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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 2003
Page
1
Local brief from BD-Town News highlights events and updates dated Friday October 24 2003. Details cover community notices, upcoming meetings, and regional happenings with concise summaries and key entities referenced in the publication.
The WVVA weather team says a cold start will give way to sunshine this afternoon with temperatures rising into the 50s to around 60 degrees. Expect mild, pleasant conditions overall.
Salem police say 24 year old Oswaldo Valenciano fired gunshots while on a tricycle then crashed into a car driven by Marion Rodriguez who urged calling 911. He fled the scene, mounted his trike, fell, then reentered Rodriguezs car before hitting a street sign and hiding in a SUV.
Mercer County man Robert Pruitt, 27, of Bluefield was arrested after a tip prompted by a televised robbery video. He confessed to four armed robberies in Mercer County and nearby Tazewell County, had worked at Joy Food Mart, and had recently returned from Florida. Bond set at 60000 dollars. arraigned before Magistrate Mike Flanagan.
The West Virginia School Building Authority will distribute $200 million for statewide school construction. McDowell County is slated to get $10 million for four projects: a new War Junior High, a new War Elementary, a combined Panther Jaeger elementary, and Jaeger Comprehensive High School including Big Creek High enrollments.
Bluefield West Virginia and Bluefield Virginia sit on either side of a border that cuts through a city park. Once Graham Virginia, the town renamed in a wedding about 80 years ago to symbolize the interstate union. Signs mark the split, with Virginia and West Virginia identities distinct yet linked through Sister cities.
The Community Foundation of the Virginias held its seventh annual dinner at the Bluefield Elk's Club. Keynote speaker was William Getty of the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. Exec director Deanna Puckett said the foundation funds Mercer and Tazewell counties and has supported Bluefield Fire Department and Girl Scouts. President Nick Amell Jr. reported $170,000 given in scholarships and grants last year.
Bluefield area resident Fanny Williams recalls the Oct 20 1961 snowstorm that struck as forecasters predicted rain. She describes trees shedding leaves and snapping power lines, with outages lasting for days near Kegley while Appalachian Power’s Illuminator photo notes the event. Big Jim Dalton led the Bluefield Daily Telegraph coverage.
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