Osborne's Low Bid Rejected in County Landfill Talks
McDowell County Commissioners opened bids for a one year contract to operate the Marytown landfill. Osbone Brothers Inc offered the low bid of 249 400 but failed to submit required forms. Salyers Construction bid 330 000. Bids referred to Draper Aden Associates for review. They also discussed canceling IBM copier lease in favor of Pitney Bowes for 8 000 annual savings.
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Daily Telegraph
Welch
McDowell County
Marytown
Salyers Construction and Development, Inc
Laeger
Ted Osborne
Osborne Brothers Inc
Jaeger
Osborne
Low
Salyers
Commission
Jennings Boyd
Borne
Draper-Aden Associates
Princeton
IBM Corp
IBM
Pitney-Bowes
Boyd
Rockefeller Thanks Clean-Up Crew at McDowell Dedication
Gov. John D. Rockefeller IV visited Welch to salute the Second Annual McDowell County Cleanup Campaign and dedicate a new War fire station. He praised volunteers led by Mary Sidote, noted 1 200 tons of trash removed and 434 vehicles used, and announced about 400 local jobs via three state programs. The Welch Municipal Complex, funded 1982 by a 250 000 grant, and the War Fire Station renovation, funded 65 714, were highlighted.
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Daily Telegraph
Welch
John D. Rockefeller IV
McDowell County
Rockefeller
McDowell
War Fire Station
Roberts Regains Jaeger Mayorship In Town Election
In Jaeger town elections Perry Roberts ousted incumbent Shirley Lambert 127 to 44 to reclaim the mayoralty after serving 1975 to 1981. Roberts noted his prior write-in loss and said campaigning started three days before voting. Ruby Fanning won the recorder seat unopposed with 114 votes. Five council seats were up with Hubert Hatfield leading at 107 and incumbents Stafford Johnson and Hunt among the top finishers. Paul Hare won a write-in against Raymond Bailey.
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Jaeger
Laeger
Perry Roberts
Shirley Lambert
Roberts
Nent
Ruby Fanning
Recorder’s
Hubert Hatfield
James Stafford
Sylvia Johnson
Robert Hunt
Paul Hare
Raymond Bailey
Stafford
Johnson
Hunt
Monroe County approves 10 new school employees for 1983-84
Monroe County Board of Education approved ten new hires for the 1983-84 term, including James Walters and David Ballengee. Other actions covered retirements, leaves, transfers, grievances, and program funding as the board signed off on educational excellence plans and a Governor's Youth Program project. A Russian space craft crash into Venus in 1965 marked the first man-made object to reach another planet.
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Monroe County School Board
Monroe County Board of Education
James Walters
Union High School
David Ballengee
Greenville Junior High
Pauline Hoke
Food Service
Union Elementary
Judith Handley
Joyce Pritt
Nancy Wiley
Lois Fullen
ECSA
Jean Cransfield
Marilyn Hess
Julia Butler
Oral Mann
Vocational Technical Center
Faye Bradley
Carol Baker
Gap Mills
Peterstown
Don Upton
Francis Pence
Gray Neel
Virtie Walters
Shirley Galford
W.W. Jones
Board of Education
Monroe County
Union Elementary School
George Dunbar
Tom Cunningham
James Higginbotham
Venus
Area Hospital To Change Name Humana Hospital Clinch Valley
Richlands Virginia area hospital unveils a new name for its 200 bed facility to be dedicated August 20. Humana Hospital Clinch Valley reflects Humana's commitment to high quality care and regional investment. The $23 million, state of the art hospital aims to provide metropolitan level medicine locally.
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Richlands
Humana Hospital
Clinch Valley
W.A. Gillespie
Humana
Southwest Virginia
West Virginia
Gillespie
Public Hearings Set On Tazewell County Budget Details
The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors schedules hearings June 23 on revenue sharing funds and the 1983-84 county budget. Hearings at 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courtroom outline revenue use, budget totals, and tax levy specifics, with published notices in the county newspaper.
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Tazewell
School Board
Department of Social Services
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Princeton Community Recreation Center
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Tazewell County
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J. G. Hook
David Brooks
Stanley Blacker
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Lady Thomson
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Briar
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