Cancer Society hosts Ride for Life Horse Show in Tazewell County
The American Cancer Society sponsors a two day Ride for Life Horse Show at the Tazewell County Fairgrounds. Friday June 30 and Saturday July 1 feature 60 classes with horses and riders from the region plus a youth show July 1 at 9 am. Noon demos by Allen Rasnick on horse training followed by a free skin cancer screening Saturday 9 am to 1 pm at Nuckolls Hall.
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American Cancer Society
Tazewell County
Tazewell County Fairgrounds
Allen Rasnick
Rasnick
Fairgrounds
Nuckolls Hall
Fair
Home schoolers enjoy summer break in Mercer County
Daily Telegraph staff writer Greg Jordan reports Mercer County has about 85 to 90 home schooled children with rising numbers. Parents teach for religious reasons or to meet education needs, with safety cited as a third factor near cities. Recent legislative changes require only a GED to teach any age, while a letter of intent and an instructional plan are filed. Progress is yearly assessed by tests or portfolios, with remediation and possible court action if below the 40th percentile.
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Princeton
Anne Krout
Mercer County
Krout
Board of Education
Pharmacy blamed in boy death after overdose
A five year old Virginia boy died from an imipramine overdose after a Leesburg Pharmacy prepared his bed wetting medication at five times the prescribed dose. The Pharmacy Board opened an investigation into pharmacist Gregory C. Chase while Loudoun County prosecutors declined charges. Brendan Ward died after his mother Kellie Ward gave him the medication, found dead the next morning. Autopsy cited overdose as the cause amid allegations of prescriber conditions.
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Richmond, Va
Northern Virginia
Leesburg
State Pharmacy Board
Gregory C. Chase
Leesburg Pharmacy
Loudoun County
Chase
Kellie Ward
Brendan
Habitat for Humanity plans fifth project in Abbs Valley
Habitat for Humanity in Tazewell County moves forward with a fifth housing project in Abbs Valley to be built by volunteers this summer. A local family is selected, and construction will require 200 hours of homeowner participation and an interest free loan. An $18,300 grant from Tazewell Community Hospital supports the effort.
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Abbs Valley
Habitat For Humanity
Tazewell County
Bill Deskins
Deskins
Doran Bottom
Richlands
Tazewell
Bluefield
Tazewell Community Hospital
Fishkill State Park Lake Sees 300 Fish Die From Bacteria
A naturally occurring bacteria has killed about 300 fish at Douthat State Park lake over 10 days. Park manager Forrest Gladden says the bacteria is in all fish and active at times, with spawning stress possibly contributing. Virginia Tech's Steve Smith notes the infection will run its course and poses no human health risk. Park personnel are removing the dead fish. the public can still eat fully cooked lake fish. Most victims are pan fish with some largemouth bass.
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Clifton Forge
Douthat State Park Lake
Forrest Gladden
Gladden
Steve Smith
Aquatic Medicine Laboratory
Virginia Tech
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