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These sentences were recorded in January in the Carroll County General District Court Office, Hillsville. Sentenced may be appealed:

For decades now, the congressional debate over health care has been so distorted by politics and money that it has been worse than useless — it has been an active impediment to reform of a broken system that is too expensive, serves too few and rations care based on insurance company caprice.

If the conversation on Capitol Hill has been a national disgrace, what is going on in local meetings all over the country is more disturbing.

The saying goes that two heads are always better than one. Grayson leaders agree, as they seek to use three heads — their own, along with the towns of Independence and Fries — to seek acceptance into Virginia's Enterprise Zone Program.

The program provides various incentives for qualifying businesses if they create more than four jobs that pay at least 1.75 times the federal minimum wage rate and provide benefits.

Though Galax must replace a couple of key components to what was a whisker away from being a championship team, the Maroon Tide should have plenty to look forward to as it begins the 2009 volleyball season tonight at Carroll County. Though it will be difficult to replace MED player of the year Jamie Cockerham, she of the 333 kills, 60 aces and 146 digs, the Maroon Tide has the components in place to produce another winning season, which has become the norm