Saturday December 30 2006 event listing
A brief entry from bdtonline.com notes activity on Saturday December 30 2006 with no additional details or context provided.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 2006
Page
1
A brief entry from bdtonline.com notes activity on Saturday December 30 2006 with no additional details or context provided.
Today brings another pleasant day with partly cloudy skies and highs around 59 degrees. Light breeze and dry conditions expected across the region, with evening cooling and no significant weather events anticipated.
December 29 2006 figures show advances and declines with volume totals and a Community Christmas Tree contribution by Karen Miller. Today's total 31,496.00, prior total 31,486.00, reflecting ongoing fundraising progress.
West Virginia Daily lists daily drawing results with numbers 5 9 1 for Daily 3 and 2 8 2 8 for Daily 4. Virginia Pick 3 shows 2 4 0 and Pick 4 0 7 5 6, reflecting the latest lottery outcomes.
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Saddam Hussein, the long ruling dictator, was hanged after being found guilty by Iraqi authorities. His half brother Barzan Ibrahim and former chief justice Awad Hamed al Bandar were executed alongside him. State television reported the execution and noted a camera present with a doctor on site. The event occurred as Iraq faces ongoing insurgency and sectarian strife following his ouster.
West Virginia and Virginia Tech, though not facing each other on the field, share bowl destinies and post season histories. The Sugar Bowl appearance for WVU contrasts with VT’s Chick-fil-A Bowl path, highlighting differing routes from the 2005 season toward January 2 2006 bowls in Atlanta.
After Saddam Hussein seized power in 1979 he ordered the killings of hundreds of party members and officers. His 1987-88 crackdown killed about 180,000 Kurds. He faced trial at his death. He ordered killings of two sons-in-law in 1996. His war with Iran 1980-88 killed hundreds of thousands. He invaded Kuwait in 1990, facing a U.S.-led defeat. In 2003 U.S.-led troops toppled his regime amid ongoing insurgency and sectarian strife.
In Bluefield, the Bluefield Union Mission helped a Tazewell family, the Sawyers, who lost everything in a Christmas Eve fire. Jerry and Amanda Sawyers and their three children ages 5, 4, and 3 received furnishings, clothing, and gift cards after fleeing the Abbs area blaze. The children stayed with grandparents and the family escaped unharmed.
In BLUEFIELD VA, the Shott family hosted the 57th annual Stag Tradition Yuletide Breakfast for business associates and friends at Fincastle Country Club. Descendants of Hugh Ike Shott Sr., including two grandsons and three great grandsons, led the event as John C. Shott welcomed guests saying the weather was nice and a great crowd was expected.
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