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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 2001
Page
1
Four Seasons Fourth of July events continued with fireworks parades music and pioneer re enactments in Princeton and Tazewell. A fireworks show at Tazewell High School was postponed to Friday due to steady rain while the Historic Crab Orchard Museum hosted pioneer demonstrations a quilt show a pioneer fashion show gospel music and logging events.
Thousands gathered in Tazewell on July 4 1926 to witness the Fort Witten replica project opening. The Daughters of the American Revolution funded the restoration of a historic cabin refuge for early settlers. Plans placed the new fort about 1000 feet from the original 1776 site, using logs from the fort and completed in 1927.
United Mine Workers of America launches a nationwide campaign to win a commemorative stamp honoring coal miners. Cecil Roberts urges pensioners to support a petition to the U S Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee, highlighting miners lifelong service and family roles in building the nation. The effort, started by a fourth grade class in WilkesBarre Pennsylvania in 1999, has spread widely.
Gas prices across Tazewell County and nearby Bluefield fall with regular unleaded at Landmark in Springville dropping to $1.05 on the Fourth of July. Other stores in Virginia and West Virginia report lows around $1.11 to $1.14. Landmark manager Lisa Myles says further declines are possible though prices may rebound later.
Mercer County Sheriff Harold Buckner appeals Civil Service Commission ruling that set aside Deputy WC Wilborns 30 day suspension for insubordination. Wilborn, shift commander, refused to complete paperwork on a DUI arrest, later relented, but commission found the 30 day penalty too harsh given the brief nature of the refusal and questioned legal orders. The case centers on proper chain of command and whether Wilborn had a legal duty to sign a criminal complaint.
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