Dinner honors retired Bluefield firefighters
In Bluefield the annual fire department retirement dinner honored 13 retirees among about 32 attendees. Darrin Haynes and Chief Gerald Steele spoke of the food and timing as active crews finished dinner and answered a late fire call at 8:06 p.m. The event kicks off National Fire Prevention Week with memories of a 1920s tradition and a Broken Wheel Award for equipment mishaps. The parade is planned for Monday with Danny Meadows and Rich Aliff coordinating the dinner.
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Gerald Steele
Leon Harmon
Robert F. “Poo Eye” Smith
Lee F. Puckett
Richard M. Poe
N. Earl Doughton
R.L
Dick” Bishop
Walter L. Nicewander
John V. Buzzo
Donald Gott
Steele
R.E
Bob” Perkinson Jr
Man dies in Giles County single vehicle crash
Giles County Virginia man Kennis Lowe Habernigg 62 of Pembroke died after a single vehicle crash on Collins Avenue about six tenths of a mile north of U S Route 460. He was driving a 1995 pickup when he ran off the road overturned and was ejected. not wearing a seat belt. No other injuries or vehicles were involved. Cause under investigation.
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Giles County
Kennis Lowe Habhernigg
Collins Avenue
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Virginia State Police
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Stater
Bluefield Woman's Club Barbecue Aids Sanders House Renovation
The Bluefield Virginia Woman's Club hosts a Bar-B-Q and Auction at the Sanders House Center on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds fund interior renovations turning the historic home into a community tourist center museum. Tickets are eight dollars. meals include barbecue beans slaw and dessert with a live auction conducted by Eddie Pauley. Local donations from Regency Real Estate and Leslie Ann's support the effort led by Graham Historical Society and club members including Irma Webb and Vicki Spurgeon news.
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Graham Historical Society
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Historical Society
Woman’s Club
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The
Irma Webb
Woman
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Regency Real Estate
Leslie Ann’s
Eddie Pauley
Troy Sarver
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Blessing of Animals Celebrates Saint Francis in Bluefield
Nearly two dozen pets from dogs to a walking horse attended the Saint Francis blessing in Bluefield marking the Feast Day. Morgan spoke of God’s love, while owners shared personal reasons for bringing animals, including Cindy the dog who survived a truck accident.
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Saint Francis of
Assisi
St. Francis
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Bluefield
The
Humane Society
Midnight
Buford
Saddler
Lisa Cole
Cindy
Cole
Corrections to Bluefield cafe address and festival speakers
The Daily Telegraph corrects the Golden Oldies Cafe address to 1125 Bluefield Avenue Bluefield. Rocket Boy Roy Lee Cooke cannot attend Saturday's October Sky Festival in Coalwood, instead speaking at an Indiana library for a Rocket Boys reading session. Homer Hickam, Willie Rose, and Jimmy Carroll remain in Coalwood Saturday.
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Daily Telegraph
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Bluefield Avenue
Rocket Boy
Roy Lee Cooke
Coalwood
Cooke
Indiana
Rocket Boys
Homer H. Hickam
Willie
Billy” Rose
Jimmy “O'Dell” Carroll
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