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Roanoke County’s first female assistant police chief and one of the few female police commanders in Virginia will retire after nearly 30 years in law enforcement. Donna Furrow began her career with Roanoke County as an emergency dispatcher. She became a sworn County Govt. police officer in 1988 and moved up the ranks to sergeant and lieutenant before being named assistant chief of the Roanoke County Police Department in 2003. In her role as assistant chief, she has overseen the operations division, which includes patrol and criminal investigations. Chief Furrow’s success has been attributed to many things, but perhaps her two strongest attributes are her ability to collaborate with others and to think like a street cop even in her role as assistant chief. One of her most-noted accomplishments has been building an effective relationship between the Police Department and Roanoke County School System. Superintendent Dr. Lorraine Lange says Furrow has been invaluable to Roanoke County Schools. “In an emergency she was with us instantly. But more importantly, Donna built a lasting relationship with all of our staff members. We felt like we could call her at any time and she would help us with whatever problem we had. There is no doubt, Donna will be missed.”

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he Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Regimental Band, the Highty-Tighties, the Color Guard, and the Gregory Guard, (the corps rifle drill team), will be in Roanoke on Dec. 5 to support the “Red, White, and Blue Ridge PBS Day of Honor.” The event will take place at the Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre at 2:30 p.m. and will feature 4TROOPS, a new pop vocal group comprised of Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans. The Highty-Tighties and the Gregory Guard will perform as part of the pre-concert activities starting at 1:30 p.m. The Color Guard will present the colors immediately before the start of the concert. This event will honor military veterans and current service members, including the Virginia National Guard 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, recently back from Iraq. For more information or to purchase tickets for the Red, White and Blue Ridge PBS Day of Honor, visit Blue Ridge PBS or the Roanoke Civic Center online or call 877-482-8496.

In 2004 Ginny Jarrett and Kandy Elliott saw an opportunity for women in the Roanoke and New River Valleys to pool their philanthropic goals and resources for considerable community impact. Six years later, the organization they co-founded, the Roanoke Women’s Foundation (RWF), a component fund of Foundation for Roanoke Valley, has announced it has now made more than $1 million in large impact grants. The latest grants, a total of $218,000

awarded at a luncheon held at Hunt- of Junior Leagues conference where she ing Hills Country Club on November heard a presentation by the Washington 18th, mark a significant milestone in the Women’s Foundation of Seattle. Jarrett group’s history, one that impresses its and Elliott, both veteran Roanoke phifounders but doesn’t surprise lanthropists, immediately them. recognized an opportunity Philanthropy “Kandy and I knew the to adopt a similar model in idea would go over well in Roanoke. the Roanoke and New River Commu“We felt women would like to pool nities,” says Jarrett, who first became their resources and make educated decifamiliar with the concept of a women’s sions together. The first year we had 68 humanitarian group at an Association women join us and have since grown to

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110 members,” says Jarrett. In six years, RWF has funded more than 21 organizations and programs, including $100,000 to Virginia Western Community College for its Roanoke City College Access Program, $100,000 to the Mission of Mercy Project for dental care for needy adults and $64,000 to CHIP for the agency’s case management and support programs. > CONTINUED P2: Foundation

Roanoke Fire-EMS Hosts Fire Prevention Week Art Contest

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When it originally opened in 1983, Center in the Square was intended to rescue downtown Roanoke from the exodus of businesses to suburban shopping centers and the deterioration of the area that resulted. The idea of the Center as an educational facility wasn’t considered a prime focus by its original designers and planners. That will change when the Center’s impending renovations begin. Once completed, most likely in the late winter of 2013, the result, says the Center’s executive director Jim Sears, will be “a dynamic building where every square foot is usable and directed at education. There are going to be exciting things in here to do.” Center in the Square - home to history and science museums, and the planned future home for the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture - expects to wrap up its $27 million capital campaign by the end of the year; tax credits will also help fund the makeover. Among the changes will be the addition of a green roof, which will raise the facility’s current number of stories of five by a > CONTINUED P2: Renovations

Roanoke Fire-EMS has found a compelling way to get creative and involve elementary and middle school students in learning about fire prevention and safety. Last week they hosted a reception in honor of the 15 winners of the 6th Annual Fire Prevention Week Art Contest. The event was held at the new Fire Station #5 on Orange Avenue, complete with uniformed firemen Grandin Court Principal Terri Pritgreeting the winners and their families chard and award winner Maddie Sackett at last week’s reception. as they arrived. The contest was open to all city stuing devoted to people sleeping in their dents in grades K-8. The winners were beds as a fire burned. The other half chosen from 102 entries, which were of the picture had those same people based on this year’s theme, “Smoke fleeing their home to safety with the Alarms; a sound you can live with.” alarms working. Tiffany Bradbury, Fire Prevention Maddie Sackett, a fourth grader at Specialist with Roanoke Fire-EMS, Grandin Court Elementary, created who started the contest five the 3rd place winner in her years ago calls this “my faage group, a piece depictCity Schools vorite event because it is just ing a Dalmation escaping so much fun to give back to his dog house which had the community this way.” She adds “It smoke billowing from within. Suis great to see how fire safety is seen san Light, the art teacher at Grandin through their [students’] eyes.” Court, explained that this contest was One student chose to show what not mandatory might happen if smoke alarm batteries > CONTINUED for her students. weren’t working, with half the drawP3: Contest The kids entered

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Assistant County Administrator Dan O’Donnell says Furrow’s open communication style, genuine care for people, and professionalism won her much respect and admiration across the county’s many departments as well as the community. “Assistant Chief Furrow has been absolutely professional in every aspect of the performance of her duties and has

From page 1 set an excellent example for all of our law enforcement officers. She has a unique ability to maintain a calm demeanor in the very stressful situations that face our police professionals on a daily basis. She has done a fantastic job for the citizens of Roanoke County and deserves a long, healthy and happy retirement.” Furrow’s last day was No-

> Foundation Alan Ronk, Executive Director of Foundation for Roanoke Valley, notes “The growth of the Roanoke Women’s Foundation has been phenomenal, and the impact to date on the recipient organizations and the broader community has truly been transformative and inspiring.” Jarrett added that a huge part of the success of RWF was the women who helped jumpstart it through their service on the founding Board: Jan Garrett, Katherine Walker, Sally Rugaber, Sally Crockett and Charlotte Porterfield. “Together, we have grown in numbers and refined our grant making process over the years, consistently trying different things and honing our process,” says Jarrett. Through a rigorous application process and RWF membership voting, the 36 grant applications received during the 2010 grant cycle resulted in the following grants: $50,000 to Feeding America Southwest Virginia (formerly Southwest Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank) to establish a self-sustaining, restricted account, the Roanoke Women’s Foundation Purchased Food Program, which will provide a permanent stream of revenue for the food bank to grow the program to a projected 894,000 pounds of purchased food by 2013, and more in succeeding years. • $50,000 to Foundation for Rehabilita-

vember 30. She will be recognized by the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors for her many years of service when the Board meets next on Tuesday, December 14 at 3:00 p.m. in the Roanoke County Administration Center. After retiring, Furrow plans to spend more time with her family and will be substitute teaching in Roanoke County.

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Rescue Mission Volunteer Coordinator Leslie Littlefield accepts a big check. tion Equipment and Endowment (FREE), which takes in donated mobility-related rehabilitation equipment, sanitizes and refurbishes it, and gives it to those in the community who need it but cannot afford it. The grant will help increase FREE’s services to individuals by 25 percent. • $30,000 to Greenvale School, Inc., which has provided affordable, high quality childcare for low-income families since 1934. The grant will make possible the purchase of new computers and installation of a new network system to ensure data backup capacity and uninterrupted, efficient access to essential information. It will also enable the agency to renovate and paint the exterior of its facility. • $58,000 to Rescue Mission of Roanoke, Inc., the largest homeless shelter in Virginia.

> Renovations story-and-a-half. The new roof space will feature a restaurant accommodating about 150 seated diners and a thousand square foot butterfly habitat. The latter, Sears explains, will allow visitors to “walk among the butterflies and other things that we put in here. You’ll be able to go onto the roof and look down into the butterfly habitat.” Another new attraction will be a 5500-gallon salt water aquarium in the atrium—one that, in Sears’ words, will be “the largest live coral aquarium in the mid-Atlantic region.” The advantages of a live coral aquarium, he explains, are that it “changes everyday - it creates a water quality that will be very similar to the ocean, and will provide a healthier environment for fish. So you have longer lasting fish, you don’t have as many sick fish, and it’s an ever-changing environment— whether its fish, coral, or some of the other sea creatures that we’re going to put into this aquarium. It should be a great attraction for

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The grant will enable the Mission to add or replace existing bunk bed sets with metal, powder-coated, commercial grade units (122 equivalent beds). From 2007-2009 overnight lodgings at the Mission totaled 18,845, or the equivalent of 50 additional people each night seeking shelter, the largest increase in their history. • $30,000 to Smart Beginnings Greater Roanoke to further the work of coordinating a system of training opportunities for early childhood professionals, improving quality of care provided at childcare centers and coordinating a parent education system that reinforces parents’ roles in providing quality early childhood education experiences. United Way of Roanoke Valley serves as the program and fiscal agent for the collaboration. The Roanoke Women’s Foundation is open to any woman who makes the commitment to support the RWF for at least three years at a level of $2100 per year. Members have no other obligation than to fulfill the annual contribution and to participate in the voting process determining the recipients of the pooled fund grants. For more information, visit www.roanokewomensfoundation.org or Foundation for Roanoke Valley’s website www.foundationforroanokevalley.org.

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this region.” In addition to the large aquarium, there will be three smaller ones to house jellyfish and sea horses. “They’re interesting to talk about - they seem somewhat of a different science associated with those than the fish. We think people like them,” said Sears. “When you go to other aquariums people seem to love the jelly fish, they love the sea horses. This is about education, but it’s also about giving people something that will bring them into this building more than once a year, that will attract them from Bristol, Grundy, Lynchburg or Harrisonburg. [People] within an hour to hour-and-a-half driving distance of Roanoke.” In between the atrium and the rooftop will be the museums and Mill Mountain Theatre - presently in the process of reorganization. The renovation was prompted by several considerations: deterioration of the build-

ing over the years due to age; the number of people who have visited Center in the Square; the fact that the facility didn’t meet city codes in certain areas and the need to improve the energy efficiency of the building’s systems. “Most importantly,” said Sears, “was the need to create a modern, state-of-the-art facility to meet the educational needs of the children living in this part of Virginia.” “If we want our children in western Virginia and central Virginia to be competitive with the children in [other] states and the rest of Virginia we have to prepare them well. Our children shouldn’t suffer because we don’t have those amenities. So part of what this project’s all about is creating an environment where children can learn. This whole renovation of Center is about economic development, education and quality of life.” By Melvin E. Matthews, Jr. info@newsroanoke.com

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Center in the Square has announced that it has raised $8,802,776 towards its $9 million fundraising goal that will help finance the total renovation of the cultural organization’s 200,000 square foot facility on the Market Square in downtown Roanoke. Campaign volunteers are thankful to their generous donors and ask others in the community to join them. “In this season of Thanksgiving, we want to express our sincere appreciation to everyone who has supported this incredi-

bly worthwhile renovation project,” remarked George B. Cartledge, Jr., CEO of Grand Home Furnishings and Chairman of Center’s Board of Directors. “We are getting very close to our goal and are confident people in this community will help us go over it by a wide margin.” Center in the Square announced the public phase of the capital campaign in late August after it received a $500,000 pledge from the Steel Dynamics Foundation and a $750,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation. At that time, almost $8 million had been raised. The effort is now less than $200,000 from reaching its goal. “The campaign is going very well and exceeding expectations,” stated Bob Lawson, campaign co-chair. “When we do

exceed our goal, any additional amounts raised will go into our endowment to be used for sustaining the new building’s operation in the future. So whether a contribution goes for bricks and mortar or sustaining future operations, you may be assured it will go toward the new building.” “Our invitation to people is simple. Be a part of your community’s future,” added Ab Boxley, campaign co-chair. “The theme for our public campaign talks about doing great things together. We can and we are, and we would really love for folks to be a part of this historic victory and feel ownership for it when they attend our grand reopening in 2013.” A thirty minute documentary on Center in the Square

and the renovation project is now running on regional cable networks. The show is running on Cox channel 9 Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 8:00 p.m. and on Sundays at 1:00 p.m. until December 9. It is also running on the Comcast network public access channel 7 every day of the week and several times on the weekend. Specific air times are available at www. ValleyVisionTV.com. The total estimated building cost for the redesign and renewal of Center in the Square is $27 million. State, Federal, and New Market tax credits have been sold providing $18 million in funding. The “Igniting Dreams, Energizing Promises” capital campaign will provide the final $9 million.

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Mumpower Believes She Can Appeal Across Party Lines Ginger Mumpower – yes that Ginger, as in Ginger’s Jeweler’s – sounds determined not to play political games in Richmond if she beats the odds and captures the 8th District House of Delegates seat left vacant when Morgan Griffith won a seat in the U.S. Congress race vs. long time incumbent Rick Boucher. Mumpower was nominated by local Democrats last week and will face off in the January 11 special election against Republican Greg Habeeb, in a GOP-leaning district that includes Southwest Roanoke County and Salem. Mumpower is actually no stranger to elected office – at 23 she won a seat on Radford City Council, where she said Democrats and Republicans worked together to get things done. “I’m not your typical politician. I don’t consider myself a politician at all. I don’t think labeling people is really accurate. I like looking at issues on an issue basis. [If elected] I’m going to represent all of the people of the 8th district and surrounding areas. All of southwest Virginia matters to me. The decisions I make are not restricted to a party … and I do not play political games. I’ve done it before [in Radford.]” During her four year tenure there, Mumpower said they raised revenue levels without raising taxes. “The only way you

can really be successful is to be able and willing to work with people from all walks of life, regardless of income, party affiliations or anything [else].” The longtime businesswoman, who closed her Roanoke showroom several years ago but recently opened one at Smith Mountain Lake, said that model of cooperation across party lines can work in Richmond. “I felt like as a businessperson I had something to offer,” she said about her time on Radford City Council. Now with her children grown, “I feel like I have something unique to offer [again]. I understand the challenges facing small businesses.” Having so many friends and acquaintances out of work also impacts Mumpower. “We have thousands unemployed in my district. I’m not suggesting I have all the answers … but I understand what these small businesses are going through.” There is money to be lent but “all of the red tape,” is something she would like to cut through. “Sometimes the laws that are in place … they don’t understand it from a business perspective.” Mumpower is “very much opposed” to privatizing the state ABC liquor stores, in large part because the $100,000 license fee Governor Bob McDonnell has proposed would shut out many small business owners. She fears

Ginger Mumpower the big store chains that might move in and does “not want to see a liquor store on every corner in my neighborhood.” She also says the revenue generated by privatizing, which McDonnell wants to dedicate to transportation projects, would not be enough to make an impact. On the other hand Mumpower would oppose any increase in the gas tax at this time, as suggested by former Democrat Governor Tim Kaine. “I am opposed to any type of tax increase in this economy. We have people struggling. People need a break.” Passenger rail service is something Mumpower can support: “Roanoke is perfect for rail.” In fact she would like to see passenger rail service extended to the New River Valley,

where college students and others could hop on a train, heading for home, Washington D.C and other destinations. The rail [service] would be a wonderful alternative [means of transportation] for people and it helps with the economy. It gives people… an affordable choice.” Mumpower points to statesupported Amtrak service in Lynchburg as being “so successful,” one year into a three year pilot program. “It connects us globally … and allows people to come here. That’s the type of thing I think we need to focus on to move the economy and create jobs.” Piling on new taxes to raise revenue, “is like a bottomless pit. It’s depressing.” She’s received good feedback and “a lot of encouragement” about her run for office so far, and just opened a campaign headquarters in an empty Salem gas station at the corner of Apperson and 419. “I’m actually having fun with this campaign,” said Mumpower. “It’s the citizens that inspire me to look for answers and to find alternative choices. [People] here have a lot to offer in terms of ideas … and I’m a good listener.”

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At just 28 years of age, Rob Lalka, Global Partnerships Liaison in the State Department (not to mention a distinguished Cave Spring, Yale and Duke grad) was an ideal speaker earlier this week for the United Way of Roanoke Valley’s Catalysts’ final gathering of 2010. The Catalysts, a group of young philanthropists (40 and under) who each give at least $250 per year to United Way, meet periodically throughout the year for fun, networking, good food, and interesting speakers - often from their own age group - who are doing amazing things in the community and the world. Lalka, a local boy making a big splash in international relations and economic development, had them spellbound, as he talked about his experiences

ognize the winners. She says the students “come with their families -- and the kids are just so proud.” The 15 winners were recognized by Chief David Hoback and other city and school officials and were presented with prizes. Refreshments were provided by Chick-Fil-A, Panera Bread, Firehouse Subs, McAllisters Deli and Viva La Cupcake. This contest is sponsored by The Rockingham Group. The winning artwork will be put on display at the Southern Hills and Valley View ChickFil-A locations.

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n the 1950s when I at- New Testament course. (The tended Mary Baldwin Revised Standard Bible was College religious diversity published in the spring of 1953, was obvious in our "Day Student when I graduated.) These baClub." My friends included two sic texts were supplemented by Roman Catholics, three Greek numerous volumes listed on the Orthodox and one Jewish, as Parallel Reading list Miss Lakwell as a Lutheran, a Methodist, enan distributed on the first day an Episcopalian and a Baptist, of class, listing the schedule for and, of course, a Presbyterian or reading during the entire course. two. We got along well together All these books occupied a spe-- and we all followed the schools cial place on the reserve shelf in strict regulations concerning re- the library, ensuring many hours ligious activities. of study in that sancFounded in 1842 as tuary. Augusta Female SemiMiss Lakenan nary under the auspichad spent a year in es of the Presbyterian the Holy Land and Church, Mary Baldwin her personal stories College continues its of her experience goal to produce young there gave life to her women of outstanding lectures. But what a character and leaderchallenge when she ship, in addition to traced the history of Mary Jo Shannon superior academic the Divided Kingachievement. In the dom on the chalk1950s when I was a student board! A long horizontal line there, the strict Presbyterian in- separated the kingdoms of Israel fluence was obvious. (on top) and the kingdom of JuOld and New Testament dah (on the bottom). Then verticourses, each one semester, and cal lines marked spaces, more or a senior course in philosophy less at scale, to indicate the reign were required for graduation. of each king, above and below Other electives such as Letters the line. Everyone scrambled of Paul and The Prophets were to copy the diagram and spent available also. Miss Mary Lak- hours trying to remember the enan, a diminutive elderly lady unfamiliar names and the fate with a crown of white hair and of each king (especially those rimless glasses instructed the Bi- nasty Northern kings!) for the ble students. Dr. Herbert Turner, test that would inevitably follow. a gentle retired Presbyterian I kept my copy in my Bible and minister who was loved by the referred to it many times after students taught the philosophy leaving Mary Baldwin. course, which culminated in a Miss Lakenan also was adviterm paper outlining the stu- sor for the YWCA, of which evdent’s own philosophy. ery student was a member. SerOld Testament classes used vice projects took us to V.S.D.B. the American Standard Bible, (the Virginia School for the Deaf but the recently published and Blind), the Effie Ann John(1946) Revised Standard New son Nursery, (a black nursery Testament was available for the school), the Bettie Bickle Home

(nursing home). Candlelight vespers, exam week devotions, and freshman orientation and World Service Student Fund were other Y activities that helped develop spiritual growth and concern for others. Twice a week the entire student body attended Religious Chapel, which was often led by students and the Chapel Choir. Seniors wore their caps and gowns and sat in alphabetically assigned seats. In the spring, Religious Emphasis Week brought well known pastors to speak at chapel services and also at evening services. Although students were not required to attend the First Presbyterian Church across the street from campus, attendance at the church of their choice was mandatory. Times have changed, as they say, and I suppose all this seems antiquated in our modern society. I hope my alma mater provides some time in the busy schedule for spiritual enrichment. Perhaps the time we spent in Bible study and religious activities, service projects etc. could have been invested more wisely in academic pursuit. But I don’t think so. When I earned the privilege of joining the Grafton Society, named for retired Dean Martha Grafton, and with only one requirement -- to live long enough to celebrate 50 years after graduation -- I read brief bios of the members. I was gratified to see how many had remained active in church and civic organizations, and had made substantial contributions of time, energy and money to worthwhile causes. After all - isn’t that the goal of education? Contact Mary Jo at info@theroanokestar.com

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t was miserable, cold the rising creek, side-stepping and wet. The wind made carefully up the slippery bank the umbrella in my hand and pulled open the sliding a pathetic mockery of shelter doors on the back of the barn. from the storm. Inside in the near-dark but It would soon be time to out of the rain, I dropped the take the dog to “puppy camp.” heavy load into the container I was over at the barn to shut where our good neighbors, the chickens in their pen be- who will feed the birds in our fore he and I left for Floyd. absence, can find it. Ah, there’s an egg. We’re not Forty five minutes later, the finding many these days, so dog’s wagging rear end disapeach is treated with special care peared through the door at until we can build back enough the Animal Care Clinic for his to make another pound cake two night stay. We would soon or some-such. I crabe on our way out of dled that one brown town for the weekegg gently in my hand end. for the short walk over As I slid back into to the house--a lesson the car to make a few learned after putting quick stops in town, them “temporarily” in and in an instant of the pocket of my jackhorror, I saw it: the et or vest until that big brown egg I’d awful crunch reminds been incubating, sitme that I’ve forgotten ting in the angle of Fred First it there. the driver’s seat just I carried the egg across behind where my rear end had the creek, careful on the wet just been, perfectly intact. I plank, umbrella worthless in looked around to see if anyone the blowing rain, and made a was watching, so I could expoint to glance in the back of plain that I do not intentionthe car on the way past to be ally drive a car while brooding sure the hatch space would be an egg. ready to contain the dog for What should I do with it? the agonizing, whimpering There: I moved it so that it half-hour drive to town. rested comfortably in the Curses: there’s the laying leather sling of the gear shift. crumbles we got yesterday at I made sure there was plenty Ingrams, I muttered to myself, of room for my fragile cargo in still cradling the one precious all forward gears; plus, I’d see egg in my hand, happy for the it there when I got home. And warmth. I'd better get that feed off I went to Slaughters for over to the barn now, a pox on a few groceries. I turned the the rain and the wet plank, wipers up a notch and made drat the infernal chickens, it sure my lights were on. was almost time to go. Free of my dog duties and So I set the egg carefully on groceries now in the back seat, the front seat of the car and I turned to look behind me as hoisted the fifty pounds of I backed out of the parking feed on my shoulder. I crossed space. And all the king’s horses

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Darwin for Modernity

n 24 November 2010, the world cel- In other words, Darwin’s theory of evolution by ebrated the 151st anniversary of the natural selection applies eternally across the great publication of Charles Darwin’s On the and ancient spectrum of biodiversity on our planOrigin of Species. In my estimation, this was the et. Rather than being wicked or atheistic, Darwin greatest book ever written in the sciences and is closed his book, On the Origin of Species, with his probably among the top 100 most influential texts inspiring conviction that “there is grandeur in the for Western society in the past two millennia. It view of life.” provided a unifying framework for our views on Gravity works, and so does evolution. Both phespace, time, and living things. For this reason, the nomena hold equal value in the sciences as general date – 24 November 1859 – represents the unifying postulates for their respective birthday of modern biology. fields with mountains of unequivocal When my students hear me reel with evidence for their workings in the natural such superlatives, they often roll their eyes world. Any perceived ambiguities likely and exclaim, “That Dr. Rinker – there he come from obtuse political or religious goes again!” But they don’t do that when opinions rather than weaknesses in the I speak about Mr. Darwin’s influence on theory itself. Recall that the word, theory, modernity. They, too, intuit the Earthin the parlance of science is not a guess but shattering impact of this man’s ideas on a powerful hypothesis that has “stood the us moderns – all of us, whether doctors, H. Bruce Rinker, PhD test of time” in all its applications. Like lawyers, politicians, businessmen, teachNewton’s apple, evolution will hit you on ers, housewives, retirees, no matter our esteemed the head whether you believe it or not. professions. I cannot help but recall the famous Latin quote In fact, over the entrance to my lab, I have that eminent analytical psychiatrist Carl Jung had framed largely one of my favorite quotes by Dar- carved over the doorway to his home: “Vocatus win as a daily reminder about the import of this atque non vocatus deus aderit,” or “Bidden or man: “A bad earthquake at once destroys our old- unbidden, God is present.” I, too, have this quote est associations: the earth, the very emblem of so- outside the entryway to my home. I, like many lidity, has moved beneath our feet like a thin crust of my fellow scientists, am a believer in the Diover a fluid.” Like an earthquake, Darwin’s con- vine and a lifelong supporter of Darwin’s theory ceptual framework destroyed old ways of thinking of evolution by natural selection. To contrive any and provided instead a wonder-filled understand- discord between God and Creation is to suggest ing of Earth’s living complexities. (blasphemously, in my estimation) that the Maker, Thus, it bothers me to no end when otherwise the Method, and the Made are disconnected and well-meaning people castigate Darwin’s work as in chaos. Anti-evolution sentiment is more about something wicked or even atheistic. Nothing fear and misunderstanding than about the authorcould be farther from the truth. Sadly, some of ship of nature. these folks derive their viewpoints not from any Darwin’s book, On the Origin of Species, ought direct study of Mr. Darwin but from the errone- to be required reading for all students of moderous impressions of others too often with a narrow nity as a unified framework to help us understand political or religious agenda. Darwin was not a the principles of nature and, consequently, our inwicked man nor was he an atheist, and his writ- formed role as stewards of a living planet. ings about the origins of species have “stood the H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. test of time,” whether we’re studying coral reefs, Ecologist, Educator, and Explorer orchids, climbing plants, domestic animals, sunbrinker@northcross.org dews and flytraps, humans, or even earthworms.

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n less than a month’s time, we will be in a homes, our sanctuaries, and the work place. Has new year - just when I finally perfected civil discourse and dialogue become a lost art? writing 2010 on my correspondence and Because of what I’ve seen and heard, I’ve learned checks. Now that thanksgiving is past, and the to swallow some of my words instead of thinking weather is colder, and all the leaves have dropped, I need to speak them. I’ve intentionally looked for we join the rest of creation in s-l-o-w-i-n-g occasions to build up- not tear down. d-o-w-n, in catching our breath and in waitLesson no. 4. Though out this year, we’ve heard ing patiently for the warmth and light of a new a great deal about the world coming to an end. In season. This “graced” time also provides us the the early months, it was the end of the Mayan opportunity to review the year past. Writing this calendar prediction: the world will be destroyed column jumpstarted my own review and I dis- on December 21, 2012. But that news has been covered that I have learned some important and trumped in these last months by the billboards lifelong lessons. that have appeared on our highways announcing Lesson no. 1. The iffy-ness of the economy “Judgment Day: May 21, 2011”. As is Y2K, I fear this year has forced me to rethink how I spend that those who heed these messages will start fretand what I buy. Do I really need what I really ting, fearing and selfishly preparing for that future want? I hope that when the markets improve, I day instead of living each day as if it were their hope I won’t forget these past months. For I now last. I’m trying to do just that: delighting in the know that I can live more with less. I have more beauty and wonder all around us, making sure to give to those who don’t have what I do. I’ve I’m “right” with those I love and meet, and sharalso learned to dream of and ask for –ie, “to seek” ing my time and treasures with those in need. If - those things that last. As the sign on a church in we’re living as our sacred texts call us to live and Crewe, VA read: “Those who are rich in love are if we truly believe that God is in charge and we’re the richest of all.” I pray I’ll grow richer in love not, we need not fear the coming day - whenever next year. that day comes. Lesson no. 2. The growing local food moveAs I noted above, writing this column promptment has helped me to eat much better. Food on ed an early review for me. I encourage you to my plates or in my bowls actually has taste and take a little time soon to do the same. You may texture. I’m cooking and eating fresh, seasonal be amazed at what you’ve learned. And it’s good vegetables that are new for me: scapes, Asian for the soul too! greens, collards and beets. I’m more aware of Joe Lehman is the Pastor at Our Lady of Nazahow my food is grown and by whom. I appreci- reth Catholic Church located at 2505 Electric Rd ate even more those who plow, plant, prune and (Rte 419. Visit them on the web at: www.oln-parish. pick it. I am much more grateful to God who cre- org ated the sun, sends the rains and causes the seeds to grow, flower and fruit. Next year, I plan to try giving up drive thru's and to exercise more. Lesson no. 3. The recent election seasons have been filled with too much angry and caustic rhetoric, for my tastes. Attacks were too personal and actual solutions to our problems and concerns Friday Dec 3rd, Saturday Dec 4th were too few. I noticed that this anger found its way into places 2214 Electric Rd, Roanoke • 540.400.7975 that were once safe spaces: our Mon. - Fri. 10 - 6 • Sat. 10 - 4

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11,500 Roanokers Participate in Rescue Mission’s Drumstick Dash

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Runners prepare to start the 2010 Drumstick Dash at the intersection of Tazewell Avenue and Williamson Road.

Over 11,500 Roanokers "moved their feet so others could eat" last Thursday as part of the fifth annual StellarOne Drumstick Dash to benefit the Roanoke Rescue Mission. Runners, walkers, babies in strollers, dogs on leashes and volunteers all came out to help provide food, shelter, medical care, case management, recovery programs, clothing and more for the more than 360 people who stay in Mission shelters each night. Race participation was up from the 7,500 total participants who took part in the 2009 Drumstick Dash and over $225,000 was raised from the event.

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Cave Spring Falls In Regional Final Classic Wild Bill’s Fearless Football Forecast

The overflow crowd at Richland's Ernie Hicks Stadium witnessed a classic battle last Friday night as the undefeated Blue Tornado of Richlands pulled out a 36-23 win in the Region IV Division 3 final. And, for the Richlands squad and its faithful, it was a game still up in the air until a gutsy call late in the fourth quarter securred the Blue Tornado victory. On a night when temperatures hovered around the freezing mark in far Southwest Virginia, the play on Richland's artificial turf was sizzling from the opening drive. Cave Spring took the opening kickoff and methodically

Cave Spring's #11 Michael Cole takes a handoff from QB Josh Woodrum as he picks up yardage for the Knights. drove the length of the field before Knight's go-to man Sam Wright barreled over the line from 3 yards out. Evan Johnson added the point after for the 7-0 lead, and Rich-

Knight's receiver #! Reece Kingery tries to make a diving catch at the goal line as the ball sails past him and a Richlands defender. lands found itself in unfamiliar waters as it trailed for one of the few times this season. The Blue Tornado responded with the next two scores to regain the lead 14-7 before the Cave Spring defense, taking advantage of a Josh Woodrum punt inside the Richlands 5-yard line, forced Blue Tornado QB Cody Lockhart into an intentional grounding error out of the Richlands end zone, giving the Knights the 2-point safety. The teams headed to the locker room with Richlands up 14-9. The game took a quick turn on Cave Spring's first play of the third quarter when Wright took a handoff up the middle for a 73-yard TD run that put Cave Spring up 16-14 and stunned the Ernie Hicks crowd. Richlands regained the momentum with two drives that resulted in touchdowns, and a pair of twopoint conversions after each, to take a 30-16 lead. Moments later, Knights QB Josh Woodrum hooked up with Virginia

Tech-bound Michael Cole for a 61-yard scoring strike that cut the Richlands' lead to 3023. But, Blue Tornado coach Greg Mance went into the trick play bag on fourth down at the Cave Spring 36 yard line on the next possession. Running back Bradley Strong took a handoff for what appeared to be a signature Richlands end-sweep. Instead, Strong stopped and fired a 36-yard strike to a wide open Tanner Smith in the right end zone for the dagger that would end the Cave Spring playoff run. Cave Spring outgained Richlands 202-199 on the ground with Wright leading the Knights with 145 yards on 13 carries and two touchdowns. Woodrum threw for 197 yards with 13 completions in 29 attempts. Richlands got 150 rushing yards from standout Devon Johnson. By Bill Turner info@newsroanoke.com

Patrick Henry Girls Want To Contend With five returning starters from last year’s fourth place team, the Patrick Henry girls basketball team is looking to contend for the Western Valley District title this season. Suiting it up for the Patriots this season are Kenzie Poindexter (Sr, 5-7, G), Jewellanna Parfitt (So, 5-6, G), Miranda Smith (Sr, 5-9, G/F), Sarah Williams (Sr, 5-4 G), Zaynah Stephens (Jr, 5-9, F), Shakeia Salters (Jr, 5-3, G), Makena Nicolas (Sr, 5-6, G), Lia Hinds (Jr, 5-11, C), ShaBria Smith (Jr, 5-8, F), Kim Russell (Jr, 5-10, C), Jasmine Keeling (Jr, 6-0, C) and Tiana Franklin (Sr, 5-4, G). “We are more versatile this year, which helps take the pressure off of Sarah Williams,” said head coach Toree Dunleavy, who saw her team compile 6-15 mark last season. She sees her probable starting lineup as being Poindexter, Williams, Smith, Salters and Stephens.

“We had a good off-season and I think any of our girls could make an impact this season for us,” added Dunleavy, who sees the Patriots strengths as being athletic, while their size and not playing together a lot are concerns. “We are excited to get our season underway. Our program had a good off-season, the girls came in and worked hard in the weight room,” said Dunleavy. “I’m really happy with our coaching staff and the way they are preparing our young ladies.” Patrick Henry opened its season on Wednesday against E.C. Glass (after press time). As for Patrick Henry’s top games, Dunleavy singled out, “all district games and our game against Stonewall Jackson at home on Jan. 29.” By David Grimes info@newsroanoke.com

The last of our local high UCI twist. I’ve been just about says his wife always loses her school teams bowed out of thrown out of a couple places dog during the games at Bogle the playoffs Friday night when while wearing this shirt, but Stadium. It’s small and white. the Cave Spring Knights gave it’s a huge hit at any fraternity Have I seen the pooch? Richlands all they could handle party. Answer: Je pense qu’il Now it’s time to look in this s’arrete a cote de ma voiture at Ernie Hicks Stadium before coming up short in an exciting week’s mailbag as we add a little hier soir vendredi. Selon mon 36-23 shootout. Ramp up the culture to the column. soulier, il a un gros appetit. Dear Mr. T: I took my Bonne chance! applause meter as Cave Spring not only entertained the fans daughters to the Carrie Under(I think he stopped beside wood concert and saw my car last Friday night. Acall season with their you on the sound stage. cording to my shoe, he has a wide open offense and I was surprised when I big appetite. Good luck!) tough defense, but saw your Underwood showed a lot of class Dear Wild Man: We saw you picture on the RSS Arts in Richlands at the big game. in handling the defeat and Culture page. Are Just curious, where did you eat? to a superb opponent. you part of the artsy We may go back to shop and Well done Knights!! crowd? (Violet, c/o are looking for suggestions. I, likewise, escaped Kennedy Center) unscathed when not (Jerry and Mona/Roanoke) Answer: Yes, Vioa single Grundy Answer: Our group had a Bill Turner let, you could say bite at Lib’s Mobile Restaurante, fan took me up for I’m part of the Star- just past the Quick Mart. Being my offer of a free meal at halftime. Being only Sentinel paparazzi. I had pre- the day after Thanksgiving, I 25 miles down the road, I fig- viously done an Underwood had the turkey wrap, which was ured the Golden Wave faithful concert last summer, so I got great. One of our three had the would search me out for what the thumbs-up again from her chips, also well presented. But, I expected to be a picnic in entourage. But, alls not well in the key was the service. We November. There were a lot of Tinseltown for me. Ever since were pressed for time and the the standing-room-only crowd the word got out I was hang- maitre d’, a man by the name glaring my way as I roamed ing out with Carrie, Lady Gaga of Bobby, kept things moving the Cave Spring sideline, but has refused to return my phone out of the back with precision. I think I had them confused calls. Plenty of parking, credit cards Cher Monsieur Bill: Ma not accepted. But, they close for when I gave signals in the direction of Coach Fulton as if I femme perd toujours son chien the winter, so it may be spring were the Cave Spring offensive pendant les jeux au stade Bogle. before the reopening- call first. coordinator. Actually, I was Petit et blanc. Avez-vous vu le Four-star rating here. borrowing the hit and run sign pooch? (Pierre/Roanoke) Our RSS interpreter is on from the Washington Nationals baseball team, which I picked assignment doing a French By Bill Turner up as a dugout photographer. restaurant review, but I’ll try info@newsroanoke.com Additionally, my Mr. Mous- to help out. Basically, Pierre tache disguise glasses likely threw them off track a bit. Now for the big news you readers have been waiting for. “Providing Comprehensive The hierarchy at the RSS has Eye Care With Compassion decided to continue this coland Excellence” umn into basketball season with a still yet to be named weekly piece. Obviously, the name must be tweaked since high school football is almost over, so there is nothing to forecast with the pigskins. Feel We at Eye Care & Surgery free to send in any suggestions wish you a warm and meaningful for the name. Basketball on celebration of the birth of Christ the high school level opened this holiday season and His Wednesday night so look for presence in your life for the years everything hoop-wise next to come. week. A big thanks go out to the couple and their teen-age son who stopped me at the Roanoker Restaurant last week to say they loved this column, It’s great to hear that from any reader. Likewise, a special gratitude to the UC-Irvine athletic booster who sent me a UCI Three Locations to Serve You shirt after my piece on team Roanoke: 1960 Electric Road • 540-772-7171 mascots. Their nickname is the Botetourt: 33 British Woods Dr. • 540-992-6768 Anteaters, and the shirt plays Smith Mt. Lake: 13295 Booker T. Wash. Hwy. • 540-721-4433 on the angle somewhat like www.eyecaresurgery.com the ‘Hokie Nation’, but with the

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Cave Spring Boys Face Challenge to Repeat as Champions The Cave Spring boys basketball team may find the road to Richmond bumpy this season, as the two-time defending state AA champions return no starters off of last year's 25-4 team. The Knights, who finished 9-1 in a tough River Ridge District, will field a roster comprising of Grant Backlund (Jr, 5-8, G), Reece Kemp (Sr, 6-1, F), Ryan Gladfelter (Jr, 5-11, G), Michael Cole (Sr, 6-2, F), Tyler Kemp (Sr, 6-4, F), Aaron Cupp (Jr, 5-10, G), Storm Furrow (Sr, 5-10, G), Alex Couture (Jr, 5-10, G), Michael Phlegar (Jr, 6-0, G), Ben Walker (Jr, 6-3, F), Zach Lawson (Jr, 6-4, F), Amin Abuhawwas (Jr, 6-2, G), Harrison Richards (Jr, 6-3, F) and Jordan Bryant (So, 6-1, F). Head Coach Billy Hicks sees Cupp, Gladfelter, Abuhawwas, Cole and Kemp as probable starters. Asked who might make an impact this season, Hicks said, "Michael Cole [a Virginia Tech recruit for football] will be our leader and the most ath-

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Steady progress on excited. Everything the court and prodworked out perfectly ding from the coach for me.” have helped land PatShe also credits rick Henry outside Patrick Henry head hitter Liz Brailsford coach Patty Sheedy at a D1 school next for pushing her year. The volleyball and the rest of the standout for the PaPatriots, with a notriots didn’t earn any nonsense approach scholarship money to practices that is from Dartmouth very businesslike and College – they don’t goal-oriented. “She do that sort of thing at never really allows the Ivy League school us to be silly or goof – but despite interest off in practice. We from other colleges work hard all the way where she might have through practice. earned a scholarship, Liz Brailsford slams one home for the Patriots. [Sheedy] will tell you Brailsford fell in love exactly what you need “This year I was focusing mostly with the New Hampshire cam- on my all around game…sharp- to work on – and she expects pus and will head there next fall. ening everything.” you to work on it.” Brailsford played varsity for all Brailsford had to adjust to Since the 7th grade Brailsford four years at Patrick Henry and has also played off season in the that as a freshman, finding it difcompeted on the JV team while Roanoke Juniors program, (now ficult at first. “Looking back it as an 8th grade middle schooler, a part of Roanoke United Vol- was a great experience. I had to something she says is not un- leyball Club) formerly run by do what I was supposed to do.” common at PH. “Each year I Cave Spring coaches Tamalyn This season the Patriots won the think about different aspects of and Mark Tanis. The travel team Western Valley District title and my game that have improved,” played tournaments in Raleigh, made it to the second round of said Brailsford, who may start Atlanta and other cities recently, the regionals before bowing out. out in a pre-med track at Dart- often against top-notch com- PH has captured the district title mouth. She’s currently in an in- petition that includes volleyball for the past five seasons. ternship program at Carilion. Leaving her Patriots teamplayers earmarked for Division Brailsford moved from mid- One colleges. “The girls are mates behind was tough. “All dle hitter to outside hitter when great and it’s very good volley- of us were great friends and we she graduated from middle ball,” said Brailsford. “You get all had high goals. We wanted school to high school, and that’s the best competition possible. to make it to the state [playoffs the position she is slated to play You’re pushed to play at [a high- after regionals].” Even in the last at Dartmouth. Outside hitters er level].” regional loss to Heritage, when have more room to make plays Brailsford said choosing the assorted players were nursing than do middle hitters, notes right college environment was injuries, “everyone was giving it Brailsford. “[The switch] was more important than aiming for their all.” very difficult but each year I got a volleyball powerhouse where Brailsford said Dartmouth more and more used to it. A lot she might not enjoy the atmo- has a “very solid program,” that of times [at middle hitter] you sphere as much – one torn ACL includes five weeks of preseason can only really hit a couple of after all could leave her on the training. Two freshmen started angles. At outside hitter…you sidelines at a school she might for the volleyball team this seacan kind of play around with ev- not care for. “I wanted to make son, leaving her hope of getting erything.” sure I was going to [the right] some significant minutes next She went from learning how college.” fall. “I’m willing to go up there to hit the ball properly as a The thought of being able to and work hard, and see what freshman to focusing on putting play competitive volleyball for happens. I really can’t wait.” some power in those hits, which another four years however, By Gene Marrano helps to rack up the kills statistics leaves Brailsford “extremely gmarrano@cox.net

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Congressman Bob Goodlatte has sent a follow-up letter to Martha Johnson, the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) calling on the GSA to halt the proposed renovation of the Richard B. Poff Federal Building in Roanoke. Goodlatte cited the General Services Administration Office of the Inspector General report, which arrived unsolicited at Goodlatte’s Washington, D.C. office last week, indicating "a clear violation of the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA). The GSA Inspector General’s audit shows that the GSA provided the maximum contract amount, in violation of federal contracting law, giving bidders that information and depriving taxpayers of a fair process to determine the true cost of the project." The report, delivered without a cover letter, addresses an audit of the Poff Federal Building project and the Huntington, West Virginia Building project and the use of Construction Manager as Constructor (CMC) contracts for both projects. In

addition to concluding that GSA violated the law in pricing the Poff Federal Building project, the report raises several additional questions. “The IG’s report on the GSA audit of the Poff Federal Building project further reinforces my belief that the proposal was ill-conceived from the beginning and improperly pursued once funded by stimulus dollars,” said Congressman Goodlatte. “The GSA’s own audit has now revealed evidence of the failure of the agency to comply with applicable laws and a breakdown in following standard operating procedures. This compounds previously uncovered evidence of a lack of a costbenefit analysis of the project that would have compared it to constructing a new building, as well as the enormous cost overruns that have resulted in accommodating the Department of Veterans Affairs at its temporary offices.” The report indicates that the Guaranteed Maximum Price for the Poff Building renovation was based on an internal bud-

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