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June 8 - 14, 2012

Golf Group Contemplates Lawsuit Against City

[High School Contest]

I Just Won A Car! Dogs Rule

P3– Roanoke’s Elmwood Park went to the dogs once again this Saturday for the 6th annual “Woofstock” festival.

Road Dentists P4– Johnny and Fuller Robinson have honed the art of practicing “Bush Dentistry” to a science.

Knights Rolling P7– Cave Spring knock off rival Hidden Valley in Region IV final and then wins again to advance to Friday’s Group AA State Baseball Semifinals.

Local Flick P9– Local Movie Maker Vince Sweeney’s film “Blue Ridge” will make its official Roanoke debut on June 14th at the Grandin Theatre.

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Sean Warner from Heritage High School won the 2012 Hyundai Veloster donated by First Team Auto Mall of Roanoke.

Heritage High School Student Wins RAYSAC After Prom Car

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tudents from 26 area high schools gathered at Valley View Mall to try to win a new, bright red Hyundai Veloster, but it was Sean Warner, a rising senior from Heritage High School and the Central Virginia Governor’s School, who won it.

“I turned the key in the lock and it just kept going,” Warner said moments after the key he had drawn at random successfully unlocked a box, which held the actual key to the car.

Warner was among approximately 100 students who won a chance at the car by attending after prom parties designed to keep high school students safe on prom night. In order to be eligible, students were required to stay at after prom parties until the events concluded. Four students from each school were selected to attend the After Prom Grand Finale Event at Valley View Mall on June 3.

“The car is the incentive,” said Kathy Graham Sullivan, coordinator of Roanoke Area Youth Substance Abuse Coalition or RAYSAC. “When the kids think they might win a new car, they tend to stay at after prom parties where they are safe.” Sullivan pointed out that since the programs’ inception 24 years ago not a single student had been injured or killed in a vehicular accident at a school participating in the car giveaway program.

Sullivan thanked First Team Auto Mall of Roanoke, which has

donated the car for the last 22 years.

“We think it’s important to keep these kids safe on prom night,” said First Team General Manager David Dillon, who was on hand for the giveaway. “If we can keep kids safe at 30plus high schools by making a car available, we think it’s worth the investment in our communities.”

Prior to the car giveaway, the students played games to compete for prizes valued at $100 each. At least one student from every high school earned one of those prizes, mostly electronics and gift cards. After that, each student drew a key at random from a basket. Approximately 70 students tried their luck before Warner’s key did the trick.

Warner says he is interested in biology and math and sports a 4.3 grade point average. He says he plans to go pursue biology in college at either Columbia or the University of Virginia.

“It’s pretty awesome,” said Warner of his new Hyundai. “I can’t wait to drive it.”

For more information on how to help keep kids safe on prom night or to make a donation to the cause, call Kathy Sullivan at (540) 982-1427 ext. 2123 or visit www.raysac.org

According to Scott Beasley, vice president of operations for the Florida based Meadowbrook Golf Group: “We have been screwed once again by the City.”

Meadowbrook, as owners of Countryside Golf Course, sold the property to Roanoke City for $4.1 million in 2005. Meadowbrook operated the golf course until the city closed it in March of 2010.

Beasley said he had made an agreement with the City through Assistant Manager Brian Townsend and then Director of Economic Development Brian Brown in 2008 to have the clubhouse and pavilion painted. Beasley said he agreed to pay half if they would pay the other half.

“We paid our half but the City never paid their half. Now the city attorney is saying the statute of limitations has run out and the City is not responsible so we had to pay an additional $1,500,” said Beasley in an email.

He called it “unbelievable,” saying that, “We were not obligated to pay any part of the bill but out of good faith we did … then they come back and do this.” The Lakeland, Florida law firm of Peterson & Myers P.A. is considering a lawsuit on Meadowbrook’s behalf, explained Beasley.

Acting City Attorney Tim Spencer acknowledges being contacted by Meadowbrook’s CFO, Eric Burk, on May 22 regarding an invoice dated July 16, 2008 from Tim Young’s Painting.

Spencer provided a copy of communication between Meadowbrook and Assistant City Attorney Gary E. Tegen> CONTINUED P2: Golf

Broadband Prescription Watersheds Rely on EPA and Local Groups Like Trout Unlimited to Keep on Fishing For Economic Growth

Dr. Andrew Cohill, CEO of Design Nine Inc. and a broadband architect, explained to city council on Monday that Roanoke City was behind the curve on supplying sufficient broadband access required to recruit and sustain economic viability.

“Roanoke needs big broadband” to attract new businesses, said Dr. Cohill. The city of Danville has a super computer facility and Fiber optic cable extensive high capacity fiber cable connections throughout the city.

With access to fiber at multiple points companies find fiber more cost effective, he said. It is possible to get high-speed datatransmission in Roanoke but it is very costly. “From an economic development standpoint there are really two issues that need to be addressed – not just capacity but that it is affordable,” said Cohill.

Danville was very aggressive in its broadband efforts for stringing fiber cable lines. City owned electric utilities have an easier time incorporating the cable in their infrastructure plans. Fiber makes wireless access perform better. Startup businesses are very sensitive to price.

Roanoke is in a good position with fiber coming into the region but not the city itself. Roanoke didn’t qualify for stimulus funds because it wasn’t considered a rural area. “What is proposed is to > CONTINUED, P2: Fiber

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When it comes to preserving and restoring waterways, local environmental groups, fishermen and communities like Trout Unlimited (T.U.) make it happen.

Bill Bainter, president of the Roanoke chapter of T.U., says that cooler waters are needed to support the brook trout, a perennial American favorite, which typically cannot survive in water that is warmer than 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Bainter’s group has focused on an area of Glade Creek in recent years; there are similar projects going on all over the eastern seaboard.

“You need shade cover from trees,” Bainter said, “along with measures to prevent e-coli contamination.” Simple steps, such as communities and landowners planting new saplings and

Brook Trout (Salvelinus Fontina) are native to Virginia. refraining from mowing along What makes the brook trout river banks, help keep waters so special? They are the only cool. Fencing to keep cattle trout native to much of the away from streams goes a long eastern United States; “a lot of way to lowering potential con- people can relate to brook trout tamination. because they remember fishing In an effort to determine for them as a kid,” said Libby whether a stream is “trout wor- Norris of the Chesapeake Bay thy,” Bainter’s group has been Foundation. monitoring streams and acSeth Coffman, president of cumulated about three years Trout Unlimited in the Shenanworth of data; “temperature probes supply data every 30 > CONTINUED P2:Watersheds minutes,” he said.

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Hit or miss showers and storms are possible again for Sunday and Monday with highs near 90.

A better chance for storms moves in on Tuesday with highs in the mid 80s.

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Tegenkamp’s correspondence addressed to CFO Burk states: “There is no evidence to support a claim that the City agreed to pay 1/2 of the painting cost. In fact, such an allegation is contrary to the written agreement between the City and Meadowbrook Golf Group, Inc.” In the communication, Tegenkamp says that Brian Townsend did not recall making any agreement or authorizing any City employee to make any commitment to pay any portion of the painting work.

He said Meadowbrook had no written documentation other than “written notes on the invoice that were apparently made by someone at Meadowbrook.” He said Meadowbrook had no name of the City employee with whom they made the agreement.

Tegenkamp summarized the 2005 operational agreement with Meadowbrook that says Meadowbrook was “responsible for all repairs, expenses, and

From page 1 maintenance of the facility, including the clubhouse at Countryside. Furthermore, there was never any written amendment to the contract that changed Meadowbrook’s obligations to pay for items like the painting work.”

Tegenkamp wrote that, “Since Meadowbrook’s claim is based on an alleged verbal agreement that apparently occurred sometime in or around July 2008, the Virginia three year Statute of Limitations that covers verbal agreements in Virginia has expired.” He points to three sections in the operational agreement.

In a FOIA request of the agreement, section 5.3 states: “Manager shall not be responsible for any capital improvements to the Facility, unless Owner agrees to reimburse Manager for same prior to the undertaking of any capital improvements.” Section 5.10 refers to furnishings in the Facility and section 6.2 deals with wages and overhead.

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The abandoned club house and property at Countryside.

Beginning November 1, 2007 certain maintenance requirements were incorporated at the beginning of a lease extension.

Former City Manager Darlene Burcham and council agreed that, “In response to neighborhood concerns regarding maintenance of the facility, staff [is] finalizing with Meadowbrook their commitment to adhering to their Standard Op-

erating Procedures (SOP) used at their other facilities.”

That agreement is unclear but it was understood at the time that it referred only to the golf course greens and fairways.

Spencer said that he has not yet received a reply from Meadowbrook.

By Valerie Garner info@theroanokestar.com

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bring fiber directly into downtown Roanoke from Bonsack,” said Cohill.

Redundant fiber (to provide a backup path) is critical for businesses and traffic applications. There is no fiber access to homes in Roanoke.

Currently there is a public/private exploratory committee comprised of Botetourt County, Roanoke City, Roanoke County and the City of Salem with high participation.

Moving forward either a regional authority or a public/private partnership needs to take ownership of the network. Cohill thought the city should create a fiber overlay

plan that would isolate where fiber is most needed. Finding opportunities to include fiber while performing infrastructure maintenance should be identified.

Combining facilities including schools will save money. However, according to Cohill, the city shouldn’t be the service provider and no tax dollars need to be used. It needs to operate separately like an airport.

Chattanooga, Tennessee has progressed to providing fiber to the home. This should be Roanoke’s long term goal.

Roy Mentkow, director of the city’s information technology department gave council

> Watersheds doah watershed, is involved in projects similar to Glade Creek, but on a much larger scale. Coffman says that a lot of what he does involves teamwork across several local groups and government agencies. Thanks to grants from the EPA given through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF, see www.nfwf.org) in Washington, brook trout are being restored along rivers that feed the Chesapeake Bay, as well.

The EPA last week released its TMDL or “total maximum daily loads” findings on water pollution. Local fishermen like Bainter and outdoors-oriented people can tell you that things are improving. But so do recent studies.

More than 900 acres of new forests and wetlands as well as buffers have made the Shenandoah region permanently protected.

a briefing on cloud computing. A cloud is the Internet broken down into application partitions. One cloud of yet to be converted applications resides on a mainframe operated by MFX located in the old Atlantic Mutual building. The city has outsourced this platform and its applications for about seven years and expects to convert the last applications by 2015. The cost to the city for MFX services is $15,500 per month according to the finance department.

By Valerie Garner info@theroanokestar.com

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More amazingly, farmers have reduced over 98,000 pounds of nitrogen fertilizer run-off annually through cost-sharing programs (and nutrient trading). And native brook trout are being restocked and making a comeback in miles of streams where they once flourished.

Coffman explained that June 1 marked the first day of “put and take” for many Virginia streams—meaning the streams that the state stocks (puts) the fish can now be fished and fishermen can “take” them, rather than throw them back as required during the cooler months. The trout will not usually survive the warmer water temperatures through the summer anyway, so the ban is lifted. Some like Bainter say they can’t bear to “take” the fish and release them back into the stream anyway.

Most agree it’s not legislation or political in-fighting that works best, it is the watershed community.

Reducing farm fertilizer run-off, stormwater drain pollution and reforestation has restored the species to be more plentiful for fishermen here.

Trout Unlimited’s Seth Coffman agrees: “If we can restore a stream to a condition that supports trout, we can also improve water quality downstream” when it ebbs into the bay. For Roanoke’s Bainter, the same holds true; for a guy who fishes “as often as I can” the reward is more than worth the effort.

Tim Kaine Tells Veterans “A Promise Is A Promise”

Robin Sherwood was a yeoman in the U.S. Navy on the ground in Vietnam in 1969. The word “promise is really important to me,” he said to former Virginia Governor and U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine. The Salem Disabled American Veterans (DAV) hosted a roundtable discussion Monday on military veterans issues.

The seventeen veterans aired their grievances about government bureaucracy and red tape that they had to endure to get promised benefits. The veterans agreed that most of the blame lies with the federal government.

The Virginia Department of Veterans Services got high praise, as did the Salem Veterans Administration across the street.

Not everything is up for spending cuts, said Kaine.

“Some programs are producing more value for citizens than others … veteran’s benefits are a perfect example of this. It’s not just a line item in the budget. It is an earned benefit like a contract, like a promise,” said Kaine. He added that benefits are connected to retention and recruitment with an all-volunteer military. “As we’re making cuts we need to protect benefits that have been promised to people.”

Sherwood said though he was a Republican he worked to get retiring Senator Jim Webb elected and he was a bit miffed on hearing of his impending departure.

Kaine said that as Virginia’s governor he always wondered why each state had to have its own veteran’s agency.

“It shouldn’t be such a complicated system at the federal level that you need a state to have their own agency to help get federal benefits,” he said.

Information on veterans’ benefits is collected from many different and sometimes conflicting sources.

With technology advances, ,delays in processing claims should not be an issue, he said. Kaine still hears complaints. Veterans tell him that it is “a disorganized, fractured system where people don’t necessarily know what is the access point.”

Kaine would like to see a single point of access. Duplicate data is being entered unnecessarily, he thought.

The veterans at the table gave nods of agreement when he suggested a “turbo-tax” like form that would populate and submit a veteran’s data throughout the benefit system – a one-form solution.

Reemployment while transitioning to civilian jobs should be easier, said Kaine.

He suggested having the skills learned in the military translate to civilian job certifications that civilian employers could understand.

Some veterans “get no credit for what they were doing.” In the past it was easier because employers understood what a “gunnery sergeant” does, said Kaine. Today there isn’t

Tim Kaine held a roundtable meeting with vets in Roanoke. an understanding of a veteran’s value.

“There are all kinds of civilian credentials that would work for all kinds of skills these days,” said Kaine. Examples he gave were Cisco system’s administrator and EMT certifications. That information then would be retained in personnel files, he said.

Kaine, having conducted multiple veteran roundtables says he hears veterans say, “I was valued while on active duty but now that I’m a veteran they treat me like I am an antagonist.” Veterans feel like benefits are being delayed to balance the budget. According to Kaine these delay tactics make them feel like there are two separate teams – active military and veteran. Kaine said “that made his blood boil.”

Going to an all-volunteer military was a culture change with many people having

no connection to the military. This makes it harder for people to understand the hardships that both veterans and their families’ face, said Kaine. “Promises to veterans would be easier to keep because everybody would have a stake in keeping promises if they understood,” he said.

After the roundtable broke up Kaine was asked what he learned. “Clearly how we deal with our fiscal reality and how we deal with veterans’ issues is very important.

Indiscriminant cuts would undercut the promises we have made to our veterans.”

By Valerie Garner info@theroanokestar.com

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Goodlatte / Kwiatkowski Face Off in Republican Primary

Terry McAuliffe Remains Undeclared Candidate For Governor

EXCLUSIVE to The Roanoke Star: Terry McAuliffe sat down to talk about his political plans, his electric car business and why he is holding back on formally announcing for governor.

McAuliffe was at the Patrick Henry Hotel Tuesday with a gathering of about 50 elected officials, city economic and planning staff, Carilion representatives and downtown developers.

He admitted to a not so well kept secret that he was “interested in running for governor.”

The purpose of his visit was to keep “skin in the game” if U.S. Senator Mark Warner decides not to run. Warner, in April when visiting Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine with U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine, would not deny that he was considering running for governor again in 2013.

McAuliffe said, “I don’t think [Warner] is running,” but confirmed that he would wait for his decision in November and yield to Warner if he steps up to the gubernatorial plate. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who is challenging Lt. Governor Bill Bolling for the Republicans’ nomination, said at an ITT Nursing School ribbon cutting on May 7 that he could beat either Warner or McAuliffe. Cuccinelli quipped, “Warner just wants to be governor as he sees it as a better path to the White House.”

Both McAuliffe and Warner said they were laser-focused on getting President Obama reelected and Tim Kaine elected to the U.S. Senate to replace Sen. Jim Webb in 2012. “If [Warner] runs I am 100 percent with him and if he isn’t running then we’re in and I’m 100 percent in,” said McAuliffe. McAuliffe worries

Terry McAuliffe with Councilman Sherman Lea Sr. (L) and son, Sherman Lea Jr. (R) about the loss of 125,000 jobs if defense cuts hit Virginia.

McAuliffe ran in the Democratic primary for Virginia governor in a three-way race with Virginia Senator Creigh Deeds and DPVA Chair Brian Moran in 2009. Deeds won and McAuliffe came in a distant second.

Deeds was defeated by then Attorney General Bob McDonnell.

“Bolling and Cuccinelli are doing their politics … I’m creating jobs,” said McAuliffe.

“I’m also focused on full production of my electric car vehicle company,” he said. On a trip to China he bought what he called “their most advanced electric car company and moved the entire thing to America.” He expects to begin full production on July 6 and they delivered the first car to Denmark last week. His company will be able to build one car per hour. It will be able to travel up to 100 miles per charge with a top end speed of 45 mph.

“All cars will be made by U.S. workers to be sold back abroad.

People in politics should do what they say they are going to do.

That’s what I’m doing – I’m creating jobs,” he said.

I asked McAuliffe if he had learned anything from his 2009 primary race. He said, “Some

people thought the economy was fine and we didn’t need big ideas and maybe they were a little too big at the time.” This time he thinks people will be more receptive since they have now seen the economy stall. “We need manufacturing jobs – they are the bedrock of our community. We can’t be just a service community.”

The Republican’s focus on socially divisive issues is not helping business recruitment in Virginia, he said. “We are sending a message out nationally and globally about this attack on women.

Fifty percent of the work force we are trying to attract are women.” They can go to other more receptive states. “Why would you come here with this legislature attempting to pass these ridiculous, very divisive pieces of legislation.”

McAuliffe’s Campaign Manager Levar Stoney said that former Secretary of Technology Aneesh Chopra, Paula Miller and Sen. Ralph Northam of Norfolk are slated to run for lieutenant governor. Mike Signer and Sen. Mark Herring are attorney general candidates. Signer ran forlieutenant governor in 2009.

By Valerie Garner info@theroanokestar.com

Council Struggles With Moving Elections It was a roundabout that had no exit signs at Monday’s Roanoke City Council meeting as the topic of moving the city’s elections from May to November. The state has given cities the authority to enact a resolution to change it. Following a May election is the optimum opportunity.

Councilman Sherman Lea first suggested it following the May election. Since then council members have had time to mull it over. Each council member seems to be settling in on the thought process.

Both Ray Ferris and Vice Mayor Dave Trinkle have outright said they prefer spring elections at one time or another. Lea and Mayor Bowers are for moving the elections. Anita Price was unclear and Bill Bestpitch was for it before he was against it. Bestpitch is not exactly against it but sessions at the Virginia Municipal League that pointed to the pitfalls it had him rethinking the move. Court Rosen was absent but indications are he would side with Ferris and Trinkle.

Lea thinks Bestpitch is the swing vote. Lea has been frustrated by his colleagues’ indecisiveness in how to proceed. Lea, in a phone interview, agreed that a neutral party like an academic could help pull in figures that would better inform the public. He repeated that “it is a fact that voting in November will bring out more people – that cannot be disputed.” Secondly he said it would save the city $37,000 dollars.

Lea said he didn’t expect a neutral party to make any recommendations. “We can do that,” he said. Following the fact finding citizens could be heard. “It wouldn’t surprise me that those that are very active in the electoral process will come out to the community meetings – but you never know

because it had not been an issue before.”

The data is needed to educate the public and show who is voting and who isn’t voting said Lea. “That’s the most important step.”

“We [council] can make the decision to vote it up or down,” he said. People that already vote in May will vote in November and it will only add make it more convenient for others to vote who don’t now.

“Anything we can do as a public body to stimulate the voting process we want to do it,” he said.

“I’m appreciative of my colleagues wanting to look at it but yet again I don’t want to draw this out. It’s not that complex. Get the review done; share it with the public then we vote. It doesn’t have to be a long drawn out process.”

By the next meeting Lea expects a list of things for the neutral party to consider. If cities are compared Lea said they should compare to Roanoke’s size and demographics.

Lea thought concerns by his colleagues like citizens who don’t keep up with the issues or who might vote party line – “that’s conjecture,” he said.

“I trust the citizens of Roanoke to be knowledgeable on the issues.” As an example of November elections that work Lea mentioned Roanoke County that has all their elections in November including the school board. “They don’t seem to get mixed up or have problems.”

“In a democracy you want as many people as you can get to be involved in the voting process.”

Lea said he gives the people more credit and that his colleagues concerned with increased campaign costs was not warranted.

By Valerie Garner info@theroanokestar.com

Tuesday, June 12 Republicans will go to the polls to pick their nominee for the 6th Congressional District and nominee for U.S. Senate. The congressional candidates are 20-year incumbent Bob Goodlatte and his challenger Karen Kwiatkowski, a retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel who lives on a farm in Shenandoah County near Mt. Jackson.

Kwiatkowski has a Ph.D. in World Politics from Catholic University of America and was inside the Pentagon when it was attacked on September 11, 2001.

In an email Kwiatkowski said, “Upon taking office, I will immediately sponsor, cosponsor or propose legislation to read the bills, write the law, and one subject at a time act. I’ll propose legislation to end the congressional retirement system, require them to purchase their own healthcare, reduce their annual pay, and drastically reduce congressional perks. I’ll sign on to audit the fed, and I’ll join the Republican Liberty Caucus in the House in order to start working on and proposing legislation to repeal the Patriot Act, to repeal the detention provisions in the NDAA, and put forth and propose spending cuts immediately, for all government agencies and departments based on past performance, constitutional necessity, and existing waste. This includes the DOD . . . If Advance Auto and Amazon can track customer

Congressman Bob Goodlatte needs, answer the mail, and ensure people get what they need, in 2012 the Congressional office ought to be able to answer the mail within 72 hours, with a real answer to a real problem, and conduct follow-ups to ensure problems are solved and answers are satisfactory.”

Rep. Bob Goodlatte has held the 6th district that includes Roanoke City for 20 years.

Goodlatte is best known for his persistence in trying to get a “balanced budget” amendment adopted. As an incumbent his million-dollar campaign has dwarfed that of his opponent.

Goodlatte has avoided recognition of his opponent and calls from Kwiatkowski to debate.

Goodlatte’s campaign manager Chris Leavitt responded in an email: “The Bob Goodlatte for Congress team has been working hard across the sixth district to reach out to voters directly by going door to door, making phone calls and hosting events. The support for the Congressman has been wonderful. Voters are proud of how

he is fighting the liberal Obama agenda in Washington. Either by voting over 25 times to defund or repeal Obamacare or by pushing to cut federal spending and authoring legislation that would lift the federal ban on offshore drilling to lower gas prices, Congressman Goodlatte has a proven record of conservative values. “ Leavitt also said that Goodlatte was, “honored to have received endorsements from the National Right to Life Committee and the National Rifle Association as well as receiving an ‘A’ rating from the National Taxpayers Union for his strong support of responsible tax and spending policies.”

The winner of Tuesday’s primary will face Democrat Andrew Schmookler who lives in Shenandoah County.

Tuesday will also have the U.S. Senate Republican candidates on the ballot. Those candidates include former U.S. Senator and former Virginia Governor George Allen, Tea Party candidate Jamie Radtke, Bishop E. W. Jackson who has local Tea Party support and Delegate Bob Marsh best known in the General Assembly for sponsoring social bills such as the “personhood” bill. They have held three debates one of which was in Roanoke on April 28. The winner will face former Virginia Governor and DNC chair, Tim Kaine in November.

By Valerie Garner info@theroanokestar.com

Roanoke Goes To Dogs for 6th Time

Elmwood Park went to the dogs Saturday for the 6th annual Woofstock. The event brings people, their dogs, and various animal rescue groups together for a day of contests, music, and fun. "[We're] giving the dogs some exposure, trying to get them some homes," said Debbie from Angels of Assisi; "To let people know they're just like everybody else's dog. They're not pound dogs."

Debi Smith, with Dalmatian Rescue of Southwest Virginia, was at another booth. "We take in dogs that have been left in shelters, get them spayed and neutered first, then vetted, rehabbed, whatever they need, [and] find them new homes." She's been doing it for a dozen years after she fell in love with the breed.

"We met one through a friend and after getting to know that dog, there was no turning back.

I'll never have anything else.

They're crazy, goofy, they're the class clowns of the dog world."

Several deaf dogs were meeting human guests under the Deaf Dogs Rock tent. Christina Lee runs the Roanoke group and owns a deaf dog, Nitro.

"When I got a deaf dog and started training him, people started sending me dogs that needed homes that were deaf.

So now we have a website. We have 400 dogs listed there that

Neil Bussey and with his dog Abbie. need homes that are deaf. And we give tips and videos on how to train them and resources. It's a huge community" She says they have a large following from people who are deaf and have deaf dogs. Most White Boxers, white Australian Shepherds, Great Danes, white Pit Bulls, American Bull Dogs are born deaf or blind.

The biggest misconception is a deaf dog is harder to train, but "If you've ever had a deaf dog, you'll always have a deaf dog. They're very easy to train. They're locked on you all the time. We call them 'Velcro dogs', because if my dog lays down, he's going to lay on my foot to make sure that I don't [move]."

According to Lee, the training of a deaf dog is similar to clicker training, except instead of a clicker, they use a flash hand signal.

The person is like a human Pez dispenser for awhile. If the dog looks at her, it gets a treat, so he'll look at her frequently. Not having any noise distractions makes it easier to train but they feed of the energy off their human.

Neil and Tiffany Bussey and their 6-year-old Great Dane, Abbie were taking in the sights and sounds. They've been coming to Woofstock almost since the beginning. Tiffany says they came, "Just to support all the great charities that Woofstock supports and to get Abbie out for a little while to see all her friends."

"There's always something new and different and there's always great contests and the food's good and there's always great vendors."

Vinnie, an 8-month-old miniature Australian Shepherd owned by Cassandra and Allan Saunders of Salem, made a painting with his paws at the Dalmatian Rescue tent. "He's having lots of fun," says Cassandra "It is a perfect day to be out and about and he's making lots of new friends." It was their first time at Woofstock and the Saunders say the event was great socialization for their dog.

By Beverly Amsler info@theroanokestar.com

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y dad Fuller and I are both dentists and we have just arrived in Chintatinga, a small bush village in the far north of Ghana in West Africa to perform basic dental services for people who don't otherwise have access to it. Dad has been returning to this sub-Saharan region for three decades; this is my first trip. I've traveled to similarly remote areas before, but -truly- this is about as "out there" as I've experienced.

Isaac is greeting the village elders, and quiet and purposeful Alosan is already unloading the truck in preparation for our work. We couldn't do much without our trusty assistants; Alosan and Isaac have been working with Fuller on his visits for years. Employees of the clinic, over the years they have learned basic dental procedures, such as anesthetic injections, and cleaning and extracting teeth. Our driver, Deacon, rounds out our party by piloting the old Land Cruiser and navigating the faint trails to the remote villages. All three of our Ghanaian assistants help translate for us.

At the front of the truck we place a wooden bench on which we sit as we clean the children's teeth. We utilize ultrasonic scalers which are connected to the truck battery through a voltage inverter. Meanwhile, the rear of the truck is dedicated to our surgical setup; the tailgate is neatly spread with anesthetic, extraction forceps, and other instruments. Dishes of sterilizing solution are positioned at one end. This system has evolved over the years to be streamlined, efficient and effective.

With the village chief, Fuller and I are completing the brief formalities of our visit. The proceedings include kneeling submissively and smiling and nodding, while softly repeating "nah...nah...nah...nah." This is accompanied by gently clasping and unclasping of our hands.

Returning to the Land Cruiser strategically parked under the village's lone Baobob tree, we join Isaac as he initiates the kid portion of the show. There might be thirty or so kids in a typical small village, and big, grinning Isaac gets their attention as he gathers them in a large circle. He enthusiastically delivers his dental care talk, complete with oral hygiene instructions.

He also introduces us Obrunis - white men - as we give tooth-

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After a few minutes of this scrubbing, one of us walks the circle, spraying off the toothbrushes with water from a pump-up garden sprayer. Then a bit of toothpaste is dispensed upon each held-out toothbrush and the brushing commences once again. More encouragement is offered, followed by a rinse-off of their brushes and their mouths with the garden sprayer. They giggle and open wide as I walk down the line squirting water into their mouths.

We've lined up the kids now, and we're finally getting a good look into the now-fairly-clean mouths. Those children with clean teeth go home; those with heavy tarter, which is quite common, are gathered for the cleaning at the front of the truck. Two of us sit on the bench with the cleaning instruments; the kids sit on the ground with their heads essentially in our laps.

They clutch plastic spit bowls, and they teach each other exactly what to do as each child takes her turn. Our patients are nononsense and extremely cooperative. Serious when they need to be, these kids will drop their guard and howl with laughter at something silly that the obrini does. We have a good time.

As this business of examining and cleaning the children's teeth has been unfolding, adults with abscessed teeth are quietly making their way to the rear of the truck for our attention. One of us examines the patient, ascertains which tooth or teeth needs to be extracted and injects the

anesthetic. The patient is then directed to a bench where they await the effect of the anesthetic and the subsequent removal of the offending tooth.

It's late in the afternoon.

We've long since finished with the kids and have been steadily extracting diseased teeth for the past few hours. The work is not easy, but our patients are stoic, cooperative, and grateful.

The sunlight filtered through the red dust Harmattan sky is lower down now, the soft breeze feels good on my craned neck.

I notice that the line of patients has petered out; it's time to call it quits.

As we pack up the last of the equipment and instruments, one of the village elders approaches in his gentle, gracious way. He grasps by the feet two Guinea fowl. I accept the gift as graciously as I can, but lose hold of one of the birds in the exchange. Raucous laughter erupts as Isaac, Alosan, and Deacon give chase to the fleeing bird.

I keep nodding off on the drive back to the clinic, in spite of the non-stop joking and laughing by our crew, the incredibly bumpy track we're on, and the flapping and flopping of the Guinea fowl in the back.

The sound of the Mampruli language is getting more familiar to me, the feel of the place more comfortable, and the smiles of the people more endearing. Tomorrow we plan to visit a few remote villages to the east.

I'm looking forward to it.

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guide book that I had always felt needed to be written was one to help folks to identify feathers. Probably everyone finds a feather occasionally, but until recently, there hasn’t been a good way to figure out for sure which kind of bird a feather came from. Now there is!

Bird Feathers was published by Stackpole Books, a Pennsylvania company that has brought to market many Illustrated with almost 500 photographs, Bird Feathers is a a nature book (including unique book for birders and anyone who wants to identify mine). Written by S. David the feathers they find.

Scott and Casey Mccover such topics as the Farland, this paperback history of a feather, how is dense with informafeathers became tools tion and photographs, for flight, bird anatomy, weighing in at over 1½ feather types and wing pounds! shapes, and the explanaFor anyone who loves tion for why blue birds, watching and identifysuch as the male Indigo ing birds and learning Bunting, look black when about them, this book the sun is not shining on is a must-have. Some them (their blue color feathers can be identiis not the result of pigfied without a book, ments, as other feather such as the gorgeous colors are). blue-and-white feathers Pages 69-340 contain of a Blue Jay. But other photos of bird feathers, feathers, such as those covering 397 bird species! from hawks that you Feather measurements rarely get to study up are provided, along with close, require research. the variation in them.

Why bother identi- The author found these Yellow-bellied Range maps illustrate fying a feather? One Sapsucker feathers inside a box used by which birds are in what reason is to know what Eastern Screech Owls. areas of the country and kind of bird flew over addition to frogs, crayfish, during which seasons so your yard or perhaps and mice, their menu has inthat you can narrow down landed there. In this way you learn which species are cluded birds, such as Cedar the choices appropriately.

Be sure to read pages 64-66 sharing your world, even if Waxwing, Northern Cardinal, and even Yellow-bellied which explain how to use the you don’t get to actually see Sapsucker. book.

Then you’ll be on your them.

Bird Feathers is so chock way to learning even more If you’ve put up wildlife full of information that even about your avian guests.

Afboxes for birds and other the inside covers are emter all, you may not be home critters that use natural tree cavities, you may find feath- ployed to deliver it. On the when a particular bird visits, ers when you clean the boxes inside front cover, you find but if it drops off a feather, out in late winter every year. wonderful diagrams that you’ll have its calling card!

These clues can tell you what clearly delineate the variNaturalist Marlene A. Conanimals made use of the box- ous names and locations of feathers on a bird, under the don is the author/photograes and for what purpose. heading of “Basic Bird Topher of The Nature-friendly For example, Eastern pography”.

Garden: Creating a Backyard Screech Owls have used boxThe inside back cover of Haven for Plants, Wildlife, es in my yard for nesting in Bird Feathers depicts the and People (Stackpole Books; late winter or early spring as “Topography of a Bird Wing” information at www.marlewell as for roosting and eatand both inside covers sup- necondon.com). If you have ing.

By being able to identify the ply a ruler so you can conve- a question about plants or feathers and other animal re- niently measure the feathers animals, or gardening in a nature-friendly manner, send mains that I’ve cleaned out of you find.

The book consists of two it to AskTheNatureLady@aol. the boxes, I’ve learned what parts.

The first 66 pages com and please watch for an these little owls consume. In answer in this paper.

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It’s Summertime and . . .

he livin’ is . . . (WAIT, proves our son is not, in fact, an hold that thought! The illegal immigrant. Off he goes to senior prom is tonight the tuxedo rental place; he can and number-one-son's limo just swing by the DMV on the way fell through. Quick, where are home.) the yellow pages? Call 10 placIsn't it great once a kid's sees. No more available! But one nior year is over? You can just guy knows a guy who sit back and... knows a guy... rings (Wait, email just us back. How about came in from his new an SUV for 6? That'll University.

What's work. Cash only? The that? They need the other kids' parents health forms they sent can pay us back their us a month ago. They share. OK, done.) need to be returned Now as we were TODAY? Quick, call saying, as the lazy days over to the pediatriof summer... cian, they've got Mike Keeler (Wait, you're that stuff on file, we driving to the nextcan swing by on the day-party in the Poconos? Son way to the bank to get the cash needs to get his senior license at for the SUV...) the DMV. Quick, find the birth (Son just called, the debit card certificate, the Social Security isn't working down at the DMV! card and the 2011 tax return that Quick, read him the credit card

number...)

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Yes the camera battery is fully charged. What's that? You need to bring 50 hamburgers, buns and condiments? No problem, we'll just buy the frozen ones and you can bring it all right in this cooler...oh, don't look in there, that's disgusting! The barber shop called, they've got your backpack? Great, go get it! No gas? Just use the debit card...no, that doesn't work...or, here...take this credit card...)

Okay, he's on his way, hope he has fun.

(Wait! Number-two-son just walked in the door with a nasty case of poison ivy...)

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Fleming Student Receives DAR Award

The Nancy Christian Fleming Chapter of the Daughters of The American Revolution recently awarded the Good Citizens Award to outstanding William Fleming High School senior, Rosa Elizabeth White. The award is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship, and Rosa was selected by her school based on the criteria of Dependability, Service, Leadership, and Patriotism. She received a certificate, pin and check to commemorate the selection by her school.

Rosa is the daughter of the Rev. Dr. Quentin and Pamela White. She has an outstanding academic record and has been active in many areas at William Fleming including the band, the Key Club, and the Spanish Honor Society. She has also served in the community, working for the Salvation Army as well as her church.

Rosa will be attending UVA in the fall and hopes to major in psychology, followed by a PhD in Clinical Psychology in the future.

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the women force upon us. But not all the women have earplugworthy battle cries. Former world number one player Caroline Wozniacki has a rather subdued grunt, like a high pitched hiccup, although she can crank up the decibels when a match gets tough.

Along these lines, let's not forget charismatic Italian player Francesca Schiavone. While not necessarily shrill, her tennis shriek is incredibly annoying and sounds like someone is performing the Heimlich Maneuver on her every few seconds.

I live in hope that the US Tennis Association will one day do something about this situation.

But I’m not holding my breath.

They make a living off these tennis players, and aren’t likely to rile them any time soon. In the meantime, I still plan on watching the televised French Open matches with my finger poised on the remote mute button.

Perhaps former Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova said it best: "They are making sounds like they are lifting 300 pounds…. the ball is not that heavy.”

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“I just don’t think I could love a child who isn’t mine.”

Members of Boy Scout Troop 17 of the Blue Ridge Mountain Council received their Eagle Scout Award on Sunday, May 27th at St. John's EpiscopalChurch. Seven of the boys have been friends since Kindergarten at Crystal Spring Elementary School and six graduated from Patrick Henry High School this week. The two other scouts attend North Cross School.

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ans of professional ten- I mean, could anyone ever play nis have been glued to chess with this woman? You’d their TV sets over the probably keel over from a heart last week watching the French attack if she ever castled.

Open. But if you plan on viewAs for the Azarenka yelp, ing some of women’s matches her "aye-whooo-aye-whooowhich culminate in Sunday's aye-whooo" has to be heard to championship, go ahead and be believed. She claims it’s “a buy some ear plugs natural part of her now. You’ll thank breathing system,” me later. but it sounds more That’s because like a struggling, nowadays, some of asthmatic dolphin these matches are altrapped in a fish most unbearable to net. watch ­or at least lisSerena Williams ten to ­since many of is another tenthe top female tennis nis scream queen. players can't hit a ball She was runner-up without screechin the 2011 US Nick Thomas ing and squawking Open, but was their way through remarkably quiet every ear-shattering point. compared to her past on-court Their relentless auditory as- trilling. However, she upped her sault on tennis fans makes the annoyance factor by throwing wails of midnight neighbor- a massive temper tantrum last hood cat fights seem positively year (not the first) when a call melodic by comparison. The didn’t go her way (and was later worst offenders include top fined $2,000 for verbal umpire players Maria Sharapova and abuse). I suspect even many current world number one, Vic- Americans were glad that classy toria Azarenka. (and quiet) Aussie Samantha In fact, Sharapova holds the Stosur nailed Williams in last current noise record and has year’s US Open. been measured at 105 deciOf course, some of the men bels. A pneumatic drill is 130. grunt and groan with each shot It makes you wonder about her too, but it is rarely the loud, earvocal outburst in other pursuits. piercing, annoying shrill that

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hat wasn’t what I expected to hear from Christian friends when we announced we were pursuing adoption. However, it’s not an uncommon response. In fact, before I began looking at what the Scriptures taught, I was indifferent towards adoption.

This month we will celebrate Father’s Day. For many children in America, this day is not a day to celebrate. For those who are in the Foster Care System, this day only highlights their unmet longing for a father. How does the gospel equip us to love children who are not our own?

Some years ago, I took a class on Christian ethics. We were required to write a paper on a current ethical topic facing Christians. I choose to answer the question, “How far should a Christian couple go to conceive a child with the help of modern medicine?” Though I was interested in the ethical question, I was unprepared for where the Lord was going to take me during my research.

Before jumping into the medical ethics issues, I decided to review what the Bible teaches about children in general. I had not anticipated what I found. I was struck at how often God’s love and care for children is communicated as an exhortation for His people to care for orphans. I was confronted with passages like: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.“ James 1:27 NIV Or, “A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families.” Psalm 68:5-6a NIV Such verses began to gnaw at my soul because I had never thought about adoption as an application of the Gospel in my life. I had grown up in a Christian home, had Christian friends and yet, I didn’t know anyone who was adopted.

Over the course of the next several years, the Lord placed a number of people in our lives who were adopted. The families we met were remark-

able. In the trans-racial adoptive homes, families that adopted children of a different ethnicity than the parents, these families were a melting pot of cultures. There was no clash of cultures, but rather, all of these family members, including the adopted members, had a clear sense that their primary identity was in Christ, not their race or ethnicity.

I began to realize that I had been thinking about adoption from the wrong point of view prior to writing that paper. Before adopting, I thought of adoption as something a Christian couple could do if they wanted to. I assumed the “Christian” question was, “Do we want to adopt?”

However, through this process, I realized that God has a bigger, bolder, and more glorious view of orphans. God intends for His people to conform to His image and His heart. The question wasn’t “Do we want to adopt?” but rather, “What would prevent us from adopting?” or “What role does God call us to play in the care of orphans?”

There certainly are sound reasons for a couple not to adopt: familial, financial, etc. However, every follower of Jesus is called to care for orphans.

The question is: “How?” This only makes sense when we begin to understand the deep reality that “God sent his Son…to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.” (Galatians 4:4-5) Apart from Christ, we have no family, we have no home. But in Christ, our elder brother, we receive all the benefits and blessings of being heirs.

Do you know the adopting love of God? If you are no longer a slave, but a son of God, how is God calling you to care for the orphans? And if you are a son, then may we emulate the Father by welcoming the orphans, literal and spiritual, that they might find a home and meet, The Father.

Ed Dunnington is the Senior Pastor at Christ the King Presbyterian in Roanoke. Visit them on the web at ctkroanoke.org

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Professional Organizer Fulfills a Mission

For Carol Jensen, 62, divorce Hartl,” Jensen said. “The book was really a new beginning. She emphasizes the fact that there’s had followed her ex-husband usually some trauma in an inaround the country while he dividual’s life that gets the ‘overpursued his career as a Lutheran accumulation’ of things started, minister; moving twenty times and forgiveness is required; but I over the last six decades. But also knew that my Special Eduwhen she came to Roanoke in cation degree gave me the abil1998, she knew she was home. ity to individualize, in terms of “By the time I got to Roanoke, the needs and challenges of my I had a Special Education degree clients.”

Carol Jensen from the University of Wisconsin Since her epiphany, JensMilwaukee and I’d honed some en founded Jensen Services, LLC. marketable skills,” Jensen said. A mother She has packed up entire estates for elderly of twins, her son and daughter were grown clients and families that are moving due to a and she wanted to utilize her talents. life change; she has dealt with clients whose She had been a Special Education teacher collections and acquired possessions have at an elementary school in St. Louis, Mis- mushroomed out of control; clients who souri, Director of The Senior Services Cen- have trouble focusing and can’t find their ter in Glen Ellen, Illinois, as well as a school checkbooks, much less their tax preparahealth aide - all in addition to excelling in tion papers; and clients who just want to her responsibilities as a full-time mom and improve their quality of life by creating a an active minister’s wife. more organized, simplified environment in “When I came to Roanoke, I found it their homes or offices. hard to re-invent myself,” Jensen said. “I did “I color code to help my ADD or ADHD some work in the schools that I enjoyed and clients,” Jensen said, “but really, that just even worked weekends in an upscale gift makes sense, whether you have difficulty shop, but I really wanted to start a business focusing, or not.” of my own.”

Jensen even color codes at her own home, Jensen began to realize that her best tal- using red tabbed file folders for clients, black ent lay directly before her. Her many moves; for business, and pink for personals. including the sale of the house that she and “I’ve been lucky enough to have taken her ex-husband owned in Hunting Hills hundreds of classes sponsored by The Instihad prepared her for organizing and pack- tute for Challenging Disorganization (ICD) ing up a large household in no time flat and and I am also a member of the National for turning a complex ordeal into a seam- Association of Professional Organizers less, relatively stress free adventure.

(NAPO),” Jensen said. “I learned to carry a “I was inspired by the book, Digging Out: laptop that will produce a spreadsheet conHelping Your Loved One Manage Clut- taining identification of items, combined ter, Hoarding, and Compulsive Acquiring, with organizational codes; and I also use

by Michael A. Tompkins and Tamara L. lots of three-ring binders.”

Keeping a calendar and writing down everything are two of Jensen’s keys to success. She says that keeping a ‘to-do’ list is not enough unless the list is tied to a calendar.

“I’m a minimalist,” Jensen said, “I don’t think that new cabinets and space savers do much good if clients have no place to store them, so we begin by choosing the items that are most loved and used, and saying good-bye to the rest.”

Some clients find saying good-by to things extremely hard.

“I’ve been able to use my skills as a Special Education teacher and mother of twins to help clients calm down and focus,” Jensen said. “Sometimes there are panic attacks, so I let clients know that everything is in their control at all times. I never step over those personal boundaries.”

She has recently spoken before audiences at The Heart Rehabilitation Group at Lewis Gale Medical Center, The Virginia Tech Women’s Center, Bentley Commons in Lynchburg, and many other venues. “ I want people to know that there is no shame in asking someone with credentials, understanding and life experience to come into your home to help you manage your paperwork, downsize, or just make your environment more balanced and simplified,” Jensen said. “It’s the essence of freedom, and I realize that when I pack, de-clutter or help clients eliminate household items, I am packing ‘memories’ and touching hearts. That’s a mission that I love.”

Health Is Not The Absence of Disease or Infirmity

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

- World Health Organization Being healthy is much more than just not being sick. It involves all aspects of one’s life and environment. Life is an intricate network and if one part fails other parts will eventually fail as well. Proper health in all things requires a balance in what we do. It is an active pursuit rather than a passive wish to not be ill. Make plans to be healthy instead of excuses to fail. Be a good example to your children; your spouse; your coworkers; your neighbors and by doing so you will encourage others to follow your example.

Most of the activities you can do to be healthy are simple, low tech, and low cost. In the long run, your health is the best investment you can make and it has the highest returns!

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Schedule playtime for yourself.

Find a hobby you enjoy.

Fresh air and sunshine- Even house plants need sun so why shouldn’t you? Get outside every day, no matter what. Recent studies highlight the importance of Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin in everything from cancer to mood disorders.

Reconnect with nature. We are fortunate to live in an area with so many breathtaking vistas and so many outdoor activities for any age or physical ability.

Get up and move- Park furthest from the door. Take the stairs. Get out of your chair and walk around every hour. Take hourly stretch breaks. Take advantage of your cordless phone and cell phone and walk while Hidden Valley Middle School DI team participants: Matthew Harris, Morgan Day, A.J. Vail, Hollins Vieth, Adam Wood, Elizabeth Wilkin. Team manager: Dr. Steve Harris.

Two County Destination Imagination Teams Place In Top 5 At Global Finals Destination Imagination is an educational program in which student teams solve open-ended Challenges and present their solutions at Tournaments. Teams are tested to think on their feet, work together and devise original solutions that satisfy the requirements of the Challenges. Participants learn to unleash their imaginations and take unique approaches to problem solving.

Several Destination Imagination teams from schools in Roanoke County competed May 23-26 at the annual global finals in Knoxville, TN. The Hidden Valley Middle School DI team took 2nd place in the middle school, Destination level competition for challenge C. The HVMS team was tasked to create and perform live a fourminute trailer for an imaginary movie involving characters from at least two nations and including a "cinematic" special effect and an original soundtrack. Two "team choice elements" add to the total score, as does the team's spontaneous solution to an unrehearsed "instant challenge" they learn about only a few minutes before they must present their solution.

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Three teams from Oak Grove Elementary School also competed at global finals. One team from Oak Grove took 5th place in the elementary level for challenge D. Their challenge was to create a 5-minute improvisational skit about the cause-and-effect relationship between two unrelated news stories and have all their plans suddenly become totally discombobulated by a One-Minute Glitch.

Two other Oak Grove teams placed 15th and 41st place in the elementary level competition for challenge E, which was to design, build and test a structure made entirely out of wood and glue to hold weight and contain tournament-provided golf balls and to design and build a delivery device that will deposit the golf balls, one at a time, into the structure. Students were to create and present an original story about a “Captivator,” and integrate the weight placement and golf ball delivery into the story.

More than 15,000 youth, parents and volunteers from the U.S., seven Canadian provinces and 12 foreign countries competed at global finals hosted on the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville.

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Rediscover food- if it didn’t grow that way don’t eat it. If your grandparents wouldn’t recognize it as food then don’t eat it. Whole foods are more nutritionally dense so you get more bang for your buck. Half your plate should be vegetables and the other half protein and whole grains. Downsize your plate. What most people are served in restaurants these days is one meal an entire family used to share. Cut your meals in half. You will save money, lose weight and feel better. If you can’t cook every day then take one weekend afternoon and cook for the week then just reheat. Experiment and try something new.

Be with others- Humans are social creatures. We cannot live and thrive without contact. Social media and email are fine but there is no substitute for face to face interaction. Talk to your neighbors or your mail delivery person. Go to a worship service or attend a library lecture. Volunteer your time.

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North Cross Recognizes Graduates At 49th Commencement

North Cross Headmaster Dr. Chris Proctor addresses graduates, families and friends.

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North Cross School held its 49th Commencement Ceremony on Sat., June 2. The outdoor ceremony was held in the school’s courtyard with a reception for the graduates and their families taking place at the headmaster’s home located on campus immediately following commencement.

The ceremony was held in the tradition of independent school graduations across the country with girls wearing white dresses while carrying roses and boys wearing suits and ties while processing to receive their diplomas.

Sarah Kate Holley was named the valedictorian of the 2011-12 graduating class and spoke at commencement about the positive impact the school has had on her life.

Several other students were recognized for academic achievement and exceptional leadership during the graduation ceremony. Tyler Lemon was named salutatorian, and Tim Putnam was the recipient of the Thomas A. Slack Award, which is presented to the student in the senior class who has rendered the highest

service to North Cross School through leadership based on the influence of character. Miranda Clarke, Sarah Kate Holley, Laura Lemon, Tyler Lemon, Shelby Lipes, Drew Maurer, Bryan McDonnell, Lara Min and Alexandra Worthy were all inducted into the Cum Laude Society, which recognizes academic achievement in secondary schools for the purpose of promoting excellence, justice, and honor.

This year’s commencement address was given by Jim Flowers, the Executive Director of VT KnowledgeWorks. VT KnowledgeWorks is an entrepreneurship support program located at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center in Blacksburg.

Along with his work at VT KnowledgeWorks, Flowers has been a senior consultant for more than four decades to technology based companies.

He published his first book in 2009 titled “Moxie and Other Fundamental Entrepreneurial Concepts.” The title of his commencement address was “A String, a Rock and a Can of Moxie!”

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Cave Spring Rallies for 9-8 Win Over Titans in Region IV Final Cave Spring executed a dramatic 3-run rally in the top of the seventh to overcome a tworun deficit, and the Knights defeated Hidden Valley 9-8 in the Region IV baseball final played out at Kiwanis Field in Salem.

Both teams had already securred a spot in this week's Group AA state quarterfinals, but bragging rights, along with first-round home field advantage for the winner, were at stake in a game that quickly offered an atmosphere akin to a World Series game-seven.

Cave Spring jumped out to an early 4-1 lead before storms arrived in the bottom of the third, leading to an hour, fortyfive minute delay. When play resumed, Hidden Valley wasted no time knotting the score at 4 after four innings.

Cave Spring third baseman Andrew Peterson drops the tag as Hidden Valley baserunner Joseph Bolinger dives to the bag. mound for Cave Spring in the bottom of the seventh, retiring the final two batters on strikeouts.

The game featured two balks,

Cave Spring's Terrell Simmons (#3) is called out at the plate after trying to score on a passed ball in the Knight second inning.

The Knights plated two in the fifth for a 6-4 lead, but Hidden Valley looked to be in a commanding position after getting 4 runs in the bottom of the sixth.

Down to its last three outs, Cave Spring loaded the bases, and Reece Kingery drew a walk to cut the deficit to 8-7. One out later, Austin Epperly, whose fielding miscue had fueled the Titan rally in the sixth, smacked a 2-RBI, first-pitch fastball to the wall in right-center, giving Cave Spring the final margin.

Harrison Richards took to the

several hit batsmen, a coach being ejected, eight pitchers, three runners called out on close plays at the plate, and an out being called after a player passed third twice during a rundown and not tagging the base on his second retreat to second base.

Add to that, both managers being summoned to the field to identify, without success, an outspoken fan who offered an obscene comment on the homeplate umpire's strike zone, and you had quite the evening in a game that lasted just eight minutes shy of five hours.

Cave Spring Advances to Group AA State Semifinal With Win Over Jefferson Forest

Cave Spring plated two runs in the bottom of the sixth to break a 6-6 deadlock, and Steve Klaiber turned a double play to end the game, as Cave Spring advanced to Friday's Group AA state baseball semifinal with the 8-6 win over Jefferson Forest Tuesday afternoon at Knights Field.

The Knights opened their half of the sixth with singles off the bats of Steve Klaiber and Jordan Bryant. A sacrifice bunt and intentional walk loaded the bases for Cave Spring. Jake Schuyler dropped down a perfect suicide squeeze bunt to score Klaiber, and moments later, Bryant would add an insurance run, scoring on a sacrifice fly to center.

Cave Spring starter Harrison Richards put down Jefferson

Knights catcher Ryan Gerhardt puts the tag on a tumbling Jefferson Forest baserunner.

Forest in the final frame as Klaiber excuted a one-out double play to end the game.

The Knights had jumped out to a 6-2 lead on timely hitting

by Zack Utterback and a 2-run homer by Bryant in the fourth.

Jefferson Forest tied the game in the top of the fifth after two were out on three hits and a Knight throwing error.

Cave Spring advances to play Powhatan Friday at Calfee Park in Pulaski, with a trip to the Spring Jubilee final in Radford going to the winner.

By Bill Turner info@theroanokestar.com Cave Spring third baseman Andrew Peterson drops the tag on a Cavalier baserunner.

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Let The Commonwealth Games 2012 SW Virginia Lacrosse Awards Begin Again In Roanoke Once again around 10,000 amateur athletes and their families will descend on the Roanoke Valley next month for the annual Commonwealth Games July 20-22, which will feature dozens of competitive events for athletes of all ages and skill levels. They are the Subway Commonwealth Games this year, as the ubiquitous sandwich shop chain has stepped in to replace Coventry as the title sponsor.

The Commonwealth Games are the Virginia state games, with medalists here eligible to go on to the bi-annual national State Games competition. They also pump several million dollars a year into the valley’s economy - all of those people need a place to eat, sleep and play when not at an event. Those events, by the way, include basketball, track & field, badminton, rifle shooting, swimming, chess, softball, all-star high school baseball (held the week before the “main games” weekend at Kiwanis Field in Salem), auto cross, flag football, etc.

Virginia Amateur Sports operates the Commonwealth Games, along with an army of volunteers. The games have been based in Roanoke for every one of its 23 years, although some of the competition is staged elsewhere and can be spread over several months. High School club lacrosse, for example, was played recently in Charlottesville, for schools that do not have varsity level programs. Several squads from southwest Roanoke County took part.

One highlight of the Main Games weekend is an Olympic-style Opening Ceremonies, complete with a parade of athletes, pyrotechnics and a guest speaker at the Roanoke Civic Center (July 20, 7:30pm). There’s a tailgate party beforehand for athletes as well.

One new wrinkle for Opening Night this year: a Washington Redskins 80th anniversary publicity bus tour that will be rolling through the area at that time, complete with several players, will make a stop at the Civic Center to greet athletes at the tailgate party. Instead of musical entertainment this year the opening ceremonies will include a BMX bike demonstration after the athletes parade in.

VAS Executive Director Pete Lampman is hoping he can persuade one of the ‘Skins to say a few words at the opening night ceremonies as well.

“It’s the last stop on the tour,” said Lampman, “so

The 2012 Southwest Virginia Lacrosse Association held their 19th annual Lacrosse Awards Banquet on Monday. Special recognition was given to the All-Southwest Lacrosse Team, honoring the top men and women players of this past season.

The association also announced winner of the 2012 Brian Thornhill Memorial Award, the boys’ most outstanding lacrosse player of the season, as well as the girls’ most outstanding player award.

Teams participating included: Cave Spring, Hidden Valley, North Cross School, Patrick Henry, Roanoke Catholic, Salem, William Byrd, William Fleming and the New River Valley.

Pete Lampman, President of Virginia Amateur Sports, announces the appearance of Olympic Gold Medalist Joey Cheek and the Washington Redskins 80th Anniversary Thank You Tour. that’s nice.”

The keynote speaker on opening night continues another tradition for the Commonwealth Games, which have remained in Roanoke despite overtures from bigger cities in the state. The Games have welcomed a number of Olympic medalists to the podium, and will do so again this year with speed skating gold medalist Joey Cheek.

He took the top prize at the Turin, Italy Olympics in 2006. That’s “10-13” Olympic medalists, according to Lampman.

Cheek can certainly talk to the opening night crowd about determination: the Greensboro native was 16 years old, watching the Winter Olympics on television, when he decided that being in the games himself would be his goal. So he moved to Canada and trained to be a speed skater. “The rest is history,” said Lampman, who has been with the Commonwealth Games for all but the first two as director. “Sixteen years old and you’re setting a goal like that?” he marvels about Cheek, “it’s pretty impressive.”

Financially the games “are hanging in there,” despite the economy, said Lampman. He likes to say there is a game for all athletes, “from six to eighty-plus. There’s something there for everyone.” Participants can sign up as late as the day of competition in many cases. See commonwealthgames.org for more details.

All Valley Lacrosse Team 2012 Men's 1st Team

Goalie: Minor Smith -PH Defense: Colin O’Donnell - HV Tyler Quinn - NC

P. J. Mollica - PH

Spencer Hite - S Midfield: George Revercomb - NC Joey Dishaw - S Mike Schmidt - HV Will Douthat - PH LSM: Kyle Frazier - NC Attack: Connor Sampson - S Will Pilat - HV Brock Plantinga - PH Kurtis Naslonski - NC Player of the Year Co-winners: Will Douthat PH / Curtis Naslonski NC

The Annual Bob Johnson Memorial Award for outstanding volunteerism in supporting Lacrosse in the Roanoke Valley was awarded bu Bob Rotanz (C) to Mark Lucas (L) and Fred Searle (R) for their contributions.

Wild Bill’s Weekly Sports Roundup

It would be hardly arguable brier owner Jim Justice noted that last week offered black- Tuesday that the sale of entry Thursday on the local baseball badges to the tournament will and softball front for the Wild be cut off at some point, with an Bill 'Big-11'. estimated attendance approachIn one huge swoop, we lost ing 250,000.

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By Gene Marrano ley in the run for state Valley at 540-312-5111. gmarrano@cox.net softball titles. Tuesday At press time, the Sawas no kinder, as Hidlem Red Sox remained den Valley fell in state in the hunt for the Carquarterfinal baseball to olina League Southern Brookville, while GlenDivision first-half title, var was eliminated in trailing Winston-Salem Group A softball. by 1 1/2 games heading Cave Spring, with into the Wednesday Bill Turner its 8-6 win over Jefferand Thursday matchson Forest on Tuesday, ups against the Dash. remains the only local baseball Salem returns to Salem Memoteam advancing to state semifi- rial Stadium next Thursday, nal action. The Knights will play June 14th, for a four-game series Powhatan Friday at Calfee Park against the Carolina Mudcats. in Pulaski at a time to be deterAnother VA Tech tidbit from mined because of graduation Hokie basketball this week. Forconflicts. mer recruit Montrezl Harrell, In local net action, Cave whom new Tech head coach Spring's Lauren Sledd advanced James Johnson said was no big to the Group AA state singles loss since he had never scored a tennis championship, with single point at Tech, announced semifinals and final slated for he will play for Louisville next

By Bill Turner • info@theroanokestar.com today (Thursday) at Virginia year. Apparently someone Tech. thinks he's on track to score a The Greenbrier Classic held few points. For the record, the its media day Tuesday after- 6'8" Harrell averaged 25.6 points noon, and the White Sulphur and 13.8 rebounds for Hargrave Springs, WV resort was buzzing Military Academy's postgraduover the win by Tiger Woods in ate team. last weekend's Memorial PGA Congratulations to Jerry Engstop in Ohio. lish for being named as the 39th Monday, June 11, 2012 Woods, who will compete in member of the Roanoke Valley At the Roanoke Country Club The Greenbrier Classic the first Golf Hall of Fame. English, co8:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. week of July, tied Jack Nicklaus founder and executive director Shotgun Starts with 73 PGA TOUR victories of the Don Holliday Memorial after the win Sunday. Green- Scholarship, the richest in the

Cave Spring's Klaiber Signs to Play Baseball at UVA-Wise

Cave Spring's Steve Klaiber formally signed to continue his baseball career at The University of Virginia-Wise during a ceremony in the school's auditorium Monday afternoon.

A four-year member of the Knight varsity squad, Klaiber had also considered VMI, Randolph-Macon and Bluefield State.

He cited the baseball program and academics as the deciding factors in his decision.

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area, was on hand last week as Cody Bushman of Cave Spring received this year's $20,000 award. English has helped the RVGHOF raise nearly $1 million in scholarships for deserving students.

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Locally Produced Movie Makes Official Roanoke Debut

Some good things, like Christmas and birthdays, are worth the wait. And screenwriter, cinematographer, and director Vince Sweeney is hoping residents of the Roanoke Valley who have been waiting for nearly three years are ready to view his first independent film, "Blue Ridge."

The 90-minute drama was shot mainly in Craig County. It stars Sean Gullette ("Pi", "Happy Accidents") and introduces Eric Sweeney (who happens to be Vince's brother) and Audra Glyn Smith. You may see some familiar faces as the film uses several local actors in smaller roles.

The film will make its Roanoke debut Thursday, June 14th at 7pm at the Grandin Theatre with a question-and-answer period after the showing. "Blue Ridge" was shown to a very limited audience in Roanoke a couple of years ago, before it was taken on the festival circuit around the country, where it won several awards.

"But I was never really happy with the edit when it was at the festival runs, so I actually did a kind of 're-edit' and made it more of the way that I felt comfortable with it; shortened it by seven minutes than what it was originally. So now it's cleaned up and it's tightened and tweaked", says Vince Sweeney. He also added more music.

Sweeney says the film was technically finished last year and he's spent the past several months trying to negotiate with

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companies to get it released. He says a lot of people are watching movies through game consoles and smart TVs now and he finally has worked out a VOD (video on demand) deal. "Blue Ridge" will be available for streaming on iTunes and VUDU later this month and the DVD will be for

By Gene Marrano sale on Amazon.com sometime gmarrano@cox.net next month. "It's like a thousand rejections and you wait for that one acceptance. He's also hoping to have Netflix pick it up at some point.

The film may also be shown at other theaters but Sweeney says it requires so much effort and Poster for local movie “Blue time to line those up, it's more Ridge - A Rural Tale of Love efficient to spent time solidifyand Hate.” ing VOD deals.

Sweeney says he's been learn- one small movie trying to get ing a lot about the distribution it made." But his involvement side of the movie-making busi- began even before that as it took ness. "I had to start at the bot- him a couple of years to write tom and learn. Over the last two the screenplay. years I've just been learning how "I never meant to portray a complex and expensive distribu- certain town or county or anytion can be." thing. It's purposely ambiguHe declined to say how much ous." He named the film "Blue it cost to produce the movie Ridge" just for the mountain because people may get a mis- ridge which surrounds the unconception - thinking that a low specified location. "I always budget may mean bad quality. imagined it somewhere near the The crew shot for 28 days with West Virginia-Virginia border." a professional crew and he was Even as he finishes distribable to keep the budget low by uting "Blue Ridge" Sweeney is doing a lot of things himself, writing the screenplay for two Friday, June 15th will be an such as the cinematography and commercial movies; part of one unforgettable night of hot pickauthoring the DVD. may be shot in Virginia. ing, down home stories and the Sweeney says "Blue Ridge" has consumed his life for more than

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By GAMUT Troupe The GAMUT professional live theater troupe has never been afraid to push the envelope a bit, or at least to introduce audiences to a work they may have never seen before – or even heard of. They’ll do it again, perhaps, with two pieces by famed playwright Edward Albee, of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? fame. At Home at the Zoo, combined with The Zoo Story, tells two stories: At Home at the Zoo revolves around the marriage of New York City couple Peter and Ann. It ends with Peter leaving to go read a book in Central Park.

Enter Jerry, who encounters Peter in the park. That’s where The Zoo Story picks up. At Home at the Zoo was actually written much later than 1959’s The Zoo Story, and functions as a prequel. GAMUT will stage the Albee doubleheader in the June M. McBroom Theatre at Community High School (302 E. Campbell Avenue), from June 21-23 and then again from June 28-30. Curtain is at 8pm each night; tickets are $15.00 or $10.00 for students.

Ross and Kris Laguzza, local veteran actors (and married) are Peter and Ann. Patrick Kelly – an attorney when not acting and like Ross Laguzza a member of the Big Lick Conspiracy comedy troupe – is Jerry, the man Peter encounters in Central Park. Miriam Frazier is GAMUT’s artistic director and the director of At Home at the Zoo/The Zoo Story.

“The Zoo Story was already quite a famous play [before At Home at the Zoo was written],” noted Frazier at an early rehearsal session where the Laguzzas were still reading from the scripts, “but he meant for them to be performed together.”

Albee is known for the tension in his works; Frazier said the way he uses language is “singular…and very particular to him.” That’s also a nice way of saying that this production is intended for mature audiences.

Albee’s characters tend to talk around each other said Frazier, often interrupting the other person in mid-sentence. That makes timing a challenge for the actors as well.

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The Gibson Brothers (L-R) Kris Laguzza, Miriam Frazier and Ross Laguzza at a rehearsal for the Edward Albee plays.

“A lot of the speech is halting and there’s a lot of checking with each other – what did you say? What does it mean? It’s naturalistic.” Ross Laguzza adds, “Stumbling” through partial sentences, as he puts it, makes this production a challenge.

Kris Laguzza agrees: “It is a lot more difficult to learn when it’s stilted like this.” Still, the Laguzzas are pros and will master the dialogue over the course of ten or so rehearsals. “There’s a lot of pausing and not finishing sentences,” said Laguzza, a veteran of other GAMUT productions.

“You really have to know what the other [actor] is saying.”

Ross Laguzza said actors cannot just “check out” and wait for a cue line – the last word or two another actor might say before their next bit of dialogue.

Albee’s writing compels them to listen. “You really have to be focused on every word.” He always found The Zoo Story fascinating, because of how “crazy it seems and how violent it gets… between the two men. The arc from sitting on a park bench to its ultimate conclusion is pretty dramatic – and pretty tragic.”

The notion of doing Zoo Story in conjunction with a prequel was “a fascinating idea.”

Kris Laguzza has always “loved…the dynamics between the characters,” in Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, which was turned into a famous movie for Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal and Sandy Dennis. “I was really excited about this prequel. The character of Ann is so very different for me. She’s always sort of pushing buttons, prodding and poking, trying to get a reaction out of [Peter].”

Frazier is hoping that audiences will be compelled to see these combined plays as well.

“I’ve been pretty much in love with Edward Albee for as long as I can remember,” said Frazier, who calls Woolf her all-time favorite play. Directing an Albee play has always been on her to-do list. “I’d be very excited about seeing this play,” adds Ross Laguzza. Call GAMUT at 540-521-6049 for more information.

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Orchestra Playing Year-End Crescendo As the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra weathers the recent recession, it will finish the 2012 fiscal year in the black with continued public support through their new "Crescendo Campaign." With the Crescendo Campaign, the RSO is seeking to increase its fundraising and sales revenues by $250,000 over the next five months. In launching the campaign, the RSO has acknowledged the receipt of an anonymous contribution of $100,000 towards the goal. The success of the Crescendo Campaign will place the organization in the black for FY 2012 and provide reserves to manage cash flow throughout the coming year.

"In order to continue to serve a growing audience with high quality programs and to educate young people in the Roanoke Valley, the RSO is coming to the community for support through the Crescendo Campaign," says RSO Executive Director, Beth Pline. "With an annual budget of $1.7 million, the goal to raise the remaining $150,000 will push the RSO across the finish line and bridge the gap necessary for a balanced budget."

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can do so are urged to buy and enjoy RSO tickets, encourage businesses to become a corporate sponsor, make a foundation gift to the RSO or make a new, individual gift in any amount.

About to celebrate its 60th Anniversary, the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra remains a vital part of today's Roanoke Valley and the Blue Ridge. The RSO's mission has been supported and fulfilled each year since 1953. The RSO is supported by over 14,000 individuals who attend at least one concert / event each year, many of whom come back for multiple performances during the season, and by hundreds of individual donors who contribute monetarily beyond the purchase of tickets.

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Hamill, a Roanoke area native who also lived in Charlotte and Austin, Texas for a while (“five of the best years of my life”) working on his musical chops, can also be found on occasion down in Key West, plying his trade as a musician.

“Late Night” features a wide variety of pop music; one might hear tunes that sound like they are influenced by the likes of Lenny Kravitz, or even Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

Among the guest artists: Roanoke Civic Center General Manager Robyn Schon, a Rock n’ Roller herself who supplies some of the harmony vocals.

Hamill wrote or co-wrote all of the tunes on what is a very listenable album. “I grew up in the ‘70’s,” explains Hamill, “and a lot of black music was my influence – the soul of Stevie Wonder and The Commodores, that type of stuff.” Then rock became a focal point, moving Hamill from the drum set to the guitar, where he’s been ever since.

Hamill has made his living for the past 15 years in Roanoke as a musician, appearing solo, in trios and in cover bands, working in original tunes where he can. Late Night at Hamills, which comes from the Charlie Hamill Group, is his fourth album of original

music. His first was back in 1991, when Hamill was attending the Full Sail School in Florida for music production.

Hamill recorded Late Night at his home studio before having it mastered elsewhere.

A pretty happy childhood “didn’t lend itself to deep lyric writing,” notes Hamill – not much in the way of blues any- Charlie Hamill’s new CD. way – but life’s journey, includ- left much of their pop backing the loss of friends along the ground behind. Steely Dan, way, has provided that back- Van Halen and Jeff Beck are ground. “The lyrics started get- also “huge” influences on Hating a little more introspective mill, who likes to “rock hard” and deeper,” said Hamill, who but employ “catchy hooks” at recently earned a culinary arts the same time. He’s not a big degree at Virginia Western and fan of music that has been plans to also operate a mobile released over the past 10-15 food wagon at local events, years. “If that makes me sound starting this summer. old and archaic I’ll take that,” Indeed, the ballad Love You he chuckles. took Hamill 26 years to write, Jason Hill, from local favorfollowing the death of a girl ites the Pop Rivets, appears on he became involved with as several tracks; Schon sings on a teenager before going off to the single “About My Love,” college. She died in a car ac- which deals with people that cident a year after he met her. romanticize a past relationship.

He had already lost his father “Chump Luv Sucker” addresses and a sister: “Loss had become current communication techa prominent theme in my high niques – and how they can isoschool years. But that was the late people from each other. one that pushed me over the Late Night at Hamills is availcliff, because it was also roman- able at Cdbaby.com, iTunes, tic love.”

Amazon.com and other onDealing with loss is the only line music stores; see Hamill’s way to get through life, accord- Facebook page as well of charing to Hamill, “or it will never liehamillgroup.com. Fret Mill be done. This album was ca- Music, Kelly’s Music and Tinthartic for me in a lot of ways.” nell’s are also selling the album.

Jayna Bird does the lead vocals Hamill will put together some on Love You. touring dates to support the Hamill was also a+ new release. “I wrote a record big Beatles fan growing of music I wanted to listen to,” up and has appreciated them said Hamill, “because I can’t more as the years have gone by. find anything that I really do “[They are] big influences on want to listen to that’s new.” me.” The album Revolver was a

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