Weather Update: Cloudy with mid autumn showers
Thursday October 13 2011 forecast calls for showers before 1 p.m. Mostly cloudy skies with a high near 69 degrees. Stronger precipitation expected earlier in the day near the morning trough. North winds light to moderate.
Lester intercepts weekly honor in sports recap
In a brief sports note dated October 12, 2011, Lester earns a weekly honor as market activity reports show a closing price around 604.73 with notable movement. The item highlights his achievement and cites the weekly context.
Family Lost In Corn Maze Calls 911 For Help
In Danvers Massachusetts a family of four became disoriented inside a seven acre Connors Farm corn maze and phoned 911 for assistance. An officer and farm manager searched the maze uncovering they were about 25 feet from the street. Farm owner Bob Connors said the maze is designed to mislead visitors.
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Danvers
Mass
Massachusetts
Connors Farm
Bob Connors
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West Virginia and Virginia Lottery Numbers Reported
Lottery results list West Virginia Daily 3 8 2 0 and Daily 4 2 2 5 6 plus Virginia Pick 3 5 9 5 and Pick 4 6 2 2 9. No additional context or outcomes provided.
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Daily
Virginia Pick
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County Meeting and Festival Lineup for Fall Events
County Commission agenda includes Fire Prevention Week and multiple community festivals. Bland hosts the Leaves festival, Italian American and Pumpkin festivals, Bramwell Oktoberfest highlighted alongside a county meeting agenda.
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Bramwell
Giles County seeks names of Ten Commandments plaintiffs
Giles County School Board moves to disclose identities of plaintiffs in the lawsuit over displaying Ten Commandments in county schools. Liberty Council states the court must reveal who the plaintiffs are to assess standing, while the ACLU argues plaintiffs’ anonymity amid threats must be protected.
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Pearisburg
Giles County School Board
Matthew Staver
Liberty Council
Giles
Schol Board
ACLU
Staver
Giles County
Concord University audit finds major campus financial defects
State audit released at a Post-Audits Subcommittee meeting details deficiencies at Concord University during 2008–2009. Findings include unaudited $975,000 through the bookstore, $1,407 reimbursements to relatives of a former athletic director, and $1,043,000 in work study payroll not fully auditable due to internal controls. Additional disbursements covered travel and activities for Mountain Lion Club and related parties.
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Charleston
Concord University
Aaron Allred
Research and Development Corp
R&d
Mountain Lion Club Inc
Mountain Lion Club
Charles Becker
State advances drug task force
West Virginia doctors form a 24 point plan to fight drug abuse amid concerns over its effect on the state's economy. Dr John Schmidt notes the group began last winter and will pursue ongoing actions. A point calls for restricting pseudoephedrine cold medicines to prescription only, after a bill died in the legislature last session.
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Charleston
West Virginia Medical Association
John Schmidt
Schmidt
West Virginia
Judiciary Subcommittee
Health
Planning for 94th Little Jimmie party underway
Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports community volunteers began planning the 94th Little Jimmie party to aid more than 750 children this holiday season. The group finalized plans for this year's Community Christmas Tree event set for Friday, with volunteers meeting in the newspaper’s conference room.
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Luefield
Daily Telegraph
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