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Dr.
Clint
Sutherland
Leads
Area
Residents
on
the
Survivor's
Walk
at
the
ACS
Relay
for
Life.
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8th
Relay
for
Life
Exceeds
Goal
$167,000
Raised...
And
Counting |
by
Cathy
St.
Clair
News
Editor |
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White
luminary
bags
in
honor
of,
or
in
memory
of,
family
members
and
friends
lined
the
walking
track
at
Poplar
Gap
Park
stretching
as
far
as
the
eye
could
see
Friday
evening
as
the
eighth
annual
Buchanan
County
Relay
for
Life
got
underway.
More
than
$167,000
was
raised
by
the
Buchanan
County
Chapter
of
the
American
Cancer
Society
through
the
event
which
was
attended
by
an
estimated
crowd
of
1,500
and
donations
were
still
coming
in
at
press
time.
Relay
Chairman
Margaret
Wakeland
noted
the
funds
raised
exceeded
the
group's
$155,000
goal
by
some
$12,000
and
she
added
monies
received
through
the
end
of
August
will
continue
to
be
credited
to
the
Buchanan
relay
event.
"It
shocked
me,"
Wakeland
said
of
the
amount
raised.
"We
set
a
new
record
for
our
fund
raising."
Wakeland
said
she
was
also
pleased
by
the
turnout
of
people
at
the
park
attending
the
event,
noting
the
number
of
people
participating
and
coming
to
the
park
to
take
part
in
the
event
was
up.
"We
were
pleased
to
see
that
many
people
come
out
and
come
to
stay,"
Wakeland
said.
She
noted
many
stayed
on
until
midnight
in
support
of
the
teams
and
took
part
in
the
various
activities
offered.
This
year's
relay
began
with
the
traditional
survivors
walk
through
the
park.
Walkers
were
led
by
Dr.
Clint
Sutherland,
who
played
the
bag
pipes.
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Paw
Paw,
Hurley
Precincts
Merged
Heated
Exchange
Heard
at
Meeting
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by
Cathy
St.
Clair
News
Editor
A
public
hearing
on
a
proposal
to
merge
the
Hurley
and
Paw
Paw
voting
precincts
became
heated
Monday
as
allegations
and
insinuations
of
politics
being
played
were
made
by
some
speakers
and
Knox
Supervisor
Pat
Justus
erupted
into
a
string
of
curses.
South
Grundy
Chairman
Roger
Rife
banged
the
gavel
repeatedly
in
an
attempt
to
call
down
the
verbal
fray
which
erupted
between
Justus
and
Speaker
Terry
Hall.
Hall,
a
Republican,
lost
his
2003
bid
for
the
post
Justus,
a
Democrat,
now
occupies.
In
the
end
however,
board
members
voted
unanimously
to
consolidate
the
two
precincts
and
to
move
the
polling
location
for
both
the
Hurley
and
Paw
Paw
precincts
to
the
Hurley
Park
gazebo
effective
with
the
November
election.
It
was
the
second
time
the
issue
of
consolidating
the
precincts
had
been
the
subject
of
a
public
hearing.
Last
month,
the
matter
was
discussed
at
length
and
ended
with
an
agreement
to
continue
the
hearing
to
Monday
to
allow
both
sides
more
time
to
look
at
possible
options
for
relocation.
The
park
gazebo
location,
suggested
by
a
resident
at
last
month’s
hearing,
was
ultimately
the
location
chosen.
Bobby
May,
a
voter
in
the
Paw
Paw
precinct,
who
is
also
a
past
Buchanan
County
Republican
Party
chairman
and
current
GOP
secretary,
asked
board
members
not
to
close
the
precinct
location
and
instead
to
keep
it
open
in
order
to
give
residents
in
that
area
time
to
find
another
location
in
the
Paw
Paw
area
for
the
location
of
a
polling
place.
That
same
request
last
month
resulted
in
a
decision
to
continue
the
public
hearing
to
Monday.
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