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Newspaper
The Valley Banner
Location
Elkton, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 2013
Page
1
Virginia voters face higher sales tax rising to 3.3 percent and new gas tax changes. S.B. 1222 makes texting a primary offense with penalties of 100 dollars for first offenses and 300 dollars for subsequent ones, while calls remain allowed.
Four of five towns near Elkton Bridgewater Stanley Broadway and Shenandoah vote small rises in the fiscal plan starting July 1 with gains between two and just under four percent amid moderate wage increases. Grottoes cuts operating costs while boosting the accounting budget due to a large anticipated grant and loan. Bridgewater raises its FY14 budget to 7.878 million dollars, up 309 thousand or four percent, with a 3.5 percent wage rise for town employees per Town Manager Bob Holton.
Pam Dowrey begins her role as principal at McGaheysville Elementary in Rockingham County, moving from years as teacher and assistant principal. She notes full responsibility now rests on her, leveraging a career spanning Montevideo Middle School and John Wayland Elementary plus J. Frank Hillyard.
Congressman Bob Goodlatte promotes two bills aimed at changing the Renewable Fuel Standard. HR 1461 would eliminate the mandate. HR 1452 would reform it to allow noncorn ethanol, cap total ethanol at 10 percent, and rescind waivers allowing up to 15 percent corn ethanol. He defends renewable fuels as energy aids and notes future corn ethanol projections amid debates over engine impact and costs.
The Evangelical United Methodist Church on E Spotswood Avenue welcomed a new pastor, David Vaughan, a Colonial Heights native, who arrived at the parsonage with his wife April and seven month old Micah on June 26. Retired pastor Robert Smith, 65, who served four years at the church, moved to a family house in Rockbridge County. Vaughan is identified as an elder in the Methodist church.
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