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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1992
Page
9
BLUEFIELD The Four Seasons Country Council meeting scheduled for today has been canceled. A new meeting date will be announced later, according to Hinton Mayor James Leslie vice chair man of the council.
The Consol Coal Company Retiree Group will meet Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. at the Ramada Inn in Bluefield.
The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on the proposed budget for fiscal year 1992 93 at 6 p m Thursday in the Tazewell High School Auditorium.
The Mercer County Black Lung Association will meet Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Bluewell Fire Department. Guest speaker will be Robert Hardesty of the Department of Labor Charleston office.
The Mercer County Republican Club canceled its annual Lincoln Day Dinner at Concord College due to lack of interest, noting the event was scheduled in the summer months and will not be held this year.
Citizens Against High Voltage Power Lines will hold a Thursday meeting at 7 p.m. in Concord College Alexander Fine Arts Center. All interested persons are urged to attend. For information call 384-5074.
A Saturday hot dog sale at Kmart in Bluefield raises funds for the Bluefield AAU program to support local athletic youth involvement and activities.
Bluefield Va. Cardinal States Pioneer Chapel schedules a 1 p.m. Saturday picnic at Graham Recreational Park with reservations via 325-1201.
The Southwest Virginia Chapter of American Ex-Prisoners of War will hold a noon meeting Saturday at the Bonanza Restaurant in Lebanon. Attendees are urged to bring a spouse or relative. July and August gatherings will be picnics at area state parks.
Princeton Mercer County schools invite sixth through 12th graders to apply for a three week, fee free Summer Writing Camp from July 13 to 30 at Princeton Senior High School. Nomination by a teacher is required. Sixty students will be selected and will meet journalists and authors. Applications available at schools or by calling 487-1551 ext 284.
A tip line lists City Editor Jim Terry and Princeton Bureau Chief James Barbery at the Daily Telegraph with multiple phone numbers including 1-800-76-DAILY and local exchanges 327-6171 and 425-2185 for readers to submit news tips.
Five years prior West Virginia and USAir agreed to guarantee service to Bluefield and other state airfields for five years if USAir merges with Piedmont Airlines. Signed by Attorney General Charlie Brown and USAir counsel Lee Hydeman, the deal dates to 1982.
McDowell County Solid Waste Authority receives extension until March 1993 after facing a $2500 fine for a drainage leak and a damaged pipe. The extension enables continued garbage disposal and funding for a county recycling plan with a $20000 grant from the DNR.
Tazewell County schools may begin at 8 a.m. for middle and high schools and dismiss at 2:30 p.m. next year to reduce lost instructional time due to spring sports. Elementary days would run 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bus logistics raise concerns among elementary officials for outlying areas, with about 14 routes needing 6:30 a.m. starts.
Mercer County closes the book on another year as 685 seniors graduated Sunday and underclassmen anticipate summer. Superintendent Bill Baker praised student preparation while five area high schools hosted Project Graduation events that ran overnight. Oakvale’s 24 seniors concluded with prayers, and other schools staged beach and world party themes as younger students look forward to rest, trips, and fewer homework duties.
Norfolk leads as the most stressed locality, with Petersburg Richmond Portsmouth Covington and Emporia following. The Virginia Commission on Local Government notes cities bear greater fiscal strain than counties except in affluent northern Virginia where incomes are higher. The study uses 1989-90 data, linking earlier recessions to later stress.
Norfolk leads the ranking with high stress followed by Richmond Petersburg Emporia Ports mouth and Clifton Forge trailed by Roanoke Dickenson Bath County the least stressed locality Bath County gains revenue from a Virginia Power plant Next come Loudoun Falls Church Fauquier and Fairfax counties among 19 low stress localities all are counties except four northern Virginia cities Most of Virginia's 136 cities and counties sit above or below the average stress level.
Mercer County Commission approved a $181,650 supplemental grant application for a $733,000 Littlesburg Road and Route 20 water extension. Bluewell Public Service District estimates about 112 potential customers with median incomes around 13 400. Funding would mix FmHA grant and loan, Govs Partnership supplement, and local aid totaling $575 000, with total costs possibly rising to 775 000 under another scenario. The panel also dissolved the inactive Bluegrass PSD and renewed a lease for the Princeton Magistrate Court building at 1650 per month.
Businesses may learn how newspaper advertising boosts products at an Evening with the Daily Telegraph tonight at the Holiday Inn Bluefield. Ken McElroy of Thomson Newspapers will discuss clinics and marketing experience in the U S and Canada and answer staff questions on news, advertising, circulation, accounts, and printing. Cocktails and hors d oeuvres start at 5 45 p m with the seminar to follow at 6 45 p m area firms can register before it begins.
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