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VIRGINIA
GOVERNOR
Tim
Kaine
(left)
and
State
Senator
Phillip
Puckett
(right)
attended
the
"Return
To
Roots"
campaign
kickoff
Monday
in
Lebanon.
The
campaign
aims
to
attract
former
Southwest
Virginia
residents
back
to
the
area
to
fill
newly-created
jobs
openings
around
the
region.
(Staff
photo/Scotty
Wampler.)
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Governor
Jump
Starts
'Return
to
Roots'
Effort
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by
Scotty
Wampler
Staff
Reporter
A
new
initiative
to
lure
high
school
graduates
back
to
Southwest
Virginia
was
launched
Monday
in
Lebanon
by
Governor
Tim
Kaine.
The
"Return
To
Roots"
campaign,
aimed
at
the
estimated
15,000
alumni
who
have
graduated
from
area
high
schools
and
moved
away
in
the
last
20
years,
was
introduced
to
a
generous
crowd
packed
into
the
Virginia
Coalfield
Economic
Development
Authority
(VCEDA)
building.
Several
members
of
Kaine's
cabinet,
as
well
as
State
Senator
Phillip
Puckett,
attended
the
presentation.
"Many
of
Southwest
Virginia's
residents
and
past
graduates
may
not
be
aware
of
the
amazing
opportunities
available
to
them
back
home
today,"
Kaine
told
the
crowd.
"Return
To
Roots
is
going
to
reach
out
to
these
former
residents,
and
hopefully
attract
them
back
to
this
region
to
continue
contributing
to
its
vibrant
culture
and
quality
of
life."
Financed
by
a
special
projects
grant
from
the
Tobacco
Commission,
the
first
phase
of
Return
To
Roots
plans
to
reach
out
to
former
residents
through
a
website,
direct
mail
and
the
news
media
to
inform
them
about
the
employment
opportunities
that
exist
in
the
region
today,
and
to
link
these
potential
employees
to
regional
companies
with
job
openings.
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Ordinance
to
Regulate
Location
of
Methadone
Clinics
Proposed
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by
Cathy
St.
Clair
News
Editor
An
ordinance
to
regulate
the
licensing
of
methadone
clinics
in
Buchanan
County
will
be
considered
during
a
public
hearing
on
Thursday,
October
5
at
6:30
p.m.
Members
of
the
Buchanan
County
Board
of
Supervisors
agreed
earlier
this
month
to
consider
the
adoption
of
an
ordinance
to
regulate
the
licensing
of
methadone
clinics
in
the
county
and
agreed
to
hold
a
public
hearing
on
the
matter
in
October.
The
hearing
will
be
held
at
the
Buchanan
County
School
Board
office
complex,
located
behind
Grundy
High
School.
Board
members
agreed
to
move
the
October
meeting
to
the
school
board
office
location
in
hopes
of
having
a
better
parking
situation.
With
construction
going
on
downtown,
access
to
the
courthouse
has
become
more
difficult
and
board
members
agreed
holding
the
meeting
at
the
school
board
office
should
make
it
easier
for
those
wishing
to
take
part
in
the
meeting,
or
to
speak
at
the
public
hearing
to
do
so.
County
Administrator
W.J.
Caudill
noted
in
a
brief
interview
Tuesday
that
Russell
County
had
adopted
a
similar
ordinance
to
the
one
now
being
proposed
in
Buchanan
County
and
he
said
the
main
reason
Buchanan
County
is
considering
one
is
in
order
to
give
the
county
some
degree
of
control
related
to
the
location
of
any
methadone
clinic
in
the
county.
At
present,
he
said,
there
are
no
applications
pending.
The
ordinance,
proposed,
however,
would
regulate
the
licensing
and
establishment
of
any
clinic
in
the
county
in
the
future.
The
proposed
ordinance
requires
any
methadone
clinic
requesting
a
license
to
practice
business
in
Buchanan
County
to
first
apply
by
application
to
the
Virginia
Department
of
Mental
Health,
Mental
Retardation
and
Substance
and
Drug
Abuse.
Under
the
code
of
Virginia,
any
such
application
filed
will
result
in
the
Buchanan
County
Board
of
Supervisors
being
notified
of
the
application
and
within
30
days,
the
county
will
submit
a
copy
of
its
ordinances
on
the
regulation
of
methadone
clinics.
The
proposed
ordinance
stipulates
that
no
license
will
be
issued
by
Buchanan
County
until
conditions
contained
in
it
are
met.
Further,
any
applicant
for
a
license
must
also
meet
regulations
of
the
Virginia
Department
of
Mental
Health,
Mental
Retardation
and
Substance
and
Drug
Abuse.
The proposed ordinance
requires
any
applicant
wishing
to
establish
a
methadone
clinic
in
the
county
to
obtain
a
license
from
the
county.
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