Biggest Best of West Virginia Birthday Bash spreads events
On June 20 at Tamarack Beckley and nearby venues in Wytheville Richlands Bluefield Princeton and Danville a daylong series features workshops wreath making English Garden trough construction and plant displays plus noon meetings of local clubs and a Martinsville Astros versus Bluefield Orioles game with a Princeton Devils Rays contest listed later in the day.
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West Virginia
Abe Lincoln
Jim Rubin
Tamarack
Beckley
Rock House Garden
Tazewell St
Wytheville
VEC Employers Advisory Council
Southwest Virginia Community College Community Center
Richlands
Quota International
Bluefield
Holiday Inn
Princeton
Athens
Kiwanis Club
Miners & Merchants Bank
Martinsville Astros
Bluefield Orioles
Princeton Devil Rays
Danville Braves
Danville
County Supervisors Vote on Four Cent Tax Hike Clash
The Tazewell County Supervisors faced strong opposition led by Donnie Lowe and Earl Griffith. Twenty one residents spoke against the four cent water tax increase, arguing it burdens fixed incomes, seniors, and triggers out-migration. Opponents urged balanced budgeting without the tax, noting a recent $325,000 school funding boost and a study suggesting higher taxes were needed.
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Jimmy Jones
Donnie Lowe
Earl Griffith
Nancy Nash
Tazewell
Terry Long
Mary Young
Cedar Bluff
Young
Harold Goodman
Green Acres
Tazewell County
Goodman
Faye West
Claypool Hill
West
Lowe
Griffith
Rasnick
Funerals today include Parker Smith Hernandez and others
Funeral services are scheduled for Mrs. Geraldine Parker Smith Hernandez at 8 p.m. at Burns Wornal Chapel in Princeton. Joe Ray Littlejohn’s service is at 2 p.m. at Rowland H. Bailey and burial at Jenkins Cemetery in Matoaka. Deacon Jackson J. Potter is at noon at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Bluefield with burial at Restlawn Memorial Gardens. Datha Lilly Ransom has 11 a.m. service at Seaver Chapel with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Edwin Lavon Barney Wellons services are at 2 p.m. at Pocahontas Baptist Church in Pocahontas, Virginia. Reginald R. Zimmerman at 1 p.m. at Mt. Carmel Church of Christ with burial at Short Ridge Cemetery.
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Geraldine Marie Parker Smith Hernandez
Burns Wornal Chapel
Athens Road
Princeton
Joe Ray Littlejohn
Rowland H. Bailey
Bailey-Kirk
Jenkins Cemetery
Route 1
Matoaka
Jackson J. Potter
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Bluefield
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Bluewell
Datha Lilly Ransom
George W. Seaver
Mine safety pleas outline fatalities and penalties in Virginia
Rapoca Energy agrees to a full time safety inspector and foreman roles as part of a $2 million plea for two fatal mine incidents. Upper Mill and Buchanan Production Co admit willful safety violations tied to deaths at Bee Tree Mine near Big Rock and a Buchanan operation in 2000. Justice died June 4 1998 and Blankenship died May 12 2000. MSHA cites roof support, training form falsification, and unsafe machinery.
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Ramseyer
Rapoca
Upper Fill Mining Co
Buchanan Production Co
Rapoca Energy
Randall Smith
MSHA
Blankenship
Virginia Division of Mines Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
VDM
Mike Abbott
Upper Mill
Buchanan Production Company
Pocahontas council faces tensions over police radar
In Pocahontas tension rises as council weighs reducing the town council size and a police chief with eight years in post resigns June 30 amid a dispute over radar enforcement. A candle light vigil was held at the town hall steps to discuss concerns, organized by Debra Sipp, while officials consider taking radar away from the police department.
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Ible
Own
Debra Sipp
White
Police Commission
Sipp
Rahall Mobile Office Stops In Mercer County
U S Rep Nick Rahall announces third district mobile office stops in Mercer County on Thursday with sessions at Matoaka Rock and Montcalm post offices. Mercer board sponsors Summer Food Service program offers free lunches at Princeton and Bluefield sites for eligible children. Habitat for Humanity in Bluefield VA seeks volunteers for daily work at the project site.
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Congressional
Mercer Bluefield
U.S
Nick Rahall
D-W.va
West Virginia
Mercer County
Matoaka
First Street
Rock
Montcalm
Main Street
Mercer Board of Education
Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education
Princeton Senior High School
Bluefield High School
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Habitat For Humanity
Bluefield
Habitat For Humanity Project
United Way Works to Fund Red Cross After Review
Bluefield leaders with United Way of the Virginias reviewed Red Cross budget details at First Century Bank. Frank Wilkinson said the allocation for 2002 is on track, with $30,000 recommended from a $50,000 request as agency financials and local office assurances are clarified.
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Bluefield
Frank Wilkinson
United Way of Ie
Virginias
United Way
Redross
First Century Bank Toiscuss
Wilkinson
Weid
Red Cross
CPA
Leroy Mabe
United Way of
Red Cross Mid
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Wal-Mart
Ryan’s Family Steak Houses, Inc
Ryan’s
America
Restaurants & Institutions Magazine
Mercer St
Ent & Buck Stove
Ock Valley Concrete
Lan
Amir I. Eshel
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