Legion of Merit awarded to Starfleet leader from Bluefield
Jerry Conner of Bluefield received Starfleet Region One Legion of Merit honors. As a co founder of the U S S Yeager Chapter chartered in 1984 and commissioned 1986 he has chaired the chapter for 23 years. The Yeager chapter in West Virginia uses General Chuck Yeager’s name with permission and has won national awards for Star Trek reference materials and fiction.
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Bluefield
Jerry Conner
Conner
Captain Kirk
Spock
Captain Picard
Legion of Merit
Chuck Yeager
Yeager
Starfleet Region One
U.S.S
Starfleet
U.S.S. Yeager
Linda Smith
Lynchburg
West Virginia
James
Brown
Clayton O'Donnell
Crystal
Delaware
O'Donnell
Davidson
Dad
Bananas tied to rainforest destruction and worker abuses
Earth Talk explains that banana farming has historically caused deforestation water and soil pollution and poor worker conditions. The Rainforest Alliance and Sustainable Agriculture Network are pushing greener practices and certification to improve production and reduce harm.
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Ear EarthTalk
Laura Barnard
Hillsboro
Tropics
Rainforest Alliance
The
Sustainable Agriculture Network
Evening Shade Concert Series Adds Seventh Season
Jim and Pat Jones host Friday concerts at Graham Square each week at 7 p.m. through summer, now in the eighth season. They organize performers and door prizes, thanking local businesses, performers, and hundreds of attendees. July 2 features a combined choral group from Bluefields and nearby communities singing patriotic songs at First United Methodist Church.
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Jim
Pat Jones
Graham Square
Bluefields
First United Methodist Church
Dogs seized from Bristol home after theft report
Animal control officers removed about 50 dogs from a Bristol residence after a report of two stolen Boston terriers. Owners, not identified, face pending charges. The couple bred peekapooes and sold them from a pickup around town. An officer described a squalid scene with many dogs in distress and health issues observed.
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Bristol, Va
Bristol
Deena Bouton
Bouton
Boston Terriers
Boston
Tazewell Rotary backs Frog Level work day in Pisgah
Volunteers from the Tazewell Rotary Club plan a 4 p.m. start on Monday, June 28, to waterproof the Frog Level Service Station foundation moved to Crab Orchard Museum near Fort Witten. The service site, opened in 1932 by Ed Bowling Sr and later run by TE Bowling Jr, was a noted beer serving spot. The project aims to finish waterproofing and preserve local history with a Crab Orchard Museum display scheduled to be reviewed June 29 by the Frog Level Service Station Committee.
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Azewell
Tazewell
Fort Witten
Thomas E
Ed” Bowling Sr
June” Bowling Jr
Frog Level
Virginia
June Bowling
Crab Orchard Museum
Dick Landreth
Rotary
US Route 19/460
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Dan Kimber
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Sports Car Club of America
Bluefield City Park
Eric DiNovo
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James Brown
Montcalm
Jones Hill
Kenneth Davidson
Tabernacle Hill
Roger Davidson
Pvt
505Th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Kevin O'Donnell
North East
Google
Bailey
Glenwood
Mercer County
Gene Bailey
Mary Kelly
Lois Miller
Mercer County Historical Society
McComas
Leroy Compton
Compton
Don Whitt
Larry Gilpin
Blue Rose Band
Roger Poore
Greenbrier Trip
White Sulphur Springs
Collis P Huntington Railroad Historical Society
Greenbrier
Amtrak
Huntington
Charleston
New River Gorge
Tamarack
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