McDowell Rejects County School Bond Vote
Voters in McDowell County defeated a multi million dollar school bond by wide margins with 3 585 votes against and 720 for as 41 of 42 precincts reported. Superintendent Kenneth Roberts noted the defeat and pledged to work with residents to find a solution. The bond would have funded four new schools and county wide improvements including air conditioning. District results included North Elk 1061 to 238, Brown's Creek 770 to 297, Sandy River 829 to 64, Big Creek 846 to 120.
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Welch
McDowell County
Board of Education
Jenkin Jones
Kenneth Roberts
North Elk
Anawalt
Brown’s Creek
Sandy River
Bradshaw
Big Creek
War
Princeton SummerFest 96 Kickoff at Town Square
The event starts at 11 30 a m in Princeton Town Square after a rain delay. Brandy Austin a 14 year old Pike View High cheerleader performs, Keith Bailey sings at noon, Beau and Belle of SummerFest crowned at 12 30 p m. Swinging Seniors dance group entertains final segment. Concessions by Green Valley Glenwood Fire Dept. Free balloons and door prizes. Public invited free.
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Brandy Austin
Pike View
Princeton
Keith Bailey
Beau
Commission On Aging
Green Valley
Glenwood
Partly cloudy forecast with showers and storms likely
Partly cloudy today with a high in the 80s and a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Tonight a chance of thunderstorms before midnight. Lows will be in the 60s. Weather package A-9. For tips call Cellular One toll-free from Mercer to Greenbrier counties.
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Mercer, Tazewell
Bland
Monroe
Summers
Fayette
Greenbrier Counties
Lotteries West Virginia Daily 3 Daily 4
Virginia day draws also listed for lotteries with exact match games. West Virginia Daily 3 and Daily 4 are noted among the published lottery results and numbers.
Edwards named acting president of Bluefield College
The Bluefield College executive committee names T Keith Edwards M D as acting college president effective July 1 He will resign as board chairman June 30 a nationwide search for a new president will begin Edwards has extensive missionary work in Africa and ran a major hospital in the Southern Baptist Association He and his wife returned to Bluefield in 1956 and operated an OB GYN practice before the missionary assignment to Africa.
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Bluefield
Bluefield College Board of Trustees
T. Keith Edwards
Edwards
Alice
Africa
Southern Baptist Association
Baptist General Association of Virginia
Association
Bluefield Sanitarium
Tamarack Grand Opening Celebrated in West Virginia
Thousands joined First Lady Rachael Worthy for the TAMARACK grand opening near Beckley to celebrate West Virginia’s best of the Mountain State showcase mall. She praised local artisans and the cultural legacy, while Gov. Caperton attended a White House strategy forum on church burnings.
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Eckley
Rachael
Worby
West Virginia
Tamarack
Mountain State
Gaston
Worthy
Caperton
Washington, D.C
Clinton
South
Wall Street Journal
New York Times
Columbus
Ohio
Tt Mountain State
ITUT
Mercer County
Buddy Warden
Commission
John Rapp
Benjean Rapp
Betty Long
Vicki Reed
Princeton-Mercer County
White House
Beckley
William Wooton
Del
Bob Kiss
Wooton
Van flips on I-77 in heavy rain near Camp Creek State Park
A Wells Fargo van driven by 30 year old Thomas B. Delon of Beckley left the southbound I-77 near Exit 20 in heavy rain and rolled onto its roof. Police cited a possible second vehicle that may have forced him off the road but provided no description. Delon was treated and released from Princeton Community Hospital.
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Camp Creek
Interstate 77
Camp Creek State Park
Thomas B. Delon
Beckley
Wells Fargo
I- 77
L.L. Nelson
West Virginia State Police Parkway Authority
Nelson
Delon
Russia bound ovens aid in Russia US cooperation effort
Rocky Gap contractor Thomas R. Owens leads an eight member ARTBA delegation to Russia to repair crumbling infrastructure. The trip, part of the Russian Partnership Project funded by a World Bank loan, includes two presentations in Vladimir and St. Petersburg and site visits to road projects. Owens aims to demonstrate gunite techniques and foster international cooperation.
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Rocky Gap
U.S
Russia
Thomas R
Rick” Owens
Southern Gunite
American Road and Transportation Builders Association
ARTBA
Owens
Laurel Fork
Washington
Russian Association of Regional Highway Administrations
RADOR
World Bank
Areds
Vladimir
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Con
United States
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