From Cockfights to Camp Laurel Transformation
In Rocky Gap Virginia Camp Laurel shifted from a 1940s cockfighting and moonshine site to a modern church camp run by the Tazewell United Methodist District. Bluefield builder Arch Hare reportedly created the original cabins for illicit pastime, while locals recall tales of prostitution and gambling tied to the land before its 1950s conversion.
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Rocky Gap
Area Methodists
Camp Laurel
Bland High School
Girl Scouts
Tazewell
Bluefield
Sarah Bowling
Don
Bowling
Arch Hare
Akers
Tazewell United
Buchanan County to Build Consolidated Elementary School
The Buchanan County Board of Supervisors allocated 495000 for a new elementary school near Stiltner's Creek to consolidate Vansant Harman Big Rock and P V Dennis elementary students. Officials approved borrowing from the Virginia Literary Fund and selling bonds to finance an estimated 15.6 million project, with bids planned for next January.
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Virginia Literary Fund
Tazewell to lose superintendents
In Tazewell County Virginia two assistant school superintendents William Rasnick and Bill Stone will retire. Stone retires January 1 1999 and Rasnick ends after the 1998 99 school year. The board has advertised for one assistant position with several applications received.
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Rtazewell
Tazewell County
William Rasnick
Bill Stone
Rasnick
Stone
Virginia
West Virginia
Woodrow Mullins Jr
Taping births becoming more popular
In Princeton and at Bluefield Regional Medical Center videotaping births has grown. Doctors pre-approve and mothers sign consent forms. Officials say 10 to 15 percent of births at BRMC are taped while many parents document pre and post birth memories.
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Princeton
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Barbara Bird
BRMC
Princeton Community Hospital
Bird
PCH
Anita Webb
Webb
Bluefield Officers to Receive Community Involvement Awards
Chief C N Blizzard Sgt Tyrone Miller and Detective Kevin Hazuka of Bluefield will be honored by the Southeastern Regional Council of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials for going above and beyond in serving public housing residents. Miller accepted the award in Nashville on behalf of all three. Hazuka could not attend due to military obligations.
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Bluefield
C.N
Butch” Blizzard
K.C. Hazuka
Tyrone Miller
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
Kevin Hazuka
Southeastern Regional Council
Blizzard
King Bridge
Miller
Haruka
Tiffany Manor
Cindy Preast
Bluefield Housing Authority
Preast
Hazuka
Nashville
School to Work interns invest 100 hours this summer
Mercer County high school students from four schools will spend July through the month completing 100 hours of work in a pilot School to Work program. Participants must meet GPA and attendance criteria and will be mentored by local employers, evaluating careers before the fall.
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Mercer County
Carol Alley
Piiteceren Thirteen
Alley
Bluefield High School
Angela Thieman
Dr. Beals
Sean Daniels
Greater Bluefield
Hanchock
Revco
Princeton
Candace Bailey
Eagle Advertising
Montcalm High
First Community Bank
Andrea Bailey
Shane Carosi
Angela Fedele
Bryan Goins
April Reed
Montcalm High School
Ie Byrd
Montcalm
Byrd
Fedele
Green Valley
Keath Marx
Bailey
Marx
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Bill Archer
Buchanan
Charles Owens
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Tony Barbery
Daily Telegraph
Pamela N
Eagle
Darwin Byrd
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