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Roanoke City finances are looking up this year though it has not yet equaled its peak performance which came in fiscal year 2009. The measure that Director of Finance Ann Shawver uses in her optimism is growth in the business license tax (BPOL). Shawver told council Monday that for the first time in four years it has increased six percent. “We’re still not back to the peak year of revenue as a whole,” she said “but our City Gov’t businesses here in Roanoke in 2011 are finally seeing growth. The last time they saw growth was back in 2007.” It is a promising indicator for the BPOL tax to be up. Revenues year-to-date have increased .7 percent just .3 percent shy of the expectation of one percent growth. There was also strong enterprise fund performance for the Civic Facilities Fund and stable performance for the Parking Fund. Other local taxes including the food and beverage and occupancy tax are up three percent. That doesn’t include the temporary two-cent increase that expires June 30.

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Goodlatte, Griffith and Habeeb Lake Spring Park is 9th district Republican Congressman Morgan Griffith’s favorite place. “This is where I started working,” he said. With redistricting now putting Griffith in the district he represents it was a fitElections ting spot for one of three stops he made around the district on Monday. Delegate Greg Habeeb (R-8) who took Griffith’s place in the General Assembly introduced both Congressman Bob Goodlatte and Griffith. Goodlatte said, “It’s a little bittersweet that the city of Salem that I represented for 20 years will be represented by [Griffith] going into the 9th district.” Goodlatte believed that Griffith being a resident of Salem made it appropriate that he should represent it. Both Goodlatte and Griffith

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Executive Director Beverly Fitzpatrick and Mayor Bowers share a laugh while singing.

Virginia Museum Of Transportation Receives Two Big Gifts

The gift of two steam engines from Roanoke City with the support of Norfolk Southern is a historical gem for Roanoke said Tom Jones, the museum’s board member and past president. “It’s an eventful day, it truly is.” At Monday’s council meeting the city’s 2004 lease of the two steam engines to the Virginia Museum of Transportation was canceled making way for the donation of the engines. The J-611 and A-1218 steam en-

gines have now become 100 percent owned by the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The Class A-1218 locomotive was known for its durability and power. It routinely pulled troop trains at 70 miles-per-hour. The Roanoke shops built 43 of these engines in the 1940s. It is the only 1218 that has escaped the scrap yard.

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There’s mass mayhem at the Jefferson College of Health Sciences as a major tornado has struck downtown Roanoke. Lots of trauma, people screaming, a woman giving birth, and even several deaths. It all took place last Friday morning and if you didn’t hear or read about it there’s a good reason: it was a simulation, the fourth annual “Interprofessional Simulation Activity,” which allowed students in JCHS programs, mostly seniors, to interact with The Simulated disaster at JCHS was designed as a learning tool. others in a variety of academic structor simulated an epileptic “excited” about the annual exdisciplines. Students from the nursing, seizure in the midst of all the ercise, which has grown in size physician assistant, respira- chaos and was attended to by and scope every year. “At seven-forty PM a tornado tory therapy, health psychology, someone from Carilion’s pastohit Roanoke, Virginia (during ral care department.) laboratory sciences and emera concert), ” participants were Students didn’t know until gency services were among the departments that took part. they showed up that morning told in a pre-briefing by Susan what the emer- Jones, a nursing instructor. “We Some were meeting gency entailed said have many injuries. You must for the first time ever Education Ava Porter, chair of collaborate so we have optimal and used the occathe nursing depart- patient care – we want you to sion to learn more ment at JCHS and one of the teach each other,” added Jones. about working together should There were 14 different cases observers. Others on hand to a real emergency occur. in two rooms at JCHS, which watch included Carilion CEO “Patients” in 9th floor labs were made up with realistic- Nancy Agee and Jefferson Col- formerly housed Carilion Community Hospital. Students had looking wounds and scars; lege president Dr. N.L. Bishop. one hour to diagnose and treat “Together they have to handummies sitting on tables patients before heading back to dle the new situation – which nearby were employed when tubes, for example, had to be in- is new for them,” said Porter. “It present a quick report on their serted down someone’s throat. causes them to really do some activities during a debriefing Faculty members at Carilion thinking and soul searching period. “We are evaluating you Clinic-owned JCHS often took and think – wow, what if this part in the exercise, sometimes had been real?’ Porter said > CONTINUED throwing in a wild card (one in- students for the most part are P2: Emergency

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Patrick Henry Orchestra Performs at Carnegie Hall The old joke says, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice.” And that’s just what members of the Patrick Henry High School Orchestra did. All that practice paid off when they were invited to perform at Carnegie Hall last month. David Lipps is the orchestra’s director. “We sent in a CD from our last year’s spring concert and several people from across the country did the same thing.” There were approximately 60 other entries and four of those were chosen to perform a con- Orchestra members pose in front of Carnegie Hall. cert at Carnegie Hall. According to Lipps, The like you were almost within an Governor’s School of the Per- instrument. The room itself forming Arts in Norfolk was the hall - is an instrument. It’s the only other Virginia group just a joy to work in that every to be chosen. The others were night you play . . . [Everything] from Cincinnati and upstate is going to be heard and it won’t New York. Thirteen chaperones be forgiving; it will do what you accompanied the 76 musicians did. But it’s done very elegantfrom Roanoke to ly and has such a the Big Apple for warm sound. And Honors the four-day trip. just the visual imThe group walked pact of it all is abaround Times Square, visited solutely beautiful-a great place Ellis Island, the Statue of Liber- to play.” ty, and Ground Zero. They also Now that they’re back home, saw Spider-man on Broadway. the next item on the orchestra “That was pretty amazing,” he members’ agenda is a concert at said of the show, adding that the Jefferson Center May 6th to seeing Ground Zero had a show off the group to the comsomber effect on the group. Another highlight was the > CONTINUED concert itself. Lipps says, “It was amazingly great. It felt P2: Orchestra

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Showers are possible Thursday and Friday, especially in the south. Temperatures will top out in the low 60s. Sunshine returns for the weekend with highs temperatures near 70. Partly to mostly cloudy conditions are expected Monday and Tuesday with highs dropping from near 70 on Monday to the upper 50s on Tuesday.

The sleek Class J-611 could pull a 15-car passenger train at 110 mph across level terrain. Only 14 of these engines were built. It is the only one in existence today. “What a wonderful birthday present,” said Beverly Fitzpatrick, Jr., the museum’s executive director. The museum’s 50th birthday was marked by a celebration hosting volunteers, board members, city council and visitors who dined on cakes that were emblazoned with “611” and “1218.” Mayor Bowers said, “The 611 and 1218 say a lot about our citizens, our legacy and our future.” The Mayor was first in line for a piece of the 1218 cake asking for the one with the most icing. The museum’s charter began as the Roanoke Transportation Museum in 1962. All the assets owned by the city had been transferred to the renamed Virginia Transportation Museum in 1983 when it was located in the Wasena neighborhood. The 1985 flood destroyed the museum and most of its collection. Norfolk Southern Corporation loaned the 1918 freight station to the museum eventually donating it.

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Later all funding from the Commonwealth was eliminated for non-state agencies and the museum had to lay off most of its staff. No state funds flow to the museum. In 2006 media reported that the museum was in crisis. Executive Director Fitzpatrick faced unpaid bills and a roof ripped off by a storm. With no volunteers and not many visitors the VMT was on the brink of total collapse. The past five years have been in the black, said Fitzpatrick. “Visualize someone hanging on the side of a sinking ship or clinging to the side of a cliff with fingernails – that’s about how much we are in the black,” he laughed. To paint a diesel costs $20,000 and to totally refurbish one would be at least $500,000. “To refurbish the Class J-611 and the Class A-1218 you’re talking at least a million dollars,” said Fitzpatrick. Even the ones under the canopy take a fair amount of money to keep clean. The locomotives get dust carried by wind that swirls in the railroad yard. If left without

protection painting would be even more frequent and expensive. There were only 12,000 visitors to the museum in 2006 compared to 35,000 in 2011 – an 182 percent increase. With increased memberships, volunteers donating time and sales increasing at the museum’s store things are looking up at least as far as its sustainability. Though progress has been made on the interior or the building, a lot of work still needs to be done on the outdated exhibits. So far Norfolk Southern’s offer of one million dollars in matching funds with donors and the city has gone unmet. The board of directors has plans for an ambitious capital campaign this fall that they hope will enhance the exhibits and offer more excitement to visitors. A five million-dollar goal seems ambitious but for a museum that was all but written off only five years ago anything is possible. By Valerie Garner info@newsroanoke.com

From page 1 of expenses the general fund is expected to The completed budget will be presented remain within budget for the year. at the April 16 City Council meeting folAt Monday’s briefing the fiscal year 2013 lowed by a public hearing on April 26. Forbudget was tweaked to within $1.3 million mal adoption of the budget that begins on of being balanced. An improvement over July 1 will take place May 14. the last budget session where priorities of By Valerie Garner the budget working groups had the budget info@newsroanoke.com exceeded by $11 million.

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munity. Lipps says Superintendent Dr. Rita Bishop asked the orchestra to perform. “That is pretty stressful in itself and now that we’ve been to Carnegie Hall, we must really be something. And so therefore we have to remain on top of our game to be ready for May 6th.” But after that concert, some members of the orchestra will go their separate ways following graduation and Lipps is retiringagain- at the end of this school year. He did about a decade ago but came back to direct the orchestra part time. Lipps says he wants to spend more time traveling by sailboat and wants to stay with the school division in some capacity but “not as full time as before.” By Beverly Amsler info@newsroanoke.com

The Patrick Henry Orchestra practices for their performance in world famous Carnegie Hall.

> Emergency on your collaboration,” Jones reminded everyone before they headed out. Previous simulations included a bomb set off at a school, a mass shooting and a plane crash. “We try to [follow] what’s happening in the news,” said Porter, who was operating on about two hours sleep during the exercise. Also invited to take part in the drill were pharmacy students from the Medical College of Virginia, Shenandoah University and Virginia Commonwealth University along with representatives from various departments at Carilion. This year medical laboratory science JCHS students took part for the first time, coming from a program that just made its debut. John Cook, director of emergency services at the school, watched the student teams in action. “It’s about getting emergency ser-

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vices personnel to actually work together as a team with other health care professionals,” said Cook. “A lot of times we just don’t know… how to interact professionally. This is really the first opportunity they have to function together as a group.” “They get a little taste of everything,” noted Porter, who also said she was a distant relative of her namesake, actress Ava Gardner. Occasionally a patient is selected as one who will die, despite all efforts to save them. “That really has an impact on our students,” she added. The simulation floor was a hubbub of activity during one of the two sessions set up for the exercise. “Has anybody notified the family?” one participant yelled out. “Do we have a public health person?’ asked another about an indigent patient without insur-

ance. One girl lying on a gurney covered in blood screams out that she is in pain. Students from all different disciplines work calmly to diagnose and treat the tornado victims. “These students have taken on their [professional] identity,” said Porter, who notes that, “the faculty really drives this thing.” “I hope that you shared a lot of information,” said Susan Jones during the debriefing, “[we heard] what a great job you were doing.” That’s the type of praise these future health care workers will strive to hear when facing real emergencies in the future. By Gene Marrano gmarrano@cox.net

Colonel Robert Craig Remembered Marine Colonel Robert Craig passed away Sunday, April 1, 2012. He is survived by two sons Michael and Richard. He was predeceased by his wife, Virginia (Ginny) in May 2010. According to a long-time friend Anita Wilson, co-owner of Burger in the Square, Colonel Craig died at the UVA hospital in Charlottesville. The Wilson’s became acquainted with Colonel Craig when he was selling his framed Roanoke scenic photos in Market Square - an occupation he gave up as his wife became ill. Colonel Craig was a frequent visitor at the Wilson’s new Roanoke County location said Anita Wilson. His visits dwindled and the last time she saw him was about a month ago. “We’ll miss him greatly - Louis and I had the utmost respect for him,” she said Monday. Craig presented them with two framed photos of their new location that now grace the restaurant wall in remembrance. The always outspoken Colonel Craig would blog with the handle “curmudgeon.” He was a frequent antagonist at Roanoke

City Council meetings and briefings. As a Marine Colonel he was in charge of a budget much larger than that of Roanoke City. He found government finances to be messy and inconsistent relative to the guidelines and priorities they were supposed to be following. He consistently argued that the city needed a Chief Financial Officer. He ran for city council unsuccessfully as a Republican but garnered a high number of votes. The Colonel was blunt and at times gruff with his criticism but he was often right. Council admonished him when he pushed his point to the edge of decorum but once allowed him to present councilman Dave Trinkle with a not so flattering framed award. In December of 2009 he spoke out loud at a council briefing saying that award of the Recovery Zone Bonds to councilman Dave Trinkle’s Shenandoah building was a “conflict of interest.” Trinkle eventually pulled his building from consideration. As his health declined Craig’s council meeting attendance

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Colonel Robert Craig dwindled. During one of his last he could be heard mumbling his displeasure under his breath as the briefing turned to one topic after another. Craig’s deep commanding voice made it almost impossible for him to whisper. On a personal note, after losing in the city Democratic primary several years ago I received a call from Colonel Craig asking me to accompany him to the Republican Reagan Dinner. This was when he was running for a city council seat as a Republican in 2010. He had two tickets and his ill wife could not go and she

suggested that he take me. I was honored and suggested that I meet him there. He would have none of that and insisted on picking me up like a “real date so tongues could wag.” On the ride home he admitted that he was politically an Independent. That was no surprise. There was no neat box you could lock Colonel Robert Craig in - they threw away the mold for this fine gentleman a long time ago. Rest in Peace Bob. By Valerie Garner info@newsroanoke.com

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> Griffith have espoused the usual themes of reigning in the federal government, over regulation and killing Obamacare and thus clearing the way for individual responsibility and free enterprise. “The most important issue is to create an environment that makes it easier to create jobs in these United States.” We can do better “if we make federal regulations make sense and don’t strangle our job creators,” said Griffith. The trickle down of banking regulations to community banks has resulted in “such high standards of regulations that unless you clearly do not need the money you cannot borrow money.” Griffith repeated how regulations are hurting entrepreneurs and businesses that are trying to expand. He admonished the current administration’s stance on energy – not allowing the Keystone pipeline to be built and restrictions on the use of coal. “While the President can’t control everything that pushes gas prices up, there are things he can do.” Other oil-producing

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countries will lower their prices as they see the U.S. producing more, explained Griffith. “When speculators understand that the United States is serious – they will head to the hills … but right now they believe we are not serious.” Griffith was asked why just days prior to the expiration of federal funding for transportation Congress only passed a 90-day extension. U.S. Senator Mark Warner, in a conference last week, voiced his frustration that the Senate’s two-year funding bill failed in congress. VDOT and their contractors have said the decision leaves them blinded by uncertainty as they try to prepare maintenance contracts and bids for new construction. Griffith to some degree believes, as did Sen. Mark Warner that funding should be for a five-year period. Griffith said he has told his leadership that, “even if I don’t like parts of it – if we could get a five-year plan that is realistic I would support it … they’re working behind the scenes as we speak.” He stressed that “hopefully” this last 90-days would be

the last extension. “Contractors don’t want to go out and buy a big piece of equipment when there is only 90-days worth of funding.” It all boils down to “more” or “less” money to be spent. “It’s a reasonable fight to have but at some point you have to reach a compromise,” said Griffith. A two-year timeframe that the Senate proposed is helpful but doesn’t give the certainty for contractors that five-year funding gives. Based on recent statements Griffith and Warner are not that far apart in their desire for longterm funding of transportation. It all comes down to how much to spend. Griffith will face one of two Democratic opponents in November - either Anthony Flaccavento an organic farmer and owner of SCALE, Inc, a consulting firm or Jeremiah Heaton who ran as an independent in 2010. Both live in Abington.

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Warner Frustrated With House Stalling “Must Do” Federal Transportation Bill The already strained transportation funding in Virginia is “going to be exacerbated by the federal government,” said Virginia’s U.S. Senator Mark Warner. He was frustrated as he and VDOT commissioner Philip Shucet laid out the consequences in a conference call last week. “People will lose their jobs as funding expires,” Warner said. At the last hour Congress agreed on a 90-day funding extension before they recessed. If they had not agreed on an extension taxes would have stopped being collected at the gas pump and there would have been no obligation for the companies to turn over the money to the government. “It is just one more example of the dysfunction in Washington,” Warner said. Last week the senate passed a two-year extension on a 7422 bipartisan vote of the $109 billion highway transportation bill. “It wasn’t a perfect bill but it would have provided predictability for Virginia and for 90,000 jobs,” Warner said. Congress rejected it and an extension was the only option. “You can’t write contracts with 90-days,” said Warner. Funding of the nation’s infrastructure has always had broad bipartisan support in the past. “If we can’t get this done where are we headed?” asked Warner. Five years had been the tradition for transportation bills in the past explained Warner. Rep. Morgan Griffith agreed with Warner at least on the timeframe when he announced for reelection on Monday. With a 90-day reprieve the funding impasse is now in conference. “This is no way to run an enterprise as large as the federal government with these short term extensions,” Warner

Mark Warner said. “We saw the damage that was inflicted when we went through a similar battle with the airport systems because the FAA bill expired.” Taxes couldn’t be collected and revenue was lost or delayed. Commissioner Shucet said, “there must be certainty in the construction program.” The state and the government should be working together as true partners. “These extensions just wreak havoc,” he said. It could result in increased cost for contracts, explained Shucet. “Nobody buys a house on the hope that they will be able to pay for it in 90 days.” Warner thought the impasse could be resolved in 2-3 weeks but with only a 90-day extension he feared they would be right back in the same spot. Warner accused the House of flip-flopping the funding timeframe from one year, five years and now 90 days. The House Republicans on March 18 defeated an attempt to force a vote on the $109 billion bipartisan transportation bill that was approved by the Senate. Governor Bob McDonnell used GARVEE bonds for borrowing against future federal transportation entitlements to speed up work on Virginia highways. GARVEE bonds are a gamble against federal highway dollars that are not guaranteed to exist in the future, this plan would essentially lead to public

IOU’s. “The reason that GARVEE bonds sell at such a high coupon rate is because the expectation is very high that the federal government will pay its share of the transportation funding. If that’s put in jeopardy that gets factored into the coupon rate in the bond pricing,” said Warner. Jeff Southard, a former VDOT commissioner and now executive vice president with the Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance, a trade association that represents the road building industry, said that the uncertainty could have a serious impact on employment, purchases and tax revenue. “If they don’t believe contracts are going to be let … they may look at temporarily shutting down,” said Southard. Jason Bond a spokesman for Salem VDOT said it would be just as disruptive locally. Before they move forward with any contract they check to see if the federal and state funds are there. If the funds are not there “they delay it.” Bond said VDOT does the same thing before they actually execute the contract. “It would be a huge impact on our ability to outsource our construction and maintenance work,” said Bond. It would even impact current construction depending on the contract. “We’re counting on those federal dollars to be there in putting together our schedules of developing projects and developing our maintenance schedules and road work,” said Bond. “If we can’t count on those funds being there it really does halt and delay what we had planned to do. It all has to come together.” By Valerie Garner info@newsroanoke.com

General Assembly Commends Founder Fran Rooker, founder of Brain Injury Services of SWVA, has received commendation from the Virginia General Assembly for her volunteer efforts which changed the quality of health care in Southwest Virginia. Two Joint Resolutions recognized Rooker as one of only three statewide recipients of the national Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leader award in the program’s twenty-year history. After the 1997 death of their son, Jason, Rooker and her husband, Greg, a former community newspaper owner and publisher, founded The Jason Foundation in 1998 and Brain Injury Services of SWVA in 2000. The latter organization now provides direct services throughout an 11,000 square mile region of the Commonwealth, assisting people with brain injury and their families in rebuilding their lives. Additionally, it provides regional brain injury support for the Virginia Wounded Warrior Program. Rooker’s initiation of a collaboration between Virginia Tech Department of Assistive Technology, Radford University, and Brain Injury Services of SWVA resulted in the development of the telehealth program (CLiC) Community Living Connection (“Creating Connections” Roanoke

Fran Rooker receives her award. Times: December 18, 2011). The innovative project provides post-acute brain injury supports, and creates a learning community for brain injury survivors living in rural areas. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation award provided major funding for its development. Senator Phillip Puckett and Delegate Joseph Yost presented Rooker’s commendation last Friday during a Brain Injury Awareness Month luncheon in Wytheville. Co-patrons of Senate Joint Resolution No. 469 were Senator Puckett and Senator John Edwards. A separate House Joint Resolution initiated by former Delegates Dave Nutter and Jim Shuler, and Senator Ralph Smith, was patroned by Delegate Yost.

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“Happy To Be of Use”

n the spring of 2011 Berry has published more I wrote a column en- books than I can count in titled, “How to Raise the “Cotton Malone” series Money for a Good Cause.” It and has over 12 million copwas about the Roanoke Acad- ies sold in 40 languages and emy of Medicine Alliance 51 countries. Dorothea BenFoundation fundraiser, the ton Frank is a neighbor of 13th annual The Book and ours. Who has not been to Author Dinner. Many have the charming low country of long been supporters of the South Carolina? One of her evening at Hotel Roamore recent books, noke and never have “Return to Sullivan’s we been disappointed. Island,” captures the On April 27th this local flavor, comyear’s event seems no plete with friendly less promising. Visit ghosts in the ancesramabookandauthor@ tral house. gmail.com or call 540The third author, 581-2097 for informaDr. Chris Coppola, tion. carries different Hayden Hollingsworth The emcee will freight for me. be Andrew Gross, He is not a NYT best-selling New York Times best-seller . . . but he will be. author. He could fill the entire I enjoy books written by phyevening himself but he will be sicians, so I keep my eye out introducing three outstand- for them. His book, “Coping speakers: Steve Berry and pola¸” came to me in an unDorothea Benton Frank are, usual way as a gift from John like Andrew Gross, NYT best Henretta, a vascular surgeon sellers and sure to please. from Asheville, where he

heard him speak. I was so entranced with the book I called the publisher and later Dr. Coppola himself. A career Air Force officer whose father is a gynecologist and mother is a teacher, he wrote this remarkable book about his two five-month tours as Air Force surgeon in Balad Air Base, Iraq. He is a graduate of Brown University, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and took his surgical training at Yale. How does such a person end up as the only pediatric surgeon in a war zone? To answer that, it’s important to know more of his background. The oldest of five children, he became at an early age an expert in changing diapers. Whether that led him into pediatrics he did not say, but he became aware as young person he had been born into a large extended Italian family and he received great love and support . . . not to mention food . . . from them. These gifts taught him the value of taking care of one another. While at Brown he spent time in Spain which opened his eyes to a world view not commonly seen in his previous experience. He came to realize that the things he had received required him to, in his words, give back. With four younger siblings to follow him in education he sought a way to put himself through medical school and the Air Force provided such a mechanism. For those who have accepted such a grant, there is a pay back, usually a year in active duty service for every year you have been trained,

plus additional time in service when you have repaid the loan; thus, his career as Air Force pediatric surgeon. There is much more to say, but the book, “Coppola,” is an outgrowth of letters to his wife, Meredith, during his two tours in Balad. In addition to his service to the military wounded, be they friend or foe, his expertise became widely known. Iraqi civilians, young and old, with grievous injuries, with undiagnosed illnesses, arrived at the Balad hospital with only a note pinned to their clothing. It simply read, “Coppola.” No one was turned away. The letters to his wife, to his family were written, to use his words, “to squeeze the poison out” of his experiences there. The letters became a blog, the blog became a book. When he fulfilled his military commitment, he did not leave his generosity behind. The bulk of the profits are donated to Fisher House, a Ronald McDonald House type venture for families of military wounded. He has donated his surgical skills in Haiti on several occasions as well as Brazil. I asked him to describe his life in five words. Without hesitation, he said, “Happy to be of use.” Just suppose the whole world felt that way! Come meet this man, now a surgeon at the famed Geisinger Clinic, along with his colleague authors. It will be a night you won’t forget.

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hat do Johnny flattening their surroundings Depp, Sean faster than a professional dePenn, Jim Car- molition team. The original trio of turmoil rey, and Cher have in comcomprised Moe, the self-apmon? If you answered “hairy pointed, short-tempered boss legs,” you’re a knucklehead. of the team, chubby Curly Johnny’s limbs are smoother with his high-pitched voice and databank of quirky vothan a pirate’s cutlass. But at one time, all four cal expressions ("woo-woowoo!" and “nyukwere considered nyuk-nyuk!"), for roles in the and frizzy-haired new Three Stooges Larry. movie, due to hit And, as any theaters on April Stoogaphile worth 13, and called “The his weight in Three Stooges” a cream pies knows, title the producMoe, Curly and ers clearly labored Shemp (Curly’s long and hard replacement) were over. Depp, Penn, actually brothand Carrey ers. Which leads Nick Thomas would have made to an interesting an interesting ensemble, but question. Can you imagine being all dropped out. (Chris Diamantopoulos, Will Sasso, and raised with one of the StoogSean Hayes play Moe, Curly, es for a parent? Joan and Paul Howard and Larry, respectively). Given Hollywood’s woeful didn’t have to imagine. Not history of turning classic TV only was Moe their real-life shows into movies (anyone father, but Curly and Shemp still have night terrors from were their uncles! So did Joan and Paul have film versions of The Beverly Hillbillies, Bewitched, and to hide household impleThe Avengers?), bailing may ments and potential food projectiles when they gathhave been a wise move. While no one expects The ered for family events? “I didn’t see any of them Three Stooges to bump Avatar or Titanic from their top behave like their screen chartwo spots as all-time highest acters around our home,” grossing films, hopefully box Joan told me in 2011 when office receipts will at least I interviewed her (and Paul) surpass the 1986 clunker, for a book project. “I like to tell people that we ate our Howard the Duck. When the new film pre- pies, we didn’t throw them!” In reality, Moe was a gentle mieres, expect legions of and kind man, rather quiet passionate Three Stooges Contact Hayden at jhayden2003@cox.net fans to be standing in line; and a bit of a worrier nothbut it’s hard to predict their ing like his grumpy, onresponse. Many are already screen character; Curly was outraged at the “sacrilegious” the wild one, with a fondness remake, and they may very for women and booze; and I am the slowest well embark on a Stooges-like Larry loved to party and socarpet cleaner in Roanoke. rampage brandishing ham- cialize. As for Moe’s kids, Joan mers, wrenches, and picks. We can only hope they will acted briefly in the 1930s and vent their rage with harmless even appeared in an early rubber tools, like their he- Three Stooges short with “I will give your roes used in the original 190 Larry’s daughter. She lives carpet the time Three Stooges shorts (from on the West coast. Paul is a and attention 1933-1959) and six feature talented artist in New York, it deserves to specializing in caricatures. films in the 60s. 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How Would You Answer The Question, “What Makes A Person Happy And Healthy?”

ay back in 1942, researchers at Har- bat had a much less healthy and enjoyable later life vard began intensely studying a co- than those who didn't. Pessimists suffered physihort of 268 male students, to try to cally in comparison with optimists. And the real deduce the factors that lead to long-term physical killer - literally - was depression: of the subjects and mental well-being. The students were sub- who were diagnosed with depression by age 50, jected to an extensive battery of physical tests that more than 70 percent were dead or dying by age measured their bodies, organ functions, electri- 63. cal activity in the brain, and overall fitness. They And what about the good stuff, those things that were also interviewed extensively by lead to a long and happy life? Researchpsychiatrists, and had their handwriters can point to seven positive factors: ing analyzed. Social workers were sent education, a healthy weight, exercise, a to their parents' homes to obtain destable marriage, no smoking, no abustailed medical and social histories of ing alcohol and "adapting well." Subjects each subject and his extended family. who scored high on five or six of these And then, over the next 78 years, each factors at age 50 had a 50% chance of subject filled out a survey every 2 years, living to 80 and being "happy/well". But underwent a physical every 5 years, and those who had three or fewer of these were interviewed every 15 years. factors were three times less likely to live Many of the subjects became highly to 80. successful. One went on to become a Finally, at the center of all that Mike Keeler bestselling novelist, four ran for the data, the researchers found a sweet Senate, one was a cabinet Secretary and many spot: relationships. The single most predictive were business leaders. Though they are anony- factor for a long and happy life was the quality mous, we know that one of them was Ben Bra- of the subject's relationships. Good relationships dlee of the Washington Post, because he identified with siblings were especially powerful; 93% of the himself. Another whose identity we know was a subjects who enjoyed a good relationship with a President of the United States (John F. Kennedy, brother or sister were still going strong at age 63. whose files have been sealed, so you won't get Asked to summarize the key finding of this study, to read about his "physical characteristics" until the lead researcher responded, "The only thing 2040). But for some of the subjects it wasn't an that really matters in life are your relationships to easy road. By 1948, 20 of the respondents were other people." suffering from severe psychiatric difficulties. By Hey, this is a Harvard study. It must be true. the 1960's one-third of the cohort was showing So, in support of the research AND with a healthy signs of some mental illness. One subject - Case dose of self-interest, we'd like to consider you all Number 47 - fell down drunk and died. part of the family. Some of the factors that caused such negative Be well, brothers and sisters! outcomes were easy to deduce, such as smoking Contact Mike at and drinking too much. Many of the subjects info@theroanokestar.com served in World War II, and those who saw com-

The Key To Remembering – Focus!

suppose we all misplace our keys occasion- a little restaurant while she was in college so she ally. Yes, I know the cure – establish a habit, could afford to board her horse nearby. by putting them in the same place each time One snowy evening the place was without cusand you’ll always know where they are. I’m better tomers until an elderly priest and a nun entered. than I used to be, but sometimes I have something She seated them in a booth and the priest said else on my mind and fail to focus on where I put he needed to take a pill before ordering. Unforthem. And keys aren’t the only victims tunately, he dropped it and was quite of my absentmindedness. Books, padisturbed because it was the only nipers and other things also disappear troglycerin pill he had with him and occasionally. he was suffering chest pain. Often I put something important in The waitress told him not to worry; a special place so I won’t lose it, and she would look for it. Kneeling on guess what? I fail to click on “save” the floor, she searched carefully. She mentally and where I put it is deleted thought she found it but discovered from my memory. I usually discover it the object she located was only a dried later when I’m looking for something up pea. Looking up at the priest she else. I could accomplish so much held out her hand with the pea and more if I had all the time I spend said, “I don’t suppose you could take Mary Jo Shannon looking for what I’ve misplaced. a pea?” Last week I was ready to go to the The priest was not amused and Y early so I could spend some time in the weight neither was her boss. She lost her job for being room strengthening these bones so they won’t rude to a customer, and could no longer afford to break if I fall again. Had everything packed in board her horse.. my gym bag, remembered to take my meds after “Honest,” she said, “I didn’t mean it the way it breakfast, told Harry where I was going… Only I sounded.” couldn’t go, for my keys were not in the bowl on The consequences for my lost keys were not the table where I trained myself to put them. that severe. I didn’t lose a job, but I missed the waI knew they were in the house, for I had to use ter aerobics class. I decided to give up the search the house key to enter last night, but I checked the and use my extra set of keys since I had to get to car anyway. (I have been known to leave them in the church for my afternoon session at the recepthe car with the engine running.) I searched the tionist desk. pockets of my jacket, my slacks – no luck. I grabbed my purse and guess what? There they As I was on my hands and knees looking be- were in a side pocket. I had searched the purse hind every piece of furniture in case they had before, but failed to check all the compartments. dropped and were hidden from sight, I remem- Now I’ll have to retrain myself. bered a story I heard when we were on a trip to Contact Mary Jo at Norway with a group from Virginia Western. A maryjoshannon@ymail.com young woman told us she worked part-time in

Ask the Nature Lady by Marlene A. Condon

The Common Dandelion

ne of the earliest plants to bloom in spring is the Common Dandelion, sprouting up in fields and yards and alongside roadways. It’s probably the most recognizable flower in the United States, especially to children who are often taught to make a wish before attempting to blow apart the perfectly formed sphere of seeds that forms at the top of the stem. Although many people think of this perennial as a lawn weed that is uninvited and unwanted, its bright, cheery, yellow flowers can be a welcome sight, especially after a cold, dreary winter. The first sign of a Common Dandelion is a formation of irregularly toothed leaves radiating from a central point at ground level (a basal rosette). Shortly thereafter, a yellow flower head, up to 1½ inches across and containing 100 or more tiny flowers (called florets), rises up from the center on a hollow stalk. After pollination by many different kinds of insects, a ``blowball'' of parachuted seeds develops—perfectly adapted to dissemination by the wind or children! Dandelion flowers are an extremely valuable food source for the first insects to emerge in the spring. Even though these plants are introduced from Europe, many insects make use of them, content to find nectar at a time when few wild or cultivated plants are blooming. Other animals, such as rabbits, graze upon the fresh green leaves. But dandelions have a defensive strategy that helps them to survive, especially in lawns where they will get mowed several times throughout the growing season. You can observe what happens following each mowing. Since the “goal” of all plants is to reproduce, the Common Dandelion will keep sending up a flower stalk that, with

Paper wasps are one of the first insects to emerge in very early spring. They can find nourishment at dandelion blooms, which sometimes appear even during the winter in Virginia. luck, will exist long enough for its flower to produce seeds for another generation. If the flower stalk gets cut before it has set seed, the next flower stalk will be shorter—a scheme to make it less conspicuous to grazing animals or lawn mowers! Eventually a flower head will come up that is completely stalk-less, level with the ground and far less vulnerable to decapitation. This is a wonderful demonstration of one of the tactics used by plants for surviving the many hazards of life. If you are lucky, you may chance upon an entire field of Common Dandelions only recently gone to seed, each plant still holding high its orb of silky-haired achenes (small dry single-seeded fruits which remain closed at maturity). Gaze upon this sight, as it actually is quite beautiful. It’s only after the globular

clusters of seeds have begun to break up that these plants acquire a disheveled look that, sadly, people love to hate. Naturalist Marlene A. Condon is the author/photographer of The Nature-friendly Garden: Creating a Backyard Haven for Plants, Wildlife, and People (Stackpole Books; information at www.marlenecondon.com). If you have a question about plants or animals, or gardening in a naturefriendly manner, send it to AskTheNatureLady@aol.com and please watch for an answer in this paper.

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1 cup milk ½ cup dry white wine 1 loaf day-old French or peasant , cut into 1/2 –inch slices 8 oz prosciutto or ham thinly sliced 1 c. fresh dill, snipped 3 tbs. olive oil 1 lb. smoked Gouda cheese, grated 3 sliced ripe tomatoes ½ cup basil pesto 6 beaten eggs Salt and pepper to tast 1 cup whipping cream One day before serving, mix milk and wine in shallow bowl. Dip each slice of bread in mixture and gently squeeze as much liquid as possible from the bread without tearing. Place bread in a 13x9x2- inch glass baking dish sprayed with cooking spray. Cover bread with prosciutto and snipped dill. Drizzle with olive oil, add grated cheese and a few tomato slices. Drizzle with pesto. Repeat layering, overlapping bread until dish is filled. Beat eggs with salt and pepper and pour evenly over layers in dish. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. Remove from the refrigerator the next day and let warm to room temperature. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Drizzle top with cream and bake until puffy and browned, about 45 minutes to an hour. Serve immediately. Serves 6.

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The Preacher’s Corner

Easter Distractions

am not sure when it started, but at some point along the way I began to really dislike the Easter Bunny. Maybe it was the lack of real animation or character in some “store bunny” that I witnessed as a child. In lieu of the humanity of Santa, (a relatively real person with a face that could speak when he chose to), the Easter Bunny had a big white styrene head with unmoving mouth and eyes and plastic ears that looked more like a donkeys than an actual rabbit. It was clear even to a toddler. The Easter Bunny wasn’t quite right. But taking the short view, which small children tend to do, one could get comfortable with the fact that this big rabbit would leave candy upon one’s doorstep. And while not the stuff of Halloween (which he seemed to have some odd connection with) it was candy nevertheless. Call it cheap forgiveness but at age 6, I probably would have traded my sister for a Nestles Crunch Bar. Does all of that make sense? If not, I apologize. Keep loving your bunny. There is also something about extra “church formality” at Easter that has always bothered me as well. As a child I never liked the idea of putting on “nice clothes.” They were stiff and confining and didn’t lend themselves to the natural activities of children. But eventually such attire became part of the ritual that is my preparation for worship, and now I feel less than fully “prepared” whenever my schedule keeps me donning a tie at a midweek service. But there is something about Easter that doesn’t seem to go with added formality. Maybe it's because as a Christian it is “the thing” - the moment where all other moments are given their meaning. Less the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the claims of any Christian are just so many more good stories with some nice moral lessons attached. Aesop’s Fables do the job nearly as well, and are perhaps a whole lot more memorable. As a moralist alone the Buddha, Mahatma Gandhi and any number of Shao-Lin Monks might be said to be the equal of Christ. But as a Christian, Easter is it. And the pain and suffering of God himself in Jesus stretched out upon the cross for the very

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worst of humanity seems to beckon: “Leave everything else at the door - come as you are before me, let nothing distract you - for in the gift of my love in Jesus I have given you all that I am . . . ” One’s best clothes may help prepare some of us for worship on any given Sunday, but nothing can prepare you for the reality of that truth. A truth that finds its full expression at Easter. Which is, perhaps, exactly what is so bothersome about that bunny. He’s a distraction in the midst of “all the news that is news” - the greatest and only moment in creation truly worth remembering and celebrating and to have that thing hopping around on the sidelines of it all is probably the last thing we should be distracting our children with. There. I said it. The Easter Bunny needs to hop his way into history. But he won’t. And just like millions of other American Christians, I’ll accept the distraction as something we can live with, and as long as my children enjoy it there will likely be four little baskets with pink and green grass as fake and plastic as the Bunny himself. Eventually, they too will wind up measuring the value of such a tale as they wait for their own children to consider the ultimate truth and mystery of Easter. And like me they’ll probably wonder why they continue to perpetrate the whole silly bunny thing themselves - and why at Easter, when we celebrate the universal moment of God’s gift of himself, that we are the slightest bit concerned about what outfit we might be wearing. But ultimately it won’t much matter. Because in the end the great Apostle was right: "Nothing can set us apart from the Love of God in Christ Jesus.” Not even the Easter Bunny. Stuart Revercomb is the Pastor at Peace Presbyterian Church in Roanoke and is normally not such a curmudgeon. Come visit them on the web at peace-church.net

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Northside's Todd Dunbar connects for a RBI single in the Viking's 4-2 win over Cave Spring. Northside took advantage of three walks, an error and misplayed rundown to score a pair of runs in the top of the fifth inning, as the Vikings edged Cave Spring in non-district baseball last Friday at Knights Field. Northside had taken a 1-0 lead in the top of the third on a Todd Dunbar RBI single, before Cave Spring knotted the score in the bottom of the frame when Steve Klaiber's double off the center field fence plated Austin Epperly. The Vikings used a pair of walks and a Knight infield error to load the bases with none out in the fifth. A wild pitch scored the second Viking run, before another base-on-balls and sacrifice fly gave Northside the 3-1 edge. Cave Spring closed the gap to 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth when Klaiber scored on a Jordan

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licerto pointed out after the game in regard to the walks that aided the Viking cause. "Cave Spring has some great hitters. It was a great baseball game today, and one that helps us for our Blue Ridge District opener against Alleghany." "We made three errors in the field, and four mental errors," Cave Spring head coach David Dunstan noted. "It's hard to recover from that, especially against a team like Northside. We'll be all right. We've still got players shaking off the basketball stuff." Northside followed Friday's win with a doubleheader sweep Saturday over Shady Springs (WV) to improve to 8-0. Cave Spring downed Jefferson Forest 7-4 on the road Saturday afternoon.

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44th Annual Kiwanis Roanoke Metro Wild Bill’s Weekly Sports Roundup Basketball Unsung Hero Awards The 44th annual Kiwanis Roanoke Metro Basketball awards banquet was held Sunday, April 1st at the Salem Civic Center. The highlight of the awards is the naming of the Unsung Hero for each of the Roanoke-area thirteen girls and boys high school teams.

The Unsung Hero, chosen by each team's head coach, is a player noted for character, effort and determination on and off the court. It may be a player who is not a headline-maker or leading scorer, but one who is key to the overall team's success.

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Well, March Madness is in breakthroughs as district play a ladder under my window for the rearview mirror and I hope begins. bait- one that had faulty rungs everyone heeded the Wild The unusual stories on the on the top three steps. (Steve/ One’s prediction last week of high school baseball front both Salem) a Kentucky win. John Calipari fall squarely with head coach Dear golfer expert: Have definitely knows how to bring Eric Lawrence’s North Cross you heard that there will be no the thoroughbreds into his pro- Raiders. Last Thursday, North azaleas blooming at the Masters grams and although several will Cross picked up a VIC win this year? It’s the only reason I bolt to the NBA, expect him to with a 14-3 rout of Covenant, let my husband watch golf. (Rareload faster than Jed Clampett. the first Raider diamond win cine/Roanoke) The long-term question is, will over the Eagles since 1996. But, Answer: You heard right, the Kentucky champithe stranger story was Racine. The early spring has onship, like his other still on the horizon for already felled the blooms. My three Final-Four apNorth Cross. On Fri- suggestion to Augusta is to pearances with Memday, Kentucky-bound place “Topsy-Turvys” behind phis and UMass, have to Raider standout Thom- the 13th green. If the TV cambe vacated. If that hapas Weaver came to bat eras are strategically placed, pens, he will look more with the bases loaded few will pick up that these are like Jethro Bodine. against Holy Cross. upside-down tomatoes. On the local high From the left side, Must be global warming afBill Turner school basketball Weaver went long for fecting both of the above, so see scene everything was the grand slam hom- you next week. looking very distinguished er in the North Cross 15-1 win. Sunday night at the 44th An- Three days later, Weaver came Send your inquiries and comnual Kiwanis Roanoke Metro to bat in the second inning ments to: info@newsroanoke. Basketball Awards. Twenty-six against cross-town Roanoke com athletes, one each from the thir- Catholic. Once again, the bases teen area girls and boys teams, were juiced. Yep.... he went deep By Bill Turner were named the unsung hero again for another grand slam. info@newsroanoke.com for their respective squad. The This time though, he made it winners are not the headline more interesting by hitting from grabbers, but those players who the right side. make behind-the-scenes contriNow, to the ever-famous butions to overall team success. mailbag where azaleas and ladCongratulations go out to all ders get our reader attention. 26 players, as well as Glenvar’s Dear Wild Bill: I discovered Nick Stewart and Cave Spring’s a sure-fire solution to my PeepBilly Hicks for being named ing Tom problem last year. I put the girls and boys Coach of The Year, respectively. The team sportsmanship award went to the Glenvar girls and the Lord Botetourt boys. The Player of The Year was Hidden Valley’s Tyler Evans on the girls side and Patrick Henry’s Marcus Banks for the boys. Joining Evans on the girls All-Star Team were Ryjae Anderson (Wm. Fleming), Jade Lewis (Lord Botetourt), Jessi 4341 Starkey Road • 540-774-0171 Strom (Glenvar) and Tay Taylor (Salem). Along with Banks on the boys All-Stars were Amin Abuhawwas (Cave Spring), B.J. Hamlett (PH), Miles Henderson (Wm. Fleming) and Dylan Hodson (Hidden Valley). High school baseball hits spring break this week with most area teams kicking off district action April 17th. The first Wild Bill ‘Big-11’ Top-3 finds Northside, William Byrd and Lord Botetourt holding down SERVING THE ROANOKE VALLEY the 1-3 spots. Look for other

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Austin Peters, Kathryn Zamorski, Dylan Wade to another state championship,” says Ingerson. “Brent and Kendall were members of our first state championship team and they joked they would come back and coach the team someday. Well, they got their opportunity, and they really stepped up and kept the championship tradition alive.” “Having the opportunity to participate in forensics again as a coach has been wonderful and made me appreciate the role of a coach and the hard work that comes along with it so much more than I did as a performer,” says Via. “Moreover, since it is my alma mater, I’ve been able to come full circle from being a captain during the team’s first state championship to a coach during our seventh , and it’s something that I would not have predicted even a year ago, but certainly an experience that I’ll never forget.” The two used many of the techniques they learned from Ingerson, but from the start, they put their own stamp on

the 2012 champions. Unlike past years when the team used tryouts to determine the final make-up of the roster, Livick and Via kept every student who auditioned on the squad. “We did receive some concern and criticism for accepting so many new people, but in the end, it worked out beautifully,” says Livick. “Five out of 11 state finalists were brand new first year competitors and seeing how far these newbies have come, has been the most inspiring part of coaching, and we don’t regret anything about that decision to accept everyone.” THE THREE INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPS: Austin Peters, Impromptu Kat Zamorski, Humorous Dramatic Interpretation Dylan Wade, Prose Interpretation OTHER FINALISTS SCORING POINTS: 2nd place Katelyn Barker, Poetry Interpretation 3rd place Mary Cameron Brooks and Savannah Stevens, Humorous Duo Interpretation 4th place Michael Lefew, Poetry Interpretation 5th place Ryan Nolen and Elly Goldstein, Serious Duo Interpretation 5th place Zach Staton, Original Oratory 6th place Emily Brown, Humorous Dramatic Interpretation

Roanoke City Students Collect Donations Valued at $22,994 for Goodwill

Goodwill Industries of the Valleys has announced the results of the "Show the Love Donation Drive," which was held in partnership with Roanoke City Public Schools. Between January 30th and March 9th seven schools participated in the event: Fishburn Park, Morningside, Virginia Heights, Grandin Court, Garden City, and Hurt Park Elementary Schools, as well as Gibboney ROTEC & Patrick Henry High School. The schools collected a total of 670 donations that are valued at approximately $22,994 when sold in Goodwill stores. This results in critical revenue that helps to fund job training and employment programs for youth, adults, and seniors with disabilities, economic disadvantages, as well as those that have lost their job due to company closing or layoff that Goodwill

serves. If any students missed their chance to donate during the drive, they can still bring their donation to one of Goodwill's stores or donation centers. "The partnership with local schools is a wonderful collaboration that encourages local students to make a difference in the lives of people right here in our community," states Bruce Phipps, President and CEO of Goodwill Industries of the Valleys. "We would like to express our gratitude to superintendent Rita Bishop and her staff who were a great support in making the donation drives such a success." The goal of such donation drives is to collect gently used materials to benefit Goodwill, educate local students about social consciousness and environmental responsibility, and provide support for the community

at the same time. Participating students also learn about the importance of protecting the environment and utilizing Goodwill as outlet for recycling, re-purposing, and reusing materials. In 2011, Goodwill's retail and salvage operations helped protect the environment by keeping over 14.3 million pounds of materials out of area landfills. Goodwill is establishing partnerships with schools not only in Roanoke City, but also in other parts of its service area. For 2012 a total of 20 school donation drives are being planned. Goodwill Industries of the Valleys serves 31 counties and 14 cities in the New River, Roanoke, and Shenandoah Valleys. In 2011 Goodwill assisted 75,734 individuals and in this difficult employment market placed 2,111 people into jobs in the community.

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Land Trust Has New Director – But He’s No Stranger

Salem High Forensics Team Makes It A “Magnificent Seven” The Salem High School Forensics Team won its 7th straight Virginia High School League state title on March 24 in Harrisonburg at the 97th annual VHSL championships. Salem captured its latest Group AA crown by beating more than 30 other high schools, including second place Sherando. The team’s 33-26 win over the Warriors wasn’t as lopsided of a victory as the team has experienced in past years, but in many ways it was just as satisfying. The Spartans have 11 state finalists and won three individual state titles to fuel the team championship. In addition, they accomplished the feat with two rookie coaches in Kendall Livick and Brent Via. “The expression Brent and I have said throughout the year, is - ‘Everything comes full circle,’” says Livick. “Back when we were on the forensics team in high school, we used to joke that we would one day coach the team, though we never anticipated this actually happening. Fast forward a few years - and here we are.” Livick and Via, who were captains of the Salem Spartans squad in 2006, took over the team when highly successful and ultra-popular coach Mark Ingerson decided to step down and devote more time to his family. “It was very gratifying to see former captains of the Salem Forensics team lead the team

The new executive director for the Western Virginia Land Trust, replacing the recently retired Roger Holnback, is a familiar face: David Perry, who has worked for the WVLT since 2006 and was most recently the assistant director. After two weeks in an interim role, Perry, a Blacksburg native and James Madison University graduate, was elevated to formally succeed Holnback by the Land Trust board of directors. The Western Virginia Land Trust works with landowners who want to preserve their property in perpetuity from over-development, by seeking a conservation easement that affords property tax relief. In return for the tax break, landowners – usually rural property holders of farmland or mountain tracts – place restrictions that prohibit or severely limit any development. Perry (40) also earned a master’s in natural resources from Slippery Rock (PA), a division II school that always has its football scores announced at halftime of games at the University of Michigan, a division one football powerhouse. “That’s how most people know Slippery Rock,” chuckles Perry, who studied geography in school. He started as a project manager for the Western Virginia Land Trust, which involved everything from meeting with landowners to creating newsletters. Much of the non-profit’s work involves educating the public; the WVLT holds about 40 conservation easements but in many cases the actual legal document is held by a state agency, the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. All told there are about 350 easements in the region, said Perry. Being named the permanent executive director was “humbling and honoring,” said Perry. “Roger had been there ten years and we had accomplished an awful lot.” Established in 1996 as an offshoot of the Clean Valley movement, former Roanoke City Councilman Rupert Cutler was the first executive director. “Now [there are] about 86,000 acres that we’ve had a role in [preserving], directly or indirectly,” said Perry. Former Governor Tim Kaine pledged to preserve 400,000 acres of open space statewide during his administration and by some measurements attained that goal; Perry

David Perry assumes the top spot for the WVLT. said current governor Bob McDonnell pledged the same but has been hampered by a poor economy. “The state’s not had the money to make the purchases,” said Perry, noting that the McDonnell administration is relying more on the donation of land for now. Acquiring open space is different than a conservation easement, where the original landowner holds on to the property, but the result is the same: saving unspoiled land from development. In some northern Virginia counties where over-development has long been a concern, as much as 25 percent of the acreage is protected by conservation easements. “That’s considerable,” said Perry. In the Roanoke area it’s more like 3 to 5 percent of acreage that has been preserved. Landowners under conservation easements often agree to items like no or limited building on their property, good timbering practices, not allowing billboards, etc., “things that the people doing the easement probably wouldn’t do anyway,” said Perry. The land can be passed on to children or even sold, but the new owners must abide by the easement in place. The WVLT works in a six county area surrounding the Roanoke Valley. “Hopefully it will never become that urban sprawl mess that we see in the other parts of the state,” noted Perry. Virginia is actually one of the top states nationally when it comes to land preservation and number one in the southeast, he adds. Holnback, a former yacht captain for a wealthy British citizen who often cruised

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Retooled Art Venture Vows To Be More Connected

It didn’t quite work the first time so Art Venture, the first floor, hands-on space for youngsters at the Taubman Museum of Art, has been retooled. The new Art Venture made its debut last week after several local elementary school classes took it out on a test run. Taubman Executive Director David Mickenberg hailed the part that community input and the work of local artists had in recreating Art Venture – and in keeping the remodeling price tag down. He called it a “$400,000 rebirth… that was done for approximately $150,000,” and “a sign of the support for the community that we were able to do this.” Local artists and craftsmen helped build features for the new Art Venture. Private donations from longtime museum supporters Sheila and Maury Strauss, among others, also helped fund the makeover. A formal ribbon cutting was held last weekend. “It’s something that’s taken a lot of planning and effort,” said Mickenberg, “[and] its future lies in how we work with the community.” Cindy Petersen, the director of School and

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The new Art Venture at the Taubman is designed to provide more opportunities for interaction. Steger also designed the sculpture table, which is now round but can be re-configured into other shapes. A sensory station includes touch plates and different materials for youngsters to explore. The Roanoke Children’s Theatre, also housed at the Taubman, helped design the puppet theater stage. The circular sculpture table will feature pieces on loan from local artists that young visitors will use as inspiration when they try to create their own works. Two small ravens from Betty Branch (a favorite subject

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Children explore hands-on activities at the Taubman’s new Art Venture. Community-based education, and her staff are also planning to have something new scheduled at Art Venture on a weekly basis – some new reason for parents to bring their kids back in. “A changing environment for the young,” Mickenberg called it. Mickenberg also said the Taubman staff would continue, “seeking input from parents,” to make sure Art Venture works in the future. The new layout is more open and airy; there’s a second floor mezzanine that offers display space for art made by members of the community and schoolchildren in the museum’s art school programs. Art educators at local schools will also be in the loop so that Art Venture programs are connected to what teachers are doing. There are now 13 stations at Art Venture, including spaces for painting, sculpture, drawing, music and visual art. There’s a stage for puppet theater shows, a giant dry erase board, a huge wall-mounted color wheel designed by local artist Kurt Steger and stations for older students as well.

for her) are the first works to be displayed. A 3D printing station and drawing/printmaking areas will also change on a regular basis for older children. The Taubman claims to serve

more than 18,000 children annually via in-house education programs and outreach efforts; the new Art Venture was designed to be more interactive and dynamic for that same audience. “Every time they come in there’s something different for [children] to do,” said Petersen of the new mission for Art Venture, “the activities [will] change out constantly. It is a fabulous opportunity to work with the community at different levels.” Petersen called the remodeled version of Art Venture an “interactive exploratory gallery where [people] can come time and time again to discover art, and participate in the museum.” In fact many of the activities will be tied to exhibits in the museum itself, such as exploring themes and motifs used by artists being shown. There are some families that come back to the Taubman every weekend for the free Spectacular Saturdays. Petersen wants to make sure that many make Art Venture one of their first stops, if they have children in tow. “What should a place like this have, to make it exciting for children?” asks Petersen, who will be posing that same question to the community on a regular basis going forward.

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South County Library Welcomes Public Art Piece

Diana Rosapepe, director for Roanoke County’s library system, had these words of assurance at the unveiling ceremony last week for a new work by sculptor Betty Branch: “I think you will be impressed. It’s quite impressive.” Rosapepe was referring to Branch’s work “A Friend for Life,” which now sits outside the new South County Library on Merriman Road. It’s cast in bronze and features an 8-year-old boy in a sitting pose, reading. As with many 8-year-old boys one of his shoes is untied. The sculpture is encircled in a steel ring; something Branch said draws attention and focuses the eye. Branch, a southwest Roanoke County resident who works out of a studio in downtown Roanoke, was approached by the Friends of the Library group about coming up with a piece to be displayed at the library. Retired pediatrician G. Lindsay Hickam – Poppy Hickam as they call him at Penn Forest Elementary across the street, where he often reads to youngsters – offered a $10,000 matching grant towards the purchase price. This is no small work of art: the base alone weighs 3000 lbs. The Friends group raised the rest and commissioned Branch, whose works have been widely exhibited nationally and internationally. “The statue is for you all,” said Hickam in brief remarks during a ceremony held inside the new library’s auditorium. He liked its depiction of a boy with book in hand: “reading is the foundation of education,” said Hickam, who retired early because of a stroke and found solace in reading as he recovered. At Penn Forest, “Poppy Hickam … is making the difference with one child at a time [by reading to them],” said Dr. Linda Wright, the school’s principal. Hickam is also “our most faithful volunteer,” added Wright, “Poppy is always there.” Hickam had first proposed to donate money for an outdoor reading garden, which couldn’t be done because of logistical reasons. The conversation eventually came around to the idea of a sculpture that had to do with reading. “They just latched on to this particular design right away,” said Rosapepe, who hopes it will inspire youngsters: “there is nothing that they will find more valuable than reading. If you can read, you can do almost anything.” A Friend for Life “brings back these memories for me,” said Cave Spring supervisor Charlotte Moore, talking about early childhood trips

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John Nettles, Betty Branch and G. Lindsay Hickam with “A Friend for Life.” to the local library – which no doubt looked nothing like the new, ultra-modern $15 million South County facility that opened earlier this year. Branch was introduced by Debra Landgraf, a member of the Friends of the Library board of directors and the owner of a Branch piece herself. “She understood [the need] to create a work that represents the passion of reading,” said Langraf, who retired from the Family Services agency in Roanoke. The sculptor, who had created pieces for other libraries before, met with the Friends board president John Nettles and others about a possible subject, which took about a year from planning to completion. “Very quickly an image came to me,” said Branch, who lauded the “remarkable setting,” of the South County library as a good home for her work. She produced one sketch and sold that to the Friends group. “This was just a beautiful commission and a beautiful idea, it went very smoothly,” said Branch, who would like to see public art at other libraries in the county. She views her piece as “a welcoming figure,” to those that approach the library. Branch used a model while working on the sculpture, joking that it was “often the [hardest] part of all.” She called A Friend for Life “an image to capture the fascination of reading.” Rosapepe said reaction to A Friend for Life has been positive so far: “it brings a dimension to the outside of the building – kind of humanizes it.” By Gene Marrano gmarrano@cox.net

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2008 SUZUKI SX4 Stock #:PB4876

2006 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY Stock #:P4850A

2007 KIA RONDO Stock #:220576A

$9,995

$10,995

$11,995

2004 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE Stock #:220290A

2007 TOYOTA CAMRY LE Stock #:220528A

2007 HONDA FIT SPORT Stock #:220489A

2005 HONDA ELEMENT Stock #:220524A

$11,995

$12,995

$13,995

2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS #220306B .............$13,995 2008 TOYOTA PRIUS #220594A ...........................$13,995 2009 NISSAN CUBE #P4835 ...............................$13,995 2006 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA LUXURY #220558A..$14,995 2005 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER LIMITED #220243A ...$14,995 2005 AUDI A4 QUATTRO #P4875 .........................$15,995 2009 VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE #220374B .......$15,995 2007 PONTIAC G6 GT #220236A .........................$16,595 2004 FORD F150 SUPERCAB #220556A ..............$16,995 2005 SUBARU LEGACY #PB4856 ........................$16,995 2008 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID #P4879 ....................$17,995 2005 ACURA MDX #P4838..................................$17,995 2008 HONDA CIVIC EX #210665B ........................$17,995 2009 HONDA CIVIC EX #210566A ........................$17,995

$12,995

2006 BMW 3 SERIES CONV. 325Ci #220618A......$18,995 2008 FORD RANGER XLT #P4836 ........................$18,995 2011 TOYOTA CAMRY LE #P4878 ........................$19,995 2009 HONDA CR-V EX #210738A ........................$19,995 2008 HONDA ODYSSEY EX-L #220207A...............$20,995 2008 TOYOTA RAV4 LIMITED #210780B...............$20,995 2008 SUBARU TRIBECA LIMITED #220596A ........$20,995 2006 ACURA TL #220523A..................................$21,595 2008 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA #PA4626A .........$22,995 2010 FORD FLEX #220433A................................$23,995 2009 AUDI A3 TURBO #P4852 .............................$23,995 2007 HONDA PILOT EX-L #220505A ....................$23,995 2007 LEXUS ES350 #220318A ............................$24,995 2009 HONDA ODYSSEY EX-L #PA4793 ................$26,995

$12,995

All prices plus tAxes, title, tAgs, And $299 Processing Fee. All vehicles preowned unless stAted As new. photos for illustrAtion purposes only. offer ends 4/12/11.

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