Tuesday December 20 2005 News Briefs
Local brief items dated Tuesday December 20 2005 cover regional happenings and community notices with concise reports on events, announcements, and local developments collected from the BDtonline site.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 2005
Page
1
Local brief items dated Tuesday December 20 2005 cover regional happenings and community notices with concise reports on events, announcements, and local developments collected from the BDtonline site.
Mostly sunny with highs near 35 degrees. Clear overnight with lows around 20 degrees.
In Athens County a German shepherd named Andi is listed as a defendant in a suit filed by Wayne Green. Green alleges a 2003 furniture-store search was illegal and seeks 450000. He claims officers entered an adjoining building without a warrant and says he felt endangered by Andi's presence.
West Virginia Daily 3 draws show 9 3 6 and Daily 4 5 2 5 6. Virginia Pick 3 delivers 8 6 6 and Pick 4 1 0 2 2.
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Mercer County businessman Bill Calfee protests a 60 percent rise in West Virginia turnpike tolls, warning it harms American Block Co. and Eastern Vault Co. by adding at least 50 000 dollars annually. He questions state maintenance funding and depreciation figures amid Memorial Day toll changes.
A general surgeon shortage expands across Mercer County with Princeton Community Hospital adding an emergency call schedule on Dec 15. Bluefield Regional Medical Center faces similar strain with only three surgeons on staff from four and ongoing recruitment efforts.
Chief Judge David A. Faber halves the remaining prison term for Terry Lee Church, former senior vice president of the failed First National Bank of Keystone, sentencing her to 12 years. Church, 52, received a total of 29 years and 29 days for three federal convictions, with about 64 and a half months already served. She apologized to FDIC shareholders, employees, and federal prosecutors, admitting guilt when the bank collapsed on September 1, 1999.
Bluefield area donations totaling more than 1800 dollars raised the Community Christmas Tree Fund past 20000 dollars with under 5000 needed to reach the 25000 dollar target. Sponsored by the Bluefield Daily Telegraph the program will provide toys candy fruit and gifts to about 800 needy children. A Friday party for the children is set for the Bluefield Youth Center on Stadium Drive. Contributions can be mailed to Bluefield Daily Telegraph c/o Community Christmas Tree PO Box 1599 Bluefield WV 24701 Make checks payable to Fund.
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