PROMISE CHARLESTON SCHOLARSHIP IMPACTS 11000+ STUDENTS
Governor Wise announced statewide PROMISE scholarship numbers showing 3,869 spring eligibles and 79 Mercer County seniors among those high school graduates. Officials caution metrics may shift after February ACT scores, as Mercer and four other counties await results. Counselors criticized state communication and noted Jan 31 deadlines and GPA 3.0 plus ACT 21 requirements.
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Bob Wise
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Kathy Fredeking
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Space age classroom links Bluefield and Yosemite students
Ruth Ann Cole, Mercer County Teacher of the Year, discusses the Yosemite Pipestem Project uniting Pike View High School in West Virginia with a California partner. Using GLOBE training and live satellite uplinks, students collect data and present findings across campuses, aided by NASA and Blue Ice International.
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Yosemite
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Holiday Inn
Kiosk planned for Tazewell County tourism push opens by June
Officials said a new open gazebo style kiosk along Route 460 in Tazewell County will be ready by early summer. Funded by a Heart of Appalachia grant, the octagonal structure will display local tourism brochures and maps near the Historic Crab Orchard Museum and be maintained by VDOT and volunteers.
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Bandy
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Charles Owens
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Bluefield Teacher Among McGlothlin Award Finalists
Bluefield Middle School eighth grade English and Spanish teacher Patricia Meachum is among six finalists for The McGlothlin Award for Teaching Excellence 2002. The award awards two $25,000 prizes to an elementary and a secondary teacher demonstrating high professional ideals. Meachum is a finalist in the secondary division.
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McGlothlin
Blue Ridge Public Television
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Bluefield Middle School
Bluefield man honored for decades of highway work in WV
West Virginia Legislature saluted K A Ammar Jr of Bluefield for over 25 years directing effort to four lane U S Route 52 and advancing the King Coal Highway I 73 74 corridor. The tribute cited leadership roles with multiple highway groups and three Capitol Hill meetings.
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Ammar Jr
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House of Delegates
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Mercer County
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Norris Kantor
Nelson Walker
Del
Howard Wellman
Beverly Wellman
Mercer County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Catherine Sexton
Walker
Brother Richard
Eddie Steele
Jeff Norconk
Paul Cole
Chandler Swope
Dan Pochick
Bob Moore
John Sage
Kantor
R. W. “Buzzy” Wilkinson
Modena
Charles Peters
Sexton
Marshall Miller
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