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Irene McKinney won a poetry fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts

An extensive renovation of the McLure Hotel in Wheeling was completed

The Department of Mines was merged into a new West Virginia Department of Energy

The West Virginia Motor Speedway was built at Mineral Wells

The Mountain Stage first national broadcast was live from Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina

A grant from the Benedum Foundation provided funds for renovations to three buildings at Beckley College (now Mountain State University)

The WVU Mountaineer mascot figure was registered as a U.S. trademark

Walter Dean Myers received the Coretta Scott King Award for his books

A section of Myrtle Beach became the Mountain State's unofficial shoreline

John Norman received the Congressional High Technology Award

Northfork High School was absorbed into Mount View High

Pence Springs Hotel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

Denise Giardina wrote Saints and Villains

William K. Simmons stepped down as president of Glenville State College

The state began to collaborate with private landowners in sharing cost of aerially treating forestland with insecticides

Judge K. K. Hall argued that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should have the power to regulate tobacco

The He-Man Golf Tournament was first held

Homer Hickam retired from NASA

Homer Hickam published Rocket Boys: A Memoir, about Coalwood

Homer Hickam published Rocket Boys: A Memoir, about Coalwood

Rocket Boys: A Memoir was selected by New York Times as one its "Great Books of the Year"

Rocket Boys: A Memoir was nominated by the National Book Critics Circle as Best Biography

William Hoffman wrote Tidewater Blood

Lonnie Bender purchased the Linger Chair Factory

Mary Lee Settle wrote Addie

Mary Lee Settle wrote Addie

Paul Marshall retired from architecture and moved to South Carolina

The McLure Hotel was purchased by Pelican International Properties

Glen Ferris ceased generating hydroelectric energy

Few descendants of the original settlers lived on Irish mountain

Stonewall Jackson Lake State park opened

William W. Clem was reelected Jefferson County surveyor

J. D. Waggoner became executive secretary of West Virginia Library Commission

The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover were inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Association's Hall of Honor

Meredith Sue Willis published Oradell at Sea

The West Virginia-Western Maryland Snod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America claimed 15,488 baptized members in 62 congregations

Excel Homes built a factory at Ghent with plans to build more than 1,000 modular homes

A doctorate of psychology was added to Marshall University

Circulation of the Blues Revue was 31,000

West Virginia Chamber of Commerce has more than 1,400 member companies

Charlest Town Racing expanded to 3,500 video slots

West Virginia Association of Fairs and Festivals had 132 member events statewide

Davis & Elkins College enrollment hit 603

Dow had annual sales of $33 billion and employed 46,000 people

Harold Hayslett was reported to have made a total of 65 violins, 1 viola, 61 cellos, 1 double bass, and 6 bows

West Virginia had 97 public library systems serving from 175 facilities and 7 bookmobiles

Mylan Pharmaceuticals was ranked third nationally when more than 200 million Mylan prescriptions were filled

The Morgantown Mylan Pharmaceutical facility employed more than 1,500 people

West Virginia North and West Virginia South districts and the Nazarene congregation in the Eastern Panhandle reported a total of 121 congregations, 14,500 members

The value of West Virginia tobacco crop dropped to $3,710,000

Reported 27.4% of adults in West Virginia smoked