Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 9, 1995 TAG: 9503110026
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: W-8 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: CHARLES STEBBINS
DATELINE: NEW CASTLE LENGTH: Medium
He will seek a seat on the School Board when the Craig County holds its first election of school board members in November.
Cady almost off-handedly let the word out Monday during a supervisors' meeting on school finances.
Cady casually asked about the filing deadline for candidates for the school board.
"I just want to make sure I don't wake up some morning and find that I've missed the deadline," he said, after being told the deadline is in June.
When asked by a reporter if that was his announcement of candidacy, Cady, who has been chairman since 1989, said, "Well, yes." He represents the Alleghany Magisterial District.
In other business, the supervisors adopted a resolution asking for highway improvements to straighten a curve on Virginia 311, about five miles south of New Castle near Mountain View Christian Church.
The board also asked County Administrator Stephen Carter to prepare another resolution seeking paving of Virginia 18 and 42. The resolutions, directed to the Virginia Department of Transportation, seek to have all three of these projects put in the county's upcoming six-year highway improvement plan so that funds can begin accumulating for the work.
The supervisors also approved the filing of applications for about $30,000 in state and federal grants to help finance the county's tourism program. The grants, about $15,000 each, would come from the Virginia and U.S. departments of forestry.
Filing of the applications was requested by Diane Lee, the county's tourism coordinator.
Craig's tourism program started last year with an $18,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Forestry. Almost three-fourths of the county's land area is included in the boundary of the Jefferson National Forest.
by CNB