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The
region
celebrated
Veterans
Day
with
ceremonies
held
at
Twin
Valley
Elementary/Middle
School
and
Southwest
Virginia
Community
College
last
Saturday.
During
the
Veterans
Breakfast
at
SVCC's
Gene
T.
Dye
Armory,
the
Casey-Short
Veterans
of
Foreign
Wars
Post
9640
closed
the
event
with
a
21-gun
salute,
which
was
followed
by
the
playing
of
taps.
The
Levisa
River
Chaper
of
the
Daughters
of
the
American
Revolution
celebrated
Veterans
Day
with
a
lunch
for
veterans
and
their
families
at
Twin
Valley
Elementary/Middle
School.
DAR
member
Brenda
Ward
opened
the
ceremony
and
thanked
all
veterans
for
their
sacrifice
and
service
to
the
country.
(Staff
photo/Brandon
Dye.) |
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Events
Show
Respect
for
U.S.
Vets
Fallen
County
Soldier
Recognized
During
Somber
SVCC
Breakfast |
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by
Scotty
Wampler
News
Editor
Community
members
and
officials
came
together
to
salute
the
service
and
the
sacrifice
given
by
our
country's
veterans
at
the
"Veterans
All"
Breakfast
at
the
Gene
T.
Dye
Armory
at
Southwest
Virginia
Community
College
last
Saturday.
During
the
program,
fallen
Buchanan
County
soldier
Sergeant
David
Eugene
Lambert
was
honored.
State
Senator
Philip
Puckett
and
Delegate
Dan
Bowling
presented
Mary
Sue
Lambert
with
a
resolution
in
remembrance
of
her
son,
who
served
in
the
Virginia
Army
National
Guard.
Lambert
was
killed
in
Bagdad,
Iraq
in
October
2007
in
the
line
of
duty
while
serving
in
the
Virginia
Army
National
Guard
237th
Engineering
Company,
276th
Engineer
Battalion,
91st
Troop
Command,
based
in
West
Point,
VA.
Virginia
Delegate
Clarence
"Bud"
Phillips
thanked
veterans
for
their
sacrifices
and
dedication
to
the
country
and
their
fight
to
defend
freedom.
"One
of
the
things
I
read
about
our
citizen
soldiers,
is
that
they
are
some
of
the
finest
soldiers
ever
to
have
served,"
Phillips
said.
"They
were
there
from
the
first
shot
to
the
last
shot."
Also,
during
the
event,
Phillips
presented
a
resolution
to
honor
SVCC
founder
and
president
Dr.
Charles
R.
King
for
his
commitment
to
education
and
to
Southwest
Virginia.
"We
honor
Dr.
King
for
his
service
to
the
community,"
Phillips
said.
"He
provided
education
opportunities
to
those
who
wished
to
be
educated."
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County
Jobless
Rate
Falls
Slightly
VEC:
Over
100
Mining
Jobs
Reported
Lost
Since
First
Quarter
2007
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by
Scotty
Wampler
News
Editor
Buchanan
County's
unemployment
rate
dropped
over
one
point
from
August
to
September.
A
total
of
425
members
of
the
local
labor
force
were
unemployed
in
September,
resulting
in
a
jobless
rate
of
five
percent.
Though
there
were
more
total
workers
in
Buchanan
County
in
the
month
of
August,
over
a
hundred
additional
residents
were
seeking
employment,
resulting
in
a
jobless
rate
of
6.2
percent.
September's
workforce
(8,017)
was
74
workers
below
the
data
reported
for
the
month
of
August.
Unemployment
figures
for
October
have
not
yet
been
released
by
the
Virginia
Employment
Commission.
Buchanan
County's
jobless
rate
for
September
also
remained
below
the
figure
for
September
of
last
year,
when
494
workers
were
without
jobs,
resulting
in
an
unemployment
rate
of
5.5
percent.
In
the
local
four-county
region
of
Southwest
Virginia,
Buchanan
County
boasted
the
best
employment
rate
compared
to
Dickenson,
Russell
and
Tazewell
counties
in
September.
Tazewell
County's
rate
(1,066
unemployed;
5.2
percent
jobless)
was
reported
just
a
tick
higher
than
Buchanan
County's.
Russell
County
saw
643
members
of
its
workforce
jobless
(5.5
percent),
while
Dickenson
County
fared
the
worst
with
a
5.7
percent
unemployment
rate,
or
328
members
of
its
labor
force
out
of
work.
For
more of the story, see the print edition of the Mountaineer,
on sale at newsstands now. To subscribe to the Mountaineer,
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