Southeastern Band Festival draws 6000 from Appalachia region
High School bands from Graham and Tazewell take part in the 31st annual Southeastern Band Festival on Saturday Oct 10 in Bristol Virginia and Tennessee. About 6000 band members will attend the daylong event beginning 7:30 a.m. at Virginia Junior High School and ending about 11 p.m. ET SU Memorial Center East Tennessee State University Johnson City with trophies awarded for No 1 in each division.
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Bristol
Tennessee
Virginia Junior High School
Etsu Memorial Center
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City
Tenn
New Shoe World Opens in Stafford Plaza Princeton
Shoe World opens its first Princeton unit at 1328 Stafford Drive Stafford Plaza with about 6000 pairs on display and accessories including handbags and pantyhose The manger Gwen Watson cites the no frills self service concept and value oriented shoppers in Bluefield and Princeton as the right fit for the store
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Shoe World
Stafford Plaza
Stafford Drive
Princeton
Gwen Watson
Bluefield
Watson
Mercer County approves memorial building bid and crime program grant
Mercer County Commission accepted the low bid for ramp and pad construction at the Memorial Building, awarding Compton Construction $6,850 total. They also approved a federal grant of $6,240 with $1,560 local match for the Sheriff’s Department Alcoholic and Speed Enforcement Program, part of the 1982 Highway Safety Plan.
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Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County Commission
Memorial Building
Ray Bragg
Joe Coburn
Clarence Six
Compton Construction Company
Claude Erps
G. Cameron Hunter
Hunter
Parker
West Virginia
Richard Carvell
Bragg
Coburn
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William Brothers
North Carolina
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University of Georgia
University of Virginia
BSC Grant
Craig Jackson
Shoney
Shoneys
Oakvale RD
Bluefield Ave
Bluefield, WV
National Association of Counties
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Dewberry and Davis
Marion
Mercer County
Robert Schunder
Fairfax, Va
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Sanders M. Davidson
Zando
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Milstead, Inc
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