Soundtrack of a diesel life and the turbocharger memory
Bill Archer recalls years driving a Cummins powered Mack with a distinctive turbocharger whine. He describes freight-hauling scenes from Monongahela to the Ohio river mills and Chicago while the engine’s rhythm frames his world east of the Mississippi. The memory ties sound to place and time.
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Monongahela
Ohio
Wheeling Hill
51St
Kedzie
White Sox
Daily Telegraph
Mississippi River
Chicago
Cluefield Daily Telegraph Leadership Team Updated
The News Editor State Editor and Senior Writer Samantha Perry join as the editorial core with Thomas A Colley as Executive Editor and Managing Editor and Sports Editor roles filled. City County Editor Charles Owens and Senior Copy Editor Andy Patton complete the newsroom lineup.
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Csssesssoreeeae
Charles Owens
Andy Patton
Concord College Faces Possible Target in State Funding Shifts
Dr. Jerry Beasley told the Princeton-Mercer County Chamber that Concord College may be next in line as West Virginia lawmakers scrutinize funding for Mercer County two-college alignment. He cited ongoing legislative changes harming Concord and Bluefield State College and urged vigorous political action as the 2005 session begins.
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Concord College
Jerry Beasley
Princeton-Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
Mercer County
Bluefield State College
New River Community and Technical College
Beckley
Bluefield
BSC
Concord
Beasley
Kiddie Fair marks 10th annual in Mercer County
Letters praise support that kept the Kiddie Fair healthy and fun for ages birth to five. More than 500 children attended with families. 462 screened in various health areas. 48 immunizations given. Volunteers, school groups, and Read Aloud contributed. First Book supplied books. Early Childhood Alliance plans future fairs with community help.
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Mercer County
Early Childhood Alliance
Pat Valeyko
Community Connections Inc
Lesson in Names Echo Brown V Board Teachings
Jody Neal’s May 3 2004 article recalls four dogs treated in the 1950s owned by Mr and Mrs Phillip Jefferson Mercer County educators. The dogs named Integration Segregation Sit-In and Dammit served as a succinct social studies lesson by a Black educator and his canine pupils, noted by Dr Lucian P Bailey DVM in Bluefield Virginia.
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Jody Neal
Brown
Board of _ Education
Phillip Jefferson
Jefferson
Mercer County
Lucian P. Bailey
D.V.M. Bluefield, Va
Celebrity Sickness Obsession Risks and Public Figures
Jim Davidson, a motivational speaker and syndicated columnist, warns of Celebrity Sickness an unhealthy obsession with stars. He cites Hinckley Reagan 1981 case and research showing millions affected while urging families to guide youth toward positive role models.
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United States
Earth
John Hinckley
Ronald Reagan
Washington
Hinckley
Jodie Foster
DeVry University
Southern Illinois School of Medicine
Jim Davidson
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Cluefield Daily Telegraph
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William ‘Randy’ Deason
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Peo
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