White Cane Days remembered by Bluefield Lions Club
Bluefield Virginia Lions Club plans White Cane Days to raise funds for sight related projects worldwide and locally with donations solicited Friday and Saturday. President Lewis Hartsock cites Lions history from Melvin Jones to Helen Keller and LightFirst. A glass eyeglasses box is placed at the post office for used eyewear to aid the needy.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Lions Club
Lions Club International
Lions Club
Lewis Hartsock
Chicago
Melvin Jones
International Association of Lions Clubs
Hartsock
Helen Keller
Lions Clubs
Knights of the Blind
Lions
United States
Peoria
Ill
National Federation of the Blind
Lions Eye Bank
Campaign Sight First
Diabetes Awareness
Silas Rasnake
P.O. Box
Dublin
Virginia
Cena Hiatal
Thestia Neti Actionai Abhce
Dublin Lions Club, Inc
Food stamp use up in West Virginia in March
West Virginia officials report a March record of 119,536 households receiving food stamps, surpassing the previous high of 97,110 in September 1990. Spokeswoman Ann Garcelon notes the working poor are the primary beneficiaries as nationwide recipients reach 25.7 million.
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Charleston
West
Garcelon
West Virginia
U.S. Agriculture Department
Uncle Jesse to back fight against Apco 765kV line
Denver Pyle from The Dukes of Hazzard arrives in southern West Virginia as a Common Ground guest to support environmental protections and oppose the Appalachian Power Company 765kV transmission project. He plans appearances in Athens Mercer Hinton Fairlea and Union through Saturday with wife Tippi.
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Princeton
Jesse
Appalachian Power Company
West Virginia
Denver Pyle
Roanoke
Athens
Hinton
Fairlea
Pyle
Virginias
Athens Elementary School
Mercer County
Summers County
New River
Greenbrier County
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Tommy Carroll
Mike Davis
Mike Cook
W.va
Big Creek Road
Richlands
Apco Power Line
Barbara Hawkins
The
Daily Telegraph
Red Oak Mall
Union
Monroe
Pulaski County
New River Valley Fairgrounds
Oodland
Turkey
Lan
San Giorgio
Rich
Maxwell House
HICO
Oak Hill East
Main Street
Oak Hill
Beckley Town & Country
BeCkley
Stafford Drive
Rainelle
Kanawha Ave