Community Christmas Tree Donations Totals Report
Donations to the Community Christmas Tree fund were listed from multiple donors including From All Joy Employee with 100 dollars and Risk Equipment Company with 500 dollars. The notice records memorial gifts for Bill and Georgia Stanley by Daniel and Shirley Jessup totaling 500 and 850 dollars respectively, bringing the running total to 18,844 dollars.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
c/o
Community
Bluefield
All Joy
Risk Equipment
Bill
Georgia Stanley
Daniel
Shirley Jessup
Veterans charity drives and history of West Virginia VFW
Mary Bess, widow of a VFW leader, notes the West Virginia VFW awards and sales of poppies with proceeds to needy veterans and a Bible given to deceased members. The group maintains an honor guard and supports schools, hospital work, and Katrina relief. Lawson says the VFW is 106 years old as the world’s oldest veterans organization.
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VFW
W.va
Bess
Mary Bess
Lady’s
VFW Auxiliary
Lawson
Bush defends Iraq war as polls show support for stay
President Bush warned against rapid troop withdrawal to avoid abandoning Iraqi allies and emboldening terrorists. He cited commanders and troops in the field as sure the war is not lost. Critics like Rep Murtha and Senator McCain questioned strategy despite polls showing public support for staying until stabilization.
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Iraq
John Murtha
D-Pa
United States
U.S
Apipsos
Capitol Hill
Army
Marine Corps
John McCain
R-Aziz
ABC
McCain
Senate
Democratic
Harry Reid
Bush
War plans to preserve Big Creek High School as historic site
Big Creek town leaders seek to convert the former Big Creek High School into a museum and cultural center with a coal miner museum and a small hotel for Hatfield and McCoy Trail visitors. The school may be donated to the town, with a nonprofit to secure future grants. Groundbreaking for a new K-8 school in War began, with demolition of the old football field.
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Hatcher
Mark Manchin
Manchin
Mario Poletti
Tazewell man killed in I-77 crash near Bland County
Clinton Edward Turley, 24, of Tazewell, died after a 2:53 a.m. crash on southbound I-77 near the 58 mile marker when his 1994 Honda Civic struck a broken down tractor trailer. Turley was pronounced dead at 6:14 a.m. at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Investigating officer K S McCall of the Virginia State Police led the inquiry.
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Turley
Galyean
McCall
Will Czarnik
Wczarnik
Bdtonline
Theft Reported At North Street Civic Development
Police blotter notes a wallet stolen at a North Street Civic Development Telecommunications business at 2 18 p m with Patrolman A B Palmer responding. A man found on a sidewalk at Advance Auto Parts Cumberland Road at 12 25 a m was waiting for a ride was not lying down and was picked up by the awaiting ride with Patrolman J D Vance responding.
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Bluefiel Department
North Street
Civic Development Telecommunications
A.B. Palmer
Advance Auto Parts
Cumberland Road
J.D. Vance
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Eric DiNovo
Walter Lawson
Black Rock
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gene C. Bess
VFW Department of West Virginia
Montcalm High School
A.1
America
Big Creek
Tazewell
West Virginia
St Aso
Travel and Leisure Golf
Alabama
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
RTJ
Rtjgolf.com
Regex Tans Jones
Champio
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