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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 2002
Page
4
A lighthearted Easter preview touches baseball, basketball, and NASCAR. It notes baseball’s spring opening and possible athlete salaries, recalls Yogi Berra anecdotes, WVU coaching chatter, Wake Forest recruiting stories, and Dale Earnhardt jokes. Larry Hypes signs off as Daily Telegraph columnist.
The Wheeling News Register notes Circuit Judges Karl and Madden recused from a case due to ties with the involved public schools. By contrast Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw heard a suit affecting his brother, Attorney General Darrell McGraw, prompting calls to avoid impropriety. Citizens group Cuz Blake chairs Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse in Northern West Virginia criticizes the impartiality.
Thomas A ColleyExecutive Editor Samantha Perry Managing Editor reference a Bible verse Mark 4 39 AV with the line And he arose and rebuked the wind and said unto the sea peace be still The wind ceased and there was great calm for the paper staff
A Mercer County business owner reports vandalism and stolen drive up speakers from March 23 to March 25. The letter to the county commission urges a timely police investigation, noting repeated break ins and lack of report or contact for insurance purposes.
James R Boston of Princeton W Va accuses Gov Wise of smoke and mirrors after he vetoed West Virginia’s Informed Consent bill. He argues the bill aimed to inform about abortion risks and fetal development, not outlaw it, and notes the governor’s repeated veto of even modest pro life measures.
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad discuss Immigration and Naturalization Service bungling over visa extensions for Sept. 11 hijackers and the resulting personnel shakeup. The Whitewater inquiry, led by Independent Counsel Robert Ray, ends inconclusively with Clinton exoneration narrative and critique of investigation scope. A Hartford Courant piece lauds a Supreme Court ruling allowing student peer grading, calling it educational without privacy violation.
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