Literacy rally in Bluefield highlights reading and government
The Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce Literacy Awareness Committee renames to Turn the Page and hosts a Friday literacy rally at Chicory Square starting at 6:30 p.m. Secretary of State Ken Hechler delivers the keynote on how literacy affects good government. Local entertainers include James Hoback Dan Turner and Enduring Faith Praise Chorale. Reading day honors Power Partners in Reading with readings and prizes.
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Greater Bluefield
Dan Turner
Anthony Parsons
Mel Saunders
Stephen Saunders
Enduring Faith Praise Chorale
Lovely Zion Baptist Church
McDowell County
LeRoy Anderson
Cyrethia
Rosey) Johnson
Hechler
Lucas Stone
Bluefield
Brushfork Elementaly
Power Partners In
Reading
Annette Osborne
Bluefield State College
Bluefield Chamber
Princeton Learning Center
Mercer County Literacy Volunteers of America
Clinch Valley Community Action, Inc
Read Aloud of
Mercer County
Mercer County Reading Council
the Chamber
The
Daily Telegraph
Hostage scare at White Oak Creek Road ends unfounded
A misinterpreted international phone call triggered fears of a hostage situation at a residence on White Oak Creek Road. Mercer County detectives and State Police mobilized a contingency of officers after a report from the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. based on a domestic dispute involving a subject talking to his German mother-in-law by phone.
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Speedway
White Oak Creek Road
D.B. Bailey
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Washington, D.C
Sheriff's Department
Dence
Germany
Northern Tsalagi Ground Council Pow Pow Opens in Tazewell Va
The Northern Tsalagi Nation Ground Council and Nell Bundy Memorial Pow Pow begin at the Tazewell County Fairgrounds in Tazewell Virginia. Hosted by the Northern Tsalagi Tribe of Southwest Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee the event runs through Saturday. At 8 p.m. Princeton SummerFest opens with the Concert 1964 tribute to the Beatles at Princeton Senior High School practice field. Weather.
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Tsalagi Nation Ground Council
Nell Bundy
Tazewell County Fairgrounds
Tazewell
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Princeton
Weather updates and listing notes from Daily Telegraph
Parts cloudy with a high in the 80s and a low in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Partly cloudy with highs in the lower 80s and a chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight. Weather package A-6. TV listings and a note on the Daily Telegraph website and a Powerball reference.
Watergate recall tests Four Seasons Country residents
On the 25th anniversary the Daily Telegraph surveyed residents about Watergate memories. The poll asked to recall six famous figures including John Sirica, H R Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. Sirica was remembered by over half the respondents, with 25 noting his courtroom order to turn over tapes. Haldeman and Ehrlichman memories appeared in lower counts.
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Bluefield
Four Seasons
Daily Telegraph
Richard Nixon
U.S
John Sirica
Nixon
White House
Sirica
H.R. Haldeman
Haldeman
John Erlichman
Erlichman
It's a whole new world for Appy's new team and rivals
In Bluefield, the Bluefield Orioles celebrate 40 years while Princeton Devil Rays debut at Bowen Field in a culture shock for fans. Runners like Mullen Moon Miller praise the new team, noting higher spirits and better players, as locals emphasize community and tradition.
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Luefield
Princeton Devil Rays
Bowen Field
Bluefield
Princeton
Mullen
Moon” Miller
Tommy Tomason
P-Rays
Princeton Reds
Orioles
Oriole
Bill Crowe
John Tresch
Bluefield Boosters
Tresch
Bluefield Orioles
Eddy Garabito
Dana Shupe
Devil Rays
Grand jury results remain a mystery in YYdove County
The YYdove County Grand Jury met Wednesday and returned indictments around 4:45 p.m. but the docket was not released. Circuit Court Judge Kendrick King did not release the number of indictments. Prosecuting attorney Sid Bell offered no reason for the nondisclosure as the grand jury weighed an ongoing arson case.
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Elch
Yydove County
Kendrick
King
Kendrick King
Sid Bell
Citizens plan fiber loop for Mercer schools and county
Citizens Communications outlines a 1997 Mercer County capital budget of 12 million to connect Princeton Athens Bluefield and Welch via a fiber ring. The plan includes converting Princeton area exchanges to Northern Telecom technology by late 1997 or early 1998 and meeting World School Internet requirements by September.
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Princeton - Citizens Communications, Inc
Mercer County
Mercer County Governmental Coalition
Robert
Rusty” Fife
Rick Umberger
West Virginia
Princeton Area
Fife
Bluefield
Citizens Communications
E-911
Merce County
Mercer-McDowell
Princeton
Athens
Bluewell
Welch
Bell Atlantic
Roderfield
Athens Exchange
Pipestein
Hinton
Jaeger
Summers-Mercer- McDowell
GTD No. 5
Northern Telecom
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Tony Barbery
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Monroe
Summers
Fayette
Greenbrier Counties
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Sara Coleman
Charles Owens
Archibald Cox
John Dean
G. Gordon Liddy
Appy
Eric
Vy Charles Owens
Belle
Beau Emilie Holroyd
Beau
Princeton Town Square
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