Out of this world food Ethnic Food Festival
At St Marys Orthodox Church Bluefield the second annual Ethnic Food Festival drew crowds with an array of cuisines from Russian American Romanian Ethiopian Czech Polish Greek Lebanese Palestinian and Slovak Hungarian. Volunteers ran a shuttle to church parking lots as families planned to enjoy meals at home while watching WVU play Texas. Revered Marks family kids Catherine Tyson 14 and John Tyson 9 helped greet visitors in Russian attire.
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Buses barred from Bluefield bridge despite truck access
Local readers questioned why Mercer school buses cannot cross the Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge while tractor trailers may. WV DOH imposed a 15 ton limit. city and DOH officials note consultants are handling the replacement and that Norfolk Southern plans to remove the Hardy Street Bridge to aid funding. Mercer County BOE asks when the weight limit may be lifted so buses can again use the bridge.
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Green Scissors campaign targets wasteful subsidies across agencies
EarthTalk notes the Green Scissors effort launched in 1994 by Friends of the Earth and Taxpayers for Common Sense, later joined by R Street. The coalition highlights roughly 760 billion dollars in environmentally harmful programs for possible cuts over the next decade, including energy, agriculture, and transportation subsidies and public lands funding.
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Blind Faith Ministries founder to speak in Rinceton event
Eric Provercea, founder of Blind Faith Ministries, will appear at Chuck Mathena Center at 7 p.m. Monday Oct 8 with a combined church choir and narrated slides from his South Sudan mission. Porterfield, a Princeton native blind since age six, will discuss faith based aid and future missions.
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