Community notices highlight dances and local events
Beckley hosts ballroom lessons by Reggie and Nancy Kapteyn from 7 to 9 PM at St Francis de Sales gym with fees of 3 dollars for members and 5 for non members. Oak Hill asks girls softball candidates to meet coach Randy Day at 3 PM July 20 at the high school. Greenbrier boards to review bids for western Greenbrier junior high construction at a special 9 AM meeting Thursday. Rainelle Health Fair runs 1 to 4 PM August 7 at Rainelle Medical Center with health checks and door prizes. Rainelle Public Library held July 22 to 25 book sale starting 10 AM daily, 50 cents each or three for 1 dollar. Super Saturday features Electrostatics and Lightning at 2 PM with Van De Graaff and Tesla Coil at Bluefield Arts and Science Center. Astronomical Society of West Virginia meets July 2 at 7:30 PM at the center. Lonnie Bailey of Pineville announces a 16th volume The Paradise of Frolicsome Fools to be published by Watermark Press in November. Richwood’s Mary Claire Johnson named to Roanoke College dean’s list for 1997 98 and continues as a Register-Herald correspondent.
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Clinton grants target local drug problems nationwide
President Clinton released 32 million in grants to help local officials tailor anti drug strategies and expand mandatory testing and treatment for probationers and prisoners. The ADAM program showed regional meth use rising in the West and Southwest and cocaine losing appeal among young offenders as drug courts expand to 150 jurisdictions and meth grants reach six cities.
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Berlin Love Parade celebration draws half a million
Berlin rocked to techno on 50 floats as thumping megaspeakers filled the streets. Despite a one hour downpour, organizers estimate a mid afternoon crowd near 500000. The event began a decade ago with 50 people behind a Volkswagen van and has grown into a global tourist draw. Joerg Schoenbohm said the scene was so crowded that dancing was irresistible.
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