World Changers take to rapids in West Virginia project
About 120 World Changers volunteers moved from refurbishing Charleston area homes to a whitewater trip with Drift-A-Bit Whitewater Rafting in Fayetteville. The team, mostly single adults aged 18 and up from multiple states, spent a week repairing 12 homes funded by Charleston through a Community Development Block Grant.
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World Changers
Charleston
Fayetteville
Sherri Risk
World “Changers Youth Missions
Stonewall Jackson Junior High
Fayette County
Brenda Ballard
United States
Jerome Collins
Maryland
Ohio
Tennessee
Georgia
South Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
Arkansas
Kansas
Collins
West Virginia
Risk
City of Charleston
New
Independence Day celebration marks 37th Alderson event
Alderson prepares a five day Fourth of July festival themed Lets Celebrate in 98 with a bicycle race on July 4 at 10 a.m registration at 9 a.m. The program includes firemans rodeo EMS competition July 2 Memorial Field and July 3 home coming banquet deco rating contest and July 4 grand parade car show tug of war Miss Fireworks crown and river races including a 3000 prize duck race on the Greenbrier. The Coasters Drifters and Platters perform July 3 at Memorial Field and other acts perform through July 5 with the event described as the Mountain States largest Independence Day celebration. Co chairs are Russell Kirby and Edward Hardesty.
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Alderson
Tri County Fire Department
Memorial Field
Andrew Pierce
Greenbrier Boys
Monroe
Lindsay Gabbert
Morgan Ormsbee
Johnna Waugh
Greenbrier
Mike
Bishop
Sweet-N-Sassy
Austin Bradley
Tri County
Russell Kirby
Edward Hardesty
State police K-9 units return to duty across state
After a yearlong pause the state police K-9 teams resumed work with 12 dogs five narcotics seven patrol. Sgt. M A Mayes and Trooper J R Pauley led re certification and in service training at the State Police Academy. The unit plans expansion and intensified interdiction efforts as Bud and other dogs assist in schools camps and roadside searches.
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State Police Administration
J.R. Pauley
Beckley
Pauley
M.A. Mayes
State Police Academy
Bud
Beaver
Mayes
Cpl
R.C. Jones
Benno
G.M. LeChalk
Yago
Summersville girl crowned 1998 Cherry River Festival Queen
In Richwood the 1998 Cherry River Festival Queen's Pageant named Amanda Acord of Summersville queen. Ten contestants from Richwood Nettie and Summersville competed in interview streetwear and evening gown as the Richwood High auditorium watched. Acord will represent the festival at the 1999 Charleston pageant.
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Richwood
Cherry River
Nettie
Summersville
Richwood High School
Amanda Acord
Wayne
Susan Acord
Alisha Facemire
Camille Ramsey
Charleston
Acord
Tawnia Key
Ramsey
Williams
Johns
Facemire
White
Ivy and Stone
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Andrew Noyes
Register-Herald Reporter
MD Morgan
the Register-Herald
Steve White
Hewitt
M.I. Crouse
Pepper, Nason & Hayes
Maxwell Hill Furniture
Maxwell Hill RD
Morgan Orchard
Psychiatric Sewices, Inc
Andrew Caldwell
M.S.W
L.L.C.S.W
Crystal Whittington
M.A
Kerri Linton
Suzanne Elliot
L.P.C
Market Road
Raleigh Mall
Nell Jean Square
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