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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1998
Page
3
The register Herald lists contact numbers for news desks and departments including local and regional desks, sports, obituaries, advertising, and classifieds. Circulation totals show charges and a Beckley WV address for customer service.
Ellen Taylor of the Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce said a signage consultant will visit Beckley to propose directional signs. Douglas Gallagher of Douglas Gallagher Associates will meet with local groups to draft a preliminary report on sign locations sizes phasing and themes and help set priorities and funding plans.
June 6 to June 11 records list Allen and April Browns Sears Beckley April Carpenter Price Beatrice Hill Vicki Johnson Curtis Paul Redden Meadow Bridge Greg Bennett Lisa Sawyers William Victoria Taylor Horton Phillips Cynthia Robertson Wilson Stephen Ratcliff Christina Craige Louise and others welcoming twin sons daughters and a variety of weights and times in Renick Beckley Beckley Beaver Layland Princeton Oak Hill and Meadow Bridge with multiple named newborns including Denver Harrison Allen Jordan Lee Montana Rhiana Elizabeth Elijah Ameer Jamal Charlotte Allison Blake Cody James Betsy Lea Kayla LeeAnna and Heather Michelle.
A compilation of local meetings and activities including Beckley Singles at Shoney s for members, Prayer Warriors noon board meeting at Evangelist Louise Staples home, D A R genealogy workshop at Raleigh County Public Library, Mount Hope Class of 1958 reunion planning at Gillesippe s Restaurant, County Commission June meeting in Raleigh County, Crab Orchard MacArthur Public Service District conference at 1291 Robert C Byrd Drive, Vacation Bible School at Salvation Army, Honey in the Rock show at Theatre of West Virginia with reservations, Danese PLD District Office Maplewood WOTM meeting at Moose Lodge, County NAACP Youth at Central Baptist Church, Bethlehem Chapter No 71.
A dense schedule of local meetings and events includes Order of the Eastern Star at Masonic Temple Beckley, Military Order of Purple Heart at American Legion Hall, band practice for New River Area Concert Band at Beckley Stratton Junior High, and a Veterans Administration Hospital concert in September to honor MIA-POW. Also listed are family support groups, AA meetings, Red Cross blood drives, ballroom dancing, bingo, church groups, fitness classes, and various other community gatherings with contact numbers for more information.
A rafting day at Rivers Whitewater Rafting Resort in Fayetteville features food music and fun. All proceeds benefit United Way of Southern West Virginia and local scholarships with support from College of West Virginia. Call 800-879-7483 for details.
Beckley police report a wide range of calls including destruction of property on Barber Avenue, a dog killing rabbits on Mason Street, driving with expired licenses on Broadway Street, multiple fights near Amoco Station, and intoxication incidents across Walmart lot Second Street and nearby roads. Juveniles throwing rocks on Hager Street and larcenies on Wilson and Ninth Streets are noted, along with loud music on Grove Avenue and malicious wounding on Patch Street. Suspicious vehicles on Eighth Street near Sheridan Avenue, tampering with vehicles on Hartley Avenue, and a suspicious person near the South Kanawha Street intersection are listed. Unwanted presence on Harper Road, vicious dog on Queen Street, and several vehicle accidents at Woodlawn Avenue Second Street and areas around South Eisenhower Drive are recorded. Disturbances reported in Bradley, Cabell Heights, Glen White, and Raleigh with multiple street mentions. Domestic calls span Resaco, Shady Spring, Arnett, Helen, Crab Orchard. Harassment on Kent Street in Sprague and illegal dumping on Bot Mountain appear. Additional larceny reports, speeding on Fireco Road, stolen vehicle on Vit. View Road, vandalism on Chestnut Lane, and multiple vehicle crash locations across Coal City, Beaver, Coal Ridge, and Raleigh Ridge Road are included.
Reports from 8 a.m. yesterday provide current conditions for Bluestone Lake and Summersville Lake with elevations, gates, gauges, and outflows. Measurements include Bluestone Lake elevation 4,410 ft with 7,810 cf/s inflow, Hinton gauge 3.2 ft at 9,590 cf/s, Galer River normal and cloudy, Summersville Lake elevation 16.3 ft and outflow 2,250 cf/s, Meadow River 9.1 ft at 6,100 cf/s, and Gauley outflow data.
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