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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 2001
Page
1
A regional budget shortfall threatens to end the truancy program, while warnings about uninsured help and holiday stress prompt doctors to offer practical tips. The report underscores A-5 level policy impacts, community health guidance, and urgent service access as holidays approach.
PRINCETON Mercer County Chamber of Commerce board of directors will meet at the PMCCC office instead of the regular luncheon. A 5 to 7 p.m. reception is planned as thanks for the directors' work over the past year. All directors and ex-officio members are invited.
West Virginia Daily reports results for the state lottery. Daily 3 numbers were 7 4 3 and Daily 4 numbers were 4 2 5 8.
Congress approved the major education reform sought by President Bush, allowing more federal money to districts while demanding higher student achievement. The Senate passed 87 to 10 and the House previously approved 381 to 41. Bush hailed the plan as era advancing reforms aimed at accountability, state flexibility, local control, and funding for effective programs. He expects to sign into law soon.
Janet Mabe of Glenwood carried the 2002 Olympic torch through Huntington and Charleston on Tuesday, sharing the moment with about 30 family members. Selected as one of 25 West Virginians, she greeted relatives along Kanawha Boulevard and kept the torch after lighting another flame, saying the experience was wonderful and ending too soon.
Residents in Tazewell Virginia debate Gov Jim Gilmore plan to finish phasing out the car tax by 2004 and abolish it by 2005 through a constitutional amendment. Local critics warn losses to education and other projects unless replacements are found. Charles Bowman Falls Mills and Charles Thomason Bluefield oppose eliminating the tax citing revenue gaps.
PRINCETON Two of three Bluefield High School students expelled this year for violating the Safe Schools Act can return to school at the beginning of next semester. They were expelled ast June for 12 calendar months after an unloaded revolver was found under a bush on school grounds. Two boys later told administrators and police they persuaded a classmate to surrender the weapon. A special hearing examiner, Judge David Knight, conducted two hearings May 24 for the student who brought the gun and for the two who took and hid it. Knight was appointed because one student is the son of Mercer County Board of Education member Janet Williams. Superintendent Dr. Deborah Akers spoke after the expulsions.
Bluefield appeals to reach 12 000 goal with four days left. Daily Telegraph spearheads drive to provide gifts for hundreds of needy children. Saturday noon event at Bluefield Auditorium to celebrate and raise remaining funds. Contributions requested by mail to Bluefield Daily Telegraph box.
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