Four Seasons Country mourns Tazewell leaders and coaches
Larry Hypes memorializes local figures Douglas Freeman judge Fred Combs and Glynn Carlock as community giants who shaped Princeton and Bluefield through justice, mentoring, and athletic leadership Their legacies urge ongoing growth and service across Tazewell County amid recent losses.
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Rinceton
Tazewell
Bluefield
Four Seasons
Princeton
Douglas Freeman
Ron Lively
Freeman
Fred Combs
29Th Judicial District
Fred
Glynn Carlock
Judge Combs
Cluefield Daily Telegraph Staff Lineup Noted
William Randy Deason publishes as publisher with Thomas Colley serving as executive editor and managing editor. Senior editors include Archer Charles Owens Allen Roberts and others. The text includes a biblical quote from John 8 24.
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Vowel Archer Charles Owens Allen Roberts
Bluefield Barons shine in first Alliance game victory
Bluefield’s semi pro Barons drew nearly 4000 fans to Mitchell Stadium for a 33 to 0 win over Bristol’s Virginia Storm in their Alliance Football League debut. Veterans from G-Men Beavers Bulldogs and other teams played, proving the town’s football fervor and the Barons’ solid start. The squad, built by Bill Dudley and supporters, vows to uphold Bluefield’s standards as they prepare to host Greeneville, Tennessee, next.
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Mitchell Stadium
Barons
Virginia Storm
G-Men
Beavers
Bulldogs
Mountain Lions
Golden Knights
Bluefield
Bill Dudley
Bluefield Barons
Dudley
Real drug solutions urged by mayor and recovery advocates
In a letter to readers a CMA Co-Director praises Mayor Garry Moore for initiating a real discussion on the drug epidemic. The writer urges inclusion of medical and addiction treatment experts, clergy, law enforcement, and voices from recovery to address root causes and reduce revolving door relapses.
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Grand Jury
Garry Moore
Rev. Moore
Moore
Hoss Kitts
Bright Side of Life Mockery Skewers Bush Disney and Iraq
John Hall surveys a week of political and corporate pandemonium with a Monty Python flair. He jokes that President Bush vacations in Crawford as Iran pursues a nuclear program while Disney logs stock gains amid Ovitz-Eisner friction. He notes Iraq moves toward a constitution and sports persist despite scandals as Americans cling to optimism.
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John Hall
Ashington
Brian
Crawford
Texas
Bush
Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Tehran
International Atomic Energy Agency
Ahmadinejad
United Nations
U.N
Walt Disney Co
Kofi Annan
Delaware
Disney
Michael Ovitz
Senate
George Mitchell
Roy Disney
Ovitz
Major League Baseball
Black Sox
Lance Armstrong
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Kelly
Amy
Mark
Elene
Carlock
West Virginia
Virginia
Glynn Jr
Ann
Coalwood
Yukon
War
Big Creek High School
Graham
Larry Hypes
Tazewell High School
Daily Telegraph
Na LD Lad
Cluefield Daily Telegraph
William ‘Randy’ Deason
Thomas A. Colley
John
Samantha Perry
N. Korea
Benjamin Franklin
Republic
Constitution Committee
Baghdad
Washington
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