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Galax Police Chief Rick Clark says he is still haunted by a young man who fell through the cracks of society, despite efforts to help him turn his life around.
A kid full of potential, he unfortunately got involved with drugs and ended up in prison.
Troubled youth like this are the people that the Galax Police Department and other Galax agencies hope to help over the next two years with a $250,000 grant to create mentoring and apprenticeship programs.

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Marriages

These marriage licenses were recorded in November and December of 2011 in the office of Susan M. Herrington, clerk of the Grayson County Circuit Court, Independence:

LAUREL FORK — Storm relief supplies for tornado-ravaged Kentucky and Indiana will leave from the Laurel Fork Fire Department March 26.

Violent storms recently killed dozens in the Midwest, concentrated in the Bluegrass and the Hoosier states, and members of the Laurel Fork community have decided that they want to help, said organizer Butch Coleman.

INDEPENDENCE — Grayson County supervisors got their first look at the school board’s proposed budget for next year and questioned a few of the cuts the school division used to make ends meet.
Supervisors held a joint meeting with the school board on March 14 and were presented with a request to “support the children of Grayson County” and approve the $21.3 million budget — which includes just over $4.6 million funding from the county.