January 4, 2019

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Photo by Ginny Hagee WEEKEND WEATHER Salon Collects Donations for Children's Program SATURDAY SUNDAY Beans and Rice has been sponsoring a Back Pack Program, which is carried out by AmeriCorps service members. The program began in Radford, but now has spread to the Pulaski County middle schools as Mostly sunny, with a high near Sunny, with a high near 59. well. During the past 3 years, AmeriCorps members have been facilitating the program, which involves 51. Northwest wind 11 to 15 the children that are a part of the Life Afterschool (LAS) Program. Every Friday, the AmeriCorps mem- mph, with gusts as high as 33 Sunday Night - Partly cloudy, bers pass out bags of different foods and drinks for each child to take home. The donations for the back- mph. Chance of precipitation is with a low around 40. packs come from various businesses who hold food drives on the children’s behalf. We would like to shine 40%. a light on one of our much appreciated contributors, Make-N-Waves Salon. AmeriCorps is dedicated to serving those in need. AmeriCorps service members also volunteer in the LAS program and mentor 60+ Saturday Night - Mostly clear, students involved in the program at the middle schools. Any person who would like to contribute to the with a low around 38. back pack program may visit the Beans and Rice website (beansandrice.org) to view the Food Drive Kit. Pictured here (from left) are Debbie Hager - Make N Waves owner, Evan Anderson - AmeriCorps Member, Imani King - AmeriCorps Member and Tammy Harris - Make N Waves. Clinic expansion still up in air By MIKE WILLIAMS clinic - often referred to as a methadone clinic - The Patriot Pulaski Medical lies in the town's B-2 General Business District. A final decision on a Special Exception request Such a clinic is allowed in a B-2 District, but only from Pulaski Medical is likely over a month away with an "approved special exception." following the matter being tabled again Wednesday According to town officials, the clinic is consid- night by Pulaski Town Council. ered "non-conforming" since Pulaski Medical went Also at Wednesday's first meeting of 2019, coun- into operation prior to a change in the town's zoning cil voted 5-1 to provide Pulaski Area Transit with ordinance requiring an approved special exception level funding of $70,000 for the fourth year in a row. for such clinics. Because it is non-conforming, the The request for a Special Exception was tabled clinic's expansion cannot be approved until Pulaski originally back on Dec. 7 following a joint meeting Medical's request for a special exception is of council and the town's Planning Commission. approved. Pulaski Medical wants to add a 6,099 square foot At the Dec. 7 joint meeting, officials from Pulaski addition to its facility at 1006 East Main Street - Medical presented their case in support of the next to the Shelor Motor Mile dealership - to handle expansion, and responded to a battery of questions an expected increase in its number of clients from from council and planning commission members. around 600 per month to as many as 900. The planning commission then convened its own An outpatient mental health and substance abuse See COUNCIL, page A2 Page A2 - The Patriot - Friday, January 4, 2019 same. town's February work session, at ways to increase ridership, would result in any expense sav- At their meeting this past Feb. 19 at 5 p.m. including adding four new stops - ings. She noted it would result in Council Wednesday, council members –––––––––––––––––– Pulaski County Library, Heritage some fuel expense savings. Continued from page A1 voted to "un-table" the request Pulaski Area Transit Manager Park, the old "Quick Shop" loca- Councilman Lane Penn raised from Pulaski Medical. Monica Musick provided council tion on Randolph Avenue and the concerns over some senior citi- meeting elsewhere in the Town Manager Shawn Utt told with a brief history of the transit former location of Martin's zens no longer being able to ride Municipal Building. The com- council that Pulaski Medical has since it began in October of 2005. Pharmacy on Main Street. the transit because they can't get mission's job is to make a recom- asked the planning commission to Then, Musick noted, PAT aver- Musick requested council to one of the pickup points on the mendation to council whether or continue to table the matter until aged 25 riders per day. By the again approve level funding at fixed route. not to approve the special excep- its meeting in February. In the end of 2018, Musick said, PAT $70,000, which will be part of its Musick said those citizens tion. Council takes the commis- meantime, on Jan. 14 Pulaski had recorded 150,000 riders for $620,548 budget submitted soon could file ADA applications to sion's recommendation into con- Medical wants to host town offi- the year with buses traveling to the State Department of Rail make it possible for the transit to sideration when it makes its final cials in a tour of its clinic facility. 270,000 miles. and Public Transit. pick them up at their homes, with decision on the request. Council then tabled the request Musick said the transit went Musick noted that PAT will the rider filling out half of the again to allow for participation in from a "fixed route" to something request level funding from application and their doctor fill- Planners that night chose to the Jan. 14 tour. "more like a taxi service," Pulaski County again this year as ing out the other half. table the matter for further study, Action on the special exception prompting council to request PAT well at $62,000. Penn discounted the effective- which allowed council to do the request isn't expected until the go back to the fixed route, which She told council any funds ness of that process, saying it they did in 2018. raised by the PAT's annual golf could take up to 21 days for Musick said the move had tournament or other fundraisers approval. resulted in less wait times for pas- would go toward the town's fund- In the end, council voted 5-1 to sengers, but ridership has dipped ing match. approve $70,000 in support for as well. Councilman Brooks Dawson PAT, with only Penn voting She noted the transit is looking asked Musick if the route changes against. County’s unemployment rate unchanged from October’s 3% Staff Report (2.9 percent) topped the rest of rate of 2.7 percent. the area. U.S. unemployment for Pulaski County's unemploy- According to the VEC's fig- November stood at 3.5 percent. ment rate for November ures, Pulaski County reported remained unchanged from 492 people out of work for October at 3 percent. November out of a workforce of The Virginia Employment 16,357. Commission released its jobless Pulaski County's rate is a full report on Thursday. percentage point lower than the 4 While Pulaski County's rate is percent recorded in November stellar at 3 percent, it was only 2017. third best in the New River Thursday's figures are all sea- Valley as Montgomery County sonally unadjusted. (2.8 percent) and Giles County Elsewhere in the NRV, Radford's rate stood at 3.5 percent for November, while Wythe County topped out at 3.8 percent. All the NRV figures paled in comparison to the state's jobless The Patriot - Friday, January 4, 2019 - Page A3 Pulaski County land transfers for November Land transfers recorded in the lot and single-family dwelling at Holly Drive, Snowville, $63,000. D. Cox, lot and single-family M. Roberts, lot 2 Bertha Mineral Pulaski County Circuit Court 6709 North Drive, Fairlawn, Charles E. Maxwell to dwelling at 105 Sixth Street, Company Property, Bluff Street, Clerk's Office during November: $126,000. Cambria L. Hayden, lot and sin- Dublin, $94,000. Pulaski, $69,500. Penny M. Allison to Lesa M. Donna O. Morehead to James gle-family dwelling at 6461 Jennifer Chapman Tuell to Karen Jean Vanhoozier to Viers, lot and single-family T. Gray, lot and single-family Hubbard Way, Fairlawn, Amanda B. Cox, lot and single- Christy L. Redden, lot and sin- dwelling at 2762 Julia Simpkins dwelling at 812 Newbern Road, $182,500. family dwelling at 2998 Big gle-family dwelling at 213 Valley Road, Hiwassee, $36,400. Pulaski, $82,250. Mark D. Taylor to Erica D. Valley Drive, Draper, $326,000. Street, Pulaski, $53,000. Steven D. LaPlante to Billy R. Daren Duane Dobbins to Pagan, lot and single-family Chad K. Cox to Thomas Darin Giles, lot and single-family Calvin D. Spangler, lot and sin- dwelling at 5397 Empire Street, Huffman, lot and single-family dwelling at 6363 Courtney Lane, gle-family dwelling at 4976 Pulaski, $112,500. dwelling at 2594 Greenway MEMBER OF THE Dublin, $247,000. Covey Camp Ground, Dublin, Kevin Hundley to Kevin L. Circle, Draper, $250,000. William Craig Hamilton to $625,900. Hundley, lot and single-famiy Michael Garnto to Earl S. Raymond A. Froy, lot and single- Richard Edwin O'Dell to Tami dwelling at 719 Monroe Avenue, Wilkins, lot and single-family family dwelling at 1769 Julia Maria O'Dell-Huttick, lot and Pulaski, $48,000. dwelling at 2986 Big Valley Simpkins Road, Hiwassee, single-family dwelling at 911 Gary Dean Welch to Justin M. Drive Draper, $392,000. $185,000. Hermosa Drive, Pulaski, Webb, lot and single-family Marsha Anne Caldwell to Jonathan D. Leighton to $69,993. dwelling at 5513 Thornspring Susann Graves Lambert, lot and Timberline of Virginia, Inc., lot James H. Hopkins, II to Heights Lane, Pulaski, $144,900. single-family dwelling at 932 and single-family dwelling at Bradley A. Sarver, lot and single- Carrie L. Thompson to Brenda Mashburn Avenue, Pulaski, VIRGINIA PRESS 6608 South Drive, Fairlawn, family dwelling at 7776 Neck L. Buckner, lot and single-family $64,500. ASSOCIATION $120,000. Creek Road, Belspring, dwelling at 1308 Newbern Road, Waxanna P. Trueheart to Amy Mark D. Taylor to Wesley N. $169,000. Pulaski, $135,000. Rowe, 2.7254 acre lot and single- Fannie Mae Federal National Lofton Leasing LLC to family dwelling at 5403 Empire Mortgage to Jonah F. Collins, lot Simonside LLC, property at 1112 Street, Pulaski, $319,000. and single-family dwelling at Well Street, Pulaski, $0.00. Ronnie Greg Beasley to Grand 5025 Little Irish Road, Hiwassee, Carlos Kendall Tiller to Justin Six, LLC, 22+- Acres off Julia $33,000. Blake Gilbert, lot and single- Simpkins Road, Hiwassee, Brenda Branson Mabry to family dwelling at 3570 Boone $22,000. Tammy T. Shifflett, lot and sin- Furnace Road, Hiwassee, John M. Houston to Matthew gle-family dwelling at 200 $125,000. J. Dean, lot and single-family Hudson Drive, Dublin, $126,000. Roger Lee Nipper Sr. to Gary dwelling at 7025 Doral Drive, Eddith C. Stowers to David A. Dean Welch, lot and single-fami- Fairlawn, $420,000. Laws, lot and single-family ly dwelling at 7305 Lillydell Larry W. Freeman to Laughton dwelling at 7361 Dent Drive, Circle, Dublin, $190,000. Talmage Rowland, III, lot and Radford, $225,000. Thomas Darin Huffman to single-family dwelling at 2718 HK Development LLC to Carl Cheryl Bond, lot and townhome Julia Simpkins Road, Hiwasee, E. and Joyce E. Tarpley Jr., lot at 6662 Briarfield Avenue, $182,500. and improvements at 7161 Island Fairlawn, $120,000. Shirley P. Hodge to Connie H. Way, Dublin, $130,000. Fannie Mae Federal National McGuire, 6.19 acre lot in Mortgage to Tommy Clapp, lot Robinson Tract section of Michael Brown to Von Rue and single-family dwelling at Pulaski County, $12,400. Nester Jr., lot and single-family 6099 Wright Avenue, Dublin, Marie A. Mann to Michael S. dwelling at 1409 Odell Street, $93,000. Eller, lot and single-family Pulaski, $90,000. Mary Ann G. Sigmon to John dwelling at 1109 Macgill Street, Donna Jane Edwards to T. Croteau, 29.371-acre lot in Pulaski, $146,500. Jennifer Lynn Jackson, lot and Hiwassee, $65,000. John M. Turner to Aaron Cox, improvements at lots 10 and 11 James L. Thompson to Jeremy Don't Toss your Trees! The annual "Christmas for the Fishes" is again needing you! Don't discard your trees, instead take them to the Claytor Lake State Park boat launch so that they can be used to create fish habitat. The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Claytor Lake State Park, The Friends of Claytor Lake, and AEP will get kicked off this year on January 9, 2019 at 9:30am. The alternate date, if inclimate weather occurs, is January 17th. Anyone wanting to volunteer, we ask that bring work gloves, shoes/boots, and heavy or work pants. Page A4 - The Patriot - Friday, January 4, 2019

DAVID LEE HOBACK the Funeral Home. Mountain. Chiswell; mother, Lucinda R. and operator of Micks Glass for David Lee Hoback, age 81 of To sign the online guestbook, He returned to his Maker on Collins of Pulaski; father, many years. In addition to his Pulaski passed away Tuesday, please visit www.bowerfuneral- December 23, 2018, in the arms Michael Wayne Collins of parents, he was preceded in death January 1, 2019 at the New River home.com of his fiancé Donna Lewis in Pulaski; brother and sister-in- by his wife; Joyce Sligh Bryant, Valley Medical Center, Radford. Bower Funeral Homes, Pulaski Riverton Utah. Carl was wel- law, Russell a son; Charles "Charlie" A. Born July 7, 1937 in Pulaski he is handling the arrangements for comed to the other side by his Wayne and Bryant, and a brother; Ira Dwight was the son of the late William the family. namesakes: father Frank Carlisle Julia Collins Shorter (Doretrta-Do). He is sur- Thomas "Bud" Hoback & Lottie Van Patten, grandfather Carlisle of Pulaski; vived by his loving girlfriend of Reese Hoback. His step-son, CARL PAT VAN PATTEN Van Patten, grandfather Ellis nephews, 16 years, Joyce H. Hedge: Ricky Lee Hoback and brothers, Carl Pat Van Patten arrived "Pat" Fuller, and uncle Carl Logan daughter-in-law; Jill Bryant, William Eugene Hoback and into this world on St. Patrick's Sidney Dart. Joining them is a Collins; along with several nieces and Robert Earl Hoback also preced- Day, March 17, 1966 in Spanish large extended family and friends stepfather, nephews, and very special ed him in death. Fork, Utah. who went before. Michael friends. Graveside service will He is survived by his By the age of Mourning his loss are his Gregory Mullins of be held Friday, January 4, 2018 Wife ten he could mother Teresa "Teri" Dart Van Pulaski; at 3:00 p.m. at Highland Memory Faye Gerline Long Hoback - fix small Patten and brother Chad Van uncle, Robert Russell; mother Gardens, Dublin, with the Rev. Pulaski motors and Patten of Pulaski, VA, brother and father-in-law, Timothy and Jeff Aikens officiating. There Step-Daughter build his own Brian Van Patten, sister-in-law Karen Gregory of Pulaski; and will be no visitation. Online con- Donna Hoback - Bent go-carts. He Virginia, and nephew Spencer of many other relatives and friends. dolences may be sent to the fam- Mountain, VA spent most of Springville, UT, and sister Susan The family will receive friends ily by visiting www.seaglefuner- Brother his life bring- Van Patten of Snowville, VA. from 1 until 2 p.m. on Saturday, alhome.com Arrangements by Joseph "Joe" Hoback - Pulaski Van Patten ing old bikes Joining them is a large extended January 5, 2019 at the Jordans Seagle Funeral Home, Pulaski. Nieces, Nephews and Cousins back to life family and life-long friends Chapel UM Church, 5095 Alum Funeral services will be held and gifting them to neighborhood Brian Adams and Pat Riley. Spring Road, Pulaski. Memorial Friday 12 noon, January 4, 2019 kids. Carl would fix anything for Services will be held on services will begin at 2 p.m. with at the Bower Funeral Home- anyone and was always willing Sunday, January 6th at 11:00 Rev. Becky Wheeler officiating. Chapel, Pulaski with Pastor to lend a helping hand. Most of a.m. in the Village Chapel, 3091 The Gregory and Collins fami- Steve Willis officiating. his working life was in refrigera- Greenbriar Road, Draper, lies are in the care of Mullins Interment will follow at the tion construction, which he did Virginia. Guests are invited after- Funeral Home & Crematory in Highland Memory Gardens, all over the country. As an adult wards to the Draper Blooms Tea Radford. www.mullinsfuneral- Dublin. he loved to hunt and wore cam- Garden at the Mercantile for home.com Harsh Reality ouflage almost exclusively. afternoon tea (a light meal). In The family will receive friends Being in nature brought him lieu of flowers, please send ROBERT WAYNE "BUDDY" of Social one hour before service time at peace, especially Loafer prayers and help a neighbor as BRYANT Carl did. Robert Wayne "Buddy" Security Arrangements by Bower Bryant, age 77 of Dublin, died Funeral Homes, Pulaski. early Saturday morning The start of the New Year December means having to face just what CHRISTINA COLLINS 29, 2018 at our 2.8 percent Social Security GREGORY his resi- increase really means. I had done Christina Collins Gregory, 32, dence. He the math: my 2018 Social of Draper, passed away Friday, was born on Security plus the welcome 2.8 December 28, 2018. She was an February 5, percent increase equals the bene- employee at Arby's in Dublin. 1941 in fit amount for 2019. There would Survivors include her husband, Roanoke, be more money to spend, I James R. Gregory of Draper; son, and was the assumed. Devon Tyler Edwards of Pulaski; Bryant son of the Here is where it actually daughter, Ashlyn Nicole Brooks late Hazel stands: of Hiwassee; stepson, Layton Vicors Bryant and Robert H. Groceries -- Last January I Bradley Armbrister of Ft. Bryant. Buddy was proprietor saved all my grocery receipts for the month so I would have a list of what everything cost. It's only been a year, but everything has gone up. Not one single item has gone down in price. Housing -- Two months ago, the notice arrived about rents going up $20 on Jan. 1. TV/Internet -- The monthly cost of cable TV and Internet service rose over $30. I called and threatened to cut the cord, and they suddenly found a deal that brought the increase down $20. Electric -- The power company just announced a 13 percent increase in kilowatt-hour costs. Miscellaneous -- On the occasional expense end of things, my favorite shirt, which I wear out and then replace every year, went up $10. Oil changes are up $15. The sum of all this means that I'm actually worse off than I was last year. Many of us are in this same situation. Over 20 percent of married couples and over 40 percent of singles have Social Security for 90 percent of their income. We not only aren't adding to emergency savings, we're barely hanging on. I'll include as many cost-saving tips in this column as I can this year. But if you haven't retired yet, spend 2019 practicing living on only the amount you'll get from Social Security. Use every extra dollar to pare down debt or add to your savings. The Patriot - Friday, January 4, 2019 • Page A5 1619 and Tax Reform And You Taxes, everyone's favorite subject. and the income limits were raised to There's been a lot of buzz about the Guest $400,000 jointly and $200,000 individ- new tax reform bill this year. Change is ually. If you have kids and fall below Today always hard, and taxes are harder. And Column those income levels, that's $2,000 back with all the changes taking place this in your pocket! The year 1619 does not loom as large in American year, the thought of filing your taxes memory as some others from our colonial experience. can feel overwhelming at best. While Rachel More Reason to Give When thinking of those early times of English settlement most of these changes should simplify Cruze If there wasn't enough incentive for in North America, 1607, the year Jamestown was found- the process, a lot of people are wonder- charitable giving before, there is now. ed, and 1620, when the Pilgrims landed in what is now ing how this reform will impact them Before these changes, taxpayers used to Massachusetts, are more likely to come to mind. and their bank accounts. reform, the standard deduction has be able to deduct up to half of their Yet the events of 1619 had a profound impact. They The good news is there are some nice nearly doubled! Before the reform, the income in qualified charitable dona- are worth remembering as we enter 2019 and mark the things in store for most people with the standard deduction for an individual tions. That limit has been increased to passage of 400 years. tax reform. Let's walk through a few was $6,350. Now, it's $12,000. For a 60 percent of your income! One of them was a great stain: the beginning of slav- you should know before filing your married couple it used to be $12,700, These are just a few of the changes ery in English North America, with the first record of taxes. and that has gone up to $24,000. So, if from the reform. If you still feel over- enslaved Africans arriving in Jamestown. While slavery you're single and would normally do an whelmed, don't worry. Even the IRS is ended with the Thirteenth Amendment passed by a Updated Tax Brackets and Lower itemized deduction, if it equals less than scrambling to keep up with the changes Republican Congress in 1865 and subsequently ratified Income Tax Rates $12,000 you would take the standard this year. If there ever was a time to by the states, its effects still linger. The new tax brackets and income tax deduction instead. consider hiring a professional to do Another event marked a major shift in the culture of rates are one of the most talked about your taxes, this would be the time to do Jamestown: the first large-scale recruitment of women to changes when it comes to the tax Changes for Married Couples it. You don't want to guess on your the colony. While some women had arrived earlier, the reform. The main thing you should Married couples will rejoice this tax taxes! settlement retained know is that the seven tax brackets we season. Before the tax reform, some Morgan the overall character already have in place will stay that way, married taxpayers were bumped into a About Rachel Cruze of the soldiers and but tax rates for each are going down higher tax bracket when they combined As a #1 New York Times best-selling Griffith adventurers who through 2025. For example, if you're their incomes. The new tax brackets author and host of The Rachel Cruze had first established single making $50,000 a year, your tax have doubled for people filing jointly, Show, Rachel helps people learn the it. The Virginia rate will drop from 25 percent to 22 per- so no more marriage penalties this time! proper ways to handle money and stay Company's recruit- cent. In 2026, these cuts will expire, out of debt. She's authored three best- 9th District ment of about 90 unless there is another bill in the future Updated Child Tax Credit selling books, including Love Your Representativ women introduced that changes. For now, people are pay- People with kiddos will be happy Life, Not Theirs and Smart Money families into the ing less in taxes. with at least one part of the new tax Smart Kids, which she co-wrote with social fabric of the colony and gave it longer-term reform. Previously, parents who made her father, Dave Ramsey. You can fol- prospects. The New Standard Deduction less than $110,000 jointly and $75,000 low Cruze on Twitter and Instagram at A third event was one of our Commonwealth's signal The standard deduction is dollar individually received a $1,000 tax cred- @RachelCruze and online at rachel- contributions to the American story. amount that you're able to deduct from it for qualified children under age 17. cruze.com, youtube.com/rachelcruzeor In a church in Jamestown on July 30, the Governor, your taxable income. Under the new Now, that credit has increased to $2,000 facebook.com/rachelramseycruze. four councilors, and 22 burgesses representing the colony's jurisdictions gathered. They reviewed the laws imposed by the Virginia Company and its charter, regu- lated commerce and settler conduct, and heard griev- ances from the colonists. That first session lasted less than a week, adjourning on August 4 due to the summer heat, but it was the beginning of what is today the House of Delegates, the oldest elected legislative body to have continuously met in the world. I say "continuously met" as, although the Parliament of the United Kingdom has older roots than our House of Delegates (the rules of that first Assembly were modeled on English parliamentary procedure), during the rule of Oliver Cromwell in the 1650s Parliament was dissolved and substituted with the appointed "Barebones Parliament" and the "Protectorate Parliaments." Other legislative bodies had appointed members, but from the start, the House of Delegates was elected by at least a portion of its constituents. In the case of the first session, the male freeholders and tenants of the jurisdictions chose the burgesses. Even if you take out continuously-serving and elected, Virginia's House of Delegates, which was subsequently confirmed in a charter by King James I a couple of years later, is without dispute the oldest legislative body in the New World. The establishment of representative government in Virginia charted a path for what would become the thir- teen British colonies. It was followed by the Mayflower Compact of 1620, in which the Pilgrims organized themselves as a self-governing body. Colonies that followed set up their own institutions for representative government. Instead of the mother country, the colonists exer- cised control over their own affairs to a large extent. Because Virginia had a lot of practice with represen- Insufferable James Comey tative government, our Commonwealth was ready to lead when the colonies sought independence. Virginia's Never before has a former FBI punishment against any administration governing documents and laws, including the director boasted about taking advan- subjected to it. It will cause distraction, Declaration of Rights and the Statute for Religious tage of an administration's disorganiza- legal fees and heartache -- in the best Freedom, would shape foundations of the new republic tion for his own ends. But never before case. A practiced Washington player, such as the Bill of Rights. has a former FBI director been as self- Comey knew all of this. Among the Founders who served in the House of satisfied as James Brien Comey Jr. That he's so deft makes his slipperi- Burgesses or, as it became known after declaring inde- In an interview at the 92nd Street Y ness about inconvenient matters related pendence from Britain, the House of Delegates were in New York City, Comey delighted to the investigation all the more telling. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, his audience with his tale of how he Consider a little item from Comey's Patrick Henry, George Mason, and James Monroe. exploited the Trump White House's recent congressional questioning. As we begin the new year, think about what was hap- disarray in its initial days to send two Then-chief of staff Reince Priebus pening in Virginia 400 years ago. That span of time may FBI agents to talk to then-national own advantage. asked Comey if a conversation they be hard to fathom, but what happened that year still security adviser Michael Flynn without Comey is a smart and capable man. were about to have was private. shapes us. honoring the usual processes (e.g., In many ways, he was a good FBI Comey said it was, despite the fact that Slavery's introduction reminds us that human beings working through the White House director. His fault was always being he would write a memo about their are capable of great cruelty to each other. The birth of counsel's office). He said that in a dif- too clever by half and keeping too talk, and it would -- of course -- make representative government in the New World was a great ferent administration, it was "some- keen an eye out for his own image and it into the press. accomplishment of humanity. It started the process thing I probably wouldn't have done or political interest. toward our current republic based on democratic princi- maybe gotten away with." He bent over backward to get to the Comey is acting under extreme ples. The legislative process ultimately abolished slavery Comey is a bigger political figure conclusion that President Barack provocation when he blasts Trump and through the Thirteenth Amendment and guaranteed the than ever before, but has revealed him- Obama and his Justice Department calls for his defeat, but seems unaware right to vote for women through the Nineteenth self to be exactly what critics always wanted in the Clinton email investiga- that his pronouncements as a private Amendment, showing that our nation is always capable said -- a politically savvy operator who tion, then decided to speak out lest citizen cast a pall over his public serv- of improving. matches his bureaucratic skills with an people think his decision was political- ice when he wielded some of the most The events of 1619 resonate down to our own time. impregnable sense of self-righteous- ly tainted. Comey thus ignored the law sensitive powers of government. While 2019 is not as likely to have the historical sig- ness. in the Clinton case, and ignored Justice nificance of 1619, I hope it will be a happy and prosper- The conundrum of James Comey Department rules in talking about it. None of Trump's attacks on Comey ous year for us all. was that he deserved to be fired, but After Trump fired him, Comey gave has been as damning as the supposedly firing him -- certainly the way Trump one of his memos to a friend so he by-the-book FBI director admitting he did it -- was the worst mistake of could share its contents with The New did an end run around process in the If you have questions, concerns, or comments, feel Trump's presidency. It would have York Times in the hopes that it would Flynn interview, and soaking up laugh- free to contact my office. You can call my Abingdon been better to have Comey inside the catalyze the appointment of a special ter and applause for it. office at 276-525-1405 or my Christiansburg office at tent leaking and maneuvering for his counsel. Sure enough, we got a special 540-381-5671. To reach my office via email, please visit own advantage, than to have him out- counsel. Rich Lowry is editor of the my website at www.morgangriffith.house.gov. side leaking and maneuvering for his A special-counsel probe is an act of National Review. Page A6 - The Patriot - Friday, January 4, 2019

Grace Ministries Church of God of Prophecy Children’s Pastor 1021 Macgill Street Todd Garwood Pulaski, VA 24301 Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Church: 540-980-2118 Children’s Church 10:30 a.m. Cell: 540-616-9304 Children’s Free Breakfast Bus Ministry: 540-385-9972 10:30 a.m. www.pulaskigracemin.com Ages 5-12 [email protected] Men’s & Women’s Ministry Pastor Dan Lawson Wed. 6:30

From the writings of Rev. Billy Graham Put God First The Bible helps turn Putting God first is keeping God first and rebuild the Him in the very center of our Teach Me Temple, the indication from God lives. It is honoring Him with was, that He would be with sorrows into positives our time, our efforts, our talents Your Word them and cause them to prosper. and our resources. God's people When we put God first, God Q: I am committed to liv- must value their relationship O Lord blesses us abundantly. If we as ing a happier life in the My with Him above all else. individuals will pay our tithes New Year in spite of my dis- Terry Haggai, 1:4. "Is it time for McCraw and give in offerings to God, abilities. I certainly don't Answer you, O ye, to dwell in your God will bless us. If we rob want a repeat of the year ceiled houses, and this house God, He will not bless us. We'll that is drawing to an end. I (the Temple) to lie in waste? our scriptures, to give careful be like these returning Jews who didn't do so well in over- Billy Graham Now therefore thus saith the thought to their behavior, and to neglected to rebuild the house of coming days of depression. Lord of Hosts; consider your their way of life. They had self- God and were barely be able to How can I replace the sor- ways. Ye have sown much and ishly disregarded the rebuilding make ends meet. If we will give row of dark shadows with of suffering. bring in little; ye eat, but ye of the Temple, the house of the God His part of our income, sunshine and happiness? -- The self-sacrifice of God's have not enough. Ye drink, but Lord, and it was highly displeas- then God will bless us by giving D.S. people through the centuries ye are not filled with drink; ye ing to God. it back to us, shaken down, has contributed immeasur- A: A happy life is not one clothe you, but there is none Their manner of selfish living pressed together and running ably to our culture, to our filled only with sunshine, but warm; and he that earneth wages had brought them serious conse- over. Malachi 3:10 says, "Bring ethics. And to our faith. one which uses both light and earneth wages to put it into a quences. They had sown much ye all the tithes into the store- Down deep we know that shadow to produce beauty. bag with holes. Thus saith the but brought in little. God had house, that there may be meat in there are still things worth All the masterpieces of art Lord of Hosts. Consider your not blessed them because of mine house, and prove me now dying for, that an existence contain both light and shad- ways. Go up to the mountain their neglect in the rebuilding of herewith, saith the Lord of void of faith is still a fate ow. The greatest musicians as and bring wood, and build the God's house. They ate, but with- hosts, if I will not open you the worse than death. a rule are those who know house; and I will take pleasure out God's blessings, they never windows of heaven, and pour how to bring song out of sad- In the words of Thornton in it, and I will be glorified, had enough food to satisfy their you out a blessing, that there ness. Fanny Crosby, her spirit Wilder, an American play- saith the Lord." hunger. They wrapped them- shall not be room enough to aglow with faith in Christ wright and novelist, who The Jews who returned from selves up in clothing but could- receive it." many years ago, saw more once wrote: "The very angels the Babylonian Captivity at first n't stay warm. They earned The Jews listened to words with her sightless eyes than of God in heaven cannot per- were more concerned with wages but couldn't keep any of God gave to Haggai and most do with normal vision. suade the wretched and blun- building their own homes than them. It was because they cut changed their ways. When God She has given us some of the dering children of earth as rebuilding the Temple that had themselves off from the bless- saw that the attitude of the peo- great songs of the church that can one human being broken been torn down ings of God, by their own self- ple had changed; that they had cheer our hearts and lives. on the wheels of living." God's message to them was to ishness. Once again God said to seen the error of their ways; that Joni Eareckson Tada, a These are words worth pon- consider their ways. To consider them, "Consider your ways." they had owned up to neglecting bright-eyed and talented dering. But more important is the fact that they had allowed And God challenged them. If their duty to God by not rebuild- woman, has lifted spirits of to look into the Word of God the Temple of God to lay in they were ever to enjoy God's ing the Temple of God, and children and adults through -- the Bible. This book will ruins for many years while they blessings again, they needed to turned their attention to the sharing her joy in the midst satisfy your greatest longing. built houses for themselves. gather up materials and rebuild God was saying to them in the Temple. If they would put See MCCRAW, page A7 The Patriot - Friday, January 4, 2019 - Page A7

ing resources is not a problem for ing idols to us God. He says, the silver is mine and I love some TV preaching like T. McCraw the gold is mine. If we earnestly seek D. Jakes, Perry Stone, Rod Parsley God's face, He will provide the and John Hagee. But when it's time Continued from page A6 resources that are needed to do the to go to Church, I know that I need rebuilding of the Temple, His atti- work He has called us to do. to go to Church Services and not tude towards them changed. And Today, there are so many things stay home watching preaching on God said to them, I am with you. vying for our attention that if we're TV. The word of God says, And they were filled with encour- not careful, we'll allow these things "Forsaking not the assembling of agement. They were stirred down in to distract us from keeping God first yourselves together as the manner of their hearts and souls by the return- in our lives. Distractions have a way some is; but exhorting one another: ing presence of God in their lives. of taking over our lives and become and so much the more, as ye see the They wanted to make amends for higher on our priority list than God. day approaching." Hebrews 10:25. neglecting the rebuilding of God's The very first commandment of If we will get our priorities in house. the Ten Commandments is God say- order, God will be first and then God stirred up the spirit of ing to us, Thou shalt have no other everything else after that. Joyce Zerubbabel, Joshua the Priest, and Gods before Me. Meyers said, "There are benefits in the people. They all came together If we allow ourselves too much keeping God first in our lives. When and started to rebuild the house of TV time, our TV Set is becoming an we decide to serve God with our God. idol to us. If we allow ourselves too whole heart and make Him first in Many resources would be needed much social media time, then our our life, our souls will prosper and to accomplish this task. But obtain- computers and our I-pads are becom- our joy and peace will increase." Page A8 - The Patriot - Friday, January 4, 2019 Rating Veterans Administration hospitals When you need a hospital, where do issues. you go? If you have a choice of loca- But the authors of the study parted tions near you, including a Department company with the VA in their conclu- of Veterans Affairs hospital, how do sion about using civilian community you choose? care. They say the practice needs to be A Dartmouth Atlas Project study just re-examined; the VA says it doesn't. concluded that VA hospitals generally One thing to consider when looking outperform civilian hospitals in most at the results of this study: The co-writ- of the country. They looked at Hospital ing group, Dartmouth Atlas Project, Compare data, the online feature of only studies information it gets from and Medicaid Services (CMS), which Medicare.gov, and studied the data Medicare.gov Centers for Medicare means patients age 65 and up. from 121 markets that included at least one VA facility. I hate to use the word "skewed," but when you try to look at the information, and cut and dissect it, the words can start to lose meaning. For example, in describing the find- ings, the language in the VA press release is strained: "VA hospitals provided the best care in most referral regions and rarely provided inadequate care. VHA hospitals provided the best care in most referral regions and rarely provided the worst care." What, in practical terms, does that even mean when it comes to picking out a hospital? VA hospitals were found to be best or above average for heart failure, pneumonia or heart attacks. 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Follow Us On Facebook At Facebook.com/ PulaskiCounty -Patriot www.pcpatriot.com SPORTS The Patriot • Friday, January 4, 2019 • Page B1 ‘This play is under further review’ Alabama and Clemson will dollars because they want to win more. Some of the teams obvi- you the bowls don't matter any- play for the national champi- a football game. These two Locker ously aren't into it, many of the more, the games are not impor- onship Monday. That's just what schools do not have the most best players who are thinking of tant. Well, if they don't matter almost everybody with good money, certainly are not aca- Room getting drafted do not even play, and have no importance, then sense said five months ago. For demically prestigious, but they and 75% of the bowl stadiums why should a player play? the fourth straight year these spend the most on football. I are somewhere between half and But just think. If we had just two teams will meet in the play- suppose there are other things Dan 75% empty. The playoff system, played the one game and gotten offs, and it's the third time for that happen on the campuses at Callahan which hasn't been that exciting, it over with, we would not have the title. Bored yet? I understand Alabama and Clemson, but you has had even more negative had to endure 4,457,000 "This if you are an Alabama or never hear what they are. impact on the bowl system. It's Play is Under Further Reviews." Clemson fan you are as happy And that brings us to the most even want? Get out your wallet. just not what it used to be. We would not have had to as a tick on a dog. The rest of obvious. Alabama and Clemson If I was a UVa fan would I want Fans expect loyalty out of the endure 9,212,000 forward pass- the nation? Probably not. have the best talent, and more of that? Probably not. So it means players. You would want it to be es. The game resembles flag Ratings haven't been good. it. These two teams have second much to some, but not as much that way, but this is a "me'' thing football more each season as the ESPN is losing money. When units that could basically wipe to everybody. now more than the other. I don't powder puff rules mount. You the idea of the playoff was creat- the field clean of some ACC But why didn't we just play care about the rhetoric, just have the dig pass, the post pass, ed, this was not what was sup- starting lineups, and that's not an this game in the beginning and assess the final result. The result the corner route, the hitch, the posed to happen. exaggeration. Are you a Virginia get it over with? We could have is that even though players say wheel, the curl (starting to sound So why is it happening? Why Tech fan? How about UVa? spent the fall playing more ten- they love their school, fans, and like a trip to the beauty parlor are two teams dominating for Maybe West Virginia, or some nis, soccer, volleyball, running coaches they won't play for fear doesn't it), the go route, the the past four consecutive years? other school in the region. Just cross country and such. Doing of injury that could hurt their pass-run-option, the bubble You can listen all week to how many players on your team other things. But it's the money. draft status. Then you hear screen, the slip screen, the slant, "experts'' tell you why, and do you think were recruited by Nike and Adidas need the expo- coaches say they support those the post, and the one I absolute- make all sorts of predictions, Alabama or Clemson? Not very sure. Billions of dollars are decisions 100 percent. That's a ly hate the most, the dreaded and go on and on about every many, maybe nobody. How do made during a college football lie. Coaches get fired for not end zone fade pass. Some games little aspect of both teams. Now, you overcome such an advan- season, some even pay extra to winning, and bowl games count I would have paid a buck if let's cut to the chase. Both teams tage? How do you beat some- get a bowl bid. How good are too. But then how many times somebody had just run "52 are well coached. Both schools body when you are playing the the bowls? Honestly, most of have you read or listened to spend millions and millions of game with players they didn't them aren't very good at all any- some member of the media tell See CALLAHAN, page B2 Tech, Radford rack up big wins Hokies Hokies open ACC play with win over fall to Irish; Holland fuels RU win over Mars Hill Cincy From Radfordathletics.com in bowl RADFORD - Junior center Devonnte Holland's career day Hokiesports.com fueled a balanced scoring attack as the Radford men's basketball ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Despite team earned an 80-51 victory getting two touchdown passes over Mars Hill in the final non- and a rushing touchdown from conference contest of the season quarterback Ryan Willis, on Tuesday. Virginia Tech couldn't quite Holland, a native of nearby overcome Cincinnati in a back- Martinsville, Va., either tied or and-forth affair, falling 35-31 to posted new career highs in points the Bearcats in the Military scored (16), field goals made (6), Bowl held at Navy-Marine field goals attempted (9) and free Corps Memorial Stadium on throws made (4). He shot 66.7- Monday afternoon. percent from the field and a per- With the loss, the Hokies fect 100.0-percent at the charity closed the season with a 6-7 stripe. He added four rebounds, overall record and saw their two assists, one block and one streak of consecutive winning steal for good measure. seasons come to an end at 25. Senior forward Ed Polite Jr. The Bearcats finished with an flirted with a double-double at 12 11-2 record and became just the points and nine rebounds while third 11-win team in program swatting a season-high three history. blocks. Senior guard Caleb Tech led 31-28 late in the Tanner contributed 11 points and fourth quarter, but Cincinnati redshirt sophomore guard Carlik marched 64 yards in five plays Jones notched 10 points of his and scored on a Michael own. Warren's 8-yard run to take a 35- Radford improves to 8-6 on 31 lead with 1:29 remaining. See HOOPS, page B3 The Hokies drove to the Cincinnati 48 on the ensuing Radfordathletics photo drive, but on second-and-10, Radford’s junior center Devonnte Holland scored a career-high Willis' pass was intercepted by 16 points to lead the Highlanders past Mars Hill on Tuesday, 80- James Wiggins at the Cincinnati 51 in Radford’s final non-conference game of the season. 17 with 33 seconds left. The Bearcats then took a knee to run out the clock and seal the victory. Arguably the biggest play in the game came early in the fourth quarter after the Hokies' Dylan Rivers intercepted a pass and returned it to the Cincinnati 12. The Hokies, who led 31-28 and had a great chance to increase their lead, drove to the Cincinnati 3, where they faced fourth-and-1. Head coach Justin Fuente elected to go for it, but Willis was sacked and fumble and Cincinnati regained possession. Willis paced a Tech attack that amassed 443 yards. He completed 20 of 31 for 219 yards, with two touchdowns and one interception, and he also rushed for 33 yards and a touchdown. He threw touchdown passes of 21 and 2 yards to Eric Kumah and Chris Cunningham, respectively. Deshawn McClease rushed for 102 yards on 13 carries as well for the Hokies. Warren rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries for the Bearcats, who finished with 462 yards.

GAME NOTES • For the first time this season, Tech lost a game despite rushing for at least 200 yards. The Hokies rushed for 224 against a See HOKIES, page B4 Page B2 - The Patriot - Friday, January 4, 2019 Fishing with a 39-cent rod & reel and monofilament line Along with an assortment of back then except as aforemen- "Granddaddy" of a bass. One of Craftsman tools in my posses- tioned from trapping, working Woods, us pulled too hard back on the sion, I am still riding my red for local farmers etc. As a line and the line snapped; we Yard Man lawn mower I got result, when getting fishing sup- Water & baited a new hook and threw it about five years ago. plies, we had to be quite frugal. out to get him a second time These you may recognize as We first fished back then with Wildlife with the same result with the all Sears products and the recent a pole cut along the creek bank W.A. “Doc” line parting like flax afire. We news is that Sears is to be sold and rigged with a hook, line and Davis tried a third time and I told Jim, as a result of a bankruptcy filing sinker. One day I found in the I'm going in to get him, but was by them. I wrote about trapping Siegel catalog a thirty-nine cent only a large Red Eye on the line back in the fifties in a few reel along with a relatively new Perch, Chubs, Horney Heads which held. columns back as purchasing product - monofilament fishing and the occasional Small Mouth We were able in the coming their traps etc. They were in cat- line. I had just enough money in Bass. years to get into fishing with alog sales along with my piggy bank to get the reel I had found an old broken car better rods and reels and even Montgomery Wards and Spiegel and only the three-pound test antenna one day and after get- had a very good one stolen that both of Chicago while the Sears line. When these came in the ting some guides along with a Jim's dad had bought him, but Roebuck closest store was in mail about ten days later, I with tippet from a hardware, soldered that's another story for later, Greensboro in North Carolina. my friend, Jim Deck (an avid them on with my dad's solder- Riddle: What you get when We had no such things as fisherman) helped me rig up a ing iron; using a piece of broom four men go fishing and one shopping centers as of today rod from a slim pole, making handle along with O-rings comes back without catching and my family got clothes, tools guides from copper wire and secured the reel to the handle. I anything. (you name it) by filling out an tapping the reel on with black still have the rod to this day but Answer: Three men and a order blank at the kitchen table electrical tape. the direct drive reel is long baby and awaiting the merchandise to When we started fishing in gone. To all of you who like to fish, be delivered shortly. The rest is the good holes in Little Creek, We were in midstream of a the Good Lord wants you as His history as the other two have we started reeling in all kinds of long stretch of an ideal fishing Catch as knowing Him as Lord long since gone out of business. fish (don't tell me fish are color below the Sassin Methodist and Savior and you in turn can We boys (ages ten to in our blind - they could not see the Church near my home place and become fishers of other men teens) did not have much money clear line). We had Red Eyes, soon hooked into a and women. Callahan

Continued from page B1 smash.'' know what an unnecessary hit have you seen play stopped for cause a fumble? parting. He wanted a contract I think the passing has picked looks like. They know what 10 minutes while a play totally It's a soap opera and two extension. WVU wouldn't give it up even more because of all the spearing is. They know what obvious to you from a simple much time is being spent during to him. Then Houston gave up rules and regulations that seem unsportsmanlike conduct looks TV replay, seems to mystify the football games dealing with 70 points to Army, a very fine to plague the game more each like. They should penalize that stripes. I watched a bowl game things that shouldn't have a lot football team by the way, and season. It's supposedly all about last one about five times more last week, four officials hurdled to do with the game of football. fired Major Applewhite. They safety. Now if you tackle the than they do. But you get don't for almost five minutes. The It's like a congressional hearing. wanted Holgerson, but waited quarterback high it's a 15-yard take the fun out of the game head ref finally turned, signaled It's a waste of time. All this is until January 1 so that his buy- penalty. If you tackle him low, stuff. Make a play, score a illegal procedure and walked off hurting the game of football, and out dropped from 2.5 million it's a 15-yard penalty. If you touchdown, get to your sideline five yards. It took a summit con- if those that really care don't down to one. Then Houston says make a perfect form tackle, but and celebrate with your team- ference and a stoppage of play take a hold pretty soon, football it wants to interview Holgerson. happen to fall on him on the mates. Act like you've been for a procedure penalty! will no longer be football. When WVU said fine, interview him, way to the ground, that's a 15- there before. Show a little bit of Some complain the games are it gets to that people like me will but the process had to rankle a yard penalty too. Why don't we class! If a flag needs to be too long. Baloney! The games no longer care. bit. just put a pink jersey on the thrown, throw it. If somebody are not too long. The games are quarterback and get it over with. needs to be removed from the no longer than they've ever Coaching Merry-Go-Round: Finally the morning of Frankly, I do not understand all game for whatever reason, throw been. All the passing does hurt There have been 20 head January 2 Holgerson makes his the concerns about safety. Do I him out. If you do not trust the the flow for sure, but it's the coaching changes already in col- first contact with WVU. He says want players to get hurt? Of officials to do the right thing, other stuff that is making the lege football. It happens every he's going to be the new coach course not. But it is football. It why are they there? Because games long. The officials' con- year and most of the time you at Houston and he's leaving. He seems to me with all the new nobody trusts common sense ferences, "This Previous Play is see the same names recycled. did it with a phone call. Did not rules, even more players are get- anymore. There has to be a Under Further Review'' stuff, Mack Brown is back at meet with his superiors, talk or ting hurt. It's football! Do you higher authority. and all the flags. The games Carolina. He could draw social say goodbye to his team, just want to play the game, or not? If The officials appear intimidat- aren't that long, the other stuff is security. Coaches get fired, fired made a phone call. But you are concerned about injury, ed. They are so concerned about horribly cumbersome. All my coaches get hired. It goes round Holgerson was probably upset don't play. Or is this another of penalties they appear afraid not life I've heard officials say they and round. Sometimes it ends up because after the first contact those issues where us normal to throw a flag. The worst job in do not want to be a part of the mattering to some degree, often was made concerning Houston, folks are not smart enough to football is the defensive coordi- game, they want to be totally it does not. There are plenty of his legal rep was wondering if make a decision. So some aca- nator. Playing defense these unnoticed. Sorry fellows, you capable coaches, but how much WVU wanted to make a counter demic geniuses who know days is almost impossible. How are now a major part of the money does he have to work offer. West Virginia did not. If what's best for us more than we many times have you seen a game. with, how good are his facilities, he wants to go, that was fine. do, need to make decisions for defensive back hardly touch a Officials and flags have can he recruit top talent, and just Sometimes things end badly, and everybody because they are sim- receiver and get penalized 15 become so huge a part of the how much does his school really this didn't come down very pro- ply superior and know better. yards? How many times have game, it has negatively affected want to win? Those are even fessionally it seems, however, Hog wash! you sit through replays and the attitude of the game. When more important factors. If your maybe Holgerson wanted to go, How about common sense? wondered why in the world is there is a play without a flag, the goal is to win the national title and it appears WVU didn't mind What are officials for? They that a penalty? How many times coaches and players beg for one. that's fine, but is it realistic and him leaving. It has spread like a flu epi- always remember, everybody After a Military Bowl defeat demic. Would you really be sur- but one team is going to be dis- to Cincinnati, Virginia Tech is prised if an officiating decision appointed at the end if that's on unfamiliar ground. After decided the national champi- your goal. needing to schedule a makeup onship? Did his elbow touch the Mark Richt did retire at 12th game with Marshall just to ground? How about his right Miami. It's time to state the get to 6-6 and be eligible for a knee? Heck, did anybody check obvious. Miami is not Miami of bowl game it ended the season to see if his pinky finger 25 years ago, and it might never 6-7, the first time the Hokie touched the turf? Did that be. Kids from Florida and that football program has finished defender have garlic on his region of the state do not auto- with a losing record since 1992. breath? matically stay home anymore. Head coach Justin Fuente is Have you ever thought about Many of them want to get out. coming under fire. I don't know the rule that says the field can- They don't want to stay home. if that's justified or not. But not cause a fumble? If that is the Home is not the same for every- Virginia Tech has gone from 10 case, then why can a receiver body. But Miami's facilities are wins, to nine, and now down to make an obvious catch of the not up to snuff, and the money six during his tenure. The once football, but bobble it when it invested is not as much as some highly acclaimed Hokie defense hits the ground and it's not ruled others. Could the Hurricanes is having trouble stopping peo- a catch? He caught it. He had it ever be that good again? Maybe. ple. The offense is average. I clutched in his hands. It moved We'll see, but don't hold your think it would be fair to say maybe two inches when he land- breath. If Alabama wants to best there will be pressure next sea- ed on the ground. But they say player from that area of Florida, son, however, the schedule looks he didn't have total control when it is likely to get him. very promising, and I predict he hit the ground. But wait. Dana Holgerson is gone from Fuente will not be in danger of What about the ground cannot West Virginia. It was not a sweet losing his job. The Patriot - Friday, January 4, 2019 - Page B3 Hoops Hokies roll in ACC opener Continued from page B1 the season including a perfect 5- Hokiesports.com 5:14 remaining - their biggest percent in a game (Purdue, 50.8). games in which he has played 0 record at the Dedmon Center. lead of the game. • The Hokies hit 11 3-pointers this season. He missed the The Highlanders are one of three BLACKSBURG - Kerry T.J. Gibbs led Notre Dame in the game and have hit at least Hokies' win over Maryland teams left in the Big South with a Blackshear Jr. scored a season- with 19 points. The Irish shot just 10 3-pointers in 10 of 13 games Eastern Shore because of an pristine record at home and are high 21 points to lift No. 10 41.1 percent from the floor, but this season. ankle injury. now 62-22 at home since the Virginia Tech to an 81-66 victory made 13 3-pointers. • Blackshear last scored at 2012-13 season. over Notre Dame on Tuesday least 20 points in a game on Jan. UP NEXT The Lions put on an impres- afternoon at Carilion Clinic QUOTES TO NOTE 31, 2018 in the Hokies' 85-80 The Hokies continue confer- sive shooting display to keep Court in the ACC opener for both Virginia Tech coach Buzz overtime win over BC. ence play Saturday when they things close in the first half, squads. Williams • Robinson finished the game take on Boston College at going 11-for-22 (50%) from the The win marked the seventh (On his team's shooting 60 per- with eight assists, pushing his Carilion Clinic Court. The game field and 7-for-10 (70%) from straight for the Hokies, who cent from the floor) career total to 521. In the game, tips off at noon. the free throw line. Through 10 moved to 12-1 overall, 1-0 in "I think what we do offensive- he moved into third place on the minutes of action, Mars Hill league play. In addition, the ly is pretty good. I think the school's all-time list for career actually held the lead at 18-15 Hokies won their ACC opener numbers bear that out … When assists, passing former guard before Radford finally found its for the third time in head coach you make shots, obviously it Jamon Gordon. Only school rhythm and gained some momen- Buzz Williams' five seasons. looks prettier, but the shots that record holder Bimbo Coles and tum. Notre Dame fell to 10-4 overall, we took today are the same shots Malcolm Delaney have more From 9:52 to 7:06, the 0-1 in the ACC. offensively we always want to assists than Robinson. Highlanders went on a 10-2 run Blackshear made 9 of 18 from take. It doesn't necessarily mean • Robinson has handed out at fueled by Holland and Sallah to the floor, including a 3-pointer, we're going to make them at the least six assists in nine of 12 808-3949 take a 25-20 lead. Then, over the and he also grabbed seven clip that we did today, but it was- games this season. final four minutes of the period, rebounds to pace the Hokies, n't like we were running different • Alexander-Walker has [email protected] Radford outscored the Lions 11-4 who shot 60 percent from the plays." scored in double figures in all 12 to earn some separation with a floor and 61.1 percent from 38-29 lead that eventually landed beyond the 3-point arc. GAME NOTES at 40-31 going into halftime. Ahmed Hill and Nickeil The final 20 minutes of the Alexander-Walker each scored • The last time that the Hokies game belonged to the 17 points and each hit 7 of 8 from played a game ranked 10th or Highlanders, who took complete the floor, with Hill hitting three higher came in 1996. control and outscored the Lions 3-pointers and Alexander-Walker • Tech's shooting percentage 40-20 in the second half. They nailing a 3. Ty Outlaw scored 14 was its best against a Power 5 began their takeover with a 7-0 points, hitting 5 of 9, including team this season. run right out of the gate, prevent- four 3's. • The Hokies have shot 50 per- ing the Lions from scoring until Tech took control early and cent or better in seven of 12 the 15:42 mark. led for the final 35 minutes of the games this season. RECORD WATCH game. The Irish cut the lead to • Tech has allowed just one Polite Jr. continued his rise up 43-42 on a 3-pointer by Nate opponent to shoot better than 50 Radford's career scoring list on Laszewski with 14:47 remaining, Tuesday, increasing his total to but Hill immediately answered 1,279 points and gaining sole with 3-pointers on consecutive possession of 13th place in pro- possessions to push the lead to gram history. He passed Joey 49-42. Lynch-Flohr (2006-10), who Those two 3's started a run in scored 1,267 points in his which Tech outscored Notre Highlander career. Dame 28-11 over the next nearly UP NEXT nine minutes. Hill and Outlaw Radford kicks off conference ended that span for the Hokies, play with a 4:30 p.m. contest with Hill hitting back-to-back against Longwood in the short jumpers and Outlaw finish- Dedmon Center on Saturday. ing the run with a 3-pointer that gave the Hokies a 71-53 with Page B4 - The Patriot - Friday, January 4, 2019

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Continued from page B1 Cincinnati defense allowing just 101.8 coming into the game. • For the eighth time this season, the Hokies finished with more than 400 yards of offense. • Willis' two touchdown passes gave him 24 for the season - tying for the second-most touchdown pass in a single season in Tech history (Tyrod Taylor). Jerod Evans holds the school record with 29. • Kumah's 21-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter marked his seventh touchdown reception of the season and the ninth of his career. • Steven Peoples' rushing touchdown marked his sixth of the season and the ninth of his career. • McClease's 102 yards were his second-most in a game in his career. He rushed for 124 yards in the Hokies' loss to Oklahoma State in the Camping World Bowl last December. • The touchdown reception by tight end Chris Cunningham was his second of the season. Seven of Cunningham's 20 The Patriot - 808-3949 career catches have been for [email protected] touchdowns. • Rivers registered his first www.pcpatriot.com career interception. QUOTES TO NOTE Virginia Tech head coach Justin Fuente (On what he can do to changes things so that the program won't go through this again) "I'm not getting into that right now. That's a fair question, but I'm not going into that right now. I think it's important that we do a great job of examining ourselves. We've got to create a culture of unselfishness and dis- cipline, where guys believe in each other and do the right thing and continue to develop these young people. It's up to us to set the stage for that and cultivate that and start Jan. 22."

(On whether the culture is where it needs to be) "I think it could always be better. My point is that the guys we have, the guys that finished the season, were great examples of it. We were awfully short- handed out there. Awfully short- handed. We can't be that short- handed again next year."

UP NEXT The Military Bowl concluded the season for the Hokies. Fans' next opportunity to see the team play will come at the annual spring game in mid-April.

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FYI prizes, FREE Coffee, WOTM baked goods at New Life Church by the church at 12 noon for pick meeting is open to everyone. Donation Updates, Pull Tabs, of the Nazarene each Saturday up if able. Delivery is available if 2019 NRV Master Gardener Raffles, & much more : from 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. (no necessary. Call Mike and Pat N.A. Principles before Training Class charge) on a first-come-first- Thompson at 540-577-4923. Personalities The New River Valley Master January 5 served basis. The church is locat- Cowboy Church is located at 520 N.A. Principles before Gardener Program is seeking ed 45 S. Jefferson Ave., Pulaski. E. Main St., Pulaski (across from Personalities meets Thursday at 7 applicants for the 2019 Master VFW Auxiliary Post 1184 to Downtown Exxon). p.m.; Friday and Saturday at 6 Gardener Training class. The host BINGO Adult Day Care and Fall p.m. at the First Presbyterian class runs from 1-4 PM on VFW Aux. Post 1184 will host 25 Prevention Center hosts Pulaski Daily Bread in need of Church Annex located at 4th and Tuesdays and Thursdays from cents BINGO on Saturday, Jan. monthly BINGO volunteers Jefferson St., Pulaski, Va. For March through mid-May. Topics 5, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.. Everyone Adult Day Service and Fall Daily Bread is in need of servers more information, go to covered include basic botany, welcome. Post home is located Prevention Center hosts BINGO on several different days, so if www.newrivervalleyna.org plant propagation, herbaceous on the corner of Dora Highway on the 4th Saturday of each you can spare a few hours a week plants, house plants, vegetables, and Washington, Ave. in Pulaski. month from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at you may contact Debbi Harrell AA: fruits, pruning, landscape design, the Ruritan building on 4th and (Director) at 980-2131 between Alcoholics Anonymous meet floral design, lawn care, woody On-going community Jefferson St in Pulaski. The the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 Monday at 8 p.m. (closed meet- plants, entomology, plant pathol- building is located near Seagles p.m. Monday through Friday. ing); Wednesday (noon); and ogy, abiotic stresses, soils, and based activities and Funeral Home. Everyone wel- Thursday at 8 p.m. (open meet- pesticide use and safety. The cost needs: come! Celebrate Recovery Support ings) at Pulaski Presbyterian for the course is $180.00 and par- group at VHM Church of America. For more ticipants do a 50 hours of volun- Volunteers Needed Pulaski Old Time Jamboree information call 980-5233. teer service. Ratcliffe Transportation Museum A Bluegrass Jam session for Valley Harvest Ministries in Contact Wendy Silverman at the is in need of volunteers players of all ages is held every Dublin is now sponsoring a sup- Al-Anon - Pulaski: Montgomery County Extension Please call Ernie or Ron at 540- Thursday evening 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. port group for people who are Office at 540-382-5790 for more 980-2307 for more information, at the Pulaski Senior Center. Join working through hurts, habits Pulaski Al-Anon Family Group information. please leave a message if no one the jam by playing an instrument and hang- ups. The group meets (a support group for friends and answers. or singing or just come by and each Thursday at 6:30 p.m. families of alcoholics) meet WOTM Monthly Quarter enjoy the music. Call Dee Dean Food will be served at 6:30 p.m. every Monday night at 8 p.m. at Bingo Group sets aside day each at 540-392-3555 for more infor- followed at 7 p.m. with a large the Pulaski Presbyterian Church Come out & play some quarter month to pray for County mation. The center is located group meeting and then everyone of America. Contact number: Bingo with your Women of the A group of citizens of Pulaski across the street from the post will divide into smaller groups at 540-980-5233. Moose. $10.00 Buy-In: You play County has set aside the 15th of office. 8 p.m. The church is located at 1 unlimited amount of cards! each month to fast and pray for Harvest Place in Dublin. If you would like to publicize the county. The group asks that Cowboy Church new ministry community activities (FREE of Faith, Hope, & Charity citizens who are of a like mind On the third and fourth week of Narcotics Anonymous charge) please contact us by Monthly WOTM Bingo is held please join them in their effort. each month Cowboy Church The NA group HOW meets each email: [email protected] or the 2nd Saturday of every month offers food bags to the elderly Sunday 6 p.m. at the Christ drop by The Patriot newspaper at the Pulaski Moose Lodge Feeding America and shut -ins. On these weeks, Episcopal Church located at 144 office at 138 N. Jefferson Ave., 11am-2pm. Awesome door Distribution of fresh produce and interested participants may come Washington Ave., in Pulaski. The Pulaski or call 540-808-3949. Free renter education workshops set

The workshops are for tenants, landlords, friends, anyone consid- ering renting, and the variety of days and times New River Valley locations make the workshops accessible to busy people. Pulaski Library 60 3rd St NW, Pulaski Monday, January 14- 5:00 PM Tuesday, January 22- 11:00 AM Tuesday, February 12- 11:00 AM Tuesday, February 19 -5:00 PM Designed to help anyone learn the key elements and skills to be a good tenant and a good landlord, Interested attendees should call or email the contact as noted that is most convenient for attendance. Please register at least one day prior to date, although registration is preferred but not required for attendance. We encourage anyone to participate. Topics covered will include leases, deposits, and payments; repairs and other common disputes, Fair Housing laws and eviction in Virginia - aspects of being a tenant that may seem mysterious until you learn about them. The two-hour workshop discusses the expectations of landlords and helps attendees learn their rights, responsibilities and good practices such as how to check their credit score and how to improve it. Class facilitators do a budget in class and scenarios about how to make tough choices in tight months. We help people learn where their money goes and make sure that rent is top priority. We help them understand their lease agreements, evictions and fair housing. Applicable to anyone, in addition to learning about renting, the Gary Cox photo workshop also covers good management practices energy saving tips. It's for anyone who's thinking about renting or would like to be more First Pentecostal Helps Fairview Home Residents knowledgeable. First Pentecostal Holiness Church - Family Worship Center visit to Fairview Home. Many Ramirez There will be refreshments and door prizes! Director of Greeting and Out Reach of Family Worship Center is shown in photo with Kim Bruce, Director For info: http://newrivercommunityaction.org/renter-education/ of Nursing; Kristy McMahan, Administrator, and Rhonda Price Assistant Administrator of Fairview Home. Manny visited the care facility to deliver over 170 Christmas cards to the residents of the home addressed and collected from the church family along with a love offering to benefit the facility. The home founded in the 1920's has been in continuous operation in Pulaski County In 1975 was moved into their present location off Hatcher and Cougar Trail Road. The home is supported by 25 hard- working care givers. Page B6 - The Patriot - Friday, January 4, 2019 The Patriot - Friday, January 4, 2019 - Page B7 Page B8 - The Patriot - Friday, January 4, 2019 Nu Chapter Ladies share Christmas Cheer at Highland Ridge

Photos by Ruth Ann S. Whitener Singing Sisters of Nu Chapter following Christmas caroling with residents at Highland Ridge in Dublin are (L-R) Judy Barr, Dianne Wallace, Ruth Ann Whitener, Elinor Farmer, Delores Smith, Martha Patterson, President Mary Beth Glenn, Carla Hallstead, and Doris Gridley.

President Mary Beth Glenn is singing Christmas carols along with the residents at Highland Ridge Rehab Center in Dublin. This is one of the important service projects for the year. Nu Chapter donated gifts and snacks as well as shared music during the Christmas season before they went out to share an evening of conversation and Mexican food. Members also participated in Pulaski County Reads program that evening by donating many many books. Cheryl Williams, a newly transferred member, will take the books there.

(Left-right) Judy Barr, Carla Hallstead, Elinor Farmer, Dianne Wallace, Martha Patterson, Jan Woodward, Delores Smith, and President Mary Beth Glenn.

Tuesday, December 18, Nu Chapter members enjoyed a Mexican meal out together after completing their service projects.

For one of its service projects Nu Chapter contributed many many books to Pulaski County Reads program. PCHS sports, activities schedule Tuesday 01/08/19 Boys Basketball: Salem @ Pulaski Co. JV @ 5:30, Varsity to Follow Girls Basketball: Pulaski Co. @ Salem JV @ 5:30, Varsity to Follow Swim: @ Chrisitansburg Aquatic Center 6:30

Wednesday 01/09/19 Girls Basketball: Pulaski Co. @ Fort Chiswell JV @ 6, Varsity to Follow

Friday 01/11/19 Boys Basketball: Pulaski Co. @ Christiansburg JV @ 5:30, Varsity to Follow Girls Basketball: Chrisitansburg @ Pulaski Co. JV @ 5:30, Varsity to Follow

Saturday 01/12/19 Indoor Track: @ VMI 9:30 am Wrestling: @ Covington 9 am