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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 2004
Page
1
After a record breaking cool morning the day will be mostly sunny with cool temperatures. Highs should reach 68 to 73 degrees as the WVVA Weather Team notes light winds and comfortable air.
Police from Bluefield West Virginia and Bluefield Virginia teamed to stop Jason Hicks 32 of Bluefield Virginia after a two state chase. Sgt. James Altizer disabled the suspect’s vehicle with a spike strip and a Bluefield K nine Seeta captured Hicks after he fled on foot. The incident began when Patrolman J T Brooks reports Hicks rammed a vehicle and tried to ram him off the road before crossing into Virginia on Route 460. Hicks was apprehended about nine twenty four p.m. and the spike strips were set west of the Pocahontas by pass.
Virginia State Police said Barbara Ann Gilbert 55 of Richlands died when her 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee left Route 609 about three tenths mile south of Route 811 in Tazewell County and plunged over a 100 foot embankment. Found at 2:15 a.m., she was alone and not wearing a seatbelt. The crash remains under investigation.
Keyona Dashkovitz and her aunt Marcia Mulins visit a local Bluefield department store as West Virginia's sales tax holiday continues over the weekend. The event, captured by Sund Ca staff photographer Eric DiNovo, draws families seeking savings on back to school items.
Julia Wood, 84, has exhibited at the Bluestone Valley Fair for 51 years earning 61 ribbons for baked goods last year and nine Premiere Vegetable Exhibitor awards. She has shown cucumbers and potatoes and entered canned goods and quilts in past fairs though eyesight limits this year. She plans to continue quilting at home and has given away about 60 quilts.
Shoppers and merchants celebrated West Virginia's sales tax holiday with busy aisles at Kmart Bluefield where Gary Beever reported brisk sales of clothes footwear and school items. Parents like Heather Graham said the savings help stretch dollars as Corie and Adam Graham faced shopping for back to school attire.
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