If Bond Issue Is Defeated Mercer Schools Face No Improvements
Mercer County Board of Education set August 16 for a 24.5 million bond to fund school improvements. SIC Chairman Harold Brewster argues defeating the bond leaves all schools in current condition, outlines fallacies in Glenwood opponents' points, and warns that costs rise if a second bond is needed.
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Mercer
Glenwood Pta
School Improvement Committee
SIC
Harold Brewster
Glenwood
Brewster
Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Mercer County
Mercer County Board of Education
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Bluefield
Board of Education
Property Owners Learn Of Brush Creek Project Status
Three federal agencies strive to finish the Brush Creek Watershed Project in Mercer County. SCS favors upgrading 5.8 miles from Princeton to Haun Motors Green Valley, while EPA and Fish and Wildlife seek partial improvements to reduce environmental impact. EPA Region III official John Ponponia says the agency aims to limit water quality harm and pursue compromises as residents learn current stand on the project begun nearly two decades ago.
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Jim Gilbeath
Telegraph
Brush Creek
Mercer County
U.S Soil Conservation Service
U.S Environmental Protection Agency
Princeton
Haun Motors
Green Valley
John F. Ponponia
EPA
Philadelphia
Charlie Yearout
The
Brush Creek Watershed Improvement
Kee Dam
Dan Hale
Glady Fork
Yearout
Southern Soil Conservation District
Brush Creek Improvement District
Mercer County Commission
Glenwood
Green Valley Public Service District
Bluefield
Chamber warns of rise in vacation certificate sales
The Princeton Mercer County Chamber warns of a surge in vacation certificate sales. The West Virginia Attorney General's office reports increased complaints, with Nevada Consumer Affairs noting at least one new company weekly entering the market.
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Barbara Hawkins
Rite
Princeton-Mercer County
Nevada
Las Vegas
Browning
McDowell County sexual assault trial delayed to September
A McDowell County Circuit Court sexual assault trial for 49 year old Robert Floyd Thomas, charged with raping a 16 year old in December 1978, was continued after three defense witnesses failed to appear. Judge Rudolph Murensky set Sept 5 at 9 30 a.m. as the new start date.
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McDowell County
Robert Floyd Thomas
Martha Lane
Rudolph Murensky
Monroe Driver Injured in Rt 460 Wreck Near Princeton
A Monroe County man, Marvin G. Dunford Jr., 36, was treated and released at Princeton Community Hospital after his car left Rt. 460 east of Princeton and hit a road sign owned by the West Virginia Department of Highways. No charges filed. An exhibit of 64 sixteenth century Italian drawings from the Robert Lehman Collection is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through June 17.
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Monroe County
Princeton Community Hospital
U.S. Rt. 460
Marvin G. Dunford Jr
Peterstown
Cpl
R. E. Winston
Dunford
Rt. 460
Princeton
West Virginia Department of Highways
Lehman Drawings
New York
Robert Lehman
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Grundy
Pearisburg
Richlands
Wytheville
Marion, VA
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Galax
Gilbert
Mullens
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Northfork
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