Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, June 5, 1990 TAG: 9006050219
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-3 EDITION: BEDFORD/FRANKLIN
SOURCE: DAVID M. POOLE STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: ROCKY MOUNT LENGTH: Short
On a 4-2 vote, the board agreed to finance the project through a 15-year loan from the state's literary fund.
The facility - which also is to be open to the public in the evenings - is scheduled for completion in April 1992.
School officials first requested the facility three years ago, saying that the high school's 20-year-old weight room was outdated and put the school's athletes at a competitive disadvantage. "It has been described as the sorriest in the region," said high school principal William Owings.
The first payment of $20,300 will be due in June 1992. The cost includes neither renovations of the existing weight room for special education therapy nor equipment for the new facility. Owings said two parent groups would raise money for the equipment.
Voting in favor of the fitness center were: Supervisors Gus Forry, Homer Murray, Mike Brooks and Wayne Angell. Voting against were: Ronnie Woods and Gordon Washburn. Charles Ellis had to leave the meeting early and did not vote.
In other business Monday, the board:
Authorized county Treasurer Doris Brown to sue the state Compensation Board over money for two additional workers.
Voted to hold a public hearing on a plan to add a $2 fee to criminal-court proceedings to help pay for courthouse maintenance.
Stated its intention to establish "no-wake" zones at Smith Mountain Lake only around commercial areas and to review the status of already approved zones.
by CNB