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Monday, August 8, 2018 MARTINSVILLE BULLETIN WEATHER FIVE- DAY FORECAST TODAY Heavy p.m.3 humid otherwise, humid HIGH: LOW Martinsville ending 4 p.m. Sunday TEMPERATURE Normal Record high in 1977. Record low in 1948 PRECIPITATION (in inches) 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. Sun. a 1.15 Month to date 2.40 Normal month to date 0.87 Year to date 29.73 Normal year to date 27.50 REGIONAL TEMPERATURES Altavista Blacksburg Danville a Greensboro, NC A 08 Gretna: Hillsville: Lynchburg Roanoke Roxboro, NC Stuart a Winston- Salem, NC VIRGINIA EXTREMES High Fentress Low Front Royal NATIONAL EXTREMES for the 48 contiguous states High Needles, CA Low.

Tuolumne Meadows, CA LAKE LEVELS In feet as of 7. a.m. Sunday Lakes 3 Full Pool Level Ching Smith Mt. Lake 795 Philpott Dam 974 974.57 40.07 Claytor Lake 1846 1845.78 Carvins Cove: 40.10 Forecasts and graphics provided by, AccuWeather, Inc. FASHION From Page A1 the event.

She went with a runway theme to match the occasion. "Each table was set up a little bit differently," Riggs said. Some tables had manly themes, like ties, tie pins and dress shoes, while Riggs dressed other mannequin heads with sunglasses and scarves. One community member donated color-coordinated cake pops to match each table's theme. "She transformed that room," Dillard said about Riggs.

Several community businesses STRUGGLE From Pate A1 Mainly A t-storm in spots cloudy with a In the afternoon thunderstorm REGIONAL FORECAST Black bu FOR MARTINSVILLE TUESDAY Periods of sun, a Partly sunny and t-storm In spots humid with -storm AccuWeather.com Radford Floyd Mount Greta Indian Valley Hittsville Danville Stuart MARTINSVILLE Danbury Eden Mount Airy King Reldsville 7869 Winston Salem Greensboro Burlington Kernersville BEACH FORECAST VIRGINIA BEACH: Wind NE 6-12 knots today. Seas 1-3 feet. Visibility less than 2 miles at times in showers. a OUTER BANKS: Wind 4-8 knots today. Seas 2-4 feet.

Visibility less than a mile at times in thunderstorms. Winds and waves higher near thunderstorms. donated goods to the non -profit organization's fundraiser. Some items served as silent. auction pieces and the center gave others away as door prizes.

Dillard said like the community's generosity overwhelmed the center. "There are too many to name. It would take all day. But we're so in thankful. We're really appreciative," Dillard said.

Activities Assistant Alyssa Prillaman helped Dillard and Riggs coordinate the event. Prillaman is a rising sophom*ore at Belmont University in Nashville, where she studies music education. She directed a choir of clients at the ployed are choosing to be due to benefits they receive from the government such as snap and Medicaid. Other people are picky, they rather not work in fast food when the majority of the time that's the onlything hiring. Beggars can't be choosers," said working mother and millennial Carissa Pendergrass.

9 V. While college is pushed in most high schools, some millennials are taking a different direction and for many that's working out better. "I know the idea of attending a trade school is not as romantic as going to college for a four-year degree, but trade schools are truly a great investment. There's a high demand for welders, mechanics, a electricians, and not enough people to fill the jobs," explained Carlisle. "Why? Because quite simply, there aren't enough people who know how to weld, or work on a car engine, or wire a house.

College isn't for everyone, and that's okay. Take up a trade to Here locally, there are several options. Patrick Henry Community College, for one, offers a variety of courses. There's more information on the website at ph. vocs.edu, Also, the New College Institute in Martinsville provides training sessions.

More information about its classes can be found at newcolleg einstitute.org MYRTLE Seas 2-4 thunderstorm; HILTON Seas 3-6 5 7-14 storm in Home delivery by $8.95 per Carriers are Independent The Martinsville responsible for carriers or their the Bulletin. Credit By malt: $16 per $96 six The Martinsville dally except Saturday 204 Broad Periodicals postage Malting Martinsville Bulletin, Postmaster: Send P.O. Box. 3711: Website: NATIONAL FORECAST NATIONAL CITIES Indianapolis MS SC pc New Orlears REGIONAL CITIES Today city Lumberton Morehead City Hill Mount Airy Head 7968 NC. Richmond South Boston Royal Beach put a beautiful melody in this place, Dillard said.

Riggs spoke about the different community events the center attends with clients. go to movies, to the strawberry farm, to lunch. Wherever we can go, we take them, Riggs said. Dillard said that the center's approach is to treat those with physical and mental challenges as they would treat anyone else. goal here is to create judgment atmosphere where everyones treated the same Dillard said.

Along with community outings, events at the center like the errors were fixed as they arose by removing names from the list, but individualized restorations issued in error are difficult, if not impossible, to reverse. In a fundraising email Thursday, McAuliffe's PAC said governor, managed to individually restore rights to over 30,000 new registered despite the Republican-led to overturn the blanket rights-restoration order. On Friday, the PAC sent another email that corrected that claim. clarify: Gov. McAuliffe is in the process of reviewing thousands of cases of Virginians who were stripped of their right to vote by Republicans and the Virginia Supreme Court, but he has not yet restored those individuals civil rights, the PAC said.

The governor has portrayed Virginia's lifetime felon disenfranchisem*nt policy as unusually restrictive and says it puts Virginia out of step with more lenient policies in many other states: The court challenge was orga nized by leaders in the Republican- -controlled General Assembly, with House Speaker William J. Howell, R-Stafford, and Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment R-James City, arguing, they had standing to bring the Cit New York City Chy Omaha Orlando Philadelphia a Pittsburgh Poittand ME Portland, OR Rapid Ch SE. Lous Salt Late 1 San Francisco Washington, DC Wichita 8974c Wilmington, DE WORLD CITIES A 1 1' Acapulco Athens Beijing Berlin 7656 Burnos Aires Calro Hong Kong 94841 Johannesburg Lima Albuquerque Anchorage Billings Charleston, Moines Asheville Bristol Chapel Chanote Charlottesville City Emporia Front Goldsboro Harrisonburg Knoxville them unite the and the fashion pleasers Rain- who Dillad will heads She's RIGHTS BEACH: Wind 8-16 knots today. feet Visibility less than 2 miles in a otherwise clear.

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center over the summer, and group performed at the show. The group sang crowd "Somewhere Over the bow and "You Are My Sunshine." "It was exciting to see work towards a goal and their common experience, language of music, Prillaman said. It can connect anybody everybody. can move people haven't moved in years, said, adding that the center miss Prillaman when she back to school. going to miss her.

From Pago A1 letters. "He is putting in place a process to review records and individually restore the rights of each of these individuals who meet eligibility criteria in a way that is fair and transparent and complies with the court order. In a 4-3 opinion, the Supreme Court ruled that McAuliffe lacks the constitutional authority to restore rights to an entire class offenders without case -case review, but the justices did lay out clearly how much review is legally necessary, McAuliffe's original order was intended to apply to felons who violent had and completed nonvio: their sentences and supervised release as of April Two renewal orders that were signed after that date, added nearly 8,000 felons to the original list, also were thrown out by the court. The administration's initial list of restored felons included several errors: Felons still prison for serious crimes shown as having regained rights to vote, hold public office, serve on a jury and notarize documents. McAuliffe motor route: per year contractors and not employees of Bulletin, Inc.

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1 P.0. Box 3711, Martinsville, 24115. address changes to: Martinsville, 24115; 8974t A 80 London Madrid Mexico City 72571 Montreal 1758 New Delhi 75 Rome Tokyo furies the fashion show are just as important You know how you grow up and have a picture in your mind of what you want to be? I think they were what they wanted to be," Dillard said. "That's the best thing they felt. They felt beautiful." I don't know how we'll top it next year.

It was perfect," Dillard said. For more information about the center, call (276) 666-9400. Amie Pickeral reports for the Bulletin. She can be reached at amie tinsvillebulletin.com case because, as a result of McAuliffe's orders, they would face an electorate that includes invalid that are not even counted in that unemployed statistic anymore, as they've given up looking for work. Jordan Carlisle graduated from Radford in 2011, and understands how hard it is to be an unemployed millennial.

I was blessed to have landed a job before I graduated from college," Carlisle said." However, it was for a state Senate campaign and once the election ended, I immediately joined the ranks of the unemployed. I worked a part- job for about three months until I was able to land full-time employment again." Carlisle has since found a career that she loves, but she learned some valuable lessons along the way. best advice to millennials (or really anyone, for that matter) going through the same thing I did is to work part -time or intern and volunteer while continuing the job search. Also, don't be afraid to apply for the jobs you think you're underqualified for and, in the same breath be humble enough to apply for and even accept entrylevel work," explained Other young adults are saying that unemployment for millennials is a "chosen" decision of those who are unem How to reach 276-638-8801 or Toll free 1-800-234-6575 Display Questions, suggestions, Exts. 222, 224, 226, 249, 269 ext.

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Even though then-Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican and McAuliffe's. predecessor, also helped to ease the process for some felons to regain voting rights, Republicans have been loath to offer alternative proposals during the recent battle with McAuliffe. Even with the court case settled, several Republican lawmakers said it's too early to discuss action that could be taken in the 2017 legislative session. frankly, the system really wasn't broken until the governor broke it, said Sen.

Mark D. Obenshain, R- RockTa: ingham. Obenshain said he wants to see how effective McAuliffe can be within the bounds of the existing system. seems to think that he can accomplish what he'd like without changes in law," Obenshain said. "And ifhe can, then so be it.

Del. Robert B. Bell, R-Albe- marle, who's running for attorney general in 2017, said lawmakers have been in waters" since the governor's initial order. we see what he does, it's hard to say what the right response would be," Bell said. COTTERD PICK 4 CASH 5.

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