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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 2007
Page
2
A brief item from bdtonline.com dated Friday December 14 2007 outlines local happenings and upcoming city events with terse notices and few specifics. The notice emphasizes date relevance and community notices broadcasting time-sensitive details.
Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell discusses his 20 month investigation into the use of performance enhancing drugs in baseball. He says commissioners club officials the players association and players shares bear some responsibility for the steroids era. Nasdaq diary notes 1488.41.
In Roxbury Connecticut a custodian’s after hours karaoke prompted a police response. A teacher barricaded herself in a classroom thinking a Guns N’ Roses song was a threat after hearing one voice say she was going to die. Six troopers and three police dogs found three teens, one a custodian, who had been playing with the PA system. They were cuffed briefly. no charges will be filed.
West Virginia Daily Lottery numbers show Daily 3 3 7 6 and Daily 4 3 4 1 1. Virginia picks include Pick 3 1 2 3 and Pick 4 4 8 7 1.
Questions about paper delivery to the Telegraph should call the delivery line at 304 327 2800 from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. seven days a week. Call by noon to ensure timely service within the delivery area.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports officials in Beckley say state funding may assist Mercer County in restoring commercial air service at Bluefield airport. Aeronautics Commissioner Susan Chernenko will request a consultant study funding on Jan. 9. Senator H. Truman Chafin suggests up to 1 million dollars over two years to subsidize service, with plans needed before January session. Robert Farley of the Princeton Mercer County Chamber urges regional cooperation including nearby counties.
Donations slowed to under seven hundred dollars as the Bluefield Daily Telegraph sponsored campaign seeks over nine thousand five hundred more to fund gifts for hundreds of local children. The Little Jimmie campaign marks the 90th year with a Friday December twenty first party at the Bluefield Auditorium starting at 12 30 p m and Santa’s arrival.
About 25 youths at Wade Center in Bluefield watch Dr Phil and Robin McGraw on WVVA as they join the Marine Corps Toys for Tots kick off in Tazewell Virginia. Shadeed Fitzgerald and Arien Porterfield appear in closing shot with a Norfolk Southern excursion train in the frame.
Bluefield city workers completed the demolition of parts of the old People's Bank Building and nearby Southern Office Supply complex, reopening Princeton Avenue between 3 and 3 30 p.m. Traffic had been detoured for about a week while crews leveled the site. Building official Gerald Steele said progress was steady and the road would reopen once cleared.
Repairs on the Thorn Street Bridge in Princeton are set to restart Monday December 17 after delays caused by the West Virginia Highways Department reassigning crews to McDowell County. City officials say sidewalks and potholes will be repaired and inspectors find the bridge sound. traffic must stay open to support Mercer Street businesses as weather permits.
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