Friday March 7 2008 entry for Bdtonline
A readable clipping notes events and items dated Friday March 7 2008 from Bdtonline with brief summaries of local happenings and notices.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 2008
Page
1
A readable clipping notes events and items dated Friday March 7 2008 from Bdtonline with brief summaries of local happenings and notices.
Rain showers are likely with highs near 50. A quote stresses McCain’s need to distance himself from a Bush image. Market data show Standard & Poor’s 500 down 29 points, Nasdaq and the Dow mixed amid a high volume trading day.
Manhattan pub Foley's Pub and Restaurant will ban singing Danny Boy during March citing the song's Irish holiday overuse and its English lyricist. Owner Shaun Clancy, who learned bartending in Ireland, offered Guinness to patrons who sing other traditional Irish tunes at a pre St Patrick's Day karaoke event. The lyricist Frederick Weatherly never visited Ireland, per Malachy McCourt's book.
West Virginia Daily 3 results were 0 5 6 and Daily 4 0 3 8 3. Virginia Pick 3 posted 3 8 2 and Pick 4 8 9 8 4.
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Bluefield officials mailed 30 day notices to RV owners demanding compliance with a rear yard parking rule. Keith Shrader spoke of licensed insured vehicles, while Gerald Steele noted campers must be stored at the rear. fines and court action possible if not moved by April 1.
Charleston report notes delay in deciding whether to keep a $100,000 annual contribution from the West Virginia Parkways Authority to Mercer County's Hatfield McCoy Recreation Authority project. House Bill 4482 would extend $250,000 Parkways payments. an amendment sought $100,000 for an equestrian park. House voted to send bill back to Senate to remove the amendment.
Virginia legislators ended three years of debate by passing a package of reforms that broaden repayment time and curb annual loan volume for payday lenders. Governor Kaine signaled support, noting past failures to protect vulnerable borrowers. The House approved 91 to 9. the Senate 37 to 2 with one abstention.
Bluefield town manager Todd Day hails a new bill as a wonderful resolution to a long standing issue over representation on the five member Sanitary Board. The system serves customers in West Virginia and treats at a facility in Virginia. The West Virginia population had driven the funding formula since the 1980s.
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