Veteran aide honored for helping Vietnam era veterans
Edward Taylor presents a Certificate of Appreciation from Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 628 to Jackson at PCH. Jackson, a veteran advocate with 11 years at PCH after seven years at Bluefield Regional Medical Center, expresses shock and gratitude, noting veterans have special needs. Chapter 628 Secretary Charles Mitchem praises her efforts for all veterans.
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Vietnam Veterans of America
Edward Taylor
Jackson
PCH
Division of Veterans Affairs
Rose
Taylor
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Charles Mitchem
Mitchem
SummerFest attendees include local coaches and bankers
Attendees listed at SummerFest include Roberts of 1104 attorney Greg Prudich Concord College Coach Randy Jennings PikeView football coach Ernie Martin Concord Chamber executive George Santon Sherwood TCI general manager PikeView baseball coach Peal Concord football coach Don Mullett First Century Bank VP Frank Wilkerson First Community Bank VP John Mendez Hair Studio owner Sue Hardin Seaver Funeral Home’s Bill Seaver PCH Foundation Director Kirk Story Kevin Martin of Martin Dental Association and First Community Bank President Jim Harrison.
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W- Roberts
Greg Prudich
Concord College
Randy Jennings
PikeView
Ernie Martin
Princeton-Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
George Santon
Sherwood
TCI
Peal
Concord
Don Mullett
First Century Bank
Frank Wilkerson
First Community Bank
John Mendez
Sue Hardin
Bill Seaver
Seaver Funeral Home
PCH Foundation
Kirk Story
Kevin Martin
Martin Dental Association
Jim Harrison
Andy Clark honors and Pedigo receive student awards
The Mercer County community recognizes Clark for civic leadership including Princeton Community Hospital Board and Development Authority service. Pedigo, a Princeton High standout, earned West Virginia All State honorable mention and Coalfield Conference first team honors after three years of varsity football.
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Mountaineers
State Board of Regents
Mercer County
Clark
Princeton Community Hospital Board of Directors
Development Authority of
Andy Clark Ford, Inc
Pam Hawkins
Princeton Senior High School
Bluefield High School
Pike View High School
Andy Clark
Ronnie Wells
BHS
Pedigo
Jerry
Dana Pedigo
Oakland Terrace
Rocky
Sharon Phillips
Bastion
Princeton Tigers
Wills and Sadler
West Virginia
Coalfield Conference
Happiness radio attraction shapes life of WV foundation chief
Kanade notes radio appeal and calls to air as a daily lure. Foundation leader Kirk Story recalls career shift from UVA unit clerk to health care administration after studying economics at the University of Virginia and earning a master’s at the Medical College of Virginia. He and wife Karen live in southern West Virginia with three children, praising regional beauty and community spirit. He urges youths that failure is learning and setting goals matters, but optimism matters most.
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Kanade
Princeton Community Hospital Foundation
Kirk Story
University of Virginia
UVA Hospital
Medical College of Virginia
Bethesda
Karen
Princeton
West Virginia
Story
Headache facts from expert insight in Bluefield feature
GREG JORDAN reports on headaches from Isis to modern triggers. Karl G Hursey explains most headaches are migraine or tension related and not signs of serious disease. Triggers include light, fumes, stress, foods with coping steps and when to seek medical care.
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Bluefield
B.C
Isis
Karl G. Hursey
Healthsouth Southern Hills Rehabilitation Hospital
Hursey
Denly
JROTC Inducts Seven Cadets Into Raider Program
RINCETON The Princeton and PikeView JROTC Battalions inducted seven cadets Will Weather ford Mike McCormick Matt Smith Jason Winn Michelle Goodman Susan Powers Earnest Davis from Princeton and Josh Fields from PikeView into the Raider Program for the 1996 97 school year. The cadets completed a seven month course teaching map reading First Aid survival knot tying and compass course with requirement to maintain 70 percent in all classes no disciplinary action pass a map reading exam and basic test in all other curriculum. Raider cadets must complete two rappers attend an FTX and show mental and physical superiority.
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Rinceton
Princeton
PikeView
JROTC
Allen Garten
Jimmy Stinson
Bluefield State College reports 9.5 percent loan default rate
Bluefield State College shows a 9.5 percent student loan default rate for fiscal year 1994, down from 16 percent in 1993. Interim financial aid director Eleanor Barnett credits the National Student Loan Data Base and campus programs requiring entrance interviews, post-interview tests, exit interviews, and loan debt disclosures for the decline.
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Bluefield - Bluefield State College
BSC
Eleanor Barnett
Financial Aid
Barnett
Bluefield State
BSC Financial Aid Office
Concord adds public art class at Concord College
Concord College adds a public ceramics class to its summer schedule. The Monday and Thursday sessions run noon to 2 pm July 8 through August 8 in the Alexander Fine Arts Center Athens. Instructor Steve Glazer, a WV artist on display at last January's Super Bowl, leads hands on training from hand building to wheel throwing and kiln firing with unlimited studio access. Call 304 384 5206 384 5360 or 384 5236 for information.
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Athens
Concord College
Alexander Fine Arts
Steve Glazer
Concord
Arizona
West Virginia
Call
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