Four candidates are on ballot for Clinchco mayor

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JELANE MOCK EDUCATION: Bachelor of science, information technology EMPLOYMENT: SAIC PREVIOUS ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICE: Previously elected council member and appointed as interim mayor CIVIC, OTHER ACTIVITIES: Member of fair committee, Little League baseball officer, coach little league softball, coach 12U travel softball team, university mentor. • Are you a property owner in Clinchco? If yes, identify the properties you own or have ownership interest in. I live in my parent’s former home in Clinchco. • Are your taxes paid? Yes.


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WILLIAM ‘CODY’ DELOACH EMAIL: wcdeloach@dcps.k12.va.us PHONE: 276/207-4795 EDUCATION: Associate degree, general studies, Mountain Empire Community College; bachelor’s degree, elementary and special education, Western Governors University EMPLOYMENT: Dickenson County schools since 2013; teaching since 2019; bus driver/teacher since 2020 PREVIOUS ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICE: None CIVIC, OTHER ACTIVITIES: Member, Clinchco Fire Department; member, Masonic Lodge 66, Clintwood. • Are you a property owner in Clinchco? Not currently.
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Saturday, local officials and others gathered in Haysi to dedicate the Route 83 bridge over the Russell Fork River in memory of Rocky Wood. TOWN OF HAYSI PHOTO
Bridge named for fallen hero
State Sen. Todd Pillion, left, and Mayor Larry Yates cut the ribbon, accompanied by project workers as well as town, county and state officials. KENNETH CROWSON PHOTO
A labor of love: Haysi park is officially opened
These guys had a big time playing cornhole Saturday in Clinchco. JEFF LESTER PHOTO
Fun and games
LARRY D. YATES EMAIL: haysimayor@dcwin.org PHONE: Office 276/865-5187, mobile 276/345-2052 EDUCATION: Graduate Haysi High School’s class 1972; graduate Southwest Virginia Community College 1995, associate degree electronics and computer electronics EMPLOYMENT: Finance and small loan servicing and collection 1972-75; Singleton’s Auto Parts Store, parts counter and manager, 1975-77; United Coal Co., 1977-93; self employed 1993-2008, computer and electronic repair; owner-operator, Yates Transport Co., commercial freight hauling company, forest products transport, speculation, moving company, commercial, business and residential movers. PREVIOUS ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICE: Haysi mayor, 2008-present; member and chair, Dickenson County Industrial Development Authority; member, Dickenson County Chamber of Commerce Board; Stone Mountain Health Care, Buchanan/Dickenson County board member; former member and chair, Breaks Interstate Park Commission; former member and chair, Lonesome Pine Regional Library Board of Trustees; former member and president, The Crooked Road, Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail, 2008-24; former member, Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commission; former member and vice chair, Southwest Virginia Regional Recreation Authority(Spearhead Trails), 2008-22. • Are you a property owner in Haysi? If yes, identify the properties you own or have ownership interest in. Home, 142 Lazarus Branch • Are the properties occupied and well maintained? Yes. • Are your taxes paid? Yes.
ELECTION 2024: Two seek Haysi mayor’s position
Fun at Haysi’s Russell Fork Autumn Fest
Apples once flourished locally in large numbers
John Henry Strouth (Photo taken from the March 30, 1951 issue of The Dickensonian newspaper.)