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Virginia Reps Raise Alarm Over Potential Federal Shutdown — “The fractious, divided House of Representatives has until the end of the month to approve the funding needed to keep the federal government open. If…the government runs out of money, it’ll likely have dire consequences for the D.C. region, which is home to hundreds of thousands

J.A. “Jim” Scott, former Pike Countian, completed 50 years of service with the Norfolk and Western Railway in January 1952. Born near Omega, Scott started with the railroad as a fireman in 1902 and became an engineer on the Columbus-to-Portsmouth run in 1907, having already received his 40 year pin in 1947. Scott was presented a diamond pin at the Veteran’s meeting in Roanoke, Va. (the headquarters for the railway) on May 23, 1953. At the time of his retirement, April 8, he was c...