Friday December 26 2003 events list
Brief calendar entry noting activities and announcements published on December 26 2003 across bdtonline listings. Contains scattered items from local events and notices with no single focal point.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 2003
Page
1
Brief calendar entry noting activities and announcements published on December 26 2003 across bdtonline listings. Contains scattered items from local events and notices with no single focal point.
Mostly sunny skies forecast today with temperatures in the 40s, about 20 degrees warmer than yesterday. WVVA weather team provides the outlook.
Faithful observe Christmas amid ongoing threats as communities brace for potential danger. A UK lab confirms a U.S. diagnosed mad cow case, prompting renewed scrutiny of food safety and public health safeguards.
The Union Mission spent the holiday season aiding the hungry. Staff and volunteers organized meals and distribution, reflecting community support and charitable action during a challenging period.
Pittsburgh police report a thief returned a stolen car days after it vanished, delivering a blue envelope with keys and a letter of apology to the owner. Joan Wisokey and cousin Janet Hartman planned shopping when Hartman’s car with a purse, $200, and heart medicine disappeared. The car was recovered nearby.
The West Virginia Daily results list numbers for three lottery draws: West Virginia Daily 3 shows 6 7 1, Daily 4 shows 9 5 2 0, Virginia Pick 3 shows 7 1 5, Pick 4 shows 4 8 8 0. The brief contains the latest drawn sequences.
For Bethel United Methodist Church in Princeton a Christmas memory marks renewal after a July 2002 fire destroyed the former home. Members celebrated their new building dedicated in August at the original site and shared relief that services now occur in a full church. Deanna Farley called the season like a child discovering new toys, noting how the facility offers a fuller experience than before.
Christmas at White Oak mobile home park brought a jewelry theft worth about 200 dollars with a two day gap in the timeline. A two vehicle crash on Route 20 near Sun Valley injured one person and left the Cavalier overturned with the driver ejected. Monroe County reported a separate hospital transport. overall the holiday was quiet beyond these incidents.
Myra Hicks of Bluefield delivered Charity Hope Hicks, a 12 pound 3 ounce baby girl born at 12 08 p.m. Christmas Day at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Charity Hope measured 23 1/2 inches. Hicks called her daughter the best Christmas present.
Kindness acts during the holidays touched a Princeton family and their Siberian huskies. Johnny and Bonnie McCarty raised six puppies with Casino and Cherokee as parents. One pup found a home, five stayed with the mother in a garage. A poisoned husky named Red recovered and wandered away before Karen Hall later found him and reunited him with the vet who had treated Red.
The 11th annual Kwanzaa observance gathers at 6 p.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Bluefield with Dr. Anthony Woart leading and Anne Marie Woart aiding children in lighting candles for the seven principles. Alma Littlejohn notes this year's event will differ.
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