Community driven minor league teams boost Mercer County economy
Jim Holland of the Princeton Baseball Club says minor league baseball brings outside money into the area through players umpires scouts and tourists and serves as true economic development. Mercer County supports two teams within 12 miles with 34 of 68 games at home boosting local businesses and entertainment venues. Players frequent local venues and Mountaineer Lanes thanks to strong town support and potential further state backing is hoped for.
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Princeton Baseball Club
Orioles
Devil Rays
United States
Canada
Mercer County
McGonagle
Mountaineer
Coffins built for Billy and Ruth Graham by inmate
Richard Liggett, a life-term murderer at Louisiana State Penitentiary, led prisoners who crafted two birch plywood coffins for the Graham family at Billy Graham’s request. Liggett died of cancer nearly 31 years into his sentence, and was buried in one of his caskets.
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Ruth
Billy Graham
New Orleans
Richard Liggett
Billy
Ruth Graham
Burl Cain
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Liggett
Graham
God
Cain
Franklin
Angola
Charlotte
N.C
Bowling Eyes Southwest Virginia Projects and Early Legislation
Bowling outlined future work across Southwest Virginia focusing on Coalfields Expressway Bluestone Regional Business and Technology Park and Route 460 Connector at Grundy He plans early session legislation and urges constituents to share priorities while emphasizing economic development.
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Bowling
Southwest Virginia
Grundy
Tazewell
Bridges work to repair deck, joints and culvert
McBrayer outlined plans to overlay Ingleside bridge deck with a wearing surface and complete holes on Brick Street Bridge using permanent concrete by mid September. Repairs to Princeton overhead bridge joints target mid October after material contracts and a culvert on Old Bluefield Princeton Road will need an Army Corps permit before scheduling. Bridges are state owned and state funded.
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McBrayer
Brick Street
Princeton
Thorn Street
Old
Bluefield
Princeton Road
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Tim Powell
Greg Jordan
Gjordan
Bottonline.com
Gasoline price spikes spur debate on refinery capacity and biofuels
Senate energy debate centers on refining limits and ethanol policy as gas prices hover above three dollars. Industry officials warn of constrained capacity amid outages and rising demand, while advocates push for drought of expansion and a cushion against outages.
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R-Okla
Senate
Inhofe
Europe
Sprice
Mark Cooper
eConsumer’ Federation of
America
Energy Department
Congress
Charlie Drevna
National Petrochemical and Refiners Association
Joanne Shore
Energy Information Administration
U.S
Drevna
Bush
USS
Chevron Corp
Peter Robertson
Valero Corp
Port Arthur
Tex
Bill Day
Day
Washington
Dav
Ron lLamberty
American Coalition For Ethanol
Lamberly
Byron Dorgan
D-N.d
Dorgan
Richard Blumenthal
Connecticut
Blumenthal
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