mercer Street
Dick Shakman
C.A. Kassay
Kassay
Norfolk Southern Declares Neutral on Apalachian Power Line
Norfolk Southern Corp adopts a neutral stance on the Appalachian Power Company proposed 750,000-volt line. VP William Bales notes months of review and confirms no significant business impact. An NS executive, David Foster, wrote a private opinion in the Roanoke Times. NS disavows policy reflection.
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Norfolk Southern Corp
Appalachian Power Company
William B. Bales
Bales
Norfolk Southern
Bates
David Foster
Roanoke Times & World News
Foster
Pubfad
Bluefield districts nominated for National Register
The Archives and History Commission nominated five Bluefield districts for the National Register of Historic Places. The Easley House and four historic districts may be listed if approved within 45 days, with tours planned to highlight listed properties and federal project protections noted. City officials involved include Lecia Smith Dr Stuart McGehee Lyle Gage Katharine Tierney Karen Simmons and Charles Stahl.
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Bluefield
Archives and History Commission
Lecia Smith
The
Morgantown
Washington
National Register
State Commission
McGehee
Easley
Country Club Hill
Upper Oakhurst
Jefferson Street
South Bluefield
Smith
Smith and McGehee
Lyle Gage
Katharine Tierney
Karen Simmons
Charles Stahl
Effective citizenship participation course expands across three high schools
Athens High School leads a new elective on active citizenship with six week topics covering Civic Responsibility Social Justice Cultural Differences Politics U S relations with the world and Economics. The program includes field work like letter writing meetings volunteering and mock hearings with speakers from Apco and the Department of Human Services.
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Athens
Maran
Paul Hodges
Athens High School
Hodges
AHS
Princeton
Matoaka
Sherry Strow
Judy Vonkallist
Apco
Department of Human Services
America
United States
Ics
WVU Law School
U.S
United Nations
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Eddie Lee Isom
Rebecca Roth
Concord College
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Mike Nolan
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