Monday September 29 2003 Bulletin from BDT Online
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 2003
Page
1
A brief header entry dated Monday September 29 2003 references the BDtonline site. The note points to www.bdtonline.com as the source for further details.
Derrick Pontier, drummer for Great White linked to the Rhode Island nightclub fire, was treated and released from a hospital after a three vehicle crash in Allentown Pennsylvania. The February Station nightclub blaze killed 100 and wounded nearly 200. guitarist Ty Longley died in the fire.
Bluefield High School moves toward a centennial homecoming with an October schedule including a parade on October 6 a homecoming queen and king return on October 10 and former Beaver High School athletes coming back on October 17. Committee members say the month will be historic and highly special.
Charleston AP reports West Virginia shows limited impact in a Southern Governors' Association study that grades 1,538 counties across 16 states on educational needs. The Educational Needs Index highlights 300 counties needing investment, with only eight WV counties in that group and seven in the least critical category, ranking the state 11th in the region. The study ties learning to social welfare and aims to guide targeted education spending.
The Funari family and Consolidated Motor Express Inc. exemplify rags to riches in the southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia coal fields. Allesandro Aleck Funari, born in Perugia in 1895, arrived in the United States at 15 seeking better wages, starting in Wilmington and later moving to Carnegie, Pennsylvania, before his family’s rise.
Across the nation teachers confront tighter state education budgets, higher student standards, and uncertain funding. Nearly all states have passed laws mandating higher academic expectations, setting a testing and accountability course that tests teachers’ mettle.
William O. Bill Bivens, a former circuit court judge and Mercer County prosecutor, died Saturday at his Bluefield residence. A 12 year judge and longtime Bluefield city attorney, he was remembered as a good friend and dedicated public servant with strong faith and intellect.
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