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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 2002
Page
1
Motorcycle riders rallied for charity to benefit local kids, boosting community support and fundraising. Organizers described the event as a fun, family friendly ride with proceeds earmarked for youth programs and activities.
WVU analyst Dr. James Helmkamp warns ATV fatalities soar in West Virginia with 17 deaths this year and three victims aged 13 in a single September week. He urges legislative action to regulate ATV usage, noting historic high per capita deaths and local bans in cities like Beckley and Parkersburg.
McDowell County School Superintendent Dr. Mark Manchin announced plans to relocate Big Creek High School students by 2005, reviving arguments for consolidation despite the local school board's unanimous opposition. He will present the revised Comprehensive Educational Facilities Plan to the state School Building Authority in October.
A War resident voices concern over closing Big Creek school, stressing the need for a nearby campus for children and grandchildren and urging the community to oppose the move.
Howard Beckett praises a life saving operation after Dr. Joseph W. Baker performed a quadruple bypass at Carilson's Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke Virginia. The surgery was televised via satellite and Beckett spoke with his son Bud at their Glendale Street home in Bluefield days after the procedure.
The AP reports how counties exploit a legal quirk to boost special education funding as enrollment declines. Roane County’s December 2001 count rose 27 percent from October, the largest rise in the state, prompting concerns that officials call it a game or even fraud, and lawmakers prepare hearings starting November 18.
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