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Pulaski Southwest Times (Newspaper) - April 13, 2003, Pulaski, Virginia Sunday April 97th YEAR 19062003 Serving South ia Since 1906 Constitutional officers face more cuts By BJ News Editor Local constitutional officers knew more state budget cuts were on the but the reality that hit this month has left sev eral of them scratching their heads and frantically crunch ing An April 1 memorandum from State Compensation Board proposes a tentative Positions and salaries could be casualties reduction for constitutional offices that includes cutting all office all hourly wage and all currently vacant as well as reducing staff Any officer wanting to amend this plan was required to submit a pro posal in writing by April By May the board is expected to have the final num bers and to have passed or rejected budget plan amend ments from individual constitu tional Constitutional officers in Radford and the counties of Wythe and Pulaski are wonder ing how much of the funding cuts will be picked up by then respective local Some local governments made tip part of the difference in the middle of this fiscal year when Mark Warner reduced the amount Virginia would reim burse its counties and cities for their constitutional Wythe County made up approximately half of the dif Radford and Pulaski County did But Pulaski Countys supervisors did agree to assist the treasurer and com missioner of the revenue if the cuts directly affected their abil ity to collect Most of my work is in rais ing local Maynard commissioner of the revenue in Pulaski What good is it if the county saves and loses million Cassie commissioner of the revenue in What our city officials arent looking at is the fact were a city We do 99 percent our work and I think its time somebody realized that for years theyve been riding the See page A6 Judge Mink set to retire Nebraska native grew up in Pulaski By BJ News Editor RADFORD Judge Duane Mink began working at the age of as a paper boy holding The Southwest Times up in the air while Extra Extra Read all about it He chanted his news proclamation all over from Main Street to Coleman where he stood by the time clock as employees punched Ive worked all my Mink For the last 20 years he has worked as a judge for 2th Judicial serving in Radford and Carroll But he turned 70 in and is now to step Once youve reconciled that its your time to retire its time to and Im He turned 70 before his replacements so hes been serving judge since On Hillsville attor ney Brett will be sworn in as the new 27th Judicial Circuit Court judge serving Radford and See page BJ Sitting here in his office in Judge Duane Mink says he is ready to retire after two decades of service on the 27th Judicial Circuit Iraqi police joining forces to stop looting in Baghdad By The Associated Press Joining forces in a city of shattered order and ransacked troops and Iraqi police are setting up patrols to rein in waves of thievery in Marines rolled north to confront what could be Saddam last hold A wild firefight outside a Baghdad hotel Saturday and the threat of suicide bombings kept American soldiers wrapped in the urgent busi ness of putting down armed resistance in the capital even as looting They accepted the surrender of science the first top official of the Saddam era taken into cus among 55 being Amer alSaadi is like ly to know about any Iraqi weapons of mass but insisted See page A9 New report card system coming to McHarg Elementary By BOB THOMAS Radford Bureau RADFORD Parents at McHarg Elementary in Radford will see a brand new report card on the progress of their kids beginning in the Instead of the familiar hand completed reports on their chil drens the new sys tem will bring the school in line with systems already in place at all other Keith director of elementary education and instructional asked the school board this week to approve the after a suc trial of the concept by kindergarten teachers this from both par ents and teachers hasbeen extremely he told the Approval was unani See page A6 Firemen say Dublin churchs construction helped save it By JANE GRAHAM Staff Writer materials used in building the part of the Dublin United Methodist Church which dates to the 1800s was one of the factors that helped save it when fire broke out firemen After the department com an investigation look ing for the cause of the members still did not know what caused the blaze in the foyer of the building on East Main But they did have a better how the building was con and found that the construction saved most of the building from damage or Decorative metal ceiling tiles appear to be the key in keeping the fire from spread according to Assistant Chief Robbie He explained that the metal ceil ing stopped the blaze from get ting into the wooden lathes above them and spreading through the Another factor was one that firemen stress when educating people about fire safety a closed The two heavy wooden doors leading into the area now known as the Richardson formerly the main sanctuary of the were On the side of the the doors are deeply On the sanc tuary side of the standing door one has been removed the paint is still clean and discolored only at the corner smoke apparent ly seeped through the space between door and door Several other factors helped in saving the The time of day that it occurred was for according to Chief Ronnie Had it occurred in the middle of the in all no one would have seen it in time to do anything to save The first call about the fire was received at by Pulaski County Sheriffs Department dispatchers who immediately sent Dublin fire men to the The quick response time and skill of the coupled with the way the church building was craft ed held damages to about firemen The Dublin Police Department is continuing to look into the cause of the Jam This view from the burned foyer of the Dublin United Methodist Church looking into the Richardson Room or old sanctuary of the church dramatically illustrates how Mondays fire was confined to the front of the The metal ceiling panel hanging over the door is part of the ceiling construction that firemen say helped save the Good Morning Deaths Editorial A4 Sports Bl Classifieds BIO Entertainment C2 o See page A8 for more coverage on the war in Iraq WEATHER Price O Copyright The Radford Community Bloodmobile Grove United Methodist April Noon to 6 Karisa 8 Max Meadows Child of Melissa Harris Highs in the lower Calm Lows in the upper Highs in the upper Monday Lows in the mid

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