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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 2002
Page
2
Tony Stewart took victory at Atlanta in a dominant NASCAR Cup Series event. The win cements Stewart's lead in the standings and highlights a strong performance by his team through multiple stages at the fast .4 mile track.
Local appointments approved by the Virginia State Senate as part of regional updates. Sports scores and action from around the region feature in A-5. Weather details summarized in A-8.
Area churches held memorials across the region marking six months since the Sept 11 attacks. Services featured moments of silence and prayers led by pastors including Randall Adkins of First United Methodist. Some churches rescheduled but planned future remembrances as communities gathered to honor victims.
In Tazewell County Virginia, over 42 tons of road litter were removed between November and late February. About 14 roadside dumps were cleared by workers from Clinch Valley Community Action's sentencing program under county environmental control officer Sandy Etter. Debris included tires, appliances, shingle panels, wood, and general litter along various dumpsites such as Middle Creek, Crockett's Cove, and Route 691 areas.
In Charleston the Sunny Day Fund to cover unexpected expenses and incentives for attracting a company to West Virginia died on the Legislature's final night. Gov. Bob Wise secured passage of an R D and Incentive Legislation bill expanding tax exemptions for research and development. The measure also lowers job creation thresholds via Wise's Sup. Investment Tax Credit and exempts venture capital firms from business franchise taxes. Funding for Wheeling Victorian Outlet and other state projects including a ball field in Legislature A-5.
Budget HB4001 SB100 remains pending in House and Senate finance committees. HB4003 SB112 would create a personal income tax credit for student loan interest. currently dead. SB111 would increase state police benefits. Bills, A-2.
Princeton and Bluefield fourth graders add genealogy to reading writing and arithmetic. Bluefield State College genealogy group coordinator Dick Sharp learned October is National Family History Month. Fifth grade student Diane Shahan shares a page about her dad's plane crash in a scrapbook.
On Tuesday March 12 from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. a BRMC Diabetes Support Group gathers at Westgate Acme in Bluefield Virginia. At 7 p.m. the Tazewell County Republican Party meets in the old JDR Courtroom within the Administration Building in Tazewell.
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