Supervisor candidates discuss issues

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ROBERT R. (BOB) ADKINSAge: 83Street Address: 163 Straughan LaneTown: WiseHome phone: 276/328-6039Mobile phone: 276/393-6695E-mail: robert.adkins10@comcast.netEducational background: Educated in Wise County School System, Pound High School.Employment history: Retired from family business, Adkins Alignment, after 41 years. Owner of some local rental properties.Government involvement: First elected to the Wise County Board of Supervisors in January 1998. Served five terms, six years as chairman and one year as vice chairman. As member of supervisors, have also served on the boards of the Southwest Regional Jail Authority, Virginia Association of Counties (five years on the executive board), Wise County Public Service Authority and Southwest Virginia Coalfield Coalition; director of emergency services.Civic involvement: member, Wise Baptist Church, 45 years, deacon, deacon emeritus, choir, missioner to Sioux Nation, Eagle Butte, S.D., other mission endeavors in New York, Virginia Beach and New Orleans; charter member, Wise County Chapter, Habitat for Humanity, volunteer builder and overseas missions in Prague and New Zealand; volunteer 10 years, Remote Area Medical; Wise Kiwanis Club, 35 years, past president; 32nd degree Mason, 55 years; Shriner, 46 years.Do you have a relative/s who is/are employed by Wise County government? In what capacity? No.


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