Local news brief from August 3 2005 edition
A concise reading notes Wednesday August 3 2005 coverage from BDtonline highlighting a sequence of regional events and notices. The item references community updates, civic matters and brief items from the Wednesday edition.
Weather Outlook for Today and Tonight
Today will be mostly sunny with areas of fog in the morning and highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds. Tonight, mostly clear with lows in the lower 60s and light variable winds.
Smithills Senior Brass Band to Perform at Bluefield College
The Smithills School Senior Brass Band of Bolton England, a decade of world and national titles, will perform at Bluefield College Harman Chapel on Aug 3 at 7 p.m. The event, freewill offerings invited, is sponsored by Bluefield High School Bluefield College Bland Street United Methodist Church and East River Mountain Town Band.
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Bluefield
Smithills School
Bolton
England
Bluefield College
Harman Chapel
Bluefield High School
Mel Saunders
Bland Street United Methodist Church
East River Mountain Town
Tamarack
Saunders
Great Britain
Stavanger
Norway
Smithills
Sch
Lottery results from West Virginia and Virginia notices
West Virginia Daily sample draws report West Virginia Lottery numbers Daily 3 five seven three and Daily 4 seven eight six four. Virginia Pick 3 one seven four and Pick 4 five two nine zero.
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West Virginia Daily
Daily
Virginia Pick
Pick
Delivery questions for Telegraph delivery line
Contact the Telegraph re delivery at 304 327 2802 from 7 am to 12 pm seven days a week. Call by noon to ensure timely delivery within the limited delivery area.
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Telegraph
Residents rally for crime fight at National Night Out
Bluefield residents join South Bluefield Neighborhood Association at East River Playground for the first annual National Night Out event. Neighbors discuss lighting porches and community steps to curb drugs, citing past supervision and safer streets.
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Bluefield
National Association of Town Watch
Betty Jo Worrell
Grassy Branch Road
Worrell
South
Milford
U.S. Territories
NNO
Manchin weighs food tax rollback and holiday plan
Gov. Joe Manchin weighs two proposals to ease the WV food tax. A rollback would cut the 6 percent rate by 1 percent each year until elimination. A monthly food tax holiday would wipe the tax on food items one day per month.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Joe Manchin
Manchin
Virginia
Manchin vows to eliminate the food tax
Manchin said he intends to remove the 2.5 percent food tax within his term while keeping fiscal discipline. He stressed the need to cut state debt and provide relief to residents, including those shopping across borders for groceries.
Rahall dedicates Chicory Square in southern West Virginia
3rd District Rep Nick Rahall D WV Va dedicates Chicory Square in a ceremony Tuesday crediting his work bringing millions for coal heritage programs including the Bluefield project Attendants stood with hands over hearts during the national anthem for the dedication ceremony
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Luefield
Bluefield
Nick Rahall
Dwy Va
Rahall
West Virginia
Chicory Square
SBNA backs two tier plan for gas rate increase
SBNA proposes a compromise with Bluefield Gas Co to the Administrative Court Law Judge after a June public hearing. The PSC and Bluefield Gas had settled on a 3.45 percent rate rise, reducing revenue from the January 2005 request by about $330,000 annually, with SBNA seeking mandatory lower rate structures for low and fixed incomes.
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Bluefield
South Bluefield Neighborhood Association
Bluefield Gas Company
SBNA
Blaine Braithwaite
Public Service Commission
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