Crowded field as 18 seek Tazewell school board seat
Eighteen candidates vie for a slot on the Tazewell County School Board as filing closes. Sitting member Douglas Tackett is the lone incumbent to file in the Northwestern District while George E Hawkins and Donald Reynolds seek Northern and Southern seats respectively. Several candidates also line up for Board of Supervisors, with Barbara Shrader among them, and existing officeholders seek reelection across multiple posts in this first countywide school election.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Board of Supervisors
Barbara Stansbury
George E
Ed’’ Hawkins
Donald Reynolds
Douglas Tackett
Barbara Shrader
Citizens For Progress and Not Prisons
Northern District Board of Supervisors
Don Payne
Joseph Altizer
Parris Lester Jr
Donald J. Reynolds
Della H. Osborne
Janice White
Rene Steele
Eddie Pauley Jr
Cecil “Scotty” Lawson Jr
Juanita Marrs
Tom Mustard
Tom Witten
Duwana Cantrell
Richard P. Stone Sr
Kenneth B. Franklin
Jim Steele
Western
Ben Barringer
Jim Hale
Bob Wade
Jimmy Jones
Wilma S. Sayers
Northwestern
Robert E
Bob” Widener Sr
Jerry G. Wood
Frank Kyle Hurt Jr
Eastern
Joe Johnson
Mike Dennis
Norman Cook
Emma Hagg
G. Roger Nelson
Quota Club Sponsors Bingo at SummerFest
The Quota Club of Princeton will sponsor the bingo games at SummerFest, to be held June 23 to 25 at Princeton Senior High School. Donations from area businesses will become prizes for the bingo games, with proceeds supporting speech and hearing projects. For more information contact Kris Bailey at 487-8347.
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Princeton
Quota Club of
Princeton Senior High School
Quota Club
Kris Bailey
Princeton couple celebrates 70 years of marriage
Milton Edwin Brookman and Hazel Irene Brookman of Princeton celebrate 70 years of marriage after tying the knot June 17, 1925. A 2 to 4 pm gathering at First Christian Church honors their long union with family, friends, and a presidential congratulatory letter from Bill Clinton dated June 9.
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Princeton
United States
Milton Edwin Brookman
Hazel Irene Brookman
Reynolds Street
First Christian Church
Hazel
Milton
Brookmans
Jimmy Wayne
Milton Edwin Jr
Bill Clinton
Hillary
Shawnee Parkway status affirmed by officials
Shawnee Parkway remains in the state road program and is in a study phase with a location study underway. DOH officials say environmental assessments are in progress and completion of studies is expected in 1996, with eight to ten years typical from concept to construction.
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Tony Barbery
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Shawnee Parkway
State Department of Highways
DOH
John Lewis
Lewis
Jim Zola
U.S
Nick Rahall
D-W.va
Sanders
ISTEA
Rahall
Telsia Highway
Wyoming- McDowell-Mercer
Flat Top
Tazewell Accepts Carline School Building Ownership
TAZEWELL VA The town will take ownership of the old Carline school building and lot for a 10 year period, with a citizens committee to study future use and improvements planned. Town Manager Keith Holland noted no immediate use was decided and a plaque was given to former council member Jeff Murray who resigned May 30.
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Tazewell
Holland
Jeff Murray
Murray
Energy Express program seeks student applicants in Mercer County
Energy Express Summer Reading Program accepts kindergarten to third graders who will enter first to fourth grade this fall. Runs June 26 to August 4 at Montcalm Wade and Knob elementary schools with meals and activities. Free of charge with no income requirements. contact Mercer County Board of Education or WVU Extension Office for applications. Transportation provided within Mercer County to Wade and Montcalm sites. Montcalm bus serves Bluewell and Bramwell schools.
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Princeton
Energy Express
Montcalm
Wade
Knob
Brenda Pruett
WVU
Rick Ball
Mercer County
Ball
Mercer County Board of Education
Mercer County Schools
Bluewell
Bramwell
Board of Education
Graham seniors sell Avon to fund Project Graduation
Graham High School seniors raised funds for Project Graduation by going door to door with Avon products. Avon rep Margaret Elam organized the drive, culminating in about $2,000 in two weeks. Top sellers Trish Durham and Amanda Bass earned $50 gift baskets each for selling over $300.
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Bill Archer
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Graham
Avon
Margaret Elam
Little League
Trish Durham
Amanda Bass
Angela Netherland
Durham
Bluefield College
GHS
Charles Grindstaff
Elam
Tazewell lawyer to head state bar association
Tazewell attorney Robert Altizer, partner in Gillespie Hart Altizer and Whitesell, will be sworn in as president-elect of the Virginia State Bar at its 57th annual meeting in Virginia Beach. He has long served on the VSB Council and executive committee and holds multiple local and regional posts.
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Tazewell
Robert Altizer
Gillespie, Hart
Southwest Coalition of Human Service Boards
Tazewell Little League Baseball, Inc
Tazewell Presbyterian Church
VSB
Virginia Law Foundation
Virginia Tech
T.C. Williams School of Law
University of Richmond
GlenWood plans parking lot fund drive
GlenWood Park Retirement Village will raise 25 000 dollars to build a new parking lot. The board approved the project in June and set June 6, 1997 as the funding target, aiming to cover reserve fund use and add up to 47 parking spaces with a fundraising plan led by Dr Charles Godwin and construction led by Rod Keesling.
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Princeton
GlenWood Park Retirement Village, Inc
GlenWood Park Retirement Village Board of Trustees
Daniel W. Farley
Farley
Glen Wood Park
Charles Godwin
Rod Keesling
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Brookman
Mercer Street
Bristol
Tenn
Tennessee
Carline
Greg Jordan
State Bar Association
GlenWood Planning Parking Lot Fund Drive
Ramey Princeto
Cuaysuen
Plymouth
Green Valley
West Virginia
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