Local News Briefs From January 10 2011
Brief items from bdtonline.com dated Monday January 10 2011 report on city events, weather, and community notices. Names and places are noted where readable, with concise updates suitable for a compact newspaper card.
Documentary on Virginia Tech survivor to screen at Sundance
Roanoke AP reports the documentary Living for 32 chronicles Colin Goddard, shot four times in the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre, as it screens at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City January 22 to 27. Goddard is now a gun control advocate and a Blacksburg screening is planned for February at The Lyric Theatre.
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Roanoke
Virginia Tech
Roanoke Times
Park City
Utah
Colin Goddard
Seung- Hui Cho
Goddard
New York City
Lyric Theatre
Blacksburg
Powerball and Win for Life Lottery Results
Powerball drawing numbers 6 7 26 33 52 with Powerball 24. Win for Life numbers 8 15 20 29 38 41 with 40 as the life number. Winners and payouts not listed in fragment.
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Win For Life
Delivery questions for paper and home service hours
Customer service details for home delivery, rack and mail delivery, and e-edition support. Circulation operates seven days a week with hours from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and weekend phone support from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Redelivery offered until noon in limited areas. Contact 304-327-2800.
Virginia West Virginia lawmakers rally for coal unity
Eleven legislators from West Virginia and Virginia spoke with the Bluefield Daily Telegraph editorial board about coal support. They noted budget trimming and senate leadership changes in WV and VA respectively, while praising coal as indispensable. The group highlighted the Gilbert area coal-to-liquids plant and Dominion’s Hybrid Energy Center in Virginia City, as well as remarks from Senators Puckett and Chafin and delegates Crockett-Stark and Morefield.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Virginia
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Charleston
Richmond
Senate
Virginias
Phillip P Puckett
D-Russell
H. Truman Chafin
D-Mingo
Chafin
Gilbert
Puckett
Dominion
Virginia City
Anne B. Crockett-Stark
R-Wythe
James W. “Will” Morefield
R-Tazewell
Promoter Arrested Over Missing Pay for Wrestling Card
Brushfork authorities arrested Ernest Mack Shell for failing to pay wrestlers and event staff after a "Dare to Compare" show at the National Guard Armory. Promoted promised rooms and pay, with stars Jim Neidhart and Diamond Dallas Page flown in. others traveled from Nashville and Louisville. Officials say off duty security also unpaid, and attendees were left disappointed by theWeather and cancellation.
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Brushfork
National Guard Armory
Ernest Mack Shell
London
Shell
WE. Rose
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Jim “the Anvil
Neidhart
Diamond
Dallas Page
Nashville
Tenn
Louisville
Rose
Bland County shares wind ordinance with neighbors
Bland County Virginia officials announce their wind energy facility ordinance to neighboring counties. Chairman Henry Blessing says the goal is guiding development, not excluding developers. The plan requires detailed location data, approval by the zoning administrator, and ensures no interference with radio or TV signals, with safety rules and a setback from property lines.
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Bland
West Virginia
Virginia
Bland County
Henry Blessing
Weene Bee
Blessing
The Calm Before the Storm: Winter Weather Sparks Domestic Violence Calls
Winter storms lock families indoors and raise domestic violence reports, police in the Virginias say. Trooper C M Wade of Princeton WV notes a lull followed by a surge if travel remains blocked for a week to 10 days.
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Rinceton
Virginias
Stirling
C.M. Wade
West Virginia
Princeton
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