Third National Poke Salad Bluegrass Festival draws crowds
Greens-Hundreds of Bluegrass purists dodged rain at the Third Annual National Poke Salad Bluegrass and Country Festival at Boissevain Coal Miners Memorial Museum and Park. By noon the park filled as bands from the region performed. Organizers praised the crowd and heritage, noting many locals and visitors returned annually.
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Giles David Phipps
Duke White
Jerry Hill
Winston-Salem
N.C
Pocahontas
Randall Hill
Gary
Matt Stacey
Virginia Grass
Grundy
Steve Fast
Superence
Donnie Allen
Bramwell
Allen
Phyllis Phipps
Boucher Named Southwestern Virginia Democrats’ Congress Candidate
Incumbent Rep. Frederick C. Rick Boucher was reaffirmed as the Democratic nominee for Congress in 1994 at the Ninth District convention in Lebanon Virginia. He outlined five campaign priorities including industrial parks infrastructure and economic growth with his Showcasing Southwest Virginia initiative already attracting over $100 in investments.
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Lebanon
Virginia
Frederick C
Rick” Boucher
D-Va
Boucher
House of Representatives
Lebanon High School
Pulaski County
Carole Pratt
Smyth County
Champ Clark
Southwest
West Virginia troopers warn crime rate misleads public
West Virginia claims of the states low crime rate are dangerously misleading says WV Troopers Association president Rick Gillespie. The new report Prosecuting Violent Crime in West Virginia calls for immediate police force improvements including more officers and better equipment as violent crime and drug trafficking rise since 1989.
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Charleston
West Virginia
West Virginia Troopers Association, Inc
WVTA
Rick Gillespie
Gillespie
Mountain State
Princeton Jaycees install charter officers in Princeton
Princeton marks a return of the Jaycees with charter officers installed by State Jaycee President Sherry Ward. Harold Wolfe III named charter president. other officers include Brenda Pruett Richard Bullins Greg Akers Mark Belcher Kelli Harshbarger Todd Boggess Derrick Leffler and Rick Wagner. Twenty four area residents joined. installation led by Ed Gilger. Community projects are planned.
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Princeton
Princeton Jaycees
Sherry Ward
Parkersburg
Harold Wolfe Ill
Brenda Pruett
Richard Bullins
Greg Akers
Mark Belcher
Kelli Harshbarger
Todd Boggess
Derrick Leffler
Rick Wagner
Jaycees
Keer
Aing
JCI
John Price
Charleston
Darrell Roland
Bluefield
Victor Farmer
Gilger
Giiger Yar Wolfe
West Virginia
Wolfe
Santon
George W W. Santon
Jaycee
Reorganization Dream Comes True for George Santon
George Santon sees Princeton Jaycees reborn as a chartered organization with Friday's charter and installation ceremony. He and former members recall the Jaycee heyday in the 1970s when the group energized Princeton via Mercer County events, Miss pageants, Christmas parades, Citizen of the Year awards, and Distinguished Service honors.
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Princeton
George Santon
Princeton Jaycees
Chamber of Commerce
Lanton
Mercer County
West Virginia
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West Virginia Daily
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