Tazewell School Budget OKed With 10 Percent Pay Raise
The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors approved a 1981-82 school budget of 19.744 million dollars, including a 10 percent across the board salary increase for school employees. Superintendent Lester Jones noted food service remains separate, with potential add-ons, and the panel discussed creating a county attorney position and coal-buying procedures in executive session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors
Stephen Epperly
Tazewell Education Association
Lester Jones
Sam Crockett
Joe Peer
Jones
Ballard
Epperly
TEA Executive Board
Robert Galumbeck
Commonwealth
Galumbeck
Peery
Tazewell Dispositions Listed
Tazewell Virginia dispositions from county circuit court include Miles R. Hall convicted on a robbery charge with a five year sentence recommended by the jury. A probation violation capias issued for Dwight David Breeding. Jessie Luther Horn case continued to August. David Wheeler case continued to June 17. Roger Allen White received 30 days suspended plus $25 costs. Dana Jack Green motions denied. Brian Stevens to report by June 18 for counsel. Orville Coleman five year suspended sentence revoked and resuspended with 60 days to serve and $25 costs. A juvenile committed for evaluation. total costs $708.50. Gary Lee Martin one year for firearm use in felony. armed robbery sentence 12 years with three years suspended and $335 costs.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Miles R. Hall
Dwight David Breeding
Jessie Luther Horn
David Dwight Wheeler
Roger Allen White
Orville Coleman
Department of Corrections Diagnostic Center
Gary Lee Martin
Roanoke City
Subdivision Map Ready for Cedar Land Farms Review
A corrected Cedar Land Farms map for Claypool Hill is due for review by the Tazewell County Planning Commission on June 18 at 7 30 p m. Residents seek to vacate the erroneous plat and certify a corrected map, with a public hearing and board action following after commission recommendations.
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Tazewell
Cedar Land Farms
Claypool Hill
Planning Commission
Emily Fisher
Commission
Board of Supervisors
Deeds Record Transfers in Mercer County Beaver Pond and East River Districts
Deeds show Danny R. Parks and Brenda G. Parks selling to Larry L. Butt and Karen J. Butt in Beaver Pond district for 22,525 dollars. Hubert T. Lee and Annie Hale Lee transfer to Olivia Cecil Lilly and Mabel Virginia Lilly in East River district for 53,000 dollars. Harry E. Dale and Gloria L. Dale sell to Willy Simons and Nannie E. Simons in Beaver Pond district for 23,500 dollars.
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Mercer County
Danny R. Parks
Brenda G. Parks
Larry L. Butt
Karen J. Butt
Beaver Pond
Harry E. Dale
Gloria L. Dale
Willy Simons
Nannie E. Simons
Hubert T. Lee
Annie Hale Lee
Olivia Cecil Lilly
Mabel Virginia Lilly
East River District
New Members Inducted Into Bluefield Lions Club
Jim Johns inducted new members at a Bluefield Lions Club luncheon at the Elks Clubhouse. Tom Willis and Dave Pierce attended. Sam Owens was absent. Johns spoke on Lionism's twofold purpose fellowship and service and noted the global impact of 32,000 clubs and 150,000 deeds each year. An installation dinner is planned June 12 at Bluefield Country Club with guests Delmar Chase and Michael Pate.
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Jim Johns
Bluefield Lions Club
Elks Clubhouse
Johns
Tom Willis
Monte Vista-Roselawn
Dave Pierce
Bluefield Holiday Inn
Sam Owens
Lions Club
Taylor Moore
Cline Hall
Lions International
Bluefield Country Club
Delmar Chase
Lewisburg
Michael Pate
Athens
Princeton Homecoming 1981 expected to draw thousands
Princeton hosts its first Homecoming 1981 with events across Downtown Princeton, Princeton Shopping Center and Mercer Mall. A 4 to 8 p.m. Lee Patton Memorial Field program features a Hillsmen Quartet concert, pie eating, auctions, kids races and a $500 grand prize. Admission to the field is $4. other activities are free. Several dignitaries and local officials are expected, weather permitting, with rain plans shifting to Princeton High School.
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Princeton
Princeton-Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
Mercer Mall
Hillsmen
Lee Patton Memorial Field
Chamber
Charles Mathena
Roy Mundy
Betty Ferrell
Mercer County
Chauncey Browning
Mercer County Circuit Court
William O. Bivens, Jr
Don Hare
County Commission
Ray Bragg
Board of Education
Allen Lackey
Harold Wood
John M. Hughes
WVEDA
Paul Hutchinson, Jr
Beckley
Princeton High School
Allen Williams
Duke University
Lee Patton
Bob Brady
Kerry Fleming
Princeton Shopping Center
WKOY
Noblemen
Catron
Economist’s jab at disemployed sparks out-of-work remark
A critic mocks using the term disemployed to describe unemployment, arguing old fashioned phrasing should reveal the hardship of joblessness. The remark highlights tensions over language in discussions of labor and economic status.
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Daily Telegraph
Dana Jack Green
Brian Stevens
Courthouse News
Kohler
Caprinos
Yellow Brick Road
Summit Players
Neil Simon
Summit Players Theatre
Michael Carque
Tim Wayne
Stephanie Reid
Lou Stoker
Melvin Grubb
Leah Leach
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Princeton Rotary Club
Princeton Bank & Trust
Christopher Robin
West Virginia
Mercer Street
Waey Radio
Junior Woman's Club
Community Center
Weldon Ashworth
Princeton Bank Plaza
Mercer
Eighth Streets
Park Avenue
Jeannie Pruitt
Princeton Plaza
Bonanza
Bluefield Bonanza
Liberty Baptist Church
Lilac Hills
Glenwood Park
Liberty’s Christian School
Coats
London
Jewelry & QG
LA Beckley
Oak Hill
Lorch
Ercer Mall
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