Local attorney elected to top state post in WV trial lawyers group
J Franklin Long 49 of Bluefield was elected president of the West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association at the Charleston Marriott three day meeting. He pledged to protect consumers and raise the profession's image while launching a bicycle helmet initiative donating 1000 helmets to low income children. Long, first African American to lead the group, previously chaired the Mountain State Bar Association and served on the ATLA board. He took oath from Judge Larry Starcher.
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Bluefield
Voluntary Bar Association
Charleston
J. Franklin Long
Southwest Virginia Community College
Bluefield State College
West Virginia University School of Law
West Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association
Long
West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Ciation
Milton C. Grimes
Los Angeles
Rodney King
Mountain
W.H. Ballard III
Welch
Trial Lawyers
Mercer County
Norris Kantor
Trial Lawyers Association
Mountain State Bar Association
Soldier daughter of Princeton aids Balkans mission in Albania
Jennifer L. Graham, daughter of James L. and Rebecca G. Manley of Princeton, serves with Task Force Hawk in Albania as part of NATO's Kosovo operation. She works as an aircraft electrician with the 7th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, out of Giebelstadt. Soldiers describe mud and rain, concertina wire, and daily duties from equipment maintenance to camp upkeep as they support Apache helicopters in a volatile region.
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Irana
Albania
Rinas
Princeton
Balkans
Spe
Jennifer L. Graham
James L
Rebecca G. Manley
NATO
Kosovo
Graham
Mercer Christian Academy
159Th Aviation Regiment
Giebelstadt
Germany
Bosnia
Panama
Voice Activated country artist recalls Bland County roots
Darnell Miller, a veteran from Bland County, releases 11 song Ricca Records CD Voice Activated. The title track and reference to Bland County highlight his long radio and TV career starting at WHIS in the 1950s, with past work for Challenge Records and WWVA Jamboree.
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Bluefield
Darnell Miller
Miller
Ricca Records
Nashville
Bland County
Wheeling
Judy Compton
Lee Sutton
Young pianist Rachel Craft to attend Indiana piano academy
16 year old Rachel Craft, a rising Wythe High School senior from Bluefield, will travel to Indiana University June 20 for a three week national piano academy. She has studied since age five, trains with Pat Feuchtenberger, and was chosen from hundreds of applicants based on three pieces. Craft plans a double major in music and biology and teaches 11 piano students while serving as substitute organist at St Marys Church.
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Luefield
Rachel Craft
George Wythe High School
Craft
Indiana
Indiana University
Bluefield
Pat Feuchtenberger
Piano Academy
Gershwin
Mussorgsky
Scarlotti
Herbert Craft
Lewis Gayle Hospital
Salem
Joan
St. Johns Preschool
Wytheville
Rachel
Stacy
Feuchtenberger
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Ind
Erin
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Academy
National Federation of Music Clubs
Chautauqua Festival Set for June 19 in Wytheville
Wytheville hosts the 15th Chautauqua Festival from June 19 to 27 with a 9 a.m parade featuring the U.S. Marine Corps Marching Band and a 10 a.m. West Main Street lineup near Acme Markets. The event includes a hot air balloon rally, archaeological dig, flower shop, quilt show, antique sale, fly fishing seminar, daily music, and family activities sponsored by local clubs and the Wythe Arts Council.
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Wytheville
United States Marine Corps
West Main Street
Acme
Wythe Arts Council
Jim Stallard
Festival
Wythe County
Fred Brown
Bobby Jackson
Paul McCorkle
Stallard
Virginia
North Carolina
West Virginia
Tennessee
Rock House
Boyd
Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Roanoke
Wytheville Presbyterian Church
Rural Retreat
Morikana Garden Clubs
Wythe
Virginia Creeper
Abingdon
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Heads Trial Lawyers Group
The
MCA Grad
Spc
Jennifer Graham
Task Force Hawk
Bland
WHIS
Whis-Tv
Ers
Gene Autry
Challenge
Uta
Bill Archer
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