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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 2002
Page
1
Public point of view features where residents speak out on new city management. Settling down offers good news for people putting down roots. Readers get tips in the search for work and guidance to make job hunts successful.
Counties Buchanan Dickenson Lee Russell Scott Tazewell Wise and the city Norton must nominate representatives to the Southwest Virginia Workforce Investment Board. Nominations due by April 30 at P O Box 2439 Lebanon VA 24266. For information call Ron Ratliff at (276) 883-4034 or visit www wiaone com.
West Virginia Daily 3 numbers are 1 9 2 and Daily 4 numbers are 8 1 1 4. Virginia Pick 3 is 5 0 8 and Pick 4 is 0 3 4 9. Volume 108, number 80.
Governor Mark Warner asked President Bush to issue a major disaster declaration covering 10 counties in Southwest Virginia after widespread flooding. He planned tours of the flooded area and cited over 100 homes destroyed or seriously damaged and more than 353 with minor damage. The state opened a flood relief hotline at 1-877-245-5513, available Monday through Friday.
A state Supreme Court filing by Jackson County lawyer Larry Harless asks to restore welfare benefits to hundreds of West Virginians cut off under the 60 month federal limit. The suit targets McDowell County families but Harless says it represents about a thousand people state wide in a class action alleging the state must provide basic sustenance.
AZEWELL Va The list of job vacancies in Tazewell County is growing beyond the vacated school superintendent post The search now includes a new county administrator economic development director and tourism director School Superintendent Don Hodock announced his retirement Monday and Rick Kimbrell resigned last week as county administrator Joe Vacancies A-3
Congress clears the broad campaign finance overhaul after years of gridlock. The Senate passes 60 to 40 and the House 240 to 189, with President Bush expected to sign. Critics vow swift court challenges as McCain hails the move to curb unregulated soft money in politics.
About 500 million of unregulated soft money from corporations unions and individuals flowed to national parties in 2000. Congress passed limits on contributions including bans on national party soft money and caps on individual and total candidate donations. Foreigners barred from contributions and federal property cannot be used to solicit voters or funds.
Dr. Robert Moore announced his retirement effective June 30 2002 after nearly nine years as BSC president. The 56 year old will return to tenured faculty, moving back to a role he held 19 years earlier, saying the change will be rewarding personally and professionally. Under his tenure enrollment rose and nationally accredited programs increased to 16, second only to Fairmont State College.
Noon meeting of Bluefield Chapter No 116 AARP at Trinity Methodist Church 401 College Ave Bluefield followed by 7:30 p.m. Richmond Ballet performance at Tazewell High School Auditorium titled Ballet in the French Tradition.
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