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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 2002
Page
10
Daily Telegraph sportswriter Tom Bone recounts a weekend of high school football in Mercer and Bramwell. He describes pregame radio insights, field action, photo treats of the Mercer County Courthouse rainbow, a five kilometer race, and late night agate typing, ending with a grateful caller praising the paper's American Family special section.
Samantha Perry serves as managing editor of the Daily Telegraph. The brief note cites a biblical verse from Romans and presents a quotation about love and fulfillment of the law.
The West Virginia School Building Authority ended a decade old bias toward cost savings and now treats student travel time as equal to building cost. The policy change aims to lessen long bus rides for elementary to high school students, with state guidelines suggesting one way limits of 30 to 60 minutes. The SBA and state officials emphasize student well being over county boundaries and dollar totals in delivering facilities funding.
William Sanders of Princeton reports a rising trend of cemeteries being erased for housing and roads. The Jacob Peck Cemetery along the Kanawha Turnpike was bulldozed for a mobile home site, while Thompson’s Chapel lost its monuments to a subdivided land grab. Robertson Cemetery atop Brush Creek Falls Road is being opened to homes, with bodies relocated to fields. Residents fear loss of grave locations and lack legal recourse.
Editorials urge confirming Michael McConnell, praising his intellect and respect for federal judiciary while noting criticism from Democrats and liberal groups over his views on Bush v Gore. Sept 22 Chicago Tribune cites his stance on abortion rights and Clinton impeachment. Sept 24 Philadelphia Inquirer supports Amistad Commission to integrate African American history into curricula, outlining challenges in New Jersey.
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