Penley Wins All American Scholar Award
Robin Penley of Council Virginia named an All American Scholar by the U S Achievement Academy. Southwest Community College student nominated by Joseph S DiPietro and Mark N Mustard. Penley is daughter of Mr and Mrs James I Penley and granddaughter of Tory Penley and Mr and Mrs Bill Williams.
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Penley
Robin Penley
James I. Penley
Council, Va
U.S. Achievement Academy
Southwest Community College
Joseph S. DiPietro
Mark N. Mustard
Tory Penley
Bill Williams
Abingdon
Parkway Authority Meeting Set for June 11
The New River Parkway Authority will meet on June 11 at 7 p.m. at City Sidetrack Park located 400 Front St in Hinton to discuss projects and agendas.
Sons of Italy to Meet in Princeton on Sunday
The Order of Sons of Italy will hold a meeting Sunday at 2 p.m. at Roma III in Princeton. Members are urged to attend and discuss upcoming fraternal activities and community service plans.
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Sons of
Italy
Order of Sons of Italy
Roma III
Princeton
Meeting set in Fort Chiswell for aging concerns
Thelma Bland newly appointed Commissioner of the Virginia Department for the Aging will hold a town meeting June 20 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Fort Chiswell High School Auditorium Wythe County. She will meet with older Virginians families health care and human services professionals policy makers and officials to discuss housing transportation affordable health care long term care and other issues affecting seniors in Southwest Virginia.
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Thelma Bland
Virginia Department For the Aging
Fort Chiswell High School
Wythe County
Diabetes Support Group Meeting At Beckley Center
A Diabetes Support Group will convene on June 28 at 6 p.m. at Beckley Center for Independent Living located at 329 Prince Street in Bluefield. For more details contact Betty Hall at 255-4364 or Krista Maddy at 255-0122 or 1 800 545 BCIL.
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Beckley Center For Independent Living
Prince St
Bluefield
Betty Hall
Krista Maddy
Mobile office to visit Princeton and Lindside Friday
Senator Jay Rockefeller will hold a mobile office at Mercer County Courthouse Princeton from 9 to 10 30 a m and at Lindside Senior Center Lindside from 11 30 a m to 1 p m Dennis Altizer southern area coordinator will be available to discuss citizens problems and concerns
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Jay Rockefeller
Mercer County
Courthouse Square
Princeton
Lindside Senior Center
Lindside
Dennis Altizer
Kincer earns scouting award toward Eagle rank
J W Kincer, guided by Bluefield State College Center for International Understanding, completed the Citizenship in the World merit badge track and plans to be awarded the Eagle Rank this summer. He is son of Wallace and Shelia Kinzer of Bluefield Virginia, acting senior patrol leader for Troop 94, with 34 earned merit badges and election to the Order of the Arrow.
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J.W. Kincer
Bluefield State
BSC
Center For International Understanding
Allen Beck
Kincer
Beck
Order of the Arrow
Mercer County students dominate state social studies fair
Nine Mercer County students captured top honors at the Division I West Virginia Social Studies Fair at Marshall University. State entrants swept first place at county fairs, with more than 1,000 projects across 10 social science areas judged over two days. Winners include Jason Bailey and Billy Whitt first place in Psychology and Sociology, Debbie Combs second in U.S. History, Sammy Masri second in U.S. Constitution, Sharon Shreve and Carey Hicks third in World History, plus honorable mentions for Steven Nicholas in Political Science and a two-student pair, Brent Clark and Matt Tiller, in Economics.
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Mercer County
Marshall University
Jason Bailey
Mercer
Billy Whitt
Memorial
U.S
Debbie Combs
Glenwood
U.S. Constitution
Sammy Masri
Straley
Sharon Shreve
Carey Hicks
Thorn
Steven Nicholas
Memorial Elementary
Brent Clark
Matt Tiller
Grand jury to hear evidence in Bluefield shooting
The grand jury will review evidence from the April 15 incident at a Hardee's on Bluefield Avenue where Officer John C. Gillespie shot and killed Terry Wayne Poynter. Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney Charles Smith will present the case to determine if it goes to trial.
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Hardee
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield City
John C. Gillespie
Terry Wayne Poynter
Mercer County
Charles Smith
Tazewell Head Start on brink of funding cut
Richlands Virginia Head Start faces possible federal funding cuts if enrollment fails to reach the required level. Only 14 Bluefield area children and 9 Pocahontas area applicants meet current guidelines, with 80 applications overall amid concerns about income limits and program age requirements.
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Richlands
Tazewell County
Bluefield
Pocahontas Area
Head Start
Judy Ratliff
Ratliff
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
College Avenue
Ratiff
Bluefield Center
Department of Health and Human
Wilder surveys crowded Richmond jail during surprise visit
Governor Wilder toured Richmond City Jail, where inmates in the women’s cell pressed against bars and climbed tables to air grievances. He promised to seek alternatives to incarceration to ease overcrowding, noting the facility’s 629-bed design. The unannounced tour kicks off a series aimed at addressing drugs and housing policy.
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Richmond
Richmond City
L. Douglas Wilder
Wilder
City to sell parking lot to fund fire truck
Princeton council approved selling a Main Street parking lot near the Mercer County Courthouse to raise funds for a new fire truck. The county would pay 47 500 upfront and the city would apply the proceeds to the fire truck fund, boosting it from 73 000 to about 120 000.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Enaty
Memorial Building
Jim Juhl
Paul McManaway
Juhl
Jack Scott
McManaway
Bluefield youths plan Jamaica mission trip to aid church
Westminster Presbyterian Church youth group led by Brian Checchio will travel to Jamaica for two weeks starting June 28 to build a church classroom and assist with home repairs. The team of 16 teens and four adults will work ten hours daily six days a week, stay with a local pastor, attend services, and raise about $18,000 with $11,000 already pledged. A flea market fundraiser is set for Saturday on Washington Avenue to help cover costs and donations are welcomed.
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Jamaica
Brian Checchio
Westminster Presbyterian Church of
Bluefield
Checchio
Washington Avenue
Lively murder trial found in 1921 courthouse records
Termites exposed a locked room at the McDowell County Courthouse uncovering around 3,000 documents dating to the 1870s. Among them a thick file drew attention and revealed the Lively murder trial connected to the August 21, 1921 shooting of a coal mine union organizer.
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Paul Lambert
Terminally ill man kills son and self in CO2 poisoning case
In Lincoln County a terminally ill man, Raymond S. Short Sr., 82, rigged a hose from a car exhaust into the vehicle to kill himself and his son, 58, Raymond S. Short Jr. The elder man propped the passenger door to trap his son, aiming to ensure care for the boy. Both bodies were found in their running car. Police said carbon monoxide poisoning appears to be the cause.
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Hamlin
Kidd
B.R. Lester
Short
State Medical Examiners Office
South Charleston
Raymond
Larry Lowe
Huntington Alleys
Lowe
Elder Short
Padedey
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Kevin DeWitt
Steve Misak
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