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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 2008
Page
1
A Tuesday December 2 2008 entry from Bdtonline com appears in the record. The fragment notes a local news item or brief with potential community impact and naming of a place or organization. Further readable details are unavailable in the fragment.
Today Icy morning precipitation with snow showers and overcast skies. Clouds break later in the day. High temperature around 36 degrees. Local forecast notes a gradual clearing trend through the afternoon.
Long Island Democrat Jonathan Lifschutz says OBAMA vanity plates sparked theft attempts after receiving them from the New York DMV days after the South Carolina primary. He hid the plates inside his car, caught a would-be thief, and now keeps old plates on his vehicle.
West Virginia Daily 3 numbers 1 8 3 and Daily 4 5 9 3 3. Virginia Pick 3 3 0 1 and Pick 4 1 4 4 0. No further details.
The notice offers help with home and e-edition delivery and rack or mail delivery. The circulation department operates seven days a week from 6 am to 5 pm weekdays and 6 am to noon on weekends. For redelivery, service is available through 12 pm in a limited area. Customer Service 304-327-2800.
President elect Barack Obama unveils a national security leadership lineup with Hillary Clinton as secretary of state and Robert Gates as defense secretary. He also names Gen James Jones as national security adviser and Eric Holder as attorney general, Janet Napolitano as Homeland Security secretary, and Susan Rice as U.N. ambassador. He says Iraq pact signals a transition period and reiterates a goal to withdraw most combat troops within 16 months.
Area residents lined Mercer Street for the annual Princeton Christmas Parade. Civic winners were Princeton Primary Show Choir first and Toys for Tots second. Business winners were Princeton Community Hospital first and Star 95 second. Religious top prize went to Shawnee Baptist Church with Pentecostal Revival Center second. Individual winner was Dunagan Farm.
Cedar Bluff requests a boundary adjustment to annex Richlands High School and Gateway Shopping Center into its limits. A public hearing is set for tonight at 7:45 p.m. in the Tazewell Board of Supervisors room to discuss the proposal which would add about 214 acres. Town Manager Jim McGlothlin says the move makes sense and would help property owners, noting Cedar Bluff has the lowest business license rate in the county.
Rafael Teet, 27, of Beckley, pleaded guilty to first degree robbery and firearm use in the April holdup of Hickman’s Pharmacy in Princeton. He received a 30 year sentence in Mercer County Circuit Court, with Latasha Williams, 21, also involved, fleeing in a white Buick after the high speed pursuit.
McDowell County soldiers from Delta Company Detachment 4 of the 230th Support Battalion prepare for deployment. A community send-off is planned at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the National Guard Armory in Welch with about 43 members. Donna Pedri leads the Family Readiness group and expects remarks from 1st Lt. Steven Moore and Welch Mayor Martha Moore. Mount View High School band and a Princeton Jr. ROTC unit will attend for flag presentation.
The Little Jimmie campaign offers 825 boost and expects 750 children to sign up over two days at the Bluefield City Auditorium. Families will not be turned away during the December 5 and 6 sessions, with gifts for children up to age 12 at the December 23 party. Volunteers assist with required ID and social security number details.
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