Glenwood Park marks Older Americans Month activities
Glenwood Park Retirement Village launched Older Americans Month with a May 1 breakfast for residents and staff. The month featured Twilight Twirlers, a Mother's Day social with Partners in Praise, and a National Nursing Home Week with daily events including line dancing, games, a Shirley Temple Heidi film, Super Bingo, and a nal cake social with custom desserts.
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Len Wood Park
Twilight Twirlers
Partners In Praise
National Nursing Home
GWP
Mercer County Commission On Aging
Shirley Temple
Heidi
Local students win AAA Traffic Safety posters award
Pulianna Czaja, a seventh grader at Mountain View Elementary/Middle School in Union, and Jordan Rose, an eighth grader at Richlands Middle School in Richlands, Va., received an Award of Merit in AAA's 58th Annual School Traffic Safety Poster Program. Their posters, among over 80,000 nationwide entries, were in the Be Seen After Dark and Traffic Signs and Signals Are for Everyone categories. Larry Peters of AAA Bluefield presented the awards on May 10.
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Ofters
Pulianna Czaja
Mountain View
Union
Jordan Rose
Richlands Middle School
Richlands
AAA
AAA Bluefield
Larry Peters
Julianna Czaja
Mountain View Elementary
Bluefield
Peters
Valley Woman's Club installs new officers in Green Valley
Valley Woman's Club held an officer installation dinner at Ceres Baptist Church in Green Valley. Nine members attended the GFWC West Virginia meeting at the Greenbrier, where Beverly Wellman installed new officers led by President Bettie Bowles. Rita Roberts welcomed as newest member.
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Linda Linkous
Carol Allen
Rita Roberts
Bowles
Sunburst Beauty Queen Lisa Shrewsbury Crowned in Richmond
Lisa Shrewsbury, 17, daughter of Ronnie and Renee Shrewsbury of Princeton, won Sunburst Beauty Queen in the 14-17 group and Tri State Royal Queen at the 2002 Tri State Sunburst Pageant held May 10-12 in Richmond Virginia. She earned a $250 savings bond and a $1,000 savings bond plus a Bohemian Crystal tiara, plus two 6-foot trophies, with multiple first-place finishes and a slot in the National Sunburst Pageant in Atlanta in August. Sponsored by Princeton Moose Lodge No. 1521.
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Lisa Shrewsbury
Ronnie
Renee Shrewsbury
Princeton
Richmond
West Virginia
Atlanta
Princeton Moose Lodge
Births Thomason Stinson and Whittaker Three Newborns
Crystal Dawn Thomason and Christopher Stinson announce three newborns with birth details at Princeton Community Hospital. Markus William Thomason arrived March 25, 2002 weighing 7 pounds 9.5 ounces, to Mardella and Dennis Thomason of Rock. Ethan Drake Stinson arrived March 5, 2002 weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces, to Cheri and Christopher Stinson of Princeton. Carmen Marie Whittaker arrived March 21, 2002 to Kevin Brent Whittaker and Amanda Dawn Whittaker of Athens.
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Thomason
Crystal Dawn Thomason
Rock
Markus William Thomason
Princeton Community Hospital
Mardella and
Dennis Thomason
Stinson - Cheri
Christopher Stinson
Princeton
Ethan Drake Stinson
Whittaker
Kevin Brent
Amanda Dawn Whittaker
Athens
Carmen Marie Whittaker
Baby births noted at Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Multiple birth notices list newborns at Bluefield Regional Medical Center with weights and birth dates. Roger McCall Finley II born March 27, 2002 weighs 7 pounds 2 1/4 ounces to Roger and Sheila Finley of Bluefield Virginia. Jayden Ryan Bailey born March 26, 2002 weighs 5 pounds 14 1/2 ounces to Joshua Ryan Bailey and Kristan Bailey of Bluefield. Chance Nicklas Dawson born March 27, 2002 weighs 7 pounds 10 1/4 ounces to Shannon and Kathi Dawson of Bluefield.
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Finley - Roger
Shelia Finney
Bluefield
Roger McCall Finley II
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Shelia Harper
Sunny
Gary Finley
Billie Harper
Boyce Harper
Victor
Texas
Bailey
Joshua Ryan Bailey
Kristan Renae Bailey
Jayden Ryan Bailey
Jan
Randy Bailey
Regina
Emory Vance
Dawson - Shannon
Kathi Dawson
Chance Nicklas Dawson
Kathi * Boone
Tom and
Diane Dawson
Clarence
Fran Boone
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Glenwood Park
Rita Woodring
Vilda Gullion
Mason
Little Gardens Club of
David Hardin
Terry Whittington
Sue Carter
The
Little Gardens Club
Derek Alan Pendleton
Mike and
Karen Pendleton
Fort Leonard Wood
Princeton Senior High School
Shephard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Barbara Keatley
Betty Long
Bettie Bowles
Beverly Wellman
Gfwc-Wv Southern District
Valley Woman’s Club
Norma O’dell
GWFWC
Pearl S. Buck Birthplace
Gfwc Clubwoman
Home Life
Maxine Scarbro
Pearl S. Buck
1734 Society
Marge Bowles
Shrewsbury
Amanda Sizemore
Kathryn Lyn Sizemore
Charlie Sizemore
Richard E. Whittaker
Tammy AH. Saunders
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