SummerFest Highlights and Weekend Events Summary
Mangus proclaims climbing is hard with a busy SummerFest lineup. Sunday features a model builders contest 10 am to 3 pm. concerts by Atomic Jo 7 pm and Edgar Winter Band 8 pm. Miss and Little Miss SummerFest at 6 pm Saturday. The event includes a car show, chili cookoff, kids activities, road races, dog show, crafts, food pavilions, and multiple stage performances.
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Mangus
Mountain State Street Red Association
Atomic Jo
Edgar Winter Band
Green Valley-Glenwood
PSHS
Taste of
West Virginia
Mountain Heritage Wood Carvers Guild
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Mercer County Reading Council
Crawly Theatre
Taco Bell
WVU
Augusta
Mike Munson
Pshs Little Theatre
Edgar Winter Group to perform at Princeton SummerFest show
Edgar Winter Group headlines Princeton SummerFest at 8 p.m. on Princeton Senior High School grounds for a single concert. The band, famed for Frankenstein and Free Ride from They Only Come Out At Night, helped pioneer synthesizers in rock and has a history with White Trash and multiple albums including Roadwork and Shock Treatment.
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Winter Group
Princeton Senior High
Princeton
Winter
Frankenstein
White Trash
Pines
Dan Hartman
Ronnie Montrose
Chuck Ruff
Rick Derringer
Montrose
Edgar Winter
Theismann urges teamwork in life and business at Bluefield event
Former Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann spoke at a Bluefield reception stressing teamwork and customer service as keys to success. He tied his Super Bowl XVII win to the need for goal setting, attitude, and daily effort, praising community leaders and recalling his NFL MVP year in 1983. He remains the Redskins career passing leader and urged locals to be proud of their town.
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Theismann
Washington Redskins
Miami Dolphins
Redskins
Bluefield
Dolphins
Volunteers drive West Virginia hosting of Junior Civitan event
Gov Cecil Underwood welcomed the 1998 Junior Civitan International Convention to Concord College June 18 to 21 with 300 plus youths from the US Canada and Europe. He highlighted statewide and national volunteer efforts tied to the President's Summit and local programs. Junior Civitan leaders praised the generation as the We generation and cited WE CAN food can collection and Civitan Research Center fundraising as key projects.
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Athens -West Virginia
Cecil Underwood
Concord College
United States
Canada
West Virginia
Underwood
America
Charleston
Junior Civitans
Concord
Jerry Beasley
Junior Civitan
Beasley
Junior International
Dave Wilkins
Dundas
Ontario
Wilkins
Civitan Research Center
Birmingham
Ala
Wilkinson Receives Hamilton Award For Community Service
Bluefield honors Mrs. Wilkinson for transforming the local science center through fundraising and leadership. The center opened in 1994 with 36 exhibits and draws visitors from 53 schools across 22 counties, 80 percent students, reflecting decades of dedicated service and community impact.
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Bluefield
Chamber
Hamilton
al Modena
Wilkinson
Modena
West Virginia
Tom Colley
The
Daily Telegraph
Virginia
Robert F. Hamilton Award
Nick Amell Jr
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Bill Carper
Katharine Tierney
K.A. Ammar Jr
Richard Ammar
Accident scene details reported by Bramwell police
Bramwell police and Bramwell Volunteer Fire Department responded and controlled traffic after a crash. An official declined to release information at the scene. Investigators noted a 434 foot distance from the trailer striking the road to the truck’s rest and said speed was not confirmed as the cause. The truck was described as carrying a heavy load.
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Maddy
Bramwell Police Department
Bramwell Volunteer Fire Department
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Hallmark
John Nelson
Wild Kingdom
Fred Winston of
Beckley
James H. Drew
Greg Jordan
Bob Campion
Gov
Johnson
Denn
Entertainment Center
ST Es
Grumman
Ladd
Yamaha Waveventure
Bryant
Yamaha
Oods Ince
Jouclag
Brick Street
Princeton, WV
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