Hawkins-Mathena Walkathon set for Sept. 23
The annual Hawkins-Mathena Walkathon to benefit scholarships will take place on Saturday September 23 with three starting points Bluefield Princeton and Pike View High School. A goal of 45000 is set with lunch entertainment and prizes at Princeton Senior High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rinceton
Pam Hawkins
Chuck Mathena
Bluefield
Princeton
Pike View High School
Princeton Senior High School
Kimberleigh Hawkins White
White
Pace
Charles Mathena
Barbara Hawkins
Mathena
Hawkins
Doris Sue Kantor
David Scruggs
Steve Hopta
Marquetta Mathena
Elizabeth Osborne
Wills
Whitlow
Dan Zirkle
Doug
Princeton Health & Fitness Center
Buddy Campbell
Ted Gillespie
Campbell
Scruggs
Osborne
United Way campaign schedule announced for fall events
Sacre listed campaign report meetings starting with Early Bird Reports on Sept 13 at Johns Inn Princeton. Campaign Cabinet gathers Sept 20 at United Way First Century Bank, then Sept 27 breakfast at Bluefield Salvation Army. Cabinet meets Oct 4 at United Way, Oct 11 breakfast at Salvation Army Princeton, Oct 18 at United Way, and Oct 25 Over the Goal breakfast. Wilkinson praised progress and thanked Don Neal, Bluefield Monument, and First Virginia Bank. Leaders Club 2000 chaired by Charlie and Terri Cole at Fincastle Country Club reception Wednesday night.
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Sacre
Johnstons Inn
Princeton
United Way
First Century Bank
Bluefield Salvation Army
Salvation Army
Frank Wilkinson
United Way Board of Directors
Wilkinson
Don Neal
Bluefield Monument
First Virginia Bank
United Way of the Virginias
Fincastle Country Club
Leaders Club
Charlie
Terri Cole
Trial underway over fatal crash involving Champ estate and DSI Transport
An eight member federal jury sits for a West Virginia case filed May 22 1997 by Rita Blankenship executrix of Champ s estate. The dispute centers on a collision at Ambrose Lane and US 460 near Pfafftown NC and Bluefield WV between Champ a pickup driver and trucker Wilson. Both sides present conflicting views of fault with Wilson accused of failing to heed safety rules while Champ allegedly failed to stop. The trial resumes at 9 30 a m with testimony ongoing into the afternoon.
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Champ
Pfafftown
N.C
Princeton
Ambrose Lane
U.S. 460
Wilson
Bluefield
John R. Wiewold
Wiewold
Wienold
Phillip V. Anderson
Roanoke
Anderson
Christiansburg
Narrows
West Virginia
Verizon Urges 10-Digit Dialing to Expand Area Codes
Verizon warns customers who forget to dial all 10 digits after Sept. 19 will hear a recording instructing them to hang up and redial. The change frees up numbers within Virginia's 540 and West Virginia's 304 area codes while explaining 10-digit dialing is common in many metros. Seven-digit dialing can endanger prefixes when multiple area codes serve the same local area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verizon
Virginia
West Virginia
Yeatts
Virginia E-911 bill caps tax at three dollars a month
State Senate discusses Senate Bill 148 requiring local jurisdictions to operate a wireline E-911 system by July 1, 2003. The bill caps the monthly tax at $3 per customer, to fund capital costs and operating expenses of the E-911 facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Larimer II
Phillip Puckett
D-Va
Larimer
Kenneth W. Stolle
Virginia Beach
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Hawkins-Mathena Walkathon
Greater Bluefield
Del
Mark Wills
Princeton-Mercer County
A-1
Goal
Bill Archer
Charlotte Sacre
American Electric Power
Ted White
United Way Board
Rock Valley Concrete
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Robert W. Edwards, III
Suite
Beckley
United Cycle
Warn Winch Kit
Arctic Cat
Arctic Cat Atv
ATV Safety Institute
Arctic Cat Inc
Thief River Falls
Warn
Warn Industries
Princeton, WV
Douglas Sporting Goods
Vat Sales Inc
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