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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1999
Page
11
Samantha Perry argues that MTV is presenting an unreal version of adult life in the Real World. The piece notes the luxurious house, lack of employment requirements, and carefree finances of young roommates. It satirically imagines a show called Reality World to expose the gap between TV life and real adult responsibilities.
Friends and family hosted a reception at the Bluefield home of Bill and Toni Albert for Kathy Thompson and Lisa Melton, 1999 Miss Mercer County and 1999 Miss Southern West Virginia, ahead of the 1999 Miss West Virginia Scholarship Pageant in Clarksburg June 17 to 19. Guests included Donita Richardson, newly crowned Miss Highlands Virginia, U.S.A., who plans to compete in Miss Virginia U.S.A. in October.
Thompson, a state veteran, will be joined by Melton making her first Clarksburg appearance. Melton, 19 and BC wellness major, aims to perform a new routine after visiting local schools. Kathy has aided Melton as 14 of this year’s 22 contestants have prior pageant experience.
The Miss West Virginia Scholarship Pageant in Clarksburg continues with interview rounds through today. Contestants including Katherine Thompson, Lisa Melton, and Jennifer Brown perform talent and prepare for swimsuit and evening wear Friday, with finals broadcast on WBOY-TV Saturday night.
A reader discovers a fern fossil in sandstone while building a border. Paleontologist Richard Bambach notes common fossils in the region range from fern impressions to brachiopods and trilobites, with marine life dating to 320 to 350 million years ago.
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