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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1990
Page
7
Mercer County Health Right a free clinic at Bluefield Union Mission will adjust hours and days. It will be open free to those in need from 6 to 9 p.m. with new schedule starting January and continuing on Thursdays, replacing previous Esdi night openings.
Bluefield State College launches a children's gymnastics program starting Tuesday January 8. Registration begins at 5 30 p m in the Shott Physical Education Building. Enrollment is 25 per child with contact options at the Office of Continuing Education including toll free numbers for state and out of state calls.
West Virginia Home Educators Association announces a new mailing address WVHEA P O Box 3707 Charleston WV 25337 3707 and lists services including a testing program with April testing and an early registration deadline January 14 1991 For information or membership contact Nancy Imhoff Huntington at 733 4735 or Lynn York at P O Box 206 Serena KY 384 9275 Free CPR classes offered Princeton area hospital provides free infant CPR sessions for parents with children birth to two Held January 8 and 15 from 6 to 8 PM in Nursing Administration Conference Room Registration deadline December 31 Call 487 7283 or 325 5459 extension 283
The UNION MONROE Interagency Task Force will hold a community information fair in February. Monroe Community Services is preparing a Resource Handbook to be given at the fair. Organizations wishing inclusion or participation should contact Monroe Community Services with their information by January 1. For details mail P.O. Box 403 Union 24983 or call 772-3381.
Princeton garbage pickups shift during Christmas and New Year. Christmas Eve December 24 will run very early. residents should place trash out the night before. No pickups on Christmas Day. Tuesday pickups move to Wednesday with regular routes. No pickups on New Year’s Day January 1. Tuesday’s pickup also moves to Wednesday.
Five years ago in 1985 Bluefield dipped to one below zero as residents demanded plumbers and mechanics amid extreme cold. Today’s forecast calls for milder weather with highs near 40.
Virginia voters backed a constitutional change allowing seizure proceeds to stay with law enforcement. Del. George F. Allen proposes up to 90 percent returned to agencies involved in raids, with remaining funds for admin costs and a statewide general account. The plan would take effect July 1.
A man believed killed when struck by a car on the Montcalm road near Matoaka High School remains missing. Mercer County Sheriff Don Meadows said the victim, a white male in his 30s, has not been identified and no missing person report has been filed. The driver’s name is not released and no charges have been filed.
Bluefield police will drive party-goers home within city limits from about 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. calls go to 327-6101 not 911. Officers pick up residents with no questions asked, encouraging designated drivers. DUI penalties include license loss, fines up to 500 dollars, and possible jail terms.
Gene Dillon of Lashmeet, a 53 year old widower, spent Christmas alone as two of his sons serve in Desert Shield. Craig, 20, in the Air Force, reached Saudi Arabia on his 20th birthday, and Eric, in the Navy since 1986, serves on a nuclear submarine in Hawaii. Dillon expresses pride and hope for their safety and homecoming.
United States activists from YWCA Greenpeace Gray Panthers and Mercer County Peace Coalition urge a CTB as 18 nuclear nations plan a United Nations Test Ban Conference in New York. Bell notes nationwide support and calls for end to nuclear testing post Cold War to curb leaders like Saddam Hussein.
AP report warns motorists on the 60 mile Tolsia Highway from Huntington to Williamson face risks from deep potholes sharp curves and scarce guardrails. In six years the route has over 50 fatalities with 11 of the last 16 deaths by head-on crashes amid calls for four lanes and more coal truck regulation.
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