Pulaski Southwest Times (Newspaper) - September 12, 2007, Pulaski, Virginia September Serving Southwest Virginia since r 50 cents eak Creek dominates citizen 0 By JENA HARDY Staff Writer The condition of Peak Creek Ayas one of the main of discussion at the Southeast quadrant meeting held last night at Trinity Methodist Church in The emergence of an advocacy group interested in the better ment arid state of the creek of Peak was discussed as a possible wayto get concerned citi zens involved in working to improve the creeks One citizen noted that the Town of Pulaski actually does not own Peak makes it difficult to sort through all the dif ferent owners and agencies to get the proper permits to start mak ing any One issue of concern by citizens in attendance was contamination of the for the most is due to the flow of fecal contaminants from both sewer and septic systems in close prox to the creek and fecal col from whether they be wild or household The flow of materials to the creek from past industrial facilities may also be a culprit for One citizen questioned how this problem could be par the issue of fecal coliform from One man answered that it would be problem to simply because the actions of wild animals are almost impos sible to Others agreed that the situation deserved fur ther concern was the amount of trees and vegetation growing along the creek and how they might affect the conditions of the creek in the One man in attendance noted that it was a situation that would definitely have to be dealt with few years Suggestions were made of how the creek could be kept One woman in sug gested that people needing to do community service could do work with the or even school college students or inmates could clean under close Other citizens also expressed concerns about the wall along Peak Creek and questioned whether or not the level should be raised and if now it should be One man ques how the water level could be raised without having to meet any sort of permit Other citizens made suggestions of how it could be including creating a1 permanent dam possi bly with the use of stories or with theuse of an inflatable A citizen questioned the possi bility of flooding in the Another noted that Peak Creak has a 100 year flood plain and that flooding would be a concern their This is a project that will require interdisciplinary think one citizen Well need tocome together to develop a based upon what the critical issues are arid what major deci points are neces o Another citizen Peak See page 2 Warner ready to disclose future plans AP Democrat Mark Warner will announce that hes a candidate on Whats not yet confirmed s whether hes run Warner n e S e n a t e next year or an encore term as governor Monica who heads Warners political action Forward says the time and place Warners have not 0 been Sources close to Warner say they expect hell run for the Senate seat five term Republican John Warner will The Warners arent But they also say Mark Warner finds it difficult to close the door on another four years in Good Evening Pulaski County Weather Tonight Tomorrow High of Inside leads Cougar Page 6 0 Price cents O Copyright The Southwest Times Area EMS personnel assist at Oceana Naval Air Show By MELINDA WILLIAMS Staff Writer VIRGINIA BEACH Western 14 Disaster Task Force of the New River Valley was deployed to Virginia Beach last week end to assist with Oceana Naval Air Stations annual air Western 14 is an all volunteer disaster task force comprised of emer gency medical services EMS providers from across the New River Volunteer rescuers from Montgomery and Pulaski Radford and the towns of Blacksburg and Christiansburg make up theEMS Earlier this the team assisted with services at the 400th Celebration a of Kidd t with Western 14 said the group ran a number of calls while at the He estimated 25 to 3d people were taken to ment tents for medical and emergen About five had to be taken to nearby Kidd said the group was still en route to the air show when pilot Jan of the Photos courtesy Kidd One off the Blue Angels Boeing Super Hornet aircraft sits on tar mac between shows at Oceana Naval Air Station this past crashed during Fridays preshow prac According to The newspaper of Oceana indicated it was the first casualty at the air show in more than 60 years of air its the sixth i fatal air show crash in the nation since Western 14 assisted with the show Saturday and The Blue a Navy and Marine Corps air show performed during the They arc scheduled to fly 66 air shows at 35 air show sites in the States this The Western 14 task force has the ability to deploy within 24 hours of alert and to be cient for a minimum of 72 The group deploys at the command of the The mission the group is to provide med ical trans portation and other vital emergency services to those in need during times of disaster and in large scale operations at the See page 2 Boucher Funds to boost business Representative Rick Boucher at his the Department of through its Rural Development is providing a federal grant in the amount of to the New Valley Development Corporation The money will be used to recapitalize the revolving loan fund which promotes busi ness and job cre ation by low interest loans to small and emerging businesses in the New River The federal funding that I am announcing today will econom ic development in the New River Valley by enabling to provide small businesses with vital new resources they require to grow and expand their Boucher said The revolving loan program provides low interest loans to both exist ing and new businesses residing in or locating in and Pulaski the City of and the See page 2 Marker reach 70th year By JENA HARDY Staff Writer CLAYTOR LAKE Members of the Count Pulaski Chapter the Daughters of the American Revolution gathered at Claytor Lake State Park yesterday to rededicate a marker at the William chimney monu This year marks the 70th anniversary of the monument which was erected bythe DAR in The Christian chimney was one of five which were built in 177273 during the construction of Christians home The house stood until when it was removed as the lake began to fill after the construc tion of Claytor The chimney was left standing surrounded by lake See page 2