Friday December 5 2008 Daytona Online Brief
Local page bdtonline.com delivers a compact Friday edition item dated December 5 2008. The notice highlights a community update and links to further details on the site.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 2008
Page
1
Local page bdtonline.com delivers a compact Friday edition item dated December 5 2008. The notice highlights a community update and links to further details on the site.
A speaker recounts believing a South Florida radio prank claimed Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez were fooled by a staged joke. He says he refused to be punked and notes the elaborate nature of the ruse.
A Stromboli Pizza manager said venison was not on the menu after a customer saw a cook carving a deer in the kitchen. John Okumus claimed he shot a doe and left the carcass there for a friend to pick up, while the health department found no citation after investigating the incident.
West Virginia Daily 3 produced 0 5 0 and Daily 4 5 4 6 2. Virginia Pick 3 yielded 7 2 1 and Pick 4 1 5 4 2.
The notice provides contact details for subscription questions, home delivery issues, rack sales, mail delivery, or the e edition. It states the circulation department is open seven days a week with hours 6 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday and 6 am to noon on weekends, plus morning redelivery through 12 pm in a limited area. Customer service number is 304 327 2800.
A grateful community from Brushfork and beyond packed the National Guard Armory to salute 500 soldiers of the 1st Battalion 150th Reconnaissance Squadron and 230th Forward Support Squadron at their deployment ceremony. Command Sgt. Major James Alien led the Soldier's Creed as Lt. Col. Robby Scarberry praised the unit as cream of the crop. Major General Barnette and Adjutant General Tackett addressed the crowd, acknowledging deployments as never timely and praising the soldiers.
Law enforcement officials report a drop in traffic fatalities in southern West Virginia coalfields. The Coalfields Highway Safety Program logged 42 deaths in 2007 across Mercer, Monroe, McDowell, Wyoming, and Summers counties, while by late November this year the count stands at 27. Coordinator Dave Cook credits police presence and heightened education for safer driving and higher seatbelt use.
Richlands and Cedar Bluff, two towns in Tazewell County, propose boundary adjustments to place Richlands High School and Richlands Middle School within their respective municipal limits. Both towns submitted similar plans and completed two required public hearings, with the final hearing held Tuesday for Cedar Bluff. Officials now seek additional details from each town by January 1.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph sponsors the Community Christmas Tree campaign known as Little Jimmie. As of Thursday donations total 2 708 dollars, leaving 22 292 dollars to reach the 25 000 dollar goal to provide toys books fruit and other gifts for hundreds of needy children in the area. Each enrolled child will receive a gift bag with toys fruit candy cookies a book gloves and a toboggan.
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