Virginian Leader, September 14, 2016, Page 3

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We rememberThe George Pearis Chapter DAR proudly flies the 9/11 National Remembrance Flag

on the Giles County Courthouse lawn below the Flag of the United States of America and the State of Virginia Flag. This is to honor all first responders and those who were affected by the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Photo provided by Wanda Stump.

Patriot DayPatriot Day is observed on September 11 as the National Day of Service and

Rembrance in memory of those killed in the 2001 September 11 attacks. This flag was seen flying in tribute at the Celanese plant in Narrows Sunday.

by Zach Guynn Nearly a dozen Mid-

way residents attended the Giles County Board of Supervisors meeting on September 7, 2016, to again voice their con-cerns about a boundary line extension or possible annexation by Rich Creek.

Concerned citizens and business owners of Mid-way listened attentively as their spokesman Les Sears again addressed the board with concerns that Midway may become part of Rich Creek. According to Sears, the citizens of Midway feel that the only reason for such action is for Rich Creek to make profit off of businesses and community members that they really don’t deserve.

Midway residents pack the Giles County supervisors meeting

According to Sears, the Midway citizens want to make it absolutely clear that they do not support this kind of action. Sears ex-plained that there is nothing that Rich Creek can offer that would justify the town to extend the boundaries or annex the Midway commu-nity. Sears pleaded with the board that they not approve such an action if the Town of Rich Creek ultimately decides to move forward with plans to extend bound-ary lines.

Board member Paul “Chappy” Baker strongly encouraged Sears and all other citizens to attend the town council meeting and to prepare questions for council to answer. Baker even encouraged citizens to

write letters to the town in order to further express the concern and disdain over the possible decision.

Giles County Sheriff Morgan Millirons was on hand to update the board on local law enforcement busi-ness including the meth-amphetamine lab bust that occurred in Pearisburg on August 15, 2016.

Bryan Reed also provid-ed the board with a few up-dates and road projects and available funding for the board the further discuss in order to complete necessary road projects.

The next Giles Coun-ty Board of Supervisors meeting will be September 29, 2016, at 6 p.m. at the Giles County Administra-tive Offices.

the wonderful world of bi-ology,” said Christian.

• Jake Munsey - Munsey is a graduate of Concord University and will begin his journey as a first-time teacher. Munsey will take over as the Algebra Read-iness Diagnostic Testing (ARDT) teacher for schools countywide.

When asked what he looks forward to as he be-gins his teaching career, Munsey said, “The oppor-tunity to positively impact students’ lives.”

• Heather Lucas - Lu-cas is a graduate of Old Dominion University and will join the staff at Macy McClaugherty School as a first year special education teacher.

When asked what she likes most about teaching, Lucas replied, “I enjoy working with kids and see-ing those moments of ex-citement when they get it.”

• Charity Craft - Craft will join the Macy Mc-Claugherty staff as a math and science teacher. She is a graduate of Mississippi State University and has four years of experience teaching third grade stu-dents.

“Each day is always different. I love getting to know each child’s person-ality and how they make up the whole class,” said Craft.

• Lauren Snead - Snead will also join the Macy McClaugherty staff and will teach preschool. Snead is a graduate of Concord University and this will be her first year of teaching.

“I love being able to work with young children every day. It is my passion to help any child reach his or her full potential,” said Snead.

• Suzanne Woodward - Woodward will join the Macy McClaugherty School as a special educa-tion teacher. She is a grad-uate of Radford University and Liberty University. Woodward has 10 years of teaching experience and has been engaged in mental health supports within New River Valley Schools over the past eight years.

“I like helping students recognize and reach their full potential,” said Wood-ward.

• Holly Clark - Clark will join the Giles High School staff as an eighth and ninth grade English teacher. Clark is a graduate of Converse College and has experience as a long-time substitute teacher.

“I enjoy getting students excited about learning,” said Clark.

• Amberly Westermey-er - Westermeyer will take over as band director for Giles High School, Macy McClaugherty and Eastern Elementary Middle School.

She is also a first year teacher and when asked what she was most looking forward to, she replied, “Getting to make music with my really awesome music students.”

• Kristie Dobbins - Dob-bins will join the special ed-ucation department at Nar-rows Elementary Middle School. She is a graduate

of Concord University and Licensed Practical Nurse for the past 23 years.

When asked what she looks forward to as a teach-er, Dobbins replied, “The opportunity to steer chil-dren on the right path to be successful.”

• Alleta Morrison - Mor-rison will return to Narrows High School after a brief stay at the Monroe County Technology Center. Mor-rison is a Virginia Tech alumnus and has 17 years of experience teaching math subjects such as algebra, trigonometry and math analysis.

“I love the moment when a student really gets a concept that is new or one that he or she has been struggling to learn,” said Morrison.

• Connie Blevins - Blevins will be the nurs-ing instructor at the Giles County Technology Center. She received her Registered Nursing certification from New River Community College and her graduate degree of nursing from Jefferson College of Heath Sciences. Blevins spent 10 years with Carilion, six of which came at Carilion Giles Community Hospital with the other four working with training and develop-ment.

“I like sharing knowl-edge. I think we all need to continue learning whether it’s ballroom dancing or CPR. It’s good for our brain. I like seeing the smile on someone’s face when they learn something new,” said Blevins.

The board has debt ser-vice built in to this year’s budget for work on the line. They haven’t secured financ-ing yet and the project that is included for this fiscal year’s budget is for the high pressure side, which had experienced the bulk of the leaks. Belcher will be bring-ing back financing options to the board.

There was another leak at the water plant but the situation wasn’t as bad as the one from a few months ago. PSA Director Kevin Belcher said that “it appeared to be an original connection that wasn’t tightened up properly.”

Belcher also talked about how Pembroke and Pearis-burg have both been tighten-ing up their systems by fixing leaks and those efforts were indicated in their decline in water purchasing over the past few months.

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and it’s being worked on and it leaves only one pump pushing water to Powell Mountain.

The board spent a con-siderable amount of time discussing the convenience center hours, which went into effect on July 1st. While the board is looking to keep the hours as is for now, board members have still continued to receive complaints from customers.

While the board is still looking to leave hours as is, they discussed some options

and one of those that they are going to look at further is the installation of cameras at the lots.

In other solid waste news, tonnage was up from the pre-vious month and recycling tonnage was down. The av-erage tons per load was 6.61. The solid waste department has had some truck issues of late, and had to borrow a truck from Pulaski County PSA.

With no other news the next PSA meeting will be held on October 13th.