Boat Parade kicks off Tygart Lake cleanup drive
The Boat Parade Sunday at 2 p.m. marks the start of the Seventh Annual Tygart Lake Clean-up Campaign running through July 4. Preregistration is Saturday noon to 6 p.m. at Tygart Lake Marina with trophies awarded Sunday.
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Tygart Lake
Wildcat Hollow
Taylor County
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
Earl Tressler
Tygart Lake Dam
Tygart
Tygart Lake Marina
Corps of Engineers
Tressler
United States
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
Ohio River
Parkersburg
Two Trucks Collide in Grafton No Injuries Reported
A Thursday noon collision at St. John's and East Main in Grafton involved trucks driven by Peter Johnson and Earl Pysell. Both drivers uninjured. Johnson's vehicle sustained about $57 in damage. No citations issued. A second item notes the Taylor County Senior Citizens Center will close June 21 for West Virginia Day.
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Grafton
St. John’s St
East Main St
Grafton City
Peter Johnson
Thornton
St. John's St
Main St
Earl Pysell
Tunnelton
Johnson
Taylor County
Senior Citizens Center
Washington St
West Virginia
Colletta Kuhnes
Knotts
Mountaineer
Tygarts Valley Trail Riders
Wdtv-Tv
Channel 5
Harley O. Staggers
C.N. Harman
J.D. Hinkle Jr
Buckhannon
Samuel
Cochairmen
Alice Compton
Thomas Keys
Aeromech, Inc
Bridgeport
First National Bank
Bicentennial Parade Set for Next Weekend in Grafton
The Grafton Bicentennial Parade led by the Kiwanis Club is set for Saturday June 26 at 2 pm with 69 groups in five divisions. The route runs from East Main Street to Riverside Drive ending at Grafton High School. Parade marshal is Dr Richard E Shearer with judges from outside the area.
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Grafton
Kiwanis Club of
Ronald Knotts
William Woodyard
Knotts
Railroad Station
Don Shaffer
John Durkee
Ed Whitescarver
Bill Weaver
Don Harman
Richard E. Shearer
Alderson-Broaddus College
Philippi
Bonnie Casto
Butch Bryant
Miss Post
City's Blue Flu ends as police and firemen return
Police and firemen return to work after a City Council session in Grafton where City Attorney Daniel Oliver declared the city will not accept petitions on ordinances 366 367 and 368 which raise garbage fire and police services funding. Negotiated pay raises for all city employees will be funded from a 50 cent monthly increase on the three services. Oliver cited insufficient petition signatures as the reason to reject a referendum move.
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Bill Byrd
Grafton
Daniel Oliver
C. Lowell Mason
Oliver
Donald Wagner
Mason
Charleston
Tax Commission
Hulley
Wagner
James George
Bill Workman
Ford Reagan dine in Des Moines Iowa event ties to delegates
President Ford and Ronald Reagan attend a $25-apiece testimonial dinner in Des Moines as Iowa begins naming its 36 convention delegates. The AP survey shows Ford leading with 960 delegates to Reagan's 873, 170 uncommitted and 255 to be chosen, with Iowa among the remaining swing states.
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Washington
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Iowa
Mary Louise Smith
Des Moines
Reagan
GOP
Associated Press
Town
Weather and missing Weatherwatcher at Grafton plant
A Weatherwatcher at the Grafton Wastewater Treatment Plant is listed as missing this morning while a substitute declines to forecast. Yesterday's highs reached the 80s, with 66 in the morning and 83 in the afternoon. The AP forecast calls for mostly sunny skies today, followed by increasing clouds, showers, and thundershowers later, with cooler overnight lows and weekend rain chances.
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Grafton
Associated Press
Petitioners seek legal advice on referendum petition dispute
GRAFTON A circulator disputes city findings on a referendum petition regarding garbage, police, and fire service rate hikes. Council meeting attendance is blamed on work. petitions claim 30 percent voter support and separate petitions per state law. City Attorney Oliver cites a 15 day window from publication for protest and notes lack of petitioner representation at the meeting.
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Grafton
Daniel Oliver
Donald Knotts
Hulley
Knotts
Maxine Stewart
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Painter’s Jewelry Company
Lowell Mason
A. James Manchin
REAP
Mack Rollins
Taylor County Recreation and Boat Club
Harry T. Rowe
First Baptist Church
Pete Colangelo
The
Merle Haddix
RJ. Cooper
Mountain Statesman
Charles Lantz
BPOE
Richard J. Cook
Consolidated Gas
Clarksburg
John Hodge
E. Middaugh
Foxcrest, Inc
John Hulley
Robert Louden
Albert Lansbury
Dorcas Crawford
William Manley
W.va
Crawford and
Lansbury
State Supreme Court
West Virginia Supreme Court
Crosswar
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