Home schooling gains ground in Mercer County West Virginia
West Virginia embraces home schooling with about 76 Mercer County children already taught at home. Lynn York notes state rules vary by grade level and that many families choose homeschooling for discipline, religious reasons, privacy, and personalized learning.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Lynn York
West Virginia
York
Elizabeth
Pike View High School
Translating languages remains art form skill
VOCHI CITY JAPAN An article on the art and challenge of simultaneous translation highlights Atsuko Itasaka of L.S.S Inc Tokyo and Hiroko Ogasawara as two translators for INTECOL Relay Symposia. Itasaka trained seven years after high school and translates Japanese to English and German to Japanese or English.
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Vochi City
Japan
Atsuko Itasaka
L.S.S., Inc
Tokyo
Vietnam
Itasaka
International Association For Ecology Intecol
Hiroko Ogasawara
Intecol
Kochi City
Laws and Ordinances reveal Bluefield life in 1915
A Bluefield heritage piece details the 1915 Laws and Ordinances book owned by James Gillespie. It cites officials like Mayor F M Peters and J S Kahle, notes high fines for speed and stray animals, bans hitching to shade trees, limits on loitering and disturbances near churches, licensing bans on weapons and fortune telling, and city scavenger duties with privy-cleaning pay.
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Bluefield
Bluewell
James Gillespie
Daily Telegraph
Board of Affairs
City of
F.M. Peters
Finance
J.S. Kahle
Public Safety
E.E. Carter
J.B. Shumate
Gillespie
Woodtech
Everett Gillespie
Joe Gillespie
Lambert
Moose Lodge honors volunteers in Tazewell luncheon
More than 400 gathered at the Tazewell Moose Lodge for the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program recognition luncheon hosted by RSVP, an agency of Clinch Valley Community Action. Linda Hayes awarded pins. Ethel Bennett gave Heierman Awards to Julia Ciccarillo, Pansy Neal, and Eva Saunders for long service and special achievements. State Senator Jack Reasor Jr. delivered the keynote praising volunteers. AmeriCorps Tutoring and Southwest Virginia Community College personnel served and entertained attendees.
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Azewell
Tazewell Moose Lodge
RSVP
Clinch Valley Community Action
Clinch Valley
Eli Jones Jr
Linda Hayes
Hayes
Clinch Valley Board
Ethel Bennett
Heierman
Lucy Jett Heierman
Julia Ciccarillo
Tannersville
Pansy Neal
Eva Saunders
Saunders
Jackson E. “Jack” Reasor, Jr
Bluefield
Southwest Virginia
Southwest Virginia Community College
AmeriCorps
Bristol Parks and Recreational
Service Project Teens Return to Tazewell for Week of Help
About 70 teenagers from across the country arrive at Tazewell Middle School to spend a week in Tazewell County for home repairs for low income residents. A second group similar size will join after a week, continuing the effort for six weeks.
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Tazewell
Tazewell Middle School
Appalachia Service Project
Tazewell County
Donna Bartgis
Bartgis
Tazewell Recreational Park
Pocahontas
Bluefield
Richlands
Susan White
Tazewell Area
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Billi Arche
Jim Terry
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Ciccarillo
Neal
Bill Archer
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