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September 1, 2010

THIS WEEK IN THE GAZETTE ...

CRASH ON COUNTRY ROAD: According to Virginia State Trooper James Gregory, on Thursday morning, August 26, Bobbie Morris of Saxe suffered a medical emergency causing her 2003 Ford Taurus to cross into oncoming traffic where her vehicle slightly grazed a car driven by Sandra Alger. Morris’ vehicle continued off the road hitting a mail box and two trees. The Taurus came to rest at the intersection of Country and Scott Roads. Morris was transported by Charlotte County Rescue Squad with non-life threatening injuries. Alger was not injured in the incident. Drakes Branch First Responders were on scene along with Drakes Branch Fire Dept., Drakes Branch Police Officer Tommy Galbreath, and county police.

School Board Responds To Questions Concerning Year End Spending

Rumors that the Charlotte County School Board spent over a million dollars during the month of June were put to rest this week. The fiscal year for the state of Virginia, which includes all public school systems, ends on June 30. By law, any appropriated funds which are not spent have to be returned to the appropriating authority, which is the board of supervisors. These funds cannot be simply carried over into the next budget year. In a meeting Monday, School Superintendent Melody Hackney explained the process of closing out the school year finances and explained what may have appeared to some people to be unusually high spending at their June 29th close-out board meeting.

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Drakes Town Office Foundation Repaired

      If you visited the Drakes Branch Town Office last week, you might have heard what sounded like jack hammers pounding away in the office council meeting room – and that is because there were jackhammers in use!
   Town officials had noted some time ago that a main dividing wall between the town office council meeting room and the Drakes Branch Fire Department building had begun to crack.
   Over time, the cracks in the cinder block walls grew larger, and town officials grew concerned that the wall might be at risk for collapsing.
   More importantly, they were concerned about the safety of citizens, employees and firefighters utilizing the two buildings separated by that wall.
   To ensure the safety of everyone involved in using the two structures, the town hired JES Structural Engineering to perform repairs to the wall.

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Drakes Branch, VA 23937
ph: 434-568-3341
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