It's an 80s flashback weekend! Let's see what the headlines were on Oct. 27th, 1982:
Voters Facing Choices - Go To Polls Tuesday: A short summary of what local Virginias will be voting on in that year's election.
Penalties May Be Paid By Work - A story by Betsy Davis about a proposal for Rockbridge County prisoners to do community service instead of serving time in prison. The proposal is meant to be a solution to the crowding of the county jail.
Precinct Vote To Be Spilt - An article about splitting Rockbridge County into two legislative districts.
County Aims Grant Effort At Industry - A story by Betsy Davis about Rockbridge County's application for a Community Development Block Grant.
Colbert Resigns From Police Force - An article about Lexington police lieutenant John K. Colbert, who was suspended at the time. The article included a $200,000 damage lawsuit that Colbert filed against Lexington, and then withdrew at the time of his resignation.
BV Sewage Dilemma - Solution Is Up To City's Voters Tuesday: An article by Mollie Lewis detailing the state of the water treatment facility in Buena Vista at that time, and therefore why it needed the funds to be upgraded.
Housing Project Worries Lexington Council - Another article by Mollie Lewis, this time about a proposed 46-unit housing project around Country Club Road. Included in the article are the reasons council members worried about the proposal and details that were known at the time about the proposal.
There were also notices about:
- The community that trick-or-treating that year will be the day before Halloween, because the actual holiday was on a Sunday that year.
- Sewage charges increasing in Lexington
- Daylight Saving Time ending
- The Lexington Rockbridge United Way reaching 45% of it's fundraising goal.
Photo of AD: A help wanted ad published by The News-Gazette, looking for someone at least 12 years old to sell newspapers on Wednesdays in Buena Vista.
