Pulaski Southwest Times (Newspaper) - February 20, 1987, Pulaski, Virginia Slimes f 25 cents hear of development idea I i By WAYNE QUESENBERRY A program to provide needed ser vices to local indust encourage economic de velopment in Pulaski County has been formulated by the Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce and its Economic Development Commit It will be presented Monday to the Pulaski County Board of Superv during its regular session at 9 The program sponsors the creation of a local economic development or that would support exist ing coordinate contacts for new collect and disse minate information prospective develop and a strategic plan for ac tronp identify available sites and foster regional coop in economic development encourage strengthening of educational system and encourage tourism development and According to Hiawatha President of the Pulaski County Chamber of The cham ber recognizes the need of coor of efforts with the main thrust or focus on economic de velopment being channeled properly and with efficient and effective over sight to insure our ability in putting our best foot forward in each and every It is ener gies and enthusiasm for moving Pu County forward that the Chamber requests the Pulaski County Board of Supervisors to en dorse the concept of an economic de velopment organization and further to actively recommend and appoint the members of such organi that will allow formation of a driving economic development force in the New River The chamber is suggesting rep to the organization in clude higher public real engi medical citizens and As proposed the would coordinate but not duplicate the efforts of existing professionals or volunteers engaged in promoting the countys As you may many conr in the state are taking similar steps to improve their chan ces for Wythe County has completed the Virginia Depart ment of Economic Development Community Certification Montgomery County is nearing com The creation local econ Fire damages furniture plant Stolen CCU van A critical care unit stolen from Oak West Virginia has been recovered in Pulaski County by Virginia State to the van was stolen from the parking lot of Oak Hill General Ambulance a pri vate ambulance The was found abandoned on 181 ne which is the Pu town The windshield was broken but the 1983 vehicle didnt appear to have according to police Virginia State Police are cooperat ing with West Virginia Authorities in the investigation of the In other news this a fire broke out at the Dublin Pulaski Furniture Plant and kept firemen busy from until after The fire started on a conveyor belt in the finishing according to Dublin Fire Chief Buzz Then there was an explosion which damaged the filters in the Cecil said that most of the damage was to the and there was some furniture Cecil described the smoke as being extremely thick and made it difficult to Cecil said 18 men from 12 from Pulaski six from and two from Pulaski County Lifesaving Crew were on the scene using seven trucks and over 400 gallons of water to put out the No one was and workers returned to their shortly after 9 No estimate on the cost of da mage was available this organization is necessary to achieve such Even if the county chooses not to participate in the certification the ex istence of such an organization is va luable in making sure Pulaski County is not by the states economic development Nicely It is anticipated that the creation of an economic development organi will create no major new ex the organization is expected to help combine the efforts of local government staffs and the chamber along with the many See page 2 Dublin says to snow days pay Editor Staff photo by Dee Ann Dublin firemen take up hose after dousing blaze at Pulaski Furniture Dublin Town Council has decided against paying employees who failed to show up for work during the snow days earlier this Mayor Julian McMillan said tbat you get yourself into a bind if you let this they came in at or 11 oclock thatd be one some didnt come in at The employees who had their pay withheld complained that there was no set Council after discuss ing options voted to let the mayor and the employees supervisor each case on In other business before the mayor reported on a complaint about the town scraping snow from the entrance at Highland Manor Nursing which is on private The nursing home which is located See page i Neighbors Cecils tanning studio helps forget the snow For those southwestern ginia residents who are tired of hearing about the shovel ing and looking at Jo Arm Cecil of Dublin has the an Jo Ann is the owner of Mane Reflections a combination studio which is in the basement of her I have customers who come all year around to maintain a she my busy to July is coming Jo Ann had worked at Hair Arts in Dublin before opened her own shop four years She has had a tanning lounge for two This tanning bed is made by Suntana Sun she It features UVA rays which have a long The rays of the ultra violet spectrum which are pro by the sun are by their The shorter rays are more Noting that this type of tanning bed allows for longer exposure be cause of the safety of the light Jo Ann starts her cus tomers usually at half hour inter An extremely fair person might have to start out with a shorter she But most people eventually progress to an The amount of time necessary See page 2 Staff photo by Donna Knarr with her new income tax RICHMOND AP Gerald Baliles today signed an income tax revision he said makes win ners of all of the common Baliles said lowand middle income taxpayers will benefit be cause less income will be subject to taxation under the new which takes effect July And he said well todo will have a smaller portion of their income taxied at a But the chairman of the state Re publican Party said the measure needs more At the very I think the peo ple deserve to be told how many Vir will be paying higher income taxes in 1987 under the state GOP Chairman Donald Huffman wrote Thursday in a letter to Baliles said today that he did not think anyone would pay higher taxes as a result of the If they he they have Congress and the president to blame because federal income tax reform closed many of the loopholes highincome people have the General Assembly Virginia has given final passage to measures allowing Virginians to in a presidential preference primary in 1988 and requiring hunters to wear blaze orange clothing during deer The income tax passed by the General Assembly would raise per sonal exemptions and the standard increase the minimum in come for being required to file a re turn and the range of the top tax bracket But the top brackets tax rate of percent See page 2 CHRISTIAN BUSINESS and Professional Women will meet on February 24 at the Appa lachian Building in Downtown Pula ski for their dinner All area ladies are invited to PULASKI MUSIC CLUB will meet 24 at at the Womans Program is by Maynard and Jerri Powell on folk Public is PULASKI COUNTY American Association of Retired Persons AARP will meet at 2 at Senior Betty Lou Crawford will be SPECIAL SINGING at the International Christ on Valley Road will be Satur 7 The Family will be ORDINATION OF the Bo bby Hunter will be at 4 at West ALLEN LEWIS of Johnson Street will be guests at First Baptist West at 730 WING OF will have a commanders cull and emergency services certification training pro gram at Saturday from 8 REVIVAL AT Grace Assembly in Christiansburg will be Friday and 27 and 28 at and March at 10 and 7 Sister Betty Davis and the Sounds of Praise will be ministering in word and song each There will be a fellowship dinner on Sunday following the morning For tion call HIWASSEE CITIZEN Watch will hold regular monthly at 7 at the Re creation All mem bers are urged to attend as election of officers will be held at this REGULAR MONTHLY meeting Roanoke Credit Women Interna tional will be held March 10 atthe Holiday Inn Civic Center beginning at 7 The program is presented by Advisory Chairman Janie Wheeler and ByLaws Chair man Marie Hazel Guest speaker is Fairchild Cre dit Manager for Roanoke Gas and will Are Your Rights Please call 3450184 fore March REVIVAL AT Chapel is postponed until 26 through March 1 at Carson Linkous willbe fry to rn few SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY will meet 21 in the Brody Room Roanoke Public Mark Miller will talk on The Civil War in the Roanoke Val Board meeting in the Hancock See
