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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 2002
Page
1
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Bluefield Bluefield Middle School Band Director Mrs Sharon Ziegler announced changes to the summer band dates. The program runs July 8 to 12, skips July 15 to 19 and July 22, then resumes July 26 and July 29 to August 2 and August 12 to 16. Call 326-3365 for details.
FEMA reminds flood victims the aid deadline is 6 p.m. Friday. About 6,028 residents had registered, led by 4,538 in McDowell County, with 877 in Mercer, and smaller totals in Wyoming, Mingo, Raleigh, and Kanawha counties. Call 1-800-621-FEMA for assistance.
Princeton's city council elected former Vice Mayor Ron Lively as mayor during a special annual reorganization meeting. Councilman Dewey Russell praised Lively and Allen was sworn in as vice mayor, with the nomination and vote passing unanimously.
Secretary of State Joe Manchin approved the merger certificate for the Bluefield Area Foundation and the Greater Mercer County Charitable Foundation. The move creates the Community Foundation of the Virginias, Inc., per spokeswoman Catherine Sexton. The filing marks official creation of the new charitable foundation.
The federal civil case centers on two minutes after McDowell County officers pursued Charlie Jarrell Vance, 63, charged with the Aug 27 1998 murder of Bradshaw Police Chief Frankie Stanton. Vance claims excessive force during arrest after fleeing on horseback, while officers reported tracking the suspect to custody. The case features conflicting testimony from Sgt. Mark Shelton and Officer Eric Burton and emerged from a long-standing murder inquiry in a small McDowell County town.
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