Sounds of Today camp invites Mercer area youth
Registration for the Sounds of Today Student Band Director Camp opens at Glenwood Park 4-H Camp with a June 17 deadline. The July 27 30 event welcomes band students and directors from Mercer and nearby counties with a $58 fee for students and half price for directors. The program features woodwind brass percussion and marching instruction by college and pro instructors and runs July 27 to 30 with a closing awards program.
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PCB debate highlights limited animal cancer links
University of Arkansas toxicologist James reviews PCB studies noting one of 209 chemicals caused rat liver cancer in one breed while other effects appear only at lethal doses. Guzelian of Virginia Commonwealth University cautions against extrapolating animal data to humans and cites studies showing no increased cancer or heart disease risks in exposed workers.
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James
University of Arkansas Medical School
U.S
Guzelian
Division of
Clinical Toxicology
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College
Joy
Bluefield
Lottery results for Charleston West Virginia draw
Charleston, AP reports the West Virginia lottery numbers drawn Thursday night. Daily 3 winners are 5 1 8 and the Daily 4 drawing is 5 3 5 4. The same Daily 3 and Daily 4 numbers are repeated in word form.
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Charleston
West Virginia
West Virginia graduates hear small firms spark state job growth
Grad nessmen and Concord College professors hear that most new West Virginia jobs come from small businesses. Speakers urge graduates to start ventures or bid on federal contracts, noting 32 000 of 154 000 state firms have employees and 16 000 employ only one to five people. The small business development center aims to match firms to contracts and provide pre bid readiness and inspections. The Institute, sponsored by Bluefield groups, Concord College center, SBA and Mountain RC&D, plans tours of procurement centers in September.
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Concord College
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Kathy Marshall
Lérena
Pipestem State Park
Bluestone Lake
Jack
West Virginia
Defense Department
Small Business Development Center
Mechanicsburg
Penn
Richmond
Columbus
Ohio
Bluefield Business Center
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Small Business Administration
Mountain Rc&d
Marshall Universitygets 1.4 million NIH grant for AIDS vaccine tests
Marshall University medical school received a 1.4 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health to test potential AIDS vaccines in humans. A supervising physician stated participants face no risk of contracting AIDS during the trials as healthy subjects develop protective antibodies.
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Marshall University
Marshall's Medical School
National Institutes of Health
Construction halts on Piney Creek bridge project
The Piney Creek bridge on Interstate 64 has stopped as a bonding company seeks a new contractor after Bates and Rogers Construction Co. filed for creditor protection. The initial $14.8 million contract is in jeopardy due to the firm’s financial difficulties. Meanwhile, West Virginia Citizens Action Group paid $1,200 in overdue unemployment taxes to lift a lien, citing short funds in early 1987.
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Piney Creek
Highways Department
John Gallagher
Bates and Rogers Construction Co
West Virginia
Power notes Iran threat to U S plants. no extra security at Surry North Anna
Virginia Power spokesman says Iran’s threat to attack U S nuclear plants is taken seriously but no extraordinary security steps are planned for Surry and North Anna reactors. Jim McDonald emphasizes caution but confidence in current measures. Separately Fairfax County officials condemn an obscene anonymous letter to Audrey Moore supporters as a political message. A Virginia church conference report finds many United Methodist churches reluctant to welcome minority clergy, with 16 percent refusing assignments based on ethnicity.
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U.S
Virginia Power
Surry
North Anna
Jim McDonald
Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors
Audrey Moore
John F. Herrity
United Methodist
Virginia
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