Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, February 5, 1995 TAG: 9502060010
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-6 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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FORT CHISWELL - Bids on building the Fort Chiswell sewage treatment plant, in eastern Wythe County near the Wythe-Pulaski county line, should go out by mid-1996, and the project should be complete a year after that.
The plant will have a capacity of 500,000 gallons a day and serve 130 residential and 70 business customers at its start in the summer of 1997, according to Wythe County Engineer Dave Evans.
Widening delayed
WYTHEVILLE - A project to widen Fourth Street has been put on hold until March because of weather and a lack of materials.
Wythe County Resident Transportation Engineer John Bishop said utility poles have been moved back to accommodate the widening. The next step will involve demolishing the sidewalk and pavement and moving water drains back to make room.
Bishop said the temporary shutdown is allowed under the contract, and the $1.2 million widening of Fourth Street from Monroe Street to Ridge Road should still be completed by fall. James R. Vannoy and Sons Construction Co. of Jefferson, N.C., is the general contractor.
Recycling centers
WYTHEVILLE - Wythe County is planning four more trash collection and recycling centers to be added to the four it already has.
Work is under way on a site near Ivanhoe. Others are planned for Austinville, Fort Chiswell and Cripple Creek. Centers already are in use in the Rural Retreat, Max Meadows, Barren Springs and Speedwell areas.
Four trash collection convenience centers including recycling bins are also planned for the Wytheville area. Exact sites have not been determined, but County Engineer Dave Evans said they probably will be on U.S. 52, U.S. 11, U.S. 21 south and a service road leading into town.
As more centers come on line, the number of green boxes stationed throughout the county for depositing trash will continue to decrease.
Walking, biking trail
WYTHEVILLE - Town Council is applying for federal Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act funds to help develop a walking and biking trail from a former rail depot on South Calhoun Street north to the Ager Recreational Complex.
Mayor Trent Crewe said the project could include historical components as well as community and recreational activities, depending on how much money is secured for it.
Council has applied previously for the funds, administered in Virginia by the Department of Transportation, but has not been successful. ``This year, we have developed a grant package which we hope incorporates all of the key points the state has determined to be important in a project,'' Crewe said last week at the year's first quarterly meeting of the Wytheville, Rural Retreat and Wythe County governing bodies.
The Art Place
CHILHOWIE - Edna Love of Pulaski has completed two years of art activities in The Art Place, which she opened in the Smyth County town of Chilhowie on Dec. 16, 1992.
It now offers classes in quilting, stained glass, oil painting, arts and crafts and many more areas. Its public hours are 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursdays and 10 a.m. to noon Fridays.
A meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Art Place to help plan and schedule volunteers to keep the facility open longer during the week.
Displays during February include arts and crafts of Nigeria, oil paintings and old valentines. Further information on workshops and classes, or to make reservations for luncheons or group showings, is available by calling 646-8498 or 980-6982.
3 seek re-election
WYTHEVILLE - Three Wythe County Republicans, including a veteran sheriff, have announced plans to seek re-election this year.
Sheriff Wayne Pike will run for a fifth term Nov. 7. Treasurer Walter S. ``Sam'' Crockett will seek a third term. Mark Munsey, county Board of Supervisors chairman, said he would seek a second term representing the West Wytheville District but would not seek a third.
Three other board seats held by Democrats are open this year, but so far no Republicans have announced for them. Democrat Supervisors Olin Armentrout and Jack Crosswell have not said whether they would run again. John Davis said he would not seek a second term.
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