Bluefield College honors faculty and staff for service
BC administrators at Bluefield College recognized faculty and staff at a luncheon highlighting annual service awards. Distinguished Faculty Award went to Dr. Bob Randall while Chris Shoemaker received the Distinguished Staff Award. Longevity honors followed for five, ten, and thirty years of service with several faculty named for publications and presentations.
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Luefield
Bluefield College
Bob Randall
Chris Shoemaker
Randall
Daniel MacMillan
MacMillan
Shoemaker
Carrie A. Camden
Timothy G. Crawford
Kimberly Farmer
Rocine O. Hendricks
Robert C Merritt Jr
Gerald E. Clay
Carrell
Daniel K
Dusty) Anderson
City passes Resolution of Respect for Bluefield firefighter
Bluefield Board of Directors approved a Resolution of Respect for Lt. Robert C. Brannon of the Bluefield Fire Department who died in the line of duty. Mayor Nelson Walker led the reading, with prayers and condolences to Brannon’s wife Cindy and sons Jonathan and Jeffrey. The meeting also touched on budget cuts, pay issues, union representation, Holocaust remembrance, and retirement of City Clerk Beverly Tresch.
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Bluefield
Robert C
Robby” Brannon
Bluefield Board of Directors
Brannon
Garry Moore
Nelson Walker
City of Bluefield Board of Directors
Robert Brannon
Bluefield Fire Department
Bobby
Cindy
Jonathan
Jeffrey
City of
Walker
Beverly Tresch
Mason Carl
Ment
Steelworkers Union
Carl
John Alexander
East Southside Neighborhood Association
Art Riley
Commission
Ron Crabtree
Dan Brewer
Tammy Pennington
Crabtree
Mercer Republicans Back Bush and Underwood in County
Mercer County GOP voters backed George W. Bush for president with 1,779 to 229 for McCain while Cecil Underwood led the gubernatorial ticket with 1,787. Other local races had no contests as the party canvass awaited official certification.
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George W. Bush
Mercer County
Cecil Underwood
West Virginia
Bush
Underwood
Secretary of State
Charleston
John McCain
Gary Bauer
Alan Keyes
Steve Forbes
U.S
David T. Gallaher
Garry P Adkins
Cecil H. Underwood
Joseph Oliverio
Donna H. McCase
Larry Eugene Butcher
Supreme Court
John Yoder
House of Delegates
Dick Mitchem
Paul M. Canterbury
Ken Daniels
Board of Education
Janet A. Williams
Lynne White
Anthony M. Underwood
Pamela D. Martin
BRMC Nurse Uses Rufus Bear To Teach Children Diabetes
BRMC nurse Anne Lusk and Liza McKenzie launch a pediatric diabetes education program at Bluefield Regional Medical Center using Rufus the bear. The initiative includes the Bear Necessities box with a video workbook and kid friendly cookbook, plus education guides for parents and teachers. Eight bears have been funded by BRMC units and Dr Ishan Safi, with a bear destined for each admitted child.
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Bluefield
Rufus
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Anne Lusk
Bluefield State College
BRMC
Lusk
Liza McKenzie
American Diabetes Association
Eli Lilly
Lifescan
McKenzie
Intensive Coronary Care Unit
Ishan Safi
Ex-POWs of Southwest Virginia to meet Saturday
The Southwest Virginia Chapter of American Ex-Prisoners of War will meet at noon Saturday at the Bonanza restaurant. A live interactive National Satellite tele-conference titled Safe Needles Save Lives will be offered at SWCC Russell Hall Friday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The program is free and offers continuing education credit for nurses and other health professionals. Contact Freda Wycoff at the Russell County Health Department 889-7621 to pre-register or for more information.
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Virginia
Lebanon
Southwest Virginia
SVCC
Richlands
SWCC
Russell Hall
Freda Wycoff
Russell County Health Department
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