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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 2001
Page
3
Obituaries list multiple storied families including Rose and Sluss in Stuart Roanoke and Rocky Gap. Services set at Sycamore Baptist Church and Rocky Gap United Methodist Church with military rites and graveside burial to follow. Visitation times noted and memorials requested to church funds.
Funeral services set for Beverly Finley Belcher at Cravens Shires Bluewell with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park. Evelyn Haynes to be buried at Maplewood Cemetery after 11 a.m. service at Baptist Valley Church of God. Virginia Cordle McGlothlin to be laid to rest at Hawkins Cemetery Richlands after 11 a.m. service in Cedar Bluff. Henry Martin to have graveside rites at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery Mausoleum Richlands. Warren Shrewsberry services at Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Blanche Thornhill service at Culpeper Baptist Church with burial at Culpeper Masonic Cemetery.
Gilmore pushes to restore funding for colleges and 200 nonprofit arts and cultural groups but faces a two year plan with no cash. House backs 70 percent car tax cut, Senate wants 55 percent. Without compromise or a special session, funding remains uncertain and a veto looms.
SAFE workers in McDowell County lead the Starland project a 40 unit HUD approved housing plan with on site sewage plant ADA compliant units and a community center. Contractors include local firms with Swope Construction the only out of area firm. Project officials say the aim is to keep money in county and replace aging homes.
Bland County officials announce a $4.2 million plus federal and state funding package for sewer lines from Bastian exit toward Bluefield. Grants and loans from Rural Development EPA and CDBG, ARC, plus $1.75 million from VDOT, will service about 270 customers and shift VDOT rest areas to the Bland County Service Authority. Local leaders call it the county’s greatest project and a path to jobs.
The board agrees to a 55 percent car tax reduction but faces a veto threatened by Gilmore for anything under 70 percent. A follow up meeting is set for next Monday at 5 30 p m at Tazewell Middle School to discuss teacher salary increases and local revenue needs from the county supervisors.
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