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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 2007
Page
5
Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports a knife wielding suspect attempted to rob a McDowell County convenience store at 2 a.m. He wrestled a pistol from a store clerk and fled on foot toward Panther. Trooper J W Keffer confirmed key details and said the case is under investigation.
Jack Ball, known as Colonel Kringle, blends public safety leadership with Santa duties dating to 2000. A former Amherst County director of public safety and Orange County emergency management chief, he visits EMS workers, firefighters, and seniors, spreading holiday cheer and emergency preparedness.
A veteran impersonator in Orange County explains adopting the Santa Claus persona as Colonel Kringle. He wears a homegrown uniform, shares dye and wig details, and describes the family’s multi location approach to spreading Christmas cheer. Children respond with wonder as he explains the relatives’ big job.
Obituaries include funeral details for a Jefferson City area family with a 7:00 p.m. service on December 17, 2007 at Farrar Jefferson City Chapel and a 1:00 p.m. December 18 interment at Oak Hill Memorial Park. Pallbearers named. arrangements by Farrar Funeral Home. Also listed is Robert Musick, 73, of Bluefield who died December 14, 2007 at Princeton Community Hospital. Surviving family includes wife Shelby and four sons, a daughter, grandchildren and great-granddaughter, with services set for December 17, 2007 at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel followed by entombment at Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
Funeral notices list Jerome Edward Eddie Boyd at 1 p.m. at Singleton Funerals2 Service Chapel Cedar Bluff burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill. Pearl Wimmer Cooper at 1 p.m. at Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands with interment at Cooper Family Cemetery Pea Patch. Nancy Lee Blevins Foster at 1 5 p.m. Bluewell United Methodist Church burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton.
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