Berryville Man Rescued After Five-Hour Cave Plunge
Scott Morgan Smith, 20, of Berryville, fell 20 feet inside New River Cave off Route 625. He and two others entered the 5000-foot cavern. Smith sustained a head gash with a rock fragment, soaked clothes, and low body temperature. Giles County Rescue Squad and Virginia Tech Cave Club pulled him out after four hours of work, using a pulley system through narrow passages. He was hospitalized in Roanoke with a possible skull fracture and will remain for several days.
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Scott Morgan Smith
Rt. 1
Berryville
New River Cave
Smith
Rt. 625
Roanoke
Giles County
Virginia Tech Cave Club
Steve Davis
Ed Devine
The
Tech Cave Club
Radford
Winchester Mall Phase I waits on building permits
Development Corp of America executive Glenn Bair says Phase I of the Winchester Mall, between I-81 and Route 7 east of Winchester, will start soon once building permits are issued for the Drug Fair and Safeway. The county plans department has not yet received Phase I permit applications.
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Star
Winchester Mall
Safeway
Development Corporation of America
Glenn Bair
Corporation
Scott Bair
I-81
Rt. 7
Winchester
County
Bair
Frederick County
Barr
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Joseph F. Hughes and Co
Baltimore
Regency Land Corp
Ralph Herring
Gun Reports In Winchester Involve Brandishing and Pellet Fire
Two gun incidents were reported in Winchester over the weekend. Gary Hawkins, 21, said a van brandished a rifle and threatened to kill him on Fairmont Ave before a pursuit to Braddock St. Police continue investigation. George McLaurine, 48, reported a pellet or BB gun firing at an occupied vehicle on Jefferson St near Handley High School, shattering a rear window.
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Winchester
Gary Hawkins
Ing
George McLaurine
McLaurine
Jefferson St
Handley High School
Middletown School Site On Agenda
Middletown elementary school site near Interstate 81 and Bill south of Winchester is on the school board agenda with an executive session expected to yield a decision. The board will hear about the Armstrong Foundation document, approve six year textbooks, review the Title I program, and consider adding bus stopping signals to older buses.
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Frederick County
Melton Wright
Middletown
Wright
Bill
Winchester
Armstrong Foundation
Frank Armstrong Jr
Michael Morrison
Demos and GOP Meetings Shape Local Convention Delegates
Tonight three rings of political activity will nominate and rally delegates for Democratic and Republican conventions on June 9. In Winchester the Republican meeting at Duff's Pagoda Room could announce Bolling Robertson and possibly Kenneth Stiles as candidates. Democrats in Frederick County plan mass meetings to pick nominees for sheriff commonwealth attorney and four supervisors, with races likely to shape November contests.
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Star
Winchester
Duff's Pagoda Room
Bolling Robertson
Kenneth Stiles
Robertson
House of Delegates
Alson Smith
Stiles
Smith
City Gop
Susie Mote
Commission
Michael Foreman
Bill Ingram
Board of Supervisors
Teasurer
Commonwealth
Frederick County
Richmond
Andrew Guest Jr
William Truban
Sheriff's Office
Commonwealth Attorney’s Office
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Frederick County Public Works Department
Frederick County Public Works
Stan Pangle
Scott Mason
Pangle
Winchester Evening Star
Winchester Mall, Inc
Robert
Ame
Kore
Mosol Enserger A Co. Inc
Boyd Soro
By Susan Hodges
Reginald King
County Planning Commission
Herrings
Hughes Co
George M. Stoddart
Revenue's
Mote
James Wood Senior High School
Shockey & Sons, Inc
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