Bluewell PSD plans expansion and loan details
Bluewell Public Service District outlines a 1.945 million dollar water system expansion funded by a 622 thousand dollar RUS loan and a 569 thousand dollar grant. The project will extend service to 162 new customers, improving supply for drought and firefighting needs amid aging wells and unapproved sources. UNAIDS warns of early AIDS deaths in children with 400,000 new HIV cases among under 18 and 350,000 child deaths last year, signaling rising pediatric AIDS mortality globally.
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Leonard Bailey
Warden
PSD
Littlesburg Road
Route 20
Duhling
West Virginia
Brussels
Belgium
U.N
Unaids
Developing Countries
Chinese Students See Hong Kong Role In China’s Future
Zheng Yan and Bao, both Chinese PhD students, discuss Hong Kong as a bridge to democracy and job opportunities as China’s middle class grows. Hong Liang notes Hong Kong’s beauty and work prospects for doctoral graduates. Chen observes rising freedom and urban modernization. local Chinese, Hong Kongers, and Taiwanese communities in Blacksburg total around 700. The reunification ceremony in Hong Kong is set for midnight Monday.
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Zheng Yan
Yan
WPI
U.S
Tianjin
Tiananmen Square
China
Hong Kong
United States
Hong
VPI
Bao
Chen
Bluefield
Blacksburg
Hong Kong's sovereignty transfer tests optimism and fear
Hong Kong braces for China rule with optimism that capital and expertise will aid Beijing's economy while anxiety about curtailed political rights grows. Analysts note quick show of sovereignty six hours after takeover with 4000 troops, amid mixed public sentiment and protests from pro democracy groups.
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Hong Kong
China
Democratic Party
Democrats
Tung Chee-hwa
Tsang Yok-sing
Hong Kong Radio
Princeton couple reflects on 62 years of marriage and life
Milton Brookman, 91, and Hazel, 90, recall a long shared life in Princeton including railroad service, a Model T patrol car, and a 1920s small police force. They offer marriage advice stressing permanence and sticking together through problems. The Brookmans have letters from Presidents Clinton and Bush honoring their enduring bond.
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Milton
Princeton
Hazel
Brookmans
Bill Clinton
George Bush
Domestic Battery and Other Police Blotter Entries
Mercer County sheriff reports on June 27 include domestic battery at a mobile home park near Princeton with no charges pressed, and a suspect intoxicated. Chad S Harvey, 20, arrested on two counts of battery. An unsolicited offender shoving a woman at a Thorn Street residence is noted, plus a Fire Safety Products building file breach with alarm deactivated via access code. John R Pertee charged with shooting within 500 feet of a residence and assault. Kathy C Gills of Princeton arrested for false information.
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Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Princeton
W.C. Wilborn
Chad S. Harvey
J.W. Howell
L.D. Peters
Thorn Street
Fire Safety Products
K.T. Compton
John R. Pertee
R.A. Maddy
Cheesy Creek
Kathy C. Gills
B.D. Rogers
Mercer Circuit Court Hears Sentences For Wounding And Probation Violations
In Mercer Circuit Court, Dustina Marie Hicks, 22, of Princeton, pled guilty to misdemeanor battery on May 8 after being charged with malicious wounding on November 1, 1996. Judge Frazier sentenced Hicks to one year in jail, suspended to three years probation and four months in Southern Regional Jail, with possible penitentiary time of two to 10 years. Larry E. Blevins, 22, of Princeton, was sentenced to four months in regional jail before starting military service after a May 15, 1995 sentence of six months in regional jail was suspended in favor of three years probation, 30 days in county jail, and $160 monthly child support. probation violations followed.
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Frazier
Dustina Marie Hicks
Princeton
Hicks
Larry E. Blevins
Partridge Drive
Blevins
Obituary Notice for Peterstown Funeral Service
Obituaries continued in this edition note a service held Monday June 30 1997 at 2 pm at Peterstown Missionary Baptist Church with Rev Jonathan Jennings officiating Burial followed at Peterstown Cemetery Family visitation at the church 10 to 11 am Cravens Shires Funeral Home Bluewell handling arrangements Pallbearers named Gary White Kenneth Davis Pete Dunford Hale MecMillion Danny McMillon and David King
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Peterstown Missionary Baptist Church
Peterstown
Jonathan Jennings
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Gary White
Kenneth Davis
Pete Dunford
Hale MecMillion
Danny McMillon
David King
Funerals for Five Local Residents Held Across Area
Betty Jo Willis Garrett and Gordon Richard Jackson, William Alfred Brown, and Samuel J. Crockett Jr. were laid to rest in services held at Haysi, Peterstown, Richlands, and Tazewell. Each service included burial at local cemeteries following chapel ceremonies.
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Betty Jo Willis Garrett
Haysi Funeral Home
Haysi
Rebecca Willis
Gordon Richard Jackson
Broyles-Shrewsbury
Peterstown
William Alfred Brown
Richlands
Sam’’ Crockett Jr
Peery and St
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Bill) Seaver IV
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Joe Tyree
Wallace & Wallace Lewisburg
Ronceverte
Rainelle
Anstead & Arbovale
J.L
Rusty” Arnold
Bennett-Widener Funeral Homes
Northfork
Kimball
Jim Widener, Jr
Calfee Funeral Service
Pineville
Price H. Calfee III
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Robert O. Douglas
High Lawn Funeral Home
David L. Baughan
McConnell Funeral Home
Jerry McConnell
Melton Mortuary
Beckley
H. E. Melton
Page Funeral Home
Keith D. Gregory
Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Home
W.O. Ritchie
James F. Johnson
Shanklin
Oakey McCraw
Memorial
Clarence R. Noble
Pivont Funeral Home
Hinton
L.R
Ray” Pivont
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home
Amos E. Quesenberry
Smathers
Don Smathers
Jack Wallace
Lewisburg
Theo Morgan
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