Pulaski Southwest Times (Newspaper) - February 26, 2003, Pulaski, Virginia Wednesday 97th YEAR February 2003 19062003 47 Serving South U DAG loans a true Pulaski success story By BJ News Editor PULASKI Representatives from the Town of Pulaski will appear in a Roanoke federal courtroom tomorrow as a creditor in the bank case of Larry and Kimberly Last year the out a loan through Pulaskis Urban Development Action Grant to open the Seminole Steakhouse on Route But the restaurant folded and now the Merrells are seeking bankruptcy The UDAG is made possible through revolv ing loan fund established in Pulaski in 1984 through the Department of Housing and Urban These loans will pay up to 45 percent to help improve or expand a business The loan applicants are expected to obtain another 45 percent from a second such as a and provide 10 percent of their own These loans enable us to provide business incentives we wouldnt otherwise But its more than These loans are meant to help See page A2 Pulaski police warn of telephone fraud Staff Report Pulaski Police Department is not soliciting funds over the a department spokesperson said Crime Prevention Specialist Vicky Frazier the department has received several com plaints that telephone solicitors have made calls asking for donations for the If the caller states that they are soliciting for the Pulaski Police it is not legiti Frazier She offered a number of tips to help deter mine if a call is Beware of solicitors that say the she said must act now of the offer will expire You have won a free vacation or prize but you pay for postage and handling charges must send give a credit card or bank account or have a check picked up by courier before youve had a chance to consid er the offer carefully cant afford to miss this high or offer See page A8 Icy Roads Return BJ A plethora of car wrecks kept rescue and fire departments busier than busy this morning in Pulaski Four vehicles pictured above wrecked in two separate accidents near the Pulaski exit of Ice was the culprit according to State Not again Early precipitation causes wrecks By JANE GRAHAM Staff Writer The winter of 2003 just wont The storm that weathermen keep saying is not the big one coming tonight closed schools in the area again today and sent vehicles slipping and sliding across the New River A wet snow began falling throughout the area early Tuesday afternoon with minors Falling temperatures this morning contributed to freezing on apparently mostly on Four accidents were reported at Exit the Drapers Mountain exit on Interstate 81 and one was reported at Exit the Pulaski exit in Pulaski A report that an infant had been ejected from a vehicle that rolled over in the median at the Draper Mountain exit proved A State Police spokesperson Q said the child was safe in its car seat and was not eject of accidents occurred or near the bridge at Exit 89 where freezing wal according to State None were considered Trooper Riser reported an elderly couple traveling in a red pickup truck were taken to the hos pital with nonlife threaten ing injuries in the accident near Exit the Pulaski Their identities were not available this According to a See page A8 Fiveyear plan presented at Radford Council By CHRISTINE BATSON Staff Writer RADFORD City Manager Anthony Cox pre sented with a fiveyear capital improvements plan at Mondays city council The plan includes projects the city but not all the projects will be Council members will begin considering projects after next Mondays budget to be held at the recreation center at 6 The capital improvements plan is generally brick and heavy duty according to This means projects such as side water City staff anticipate these projects will result in an increase in taxes and Among the possible projects is the renovation of Second which would include updating water and sewer lines and moving utility That project would cost funded by bonds and five cents on the tax rate for 20 years to fund the bond See page A2 Wythe officials hear complaints about exit ramp Staff Writer WYTHEVILLE The Wythe County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday morning with an agen da loaded down with updates from committees and reports on One thing the sors didnt have on the but planned on addressing was the problem with exit 80 off 181 Over the past year the exit ramp has been closed six times due to high according to Nick General Manager of the Hampton Inn A drainage problem is suspected to be the cause of the water overflowing on the exit causing it to shut o The ramp was closed most recently during this past weekends down According to the ramp was closed for almost an entire 24 hour Patel estimates that during that time frame probably would have rented 30 rooms to customers traveling north on This problem has been brought up to before by Patel and the board of In See page A3 Hartsock Contributing a Lions share By BJ views Editor DUBLIN Ive learned the most from people who some people dont very those who are or mentally Robert Harty Hartsock Hartsocks life journey has taken him down many many of them leading him into service to He served as camp director of the local Easter Seal Society and as director of the Fairview For the last five years he has headed up the Sight and Hearing Committee of the Dublin Lions Its one of my real passions T making sure people who cant afford glasses can get he The Dublin Lions hold fund raisers to get the money to pay for the and work with optometrists and opticians to get the lowest rates on They provide glasses to about 25 people per month in Pulaski The clubs biggest ers are the June and September flea markets in Dublin at the Pulaski County Thats our major money We also have a Christmas craft show at the fairgrounds in Another source of income is renting the Lions Club build ing for weddings and reunions and things like Hartsock helps with the fre quent American Red Cross bloodmobiles at the Lions Club building in Hes also a donor at the bloodmobiles held every six One of his most recent involvements is with the HOST program at Claremont Elementary School in where he helps second and third graders with Hartsock helps out regularly at the Daily Bread located at the Presbyterian Church in He lives on Lyons Road in Dublin where he keeps about 30 bird The birds eat out my I dont have a I knew if I got a computer I would proba bly not feed the Since Ive retired Im busier than he Before retirement he was employed at one time or er as a adult home and sives safety now graduated from Radford High School in Ten days later he was off to boot He served on the Currituck in the Pacific during World War The ship he served on repaired and main sea The memories of that war have never left During the daylong television See page A3 BJ Harty Hartsock left talks with Jack president of the Dublin Good Evening Deaths A2 Editorial A4 Sports A6 Classifieds B5 Entertainment B4 Price 50 O Copyright The Southwell Blevins provides scoring in indoor meet romps over UNO in college hoops Page WEATHER y Tyler 6 Dublin Elementary Child of David and Susan Gravely or freez ing Temperatures steady in the upper Chance of precipitation 90 or freezing rain Cold with highs in the lower Thursday with a chance of freezing or Chance of precipitation 50 Yesterday High 34 Low 25 Precipitation
