Beckley Plans Urban Renewal Funds Application
Beckley moves to apply this week for urban renewal funds to rehabilitate six blocks in Piney Oaks Park. The Project Area Committee approved the plan and it awaits Urban Renewal Authority and City Council action, with $50,000 city funds to be matched by HUD grants for a $450,000 six block project and related administration and resident grants.
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Beckley
Piney Oaks Park
Project Area Committee
PAC
Urban Renewal Authority
City Council
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Emer
Iban Renewal Authority
Michael Jacobs
Piney ‘Oaks Park
Jacobs
HUD
Don Baise
Roanoke
Balzer Surney
Oaks Park
Balzer
Fayette
Moor Avenue
Miller Street
Mool Avenue
Blazer
Council
Sophia Students Win Scholarships at Sophia High School
Mary Ann Goddard received a Sophia Scholarship Foundation award and John Vaughan and Russell Keaton shared a $1,000 Sen. Tracy Hylton scholarship. Goddard plans nursing school at Lynchburg General Hospital while Vaughan and Keaton will study forestry at West Virginia University.
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Sophia High School
Mary Ann Goddard
Sophia
John Vaughan
Russell Keaton
Tracy Hylton
Beckley Armed Forces
Keaton
Stamford Missionary Baptist Church
Robert Keaton
Traffic Citations Ten Drivers Charged By Beckley Police
Beckley city police charged ten people with traffic violations on Monday and ordered them to appear in municipal court June 19. The list includes Bill Whitaker Steven Torrico Kathy Richmond William Jones Marie Maynard Jimmie Bowles James Cabe Brenda England Ronald Kuhn and Dave Rader for offenses such as unregistered or expired licenses and plates and missing inspections.
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Beckley City
Bill Whittaker
MacArthur
Steven Torrico
Mankin Ave
Kathy M
Richmond
Park Ave
William W. Jones
Beaver
Marie Maynard
Calloway St
Jimmie J. Bowles
Meadow ‘Bridge
James Cabe
Summers St
Brenda L.england
Rhodell
Ronald E. Kuhn
Sullivan
Dave Rader
Special Honors Given Seven SSHS Graduates
Seven of 132 graduates at Shady Spring High School received special awards during Friday night commencement. Susie Richmond won the Beckley Civitan Club Good Citizen award and shared the I Dare You award with Eddie Hatcher, who also earned a Shady Spring Scholarship Foundation award. Richmond also received the business education award and the Shady Spring Ruritan citizenship prize. Mark Blevins received the Balfour award. two $25 Byrd Savings Bonds honored valedictorians Cathy Ormandy and Vasyl Varvariv, while Sharon Harvey Cox received the salutatory award.
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Shady Spring High School
Susie Richmond
Ted Richmond
Abraham
Beckley Civitan Club
Shady Spring High
Eddie Hatcher
Dexter Hatcher
Crow
Hatcher
Shady Spring Scholarship Foundation
Miss Richmond
Shady Spring Ruritan Club
Mark Blevins
Arnold Blevins
Daniels
Robert C. Byrd
Cathy
Sanna Ormandy
Vasyl Varvariv
Sharon Harvey Cox
Certificates awarded to NYC Vocational Typing students
Three girls enrolled in the Neighborhood Youth Corps Vocational Typing class received certificates of proficiency after completing the course on Thursday. Instructor Mrs. Froda Canterbury presented the certificates to Miss Rolinda Thompson and Mrs. Wanda Haskins, who also received a pin for typing 4 words per minute. Miss Carolyn McDowell was not pictured. NYC counselor Mrs. Jeanette Slone observed the presentation.
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Nyc
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Froda Canterbury
Shady Spring High School
Rolinda Thompson
Wanda Haskins
Haskins
Carolyn McDowell
Jeanette Slone
Parkersburg IRS Reports 25 Wage Price Complaints
The Parkersburg IRS office reports twenty five wage price complaints statewide as auditors target large businesses under the wage price freeze. Case details involve Charleston Huntington Wheeling audits with two cases in litigation and potential civil and criminal fines. Local handling emphasizes phone resolves, with eight investigators deployed for unresolved disputes and public inquiries directed to the Parkersburg district office.
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IRS
Parkersburg
Internal Revenue . Service
William Edwards
Edwards
Charleston
Huntington
Wheeling
West Virginia
Robert L. Hollandsworth
Beckley Internal Revenue Service Office
Hollandsworth
Internal Revenue Service
Retirement of Noah Crotty Longtime Raleigh Educator
Noah Crotty retires after a career in the Raleigh County school system dating to 1932. He ends his tenure after teaching five years at Richmond School and earlier assignments at Plumley Mountain Harris and Shady Spring elementary schools, honored at a Thursday dinner.
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Raleigh
Noah Crotty
Richmond School
Crotty
Plumley Mountain
Harris
Shady Spring
Civitans Honor Cecil L. Miller in Beckley WV
Cecil L. Miller of Beckley received a Civitan International district honor key for outstanding service. Herbert Miranda presented the award at the Beckley Civitan Club meeting at the Moose Lodge. Miller has served as lieutenant governor and three terms as district secretary treasurer.
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Cecil L. Miller
Beckley
West Virginia
Civitan International
Herbert Miranda
Beckley Civitan Club
Moose Lodge
Miller
Tax Questions And Answers From The IRS Column
A local IRS public service column answers common tax questions. Deductions apply to political dinner tickets up to limits. business expenses cannot deduct wages beyond Economic Stabilization limits. total support includes education costs. civil service contributions are taxed in the year paid. use Form 100X or 1040X to correct returns with guidance from local IRS offices.
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U. S. Internal Revenue Service
United States Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
IRS
Man Charged in Friday Night Murder Bond Posted
Henry Lionel Harvey, 22, of Creek, was released on $7,500 bond after waiving to the Raleigh County grand jury for the killing of James K. Kessler 25, at an abandoned roadside park on U S 19 near Batoff Mountain. Kessler died from a .38 calibre pistol shot to the left temple.
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James K. Kessler
Ewart Ave
Raleigh
Henry Lionel Harvey
Creek
Raleigh County
Lorena Wallace
Harvey
U. S. 19
Batoff Mountain
Kessler
Passenger Pickup Zones Established in Beckley
Beckley City Council approved passenger discharge zones marked in white on Neville Street for pickup and drop off only, not parking. Crews painted zones in front of Montgomery Ward, the Federal Building, and W T Grant, with additional pickup points on Main and Heber streets. Police Chief Durrett noted streets allow two lanes to flow while zones are used.
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Beckley City
Neville Street
Montgomery Ward & Co
Federal Building
W. T. Grant Co
Main
Heber Streets
Thomas C. Durrett
Earth's fastest land animal the cheetah
The cheetah is described as the fastest land animal. It can reach 45 miles per hour in two seconds from a standstill and has been timed at speeds up to 70 miles per hour.
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Earth
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