What’s News Today for Monday, April 19, 2021
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ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke City Council meets today. On the agenda is a public hearing about a five cent tax on each disposable plastic bag customers use at at places like grocery stores. Also on the agenda is getting feedback on the five people in the running for the Roanoke City School Board. City Council will appoint three of them for terms starting in July. The Roanoke Regional Airport Commission will present a budget and capital expenses. In the documents, they expect a deficit in the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 but expect federal CARES act money to cover the losses.
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The last time I wrote about Saint Francis Service Dogs, the local nonprofit was seeking volunteers. In September 2019 at the Grandin Theatre, it staged a free showing of âPick of the Litter,â a heralded documentary that follows training for five seeing-eye service dogs.
As a result, âwe had more than 30 people fill in our volunteer forms,â Youell told me Tuesday. That âwas hugeâ and far beyond the groupâs expectations.
Nine stepped forward as future âpuppy raisers,â the most time-consuming kind of volunteering one can perform for Saint Francis. Another 19 signed up to be âpuppy sitters,â folks who agree to give âpuppy raisersâ a break for vacations or trips out of town.