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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 2000
Page
1
Four Seasons Country motorists gain safer roads from road crews salt use during winter storms but face accelerated corrosion. Nelson Sadler of a Bluefield auto parts store notes salt penetrates paint and acts like an acid, speeding oxidation, especially undercarriage exposure.
Barbara Hawkins reports the region endures more snow and frigid winds with 3 to 5 inches forecast locally after 1 to 2 inches fell. Higher elevations show deeper snowfall, a mix of clouds flurries and sun, highs in the 20s, with weekend highs in the 30s and continued black ice warnings as roads remain hazardous. Residents urged to drive cautiously and call 911 for shelter information during power outages.
BRMC board members say they will press ahead with seeking a certificate of need for an open heart surgery center in Mercer County despite developments in Charleston that could affect the approval. A possible joint effort with Princeton Community Hospital is discussed as rumors swirl about a consultant report recommending a Beckley location.
An 8-year-old boy, Ryan Overstreet, a Gary Elementary student, died in a sleigh accident at a neighbor’s No. 10 Mountain home. Police said the child rode with two friends when the sleigh struck a glass window placed in the snow. The house owner was moving items and had just set the window there.
The Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce seeks countywide cooperation as it approves a 2000 legislative agenda. Key items include King Coal Highway rapid development, a four lane Athens to I-77 route, Cumberland Road traffic study, grants for flood study, tax relief for physicians, funding for New River Parkway, a Mercer County industrial park, and opposition to a PSC plan on sanitary boards.
A schoolteacher who split a 110 million dollar Powerball jackpot in 1993 with Colleen DeVries is back in the classroom as a substitute, earning under 20 000 dollars per semester. Les Robins taught at Labish Junior High in Fond du Lac Wisconsin when the multistate win made headlines as the era’s biggest prize, and he quit his job then.
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