Advertise With the Virginia Mountaineer Today!
|
|
|
|
GRUNDY
MAYOR
Roger
Powers
and
CTB
Member
James
Keen
(top
photo)
meet
Gov.
Tim
Kaine
at
the
legislative
reception
the
county
co-hosted
last
week
in
Richmond.
In
the
bottom
photo
are
Buchanan
County
Chamber
of
Commerce
Director
Mary
Belcher;
ASL
President
Lu
Ellsworth;
Del
Terry
Kilgore,
University
of
Appalachia
Dean
of
Institutional
Advancement;
and
Grundy
Town
Council
Member
Chris
Mitchell.
More
photos
from
the
reception
may
be
found
on
page
9A
of
the
paper
edition.
(Staff
photos.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual
Legislative
Trip
to
Richmond
Deemed
'Success'
County,
Town
Officials
Report |
|
by
Cathy
St.
Clair
News
Editor
By
all
accounts,
last
week's
legislative
reception
and
meetings
with
state
officials
were
a
success,
according
to
county
and
town
government
officials
who
took
part
in
the
annual
event.
This
year's
reception
was
hosted
on
a
regional
basis
and
included
not
only
Buchanan
County
and
the
Town
of
Grundy
as
hosts,
but
also
the
boards
of
supervisors
from
Dickenson,
Lee,
Scott
and
Wise
counties,
the
City
Council
of
Norton,
the
Lenowisco
Planning
District
Commission,
the
Economic
Development
Authority
of
Scott
County,
and
the
industrial
development
authorities
of
Buchanan,
Dickenson,
Lee,
Scott
and
Wise
counties
and
the
city
of
Norton.
County
Administrator
W.J.
Caudill
said
the
trip
was
a
success
and
he
said
he
thought
this
year's
legislative
reception
was
better
attended
than
receptions
in
the
past.
"We
had
a
lot
of
good
participation
from
members
of
the
General
Assembly,"
Caudill
said,
adding
the
Speaker
of
the
House
and
the
governor
also
attended.
Caudill
said
the
meetings
in
which
county
officials
participated
had
gone
well
and
had
given
local
officials
the
opportunity
to
get
firsthand
information
on
projects
of
interest
in
the
community
ranging
from
the
Coalfields
Expressway
to
block
grants.
Among
the
county
government
officials
in
attendance
were
North
Grundy
Chairman
of
the
Board
of
Supervisors
Carroll
Branham;
Rocklick
Supervisor
David
Ratliff;
Prater
Supervisor
Eddie
Lindsay;
and
Hurricane
Supervisor
William
P.
Harris.
County
Attorneys
Mickey
McGlothlin
and
Lee
Moise
were
also
in
attendance.
Buchanan
County
Economic
Development
Director
Craig
Horn
and
other
members
of
the
county
IDA
including
Jay
Rife,
Brenda
Ward,
Pat
Fletcher
and
Kim
Lindsay
also
attended.
From
the
town,
Mayor
Roger
Powers
and
Town
IDA
Director
Chuck
Crabtree
were
in
attendance,
along
with
Town
Council
members
Chris
Mitchell
and
Rebecca
Elkins.
Town
IDA
member
Chris
Shortridge
was
also
in
attendance.
Garden
School
Board
Member
Steve
Hamro
III
attended,
as
did
Buchanan
County
Chamber
of
Commerce
Director
Mary
Belcher
and
Chamber
Board
of
Directors
Member
Billie
Campbell.
"It
was
a
really
good,
successful
trip,"
Caudill
said.
North
Grundy
Board
of
Supervisors
Chairman
Carroll
Branham
said
he
thought
the
trip
had
gone
well,
both
from
the
standpoint
of
meetings
with
state
agencies
and
the
reception
itself.
For more of the
story, see the print edition of the Mountaineer, on sale at
newsstands now. To subscribe to the Mountaineer,
call 276-935-2123 today.
|
|
|
Boards
Eye
Temporary
Rt.
680
Closure
|
|
by
Cathy
St.
Clair
News
Editor
A
joint
public
hearing
conducted
by
the
Buchanan
County
School
Board
and
the
Buchanan
County
Board
of
Supervisors
will
be
held
February
5
to
consider
the
temporary
closure
of
Rt.
680,
Bill
Young
Mountain
road
beginning
in
June.
The
public
hearing
will
get
underway
at
1
p.m.
in
the
board
room
of
the
Buchanan
County
Courthouse.
School
Superintendent
Tommy
P.
Justus
told
members
of
the
school
board
Tuesday
that
he
had
met
Monday
with
representatives
of
the
Virginia
Department
of
Transportation,
Bizzack
Inc.,
the
contractor
on
the
project,
County
Administrator
W.J.
Caudill
and
North
Grundy
Supervisor
Carroll
Branham
to
discuss
the
project.
According
to
a
public
notice
in
this
week's
issue
of
the
Mountaineer,
the
supervisors
and
the
school
board
are
eyeing
the
road
closure
from
the
end
of
the
current
school
year
in
June
until
school's
August
reopening
date
in
order
to
save
both
time
and
money
in
the
reconstruction
of
Rt.
680.
While
school
is
in
session
in
2007
and
2008,
the
road
is
proposed
to
be
closed
from
9
a.m.
to
2:30
p.m.
daily
to
accommodate
construction
needs,
related
to
blasting
and
safety.
Also
expected
to
be
discussed
during
the
public
hearing
is
travel
by
emergency
and
rescue
vehicles.
Garden
School
Board
Member
Steve
Hamro
III
made
the
motion
to
hold
the
public
hearing
on
the
proposed
road
closure
and
Prater
School
Board
Member
Bill
Crigger
seconded
the
motion.
It
was
agreed
to
unanimously.
The
road
project
was
recently
awarded
to
Bizzack
Inc.
by
the
Virginia
Department
of
Transportation
and
is
expected
to
get
underway
this
spring.
For more of the
story, see the print edition of the Mountaineer, on sale at
newsstands now. To subscribe to the Mountaineer,
call 276-935-2123 today.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
