Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, October 30, 1994                   TAG: 9501060038
SECTION: HORIZON                    PAGE: G4   EDITION: METRO 
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LOCAL ISSUES IN WESTERN VIRGINIA

BOTETOURT

Bonds: Voters will be asked to approve a $19.7 million bond issue, which includes $13.6 million for constructing a new middle school with the balance going to various projects including the purchase of a new industrial park, development of water systems and the landfill, and a new county park and branch library.

Fincastle District Supervisor: Incumbent Democrat Bennie Griffith is being challenged by Republican Bonnie Mayo.

Liquor-by-the-drink: Voters in the Amsterdam District, which butts up to I-81 near Daleville, will decide whether to allow liquor-by-the-drink in local restaurants.

FRANKLIN COUYNTY

Bonds: Voters will be asked to approve a $15 million bond issue, mostly for schools and other county capital items, such as economic development.

Commissioner of Revenue: Incumbent Republican Joyce Fuller is being challenged by Democrat Raymond Albanowski.

Elected school boards? Voters will be asked whether they want to start electing school board members. They're currently appointed.

RADFORD

Elected school boards? Voters will be asked whether they want to start electing school board members. They're currently appointed.

ROANOKE

Bonds: Voters will be asked to approve a $23 million bond issue, the largest single chunk of which ($7.2 million) will go to schools. The rest is for meat and potatoes projects such as street pavings and bridge repairs, with the exception of $1.3 million in funding for a railwalk and $800,000-odd as a grant to the Virginia Museum of Transportation.

ROANOKE COUNTY

Voters in three district will elect School Board members.

Windsor Hills District: Richard Cullinan, Tom Leggette, Lisa Merrill and Wayne Newman are competing for a single seat.

Vinton District: Evelyn Ball, Robert Rouse and Michael Stovall are competing for a single seat.

Hollins District: Incumbent Jerry Canada is unopposed.

SALEM

Elected school boards? Voters will be asked whether they want to start electing school board members. They're currently appointed.

- Kimberly Martin, Ron Brown, Todd Jackson, Rick Lindquist, Joel Turner, Dan Casey and Dwayne Yancey contributed to this report

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