Miss Virginia 1997 Kelli Quick of Richlands Captured Crown
Miss Virginia 1997 is Kelli Quick of Richlands Virginia who won the title at the Roanoke Civic Center on Saturday night. She will represent Virginia at the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City this September. Quick, a rising senior at Emory and Henry University, majors in speech pathology and won about twelve thousand dollars in scholarships plus housing and a car for the year. She is the daughter of Russ and Pat Quick of Richlands.
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Richlands
Roanoke Civic Center
Commonwealth of Virginia
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Quick
Lynchburg
Michelle Kang
Emory and Henry University
Roanoke
Russ and
Pat Quick
Red Cross Bloodmobile Visits Bluefield and Matoaka
A bustling West Virginia schedule lists the Red Cross Bloodmobile at the old Matoaka Elementary School on Monday and at the Bluefield Youth Center on Stadium Drive and Union Rescue Squad building on Thursday. Community meetings include Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center directors at the Princeton facility on Tuesday noon. A note on weather shows highs near 80 with partly cloudy skies and a 30 percent chance of showers later.
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American Red Cross Bloodmobile
Matoaka Elementary School
Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center
Princeton
American Red Cross
Bluefield
Stadium Drive
Union Rescue Squad
Water project funds aid Bluewell residents
U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall presented a $303,000 USDA Rural Development check to the Mercer County Commission and the Bluewell Public Service District to expand water distribution in Bluewell. About 160 homes will gain service along Route 20 and surrounding areas, improving drinking water quality and fire protection. The project, begun in 1994, supports the Water 2000 goals of supplying rural homes with safe indoor taps.
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Beckley
Bluewell Public Service District
U.S
Nick Rahall
Dw.va
Mercer County Commission
Bluewell
Rahall
Mercer County
T.A. “Buddy” Warden Jr
PSD
Four Seasons Coun
Duhring
Flipping
Usda-Rural Development
Clinton-Gore
Bobby Lewis
Hong Kong reunification praised by students and locals
Readers reflect on July 1 1997 as the end of British rule and the return of Hong Kong to China. Alumni Zhangjing Chen and Yeqing Bao in the United States discuss economic and cultural implications while noting celebrations across mainland cities.
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Luefield
Hong Kong
China
Great Britain
Zhangjing Chen
Mercer Mall
Kowloon Peninsula
Chen
Virginia Tech
Tech
Shanghai
Yeqing Bao
Bao
United States
Beijing
VPI
Zema
Jiang
End of an era as Hong Kong awaits China’s next test
AP reports Prince Charles sails from Hong Kong as China confronts the colony’s future under a 99 year lease, with questions about whether a communist state can harmonize with Hong Kong’s free democratic system. The handover is final, and both sides face influence and corruption concerns.
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ONG
China
Hong Kong
Princeton couple marks 72 years of marriage in hometown
Milton and Hazel Brookman of Princeton celebrate 72 years of marriage built on good fellowship. They first reconnected in 1924, wed secretly in Bristol, Tennessee, and later settled on Reynolds Avenue where they have lived since buying their home for 1800 dollars.
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Milton
Hazel Brookman
Hazel
Reynolds Avenue
Ohio
Virginia Railroad
Western Union
Bristol
Tenn
Farris
Milton Brookman
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Greg Jord
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