Grundy Va Graduation Party Blocks Back Street
Grundy Virginia prepares for the town’s second annual graduation party inviting all 1998 Buchanan County high school graduates. The back street by the river will close from 11 p.m. to about 4 a.m. detours reroute traffic on main street. Tickets require registration and checkpoints staffed by police. drinking partygoers are barred from entry.
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Grundy
Chuck Crabtree
Crabtree
Levisa
Buchanan County
Office On
Shelter planned for abused women in Tazewell County
The Thompson Foundation funds a new crisis center shelter in Tazewell to serve county and outlying women, with expected demand above 100 annually. Donations are sought from individuals and groups as the facility aims to open this year under Family Crisis Services.
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A-1
Plummer
Wytheville
Buchanan County
Tazewell County
Thompson Foundation
B.R. Plummer
United Way
Family Crisis Services
Clinch Valley Community Action
Eli Jones
Crisis Center
P.O
Tazewell
Teachers summer plans reveal work and life outside classroom
New teachers in Graham and Pocahontas districts describe varied summer plans. Chris Stacy, a first year teacher, will travel to the beach, work on the family farm, and possibly take classes at Bluefield State College while adjusting to student perceptions. Eric Yost will teach summer school, participate in a Brazilian exchange program, and tend bar, noting students rarely react when they see him off school grounds.
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GMS
Anita Martin
Smith Mountain Lake
Chris Stacy
Graham High School
Stacy
Bluefield State College
Eric Yost
Pocahontas High School
Yost
Emory and Henry College
Cuz
Pounding Mill
Coal officials plead guilty in fatal mining accident
In Abingdon Virginia two Solus Coal Co mine employees pleaded guilty in U S District Court to falsifying records and violating mine safety standards regarding a May 15 1997 roof fall at the Solus Mine in Cedar Bluff. Foreman Jeffrey Phillips pleaded guilty to exposing miners to roof fall danger and received two years probation and a 2000 dollar fine. Sentencing for supervisor Roger D Brown and foreman Buster J Lamie Jr is set for September 15.
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Abingdon
Tazewell County
U.S. District Court
Solus Coal Co
Roger D. Brown
Doran
Solus
Buster J. Lamie Jr
Richlands
Brown
Lamie
Cedar Bluff
Jeffrey Phillips
Raven
Thomas Layne Kinder
Phillips
Kinder
Mine Safety and Health Administration
U.S
Randy Ramseyer
Ramseyer
Henry E. Stevens
Cleveland
MSHA
City upgrades phone system to improve automation
Princeton Finance Director Shirley Weikle announced nine office phones are being replaced to enhance the city automation. The original system, bought in September 1997, had limited complaints but an internal flaw, with a stutter dial now alerting staff to voicemail messages. Mercer County School System official Jim Akers noted the central office automation since 1990 improves contact efficiency and message handling, cautioning that a future surge may necessitate upgrades for cost efficiency.
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A-1
Princeton Finance
Shirley Weikle
Weikle
Citizens Communications Telephone Company
Mercer County
Jim Akers
Akers
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Rick Puckett
CDE
Neil Jackson
Rosalie Owrey
Jeanne Schmauss
Randy Sarles
Barry Bailey
Vliprinceton Community Hospital
Rinceton
Atness
Kohler
Seravely
Country Power Equipment & Buck Stove
Raleigh
Mercer Counties
Mercer Street
Princeton
Ashley
Brockton
Dad
Ed Reclina
Kammer’s
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