School Consider Cellular Phones in Schools Policy
Thewell Virginia school board debated a policy allowing limited student use of cell phones. If approved on second reading, high and middle schoolers may carry phones with parent approval and proper housing in lockers, but devices must stay off during school hours and on buses must be concealed. Elementary phones require principal approval for safety reasons.
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Thewell
Tazewell
Jan White
White
Richmond activist joins Million Mom March front line
Tammy Akers founder of Victims of Violent Crime in Richmond accompanied Columbia High School students on the Washington march. She recalled her brother Jacy’s 18 year old shooting in Princeton area and urged gun licensing as a national issue. Her brother Tracy, shot five times in 1982, watches from Roanoke as morphine eases his pain.
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Princeon
Richmond
Mercer County
Washirton
Tammy Akers
Victims of
Richmon
Jacy
Princetot
Akers
Columbia High School
Hillary Rodham Clinto
Texas
Congress
Tracy
Roanoke
Drive-in landmark becomes Starland Heights rental complex
Charles Owens reports that the former Starland drive-in in Welch McDowell County opens a $1.5 million Starland Heights rental project for low income residents displaced by the Tug Fork Flood Control Project. Groundbreaking on June 6 at 11 15 a m accompanies the county Homeownership celebration with local contractors building seven two story townhouses and a single handicap accessible unit in phase one, plus a playground, community center and meeting room as the massive 40 townhouse plan moves forward.
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Welch
McDowell County
Starland
Big Four
Starland Heights
Tug Fork
West Virginia
SAFE
Sharon Yates
Wellness center fate remains uncertain in Wytheville
In Wytheville Virginia a proposed 16 acre wellness center on land near the Community College remains under consideration after several years of planning and negotiations. The town assistant manager notes progress and describes ongoing discussions among the town, the recreation commission, a task force, and the hospital.
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Wytheville
Wythevill
Community College
Steve Moore
Hapital
Wythewle Community College
Anne Frank Diary Exhibit Reveals Holocaust Tragedy in Marshall
Anne Frank’s diary offers a poignant window into the Holocaust. Marshall University hosts “The Anne Frank Story 1929-1945: A Legacy of Hope” at Birke Art Gallery from May 15 to 25 with daily hours and special group viewings. The exhibit features over 75 photographs a 25 minute film Dear Kitty and an exhibit shop, tracing the Franks’ exile from Frankfurt to Amsterdam and their secret hiding in 263 Prinsengracht.
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Kitty
Frank
Frankfurt
Germany
Otto
Edith Frank
Margot
National Socialist German Workers’ Party
Otto Frank
Hermann van Pels
Nazi Germany
Hitler
Netherlands
Victor Kugler
Johannes Kleiman
Prinsengracht
Amsterdam
Anne Frank
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Montcalm
Tim Bowles
Gary Shifflett
Rutger Allen
Mark Bowles
Narrows
Jane Hurley
Camp Roland
Mountain Dominion District
Sandy Queen
Tazewell Community Hospital
Drive-In Movie Theater
Charles Owens
Daily Telegraph
Wellness
Charles Over
The
Madison Goodman
Bluefield
Mitchell Stadium
Opekta Co
Aachen
Marshall
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