West Virginia summer youths tackle heat with city jobs
Fourteen through 21 year olds in Bluefield and Princeton join Governor's Summer Youth Work Program, earning 5.15 an hour for 30 hours weekly through July 31. Crews paint libraries, fire stations, and parks, with safety and skill emphasis and planned police and fire briefings for later outings.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Joey Thomas
Princeton
Belinda Bradshaw
Lashmeet
Daniel Six
Anthony Underwood
Wanda Donahue
Community Action
Devil Rays
Public Works
Tony Webster
Parks and Recreation Department
Webster
Fire
Norfolk Southern
Oakvale
Mary Nelson
Buchanan big winner in Virginia road work
Cleco Corporation won two large contracts from the Commonwealth Transportation Board to widen and realign roads in Buchanan County. A $2.7 million job on Route 609 Bull Mountain Road and a $2.6 million project on Route 624 Drill Mountain Road will start soon and aim for completion by fall 1999.
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Buchanan
Virginia
Grundy
Commonwealth Transportation Board
Buchanan County
Cleco Corporation
Bull Mountain
Cleco
Drill Mountain
Conrad Hill
Virginia Department of Transportation
Russell
Hill
Harman
Garden Creek
Honaker
Russell County
York
AIRCO
Blood donations needed in Bluefield as summer drains supplies
The Red Cross urges immediate blood donations to aid children with cancer and accident victims, noting a patient needs blood every 12 seconds. Donations spike down in summer. a bloodmobile will accept gifts July 2 from noon to 6 PM at the Youth Center Stadium Drive. Meanwhile in Richmond, DMV centers close July 3 and 4 for Independence Day observance.
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Bluefield
Red Cross
Dianne Cordial
Cordial
The
Stadium Drive
Richmond
DMV
Department of Motor Vehicles
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