Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, December 24, 1993 TAG: 9312240183
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
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NEWPORT NEWS - A man who saved two children from a burning house was one of 21 people honored for bravery Wednesday by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission of Pittsburgh.
William S. Brown, 30, saved two infant boys from a fire in their house. On Oct. 21, 1992, the city maintenance man brought out a 2-year-old boy, then felt his way through heavy smoke and reached through flames to rescue the child's 8-month-old brother.
The commission recognizes ordinary people who place themselves at risk to help others. It has honored 7,787 people in the United States and Canada since being founded by industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1904.
- Associated Press
Father-son hunting trip ends with tragedy
CHESTER GAP - A hunter was killed this week in Rappahannock County, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries officials say.
John Kerns Jr., 46, of Riverton in Warren County was killed Monday in an apparent accident. Kerns' son, 29-year-old Anthony Kerns, shot his father in the back while hunting on a farm off Virginia 637, officials said.
The victim apparently was not wearing blaze orange or other bright clothing. No charges have been placed.
- Associated Press
Va. Beach sues to halt Lake Gaston review
VIRGINIA BEACH - The city filed a lawsuit Thursday to stop a new environmental review of the proposed Lake Gaston water pipeline.
The suit filed in U.S. District Court in Norfolk is intended to head off the Commerce Department review under the federal Coastal Zone Management Act.
The review has been sought by North Carolina officials. The Justice Department had ruled earlier that the review was unnecessary, but reversed itself last week.
"The actions of the federal agencies with respect to the Lake Gaston project are simply outrageous and unconscionable," said Virginia Beach Mayor Meyera Oberndorf.
"These agencies have played pingpong with the health, safety and economic vitality of southeastern Virginia, and all at the federal taxpayers' expense."
But North Carolina Attorney General Mike Easley said, "Removing water from Lake Gaston would be devastating to the environment and the economy of northeastern North Carolina."
North Carolina officials contend the withdrawal rate of up to 60 million gallons a day would affect that state's coastal environment.
- Associated Press
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