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Locally Owned And Operated Insuring You & Yours Council talks NRV Fair is back R.E. tax rate, July 26th From the New River Valley skate park, grass Fair Board of Directors By MIKE WILLIAMS Good News.....The New Riv- The Patriot er Valley Fair Board will pro- ceed with the 2021 NRV Fair Karen Tuggle Brad Alley Lynn White No one spoke at Tuesday’s pub- and will adhere to all Covid lic hearing before Pulaski Town guidelines and restrictions. Home • Auto • Life • Business Council on the town’s real estate Should there be a change in tax rate. There was discussion those restrictions and guide- during the meeting, however, on lines there is a possibility of topics including the town’s skate cancellation, but not at this park, grass cutting, Virginia Pub- time. lic Service Week and economic However, we are not able to development. have the Fair we all know and The tax rate hearing was re- love. quired following the recent re- lished April 2, noted the town There will be NO Demolition assessment of real estate in the would instead propose to adopt its Derby, LawnMower Racing or county. 611 East Main Street current rate of 34 cents per $100 Rodeo. Town Manager Darlene Bur- of assessed value rather than re- There will be one night of Dublin, VA 24084 • 540-674-4678 cham said the reassessment, ducing the rate. Main Stage Entertainment with which occurs every six years, has Burcham said the town there- Crawford and Power on Thurs- www.insurancecenterofdublin.com yielded an increase in the value of fore will prepare a budget that day, July 29th. town real estate of 12.8 percent. exceeds last year’s by at least 2 Back Porch Stage Entertain- Burcham said state law requires percent. ment will be in The Bud Walsh the town to advertise what rate Councilman Brooks Dawson Arena. There will be no Enter- WEEKEND WEATHER would be necessary to offset that asked if the town had received tainment in The Wysor Build- increase or hold the tax neutral for Saturday Sunday any comment on the tax rate is- ing. The Horse Pull has been property owners. sue. Burcham responded she had moved to Monday night July Mostly sunny, with a high near Mostly cloudy, with a high near That would require, she ex- received no comment, and none 26th. Please bare with us as we 60. 72. Chance of precipitation is plained, the town’s real estate tax had been posted on the town’s plan this modified fair but we 40%. rate being lowered to 30 cents per Facebook broadcast during the will bring you the BEST we Saturday Night - Mostly Sunday Night - Mostly cloudy, $100 of assessed value to offset meeting. can under these circumstances. cloudy, with a low around 45. with a low around 55. Chance any increase. Chance of precipitation is 20%. of precipitation is 50%. The public hearing notice, pub- See COUNCIL, page A2 See FAIR, page A2 School budget Ok’d; health insurance rates celebrated By MIKE WILLIAMS year at just under $16 million. year due to COVID-19 – a short- The Patriot The increased state and coun- fall that did not occur. ty funding is enough to cover the According to Chris Stafford, The Pulaski County School costs of the school board’s top Assistant Superintendent for Fi- Board on Monday reached final four budget priorities for the year: nance and Business Operations a approval of its budget for next #1 Five Percent Increase for decision on bus purchases will be school year – a spending plan that Teachers: $1,353,853 delayed until at least the second meets all its top priorities and #2 Five Percent Increase for quarter of the next fiscal year. reaches an important milestone Support Staff: $485,918 That move reduces the 2021-22 for school employees and their #3 New Salary Scale for Custo- projected expenses by $337,000 health insurance premiums. dians: $149,259 – allowing budget revenues and The final budget totals just un- #4 Increase Elementary Asst. expenditures to balance. der $52 million – an increase over Principal Contracts: $34,916 During recent budget negotia- this year’s budget of $1.4 million. The final version of the budget tions with the county’s Board of Included in that increase is also includes a budget contingen- Supervisors, bus purchases be- a $1.1 million increase in state cy amount of $345,000 that will came a strong point of contention. funding and $292,000 in in- be carried over from the current Supervisors recommended creased funding from the county, fiscal year. The contingency had buying five buses through the which puts Pulaski County fund- been created to guard against an ing for education for next school expected budget shortfall this See SCHOOLS, page A2 IMMEDIATE OPENINGS! Go To Work Today With Pay From $11.00 To $16.00 Per Hour ... All Shifts. Pulaski • Dubin • Carroll Co. • Wytheville

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I On the economic development Burcham said. “So, it took six Camp Dawson asked that citizens do am amazed at the number of years front, Burcham said things seem to years of growth in real estate to more to let council know their some of them have worked – 10, 20, be picking up for the town. achieve that [$197,000] increase, feelings on such issues as water 25 and 30 years – for the town. “There are a number of pros- and there won’t be another assess- coming and sewer rates, tax rates, etc. to “When you see them, please pects looking at particular projects ment for another six years. So that help council make decisions on thank them,” Burcham urged coun- within the town,” Burcham said. Pulaski Community Youth growth is not as significant as that those and other important mat- cil. “People seem interested in coming Center is ready to “Get in the one figure would suggest.” ters. She added that town employees to Pulaski.” Swing of Things” this summer She told council that is the level Radcliffe asked about grass aren’t always well-paid and are of- She especially noted the need for with our annual summer camp! of real estate growth the town will cutting in the town and how some ten criticized for what they do be- an 8,000-square-foot building with Camp will start as early as May have unless there is residential or areas need cutting and wondered cause much of what they do is en- a high ceiling to offer a particular 26th, but will take place for Pu- commercial growth in the town. why the town hadn’t cut it. forcement. prospect. laski County campers June 21 The public hearing ended with Burcham replied grass cutting - August 14 (Monday - Friday) no comments from the public. is the responsibility of the prop- from 7 AM - 5:30 PM. Council took no action on the erty owner, according to the town Our summer camp is de- rate at Tuesday’s meeting. Schools code. signed for ages 5 -12 and will Steven Spence and Dirk Akers Radcliffe responded that if the Continued from Page A1 include activities exposing the spoke out in support of the town’s land is owned by the town – be- children to art, science, crafts, skate park located near Macgill school system’s capital improve- conservative and set rates based ing on the town right-of-way – the life skills, leadership, and out- Village. ment plan and paying for them only on a targeted 6-percent town should cut the grass. door recreation (just to name Akers noted the park needs re- by delaying some improvement overall decrease in rates. “Then you’ll have to change a few). Snacks will be provid- pairs and is in need of trash cans projects to free up money. The Stafford said the goal was to the code,” Burcham responded, ed and we will have activities and lighting to improve the ap- supervisors reasoned not all the push as much of the decrease in noting the rules on grass cutting throughout each day to inspire, pearance and security of the park. improvement projects desired health insurance costs over to the have been in the code “a long create, and transform! Akers also suggested the pos- for 2021-22 could be completed employees to seek parity with time.” What makes our camp differ- sibility of moving the park to a during the fiscal year, so a delay county employees’ rates. She reminded council of a no- ent? We at PCYC hold the core more centrally located area in wouldn’t hurt. According to Stafford, school tice sent out by the town some values of kindness, honesty, re- town, and expressed apprecia- The school board balked at employees’ health insurance time ago on grass cutting. spect, and responsibility. Each tion for the skateboard shop that that idea, saying buying buses rates beginning July 1 will now The notice said, “Town Code day at camp, kiddos will learn opened recently downtown. out of capital improvement funds match county employees’ rates states that grass and weeds should about these values and how they “Christiansburg and Blacks- was not part of an earlier agree- for the first time since the two not exceed 12 inches in height. can use them, along with other burg don’t even have one,” Akers ment between the two boards on health insurance plans became It’s important to note that your skills they build, to make a dif- quipped. paying for capital projects. The self-funded several years ago. grass must be cut all the way to ference in our community. Here Councilman Jamie Radcliffe school board prefers to buy buses Stafford said there are substan- the curb or where your property at PCYC we also care about agreed with Akers that the park from its operational budget. tial reductions in premiums in meets the roadway.” emotional well-being and will needed work and suggested the By delaying a decision on bus- six of eight coverage categories, In her Town Manager’s Re- strive to meet the unique needs town study the possibility of es until the second quarter, Staf- with decreases ranging from $22 port, Burcham noted Gov. Ralph of each child. creating a new skate park at 6th ford said such a move will give to $261 to be added to employees’ Northam’s recent designation of We are currently accepting Street Park. the school board’s finance depart- take-home pay. May 3-7 as Virginia Public Ser- applications! The cost is $70/ Burcham noted that the park at ment time to assess budget vari- The decreases also put Pulas- vice Week to pay tribute to local, week with multiple-child rates 6th Street has become a favorite ables such as student enrollment ki County in a superior position state and federal employees in available. We also have a slid- spot for Pickle Ball players and and identify any potential cost to some other area school divi- Virginia. ing-scale payment option. Con- council would be receiving a re- savings whereby more school sions, including Radford, which “There’s no better example of tact us today, it’s going to be an quest from them in the future buses could be funded through will aid Pulaski County in com- public service than town employ- awesome summer! concerning a re-surfacing of the the Operating Budget rather than petition for hiring and retaining ees,” she said. Please contact us at 540-731- tennis court where Pickle Ball is utilizing capital improvement teachers and administrators. “Many people have worked 4401 or send an email to saman- played. money and potentially delaying School Board Chairman Tim at home due to COVID, but that thapcyc@yahoo,com She noted that plans are in the projects. Hurst, noting a disparity in The budget was approved by health insurance costs between a unanimous vote of the school county and school employees for board. eight years, said the new rates are Also approved were the health a “huge win for school employ- Flowers By insurance rates for the 2021-22 ees” that has been a “long time in fiscal year. coming.” “This is a bucket list type thing He said the differences in rates Dreama Dawn for me,” commented Stafford in between Pulaski County and Come by and see our Wind Twister Balloons. presenting the rates to the school Radford is “a huge victory for board. Pulaski County Schools.” Anyone would enjoy these for Mother’s Day! The school system’s health in- School Superintendent Dr. surance consultants had calculat- Kevin Siers noted the savings We also have 4-inch Blooming Plant Baskets. ed a 12-percent decrease in rates in health insurance more than for next school year, however, makes up for any difference in 311 N. Washington Avenue school officials opted to be more pay scale. Pulaski, VA 24301 540-980-3021 Fair Always Grateful To Be Your Hometown Florist! Continued from Page A1 Gate admission will be $5. Ride tickets are separate. There will still Save Money By Visiting www.pulaskiflowers.com be carnival rides, Exhibits in The Farris Building and Vendors in The Wysor Building. Gospel Night will be Tuesday, July 27th with Eddie & Sherry Rich- ards. Ride N Shotgun Band will hit the stage Friday, July 30th and Wrestling will be Saturday July 31st (subject to Covid guidelines re- lease). If you have any questions, call the Fair Office 540-674-1548 or post them to our Facebook page. Thanks for your support during this pandemic! The Patriot - May 7, 2021 - Page A3 Team Rubicon helps prevent 2nd wildfire By MIKE WILLIAMS “We supported operations at The Patriot food banks across the U.S. and Virginia, and in Virginia we’ve Team Rubicon, a veteran-led also done vaccinations. So, we’ve global disaster response organi- been busy, and at the same time zation, partnered with Pulaski responding to disasters,” Trahan County Emergency Manage- said. ment and the Virginia Depart- Hurricanes, flooding and tor- ment of Forestry to prevent fu- nadoes in Alabama, Tennessee ture wildfires from impacting and Louisiana have all seen Team homes in the Draper Mountain Rubicon in action despite restric- Estates community. tions on deployment because of The chainsaw operation took stringent COVID protocols. place last weekend, in conjunc- “We do mitigations like this tion with the National Wildfire primarily in the west, but not a Community Preparedness Day. lot on the east. But there is a need About 25 Team Rubicon vol- here, obviously. What we do with unteers from Virginia, West Brad and his folks is not only de- Virginia, North Carolina and velop the skill set, but also the Pennsylvania worked through- familiarity so we can all work out the weekend to clear and together,” Trahan said. thin flammable vegetation from He noted 123 people signed around homes and in an area up to work the Draper Mountain that was affected by a wildfire in Estates project. “To drive up to 2016. Those items can act as fuel 5 hours to work for a day and a for wildfire, so clearing these ar- half. I came down from Arling- eas will help protect homes lo- ton. Out of the 123 I could only cated there. pick 25,” said Trahan. Deanie Hall’s State Farm of- “We’re a military founded or- fice in Dublin again this year Mike Williams/The Patriot ganization. They’re familiar with contributed to the operation. State Farm agent Deanie Hall presents Richard Kos of the Pulaski County Emergency Management roughing it. Our folks sleep on She sponsored lunch for the Office with a check for $500 to help fund last weekend’s fire mitigation event in the Draper Moun- the ground. Same ol’ stuff as the volunteers participating in the tain Estates community of Pulaski. From left are: Pete Huber, a resident of the community, Hall, military. Which is part of the rea- event and provided a $500 grant Kos, Steve Spangler of NR-Highlands Resource, Conservation and Development and John Warren son it appeals to us, quite frankly. toward costs for last week’s ef- of Team Rubicon. Last night I’m sleeping on my cot fort. That purchased two pairs of and it collapses. I thought, ‘well, chainsaw safety chaps, chainsaw I’ve been here before,’” Trahan bar oil and True Fuel, chainsaw joked. chains and bars. Every prospective member of “Team Rubicon has a highly Team Rubicon must pass a back- trained cadre of chainsaw oper- ground investigation, usually at ators ready to put their skills to their own expense before they work in Pulaski,” said Michael can be a member and deploy to Trahan, Team Rubicon’s Virgin- events like last weekend’s. ia Field Operations Lead. “All of our people are pretty “We are grateful for the warm solid individuals,” Trahan said. welcome we have received from The name Team Rubicon this community and honored to comes from the military. serve. I especially want to thank “Jake Wood, our founder and Brad Wright who has been CEO, and the others who were working with us throughout the in Haiti were thinking about a planning process.” name. And it actually goes back Wright, Pulaski County’s to military history. Crossing the Emergency Management Coor- Rubicon was always that mo- dinator and a Wildfire Mitiga- ment of no return. And they said, tion Specialist with Virginia’s ‘we’ve hit that moment,’” Trahan Department of Forestry, had said. worked with Team Rubicon in “Good organization and I’m past disasters and invited them really proud to be a member of to serve in this effort. it,” said Trahan. Draper Mountain Estates is a For more information, visit Firewise Community, a designa- TeamRubicon.org tion from the National Fire Pro- tection Association highlighting communities that take preven- tative measures to make struc- tures more resistant to wildfire. Last weekend’s mitigation effort was a part of that process. Besides State Farm, another organization supporting the effort was the New River Valley/ Highlands RC&D. Mike Williams/The Patriot Trahan, who has been with Some of the 25 members of Team Rubicon involved in last weekend’s wildfire mitigation efforts on Team Rubicon for seven years, Draper Mountain Estates. Five years ago, the area was victim to a wildfire. is a 30-year veteran of the U.S. basically into two teams – sawyers Army, is one of about 140,000 who have a minimum of 20 hours members throughout the coun- of training, many with over 100 try. Over 5,000 of them are in hours of training, and swampers Virginia. who pile debris into piles that will Team Rubicon has been re- be burned by Wright and his team sponding to disasters for ten in the winter. years and got its start when five “All are volunteers, no one is former Marines traveled to Haiti paid to do anything. We come out to help with earthquake relief in on our own expense with donors 2010. like Deanie (Hall) and people like “They linked up with a cou- Brad (Wright) who has been out- ple more folks down there and standing. He’s done a great job,” worked for the next several Trahan said. months with basically nothing “We started this operation al- or what they could cobble to- most 18 months ago,” Trahan gether,” Trahan said. said, noting it was delayed by the “We know there is a need for pandemic. During that time Rubi- people who can respond quick- con has continued to do disaster ly and who want to continue to response at home and abroad, but serve,” he added. not mitigation. The group is now made up of “We have folks in the Nava- former military, first responders jo Nation who have been doing and, what Trahan called “kick- COVID testing and now vaccina- ass civilians” who also want to tions. Several other Native Amer- come out to help. ican lands as well. Our EMTs and Team Rubicon members in medics can work there and inter- Pulaski last weekend were split nationally.” Page A4 - The Patriot - May 7, 2021

MERRY LEE STOOTS CARL ELLWOOD RUPE JOHN EDWARD ELIZABETH ANN REDD WILLIAM JOSEPH Merry Lee Stoots, age 88 of Carl Ellwood Rupe, age 88 of SADLER, JR. PEOPLES “BILLY” Pulaski passed away Monday, Pulaski, died Wednesday April John Edward Sadler, Jr., 85, of Elizabeth Ann Redd Peoples, MCCROSKEY, JR. May 3, 2021 at the Roanoke Me- 28, 2021 at Radford Health and Pulaski, VA died Thursday, De- age 76 of Pulaski passed away William Joseph “Billy” Mc- morial Hospital. Born June 1, Rehabilitation Center. He was cember 17, 2020. Sunday, May 2, 2021 at the Pu- Croskey, Jr., age 44 of Hiwas- 1932 in Foster Falls she was the born on March 21, 1933 in Pu- A private graveside service will laski Health and Rehabilitation see passed away Saturday, May daughter of the late Marion Viv- laski, and was the son of the late be held Saturday, May 8, 2021 in Center, Pulaski. Born September 1, 2021 at the Forsythe County ian Shockley & Hallie Oneida Eunice Mae Cecil Rupe Turpin Oakwood Cemetery, 25, 1944 in Allisonia she was the Medical Center, Winston Salem. Sutphin Shockley. She was also and Charlie Basil Rupe. Ell- Pulaski, VA, with Rev. Melissa daughter of the late James Rich- Born September 14, 1976 in Rad- preceded in death by her broth- wood was a Veteran of the United McNair-King officiating. ard “Bud” Redd and Lucy Jane ford he was the son of William ers, Melvin Shockley, Fielding States Army, a member of Henry Arrangements by Stevens Fu- Butler Redd. She was also preced- Joseph “Joe” McCroskey, Sr. and Shockley, Sherman K. Shockley Clay Masonic Lodge #280 A.F. & neral Home, Pulaski, VA. ed in death by her husband, Oli- the late Vicky Darlene Mooney. and sisters, Colleen Smith, Vel- A.M. and a member of Pythago- va “Ollie” William Peoples, Sr., He is survived by his ma Jean Walters and Ramona ras Masonic Lodge #239 A.F. & children, Gloria Peoples, Abby Father Gay Shockley. A.M., and was presented with his JERRY ALLEN MABRY Singleton Peoples & Rose Ma- William Joseph “Joe” McCros- Merry was a proud member of 50 year pin. He was a long-time Jerry Allen Mabry, 73, of Dub- rie Leeper; sister, Shelva Parks; key, Sr. – Hiwassee V.F.W. Post#1184 Ladies Auxil- employee of the Pulaski Kroger’s lin, passed away Monday, May 3, brothers, Joseph Redd, Richard Half Sister lary. where he received his retirement 2021. “Dickie” Redd, & William Thom- Ashley Sheets Mooney – Dub- She is survived by after 39 years. The Mabry family is in the as Redd. lin Many nieces and nephews He is survived by his wife of care of Mullins Funeral Home & Elizabeth was involved many Great Aunts Graveside funeral services will 63 years, Betty Lou Smith Rupe: Crematory in Radford, Virginia. years with the women’s ministry Arleta (Doug) Brown – Pulas- be held 2:00 PM – Friday, May Daughter; Lisa Rupe (Jay) Turner www.mullinsfuneralhome.com at the First Baptist Church. She ki 7, 2021 at the Highland Memo- of Pulaski: brother; Harold Clay- loved to cook , bake cakes and Al- Snowdeer (Jay) Peak – Pulaski ry Gardens, Dublin with Pastor ton Rupe of Pulaski, and survived abama biscuits, and grow pretty Special Cousins and many Frank Peters officiating. by a nephew, Curtis Rupe, and a Honor Your flowers. friends The family will greet friends niece, Cindy Rupe Dickerson. She is survived by her Per Billy’s request, there will from 12:30-1:30 PM Friday at the Funeral Services were held Loved One With Sons – Oliva William Peoples, be any services. Funeral Home before leaving in Monday, May 3, 2021 at Seagle An Jr. – Richmond, Douglas Wayne To sign his online guestbook, procession to the cemetery. Funeral Home. Interment fol- (Faith) Peoples – Pulaski visit www.bowerfuneralhome. To sign Merry’s online guest- lowed in Highland Memory Gar- In Memoriam Grandchildren – Amanda Peo- com book, please visit www.bowerfu- dens, where he received military Notice. ples & Lawrence Osborne, John Bower Funeral Homes, Pulas- neralhome.com honors and the Mason’s conduct- Singleton, Chris Singleton, Iman ki is handling the arrangements Bower Funeral Homes, Pulaski ed a graveside Masonic Service. Peoples, Indigo Peoples, Austin for the family. is handling the arrangements for The family would like to express Call Leeper the family. a special thank you to Mandy and Great Granddaughter – Alexan- BOLEN E. GRAVLEY Carmelita of Amedisys Hospice. 540-808-3949. dria Osborne Bolen E. Gravley, 83 of Pu- In lieu of flowers, expressions Brothers & Sisters – Madeline laski and known to many as of sympathy may be made to the Howard – Princeton, WV, Mary “Horseshoe Pete” died Monday Henry Clay Masonic Lodge or to Deadline Is Noon Brooks – Pulaski, Edith (An- afternoon, May 3, 2021 in the PACC Rescue 3430 Lee Highway Wednesday. thony) Boysaw – Pulaski, James Pulaski Health & Rehab Center. Draper, VA 24324. Online condo- “JR” (Drema) Redd – Pulaski, He was born on January 30, 1938 lences may be sent to the family Charlotte (Jerry) Montgomery in Austinsville, VA and was the by visiting www.seaglefuneral- – Pembroke, Kathy Williams – son of the late Preston Gravley home.com Arrangements by Sea- Pembroke, Brenda Redd – Pulaski and Myrtle Jones Gravley. He gle Funeral Home, Pulaski. See DEATHS, page A5 was also preceded in death by sons, Mike Gravley and Terry Gravley; sisters, Isabelle Bishop, Ruby Lawson and Hazel Manns; and by a brother, Fred Gravley Sr. Surviving are his wife, Nao- mi Gravley; daughter Jessica ‘Your Smile’ Gravley Jones and husband Ho- mer Jones and their son, Landon Though your smile Jones; daughter, Heather Grav- Is gone forever, and ley; sister, Judy Bowman; broth- Your hand I cannot touch, er,: Fred Gravley, Jr. (Ink); and grandsons, Todd Gravley and I still have many memories, Chris Gravley. Of the one I loved so much. Mr. Gravley was cremated. Your memory is my keepsake, Arrangements by Stevens Fu- With which I’ll never part. neral Home, Pulaski, VA. God has you in his keeping I have you in my heart.

Happy Mother’s Day, Your loving daughter, Reddie

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Giles County Sheriff’s Office photos The alleged kidnapper’s vehicle. Giles Co. Sheriff’s Office releases more info on abduction Authority of Giles County Sheriff’s Office

We have some new details that we can share regarding the Noah Trout abduction case. To summarize what has already been released: • Two year-old Noah Trout was abducted by a female at Mike Williams/The Patriot Riverview Baptist Church in Ripplemead, VA on May 2, Davis-Harris Retires From Army 2021. • The subsequent investiga- This is a big week for Al Davis of Fairlawn and his family. His daughter, Master Sergeant Adrian Davis-Harris tion led authorities to a resi- is retiring after 25 years in the U.S. Army. Davis-Harris (pictured above with her father, Al and her husband, Major Roscoe “Tony” Harris) was in Pulaski this week for a retirement reception in her honor at the Pulaski dence in a mobile home park Nancy Renee Fridley, 44 located at 100 Nicholas Drive VFW building. Davis-Harris joined the Army in February 1996 as an engineer. After four years, she made the in Clifton Forge on May 3. The move to become a paralegal. “I’ve absolutely loved it,” she said. Now she is retiring as chief paralegal assigned residence had already been de- to the U.S. Army Reserve Command at Fort Bragg, second in charge of technical oversight of all the paralegals termined to be that of Nancy in the Army Reserve. “My father served, my brother served and my sister also served,” Davis-Harris noted. Renee Fridley, 44 of Clifton She met her husband while serving in Iraq. Tony is still in stationed at Fort Knox with the 84th Training Com- Forge, who has been arrested mand. They live outside Cincinnati in Ohio. Davis-Harris was born and raised in Radford and graduated from for abduction and child endan- Christiansburg High School. “My dad is my hero. His father was in the Army, but he went wayward and joined germent charges. the Marines,” she joked. “I thought it was important to honor that legacy of my dad and my grandfather. It was • VSP Tactical Team mem- important to me. It has been a good life. I was able to help provide for my family.” She and Tony have three bers performed an operation children. She noted that the ceremony this week was not a formal retirement ceremony, but more of a retirement that led to the rescue of Noah reception. “There’s not a lot of the typical customs and courtesies and traditions you normally see. I just wanted Trout at 1:25 p.m. the same day. it small for my family and specifically my dad. I know how important it is for him.” Was Al a proud dad for the • Noah was checked by EMS event? “Yes sir, but they could have been Marines,” he said. on scene and sent to New Riv- er Valley Medical Center later that day for further evaluation. • Noah was subsequently ‘A Flush Beats a Full House’ medically cleared and released Noah Trout to his family. Below are some new details tential witnesses out there who that we hope will lead to more could and should come forward. witnesses coming forward: We urge you to contact your lo- • Our investigation has re- cal law enforcement agency if vealed that Nancy Fridley vis- you’ve had any contact with the ited New Valley Fellowship woman or the vehicle listed in Church and Mountain View the photographs. Ministries, both in Narrows, earlier on the morning of the abduction. Furthermore, it has Deaths revealed that Fridley was in the area of those two churches Continued from Page A4 approximately a month prior to A host of nieces, nephews, the abduction. cousins and friends • There is no credible con- Memorial services will be held nection between Noah, or any Friday,5:00 p.m., May 7, 2021 at of Noah’s family members, and the Bower Funeral Home Chapel, Fridley. Pulaski with Pastor Doug Patter- DOSS’ SEPTIC SERVICE • All indications point to this son officating. The family will Licensed and insured being a stranger abduction and receive friends Friday from 4:00 Servicing the NRV and surrounding areas Noah being chosen by Fridley p.m. until service time. at random. To sign Elizabeth’s online (540)320-4827 • There is no indication at guestbook, please visit www. Thank you for your continued support this point that Fridley intended bowerfuneralhome.com – Bower to transfer Noah to anyone in Funeral Homes, Pulaski is han- particular. dling the arrangements for the • Fridley was driving a family. charcoal colored 2007 Chevy Trailblazer when she abducted Noah. That vehicle is pictured with a “BOOBER” sticker at the top of the windshield. We have evidence, through our collaboration with other agencies and jurisdictions, that Fridley may have been casing other places outside of Giles County to commit similar acts. We think there are other po-

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Since assuming office, President save everything is genetically imbed- client made leather tooled chairs and Biden and his team have created a crisis while large- ded in my family. My Dad was so used that as part of his payment. I still ly ignoring it, flip-flopping on whether they even call proficient at it, he could have taught have the chair with my Dad’s initials Gambit it a crisis. college-level courses in the art of pack- tooled into the back rest of the chair. There’s believing your own President Biden recently told NBC News, “We’ve rattiness! He was very organized and When my Mom gave me the heavy press releases. And then, there’s now gotten control,” but the numbers indicate oth- had file folders containing information old dusty box of papers, I couldn’t believing your own delusions of erwise. U.S. Customs and Border Protection proj- important to him. So when he died imagine what treasures were in it – but grandeur. ects that two million migrants will cross the border several summers ago, my Mom had the they were treasures indeed. I sat on Joe Biden should look at the during fiscal year 2021, four times the number in monumental job of sorting through and the floor for hours reading through the mirror every day and see a pres- fiscal year 2020. In March alone, 172,331 migrants trying to decide what to save, what to brown-edged, time-damaged letters that ident elected on the basis of the were apprehended at the border. throw away and what to pass on to other my Dad received from “his boys” when unpopularity of his predecessor Of that number, 18,890 were unaccompanied family members. he was a young Lieutenant in the United at a time when the country was minors, the largest number ever taken into custody We went to visit my Mom and she States Army Air Corps. He was fresh slammed by a once-in-100-years in a month. Law requires them to be transferred to pulled out some “family treasures” out of law school and was placed in pandemic. the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement which had been stored in my Dad’s charge of training and preparing young Instead, by every account, (ORR). Oversight of that agency falls under the library. He had been a lawyer. A good- men as officers to represent our country he sees a transformative leader jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Health, of which guy lawyer! He cared a lot about peo- in battle during World War II. His with a mandate to change Amer- I am a member. ple and would often represent clients training manual was also in the box. It ica as rapidly and irreversibly as The Border Patrol has also seized significant who were considered the under-dog. contained terms that reflected the moral possible. quantities of fentanyl, one of the opioid crisis’ deadly Sometimes they couldn’t pay the legal and religious values of his time – honor, As the news site Axios noted, ingredients. The total weight of fentanyl seized at the fees, so my Dad would accept some- Biden wants his next 100 days southwest border in the first quarter of the year has thing else of value in exchange. One See NATION, page A7 to be “more audacious” than his surged 233 percent above the same period last year. first 100, as he seeks “to re-en- There is gineer the very fundamentals more to the of America -- inequality, voting story beyond rights and government’s role in the numbers. directing economic growth.” Many of the Oh, is that all? migrants rely Biden’s drive to make himself on smugglers the next FDR and erect a mas- and traffick- sive progressive edifice on the ers to escort slightest of political foundations them to the is monumentally arrogant and border and almost certainly bound to fail. suffer abuse at their hands. When taken into custody, Biden is contemplating the they are detained in crowded facilities which enable sort of the bait-and-switch that the spread of COVID-19, and they are not tested for rarely goes over well. Yes, the the coronavirus when released. policy plans he ran on last year The surge has overwhelmed Border Patrol agents were further to the left of Barack and taken them from their usual duties to process Obama’s and of Biden’s own and care for apprehended migrants. lengthy record as a U.S. senator. I am scheduled to visit the border soon and to see But Biden described himself as the conditions at an ORR facility with other Mem- a moderate who wanted to work bers of Congress. with Republicans and restore a In the meantime, I joined other House Energy and sense of normality to Washing- Commerce Committee Republicans in seeking more ton. information from Vice President Harris, appointed He said, as he put it when by President Biden as the border czar. After appre- urging Republicans not to fill hension, unaccompanied minors are transferred to the Ruth Bader Ginsberg seat on the custody of the U.S. Department of Health and the Supreme Court, “We need to Human Services (HHS), which includes ORR. de-escalate, not escalate.” We need answers from the Vice President about Biden vs. Scott No one listening to that or the crowded conditions at ORR facilities, troubling a thousand other things Biden By Cal Thomas, faith” and even quoted a passage from the Old said during the campaign would reports of lapses in background checks of employees Tribune Content Agency Testament. Biden and Democrats seem to think in contact with the minors, and inadequate vetting of government as a God-substitute. have had him pegged as the guy of sponsors who eventually assume custody of the The contrast between President Biden’s first Scott lamented a closed country and closed who’d immediately set about minors. address to Congress last Wednesday night and schools. He said “millions of kids have lost a making wrenching changes in President Biden has by all appearances opened the the Republican response delivered by Sen. year of learning when they could not afford to the American way of life. border, and he is ready to open the Federal Gov- Tim Scott (R-SC) reminded me of another lose a day. Locking vulnerable kids out of the For a would-be FDR, Biden ernment’s checkbook, too. His Administration has occasion between one long-winded and another classroom is locking adults out of their future.” doesn’t seem to understand that unveiled a $2.3 trillion “infrastructure” proposal, profound speaker. He noted private and religious schools are a fundamental source of the which goes far beyond traditional infrastructure It was 1863 and the nationally known orator mostly open and proposed school choice, as a New Dealer’s power was enor- priorities such as roads and bridges, and a further Edward Everett was the featured speaker in solution. mous congressional majorities. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to commemorate the Most profoundly Scott, who is African $1.8 trillion plan aimed largely at increasing the role soldiers who had died during that terrible battle. American, denied America is a “racist coun- FDR came into office in 1932 of the Federal Government in the lives of average Everett’s speech was 1,607 words and lasted try.” Are there individuals who are racist? Of with almost a 200-seat majority Americans. two hours. He was followed by President Abra- course, but that doesn’t make the nation racist in the House, 313-117, after To pay for this sea of spending, President Biden ham Lincoln, whose far more famous address, any more than having criminals among us Republicans lost more than 100 wants to raise taxes. He claims to target only the once memorized by schoolchildren as “The makes us a criminal nation. seats. wealthy and corporations, but his proposed tax Gettysburg Address,” was 275 words and took Scott dismantled the president’s infrastruc- Biden came into office in increases will inevitably be passed onto middle- and a mere two minutes. ture proposal, noting only 6 percent of the 2020 with a bare 9-seat majority lower-income families and individuals. Everett later wrote Lincoln, praising his spending goes to roads, bridges, airports and in the House after Democrats The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed by Republicans brief remarks for their “eloquent simplicity and other traditional projects. Many Democrats surprisingly lost ground all over and signed by President Trump in 2017 led not only appropriateness. ... I should be glad, if I could now claim infrastructure includes childcare and the country. It’s the narrowest flatter myself that I came as near to the central other items on the liberal wish list. to lower taxes for most Americans but increased idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in On the porous southern border, which the Democratic House majority wages, reduced utility bills, and other benefits. He two minutes.” Biden-Harris administration has addressed only since the last two years of the would undo these important tax reforms as our Biden wasn’t Everett and Scott was no in platitudes, Scott delivered a good one-liner: administration of Rutherford B. country continues to recover from a devastating Lincoln, but Scott in his brevity, along with “Weakening our southern border and creating a Hayes. pandemic. his kind and optimistic spirit, delivered the crisis is not compassionate.” In the Senate, FDR had 58 Higher taxes will hurt jobs, but President Biden superior speech. Even more than Scott’s dissection of the Democrats, as Republicans lost has already taken aim at American energy jobs by Biden droned on about expanding the nanny president’s address was his demeanor. It was 12 seats in 1932 in one of the cancelling the Keystone XL pipeline and suspending state and offering to take care of everyone positive and upbeat. He didn’t see a glass half worst senatorial drubbings in new oil and gas leasing on federal lands. More fossil except those evil rich people who he claimed, full, but one overflowing with possibilities, if history. fuel jobs will likely be lost now that he has rejoined as Democrats always do, are not paying their we pour in the right policies. Biden has a 50-50 tie after “fair share.” Neither he, nor any other Demo- Scott is a natural speaker in contrast to the Paris climate agreement, which imposes restric- crat, says what they mean by “fair.” There was Biden’s often forced and condescending Democrats eked out two special tions on America now but allows China to increase no suggestion that any government program rhetoric. Scott believes in putting people, not election victories in Georgia emissions until 2030, and made new commitments. should be eliminated, or spending reduced. government first. While he dazzled many in earlier this year, with Vice Pres- These lost jobs have ripple effects on the economies Not everyone can be critical of another per- his address to the virtual Republican National ident Kamala Harris on standby and government budgets of their communities. son without making it sound demeaning. Scott Convention last summer, his response to the to break ties. The stories of the Americans hurt by President criticized Biden’s spending and other proposals president’s speech has likely vaulted him to The fate of Biden’s legisla- Biden’s energy policies need to be told. Energy without personal attacks (Are you listening the top tier of national leadership. The African tive agenda hangs by a thread, and Commerce Republicans have regularly invited Donald Trump?). American community should especially take depending on whether Sens. Joe witnesses to testify about how the Biden Admin- He rightly claimed the president had failed notice and follow his lead. Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, istration’s decisions would hurt people like them, to unify the country, as he has repeatedly prom- To quote Lincoln from his Second Inaugural relatively moderate Democrats, ised to do. By unity, it appears Biden means Address: “Fondly do we ask; fervently do we from union workers losing job opportunities to local everyone has to agree with him. pray.” support his proposals. If FDR officials trying to provide public services. In the battle of personal stories, Scott had had been equally dependent on a President Biden’s first 100 days left a lot to be the edge. Biden has been in political office for Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaedi- couple of ideologically unsym- desired. I am committed to holding him accountable more than four decades. The question can be [email protected]. 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Box 2416 • Pulaski, VA 24301 • www.pcpatriot.com • (540) 808-3949 The Patriot - May 7, 2021 - Page A7 Nation Play Outside Continued from Page A6 personal responsibility, respect, reading, I thought about how Spring is in the air and summer and successful season. discipline, commitment, etc. our culture has changed since is right around the corner. It is I am looking forward to Terms that are foreign to much 1944. Twenty-some years later, time for our many community spending every opportunity I of our current culture. in Supreme Court decisions, we parks to be enjoyed, our youth have outdoors while spending As the young men completed would remove the underpin- sports programming to head quality time with family and their training and were shipped nings of our First Amendment outside, our pool, our lakes and friends. out to other bases, they wrote freedoms by refusing to allow the river to bring relief and recre- We sometimes take what is to my Dad thanking him for authorized daily prayer in the ation, and for our trails to abound all around us for granted, this teaching them discipline and schools. Just a short time later, with those who have been pent summer season I encourage respect. Frequently, “his boys” Supreme Court decisions would up for far too long because of the you to take advantage of all this would compare the results of permit pornography to infiltrate pandemic and the winter weather. outdoor recreation destination their training with the training every area of society and call it A healthy community starts has to offer. with healthy citizens, and out- provides our local hospitality and So make some time to play others received from different “free speech.” The music indus- service industries with both local bases; and “his boys” were the try would promote lyrics, which door recreational activity is good outside and make some room for both the body and the mind. and tourist business opportuni- on the trails, in the lake, at the ones promoted more quickly. denigrate women, police, and ties. One thing I noticed about the family values. And the enter- Not only does the good pool and in our amazing parks, weather and the variety of our With COVID-19 restrictions because I intend to see you there letters was that they were very tainment industry would deluge loosening up, our small business respectful and there was an ab- the public with distorted moral recreational amenities afford us this summer. the occasion to exercise, recreate community should be gearing Pulaski County is…Outdoor sence of cursing and derogatory standards, graphic violence and up for what we hope to be a busy terms. The tone and attitude of language that previously was not and enjoy the great outdoors, it Recreation. the letters, even though these tolerated in the public arena. young men were no longer under my Dad’s authority, reflected I gained a new admiration for gratitude, civility, courtesy, and my Dad, reading those letters Randolph Park Summer Camp, esteem. from 1944. Probably, like my A newspaper clipping from Dad, many of those fine young 1944 was included with one let- men have passed away…some Pool plans are announced of them years before my Dad, ter. The bold headlines stated, 2021 Randolph Park Summer Camp 2021 Randolph Park Pool “Don’t Say ‘Hell, No’ in Mem- possibly on a battlefield far phis!” and the article described from home fighting to preserve freedom and Biblical principles Randolph Park Summer Camp will offer camp Pulaski County’s current plan is to open our the dilemma of a man who was Monday June 14, 2021 thru Friday August 6, waterpark this summer in a limited capacity. Ran- thrown in jail on a charge of that this nation was founded upon and which my Dad tried to 2021. Camp will be offered under the guidelines dolph Park Pool will be open Monday – Saturday disorderly conduct for cursing and protocol set by the CDC regarding COVID from 12N – 6PM. The tentative opening date is at a police officer. Although he instill in them, both verbally and by example. measures for conducting this type of activity. Our set for Monday, June 14th 2021 at 12 Noon. Ran- was released the next day, he summer Camp will offer spots to 150 campers on dolph Park Pool will only be available to Pulaski was fined $11 for disorderly con- These principles are still a weekly basis. Please note that parents may reg- County citizens (which includes both the Town of duct. (That would be $165.55 in worth fighting to preserve. The ister for weeks in advance, but once registered Dublin and Town of Pulaski). Patrons must show today’s currency.) battlefield has changed. It is no and paid, there will no refunds issued. Registra- a valid license that states they are county resi- What a contrast to last year’s longer out there somewhere; it tions for campers will become available on Tues- dents. It should also be noted that field trips to the violent anarchists burning and is fought in our schools and in day, June 1st, 2021. ALL registrations/payments pool by organizations within the county will not looting American communi- our communities. It is called a will take place on our new online platform. To be allowed this summer. The County of Pulaski ties, screaming obscentities at cultural war and it is probably register to set up an account please go to. http:// will follow the guidance and guidelines from the the police while flaunting their the most important war we’ve www.pulaskicountyparksandrec.org/. Click the CDC and the Commonwealth of Virginia for the unreasonable acts of justice; had to fight since the inception “register” tab which will lead you to create an operation of outdoor swimming pools. then demanding that the police of our country. And I know my account. Once your account is activated it will Please note that our ability to continue offering be defunded so the perpetrators Dad would still be fighting on take you to your “account dashboard” where you these public services are subject to change as the can continue to destroy anything the front line to uphold these then will be able to register your child(ren) for CDC and the Commonwealth of Virginia revise they desire. sacred principles, if he were our Summer Program starting June 1, 2021. their guidelines, recommendations, and require- As I sat there on the floor here today. ments. Lowry Continued from Page A6 Pulaski Drain Service wouldn’t be FDR. elections to making D.C. a state, If Biden feels emboldened by will fall by the wayside. and Plumbing Repairs his first 100 days, he’s defining More to the point, it’s wrong Water Heaters • Dish Washers achievement downward. FDR for Biden to attempt to force signed into law more than a through such radical measures Faucets • Toilets • Drain Cleaning dozen major measures address- when his mandate for them exists ing the Great Depression during only in his ridiculously inflated Repair & Replace Water & Sewer Lines his first 100 days, while Biden self-image. Reasonable Prices • No Job Too Small got a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill -- a huge amount of Rich Lowry is editor of the spending, yes, but much of it is National Review. 'The Right Way, temporary. Pro-Biden pundits are currently exulting that he has Right Away!' about a 53% approval rating, a respectable showing, if hardly a position of overwhelming Call 540-998-1223 strength from which to try to revolutionize the country. Im- Experienced, Licensed & Insured portantly, FDR initially got even more powerful after 1932. Re- publicans dropped down to only 17 senators and 89 congressmen in 1936, whereas Biden will be lucky to hold on to his slender congressional majorities next year. With his legislative margin of error so thin, it’s unlikely that Biden will get his way on much besides spending and taxes. Almost all of his sweeping proposals, from federalizing Call Us For Your Advertising Needs. 540-808-3949 Page A8 - The Patriot - May 7, 2021 Passenger rail to return to NRV in ‘25 CHRISTIANSBURG—Gov- ernor Ralph Northam Wednesday announced that the Common- wealth has reached an agreement with Norfolk Southern Railway to extend passenger rail service to the New River Valley for the first time since 1979. Known as the Western Rail Initiative, this agreement will increase intercity passenger rail service from Roanoke to the Northeast Cor- ridor and is an expansion of the Transforming Rail in Virginia program to build a 21st-century rail network. “Bringing passenger rail service back to the New River Valley will fuel tourism, drive economic growth, and create new opportunities for the region’s 180,000 residents and 40,000 college students,” saidGovernor Northam. “A key part of our Transform- ing Rail in Virginia program, the Western Rail Initiative will support critical infrastructure improvements necessary to mod- ernize our transportation system and connect communities across the Commonwealth. This agreement is the result of collaboration among many partners, and we look forward to continuing this important work to enhance mobility in an equitable and en- vironmentally sustainable way.” The $257.2 million Western Rail Initiative includes: • $38.2 million for acquisition of right-of-way and track for approximately 28.5 miles of the Virginian Line from the Salem Crossovers west of Roanoke to Merrimac (Christiansburg) • $219 million in infrastructure investments along the corridor that includes: • Roanoke Yard improvements, • a 7-mile siding from Nokes- ville to Calverton, creating a con- tinuous two-track corridor for 22 miles from Manassas to Reming- ton, • improvements from Salem to Christiansburg, including signal- ing and track upgrades, a main- tenance facility, and passenger platform, and • infrastructure improvements along the Route 29/Interstate 81 corridor. The agreement includes both an increase of existing service and expansion of service to the New River Valley. In 2022, an additional round-trip train to Ro- anoke will depart Washington, D.C., in the morning and serve Alexandria, Burke, Manassas, Culpeper, Charlottesville, Lynch- burg, and Roanoke. The expansion complements the existing Amtrak Northeast Corridor service, which travels northbound from Roanoke in the morning and returns in the afternoon. The two Northeast Corridor round trips will be extended from Ro- anoke to Christiansburg upon completion of the infrastructure improvements in 2025. The Commonwealth and Nor- folk Southern will continue to work to finalize definitive legal agreements, with execution planned by the end of 2021. “Today is a good day and we look forward to working with all stakeholders to put today’s announcement into action,” said James A. Squires, Chairman, President, and CEO of Norfolk Southern. “Virginia and Norfolk Southern worked cooperatively to reach the Commonwealth’s goal of expanding passenger rail service in the New River Valley, while also preserving the vital role these lines play in delivering goods and materials that drive the regional economy.” “I have seen firsthand the economic benefits of passenger rail in this region of Virginia,” saidSecretary of Transportation Shannon Valentine, who ledthe legislative effort to launch the first state-supported passenger train anchored in Lynchburg. “In 2017, we extended the train to Roanoke, and today to the New River Valley, creating vital connections in our statewide rail plan.” “The Commonwealth values our long-term partnership with See RAIL, page A9 The Patriot - May 7, 2021 - Page A9 work between the Northeast and The announcement was lives- Southeast corridors. The initia- treamed on Governor Northam’s PLACE A CARD OF THANKS Rail tive is expected to grow Virgin- Facebook page. A recording of Thank those who helped and supported you Continued from Page A8 ia’s economy by $2 billion annu- today’s event will also be made during your time of loss with a ally and improve the mobility of available on the Virginia Depart- Norfolk Southern and look for- passenger and freight rail. Ac- ment of Transportation’s You- CARD OF THANKS ward to continuing to partner cording to the American Public Tube channel. In The Patriot with them to advance both pas- Transportation Association, ev- For more information about 540-808-3949 or [email protected] senger and freight rail,” said ery $1 billion invested in rail cre- the Transforming Rail in Vir- Jennifer Mitchell, Director of ates 24,000 highly skilled jobs, ginia initiative, please visit drpt. the Department of Rail and Pub- and every $1 invested generates virginia.gov/rail/transform- lic Transportation. “As we move $4 in wider economic benefits. ing-rail-in-virginia. forward, we will work closely with local partners to support passenger rail in the New River Valley.” The Governor also ceremo- nially signed Senate Bill 1212, sponsored by Senator John Ed- wards, and House Bill 1893, sponsored by Delegate Chris Hurst, which created the New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority to assist the Commonwealth with the cre- ation of and support for passenger rail in the region. The Au- thority is being established in Planning District 4 and will be governed by a board consisting of members of each participating locality and institution of higher education. The Commonwealth plans to partner with the members of the New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority to fund the construction of a station building, parking, and roadway access for the station. “The people of the New Riv- er Valley have demanded passenger rail for years because they know what an economic boon it will be for their community,” said Senator John Ed- wards. “It will make it easier for students to attend Virginia Tech, for families to visit, and for Hokie alumni to return for game days and events throughout the year. This service also forms a vital connection to Vir- ginia Tech’s Innovation Cam- pus in Arlington, and will be a second train each day through Roanoke, which has been one of the most successful lines in the country since it launched in 2017. I’m thankful for the Governor’s leadership in push- ing this across the finish line, and I congratulate everyone in the community who worked to make this a reality.” “I am so proud that House Bill 1893 will help make the dream of bringing rail travel to the New River Valley a reality,” saidDelegate Chris L. Hurst. “I’m dedicated to seeing this project through its completion and making sure that the New River Valley becomes a leader in innovating transportation infrastructure in the region today and into the future. Laying the tracks for new jobs and economic opportunities while also reducing congestion on one of the busiest stretches of I-81 is one of my biggest priorities. With the help of dedicated partners in both local governments and nonprofit organizations, we finally see our hard work paying off.” Ridership forecasts for the region indicate a healthy demand for service. Today, the Roanoke train provides 220,000 passenger trips per year. The new service is expected to add approximately 80,000 new passengers in the first year. This service will provide multimodal alter- natives to travelers along the Interstate 81 and Route 29 corridor, serving tens of thousands of residents and visitors to the region. The 2021 state budget provided $83.5 million to support the extension of intercity passenger rail service from Roanoke to the Blacksburg-Christiansburg area and increase the frequency of intercity passenger rail service along the I-81/Route 29 corridor from Washington, D.C. To meet the requirements of the provided funding, Norfolk Southern will conduct an operational analysis of potential infrastructure improvements required for a future station at Bedford, which would be subject to future funding availability, and the Commonwealth will assess the cost of extending intercity passenger rail to Bristol. The Commonwealth’s previously announced $3.7 billion Transforming Rail in Virgin- ia initiative will expand and improve passenger, commut- er, and freight rail in Virginia and create a vital connection in America’s national rail net- Page A10 - The Patriot - May 7, 2021 GOP race: Who’s in first depends on who’s in second FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — designed to mimic the voting at porters, period,” said Mark Ro- Chase has embraced the nick- Being a voter’s second choice is a true convention, where dele- zell, political science professor at name of “Trump in heels” while usually a recipe for disaster for gates gather in a location, listen George Mason University. “She’s Snyder frequently refers to him- a political candidate, but in this to speeches from the candidates, not anyone’s second choice. Her self as an “outlaw conservative.” year’s chaotic GOP gubernatori- and hold multiple ballots until a support on subsequent ballots will Rozell said the race could come al race in Virginia, second-place winner gets a majority. sink.” down to “who ends up first in status could be a winning ticket. Last week, Cox put out an on- The concern for fraud expressed last place,” meaning that the first Seven candidates are vying line ad explicitly asking delegates by Chase was shared by multiple major candidate to be eliminated for the Republican nomination at to name him as their No. 2. candidates, who prevailed on the will provide a huge swath of sec- what the GOP is calling an “un- “I understand I might not be ev- GOP’s state central committee to ond-place votes that could allow assembled convention” this Sat- eryone’s first choice,” Cox says in put procedures in place to ensure one of the other candidates to get urday. the ad. “But if I’m not your first transparency during the counting a majority. None of the four top-tier can- choice, I’d really appreciate you opposite approach: She says she’s process. The delegates will also chose didates — Pete Snyder, Aman- putting me down as your second.” campaigning to be voters’ first As a result, after delegates cast candidates for lieutenant governor da Chase, Kirk Cox and Glenn In a phone interview, Cox said and only choice. their ballots Saturday at 39 poll- and attorney general on Saturday Youngkin — have established the rationale for such an overt plea “I would never say I want to be ing locations across the state, the using the same ranked-choice vot- themselves as a clear front-run- is obvious. No. 2, because that means you’re ballots will be counted in a cen- ing system. ner. As a result, under the ranked- “It’s not hard to do the math,” losing,” Chase said. tral location by multiple witnesses Democrats will choose their choice voting system the GOP he said. “There’s seven candi- Indeed, she’s asking her sup- with candidate representatives in nominee from among five candi- is using, the winner will almost dates. I don’t see anyone getting a porters to choose her in all seven place as observers. The precau- dates next month in a state-run certainly need to be the second majority on the first ballot.” slots on the ballot. As a practical tions will also slow the count — primary with no runoff. Whoev- choice of numerous voters, and Cox also said that when he matter, that’s the same as choos- the party won’t even begin counter gets the most votes will win it, perhaps even the third choice, to makes calls to the tens of thou- ing her first and leaving the other ing ballots on Saturday and has even if no one gets a majority. secure the nomination. sands of Virginians who have reg- choices blank, but she said putting advised it could take as long as a Under the ranked-choice sys- istered as delegates, it’s clear that her name in all seven slots elimi- week to declare a winner. Civil War novel, tem — which has been adopted many aren’t even aware they will nates an avenue of chicanery, that The campaign of Youngkin, a in Maine, Alaska, and a growing be casting a ranked-choice ballot. someone might tamper with the founding member of the Carlyle Turning Point at number of local elections around Cox, a former House speaker ballot and fill in another name in Group investment firm making the country — voters rank the with a 30-year career in the House the alternate positions. his first run for office, declined to Gettysburg candidates in order of prefer- of Delegates, is often seen as the The ranked-choice format is make him available for an inter- available ence. If no candidate receives an favorite of mainstream or moder- believed to be particularly trou- view. But in a written statement, outright majority, the last-place ate Republicans; but Cox said he’s blesome for Chase, a polarizing he too was going for No. 2. If del- Turning Point at Gettysburg finisher is eliminated, and that not targeting any particular can- figure even in her own party who egates are committed to another is a new Civil War novel based candidate’s votes are reallocated didate’s supporters in his plea for has been most vocal in her sup- candidate, then “I ask for their on the true story of Confeder- to whomever those voters listed second-choice votes. port of former President Donald second choice vote and let them ate Private, William P. St. Clair as their second preference. “I would hope I have a pretty Trump and has spoken favorably know that I am the best positioned who was severely wounded and The process continues, reshuf- good chance with all of them,” he about the Jan. 6 mob march on the to beat Terry McAuliffe in No- captured in Pickets Charge then fling votes until one candidate said. Capitol. vember as an outsider, Christian imprisoned. obtains an outright majority. It’s Chase, meanwhile, is taking the “Her supporters are her sup- conservative, and successful busi- After meeting important in- ness leader.” dividuals and becoming part of At some candidate forums, Cox a prisoner exchange he was pa- and Youngkin have suggested that roled and helped to unite a sorely each might want the other to serve divided nation. It is a drama with in their Cabinet if elected, possi- contested elections, sharp polit- bly appealing to each other’s vot- ical divide and a great need for ers as second choices. unity, not unlike today. A must Rozell said it makes some sense read for history buffs. that Cox and Youngkin might be Now available on Amazon and able to garner second-place slots at St. Clair Publications. from each other’s delegates, while the same might be true for Chase and Snyder. While all four candidates offer similar views on the issues, Chase and Snyder’s rhetorical styles are at times more appealing to those who favor a more combative tone.

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She’ll follow up go to the Fine Arts Center’s web- laski. with an in-person workshop at the Center on Saturday, May 22, 2:00 – 4:00 pm, in which you will receive and decorate a goose egg Your Story Is Unique... that has been prepared for deco- rating. The $36 cost of the course includes both workshops and a prepared goose egg, and a kit for applying wax and dying the egg. The workshop is designed to have participants come away with a beautifully decorated egg using the pysanky art method, and with the tools included in the class fee, one can continue to decorate eggs at home after the workshop as well. Dr. Lewis has been enjoying the art of Pysanky for many years and loves to teach this art form to others. As a relatively new doctor www.pcpatriot.com SPORTS The Patriot - May 7, 2021 - Page B1 NCAA NASCAR’S future is here aims for Next Gen car finally arrives less CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR’s next generation race car is finally here after two years contact in of hype and hope that it will revolutionize the stock car series. How can a spec car radically preseason change a sport? Competition. Cost contain- (AP) - The NCAA football ment. Manufacturer relevance. oversight committee is preparing The Next Gen car, first pro- to recommend changes to presea- posed in 2018 and originally slat- son camp that will include fewer ed to debut this season until the fully padded practices and the pandemic delayed it until 2022, elimination of some old-school is a first-of-its-kind collabora- collision drills. tion between NASCAR and its The latest move to scale back partners with everyone focused contact in practice comes in re- on the future. All parties had to sponse to a five-year study in- work toward creating a car that volving six major college foot- served the entire industry. ball teams that found more head “I think the world is just go- impact exposure and concussions ing to look a lot different at NA- happened in preseason practice SCAR once you get to the Next The 2022 NASCAR Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro is previewed at NASCAR R&D Center on April than during games. Gen car,” NASCAR President 22, 2021 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) The committee’s initial pro- Steve Phelps said. “The dynam- posal called for at least nine of ics are going to change so sig- a team’s 25 preseason practices nificantly. There are many things to be run with players wearing that Next Gen will do for us as a helmets but no other pads, and sport when it rolls out.” no more than eight fully-padded, The unveiling was Wednesday full-contact practices. That pro- afternoon, when Chevrolet, Ford posal went out to NCAA mem- and Toyota at long last got to un- bership for feedback two weeks cover their designs. It’s the most ago. significant change to the stock The committee is scheduled to car since the present “Car of To- meet again Thursday. West Vir- morrow” model was introduced ginia athletic director Shane Ly- in 2007. ons, the chairman of the commit- For the first time in NASCAR’s tee, said the plan is to hand over a 73-year history, single-source final recommendation for a new manufacturers will build the preseason model for the Division chassis, provide parts and supply I Council to consider at its May the carbon composite body. But 19 meeting. each individual manufacturer If passed, the new model has the flexibility to design the would go into effect this year. shell to at last resemble the Ca- Lyons refers to the model as maros, Mustangs and Camrys The 2022 NASCAR Next Gen Ford Mustang is previewed at NASCAR R&D Center on April 22, 9-8-8: eight days of players prac- sold on the showroom floors. 2021 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) ticing in helmets and shoulder That critical manufacturer rel- pads with no live tackling to the evance stretches far beyond, say, ground, nine days in just helmets a Chevy on the race track actu- and no more than eight full-con- ally looking like a Chevy that tact days. The current propos- catches your eye at a stoplight. al would also limit full-contact The Next Gen also led NA- practices to no more than two SCAR to modern upgrades consecutive days. found on today’s street cars — “We’re trying to provide as rack-and-pinion steering, inde- much flexibility within the mod- pendent rear suspension, bigger el as possible and not dictate wheels and upgraded connectiv- what days they get to do what, ity to allow for an in-car camera and give each coach the abili- in every vehicle. The Next Gen ty to coach how they want to,” also is built with an eye on rele- Lyons said. “But then also limit vancy in the future and the abil- the number of contacts that we ity for adaptation as technology currently have from a direct hit, continues to change. head-to-head contacts that you NASCAR has had only three currently have in practices.” manufacturers since Dodge left During live-tackling practices, the sport after the 2012 season, no more than 90 minutes of full and Phelps has said new OEM’s contact will be permitted under would not be interested in join- The 2022 NASCAR Next Gen Toyota Camry is previewed at NASCAR R&D Center on April the initial proposal. ing until a new car was intro- 22, 2021 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) “What I’m hearing, a lot of duced. coaches aren’t using 90 minutes The Next Gen should make “We think that is important as Justin Marks, and former driver mer on the charters that guarantee so we may look and say, ‘Is that NASCAR appealing to other our road car cycles changes to be Matt Tifft has a team with current entry for 36 cars into the 40-car 75 minutes?’” Lyons said. manfacturers, particularly as able to race hybrid in this car as driver B.J. McLeod. NASCAR Cup field each week. The study found that 48.5% hybrid technology is explored. well.” The car is expected to dramat- The biggest test of the Next Gen of the concussions recorded oc- The new car, for now, will con- The Next Gen has sparked in- ically contain costs in large part will come on the track. curred during August training tinue to use internal combustion, terest in ownership, and three because of its single supplier NASCAR has said the car will camp. The teams involved in the pushrod V8 engines produced by new teams entered the top Cup chains, and teams will be limit- improve competition and that will study were Virginia Tech, North each of the three manufacturers. Series this year. Michael Jordan ed to seven cars at a given time be where the car will ultimately be Carolina, Wisconsin, UCLA, Air “We are future-proofing the is now an owner alongside three- instead of an unlimited fleet, judged. Although the Cup Series Force and Army. car to enable hybrid,” said Mark time Daytona 500 winner Denny making ownership appealing for has 10 winners through 11 races Todd Berry, executive director Rushbrook, global director at Hamlin, Pitbull joined entered in the first time in several years. It so far this season, it has been an of the American Football Coach- Ford Performance Motorsports. partnership with former driver sparked a bidding war last sum- See NEXT GEN, page B5 es’ Association, said there was some concern among coaches that Army and Air Force awould skew the study data. The two academies play a run-heavy, tri- Semper Fi ple-option offense that can lend BISHOP Painting & Staining Contractor itself to more contact, he said. Overall, though, Berry said Randal Morris the study is helping guide chang- INSURANCE es many coaches were already USMC Vet moving toward. Owner Operator “We wanted things based on data rather than assumptions,” Licensed & Insured Berry said. 540-250-2288 NCAA rules currently mandate at least two of 25 preseason • Home Decks • Porches • Flooring • Remodeling • Pressure Washing practices be contactless and con- ducted without pads, Berry said, but a survey found most coaches • Auto already run about six of those leading up to the season. He said going to nine pad- • Life less practices, essentially walk- throughs, seems like a drastic change to coaches. “To us that’s kind of a giant leap,” Berry said. “We’d rather take a step and then measure the results and say, ‘OK, we ended up in a good place.’ And take 540-443-3900 another step and keep improving along those lines.” 272 A West Main Street, Dublin, Va. Coaches have been moving www.bishopins.net away from high-impact drills See CONTACT, page B5 Page B2 - The Patriot - May 7, 2021 Classifieds www.pcpatriot.com YARD SALES HELP WANTED Price negotiable. Call 540-629- 9003. Yard Sale: Friday, May 14 and Care-giver needed immediately. Saturday, May 15, 8 a.m. to In Dublin area. Call 540-320- For Sale: Antique silver set. $200. ? each day. At 1316 Hopkins 6704. Call 674-0147. Drive, Pulaski. Repair Work Needed For Sale: Pokemon cards for sale. Yard Sale: Family yard and ga- Need someone who does home Price negotiable. 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Email [email protected] The Patriot - May 7, 2021 - Page B3 More of What’s LEGAL NOTICES For Dinner ORDINANCE 2021-2 More of What’s for Dinner? FOR INCREASE OF CIGARETTE EXCISE TAX RATE Following up from last week is Woods, Upon the ___ unanimous vote || ___affirmative vote of a majority of the incumbent members a subject that many books have of the Dublin Town Council as recorded below, after conducting a properly advertised/noticed public been written about. Therefore, Water & hearing at the Council’s regular monthly meeting on Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the I am only going to scratch the Council’s chambers at the Dublin Municipal Building, 101 Dublin Park Road, Dublin, Virginia, the surface by covering a few of the Wildlife Council of the Town of Dublin hereby enacts this ordinance to amend, effective July 1, 2021, Dublin foods eaten by people in the past Town Ordinance 2020-3 so as to increase the excise tax imposed by the Town on cigarettes (“cigarette as well as today. As I recounted, tax”) from the rate of 1.25¢ per cigarette to 3.34¢ per cigarette (thus the cigarette tax on a usual pack of I have eaten most of the wild W.A. "Doc" Davis 20 cigarettes will be 67¢ and on a usual carton of 10 packs of cigarettes, $6.68). All other provisions game varieties, both small and of Dublin Town Ordinance 2020-3 are affirmed and remain in effect. large game species where sea- The Town Treasurer shall notify all known or believed cigarette vendors located in the Town as of sons are regulated by DGIF. The the cigarette tax rate increase effected by this ordinance, and the effective date of the increase. As past few years, I have sampled a yellow-topped creasy greens you provided in Dublin Town Ordinance 2020-3, the Treasurer shall also notify all subsequent applicants few of the dishes of wild game see growing in fields. Dandelion for Town business licenses of that ordinance and of the cigarette tax rate increase under this ordinance. banquets at area churches and leaves along with plantain and However, that any cigarette vendor does not receive such notification shall not relieve him/it of his/its at Max Creek Baptist that we lamb’s quarter make great salads obligations under either ordinance. attend. There were some hunters as well. A word of caution, do not Adopted and enacted this May 21, 2021 who have gone out West and gather plants or weeds without In favor Opposed brought back elk and mountain getting good information as to Debra Lyons ______sheep, to name a couple for our how to identify - the website Wayne Seagle ______enjoyment. Some have gone deep has a number of good sources. Edith Hampton ______sea fishing and the fish were Some plants may look good such Dallas Cox ______some that I had never partaken as mushrooms, but are deadly Steve Crigger ______of before. I even got to eat some poison. Debbie Hager ______crawfish which I have used a The 11th chapter of Leviticus many of a time for fish bait but in the Bible (has 47 verses – so never tried to eat any and they you can read on your own); the Attest: ______are a lot like lobster in taste. Lord gave the children of Israel Benny P. Skeens, Mayor Foods such as crawfish are the what animals were clean (for going fare in areas down South human consumption) and the un- such as in the bayou states. We clean, which were not to be eaten. Attest: ______in this part of the country and on A bird such as a vulture is one Tyler F. Kirkner, Clerk of Council & Town Manager into the deeper South enjoy grits the examples given as it could (made from cornmeal). People carry diseases. The swine was a to our North don’t know what forbidden animal to eat and even they are and they’re not served today, most Jewish people do not NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING in their restaurants. I became eat pork. Swine (hogs) do not acquainted with a guy from have sweat glands and cool them- PROPOSED WATER, SEWER AND GARBAGE New York once and offered him selves by getting in muddy mire SERVICE RATE AND FEE INCREASES a glass of buttermilk and a dish and do so to cool themselves. The of grits. He refused both and hog is the only animal feared by BY THE TOWN OF DUBLIN said he had never heard of them. a snake as their poison will not I used to trap muskrats in my kill them, and the abundance of Pursuant to the authority granted by the Virginia Code §§15.2-927, et seq. 15.2-2109, et seq., and younger days and often thought fat can absorb it; the hog can then pursuant to Chapters 12, 13 & 16 of the Dublin Town Code, the Town Council of the Town of Dublin, their red meat looked good kill and eat the snake, however. Virginia will hold a public hearing on Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers enough to eat. I learned later in An old remedy for poison ivy that at the Dublin Town Center, 101 Dublin Park Road, Dublin, Virginia, to consider enactment of an life that they are eaten by the I was taught was to use salt on a ordinance increasing the rates and fees for water, sewer, and garbage services as follows: same people that like crawfish. meat skin or bacon slice and rub I was in the 7th grade and on the affected area. The pork the teacher read us about some pulls out the poison and the salt Indian tribes that ate dogs. They heals. Modern sanitary ways of are still eaten today in certain raising pork have removed most countries; I would have to say no of the dangers in the present thank you, if offered a meal of economy. dog meat. The Indians depended I promised a recipe last time on the American buffalo (bison) - still looking for Ozark cook not only as a food but for cloth- book. Several commented as they ing, shelter etc. The vast herds liked the one I did about a year are no more as the white man ago. It is called MINI-BALLS about wiped them out; but you named after bullets of Civil War can still enjoy the succulent meat era and as follows: 1) Stick of found in some area restaurants butter; 2) 1 cup of brown sugar; from domesticated buffalo farms. 3) 1 cup of coconut; 4) 1 cup Snakes and are shunned and chopped nuts; 5) 1 cup chopped hated by many people, but eaten dates; 6) 2 cups rice crispies. and enjoyed by others. There is Mix nuts, coconut and crispies a joke of a fellow who stopped in bowl. Melt butter; add sugar by a friend’s house asked him if and dates; stir while boiling for he had anything to eat as he was 7 min @ low heat; pour over dry hungry. “Sure,” he replied, “Go ingredients; mix. Very rapidly on into the kitchen and there’s make this into 50 little balls and some chicken on the table.” The roll them around in confectionery guy returned shortly and was sugar. asked, “How was it?” “Not bad, There are many foods provided but it was about all necks,” he by our Lord and Creator. Psalm said. “Oh no wonder man, you 34:8 reads: “O taste and see that got the rattlesnake.” the lord is good: blessed is the Spring brings about a good man that trusteth him.” time to make salads from the Until next time

All persons desiring to speak for or against any of the proposed rate and/or fee increases should appear at the aforementioned time and place or submit their comments in writing to the Dublin Town Manager prior to the hearing.

Copies of the proposed ordinance are available for review in the Dublin Town Treasurer’s Office. Page B4 - The Patriot - May 7, 2021 LEGAL NOTICES PCHS, LewisGale providing sports physicals Pulaski County High School, in conjunction with LewisGale Hospital Pulaski, will again be providing sports physicals to Pulaski County Pub- lic School students who will be enrolled in the 6th through 12th grades during the 2021-2022 school year. The physicals will take place at PCHS in the Career and Technical Educa- tion Building on Wednesday, May 26 beginning at 3:00 pm. The cost will be $10 dollars and students should arrive with their Virginia High School League physical form completed and signed by both student AND parent/guardian. Parents, please be aware that to participate in school sports during the 21-22 school year, student physicals MUST BE DATED 05/01/21 OR AF- TER. Physical forms are available in the front offices of Pulaski County High School and Pulaski County Middle School, or can be printed at vhsl.org . In an attempt to expedite this process, the start time for current PCHS students is 3:00 pm. Current middle school students should arrive no earlier than 4:00 pm to prevent overcrowding and congestion.

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That means sitting each month. down every month, and mak- Let’s start with a simple defi- ing a budget for the upcoming nition of budgeting. A budget is month. Don’t let the fear of what just a plan. It’s not a restriction you might find stop you, and on spending, it’s a strategy for don’t over-complicate things. what you’ll do with all your mon- It’s easy as writing down your ey. It’s tracking what’s coming income and everything that in and what’s going out. When requires money for the month, you budget every month, you’re then doing a little basic math. giving your money purpose. And once you have a plan in You’re controlling your money, place, stick to it! Too many and telling it where to go, instead people get lazy, or “forget” to do of scratching your head and won- a monthly budget. dering where it all went. Give it a shot, Carter. You’ll The word budget gets a bum experience a sense of freedom, rap, because some people think security, and accomplishment it’ll be like putting a straitjacket like you’ve never felt before on their spending and their lives. once you’ve taken that first step But that really isn’t true at all. toward gaining control of your Budgeting actually gives you the money! power to spend wisely and with purpose. Budgeting even causes * Dave Ramsey is a sev- feelings of fear, intimidation, and en-time #1 national best-selling anger in some folks. Sure, it takes author, personal finance expert, a little time and effort at first to and host of The Ramsey Show, Next Gen create a budget that really works. heard by more than 18 million But once you get the hang of it, listeners each week. He has Continued from Page B1 and it doesn’t take long, the hard appeared on Good Morning anomaly of a year so far in that signed to give drivers greater The composite body is depart is over. America, CBS This Morning, a handful of teams and drivers control while putting an em- signed to minimize in-race Still, to make your cash flow Today Show, Fox News, CNN, typically dominate. phasis back on race strategy, damage that would otherwise plan work, you have to do it Fox Business, and many more. Kevin Harvick and Hamlin team personnel and vehicle set- affect the car’s handling and combined to win 16 of 36 rac- up. The symmetric body shape lead to further incidents that es last year before Chase Elliott significantly reduces side-force, could alter a race. And the new, snatched the title for Hendrick which in theory should make wider tires are designed to al- Motorsports; Joe Gibbs Racing the cars harder to drive through low Goodyear to bring a softer won 19 races and the champion- the corners — NASCAR’s cur- compound to improve passing ship in 2019. rent car is offset, not symmet- and strategy options. The Next Gen, though, is de- ric. Throwback Weekend at Darlington From NASCAR shaped paved oval has hosted 119 figured to 1.366 miles following the NASCAR Cup Series races dating spring race of that season. The track Nothing better than honoring the back to 1950. The raceway was was repaved in 1995 and then again past and paying tribute to the folks built as a 1.25-mile paved super- prior to the 2008 season. Over the that paved the way for what we speedway in 1949-1950 and hosted years the historic facility has be- know as the NASCAR Cup Series the first 500-mile race in NASCAR come known amongst its competi- today. This weekend at Darlington history and the first on asphalt on tors as ‘the track too tough to tame’. Raceway the NASCAR heroes of Sept. 4, 1950. A total of 75 cars In total, the 119 NASCAR Cup today and yesteryear will come competed in the inaugural event Series races has produced 51 dif- together to celebrate Throwback and Curtis Turner won the pole ferent pole winners and 51 different Weekend at as the series competes at 82.034 mph, and the race was race winners. Six of the 51 NA- in the 12th race of the season, the won by Johnny Mantz (Plymouth, SCAR Cup Series pole winners Goodyear 400 on Sunday, May 9 75.250 mph). The race took 6 hours, at Darlington Raceway are active at 3:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and 38 minutes, and 40 seconds to com- this weekend – Kevin Harvick (two SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. plete. poles), Kurt Busch (two), Brad Ke- Many of the drivers will be pay- Since then, Darlington Race- selowski, Ryan Newman, Denny ing tribute to the past this week- way has undergone some changes Hamlin and William Byron (each PET OF THE WEEK end with special paint schemes on through the years. In 1953, the track have one pole). Hall of Famer David their cars. For a full detailed list was re-measured to 1.375 miles. Pearson leads the series in poles at We have several cats here of the paint schemes and car par- Then in 1970, the track was re-con- Darlington with 12. at the shelter that are ticipating select this link and visit looking for barn homes! NASCAR.com’s 2021 Throwback They most likely won’t let Weekend Photo Gallery. you pet them, but they will Darlington Raceway is the per- work for you by keeping T.A. Produce the mice and other pests fect stage for Throwback Week- away. end. The historic 1.366-mile egg- Route 11, Dublin There’s no adoption fee for these cats as they have Spring Has Sprung... been sponsored, but you must fill out the adoption Contact Vine Ripe Tomatoes, All Types Of Vegetables, Plants, Flowers application. Continued from Page B1 and Hanging Baskets. Apples, Oranges, N.C. 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Draper Valley Baptist Church First United Methodist Church Draper's Valley Presbyterian (PCA) 3200 Lee Highway 301 N. Jefferson Ave. - Pulaski Draper’s Valley Presbyterian (PCA) Draper, Va. 24324 (physical address) 2755 Old Baltimore Road, Draper, VA 24324 Pastor: Alan Pearce 135 Fourth St., NW - Pulaski Senior Pastor: Rev. Robert E. Davis Service Times: (mailing address) Associate Pastor: Rev. Roland Mathews Bible Study Sunday, 5 p.m. Pastor's Name: Will Shelton Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship, 11 a.m. Associate Pastor: Sunday Morning Worship Service Sunday Evening, 6 p.m. Sebastian Ruiz, Hispanic Pastor 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Prayer Service, Wed. 6:30 p.m. Sunday Services Sunday Evening Worship Service 6:15 p.m. Phone: 980-1028 9:00 AM - Hispanic Worship Wednesday Youth Groups and Adult Prayer www.drapervalleybaptist.org 9:00AM - Contemporary Worship & Bible Study 6:30 p.m. 10:00AM - Sunday School Phone - 540-994-9015 Don’t Grace Baptist Church 11:00AM - Traditional Worship e-mail - [email protected] 552 E. Main Street Contact Info. website - www.dvpca.org gamble with Dublin, Va. 24084 Phone: 540.980.3331 Sunday Morning Worship Live-Stream • Pastor: Doug Testerman e-mail: [email protected] 11:00 a.m. 674-1762 website: www.fumcpulask.org (or anytime) on YouTube your soul Primary Services: Gambling is quickly becoming 9:45 a.m. Sunday School Belspring Baptist Church Trinity Lutheran legal all over America. Even the 11 a.m. Sunday worship 6887 Depot Street Church ELCA Government is cashing in on Sunday Night Power Hour, 6 to 7 p.m. Belspring, VA 24058 2 Fifth Street, N.W., Pulaski legalized gambling through the Wednesday Night 7 to 8 p.m. Pastor Darrell Linkous 540-980-3624 lottery. Grace Kids and Teens Bible Study Service Times: The Rev. Terrie Sternberg Gambling often involves high Sunday School: 10 a.m. trinitypulaski @gmail.com stakes. For example, when some Open Door Baptist Church Sunday worship: 11 a.m. Sunday Worship 11 a.m. choose not to buy insurance and 4576 Miller Lane Wednesday Bible Study and (Sept. - May) then suffers unbearable losses Pulaski, VA 24301 Youth Group: 7 p.m. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. because they gambled foolishly. Pastor: Rev. N.K. Howlett Darrell Linkous: 353-0081 (June - Aug.) Someone once wisely said, Primary Services: [email protected] Bible Study: Wednesday, 12:30 “Don’t gamble if you can’t afford Sunday School, 9:45 a.m. www.trinitypulaski.org to lose.” There are no higher Worship, 11 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church stakes than to gamble with one’s Wednesday Night, 7 p.m. 995 Peppers Ferry Road Trinity United Methodist eternal soul. No one can afford to Phone: 980-2046 Pulaski, VA 24301 Pastor: Judy Yonce gamble with their soul because Pastor: Michael S. Jones Sunday Worship - 9:45 a.m. it’s just too important for them to Draper United Methodist Church Sunday Bible Study - Wednesday, 7 p.m. lose. 3080 Greenbriar Road 9:45 am - Sunday School 528 5th Street, S.E. Some laugh at the term “being Draper, VA 24324 11:00 am - Worship Pulaski, Va. saved” as if it was some contrived Pastor: Mark Asbury Wednesday Phone - 980-0820 phrase of church going people. Primary Service Times: 6:30 pm - Prayer Meeting Actually, it comes from the Bible. Sunday School, 10 a.m. (540) 980-4731 Snowville Baptist Church It is an expression that means to Worship, 11 a.m. Email: [email protected] 3238 Gum Log Road, Hiwassee be spiritually born again. It has Phone: 276-477-3835 Pastor: Rev. Tony Hart reference to the saving of a soul River of Life Church Sunday School: 10 a.m. from the consequences of sin Newbern Christian Church 5311 Black Hollow Road, Dublin, Va. 24084 Sunday Services: 11 a.m., 6 p.m. including the guilt, penalty, habit Disciples of Christ Shawn Burchett, Pastor Wednesday Night Service: 7 p.m. and dominion of sin. Salvation for 5183 Wilderness Road, Newbern Sunday School 9:15 AM the soul is achieved by repen- Rev. Denise and Ken Walker Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 AM Fairlawn United Methodist Church tance, which is a turning away 540-440-8733 Wednesday Evening Life 7584 Brandon Road, Fairlawn, Va. 24141 from sin and a turning to Jesus, Building Service 7:00 PM Pastor Mark A. Miller God’s one and only son and the Christ Episcopal Church www.rolcdublin.com 540-674-4500 [email protected] Savior of the world for salvation. 144 North Washington Ave., Pulaski Cell) 540-320-2431 It is believing in and accepting Service: 10 a.m. every Sunday Delton Church of God Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Jesus as one’s personal Savior Phone: 980-2413 of Prophecy Sunday Worship (with children's message): and His vicarious death on the Email: [email protected] 4570 Boyd Road, Draper, VA 24324 11 a.m. cross of Calvary as payment in www.christpulaski.dioswva.org Pastor Vickie Lee Viars Bible Study, Wednesday: 7 p.m. full for our sins. Salvation is a [email protected] (276) 620-3191 Youth Ministr y free gift of the grace of God and Jordan's Chapel UMC Sunday mornings - 11 AM to 12 PM Facebook.com/ is received by faith. “That if thou Pastor: Rev. Becky Wheeler Sunday evenings-Facebook live services Fairlawn-United-Methodist-Church shalt confess with thy mouth, the Worship: 9:30 a.m. announced on Facebook Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. Wednesday evenings- To be announced at Grace Ministries thine heart that God hath raised Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m. later future time until COVID-19 ceases Church of God of Prophecy Him from the dead, thou shalt be Delton COGOP is following all COVID-19 1021 Macgill Street saved.” Romans 10:9. Cecil's Chapel United Methodist Church safety guidelines of social distancing, masks, Pulaski, VA 24301 Salvation comes when one 5801 Cecil's Chapel Road, cleaning, and disinfection. Church: 540-980-2118 believes in Jesus unto salvation. Hiwassee, VA 24347 Cell: 276-233-8083 The devils believe in Jesus and Pastor Mark Asbury Heritage Church Bus Ministry: 540-385-9972 they are all lost and under the Worship service is 8:45am-9:45am 6195 Cleburne Boulevard, Dublin www.pulaskigracemin.com judgment of God. When one truly Sunday School is 10 - 10:45am Pastor Mike Pierce Email: [email protected] believes in Jesus unto salvation, Ricky Dishon, 540 239 6360, www.facebook. Service Times: Pastor Mike Williams that there is eternal life in Him com/cecilschapel.umc Wednesdays, 7 p.m.; Children's Ministry and in Him alone, and comes Sundays, 10 a.m. Aaron & Becky Sampson before God confessing that belief, Newbern United Methodist Church (540) 674-9220 Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. asking for forgiveness, and makes 5155 Wilderness Road Website: www.heritagechurch.net Children’s Church 10:30 a.m. a lifelong commitment to God Exit 98 off I-81 Newbern Facebook.com/ Children’s Free Breakfast 10:30 a.m. through Jesus, it is then that one Rev. Paige Wimberly HeritageChurchDublinVA Ages 5-12 becomes born again. 674-6111 Men’s & Women’s Ministry Wed. 6:30 Surely everyone would like to Worship Services: 9:45 a.m. Fairlawn Baptist be saved before they die but too Sunday School: 11 a.m. 6758 Oxford Avenue Faith Bible Church many procrastinate or put it off to Fairlawn, VA 24141 110 LaGrange Street, Pulaski, VA 24301 a more convenient season and end Valley Harvest Ministries Pastor: Jim Linkous up being eternally lost. 1 Harvest Place First Missionary Baptist Church Associate Pastor: T.J. Cox No one know how much time P.O. Box 458 7318 Manns Drive / P.O. Box 90 540-980-5433 they have left to live. We have no Dublin, VA 24084 New River, Virginia 24129 www.facebook/faithbiblechurch promise of tomorrow. God could Senior Pastor Steve Willis (540) 639-5331 Sunday School: 10 a.m. call our number at any time and Associate Pastors: email: [email protected] Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. we’d be ushered out of this life Perry Slaughter, Elaine Wood, Derick Burton Pastor: Rev. Richard A. Goodman, Sr. Sunday Children’s Church: 11 a.m. to stand before Him, in whatever Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. Associate Minister: Sunday Evening: 6 p.m. spiritual condition we were in Wednesday School 7 p.m. Rev. Annette Cheek Wednesday Evening Bible Study: 7 p.m. when we died. So to put off one’s www.vhmdublin.org Clerk: Mrs. Carlotta Lewis Children’s Meal: 6:30 p.m. salvation to a future time is a 540-674-4729 Sundays: Children’s and Youth’s Group Classes: 7 p.m. gamble with one’s eternal soul. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. “Seek ye the Lord while He may Mountain View United Methodist Church The Lord's Supper - Each First Sunday Dublin Christian Church be found. Call upon Him while 6648 Wilderness Road Wednesdays: Prayer Meeting & 5605 Dunlap Road He is near.” “Now is the day of Dublin, VA 24084 Bible Study 6:30 p.m. P.O. Box 1330 salvation. Now is the accepted Phone: 540-674-6111 Dublin, VA 24084 time.” We must be saved now mountainviewumc.yolasite.com/ Dublin United Methodist Church (540) 674-8434 before it is everlastingly too late. Pastor: Paige Wimberly P.O. Box 577 www.dublinchristianchurch.com We could die un-expectantly or Adult Sunday School: 10 a.m. 424 East Main Street Richard R. Goad, Jr. in our sleep, or in an accident and Morning Worship with Children's Church at Pastors Don Hanshew & Don Shelor Senior Minister not have time to repent. Crazed 11 a.m. (540) 674-5128 Sunday School 10 a.m. killers roam our streets taking [email protected] Worship 11 a.m. lives randomly for senseless Dublin Baptist Church Early Worship - 8:45 am Sunday Evening Worship and reasons. Heart attacks and strokes Dublin Baptist Church Sunday School - 9:45 am Youth Meeting, 6 p.m. takes the lives of many in a matter 100 Hawkins StreetDublin, VA 24084 Praise & Worship Small Group - 10:00 am Wednesday Bible Study and Children's Bible of moments, allowing them no 540-674-6061 Worship - 10:55 am Classes, 7 p.m. time to repent. In truth, death [email protected] is only a heartbeat and a breath Website: dublinbaptistva.org Freedom Fellowship Church First Presbyterian Church away and many fail to understand Pastor: Dennis Jones 1730 West Street 408 N. Jefferson Avenue, Pulaski that it can happen at any moment. Morning Worship: 11 a.m. Radford, VA 24141 Pastor Melissa McNair-King Death often claims the young as Wednesday, Adult Bible Study Streamed on Sr. Pastor: Jerry W. Collins (540) 980-2132 well as the old. Therefore we must Facebook: 7 p.m. 540-577-5780 [email protected] be ready to leave this world at [email protected] www.firstpresbyterianpulaski.org any second. We must be saved in Sunday Service: 10 a.m. Sunday Services: order to make Heaven out eternal 11 a.m. Children’s Church Sept.-May: Sunday School, 9:45 a.m., home. Wednesday - 7 p.m. Service Service 11 a.m. The Lord Jesus can come or 7 p.m. Youth Service June-Labor Day: Service 10 a.m. Wednesday Family Night, 6 - 7:30 p.m. See MCCR AW, page B7 The Patriot - May 7, 2021 - Page B7

Thornspring United Methodist Church Pulaski Christian Church, Inc. Pulaski First Church of the Brethren 5670 Thornspring Church Rd. 4531 Brookmont Road, Pulaski, VA 24301 1749 Newbern Road McCraw Dublin, VA 24084 www.pulaskichristianchurch.com/ Pulaski, VA 24301 Pastor: Rev. Teresa Tolbert Rev. Kathy Warden, Pastor, Pastor Frank Peters Continued from Page B6 Sunday School: 10 a.m. (540) 250-2974 Sunday School: 9:45 call at any moment. One day soon, Worship Service: 11 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship: 11 a.m. Jesus will descend out of heaven Phone: (540) 980-2927 Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m. to resurrect the righteous dead and Worship 7 p.m. 980-3798 to catch them away in the Rapture, First Baptist Church Monday Bible Study along with the living saints. Only 5473 Baskerville Street 7 to 9 p.m. Abundant Life Ministries those who have been born again Dublin, VA 24084 Wednesday Bible Study 3050 Lee Highway will rise to meet Jesus in the air Pulaski, VA 24301 (540) 980-5506 Pastor Wallis Brown 7 p.m. and accompany Him to Heaven. (Mon. - Fri., 9 a.m.-1 p.m.) All others will be left behind to 540-674-2677 Pastor Randall K. Lawrence Sr. Service: 11 a.m. Aldersgate United Methodist suffer through the Great Tribula- Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. tion. During the Tribulation Period 1946 Medallion Drive Sunday Evenings 6 p.m. by announcement New Dublin Presbyterian Church Pulaski, VA 24301 it will be difficult to be saved if not Wednesday Evenings (Family Night) 6:30-7 impossible for many folks. One 5331 New Dublin Church Road (540) 980-1349 pm children fed, 7:15 pm Bible Classes all ages Dublin, VA 24084 Pastor Becky Wheeler may have to be martyred in order Adult Bible Class to be saved then. There’ll be no Pastor: Sara Jane Nixon Sunday School 9:45 a.m. THRIVE Teen Class jobs or food for those who refuse Website: newdublinpres.org Sunday Worship 11 a.m. Children’s Bible Class and 540-674-6147 Special Activitiy Classes to take the mark of the beast, and Services 11:00 AM Sundays First Baptist Church if the mark is taken, that person 220 Magazine Street New Life Church of the Nazarene will be eternally lost. Community Christian Church Pulaski, VA 24301 45 S. Jefferson Avenue Folks gamble with their souls 5382 Grace Street, Dublin VA, 24084 540-980-3336 Pulaski, VA 24301 for many reasons. Some want to 540-674-4308 Email: [email protected] 540-980-2001 wait until they have sown all of Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Pastor: Rev, Douglas Patterson www.newlifepulaski.com their wild oats and have experi- Worship Service 10:45 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. email: [email protected] enced all of the sinful pleasure Sunday Worship 11 a.m. Pastor: Julie Armbrister of the world before settling down First Dublin Presbyterian Church (ECO) Monday's Child Youth Group, Monday Sunday School (all ages) 9:30 a.m. to serve God. Others are just too 409 Church Street, Dublin, Va. 24084 Evening 6 p.m. Sunday worship: 10:45 a.m. busy in the pursuit of power, pos- P.O. Box 2027, Dublin, Va. 24084 Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study: 6 p.m. iton and wealth to be saved. Jesus first-dublin-presbyterian-church-eco.com said “For what shall it profit a man Trinity Baptist Church if he shall gain the whole world Minister: Pulaski Presbyterian Church 4008 Robinson Tract Road The Rev. Dr. Olin Marsh Whitener, Jr. (PCA) and lose his own soul.” Mark 8:38. Pulaski, VA 24301 Still other are selling their souls 975 Memorial Drive Telephone: 980-8186 Max Creek Baptist Church Pulaski, VA 24301 for peanuts. It may be a wrong Pastor Johnny Howlett relationship or a bad habit that they 3000 Old Route 100 Road, Draper, Va. 24324 Office Phone:980-2631 Minister of Education Rev. Steve Taylor www.maxcreek.org Email: [email protected] refuse to give up. It may be the Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. fear of ridicule from others or the www.facebook.com/maxcreekbaptist Website: www.pulaskipca.org Sunday Bible Study - 6 p.m. fear that they may not be able to Senior Pastor: Mike Coleman Stated Supply: Rev. John Gess Wednesday - Adult Bible Study and Youth Youth Minister: Charlie Prince Sunday School: 10:00am Group - 7 p.m. live the Christian Life. But when Director of Visitation: Ersel Alderman Worship Service: 11:00am we get saved, and put our whole Sunday Services Grace Fellowship Baptist Church lives in God’s hands, He helps us Sunday School: 10 a.m. Sure Foundation Christian Fellowship 2640 Max Creek Road to overcome the temptations of the Morning Worship: 11 a.m. 6598 Annie Akers Road P.O. Box 326 world and to live the Christian life. Teen Social and Class: 5 p.m. Radford, VA 24141 Hiwassee, VA 24347 When we compare the reason or Evening Worship: 6 p.m. (540) 639-3443 Pastor: Jason N. Aker reasons for not being saved with Wednesday Bible Study & Classes:7 p.m. Pastor Steve Phillips Phone: 276-699-3176 Heaven and Eternal Life, we find it Sunday Morning Worship: 10:00 am [email protected] pales in comparison. The question Pulaski Church of God Sunday Night Prayer: 5:30 pm Sunday School: 10 a.m. for each one to ask themselves 1621 Bob White Boulevard Wednesday Night Sunday Worship Service: 11 a.m. today is this: Just what is it that Pulaski, VA 24301 Prophetic Teaching: 6:30 pm Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7 p.m. I am selling my soul for? Am I Pastor Donald Jones selling out my soul for peanuts? It St. Edwards Catholic Church 540-980-8880 New Hope Chapel is worth ending up in a devil’s hell Corner of N. Washington Ave. and for all of eternity? Of course it’s www.pulaskicog.church 1555 Case Knife Road 7th Street N.W., Pulaski Sunday Services Pulaski, VA 24301 not. How much is our soul worth? Phone: 980-6511 It is priceless! It’s much, much too Sunday Life Groups: 9:30 a.m. Pastor Darrell Gray Fax: 980-6511 Sunday Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m. (276) 733-6080 valuable to gamble with, and we Priest: Fr. Bernie Ramirez can’t afford to lose. Wednesdays Midweek Connect: 7 p.m. Pastor Gray and congregation invite you to Mass: 11 a.m. Sunday, 5:30 p.m. Thursday New Hope Chapel. “Don ‘t gamble with life, with all your luck and your skills; Showers of Blessing Church of Service Times: Warriors for Christ II God in Christ 10 a.m. Sunday School Bishop Sherman Buckner cause you can’t play the cards, old 305 Newbern Road, Dublin 11 a.m. Sunday Service 600 Skyline Circle death’s gonna deal; for the bible Pastor Elder Stephen Muse Pulaski, VA has said, who the losers gonna be, Come and Worship With Us! Family Worship Center 540-315-2317 there’s only two winning hands, Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. First Pentecostal Holiness Sunday School: 10 a.m. and they were nailed to a tree.” Sunday Worship: 11:30 a.m. 955 Memorial Drive, Pulaski Worship: 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. The Hinsons. Tuesday Night Bible Study: 7-8 p.m. 540-980-7287 Thursday: 7 p.m. Service Jeff Willhoite, Pastor Randolph Avenue Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Bob White Boulevard Baptist Church United Methodist Church Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m. 3826 Bob White Boulevard Bible 1607 Randolph Avenue KidsZone 10:45 a.m. Pulaski, VA. Pulaski, VA 24301 Evening Worship 6 p.m. Pastor: Allen Harman Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Pastor: Rev. Dr. Elston McLain www.fwcpulaski.church Preaching: 11 a.m. Trivia Worship Service: 11 a.m. Sunday Evening: 7:30 p.m. 1. Is the book of Ecclesiastes Phone: (540) 980-8775 Wednesday Prayer Service: 7:30 p.m. in the Old or New Testament or FUNDAMENTAL neither? Seagle 2. The King James translation of the Bible contains more than Funeral Home how many references to gems and precious stones? 100, 500, Todd Bruce, Manager 1,700, 2,200 415 N. Jefferson Ave., Pulaski, 980-1700 First Baptist Church 325 Randolph Avenue 3. Which book recounts the Pulaski, Va. story of the Israelites wandering Pastor: Dr. Henry Fiske in the desert for 40 years? Titus, Phone: 980-6565 Hebrews, James, Romans [email protected] 4. From 2 Samuel 14, how Sunday School: 10 a.m. many shekels did Absalom’s hair Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. weigh after he cut it off? 2, 10, 50, 200 5. Two hundred shekels weighed around how many pounds by royal standard in biblical times? 1/2, 1, 3, 5 6. Where did Jesus attend a wedding where the wine was ex- hausted? Sardis, Antioch of Syr- ia, Joppa, Cana of Galilee

ANSWERS: 1) Old; 2) 1,700; 3) Hebrews; 4) 200; 5) 5; 6) Cana of Galilee

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Gets Results! www.pcpatriot.com 540-808-3949 or [email protected] The Patriot - May 7, 2021 - Page B9 Page B10 - The Patriot - May 7, 2021 Youth cattle working contest held PULSE On Saturday, April 10, youth May 7 from surrounding counties par- Revival with Evangelist J.B. ticipated in the New River Valley Shelton Regional Youth Cattle Working There will be a revival with Contest, hosted by G & G Live- Evangelist J.B. Shelton of Chris- stock, L.L.C. in Fort Chiswell. tiansburg at Porters Bottom, There are five regional con- May 7, 8 and 9 at 7 p.m. Pastor tests across the state of Virginia Junior Dunford. For information open to 4-H and FFA members. or directions call 276-699-2351 The top two teams from each of or 276-266-0806. Everyone wel- the regional contests advanced to come. Please come and worship the State Youth Cattle Working with us. Contest which took place in Har- risonburg on April 16. May 9 The regional contests took Mother’s Day Singing place in Southern Piedmont, A Mother’s Day singing will be Shenandoah Valley, Southwest held May 9 at 11 a.m. at Wood- Virginia (Abingdon), Central lawn P.H. Church, 3874 Oak Virginia and the New River Val- Grove Rd. Jonathan Bledsoe ley. Ministries. You’re Invited ! In- The Cattle Working Contest is formation: 276-728-2088. a timed competition where three team members work three head May 11 of cattle, carefully following a Sons of Confederate Veterans processing plan they had previ- to meet ously filled out. They are scored Pictured left to right – Karlynn Goforth, Charlie Goforth, Addie Crigger The Sons of Confederate Vet- on how well they know all prod- erans, Stuart Horse Artillery uct information to include route and Rockingham. The Pulas- There were 57 teams in the on and I know this team will wear Camp 1784 will meet on Tues- of administration, dosage, ex- ki County 4-H Livestock Club state that competed in one of that badge proudly! Congratula- day, May 11, 7pm at Aly’s Fami- piration date, and pre-slaughter had three teams that participated the regional contests with only tions team! ly Italian Restaurant on 3204 Ri- withdrawal times. The clock in the event: Team A – Alicia 10 teams moving on to the State For the New River Valley Re- ner Rd. in Christiansburg. Dana is started when all the partic- Blackened, Brayden Blackburn Youth Cattle Working Contest in gional Contest, our deepest thanks Jackson will give a review of the ipants are in position. Three and Camielle Eller; Team B – Harrisonburg on April 16. Af- go out to G & G Livestock, L.L.C. new book, “Patriots Twice” by judges watch to make sure that Katie Bowden, Susanna Bowden ter the competition was over and for allowing us to use their facil- Samuel Hood. Members of the all vaccines are properly given, and Jake Bowden; Team C – Ad- points were tallied up, the first- ities and for providing the cattle. United Daughters of the Confed- that safety measures are being die Crigger, Karlynn Goforth and place team was the Pulaski/Wythe A special thanks to our judges eracy (UDC) are also invited to followed and that the cattle are Charlie Goforth (a combination of team – Addie Crigger, Karlynn Brittney Litton, Maxie Aker and attend. being handled in a low stress Pulaski and Fort Chiswell youth). Goforth and Charlie Goforth. It Richard Crowgey for spending For further information, please manner. Each team member There was a total of nine teams at is quite an honor to have the title their Saturday to work with these call 540-320-4315 or 540-239- has been trained and certified this regional contest. of State Cattle Working Champi- youth. 9864. according to Beef Quality As- The top two teams to move surance (BQA) guidelines. As on to the state contest were the future cattle producers, this is of first-place team from Grayson vital importance as we seek to County – Isaiah Osborne, Riley assure the consumer of a quality Halsey and Zane Cox; and the product. second-place team from Pulaski/ Teams traveled from the coun- Wythe – Addie Crigger, Karlyn ties of Pulaski, Grayson, Wythe Goforth and Charlie Goforth. Today, water safety should be top of mind The YMCA of Pulaski County ty Month, the Pulaski YMCA is en- wants to ensure that water safety couraging parents to play an active doesn’t get lost in Pulaski’s eager- role in promoting water safety and ness to return to a “normal” sum- providing five tips to ensure a safe mer. As temperatures rise, kids and enjoyable experience for all. want to cool off, whether that is 1. Never swim alone or without a in home pools, ponds, lakes, riv- water watcher. When children are ers, streams, or oceans. And that swimming, make sure they are ac- means the risk of drowning is as tively supervised at all times. Teach prevalent as ever. For National your children that they should only Water Safety Month this May, swim in locations where a lifeguard the YMCA of Pulaski County is is on duty, or where a responsible encouraging parents and caregiv- adult agrees to watch the children ers to reinforce the importance of in the water without distractions. water safety skills with the whole 2. Supervise your children family. whenever they’re in or near water. “As ‘America’s Swim Instruc- Whether it’s bath time or taking tor,’ the Pulaski YMCA typically a dip in a pool or lake, make sure NRV teaches more than 150 children your children are within arm’s invaluable water safety and swim- reach at all times. ming skills each year. Last year, 3. Don’t engage in breath holding though due to COVID-19 pre- activities. Children should not hold Septic Tank Service cautions, we saw that number dip their breath for a prolonged amount and want to remind parents and of time while swimming, as this caregivers that it’s more important can cause drowning and has several Thank you to all our First Responders than ever to keep water safety top other severe physical side-effects. of mind as families start to return 4. Wear a life jacket: Inexperi- and Front Line Workers. to their usual summer routines,” enced or non-swimmers should said Jessie Woods, CEO, YMCA wear a life jacket. of Pulaski County. “We have been 5. Don’t jump in the water to save fortunate in previous years to offer a friend who is struggling in deep 2nd grade swim lessons to all 2nd water. If a child finds their friend in graders in Pulaski County during deep water unexpectedly, their nat- their school day and at no cost to ural reaction may be to jump in the families. COVID has temporar- water to try to save them. Even if ily paused this program for more a child is a great swimmer, a pan- than a year. We know it becomes icked person will overpower them, difficult to make up this time as pulling the rescuer underwater. The students move into 3rd grade and Y’s Safety Around Water program beyond. It is part of our mission teaches the “reach, throw, don’t to ensure all children in our coun- go” concept of using a long object ty are comfortable and safe in the to reach for them and pull them to water, so we don’t want to miss safety. By using this technique chil- even one class. To help bridge the dren can help their friend without gap, we will be offering swim les- compromising their own safety. sons to any current 2nd grader in To learn more about the YMCA Pulaski County for $30/members of Pulaski County’s swim pro- Call or $42/non-members, half off our grams, please contact Jack Watkins normal rate.” at 540.980.3671 or pcyaquaticsdi- 540-980-2101 As part of National Water Safe- [email protected]