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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1992
Page
12
Theatre West Lane offers Old Blue Light Two for One tickets for Stonewall performances tonight Thursday and Sunday. Each show starts at 8 30 PM with reservations by calling 1 800 666 9142.
Senator Truman Chafin will address the Mercer County Democratic Club Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Mercer County Courthouse. He announced a challenge to State Senate President Keith Burdette for the leadership post in January. The public is invited to attend.
A two day Baseball Card Show accompanies Princeton SummerFest on Saturday and Sunday with 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. hours each day. Admission is free and cards for baseball football and basketball will be bought sold and traded. For table rental info call John Knowles at 425 7144.
The Mercer County Democratic Women's Club will hold a meeting in Green Valley at Mercer County Health Center on Saturday at noon. Members encourage attendance and discussion of party activities and local issues.
The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the County Administration Building. The session, requested by Supervisors Ben Barringer and Robert Wade, will discuss the Wardell Industrial Park and a contractual agreement tied to a business expansion.
Counselors for the Elks Handicapped Children's Camp will gather at 7 p.m. Monday at Jeff Simpkins home 208 East Reynolds Street behind Shoney's. For more information call 425-3421.
The Mercer County Police Coalition WILPF will hold its monthly meeting on Monday at 7 p.m. at 202 Plymouth St. The agenda includes upcoming legislation health care actions and plans for the Region 3 conference in Richmond in July. Call 384-7005 for more information.
City Editor Jim Terry and Princeton bureau chief James Barbery invite tips. Call 1-800-76-DAILY or 327-6171 or 425-2185 for information.
A retrospective notes a 1987 Princeton high speed chase ending with a suspect arrested and minor damage to a highway garage. It recalls a 1982 Bluefield speed limit enforcement on four streets. In 1967 QC Construction began a geodesic dome gym on Bluefield College campus. A 1942 Mercer Theatre starring Lupe Velez and Leon Errol showcased Mexican Spitfire At Sea.
Volunteers from the First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Vernon Ohio scrape and repaint the Jewell Ridge Virginia home of Mrs Irene Brown. A church service project funds a trip for middle school students with car washes and sandwich sales raising enough money for travel to southwest Virginia.
Bluefield residents circulate petitions to list James Bo Gritz as an independent presidential candidate. Coordinator Russell Johns reports petitions available and contact 325 7443. Gritz, a 50 year old retired Army Lt Colonel from Nevada, seeks a flat tax path and says the country should run without income tax once viable.
A Virginia legislative panel paused recommendations on closing school funding gaps until a pending lawsuit determines the constitutionality of the funding system. The Commission on Equity and Efficiency in Public Education will study data but defer policy decisions until the Richmond Circuit Court rules, likely in August. It will review local state and federal funding, tax rates, and demographics across six districts.
Tazewell Virginia officials face unclear roles as the Baptist Valley Water and Sewer System may join the Public Service Authority. A July 9 public hearing will gauge citizen input and potential regional cooperation to obtain a block grant for a faster, cheaper water solution.
Mercer Christian Academy students form Save Our World to clean up and paint over dirty words and to raise awareness of Earth’s endangered state. The group hopes to grow from Princeton to Mercer County and beyond, inviting anyone to join and help save the world.
McDowell County 911 tested during a serious fall rescue at Tom's Mountain as a CBS Rescue 911 crew films. Ed Evans athletic trainer and Mount View High School staff aided 17 year old Donald Trent with EMS teams, fire departments, and helicopter transport coordinating to Charleston.
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