Princeton One Way South Avenue Aims to Cut Crashes
City police have made South Avenue west bound only past Appalachian Power Co offices. Vehicles may enter from South Walker Street and must head toward Wallace Street. Police Chief C A Kassay said the change reduces traffic accidents at the intersection.
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South Avenue
Appalachian Power Co
South Walker Street
APCO
Wallace Street
South Walker
C.A. Kassay
Blood pressure screening offered by bank and wellness center
The First National Bank of Bluefield and Bluefield Regional Wellness Center host free blood pressure screenings with an Ask a Pharmacist service. Bring medication lists or pill bottles to learn proper use and effects. Screens run today 9 am to 2 pm at Princeton staff drive location and Thursday 9 am to 2 pm at College Avenue Branch.
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First National Bank
Princeton
Stafford Drive
College Avenue
College Ave
Lions Club meeting heads for Ladies Night cookout
The Gary Lions Club will meet Thursday at Gary Lions Park at 6 30 p m The event is Ladies Night with members serving a cookout dinner to the ladies in attendance
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Gary Lions Club
Gary Lions Park
Lion
Radio license exams set in Charleston at Capitol High
Charleston area AR group schedules amateur radio license examinations for all classes at Capitol High School 1500 Greenbrier St Charleston WV. Arrive by 8 am. tests start 9 am. Fee 5.40 dollars payable to ARRL VEC. Send forms and documents to Jim Lingan AC8K 1528 Hampton Rd Charleston WV 25314. contact AC8K at 304 343 7251 for more info.
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Charleston Area
VE Group
Hhams
Capitol High School
Greenbrier St
W.va
Arrl-Vec
Jim Lingan
Hampton Road
W.V
Ac8k
Reading programongoing Summer Library Reading Team registration
Reading program runs with fun games stories crafts and a pup pet show for youth. Children ages 3 through grade five can register through Saturday at Tazewell county Public Library locations in Tazewell Richlands and Bluefield Virginia. Contact numbers 9882541 9645282 3261577 for details.
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Tazewell County
Contact details for city editor and bureau chief
A short notice provides phone numbers for City Editor Jim Terry and Princeton Bureau Chief James Barbery at the Daily Telegraph. It lists 1 800 76 DAILY and local lines 327 6171 and 425 2185 for tips and tips related inquiries.
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Call City
Jim Terry
Princeton
James Barbery
Daily Telegraph
Looking Back 1987 Su pervisors suit against banks in county
Five years ago the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors member filed a 32.5 million counter suit against two area banks charging them with attempting to collect debts not collectible, as stated by an attorney.
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Tazewell County Board of Supervisors
Westside
Virginia Water Control Board
Bluefield Boards Revises Human Rights Commission Plan
Bluefield city board reopens a reorganized nine member Human Rights Commission after disbanding it for lack of meetings. Mayor Paul Cole urged interested residents to contact city clerk Beverly Tresh for applications. The panel will ensure representation for ethnic groups and political parties. The board also enacted a sewer bond ordinance and applied for a Virginia Water Control Board loan.
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Bluefield
Paul Cole
Cole
Beverly Tresch
Sanitary Board of Bluefield
Virginia Water Control Board
Donation funds new police radio equipment for Bluefield
Lt. Edward L. Harvey representing the Mercer County FOP Lodge presented a 2000 check to Bluefield’s city board to buy radios for cruisers and improve communication with the public. Harvey, a long time Bluefield officer and state FOP officer, praised community support and outlined radio upgrades for better service.
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Bluefield
Edward L. Harvey
Mercer County
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge
Harvey
Fraternal Order of Police
Virginia jobless rate falls to 6.2 percent in April
Virginia's unemployment rate dropped 0.6 points to 6.2 percent in April as tourism and late Easter boosted services and retail hiring. Northern Virginia led metros with 3.9 percent, while Norfolk Virginia Beach Newport News posted 6.6 percent. Localities ranged from 1.5 percent in Fairfax to 17.6 percent in Dickinson County.
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Virginia Employment Commission
VEC
William F. Mezger
Mezger
Norfolk, Virginia Beach
Newport News
Lynchburg
Richmond-Petersburg
Roanoke
Fairfax
Dickenson County
Fifth dimension in Mercer County to guide TV viewing curriculum
A $17,200 Shott Foundation grant was awarded at First National Bank to Mercer County educators for a curriculum to teach critical viewing of television. The project, led by Delia Kersey of Memorial Elementary, aims to develop analytical viewing as part of learning, piloted next school year with about 20 teachers. The Institute runs July 6 to 17 at the Mercer County Technical Education Center, with follow up seminars and a final curriculum guide due in April 1993.
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Mercer County
Shott
First National Bank
Memorial
Delia Kersey
Kersey
Ron Satterfield
Short Foundation
Satterfield
Debbie Akers
United States
Canada
Mercer County Technical Education Center
West Virginia
Wilder rejects extension for state workers doctors plan
Governor L. Douglas Wilder refused a 30 day extension for government employees to select principal physicians under Virginia KeyAdvantage. Lawmakers sought extra time to choose doctors, but officials cited logistical costs and confusion, keeping the Oct 1 deadline and maintaining the old plan temporarily to control access and expected savings of 34.4 million next year.
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Wilder
Richmond
L. Douglas Wilder
May H. Fox
Ms. Fox
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Virginia
Disabled Americans include those who can't read or write
Eulalia Feet McGann told Bluefield Rotary the Mercer County Literacy Volunteers program aids functional illiteracy among West Virginians. She cited 200,000 statewide illiterate adults and 7,394 Mercer County adults unable to read, urging support. Volunteers run various projects from tutoring to distributing Gold Books and using local papers as texts.
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Eulalia
McGann
Rotary Club
Mercer County
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al Modena
Rotary
Bobby Richardson
Mercer County Health Center
Graham High School
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