SummerFest 1997 Brings Chili, Queens to Princeton
Princeton hosts SummerFest 1997 with an international pavilion featuring participants from India, Philippines, Greece, Italy, Pakistan, Korea, Puerto Rico, Colombia, and Russia. The Mountain State Street Red chili cookoff drew record entries including Real Chili of the Highway Patrol and Chernobyl Chili. Miss SummerFest Amy Atwood and Junior Miss Kayla Akers joined carnival events as crowds flocked despite scattered storms. Public relations jets, a Huma-V vehicle display, and a Princeton Railroad Museum plan were showcased by volunteers and the Mercer County Historical Society.
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Princeton
Sudhakar R. Jamkhandi
Bluefield State College Center For International Understanding
India
Philippines
Greece
Italy
Pakistan
Korea
Puerto Rico
Columbia
Russia
Mountain State Street Red
The
Highway Patrol
Colorado
Texas Bunkhouse
David Skala
Fox 59
Skala
David Mullens
Amy Atwood
Atwood
Kayla Akers
Matoaka
James Graybeal
James H. Drew
Rhonda Wilborn
Wilborn
Beckley
First BN 150Th AR National Guard
Mike Hicks
Matthew Surface
Charles Buchanan
J.A. Alexander
R.A. Maddy
Alexander
Peery Mooney
Ken Coleman
Mercer County Historical Society
Gift That Lasts A Memorial To Bluefield Foundation
A memorial gift to the Bluefield Area Foundation supports community projects through a permanent endowment. The fund earns interest and the principal remains intact. Contributions in memory of relatives or friends may be sent to Bluefield Area Foundation Inc P O Box 4127 Bluefield WV 24701.
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Bluefield Area Foundation
Bluefield Area Foundation, Inc
P.O
Bluefield
Greatest gift to Todd Mullins a life saving transplant
McDowell County man Todd Mullins, 21, faces a kidney transplant in days with his mother Lynn Sessoms of Princeton as donor. Mullins, a former Saeger High School and Concord College football player, has endured dialysis since 1996 after both kidneys failed from a rare disease. The operation at CAMC General Division aims to restore kidney function. Todd will need dialysis-free life with restrictions on contact sports and cold exposure.
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Todd Mullins
Lynn Sessoms
Princeton
Mullins
Saeger High School
Concord College Mountain Lions
Welch
Concord College
Todd
Brittany Dawn Mullins
Sessoms
Charleston Area Medical Center
CAMC
Chautauqua Festival Ends With Balloon Rally And Fireworks
At Elizabeth Brown Memorial Park in Wythe, Virginia attendees from Pulaski and Galax join Bluefield West Virginia participants for Chautauqua in the park. Pat McClane notes strong festival success as a hot air balloon rally opens at 6 30 a m weather permitting and fireworks close the day at 10 p m.
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Virginia
Pulaski
Galax
Bluefield
W.va
Elizabeth Brown Memorial Park
Pat McClane
Wythe Arts Council
Tobacco truce talks collapse amid whistleblower protection dispute
Washington discussions on a tobacco industry settlement faced a final snag over protecting a whistleblower who aided an antismoking lawsuit. Despite months of secret talks and late negotiations, Brown & Williamson balked, then backed down after pressure from Philip Morris and RJR, as attorneys general cheered the tentative deal before the snag.
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Carlton
Washington
Clinton
Bruce Lindsey
Food and Drug Administration
Matthew Myers
Myers
Bible
Goldstone
Moore
Gregoire
White House
B&w
Lindsey
Philip Morris
RJR
England
SummerFest flavors chili and grows in stature
Denver Stoker of Bramwell praises SummerFest as it thrives with good weather and organization. The festival continues today with Taste of West Virginia entertainment by Ike Southern and Friends, woodcarving demos by Mountain Heritage Wood Carvers Guild, a spaghetti eating contest, a Jaycees Pie Throw Auction, a 5K Run by Southern West Virginia Road Runners, a beach party and a street dance.
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Denver Stoker
Bramwell
West Virginia
Ike Southern and Friends
Mountain Heritage Wood Carvers Guild
Southern West Virginia
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Tony Barbery
Daily Telegraph
Elch
McDowell County
Lynn Sessons
Mercer County Solid Waste Authority Office
Impecker Hill
Rt. 460
Mercer County Humane Society & Veterinary Associates
Stafford Plaza, Princeton, WV
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