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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1997
Page
1
Delnora Reed will compete at the state pageant, heading to a new chapter in her pageantry career. Reds fall to Mets 4 2 scoreline highlights a tough game as the team struggles on offense. CAGE, Can Air Take Off In First At The Box Office signals early buzz for the new release in theaters.
Richlands High School names William Gregory Mance as head football coach pending school board contract approval at the July 14 meeting. Mance, a physical education and health teacher at Richlands Middle School since 1988, succeeds Dennis Vaught who resigned after the 1996 season.
Tuesday noon Robert L Schumacher of First Community Bank will speak at the Bluefield Rotary Club at the Ramada Inn. Mercer County Board of Education meets at Mercer County Technical Education Center Princeton at 7 p.m. Bluefield Board of Directors meets 7:30 p.m. at the municipal building. Friday June 13 at 6:30 p.m. self defense classes for women co sponsored by Bluefield Union Mission and SAFE led by Steve Hoffman held in the cafeteria at 2203 Bluefield Ave. Info at 327-8167 or 324-7820.
Parts cloudy with a high in the mid 70s. Tonight mostly clear with lows in the mid 50s. Weather package A-10 notes a mild, variable sky outlook.
Greg Jordan reports incumbents lead in Athens Bramwell and Matoaka town elections with some challenges. In Bramwell write in Roger Stroupe opposes Mayor Don Murphy while most council seats stay unopposed. In Matoaka two challengers contest seats. Coburn seeks mayor while Shrewsbury runs for town recorder. Poll hours vary by town.
Bluefield hosts a 5 to 7 p.m. anniversary event at the Bluefield Area Arts and Crafts Center marking ten years of Main Street Bluefield. Program Manager Beth Andrick highlights over 7 million leveraged for downtown projects and outlines the nonprofit group’s role in reviving the historic core without state or federal funding.
The Bluefield area felt the impact of a fatal collision Saturday night that killed a locomotive engineer and emptied hundreds of homes. CSX transports began moving freight through the NS Bluefield yard to points east and south starting Sunday, including grain trains and auto carriers. NS officials said the cooperation will continue for at least another day.
Mercer County E 911 Communications Center finances are to be analyzed by July 14 at a board meeting led by Chairman Robert Holroyd. County Clerk Rudolph Jennings said a detailed review will separate the general operations fund from gift pledges and donations and may relocate the funds to a new account.
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