Southwest Virginia CC Offers Two CAD Classes This Summer
Richlands Va Southwest Virginia Community College will offer two Computer Aided Drafting courses during the summer session Survey of CAD a four credit class runs daily 830 am to 3 pm June 12 through 23 AutoCad Drafting a three credit course meets Mondays and Wednesdays 6 to 835 pm June 6 through August 11 The first summer term begins June 6 with registration June 1 Applications for summer or fall admission are being accepted For more information call 964 2555 or 1 800 822 7822
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Richlands
Southwest Virginia Community College
Princeton offices close for election day closure notice
The City of Princeton announces business offices will be closed on Tuesday June 6 for municipal elections. Garbage collection will follow the regular schedule.
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City of Princeton
Davis named WCC Student of the Year 1989
Patricia Davis of Wytheville named Wytheville Community College Student of the Year for 1989 at the May 14 Honors Convocation. She majors in nursing and is a member of Phi Theta Kappa. award presented by Kathleen Morrison for the Student Activities and Honors Committee.
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Wytheville Community College
Patricia Davis
Wytheville
Kathleen Morrison
WCC
Patricia
Phi Theta Kappa
Contact details for Daily Telegraph editors
A tip line directs readers to City Editor Charles Boothe and State Editor Bob Pepalis at the Daily Telegraph with the phone number 327-6171 for submitting news tips.
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Call City
Charles Boothe
Bob Pepalis
The
Daily Telegraph
Caperton defends tax increases amid fiscal rescue effort
Gov. Gaston Caperton says West Virginia must raise taxes by 392 million and borrow 135 million while cutting 10 percent to recover from inherited debts. He cites bond closures and debt retirement for the Public Employees Insurance Agency and health bill obligations, and notes nine regional economic zones planned.
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Charleston
Gaston Caperton
West Virginia
Caperton
Arch Moore
Public Employees Insurance Agency
Salary cap hinders West Virginia superintendent search
West Virginia's Board of Education worries a $70,000 salary cap for state school superintendent candidates may hinder the hunt for a new lead. The board, reviewing 17 applicants and shortlisting six semifinalists, plans interviews next week with a July 1 deadline. Interim leader John Pisapia departs for Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Charleston
Board of Education
Gaston Caperton
West Virginia
Kanawha
Berkeley County
Raleigh County
Carolyn Spangler
Patricia Hamner
Tee
Gene Wilhoit
National Association of State Boards of Education
Hammer
John Pisapia
Tom McNeel
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Tech manure tests cut fertilizer use in Chesapeake effort
Farmers in Virginia use Virginia Tech's free manure testing to lower commercial fertilizer costs and cut agricultural pollution as part of a regional push toward 40 percent phosphorus and nitrogen reduction into Chesapeake Bay. The program, unique nationally, began in 1987 with Chesapeake Bay Cleanup funds and has already yielded a 10 percent drop in pollution, despite some odor complaints from neighbors toward farmers like Dale Boitnott of Boones Mill.
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Blacksburg
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia Tech
Dale Boitnott
Boones Mill
Franklin County
Smith Mountain Lake
Boitnott
Chesapeake
Virginia
Tech
Roland Geddes
Soil and Water Conservation Division
Eldridge Collins
Craig Eddleton
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Mercer church marks centennial with rededication revival
Goodwyn's Chapel Church of Christ in Mercer County celebrates centennial year on June 11 with a 2 pm revival after services. The church, built in the 1880s and originally dedicated in 1889, will host a dinner, singing, and a history speech. Eldest member Gertrude White, baptized 1924, notes long community ties and continuity under Minister David Stauffer. The church began as a joint worship site for five denominations and became the sole chapel in 1965, preserving a nondemoninational identity as a community pillar.
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Goodwyn's
Church of Christ
David Stauffer
L. Goodwyn
David A. Johnson
Fannie B. Johnson
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Christian Baptist
Church of the Disciples
Methodist Episcopal
Henry Warden 95th Birthday Noted Coal Leader
Civic leader Henry Warden turns 95 this week, celebrated as a giant of the coalfields. Born May 30, 1894 in Monroe New Hampshire, he rose from chemist to president roles, guiding McComas operations that shipped 17.5 million tons of smokeless coal 1908 1930. He led multiple industry groups and remained open to workers, shaping an era of Bluefield coal.
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Bluefield
Henry Warden
Warden
Henry Fairbanks Warden
Monroe
N.H
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
N.Y
W.C. Atwater
No. 1
Broadway
Atwater
Crane Creek
American Coal & Coke Company
McComas
Pocahontas Operators Association
Smokeless Operators Association
West Virginia Chamber
Henry Jr
Alex
Betty
American Coal and Coke Company
Allegheny
Sagamore
Pinnacle
Jane
N&w
Graham High School Class of 1989 Graduation
Graham High School in Bluefield Virginia conferred diplomas on 148 graduates at a commencement in the Graham Middle School gymnasium. Salutatory by Lisa Harman and valedictory by Dawn Scott highlighted the ceremony with remarks on future challenges and community support.
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Bluefield
Graham High School
Graham Middle School
Suzanne Blizzard Nash
Graham
Sam K. Crockett
Lisa Michele Harman
Harman
Ryland Wayne Musick, Jr
Martha Chaffins
Rebe
Cca
Dawn Scott
Scott
Crockett
Roy L. Meadows
GHS
Andrea Dawn Jones
Jonathan Tt
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Princeton
Davis
Aileens
Toys Unlimited
Spangler
Hamner
Supreme Court
Mercer Church
Kathy Johnson
Mercer County
Melguclasly
Eastern Regional Coal Archives
American Coal and Coke
Henry F. Warden
Coalfield
Graham High
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