Bluestone Park Development Proposal Moves Forward
Virginia officials propose a new joint economic development authority to govern the Bluestone Regional Business and Technology Park near Bluefield. A public hearing is set for June 30 to hear input on the proposed ordinance and seven member board drawn from Richlands Bluefield and the county supervisors.
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Bluefield
Tazewell County
Bluestone
County Board of Supervisors
Jim Spencer
Richlands
Board of Supervisors
SVCC
Consol Energy
Davis Hall
Southwest Virginia Community College
Consol
Buchanan
Mavisville
Community Foundation awards 2008 scholarship grants
The Community Foundation of the Virginias announced 2008 scholar recipients totaling 43 450 dollars from 15 endowed funds. 36 area students gained aid for college with most graduates from Bluefield and nearby high schools. Names include Charlie Merritt John Lilly Bethany Rotenberry and others.
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Bluefield
Community Foundation of the Virginias, Inc
Carol Dodson
Board of Directors
Ora Hunter Hancock
Charlie Merritt
Bluefield High School
E.R. Gillespie
John Lilly
Paige Belcher
Laken McReynolds
Tazewell High School
Grace Hanna
Maurice Weinberg
Bethany Rotenberry
East River Mountain
H.O.G
Bluefield Native Trains Soldiers as Arabs at Fort Irwin
At Fort Irwin California Army Spec Christopher Sizemore son of Betsy Sizemore of Bluefield trains with 11th Armored Cavalry and 250 Arab-speaking Iraqis in desert town simulations. He role plays insurgents to test troop reactions, including rocket propelled grenade fire and sniper work, aiding pre deployment readiness for Iraq. The National Training Center recreates Iraqi villages across 1,200 square miles of desert for diverse training scenarios.
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Fort Irwin
Calif
Bluefield
Christopher Sizemore
Betsy Sizemore
Cavement Loop
Bluefields
Mojave Desert
Iraq
Sizemore
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Hollywood
Death Valley
Earth Talk: greener mowers surge in eco friendly options
The EPA links gas mowers to 5 percent of air pollution and 54 million weekly users fuel the problem with 17 million gallons spilled yearly. Electric mowers offer low or zero emissions, less maintenance, and lower running costs around five dollars a year for electricity, making them a practical green alternative.
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EPA
Non-Profit
Electric Power
Paint Lick Mountain pictographs draw enduring interest
In the Cove area of Virginia the Paint Lick Mountain pictographs attract visitors and scholars. Rees Bowen first spotted the paintings in 1769 while seeking dye materials, revealing depictions of sun, arrow, turtle, birds and human forms. Studies by Smithsonian researchers and Virginia archaeologists confirm ceremonial Mississippian significance, with tours by the Cove Association and local farmers planned for fall and an Oct. 26 date tentatively set for this year.
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HE Cove
Virginias
Rees Bowen
Lovisa Smith Bowen
Cove
Tazewell County
Paint Lick Mountain
Lick
William Clements
William & Mary College
Smithsonian Institute
Bureau of Ethnology
Virginia Society of Archaeology
North America
Jack Hranicky
Archaeological Society of Virginia
Cove Association
Paint Lick
Ld Dominion
Hranicky
Virginia
Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Crab Orchard Museum
Tazewell Or
Richlands
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Bluestone Regional
Charles Owens
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Community Foundation
Eric Dino
Laverance Bane
HHC
150Th D230 Cav
National Guard
Brushfork National Guard
150Th
Det 1
By Michael Tolzmann
Gontnoutea
Joel Klein
Albany
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Green Matters
Bill Archer
Mercer
Bramwell
Sylvester
Janice Myers
Cost Engineering
Association For the Advancement of Cost Engineering International
Janice
Theodore T. Buckner
Fairmont
NAACP
Morgantown
Ringwood
Naacp and Freedom Fund
Myers
Aace Internation
Hiss
McDowell County
S.C. Myers & Associates, Inc
Washington, D.C
Virginia Cpas
the Highlands
Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants
Thomas E. Farley
CPA
Lebanon
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