Portrait of Pete Ballard Gift Shown at Welch Library
The Welch McDowell County Public Library displayed a Joseph Wallace King portrait of Pete Ballard near the Herzbrun Room entrance on the second floor. Ballard, 82, a longtime donor, has distributed many King Collection works to museums and colleges. After a library dedication, about 20 people attended a luncheon at Raymond's Restaurant on McDowell Street.
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Welch
Pete Ballard
Herzbrun
McDowell County Public Library
Joseph Wallace King
Elon College
Elon
N.C
King
Ballard
Jack Caffrey
Welch Library
Caffrey
Raymond’s
McDowell Street
Bill Cole
Raymond's
Concord selects new interim president
Concord University names Dr. Kendra Boggess interim president, a Concord veteran of the business faculty since 1984 and former interim vice president and academic dean since 2011. She succeeds Dr. Gregory Aloia, lauding the campus leadership and commitment to students while stressing shared responsibility and decorum.
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Athens
Concord University
Kendra Boggess
Princeton
Gregory Aloia
Concord
College of Coastal Georgia
Boggess
Business and Economics
West Virginia
West Virginia Business Education Association
Indoor cats and birds clash over wildlife loss debate
Earth Talk discusses how outdoor cats, both pets and feral, kill billions of birds and other wildlife annually. It cites Smithsonian data estimating up to 3.7 billion birds and 20 billion mammals killed, notes 114 million U.S. cats with 70 percent roaming, and outlines benefits of keeping cats indoors for longer, safer lives, plus humane options and feral cats' challenges.
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Jason Braunstein
Laos
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Peter Marra
United States
U.S
Maria
American Humane Association
Fluffy
The
American Bird Conservancy
ABC
Peel Chestnut fireworks display on Independence Eve
The Peel Chestnut fireworks event returns July 3 at Synan Farm on Peel Chestnut Mountain two and a half miles from the Pocahontas Exhibition Mine. Gates open at 6 p.m. for hayrides food and live bluegrass gospel performances by Booge Linda Monk Country Pride the Whites of West Virginia and Five Strings for Jesus. A veterans ceremony precedes the fireworks and is followed by performances of God Bless America the Pledge of Allegiance and the Star Spangled Banner. Admission is free with a voluntary food donation.
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Ocahontas
Synan
Patricia
Russell Synan
Booge
Linda Monk
Country Pride
West Virginia
Five Strings
Jesus
Russell
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Invasion
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Ernie Hicks
Amy Lambert
Tazewell County
Brian “Head” Welch
Love & Death
Doors
Richlands High School
Wvva-Tv
Greg Carter
Ryan Ries
Greenbrier
Kevin Shaeffer
USN
Pentagon
American Airlines
Shaeffer
Wounded Warrior Project
Greenbrier Hotel
Jim Justice
Mark Stowers
Kevin
Stowers
Jeffrey Sinclair
Gary
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Gary Bowling
Dwight Godwin
Bowling
Rec Department
Jeri Ball
House of Arts Board of
Godwin
House of Art
Cobalt
Linda Wooldridge
Wooldridge
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