Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV

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December 29, 2009

AFTERNOON UPDATE - Shott Foundation makes $500,000 donation

BLUEFIELD, Va. – The Hugh I. Shott, Jr. Foundation presented $500,000 today to a project that will bring new athletic facilities to Graham High School and the town of Bluefield, Va.

Today’s presentation at GHS was part of a $1 million grant made to the effort to build two new gynasiums behind the school, said R.W. “Buz” Wilkinson, the foundation’s president.

For more on this story and other news, read Wednesday’s Daily Telegraph.

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