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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 2010
Page
4
Samantha Perry recalls a family tradition centered on glass squirrel ornaments. She describes 1970s holiday decor with real trees, big bulb lights, and heavy tinsel, and laments the loss of cherished keepsakes amid health struggles and busy lives. She hopes to revive the memory by finding the squirrels this season.
Cluefield Baily Telegraph shows Darryl Hudson as Publisher and News Editor with Samantha Perry as Managing Editor and Andy Patton as Senior Editor. City Editor Brian Woodson is noted alongside Bill Archer and Charles Owens. A biblical verse from Colossians is included.
Amid heavy snow sleet and freezing rain Tazewell County canceled classes for the rest of the week and likely the year. Mercer and surrounding districts use inclement weather policies with bus routes altered and parents allowed to keep children home. Officials emphasize student safety with excused absences and make up work.
The letter argues against political correctness in holiday naming and Christmas displays. It questions attempts to remove or alter Christmas in public spaces and schools, cites ACLU actions, and defends Christmas as a cultural and spiritual message centered on Jesus as savior.
Bluefield Virginia readers can explore books about kindness including The Candy Bombers by Andrew Cherny. The Berlin Airlift tale centers on ordinary men who became heroes with candy drops to Berlin children and pilot Gail Halverson known as Uncle Wiggly Wings.
The Bluefield area roundup highlights the library acquiring The Candy Bombers and notes seasonal kindness. It mentions Dominion Resources buying land for Bluestone River Wind Farm and community opposition, plus local chatter about taxes, theater, rhubarb slang origins, and a remark on rising fuel costs.
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