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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 2004
Page
5
Keesecker predicts a huge shopping weekend as a statewide tax holiday reduces costs. Princeton residents Amy Sweeney Sharon Lilly and Teresa Wimmer welcome the break saving money on school clothes notebooks pencils and more while preparing for back to school shopping with families.
The tax break covers items such as diapers baby clothes and clothing for adults plus household items including aprons belts hats robes and costumes. It excludes games MP3 players and certain electronics while including computers up to 750 dollars and educational software dictionaries and musical instruments.
Bluefield Kmart manager Gary Beever notes the tax holiday will lift economy and West Virginia sales. He adds extra weekend staff as McDowell County and Virginia shoppers flood in for a three day event. Governor Wise launched the tax holiday in 2002 with further holidays in 2003 and 2004. last year exempt items saved taxpayers $1.9 million from $31.7 million in sales. This year savings are projected around $2.2 million. Contact Jody Neal at meal bdtonline.com.
Princeton Community Hospital approves contract negotiations with a Tennessee management group after a closed session. The board, voting 10 to 7, also pursued expedited certs for an on-site MRI at 583000 with 450000 from Alliance, and opted for Level 3 trauma status.
Cresaptown Md witnesses testified at an Article 32 hearing about graphic photos taken by members of the 372nd United States Army Reserve. The case centers on Spc. Angela England and six other reservists amid a prison abuse scandal at Camp a prison in Iraq. England faces 13 counts of abuse and six counts for explicit photos.
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