Saturday May 22 2004 events and listings
A compact notice summarizing events and listings for Saturday May 22 2004 sourced from bdtonline. It notes community happenings, schedules, and local items of interest, with emphasis on timely dates and regional relevance.
Weather Outlook and Savings Coupons Featured Today
Mostly sunny start gives way to scattered afternoon storms with highs in the low 80s. Storms fade by night as skies clear. Coupons offer more than 50 dollars in savings today.
Sports wrap for Bluefield area teams and stores
Swift Mart Bluefield and The Cave Tazewell plus Kollege Mart Bluefield are cited in a regional sports wrap. The brief notes a complete wrap-up of local area sports covering teams and standings with price references from Bluefield Virginia shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Swift Mart
the Cave
Tazewell
Kollege Mart
NASA selects Mount View Middle as explorer school in West Virginia
NASA officials announced Mount View Middle School in Welch as the state's first explorer school for a three year partnership. Principal Roger Smith said the program began with March 19 notification and a dedicated NASA Team Leaders group is preparing students and staff for explorer status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount View Middle
Roger Smith
NASA
Smith
Donald Hairston
Pamela Morris
Annalyn Pike
Sharon Powell
Poverty in Appalachia: Amanda Mullins aims for GED amid hardship
In a three part series on Appalachia poverty, Amanda Mullins shares a harsh view of life in McDowell County. A single mother with a 10th grade education seeks a GED to escape welfare and coal country limits. Roxie Hart in Hemphill balances church life with a $724 monthly income from her husband’s security guard job as she raises four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Mullins
Mullins
McDowell County
Roxie Hart
Hemphill
Sierra
Big Jenny
Hart
Rex
Four Seasons brace for Mountain Festival season
Local residents prepare for spring and summer events led by the Comcast Mountain Festival. May 25 31 at Bluefield City Park marks the 20th edition with the Ms Mountain Festival Pageant opening May 25 at 7 p.m. in Bluefield City Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luefield
Bluefield
Marc Meachum
Greater
Chicory Square Concert Series opens with Bluefield High Band
Bluefield packed Chicory Square for the first 2004 Downtown Music Series concert Friday. Parents seniors and workers on lunch break enjoyed a varied Bluefield High School Band program as the city kicked off another summer of Sounds of Summer events sponsored by the Daily Telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Bluefield High School
Chicory Square
The
Daily Telegraph
US forces clash with cleric militia near Iraqi shrines
In Karbala American AC-130 gunships and tanks attacked militiamen near Shiite shrines while heavy fighting raged in two towns south of Baghdad. More than 450 inmates were freed from Abu Ghraib jail amid abuse claims. In Baghdad four people were detained over the killing of Nicholas Berg, the American whose beheading video prompted U.S. reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karbala
Iraq
Baghdad
Abu Ghraib
Nicholas Berg
Mark Kimmitt
U.S
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Cee
Corner Mart
Food City
Joy Food Store
Graham Mart
College Avenue
Chevron
Green Valley
Go Mart
Bottonline
WVVA
West Virginia Daily
Daily
Virginia Pick
Pick
Mount View Middle School
By Bill Archer
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Explorer School
West Virginia
McDowell
Appalachia
AGM
McDowell US
Sylva
By Adria Hairston
Eric DiNovo
John Nelson
Automart
Y Sio
Garvale Road
Crossware
Abby
Sports
Viewpoint Weather
George W. Bush
John Kerry
Ralph Nader