Sorority honors Mount View senior for pencil drawing
Mount View High School senior Kevin Ross 18 of Jenkin Jones won statewide Delta Sigma Theta recognition for a pencil drawing of a sitting man. The honor came from Delta Sigma Theta Bluefield and Edris Miller at the presentation with Mount View principal Barbara Smith. Ross received a certificate and a plaque.
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Mount View
Kevin Ross
Jenkin Jones
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Huntington Museum of Art
Ross
Delta
Center
Edris Miller
Mount View High School
Barbara Smith
Wytheville wins $10,000 humanities grant for oral history book
The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities awarded Wytheville a $10,000 grant to design and print The Summer of Polio in Wytheville Oral Histories documenting the 1950 polio epidemic in Wythe County. Wytheville Community College will host FCC amateur radio license testing May 22.
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Wytheville
Virginia Foundation For the Humanities
Wythe County
Federal Communication Commission
Wytheville Community College
Bland Hall
Rene Castillo
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Mountain Festival Jail Fundraiser Set to Aid Foster Kids
Mountain Festival in Bluefield invites residents to have someone arrested for a charity jail display. May 28 to 30 at Four Seasons residents can trigger a warrant for $25 with bail or jail appearance on May 29. A separate ahead of time arrest costs $5. Funds aim to send foster children to Carowinds. contact Adria Hairston for details.
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Four Seasons
Denise Copolo
Mercer County
Foster/Adoptive Parents Association
Copolo
West Virginia
Carowinds
Adria Hairston
Ahairston
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Festival lineups heat up across region with June events
Festivities kick off June 11 at Princeton City Park with the three day Princeton Summerfest featuring a dog show a chili cook off concerts and Memorial Day services. Virginia Mountain Festival begins June 11 a bluegrass event at Southwest Virginia Community College headlined by Jonathan Romeo. Richlands Area Festival runs June 15-19 drawing about 25000 with the James H Drew Carnival and arts crafts pet shows and varied entertainment. Other events include Camp Creek Bluegrass Bramwell theater festivals Pipestein Bluegrass and Gospel Festival Bluefield Lemonade Days and Nat Reese Blues Festival plus Bluestone Valley Fair Spanishburg in August.
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Princeton
Rob Farley
Princeton Chamber of Commerce
Farley
Ginger Branton
Richlands Chamber of Commerce
Southwest Virginia Community College
Jonathan Romeo
Richlands Area
Branton
James H. Drew
Camp Creek State Park
Bramwell Theater
Pipestein State Park
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Dawn Sigman
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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