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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1997
Page
7
Kathy Kish reflects on regrets as a daily paradox from oxymorons to small life ironies. She recalls rodeo dreams, tonsil surgery ice cream guilt, and aging science while noting reader tips and a hotline dispute involving psychic services.
Renaissance village festival October 18 seeks period street acts magicians jugglers dancers singers and musicians. Stormy Knights living chess game added. Villagers receive $25 meals camping or dorm-room cot. Arts orgs may join for booth fee. Call Pat Cowdery at 304-558-0220 ext 131. Also deadlines for Virginia arts rosters fellowships grants and teacher incentives.
Bluefield owner Jimmy Gilpin took a raspberry metallic 1940 Ford Coupe from a restoration to a WV State Fair trophy as one of the top 10 cars out of 150 entries. He bought the car in 1992 after a chance meeting and had it rebuilt and artfully graphics added by North Carolina and Concord, NC craftsmen. Gilpin has competed in about 20 shows, earning 10 trophies, and recalls dirt-track race days in the late 1950s.
Occidental fashion shifts toward Asian inspired silhouettes and colors with mandarin collars, kogai closures and silk brocades. Designers including Vivienne Tam Oscar de la Renta and Ghost mix traditional motifs with modern cuts while accessories and cosmetics echo Chinese themes. Consumers find Chinese brocade bags bamboo prints and lotus motifs fading into mainstream chic.
A Virginia reader asks about inheritance taxes and how wills interact with taxes. The columnist quotes experts noting no state inheritance tax currently, federal taxes apply above thresholds, and a future plan to raise tax-free amounts toward a million dollars. An estate tax and tips to avoid taxes are discussed, plus a note on collecting dialysis tabs for charity.
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