Athens Welcomes CVS Drugstore Medical Center Town Park Projects
Staff photos by Tony Barbery show progress in Athens as three major projects move forward this summer. A CVS Revco drugstore replaces old buildings at State and Vermillion Streets, a new Athens Medical Center is rising with a 225 233 investment, and the Athens Town Park at Vermillion and Weaver Streets advances with plans reviewed by a NC architect. The town, once in decline, is entering a new era of growth and improved quality of life.
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Tony Barbery
Athens
CVS
College Town
State Street
Vermillion Street
Skaff
Athens Medical Center
Princeton Community Hospital
Debbie Griffith
Concord College
William Willis
D.O
Griffith
Athens Town Park
Anne Kessinger
North Carolina
Weaver Street
New paddle boats boost Glenwood Park attractions
Glenwood Park reports rising visitor numbers thanks to upgrades and four Pelican paddle boats added to the lake. Park Superintendent Greg Pruett notes the 360 acre park and 55 acre lake are in peak condition, with $150,000 spent on improvements including two new shelters and ADA compliant restrooms.
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Glenwood
Glenwood Park
Douglas Sporting Goods
Greg Pruett
T.A. “Buddy” Warden
Pruett
Tazewell County considers streamlining removal of disruptive students
Tazewell County teachers may gain authority to remove disruptive students from class after a second reading by the school board. The plan defines disruption as conduct that interrupts learning and requires two prior written incident reports. Principal decisions on next steps include alternate programs, class changes, study hall, suspension, or expulsion. The board meets Monday at 4 30 p m at Tazewell Middle School.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Bill Stone
Stone
Tazewell Middle School
Unemployment seen as key to child support hurdles in coalfields
In Four Seasons Country, high unemployment links to custody battles and unpaid child support. DCSE district manager Pat DuBose notes most non custodial parents would pay if able, with 21 000 caseload across 11 counties plus Bristol and Norton. DSS informs DCSE when welfare benefits are sought for a child. In Tazewell and Buchanan counties, ADC figures show hundreds of families and thousands of children affected, many headed by females. The DCSE uses administrative remedies, including wage withholding, and aims to ease court load though court orders are enforced when needed.
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Bluefield
Four Seasons
Coalfield
Pat DuBose
Department of Child Support Enforcement
Abingdon
DuBose
DCSE
Bristol
Norton
George Smith
Tazewell County
DSSS
Division of
Buchanan County
Virginia
Wade Elementary salutes long serving Title I director Billie Woods
Wade Elementary School honored Billie D. Woods, longtime director of the Title I program, with a farewell retirement gathering. Woods, born in 1936 in Walls Creek West Virginia, joined Wade faculty in the early years of Angela Woods’s first grade, raised five daughters, and plans to travel to the West Coast with her husband Nathaniel Bass. The tribute featured a plaque, roasts, and memories of her decades of service shaping young lives at Wade.
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Luefield
Wade Elementary School
Billie D. Woods
Wade
Siemens
Woods
Walls Creek
W.va
Amonate
McDowell County
Josephine
William
Moten
Bluefield
Old Hancock School
Park Central High School
Bluefield State College
Nathaniel
Park Street
Mount Zion
Leach
Donna Spicer
Spicer
Billie
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