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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1998
Page
4
Mark Bowling is appointed new Circulation Director, reporting to Elizabeth Wilson who leads the newspaper's operations. The change places Bowling in charge of distribution strategies and audience reach. Elizabeth Wilson oversees editorial and business alignment during the transition.
In a Saturday Pulpit column Rev. Carl Sellards of Harper Free Methodist Church urges the church to shed its self interest and reembrace its global mission. He argues society grows more sinful while the church appears cold and compromised, calling for renewed soul winning and a renewed public stance.
Oct 9 through Oct 20 record multiple births from Glen Jean Oak Hill Summerlee Fayet teville Richwood Lester Mabscott Mount Hope Beckley Bolt and other towns. Names include Tammy Renea Johnson and Traci Moats with two sons Matthew Wayne and William Allen, plus daughters Brandi Dawn Madison Blainey Halenah Makayla and more. Grandparents and relatives appear for several entries and one twin birth in Craigsville.
Dr Galal Z. Galal of Raleigh Regional Cancer Center will headline a Beckley VA Medical Center event sponsored by the Federal Women's Program. Held during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the free program covers diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer at 10 a.m. in the Beckley VA auditorium. Contact Sherry Gregg, Debbie Voloski or Donna Perkins at 255 2121.
Coal Mountain Community Church will host a women's conference titled Women On A Mission Coming Into His Glory from November 2 to 7 at 7 p.m. daily. Speakers and singers include Patty Morgan Sharon Hatfield Della Prater Righteous Cry Connie Wallis Lisa Morgan Faye Morgan Lavona Preece across the week with repeated performers.
Community calendar notes events in Summers County and Beckley. Hinton Railroad Days Festival runs today and Sunday with 60 plus vendors, crafts, food, music, train exhibit and museum tours. Beckley St Marys church hosts a Fall Christmas bazaar 11 am to 3 pm with chili or potato soup lunch and Kids Korner. Upper Paint Creek watershed Association holds 9 am meeting at Pax Town Hall. Leadership as Men of God gathers 7 pm at United Apostolic Faith.
Listings include church service at 1010 S Kanawha Beckley with Elder James McMillion, stage performances Beauty and the Beast at Fayette Theater Fayetteville, Candlelight Ghost Tours at General Lewis Inn Lewisburg, Count Dracula at Princess Playhouse Mount Hope with caution, open mic at Serendipity Beckley, Speak Easy Singles at Kanawha Cinema, Jacob's Ladder Christian Band at 113 S Heber St, bingo and fire department events in Summers County and Hinton, YMCA wellness and yoga sessions, Weight Watchers Beckley Plaza Mall, Narcotics Anonymous and Princeton Hospital meetings, and a free Sports Medicine clinic at Raleigh General Hospital. Details on tickets and calls provided.
Multiple incidents reported across Beckley area include warrants on North Eisenhower Drive, disturbances on Earwood Street and Woodcrest Drive, larceny from Raleigh General Hospital, shoplifting at Hillis Department Store, and a stolen vehicle case on Broadway and Edwards Streets. Also noted are driving on revoked license, drug activity on Mercer Street, intoxication, suspicious persons on several streets, trespassing, threats, and various traffic accidents at multiple intersections and locations.
Readable data lists river gauges and elevations for Summersville and Meadow River areas. Includes measurements for Hinton Gates Pstem and Gauley gauges with ft readings and discharge values in cubic feet per second, noting outflow and specific station identifiers.
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