Main Street concert delights Bluefield crowd in showers
In Chicory Square more than 100 gathered for the Main Street Concert despite rain clouds. Frances Wayland coordinated through glitches to welcome performers for Bluefield. Celebrity reader Skip Crane captivated children as he read April Fools. Rumors of Peace delivered contemporary gospel, while eight year old Megan Wolford wowed the audience.
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Bluefield
Chicory Square
Frances Wayland
Skip Crane
Graham Intermediate School
Beverly Wellman
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Main Street
Catherine Stringer
Megan Wolford
Randy Fielder
Chris Vanover
Clinton Collins
Kenny Chapman
Health fair at East End Baptist Church items offered
A health fair will be held Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at East End Baptist Church 1504 Princeton Ave Bluefield featuring glucose testing blood pressure checks dietician analysis prenatal screening cancer detection by mammo grams and cholesterol screenings. Sponsored by Trinity United Methodist Church UMW Outreach and East End Baptist Church WMU along with Bluefield Regional Medical Center.
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Bluefield
East End Baptist Church
Princeton Ave
Trinity United Methodist Church
UMW
Trinity United Methodist Church Outreach Committee
WMU
Bluefield Regional
Osborne named to corrections post in Virginia
Former Tazewell County Sheriff William E. Osborne was appointed by Gov. George Allen to the State Board of Corrections. The appointments aim to address jail overcrowding as board members oversee corrections programs and facility standards. Other appointees include William C. Cleveland, Diane Davis-Wagner, H. Jack Rose, Carl V. Knickman, John J. McGrath Jr., and the reappointment of Henry Schrieberg.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
William E. Osborne
George Allen
State Board of Corrections
Allen
George Bailey
Albemarle County
Osborne
Richmond City
Andrew J. Winston
Bailey
Winston
Svcc Police Training School
Tazewell County Crime Commission
Board of Corrections
Department of Corrections
William C. Cleveland
Diane Davis-Wagner
H. Jack Rose
Carl V. Knickman
John J. McGrath Jr
Henry Schrieberg
Athens Time Capsule Buried At Local High School
Athens High School and Athens Elementary students watched as Principal Dan Zirkle and Band Director Jon Corbett placed mementos into a concrete time capsule. Items include a trophy, a school activities video, a graduation program, a portrait of the first graduate, and a football bench cushion. The capsule lies 30 to 35 inches deep beside the marquee on State Street. it is four feet by two feet by two feet and is to be opened in 2019.
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Athens
Athens High School
Athens Elementary
Dan Zirkle
Jon Corbett
Athens High
Ion
Umni
State Street
Eastern Vault
Bluefield Lions install officers for 1994 95 in Bluefield Va
Bluefield Lions Club installed officers and directors for 1994 95 at Bluefield College during an installation banquet. The club highlighted fundraisers and gifts to Salvation Army United Way West Virginia Ski Project and the West Virginia Light Preservation Foundation. New officers include John C Bush president Eugene Winzenrith first vice president L Jack White second vice president and others with several members honored for years of service and perfect attendance.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Lions Club
Bluefield College
Lions
Salvation Army
United Way
West Virginia
Bluefield American Legion
West Virginia Light Preservation Foundation
Ike Southern
John C. Bush
Eugene Winzenrith
L. Jack White
Joe Romano
Brenda Whitney
Bill Goodman
Lee Whitney
Lion Tamer
Jim Granger
Harold Atkins
Gerald Hughes
Don Cooper
Bill Bivens
Rex Rachel
Donovant
Lions Club
High Foundation
Rush
Lions San
W.R. Cooke
J. Price Hines
James “Jimmy” Johns
R.C. McConnell
Brand F. Whitlock
Herbert Harvey
J. Ben Donovant III
H. Cline Hall Jr
A.A
Lon” Hopkins Jr
Hebert Humphreys
James ‘Jimmy” Johns
W. Taylor Moore
John C. Rush
Carel H. Thompson
Artist Andessa Wright Credited For Flower Spray Painting
In Fridays Medley miss caption, the cover artwork is credited to Andessa Wright of Beckley. Wright joined the Appalachian Artists Association exhibit at the Paine Gallery of the Bluefield Area Arts and Crafts Center last month. She has painted as a hobby for about 15 to 20 years, learning mainly on her own with some classwork.
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Bluefield
Andessa Wright
Beckley
Wright
Appalachian Artists Association
Paine
Iuefield Area
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Todd Stringer
Southwest Virginia
Princeton
Veterans Council
Mercer County Veterans Council
Memorial
John T. Taylor
VFW Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pinnacle Post 3856
Greater Bluefield
Ronald Bailey
Glenwood
NAACP
Mercer County
Peck St
Princeton Senior High School
Corrections
Bill Archer
The
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Lions
Greg Jordan
Dunn Motors Nour
Bland
Bluefield VA
Hanp Crartep
Poe
Disabled American Veterans Mercer CO
D.A.V
Preston St
Forster
Coleman
Owl
Forster Bocce
Ord
Yonex
Smith & Wesson Model
Winchester 1300
See-Dereuss de Couwerren Avie
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