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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 2004
Page
1
Standalone OCR fragment notes Saturday March 6 2004 with reference to page C-1. No further readable details present.
In Venice Florida golfer Bill Hilsheimer scored his third ace in six months on a 157 yard par 3 at Bird Bay Executive Golf Course. Owner Robby Robertson watched from the 13th tee as Hilsheimer achieved the unlikely feat, noting it is unusually difficult to even reach the green on that hole.
Virginia Senate approved a milder higher education bill after Finance Committee changes. It would keep Bluefield State College two year programs, grant university status to Concord Fairmont State Shepherd and West Virginia State, and increase power to the community college governing board.
Mercer County Circuit Court will hear a motion for competency examination next week for Ernest Meadows 36 of Princeton charged with murder and dismembering Heidi Brown 25. Meadows is scheduled to appear before Judge Derek C Swope as his lawyers press to have the case examined. Brown was a Princeton resident whose death prompted the homicide charge filed February 15.
Skeletal remains including a skull were found by a juvenile in a wooded Jenkin Jones section near Trestle Road and sent to the state medical examiner for identification. West Virginia State Police say the victim’s identity is unknown and the remains may be from a missing person. the time of death and methods for identification are not yet known.
A 60 year old Bishop woman told police she sold OxyContin to purchase a headstone for her husband. Juanita Matney Asbury was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Henry Vanover to 50 years in prison on charges of possession with intent to distribute distribution and conspiracy to distribute OxyContin. The judge suspended 45 years, leaving an active five year sentence.
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito asked a federal inspector general to investigate the Wyoming County Council on Aging over use of federal funds. She noted the council director’s salary and benefits exceed 300000, while the council receives 349822 yearly in aid and has 4.8 million in annual expenditures. The program also gets Medicaid reimbursements.
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