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March 10, 2010
Suspects sought in Wythe robbery
No injuries reported
Armstrong brings ApCo fight to WCC
The same stories keep repeating themselves, Delegate Ward Armstrong said Saturday.
They’re the stories of people trying to make ends meet on reduced salaries being shocked by a $500 power bill. It’s the story of the woman wearing hats and gloves indoors to keep heating bills down, even as the bills continue to climb, taking 60 percent of her income. Or the one of the woman choosing to cut back on medicine. Or the woman who owns an unoccupied rental, using very little electricity to speak of yet still getting hit with a bill north of $300.
What’s Latin for spelling bee champion?
Davis Little has good reason to know the answer.
The Scott Memorial Middle School seventh-grader and county spelling bee winner credited part of his recent academic success to earlier study of the ancient language that plays a part in the words used today.
Town to receive an electric car
The town of Wytheville will have a year’s free use of an electric car for municipal purposes. Its parking enforcement officer will be the designated driver.
At Monday night’s meeting, Wytheville Town Council approved an agreement with Evatran LLC, developer of systems used for recharging electric vehicles. Council members agreed to provide a space at the Wytheville Police Department where Evatran can install one of its charging devices.
March 09, 2010
VSP campaign nets 3,536 speeders
Virginia State Police reported Monday that “thousands of speeders and hundreds of reckless drivers and seat-belt violators were cited” over the weekend in Operation Air, Land & Speed traffic-safety enforcement effort on Interstates 81 and 95.
March 05, 2010
New hands at the helm of hospital
Retired from 30 years as a chief executive officer, the final 16 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital in Indiana, Dooley said filling in on an interim basis keeps him energized. Monday, when he took the reins of the hospital, he began his fourth tour filling in as a chief executive, his second at a LifePoint facility.
Southwest Virginia Governor’s School presents countless opportunities to high-achieving students across the region. While it is an institution focused on math, science and technology, many of its students selected to attend have greater interest in the arts, such as music or writing. SWVGS gives students of all interests an opportunity to participate in internships at the workplace of their choosing during the spring semester of their junior year. These internships allow juniors to experience a prospective profession and can help them to decide if it is a career they would be interested in pursuing after high school. Although I am proficient enough in math and science to be comfortable attending SWVGS, my true interest lies in writing. The internship program through the Governor’s School has given me the opportunity to be an intern for nine weeks at the Wytheville Enterprise. It seemed natural to me to request an internship here because it is the premier example of journalism in the area.
Miranda Mitchell doesn’t count calories; she counts cookies.
March 02, 2010
Institute’s adolescent, geriatric units on the block
State Senator Phillip Puckett (D-38th) believes Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute’s adolescent unit, whose funding is proposed for elimination in Senate and House versions of the budget, stands about a “50-50 chance or a little less” of surviving in some form.
Additional candidates file for town elections
Two more candidates have officially filed for the May 4 town council elections in Wytheville and Rural Retreat. Incumbent Ed Schaack is seeking re-election to another four-year term on the Rural Retreat Town Council while newcomer Tommy Hundley is seeking one of the two seats on Wytheville Town Council.
David Yates needed to relax. Doctor’s orders.
He worked a lot of hours, for a time in Florida as a personnel manager for the state and then in Savannah, Ga., as a zone manager for several Burger Kings. It was, he said, “go, go, go.” He had trouble slowing down. But with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease, he needed to. His doctor recommended getting a hobby.
So he bought an old sewing machine.
“I said, ‘I believe I can do this,’” Yates said.
Student sponsors relief effort for Haiti
Krupa Patel of Wytheville is asking everyone to “Have a Heart for Haiti.” The George Wythe High School senior is conducting a fundraising campaign to help the victims of January’s catastrophic earthquake.
Marion man charged with shooting into house
Apparently upset that no one would go for more beer when his supply was gone, a Smyth County man began shooting into his cousin’s house, police said. Lewis Steward Jones, 23, of Marion was arrested last Tuesday by the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office.
February 26, 2010
Wythe County Community Hospital Chief Executive Officer Eric Deaton is going to visit his father in Johnson City, Tenn., on Sunday.
On Monday, at 7 a.m., he’ll walk into his office at Danville Regional Medical Center.
Parking regulations to be reviewed
Procedures to enforce parking regulations within the town of Wytheville – particularly on Main Street – are expected to be implemented soon. While some are in place, others are being determined.
In a report Monday night to Wytheville Town Council, Vice Mayor Jackie King said the town’s budget committee had received several recent complaints from downtown businesses concerning parking violations. She noted they pertained to other business owners and employees parking in the two-hour parking spaces along Main Street.
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