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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 2002
Page
1
A local college plans a Memorial Day style tribute to Martin Luther King Jr to honor his legacy and reflect on community service and civil rights progress. Students faculty and guests attend a program featuring speakers and a moment of remembrance.
Princeton Mercer County Schools with the Division of Crippled Children will screen all seventh and ninth grade students in the coming weeks. Parents who object must notify the school principal in writing within ten days. For more details, contact the school health nurse.
West Virginia lawmakers reconvened at the state Capitol for a 60 day Regular Session with more than 600 proposed measures on teacher salaries election changes and tax and drunk driving reforms. In Virginia the General Assembly opened amid tightened security and debate over bill introduction limits as lawmakers eye the budget and ongoing partisan dynamics.
Gov. Bob Wise used the Legislature’s 60 day session to present a voter friendly plan balancing slim revenues with economic growth. He touted a back to school sales tax holiday to boost the economy and proposed modest teacher pay raises as part of the agenda.
In Tazewell County Circuit Court Judge Nicholas Persin found Michael Anthony Brown guilty of second degree murder after he pleaded no contest to first degree murder and gun use in the Jan 5 2001 shooting death of his wife Tonya Maria Brown 36. The case stemmed from the fatal incident in Bandy Virginia.
County services offer help for families in crisis as a new domestic violence shelter opens last week in Tazewell County. Commonwealth Attorney Dennis Lee says it is the first such shelter in six years amid rising domestic violence cases and multiple fatal investigations. Lee notes hundreds of cases yearly and that most county murders in five years involved intimate partners.
In Richmond Gov. Jim Gilmore ended his four year tenure with a recap of achievements and a pledge that Virginia moves beyond a one party system. He touted 320000 jobs created, a focus on education, and a marketplace of ideas for bipartisan competition as the Assembly clapped 32 times.
West Virginia Daily three digit 9 3 6 and Daily four 9 5 2 4 top the play. Virginia Pick three 6 6 0 and Pick four 6 6 1 1 are listed in the lottery results. Vol. 108 No. 10.
At 11 45 a m the Bluefield Chapter NARFE will meet at the Ramada Inn Bluefield followed by a noon gathering of Quota International of Bluefield at the Holiday Inn Bluefield. The brief notices list two events with venues and times for retirees group activities.
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