Delivery by air delivers baby during chopper flight
Raven Mc Donald was born 1,500 feet above northwestern Pennsylvania aboard a medical helicopter en route to Erie. Rebecca Collier of Corry went into labor two months early and, after a short flight of 13 minutes, the infant arrived with Flight Medic Don Millar and nurse Becky Spinks assisting. Raven entered an incubator at Hamot Medical Center as Kevin McDonald and the grandparents waited.
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Erie
Raven McDonald
Pennsylvania
Raven
Rebecca Collier
Corry
Don Millar
Becky Spinks
Hamet Medical Center
Ms. Collier
Kevin McDonald
Literacy event highlights reading as citizenship path
A former teacher, Hechler, urged reading as a ticket to good citizenship, jobs, college, and life. He recalled his mother reading to them and described it as a world voyage. The program featured tenor James Hoback singing God Bless America, the Enduring Faith Praise Chorale, Trumpet Fanfare, and Dan Turner with God Bless The Child. the National Anthem was sung.
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A-1
Hechler
James Hoback
Faith Praise Chorale
Leroy Anthony
Anthony Parsons
Mel Saunders
Stephen Saunders
Dan Turner
Settlement reshapes tobacco lawsuits and FDA role
The accord limits suits by smokers, bans class actions, and sets FDA oversight on nicotine. It provides 360 billion dollars over 25 years for anti smoking ads and Medicaid relief, plus a 5 billion annual fund for damages and a 50 billion industry fund for uninsured children. The deal faces mixed state support and ongoing debate over details.
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A-1
Food and Drug Administration
David Kessler
FDA
Associated Press
Clinton
Tobacco
Maryland
Joseph Curran
Tobacco Industry
Rally Scenes by Cyrethia Johnson
Rally scenes feature a gun salute by the 150th Armored Battalion Army National Guard and introduction by Lucas Stone. Dr Julian Surgit serves as master of ceremonies at Trinity United Methodist Church with Annette Osborne delivering the introduction and Eugenia Hancock giving greetings. Colley chairs the Literacy Awareness Committee and leads the prize drawing while multiple local groups sponsor the chamber literacy coalition.
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Cyrethia (Resey) Johnson
150Th Armored Battalion
Army National Guard
Hechler
Lucas Stone
Julian Surgit
Trinity United Methodist Church
Chamber
Annette Osborne
Eugenia Hancock
Cedar Bluff woman pleads in pot cases
Sadie Ellen Mackney a 57 year old from Cedar Bluff pleaded guilty to two counts in an 11 count superseding indictment charging conspiracy to distribute marijuana possession with intent to distribute and money laundering. The plea covers counts involving a large seizure and forfeiture of over 500000 dollars in assets. Sentencing is set for August 5 1997. The case was investigated by the Tazewell County Narcotics Task Force IRS CID and the DEA. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Julie Dudley and Richard Lloret will handle sentencing.
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Abingdon
Cedar Bluff
U.S
Robert P. Crouch Jr
Sadie Ellen Mackney
U.S. District Court
Mackney
Tazewell County Narcotic Task Force
IRS, Criminal Investigation Division
DEA
Tazewell County Narcotics Task Force
International Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division
Drug Enforcement Administration
United States
Julie Dudley
Richard Lloret
SummerFest Offers Pancakes to Chili Cookoff and More
Saturday events run 8 to 10 30 a m with an all you can eat pancake breakfast. Activities include story telling petting zoo pony rides car show dog show dessert bake off auctions chili cook off cooking demo Limbo contest music by Made in the Shade and dog races. Sunday continues with Taste of West Virginia Ike Southern and Friends wood carving demonstrations and a 5K run.
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Mountain State Street Red Association
Commission On Aging
Reading Council
Archie Chestnut
The
International Chili Society
Made In the Shade
West Virginia State Police Bat Mobile
Pure County
Twilight Twirlers
Taste of
West Virginia
Ike Southern and Friends
Mountain Heritage Wood Carvers Guild
Southern West Virginia
Blaze guts room in Richlands house
A Friday morning fire gutted one upstairs room in a Richlands house on Farmers Street. Occupants reported smoke from water pipes and a heater, with cardboard boxes near the heater likely causing the blaze. Fire crews arrived with two trucks and eight men, no injuries reported.
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Blaze Guts
Richlands House
Richlands
Drew Puckett
Puckett
Farmers Street
Garfield White
White
Susie Dye
Dye
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Daily Telegraph
Tom Colley
Princeton Learning Center
Mercer County Literacy Volunteers of America
Read Aloud West Virginia
Mercer County
Literacy Program
Clinch Valley Community Action
Mercer County Reading Council
Congress
Sara Coleman
Grandview Memory Gardens
Our Chapel
Grandview
P.O. Box
Bluefield
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