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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 2002
Page
10
Cloudy with a tiny chance of rain then partly cloudy with highs in the 60s. Precipitation totals include 0.03 inch for Oct 5, 2002, 0.00 inch for Oct 6, 2001, 5.20 inches in the last 30 days, and 27.10 inches since January 1.
A late Sunday update from West Virginia at 8:12 p.m. on October 6, 2002 provides local time and regional reference, with focus on the Virginias area. No further context is given in the readable text.
WVU Days runs October 8 to 10 in Bluefield and Mercer Raleigh Summers counties. WVU faculty will lecture in area high schools and administrators and students will visit middle schools to encourage eighth graders toward college. The schedule includes a 10 am opera The Child and the Magic Things at Bluefield High School and Mountaineer Fanfare at 7 pm at Woodrow Wilson Football Field with Princeton High School among bands performing.
RWE Aktiengesellschaft of Essen plans cash purchase of American Water Works, the U.S. largest publicly traded water company, to make Thames Water the parent. Thames Water was the UK’s top polluter in 1999 2000 per Environment Agency records. West Virginia-American Water serves 500000 customers across 15 counties. PSC expected to approve sale within two months amid protests.
The piece notes Jaeger High School graduate of 1946 and local officials pushing a drug-prevention boot camp set to open next year if funding and planning proceed. Organizers urge tax-exempt donations to the Retired Military Police Association and list contact details for fundraising.
Sponsors sought 2.7 million from the Economic Development Grant Committee to build an access road off I 77 for a NASCAR Busch Grand National project. The panel rejected the request, but efforts continue with state economic development officials. Governor Wise announced a four race plan with Team West Virginia and the tourism division, featuring Wally Dallenbach and a Pepsi Dodge. Jim Terry contact provided.
Randy Deason has been named honorary chairperson of the Clayton County March of Dimes fundraising effort. Telegraph editor Bauer praised his leadership in the newspaper industry and community involvement. Deason expressed enthusiasm for leading the Telegraph and its staff and noted his family’s positive impression of Mercer County.
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