Year ends with worries and small-town hopes for 2008
Larry Hypes, a Tazewell High School teacher and Daily Telegraph columnist, reflects on a year of turmoil from wars and rising prices to job strain and social shifts. He notes high crime, debt defaults, and medical gaps, yet sees a revival of community staples in small towns as a hopeful countertrend.
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Larry Hypes
Tazewell High School
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Baily Telegraph Staff Notes
The document lists staff roles at the Bluefield Daily Telegraph including William Randy Deason as Publisher and Thomas A Colley as Executive Editor. Samantha Perry is Managing Editor with duties as News Editor and Sports Editor.
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William ‘Randy’ Deason
Thomas A. Colley
Samantha Perry
Lawmakers seek bigger loans to fund Tazewell school plan
Southwest Virginia delegates draft legislation to raise the state literary loan fund cap from 7 million to 12 million per project. The move aims to speed renovations across Tazewell County including electrical upgrades, heating and air conditioning, window replacements and some restroom work for county schools as officials push a 25 million funding package.
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Tazewell
Anne Crockett Stark
R-Wythe
Phillip Puckett
D-Russell
Dan Bowling
D-Tazewell
Southwest Virginia
Tazewell County
Blacksburg
County Board of Supervisors
General Assembly
Brenda Lawson
David Larimer
Puckett
Larimer
Stark
EMTs Go Above and Beyond in Bluefield Rescue Squad Aid
A Bluefield WV Rescue Squad EMS team including Paramedic Jason Grose and EMT Kyle Cray provided emergency care for a burn victim. They transported the patient to a hospital and then to a burn center, while hospital staff and Wal-Mart donated clothing and funds to support the patient’s transport and stay.
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Bluefield
Jason Grose
Kyle Cray
Wal-Mart
ER Department
Sam Pennington
WV Rescue Squad
Take the Risk by Ben Carson Inspires Personal Responsibility
Star Parker reviews Dr. Ben Carson’s Take the Risk detailing his rise from poverty to Johns Hopkins neurosurgery, the value of family discipline and faith, and a practical approach to risk assessment focusing on best and worst outcomes. The piece highlights Carson’s background, achievements, and his message for American resilience.
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Carson
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Detroit
Boston
Ben
The
Academy of Achievement
America
God
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