Road Kill Barbecue a Bluefield Rotary tradition
The Demopoulos family hosted the fourth annual Summer Bash Road Kill Barbecue at their Bluefield home, featuring Greek dishes and a festive ROTARY gathering. Denos Demopoulos organizes the event as club service and labor of love, drawing neighbors and Rotary members including Jim Ferguson and Dr. David Kovach who praised the food and fellowship.
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Bluefield
Demopoulos
Constantine “Denos
Carolyn Demopoulos
Bluefield Rotary Club
Denos Demopoulos
Denos
Carolyn
Duke
Jim Ferguson
West Virginia University
Ferguson
Claude Morgan
Charles Olmsted
Stanley Funston
Don Rice
Jack McGhee
Puck Kiser
Coonskin
David Kovach
Multicultural Festival Delights Princeton With Global Flavors
Bijou Kwin Claudia Tchinda and Regina Massie help serve a tray of international foods at Saturday’s outdoor Multicultural Festival in downtown Princeton sponsored by Sparks Youth Empowerment Program. Music from funk hip hop reggae and jazz complemented the global offerings for attendees.
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Bijou Kwin
Claudia Tchinda
Regina Massie
Lori McKinney
Princeton
Sparks
DNA manager tracks West Virginia black bears in study
Parsons AP wildlife manager Lee Haggerty led a state Division of Natural Resources project in Tucker and Randolph counties from 2004 to 201? that tracked reproductive rates habitat use and population figures by trapping tagging weighing and collecting DNA samples from black bears including den checks since 1972. The project ended April 2 after removing a radio collar from a mother bear and weighing her cubs.
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Parsons
Lee Haggerty
State Division of Natural Resources
Haggerty
Tucker
Randolph
Princeton
Rod Thorn
West Virginia University
New Jersey Nets
NBA
Matt Crossman
Sporting News
Michael Jordan
Chicago Bulls
Thorn
Bulls
Hakeem Olajuwan
Houston
Portland Trail Blazers
Clyde Drexler
Jim Paxton
Sam Bowie
Jordan
Cell phone radiation safety debate continues
The FCC sets a 1.6 watts per kilogram limit for safe phone emissions, but health experts warn the level may still pose risks with long use. Some studies link longer use to brain and salivary gland tumors. others find little effect. The Environmental Working Group lists models with lower radiation, including Sanyo Katana II, Samsung Rugby, Nokia 7710, and Blackberry Storm at about 0.3 W/kg.
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U.S
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Environmental Working Group
EWG
Sanyo
Samsung
Nokia
Energy Express seeks volunteers in Mercer County summer program
Energy Express will resume in Mercer County from June 22 to July 30 serving about 200 low income students at Bluefield Intermediate Lashmeet Matoaka Mercer and Oakvale Schools. Meals come two per day with reading based activities funded by WVU Extension Service 4-H Volunteer WV and state agencies.
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Luefield
Energy Express
Mercer County
Emily Saunders
Bluefield Intermediate
Lashmeet/Matoaka
Mercer School
Oakvale
West Virginia University Extension Service
4-H
West Virginia
Commission For National and Community Service
West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts
Brenda Pruett
Bluefield Intermediate School
Lashmeet
Matoaka
Mercer
Saunders
Bluefield
Carson-Newman College
Mary Frances Brammer
AmeriCorps
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Rotary
Tion
Bill Archer
Around the
Jon Bolt
W.va
Luke Alderman
Santa Fe
Thinkstock
Heber Stafford
Volunteers
Lewisburg
Steve Antolini
Civil Air Patrol
Civil Air Patrol Volunteers
Antolini
Navy Knighthawk
Navy
CAP
Beckley and Mercer
Shavers Fork Fire Rescue Inc
Snowshoe Mountain
Mel Grubb
Wo Man
Soul of Coal
Beckley
Thomas Jones
Kansas City Chiefs
Big Stone Gap
Tamarack Conference Center
Lynch Memorial Fund
William Roosevelt
Rosie” Lynch
Joel
Jody” Price
Glen Rogers
Bluefield State College
Lynch
Price
Big Branch South Mine
Montroal
Bluefield Area Foundation
Jet
Ebony Magazines
National Mining Association
Heloise
Carolyn Ratcliffe
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