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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 2000
Page
7
A reporter describes the Gauley River upper section known as the Beast of the East. ACE Whitewater estimates 85 000 rafters this fall with only 1 percent locals from West Virginia. The piece reflects on why West Virginians favor other pursuits and recounts a first hand trip down the river with guide Dave Seay.
Clyde Lambert, 90, in Crozer Elkhorn faces raw sewage flooding runoff from a clogged drainage line into Elkhorn Creek. He describes stinky yards, gnats, silt, and recurring sewage discharge from nearby homes with few options for septic placement in the hillside hollow. Local authorities have not resolved the problem.
The Pam Hawkins-Chuck Mathena Walkathon drew record turnout and funds, totaling about 42500 with more pledges coming. Walkers honored late Dr. Lawrence J. Pace with black ribbons as 89 active scholarship recipients and many graduates participated, highlighting school fundraiser impact.
Southwest Virginia will receive about 7 million dollars from tobacco settlement funds. About 80 percent goes to farmers and quota owners to offset lost quotas, while 20 percent funds community revitalization in tobacco dependent areas like Dickenson and Tazewell counties. Projects include a Dickenson kitchen incubator for local food entrepreneurs and two multi purpose sheds at the Tazewell County fairgrounds with a comfort station scales and a display room to weigh farm products.
Virginia posted a 1.9 percent rise in nonagricultural jobs for July, adding 64,000 positions to reach 3.463 million. Southwest Virginia's Bristol area gained 1.6 percent, adding 600 jobs to 38,800, with gains in manufacturing, trade, transportation, finance, and government offset by 200 construction losses. Service jobs led the state growth with 32,600 new positions, totaling 1,124,700 and accounting for about half of the overall increase.
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