Gateway to Halt Saturday Bus Service on Trial Basis
Gateway Regional Transit Authority votes to discontinue Saturday bus service on a trial basis starting July 1 due to insufficient weekend ridership and revenue. The move follows ridership of about 600 weekday riders system wide and 50 to 60 on Saturdays, with Bluefield Saturday service nearly extinct. Additional notes report loan payments pending, slight fare revenue gains with better weather, and May income figures for various routes. Attending were GRTA members plus Gateway attorney State Senator Odell Huffman.
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Aert Princeton
Gateway Regional Transit Authority
Dinner Bell
Walker
Bluefield
GRTA
Joe Coburn
Mercer County Commission
Gateway
Bluefield Oakhurst
Odell Huffman
Homecoming plans highlighted at Princeton Rotary meeting
Jennifer Belcher outlined Princeton Homecoming 1982 events for July 16-17 at Princeton High School. A 5K race ends at the high school, with Gov. Jay Rockefeller presiding over awards. a Chamber Show, amateur gospel singing contest, and various community activities were announced.
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Pam Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Jennifer Belcher
Princeton-Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
Princeton Rotary Club
Princeton High School
Rockefeller
Hillsmen Quartet
Man Faces Arson Charge in Matewan Fire Loss
An 18 year old Suffer Creek man, Anthony Hager, is held on arson charges in the Matewan fire house destruction. He allegedly started a fire while siphoning gasoline from a fire truck, causing $200,000 in damage and leaving Matewan with reduced fire protection for days.
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Matewan
W.va
Suffer Creek
Mingo County
Anthony Hager
Timmy Starr
Hager
Starr
Roert McCoy Jr
Roger Gilliam
Jury Eyes 30 Year Term For WV Drunk Driver
A Frederick County jury in Winchester Va finds David D Chafin 23 from Job WV guilty of six counts of involuntary manslaughter for a drunken head-on crash that killed six. Jury urges maximum 30 years with sentencing delayed to hear a defense motion on June 30.
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Winchester
West Virginia
Frederick County
David D. Chafin
Chafin
Job
W.va
Robert K. Woltz
Commonwealth
Lawrence R. Ambrogi
Lincoln County teacher suspended for shorts at school in Hamlin
A Lincoln County teacher Julian Martin from Duval High School was suspended for one day without pay after wearing shorts to school on May 18. The West Virginia Education Association urged a maximum five year sentence on each count in the manslaughter case involving a fatal drunk driving crash linked to Chafin. The Wardensville crash killed six, including four from Herndon and Gore, Virginia, with civil suits pending against Jenks and the town.
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Hamlin
W.va
Lincoln County
County Board of Education
Duval
Julian Martin
Charles McCann
Julian
The
West Virginia Education Association
Chafin
Virginia
Wardensville
West Virginia
Janice Bays
Lottie
Gore
Timothy Dale Boyd
Herndon
Tracey A. Mentzer
Sandy Dawn Wheeler
Barbara Ellen Thomas
Defense Atttorney Nikolas Parthemos
Acci
Ambrogi
Jenks
Earl Bays
Lelia Southers
City Warns of Weeds Fire Rules and Downtown Fatal Fire
Bluefield officials urge trim of grass weeds and brush to meet city ordinance with five day notices, city crews may bill owners for cleanup costs. In Huntington a downtown apartment fire killed 69 year old Lillian Foley and injured two tenants and three firefighters.
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Bluefield
Mallie Giampocaro
Giampocaro
Huntington
W.va
City Fire Department
Mercer County OKs 1.5 Million in Revenue Bond Issues
Mercer County Commission approved more than 1.5 million dollars in revenue bond issues for local business projects during a Friday morning session at the courthouse. A 1.2 million inducement resolution for a bowling alley on Airport Road near Green Valley and a 375 thousand bond for Flat Top Insurance Agency to renovate the old Coal and Coke Building in downtown Bluefield were unanimously approved. Representatives of both firms appeared, with local attorneys and bankers present, as plans move forward after a Development Authority recommendation.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County Commission
Fred A. Stalians
Peggy Stalians
Airport Road
Green Valley
Flat Top Insurance Agency
Coal and Coke
Bluefield
Guy Perkins
Princeton Bank & Trust Company
Development Authority of
Mercer County
Memorial Building
Flat Top National Bank of Bluefield
Stalians
AMF Company of
Pennsylvania
Charles E
Bill) Davis
Harold Miller
Larry Matney
Juanita Grey
Flat Top National Bank
Ron Satterfield
Vince Collins
Clarksburg
Steptoe and Johnson
Honaker
Bragg
County Commission
Watch Program To Be Discussed At Public Meeting
A neighborhood watch program led by Bluefield Police Chief James A Bivens and Eleanor Rowand will be discussed at a Wednesday 2 p.m. meeting in the municipal building. Homeowners will receive burglary prevention tips, guidance on recovering stolen items, and neighborhood watch stickers to deter crime. Participants will be instructed to contact police about suspicious activity and learn about Operation Identification Neighborhood Watch and WhistleSTOP programs.
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Bluefield
James A
Tony) Bivens
Eleanor Rowand
RSVP
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Joe Walker
First National Bank
Cecil
Ed" Spurgeon
Dennis Jarvis, II
Dennis Jarvis
Lashmeet
Princeton Bank and Trust Company
Ohio
PMCCC
Rotary Club
Chamber
Ms. Belcher
Joe Marsh
Jim Harrisson
Tommy Seaver
Mercer ST
Bluefield Plaza
Cumberland RD
Lillian Foley
Maud Dick
Anyce Angles
Cabell-Huntington Hospital
Army Reserve
Army Rotc
Reserve
W.V
H. S. Williams Company
Marion
Lindsay Water
First Baptist
Bobbie Jo Hamilton
Bobbie Jo
Bible Correspondence Division
New Life Bible School
Norvel Hayes
God
Pastor Tex
Ponderosa
Wrilet Mignon Dinner
Pau
Menwey
Aityour Ures Arhenatina
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