West Virginia teacher earns National Geographic fellowship
Sunday Region B-2 Straley Elementary teacher Linda Poff is among four West Virginia educators awarded $10 000 National Geographic fellowships. She looks forward to a study in Washington DC and is quoted as being egg-cited. Bill and Margaret Berdine spend retirement crafting and writing with Berdine’s new book The Berdine Un Theory of Evolution And Other Scientific Studies and wildflower bookmarks. Weather permitting, the Tazewell Bulldogs face the William Byrd Terriers in the state baseball tournament at Vinton Saturday.
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Straley
Linda Poff
West Virginia
National Geographic
Washington D.C
Bill
Margaret Berdine
Berdine
Tazewell Bulldogs
William Byrd Terriers
Vinton
Diver Freed After Four Hours Trapped by Hull Hole
Rescuers worked four hours under water to free Gary Decker, 39, a diver for Lake Union Drydock Co., whose right arm and shoulder were sucked into a 7 inch hole in the DeSteigner during hull repairs. He remained in serious condition at a Seattle hospital Saturday. Police said low air pressure prevented release until emergency welds and water spray freed his arm.
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Peet
Navy
Seattle
Gary Decker
Lake Union Drydock Co
DeSteigner
Decker
D-Day anniversary observed at Bayeux with Piper Bill Millin
Survivors and families marked the 48th D-Day anniversary in Bayeux France with quiet pilgrimages. Bill Millin the Scottish piper at 21 played bagpipes for the ceremony near the Museum of the Normandy Invasion. Allied forces landed on June 6 1944 along an 84 mile coast triggering a 76 day battle that left 367000 dead or wounded and turned the war. Today a baseball card show runs noon to five at Landmark Mini Mall Bluefield. Monday June 8 a New River Parkway Authority meeting is set for Raleigh County Public Library Beckley. Continued calendar on A-2.
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Arvivors
Bayeux
France
Bill Millin
Normandy
Germany
Bluefield
New River Parkway Authority
Raleigh County Public Library
Beckley
Weather outlook shows showers with warm highs
Partly sunny conditions return with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs reach the upper 70s. Tonight provides another 50 percent shower chance with lows around 60, per the National Weather Service forecast.
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National Weather Service
Floods lash Mercer County as East River recedes and clear-up begins
Bright sunshine returns after one of the worst floods in Mercer County in 20 years. Oakvale firefighters report extensive basement pumping and water damage across 85 to 90 percent of riverbank homes. Brush Creek and Bluestone River levels fall as roads reopen and highway crews clear rockslides while Princeton and East River chiefs assist with Friday basements pumping.
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Princeton
Mercer County
East River
Ingleside
Oakvale
Kellysville
Leonard St. Clair
St. Clair
Brush Creek
Bluestone River
Department of Highway
J.W. Howell
Nelson Short
Red Cross to Open Crisis Center Monday in Bluefield
The East River Chapter of American Red Cross will begin accepting applications today for aid to water damaged homes and businesses. A crisis center opens at 9 a.m. in the chapter office on the second floor of the BRMC Wellness Center on Federal Street in Bluefield.
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Princeton
East River
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Charlene Meade
BRMC
Federal Street
Bluefield
Tazewell County Airport Dedication Delayed by Fog
The Tazewell County Airport dedication in Virginia faced a morning fog delay with lights and instrument landing system unavailable. The ceremony eventually began at 11:48 as fog lifted, featuring remarks by Dave Lawson and Kenneth Rowe. FAA funded 95 percent of construction. terminal named for Jim Edwards.
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Claypool Ee
Tazewell Cope Ort Rakai
County Ee
Kent’s Ridge
Airport Authority
Dave Lawson
Kenneth Rowe
Virginia Aviation Commission
Tazewell County
Virginia
FAA
Jim Edwards
Authority
Richlands
Edwards
Rick Boucher
Boucher
Pete Rasnick
Rasnick
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Richlands Area
Mixed reactions in Bluefield on Earth Summit debate
In Bluefield area residents show mixed views on the Earth Summit. Polls reveal concerns about environmental action, U S participation, water and air pollution, and the sincerity of President Bush. Respondents urge global cooperation and broad involvement to address global warming and pollution.
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Bluefield
United States
U.N
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Bush
Judge delays trial in UMW health care funds dispute
A federal judge in Washington has postponed until September a trial over the United Mine Workers Health and Retirement Funds deficit. The case seeks a court order to raise coal company contributions from 2.50 to 5.42 per hour and may impact health coverage for about 120,000 retirees.
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Charleston
U.S
Thomas Jackson
Washington
D.C
United Mine Workers Health and Retirement Funds
UMW
Jackson
Michael Nussbaum
Glen Williams
Abingdon
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Princeton Rand Parents Association
Princeton High School
Ao Coal
Rowe
Federal Aviation Administration
Mel Grubb
Claypool Hill
James P. Edwards
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Earth Summit
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