Hanukkah Traditions Gather For Bluefield Dinner
Bluefield residents discuss Hanukkah observances at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. Families gift children on eight nights, begin with a dreidel, and join Rabbi Beth Jacowitz for a Saturday synagogue dinner. Families plan nightly menorah lighting and festive meals. The Hebrew lunar calendar places Kislev late autumn to late December.
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Doris Sue Kantor
Bluefield
Kantor
Beth Jacowitz
Phyllis Horwitz
Ahavath Sholom
Steve
Alice Ann Brady
Community memorial donations total continues rise
The listing shows numerous contributions from Jimmie Sexton to Paul and Annie James with amounts ranging from $25 to $250. Notable givers include the Lawson Family, Rennie Iddings, Catherine Turner, Ann K. Hillier, and the Owens, with gifts dedicated in memory of loved ones and for the five grandchildren Laken Maggie Brookelyn Lexie and Jerry Jr. The running totals note a current total of $4,679.00 with prior totals of $2,464.00 and new additions totaling $2,215.00.
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Baisden
Ralph
Elizabeth Hughes
Ann K. Hillier
Thomas
Wilma Jean Owens
Paul
Annie James
Charles F. Neal
Emily
Barbara Frye
Little River
S.C
Drug sweep nets pills guns and suspect arrests in Bluefield area
Detectives with the Mercer County task force and four agencies raided a Brushfork residence on a drugs distribution case. They recovered a substantial quantity of pills cash and a large piece of equipment believed stolen. Arrests included Terry Mullins and Joanna Mullins and suspects from Princeton Bluefield Montcalm Crystal and Prince ton.
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Bluefield
Brushfork
C.J. Smothers
Mercer Sheriff’s Department
Smothers
Joanna Mullins
Arnold Carlo Fee
Princeton
Lonnie Pearson
Sadler
Bill Arc
Barcher
Bottonline
Warner lauds regional growth at Bluefield Elks Lodge
Governor Warner praised Southwest Virginia’s progress and his Virginia Works plan during a chamber dinner in Bluefield. He credited bipartisan fiscal fixes, the AAA bond rating, and a $1.5 billion public education investment while highlighting regional highway efforts and a push to keep young people in their hometowns. He noted recruiting Jim Spencer to the Virginia Resources Authority and discussed acquiring the 600 acre Stowers farm as a regional park with West Virginia partners. State Senator Phillip P Puckett introduced him and lauded chamber support.
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Warner
Bluefield Elks Lodge
Bluefield
Virginia
Hokies
ACC
Jim Spencer
Tazewell County
Virginia Resources Authority
Virginia General Assembly
Grundy
Charles Carter
Board Chamber
Phillip P Puckett
D-Russell
Chamber
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David Lawson
Hannah
Concord University
David W. Breneman
Hanukkah
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Maxwell Dowell
Jill Renee Sells
Montcalm
Darin Fuller
Jevondalan Farmer
Stanley Bumpus
Justin Burton
Crystal
Norman A Griffey Sr
Glenwood
David A Smith
Lojrren Webb
Mullins
Burton
Bumpus
Webb
Bluefield Beaverrs
Anple
Beavers
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Beaver
Maefield Daily Telegraph
Wayne
Hite
Daily Telegraph
Binsfield Batty Betate
UNS Bae
Bluefield High School
Bluefield Avenue
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