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Pulaski Southwest Times (Newspaper) - March 2, 2003, Pulaski, Virginia Sunday 97th YEAR 50 Serving South ia Since 1906 A mother says goodbye By BJ News Editor PULASKI Thursday morning brought the kind of goodbye Terri Fitzwater Palmore thought she would never have to We raise our kids knowing one day theyre going to go off and do something with their but we never expect to send them off to something like Palmore She was one of several mothers standing outside a Roanoke National Guard Local Guard unit deployed Armory to wave to their sons and daughters as a caravan of army vehicles rolled out of Victory bound for Fort Virginia even for the Middle Just a week prior Marc Fitzwater had withdrawn from classes at Emory and Henry and hung up his base ball He said his 75 minute drive home from college was the longest drive of his Palmore who will turn 21 in two drove home to Pulaski to spend some time with his family before begin ning active He is very close to his He told the family he hoped his current mission would prevent his brother from having to take care of an Iraqi threat later down the More than a possible war with Fitzwater fears the antiwar Palmore He believes America has not supported its soldiers since the Korean He fears that when he comes back people will treat them all poorly for doing their He also fears that after six months there theyll forget why he is even Palmore admits shes not one hundred percent con we need to be I do support the See page Terri Fitzwater Palmore saw off her son Marc at Virginia National Guard Armory in Roanoke early Thursday the Benny Keister Budget doesnt fend Ideal arts programs By BJ News Editor PULASKI The budget passed last week by the General Assembly does not include the Benny Keister had requested on behalf of the Fine Arts Center for the New River But it does propose sup porting the Virginia Commission for the Arts ro the tune of and two thereby restoring all but cut last fall when Mark Warner pro posed trimming the arts by Judy executive tor of the Fine Arts Center in is just pleased the Commission for the Arts gets to retain a significant amount of its She actively See page A6 Sign based in erected Volvo Trucks North Americas new signs outside its Dublin plant last Volvo gives Dublin plant new name By BJ News Editor DUBLIN Volvo Trucks North America last week put up the sign that officially com pletes the consolidation of its Mack truck operation with its Volvo plant The consolidation plan was first announced on after Volvo said it would be closing its Mack plant in The Mack line was phased out at Winnsboro over the next 15 months and full production at the Dublin facility began last when the company also announced plans to change the plants name to the New River Valley Plant which now produces both Volvo Volvo still maintains a Mack plant in and maintains separate head quarters for the two separate A 2001 company press release said Volvo Trucks North America hoped the con solidation would increase overall operating Susan vice president of marketing for said the decision was based on the fact the companys three North American plants in and Macungie were only operating at 30 per cent of their The company could not say at that time if the consolida tion would mean more but the Dublin plant recently announced plans to recall as many as 400 workers through The creation of a new Volvo tractor in the final months of 2002 and the addition of a See page A6 Local landowners fight condemnation by Duke From Staff and Wire Reports FOSTER FALLS A fed eral judge has given opponents of a natural gas pipeline two weeks to prove the company that wants to build the pipeline does not have the right to con demn private property along its The natural gas conduit is scheduled to cross 93 miles of Virginia including the coun ties of and Henry counties between Tennessee and The State Corporation Commissions Michael has already recommended that Duke Energy North Americas gas fired power plant not be con at its proposed site at Foster Falls in Wythe One of Thomas main con cerns was Dukes intention to use the water in the old Austinville Mine to cool the plants gas According to the water in the mine has been proven to be contaminated with above aver age levels of and In early Duke Energy asked State Commission to delay a decision on the applica tion for the million power a move that Dukes crit ics hailed as an admission that the project will be Despite this East Tennessee Natural a sub of North Duke has received approval from state and federal regulators for its proposed Patriot Extension the company has asked a federal judge to allow it to take possession before paying the of any land it condemns to build the million The company also asked the court to give it the right to enter property owned by landowners who havent allowed the company to con duct The federal Natural Gas Act of 1938 allows companies to See page A6 Flood damages run high in Wythe By JABE LARGEN Staff Writer The high waters that ripped through this area last weekend caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to the eastern part of Wythe according to Todd the countys emergency ser vices Branscome said there were about 200 households in the county that experienced prob lems related to the Six of these homes reported water coming into their base ments and Branscome estimates the damage to these six homes at The Foster Falls section of the New River Trail State Park was also hit hard by the See page A6 Boucher urges Bush to sign Representative Rick Boucher has urged President Bush to issue a disaster declaration for Wythe and Wise Counties and the City of Norton in which losses were suffered due to last weeks I have contacted President Bush and urged him to declare these localities a primary disaster area due to the This designation would allow residents and busi ness owners to qualify for feder al financial he Congressman Boucher noted that the flood which occurred last week displaced hundreds of scores of businesses and caused damages in the mil lions of See page A6 Good Morning Deaths Editorial Sports Bl Classifieds B8 Entertainment B6 Price Tha Southwell Four Cougars named Bobcats advance to region semifinals WEATHER Loren 4 Busy Bee Daycare Child of Bryan and Jen Hodge A chance of rain showers Highs 47 to Chance of rain 30 cloudy with a slight chance of snow show Lows 20 to Chance of snow 20 slight chance of snow showers in the morn mostly Highs in the mid of snow 20 Monday Lows 15 to

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