BRMC officials predict brighter future amid tough budget
Bluefield officials forecast a four year financial turnaround for Bluefield Regional Medical Center after a lean budget year. The board cited selling nonessential services, debt avoidance and cash reserves as part of a strategy led by open heart center plans. Mayor Perkinson pressed for lean budgeting while board members stressed proactive planning for uncertain times.
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Bluefield Regional Medical Center
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Eugene “Gene” Pawlowski
Pawlowski
Frank Wilkinson
West Virginia
Gary Cornwell
Charles Owens
Cowens
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Bland County adopts staggered terms for supervisors
Bland County voters will see a staggered terms plan for the Board of Supervisors after a unanimous vote. Two district seats will start with two-year terms in November, while the other two will begin four-year terms. The registrar will draw straws to pick the initial two-year terms. No opposition was raised at a public hearing.
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Chandler
Economic jitters hit February outlook with slow home sales
February data from the Commerce Department show new home sales fell 8.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 854,000, the weakest since August 2000, while durable-goods orders dropped 1.2 percent. Manufacturing weakness, driven by declines in computers cars and metals, follows a prior 12.6 percent January drop amid prewar jitters.
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Commerce Department
Seven nations sign treaties to join NATO
Foreign ministers from Romania Bulgaria Slovakia Lithuania Slovenia Estonia and Latvia signed formal papers at NATO headquarters in Brussels to join the alliance. NATO invited them to join at a November Prague summit and they will become members in May 2004 pending parliamentary ratification, covered by the alliance’s collective defense guarantee.
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Pakistan India trade missile tests amid Kashmir tensions
Pakistan and India carried out reciprocal tests of nuclear capable missiles, raising tensions while the U S focuses on Iraq. India accused Pakistan of involvement in a Kashmir massacre of 24 Hindus and both nations traded heavy artillery along the cease-fire line. Analysts fear New Delhi may exploit the U S war to heighten Kashmir tensions.
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District honors Al Modena at May Citizenship banquet
Cameron Stevens of the Mountain Dominion District announced at the Friends of Scouting meeting in Bluefield that A. A. Al Modena will be named the district Distinguished Citizen. The awards banquet will be held May 13 at Fincastle Country Club.
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al’ Modena
Fincastle Country Club
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