Pulaski Southwest Times (Newspaper) - September 10, 2000, Pulaski, Virginia Sunday September 2000 Che 94th YEAR 19062000 FOR ADC THE 2T2 Serving Since 1906 Lowes closing benefits others By SHARON TAYLOR Staff Writer When Allen store manager at 84 Lumber heard rumors that Lowes Building Supply was he and other members of management thought they would have about 9 months to get Then the official announcement was made that the final day of business for Lowes would be Sept We were We had no idea things would hap pen so said Palmore indicated that 84 Lumber has expanded its prod uct and increased its sales staff by 5 new and Lowes did not close their doors until Business has increased by at least 50 percent and that is really being now there are about standing in line to be waited To say that we were totally caught off guard by this is an said The members of manage ment for 84 Lumber have been discussing the possibilities of an expansion of the current but nothing definite has been Rainbow Home Interiors that his has been increasing all but its going to get busier because theres no where else for people to John manager of Hayden indicated that they stay pretty but he has noticed an in business since the ment of Lowes Lowes officially closed its doors When the official announcement was made Lowes said that because of the future openings of a super in Galax and one in older and smaller See page A2 Briefly WEATHER Vonda Kay 10 Claremont Elementary Child of Patty and John Brammer High near cloudy with a chance of Low In the Lower cloudy with a chance of High in the upper cloudy with a chance of showers and Yesterday High 81 Low 55 Rain 0 Price Copyright The Southwest Times COUGARS WIN Kim Pulaski County Snaps Salem Streak Pulaski County Cougar fans cheer on their Cougars Friday night in Salem where PCHS defeated the 3521 in the two teams annual gridiron The win by the Cougars 30 snapped Salems 29game winning For more on the game see our complete coverage on page Claytor cleanup on tap 16 By LORI MEREDITH Staff Writer DUBLIN On local volunteers will be at Claytor Lake State Park to take part in a state wide cleanup day sponsored by Clean Volunteers across the of Virginia will collect an expected pounds of while also collecting valuable data for the Center for Marine Conservations CMC National Marine Debris By recording on a specially designed data card the types and amount of trash the Center can identify the sources of Data from the Claytor Lake cleanup efforts will be com with international assisting with research and policy decision Cigarette butts were the number one most common debris items reported statewide for the last eight consecutive Other items which have been collected in the past on beaches and river fronts include food bags and See page A2 Lee Former First Lady Visits Susan Allen plays a quick game of air hockey with Lee Ann a community service at the Pulaski County Office On Youths new table game room on Friday after Allen made a swing through Southwest Virginia on behalf of her husband George Allens campaign for the Senate seat currently held by Democratic incumbent Chuck on in the background are Anthony director of the Office on Panel to study grant for use at Regional Jail By LORI MEREDITH Staff Writer DUBLIN A subcommit tee was formed during Fridays meeting of New River Valley Regional Jail Board to study the application for a grant available for state mandated pretrial services at the Pretrial services consist of investigators and field officers who are employed to study people who are charged or convicted of a criminal Prepared reports with per sonal information will then be given to a judge or magistrate to be used in the decision of setting bail for the accused or This information is intend ed to inform the court of a per sons ties to the community such as family and work oblig The New River Valley Regional Jail is obligated to participate in this but the issue to be discussed by members of the committee is whether the program should be contracted with a community based source or performed internally in the A state application for a grant to support this program is required to be sent out by 21a date which is quickly According to Superintendent Ralph the program would be more beneficial to the jail if it were performed by internal staff members instead of an outside Anything related to the jail should be handled by the If the pretrial service employees are a part of our I think the program will run much said Superintendent Ralph Inter met fine over Gravely accident still hasnt been paid By BOB THOMAS Radford Bureau Chief RADFORD Amid all the cur rent news over the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry issuance of 45 citations against Inter met for the March 5 explosion that killed three workers and injured the final out come of a major fine against New River Castings and Intermet for the Billy Gravely accident in June of 1999 is still in The department cited the compa ny for in willful viola tions and for serious prob lems after an investigation into the accident that crush Gravely in a press and nearly ended his who was recently fired by Intermet because he had not worked since his and had his insurance dropped by the com has been told by doctors that he cannot return to and may never be able to do physical labor due to his crippling i Gravely and his family are resi See page A2 Bob Billy in thanked John director of the Radford and members of the staff at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center during a visit earlier this Call 9805220 to subscribe to today 3 months for