Love story leads to engagement at Holiday of Lights
Darrell Compton of Carter Machinery and Morgan, CASE coordinator for teen pregnancy prevention, met at East End Baptist Church and became engaged after a prayerful proposal. He proposed with a ring in a Christmas box during a Holiday of Lights outing, planning a June or later wedding, sharing their faith and future plans with a newspaper reader.
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Ghost Riders aid Union Mission Christmas distribution
North Carolina Ghost Riders members from near Rockingham join Union Mission in Puls to assist Christmas food distribution. Fireball notes Campbell’s Soup outlet nearby and annual canned goods discounts while Quesenberry explains tamales and toys reach clients. Christmas Eve meals started as a tradition 25 years ago with no prior notice to the mission. Craig Hammond remarks on the surprise visit in 1986 and ongoing support.
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Community Christmas Tree drives aid for 725 area children
Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports the Community Christmas Tree program and Little Jimmie party at Bluefield city auditorium on December 23 from noon to 2 PM. Volunteers shopped at Bluefield Kmart. TLC Dental Care donated toothbrushes and toothpaste. Donations to date total 30,122.50 with many families contributing in memory of relatives.
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Police arrest Mercer County man on purse snatching charge
Bluefield police tracked a suspect after a purse was snatched from a shopper at Kmart. Det A L Crook assisted, and Matthew Perry was arrested after midnight. The victim’s purse was recovered in the store’s men’s room. money not recovered. The suspect was released on bond.
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West Virginia lawmakers push prescription-only pseudoephedrine
In Huntington, Democrats Don Perdue and Ken Foster advocate making pseudoephedrine prescription only to curb meth labs. They cite profits by retailers and pharma interests, support NPLEx real-time tracking, and note health impacts. Perdue cites gel capsule alternatives as a possible solution.
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Ken Foster
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