Guardian angel helps Adria Hairston grow at Princeton High
Adria Kali Hairston, once weighing 16 pounds at age two, thrived under a guardian pair within Princeton and earned the Dr. L.J. Pace Scholarship at Princeton Senior High School. Jacqueline Rucker, a 20 year health service social worker, became her mother as Hairston excelled in academics and held Snowflake Queen honors and homecoming court.
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Adria Kali Hairston
Rinceton
Heaven
L.J. Pace
Princeton Senior High School
Jacqueline Rucker
Department of Health and Human Services
Princeton
Hairston
Princeton Rotary Club
Dr. Pace
Underwood targets McDowell County for ARC plan
West Virginia Governor and ARC co chair Cecil H Underwood said McDowell County is the Appalachian region s poorest and lowest in spirits and will be targeted for an ARC driven economic improvement this year He recounted a ARC study visit to McDowell with 10 county mayors and local leaders to identify 10 major problems and potential outside resources He cited a plan to build community leadership and a county wide strategic plan to turn around McDowell and attract visitors via the Coalwood Rocket Boys publicity
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Princeton
McDowell County
Appalachia
Cecil H. Underwood
Appalachian Regional Commission
Underwood
ARC
West Virginia
McDowell
Princeton Rotary Club
Concord College
Board of Education
Rocket Boys
Coalwood
West Virginia to Add Teachers with Federal Class Size Funds
West Virginia schools will be smaller this fall as $11.3 million from the U.S. Department of Education funds are used to cut class sizes. The package, part of a $1.2 billion nationwide effort, will hire 291 teachers for kindergarten through fourth grade, with Kanawha County receiving the largest allocation at $997,075 and Pendleton County among the smallest at $35,750. State Education Superintendent Henry Marockie notes an average class size of about 16 students in the state.
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Charleston
West Virginia
U.S. Department of Education
Federal
Congress
Richard W. Riley
U.S
Kanawha
Pendleton County
Henry Marockie
Moving Wall at Hunnicutt Stadium Seen as Healing Vietnam War Remembrance
Veterans and locals describe the Moving Wall exhibit at Hunnicutt Stadium as a source of healing and education. They recount how visitors, including young people, reflect on the 58,213 names, the sacrifices of Vietnam veterans, and the impact on attitudes toward the war and its memory.
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Rinceton
Hunnicutt Stadium
Ed Taylor
Washington D.C
Air Force
Rebecca Shumaker
Vietnam
Goodwin
Washington, D.C
Ricky Martin seeks quiet after Livin La Vida Loca success
Ricky Martin says silence matters to him after his hit song and online chat with fans. The Puerto Rican star calls himself a spiritual person and a student of yoga, Buddhism, and meditation. He wants little beyond friends, dogs, family, and his music.
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Ricky Martin
People Magazine
Puerto Rico
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