Editorial Board Opinions and Bible Verse Display
The Daily Telegraph Editorial Board shares its consensus on issues in the opinion columns. A Bible quote follows, highlighting faith and steadfastness with a parable about building on a rock amid floods.
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Mercer County to Hold Public Hearings on School Closures
Mercer County Board of Education invites parents and residents to June 24 to 26 hearings at the Technical Education Center in Princeton to discuss closing Thorn Silver Knob Ramsey Wade and Cumberland Heights elementary schools and building new ones in Bluefield and Princeton. Reconfigurations at Princeton Junior High Glenwood and Princeton Senior High are also on the table.
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Sinceton
Bluefield
Mercer County Board of Education
Thorn
Silver
Knob
Ramsey
Wade
Cumberland Heights
Princeton
Glenwood
Board of Education
Mercer County Technical Education Center
Stafford Drive
A Dog Named Sugar Finds Peace Under Oak Tree
Barbara Hawkins recalls Sugar a black poodle adopted from a shelter in spring 1989. The aging companion faced liver cancer after years of loyalty, illness, and care from neighbors and Dr. Richard Pence, ending with a humane, painless final moment.
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Sugar
Animal Shelter
Beau
Shelter
Ashleigh Rose
Bonita Rose
Norma Burton
Betty
Kimberleigh
Ashleigh
Norma
Richard Pence
Karen
Darrell Price
Buford
Patches
Farley
Dr. Pence
Heads Will Roll and Amtrak Fade in Debate over Safety and Funds
Federal safety chief ousted while Republicans target FAA officials and Pena. Amtrak may lose subsidies as critics fret over funding and a possible gas tax shift. Nobel winners urge Congress to restore federal research funding as aging programs face cuts.
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Ashington
Transportation Department
Federal Aviation Administration
Tony Broderick
Congress
FAA
David Hinson
Transportation
Federico Pena
Hinson
Pena
Barbra Streisand
Bonnie Raitt
Democratic National Committee
Don Fowler
Hollywood
Amtrak
Frank Wolf
R-Va
Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee
House
Wolf
Washington
New York
Clinton
Hoan
Energy Department
Thomas Grumb
DOE
Volunteers Read to Springville Kids Highlighting Careers
Letters applaud volunteers who read to Springville Elementary students and discuss literacy. Community members and local employers such as First Century Bank, BRMC, Bluefield AAA, Regency Real Estate, and others shared careers and the importance of reading. The event included a complimentary school lunch for volunteers.
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Springville
Springville Elementary
Lou
Cynthia Stacy
PTA
Bluefield College
Buz” Wilkinson
First Century Bank
Phil Stephenson
BRMC
Laura Gooch
Bluefield Aaa
Bev Saunders
Bluefield Holiday Inn
Sam Crockett
GHS
Tom Conklin
DDS
Eddie Pauley
Regency Real Estate
M.C
Skip) Crane, Jr
Bluefield
Tazewell Road
Colson on Watergate echoes in White House FBI file row
Charles Colson recalls his prison term for taking an FBI file and warns that White House actions resemble Watergate era panic. He cites the Privacy Act as curb on FBI file misuse and criticizes Clintons for alleged tabled ethics. Cal Thomas notes public tolerance of political maneuvering.
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FBI
Charles Colson
Watergate
Dvill Sesson
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Watergate Hotel
Nixon
Daniel Elisberg
Pentagon
Colson
Leon Jaworski
Congress
Bush
James Cicconi
Clinton White House
White House
Ron Ziegler
Whitewater
Clinton
Reagan
Craig Livingstone
Anthony Marceca
Janet Reno
Clintons
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Princeton Senior High School
Doncia Franklin
Barbara Hawkins
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Wile House
Wile
Cal Thomas
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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