After Christmas Musings Look Toward 2008
A diary style reflection on the day after Christmas 2007, weighing whether to take down decorations, planning post holiday sales, and looking ahead to 2008 with hope and resolve. It notes the year’s headlines like Virginia Tech, heat waves, and local developments, with editor Charles Owens signing off.
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Mom
Mom’s
Virginia Tech
Mercer County
McDowell County
Pocahontas State Correctional Center
Tazewell County
White House
Cluefield Daily Telegraph Buzzes With Staff Roles
William Randy Deason serves as publisher while Samantha Perry remains in top editorial duties. Thomas A. Colley is executive editor with duties as news editor. Sports editor Andy Patton and Brian Woodson as managing and senior editors hold key newsroom posts. A proverb underscores the issue of talebearing in pursuit of harmony.
Alcohol risks rise during holidays warns health coordinator
A health message warns that alcohol related crashes kill Americans during the holidays. Citing Yale and Cornell studies, it describes crash timelines from a 55 mph impact and urges no alcohol use by youth, modeling safe behavior, and supporting enforcement. Travis Helmondollar promotes Safe & Drug Free Communities in Bluefield West Virginia.
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America
Yale
Cornell
Roosevelt
Travis Helmondollar
Community Connections, Inc
Bluefield, W.va
Vacancy tax for abandoned Bluefield buildings debated
A Letter writer urges Bluefield city to impose a vacancy tax on uninhabited buildings and to condemn derelict properties like the Colonial Theater and Hotel Matz. He cites downtown decline, proposes fines, possible city ownership, and conversion to affordable housing or mixed use to revitalize the area. The piece mentions past local sites and references local figures.
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Donahue
Constance Bennett
Dick Egan
Susie
Bluefield
Matz
King Coal
Sandra Dee
Troy
H. L. Peake
Falls Mills
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Congress Earmarks and Pork Fill Latest Omnibus Bill
The piece critiques the $555 billion omnibus and $459 billion defense bills with an Alaska ferry plan dubbed a ferry to nowhere. It notes earmarks for a Canton Ohio first ladies museum, Los Angeles signage, Kentucky rural preparedness, and a Prosser Washington wine center, amid calls for curbing wasteful spending. It mentions Bush could ignore nonbinding earmark language and cites scrutiny of Stevens and Young.
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Ashington Congress
George W. Bush
House
Ted Stevens
Rep
Don Jones
Anchorage
Matanuska- Susitna
Jones
Stevens
Young
Congress
Canton
Ohio
Ralph Regula
Ida Saxton McKinley
William McKinley
Regula
National Park Service
Los Angeles
Kentucky
Prosser
Wash
Washington, D.C
Nowhere
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Daily Telegraph
Owens
Cluefield Daily Telegraph
William ‘Randy’ Deason
Samantha Perry
Thomas A. Colley
Andy Patton
Brian Woodson
Bill Archer
J LJ
Bush
Capitol Hill
Dan Thomasson
Thomassondan
Aol.com
Dan K. Thomasson
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