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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1997
Page
1
Beavers celebrate 14 0 season as Fred Simon receives ovation at Bluefield High School auditorium. The Beavers, champions in Class AA, praise Heavenly Father and family in a public assembly.
Tazewell County School Board unanimously approves pursuing a voluntary service education policy for students. The plan, backed by principals, aims to recognize one exemplary student monthly for service in school, church, or community, with parental consent and a shift to the term service education.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports the D Community Christmas Tree Association saw $850 pledged on Monday, totaling $1,495 toward a $12,500 goal for the Dec 23 noon event at Bluefield Auditorium. Donations can be mailed to Little Jimmie, 928 Bluefield Ave., or dropped at the newspaper offices. gifts aid local children.
Oscar nominated actor Robert Downey Jr. was cuffed and jailed for six months after Malibu Municipal Judge Lawrence Mira found him in violation of probation by failing to stay clean and sober. Downey showed support to his wife and brother as he was led from court.
Princet on a Lake Shawnee crash sent Candice Akers 15, of Matoaka, to a Charleston hospital after a 17 year old Toyota Celica pulled into the path of Charles Nichols 52, Bluefield, on Route 10. The F-150 pinned the Celica after both vehicles went over an embankment at about 7:45 a.m. The 17-year-old driver escaped description.
Three people were taken to Princeton Community Hospital after a collision at Lake Bottom inside A-3. Nichols remained in stable condition while a 17 year old driver was treated and released. Candice Reed Akers was flown to Charleston Area Medical Center in critical condition. Rescue officials described stabilizing both vehicles with the Princeton Rescue Squad using a winch and tow cables.
Annette Osborne passed the gavel to Steve Smith at the Annual Installation Banquet as incoming Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce Chairman and CEO Smith pledged a 1998 focus on people. Osborne lauded staff and volunteers, recalling 1997 highlights including the Turn the Page literacy program and the Mountain Festival.
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