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Cooley named Hillsville's...

HILLSVILLE — Mayor Greg Crowder presented the Town of Hillsville’s Citizen of the Month award to Raleigh Minor Cooley at the June 23 meeting.

Although Cooley was unavailable to attend the meeting that evening due to health reasons, Crowder took a moment to summarize Cooley’s accomplishments to those in attendance.

Cooley graduated from Hillsville High School in 1941, and worked and paid his way through William & Mary College. He was drafted into the U.S. Navy in April, 1943, and served for almost three years aboard the U.S.S. Halford.

Leaving child in hot car can be...

As temperatures climb during the summer and early fall months, stories of children dying in cars from heat stroke are cropping up in areas all over the country.

So far this year, according to kidsandcars.org, 16 children nationwide have suffered heat-related deaths after being left in the car, which experts say is less than half of the typical yearly average.

Chief's departure raises...

Later this month, the town of Hillsville will say goodbye to the second police chief in the past two years who was not in the mood to deal with extra drama associated with an already difficult position.

And we can’t say we blame him or his predecessor one bit for getting out of that situation on their own terms.

Chief Greg Bolen turned in his resignation to the town on June 30, after hearing repeatedly that his job may or may not be threatened after the new town council took office July 1.

Galax adopts school budget

Galax City Council voted to adopt the public school budget for 2014-2015 at its  June 10 meeting.
School Superintendent Bill Sturgill noted that the budget presented by the school board was the most conservative of four possible spending plans.
“It’d be nice to stand here with a budget from the state,” he said to council. “We know that we will have to rework a budget [after the General Assembly passes a state budget]. We are requesting level funding this year. We understand that it’s a tough economy.”

Local facility a model market

The Southwest Virginia Farmers Market has been a main focus of Carroll County for years.
This has obviously paid off, judging from the reaction it got from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials when they visited the Twin Counties earlier this month.
Nothing but good things were heard about the market on June 17, when the group took a tour of the main market and the cannery.

Public record for 7/9/14 edition

Editor’s Note: This information is taken from open court records and is a matter of public record.
The listings are complete. The newspaper, as a matter of fairness, will not honor requests to omit any listing.  
For information on this column or questions, call 236-5178, ext. 213.

Land Transfers

These land transfers were recorded March 13-24 in the office of Carolyn H. Honeycutt, clerk of the Carroll County Circuit Court, Hillsville.

Hospital provided excellent care

I recently was a patient in the outpatient department of Twin County Regional Hospital for a eye cataract removal.
I had excellent care from every person of the department.
Also, Dr. Davis and his staff was excellent. I give the department and Dr. Davis an A+.
I believe if more people would try the hospital’s services, they would not want to go to other hospitals.
l think, or rather know, that the hospital does great work.
Jane Newman
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F.A.S.T. Camp set for this...

The Galax High School football program will host a F.A.S.T. Camp on July 11-12.

F.A.S.T. is a group of former collegiate and professional football players and other athletes dedicated to developing the physical and mental skills of young athletes. The group has helped produce some top high school athletes through focusing on Fitness, Agility, Strength and Technique.

Donors thanked for Safe Routes...

As Galax’s Safe Routes to School program winds up its first school year of teaching students about walking and riding bikes to school, we would like to thank the following for their support:
The City of Galax, its council and staff; Galax City Public Schools administration, board and staff; New River Trail State Park staff; parents who participated; Twin County Regional Healthcare and local businesses who donated services and products, including Main Street Bike Shop, George’s Cones and Coffee, Walmart and Durospin.

Should You Plant Crocosmia as a...

 Occasionally you have the opportunity to get a new flower for your garden and you wonder if it will provide nectar for your hummingbirds. We discovered a beautiful red tubular flower from S Africa called crocosmia in a friend's garden and planted some in our VA garden. It seemed ideal for hummingbirds and they do visit it, but less often than they search the flowers of nearby native coral honeysuckle. A closer inspection of the flower reveals why it may not be ideal for hummingbirds.