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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1986
Page
60
Richlands Va. Senator Daniel W Bird Jr urged 1986 Southwest Virginia Community College graduates to live with enthusiasm. He spoke at the 18th outdoor commencement as Dr Charles R King awarded 293 degrees and certificates and honored two board members.
Bob Bragg of Grundy recalls losing his class ring at Jewell Valley dam sixteen years ago while swimming with friends. A 16 year old, Glen Keen, found a ring with a large W and returned it to Bragg, whose mother had warned him away from the dam. The ring is in near perfect condition and Bragg plans to keep it. Bragg has since worked in coal mines and has two children, and he has not yet taken his GED.
The Mercer County Board of Health will begin charging for water and sewer evaluations effective July 1 after approving the state recommended fee. The maximum $35 per evaluation will apply to both water and sewer tests for private systems. The department conducted 170 water and 40 sewer evaluations in 1985 while the budget for next year totals 439,948, down 375 from this year and reflecting potential state funding loss for a tuberculosis program.
The Governor's Office of Community and Industrial Development is asked to approve a 42000 bid by Woody Construction of Bland County Virginia to replace a retaining wall on Princeton Avenue. Bruce Gerwig says the state must authorize before work begins, with approval expected in late June and funding of 183000 awarded last fall for a three part project including walls sidewalks and paving across the eastern city boundary to Lee Street.
Curtis Berry, 71, from Oak Hill, calls himself the biggest belt buckle dealer in the east. He sells customized buckles at fairs across West Virginia and beyond. His wife Nellie helps pick stones and designs as they show gold, onyx, pearls, rubies and agate buckles at the Princeton Towne Fair arts and crafts exhibit. The couple, longtime exhibitors, say buckle making is their fun business and they could live on it if needed.
West Virginia recovery efforts received a $10,600 boost when MetroNews reporter George Manahan, for the West Virginia Recovery Foundation, hit the blue ball near the jackpot during a charity spin. The fundraiser, part of the Great West Virginia Charity Scratch-Off, drew 1,200 flood-victim applications still pending and multiple state donations totaling millions for rehabilitation across several towns.
Camp Joy kicks off another season of sun filled activities for local children on Monday with registration available through the Salvation Army in Bluefield. The camp, started in the 1950s, serves hundreds of low income area youths with swimming nature hikes and a week with peers. Camp Director Major Jack Edwards and his wife Madeline run the program focusing on helping children from difficult homes.
Correction notes Steven Furches son of Mr and Mrs Gary Furches of Princeton was pictured in Thursday edition with Lewisburg mime Glenn Singer.
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