The Glass Castle Shaping a High School Bond of Hope
Samantha Perry recalls a high school friend swept into poverty and transformation through support from teachers and peers. She connects the memoir to Jeannette Walls and the film adaptation, stressing resilience over stigma. Poverty, she argues, is a nationwide plague needing eradiation.
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Jeannette Walls
Glass Castle
Walls
McDowell County
Free State
West Virginia
Welch
New York
U.S
Prerogative Magazine
Alabama
Mercer County
Appalachia
Bluefield Daily Staff and Editor Listings
A listing of newsroom staff includes News Editor Randy Mooney Publisher Eve Andy Patton Sports Editor Samantha Perry Editor Assistant Managing Editor Charles Owens Wes Dinan Younsen. The piece opens with a biblical quotation from Revelation 20 15 AKJV.
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Charles Owens
Southwest Virginia opens advanced manufacturing training center in Bluefield
The Bluefield satellite office of the Southwest Virginia Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence, located off Route 460 near Camp Joy in Tazewell County, will train residents in advanced welding and industrial maintenance mechatronics and prepare them for AWS welding certification. Funded by the Virginia Tobacco Commission, the center joins two others in Washington and Russell counties to diversify Southwest Virginia’s economy and attract high paying manufacturing jobs.
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Tazewell County
Bluefield
Southwest Virginia
Camp Joy
Virginia Tobacco Commission
Washington
Russell
Virginia
Mike Hymes
Hymes
Kyle Hart
Tazewell County Industrial Development Authority
Letters argue for 75 Percent Coalition in medical costs
A reader contends BRMC and private sector collectors raise bills, proposes pay only 75 percent of medical costs over 100 and urges a private sector strike to reduce insurance premiums. The letter criticizes cost shifting and argues healthcare is quasi government work with limited payer choice, urging action by private sector employees.
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Bluefield
BRMC
Corleone
Gmail
Sally
Douglas Spanishburg
How Tyrants Rise in Trump Era
Ann McFeathers argues that many Americans are willing to elect a candidate who dismisses rules and insults allies, promising self funding and bold promises while stoking fear of immigrants and Muslims. The piece criticizes his lack of policy detail, dubious ethics, and reliance on deception, urging readers to see through the rhetoric.
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Ashington
Donald Trump
Great Britain
Kim Jong UN
Trump
Russia
Vladimir Putin
Bill Clinton
Hillary Clinton
America
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Ann McFeathers
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