Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, March 11, 1995 TAG: 9503130026
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-10 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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PULASKI - Five Pulaski officials ``fixed'' parking tickets given to Daily Bread volunteers in the only way it could be done legally.
They paid them.
Linda Semones, representing the food distribution program, had planned to ask Pulaski Town Council on Tuesday if there was a way to keep program volunteers from being ticketed when they worked at First Presbyterian Church past the two-hour street parking limit. The town Police Department had come up with a solution already - providing special parking permits for the volunteers.
But five volunteers had been ticketed by that time. Semones asked if Town Manager Tom Combiths could void those tickets, but Town Attorney Frank Terwilliger told her that was impossible. So council agreed that five of its members each would pay one ticket.
``Does this set a precedent?'' asked J.B. Warner, a resident who was representing four Whitethorn Street families overdue for town sewer service.
``Bring us one, J.B.,'' joked Councilman John Johnston, ``and see if we pay yours.''
`Say No' activities set
PULASKI - Several activities for students in three age groups are planned this month by Brenda Conner, director of Pulaski's Juvenile Intervention Program, as part of ``Say No to Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco'' month.
Elementary pupils are invited to draw pictures showing how those substances can hurt people. The deadline for submitting pictures is Monday. All entries will be posted in the Municipal Building, and prizes will be awarded for the best ones.
Middle school students are invited to make a count during the weekend of March 18-20 of how many times they hear drugs, alcohol or tobacco mentioned anywhere, from conversation to advertising or television shows. Counting cards will be provided by the Juvenile Prevention Office on the second floor of the Municipal Building. The idea is to show young people and their families how these substances have pervaded society.
Pulaski County High School students and their parents will be asked to refrain from using alcohol, tobacco and illegal drugs during the weekend of March 24-26. Anyone unable to abstain for three days, Conner noted, has a serious addiction problem and should seek help.
Further information is available by calling the Juvenile Prevention Office at 980-1000.
by CNB