Education expo showcases Mercer County schools programs
Twenty six schools display daily programs at the Mercer Mall Education Expo opening Friday. Administrators cite parental involvement and diverse exhibits from school models to PowerPoint presentations. Pike View High students present poems inspired by Sept 11 with choirs and a planned Wizard of Oz performance at 10 a.m. Greg Jordan can be reached at gjordan bottonline.com.
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Melrose
Sharon Dove
Melrose Elementary School
Montcalm Elementary School
JoAnna Fredeking
Fredeking
Pike View High School
Patrick McKinney
Center Court
Memorial
Whitethorn
PikeView High School
Kari Sowers
PikeView
FEMA opens Mercer County Disaster Recovery Center in Matoaka
Flood relief continues in Mercer County with FEMA staff available at the Matoaka Town Hall center from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. The county joins other centers in Welch Northfork Kermit Matewan with mobile units to follow. Residents affected by floods may discuss aid from FEMA SBA and state programs, while local officials plan a briefing at Mt View High School.
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Welch
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Memorial Service for Ann Bucklen Held in Crossville
Obituary notes Ann Bucklen mother of Sharon Wohltsen and Leslee Yadav and grandmother to Dana Ilannah Tess Sophie Maggie Anjali. Survived by sisters Juanita Cole Ruth Gallick Peggy Tester and brothers Ellis Bucklen Buck Bucklen Jerry Bucklen Darrell Bucklen. Celebration of Life set for 10 a.m. Sunday May 26 at Bilbrey Funeral Home Crossville with visitation 9 to 10 a.m. Donations to Takayasu's Arteritis Foundation.
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Hank Wohltsen
Bowling Green
Leslee
Manjit Yadav
College Station
Texas
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Ilannah
Tess
Sophie
Maggie
Anjali
Ann
Juanita Cole
Ocean Springs
Miss
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Midland
Peggy Tester
St. Cloud
Fla
Ellis Bucklen
Houston
O.B
Buck’ Bucklen
Richmond
Jerry Bucklen
Saugerties
N.Y
Darrell Bucklen
Ocala
Bilbrey Funeral Home
Crossville
Funerals scheduled across Bluefield Princeton and nearby towns
A list of funeral services and burial plans for Ralph G. Akers Bernice Brown Aletta Lamb Spangler Hare Peary Wilson Hare Cecil Gatewood Harry Nettie Lee Steele Kitchen Robert Paul Meade Alonzo Hampton Prigmore Sr Vernon Eugene Stith and Lena Tayborne with times 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at multiple chapels churches and cemeteries across Bluefield Princeton Narrows Giles County and Tazewell Virginia highlighting interments and memorial services.
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Ralph G. Akers
Mercer Funeral Home
Bluefield
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bernice Brown
Rowland H. Bailey
Bailey-Kirk
Princeton
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Aletta Lamb Spangler Hare
First Christian Church
Narrows
Fairview Cemetery
Peary Wilson Hare
Riffe
Boyd
Wolf Creek
Giles County
Cecil Gatewood Harry
John M. Oakey & Son
Salem
Sherwood
Nettie Lee Steele Kitchen
Oakey’s
North Chapel
Roanoke
Blue Ridge Memory Gardens
Robert Paul Meade
Peery and St.Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Alonzo Hampton Prigmore Sr
Greater Mt. Zion
Flood relief rolls out for affected counties
Emergency food stamps will be released only to residents in flood affected counties who suffered home damage or income loss. County leaders report aid flowing in as officials from FEMA and the National Guard assist flood recovery while Governor's help arrives. Contact Charles Owens at cowens bottonline.com.
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Gordon Lambert
Lambert
Federal Emergency Management Agency
National Guard
Charles Owens
Cowens
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Last day decisions loom for school year in weather talks
Lawson says officials don’t expect more closures before May 23, while climate notes keep the date flexible amid mild winter. The last day remains an early dismissal. a Monday board decision is promised, with a 5:30 p.m. executive session at Tazewell Middle School and a 7 p.m. public reconvened meeting.
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Tom Witten
Tazewell Middle School
Charles Owens
Cowens
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