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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1997
Page
1
Chicory Square wraps its season with the Horizon Pace event on C-2, showcasing local talent and a final showcase finish. The program highlights community performers and a closing feature to cap the season.
Gov Cecil Underwood renewed a call for churches civic groups and businesses to join in efforts to place welfare recipients in work and improve lives. Mission West Virginia a private nonprofit based in Huntington will use about 225000 seed money from his remaining inaugural funds Emerson Wood the Huntington minister will direct the group which will seek private donations and eschews government funding. Wood is retired from Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church and the only other staff member is David Rogers the governor says private aid must supplement government programs and churches should offer space for tutoring health services and volunteers.
A resignation at City Hall leaves Tom Vidovich’s administrative assistant position vacant. Vidovich said he is reasonably sure the resignation occurred Monday, with the desk cleared Tuesday. Officials confirmed the resignation but offered no comment on rumors of a forced departure. Pannell declined to speak, city solicitor Feuchtenberger said the city will honor his wishes regarding comment and records.
Charleston AP report says the Public Employees Insurance Agency asks the governor to add 36 million to next year’s budget to cover an operating deficit. Senate Finance Chair Osher Craige notes the Legislature cannot keep Funding excesses annually, as the agency projects a 12 million deficit and has already received 10 million cushion this year. The board last raised premiums in 1991.
A 911 call reported a two year old run over on West View Street. Det. R C Martin said Christopher Tate was struck by his grandfather Robert Harman’s car as Harman pulled away. Christopher had no broken bones and was in stable condition after treatment at Princeton Hospital.
West Virginia loses Acken Signs after 26 years in Bluefield as the firm relocates to Virginia’s Tazewell County reopening outside Bluefield’s town limits. The move adds 80 Virginia jobs with plans to double size in five years, while West Virginia faces minimal impact per local economic official Rick Moorefield.
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