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| Electricity shut-offs on rise
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| More area residents unable to pay their bills, officials say |
By DEBBIE HALL - Bulletin Staff Writer
The number of local residents whose electricity has been shut off for nonpayment of their bills has increased recently as the economy has worsened, according to officials.
“We’re starting to see an increase in disconnections now for nonpayment” of bills, said Todd Burns, spokesperson for Appalachian Power (Apco). The company provides electricity to 30,739 customers in Henry County and 13,239 customers in Patrick County.
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Sweet tradition
Friends gather to make molasses
By KIM BARTO - Bulletin Staff Writer
Making homemade molasses is not for late sleepers.
Before the sun came up on a recent Friday morning, a group of friends gathered at Cecil and Karen Smith’s home in Sanville to make molasses the old-fashioned way. It has been a yearly autumn tradition for the Smiths since the late 1980s, and the process takes all day.
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City now assessing property
By KIM BARTO - Bulletin Staff Writer
Reassessments of city real estate will be completed by the end of the year, but city property owners will not see as much increase in their real estate values as county property owners did recently, an official said.
Real estate values in Henry County rose an average of nearly 18 percent in the time since the last county-wide assessment was conducted four years ago, county officials announced last week.
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State cuts: Support program to close
By PAUL COLLINS - Bulletin Staff Writer
All 11 sites in Virginia for the adult probation and parole day reporting program — including the one serving Henry County, Martinsville and Patrick County — are being eliminated under the budget cuts announced Thursday by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine.
Four full-time employees of the local program will lose their jobs, as well as, presumably, two employees of Piedmont Community Services who work with the day reporting program, said Bill Spencer, chief probation and parole officer for the district.
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Agency braces for cuts
By PAUL COLLINS - Bulletin Staff Writer
Piedmont Community Services stands to lose $200,000 in state funds and at least $50,000 in contract funds under budget cuts imposed last week by Gov. Tim Kaine, the agency’s executive director said Friday.
Jim Tobin has received no specific information yet from the state, but he said he anticipates those deductions.
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| Danville man killed in industrial accident
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By BULLETIN STAFF REPORTS -
A Danville man was killed in an industrial accident Friday morning at the former Tultex Corp. complex in Martinsville.
Carl Wayne Turner, 54, of Sugartree Church Road in Danville, was attempting to remove a large air conditioning unit from the roof of a building used for warehousing when the load shifted and the unit pressed against him, according to city spokesman Scott Coleman.
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| BHS: Students learn from each other |
By BETH MARSHALL -
The day had been long enough already, and it could only get longer. As I treaded the lonely walk from lunch, I ran into my English teacher.
“Beth, I was just looking for you,” she stated. A feeling mixed with both anticipation and dread crept into my brain. The feelings, however, quickly dissipated as my teacher offered an opportunity that ultimately inspired and even changed preconceived ideas I had always held.
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