Overlook project workers finally recognized in Bluefield
City officials acknowledge key design and build staff for the East River Mountain Overlook project. City Manager Bill Looney cited Kathy Keaton for design work and noted Woody Brothers O.B. and R.L. on the payroll handled construction. Cliff Pannell added R.L. Clemons Jr. was a main on site. Plans originated in VPI’s Architectural and Engineering Department but Keaton and Tony Wagner from the city’s engineering dept carried much of the design work.
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East River Mountain
Bill Looney
Cliff Pannell
Looney
City Board
City Engineering Department
Kathy Keaton
Woody Brothers O.B
R.L
Pannell
R.L. Clemons Jr
VPI
Ms. Keaton
Tony Wagner
Tazewell Courthouse Named 1996 Historical Building
The Tazewell County Courthouse is selected as the town of Tazewell's official 1996 historical building for the Main Street Moments Festival. The ceremony and festival will run Saturday July 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The courthouse is described as appropriate though now on the endangered list after more than two years of debate.
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Tazewell County
Tazewell
Tazewell Area
Weather Outlook Partly Sunny With Mild Temperatures
The day brings partly sunny skies and highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s. Tonight shows variable cloudiness with lows in the 50s. Weather package A-6 inside.
International Relay Symposia on Green Regeneration Opens
An INTECOL executive committee meeting in Matsuyama outlined plans for the International Relay Symposia on Green Regeneration. A next Congress is set for November 23 1998 in Florence Italy. President Akira Miyawaki touted the Miyawaki reforestation method as a solution for future earthquakes and typhoons.
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Japan
International Association For Ecology
Intecol
Hotel Okudogo Resort
Rebecca R. Sharitz
Florence
Italy
Sharitz
Wytheville, Va
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Aiken
S.C
Shinkoku Island
Uchiko
Oozu
Akira Miyawaki
Shinkoku
Miyawaki
Japanese
Ministry of Construction
Kobe
Stand for Children rally draws 200000 to Washington
Tens of thousands crowd the National Mall at the Lincoln Memorial for Stand for Children, pledging to put the nation's kids first. Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children's Defense Fund, says the rally calls for just government and a healthy, safe path to adulthood for all children.
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U.S. Park
Lincoln Memorial
Marian Wright Edelman
The
Children’s Defense Fund
America
Washington Monument
Perfect Attendance Senior Graduates From Princeton High
Sean Smith of Athens earned a certificate for perfect attendance from kindergarten through 12th grade at Princeton Senior High. He graduates today with a 3.6 GPA after 13 years of daily school attendance, aided by his teachers parents and his dog Bud.
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Sean Smith
Athens
Princeton Senior High School
Smith
Bud
Princeton High School
George
Kathy
SummerFest plans grow for Princeton event
Organizers of the Eighth Annual Princeton SummerFest celebrate a facelift with sponsor ideas and high profile participation. Co-chairs Linda Mangus and Jigger Smith report overwhelming community involvement and a packed calendar including three on three basketball, chili cook-off, hot pepper eating, dog show, line dancing, band battle, and the James H. Drew Carnival.
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Linda Mangus
Jigger Smith
Mangus
Princeton-Mercer County
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Bluefield State
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