Mercer County Sheriff posts show fitness test failures and hiring need
Sheriff Donald Hare reports only 3 of 12 applicants passed the physical exam after 16 of 26 passed the written Civil Service tests. Tests include basketball toss, broad jump, pullups, and a timed run. Hare plans to hire six more jail staff and may hire civilian jailers. Announcements to be made by the Civil Service Commission.
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Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Donald Hare
Hare
Mercer County
Sgt
Robert Baughman
Randall Earnest
Roy Compton
Les Catron
Civil Service Commission
Christmas Hypothermia Study Finds Winter Deaths Tied to Intoxication and Shelter Gaps
A 10 year study by the CDC on Washington DC hypothermia deaths shows 82 percent lacked adequate housing or were intoxicated, with 54 victims including 42 black men. Christmas week emerges as peak cold weather period, reflecting holiday stress and alcohol-related risk.
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Atlanta
National
Centers For Disease Control
Washington, D.C
CDC
Phil Nieburg
Nieburg
Washington
Bethlehem Christmas visits fall as security tightens
Bethlehem reports a 40 percent drop in Christmas visitors from last year amid recession and war spillover in Lebanon. Despite weak tourism, hundreds of troops patrol Manger Square and police enforce a new liquor ban to curb rowdiness, with Lebanese Christians joining Palestinian worshippers for the first time in years.
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Bethlehem
West Bank
Lebanon
Judean
Israel
Manger Square
Church of the Nativity
Elias Freij
Jordan
Beirut
Palestine Liberation Organization
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Walter Smittle
U.S. District Court
Circuit Court
William O. Bivens Jr
Princeton
Robert E. Holroyd
Mercer County Bar Association
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Smittle
Princeton Senior High School
Princeton Boosters Club
John Robinson
Robinson
Boosters Club
Bluefield Country Club
Deborah Garton
John R. Frazier
Bivens
Frazier
Jerome Katz
Law Library
Howard Jarrett
David W. Knight
Jacksonville
Fla
Barbara Hawkins
Christ
Freij
Avraham Sharir
Helen K. Linkous
W.va
Leslie Fay
Lady Carol
Schrader Sport
DW3
Pedestal
Marty Gutmacher
Lovely
Maria Kim
Bonnie & Bill
Chaos
Fashion Colony
Panther Sportswear
Panther
Famous Name
Petite Sportswear
Famous Maker
Prestige
Century
White Stag
Trissi
Fire Islander
Topnotch
Astor-One
Lady Caribou
Mim
Mercer Mall
SALE
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Stone & Thomas
Collegetown
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