Tracye Day Named Virginia Tech Minority Engineer Scholar
Tracye V. Day of Bluefield earns a scholarship through Tech’s incentive Grants Program for National Fund for Minority Engineering Students. Seven students have received these scholarships in Tech’s two years and Day joins them amid financial need and strong academic ability. The rest of the article notes events including Southwest Virginia Community College Spring Formal at Brushfork Armory with Razamatazz and Helicopter bands, and a free CPR course May 10–11 at Princeton Library with coordinator Josephine Murphy.
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Tracye Day
Tracye V. Day of
Bluefield
Virginia Tech
National Fund
Tech
Southwest Virginia Community College
Brushfork
Roanoke
SGA
AVCC
Office of the Emergency Medical Service
The
American Heart Association
Princeton
Josephine Murphy
Governor Announces Summer Youth Jobs Program 1978
Governor Rockefeller unveils a statewide seven week Summer Youth Program providing over 10 000 jobs for disadvantaged youths 14 to 21. funded by the U S Department of Labor under CETA 1973 with $6.8 million, starting June 21 at federal minimum wage. enroll via local Job Service Offices as soon as possible and emphasize strong supervision for project success.
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Jay Rockefeller
United State Department of Labor
Governor's Office of Economic and Community Development
Rockefeller
J. Howard Henderson
School Renovation Plans Approved for Multiple Monroe Schools
The Monroe County Board of Education approved architectural drawings for renovations at Ballard Peterstown Elementary Peterstown High Union Elementary and Union High. Bids will be invited in about two weeks with tentative drawings for the vocational school also previewed.
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Monroe County Board of Education
Ballard
Peterstown
Peterstown High
Union
of Schools
Gandee, Thomas and Sprouse
Ballard School
Carolyn Buckland
Linda Hazelwood
Danny Lively
Connie Robertson
Gap Mills
Kristina Biser
Carl Cobb
Susan Cobb
Gavin Copeland
Jo Ellen Harless
Robert Pumphrey
Jo Siboid
William Tuggle
Seotta Walkker
Elaine Wickline
Gap Mills Jr. High
Sam Arthur
Nancy Bostic
Kellen Burdette
Glenn Carter
Mercer County Humane Society Seeks Members in Bluefield
The Mercer County Humane Society promotes animal welfare through cruelty prevention relief to animals and humane education. Membership costs five dollars per person with tax deductible dues and donations. Mail name and address with donation to Box 1392 Bluefield West Virginia 24701.
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Mercer County Humane Society
Bluefield
W. Va
Rain forecast sweeps northern Plains to Mid-Atlantic
The National Weather Service warns of widespread rain today across the northern Plains and north Mid-Atlantic states with showers along the Gulf States and eastern seaboard extending inland to Michigan. A large satellite cloud mass covers much of the U S from the Gulf and Midwest to the northern Plains, while other regions are expected clear.
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National Weather Service
Plains
Dear Dr Graham on guilt after a friend’s suicide
A reader asks if guilt for not helping a friend who died by his own hand is justified. The response affirms natural guilt but encourages direct help, confession to God, and repentance. It urges increased love for others and considering aiding the deceased friend's family, citing Galatians 6:2.
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DR. Graham
S. J
Christ
Farmers Eligible for 1978 Feed Grain Diversion Payments
Claxton Moye, ASC chairman, says farmers may receive payments for voluntarily diverting 10 percent of each crop’s 1978 planted acreage for corn barley and grain sorghum. Payments set at 20 cents for corn and 12 cents for barley and sorghum, with half paid at signup. total farm acreage must not exceed 1977 levels. Contact local ASCS at 114 Gott Road or 487-1403 for details.
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Claxton Moye
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Moye
NCA
ASCS
Gott Road
Bluefield Seeks 10 Young Adults For Stream Cleanup
Bluefield Virginia plans a year long stream bed cleanup program funded by an 86760 federal grant. Ten unemployed adults aged 18 to 23 will be hired at minimum wage starting May 15 to reduce flood risks. a supervisor will oversee the crew. Apply at the town manager's office in the Municipal Building.
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Bluefield
Virginia Side
Gene Moore
U. S. Department of the Interior
Virginia Commission of Outdoor Recreation
Moore
Total Wool Payments Announced in Mercer County
Mercer County wool producers received payments averaging 37.5 cents per dollar netted for 1977 shorn wool. Total local payments about $1,646 were mailed April 11 by the ASC office. Additional per hundredweight payments for unshorn lambs offset wool costs, with small deductions for advertising and promotion approved in a 1974 referendum.
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Mercer County
Claxton Moye
McDowell-Mercer County
Moye
Storm Lashes Central Gulf Coast With Record May Snow
Heavy rains caused flooding from the lower Ohio Valley into the central Gulf Coast states with major floodings in Mississippi and Louisiana. McComb and Shreveport saw urban floods and evacuees. Snow piled across Colorado Wyoming and the Black Hills, with record May snowfall in Cheyenne and a missing boy delayed search due to the storm.
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Associated Press
Gulf Coast
Ohio Valley
Mississippi
Louisiana
McComb
Miss
Shreveport
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Colorado
Wyoming Rockies
Black Hills
South Dakota
Cheyenne
Wyo
Arnett
Colorado Division of Employment Training
Boulder
Larimer County
Poudre Canyon
Fort Collins
Chris Vigil
LaPorte
Food Factory Changes Tactics
In Boone North Carolina a candy maker Charles P Minges bought North State Canning Co with his three children and a son in law after tasting their kraut and finding it superior They plan to rename the business North State Foods and expand into sauerkraut and candy production in Watauga County
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Boone, N.C
Watauga County
Charles P. Minges
Rockingham
North State Canning Co
Boone
Minges
W.F. Miller Jr
Canning Company
So Minges
North State Foods
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Doyle Kester
Larry Marion
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Judy Parker
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Pearl Buckland
Virginia Daugherty
Connie Dent
Wayne Dent
Kay Hines
Jane Kersey
Freda Miller
Rita Mooney
Annie Neal
Hester Nobel
Michael Pauley
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Irma Taylor
Barbard Walters
Peterstown High School
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Scott Belcher
A. W. Crotty
Ruth Dalton
Carolyn Gore
Jim Helvey
Donna Johnston
Faye Jones
Donna Jordan
Michael Kilkenny
Wilma Laren
Frank Meadows Jr
Lillyan Meadows
June Miller
Beatrice Muncy
Joyce Berry
Kay Rakes
Eugene Rice
Gerald Smith
Debra St. Clair
Sally Wallace
Danny Wickline
Joan Hines
Wright Brother
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Honorius II
Auto Trans
Pont. LeMans
Reliable Collection Agency, Inc
Court House
Mercer County Animal Shelter
Rt. 460
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US Dept of Commerc
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Meird Gang
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Democrat
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Phil Pastoret
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Mercer
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Summers Counties
Tony E. Whitlow
Mercer-Monroe-Summers
Joe
Coburn
Voters OF Mercer
Danny R. Six
Norfolk and Western Railway
West Virginia
United Transportation Union
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
National Rifleman's Association
Mercer Angler's Club
Debbie Carmen
Tina
Kevin
Suzanne
New Hope Road
Marion Shifler
Summers
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