Meachum named to West Virginia Highway Blue Ribbon Commission
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce chief Marc Meachum is one of three new appointees to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's Blue Ribbon Commission on Highways. The panel will study the transportation system, identify needs, and develop a long term plan with funding options for maintenance construction and expansion of roadways.
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Luefield
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Marc Meachum
West Virginia
Blue Ribbon Commission On Highways
Earl Ray Tomblin
Meachum
Don Rigby
Wheeling
Charles Clements
New Martinsville
Don
Charlie
Marc
Tomblin
West Virginia Blue Ribbon Commission On Highways
Community notices span CPAs CPR, chambers, and clubs in Princeton Bluefield
Briefs report events from Princeton and Bluefield including the Southern Chapter of the West Virginia Society of CPAs student night at Ryan's Steakhouse on Sept 20 with free dinner for faculty and students, AHA CPR class at Princeton Community Hospital, CASE WV board meeting, GlenWood Park Good As New Sale, Southern Conservation District special meeting, Business After Hours at BB&T for chamber fundraisers, Lioness Club meeting, stroke and diabetes support groups, and a Mercer Elementary School bingo to raise funds for Bible in the School program with 18+ entry.
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Bluefield
West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants
Ryan's Steakhouse
Princeton
Concord University
Bluefield State College
Bluefield College
Mountain State University
Judy A. Proctor
CPA
West Virginia Society of Cpas
State Society
Careers In Accounting
Cpas
Southern Chapter
William Bane
Banccpach Frontier.com
GlenWood Park
GlenWood Retirement Village
Princeton-Mercer County
Princeton — Mercer
Taste of Memphis
Angie Neal
Angie
Obesity forecast: over half of Americans by 2030
New York AP report from Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation projects that by 2030 more than 50 percent of adults in 39 states could be obese. Mississippi would top at 67 percent, with every state above 44 percent. The study uses CDC self reports from 1999 to 2010 and adjustments for trends.
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New York
Mississippi
Trust For America’s Health
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Trust For America
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Thomas Farley
New York City
Colorado
Delaware
CDC
Jeff Levi
Levi
Oklahoma
Tennessee
South Carolina
Alabama
Kansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Arkansas
South Dakota
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
Arizona
Maryland
Florida
North Carolina
New Hampshire
Texas
North Dakota
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Wyoming
Wisconsin
Indiana
Washington
Maine
Minnesota
Iowa
New Mexico
Rhode Island
Illinois
Georgia
Montana
Idaho
Hawaii
Virginia
Nevada
Oregon
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Vermont
California
Connecticut
Utah
Alaska
District of Columbia
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PCH
American Heart Association
Princeton Community Hospital
Case WV Board of
Monroe County
Summers County
Beckley
Southern Conservation District Board
Southern Conservation District
Ragland Road
Chambers
HealthSouth
Education Classroom
Bible In the School
South Ave
Courthouse
Ny Wolfe
Pyre Ea
Tower Street