Mercer County Commission Race Focuses on Growth
Princeton reports outline two Democratic hopefuls Ray Bragg and Karen Sarver Dissibbio prioritizing economic development and infrastructure. Bragg seeks to advance projects like the Summers Mercer water efforts and District 10 HQ while opposing county tax increases. Dissibbio emphasizes attracting businesses, airport expansion, tourism, and youth employment, with attention to seniors and a bid to widen prospects for aging residents. Incumbent T A Buddy Warden runs unopposed in the Republican primary.
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Princeton
Mercer County Commission
Mercer County
Ray Bragg
Bragg
County Commission
Karen Sarver Dissibbio
Bluefield
Bluefield State and Concord
GTE
Dissibbio
Sarver Candy
CWV hosts Holocaust memorial service and names reading
The College of West Virginia will host a Sunday Holocaust memorial service at the Lewin Family Bell Tower beginning at 1 p.m. The event, titled Unto Every Person There is a Name, will feature poems and a live reading of names with audience participation. Lewin, survivor Max Lewin, and other speakers including Norman Lang Siegel and Gary Schleser will attend. weather contingency places the service in the Convocation Center.
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Auschwitz
Treblinka
Dachau
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Berlin
Hitler
College of West Virginia
Ina
Isley
Jim Silosky
Max Lewin
Silosky
Beckley
Lewin
Harry
Poland
America
Brother Harry
CWV
Lewin Tower
G Silosky
Erickson Alumni Center
Norman Lang Siegel
Gary Schleser
Building Services Inc
Beaver
Elie Wiesel
Beckley YMCA Golf Outing aims to benefit youth programs
The Beckley Raleigh County YMCA launches its first Golf Outing on May 8 at Saddlebred Golf Club as an annual fundraiser replacing a costly Summer Concert. Proceeds fund youth soccer, basketball, scholarships, and program participation. Four-man scramble, 11 a.m. registration, noon start, lunch and cookout, with $3,000+ in prizes and multiple sponsors.
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Beckley- Raleigh County
Beckley-Raleigh County
YMCA
Prince
Outback Steak House
Chipley Back & Neck
Cranberry Hardwoods
Pepsi Cola
Taco Bell
Phillips Machine Service
Bluestone Industries
Brock Mining
WOAY
Patriot Ford
The
Register-Herald
Dena Cushman
Cecil Graham
Golf Club
Kelly Shumate
Gary Prince
Women urged to tap resources at Beckley BPW meeting
About 25 attendees at a Tamarack seminar heard Beckley BPW leaders urge working women to use federal and state resources. Cornelia Moore of the Labor Department stressed agency components on women issues and encouraged tapping HUD, Transportation, Labor, SBA and Health and Human Services programs. She noted West Virginia’s early adoption of the child care apprenticeship program.
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West Virginia
Beckley
Tamarack
BPW
Cornelia Moore
Department of Labor
Health and Human Services
Moore
Alexis Herman
Nicholas County Schools Earn Respectable 1996 97 Report Card
The Nicholas County school system shows strong performance for 1996 97 with 5 024 students across 15 schools and 388 graduates. It employs 363 teachers averaging 17 years experience and class sizes of 20.6 vs 21 state average, while attendance runs 94.6 percent. Graduation counts include 242 gavers at Nicholas County High and 146 at Richwood High. NCHS dropout rate is 2.2 percent versus 5.3 at Richwood. Superintendent Grizzell notes enrollment dipping to 4 882 for 1997 98 and expects score gains as remedial programs roll out.
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Nicholas County
Nicholas County Hgh School
Richwood High School
NCHS
Richwood High
Dent William Grizzell
Montgomery man to face federal court on possession charges
Alonzo White a 25 year old Montgomery man also known as Zo is set to appear before U S Magistrate Jerry Hogg in Charleston at 10 am Tuesday to answer a possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance charge If convicted he could face 10 years to life in prison and a 4000 fine White fled during a federal search and reportedly discarded a package from a window containing a white rock like substance that later tested positive for cocaine base.
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Montgomery
U.S
Charleston
Alonzo White
Jerry Hogg
White
Mass youth pleads guilty to second degree murder in VA case
Massachusetts youth Damien Bagut 18 pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the 1995 slaying of Mount Hope tavern owner Christopher Reardon. Bagut, Quinones, and a third juvenile faced adult charges. Bagut faces at least 10 years to serve. Quinones remains at large with a fugitive warrant issued.
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Mass
Fayetteville
Massachusetts
Mount Hope
Damien Bagut
Fayette County
Charles Vickers
Bagut
Miguel Quinones
Christopher Dennis Reardon
Reardon
Lochgelly
Summerlee
Quinones
New York
West Virginia
Fitchburg
Bobby Rivera
Mike
U.S
Southern
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