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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 2004
Page
4
Larry Hypes recalls growing up before calculators and computers while teaching at Tazewell High School. He contrasts memory of manual skills, reading newspapers, and limited TV with today’s calculators, internet use, and digital devices, stressing continued value of books and careful use of computers to enhance learning.
The piece lists Clarion staff including Executive Editor Thomas A Colley and Managing Editor Samantha Perry with editors and writers named. It ends with a biblical quotation about eternal life and keeping the commandments.
Governor Bob Wise denounces Abercrombie & Fitch for a cruel West Virginia T shirt showing a boy and girl in a kiddie pool within the state outline. He labels the design a stereotyping money grab and calls for West Virginians and others to ignore the product.
East River Volunteer Fire Department members J R Clark and Jason Hilling of Princeton joined 23 West Virginia firefighters who left August 16 for California. They help build firewalls near the California Oregon line and will return to Mercer County by mid September.
Falls Mills Virginia hosts the Falls Mills Fishing Club Appreciation Day from noon to 7 pm with public attendance invited. The club, founded in 2003, stocks trout and catfish and relies on volunteers for stocking and lake cleanup. membership costs 100 dollars per year for families or 3 dollars a day for single day access.
The Kerry Edwards team names Sharon Brinkman Windle and Vicky Douglas as co chairs for West Virginia Women for Kerry. Bluefield officials discuss a for profit utility plan, while the Workers' Compensation notes cut Medicaid payments and a DHHR computer system delay prompts a return to the old system. AG Darrell McGraw fires an employee over unauthorized spending as a memo warns staff of ongoing fraud probes and gift bans.
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