Kids Day in Princeton features Beau and Belle crowning
Princeton Town Square hosts a two hour Kids Day program at 11 a.m. with Nancy Tanoukhi and Tanoukhi's Troupes, dancing and singing, free balloons, prizes, and a guest appearance by Missie Mouse. The Beau and Belle are crowned to honor community volunteers.
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Princeton Town Square
Nancy Tanoukhi
Tanoukhi
Mercer County Humane Society
Missie Mouse
Friedman’s Jewelers
Music In the
Jim Thompson
Vivian Ferguson
Tanoukhi Gang
Pam
Princeton opens new city park playground
Princeton unveils a $50 000 playground in the city park funded by an anonymous donor. Equipment valued at $36 000 plus about $10 000 more in extras will provide tunnels slides a merry go round monkey bars and climbing apparatus. City officials expect hundreds of children to use the facility during Summer Fest.
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Douglas Freeman
Park Board
Department of Public Works
Wayne Shumate
Departments of Public Works and Park and Recreation
Sanitary Board
Freeman
High Street
Princeton Rotary Club
Princeton City Pool
County honors Vietnam vets in Moving Wall week
Mercer County Commissioners declared June 24 29 Vietnam Veteran Recognition Week with Bluefield Princeton and eight other counties joining. The Moving Wall replica of Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be free to the public and display June 24 29. The proclamation notes 58213 Americans died in Vietnam including eight women and honors those who served. Also approved hiring changes salary adjustments and several local projects including Kellys Tank completion a Bluefield Railroad Museum grant flood plan funding and a county local match with Corps of Engineers support.
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Mercer County
Bluefield
West Virginia
Virginia
Vietnam Veterans of America
Washington
Vietnam
Commission
John Anderson
Joe Coburn
Karen Dissibio
Phillip Ball
Tom Berry
Heather Moore
Kelly’s Tank
Corps of Engineers
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