Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, November 16, 1995 TAG: 9511170006
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: W-16 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: S.D. HARRINGTON STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Thornhill, president of Maid Bess Corp., has told City Council members that he will not seek reappointment. He has been a School Board member since the school system became independent in 1983. He was appointed to the School Board in 1990.
Sinkler, who became the School Board's first black member in 1992, has indicated in writing that he will seek reappointment, said City Manager Randy Smith.
Sinkler is the principal of Lincoln Terrace Elementary in Roanoke. He also served one term on Salem's Planning Commission.
Smith said that four applications for the positions have been received and council is still accepting applications. An appointment will be made Dec. 11.
City Council has denied an incumbent seeking reappointment only once - when it appointed Sinkler to replace John Moore. Council also is required by state law to hold a public hearing before an appointment is made.
In other action, City Council approved a local plan for rehabilitative services to juveniles. The plan is needed to get funds from the Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act, a three-year grant approved by the General Assembly last year.
Salem is eligible for $27,000 this year to aid youth in treatment and rehabilitative programs. The city would be eligible for $55,000 for each of the next two years.
The money will only be used for services beyond court-mandated juvenile detention programs, said Lewis Romano, a member of the Community Policy Management Team, which drafted the local plan.
The grant could fund such services as substance abuse counseling and short-term residential programs, Romano said.
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