Olympic athlete visits Beckley-Stratton Junior High assembly
Beckley-Stratton Junior High students met Erin Warren, 1998 U S luge team member, as part of Bell Atlantic Win at School. Warren urged hard work for success in competition and in class. Bell Atlantic provides a curriculum guide and a $1500 savings bond prize for essays on being an Olympic champion. Entries due May 29.
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eckley-Stratton
Erin Warren
Bell Atlantic
Warren
Nagano
Japan
Ron Cantley
U.S
Shamira Panky
Beckley-Stratton Junior High School
West Virginia Democrats Kept Funds From Anti ESA PACs
A PIRG report links Sen. Jay Rockefeller and other West Virginia Democrats to political action committees tied to mining timber real estate petrochemical and agribusiness interests aimed at weakening the Endangered Species Act. Rockefeller led with 232650, Rahall Mollohan Wise Byrd also named, funds cover 1989 to last year, via three major PACs.
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Jay Rockefeller
West Virginia
U.S
Public Interest Research Group
Rockefeller
ESA
Steve Biel
PIRG
National Endangered Species Reform Coalt_ the
Endangered Species Coordinating Council
ESA Coalition
Biel
Beckley City Eyes Purchase of Lewis Chevrolet Lot
Beckley plans to buy the Lewis Chevrolet lot and buildings for 2.2 million to expand parking for a growing construction crew and to later use the site for public works storage. Mayor Emmett Pugh III said the deal hinges on bond approvals, with down payment ready. The 3.5 acre site holds over 300 cars and aims to ease a downtown parking shortfall once the federal building opens.
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Beckley Federal
Emmett Pugh III
Pugh
Lewis Chevrolet
Public Works Department
West Virginia Governor signs mountaintop removal bill
Gov Cecil Underwood signed SB 145 relaxing limits on filling valley streams with mountaintop removal waste to keep WV coal firms competitive with Kentucky. He attacked EPA accusations and said the veto threat was retaliation while defending the bill’s technical aims against federal water rules and a 10 year-old lawsuit.
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Charleston
Cecil Underwood
Underwood
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Michael McCabe
McCabe
West Virginia
West
Kentucky
State Division of Environmental Protection
John Caffrey
Caffrey
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Bob Wise
Robert C. Byrd
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Beckley
Bill
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News of Record 3A
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Life
Rural Acres Clinic
Community Health Systems
Donald J. Carter
MLD
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