Friday December 9 2005 News Briefs
Local brief roundup from Friday December 9 2005 covers community updates and events as reported by BDtonline with names, places, and dates referenced in concise items.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 2005
Page
1
Local brief roundup from Friday December 9 2005 covers community updates and events as reported by BDtonline with names, places, and dates referenced in concise items.
Windy and cold today with a high around 30 degrees. Mostly clear overnight with a low near 21 degrees.
AP reports music stars Beyoncé, Rihanna, and others among top Grammy nominees. Five deer climbed a five story parking garage near Charles Town and leaped to their deaths, confusing authorities. Police found remains on a service road beside a security van. The cause remains unclear.
Thursday evening lottery numbers were not available at press time. No results or payouts could be confirmed. Readers are advised to check later editions for the official numbers and prize details.
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Richlands Va residents are urged to line downtown streets for a Lynchburg bound send-off for undefeated Blue Tornado ahead of a Group AA Division 3 state football final against Turner Ashby. Organizers expect gatherings around 9 to 9:15 a.m. with the bus departing at 9:30 a.m despite potential snow.
An overnight mix of snow sleet and freezing temperatures creates treacherous road conditions with 1 to 3 inches of snow and sleet and up to 0.2 inch of ice. Meteorologist Ken Kastura of the Blacksburg Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory and urged caution and extra travel time as continuous snow showers ease by about 10 a.m.
Bluefield donations of 3105 Thursday raise the year’s Community Christmas Tree total to 6675. The drive still seeks 25000 to help 650 children and ends with mail donations to Bluefield Daily Telegraph c/o Community Christmas Tree PO Box 1599 Bluefield WV 24701 or at the office. Checks payable Tree Fund. Thursday’s contributions include 2000 from Danny and Lecia Smith in memory of family members and 250 from Kaitlyn Raub for Little Jimmie A-5.
Princeton volunteers take part in a 12 hour Salvation Army Radio Thon from John Eye Big Sandy Superstore showroom to boost a mail appeal that is described as way behind. Captain Burl LaBatte hopes the broadcast will catch the drive up to past levels while Bob Spencer notes the Food for Thought program partnership as the plan accelerates fundraising efforts.
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