Nursing Home Staff Complete CPR Certification Training
Glenwood Park Methodist Nursing Home reports 41 employees earned CPR certification after a course led by OH-3 Ambulance Service staff Sproles Punturi and Puckett. Instructors are certified. programs served about 150 Mercer County residents. Public CPR and first aid classes offered at no cost upon request through local health and Red Cross sponsorships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood Park Methodist Nursing Home
Laura Wysocki
Raymond Sproles
Sesto Punturi
Jack Puckett
Southern
Mercer County
Sproles
OH-9
Mercer County Health Center
West Virginia Heart Association
Mercer County Heart Association
American Red Cross
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Dedication Sparks Maryland Traffic Jam
Maryland officials dedicated the 120 million Chesapeake Bay Bridge linking the eastern and western shores. Gov. Mandel paid a toll in a vintage car and traffic delays arose as attendees left the ceremony. The span adds a third lane to the former two-lane structure, easing past delays but with western approaches still under widening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jsandy Point
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Marvin Mandel
Harry R. Hughes
Mandel
Mercer Board of Education Accepts Resignations and Hears Routine Requests
Mercer County Board of Education met this week to approve resignations and routine employment and transport requests. The Bluestone Valley Fair Association received permission to use Spanishburg School property August 8 to 11. Multiple teachers resigned for various personal reasons, with several reassigned or hired to new positions. The board reviewed bids for maintenance supplies and a walk in freezer, discussed potential 5 percent raises pending state action, and planned a driving course bid near the Princeton athletic field. The next meeting is July 17 at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Board of Education
Board of Education
Bluestone Valley Fair Association
Spanishburg
Barbara F. Barnes
Preston
Elizabeth F. Kee
Thorn
Kee
Department of Welfare
Constance S. Pennington
Helen C. Mamone
Central Junior High
Mamone
Ernest D. Smith
Mercer County Vocational Technical Center
Smith
Linda G. Leffel
Leffel
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Vivian S. Cramer
Melrose
Tazewell County
John W. Fleming
Robert D. Tharp
Bluefield-Princeton
Deborah I. Osborne
Melrose Elementary
Beverly T. Gilpin
Bramwell
Mildred L. Hatcher
Joyce A. Puckett
Camp Creek
Wanda Sue Shrewsbury
Oakvale
Miss Shrewsbury
Bluefield State College
Donald F. Stubblefield
Bluefield High School
Elon College
Gladys F. Richmond
Flat Top
Concord College
Ramsey School
Princeton
EPA funds strip mining tech demo in West Virginia
The EPA approves a $280000 demonstration grant to the West Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association led by Sen. Jennings Randolph for a longwall mining based project to minimize environmental disturbance. The 65 percent federal share will run July 1 to year end, with sites near Albright Preston County Morgantown and Clay under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
West Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association
Jennings Randolph
D- W.va
EPA
West Virginia
Potomac Engineering and Survey Co
Petersburg
Hittman Associates
Alexandria
Albright
Preston County
Morgantown
Clay
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Methodist Home
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic Coast
Tropical Fish and Pet
Manchester
AKC
Dachshund
Kittens
Petarium
Muauenia Ae A TD
PET
Bluefield Plaza
Bluefield, W.va
Mercer Board of Education
Carl Mariotti
Mountaineer Bowling Lanes
Cumberland Road
Hospital
BOX 131 Commercial Bank
Bluefield
W.va
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