Digging into the Past and Pick and Shovel Satisfaction
A Virginia man recalls restoring an old farm storage room in Patrick County and discovering a hand-dug well with a concrete trough for cooling milk. He reflects on grave digging with local figures, the dignity of hard work, and the sense of immediate accomplishment from physical labor. Contact Charles Boothe at cboothe odtonline.com.
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Stor
Patrick County
Warner
Rack Perdue
Charles Boothe
Cboothe
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Cluefield Daily Telegraph Staff Directory Note
The Cluefield Daily Telegraph lists Samantha Perry as News Editor, Andy Patton as Sports Editor, and Charles Ow as Assistant Managing Editor. A Bible quote from Mark 2 5 AKJV appears: When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the sick of the palsy, Son, your sins be for given you.
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Mercer County Weekend Fairs Highlight Local Street Fair and Mountain Festival
The Cole Chevy Mountain Festival in Bluefield enters its second weekend with Cirque Mundial sea lion shows Rock It The Robot and a 7 p.m. Little Boy and Lizzy performance plus 10 30 p.m. fireworks. In Princeton Mercer Street hosts Celebrate Princeton street fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. featuring Headspin Circus Troupe live music art demonstrations a ferris wheel waterslides maze bounce houses putt putt and vendors as Grassroots District merchants offer activities and sales. Local residents are urged to stay near home with gas prices rising and enjoy multiple events.
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Mercer Street
Princeton
City Park
Bluefield
Midway
Chaz
Little Boy
Lizzy
Headspin
Headspin Circus
Lori McKinney
McKinney
Hammer & Stain
Stages Music School
Fountain Stage
Sophisticated Hound Brewing Company
Jimmie’s Restaurant
Kylie Kakes
Mercer County
Just pure sensationalism in Bluefield letters
Debbie Redmond of Welch objects to a May 12 2022 Bluefield paper headline about a McDowell County judge and a prison inmate case. She defends a beaten woman at SRJ Beaver and notes deputies' reluctance to cooperate while praising friend Rick for his moral integrity and church involvement.
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Bluefield
McDowell
Marensky
SRJ
Beaver
Rick
Debbie Redmond
Welch
Putin blocks Ukraine grain exports to starve the world
The writer condemns Moscow for blocking Ukraine port grain shipments, creating a global food crisis. It accuses Putin of using the blockade as leverage to pressure the West, argues Russia dominates exits from Baltic and Pacific ports, and urges immediate action to break the blockade before harvest in July.
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Ukraine
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Vladimir Putin
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United Nations
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U.N. Security Council
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Charles Michel
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Michel
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Middle East
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Antonio Guterres
Security Council
Vasily) Nebenzia
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Berdyansk
Mariupol
Crimea
Oleksiy Goncharenko
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