Bluefield Intermediate School Dedicated in West Virginia
Gov Cecil Underwood and local officials dedicated Bluefield Intermediate School serving 425 students in grades 3-5. The modern facility includes a 30 station computer lab music rooms and comprehensive safety features. Students visiting described the building as awesome cool and beautiful with the gym and cafeteria drawing praise.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Cecil Underwood
Anne Sullivan
Helen Keller
Sullivan
Underwood
Bluefield Intermediate
Hovah
Ramsey
Donovan Newton
Ciara Edwards
Farmer Bob visits Princeton for almanac autograph session
Bob Farmer of Old Farmer's Almanac fame, the almanac's spokesperson, signs hundreds of copies at the Mercer County Technical Education Center in Princeton. Ralph Baxter asks when to plant potatoes by the dark of the moon, and Farmer confirms the need to know the exact timing.
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Princeton
Bob
Bob Farmer
Farmer
Ralph Baxter
Mercer County Technical Education Center
Baxter
Bluefield Fire Lt Robby Brannon Dies After 21 Years of Service
Firefighters mourn Bluefield Lt. Robert C Brannon who died at 10:50 p.m. at Bluefield Regional Medical Center eight days after suffering a heart attack while battling an April 26 house fire. Flags were lowered and badges shrouded as the city honors a devoted veteran and beloved community figure.
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Luefield
Bluefield
Robert C. “Robby
Brannon
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Augusta Street
John Nelson
Cole Chevrolet
U.S. Route 460
Robby Brannon
Robby
74 year old cycler rides to Bluefield
Ruth Thomas, a 74 year old Spokane woman, continues her bicycle trek to visit the smallest incorporated towns in all 49 continental states. She rested overnight at Ruby's Motel in Tazewell County after leg pain, delaying no pace in her long journey begun in June 1998. She planned via internet research and letters to governors, using maps and DOT planning data.
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Luefield
Ruth Thomas
U.S
Spokane
Wash
Ruby
U.S. Route 460
Tazewell County
America
Department of Transportation
Residents rush to buy into 230 million lottery jackpot
In Bluefield Virginia and across the region customers flocked to shops seeking tickets for a $230 million jackpot, the second largest in U.S. history. Cashiers describe unusually busy sales as many buyers purchase one or two tickets and explain the rules to first-time players.
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Bluefield
U.S
Virginia
Juanita Carter
Carter
Amanda Dye
Double Kwik
Richlands
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Ghool
Tony Barbery
The
Daily Telegraph
Old Farmer's Almanac
Bill Archer
Gerald Steele
B.K
Prigggton, WV
Abby
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Jane Platt
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
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