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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 2000
Page
4
The Daily Telegraph Editorial Board presents a consensus statement on constitutional rights. Publisher Steve Smith and Executive Editor Thomas A. Colley are noted as leaders, with a biblical verse cited in attribution.
Editorial notes a joint Hatfield and McCoy family reunion in the Pikeville area with tours, music, crafts, lectures, and a planned softball game amid cooling tensions. Descendants express hope the weekend promotes tourism and healing across the historic feud.
Bill Archer recalls his father, a WWII veteran, who enlisted after Pearl Harbor at 28 and landed on Normandy days after D Day. He was captured briefly as a POW, escaped with a fellow soldier, and returned to his unit. The man appears in hundreds of wartime photos and urged heirs to keep democracy alive by honoring dates like June 6 and November 11.
A first time user recalls joining the Information Revolution via a local provider. He navigates search engines to explore topics from tarantulas to gargoyles and Star Wars, learning how results are formed and the vast reach of online resources. He cites a Florida friend’s analogy about libraries and shelves and hopes to avoid unwanted topics as he continues exploring.
A letter writer notes fewer city workers now and brushes and trimmings trucks no longer visible. The concern centers on reduced municipal service presence and customer access to waste collection.
A reader laments neglected street debris, missing brush pickups, and scarce street sweeping in Bluefield. They question city supervision, fear reduced services, and worry about winter snow removal and fall leaves amid visible crew shortages. The letter also thanks Tazewell Community Hospital staff for care of a relative.
Philip Gailey urges St. Petersburg Times readers to embrace college growth, civic duty, and intellectual challenge. He warns against cynicism, stresses maintaining friendships, volunteering, voting, and defending constitutional rights while preparing to enter a new century.
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