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Whitewater
Fun!
The
2006
whitewater
rafting
season
got
underway
Saturday
on
the
Russell
Fork
River
as
whitewater
releases
began
occurring
for
the
fall
season.
In
the
top
photo,
rafters
make
their
way
down
the
river
at
Bartlick,
just
below
where
Bartlick
and
the
Spillway
meet.
At
left,
three
rafts
make
their
way
down
the
river
through
the
mountain
headed
toward
the
Garden
Hole
and
the
gorge.
Whitewater
released
are
planned
the
remaining
weekends
of
October
and
are
expected
to
draw
a
number
of
rafters
and
kayakers
as
the
fall
colors
peak
in
the
coming
weeks.
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Stiltner.) |
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Methadone
Clinics
Target
of
Ordinance
Hour-Long
Hearing
Ends
With
New
Law
Making
It
Harder
to
Locate
in
County |
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by
Cathy
St.
Clair
News
Editor
An
ordinance
restricting
any
future
location
of
methadone
clinics
in
Buchanan
County
was
agreed
to
last
Thursday
during
a
meeting
of
the
Buchanan
County
Board
of
Supervisors.
The
action
to
adopt
the
ordinance
followed
an
hour-long
public
hearing
on
the
topic.
The
ordinance
imposes
specific
requirements
on
anyone
seeking
to
locate
such
a
clinic
in
the
county
related
to
documenting
need,
site
suitability
and
more.
In
fact,
at
present,
under
the
terms
of
the
ordinance,
there
is
no
location
in
Buchanan
County
which
would
qualify
as
eligible
for
a
local
license.
Specifically,
the
ordinance
states
that
in
addition
to
a
variety
of
other
factors,
the
site
proposed
for
the
location
of
a
clinic
must
be
within
1,000
feet
of
a
medical
facility
providing
emergency
medical
treatment,
which
County
Attorney
Mickey
McGlothlin
defined
as
a
full-fledged
hospital
emergency
room.
However,
the
ordinance
further
stipulates
any
proposed
clinic
could
not
be
located
within
one
half
mile
of
a
daycare
center
or
school.
In
Buchanan
County,
the
only
hospital
emergency
room
is
at
Buchanan
General,
however
the
hospital's
proximity
to
Grundy
High
School
would
rule
out
that
area
as
any
methadone
clinic
location
in
the
event
anyone
ever
applied
with
a
proposed
site
in
that
area.
Board
members
and
McGlothlin
stressed
Thursday
that
there
is
no
one
currently
proposing
or
asking
to
locate
a
clinic
in
the
county.
Some
members
of
the
public
appeared
confused
about
the
purpose
of
the
ordinance
at
the
start,
telling
board
members
the
bottom
line
was
the
community
did
not
want
a
methadone
clinic
located
within
the
county's
borders.
They
added
they
thought
that
was
made
plain
several
years
ago
when
a
proposed
clinic
location
in
the
county
was
halted.
"The
purpose
of
this
ordinance
is
to
regulate
it
and
to
make
sure
we
have
full
control
over
what
happens
before
anyone
ever
applies
or
attempts
to
get
one,"
South
Grundy
Chairman
Roger
Rife
explained.
"When
they
attempt
it
.
.
.
just
say
no,"
said
Ray
Davis.
"The
only
thing
you
gotta
do
is
say
no."
Davis
and
other
speakers
at
the
hearing
suggested
there
were
enough
drugs
already
in
the
county
without
more
coming
in.
"We
don't
need
no
bootlegging
pain
killers,"
Davis
added.
Several
speakers
expressed
concern
about
the
safety
of
driving
in
the
vicinity
of
methadone
clinics
and
other
locations
where
it
appears
drugs
are
present.
"You
can't
drive
on
account
of
these
drugs,"
Davis
said.
"You
can
tell
where
these
drug
places
are
by
the
traffic
count."
After
listening
to
some
of
the
comments
at
the
public
hearing,
McGlothlin
spoke
up,
adding
there
was
apparently
some
misunderstanding
about
the
reason
for
the
ordinance
and
he
clarified
again,
"this
is
not
an
ordinance
to
set
up
or
to
try
to
get
or
bring
one
(a
methadone
clinic)
into
Buchanan
County.
The
ordinance
regulates
how,
if
someone
wanted
to
open
one
.
.
.
how
they
would
have
to
go
about
doing
it.
At
this
point,
the
Buchanan
County
Board
of
Supervisors
has
no
power
to
just
say
'no'
if
someone
wanted
to
put
one
in.
There
is
no
zoning
to
zone
out
methadone
clinics,
but
this
ordinance
imposes
additional
law
on
anyone
wanting
to
bring
it
in."
McGlothlin
noted
the
Buchanan
ordinance
is
based
on
one
adopted
by
Russell
County.
"Instead
of
making
it
easier
(to
locate
a
methadone
clinic
in
the
county),
it
will
make
it
much
more
difficult
to
have
one,"
McGlothlin
explained.
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Remote
Area
Medical
Event
This
Weekend
at
Riverview
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by
Cathy
St.
Clair
News
Editor
The
doctor
is
free
this
weekend
as
the
fourth
annual
Remote
Area
Medical
(RAM)
Expedition
gets
underway
at
Riverview
Elementary-Middle
School,
October
14
and
15.
Free
medical
check-ups
will
be
offered
to
the
uninsured,
underinsured,
unemployed
and
those
unable
to
afford
health
care
and
will
provide
adults
and
children
with
free
dental
cleanings,
fillings
and
extractions;
eye
exams
and
prescription
eye
glasses;
and
hearing
exams.
Physicals,
cancer
screenings,
immunizations
for
children,
blood
work
and
pulmonary
functions
will
also
be
performed.
Those
with
diabetes,
or
who
are
in
need
of
medical
aid
will
be
assisted.
Mammograms,
pap
smears
and
breast
and
pelvic
exams
will
be
offered,
as
well.
Registration
will
begin
at
6
a.m.
daily.
Services
will
be
rendered
on
a
first
come,
first
serve
basis.
Services
will
be
provided
by
volunteer
doctors,
nurses,
dentists,
ophthalmologists,
optometrists,
dental
hygienists,
nurse
practitioners
and
other
trained
health
care
professionals.
The
Lions
Club
Mobile
Screening
units
will
be
on
hand
to
assist
with
eye
exams.
"Last
year
we
had
463
volunteers
and
this
year,
with
area
schools
increasing
their
numbers,
we
expect
to
have
over
600
volunteers,"
said
Frannie
Minton,
one
of
the
organizers
of
the
Buchanan
County
event.
"We
still
need
volunteers
and
anything
anybody
can
donate
.
.
.
from
a
box
of
Nabs
to
six-packs
of
coke,"
said
Sandy
Stiltner,
another
RAM
organizer.
Volunteers
are
expected
to
be
local
and
regional,
as
well
as
those
from
throughout
the
United
States.
It
is
the
volunteers,
both
Stiltner
and
Minton
said,
who
make
the
RAM
event
possible.
"The
people
coming
don't
have
to
come
and
volunteer,
but
they
give
their
time
to
serve
the
people,"
Minton
said.
Stiltner
noted
that
residents
thinking
about
volunteering
need
to
remember
that
if
they
can't
volunteer
all
day
on
one
of
the
two
days
the
event
is
being
held,
whatever
amount
of
time
they
give
will
be
appreciated.
"Give
us
one
hour
.
.
.
give
us
10
hours;
it's
all
very
greatly
appreciated,"
Stiltner
said.
Last
year,
the
RAM
program
provided
more
than
$237,000
in
free
medical
and
dental
care
to
some
1,224
area
residents.
Statistics
from
last
year's
event
showed
46
obtained
mammograms;
480
took
advantage
of
general
medicine
services;
37
had
eye
tests
and
240
had
eye
tests
which
resulted
in
glasses;
and
421
took
advantage
of
dental
services.
The
dental
totals
showed
there
were
1,223
extractions
performed,
529
fillings,
114
cleanings
and
24
exams.
Stiltner
and
Minton
noted
that
in
addition
to
serving
residents
of
Buchanan
County,
those
in
the
surrounding
counties
of
Southwest
Virginia,
Southwestern
West
Virginia
and
Southeastern
Kentucky
are
also
served.
"We've
been
blessed
with
an
outpouring
of
people
and
donations
this
year,"
Stiltner
said.
Minton
agreed,
adding,
"we
can't
thank
the
public
enough.
That's
what
makes
Buchanan
County
special."
Residents
attending
this
year's
event,
who
will
be
seeking
services
need
to
remember
it
is
first
come,
first
serve,
Minton
and
Stiltner
said.
Doctors
and
dentists
will
begin
registering
patients
at
6
a.m.
and
Minton
encouraged
people
coming
to
take
part
in
the
event
to
come
prepared
to
wait.
If
it's
cold,
she
said,
dress
warmly
or
bring
a
blanket
and
bring
any
food
or
drinks
needed
to
to
get
one
through
the
wait.
Among
the
organizations
participating
in
this
yea's
event
include
the
Appalachian
School
of
Law,
the
University
of
Appalachia
College
of
Pharmacy,
the
Edward
Via
College
of
Osteopathic
Medicine,
East
Tennessee
State
University,
Southwest
Virginia
Community
College,
the
University
of
Virginia,
Virginia
Commonwealth
University,
Missions
of
Mercy,
Mountain
Mission
School,
Cumberland
Plateau
Health
District,
Buchanan
General
Hospital,
the
Buchanan
County
Chamber
of
Commerce,
the
Grundy
Woman's
Club,
the
Grundy
Rotary
Club,
the
Kiwanis
Club,
Buchanan
County
Youth
Inc.,
Virginia
Dental
Association,
Daughters
of
the
American
Revolution,
Buchanan
General
Hospital,
Mercy
Ambulance,
the
Virginia
Department
of
Health,
the
Appalachian
Agency
for
Senior
Citizens/Four
County
Transit,
Food
City,
Buchanan
County
Public
Schools
and
the
Buchanan
County
Board
of
Supervisors.
Volunteers
are
asked
to
use
the
entrance
marked
for
volunteers
on
the
days
the
event
is
offered
and
further
are
reminded
to
register
so
an
official
count
of
volunteers
may
be
recorded.
"If
you
can't
come,
then
send
us
your
prayers,"
Minton
said.
In
addition
to
needing
volunteers
on
the
two
days
the
event
is
offered,
Minton
and
Stiltner
said
volunteers
are
also
needed
on
Friday
afternoon
(October
13)
after
3
p.m.
to
help
get
things
set
up
for
Saturday
morning.
No
patient
care
will
be
offered
on
Friday.
For
more
information
on
the
RAM
event,
or
to
volunteer
time,
medical
services
or
food,
call
Sandy
Stiltner
at
the
Buchanan
County
Administrator's
Office
(276)
935-6508
or
Frannie
Minton
at
Appalachian
Family
Care
Center
at
(276)
935-2880.
For
transportation
information,
call
Four-County
Transit
at
(276)
935-1486.
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