Pulaski Southwest Times (Newspaper) - June 25, 1989, Pulaski, Virginia SUNDAY Editorial June Fourth 0 July Jackson Park Downtown Free entertainment all day food Rose a Index Support the celebration Pulaski Co aper Since 1906 Two Sections 75 Cents Radford Day camp to be held for youths who have asthma The Radford Recreation De The American Lung Association of Radford Community Hospital and Rad ford University are sponsoring a Day Camp for Children with The Camp will begin on Mon July 24 through July It will begin at at the Recreation Children ages 612 will learn the facts about Teens ages 1318 may assist with the camp as youth The fee is which in cludes The Registra tion forms may be picked up at the Recreation Department or Radford Community The registration deadline is June For further information please call inmate charged with arson A 21yearold inmate in the Wy the County Jail has been charged with arson following and incident Wednesday night at the Sheriff Wayne Pike says hie who is serving a threeyear prison term for auto was charged with arson after the inmate set fire to a trash can and began beating on the walls of the jail and scream ing The fire was quickly extin by members of the Sher Department Jail Unit with no injuries to the jail occupants or severe damage to the Wythe County Pulaski County will meet 7 The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors will meet June 26 at 7 in the Pulaski County Administration Building on Third Street in Items on the agenda include reports from the county adminis trator and staff on the following matters the Mountain Landfill leachate fiscal year 1990 budget and appropria tion property owners response to response to Please see page A2 leaves accomplishments By DEE ANN LINDSEY Assistant Editor He was appointed by a split vote of There have been petitions seeking his removal from Some continuously mispronounce his name in an attempt to insult After six many have still questioned his qualifications for the The man who faced all this adver sity and overcame it is Pulaski Town Manager Daniel McKeever who leaves office not because of any of the reasons mentioned but to take a similar higher paying position in Laconia New McKeever said in a recent inter view hes leaving Pulaski with the impression of significant accom for the The man who will be town man ager through June 30 asks the citi zens to as the question Is the town better off today than in 1980 I be lieve the majority will say 1 When I took the job there was a need to establish internal direction for the said To develop the direction McKeever focused on a team effort to set goals and objectives for each of the In focusing on the internal work ings of the McKeever was still facing turbulence over town opera McKeever noted that when you start holding people accountable for their work and that had never been held accountable before there are When you set up a schedule and have goals and objectives to meet from as well as from when a citizen calls and its not an the work has to be programed into the It took time for some citizens to accept this For a third of his tenure McKeever admits to focusing all his attention on making town opera tions more organized and more effi cient while reducing He noted Pulaski is a million business and it has to be as efficient as the private In addition there are a whole hosts of federal regulations and rights to It is a complicated busi I had to make some tough de cisions which werent But we established policy and goals and and developed confidence in department I became more ble that we had a good operation he The irony of this is when Munici pal Advisors studied the town in 198283 they said we needed better The ironic result is that it was very unpopular with the Concerning the petition that was presented more than two years ago asking council to oust Im not inhuman and when someone presents a petition like that its but shortly after it was council assured me of their support McKeever noted an example of Please see page A2 Daniel McKeever Over 175 dogs missing since first of year in Pulaski County mi A recent of photo of your dog may aid in recovering missing pet Intern Writer a very white poo wandered from his home Wed afternoon and onto busy Route 11 north of Needless to his afternoon stroll did not end Shaggy it across the traffic area without inci Struck by a Shaggy lay oh the side of the comforted by a concerned until Joyce Pulaski County Animal Control could arrive and render Crowder gently retrieved the bleeding animal from the nearby grass and transported him to a local On the stopped at a nearby residence thought to be the dogs Sure inside were three little tearstained faces who cheered somewhat when Crow der tried to assure them that Sha ggy would be all re ported from the local vet is improving and he will soon rejoin those Drivers wanted for Fair demolition derby Drivers with cars are needed for the Fourth Annual NationWide Demolition Derby to be held the first night of the New River Valley July This continues to be an exciting opening for the annual Prize money has been increased to and will be awarded along with tro Invitations are extended to both men and will be on hand for interviews with the Because of the large number of cars heat events will precede the The last two running cars from each heat will qualify to compete in the feature for the To make sure you are a part of this ex citing event you should obtain your Please see page A2 Demolition derby action planned for fair This story has a fairy tale not all tales of lost and missing dogs end as In dogs that are victims of theft rarely are and dog theft has be come an increasing problem for dog owners Some statistics Crowder cited about the incidence of dog theft and missing dogs are For since the first of this approximately 175 eases of missing dogs have been reported to the ani mal control works out to about one missing dog each At this that could certainly take a bite out of the current dog popula also noted the difficulty in distinguishing between lost dogs and those suspected of being If several complaints of dogs occur in the same general then theft real said Certain other indicators point to theft Theft may be suspected if several dogs are reported missing following a if the missing dogs are purebred or or if two or three of the same type of dog are missing at the same In larger dogs are more prone to disappear than smaller var the larger dog is usually friendlier and likes Smaller are less friendly and more likely to sneak up on Gol den and collies have been identified as very friendly varieties and are more prone to dis appearance as a result of Crowder also offered sonic specu lations to why dog theft If the theft is an isolated chances are the dog is to be either as a pet or will be ransomed for a said Pet owners many times offer a reward for missing dogs to speed the return of the If you offer a she dont give the set amount of the Just is because a thief may hold the dog hoping that the reward will be The possibility also exists that if the amount is not large the thief may dispose of the Please see page A2 JTPA money awarded to 12 groups in region The New Rogers Private Industry Council has awar ded million Job Training Partnership Act JTPA funds to eight three community col and one locality in Southwest Virginia to operate job pro Most of the money will be used to train longterm unemployed and others who have difficulty finding The the amounts they the types of programs they will and the geographic region they will are as follows The Virginia Department of Re habilitative to operate a program for youth throughout the 13 counties and ci ties of the Mount Rogers and New River planning districts New Virginia and Wytheville community col to provide long term and shortterm classroom training in the Mount Rogers and New River planning districts The City of to operate a youth program for 14to 21yearolds Job a private job train ing agency located in Abing to operate a total services program including onthe job training Youth customized and a of in Washing ton County and Bristol Mountain Community a community services agency based in Please see page A2 PLANNED The family of John and Ada Porterfield Que will have a reunion July at Claytor Lake State A potluck dinner will be at 1 CITIZENS Con cerned Citizens for Planned Progress for Pulaski will meet June at 7 at the Hensel Eckman Ruritan Road Ruritan Club will be sponsoring a bloodmobile on June from 10 to 4 at the Ruri tan National office in Local area Ruritan members are aged to support this DAI LY of June Daily Bread served in the past month which sets a new re Two of our main food sources have unfortunately had to cut us Please remember us when those summer gardens come in We always need fresh or canned fruits and vege tables Call 9802131 or PLANNING COMMIS County Planning Com mission meeting has been resche from July 3 to July County offices will be closed July 4 in observance of Independence SMITH descen dants of Samuel Smith born 1841 and Cressy Burton Smith of Pulaski to a Smith family reun ion at Grandview July 9 from noon Bring picnic lunch and any available genea logy For more information contact Joyce Smith Box Coal WVA or Brenda Smith 1119 46th AZ COUNTY Pu laski County will be closed July 4 for Independence The office will reopen at 8 July SUNSET GARDEN Sunset Garden Club will meet Mon June 26 at 6 at the home of Helen 2015 Lee High way in Pulaski for a potluck SHAPES FOR CHIL Clay Shapes for Children class for those 46 years old will be held June 2630 from 1011 The fee for ths class is BIBLE Bible School Par ents Appreciation Night will be held at New Hope Baptist Case Knife June at 7 Each class will share in the Re COUNTY Pu laski County office would like to remind producers to report the acres and intended uses of their sor ghum and other crops to by July Please see page A2 To have your public ser vice announcement pu In The Southwest call or mail It to The Southwest Box VA
