Beetle Bailey Gets Pentagon Honor on Flag Day
Cartoonist Mort Walker received a framed certificate of appreciation from Brig. Gen. Bill McClain at a Pentagon Flag Day ceremony. The Army praised Beetle Bailey for 40 years of entertainment and noted the armistice against the lazy private. Walker joked about finally hearing from the Pentagon and the humor finding its way there.
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Pentagon
Mort Walker
Bill McClain
McClain
Army
Walker
Gen. Halftrack
Hinton Opens $4 Million Water Project Honoring Tom Ball
Groundbreaking for a $4 million water pollution control project in Hinton was held to protect the New River and Bluestone waterways and spur future economic development. The facility will be built on an island in the New River and is funded by EPA and ARC grants, loans from Farmers Home Administration and the West Virginia Water Development Authority.
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Hinton
Sanitary Board
Tom K. Ball
Envi
Ronmental Protection Agency
Appalachian Regional Commission
Farmers Home Administration
West Virginia Water Development Authority
James A. Leslie Jr
EPA
New River
Water rate hike proposed by West Virginia health division
The state Division of Health proposes charges that could raise water and sewer bills for West Virginia Americans. Public and private water facilities would be billed 6 cents per 1000 gallons and 27 cents monthly for unmetered customers. Sewer firms face 4 cents per 1000 gallons.
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Charleston
State Division of Health
West
Pense
Chambers
Division of Health
Partly Sunny Skies With Chance of Showers
Partly sunny today with a 50 percent chance of showers and highs in the low 80s. Tonight the rain chance drops to 40 percent with lows in the mid-60s. Volume 95, number 166 notes today’s high in the low 80s.
Virginia Pension Board Mulls Multimillion Stock Divestiture
In Richmond the board overseeing an $11 billion state employee pension fund held a 12 hour secret meeting to consider Gov. Wilder's order to divest from South Africa linked stocks. A board member warned selling up to $800 million will be a challenging task as the task force studies precedents from 26 states and other entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Edward J. Mazur
Virginia Supplemental Retirement System Board
George Little
Jacqueline G. Epps
Supreme Court backs sobriety checkpoint programs
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that sobriety checkpoints do not infringe motorists privacy. Michigan’s checkpoint program was upheld and can guide similar actions in other states. Chief Justice Rehnquist said state interests in preventing drunken driving outweigh brief intrusions. Dissenters warn of eroding liberty. activists praise the ruling as a crackdown win.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Michigan
William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court Allows Hospitals to Sue State Medicaid Reimbursements
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that hospitals and nursing homes may sue in federal court to challenge state run Medicaid reimbursement practices. In a separate decision, also 5-4, the court limited welfare aid amounts for some needy families under Bush administration policy.
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Virginia
Painter Reignites Passion After Eight-Year Hiatus
JoAnn Tilley of Mercer Street Hair Stop returns to oil painting after eight years. She produces about one painting weekly, focusing on bold landscapes and local scenes from Niagara Falls to Harpers Ferry. Tilley uses postcards and photos for subjects and aims to evoke a place’s feel. she paints mainly scenery and odd subjects like cartoon characters and antique cars.
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JoAnn Tilley
JoAnn
Mercer Street
Tilley
Niagara Falls
Cemetery Hill
Harpers Ferry
Flag Day ceremony raises flag at Mercer airport with VFW and ROTC
The Bramwell Blackrock VFW Post 3112 enlisted Bluefield High School Junior ROTC to present an American flag at Mercer County Airport on Flag Day. State Commander Walter Lawson Sr. noted the flag had flown over the Capitol in Washington on February 15 at Congressman Rahall II's request.
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Mercer County
Bramwell Blackrock Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bluefield High School
VFW
Walter Lawson Sr
Washington
Nick. J. Rahall II
VFW Ladies Auxiliary
Gaynel Lawson
Mercer Christian Academy
Eugene Patrick
Senator blasts amendment on flag burning amid Bush Flag Day visit
President Bush marked Flag Day with a dawn visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial while a Medal of Honor winner, a senator, condemned recent actions on a constitutional amendment about flag burning. Bush lauded the Stars and Stripes as Flag Week began. Civil groups and tourists swarmed Capitol Hill as flags hung limp in the heat and Americans nationwide celebrated on Main Streets.
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VFW
Washington
Bush
American Legion
Amvets
Capitol Hill
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Mothers Against
James Barbery
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Land of the Free
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Ernest Ford
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ROTC
James Barber
Steven Suetnam
Burgess Carter
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