Joe Theismann to speak at Bluefield Chamber dinner
NFL great Joe Theismann will headline the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce 93rd annual dinner at the Bluefield Elks Lodge on June 18. The event includes a 5:30 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. program, and the Robert Francis Hamilton award for community service. Tickets are $30 with limited availability.
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Bluefield
Joe Theismann
Greater
Washington Redskins
Theismann
NFL
Robert Francis Hamilton
Chamber
Marc Meachum
Meachum
Keystone-Eckman class of 1947 holds 51 year reunion
Sylvester Myers and peers from Keystone-Eckman Junior High gathered in Bluefield for their first reunion in 51 years. They recalled segregated schooling and early life in coal country, noting the reunion strengthened bonds and plans for a follow up next April.
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Luefield
Keystone-Eckman Junior High School
Bluefield
Sylvester Myers
Bluefield State College Advisory Board
Myers
Keystone-Eckman
Harold
George
Oscar
Rudolph
Percy Hairston
Oscar Scales
Harold Ross
Rudolph King
Willard Mauldin
James Morris
Public help available to all for child support collection
The DCSE and BCSE offer help to any parent needing to collect or enforce child support orders whether or not they are on welfare. Applicants may obtain forms at social services offices. there is no fee and the department retains none of the collected support. In Mercer County 2,311 cases existed, with over 80 percent paying in Jan–Mar, though tax intercepts may inflate this rate.
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DCSE
DuBose
Social Services Department
West Virginia
Bureau of Child Support Enforcement
Betty Justice
BCSE
Justice
Virginia
Mercer County
Tidewater Blood author Hoffman's Bluefield Book Tour
William Hoffman, 73, the Tidewater Blood author, autographs copies in Bluefield as his four month tour ends. He notes retirement soon and thanks local papers for wide coverage while visiting Roanoke Beckley and Charleston areas and renewing old friendships.
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William Hoffman
Bluefield
Hoffman
Tidewater Blood
Algonquin Press
Chapel Hill
N.C
Roanoke
Bluefield Paper
Pipestein
Charleston
Book Land
Crossroads Mall
Beckley
Athens park project gains funds and growth plans
The R-C projects page notes 25 000 purchase costs and about 40 000 in the bank with pledges of 20 000 from Benedum Foundation and 40 000 informally promised by Hunni cutt Foundation. Initiated April 1996 the park project aims for public use by summer 1999. Athens leaders stress growth and enduring community life.
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Benedum Foundation
Hunnicutt Foundation
Athens
Kessinger
John Rapp
Kids Escort Yakkity Yak Equipment Parade
In BLUEFIELD Virginia a rainy Friday saw about 45 children ride self propelled wheeled vehicles in a parade to haul building materials for the Yakkity Yak Playground to Lotito Park. Volunteers collect tools daily 5 to 9 p.m. through Tuesday night as Leathers Associates visit for construction prep.
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Bluefield
Herb Sims
Lotito Park
Lecia Smith
Smith
Leathers Associates
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