New West Virginia First Lady Rachael Worby forges creative role
West Virginia's first lady Rachael Worby, conductor of Wheeling Symphony, embraces a bustling, creative life from the Governor's Mansion to stages in Wheeling Charleston New York and Los Angeles. She envisions turning the mansion into an arts hub while continuing her demanding conducting career and blending personal and public worlds.
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Rachael Worby
West Virginia
Gov
Gaston Caperton
Wheeling Symphony Orchestra
Worby
Wheeling
Governor's Mansion
Charleston
New York
Los Angeles
Worthy
Nyack
N.Y
Brandeis
Handicaps Unlimited to Meet in Princeton WV
Handicaps Unlimited to meet Handicaps Unlimited of West Virginia Inc on Thursday at 7 p.m. at First Community Bank Mercer Street Princeton. A short social period begins 6 30 p.m. Transportation can be provided on request. Call Aaron Poff 589 3649 or Dwight Keyes 425 6188 after 5 30 p.m.
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Handicaps Unlimited of
West Virginia
DAV Chapter 33 Bluefield reschedules meeting date
The Disabled American Veterans and Auxiliary Unit 33 in Bluefield will not meet on the third Sunday in June due to Father’s Day. The meeting is moved to June 24 at 2 p.m. at the Disabled American Veterans Hall on Preston Street.
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Disabled American Veterans and Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary
Chapter 33
Unit 33
Bluefield
Disabled American Veterans Hall
Preston St
Baseball Card Show Set For Saturday at Bluefield Auditorium
A Baseball Card Show will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bluefield Auditorium. Admission is $1.
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Bluefield Auditorium
Rescue Squad Hosts 20th Anniversary Open House
Bluefield Virginia rescue squad invites the public to an open house on June 30 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. to celebrate twenty years of volunteer service to the community. Members will showcase equipment and provide station tours, with likely demonstrations and refreshments.
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Bluefield
Groundbreaking planned for Hin ton wastewater plant at Career Center
A groundbreaking ceremony is set for the new wastewater treatment facility in Hin ton at the Career Center today at 1 p.m. Mayor James A. Leslie announced a luncheon at 12 noon at the center preceding the event.
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Career Center
Barksdale
Hinton
James A. Leslie
Princeton student wins WVU Pharmacy honors for 1990
Melissa D Sharp of Princeton, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph P Sharp, is among WVU School of Pharmacy students honored at the 1990 honors convocation. She receives the Nona Fay and C M Hammett Fund Scholarship and will be a senior this fall at WVU Pharmacy.
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Melissa D. Sharp
Joseph P. Sharp
Princeton
West Virginia University School of Pharmacy
Melissa
Nona Fay
C.M. Hammett
WVU School of Pharmacy
Star Search theme to headline Bluefield dance concert
Star Search dance theme will headline Bluefield High School’s Joe Peo ple’s dance concert marking the 19th annual event. Over 400 area youth perform across three evenings June 14 15 and 16 starting at 7 30 p m. Tickets at door cost 4 dollars.
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Bluefield Dance Theatre
Bluefield High School
Jerome Carter Drowns in Abandoned Quarry Near Athens
Jerome Carter, a resident of 133 Preston Street Apartment 1, drowned Tuesday morning in an abandoned stone quarry near Athens. He did not play football for the Bluefield Beavers.
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Jerome Carter
Athens
Preston Street
Bluefield Beavers
Correction on Greenbrier weekend theater dates
Weekend section lists corrected start dates for two plays at Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg. Annie now begins June 14 and The Wizard of Oz opens July 7.
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Greenbrier Valley Theatre
Lewisburg
Bluefield Dance Theatre Announces 19th Annual Concert
The Bluefield Dance Theatre will present its 19th annual young people’s dance concert on Thursday Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. at Bluefield High School. Tickets are $4 at the door. Dancers of all ages perform under the direction of Randy Lamb.
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Bluefield Dance Theatre
Bluefield High School
Randy Lamb
Tazewell County group lauded for rural work model
The Older Worker Employment Service of the Appalachian Agency for Senior Citizens in Richlands Virginia was honored by the federal government as a model of resource integration in rural areas. The recognition came at a Region II III workshop sponsored by the U S Department of Labor. Programs under AASC help seniors fifty five and older enter the job market through JTPA workshops and training. Southwest Virginia Community College assists with training and curriculum and helps recruit instructors. Successful JTPA programs with SVCC include nurse aide and carpentry training leading to placements in the Title V program for low income seniors.
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Richlands
Appalachian Agency For Senior Citizens
AASC
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
JTPA
Terri French
Southwest Virginia Community College
French
SVCC
Ilene Bostic
ARC to Get $150 Million in 1991 Budget
The House Appropriations Committee voted to fund 150 million dollars for the Appalachian Regional Commission next year, a 2.1 million increase over the current year and 100 million above Bush’s request. The energy and water budget covers the ARC, with the panel endorsing continued support until economic parity is achieved. The panel did not set EDA funding levels and notes over 1 billion set aside for unauthorized Commerce programs. EDA had 189 million in the current year.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Appalachian Regional Commission
House
Bush
Congress
Appalachia
Appropriations Committee
Economic Development Administration
Commerce Department
Senate
Economic Developmentee
Trustees approve $18 million contract for Marshall stadium
The West Virginia Board of Trustees approved an $18,013,000 contract to R C Ivey joint venture for a 30,000 seat Marshall University football stadium in Huntington. Construction starts in August and finishes in 1991. Trustee Rachael Worby dissented over expenditure.
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Lewisburg
State Board of Trustees
Marshall University
R.C. Ivey
River City Construction Co
Huntington
F. Ivey Inc
Monongahela
Fairfield
Rachael Worby
Worthy
C.T. Mitchell
Marshall
West Virginia University
School of Osteopathic Medicine
College of Graduate Studies
State Bar Seminar Aims at Public Rights and Civil Law
The Mountain State Bar Association holds a free two day visit to Bluefield with a Friday seminar at the Bluefield Holiday Inn. Sessions cover what to do after arrest why a will is needed and how to file civil cases in magistrate court. Supreme Court Justice Thomas McHugh among speakers for Updates in the Law.
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Bluefield Holiday Inn
Mountain State Bar Association
AJ. Franklin Long
Bluefield
Mountain State Bar
Dwayne L. Tinsley
U.S
Charleston
William Redd
Huntington
Sharon Mullens
Supreme Court
Thomas McHugh
Wilder denies knowing of bill for lawyers
Governor L Douglas Wilder said he did not know Democrats had not paid lawyers who represented him in the recount and blamed aide Bobby Watson for leaking the story to the Richmond Times Dispatch The news conference also announced a 100 million state revenue shortfall and Wilder questioned why Watson publicized the matter.
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Richmond
L. Douglas Wilder
Bobby Watson
U.S
Charles S. Robb
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Watson
Wilder
Concord College Professor Heads to Middle East as Malone Fellow
History Professor Dr. David Bard travels for over five weeks to Jordan and Syria to study Arab Islamic culture and aid course development at Concord College. Bard notes safety concerns yet calls the trip a valuable chance to observe, gather data, and strengthen Western outreach with U S Arab Relations Council support.
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Athens
Concord College
David Bard
Middle East
Jordan
Syria
Malone
Bard
Joe Manzo
Egypt
U.S. Arab Relations Council
Husein
Assad
Russia
Iran
Are
United States
Damascus
China
Fullbright
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Bill
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James Barbery
Guatemala
Concord
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