Elkhorn Development Association gains education grants
The Elkhorn Development Association has received funding to support high risk youth and their families through educational programs. A triptych painting of Columbus ships by Princeton residents Betty White and Betty Ogden will debut at the Independence Day celebration in Princeton. Mercer County Appy League game Princeton Reds at Bowen Field versus Bluefield Orioles. Westminster EPC students from Bluefield depart for a Jamaica mission trip.
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Double yolk egg hides miniature egg at Princeton restaurant
At Jimmies Restaurant in Princeton a rare double egg cracked open revealing a miniature egg inside. Mona Moshe and patrons debated its origin and joked about the order of the chicken and egg while wondering what the egg ate and whether it could hatch.
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James Barbery
Bluefield High Boosters to Meet on Campus
On today’s calendar the Bluefield High School Athletic Boosters will gather in the BHS Athletic Department at 7 p.m. to discuss improving support for student athletes at the school. On Tuesday June 30 the American Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit the Bastian Church of God from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. seeking all blood types.
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Weather forecast shows showers and upper 70s highs
The National Weather Service forecasts partly cloudy skies with a 30 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms, southwest winds, and highs in the upper 70s. Tonight remains mostly clear with patchy dense fog and lows around 60 degrees.
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Fantastic SummerFest winds down at Princeton event
Barbara Hawkins reports the 1992 Princeton SummerFest drew crowds over 10 000 on Sunday and about 12 000 on Saturday and featured 100 antique cars, a Redbud 4-H Cloggers finale, gospel music led by Scott Catron and Harvest Outreach Choir, a pie contest won by Margaret Linkous, and awards from Mayor Mike Stafford and Vice Mayor Betty Hutchens. Elizabeth Osborne, festival chair, wore a cast and rode in a golf cart as the event wrapped up.
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Betty Hutchens
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Mary Schaum
Sandra Spencer
Strong California earthquakes rock region near Joshua Tree
Two powerful quakes hit Southern California within hours, the first at 7.4 magnitude near the Mojave Desert east of Los Angeles and felt as far as Denver, and a second 6.5 magnitude near Big Bear Lake. One child died in Yucca Valley as a chimney collapse crushed a block. Over 150 people injured and aftershocks followed. Scientists note unusual double quake sequence and ponder larger potential events on the San Andreas fault.
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Kate Hutton
California Institute of Technology
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Poverty rising in Southwest Virginia as outmigration grows
In Abingdon, officials report rising poverty across 10 far Southwest Virginia counties and two cities as younger residents leave for work. 1990 census figures show 65,678 people below the poverty line of $12,674 for a family of four, including 20,039 children, with Scott County the sole area to drop from 1980 levels.
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Lenowisco district notes long term employment decline
Ron Flanary, executive director of the Lenowisco Planning District Commission, said since 1982 the district has faced a long term employment decline in basic sectors like coal. He cited 9 786 people aged 65 and older and 4 987 households headed by women with income at or below the poverty line as part of the changing demographics.
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Ron Flanary
Lenowisco Planning District
CCC Corps revival brings McDowell County camp to West Virginia
The Citizens Conservation Corps funded by a 1 million grant will create a residential training camp in McDowell County for youth ages 16 to 23. Elwood Vaughn of Princeton named state director with plans for a year-round program, literacy focus, GEDs, and life skills training. The Pocahontas Land Co. donated over 100 acres and the program aims to provide paid public service work while continuing education, targeting low income and dropouts after a one-year waiting period. Interim director Robert Clark, a former CCC worker, backs the project and notes alumni support.
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