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Asphalt Plant Proposal Déjà Vu All Over Again

A 200 Balloon Salute! Acid Trip P5– Liza Field says our diets and our reliance on coal and oil are acidifying both our bodies, and the earth.

Opposition to an asphalt plant in Glenvar was very evident earlier this year.

Adams Construction Company, thwarted once in large part by community opposition in Glenvar, is turning to another parcel in western Roanoke County, in hopes of building an asphalt manufacturing and distribution plant there. This time it is land near the new Western Virginia Regional Jail, on tracts already zoned industrial. The matter would still need to come Council Notes before the

Shout It Out P6– The October 7 “Shout It From The Mountaintops” is an opportunity to show your support for breast cancer awareness.

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tudents in the third and fourth grades at Faith Christian School planted flowers at the Salem VA hospital this week as a service project in honor of the hospital’s 75th birthday. Over three thousand red, white, and blue flowers were planted in an American Flag design on the lawn at the center. Following the planting, the students released balloons in celebration of the event. Stuart Mease

Walk the Talk P10– Stuart Mease says that both politicians and job-seekers need to step up and do the right thing(s).

Ronny Cox P11– Actor-musician Ronny Cox drew over 300 people to the Roanoke City main branch library for his toetappin’ performance.

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Faith Christian is also considering building a healing garden for their upcoming “Project Faith” event in April 2010. The planned garden would provide needed exercise and stress relief for patients suffering from Dementia and Alzheimer’s, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and traumatic brain injury, as well as treating those receiving physical therapy and cardiac rehabilitation. > CONTINUED P2: Faith Christian

‘Twas Days of Yore - Right Here in the Roanoke Valley Roanoke County’s Green Hill Park stepped back in time and looked like a page out of the Middle Ages with the 8th annual Medieval Faire last Saturday and Sunday. There was jousting, sword fighting, greyhound races, arts and crafts, face painting, and food booths. Wandering musicians and bards enchanted the crowd. Bagpipe players gathered in a circle and serenaded those in attendance, and children participated in games such as “Ratapult” and “Sheep Toss”. The Highland Games were back, too, with unusual comPhoto by Beverly Amsler petitions, like lifting a 115 Roanoke County’s annual Medieval Faire is a wonderful step pound rock over one’s head back in time. as many times as possible in a timed competition, and seeing (tied to the Highlands games) “It’s little known that women how long a competitor could attended this year, which is are knights, as well,” he said. hold a large, heavy pole up- something new. “Sir Blackwolf ” and his wife right without it tipping over Who comes to this event? have produced the Medieval and hitting the ground. “Somebody who appreciates Faire the past four years. They The event has history and living also own Medieval Fantasies been known to athistory, for sure. It Company, located near StaunMedieval Faire tract as many as enables people to ton, and travel throughout the 2,000 spectators. feel like it was back country teaching living histoSaturday’s attendance was in the day,” observed Pully. Sir ry, while performing at wedlower because of continuous Blackwolf agreed. “A person dings and other events. rain but Sunday was sunny who loves history and pagMany people came decked and warm. Denise Pully, with eantry and festivity. This is out in costume for the event. Roanoke County Parks, Rec- the place for them, without Sir Blackwolf wore a harness, reation and Tourism, said a doubt.” He was portray- part of his armor, along with a Sunday’s crowd more than ing a Welch knight from the made up for Saturday. She 15th Century. His wife, Lady > CONTINUED says several Scottish “clans” Dagrny, was a Danish knight. P3: Faire

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Mighty Giants Survive First Year In The Woods Recent plantings of the nearly extinct American chestnut tree–a beloved and once key species in the eastern U.S.–have thrived during their first growing season in national forests, according to partners involved in the restoration effort. This milestone, jointly achieved by the U.S. Forest Service, The American Chestnut Foundation and the University of Tennessee, involved the test planting in 2008 of hundreds of blightresistant American chestnut trees in three national forests in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. In an effort to protect the seedlings, project partners are not disclosing the exact locations of the test plots. “The American chestnut is important because it was once an integral part of the Appalachian culture providing food for wildlife and contributing to the diversity of the forest ecosystem,” said Roger Williams, director of Forest Management for the Southern Region of the U.S. Forest Service. “The successful plantings we are announcing today are another step in the effort to re-introduce this keystone species back into its native range.”

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Once a dominant species, the American chestnut was virtually wiped out by an exotic fungus from Asia called the chestnut blight. During the last 26 years, The American Chestnut Foundation worked with partners to develop a blight-resistant American chestnut. Traditional backcross-breeding with the blight resistant Chinese chestnut produced a blight-resistant American chestnut that is 15/16th pure. “Our partners at the U.S. Forest Service and University

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Arts Council Meeting Issues Call to Unify The arts "need championing," according to Carol Bewley Dalhouse, the first executive Director of The Friday will begin sunny, but will Arts Council of the Blue end with more clouds entering Ridge. Dalhouse made her from the west as a disturbance comments at the organizamoves closer. Look for a high near tion's annual meeting, held 73. Friday Night: A 60% chance of September 22 at Hollins Unishowers and thunderstorms, with a versity. low around 57. The 1989 Roanoke “Mother of the Year in Arts� urged Saturday looks mostly cloudy at creative types to join togeththis point, with scattered showers mainly before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, er with one voice. "When with a high near 72. Saturday Night: artists get together, they have Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. a powerful voice," she said. "We speak in every language, visual, audible, and silence." During a question and anSunday should be mainly sunny swer session held in conjunconce again, with temperatures tion with current Executive staying in the lower 70s. Sunday Director, Laura Rawlings, Night: Mostly clear, with a low Dalhouse explained how The around 49. Arts Council was formed in 1976. It essentially began with a first meeting, held in a bomb shelter , she told the 30 or so art patrons gathered to hear her talk and to view a showing of sculptor Betty Branch's work at The Eleanor D. Wilst son Museum at Hollins. Around 1974, a bicentennial grant proposal from the 2203 Cry (Next door to Tinnell’s Foods) 0 0 National Endowment of the 7 3 stal Spring Ave. 985Arts (NEA) sent Roanoke 43 years of Fine Jewelry Expertise - A Tradition in Roanoke for 25 years City officials looking for

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Carol Bewley Dalhouse (left), the first Director of The Arts Council, urged members to view artist Betty Branch's sculptures, which are currently showing at Hollins University in The Eleanor D. Wilson Museum. Branch, right, has a major retrospective of her work, Through the Crow's Eye, on display now. the search for funding. Finally, the organization sent a letter to Roanoke City Council, asking them to take the money back because they weren't able to raise matching funds. Fortunately an official stepped in and explained the idea of "in kind" services to Dalhouse, so that the group understood that it did not need to match the grant dollar for dollar. Dalhouse, who calls herself "an arts appreciator," was then named executive director, and the Arts Council began working with public and private school systems. The organization also refused to recognize locality lines, instead seeing the school system in particular as a valleywide entity. The organization now promotes the arts in the Roanoke Valley and provides

services to more than 100 local cultural groups and 260 individual artists of all disciplines. Programs and services include a regional cultural calendar, arts education classes, arts management workshops for member organizations and individual artists, directories and cultural tourism initiatives. The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge is currently offering an arts package and calendar called 40 days + 40 nights, an Arts and Culture Explosion (4040fest.com). The event continues through November 9 and showcases local art exhibits, music festivals, ballet, orchestral events, children's theatre and other activities.

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Once developed, the garden is proposed to be replicated at other Medical Centers throughout the country. Several challenges still have to be met before the project can take place, however, which include the finishing of architectural drawings, construction work, and the procurement of needed funds. The school will try to make a decision by late November as to whether the time line would be appropriate and all challenges have been met in order to move forward with the project. If the Medical Center garden does not work out the school will need a back-up project. If you have a suitable suggestion you can e-mail potential projects to &''()*+(,-'. Jay Whitmore in the Develop/0''123 ment Department: jwhitmore@ Stop In Food Stores...Fast,faithchristian-school.com. friendly and Convenient Stop In Food Stores...Fast, friendly and Convenient!"#$% A project should be able to accommodate 300 students and 150 adults and take around 6 2.99 Pet Milk hours to complete. The school 2.99 Oscar Mayer Jumbo Hot Dog, would like to work with a nonFrito Lay Chips and 32 oz. Pet $4.99 fountain drink profit organization that needs Nature’s a projMilk assistance in completing Own Deer Park Water Gallons ect or clean-up work. Whitmore 24-pack Bread says that “No suggestion is silly, 2 for and we really appreciate the help $7.00 in finding a suitable site.�

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Diane Kelly: Passionate About Her Work You might say that Diane Kelly is Roanoke past and present. A native of the Mill Creek area of Botetourt County, an active Baptist musician "until I was 50," and for 22 years the executive director of the valley unit of Mental Health America, she works in an office in Center in the Square, lives downtown in an apartment in the old Grand Piano building and loves to help inner city children and their families. Now she offers her many talents to the old revitalized West End Methodist parish as well. Kelly (who declined to be photographed for this story) also has ties with Hollins University and knows of or about, it seems, every human service agency in the valley. Mental Health America, still known to some as the Mental Health Association (often confused with Blue Ridge Behaviorial Healthcare Services and the National Alliance on Mental Illness [NAMI]), is es-

sentially an education and advocacy agency. Kelly's quaint office suite is also the focal point of three other major programs that offer direct help to a variety of folks touched by mental illness. And Kelly herself is one of them. At 59, she admits to being bipolar, a relatively common but disabling disorder, that in her case is controlled by medication. Her work, she adds, provides some of her most valuable therapy. Self-described as "A people person,” Kelly's energy is phenomenal. Always single, she comes from a large connected Botetourt family with her father, Burger Kelly, and two brothers, Tony and Reed, still active in the county. She is a 1972 graduate of Hollins University and has done doctoral work at the University of Virginia. Kelly says she was too eager to be out working with people to pursue more academic

credits. A temporary job at the college led to nine years on the staff, working with financial aid. That brought her in contact with the late Dr. Perry Kendig of Roanoke College and in turn to membership on the board of the Mental Health Association, a Roanoke area entity since 1947. In time, she was chosen to do the day-to-day work of the association and with administrative assistant Stacy McClure, she stays busy either in her office or by leading workshops, serving as an advocate for mental health issues for political leaders, or running therapeutic groups in the office area. More than 60 volunteers share the work "and I still love it all," she says. "I really think of it as ministry." In her earlier years as a Baptist member at the historic Mill Creek Church, Kelly played the piano and directed a hand bell choir. Later she continued to work with the Roanoke Valley

Association of Southern Baptists as a mission supporter of small congregations in low income neighborhoods. Through contacts with lawyers, school counselors and social service personnel, she has known many children whose mental health has been affected by difficult home situations. She recalled a small boy who could not use a red coloring crayon for months because it reminded him of his father throwing a mirror at his mother, resulting in her death. Her work, Kelly explained, is focused on five areas. The education and advocacy components are perhaps most familiar to the professional community, as she continually upholds the human face of mental illness, demonstrating how people can be treated successfully or at least enabled to live with their disability. There are three practical aspects as well. Since 1998

> Asphalt range plans for that part of Roanoke County already call for industrial uses: “It is an area where we encourage… all types of industry, industrial parks, even mining and extraction, and manufacturing.” Henry Bryant has lived near the Peaceful Drive address desired by Adams for more than two decades and doesn’t want to see an asphalt plant built there, or the truck traffic that would come with it: “We’re trying to organize and get information, and find out exactly what’s what. Anyway you look at it, an asphalt plant in a residential area is not a good thing. I hope our

friends in Glenvar will come to our aid. The more information we have the better we are.” Bryant said the adjacent Roanoke River contains endangered fish that could be imperiled by any asphalt runoff and noted that part of the river near the proposed site has flooded in the past. He added that Glenvar isn’t all that far away, and remembered the protest signs that read Not In Anyone’s Back Yard. “Well, it’s in my backyard now, and in a sense, it’s still in their backyard,” said Bryant. “We’re not that far from where [Adams] wanted that plant to be in the

first place. The zoning up here is all wrong.” Bryant calls the west end of Roanoke County and the neighboring eastern portion of Montgomery County (where an intermodal train/ truck facility is planned) the “orphan children,” adding, “things tend to get dumped at county lines and in more rural areas,” where Bryant claims, elected officials “tend to forget about us.” Butch Church is the Roanoke County supervisor for the Catawba district where the plant is proposed.

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leather tunic. “My armor weighs 80 pounds, all told,” he noted. Lady Dagrny’s armor weighed a mere 26 pounds. Brenda Ragland from Vinton and her great-niece, Reece, from Check, came for the fun. “Today it’s not raining,” said Brenda. Reece was dressed in a new, royal blue gown with pearls adorning the waist and a large pearl on her headband. Princess Reece, as she called herself, was called out of the crowd to play the tambourine during one of the bard’s performances. The princess said she enjoyed the “dog race, sword fighting, and the puppet show.” The next event for Roanoke County Parks, Recreation and Tourism is the Poor Mountain Hill Climb (a bicycle endurance race) on October 4. The county department is also one of the sponsors of Enchanted Eve, held every New Year’s Eve in Vinton. By Beverly Amsler info@newsroanoke.com

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Director at the University of Tennessee. In 2010, 500 more blightresistant chestnuts will be planted in national forests in the South. Detailed information about the test plantings and future aspirations for a large-scale restoration of the American chestnut species can be found at www.fs.fed.us/r8/chestnut. The website also features photos of recent tree growth, video of the monitoring process and historic information about the American chestnut.

Kathy Rand was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. After graduating from high school in 1983, she went to Ferris State University and earned a degree in Business Management, graduating in 1987. She moved to Roanoke in 1988 and went to work for Paine Webber, then joined Morgan Stanley in 1994 Kathy Rand as an Associate Wealth Advisor, a position she still holds today. She has also served on the Board of the Turning Point, a domestic violence shelter for women and children. Kathy and her husband, Bill, have two children, Jack, 4, and Jill, 2, and live in the Southwest County area. Her favorite places in the Roanoke Valley are the Mill Mountain Star, Blue Ridge Parkway, Garst Mill Park, and the various art galleries around town. Her hobbies are gardening and travel.

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storing an old friend to eastern North American forests,” said Dr. Scott Schlarbaum, profes-

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of Tennessee are monitoring blight resistance, growth and survival of the seedlings to determine whether the chestnut trees will survive and thrive in a real world setting,” said Bryan Burhans, president and chief executive officer of The American Chestnut Foundation. The trees, now 4-6 feet tall and flowering, are doing well after only one year, according to Stacy Clark, a research forester with the U.S. Forest Service’s Southern Research Station. “These plantings are small, but represent the first scientific experiment using blight-resistant trees from the Foundation planted on Forest Service land,” said Clark, who establishes and monitors the test plantings. “Our results can be used to predict how blightresistant American chestnuts will grow when restoration efforts become larger.” This is “the beginning of re-

abused. Pointing out that statistically 60 percent of abused children develop mental illness, Kelly has worked with more than 200 people via support groups, a day camp and angermanagement classes. Family Matters, which helps emotionally disturbed children and people affected by suicide, pairs Kelly with Sereina Paynter, a staff member at Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare. Three times a year, six-week workshops are held, each with a different focus. Childcare and a meal are included in the enrollment. A United Way agency, Mental Health America does its work on an annual budget of $300,000. “Dedication and volunteers really keep it going,” Kelly insists. And one might add, a director who is passionate about her work.

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former water treatment facility, drew stern opposition and protests from the crowds composed of the nearby Glenvar residents. Adams said then it would consider other parcels in that part of Roanoke County, where planned road construction on US 460/Rt.11 would make an asphalt plant there ideal, according to company officials. Adams Construction and county personnel will hear what the neighbors think at a community meeting to be held on Monday, October 12 at Glenvar Middle School at 7 p.m. County planner David Holladay points out that long

her office has offered help through a free mental health clinic, held in the Center in the Square office, for those whose mental illness can be helped by regular contact with physicians and counselors. The clinic, known as the Roanoke Valley Mental Health Collaborative, was started with a Carilion grant to serve the "least sick" patients which nearby Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare could no longer afford to serve. There is a big demand, especially now in hard economic times when financial worries can drive many into emotional collapse. Kelly estimates that about 300 are helped annually on a skimpy budget. There are also two programs, KidsFirst and Family Matters, which bring people to the office regularly. The children’s program, which Kelly takes on in cooperation with attorney Ellen Weinman, concerns itself with those who have been

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oincidence,” Webster says, “is the occurrence of two events that happen at the same time by accident, but seem to have some connection.” I wonder if there might be a plan, an unseen direction that puts us where we need to be to help someone. An experience I had a couple of years ago leaves no doubt in my mind that such was the case. Twice a week I participate in water aerobics. I usually go on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but because of a Tuesday meeting, I “happened” to attend the Monday class. This class is quite large and there is little opportunity for conversation. However, it “happened” that the instructor told us to walk back and forth across the pool, allowing us to chat a bit. A woman I did not recognize approached me and called me by name. “You were my son’s teacher,” she said, and she told me his name. The name was familiar, but I could not remember the circumstances. My teaching career included a tutorial program, four schools, public and private, and covered a span of over forty years. “At Raleigh Court kindergarten,” she added, “he really loved you.” Now I could picture the little boy as he participated in a cowboy dance for May Day – 37 years ago.” Sure, I remember him,” I replied. “What’s he doing now?” “He died sixteen years ago,”

she said. “A drowndialed her number. ing accident.” She accepted with Just as I mumpleasure. bled “I’m so sorWe met after ry,” the instructor aerobics the next called us back to week, and I lisour positions and tened for over an our conversation hour. As if a dam ended. I felt empty had burst, all her – I felt she needfears and anxietMary Jo Shannon ed to say more ies gushed out. and I desperately She finally exwanted to offer some words pressed her fear that his of comfort. death was not accidental, but Usually the sauna is self-inflicted. What assurcrowded after the class ends, ance could she have that he but it so “happened” that she was with God? and I were the only ones that All I could offer was a lismorning. I asked her how she tening ear and my convicwas – something told me she tion that God is good and was still grieving. She poured I can trust him. I know she out her story – that he was was relieved after talking and her only child and they were appreciated having someone so close she couldn’t get over who would simply listen. She his death. She and her hus- has not visited our church band had moved since she but we correspond and her could not bear to stay in the letters seem to reflect a calmsame house. I asked if she er mind-set these days. had counseling and she said Was our chance meeting for sixteen years she saw a just a coincidence? Is there psychiatrist and took medi- really ever such a thing? cation for depression. She Writer Frederick Buechner said her pastor was “a good has this to say about a coinpreacher” but not much help cidence: “Every once and so with her problem. I invited often we hear a whisper from her to visit our church and the wings that goes someshe thanked me. By this time thing like this: ‘You’ve turned we both were ready to leave up in the right place at the the sauna – 200 degrees sends right time. You’re doing just you out after a short time! fine. Don’t ever think that I felt humbled and inad- you’ve been forgotten.’” equate, as if I had not comMaybe that definition is pleted an assignment. I told more accurate than Webmy pastor, and he suggested ster’s. I call her and ask her to have a cup of coffee with me. I found her listing in the phone Contact Mary Jo at book, took a deep breath, utinfo@theroanokestar.com tered a prayer for help, and

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hen I entered medical school a long time ago my classmates and I had a number of things in common: We liked science and math, we enjoyed the challenges of hard work, and all but two were male. When I completed five more years of training after medical school (plus two in the Army) I felt I was quite ready to enter practice. To my surprise, the older physicians, for whom I had a great respect, were dismayed at their younger colleagues’ differing views of how we should practice. We rarely made house calls, not because we were lazy, as the older physicians suggested, but because it was an extraordinarily inefficient way to deliver care. They considered us pampered because we had been paid $75 a month in our early training while they had received only room, board, uniforms, and were not allowed to marry. Some things really needed to change! In the mid-1960s sub-specialties and group practices were just starting. A freestanding private practice was the way many of my colleagues chose to start their professional lives. It served us and our patients well, but with the advent of third-party payers and the government institution of Medicare things changed rapidly. Today, those entering medical school have many of the same aptitudes and interests as we had and half of them are women, a definite plus. Their training is as long, if not as arduous as ours, and I find myself, as a very senior physician, grousing about their exorbitant pay, their insistence that they not work 80 or more hours a week, and that they have a life beyond medicine. I must admit that they have

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ow can I make friends? can change when they lift their head and smile, and someone smiles back. What a great question. Children are rarely aware of their Unfortunately this is facial expressions and many need not the question that most kids ask encouragement to put on pleasant when they are struggling socially. faces. Encourage your kids to smile The thoughts that run through the and laugh and make eye contact average child’s mind are more along with you when talking. The more the lines of; “Why doesn’t anybody this happens at home the more they like me?” “What is wrong with me?” show happy, pleasant expressions “Why do I feel this way?” In a perfect other places. world, our children would know that Keith McCurdy Rule number three is to “Acknowlmost of their emotional struggles in edge others verbally.” This for some school come from problematic socialization, is very difficult because as one young boy put it, an inability to navigate the social world around “To do that, something actually has to come out them. Instead, they most often turn inward and of my body, I mean my mouth.” He was right believe that they themselves lack something that on both accounts, this is where a child takes the makes them likeable or loveable. This leads to step to share something more substantial with the outside world and that can be scary. The asmuch of the depression and anxiety that we see signment I often give is for a child to say “hey” in the preadolescent and adolescent communi- or “hello” when someone makes eye contact ties today. The key is equipping our kids early with them in the hall. After they have tried this in life to have the tools and skills to maneuver a few times I have them say hello to at least one in this emotionally delicate environment. peer in each class and to use that child’s name. As parents we need to be aware of many Eventually one of those individuals will say helthings such as our children’s personalities, lo to your child first. Encourage your child to whether or not they have tendencies to be shy say hello to friends when they see them at ball or even obnoxious in social settings, if they games, the pool or out in public. This is also think they have anything to offer another in a when we focus on giving compliments, saying relationship, do they know how to start a con- nice things and being verbally supportive of others. This initiation of verbal contact is cruversation, and are they willing to take risks in cial in the socialization process. The earlier in a social setting. All of this takes attention and life that a child learns this, the more able they time with our children but is necessary in our will be to build relationships with less anxiety. ability to help them socially. With this inforRule four is to “Ask questions about the other mation we have a starting point to give them person.” Kids often report that they have no good basics in the art of making friends. When idea what to talk about or how to start a convera child comes in my office and our topic is mak- sation. Instead of trying to come up with someing friends, here are some of the main skills we thing “cool” sounding or some interesting topic, the goal is to pay attention to the other person. attempt to master. The first rule in making friends is “not” to be When a child knows that another is interested nice; it is to “go where people are.” It doesn’t in them, they want to be around that person matter how nice a child is if they are never ex- more. The best way to demonstrate this is to posed to social scenarios. We have to first iden- ask them questions about themselves. When tify if a child has the opportunity to be around your child is effective in this, many kids will enother kids on a regular basis. Yes, school for joy their company and eventually will begin to most of them is obvious, but often kids play ask your child questions in return. This process sports, take piano lessons, go to scouts, etc. All is the beginning of friendships. Last but not least, let your children see you of these environments can be valuable in develbeing social. As parents we are the number one oping social skills and all are good resources. If your child is uninvolved, get them in some- source of how to deal with the world that our thing social. children have. A huge part of that information The second rule is to “Notify your face.” This is what our children see us do. We need to say means in simple terms, lift your head, make eye hello, engage others in conversation, introduce contact and smile. A child needs to be good at our children to our friends and in general demthe non-verbal. It is amazing how many chilonstrate both the tools and desire for relationdren walk through the halls of school looking at their shoes. A young girl told me once, “If I ships. We can equip our children to be socially don’t look up then I can’t see them, so I think effective! Contact Keith at they can’t see me.” A child’s whole perspective psycyou@msn.com

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ow's your pH, these days? If you're on a fast-food diet, heavily-caffeinated, burning up the road and burning yourself out, you may be acidifying your system, say numerous health researchers. But don't feel alone! All of this high-speed combustion is giving the entire world indigestion, scientists warn, as we embark on one big acid trip through our bloodstreams, mountain streams, atmosphere and oceans. To understand the problem, we might begin with human health, since it gets our attention the way mountaintops and oceans don't. The human bloodstream requires a slightly alkaline pH. If it starts to acidify, the blood leaches alkaline minerals from the body's bones to restore balance. This re-balancing effort takes energy from other life processes, like the immune system—as well as leaching vital minerals. Some research links even slight acidification of the body to cancer, tooth decay, osteoporosis, heart disease, insomnia, irritability and depression. How did Americans begin this acid trip? Well, we burned our way into it, refining, processing, beefing-up and transporting our food enormous distances, then buying it on-the-go, through the car window. Once a more local, plantbased menu (along with plenty of plain old water), the American diet has moved to highly-processed, acidifying fare sprinkled with additives and pesticides, washed down with coffee and colas, compounded by acid-producing stress—all helping decrease pH, leaving our engines prone to what old-timers called “rust.� The pH scale (in case your high school chemistry is also rusty) runs from 0-14, acid to alkaline—or “sour� to “sweet,� as American homesteaders used to describe their soil or springs. Ironically, the same energy-burning habits required for so much food processing and transporting have soured not just human health, but the land, water and air. In the 1970's, the term “acid rain� evolved to de-

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he calls are coming suitable site, like under a rock noticed that they move around formed from CO2. scribe acid enterin so fast and furious or something. Anywhere, but the house with the sun when it Unabated, acidifiing the landscape, that I am beginning with you! is cool and into some shade if it cation levels may largely from coalto wonder if the article which There are some things you is hot. If you have the option to be intolerable for fired power-plant has been my top priority for can do to make living with them use a different door at the time shellfish by 2050. and auto emissions the past three days would ever easier. Check the attic vents and of day they are congregating, do Their extinction of sulfur dioxide would have a rip- be written. It’s the Invasion of make sure they are screened and so. and nitrogen oxThere is another American ple effect on other the Aliens. I am referring to the that the screening is intact. Also ide. Brown Marmorated Stinkbug check other access points to the insect that has a similar habit. creatures—includAcid deposition and the Asian Lady Beetle. Neihouse. Are your soffits sagging? It is the Boxelder bug. Boxelder ing us had been occurring If we think of ther insect is native to our coun- Are the cable line, telephone line is a type of soft maple found since the Industrial Liza Field oceans as the “bel- try and both have the nasty habit and water pipes all caulked up? in old neighborhoods and Revolution, but atly of the world,� of all convening for one winter- Are your rubber door sweeps wild along rivers and streams, tracted little study. though these insects are happy Then Eastern U.S. mountain- having to digest whatever long party in some warm and intact? Once everything is sealed, with silver or other maples, top trees began dying, along we drop into them, while snuggly site (aka: your house or with native fish and craw- still nourishing the planet, mine). Now if you don’t mind you can purchase a household too. It is a long black and red dads. Ecologists realized the it's clear that we've unwit- creepy things with bad body insect killer that is in the group bug shaped like a lightning bug. eastward drift from various tingly created an enormous odor sharing your home with- of insecticides called pyre- The nymphs are raspberry red coal-burning power plants bellyache—one we must try out paying rent or mortgage, throids or pyrethrins. The ac- with a more bulbous rear end was providing a continual to feel now—not after it's this is not a bad thing. But for tive ingredient name will end and short black wings. The acid bath for the Appala- progressed to irreversible pa- most of us this is just downright in THRIN. Examples are cyflu- pyrethroids may kills nymphs aggravating. thrin, tralomethrin, bifenthrin, if you find them in a cluster, thology. chians and Smokies. Yes, you heard me. These permethrin, tetramethrin. but otherwise, treat them the Scientists see one tonic. This acid deposition conguys stink. One finds a nice These are all cousins with simi- same as the above insects. For tinues, despite somewhat Action—now. snug overwintering site and relar modes of action. Look for more info go to: http://pubs. A first key to balancing a cleaner emissions, poisoning leases a pheromone, drawing one that is labeled for house- ext.vt.edu/2902/2902-1100 soil organisms and stressing soured system is to stop pournative plants and trees like ing acid into it. The reduc- all of his buddies over to share hold use and for insects of the /2902-1100.html , http://www. sugar maple—now less able tion of atmospheric carbon a good thing. Luckily, they are type you are trying to eliminate pubs.ext.vt.edu/444/444-275 to withstand weather ex- should be delayed no longer only interested in overwintering. (beetles or bugs). At best, you /444-275.html , http://sites.ext. by special interest claims of They are not eating, breeding, may hope to repel enough of vt.edu/departments/entomoltremes, insects or disease. or or laying eggs. Unfortunately, them that you can get through ogy/factsheets/boxelder.html . Meanwhile, alkaline soil “not-enough-evidence� minerals like calcium and “too costly.� The simple pH they still have to go to the bath- the door before they fly in. It Barbara Leach, Horticulture magnesium get leached away scale is not a matter of opin- room, so things can become, may take a few days to notice shall we say, less than clean. If much difference. You may have Technician, VCE Roanoke by the constant acid rinse, ion or politics. And surely compounded by nitrogen life has more value than any- they can get into the house, especially through the attic, they saturation. With less alkaline one's particular profit. 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That depends on where we mulated over 500 billion tons of it, our oceans have grown think money and health acIndependent Carefree Lifestyle 30% more acidic than before tually come from. A dying planet? Or a living Earth that the Industrial Revolution. Three Delicious Meals Served Daily can heal? What's this done? Assisted Living Services as Needed For one thing, oceans Liza Field is a hiker and “breathe.� Their inhabitants Wellness Program 24-Hour Staff conservationist. She teaches require oxygen, just as we do. As the forced intake of CO2 English and philosophy in the Medication Administration Virginia Governor’s School rises, oxygen expires from and Monitoring and Wytheville Community the sea, leaving lower levels College. This column is disfor marine life. Personalized Care Meanwhile, corals and tributed by Bay Journal News in Your Own Apartment Service. shellfish are subject to corrosion by the carbonic acid

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Patrick Henry Wins Thriller - Looks to Turn Corner When Patrick Henry hired Brad Bradley as their new football coach in February, many figured this season to be a lost cause – a rebuilding year as Bradley and his coaching staff started the process of putting their stamp on the program. Turns out, the rebuilding is ahead of schedule. Not only have the Patriots been competitive, they’ve already doubled last season’s win total. Even close losses against Pulaski County (35-26) and Cave Spring (13-10), two teams with a combined record of 7-2, have shown that this Patrick Henry team is one to be taken seriously. “We’re starting to get the quit out of them – and the kids are starting to believe in themselves, and they’re having fun,” Bradley said. “Honestly, if a couple things [had gone] a different way in the past 3 weeks, we could have won a couple more games.” The Patriots scored a moral victory against the Cougars last week when they stormed back from an early 14-0 deficit to cut the Pulaski lead to 21-

20 early in the third quarter. “When we were down early, you could kind of see the kids thinking ‘Here we go again,’” Bradley said. “But they kept fighting, kept coming back.” Against Cave Spring, Patrick Henry had the ball in the red zone three times, only to come away with no points to show for it – a big factor in a game that was decided by a mere field goal. And just last week, in a testament to the team’s determination and depth, the Patriots were able to overcome the loss of their starting quarterback, Matt Wood, to an MCL sprain and defeat Blacksburg 35-34 in overtime. Backup Shon Chisom performed brilliantly in the win, going 14-23 for 222 yards and a pair of touchdowns. “We’re really lucky that we have a good backup like Shon who can go in there and get the job done,” Bradley said. Against the Bruins, the Patriots showed their growing resiliency, coming from behind twice to win. With the Bruins leading 14-7 in the second quarter, Patrick Henry

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Patrick Henry’s ensuing possession, Zach Cochran scored from 7 yards out, and Remington Henshaw nailed the extra point, giving the Patriots their second win of the season. “Learning how to win a close game was huge for our kids,” Bradley said. “When we

blocked the extra point, the kids all knew we were going to win, we could just feel it.” Amidst the excitement of the win is the knowledge that the Patriots (2-3) could perhaps be above .500 – possible even 4-1, but for a few mistakes. Bradley, however, is maintain-

ing a positive perspective. “We’ve been in every game except one, which is great, but we have a lot to learn,” Bradley said, citing some of the turnovers and penalties that thwarted their chances against Pulaski and Cave Spring. “But you can’t be frustrated right now. We’re still rebuilding, and have a lot of inexperienced kids who are learning a completely new offense, completely new defense.” The Patriots will get another opportunity to measure their progress when they take on the undefeated Christiansburg Blue Demons on the road Friday night. “I think they’re the best coached team we’ll have played so far,” Bradley said. “They’re extremely disciplined; they don’t beat themselves, and do a lot of different things on offense that could give us some problems, so our defense will have to be ready.” Kickoff in Christiansburg is set for 7:30 p.m. By Matt Reeve Matt@theroanokestar.com

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“The girls I think were really proud of “Our district is really strong, and we As far as high school volleyball goes, the Roanoke Valley is one of the most themselves for getting there – they re- have a big target on our backs from last competitive regions in the state. Patrick ally came together as a team and played year,” Poff said. “We won’t be able to take a game off with such strong compeHenry, Cave Spring, and Salem all have well,” Poff said. Ringer is back this season, but there tition, and we’ll really have to fight and talented rosters, and each has been to the Final Four of the VHSL state tour- are a lot of new faces around her. Five claw to get to where we want to be.” But can the Titans go one step further nament during the past three seasons. impact players were lost to graduaRight now, however, the best of the tion after last season, which makes this than last year’s squad? “The sky is the limit for this team, debunch may well be Hidden Valley. Last year’s undefeated start all the more impending on what they want to do,” Poff year’s state AA runner-up, the Titans pressive. “We lost a lot of talent and leadership, said. “They want that experience [of becurrently sit at 10-0, having dropped only one game in all of their matches [including] two all-state players, so that ing in the state championship match] has been tough,” Poff said. “But we’ve again. They know what it’s like and it thus far this season. got a really good core group coming drives them. And we definitely have the “If we’re on, if we’re playing the way Photo by TJ Whitten back now. They work hard, do whatever potential to be a state contender again we’re capable, we are a pretty good Knights QB Josh Woodrum fights for some tough yards. I ask, and will do anything for the good this year.” team,” Head Coach Carla Poff said. Last season, the Titans lost then- of the team.” As the team gels, they may become junior star Samantha Ringer to a torn ACL and meniscus in mid-October, but even scarier for opponents. The Titans By Matt Reeve rather than fold Hidden Valley rallied have already defeated Patrick Henry Matt@theroanokestar.com It looks that way … Cave Spring remains undefeated as the to reach the state championship match, twice 3-0, and enter district competiKnights went to 5-0 on the season after topping Alleghany where they lost to Loudon County. tion as the clear favorite. 19-13 last Friday. Quentin Dill had a game-high seven receptions for 86 yards, including a catch that led to the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter. Cave Spring quarterback Josh Woodrum was 16 for 21 on passing attempts, for 152 yards. It was also homecoming night for Cave Spring, which named its court at halftime. The Knights (2-8 last season) have the week Winnie the Pooh Movies Winnie the Pooh Storytimes & Crafts off before facing their sternest test of the season on the road at Salem Oct 9. Economical Price ---- Long Term Value October 1 at 6:30 p.m. Raleigh Court Library October 13 at 10:30 a.m. Jackson Park

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Commentary: To My Troubled Country . . . We have felt recently the disheartening effects of our struggling economy, of war, of underhanded political maneuvering, of scheming and lying in the private and the public arenas, and we have been left to believe that the answer will come if we but hold out hope, and embrace a new America, which promises to reverse the effects of all these things and more. We have been told that a change for the better is on the way. We have been told that a fundamental shift in our nation’s basic structure is needed, and that we are incapable of healing our wounded country without the heavy

hand of a vast authoritarian government. We have been told that our Founding Principles are flawed and that new principles are presently more desirable. But we have been misled. How long we shall continue to be so is entirely contingent upon your good sense and patriotic virtue. It is true that we struggle greatly with the profound issues of the hour, as our ancestors did in their own time. But it is also true that the same ideas and virtues which carried them through their storms must carry us today. We cannot divorce ourselves from them. We cannot abandon the proven in favor of the

unproven. We must never turn in fear from the difficult in favor of the easy. We can no longer shift from ourselves the perpetual responsibility of a free citizenry in favor of the relative comfort of apathy. We must account for our part in the crisis. If we want true change we must accept that we alone are responsible for the failings of our government, and that its corruption, deceit, greed, and ignorance are but ugly reflections of our own. Our great nation, and the Constitution which governs it, were designed for a moral people, and only such a society could uphold and foster

them. Just as a moral and just society would elevate this country from a people languishing in the stagnant waters of mediocrity and poverty to a shining fortress upon a hill, so an immoral and unjust society would undoubtedly reduce it to a dilapidated hovel. We must all take up the struggle of reform in earnest, with righteous intention to transform our nation from the inside out, rather than rely on an ever expanding government which would strike at even our most basic personal freedoms in the name of “change.” A frantic plea to a faithless government for salvation can avail us nothing but greater misery. If salvation is what

we seek then we must appeal to a more qualified Author and we must accept that we ourselves be its publisher and distributor. The recovery of our Nation begins not in White House, or in the Capitol. It begins around the dinner tables of our homes. We must decide that we will leave to our posterity, a nation of excellence, responsibility, and liberty, rather than one of mediocrity, apathy, and sameness… Only then can we begin the revival of our country. Chris Walker Roanoke

Commentary: Doesn’t Everyone Deserve Ted Kennedy’s Health Care Plan?

After our country finished lionizing the passing of the “Liberal Lion,” Ted Kennedy, we began hearing concern expressed about the void he had left in the wake of this country’s health care coverage debacle. Supporters of the Obama plan lament that his death could not have come at a worse time because he might have been instrumental in uniting the left as a common voice of support for universal coverage rather than leaving them in the fragmented state where they currently find themselves. Instead of considering the possibility of the nuclear option as intimated by Tom Daschle, it is argued that Kennedy might have been able to gather together a cohesive majority and thereby have the 60% vote needed to seal the deal. Some discussion has evolved as it relates to the Obama plan about end of life counseling or “death panels.” This is a component of the health bill which has not received much lip service during this debate. It is a proposal for patients who, near the end of life from whatever health related cause stating that he or she should receive counseling regarding the appropriateness of future interventions. A preview of what may be a watered down version of this idea is a counseling measure which has been resurrected by the current ad-

ministration. This program was created for patients receiving care through the Veterans Administration health system during the Clinton administration that provides details about the necessity of near-end-of life procedures and postulated “death with dignity”. It was subsequently suspended during the Bush administration. Now, consider this: Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with one of the most malignant brain cancers known to the medical community, glioblastoma multiforme or GBM, a little over a year ago at the age of 76. The prognosis for GBM is abysmal especially in a person Kennedy’s age with only about a 50% chance of survival at one year and 4% chance at 5 years. Likely, if all the prognostic indicators for his specific presentation and treatment were known, I expect that his prognosis for one year survival would have been dramatically less than these very conservative numbers. So how would an end of life review panel have handled this? For you and me under the Universal Health Care proposal, a review panel might examine the known survival statistics of GBM and could have possibly decided comfort measures were the only option. In its opinion, knowing the high likelihood of death within the year, this

panel might have considered it imprudent to spend literally hundreds of thousands of dollars in an attempt to hopefully provide some degree of preserved function for this short period of time. Fortunately for Senator Kennedy, he was given options which included a chance to receive the highest level of care available from Duke University Medical Center. Mr. Kennedy only lived a little over a year from the time of his diagnosis with his overall course probably similar to much more conservative therapy. But there was one thing that was not taken away from Kennedy by this aggressive treatment - the ever-present hope that he and his family had for a lasting cure. Physicians routinely treat patients, after extensively detailing the prognoses and outcomes of treatment A, B or C. Frequently, a patient, along with his or her family, will dismiss a grim prognosis praying that that 1 in 1,000,000 chance for a cure might be theirs. Everyone deserves the option of this chance. And so we are told by the Obama-ites that if we like our insurance provider, we may keep it. If we do retain this right, this might eliminate the death panel at least in the private sector. But it must be remembered that insurance premiums paid by individu-

als, small businesses and major corporations, are based on the number of enrollees; the more enrolled in a group, the better the rate. Disease prevalence and its associated cost, becomes more diluted as it is shared by more people in a larger group. As a physician, I am a member of a group who is considered a small business by insurance providers and we are slowly being threatened by this practice (believe it or not, doctors do have doctor bills). We, as a whole, are happy with our coverage. But because of a gradual loss of members in our group, we are approaching the threshold number of subscribers where our premiums will rise astronomically. Contrast this with the Federal Plan that will enroll tens of millions of people. With this size of membership, it should keep its costs exponentially lower (theoretically, remember, this is a government run plan). So if a small business owner had to make a business decision about cost containment, and it came down to health care premiums, which insurer do you think would be chosen? Eventually, private insurance would undergo massive attrition and subsequent extinction through the large shift of subscriber enrollment. While we have all had negative experiences with our insurance providers, I believe that the majority of people are

happy with what they have. But most of us can still see the physician we want and change our provider if we are not happy. My family has also experienced a period of dissatisfaction. My daughter, who is diabetic, had been treated for years with insulin injections to manage her condition. A provider she had at that time said she was too young to be on the insulin pump so we sought

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Commentary: The Colonel Responds to Mayor Bowers In his response to my recent criticisms Mayor Bower’s triangulation of Roanoke’s debt policy was excellent and indicates he understands money borrowed must be repaid. In answering my question: “How much debt does the city have,” I would have appreciated a copy of his answer being sent to me, at the same time he sent his commentary to the papers. However, first and foremost, David is a politician. I would have been more reassured if Mayor Bowers had addressed our short-term “triangulation” problem involving debt, the city manager and operating budgets. First: The $264.4 million of debt is the maximum amount of debt the city can carry. There is little, if any capacity, to sell bonds to raise money until 2013. Second: The city has no abil-

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Caring Ministry Workshop Half day workshop featuring ministering to those experiencing grief, an introduction to the Stephen Series System, How to give care in distinctive Christian way. Saturday, Oct. 3 - 9am1pm (registration begins at 8:am) at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church 4608 Brambleton Ave. $15.00 per person, $50 per congregation (four or more.) To register visit www.caringministry.org or call Stephen Ministries at (314) 428-2600

> October 3

Mountain Lake & Covered Bridges - Bus Tour The Singles Travel Club (couples welcome too!), is sponsoring a bus trip to Mountain Lake and four covered bridges on Saturday,

ity to raise significant money by selling bonds. Therefore, using debt to influence what happens in Roanoke, at least until 2013, is not an option for the new city manager. Third: Budget planning for 2010-2011 begins during January. By March when the new city manager arrives, the budget will be shaped. The new city manager will have little imprint on it, yet will be expected to successfully execute it. That is a set up for failure. When I triangulate those items, they intersect at the status quo. That is all the new city manager will be able to do for the next several years. That may not be an attractive option for potential city manager candidates. The amount of money to operate the city will decrease for the next several years. That means (more) cuts in services.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see a fee proposal for trash pickup. The recession may be over but the recovery has not begun. That is reality. Discussions of “capital improvement money,” (i.e. money from the sale of bonds) and its use, never seem to get around to the fact borrowed money must be repaid. The city pays $27 million annually in debt service. That amount comes from the annual tax revenue collected by city. One has to wonder what alternative use could be made of any portion of the $27 million. An amphitheater at Elmwood Park is a “nice to have” addition. So is a golf course at Countryside, supported by all taxpayers, for the benefit of a miniscule number of users, but it is not the most efficient use of tax revenue. The school system has been underfunded for years. That

financial neglect gave us the state’s second worst school system. Our schools should be our number one priority. There is a $60 million storm sewer problem, caused by the city’s failure to maintain them. Taxpayers, particularly businesses and some churches, are about to be penalized for the city’s neglect/failure to maintain the storm sewers, by a proposed fee system. In its present form, the fees won’t begin to correct the problem. It will only get worse. David Bowers wanted to be Mayor. I’m glad he can triangulate the repayment of debt. However, I don’t think he understands the city’s real problems or spending taxpayer’s money for the maximum benefit of all the citizens. Bob Craig Roanoke

> October 3-4

Floyd County Arts & Crafts Festival The 43rd Annual Floyd County Arts and Crafts Festival will be held on October 3-4, 2009, at Floyd County High School in Floyd. Festival hours are from 9am to 5pm on Saturday and from 12 to 5pm on Sunday. GFWC Floyd County Woman’s Club sponsors the event of more than 150 craftsmen.. There will be entertainment in

the auditorium from noon to 4pm on Saturday. There is no admission charge to the public for the craft festival. For more information call (540) 789-7486 or (540) 745-3117 for the craft festival or (540) 789-7561 for the quilt show.

> Oct. 5 - Nov. 2

Farming on Few Acres Seminar Series Virginia Cooperative Extension in Botetourt, Craig, and Roanoke Counties announces the fall seminar series, Farming on a Few Acres, held Monday nights, October 5 November 2, 2009, from 6-9 pm at the Higher Education Center in downtown Roanoke. Registration ($10 per person) is being handled through the Roanoke VCE office. Please see the attached press release and event flyer (including registration form) for more

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> October 11

Fall Historical Walking Tour Sunday Oct. 11 at 2pm at Evergreen Burial Park in the heart of Raleigh Court-1307 Summit Ave, 540-342-2593. Join us for an informal walking tour that highlights points of interest in the cemetery .

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Going “Raw” at Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op Heidi Garrabrant has been eating raw food for almost 3 years - and now teaches others how to prepare delicious meals using raw ingredients. She recently taught a four-part series of classes at the Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op in Grandin Village, including sessions on breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert. Garrabrant is a wellness team member at RNF. The classes were held in the Coop’s new community room kitchen. Many people “have tried raw food,” she said, but couldn’t stick with it “because of a lack of knowledge of how to prepare the food.” People were enthusiastic and there was an “overwhelming amount of questions” in her first class. What is a raw food diet exactly? “Fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and greens” according to Garrabrant, who doesn’t eat any soy, except for miso, which is fermented soy. She doesn’t eat dairy foods or animal protein, so it’s a true “vegan” diet. “I like the fact that it’s raw nutrition,” said Robert Keitzer of Fincastle, who attended the desserts class with his wife Jeannine. “The tapioca really tasted like tapioca. She didn’t use regular [prepared] ingredients.” Everett Craft and his wife Mary Sue learned a lot from the classes. Everett, who also teaches a health class, said he was eating “85% raw” beforehand. Mary Sue found it to be a healthy change from all the “comfort foods” with high fat content that Americans typically eat. “This is wonderful.

This really is,” she said. Linda Pratt of Roanoke County heard a lot about the “Hallelujah Acres Diet” which is 85% raw and 15% cooked. “Raw food can taste good and can be cooked for the family,” she said. Pratt said she was interested in learning more. Garrabrant first heard about eating “raw” through word of mouth and began doing some research. She read books and searched the Internet for information. She decided to try eating a raw food diet for a month and has stayed with it ever since. Initially, Garrabrant said she went “cold turkey,” starting out with salads, and gradually incorporating more recipes as she went along. Health benefits of raw food include a stronger immune system and healthier digestion. Garrabrant’s skin cleared up and she has increased energy. “A raw food diet is environmentally friendly,” she also noted. At first she experienced cravings for non-raw foods like cheese and bread. “There are addictive substances in cheese,” she said, and “bread is comforting.” After beginning the raw food diet she had additional yearnings for comfort food like macaroni and cheese and peanut butter, all urges that were overcome. In the desserts class she demonstrated using a dehydrator and a blender. “The internet is a good place to purchase dehydrators,” Garrabrant told attendees. She put blueberries in the dehydrator for a blueberry tart,

like bread and crackers--to get ready for the week. After growing up on meat and potatoes, Garrabrant is sold on the raw food diet. Her parents “always love” the raw food recipes she shares with them, but when visiting she takes her own food, since they aren’t sure what to prepare for her meal. For information on raw foods, Garrabrant recommends the website www.goneraw.com. People looking to buy raw food should try www.rawguru.com. To sign up for an upcoming cooking class, call Roanoke Natural Foods at 343-5652 and speak to a representative at the customer service desk.

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Virginia Bank Wins National Financial Marketing Award StellarOne Bank has won the American Bankers Association 2009 Financial Marketing Award in the Impact Campaign category for banks $1 billion to $5 billion in asset size. The ABA Financial Marketing Award is one of the nation’s most prestigious honors for financial marketing. StellarOne Bank’s awardwinning campaign, “Back in the Game,” included several

components: commercials aired on local television stations; print advertising in area newspapers and magazines; and radio advertisements within the StellarOne Bank footprint. All segments encourage their audience to rely on StellarOne Bank as they move toward their financial goals during the recent economic challenges. “We are proud to receive such an honor,” said Ed Bar-

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Heidi Garrabrant prepares raw food during a recent class at Roanoke Natural Foods Co-Op. (Courtesy RNF) and ground almonds in a blender for the crust. She also used ground dates and cashews for this recipe. She prefers a bamboo cutting board because it won’t “dull your knives so fast.” Another tip: ceramic knives won’t oxidize fruit as quickly. Garrabrant’s cooking classes weren’t the Co-op’s first. Christopher Parkhust taught three classes in August that included recipes for summer vegetables, beans and grains. “Everything went well,” he said. Seating is limited to 20 people, so classes fill up quickly. Co-op owners (members) attend for free and non-owners pay $5 per class. Garrabrant said she recently bought a home that is temporarily without a kitchen due to remodeling, so she’s been preparing her food in the RNF community room kitchen. She spends one day a week preparing staples--

back in the game.” Overall, there were approximately 400 financial institution entries judged by representatives of the American Bankers Association. The ABA Financial Marketing Awards were established in 1972 to honor financial institution marketing professionals for creative excellence.

It seems every stay at home and colcandidate running lect my unemployfor office talks about ment, and oh by the how they are going to way, will you please create jobs for their sign my form saying constituents. PolitiI talked to you about cians do not create a job so I can keep jobs. Businesses do. getting paid to stay at However, compahome?” nies are not in the The tough quesbusiness of creating tions for job seekers jobs; rather compato answer - that few Stuart Mease nies exist to create will ask - (1) are job profits. If a company seekers willing to can be more profitable with acquire the skill sets needed to fewer people, then it will. If a do the available jobs, (2) are job company can realize a return seekers willing to take their less on the investment in creating a than ideal job, and (3) are they job, then it will. Profitability is willing and capable to create the goal and job creation is the their own job through an entreby-product. preneurial start up? Our region When will the political con- desperately needs all job seekers versation evolve from creating to answer yes to these questions, jobs to creating profitable com- especially the latter. panies? Clearly, job talk equates We need to hold our politito votes. Let’s put propaganda cians accountable, as well as aside, and instead focus on real those they are elected to serve. economic prosperity for our re- Let’s ask our political candidates gion. to create tax incentives for new But it’s not just politicians and existing small businesses who must be held accountable, - and those willing to invest in it’s job seekers too. In a recent them - and reduce government job fair in Roanoke, there were regulation of the private sec30-plus companies in atten- tor. Let’s ask our fellow citizens dance with a total of 600+ jobs to commit to lifelong learning, available. Media outlets indicate temporarily take jobs they are how there are no jobs, but clear- overqualified to perform, and ly there are. But are job seekers think more about creating their willing to fill jobs that exist? own job through entrepreneurOne employer whose 50 avail- ship. able jobs involved phone sales in Together we all have a responthe collection industry received sibility to walk the talk. a no thank you comment from By Stuart Mease an unemployed worker. “That does not sound good. I will just stuartmease@gmail.com

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Movie Actor-Turned-Troubadour Makes Roanoke Appearance

Ronny Cox’s recent threeman band performance at the Roanoke Main Library was moved from the Brady Room Patio to the mezzanine due to rain, but the weather did not adversely affect turnout (every seat was occupied) or dampen the spirits of those attending. Cox’s charisma and charm, coupled with his skilled storytelling as he introduced each song, brought about a strong connection with the audience. Touring with the veteran actor (well known for the Beverly Hills Cop movies) were David Ferguson and Radoslare Lorkovik. The trio showcased an eclectic mix of folk, country, jazz, and blues that brought out toe-tapping, and handclapping, evoking audience responses such as “Crank it up Ronnie!” and sing-a-longs. A Roanoke-based artist known best as Toobz created the stage backdrop for the show, representative of some of the acting roles that Cox has played. Cox said that he loves music more than acting because with acting there is “an imaginary fourth wall. The thing that gives me the most pleasure is the opportunity of sharing music with other people. Half the fun is to see how a song affects someone

and how their reaction affects me. The audience’s reaction gives me direction.” Preferring to perform in smaller venues, Cox likes for his audience to be as close as possible and for the lights to be turned up. The goal “is to engage the audience” in every performance, Cox stressed. During intermission, he posed for pictures, chatted amiably with those in attendance, and signed CD’s. The line-up of tunes performed included material from his latest CD, “Songs…With Repercussions,” which recently was named number one on the Folk DJ’s play list. The songs concern the absence of Mary, his wife, who passed away after a bout with cancer in 2006. The love of his life and his soul mate of 45 years was “the most intelligent and well-educated woman that I have ever known -- and she was the only woman that I ever dated,” said Cox. He went on to add, “Mary read at least five books every week and she was so much fun to be with. She went to every single movie shooting and every performance that I did and she never complained. She would carefully search the audience for a face who had not

previously seen the show and make a point to sit beside of that person to gain a fresh perspective through that individual’s viewpoint. Mary thought that I was the ‘cat’s meow’ and her support of me was the greatest validation I ever had.” The couple have two sons and were a close-knit family. “We had a wonderful rich home life that had nothing to do with the Hollywood lifestyle. We focused on each other and family.” While the world has seen Ronny Cox evolve over the last ten years from a Hollywood actor to singer, ironically it was his talent as a guitar-picking musician that provided him with the opportunity to make his acting debut in the 1972 box-office hit “Deliverance.” He worked alongside Burt Reynolds, and in one scene, leaned against an old station wagon and played “Dueling Banjos” with the character Lonnie (Billy Redden). He grew up near Clovis, New Mexico, where a major recording studio was located during his high school and college years. “I was at the recording studio when several hits were recorded, including when Buddy Holly recorded the song ‘Peggy Sue,’” said Cox, who worked his way through college

Actor-musician Ronny Cox drew more than 300 people to the Roanoke City main branch library for his performance. with a band. In 1984, Cox appeared in his first blockbuster, “Beverly Hills Cop,” playing the role of a playby-the-book California Police Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil, squaring off against Eddie Murphy, a free wheeling detective from Detroit. Cox played the

same role in the sequel to “Beverly Hills Cop.” Other movies included “RoboCop,” “Total Recall,” “Stargate SG-1” and “Perfect Murder, Perfect Town.” Cox also played roles on television shows including “Apple’s Way,” “St. Elsewhere,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Chain

of Command” and “Desperate Housewives.” While Cox continues to have opportunities for acting roles, his transition from being primarily an actor to musician has come full circle. • There are numerous upcoming events also scheduled at the Roanoke City Main Library (on Jefferson Street) in October. Lunchtime “Music on the Patio” from 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. will feature Billy Joe Chambers and Al Coffey on October 8, Bob Hale on October 15, and Grace Note on October 22. • On October 15, John Anderson will be speaking at 6 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. about his book, “Stand by Her: A Breast Cancer Guide for Men,” and he will be signing books afterward. (Note: Anderson’s Today Show appearance, mentioned in a Star-Sentinel story last week, has been moved to October 8.) On October 20, Jess Gearing will be speaking 6 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. on, “Alternative Thanksgiving: Cooking for Vegans and Gluten-Free Eaters.” For more details about other events at Roanoke City libraries, visit roanokeva.gov/library and click on “The Spot Newsletter,” or call (540) 853-1057.

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Big Lick Blues Brings Delbert McClinton to Elmwood Park The third annual SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival takes over Elmwood Park this Saturday from 2-9 p.m., with a lineup that includes threetime Grammy winner Delbert McClinton, plus boogie-woogie piano player Rev. Billy C. Wirtz, accompanied by fellow pianist Victor Wainwright, and blues/jazz songstress Stacy Brooks. Waynesboro’s The Mo’ Hippa Band, winner of the 2009 Blue Ridge Blues Society competition, will open the show. Event Zone stages the SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival. Executive director Larry Landolt says the “blues festival world is exploding across the country. We hope to join that momentum.” About 2,000 festival-goers showed up last year and Landolt plans to build on that number. This time, Big Lick Blues, which succeeded the Taste of the Blue Ridge Blues and Jazz Festival three years ago, is being presented under the banner of the Roanoke Arts Festival, which will showcase all sorts of cultural events this weekend. There is also a rib cook-off, featuring a handful of local restaurants: Bastian’s, Pit Boss, Martin’s, Blue 5 and Blues Barbecue. They will be

selling samples of their food again this year, always a popular attraction. Get there early for the rib cook-off; in past years the ribs have disappeared before the headliner – McClinton this time around – has taken the stage. There’s also a rib-eating contest, which was good if somewhat greasy fun to watch last year. Landing McClinton was a coup for Big Lick Blues says Landolt, who has seen tickets being purchased from elsewhere in the country. “We wanted to step it up just a notch, and I think we did that with Delbert.” McClinton, who crosses into a number of music genres, has just released a new CD, “Acquired Taste.” “He has a very loyal fan base,” notes Landolt, who says ticket sales “are way up.” Landolt was in South Dakota this summer, where a blues festival drew 90,000 over two days, so clearly he has his sights set on larger numbers. “I don’t know if we’ll ever draw 90,000 people but I’m looking forward to growing this thing.” The Rev. Billy C. Wirtz (not really a pastor) combines piano playing with humor on stage, and will be accompa-

Delbert McClinton nied by Victor Wainwright. Landolt calls it a “vaudevillekind-of-ish, rockabilly, blues, dueling piano thing…quite irreverent.” Wainwright does a rendition of the Ray Charles tune “Georgia” that Landolt says will “blow people away.” Brooks sings gospel tinged blues and jazz and was nominated for best new artist in the DC area recently. The Mo’ Hippa Band won the local Blue Ridge Blues Society competition in Roanoke. “They’re terrific,” says Landolt, who calls the blues music scene in the area “exploding” these days. Event Zone stages numerous events, including the Party in the Park series, held at Elmwood Park every year. The sluggish economy presented “a lot of challenges this year,” says Landolt, “[but] festivals

are doing well.” Landolt also wants to make sure Event Zone has a seat at the table regarding any decision on a new amphitheater. He says it was only recently that local festival organizers and music promoters were asked for their input. “A lot of city leaders are now seeing that a community amphitheater … needs to be for the community. Local producers of festivals and music need to be able to use this [facility]. We don’t necessarily need to have someone come in from out of town [i.e. Charlottesville’s Red Light Management] to share with us how to do things. There’s a lot of talent here locally.” Landolt worked with Kirk Avenue Music’s Gary Jackson on this year’s SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival. Tickets for Saturday (Oct. 3) are available at all regional SunTrust Bank locations or through the Event Zone website, or at the door. For more information about the SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival, visit www.EventZone. org. By Gene Marrano gmarrano@cox.net

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Neighborhood groups from all over the Commonwealth met in Chesterfield County last week for the 10th anniversary of the Virginia Statewide Neighborhood Conference. Roanoke neighborhood activist and founder, Estelle McCadden, chaired the three-day event along with committee members from several localities in Virginia. McCadden addressed City Council last week about the conference. Virginia and Florida are the only two states in the nation that hold a statewide neighborhood conference. On Saturday awards were presented to winners in several different categories. Old Southwest, Inc. won Best Neighborhood Project for their annual “Neighbors Helping Neighborsâ€? event, which assists a neighbor that otherwise is not financially or physically able to perform maintenance on their home.  Volunteers from Old Southwest and elsewhere donate a Saturday in mid spring to paint and landscape a property for a resident in need. Money raised from the annual holiday parlor tour of homes, which is the neighborhood’s only major fundraising event, helps offset the cost of materials used. Old Southwest was awarded Best Neighborhood Organization in 2007 for Virginia Statewide; in 2008 they received second place in the nation at NUSA (Neighborhoods USA) for Best Neighborhood of the Year, and this year take home first place for Best Neighborhood Project in Virginia. Roanoke will host the Statewide Conference in 2010. Visit vsnconf.org for more information.

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