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Grundy
Demolition
Begins
The
first
of
many
downtown
Grundy
buildings
began
to
come
down
Tuesday
as
E.
Luke
Green
Company
started
on
the
eastern
end
of
town,
tearing
down
the
former
Central
Auto
Parts
building.
By
the
end
of
the
day,
the
building
was
a
heap
of
rubble
and
crews
were
working
to
clean
it
up
in
preparation
for
the
razing
of
the
next
building.
Spokesmen
on
the
job
indicated
the
former
Rife
Chevrolet
and
Mountaineer
Publishing
buildings
were
likely
to
go
next.
The
demolition
is
part
of
the
Grundy
Flood
Control
project
and
clears
the
way
for
construction
of
a
new
four-lane
Rt.
460
and
levee
through
the
downtown
area.
(Staff
photo/Cathy
St.
Clair.) |
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Graduation
Dates
Set
for
Area
Seniors
546
to
Graduate
in
Region's
Commencement
Exercises |
by Cathy St. Clair
News Editor |
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Some
546
area
seniors
have
received,
or
will
receive,
their
high
school
diplomas
in
commencement
exercises
held,
or
planned
tomorrow,
in
the
region.
Buchanan
County
high
schools
will
hold
commencement
exercises
tomorrow;
however
graduation
ceremonies
have
already
been
held
at
Mountain
Mission
School,
Honaker
High
School,
Haysi
High
School
and
East
Ridge
High
School.
The
Mountaineer
salutes
all
these
graduates
this
week
in
a
special
keepsake
graduation
section
which
includes
information
on
the
graduating
classes
and
their
students,
as
well
as
information
and
photographs
on
each
school’s
top
10
students.
Council
High
School
commencement
exercises
are
planned
June
2
at
7
p.m.
in
the
school
gymnasium
for
its
39-member
class.
Ashley
Nicole
Stroehlein,
daughter
of
Audrey
Stroehlein,
is
the
class
valedictorian.
Amber
Marie
Viers,
daughter
of
Toni
Viers,
is
the
salutatorian.
Additional
members
of
the
top
10
at
Council
are
Keshia
Kayla
Ward,
third;
Retha
Denise
Hess,
fourth;
Karissa
Emily
Compton,
fifth;
Amanda
Michelle
Bostic,
sixth;
Samantha
Gail
Breeding,
seventh;
Megan
Hope
Raines,
eighth;
Matthew
Shane
Murphy,
ninth;
and
Christopher
Wade
Jackson,
tenth.
Grundy
High
School
will
present
diplomas
June
2
at
7
p.m.
in
the
school
gymnasium
to
is
98-member
senior
class.
Elizabeth
Lindsay,
daughter
of
Eddie
and
Kim
Lindsay,
is
the
class
valedictorian.
Salutatorian
is
Allison
Lee
Fletcher,
daughter
of
Johnny
and
Teresa
Fletcher.
Additional
members
of
the
top
10
at
Grundy
are
Ashley
Irene
Cook,
third;
Tiffany
Hawley,
fourth;
Amy
Sue
Owens,
fifth,
Kasey
Renee
Cantrell,
sixth;
Anjelica
Peace,
seventh;
Heather
Nicole
Deel,
eighth;
Joshua
K.
Lester,
ninth;
and
Jessica
Renee
Stiltner,
tenth.
Hurley
High
School’s
34
seniors
will
receive
their
diplomas
on
June
2
at
7
p.m.
in
the
Hurley
Elementary-Middle
School
gymnasium.
Andrea
Justus,
daughter
of
Jerry
and
Jennifer
Justus,
is
the
valedictorian.
Shanon
Chapman,
daughter
of
Wallace
Chapman
and
Dessie
Ashby,
is
the
class
salutatorian.
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CONSOL
Explains
Memo
No
Discharge
Without
Treatment
Statement
Site
Specific
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by
Cathy
St.
Clair
News
Editor |
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While
a
CONSOL
inter-office
memo
dated
two
years
ago
indicates
company
officials
had
a
concern
about
Buchanan
No.
1
mine
water
salinity
and
iron
levels
and
the
ability
to
discharge
it
into
surface
waters
without
treatment,
a
company
spokesman
said
Tuesday
that
concern
was
based
on
the
discharge
site,
as
opposed
to
the
water
content.
CONSOL
is
currently
seeking
a
permit
from
the
Department
of
Mines
Minerals
and
Energy
to
pump
water
from
the
Buchanan
mine
into
the
Levisa
River
at
Poetown.
It
does
not
propose
treating
the
water
before
discharging
it
into
the
Levisa.
The
CONSOL
memo,
dated
June
26,
2004,
suggests
that
without
treatment
"the
mine
water
cannot
be
discharged
to
surface
waters."
However,
Gerald
Ramsey,
CONSOL
supervisor
of
environmental
permitting,
said
that
statement,
in
his
opinion,
made
reference
to
any
discharge
which
might
occur
into
Garden
Creek
in
the
vicinity
of
the
mine
site.
Water
flow
rates
and
other
factors
in
the
stream
in
that
area
would
not
allow
the
company
to
meet
in-stream
standards
if
the
mine
water
was
pumped
directly
into
the
creek
without
treating
it
first,
Ramsey
explained.
The
mine
area
site
was
not
considered
further
as
a
potential
discharge
location.
Ramsey
was
one
of
the
participants
who
took
part
in
the
conference
call
which
preceded
the
issuance
of
the
memo.
The
company
has
been
pumping
water
from
Buchanan
No.
1
to
its
VP1
mine
site,
where
it
is
now
stored,
but
based
on
what
Ramsey
called
the
company’s
best
calculations,
it
has
about
eight
weeks
of
storage
left
in
the
VP1
mine
site.
The
pump
at
Buchanan
No.
1
was
shut
off
May
8,
2006
and
has
been
idle
since.
Ramsey
said
by
the
end
of
this
month,
the
company
will
have
to
start
pumping
again
to
get
the
water
now
accumulating
in
Buchanan
No.
1
out
of
that
mine.
Previously,
CONSOL
officials
have
indicated
the
cost
to
treat
the
mine
water
would
be
some
$50
million
on
top
of
the
$50
million
now
being
spent
to
construct
a
pipeline
and
ultimately,
if
the
permit
is
granted,
the
diffuser
system
proposed
to
be
located
in
the
Levisa.
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