Aunt Hattie Heath remembered as pioneering teacher and community builder
The life of Hattie Holley Heath, a Black educator from Virginia who taught in Spruce Lumber Camp near Cass and later at Cass and Tazewell schools, is honored. She earned degrees at Bluefield State College and Eastern Michigan, inspired generations, and inspired road renaming to Hattie Holley Heath Day with a historical plaque planned.
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Virginia
Storer College
Heath
Pocahontas County
W.va
Board of Education
Spruce
Cass
BSC
Eastern Michigan
Ypsilanti
Mich
University of Virginia
Peace Springs
Tazewell
Carline
Shake-Rag
Holley
James Knox Smith
McDowell County
James Knox Holley
Howard University
Washington
Detroit
Leander Cecil Holley, Jr
Ford Motor Co
Jeffersonville Woman’s Club
Davis
Kosovo war ends as NATO confirms Serb withdrawal
NATO says Yugoslav troops have withdrawn beyond the 3 mile ground safety zone and airstrikes halted after Solana announced immediate termination of the air campaign. KLA agrees to disarm larger weapons within 30 days and maintain ceasefire as Serb refugees continue to move.
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Kosovo
Mike Jackson
Cmdr
Louis Garneau
Canada
Livadica
Avdul Avdullahu
NATO
Yugoslavia
Javier Solana
Brussels
Belgium
KLA
Berger
Pec
Slobodan Milosevic
Belgrade
Tanjug
Nis
Krusevac
Kragujevac
Top billionaires and royals feature in Forbes wealth lists
Forbes highlights include Warren Buffett at 36 billion and Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer at 19.5 billion, with co founder Paul Allen at 30 billion. The top ranks also extend to the Roche family at 17 billion and Walton heirs at 16 billion each, plus rising dot com figures Walker and Omidyar entering the Top 50. Royal and dictatorial wealth sees Sultan of Brunei at 30 billion and Fahd at 28 billion. Queen Elizabeth’s wealth is listed with conflicting estimates.
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Microsoft
Paulen
Warren Buffet
Steven Ballmer
Oeri, Hoffman and Sacher
Switzerland
Roche Pharmaceuticals
Philip Anschutz
Dell Computer
Michael Dell
Walton
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Sam Walton
Forbes
Brunei
Saudi Arabia
Fahd
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Beatrix
Netherlands
Syria
Hafez Al-Assad
Britain
Elizabeth
SummerFest features car show and lumberjack event highlights
Sponsors include First Community Bank Georgia Pacific Pocahontas Land The Dean Company and Cranberry Hardwood. Ford Mustang displays draw interest as local residents share stories of restored cars and classic street rods. Redcoats concert draws large weekend crowds with estimates from 8 000 to 15 000 attendees and local performers praise the festival mood.
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First Community Bank
Georgia Pacific
Pocahontas Land Company
the Dean Company
Cranberry Hardwood
Ted Gillespie
James Dent
Wayne Surface
Surface
Jerry
Thresea Phillips
Sophia
Thresen
Athens
Charles Beatty
Lanton
Princeton
Myra Reynolds
Redcoats
Redcoat
Joel Lubliner
Bluefield
Lawmakers urged to adopt school violence strategy
Beckley AP report notes prosecutors urge WV lawmakers to require public schools to adopt emergency plans for violence threats. Officials discuss coordinated response among police, fire, and schools, plus improved threat detection and searches.
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Beckley
West Virginia
John Bord
Taylor County
Paul Leeper
West Virginia Industrial Home For Youth
Leeper
Jeff Thompson
Bord
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Serbian Renewal Movement
Vuk Draskovic
The
Democrats
Serbia
Prizren
Mehmet Hajrizi
Bluefield College
Abingdon
Dublin
Roanoke
Mail
Bluefield.edu
Welch Parks Board
McDowell Board of Parks & Recreation
Ameribank
McDowell Street
Littleton
Colo
Grafton High School
Therese Wilson
State Department of Education
Wilson
Jon Blair Hunter
Monongalia
IRS
Jkharris.com
JK Harris & Company
Bluefield & Beckley
U.S
Cedar Bluff
Claypool Hill
Pocahontas
Richlands
Richlands Downtown
Riverjack Tazewell
Ftirstvirginia.com
U.S. Pat
First Virginia Bank
Siolar Bahated
FDIC
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