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approve a new Federal tax system by July of Congressman Bob Goodlatte has reintrothe same year. This legislation has already duced bipartisan legislation, the Tax Code Terbeen passed twice by the House of Represenmination Act, to abolish the Internal Revenue tatives, first in 1998 by a vote of 219-209 and Code. He has been joined by over 40 memthen in 2000 by a vote of 229-187. bers, both Republicans and Democrats, who “Last week in his State of the Union Adhave cosponsored his legislation. dress, President Obama said ‘the best thing “It has become abundantly clear that the tax we could do on taxes for all Americans is code is no longer working in a fair manner for to simplify the individual tax code,’” said our nation’s citizens,” said Goodlatte. “AmeriGoodlatte. “The President stated he was cans devote a total of 7.4 billion hours each Bob Goodlatte prepared to join both parties in simplifying year to comply with our current tax code. It our tax code. My bipartisan legislation, the is unfair, discourages savings and investment, and is impossibly complex. What we need is tax sim- Tax Code Termination Act, can be the impetus for overhauling our tax system.” plification.” The National Taxpayer’s Union (NTU) reports that The legislation would repeal the entire tax code, except portions that deal with Social Security and Medi- the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) now lists more than care, by December 31, 2015, and calls on Congress to 1,700 publications, forms and instructions on its web-
site. The complexity of the Internal Revenue Code is often reported as one of the most serious problem facing taxpayers today. To further illustrate this point the IRS’s Taxpayer Advocate Service recently noted about 60 percent of individual taxpayers pay practitioners to prepare their returns and another 29 percent use tax software to assist them. “America’s future depends on overcoming the handicap of the current tax code. There is a widespread consensus that the current system is broken, and keeping it is not in America’s best interest,” said Goodlatte. “The Tax Code Termination Act will force Congress to finally debate and address fundamental tax reform.” The Tax Code Termination Act has been referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means for further consideration.
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Attending college requires a large investment on the part of students, parents and the community. Students invest time. Parents invest money and resources. The community also invests time, money, and resources into a students’ success. As a result of the investment made by community members, businesses, organizations, and non-profit groups, the Virginia Western Educational Foundation was able to award nearly $150,000 in scholarships to 118 students, for the 2010-2011 academic year. An awards ceremony was held to recognize the scholarship recipients and donors. (Pictured Above). Listed below are some of the recipients from Roa-
noke and the scholarships they received: Crystal K. Basham received the Bridging the Gap Endowed Scholarship, Brandi L Bryant received the Lewis-Gale Medical Center Endowed Scholarship Courtney Croom received the Sister Eveline Murray Endowed Scholarship Mendsaikhan Dagvadorj received the Gertrude Light Hubbard Endowed Scholarship Jacob R. Equi received the Employee Annual Giving Scholarship Jennie R. Ferguson received the Dr. Elizabeth W. Payne Endowed Scholarship Daniel B. Fralin received the Katherine Futrell
A Blast From Super Bowl Past As a Graduate Student at the University of Arizona in 1967, James H. Johnson composed and arranged the entire musical score for the first ever Super Bowl Halftime Show. Now retired and living in Roanoke, Johnson shares his extraordinary memory from those heady days. “The Last Minute Halftime Stars of Super Bowl I” Upon returning from our church service on New Year’s Day 1967, I hurriedly unlocked the front door to answer the telephone. The excited but rather desperate caller was University of Arizona Band Director, Jack Lee. “Jim, the UA band has been invited to perform at the first annual Super Bowl football game. Will you score some special band arrangements for the halftime show?” Though the opportunity was intriguing, at the time I was under a good deal of pressure to complete my Doctor of Musical Arts degree program on schedule. I was also teaching courses at the UA School of Music on a graduate teaching scholarship
Balloons soar with the music during the Super Bowl I in 1967. and did not want to jeopardize my position. But after some reflection, I was able to clear the way in my mind and I accepted the challenge. Lee had received the bowl invitation on Dec 23rd and went to Los Angeles the day after Christmas to confer with Tommy Walker, producer of the pregame and half-time shows. Four days after returning to Tucson
the show was ready to present to Walker - minus the actual musical arrangements. On January 5th, the bowl officials approved Lee’s halftime plans, leaving only 10 days to prepare a show that could possibly attract the largest television audience and become the most widely viewed sporting event in history. > CONTINUED It would P2: Super Bowl
Memorial Endowed Scholarship Carrie C. Hedrick received the Alumni Association Annual Book Scholarship Sung W. Lee received the Roanoke Electric Steel Corporation Endowed Scholarship Laurie J. Lewis received the Beverly Day Williamson, Jr. Endowed Scholarship I Chieh Lin received the City of Salem Commonwealth Legacy Scholarship Patrick J. Luther received the Al Pollard Memorial Scholarship for the Culinary Arts Darla R. Mehrkens received the Al Pollard Memo> CONTINUED P2: Scholarships
Glenvar Coalition Helps Students Fight Risky Behaviors
One of several groups set up at county high schools and middle schools, the Glenvar Coalition (also known as the Community Action Team) meets monthly to discuss how to curb abusive behaviors in young people. Student representatives from Glenvar Middle and Glenvar High help set the agenda, along with teachers, guidance counselors, school resource officers and parents. Then they fan out, setting examples for other teens, even making presentations to students in the lower grades. The coalition is an offshoot of the Roanoke County Prevention Council, a federally funded program that measures risky and abusive behaviors in county schools, then devises programs to combat those behaviors. There are also strong coalitions in southwest Roanoke County and at William Byrd High School in Vinton. Getting teachers, school administrators and parents involved is always a focus of the Prevention Council, but student participation is a major driver as well. This Friday many of them will take part in the third annual talent show, at 7 p.m. (Feb. 4) in the Glenvar high school auditorium. This year’s show features students from Glenvar Middle School’s 8th grade as well as all grades in the high school. Music will be supplied by a band called Paddleboat. This year’s theme is “If you don’t know who you are, start with who you’re not.” The struggle teens face in finding their identity will be incorporated into sketches. Tabitha Cain, a former Prevention Council employee whose daughter Ariel was a prominent member of the Glenvar Coalition (Ariel is now at Rad- > CONTINUED ford) said 10-15 students from the 7th grade P2: Coalition
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and up typically show up for the monthly meetings. “We’re in our third year of strong youth participation,” said Cain. Her daughter has become a public speaker on drug and alcohol abuse. “She’s the one that got me involved with prevention to begin with,” said Cain. Last year student members of the Glenvar Coalition went to all of the feeder schools that send children on to the middle and high school. “They just felt like they could help [young students] cope, because they had just gone through it themselves,” said Cain. Presentations to 5th graders last year focused on Internet and cell phone safety; there were also questions from elementary school students about bullying. Some wanted to know “if they were going to walk down the halls [in high school] and see drugs and alcohol,” added Cain. She cites “excellent support” from the principals at both Glenvar Middle and
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the Los Angeles Coliseum where the show would be presented the next day. Later that afternoon the band performed at Disneyland and returned to the motel that evening in near exhaustion. The next day on January 15th, 1967 the clash between the National Football League champion Green Bay Packers and American Football League champion Kansas City Chiefs was played before a capacity crowd of nearly 100,000. In addition it was estimated that the game was seen by over 90 million people on both the CBS and NBC networks. During both the pre-game and half-time ceremonies, our UA Wildcat Band gave a sensational performance. Additional entertainment was provided by the UCLA men’s choir, the high-stepping Grambling College (LA) Band and Bell Laboratories who provided two jet pack equipped astronauts who flew high above the crowds before landing in the middle of the stadium.
My contributions to the musical spectacular consisted of the entrance music, “Entree, Fanfare, Salute” and the Al Hirt Showcase featuring the famous New Orleans jazz trumpeter himself. Forty-five UA trumpet players and the rest of the UA band joined in and then formed a huge trumpet on the field in support of Hirt. Two numbers, “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans” and “when the Saints Go Marching In” symbolized the development of jazz in the Crescent City. After the game (and a BIG meal) the parade of UA buses headed home. They rolled up to the Tucson campus just after dawn with some very weary but proud musicians. Despite the ten hectic days of rehearsals and many sleepless nights, the super star lastminute band performers could enjoy a lifetime of memories from their performance at Super Bowl I. Oh! Who won the game? The Packers! (Publishers Note: Might be wise to bet on them again!)
From page 1 Glenvar High, which allow student coalition members to be excused from classes to take part in special activities and meetings. The Glenvar Coalition has also partnered with other youth groups that seek to curb abusive behaviors in teens. Given every two years, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (which asks students in middle and schools about drug and alcohol use, bullying, etc.) showed signs of progress in some areas, while issues like abusive text messages and “sexting” started to become more apparent. New statistics and information from the survey, analyzed by the Roanoke County Prevention Council, will be presented in a PowerPoint presentation before the talent show on Friday. Glenvar students will focus on and discuss certain survey results – positive and negative – during the presentation. “The group has just taken on its own dynamic,” said Cain, “it’s really exciting to see.” Tickets at the door for Friday’s talent show
Students at coalition meetings like this one in Southwest Roanoke County strategize on combating risky behaviors. at Glenvar High School are $3 for adults and $1 for students. Proceeds will go back to the Glenvar Coalition to support their outreach efforts. By Gene Marrano gmarrano@cox.net
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> Super Bowl leave me only a few days (and nights) to prepare the scores and extract parts for the 203 piece marching band! Rehearsals got into gear, formations and drills charted and many other arrangements attended to - including some very long practice sessions. Before the band departed for Los Angeles, Walker flew to Tucson to preview a rehearsal of the show. As former Director of the University of Southern California and head of entertainment at Disney Land for 10 years, Walker said he wanted a show that was both “super and national in character.” Thankfully he was happy with the results! On Wednesday afternoon, January 11th five bus loads of UA band students and other official personnel left for Los Angeles and would up checking into the Bel-Air Sands Motel at 3 a.m. For two days before the game the band rehearsed non-stop on the UCLA practice field and on the afternoon of the 14th, a dress rehearsal was staged in
A key Senate Rules subcommittee has surprisingly voted 2-1 to advance a transparency bill that would require the budget bill to be posted on the internet for 72 hours before any legislative action could be taken. The bill's patron Sen. Ralph Smith (R-Botetourt) introduced similar bills in 2009 and 2010 after being given only 34 minutes to review the final budget during the 2008 session, but this is the first time the proposal has been endorsed by a Senate panel. "I have continued to fight for
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opted a similar rule. The new congressional rule was adopted after Republican candidates ran on a "A Pledge to America" reform platform that included a promise to "read the bill" and require legislation be publicly available at least 3 days before voting on it. "Transparency was a major part of the message that elected 65 new faces to the House of Representatives. Voters want this and Virginia needs it. There is no way to study over 500 pages of a bill spending tens of billions of taxpayer dollars in
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Three Centenarians Celebrate Life New Volunteer Group “Gideon’s Army”
There are three women still alive in Southwest VA that have seen the first automobile ever invented, the Great Flood of 1913, both World Wars and the Great Depression in their lifetimes that are still around to tell the tales. Roanoke-based Kissito Healthcare, a not-forprofit health care provider, manages five long term and post-acute care facilities in Virginia. Two of those facilities in Southwest VA house three residents that have turned 101, 103 and 104 years old at the cusp of February this year. Alpha “Granny” Averill of Kissito’s The Brian Center near Alleghany celebrated her birthday on January 30th of this year. She takes first place of the three centenarians at 104 years young. Of eight children she is the only one still alive. Granny recalls the Great Flood of 1913 and the image that comes to mind for her is a doghouse with a dog sitting on top of it, floating toward her. She also tells a story of taking a wagon full of melons to her home in Low Moor from her Granddaddy’s, the wagon breaking and having to carry all the melons up the mountain with her hands. She says that many of her early days were spent making “scrapple” and “leather britches” to eat and "picking huckleberries." She fondly reminisces about a memory of her Great Aunt Mary. “She would take us outside of the culvert - that was when automobiles first came out. My aunt wore a bonnet and when somebody came by in an old Ford she would holler, ‘Hey! How about taking us for a ride?’ They took us up the road in that car and it was the first time we had rode in a car. There was our aunt sitting there in that car with that bonnet on. She kept us laughing all the time.” The good memories were not without strife. “We never had a decent biscuit to take to school for lunch,” she says. “We would go to school all day without anything to eat.” She also talks about how there often wasn’t enough coal for the schoolhouse and that most students only received two years of high school. Rarely did someone go to college. Mary Kostel, also a resident of The Brian Center Alleghany, turned 103 on February 2nd. Still sharp in conversation and walking well, she was the oldest of five children. She boasts eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. At three years old, Mary moved from the U.S. to Sparta, Greece, her parents’ homeland where her father owned an olive orchard and made olive oil. At 16, she moved back to the U.S. and married James Kostel in January of 1927. The couple later opened the first restaurant in Clifton Forge to have an air conditioning unit. Her son, George Kostel, 83, the oldest of her three sons says of his mother, “She’s still the same. My mother wants to accomplish things. She’s very productive … She’s [also] a positive person; she sees the positive side of things.”
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Mary Kostel, a resident of the Brian Center near Alleghany at their winter ball. George speaks of his mother’s resilience regarding the World Wars and the Great Depression. "Those situations never really affected her in the way that the death of her youngest son did, who passed away at age 46 of lung cancer." Hazel Hager also celebrated her 101st birthday on February 2nd, which was groundhog day. She’s been asked many times why she didn’t stay inside on her birthday so she wouldn’t see her shadow. “I got the blame for the weather,” she admits. Hager, resident of the Brian Center near Fincastle, had no children of her own but is sure to get calls from all her nieces and nephews on Groundhog Day. She can’t read as well anymore, but still prefers quiet time over anything else. She likes to talk, but she’s “never been the type of person to mingle or small talk,” her niece, Twila Briscoe, says endearingly of her Aunt Hazel. “She has always used her mind. She’s a reader, enjoys good discussions, theology.” She adds that Hager is very adept when it comes to knowledge of current events. Longevity runs in the family, apparently. Aunt Hazel’s mother lived to 107 and both her grandmother and great-grandmother lived to 102, making her a fourth-generation centenarian. As was true for Granny Averill and Mary Kostel, a long life is not without hard times. Her father was killed in a coal mine, but eventually her mother remarried and that brought more brothers and sisters. Making up only .0002 percent of the U.S. population, centenarians are few in number but their experiences and wisdom are priceless and the tales they tell are endearing and provide a perspective on modern life that is available nowhere else. By Keisha Graziadei-Shup info@newsroanoke.com
Stepping out and following a dream can sound easy and sometimes even logical, but actually executing the steps necessary to make it happen is something else altogether. For Alex Hash, a difficult road helped the dream take shape, with the final push coming from a Virginia Western professor who asked Hash “why not now?” `Hash’s dream has become real and it has a name: “Gideon’s Army Community Services.” He is excited to spread the word and hopes others will join him in making his dream theirs as he works to undergird the needy among us. Gideon’s Army is “a new community services organization that will focus on giving the community opportunities to participate in volunteerism and community service … changing the world, one neighborhood at a time,” according to Hash. The group has already sponsored two events, beginning this past December. Hash plans to host an event each month, with the intervening days devoted to gathering supplies and planning in order to best help the charitable organization they are working with. The January event which Hash called “a great success,” benefitted Turning Point Domestic Violence Center, who received boxes of items Gideon’s Army had collected containing infant care items, laundry soap, hand sanitizer, towels, and more. They filled four large boxes and supplied pre-paid phone cards to pass out to all the residents. Hash is pleased that several area businesses and a school served as donation centers, including First Impressions Hair Salon, North Cross CAC, Mojai Boutique, Nappyheadz Hair Productions, and St. Matthew WOLF. He says, “This is a perfect example of what we can accomplish when we work together.” Originally from Winston-Salem NC, Hash’s life has taken several detours from what appeared early on to be a fast track to success. As a younger man, he “grew up in the church, was a good athlete,” but while stationed in Ft. Hood, Texas in 1986, he got the news that his brother had been murdered. Hash says “that sent me on a downward spiral – I was just lost. It took me about 10 years to get my life in order.” Things eventually were looking up after that. He “was working at the railroad and my wife graduated from nursing school.” Then, when the recession came a couple years ago, he got laid off and “was a middle aged black man, unemployed.” Hash, now 45, says he started a couple of businesses, ran a restaurant and tried all types of things as he struggled to get ahead. He was spinning his wheels until one morning, he had that epiphany moment as he was drinking his coffee, surfing the internet. He read the quote: “If you want to find yourself, lose yourself in the service of others.” Hash says it was “like a light bulb went off in that moment; that’s what I was meant to do.” His own ministry began to take shape in his mind. He
Gideon’s Army donates at Turning Point. called on several trusted friends “who are my closest advisers and have been instrumental in making this organization successful. My co directors are Chris Eural, Nathaniel Hash, and my treasurer and business advisor is Paul Mylott; these guys have been invaluable to me.” He says many in his family are steeped in the Christian heritage, laying a foundation in Hash’s life that has led him to this point. There are family members who hold Doctors of Divinity, there are Bishops, and several Uncles who are church pastors, as well as his father, Dr. Charles Hash, who pastors St. Matthew Word of Life Fellowship here in Roanoke. “People are struggling; right here in our community people are struggling, and I’ve always had the desire to help,” says Hash, who planned on trying to put something together when he finishes school. When he shared his thoughts with Professor Gaynor, one of his teachers at Virginia Western, Gaynor said, “Why not start now?” He realized this was a better plan and settled on the name Gideon’s Army Community Services, inspired by the small army that was able to win against a foe with much larger numbers. He sees part of the mission as helping those in need, and part as helping people in the community come together and reap the benefits of volunteering and being a part of something worthwhile as they minister to others. Hash, father to seven children, sees heading up Gideon’s Army as a career down the road although “the more education I get, the more intrigued I am about counseling.” As he looks to future volunteer meetings, Hash says “We are praying that conversations erupt and we get to know each other better and develop a family atmosphere, which will lead to us being able to service our community with a united voice.” Next up for February: Valentine’s Day party at Valley (Mental Health) Retirement on February 14 from 6 til 8 p.m. Anyone who wants to donate desserts please email gideonsarmy2010@gmail.com or call 540- 632-1251.
Carilion Clinic Community Benefit Hits New High According to company reports, Carilion Clinic’s overall community benefit hit a new high in 2009, reaching $154.9 million or right at $350,000 per day in uncompensated care. The expenditures were spread throughout the region, including the Roanoke and New River valleys and Giles, Tazewell, Franklin, Bedford and Rockbridge counties. Carilion reports its community benefit to the Internal Revenue Service each year, basing the figures on IRS guidelines. Carilion Clinic is a community asset with no owners, investors or stockholders. Its revenue stays in the
region and is reinvested to meet local health care needs. As a not-for-profit organization, Carilion is exempt from paying most taxes (though Carilion does pay taxes on some property, including the new Riverside development in Roanoke). In 2009, Carilion was exempt from $22.7 million in taxes and according to the company gave approximately $154.9 million back to the community - or nearly $7 for every dollar of tax exemption. Uncompensated care made up most of the reported community benefit, at $129 million. This includes charity care, Medicare and Medicaid costs that are not reim-
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I paid a visit five days ago. From ages ten through seventeen, my home was in Stephentown, a little hamlet founded in the heavily wooded mountains of New York State, southeast of Albany. The small towns to the north and south are located on the expansive level floor of an ancient valley. Those towns interrupt - but just barely - a thick quilting of hardwoods, not like the knitted, coniferred forests of Virginia. I doubt my homeplace is on any map anywhere. It's too small, tucked away like an after-thought in a narrow mountain recess. I'm nearing where I once lived. I begin to feel a prickling on my neck. I pass the old federated church where once I sought grace without knowing I did so. Some of the old houses are gone; no new ones take their place. Soon I will pass a small bridge and enter what used to be the center of my childhood universe. Beneath that bridge will flow a small creek where I waded in rolled up pants, laughing and lost in hours pursuing elusive minnows. Ba-bump. I cross the bridge. The prickling
is more insistent now as I enter age. Their mighty limbs held off this enchanted realm. As I drive winter winds and bested furious along the unlined blacktop storms. We tapped those trees road, time seems to slow, stand for sap, and boiled it down in a quietly, and then begins a back- large black pot big enough to sit ward unfolding. in. Hours of boiling later, maIt is still beautiful here; a lush ple syrup. Those trees are here parliament of summer still; giants, but now colors: shades of emerwith a stooping carald, and lime, and yelriage. Three of them low-green. The small are gone, set upon by clearing we used to lightning or disease. walk on our way to the Strange. I once thought swimming hole is now them impervious. grown up with trees of The pond we dug unbelievable size. Have long years ago is still I stayed away that there, now covered Lucky Garvin long? The seven acres with algae and broad of lawn our family mowed ev- flats of silt. To my brothers and ery two weeks are now choked me, poling our clumsy rafts on with weeds and crowded with those sun-bleached days, it was trees elbowing each other out the Mississippi, and we were of the way for sunlight. Of the shortly-bound for Natchez. baseball diamond dad made for Now it lies neglected in a dense all the neighborhood kids, not sketching of trees, new -grown even a board of the backstop since last I came. But I smile as remains in the tangled brush. I I see that frogs still jump and know. I looked. panfish still kiss its surface. I Maples flank the lawn around stand at the edge of the pond the house, stout as a convent and hear the long-ago voices fill wall; leaf-covered sentinels in in the silence around me. shaggy livery, three feet through Once there was a valley that at the base. As a child, I warmed led from the pond deep into to their protection and patron- the woods. How many times did I walk that path to cut firewood? That valley is now grown
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up with forest you'd swear had been there forever. But it hasn't. Roaring Brook borders that valley; an exuberant little rockstrewn creek. When we moved there, its burbling chorus kept me awake. But what began as my annoyance became my lullaby. I listen to it in the afternoon stillness. But what moved me most... the house; my home so long ago. As I stood in that a time-stilled air, the soft curl of memory collided with the moment. Transparencies flashed in front of me. Now. Then. Now. The old white house crowns the brow of a hill - neither so big as in memory - and bears the face of a weary king, dilapidated and solitary. I wonder if it recognizes me? Does it remember that it loved me well? Am I forgiven for having deserted it? Do homes miss people and long for their return? The house, ragged and peeling; the grounds, weed-choked and ill-tended; forgotten, unloved. I feel so badly about that, but I know the uselessness of such regret. It seemed fitting to wonder if nature was taking back the land with its stealthy might, as if it had taken a sacred oath to rescind what is no longer
wanted, and reclaim what once was incontestably its own. Will nature let you keep its gift if you work for it, if you value it? But if you ignore it, will the gift be revoked, slowly but inexorably, unless someone comes to love it again? A melancholy shapes within me, mysterious but undeniable. My spirit is still here, I can feel it. Do I half-expect to catch a glimpse of my shadow-self? Does the little boy I used to be still roam these hills, and splash unseen in near-by willowshaded creeks? Would he run from me the stranger; or pause at some haunting familiarity of my face. "Who are you?" "I am you." Perhaps he would draw close in wonder and tentatively touch my now-silvered beard. I walked about for an hour; no cars passed. Not one. My God, how did I ever endure this loneliness? Our solitary country road passes on for some miles before it rejoins highways. Perhaps it's there the air begins to move, and time inches forward once again. I guess my feelings are not such a mystery. You leave a place, and you travel far; some roads chosen, others not. You
return home and find that nowhere are the miles better - and more relentlessly - recorded than from where you started. The house is old, I am old. But then, perspective tugs at my sleeve: we can't go back, but we can go forward. My life is now lit by other lives. I call another place “home.” Age sixty-five is too soon in life for summary, there is much of it yet to live. They say you can't go home again, and that's true. But there's another thought: it's said when we achieve serenity, we won't take anything for where we've been; that is, we see why events had to unfold the way they did. So maybe - just maybe - it's worth traveling home, to go back and see if - but for nostalgia - we are at peace with our beginnings. Look for Lucky’s books locally and on-line: The Oath of Hippocrates; The Cotillian; A Journey Long Delayed.
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that never came. we entered the luxurious hoI remember how thrilled my tel where we would spend the ten-year-old son was when his night. El Convento Hotel, a poster won a Baskin-Robbins former Carmelite convent, was contest. The prize was a card built in 1651. We were captithat entitled him to thirty-one vated by its Old World charm, ice cream cones. Imagine that! its cream-colored walls, arched Thirty-one ice cream doorway and spacious cones! I expected him courtyard with livto indulge daily, saming palm trees. Once pling all 31 flavors, we stowed our luguntil the last number gage in the spacious on his card had been closet, we decided to punched. But I was take a walking tour of wrong. He was so careOld San Juan. Across ful to prolong those the street was San treats that his card still Juan Cathedral, the had several left when oldest cathedral in Mary Jo Shannon it expired. the Western HemiBut the best exsphere. We took a ample of this particular flaw – at long walk to El Morro, a fortifileast in our family – occurred cation that protected the island several years ago when Harry from attack centuries ago. This and I were returning from a was particularly interesting to Caribbean cruise. We disem- Harry; I enjoyed the view of the barked in San Juan, and when Atlantic and San Juan Bay and our flight was ready to leave, an the warmth of the tropical sun. announcement notified us that Later, we shopped and listened the flight was overbooked. They to the street musicians strum asked for volunteers to give up their guitars and show off colortheir seats and wait for a flight ful parrots. the next day, enticing us with After a delightful dinner at promises of meals, lodging, taxi the hotel, we stretched out on service to our hotel in Old San the bed with the goose down Juan, and free tickets to any city pillows and dreamed about uswithin the United States. ing our free tickets – the bonus Harry looked at me and I we took home with us from this nodded. We had recently re- fairy tale adventure. It had to tired and were unencumbered. be somewhere special – some And the beauty of Old San Juan place we had never been bebeckoned us to an extra day of fore. Perhaps on the West Coast sightseeing. We volunteered. in California, or maybe in the We felt like royalty when deep south – New Orleans. Or,
Texas might be a suitable destination. No need to hurry. We didn’t want to waste such a great opportunity. The magazines on the airplane as we finally headed home showed numerous tempting locales, but they only made it more difficult to decide. Once home, we put the tickets away and trusted we would find just the right destination. As we slipped back into our regular routine, we forgot about those tickets, until we suddenly realized a year had passed and they had expired. What did we learn from this experience? I think we realize the importance of not postponing enjoyment of living, waiting for the perfect time or place somewhere in the future rather than in the present. This doesn’t mean we should squander and not plan for the future. But it’s senseless to hoard opportunities to live fully. Life is a daily gift and each day is ours to use to the fullest. So let’s wear that new shirt and not put it away for a special occasion; open that box of chocolate truffles we got for Christmas and share them with loved ones; and travel while we’re healthy enough to enjoy it. We don’t know what tomorrow brings! Contact Mary Jo at info@theroanokestar.com
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Paying Back the Debt . . . a Personal Priority As President Obama un- for it. The word “sacrifice” is furled his thoughts in the State meant for somebody else, cerof the Union message it was tainly not you and me. obvious there is much we need The second item is the upto be doing if we are to con- coming 50th anniversary of tinue as a symbol of leadership The Peace Corps, the brainfor the world. Whether one child of Sargent Shriver, who agrees with him or recently died. Over not, there can be little its existence more argument that, as the than 200,000 men and song in Music Man women have volunsays, “There’s Trouble teered for service in in River City.” countless countries. When things are as Each one of them took difficult as they are, those inaugural words we start looking for from January 20, 1961 someone to blame and changed not Hayden Hollingsworth and there is no shortonly their own lives, age of targets: The but the lives of milPresident and his predeces- lions with whom they have sors are prime suspects. There come in contact. It is imposare others: Congress, whose sible to calculate the impact motto seems to be, “When all they have made. is said and done there will be As I was thinking about the much more said than done.” importance of every AmeriWall Street and venture capi- can taking a responsibility for talists; the banks and the fund improving our nation and the managers certainly have little world, I was pleased to see an of which they can be proud. article in Newsweek, January One culprit seems to be lurk- 31, entitled “Step Up For Your ing unnoticed in the shadows: Country.” The author, Gen. Our personal sense of entitle- Stanley McChrystal, knows ment. whereof he speaks. It’s an idea If things are bad, then some that I have held ever since I one should fix it and we are completed my compulsory more than willing to tell them military service decades ago: how it should be done. We, There should be a requirement the citizenry, are owed that . . for every able-bodied Ameri. or so we seem to think. can to perform some period of At the same time the world government service. It could was listening to the President, be the military or the Peace two events from a half century Corps but there are countago came, although briefly, less other options: Ameriinto view. First, was the 50th Corps, Habitat for Humanity, anniversary of John Ken- City Year, Teach for America nedy’s inauguration. In that to name only a few. By servspeech there is a line that ev- ing in such a way, the sense of eryone knows: "Ask not what entitlement is replaced by the your country can do for you; need to earn what has been ask what you can do for your made possible by those who country." It had a ring to it came before us. Many nathat resonates today, but only tions have mandatory service faintly. We expect the country as a requirement. The United to do for us whatever we want States should be among them. and the devil take the hindI recently read a book that most when it comes to paying puts in perspective a positive
contribution military service can offer. Coppola is the autobiography of a pediatric surgeon in the Air Force. Col. Coppola’s two tours in the Air Force Hospital in Balad, Iraq graphically tell of the care our wounded receive but more impressive were the care he and his colleagues gave to Iraqi civilians including thousands of children. Even more astounding, injured enemy combatants were treated with equal skill. Chris Coppola is now a civilian practicing at The Janet Weis Children’s Hospital, part of The Geisinger Clinic in Pennsylvania. Because of his commitment to his country, he is donating a portion of the proceeds from his book to the Fisher House Foundation, a national nonprofit for providing care and support to wounded veterans and their families after they return to this country. The houses are located near major medical facilities and allow families to be close to their wounded members while being rehabilitated. Read his book and you will see how what he did for his country has changed him. We may not do something so dramatic but the result of giving back to our country can be no less rewarding. Given our national heritage does not entitle us to just accept it. A price was paid . . . and every citizen should repay that debt. As Gen. McChrystal put it, it’s a call to pens, shovels, and hammers. What we have in America is valuable beyond measure; to take it for granted is a certain step toward losing it.
Let's say you work for a shoe shoes molded permanently store chain, and you want to onto his feet. (Please, we can't tell people how great your breathe!!) And as you're wipshoes are. Here's the pitch for ing the tears of hilariousity out a TV spot. A bunch of white of your eyes, you might almost guys in a Hummer are cruis- miss the runner's reaction: He ing the Serengeti, looks skyward and apparently in search screams in despair, of big game. (What NOOOOO!!! drama.) They find And here's the best the tracks of their part: when retail store quarry, and set off Just for Feet decided to in pursuit. (Ooh, actually produce this this is getting good.) mess, they aired it on They come upon the Super Bowl! Yep, their prey, but they spent $2MM Mike Keeler (hold on, here's bucks to make a the funny twist) horrible racist joke it's not an animal, it's a shoe- that centers on how world less Kenyan black marathon class athletes DON'T WANT runner. They drug the poor THEIR PRODUCT! (HA HA guy, who falls to the ground HA!!!!) unconscious. And when he And they ain't the only idiwakes up (stop it, you're kill- ots. How about Ford making ing us!) he's had running fun of factory workers who've
Meet Your Friendly Neighborhood Automotive Assassin Hi. My name is Jon and I am a engine and transmission. killer of cars. I am not sure what makes me Recently, when returning "Car and Driver's Magazine's" from Lynchburg, I became public enemy #1, but, like most stranded when my trusty Dodge serial killers, I imagine it can Stratus decided to ascend to the linked back to my troubled past. great junkyard in the sky. As Those of you who read this colvehicles whizzed by my flashing umn regularly are acutely aware hazard lights on 460 West, I be- that I have more issues than gan to take inventory of my past National Geographic magazine four-wheeled transcollector. Still most of portation partners and my quirks are not conwondered "How could sidered to be destrucone insignificant driver tive. Perhaps this evil manage to slay a half a springs from a childdozen cars in less than hood memory? Once, twenty years?" when returning from a Regardless of the trip to the mountains, make, model, color, a rear wheel flew off Jon Kaufman or style, no car is safe of our family's Ramwhen I walk on the bler station wagon and lot. My wife Janet swears that managed to pass us on the road cars wince and slowly begin to before we grinded to a stop. roll away whenever I frequent Could such trauma be respona local dealer in search of a new sible for my violent actions? victim. As they say on "CrimiThe first car I ever owned was nal Minds", my M.O. is almost a 1968 Mercury Cougar. I puralways the same, although the chased this chariot from a local cause of death varies slightly repair shop for twenty-five dolat times. If the DMV kept a lars and owned it for three years, rap sheet on me, it would look during which time I accumulatsomething like this: ed a repair bill for well over one Toyota MR2-cause of death- thousand dollars. This was the transmission. first and only car I ever wanted Toyota Tercel- cause of death- to kill. Nearly violent, I sold engine. this wreck to my sister Sally for AMC Eagle-cause of death- sixty-eight cents. Unfortunately, transmission. the Cougar brought ill fortune Dodge Stratus-cause of death- to poor Sally as well. Could all transmission. of these subsequent automotive Volkswagen Jetta-cause of assassinations be related to this death-engine. early experience? Was I simply Toyota Camry-cause of death- extinguishing the Cougar from
hell over and over again? Truth be told, my inability to master anything mechanical and a driving style that has landed me in driver improvement training four times (I'm a graduating senior) is clearly the root of this killing spree. Currently I am driving my Mom's 1994 Toyota Camry, a lovely ride with just sixty-four thousand lightly used miles on the odometer. I love and miss my Mom and, frankly, I don't trust myself around her vehicle. It's kind of like allowing your child to car pool with Thelma and Louise. Just between you and me, I think I'm going to try to get my company to assign me a vehicle out of their fleet pool. Please keep that information under your hat; you never know who might be reading over your shoulder. In fact, if you don’t mind, take a quick peek over your shoulder just in case. If a strange man wearing a company logo golf shirt representing a large communication company is lurking behind you, please walk now. A possibility exists that I may opt to fix my battered Stratus, thus temporarily sparing other unsuspecting vehicles from becoming targets for my dynasty of death. Until then, keep your cars close people, it is only a matter of time before I strike again. Contact Jon at Jon.Kaufman@sprint.com
Preacher’s Corner “Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!” Psalm 95:6 - By Rev. Dr. R. Quigg Lawrence
One of the challenges on SunContact Hayden at day morning is determining the jhayden2003@cox.net healthy line between holiness and false piety, between warmly welcoming the brethren and irreverent chaos. I believe I do a decent job of modeling warmly and authentically greeting folks before and after the service. It is not hard because God has put His love in my heart. People are important. Loving others is a command of lost their jobs? Burger King Jesus. And let’s be honest, it is equating themselves with not like loving on others is like Herb, the world's most an- taking “bad medicine” - - it is a noying and tasteless man? blessing. If the truth be told, however, Holiday Inn comparing their in my excitement to love on renovation to a transsexual folks, I have too often crossed returning to their high school the line by letting my focus on reunion? welcoming and greeting invade Yep, they all aired on the Su- the worship medley and comper Bowl. And now you can munion time. You know, like relive them in all their tasteless asking someone how they are glory. This week Advertising doing at the communion rail or Age is asking folks to vote for even asking a parishioner to give the worst spot in the history of me a call about some “importhe big game. You can vote for tant” matter. NOT GOOD. I have been working on a proper your favorite at http://adage. balance of love for God and love com/superbowl. for others on Sunday mornings, And, come February 6, keep but as a people person it is a an eye out for the next truly challenge. awful spot, and play "Which CMO Will Lose Their Job This Year?"
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Bottom line, the Lord has let me know that "pre" and "post" service time should be focused on others and particularly welcoming first timers. But once the worship service begins, it is time to shift our focus from others to the Lord. He must be the center of everyone's attention. His Holiness and goodness deserve our undivided attention. We come to corporate worship to praise and pray to an audience of one - - The Lord. We might want to think carefully about what our corporate worship looks like to the Lord. Are we falsely pious and religious? Are we chit-chatty and disruptive to others, draw-
ing their attention away from Christ? Are we texting? Chatting or leaving during communion so we can get a 7 minute head start out the door? If we think about Whom we are gathered to worship and how worthy He is of our undivided attention, we will give Him the praise and worship He deserves. Let's be passionate and authentic in our welcome and love of the brethren, but once we enter into the worship service, remember that we are there for an audience of one.
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Christiansburg and Northside landed two players each, while Cave Spring placed one player on the 2010 All-Group AA Associated Press Football First Team, which was recently released. Staunton River and the Knights also had a player each on the second team. Representing Christiansburg on the first team are Nate St. Clair at offensive tackle and Ervin Buchannon at defensive linemen. Northside representatives included Dakota Jackson at tight end and Ryan Moran at offensive guard, while Michael Cole, a Virginia Tech recruit, was the lone selection from Cave Spring on the first team as a defensive back. Second team honorees included running back Meech Cole of Staunton River and Cave Spring's Adam Anderson at defensive linebacker. Harrisonburg's Michael Holmes, a Virginia Tech recruit, was named the Group AA Player of the Year, while Charlie Pierce of Briar Woods was selected Coach of the Year. Holmes, who repeated at the AP Player of the Year, rushed for 2,878 yards on 373 carries and 41 touchdowns in 2010. The 2010 Associated Press All-Group AA Football Team was selected by a statewide panel of sports writers. 2010 AP All-Group AA Football Team FIRST TEAM Offense Wide Receivers - Josh Ingram, Powhatan, 5-10, 161, Senior; Deshon Foxx, Brookville, 5-10, 165, Senior Tight End - Dakota Jackson, Northside, 6-4, 220, Junior Tackles - Landon Turner, Harrisonburg, 6-5, 311, Senior; Nate St. Clair, Christiansburg, 5-8, 198, Senior Guards - Dustin Edwards, Poquoson, 6-0, 240, Junior; Ryan Moran, Northside, 6-2, 235, Senior Center - Patrick Derrickson, Briar Woods, 5-11, 225, Senior Quarterback - Simon Pendleton, Eastern View, 5-9, 190, Junior Running backs - Michael Holmes, Harrisonburg, 6-0, 190, Senior; Deandre Reeves, Dominion, 5-10, 175, Senior; Michael Brownlee, Briar Woods,
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Hidden Valley went on a 9-0 run in the second quarter to turn a four point lead into a 66-46 River Ridge District girls basketball win over host Christiansburg last Friday night. The Blue Demons (4-13, 1-5 RRD) took a 6-2 lead behind a pair of baskets from Shannon Stuart and Meghan McFee. The Titans (11-5, 5-1 River Ridge District after Friday’s game), sparked by six points from Tyler Evans, pulled out to a 9-6 advantage with 3:11 left in the opening quarter. Three straight Cave Spring’s Michael Cole made the AP team. points by Tara McCoy knotted Hidden Valley’s Tyler Evans (#5) dribbles down court past 5-8, 170, Senior Running backs - Jordan Hartthe score at 9-9 before Evans Christiansburg's Ashton Moran (#20) during Friday night's Placekicker - Colby Cooke, man, Millbrook, 5-6, 152, SeGoochland, 6-3, 175, Junior nior; Devon Johnson, Richlands, buried a three-pointer to give game. The Titans won 66-46. Hidden Valley a 12-11 lead after the foul line. Hidden Valley Kelly King had 12 points and Kick returner - Brad Strong, 6-2, 210, Junior; Meech Coles, Richlands, 5-8, 160, Senior Staunton River, 6-0, 175, Senior the first quarter. scored nine of its 15 points from Elizabeth Burke finished with Utility - Garrett Diehl, Fauquier, Placekicker - David Clements, The Titans extended their the charity stripe, while Chris- 10 points. Tara McCoy paced 5-7, 170, Senior Briar Woods, 5-9, 150, Junior; lead to 20-13 before the Blue tiansburg scored seven of their Christiansburg with 12 points. Defense Donovan Varney, Handley, 5-10, Demons rallied back to pull to 18 points at the line. Line - Derek Dowrey, Handley, 165, Junior within four, 22-18, with 4:20 on By David Grimes Tyler Evans led Hidden Val6-2, 280, Junior; Dylan Stallings, Kick returner - Connor Settle, the clock. That would be as close ley with a game-high 27 points. info@newsroanoke.com Grafton, 6-4, 210, Junior; Ervin Eastern View, 5-8, 150, Senior as Christiansburg would get the Buchannon, Christiansburg, Utility - Harvey Taylor, Magna rest of the night, as Hidden Val5-8, 242, Junior; Will Lowe, Vista, 5-7, 169, Junior ley closed out the quarter with a Richlands, 6-3, 280, Senior Defense Linebackers - Luke Hill, Poquo- Line - Shannon Pouncey, Harri- 9-0 run to take a 31-18 advanson, 5-10, 180, Senior; Cortez sonburg, 6-3, 320, Senior; Jayme tage at the half. Carter, Liberty-Bealton, 5-11, Perry, Warren County, 6-0, A three-pointer by Kelly King 215, Senior; Damien Carter, 175, Senior; Zaukeus Witcher, at the 4:43 mark of the third Amherst, 5-11, 237, Senior; Magna Vista, 6-3, 196, Junior; quarter gave the Titans a 40-20 Cody Thomas, Richlands, 6-3, Thomas Sandidge, Amherst, lead. By the time the quarter 180, Senior 6-1, 188, Senior ended, Hidden Valley had exBacks - Maha Williams, Linebackers - Josh Eberly, tended its lead to 51-28. The Courtland, 5-11, 165, Senior; Broadway, 5-10, 185, Junior; fourth quarter saw both teams Scott Rolin, Briar Woods, 5-9, Dexter Sloane, Handley, SERVING THE ROANOKE VALLEY demonstrate their skills from 175, Senior; Michael Cole, Cave 5-7, 175, Junior; Davontae Spring, 6-2, 205, Senior; Joel O'Bannion, Briar Woods, 6-7, Phillips, Broadway, 5-10, 173, 225, Senior; Adam Anderson, Senior Cave Spring, 5-11, 195, Senior Punter - Boomer KaczmarzeBacks - Terrell Mickens, Robert wski, Millbrook, 6-3, 175, Junior E. Lee-Staunton, 5-10, 175, SeSECOND TEAM nior; Trae Peck, Handley, 5-10, Offense 175, Senior; Tee McConnell, Wide Receivers - Darius SanPoquoson, 5-10, 170, Senior; e're more than just fried chicken ford, Fauquier, 5-11, 175, Junior; Anthony Reynolds, Libertyfor tailgating (although we do that Thomas Smith, Lafayette, 6-3, Bedford, 5-11, 175, Senior better than anyone else around). Our 221, Junior Punter - Nick Davis, James Tight End - Jack Reimers, Loud- Monroe, 6-0, 190, Senior creative kitchen can customize a menu oun County, 6-3, 190, Senior Player of the Year: Michael for your business meeting, provide Tackles - Trevor Jenkins, Holmes, Harrisonburg Goochland, 6-5, 288, Senior; Coach of the Year: Charlie elegant and delicious appetizers for Will Campbell, James Monroe, Pierce, Briar Woods your parties as well as a breakfast 6-4, 290, Senior event to start the day off right. Guards - Justin Hess, Richlands, 6-6, 295, Junior; John Dennis, Louisa, 6-2, 322, Junior By David Grimes Center - Nick Kroko, James info@newsroanoke.com Monroe, 6-3, 230, Senior Quarterback - Kendall Becraft, Brookville, 6-0, 165, Sophomore
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Chamber Gets Creative in Growing Small Businesses Joyce Waugh walks through the still-empty Roanoke Regional Entrepreneur Center, on the mezzanine floor at the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce’s offices in downtown Roanoke. She shows a visitor the newly painted offices, the well-appointed conference room, the cozy break room, and looks into the near future where budding entrepreneurs will grow their businesses – and the region’s economy. Waugh, the chamber president, is rightly proud of the first concrete result from a broadbased Entrepreneur Task Force that the organization convened. Working with the Small Business Development Center, the group developed a plan to accelerate startups, by creating the Entrepreneur Center. “We asked, ‘what can we do?’” said Waugh. “We have to do a better job of growing our own. The diversity of our small businesses is our strength.” The Center – really an accelerator more than an incubator – builds on the work of the SBDC, which provides free one-on-one counseling and technical services to startups, entrepreneurs and existing small businesses. SBDC staff will be onsite and provide mentoring, counseling and other services to the companies housed at the Center. But they won’t be the only ones providing assistance. Plans call for the Center to have four to six anchor tenants – SBDC clients that are beyond the initial start-up stage and provide basic services, such as accounting, public relations, computers and net working, as well as technology and biotech firms. After an approval process, they would be offered office space for a year, at reasonable lease rates, and would agree to provide assistance to other small businesses in the form of one hour of counseling or consulting each month.
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Trademarks: An Important Part of a Business Identity By Robert Ziogas of GFD&G
What’s in a name? A lot when it comes to busi- in the mark and provides the owner with certain As with many similar accelnesses, products or services. rights and protections against use of the mark by erator or incubator facilities, tenants have use of the conferJust as there are laws protecting individuals others. Generally, descriptive words describing ence room, wireless Internet from identity theft and punishing those who steal the characteristics of a product cannot serve as service, copier (with a per copy another’s identity, there are laws that protect one’s a trademark. After all, everyone should have the cost) and a downtown busitrade name, trademark or service mark and pun- right to use descriptive words to describe his or ness address. Waugh notes that ish those who wrongfully misappropriate such her product. Rather, fanciful words (that bear no these services are not readily property from others. relation to the nature or description of the prodavailable elsewhere in the reA “trade name” is a name used to designate uct) provide the greatest trademark protection. gion. a business of a particular person or company. Some examples of such trademarks are “Apple®” The “virtual tenants,” or enOwnership in a “trade name” is derived through for computer-related products and “Exxon®” for trepreneurs, have access to the its use, so as to allow the public to identify a par- petroleum-related products. Center’s office facilities one day ticular person’s business with that person. Thus, The above principles also pertain to “service a week (scheduled in advance) and to the conference room in choosing a trade name, it is important to check marks.” Service marks apply to the promotion four hours a month, as well as Chamber President Joyce public records to ensure that someone else is not and sale of services, rather than goods. direct access to the SBDC staff Waugh using the prospective trade name in a similar busiTrade names, trademarks and service marks and to counseling by the anness. Adopting a confusingly similar name to that can become valuable assets of one’s business. It Partnership, said that while chor tenants. of another may result in the inability to continue is important to conduct proper searches to ensure there are many resources availThe conference room and to use that name. Such conflicts can be costly that others do not have prior ownership interests mailing address (with someone able to entrepreneurs and small and can have devastating effects on branding and in contemplated names or marks so as to avoid business owners, the resources to sign for packages) is “very are fragmented and difficult to marketing efforts. Furthermore, it may result in potential infringement claims, not to mention important to entrepreneurs working out of their homes,” find. “I saw a need for an on- injunctive relief against further use, as well as po- the expense and disruption of having to change said Sam English, Ph.D., CIE line tool to bring together all tential damages to the person whose name may a name or mark after attempting to use it in one’s business. Partners and task force facili- the entrepreneurial resources be infringed. tator. Home-based start-ups in the region – kind of a oneA “trade mark” is a distinctive mark, logo or As with most matters pertaining to the initial will have the ability to meet stop-shop for start-ups as well emblem which someone physically affixes to his set-up of a business endeavor, it is prudent to reclients in a business-like setting as existing small businesses,” goods so that the origin of those goods can be view the checklist with a legal expert. This small instead of in a coffee shop, he she said. When it’s launched in April, a identified in the market. Sometimes people mis- investment can save a lot of time and money in added. Monthly cost to the virwebsite will include links to in- understand the way that rights to trademarks are the long run. After securing and using an availtual tenants is $100. formation on where to get help, obtained, believing that registration of a mark is able trademark or service mark, an owner must At the end of the process, the required in order to become its owner. However, be diligent in properly registering and timely refunding, business-to-business budding start-ups would be resources, data for decisions, like a trade name, the ownership of a trademark is newing the registrations. Furthermore, the owner eligible for a small ($250-$500) incentive grant to locate in the steps to starting a business, and obtained only through use. Only after a mark is should be diligent in giving “cease and desist” noregion. Criteria, such as a viable education. It also will include used will ownership rights vest in the user and it tices or taking other actions against infringers so SBDC reviewed business plan an events calendar, video and can only be registered after actual use in the mar- that his ownership rights are not diluted or lost and completed Business Basics opportunities to interact on- ketplace. (There are methods to file “intent to use” through his failure to protect them. line with other entrepreneurs. course, would be required. trademark applications, but actual registration will English described the work It will not have a lot of unique not be allowed until the mark is in actual use.) Robert Ziogas is a shareholder with Glenn, Feldof the task force as basically content, but rather will serve as Registration with the United States Patent and mann, Darby & Goodlatte in Roanoke, Virginia. setting up an entrepreneur a one-stop portal to informa- Trademark Office (as well as with the Common- He is an experienced litigator with a focus on busition that is already available in network that ties the various wealth of Virginia or other states where the mark ness, construction and creditor’s rights law. Visit services and sources together. many different places. may be used) creates a presumption of ownership www.gfdg.com to learn more. The bricks-and-mortar En“We have a good challenge now trepreneur Center is open for - letting people know what’s available,” he said. “The goal business now, Waugh said. with the Entrepreneur Center She’s looking forward to filling is to add an additional infra- empty offices and have spaces structure and resources to help humming with activity, and to the successful launch of new entrepreneurs.” The group did extensive re- small businesses, which, she search on similar small busi- notes, “is the best advertiseEntrepreneur Workshop Planning Targets ness centers, visiting nearby ment for our region’s business Current and Potential Restaurant Owners facilities and determining what climate.” is available. 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The strive, meet their goals and be successful restaurants The free event will be held on 2011 Celebration recognizes the best they can be.” While owning or managing Friday, February 25, 2011 from the heritage of entrepreneurial leadership in America, and a restaurant can be rewarding, 8 am until noon on the 2nd SELECTIONÊOF encourages support for the 60% of restaurants fail during Floor of The Jefferson Center growth of entrepreneurship their first year. And, the current in downtown Roanoke. Event BandÊInstruments education as a lifelong learning economic environment makes sponsors include People inc., SheetÊMusic process at the local, state and business even more challeng- the City of Roanoke, County Lessons ing. Participants attending the of Roanoke, Roanoke Regional national level. Suppllies Small Business Development “Our economy prospers as workshop will learn: GiftsÊ&ÊMore! 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“Creative Lab” Aims To Bring Art Chamber Orchestra Tour Blends Young Musicians From China and Virginia World Closer Together There are plenty of artists of all stripes trying to make a go of it in the Roanoke area, and no shortage of organizations that strive to help them. One group wants to make sure that the valley’s artistic community comes together around a common goal, and to that end they are sponsoring a unique event at Kirk Avenue Music Hall on February 17. “Lupercalia” – a name derived from an ancient Roman observance designed to ward off evil spirits – will feature local visual artists Brian Zickafoose and Danny Phillips. The pair will create a painting during the free event (Thursday, Feb. 17 from 7:30-11pm) and then auction it off online, with proceeds going to a local non-profit. Music will be provided by D.J. Rahbee and Dr. Noe; costumes are encouraged. Lupercalia is the brainchild of “16 Blocks Creative Labs,” an offshoot of the magazine of the same name. Tyler Godsey, a Roanoke native who heads up 16 Blocks Creative Labs, hopes that Lupercalia, for those 18 and up, is the first of many such events geared towards bringing together the artistic community in Roanoke and southwest Virginia. Godsey, who works by day for Ride Solutions, said there is no shortage of organizations that aim to support local artists, although they are not always rowing their oars in the same direction. “There are a lot of battles going on for attention,” said Godsey. “You have a lot of people competing for attention [and] dollars,” said Godsey, who adds that 16 Blocks Creative Labs really wants to support artists who are operating below the radar screen in many cases. “They’re hidden right in our back yard – they’re your neighbors,” said Godsey, “[and] they’ve never been told that what they do is beautiful.” Godsey said artists in the Roanoke and New River Valleys, and outlying communities like Floyd, should be working to support each other. “We really believe in regionalism.” 16 Blocks Creative Labs hopes to be a mechanism that does just that – helps the local artistic community network to “bring together the creative minds that are around us... to come up with some type of collaborative effort.” 16 Blocks, an arts and culture magazine now several years old, has staged events in Blacksburg for some time;
A work by Brian Zickafoose, who will create on site at Kirk Avenue Music Hall. Lupercalia is the first slated for Roanoke. “Creation really happens spontaneously,” said Godsey, noting that neither the visual artists nor the musicians scheduled to take part on Feb. 17 have worked together before. They’ll see what happens. “Even if it looks like a train wreck [initially] you can certainly see the underlying beauty [at the end],” said Godsey. “I think [Lupercalia] will be a start [for 16 Blocks Creative Labs]. A lot of the shows that we’ve had success with in Blacksburg…have all been very intimate. We’re just looking to recognize a group of people that recognize the power of collaboration.” Lupercalia will be that first collaboration in the Roanoke area for 16 Blocks. (See 16blocksmagazine.com for more information on Lupercalia) By Gene Marrano gmarrano@cox.net
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Young musicians from China and the United States are collaborating on an upcoming chamber orchestra tour, the International Journey of Strings. A Feb. 5 performance in Roanoke is one stop along the way to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., for a final concert on Feb. 7. String players from the Hong Kong Youth Orchestra and the Macao Youth Symphony will be joined by musicians from the Renaissance Music Academy of Virginia along with other students trained through the Outreach Fine Arts Initiative at Virginia Tech. Planning for the journey has spanned a year and a half, according to David Ehrlich, the university’s outreach fellow for fine arts. Concerts that are free and open to the public include the afternoon performance on Feb. 5 at the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, and the 7 p.m. concert in Squires Recital Salon at Virginia Tech. A special feature of the tour is the world premiere of Andante for Strings by the American composer Richard Ratner. The work is described as a melodi-
The Hong Kong Youth Orchestra (above) and the Macao Youth Symphony will be joining young musicians from Virginia for the International Journey of Strings. ous, warm, and accessible piece. reach and International Affairs. Each concert includes solos Virginia Tech’s Outreach and by Jue Yao, director of the Hong International Affairs DepartKong Youth Orchestra and re- ment supports the university’s nowned violinist. A Julliard engagement mission by creatgraduate who is known for her ing community partnerships versatile repertoire, Yao has per- and economic development formed at numerous concerts projects, offering professional and music festivals throughout development programs and the world. technical assistance, and build“Virginia Tech is pleased to ing collaborations to enrich sponsor what promises to be discovery and learning all with an exciting evening of music the overarching goal of improvthat transcends the cultures of ing the quality of life for people the Far East and southern and within the commonwealth and southwest Virginia,” says John throughout the world. Dooley, vice president of Out-
Local Crafter Featured On Martha Stewart Show
Southwest city resident Jody Lunsford was featured on last Monday’s edition of The Martha Stewart Show (Hallmark Channel). Lunsford was inspired by a craft she saw in the December 2009 Martha Stewart magazine to use felt to create cute little animals. She has since continued to make felted animals, each of which typically take her 30 to 40 hours to complete. These unique crafts were featured as one of the “Simply ReMarthable” entries, in a contest that is “a nationwide search for everyday chefs, crafters, creators and innovators with truly remarkable talent.” Lunsford first tried her hand at the project by making a felted polar bear and penguin. She says, “I’ve been felting ever since
and love it. I’ve given away many presents, sold some to friends and sold several pieces at a couple of craft shows including the Alpaca Expo last October at the Horse Center in Lexington.” There has been a lot of excitement since Lunsford
found out she was chosen. She adds “To be picked by Martha for a mention after 1200 entries was huge. So we will roll on and see how the contest goes.” There will be new entries showcased weekly, leading up to the finalist week.
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