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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 2001
Page
1
A grieving note from William Junior Dalton expresses deep love for his son Jason and laments the unfairness of his death. He mentions talking to people and not cutting Jason any slack, hoping others learn from what happened.
A Princeton father recounts his son Jason Dalton's 24 years and drug abuse that culminated in an OxyContin overdose on August 27 2000. The story traces a life filled with ski gear fishing tackle books and games and a family striving to cope with a teenager who skipped school and later earned a GED before his death.
Virginia education officials warn the Richmond stalemate could cut text books supplies and teaching materials, raise class sizes and push teachers to neighboring states. Tazewell Education Association president Jim Brewster says a default 2001 budget would underfund per pupil costs, with Governor Gilmore pushing a car tax cut at education expense.
Charleston WV Transportation Secretary Fred VanKirk says no construction program has been canceled in southern West Virginia or elsewhere and that the word canceled misrepresented intentions. He argues the state’s vision focuses on strategic investments with immediate benefits, citing ongoing work on the Bluefield interchange and the Coalfields Expressway from Sophia to the Surveyor area in Raleigh County.
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