90 YEARS AGO…
September, 1931
September 28, 1931: Budget Which Solons Get Is Blanket Sheet
The Richmond News Leader said today that a movement for a seperate budget covering salaries paid to employees of the State probably would be urged for the period 1932 – 1934.
Such a budget would have to be passed on by the Legislature which convenes next January.
Heretofore salaries of officers and employees have been lumped with other expense in the budget of their respective departments and bureaus. This has tended to make rather inconspicuous just what salaries have been paid.
Should a special salary budget be prepared for routinization it would become apparent to the Legislature just what it is planned to pay out for services.
75 YEARS AGO…
September, 1946
September 28, 1946: Low Moor
Miss Jean Dew, of Iron Gate, Tommy Stull, William Averill, C.M. Smith and Bob Simpson motored to Lynchburg Saturday and attended the Clifton Forge-Lynchburg football game.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rand, who have been spending time with Mrs. Rand’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Taylor, left Sunday to make their home in Roanoke.
Mrs. W. T. Fridley has returned home after spending the past week in Washington, visiting friends and relatives.
Mrs. W. W. Webber, of Roanoke, and Paul Webber, of Princeton, W.Va., were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Webber Sunday.
Kenneth Hawes, of Covington, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.B. House, is a patient in McGuire’s Hospital in Richmond.
50 YEARS AGO…
September, 1971
September 28, 1971: Two Youths Arrested In Larceny Case
Two Roanoke youths, Gary Lee Whorley, 18 and a 16 year old juvenile, have been arrested by the Alleghany Sheriff’s Department on charges of breaking and entering in the grand larceny of $2,700 worth of band instruments from the Boy’s Home auditorium on Sept. 22.
According to reports, the boys pawned all of the instruments in Roanoke pawn shops. Investigating officers have located all of the stolen items and they have been returned to the home.
Whorley remains in the county jail, with the juvenile out on bond. The preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 6 in Alleghany County Court.
Investigating officers were Deputies H.F. Wolfe, W.O. Rider, Frank Robinson, T. D. Warlitner, Jerry Vess and Sheriff Max Swoope.
25 YEARS AGO…
September, 1996
September 28, 1996: State Police
Virginia State Police are investigating a single-vehicle accident that occurred Wednesday at 2:08 p.m. on the Valley Ridge Access Road approximately seven-tenths of a mile east of Western Sizzlin Restaurant.
According to investigating officer Trooper J. A. Noel, a 1971 Ford Pinto operated by a 17-year-old female ran off the right side of the road and struck an ambankment. Two 17-year-old females were injured as a result of the accident and were treated and taken to Alleghany Regional Hospital by the Covington Rescue Squad.
Damage to the vehicle was listed at $4,500. Names of the driver and injured were not released because of their age.
10 YEARS AGO…
September, 2011
September 28, 2011: Group Protests Nuke Plant Outside Dominion
A group of residents from Louisa County is demanding that Dominion ensure its North Anna Nuclear Power Plant is safe from past and future earthquakes.
About 20 people from the group Not On Our Fault Line protested Tuesday outside Dominion’s Richmond headquarters. They chanted and held signs reading “Shut Down or Meltdown,” as Dominion employees went out for their lunch breaks.
The group says the August 23 earthquake that shut down the plant brought attention to the danger of another event in the area. They are asking Dominion to retrofit the two reactors at the plant to higher earthquake safety standards.
It also is asking for the company to inspect underground pipes at the nuclear facility to make sure they aren’t leaking into the ground or drinking water.
“What we’re afraid of is that Dominion is putting profits over the safety of the area,” said Paxus Calta, a resident of Louisa for 13 years. “This earthquake is a big wake-up call to us.”
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