Appalachian Service Award recipients named
Appalachian School of Law named the first two Appalachian Service Award recipients, Hon. Ford C. Quillen and Hon. Glen M. Williams. The honor includes a $1,000 prize and was given at a Grundy luncheon for lawyers or judges from Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia or West Virginia with notable service to the profession and humanitarian causes.
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Grundy
Appalachian School of Law
Ford C. Quillen
Glen M. Williams
Lu Ellsworth
ASL
Ford Quillen
Glen Williams
Kentucky
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Quillen
Scott County
Virginia General Assembly
Williams
Lee County
U.S
Cumberland Gap
Firefighters battle forest blaze in Buchanan County Virginia
Firefighters from the Oakwood Volunteer Fire Department and Whitewood, aided by the Virginia Division of Forestry, fought a Sunday forest fire at the foot of Shorts Gap in Buchanan County. The 10 acre blaze was reported at 12:28 pm and brought under control by nightfall with crews still on scene. Cause unknown. Consol gas officials checked nearby gas wells.
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Oakwood
Shorts Gap
Buchanan County
Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department
Virginia Division of Forestry
Oakwood Volunteer Fire Department
Whitewood
Consol Gas Company
Veterans reflect on Desert Storm and support for troops
Retired Army Reserve veteran and local lawman recalls Desert Storm memories. He describes carrying a gas mask, the scale of POW camps near Saudi Arabia, and the fierce Republican Guards. He urges current civilians to send care packages and stand behind troops as they face hardship.
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Griffith
Saddam Hussein
101St Airborne Division
Saudi Arabia
Area colleges show enrollment rise in Mercer County
Mercer County colleges report rising enrollment per the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. Bluefield State College gained 11.44 percent from fall 2001 to fall 2002, Concord College up 0.5 percent, based on full time students of 15 hours or more. BSC notes strong retention and nontraditional recruitment. Concord emphasizes quality programs and graduate growth. Cardwell: campuses in Bluefield Beckley Lewisburg Welch anticipate a 25 percent rise with new projects ahead.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
Bluefield State College
Concord College
BSC
Easternev Community and Technical College
Ment
Anita Lewis
Concord
Lewis
John Cardwell
Cardwell
Beckley
Lewisburg
Elch
Mark Blevins
Marine letter details strain of frontline duty and hope
In a letter to Delores, Marine Jason Shaffer describes exhausting day schedules and night training after a noon chow of 3600 calories or less. He cares for 46 marines and two corpsmen, reports laryngitis and a cold, delays in mail delivery, and seeks items like razors and shampoo while reflecting on faith and support from a battalion chaplain. Delores and family worry about the lack of mail and recall his high school achievements and cheerleader days.
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Jason
la Sheba Shaffer Jones
la Sheba
HN Shaffer
USN
Marilyn McKinney
BHS
Mark Blevins
Bdtonline
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