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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1998
Page
4
Contact numbers for News Department Local and Regional desks Obituaries and sports. Bureaus Fayette and Wyoming counties. Office hours 8:30 to 5 Monday to Friday. Classified and display lines with 9 to 5 call times. Subscriptions listed with periods and total price.
The Christian Bookstore in Beckley celebrates 50 years in business with sales and promotions. Owner Mike Tener, who bought the shop in 1996, plans to broaden the gift line while keeping a ministry focus. Reverend Carl Johnson will attend a Saturday book signing.
Proceeds from Beckley Bank of Raleigh vs Beckley Babes softball game go to WV Children's Hospital Morgantown. Also notes Hinton Senior Center Spring Picnic at Bluestone State Park and a Friday meal pickup option. Local events include rummage sale at Beaver United Methodist Church, Narcotics Anonymous and NABCJ meetups at Raleigh County Public Library, outdoor drama Honey in the Rock at Grandview State Park, Beckley Singles Bible study, and Southern Soil Conservation District board meeting.
District Building at 475 Ragland Road Beckley hosts community meetings while Blue-Gray Viet Nam Veterans of America meets in Princeton at chapter building on Mercer Street. East Beckley Improvement Association convenes 6 p.m. at Police Satellite Station Antonio Avenue. Other items include club gatherings, class schedules, bingo evenings, and fitness programs at local venues such as Ghent, Shady Spring, Prosperity, Crab Orchard, Ghent Fire Department, and Beckley Mall area with contact numbers for information.
Scribe and Warfair perform at Dry Hill Prosperity Building with new material at 9 and 10 p.m. through Saturday. Ghost tours light a candlelit path at White Horse Bed and Breakfast Fayetteville. Huge Outdoor Flea Market runs today and Saturday at Wild Water Joe's Second Flea Market Route 19 North Maple Fork Exit. Tickets for Marion saxophonist at Serendipity Coffee House. jazz concert June 27 at WWHS to benefit youth. Friday's in the Park 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Shoemaker Square Uptown Beckley Theatre West Virginia Brandy Austin.
Police logs list crimes and disturbances across Beckley including armed robbery at 200 block North Kanawha Street, larceny at 700 block South Runaway juvenile, fights on Barber Avenue Odessa Avenue and Third Avenue, illegal dumping on Beverly Street, a man intoxicated at Burger King, juveniles in roadway on East C Street, Revocation of juveniles at Beckley Crossing, vandalism at 600 block South, shoplifting at Wal Mart on Eisenhower Drive, shots fired around Mason Street and Nebraska Avenue, arson attempt in a trash can on Temple Street, suspicious vehicle on Klaus Street, and multiple vehicle accidents near Super 8 Motel, Five Corners, Route 19, Armory Drive, and Raleigh Mail.
Sheriff's Department logs show assaults on Stanford Road in Lanark Shady Spring disturbance at Beckley West Apartments Adkins Street in Shady Spring domestic incident at Beckley West Apartments a fight on Jem Street in Lester Rockhouse Road in Fairdale intoxication on Ritter Drive in Beaver area and vehicle accidents on Route 61 Mill Creek Road State Route 3 Cameron Robert C Byrd Drive MacArthur.
RA Reports yesterday at 8 am list Bluestone Lake elevations 1410.3 ft with gates open 4.3 to 6.250 cf s. Hinton gauge 2.8 ft 6 800 cf s. Galer River 0.25 ft below normal. Summersville Lake elevation 1652 ft Gauley outflow 7.1 ft 247 cf s. Cgsvi gauge 9.7 ft 237 cf s Meadow River 3.6 ft 135 cf s R D Bailey Lake elevation outflow numbers provided.
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