Mostly Sunny Day With 70s Highs
A mostly sunny pattern across the region with afternoon temperatures reaching the 70s. Light winds and dry conditions are expected, making it a pleasant day for outdoor activities.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 2001
Page
1
A mostly sunny pattern across the region with afternoon temperatures reaching the 70s. Light winds and dry conditions are expected, making it a pleasant day for outdoor activities.
The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from Elkhart Indiana officials over a granite Ten Commandments monument on the city hall lawn. Lower courts ruled the display unconstitutional, and a federal judge will decide the monument’s fate. Two Elkhart residents with ACLU support sued to remove it.
FEMA and SBA teams plus state and local emergency services surveyed Mercer, Wyoming, McDowell, Raleigh and surrounding West Virginia areas to assess flood damage for a possible national disaster declaration. Gov Wise sought emergency designation. officials urged residents to call 1-866-982-4685 for state grants while National Guard deployments were delayed.
Jim Nickels began Teen Challenge on Thorn Street in Princeton seven years ago and grew it into the Appalachian Teen Challenge Training Center near Athens. The program reports 86 percent of graduates remain drug and alcohol free seven years after completion.
Molly Fromkin, an eighth grader from Bluefield Middle School, correctly spelled anaptyxis to advance to the second round of the 74th annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. Brina Kitts of Tazewell Middle School was eliminated on arolium. The final round airs Thursday on ESPN. results are at spelling bee site.
Bluefield candidates for five board seats debated issues Monday at a chamber sponsored forum televised by BSC on May 31 and June 4. Ten of thirteen attended. Chris Flynt was absent. Perkinson represented by Modena. Kersey by Betsy Kersey.
A regional price roundup lists several low gasoline rates on Tuesday across Bluefield West Virginia and Virginia towns. Cumberland Road Food Mart offers regular at 1.522 and unleaded at 1.629, while Tim's in Bluefield provides 1.459 regular and 1.652 super unleaded. Ron's Kwik Stop in Tazewell posts 1.472 regular and 1.559 unleaded plus, with Pilot Food Mart Rogers Street at 1.499 regular and 1.592 unleaded plus. Coastal Mart on South Walker Street shows 1.499 regular and 1.592 unleaded plus, among others.
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