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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1990
Page
7
Garbage pickups in Princeton will shift during the New Year holiday period. There will be no collection on New Year’s Day, Tuesday January 1. Tuesday’s garbage will be collected on Wednesday January 2.
Gov Gaston declares both December 24 and December 31 as legal holidays in West Virginia after requests from county courthouses and city halls across the state. The action affects government offices and public dealings during the holiday season. Local officials welcomed the move as it standardizes holiday observances statewide.
The Commonwealth Transportation Board approves a $299,242 contract to Crosspointe Contracting Inc of Abingdon Virginia to install drainage devices on Interstate 81 between Route 666 and Interstate 77 in Wythe County. The project is funded for the I-81 segment in the Richmond region.
Youth For Understanding International Exchange seeks families in West Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania to host Latin American students arriving in January for six months of study in American schools. For more information call 1-800-872-0200.
The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and its Health Center join the Jim mie Heuga Mazda Ski Express on January 19 at Silver Creek Resort in Slaty Fork to raise funds for the Jimmie Heuga Center in Avon Colorado. Twenty three-member teams will compete with a $1000 minimum entry fee. call Martha Giddings at 572 4000 for details or 647 4017 to donate.
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at Bluefield Youth Center on January 3 from noon to 6 p.m. Organizers urge donors to give blood to help maintain supplies for hospitals in the region.
The Hello Dolly Doll Club will meet January 12 at Ai leen Higgins home in Lashmeet. Attendees may gather at Princeton Presbyterian Church at 11 a.m. to car pool to the meeting which starts at 11:30. For more details call 425-5856.
January applications open for state historic preservation grants via SHPO Division of Culture and History. Eligible projects include restoration or rehabilitation of sites on state or national registers. Religious or governmental properties excluded unless public benefit shown. Private properties need public support. Deadline March 31, 1991. For details call 348-0220 or Pam Brooks.
In 1985 a proposed Fair Break Skills Training Center to be housed in the Princeton regional incubator generator project building would offer courses in digital electronic repair retail sales and basic job search skills.
The Public Service Commission ruled C&P Telephone Co. must pay state taxes on Touch Tone revenue from 1990, citing a monopoly on the service. The ruling, which exceeds $270,000, affects corporate profits but not customer rates. PSC advocates say it shows closer scrutiny of what is competitive.
An administrative hearing officer ruled the state improperly delayed Medicaid benefits for J.S. in Kanawha County who had AIDS. He applied last December but received a card in May just before expiration, with bills meeting the deductible in February. He died in September at age 37.
Princeton Community Hospital forms a support group for families who have lost a baby through miscarriage ectopic pregnancy stillbirth or newborn death The second meeting is set for 7 pm Thursday January 17 in the Nursing Conference Room at PCH Parents run the sessions with hospital staff providing speakers to aid grieving and shared experiences to help heal and find meaning
West Virginia fights to keep a multi firm stock loss case in state court over $279 million tied to the 1980s consolidated investment fund. Salomon Bros Morgan Stanley Co and Goldman Sachs faced moves to transfer to New York appeals, but a New York court panel backed keeping the case in Kanawha County.
Blue Cross asks Kanawha Circuit Court to block the Public Employees Insurance Agency from awarding an 18 month claims processing contract to Health Economics Corp of Dallas. The filing accuses PEIA of illegal awarding and possible fraud or collusion. A hearing with Judge Charlie King is set for Friday at 9 a.m. Health Economics bid reportedly underbid by several million, with total costs projected up to 14.9 million.
Ten year old Chris Muncy of Mishawaka Indiana earned Parrott Virginia a place on the Rand McNally 17 foot New Year’s parade float in California He helped attach corn husks to the back and will ride in the Tournament of Roses Parade The town of Parrott and his grandmother Lola Kimbleton celebrate the exposure from the national broadcast with viewers across the country.
A wave of new laws and tax changes start January 1 across multiple states. California imposes waiting periods and background checks for rifles and shotguns. New Jersey mounts a $1.3 billion income tax hike tied to school funding. Virginia offers an income tax credit for recycling machinery. Washington State aims to raise $18 million yearly from a $10 per pack cigarette tax, while Delaware and Massachusetts boost cigarette and gas taxes. California trims sales tax by a quarter cent as gas taxes rise. Indiana lowers the motor vehicle excise tax first year.
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