Pulaski Southwest Times (Newspaper) - June 20, 1989, Pulaski, Virginia Fourth of July Jackson Part Boysaw enters guilty plea for selling cocaine Bobby Ray Pula entered a plea June 8 of gui lty to distribution of Boysaw received a 10 year prison term which will be suspended after he serves five Upon his release from the pen Boysaw will be on supervised probation for a period of three In Boy saw was fined According to Commonwealths Attorney Everett Boy saw sold onehalf gram of cocaine to an undercover officer on March for He was indicted in January and was 25 people charged with various drug offenses as a result of an undercover sweep by the County Drug Task County Third candidate seeks supervisor A third Wytheville resident has thrown his hat into the East Wytheville Supervisors Harold Louthen has filed his candidacy in Wythe County Cir cuit Court to run for the Superv post as an Louthen obtained more than 150 signatures from residents of the district to qualify his who operates a sur company and is involved in real estate joins Republican Tom DuPuis and Democrat Tom Green in the East Wytheville The East Wytheville seat has been held by Democrat Jesse James for the past 21 but he has decided against seeking another Two other Supervisors seats are up for election in In the Lead Democrat Eddie Hagee is opposed by Repu Alan Republican Incumbent Don Heldreth is un challenged in the Black Lick Dis Condition of girl by mower is said improving The condition of a threeyear old Rural Retreat girl seriously injured in a lawn mower accident on June 8 is Laura Rene Miller has been moved into a regular room at Roanoke Memorial Hospital where she was flown by ter after being run over by the lawn The little girls leg and arm injuries will require Please see page 2 Rezoning Vote expected on Memorial Drive in meeting tonight Staff photo by Ann OVER THE EDGE This vehicle was stranded on Bob White Blvd from to approximately last evening after rolling away when the driver allegedly failed to set the brake before leaving the The owned by Dutt and Wagner of Abingdon and driven by Author sustained small The accident is under investigation and charges are By DEE ANN LINDSEY Assistant Editor Town Council meets to night at 7 at the municipal building and is expected vote on the proposed shopping center for Memorial The issue over the past three years has been defeated and voluntarily withdrawn but to night it is believed the center may be When a proposal for a shopping center was defeated in March of this year it was defeated because of a tie Mayor Gary Hancock would not break the tie due to ethical con cerns over a law partner repre senting the Allison Family which owns the The family has since changed at and Hancock has received an opinion stating he is free to vote on the Hancock said he would have voted in favor of the de However another change has oc curred since Marchr ber Rocky Schrader who is also a member of the town planning com voted as a member of the commission to recommend ap proval of the Last Monday night the Planning Commission voted 43 to recommend Schrader was the swing If the four Who voted in favor or rezoning in March again vote in and Schrader also votes then the measure is expected to be approved by a 54 Opposition to the development has been Members of Con cerned Citizens for Planned Pro gress have hired attorney Rod Lay Already theyve gone to court Please see page 2 Long has mowed miles of grass lor By GINA MCCORMICK Staff Writer the next time youre dreading getting out your lawn mower to do laps around your think about this Sammy who mows grass for Oakwood and Pinehurst has mowed miles of Thats about one mile of grass each equivalent to walking around the world four Makes your yard seem a lot smal huh Long has been mowing grass at Oakwood and Pinehurst Cemeteries for 42 For the first 22 years he worked for his Garnett and the past 20 years he been em ployed by the Long says mowing the grass is Its just like anything its what you make of As long as you stay busy and dont pay at tention to goes by said who is employed by the town in the Public Works De Neighbor works on the cemetery grounds seven months out of the year from until each Even during the heat of the Sammy still en joys his Since he lives side the cemetery grounds he iff able to walk there each day Sammy does a good job for though he is youll never come up here and find him not said Jerry Director of Public Works Haynes says the estimate is a conser In addition to Longs accom of 42 years of mowing is the fact that until this year he used and push The steep hills arid curv terrain of the cemeteries make this an even more difficult Please see page 2 Sammy Long on the job in Oakwood Cemetery Staff photo by MeCormick Summer job opportunities available for youths By WAYNE QUESENBERRY Staff Writer on Youth 1989 was the theme of the recent training session for participants in the Summer Youth Employment Training Pro gram Under the direction of Highlands Job Placement Ser the program provides job opportunities for students age 14 to 21 in and Giles The program funded through the Mount Private Industry Council It is in its fourth year in ski County and second year in Giles During the orientation in the Commons Area of County High the young people were instructed in educational assessments in math and reading goal and motiva tional pre employment job matu rity skills training and the role of an The local was June 13 and 14 with orientation in Giles County held June 15 and According to Dianne coordinator for the program is providing jobs for 82 youth here and 50 in Giles public and nonprofit agencies operations will in ski and 20 in Giles with the addi tional summer Among the work sites are the town and county government the Fire ski Public County Public Department of Parks and the Senior New River Commun ity County Office Oh Claytor Lake State Pu iaski County Chamber of Com Fine Arts Center for the New River Hensel Eckman County Public New River Community lege and Main Wallace We are for to have veterans of the pro gram returning serve as summer Please see page 2 Calendar SCHOOL Planning Committee for the Dublin High School Class of 1954 Reunion will meet today at 4 at the offices of Simpson Construction in Du Open ing at Nippers Friday and Sat June 23 and free door and live remote with Nappa men on hand to check under the hood with free wind shield washer Also in store will be live gospel music featuring the Down East clowns with balloons for and grand prize giveaway of Ruritan Road Ruritan Club will be sponsoring a bloodmobile on June from 10 to 4 at the Ruritan National office in Local area Ruritan members are encouraged to support this YOUTH youth services at Brush Arbor Wor ship Center June at and June at Evangelist is 16yearold Keith Linkous and his singing Pastor Carson Linkous invites young Assembly of God 100N in presents the Vernon Klaudt Indian family of in special concert at the church Wednesday June 21 at 7pm ANNUAL Annual School picnic will be held July Sponsored by the Ruritan the picnic is open to the public and everyone is SCHOOL SET Cecils Chapel United Methodist Church will have Bible School from June from It will end with a cookout at John Halls on BPW Chris tian Business Professional Womens Council invites all area ladies to a dinner meeting June at at the Appala chian Power Building for A Summer VACATION BIBLE Radford First Pente costal Holiness Church will have Va cation School June from There will be classes held for children up to age church is located on Second and Ing les Streets in For transporta tion call United Methodist Church will have a weekend revival June 23 through June 25 at Lawrence Nuckolls will be the Every one is invited Rease see Page 2 To have your public ser vice announcement pu In The Southwest call or mall It to Southwest Box VA
