Rain Sparks Flash Floods in Mercer County
Torrential downpours drenched much of Mercer County including Bluefield causing minor flooding in Oakhurst Avenue and Bland Road areas. Ditches overflowed as 0.89 inch fell from 1 to 8 p.m. No injuries reported while rescue crews guarded streets amid a severe thunderstorm warning and watch issuing one to two inches of rain per hour.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Green Valley
Clover Dew Dairy Road
Grassy Branch Road
Route 112
Ada
E-911 Center
National Weather Service
Blacksburg
Kilmer says Batman Forever helped career more than critical praise
Val Kilmer says playing Batman Forever opened doors more than awards. He notes his turn as Jim Morrison in The Doors and Doc Holliday in Tombstone shaped his career, but he doubts any actor is hired mainly because they are right for a role. He calls Hollywood casting unpredictable.
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Val Kilmer
Entertainment Weekly
Kilmer
Jim Morrison
The
Doc Holliday
Hollywood
Widowed Service Meets at College Avenue Baptist Church
On Monday June 26 at 6 p m the East River Regional Widowed Person s Service will gather at College Avenue Baptist Church Bluefield for a carry in dinner The Mercer County Board of Education plans its regular session Tuesday June 27 at 7 p m in the Seminar Center Mercer County Technical Education Complex Princeton Weather calls for a chance of showers with highs in the lower 80s and partly cloudy skies tonight showers and thunderstorms are possible.
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East River
College Avenue Baptist Church
Bluefield
Mercer County Board of Education
Mercer County Technical Education Complex
Princeton
State named prime target for wood work at expo
Brushfork Armory hosted Appalachian Hardwood Expo 95 drawing exhibitors and visitors focused on hardwood technology and services. County and regional development officials say West Virginia holds strong potential as a primary and secondary hardwood processing hub with mills closing elsewhere. Exhibitors report solid business interest, with new signups for 1997 and local loggers urged to diversify beyond coal.
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Brushfork Armory
Janet Bailey
Development Authority
Mercer County
West Virginia
Betty Dobbins
The
Dean Company
Mark Traylor
Appalachian Log Structures
Brushfork
Christy Parker
Tazewell County
SummerFest 1995 Celebrates Civil War Weekend at Princeton
The Princeton SummerFest 1995 drew large crowds despite rain with Civil War heritage events at Princeton High School and Pike View High School. A second reenactment was planned for 2 p.m. Sunday along with a Mountain State Street Red Car Show and family activities as officials praised the lineup. Mercer County Chamber director George Lanton called it a zoo and noted the free rides attracted many visitors while acknowledging too many attractions to choose between.
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Rinceton
Princeton
Princeton High School
Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
George Lanton
Pike View High School
Lanton
Civil War reenactment lights up Princeton for first time
The Pigeon's Roost battlefield hosts a Civil War re-enactment with 4 000 to 5 000 spectators. Union forces win as soldiers on horseback fire, cannons boom, and smoke fills the valley. Organizers Mark Belcher and Carlton Smith led the event, praised by attendees including families from Lynchburg and Princeton.
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Gardner
Princeton
Mark Belcher
Carlton Smith
Benjamin Tyler Martin
Lynchburg
Andrew Ryan Martin
Matt Martin
Elmer Bolton
Civil War tea recreates 1800s ladies scene in Princeton
Dressed in bonnets and gloves Southern Belles sip lemonade and hear tales of wounded soldiers during Civil War Heritage Weekend in Princeton Town Square. Nurse Phoebe Pember of Richmond shares stories of blood and death while Lou Stoker and Gary Walker spin tales.
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Phoebe Pember
Richmond
Drema Swecker
Princeton
Pember
Princeton-Gardner
Lou Stoker
Bramwell
Gary Walker
Wytheville
Princeton Town Square
Barbara Hawkins
Elizabeth Osborne
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