UMW Backs Bush Energy Plan Amid Coal Revival Hopes
United Mine Workers in Fairfax praise President Bush energy plan aiming to raise coal output with 1,300 new plants. They seek to reverse a six decade decline from 700000 peak to about 30000 current members, hoping easier organizing as coal production shifts west.
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Bush
al Gore
UMW
Cecil Roberts
Appalachian
Bill Raney
West Virginia Coal Association
Raney
Warner pledges higher pay and smaller classes in Va race
Democratic candidate Mark Warner vowed to raise Virginia teacher salaries to at least the national average and cut class sizes, targeting a four year cost just over 500 million dollars not counting extra teachers. He touted endorsements from the Virginia Education Association and proposed using federal funds for early childhood programs and improved parental Internet monitoring of student progress. Warner also called for more family literacy and extending staff time for parent meetings from eight to twelve hours yearly.
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Mark Warner
Virginia
Warner
North Carolina
Mark Earley
Jim Gilmore
Earley
Chesterfield County
National Education Association
Mo Ellertee
VEA
Robby Jones
Elleitee
Governor’s Office
ParentLink
Stonewall Jackson High School
Manassas
Bluefield Town Council OKs Water Rates Increase
Bluefield Virginia town council approved a 15 percent water rate hike to take effect July 1, raising the first 2,000 gallons from 11.70 to 13.50 monthly and 3,000 gallons from 15.80 to 18.25. Council also raised unlawful parking penalties to 5.00 and shelter fees at Graham Recreation Park to 25 for small shelters and 40 for large shelters, effective January 1, 2002, funding a park shelter fund.
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Bluefield
Tom Chaffins
J.C. Higginbotham
Bill King
King
Chaffins
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors
Graham Recreation Park
Man charged after Thornton Avenue street fight
Mercer County deputy responded to 1018 Thornton Avenue at 7 50 pm after a fight in progress. Charles A Myers Sr 65 was arrested after a pat down found a revolver in his pocket and he said he fired shots into the air. Darrell and Daren Fuller were injured as bystanders. Daren had a head wound from a crowbar and Darrell suffered shoulder lacerations from an ax. Both were treated and released.
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Princeton
C.T. Lowe
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Mercer 911
Lowe
Charles A. Myers Sr
Brickyard Road
Smith & Wesson
Fuller
Princeton Community Hospital
Princeton fire training center dedication on Wednesday
Princeton prepares to dedicate its new fire training center at 2 p.m. on Wednesday on Maple Street on property donated by the Dean Company. Fire Chief Dick Powell said city officials and fire departments from the county are invited to attend, and the public may tour the facility featuring a four story training tower, a burn building, propane gas simulations, and oil spill apparatus. The project cost $40,000 and the Dean Co leases the land to the city for $1 yearly. the center may later serve other county fire units.
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Dean Company
Maple Street
Dick Powell
Doug Freeman
Powell
Dean Co
Lions club dinner in Bramwell July fundraiser
The Bluewell Lions Club will serve dinner in the Magnolia Room Bramwell on Fridays and Saturdays all July from 5 to 6 30 pm with proceeds to Lions Club Light Conservation Programs 10 dollars reservations or information at 248-8467. The Pet Haven and Rescue Center hosts a hotdog and bake sale at the Acme Westgate Plaza in Bluefield Virginia Friday and Saturday 11 am to 4 pm. The McDowell County Board of Education announces Summer Feeding Program sites and dates across McDowell County including Career and Technology Center Bradshaw Mt View Big Creek Saeger Kimball Express camps and summer schools. For more information call 436-3488.
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Lions Club
Pet Haven and Rescue Center
Bluefield
Acme
Westgate Plaza
McDowell County Career and Technology Center
Bradshaw
Energy Express
Mt. View
Big Creek
Saeger
Kimball
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Am Tee
Rinceton City Pool
FREEA
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Iret
Automa Car Wash
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Virginia Ave
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Green Valley Bowling
Princeton City Pool
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