Bell ringers shift as Salvation Army uses paid fundraisers
In Richmond the Salvation Army relies on paid bell ringers amid volunteer shortages as kettles spread across more sites. Last season Richmond raised 140000 with 37000 in costs while nationwide the charity tallies 66 million from about 20000 kettles.
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America
Salvation Army
Maj
Tom Jones
Arlington
Dan Delaney
Delaney
Army
Roanoke
Winchester
Norfolk
Davises celebrate 70 years of wedding bliss
John and Evelyn Davis marked their 70th anniversary at Glenwood Retirement Village after marrying on December 20 1927 in a Tennessee crossing. He later built lanes and a carpentry legacy in Bluefield while she tended a farm home life, raising five children. The couple has 13 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
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Lenwood
John
Evelyn Davis
Glenwood
Evelyn
Bob Pleasance
Bristol, Tenn
Sheila Davis
Tennessee
Davis
Ohio
Bluefield
Little French Beauty Academy
Cumberland Road
Gene Davis
Fincastle Lane
Peterstown
Deregulation Moves in Virginia Utility Discussion
State Sen. Jack Reasor Jr led talks in Richmond on electric utility deregulation as a 1998 bill planned. The Electric Utility Restructuring Subcommittee met four and a half hours with about 25 speakers, aiming to debate reform and pre‑empt others. Ed Barber announces run for Watkins’ House seat. Virginia Power may push its own bill in 1998. The issue, called major, affects all Virginians.
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Jackson E
Jack” Reasor Jr
Richmond
Commonwealth
Reager
General Assembly
Thursty
Yeay
Nomber
Reasor
Jackson E. ‘Jack’ Reasor Jr
Senate
Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Charles J. Colgan
Manassas
Reaser
Virginia Power
del. John Watkins
Midlothian
Joseph Benedetti
Colgan
Watkins
Chesterfield Board of Supervisors
Ed Barber
House of Delegates
Barber
Board of Supervisors
Chesterfield County
Community shows prosecutor true meaning of holiday
McDowell County prosecutor Sid Bell lost his Welch home in a December Tuesday fire traced to an electrical cause probably a ceiling fan. The blaze, which destroyed the house while Bell was in court, left the family with help from neighbors and relatives as investigators from the state fire marshal’s office probed the scene. Bell plans to rebuild at the charred site, noting Christmas preparations were underway and that the community has been generous.
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Sid Bell
Bell
Welch
McDowell County
Gary
Tony Domingo
Roger York
Bipartisan push to curb abuse of legislative privilege
In Norfolk, Virginia, a bipartisan effort seeks to limit use of legislative privilege to only legislative business. Senators Stolle and Walker and Delegate Croshaw urge reforms after Del. Robinson III used privilege to delay hundreds of court hearings. A Virginian-Pilot review shows he sought privilege in 566 of 731 delays.
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del. William P. Robinson Jr
Kenneth W. Stolle
Stanley C. Walker
Norfolk
Del
Glenn R. Croshaw
Virginia Beach
Robinson
Croshaw
Stolle
Mexico
Virginian-Pilot
General Assembly
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