Bluefield Christmas Parade and Community Events
The Bluefield High School Junior Civitan Club sponsors a 10 a.m. Christmas Parade on North Street with Main Street Bluefield and the Greater Bluefield Jaycees. Also today an 8 11 a.m. pancake breakfast with Santa at Nemours Raritan Club Community Center, adults four dollars, kids under 12 two dollars, proceeds for community service. On Sunday December 14 the Mercer County Historical Society hosts a Christmas Open House at Wiley Cabin, and the Bramwell Millionaire Garden Club holds its 15th annual Christmas Candlelight Tour from Bramwell Presbyterian Church with tickets five dollars and a post tour reception at Margaret’s Catering. For details, Alma Anello at 248 7477.
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Bluefield High School Junior Civitan Club
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Greater Bluefield Jaycees
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Nemours Raritan Club
Santa
Mercer County Historical Society
Wiley Cabin
Oakvale Road
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Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
Bramwell Millionaire Garden Club
Bramwell Presbyterian Church
Margaret's
Alma Anello
Crash rescue saves four year old in wreck
At 1 40 p m Princeton Rescue Squad and East River Volunteer Fire Department freed Blankenship from a wrecked car after 13 minutes. A four year old child riding with Blankenship was not injured. Johnson refused treatment. Blankenship was undergoing evaluation in the PCH Emergency Room.
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Princeton
East River
My Sy
Blankenship
Johnson
PCH
West Virginia trade mission promotes rural tourism to Germany
Commerce official Bob Reitsema said the mission contacted 15 of Germany's major tour operators and several agreed to include West Virginia in their catalogs. German tourists favor outdoor activities like hiking and a fall foliage tour here could attract them. Reitsema cited a projections of three million Germans visiting the U.S. next year seeking the real America and rural adventures.
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Wise
Bob Reitsema
Germany
West Virginia
Reitsema
U.S
America
Daily Record Police Blotters Mercer County Sheriff Dept
Mercer County police blotters from December list incidents December 9 to 11. Included are attempted larceny after an ambulance backed into parked cars behind the Health Center in Green Valley, vandalism to a 1995 Ford Contour on Alvis Road, burglary involving six video tapes and two stuffed toys at a Kegley mobile home park, destruction of property from a window on East Second Street with a juvenile suspect, and a Wickham Avenue break-in with no forced entry. December 11 presents warrants for John Harmon and suspension on Anthony Matherly, plus a larceny report from 139 Mercer Street and a separate destruction of property case involving Jeffrey French. Deputy investigations noted throughout.
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Mercer County Health Center
Green Valley
C.J. Smothers
Ford Contour
Alvis Road
Kegley
East Second Street
Princeton
M.T. Smith
John W. Harmon
C.R. Hutchens
Anthony Ross Matherly
Route 6
W.A. Peery
Mercer St
P.W. Hill
Jeffrey French
Trooper Cruey Released After Wreck Injures Virginia Trooper
RICHLANDS Va Virginia State Police Trooper Robert Cruey was released from Bristol Regional Medical Center after being rear ended at a red light on Route 19 460 near Wardell. Cruey complained of neck and back pain and was airlifted to the hospital. The other driver Herbert M Cline 67 was charged with reckless driving. During the same town Bluefield High School Choir hosts a Dessert and Carols program at 7 p.m. at Bluefield Arts and Craft Center with free admission and fund contributions for the choir.
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Richlands
Virginia
Robert Cruey
Bristol Regional Medical Center
Cruey
Wardell
Herbert M. Cline
BRMC
Bluefield
Bluefield High School
Bluefield Arts and Craft Center
Concord College Unity Rally Spurs Race Relations Debate
Concord College students and staff described a campus unity after a racist incident sparked a peaceful march. President Dr. Jerry Beasley and BSU leader Chad McGraw praised handling of the event as a step toward harmony, while attendees pledged to pursue accountability and ongoing anti racism efforts across the diverse campus community.
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Student Government Association
Chad McGraw
BSU
Concord College
Jerry Beasley
Sweet Harmony
Concord
Concord United Methodist Church
Sarah Holroyd
Beasley
Holroyd
Harmony
FBI
Bluefield State college task force Eyes Future Changes
The article describes an action oriented task force for Bluefield State College and its plans to develop a thorough demographic profile. Members include Sylvester Myers Donald Pitts Clifford Moore Mary Frances Brammer and others, with meetings open to press and public on January 15. The piece notes historic context dating to the 1960s and the need for financial commitments to drive improvements.
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Long
Sylvester Myers
BSC
Beckley
Donald Pitts
Clifford Moore
Council of Southern Mountains
Mary Frances Brammer
Bluefield Middle School
Jean Gilbert
Appalachian Academic Development Center
Robert Chambers
SVCC
Ergie Smith
Ex Marine found guilty in pregnant beating trial
In Charleston, ex Marine David Rabb was found guilty on all four counts of kidnapping, robbing, and beating Julia Leopold, nine months pregnant, in a January parking garage attack. The jury recommended life without parole. Prosecutor Bill Forbes appealed for no mercy, noting the tire iron used and Rabb’s actions.
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Charleston
Kanawha County
Bill Forbes
David Rabb
Julia Leopold
Rabb
Forbes
Leopold
Descartes
FBI operations cited on campus during Concord case probe
FBI agents are in Athens today as part of an investigation into the Concord matter. U S Attorney plans to vigorously pursue the case. After students received open season on black students documents, about 500 joined a unity march Friday to discuss the issue.
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A-1
U.S
Athens
Long
FBI
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Marshall
Bluefield Chamber
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Bluefield State
Eric DiNovo
Tyler Shelton
Shelton
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