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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 2007
Page
2
The article notes growing Christmas time volunteering by Jewish groups. Rabbi Elana and prior leaders stress mitzah, charitable deeds year round for youth in the Religious School program. Albert Rosen of Milwaukee began Christmas volunteering on December 24, 1969.
The Kammers collect donations and hand out candy canes outside the Holiday of Lights. A man upset about missing family on Christmas due to work reflects community hardship. Rosen began annual volunteering to keep a Christian home for Christmas, later filling in various roles for 28 years, including dispatcher and DJ. Terri Kammer stays hopeful for Christmas Eve snow.
Salvation Army’s World’s Largest Kettle will be on display at the Walmart in Bluefield Virginia all day Christmas Eve. An anonymous donor will match all donations dollar for dollar up to fifteen thousand dollars, doubling the impact in the Greater Bluefield community says Captain Jerry Lester.
Shoppers stretched shopping time into the final weekend before Christmas amid higher prices and a weak economy. Macy’s stores in the New York area stayed open late, Sears/Kmart offered 64 straight hours, and retailers touted deep discounts as holiday sales lingered. Industry forecasts varied about overall gains, with some analysts predicting modest increases in same store sales while margins tighten from heavy discounting.
Roy Rogers collector Roy Dillow of Bluefield Virginia discusses his lifelong devotion to the film star and the Sons of the Pioneers. He recalls meeting Rogers in 1972 and 1984 and notes rare memorabilia values, including a cap pistol set once costing 3.99 now worth about 5000. Dillow maintains thousands of Rogers photographs and outfits, attends annual roundups and festivals, and followed Rogers Jr. to Branson.
Virginia delegation aims to file a bill at the Jan 9 start of the 2008 session echoing last year’s Stark proposal. The board seeks to finish renovations with a $25 million county loan, excluding Graham High School from heating upgrades already installed to replace an old boiler system.
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