Halloween safety fears shape Bluefield plans this year
Parents opt to keep children home or attend a Kennedy Center party amid anthrax scares and terrorism fears. Some families cancel trick or treating, while authorities urge caution and candy screening. Mercer Mall cancels mall events for safety, with security heightened for Halloween night. Local police note most white powder threats are hoaxes but advise vigilance.
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Kennedy Center
Bluefield
Mashonda Dunford
Montcalm
Dunford
Janie Walker
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Walker
Mercer Mall
FBI
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G.W. Sarver
Princeton
School board tightens emergency protocols after suspicious mail incident
Health officials say a suspicious envelope found at Princeton Community Hospital did not pose a threat and the woman involved was not hospitalized. Anne Seaver notes new mail handling steps will join the district emergency manual, with mail now opened in offices and staff wearing gloves in the mailroom. Tom Witten warns of copy-cat risks as schools remain on heightened alert amid daily mail.
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Anne Seaver
Board of Education
Seaver
Tazewell County
Tom Witten
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Rumsfeld sees broader war beyond Afghanistan fronts
Rumsfeld said no coordination across the south yet and that the war on terrorism may extend beyond Afghanistan. Officials expect intensified air assaults focusing on Taliban front-line troops. The Northern Alliance has received U.S. aid and is in talks near Mazar e Sharif with U.S. personnel, amid Afghan opposition efforts.
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Whiteman Air Force Base
Whiteman
Afghanistan
U.S
Sify
Taliban
Northern Alliance
Rashid Dostum
Associated Press
Mazar-e-Sharif
Uzbekistan
DEP approves extension with 3.7 million cost
Athens officials report the extension requires no environmental impact statement and will not have significant adverse effects. The project cost is 3.7 million with a 2.26 million low interest loan from the Construction Assistance Unit of DEP. Construction begins after 2003 and will take 12 months, per Mike Johnson.
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DEP
Division of Water Resources
Mike Johnson
Chickenpox risks and vaccine longevity cited by officials
Wides notes varicella can cause pneumonia encephalitis and flesh eating strep as secondary infections in adults. She warns adults suffer more severe illness, while children are milder. The vaccine, about five to six years old, may protect a lifetime per CDC infectious disease specialist Dr. Karin Galil, with studies from Japan showing 25 years of protection.
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Associated Press
Karin Galil
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
CDC
Galil
Japan
Science Center Halloween Program At West Virginia Bluefield
The Science Center of West Virginia in the Bluefield Area Arts and Science Center hosts a Halloween program on Saturday Oct 27. Activities include a pumpkin decorating contest at 10 a.m a Starlab presentation at 11 a.m a noontime lunch at Moon Rock Cafe a 1 30 p m electricity show a Maze exhibit blindfold challenge and costume prizes at 3 p.m Admission is 5 with each Starlab and Virtual Reality session 2 extra.
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Science Center of
West Virginia
Bluefield Area
Starlab
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