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Area
Veterans
Honored
Ted
Hicks,
Loveon
Bailey
and
Floyd
Bright
salute
the
flag
Saturday
during
a
breakfast
ceremony
honoring
veterans
for
their
past
sacrifices
to
keep
this
country
free.
All
are
members
of
John
Ratliff
Post
No.
164
of
the
American
Legion.
Area
veterans
were
honored
Friday
and
Saturday
during
Veterans
Day
ceremonies
throughout
the
nation.
In
Buchanan
County,
they
were
honored
during
three
separate
ceremonies
at
Big
Rock,
Grundy
and
Garden
Creek
in
Friday
and
on
Saturday,
they
were
honored
at
Southwest
Virginia
Community
College
during
the
annual
Veterans
Day
Breakfast.
Additional
photos
and
coverage
of
the
ceremonies
may
be
found
on
page
2A
of
the
paper
edition.
(Staff
photo/Scotty
Wampler.) |
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VDOT
Plan
to
Close
Big
Rock
Meets
Opposition |
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by
Cathy
St.
Clair
News
Editor
Veterans
of
John
Ratliff
Post
No.
164
of
the
American
Legion
hosted
several
special
ceremonies
Friday,
all
to
mark
the
celebration
and
remembrance
of
Veterans
Day.
Brady
Bostic
addressed
those
gathered
for
a
brief
ceremony
at
the
Grundy
Plaza
which
included
the
placement
of
a
wreath
at
the
base
of
the
American
flag
by
Commander
Joe
Coleman,
a
21-gun
salute
and
the
playing
of
Taps.
Bostic
told
those
gathered
for
the
ceremony
that
without
the
sacrifice
of
veterans,
this
country
would
not
enjoy
the
freedoms
and
the
peace
it
enjoys
today.
"The
real
heroes
are
the
ones
who
didn't
come
home,
who
gave
their
lives
to
preserve
the
freedoms
we
enjoy
today,"
Bostic
said.
He
noted
Friday's
special
gatherings,
as
well
as
those
planned
for
Saturday,
were
in
honor
of
and
in
memory
of
those
who
have
served
in
the
military
and
those
who
continue
to
serve
today.
He
explained
the
meaning
of
the
black
POW
flag
and
how
it
stands
alone
to
remember
those
who
are
listed
as
missing
in
action
or
as
prisoners
of
war.
"It
will
stand
alone
until
each
and
every
name
is
accounted
for,"
Bostic
said.
The
ceremony
ended
with
the
placement
of
the
wreath,
the
21-gun
salute
and
the
playing
of
Taps.
In
addition
to
the
event
at
the
plaza,
Bostic
noted
similar
ceremonies
were
conducted
at
Mountain
Valley
Memorial
Park
at
Big
Rock
and
at
Garden
Creek.
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Webb
Holds
On
to
Claim
Senate
Post
In
2006
Election
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by
Cathy
St.
Clair
News
Editor
Democrat
Jim
Webb
held
on
to
a
razor
thin
margin
last
week
to
claim
the
Virginia
U.S.
Senate
seat
up
for
grabs
in
the
2006
election.
Incumbent
Republican
Senator
George
Allen,
conceded
the
race
last
Thursday
and
said
he
would
not
seek
a
recount
in
the
election.
As
election
night
last
Tuesday
gave
way
to
the
morning
after
Wednesday,
the
race
was
so
tight,
most
news
organizations,
including
this
one,
didn't
call
it,
waiting
on
the
remaining
results
to
be
posted
from
the
vote
statewide.
Allen
had
held
on
to
the
lead
throughout
the
evening
Tuesday,
but
shortly
after
midnight
as
some
of
the
more
heavily
populated
Democrat
precincts
in
eastern
Virginia
began
coming
in,
the
tide
changed
and
Webb
took
the
lead,
never
to
look
back.
"The
people
of
Virginia,
the
owners
of
the
government,
have
spoken,"
Allen
said
at
a
brief
appearance
in
Alexandria
last
week
at
which
time
he
conceded
the
election
and
said
he
would
not
put
the
voters
of
the
state
through
a
recount
process.
Virginia
law
allows
for
a
recount
at
taxpayer
cost
when
the
margin
between
two
candidates
is
less
than
one
percent.
The
difference
in
the
Webb-Allen
race
was
some
.39
percent.
"I
wish
Jim
Webb
well
in
the
U.S.
Senate
and
pledge
full
cooperation
in
the
transition,"
Allen
said
in
a
brief
concession
speech
flanked
by
his
wife,
Susan;
and
U.S.
Senator
John
Warner.
"The
Bible
teaches
us
there
is
a
time
and
place
for
everything,
and
today
I
called
and
congratulated
Jim
Webb,"
Allen
said.
While
the
results
of
last
Tuesday's
election
have
not
yet
been
certified
by
the
State
Board
of
Elections
and
will
not
be
certified
until
later
this
month,
unofficial
results
showed
Webb
edging
the
incumbent
senator
by
just
9,326
votes
statewide.
Webb
captured
49.59
percent
of
the
vote,
or
1,175,579
votes
to
Allen's
49.20
percent,
or
1,166,253
votes.
A
total
of
2.37
million
votes
were
cast
statewide
in
the
Webb-Allen
race.
Webb
pledged
to
work
hard
on
issues
of
economic
fairness
in
a
country
he
said
has
become
too
divided
by
class.
He
also
said
he
planned
to
lunch
with
Allen
this
week
and
suggested
the
two
would
also
discuss
how
they
could
help
to
stop
"the
politics
of
divisiveness,
character
assassination
and
distraction."
He
also
called
the
campaign
just
ended
"unnecessarily
brutal."
The
Webb
win
gave
Democrats
control
of
51
Senate
seats
in
the
next
session.
Going
into
Tuesday's
election,
the
Democrats
needed
six
seats
for
control,
and
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