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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 2002
Page
2
Brief notes from December 2 2002 cover local happenings with entities and places referenced in shorter form. Details are limited to readable segments, preserving names and dates while avoiding sensational language.
A look at WVVA programming tonight features favorites returning to demand in a holiday context. The piece asks when generosity becomes excessive as it previews high school gridiron focus on BHS's upcoming trip to Wheeling.
The Southwest District No. 67 FOP Auxiliary hosts a Santa breakfast on Saturday December 7 at the North Tazewell Lions Club Building Walnut Street Tazewell from 8 to 11 a.m. Adults pay 4 and children 2 with under 4 free Santa photos cost 1 each A coloring contest offers prizes and part of the proceeds benefit Easter Seals Evintion.
Editor note begins second part of two part series on the Greenbrier Pipeline. Mercer County residents led by Billy Joe Keatley oppose the $475 million Dominion Transmission plan to lay a high pressure gas line within 200 feet of homes from Cornwell Station near Charleston to the Mercer County Bland County line. Groundkeepers from Raleigh County join the effort to block construction through private property.
Arthur and Henrietta Banks endured the July 8 2001 flood in Landgraff McDowell County losing their home. Despite ruin they kept faith and received aid from National Guard youth groups and Mennonites. Their house, once the Houston Methodist Church parsonage, has become a renewed sanctuary.
West Virginia faces a 30 million dollar shortfall complicating but not derailing plans to fund teacher and judge retirement funds, trooper pensions, and debt service. House finance chair Harold Michael says funding benefits remains essential while govern or Wise orders a 3.4 percent agency spending cut.
The holiday season brings Santa to Mercer Street Princeton and Bland Street Bluefield with parades from Dec 14. Princeton Christmas Parade opens at 6 p.m. on Mercer Street, ending at the Mercer County Courthouse, sponsored by the Princeton Mercer County Chamber of Commerce. Peterstown plans a 7 p.m. parade Tuesday, sponsored by Parades A-10.
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