Coal Rally 2000 opens with Underwood Wise as guests
Bluefield West Virginia hosts Coal Rally 2000 with Gov. Cecil Underwood and Rep. Bob Wise as special guests. The two day event, organized by the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce, focuses on mining permit issues clean coal technology and Kyoto climate treaty. Rally runs Sept 12 at 6 30 p m with reception at 5 30 p m and 7 30 p m program at the Bluefield Holiday Inn.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Cecil Underwood
Bob Wise
Virginias
Greater Bluefield
Bluefield Holiday Inn
Fincastle Country Club
National Mining Association
Dan
Bill Raney
West Virginia Coal Association
Michael Hicks
Marshall University
Link Shackleford
Virginia Mining Association
Tim Mallen
American Electric Power
Dan Gerkin
Buchanan looks to boost enhanced 911 funding plan
Buchanan County supervisors meet to discuss creating a local tax and funding for an enhanced E-911 system by July 2003. A 10:30 a.m. public hearing at the Buchanan County Courthouse basement will gather residents on a $3 monthly telecom surcharge. Estimates place initial costs between $250,000 and $450,000 as the county builds a secure 911 center and forms an implementation committee with guidance from state legislation and local officials.
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Grundy
Buchanan County
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
WJ. Caudill
Caudill
Calvin Ward
Buchanan County Chamber of Commerce
Ward
Virginia General Assembly
David Larimer II
Phillip Puckett
D-Va
Larimer
Kenneth W. Stolle
Virginia
Dress code ban enforced in Tazewell County schools
A comprehensive dress code now in effect for K-12 students and staff in Tazewell County reports no violations in the first 13 days of school. Superintendent Don Hodock says no concerns within the system and mentions minor complaints about book carrying without bags.
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Tazewell County
Don Hodock
Hodock
History in Our Mountains museum planned in Welch
A new History in Our Mountains Museum is proposed for McDowell County in the old Merchant and Miner's Bank building in Welch and is to open next month. Elden Green of Green Tree Consulting says the two phase project will display county history from 1700 to 2000 with a store, documentary room, and a 4000 square foot simulated coal mine in Phase Two.
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Welch
McDowell County
Our Mountains
Merchant and Miner’s Bank
Elden Green
Green Tree Consulting
Ivi Rose
Green
Elmore Village
Bank
B.O. Swope
Muse
West Virginia
Shott grant funds two defibrillators for Rescue Squad
A $25,000 grant from the H. I. Shott Jr Foundation, amplified by Virginia state matches, buys two 12 lead CodeMaster 100 defibrillators for Bluefield Rescue Squad. The unit features hospital fax and patient data to ER doctors. Squad eyes $250,000 in five years for roof, insulation, and heating upgrades.
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H. I. Shott, Jr. Foundation
Shott Foundation
Heart Foundation
University of Virginia
Robert Dishman
Fsluefield
Bluefield
Dishman
Tommy Carroll
Carroll
Helping Heart
Bluefield Va
Buz Wilkinson
Montcalm fire ruled accidental injures two children
Assistant State Fire Marshall Tony Domingo ruled the Aug. 29 Montcalm fire accidental after inspecting the home where Leandra Fuller 7 of Rock and Michael Perkins 10 of Montcalm were burned. The two were flown to Shriners Cincinnati with Fuller discharged and Perkins in critical condition. The blaze originated in a bedroom near the beds. two electrical sources were not ruled out. The owner Ronnie Perkins 38 said Fuller woke him and his two sons. The home lacked smoke detectors.
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Montcalm
Methodist Hill
Tony Domingo
Domingo
Leandra Fuller
Rock
Michael Perkins
Shriners Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fuller
Perkins
Ronnie Perkins
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Chamber
Buchanan
B.K
Daily Telegraph
Mercer County
Princeton Senior High
John Nelse
Old Bank
McDowell Museum
John Nelso
Ly Greg Jordan
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