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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1986
Page
10
Proceeds from the sale of the games will finance association projects. Establishments offering the games for sale include Flowers and More Princeton Pharmacy Judi's Interiors Western Auto Associates and Roma III.
Bluefield city board agreed to ask the state Public Service Commission to weigh a $6.8 million General Telephone Company rate hike before action. The proposal could raise bills up to 61 percent as subsidies shrink and local rates bear more long distance revenue. Also, the board delayed rezoning of two West Cumberland Road properties for townhouses and condos. Don Keesling will resign from the board effective today to assume state duties with the Medical Care Cost Review Authority. Bluefield Police urged designated drivers in New Year’s observance. others discussed condemning 2021 East River Ave home and patching potholes on College Avenue.
Gary Swingle of Arnett and Foster in Charleston advised residents to pay any West Virginia taxes owed for the current year before the new year. He noted many taxpayers itemizing federal returns face questions about the new tax law and timing. His firm has been swamped with inquiries on what to do and when to act.
County Administrator Randy Arno announced after a public hearing that the county will issue revenue bonds to finance three projects. The plans include extending sewer to Banes Bottom in Cedar Bluff Falls Mills area sewer plant completion and water and sewer service to the Route 720 and U.S. 460 intersection. The 25 year bonds, secured from multiple banks at 7.28 percent, consolidate bills into one payment.
Corrections Commissioner A V Dodrill said no action has been taken to comply with a Dec 19 state Supreme Court order to round up 70 prisoners and jail them in state facilities. The court upheld contempt findings against Dodrill and others for refusing to transfer four state prisoners from a county jail. Moore planned to decide after meeting the governor. The West Virginia Penitentiary remains quiet ahead of New Year’s, after a violent Jan 1 uprising and hostage incident.
Bluefield Health Systems plans a bond backed catherization lab in a vacant professional building, the only one within 100 miles, with bids let soon and construction starting by March 1, to be paid from the system’s earnings and boost local employment. City officials note an initial 6 percent interest rate and a one-year completion target. West Virginia nominees to academies include Mark Edward Jones for West Point and Frank Earl Belcher for the Naval Academy.
The article notes that over two centuries human hunting and habitat destruction have driven wapiti, the North American elk, to extinction across about 90 percent of its former range, with ongoing impacts on populations.
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