Community meeting notices from Bluefield and Princeton areas
A list of local group meetings and events in Bluefield Princeton and surrounding areas including Main Street Bluefield meeting Tuesday at the Main Street office Mercer County Alliance for the Mentally Ill gathering at Haven House Princeton June 6 and a 6 p.m. gathering of the Princeton Retired Railroad Veterans Association at Western Sizzlin June 8 Region 8 FRWC meeting at Johnston Chapel Church June 8 pancake breakfast Gary Lions Club proceeds to Lions Light Foundation June 10 New River Parkway Authority monthly meeting at Concord College Student Center
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Mercer County Alliance For the
Haven House
Mercer St
Princeton
Princeton Retired Railroad Veterans Association
Sizzlin
Stafford Drive
Mercer County Farm Bureau
FRWC
Johnston Chapel
Hall’s Ridge Road
Gary Lions Club
Gary Community Room
Lions Light Foundation
New River Parkway Authority
Concord College
Weather outlook with showers possible this afternoon
Mostly cloudy conditions persist with a chance of showers or thunderstorms mainly during the afternoon. Expect highs in the low to mid 70s with tonight's low ranging from the upper 40s to mid 50s. Weather package A-8.
Inside Tip Encourages Dial-Free Cellular One Contact
Inside the page a tip directs readers to call BDT toll free for service across Mercer and nearby counties. It mentions lotteries in a brief public notice style. The fragment references Mercer Tazewell Bland Monroe Summers Fayette and Greenbrier counties.
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Mercer, Tazewell
Bland
Monroe
Summers
Fayette
Greenbrier Counties
Teen Dies After Single Car Crash in Buchanan County
Pilgrim Knob Virginia report states Carla Elaine Rife a 17 year old of Slate Creek Grundy died from injuries after a late Sunday crash on Route 638 near a horseshoe curve. She was returning home after dropping off a friend when the vehicle left the shoulder overturned and she was ejected. State Trooper T C Watson noted possible unfamiliarity with the area and faster than safe speed as contributing factors. The death marks the sixth Buchanan fatality in 1996.
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Pilgrim Knob
Buchanan County
Carla Elaine Rife
Slate Creek
Grundy
Virginia
T.C. Watson
Rife
Watson
Homicide Probe Links Gunshot to Princeton Dealer Death
Princeton dealer Fred Hawley 49 was found dead from a single gunshot at EZ Auto Sales after a Friday 2 a.m. fire. Officials say robbery as motive and arson used to cover the murder. a red Porsche-like sports car seen nearby is sought as a witness or suspect.
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Princeton
Zia Sabet
Fred Hawley
R.C. Martin
Hawley
Martin
Sabet
South Walker Street
Dream comes true for Woodtech
Woodtech, Inc., celebrated its fifth anniversary with a dinner at the Holiday Inn marking five years in the area and expansion. President Ryutaro Tsuda Jr. announced a new dryer and a lathe machine installed by a 15 member Japanese engineering delegation, enabling more veneers and products for interiors, frames, and musical instruments, including increased supply for Yamaha. Hashimoto Denki’s Yasunori Hashimoto and Uroko Seisakusho’s Shizumasa Otomo noted their role in Woodtech’s dream becoming reality.
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Luefield
Woodtech, Inc
Holiday Inn
Woodtech
Ryutaro Tsuda Jr
Tsuda
Japan
Yamaha
Brian Stevenson
Woodtech Quality Control
Doyle Sandifer
Joe Melvin
Yasunori Hashimoto
Hashimoto Denki Co., Ltd
Shizumasa Otomo
Uroko Seisakusho Co., Ltd
Ryutaro Tsuda Sr
Cracking GOWN sharps plague city's recycling program
City officials vow action against residents not recycling properly and those placing regular garbage or insulin sharps in blue recycling bags. Treasures and disposal centers report workers being stuck by needles, hepatitis or AIDS concerns, prompting possible termination of sorting services if improper disposal continues.
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Bluefield
Charlie Cramer
Lusk Disposal
Empire Salvage and Recycling, Inc
Green Valley
Cromer
Cromier
Lusk
Sharps
Kagawa Prefecture Hosts Ecology Forum On Green Regeneration
Report filed from Japan describes a four hour bus trek to Takamatsu in Kagawa prefecture as ecologists gather for INTECOS Relay Symposium on Green Regeneration. Hirai advocates harmony between government private sector and nature and stresses growing environmental activism.
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Takamatsu
Japan
Matusyama
Shinkoku Island
Kagawa Prefecture
Kagawa
Gou Joichi Hirai
Hirai
International Association For Ecology
Intecos
H. Edward
Eddie” Steel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mel Grubb
East River Mountain
Main Street
Perritt
Opinion Ovens
Abby
Oeheneeeennerererenean
Janeeseeenee
Eeene
Homicide
Walker Street
Mitchell Barker
Princeton Fire Department
Barker
Tony Barbery
Hashimoto Denki Co
Mike Davis
Jim Terry
The
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