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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 2009
Page
1
The page fragment from bdtonline.com dated Wednesday June 3 2009 features brief local news items and notices. It mentions events and community updates with names and places tied to the Blaine area and nearby districts.
General Motors aims to shrink to a sustainable size under an Obama administration backed plan. GM chairman Kent Kresa says the new GM can compete globally as the company enters Chapter 11 protection. Markets quoted show mixed activity with Nasdaq and NYSE figures noted. A Chilean airport case reports a 26-year-old Argentine woman arrested for suitcases containing cocaine made of resin and glass fiber.
Virginia games produced numbers for Pick 3 9 8 7 and Pick 4 7 2 3 3. Daily 3 results were 7 6 7 and Daily 4 results were 2 7 2 2.
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Bluefield voters elected three new members to the Board of Directors and kept two incumbents. District 1 saw Mary Frances Brammer ahead with 132 votes, Charles H. Collins Sr. 38, and John W. Worley Sr. 35. District 2 re_elected Mayor Linda K. Whalen with 288 votes, plus Silbian 1507 and R. E. Perkinson 135. District 3 chose Mike Vinci Guerra with 262, Blaine Braithwaite 124, Jim Bailey 114. Two at large winners were Dr. Blevins 472 and Sternloff 446. Pete Sarver ended third with 429. Voter turnout was described as heavy.
Charleston reports Delegate Clif Moore plans a large civil disobedience at the Ghent toll plaza to protest a 60 percent toll hike on West Virginia Turnpike. He says he will refuse the higher fare and could be jailed, demanding a tow truck be available.
Unofficial 2009 Princeton City Council totals show Ward I candidate John Wilborn unopposed with 54 votes and Ward II's Marshall Lytton unopposed with 59. Ward III winner Chris Stanley had 38% of votes. John G. Mathena 22. Ward IV candidate Tim Ealy is also listed.
Sen. Robert C. Byrd, 91, remains hospitalized in an undisclosed facility with a staph infection. A spokesman said the location and potential release date are not being disclosed, citing family wishes as Byrd’s condition appears to have kept him for nearly three weeks.
Bluefield residents are invited to downtown Chicory Square for the First Friday concert series from 6 to 8 p.m. featuring the East River Mountain Town Band directed by Mel Saunders. The free event, sponsored by the Bluefield Fine Arts Commission, includes food vendors, kids activities, and lawn chair seating for families.
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