Rahall Foresees Coal as Key in U S Economy
West Virginia congressman Nick J. Rahall II told Concord College alumni that coal will continue to be a mainstay of the national energy mix and of southern West Virginia, despite critics labeling it dirty. He praised the college for a new Technology Information Center, urged embracing ICT in higher education, and lauded alumni with several awards at the banquet.
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Rahall
Concord
Daily Telegraph
West Virginia
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Hawkins
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J. Douglas Machesney
Jack Lee Thompson
Nick J. Rahall
Gilbert E. “Gene” Bailey
Packaging West Virginia seminar boosts tourism products
The Division of Tourism will host a one day May 23 seminar at the Charleston Marriott on Packaging West Virginia. Beverly Wellman of the Mercer County CVB says travel planners use agents, tours, Internet and brochures and the event aims to help businesses package offerings for agents and customers. Robin Boyd Fetsch of Specialty Tours LTD will present four topics including agent roles, distribution systems, creating packages, and marketing to agencies with both traditional and Internet methods. The $35 cost includes lunch. to register contact Jane Bostic at the Division of Tourism.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Four Seasons
Beverly Wellman
Mercer County
Wellman
Robin Boyd Fetsch
Specialty Tours Ltd
Falls Church, Va
Fetch
Jane Bostic
Wytheville service honors former slave John Henry Carter
Re enactors from Union and Confederate groups gathered at Oakwood Memorial Garden Cemetery in Wytheville to honor John Henry Carter, a former slave who served non combatant roles for the Confederacy and received a modest pension. The event included a 21 gun salute, cannon volleys, and readings by local historians, with the Wythe County United placing a wreath and multiple clergy, musicians, and veterans participating. Carter and his wife Lucy lived on Monroe Street. he died January 7, 1929.
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Carter
Virginia General Assembly
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CSA
Oakwood Memorial Garden
John M. Johnson
Wythe County
Johnson
Mary B. Kegley
Sidney L. Kitts
Lucy
Monroe Street
United Daughters of the Confederacy
54Th Massachusetts U.S. Colored Infantry
Sons of Confederate Veterans
54Th and Sons of Confederate Veterans
South Carolina U.S. Colored Infantry
C. Wayne Southerland
Kenneth L. Johnson
Clifford Price
Charles Miller
Sarah Crockett
Brittany Patton
54Th
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U.S. Colored Infantry and
Pam Hawkins Foundation meeting Thursday at 7 30 a.m
A Pam Hawkins Foundation meeting is set for Thursday May 24 at 7 30 am at Johnston's Restaurant Princeton. Members are urged to attend and RSVP to Karen Simmons or Emilie Holroyd. Proceeds support PCH Hospitality House.
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Princeton
Johnston’s
Karen Simmons
Emilie Holroyd
Mercer County
Pam
D.B
Don” Meadows
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