Saturday August 13 2005 Events Summary
Local web source BDtonline highlights a set of events dated Saturday August 13 2005. Coverage mentions community notices and activities with several entities referenced across the page. Details are limited in fragmentary OCR format and names or places are not fully clear. The item acts as a bulletin teaser for that date.
Mail carrier bitten by barking man in Houma
A mail carrier was bitten on the shoulder after a man named Mark D. Plumb, 20, of Butler, Missouri, ran from a house barking. Plumb was arrested for simple battery, claimed it was a joke, posted $165 bond, and was released from Terrebonne Parish jail.
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Houma
Mark D. Plumb
Butler
Todd Duplantis
Plumb
Terrebonne Parish
WV and VA Lottery Draws Reported
West Virginia Daily 3 numbers were 5 0 6 and Daily 4 numbers 4 8 4 9. Virginia Pick 3 was 4 2 9 and Pick 4 5 0 8 7.
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West Virginia Daily
Daily
Virginia Pick
Pick
Delivery questions for telegraph re-delivery line
To solve problems concerning your paper's delivery, contact the Telegraph re-delivery line at 304 327 2802 from 7 am to 12 pm seven days a week. Call by noon to ensure timely delivery within limited re delivery area.
McDowell County Adopts Come Grow With Us Motto
McDowell County officials unveil a marketing slogan come grow with us to promote renewal and optimism amid plans bringing 750 plus jobs from Stevens Correctional Facility Wal Mart Kimball project and a proposed federal prison Welch. The open December Stevens facility adds about 120 jobs and Wal Mart adds 300 by September.
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County Commission
Gordon Lambert
Lambert
County
Stevens
Kimball
Welch
Wal- Mart
Commission
Gas prices drive drivers to curb trips in Bluefield area
Residents and providers voice frustration as fuel costs surge with gas reaching 2.49 per gallon. Heidi Bolden of Princeton says she will limit travel to essential trips, anger and concern rising among locals over ongoing price hikes and their impact on daily life.
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Bluefield
Four Seasons
Heidi Bolden
Princeton
High profile lung cancer cases raise awareness in BLUEFIELD
In BLUEFIELD officials cite Peter Jennings and Dana Reeve battles to educate about tobacco dangers and secondhand smoke. Tobacco coalition coordinators urge quitting and warn against starting, promoting a statewide cessation line 1-877-YNOTQUIT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Peter Jennings
Dana Reeve
Christopher Reeve
Donald R. Reed Jr
Reed
Greg Puckett
Mercer County
Creating Opportunities For Youth Coalition
Lung cancer survival and mortality rates summarized
The information notes lung cancer as the leading cancer killer with five year survival of 49 percent when confined to the lung, 16 percent if spread within the chest, and 2 percent for distant spread. It lists death risk by age and gender, with percentages for men and women at ages 40, 50, and 60, and overall U.S. incidence and mortality figures.
West Virginia troopers destroy $21 million worth of marijuana
State troopers and partners spent an entire shift burning more than 9 000 cannabis plants seized over two days in Welch and Princeton. Led by Sgt. W C Tupper, the eradication raid involved conservation officers and National Guard helicopter support. The operation yielded 5 550 plants first day and 3 180 second day, with the largest plant reaching 12 feet, and an estimated street value of over $21.8 million.
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W.C. Tupper
Welch
Icopter
West Virginia National Guard
Tupper
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