Enthusiasm Is Key, Bird Tells Southwest Virginia Graduates
State Sen. Daniel W. Bird Jr. urged 293 graduates at Southwest Virginia Community College to live with enthusiasm and energy. He noted education plus parental and faculty support shaped their beginnings and warned the future depends on daily choices. Bird advised weighing decisions with personal reflection for better judgment as they start life after graduation.
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Richlands
Daniel W. Bird Jr
Southwest Virginia Community College
Charles R. King
Bird
Ring Returns After Sixteen Years At Jewell Valley Dam
In Grundy Virginia Bob Bragg, once a Whitewood High student who lost a class ring at the Jewell Valley dam in 1960s, reunites with the treasured ring after 16 years when 16-year-old Glen Keen finds it near shore. The ring bears a big W and brought back memories of his late mother. Bragg, now a miner, recalls his mother’s pride and his life since the loss. A separate piece notes Mrs. Pearl Halsey seeking persimmon trees to transplant in Mercer County, describing trees as rare in the area and her plan to pay for one if found.
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Grundy
Whitewood High School
Bob Bragg
Jewell Valley
Bragg
Virginia Pocahontas
Vansant
Parenthood
Glen Keen
Young Keen
Buchanan County
Princeton
Mrs. Halsey
Water and sewer evaluation fees set by health board
Mercer County Board of Health will charge up to 35 for each water and sewer evaluation starting July 1 after state approval. The department conducted 170 water and 40 sewer evaluations in 1985. The board also approved a fiscal year budget of 439,948, noting possible loss of 8,350 in state tuberculosis funds. A mission statement commits to reducing deaths from auto accidents, cancer, and tobacco use by set targets.
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Mercer County Board of Health
Boards of Health
Department
Environmental Health
State Department of Health
Health Department
Bid for wall work approved by state funding
The Governor's Office of Community and Industrial Development may approve a $42,000 bid by Woody Construction Company of Bland County Virginia to replace a retaining wall on Princeton Avenue. Bruce Gerwig said state approval is expected in late June with work to start after. The city received $183,000 in state funds last fall for a three part project including sidewalks and paving.
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Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
Bruce Gerwig
Woody Construction Company
Bland County
Gerwig
State Office
Lee Street
Gateway Produce Market
Buckles Boost Biz At Princeton Towne Fair Exhibit
Curtis Berry, a 71 year old Oak Hill retiree, bills himself the east’s biggest belt buckle dealer. He earns a living crafting gold and onyx buckles for fairs across West Virginia, with wife Nellie selecting stones. The couple's display at the Princeton Towne Fair runs Thursday through Saturday.
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Princeton
Curtis Berry
Berry
Oak Hill
East
Princeton Towne Fair
West Virginia
Victims win big on WV flood relief lottery spin
West Virginia reporter George Manahan, for the West Virginia Recovery Foundation, won 6000 in lottery spins and $10600 total for flood relief after hitting a blue ball near the jackpot on the Great West Virginia Charity Scratch-Off. The day featured eight spinners and raised $67500 for victims. Governor Arch Moore toured six flood counties, distributing 23 million in rehabilitation funds with more to come in October for Alderson Marlinton Bowlesburg Albright Moorefield and Petersburg.
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Charleston
West Virginia
George Manahan
MetroNews
West Virginia Recovery Foundation
Manahan
John Mc
Cuskey
State Recovery Foundation
Recovery Foundation
Great West Virginia
Lottery
Ralph Peters
State Or Recovery Foundation
Arch Moore
Alderson
Marlinton
Rowelsburg
Albright
Moorefield
Petersburg
Moore
John Price
Price
Bowlesburg
Camp Joy Season Opens With Salvation Army Registration
Camp Joy begins a new session Monday offering a week of sun and fun for hundreds of low income children who can still register through the Salvation Army in Bluefield. Camp Director Major Jack Edwards and his wife Madeline run the program, which started in the 1950s to provide swimming nature hikes and camp camaraderie to youths from broken or poor homes.
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Salvation Army
Bluefield
Jack Edwards
Madeline
Camp Joy
Correction shows Steven Furches alongside Glenn Singer
Steven Furches son of Mr and Mrs Gary Furches of Princeton was pictured in Thursday edition with Lewisburg mime Glenn Singer, correcting the caption and identifying the individuals shown.
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Steven Furches
Gary Furches
Princeton
Lewisburg
Glenn Singer
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The
Daily Telegraph
Virginia
Persimmons
Garret
Elizabeth Fried
Pat Cecil
Buckles
Princeton Fair
Jim Gilreath
United States
Nellie
Mrs. Berry
Fred Brown
Connie Pace
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