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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 2011
Page
3
Bill Archer recalls a life from 1970s Appalachia linking ditch digging to building footers and transit work to steel hauling. He reflects on environmental progress, mine reclamation, wildlife recovery, and declining industrial times while praising stewardship, recycling, and frugality.
City edition staff list shows Darryl Hudson publisher and news editor with Andy Patton as sports editor along with Brian Woolson Samantha Perry managing editor and Bill Archer Charles Owens as senior editors. Apostrophe verse appears as a Proverbs quote on page.
Obama splits the difference between military counsel and political pressure as he plans deeper, faster withdrawals from Afghanistan. By year's end 10,000 troops exit and 20,000 from the 2010 surge depart by next summer, with Afghan forces rising to about 170,000 and police 134,000. NATO partners meet in Chicago next May to discuss next steps.
A reader from Morgantown praises the Princeton Rescue Squad for over 50 years of service and honors the leadership of Scott Kephart Randy and Jeff Simpkins credits the squad as backbone of the life saving effort. Citizens and officials are urged to recognize their contributions.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph invites readers to submit letters on public issues. Include the writer’s signature address and phone number and send by mail to Letters to the Editor Bluefield Daily Telegraph P.O. Box 1599 Bluefield WV 24701.
Last week readers from West Virginia weighed in on local life. Comments touch on Obama Boehner golf, scams, regional pride, West Virginia scenery, and wealth in Congress with a mix of praise and frustration.
A collection of reader comments covers local drug problems, prescription pill concerns, and calls for tougher enforcement. Residents discuss bear sightings in Bluefield and Princeton areas, highway and airport sightings, and opinions on cigarette warnings and lost wallets.
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