United Way campaign reaches 97 percent in region
United Way of the Virginias has reached 97 percent of its $457,000 goal for 2000 and plans an early start for this year. Ulysses Cundiff notes service area includes five ZIP regions in eastern Tazewell County, with emphasis on need. Campaign chair Charlotte Sacre received $600 from Jim Ferguson and $500 from Beta Sigma Phi at a Bluefield College luncheon. Don Neal takes over as president, praising volunteers and community generosity. A golf tournament fund raiser at Fincastle Country Club, with $100 entry and $5 Mulligans, was announced to support the drive. Julie Johnson updated the board on the budget review.
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United Way of the
Virginias
Ulysses Cundiff
United Way
United Way of
Southwest Virginia
Cundiff
Virginia
Tazewell County
The
Charlotte Sacre
Short Hall
Bluefield College
Jim Ferguson
Dermox
Sacre
Frank Wilkinson
Beta Sigma Phi
Wilkinson
Don Neal
Neal
Jon Hannah
State Farm Insurance
Fincastle Country Club
Hannah
Beckley
Julie Johnson
Moore Leadership Vindicated at Bluefield State College
Jim Nelson of Bluefield State College says leadership and the institution have been vindicated after allegations. He notes energy spent answering charges could have served students better. The college, a historically black institution, receives a $1 million annual federal grant and has two full time black faculty. Enrollment black share has fallen since four years ago. In 1997 professor Garrett Olmstead criticized enrollment and was ordered rehired in 1998 by an administrative law judge. The Civil Rights Office’s 1997 investigation yielded compliance assurances the college adopted.
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Moore
Jim Nelson
BSC
Colege
Fessor
Garrett Olmstead
Collee
EXC
State Partment of Education
Offic of Civil Rights
Nelson
Opposition, AFL-CIO cite gambling bill concerns
An AFL-CIO official argues the bill would fund infrastructure projects and improve the state, while opponents including church and veteran groups warn that machines undermine taxes and promote social ills. Dr Timothy Kelly notes a federally funded study linked gambling to corporate losses and government corruption, urging a moratorium on expansion and a rollback of convenience gambling such as gray machines.
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Fl-Cio
Timothy Kelly
Kelly
America
Force National I
West Virginia veteran recalls Holocaust camps and memory
World War II veteran Max Kammer of Bluefield helped liberate Ohrdruf and Buchenwald with the XX Corps under General Patton. He photographed the camps and described starving survivors and the grim scenes. Harry Finkleman of the West Virginia Commission on Holocaust Education shared family losses and urged remembering to prevent repetition.
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Max Kammer
Bluefield
XX Corps
Third U.S. Army
George Patton, Jr
Ohrdruf
Buchenwald
Germany
Kammer
Italy
Denmark
Harry Finkleman
West Virginia Commission On Holocaust Education
Finkleman
America
Poland
County officials clash over proposed court annex funding
About 65 people attended a public hearing on a proposed county court annex funding plan. Officials including Circuit Court Judges Frazier and Swope, Magistrates Compton and Lawmaster Wiley, and Sheriff Burks spoke for a new tax tied to a five percent telecom fee. Opponents argued for a site and funding method overhaul while noting existing franchise fees in nearby towns. Estimates ranged 2.2 to 3.3 million dollars with annual payments of 300k to 325k for 15 to 20 years.
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Circuit Court
John R. Frazier
Derek Swope
Joy Compton
Jerry
Edwin Wiley
Purthouse
Bill Sadler
Tim Boggess
Gypsy Lankenship
Brenda Davis
Harold
Tracy Burks
Joe Allen
Norris Kantor
Tory Veneri
Long
Jim Long
Bob Carter
Jack Cordell
Doug Perry
Randal Hatcher
Ergie Smith
George Evans
Princeton
Anderson
Buckner
Barbara Johns
Serena
Bluefield
Princeton City
Bramwell
Virginia lawmakers push for special session over budget plan
Legislators in Richmond press for a special session to end the impasse on budget amendments as Gov. Gilmore proposes pay raises via an amendment to the state retirement fund bill. Del. Phil Hamilton calls for a new budget bill and session to consider it amid doubts over funding teachers and state workers.
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Richmond
Gilmore
Assembly
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Obituary notices continue from A-2 Damascus Virginia
Death notices list service times and burial details for Mary Magdalene Glass Elzie Hall Margaret Hawks Donna Hicks Brenda Harmon Holley Gladys Christian Joyce Carol Ann Meredith Mary Pendleton Tam Richardson Janice Roberts Edgar Ruble Larry Sluss Harold Turpin Sr Paul Wills with respective funeral home chapels and burial sites across Bluefield Bluewell Princeton Vansant Cedar Bluff Peterstown and nearby cemeteries.
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Damascus
Mary Magdalene Glass
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Elzie Hall
Church of the Living God
Garland
Saeger Memorial
Roderfield
Margaret ,E. Hawks
Maranatha Baptist Church
Oakvale Road
Princeton
Monte Vista Park
Green Valley
Donna Jean Hicks
Fountain of Life
Vansant
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Brenda Gayle Harmon Holley
Gladys Rebecca Christian Joyce
Singleton Funeral Service
Cedar Bluff
Carol Ann Meredith
Burke Baptist Church
Keystone
Mary Burnett Pendleton
George W. Seaver
Seaver
Oakwood Park Cemetery
Edwin ‘Tam’ Talmadge Richardson
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield
Janice' Faye Roberts
Christ Cathedral Church
Saeger
Edgar (Shorty) Ruble Sr
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Larry T. Sluss
Old Dominion Memorial Gardens
Harold Lee’ Turpin
Grandview Mausoleum
Paul D. Wills
Broyles- Shrewsbury Funeral Home
Peterstown
Peterstown Cemetery
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Rae
Salem Sobhss
Layton
Downyn
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M-S
Brick Street
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Tae le Coe
Nail & Perm
Ories
Rt. 52
Bluefield State College
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