August 17 2005 News Briefs from Bdtonline
Local page summary notes Wednesday August 17 2005 events and updates from Bdtonline covering regional topics, figures, and notices. Includes brief items likely about community happenings, weather, and local items of interest.
Weather Outlook: Clouds Scatter. Patchy Morning Fog
Today will be mostly cloudy in the morning then partly cloudy. Fog may form in the morning followed by a chance of showers and thunderstorms as the day progresses.
Carlito the caiman charms crowds at Los Angeles park
A 200-pound caiman named Carlito delights park visitors at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park in Los Angeles by snatching tossed food. The Southwestern Herpetologist Society plans to capture it for eventual transplant to the Los Angeles Zoo, a process expected to take about a month.
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Caiman
LOS Angeles
Ken Malloy Harbor
Carlito
Jarron Lucas
Southwestern Herpetologist Society
Lucas
Park Rangers
Los Angeles Zoo
Central
South America
Lottery results for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia Daily 3 draws 0 0 8 and Daily 4 6 7 3 3. Virginia Pick 3 0 9 7 and Pick 4 1 3 8 1.
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West Virginia Daily
Daily
Virginia Pick
Delivery hotline for paper issues and delivery area
Contact the Telegraph for delivery problems at (304) 327 2802 between 7 am and 12 pm daily. Call by noon to ensure timely service within the limited delivery area.
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Telegraph
Tazewell County seeks to fill education vacancies
Tazewell County Virginia school officials race to fill several vacancies before opening day after losing 50 teachers and 24 support staff in June. Board chair Steve Davis says many positions have been filled, with only a handful in specialized areas still open as interviews continue.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Steve Davis
Princeton man’s murder trial opens in Mercer Court
Jurors in Mercer County Circuit Court begin deliberations on whether James Tooley killed Rashand Cosby in Princeton as a premeditated murder or was protecting his girlfriend. Evidence shows Cosby died from a gunshot at 605 Park Avenue after a break in.
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Princeton
Mercer County
James Tooley
John R. Frazier
Rash and Cosby
Park Avenue
Timm Boggess
Bill Harman
Princeton Police Department
Will Contin
John Frazier
Developer eyes Mercer site for equine park a bid by out-of-state firm
Mercer County Equine Committee Chairman Randall Price said a Colorado California backed developer seeks 1200 to 2000 acres between the Dan Hale Reservoir and Kee Dam for an equine park. The project would involve a public private partnership and is aided by access to a commercial airport and mall nearby with municipal ownership complicating sale.
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Bluefield
Dan Hale
Kee Dam
Mercer County
Four Seasons Country
Princeton
Randall OD. Price
Mercer County Development Authority
Holiday Inn
Price
West Virginia
Colorado
California
Ceres Alums Win Support to Restore Town Center
In Ceres Virginia Bland County residents rallied around a restoration project for a community center. Former Ceres School alumni organized a March 2000 reunion plan, and after floors and the agriculture building fell into disrepair the effort grew into a wider funding drive backed by the whole town.
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Ceres
Betty Hubble
Ceres Alumni Association
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