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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 2001
Page
7
Del Eustace Frederick, Democrat Mercer, addressed the Bluefield Rotary describing key 2001 session observations. He criticized time spent on video gambling discussions and outlined the Video Lottery Convenience Gambling Bill 102. He noted the House version aimed to reduce and restrict gambling.
U S District Judge David A. Faber set deadlines in West Virginia for FDIC responses after the collapse of First National Bank of Keystone. Grant Thornton, the bank’s former external auditor, seeks about 40000 in recovery. A separate order targets defendants Herman Fisher Judith Kahl Tammy Fisher and Lawrence with a July 11 deadline for FDIC reply.
Virginia Democrats file a lawsuit against Republican leaders alleging racial and partisan gerrymandering in April redistricting. The suit seeks to block the new boundaries from taking effect before the fall election for all 100 House of Delegates seats, arguing the maps were drawn to include or exclude groups by skin color. State Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple calls the actions illegal and intolerable in Virginia.
Summer Food Service programs across Mercer and McDowell counties offer free meals to children 18 or under and some young adults with disabilities. Mercer County Schools run sites at Princeton Senior High School and Bluefield High School starting July 20, with meals 11 am to 1 pm Monday through Friday and breakfast 8 to 9 am. The program requires no application, is open to all county children, and runs until August 20.
Bill Archer Luefield notes the Long Scholars program began in 1992 to aid McDowell and Mercer County West Virginia and Tazewell County Virginia students. The new class includes Anthony Gregory Ashley Hall Eugene Lacy Alicia Turner Latasha Dowell. Wray, a Tennessee State University graduate, urged students to play to their strengths as he starts a chemistry PhD at Case Western University.
The Graham Historical Society wins a $200000 grant from the Virginia Transportation Board to restore the Sanders House as a visitors center and railroad coal heritage museum. TEA-21 funds will fund phase one, including exterior refurbishment and updated utilities, with furnishings donated by the Sanders family and support from local groups and governments.
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