Superintendent Roberts resigns after 14 years in McDowell County
McDowell County School Superintendent Dr. J Kenneth Roberts tendered his resignation at a county Board of Education meeting. He led the system since July 1 1987 and will depart November 2 after more than 14 years, citing the desire to pursue other possibilities. He praised staff and programs including Sandy River Middle School and the Success For All reading initiative and thanked the community for its support.
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Sandy River Middle School
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wood Magic Science Fair Featured on PBS Show
About 200 third and fourth graders from Mercer Sun Valley and Spanishburg visited the Wood Education and Resource Center for the Wood Magic Science Fair, the setting for a PBS program The American Woodshop. Scott Phillips noted the episode would reach four million viewers, with a tentative air date Feb 23 2002 on West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Students learned wood use in daily life through exhibits by Willard McBride and Phillip Holcomb while remarks highlighted wood parts in gum and toothpaste.
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Ardner
Mercer
Sun Valley
Spanishburg
Wood Education and Resource Center
American Woodshop
PBS
Scott Phillips
Phillips
U.S. Forest Service
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Willard McBride
Princeton
the American Woodshop
Mercer County
Federal buildings in Southern District require photo IDs
Visitors to federal buildings in the Southern District of West Virginia must show at least one photo ID to enter. The policy, announced after a meeting between Court Security Officers and U.S. Marshals in Charleston, accompanies upgraded security including video surveillance, new door controls, a metal detector, and around the clock guards at the Elizabeth Kee Federal Building in Bluefield.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
U.S
Charleston
Ralph Bailey
CSO
Elizabeth Kee Federal Building
Kee Federal
Bailey
BRMC Critique Details Unknown Substances Response
Bluefield Regional Medical Center hosted a critique on unknown substances after three incidents in Bluefield. The events prompted a county wide alert involving Mercer County emergency personnel East River Hazmat and the FBI, but all substances were deemed harmless. County Health Director Dr. Kathy Wides described state health procedures and FEMA aid, while the OES director outlined a temporary Mercer County protocol calling first on state police or other law enforcement.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Mercer County Emergency Service
FBI
Kathy Wides
FEMA
OES
Mercer County
Soapy-Dope Monster of Chuckhole Goes Nationwide
Lebanon Virginia author Dennis Mullins releases his first children’s book Soapy-Dope The Monster Who Lived in A Chuckhole nationwide just in time for Halloween. The story grew from tales told to his son Denny now 40, with Mullins collaborating with illustrator Carol Bates Murray and Denny on the monster’s image. The book, about a harmless playful monster, is in major bookstores and Mullins will sign at Waldenbooks Mercer Mall on November 10 from 2 to 5 PM featuring Mullins other titles including Times of Used To Be and Echoes of Appalachia.
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Dennis Mullins
Mullins
Appalachia
Denny
Carol Bates Murray
Waldens
Books A Million
Barnes and Noble
Waldenbooks
Mercer Mall
Coal Creek
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John Nelson
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Spencer
West Virginia Folklife
David & Elkins College
Matthew Lilly
Mercer School
Joel Caffee
BRMC
Virginia
Denvil Mullins
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