Firefighters Mark Retirement Dinner With Remembrances
The annual retirement dinner for Bluefield firefighters featured tributes to Robby Brannon and four retiring members Tim McPeak Rusty Holcomb Ray Mitchem and Brannon. Funds for Brannon's widow and two sons reached 10500 and a Maltese Cross marker was chosen for his memorial. The night mixed solemn memory with routine kitchen duties and a brief pension fund briefing.
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Cindy
Brannon
Robby
Green
Brotherhood of Firefighting
Richard Poe
Gerald Steele
Tom “Papa” Bowles
Dan Meadows
Steele
Haynes
Colorado Springs
Tim McPeak
Rusty Holcomb
Ray Mitchem
McPeak
Cindy Brannon
Bluefield
Aliff
West Virginia Municipal League
Emeril
Cooking
Central Station
Coalwood Book Event and Film Ties in Bluefield
The Coalwood story continues as Homer Hickam previews a fall 1959 setting for new works and a Coalwood Forever sequel. A DVD documentary filmed in McDowell County features original Rocket Boys and discusses education, with festival plans in Coalwood on October 7.
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Hearthside Books
Bluefield
Navy
Hickam
Big Creek
Coalwood
Homer H. Hickam
Olga Coal Company
Homer
Linda Hickam
Billie
Rocket Boy
Willie Rose
Sonny
McDowe County
Big Creek Hi School
Apple Computer
Apple Learning Exchange
Coalwood Forever
Rocket Boys
Virginia Tech
New York Times
Jones and Greene claim Olympic gold in contrasting styles
In a dramatic race, Jamaica’s Jones wins gold in a 9.87-second sprint watch, tears flowing as she hugs Belizean heritage flag. Greene follows with brash energy, adds gold, and savoring the moment, both first-time Olympians.
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Maurice
Ato Boldon
Jones
Greene
Belize
C.J. Hunter
Hunter
U.S
Seville
International Olympic Committee
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Ato
Open heart surgery center plans eyed for Mercer County
The proposed open heart surgery center in Mercer County stalls as CAMC executives discuss who will lead and fund the facility. Costs for a new center are estimated between 9 and 30 million dollars. BRMC and PCH weigh building between their campuses or in an existing hospital.
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Mercer County
Goodwin
Ramsey
David Ramsey
Heart Center
Greenbrier
National Hospital Association
Dunmyer
BRMC
PCH
Gery Center
Health Care Authority
Wheeling Hospital
West Virginia University
Monongalia General
St. Mary’s and
Charleston
Bush Gore debate blocked by NBC and Fox networks
NBC will air a first round baseball playoff game on October 3 skipping the debate. Fox will show entertainment programming that night. ABC CBS PBS and the three cable news networks CNN Fox News Channel and MSNBC will carry the debate.
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New York
George W. Bush
al Gore
NBC
Fox
ABC
CBS
Public Broadcasting
CNN
Fox News Channel
MSNBC
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