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After hearing from dozens of speakers on both sides of the issue, the Roanoke County Planning Commission decided to punt on Tuesday night, not voting on whether to recommend an ordinance that could make it easier to build largeturbine wind farms. Environment Instead the Planning Commission will further study issues raised at the public hearing, such as the adverse health effects of whirling turbine blades. It could have voted on the ordinance, which dictates setbacks from surrounding properties and decibel limits, and then sent it to the Board of Supervisors for a vote. Although the proposed ordinance would apply to the entire county, those who showed up to speak at the hearing were basically split into two camps: those who live in the Bent Mountain community and are opposed to a proposal by Invenergy Corp, a Chicago-based firm that wants to erect about eighteen 440’ tall wind turbine towers on Poor Mountain and those that live elsewhere in the valley and support the project because of its “green” aspects as a source of clean, renewable energy. Invenergy has leased several thousand acres
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It might have seemed like a blast from the past, but the USO-themed dance held at Richfield Retirement Community earlier this week was more about bringing the past right into the present. Judging from the eager dancers, joyful laughter and happy smiles the event was a smashing success. Pictured is Betty Smith, dancing with “First Mate” Tom Adams, who along with many others, was dressed in his USO finest. Keith McCurdy
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Parenting Foundation for Roanoke Valley Funds Safety Equipment Purchase P5– Keith McCurdy covers the “discipline of discipline” in his column this week and says that frustration is a necessary part of childhood learning.
Foundation for Roanoke Valley has awarded a $20,000 grant to Roanoke County for the purchase of two state-ofthe-art thermal imaging cameras. One camera will be placed in service at the Back Creek Fire and Rescue Station, and the other will be used at the Bent Mountain Fire and Rescue Station. The grant comes from the Foundation’s Jacqueline S. (Jackie) and Shelborn L. (S.L.) Spangler Fund, which was established in 2006 through the estate of S. L. Spangler. The purpose of this endow-
ment fund is to address a wide variety of meet the fire, rescue, and safety needs of important needs and opportunities in the respective neighborhoods involved, the communities along the Route 221 over and above the many wonderful resouth corridor, generally fallsources that Roanoke County ing between Cotton Hill Road is currently able to provide. In Non-Profits and Check, Virginia. This talking with Roanoke County designation reflects where Fire and Rescue Department the Spanglers lived during the course of Chief Richard E. Burch, Jr. and his divitheir lifetimes. sion chiefs, we identified the need for Alan Ronk, the Foundation’s executive the cameras at these two stations, and director, said in making the announce- the Foundation moved quickly to meet ment: “For this year’s Spangler Fund that need.” grants, we wanted to focus on helping Chief Burch noted, “These thermal
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P9– Bill Turner catches us all up on local “March Madness” as high school basketball tournaments move to the finals plus the infamous mailbag. Dr. Richard Konstance performs wrist catheterization on Frances Wilson.
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P11– Author Richard C. Cook, who was a primary whistle blower in the Space Shuttle Challenger investigation, now lives in Roanoke.
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imaging cameras are very light and easy for our personnel to carry and are superior in every way to the bulky firstgeneration equipment currently being used at Back Creek and Bent Mountain stations. Over time, this updated technology will help save additional lives, help prevent injuries to homeowners and our firefighters, and play a vital role in minimizing structural damage in the
“Wrist May Be Route to Safer Heart Treatment”—reads the headline on the front page of the February issue of the Wall Street Journal. A local doctor is now offering this option to his patients who require cardiac catheterization to determine if they have a blocked artery. Conventional cardiac catheterization is done through an entry point in the groin which then requires the patient to lie very still for hours in order for the incision to heal. LewisGale‘s Dr. Richard Konstance recently demonstrated the wrist procedure and answered some questions, explaining why some doctors now prefer this option. Why is doing heart catheterization through the wrist beneficial? While this is not a new approach to performing the procedure, with the improvement in technology (e.g. catheters with smaller diameters, better wires, and medicines that prevent spasm of the arteries in the wrist) we can now offer this to a broader population of patients. It used to be reserved for those patients in whom a groin approach was challenging such as those with peripheral artery disease (blocked arteries in the legs), obese patients, etc. The benefit is largely due to patient safety, most notably the risk of bleeding and major vascular complications as well as improved patient comfort and earlier time to ambulation. Most patients can sit up immediately following the procedure as opposed to what many compare to having to lie flat for 8 hours with a sandbag on their leg. > CONTINUED P2: LewisGale
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Gary Johnson came up from the Asheville office to speak for three minutes, telling the Planning Commission that visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway come for the views. “Let’s have some more discussion [about the ordinance],” beseeched Johnson. Several speakers questioned the cost of the Poor Mountain project, perhaps $100 million, most of which will be paid for with the help of federal incentive funds. “Is this project feasible without government subsidies?” asked Elliott Wheeler. Meanwhile Roanoke Tea Party spokesman Chip Tarbutton injected politics into the procedure, calling the Invenergy proposal a “boondoggle” that will ultimately cost taxpayers big money. Bob Johnson of Fincastle supports the windmill project, which would generate electricity to be sold back to Appalachian Power. Johnson noted that AEP already uses some wind power – and investment paid for in part by all of its customers. “Make a business friendly decision,” he implored. Engineer Mark Hanson, who uses wind and solar at his Fincastle home, rebutted earlier speakers, stating that whirling turbine blades “will not” affect radio frequencies or flight patterns at Roanoke Regional Airport. As for seeing them on top of Poor Mountain, already home to a host of communications towers, “I would love to gaze at these majestic beauties in my viewshed,” said Hanson. “Support clean, green energy,” he asked the commission. Michael Scott questioned the wisdom of setting a 60 decibel noise limit for the turbines, wondering about the studies behind a number he said was too high. Others said the frequencies generated by large turbines
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on properties like the old Virginia Mills building, or even the decrepit Patrick Henry Hotel, which will become a residential and commercial property when it reopens later this year. “You can’t be fuzzy-headed about the economics for very long.” Walker says his real goal in Roanoke has been to revive aging structures that have an “exponential impact” on the area – jumpstarting other businesses, leading to other residential property development. Some of Walker’s downtown projects have been “nail biters” he claims, but the clamor for living space has eased those concerns. He notices more people jogging downtown now, more bikes on roof racks, more folks on the streets – signs of life. Walker
would rather teach ten people real estate skill sets, so they can go out and do their own projects. “That’s really where most of my interest is these days.” He would like to see redevelopment in other parts of the city, including northwest and southeast, noting that a valley dissected by both I-581 and railroad tracks makes cohesiveness more challenging. The downtown resident (with his wife Kathryn and children) is pleased with the music lab’s evolution which he says has reached a higher level since relocating to the Jefferson Center and being aided by “the genius of Dylan Locke and Cyrus Pace.” Walker founded the lab after a concept he saw in Charlot-
What do you think about the fact that it is recognized in the Wall Street Journal? In the beginning of this decade only a percent or two of coronary interventions were being performed via the wrist. Now it’s up to 8% or so. Whether it’s due to more cardiologists taking this approach or due to those of us who do radials doing more, I don’t know. It’s probably all of the above. The recognition in WSJ is a good thing. It’s likely to lead to patient-driven innovation and further adoption of the procedure by cardiologists who may be on the fence. How will it change the field? Hopefully [it will stimulate] more innovation. Right now we are somewhat limited by the catheters and devices that are designed to be used
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Three Bent Mountain teenagers spoke against the Poor Mountain proposal with the help of props that included a mock wind turbine. could cause headaches, vomiting and other physical ailments. The large turbine industry said Karen Scott, was “preying on the ignorance of Roanoke County government.” Roanoker Jeff Maiden, who lived in a cabin on Bent Mountain for 15 years, played a recording of large turbines that he said was made 1500 feet from the tower. Amplified through the meeting room’s sound system, a high pitched, constant screeching sound could be heard. Diana Christopulus, from the Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition, endorsed the ordinance under consideration, which would still require special use permits for each particular wind farm proposed in Roanoke County. “This is a good ordinance,” said Christopulus, urging the Planning Commission “to complete this lengthy process.” That will apparently have to wait until after the work session and another public meeting. By Gene Marrano gmarrano@cox.net
tesville aided by Bruce Hornsby’s brother John and a grant from Dave Mathews. (Walker’s brother is a lawyer and a musician.) “It’s one of the only ways to communicate with that age group,” says Walker about the power of music. Speaking of music, Walker is the new owner of 101.5 The Music Place, which was in danger of being reformatted by its former owner. His Kirk Avenue Music Hall features local and nationally known music acts, as well as the Shadowbox micro cinema. “The question there was how many interesting things can you do with an empty room?” Walker had seen his brother play at a similar small venue in Richmond and thought the
concept would work well here. “What that’s intended to do is sort of oxygenate the community,” says Walker, “live music … connects people in a way that’s unique. We want to capitalize on that.” About half the nights at Kirk Avenue Music hall are still dark and Walker says there is plenty of room for growth. If his other endeavors are any indicator you can bet that growth will continue to come. See Ed Walker in March on “The Interview with Gene Marrano,” on Cox cable Channel 9; air times are Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 11:30 a.m. By Gene Marrano gmarrano@cox.net
From page 1 from the groin. As demand for radial procedures increases, my hope is that we will see new products from industry. As someone who treats PAD, I would love to offer more patients treatment of their leg arteries from the wrist. How long have you been in the Roanoke valley? I’ve been here for almost 5 months. A few others are doing this as well but I suspect I am currently doing the most in terms of volume. I’d say I do 85% of my heart catheterizations through the wrist-about 50 or 60 per month. If you detect a problem, can you treat it during this procedure? Yes, we can place stents via this approach. The good thing is we can sometimes get patients home the
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on Poor Mountain where it could build the wind farm, but it must wait for ordinances and special permitting from Roanoke County – and for clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration after it determines whether or not the cluster of towers would represent a flight hazard. Planning Commission chairman David Radford tried to steer the comments away from a dialogue on Poor Mountain alone. “Let’s talk about the ordinance we have in front of us tonight,” said the Windsor Hills representative, “[since] this encompasses the entire county.” The Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors did set ordinances in place for small-turbine wind farms recently, the type of systems someone might set up on their roof or in a back yard. “We moved here for the peace and beauty,” retired teacher Sue Karr told the Planning Commission. She also had a challenge for the panel: “Look for any community that enjoys living next to windmills.” Kenley Smith, a Bent Mountain resident and the creator of Studio Roanoke downtown, said the Planning Commission must protect one of the valley’s most precious assets, the “viewshed” on its ridges and mountaintops. Commercial pilot Gordon Ewald asked the panel to consider air traffic safety, which he said would be compromised by a group of 443’ towers on Poor Mountain. “[Zoning] requires the commission to protect approach slopes,” said Ewald. He noted that newly elected Congressman Morgan Griffith recently wrote to the FAA commissioner, expressing his concern for air traffic safety issues related to the proposed turbines. Blue Ridge Parkway landscape planner
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same day. What made you start using this method? Dr. Rao, who is quoted in WSJ article and a leader in this field, is a friend of mine. We trained together at Duke. Ironically neither of us had much exposure to this procedure in training. His story is that a patient came in critically ill and he was unable to gain access through the groin in a timely manner. Thereafter he made it a habit to do at least one radial case per day. My story relates to a (non-radial) late bleeding complication that was quite devastating. It’s exceedingly rare to have a life-threatening bleed from the wrist. You just put your finger on it and it eventually stops.”
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2nd Helpings Event Showcases Upscale Design for a Lot Less The months and months of overs. Onyx Premier Hair Stueconomic downturn have heardio worked its magic on 12 Reskened to something grandma cue Mission models (Recovery liked to say, “Necessity is the Program Participants, Emermother of invention.” 2nd gency Shelter Guests and Staff). Helpings Shop tapped into that Each model showed off the new trend with a “Designer Showlook they received from the artcase Event” last week, which ists at Onyx and modeled clothfeatured “innovative ways to ing from the Rescue Mission’s incorporate found objects and Thrift Store. thrift store treasures into a Live music and delicious food beautiful décor.” completed the evening, capped Designers borrowed treaoff by a drawing for a variety of sures from the 2nd Helpings door prizes from the designers Shop and added items from and 2nd Helpings. their own collections to create Bly also pointed out that “the six exciting vignettes to dispurpose of our designer play. Many items were for evening was NOT to raise sale and the designers were money, but rather to raise on hand to offer advice on awareness of the Rescue ways to mix new, vintage and Mission’s new facilities on recycled items into estabWilliamson Road: The 2nd lished décor – showing how Helpings Café, the art and to “re-purpose” items from jewelry gallery, and the upthe shop. scale shop. Many people “Upscale for less” was the attending told me that ‘we order of the day, with patrons had no idea that all of this enjoying the creative ideas was here’ and that’s precisely from many area shops and what we were trying to acdesigners, all of which was (Top) Kate Lagueux of Onyx begins complish.” He added, “I was nearly a year in the planning a makeover of Diane Hall. (Below) so proud to be part of such Volunteer Larry Bly said And the beautiful results! a wonderful event for such a that, “While staff and everyworthwhile organization.” the enjoyment of our attendees. one else worked very hard to make this come together, I We are grateful too for those For more information, call was particularly proud of our companies that gave products, 540-343-7227 or visit www.resvolunteer artists, designers, flowers, and services for our cuemission.net. and others who put together drawing/giveaways.” Then there were … makebeautifully-decorated areas for
Americans For Prosperity Gets New Director Grassroots free-market group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) has appointed Trixie Averill, Roanoke resident and long-time grassroots organizer, as the new Virginia State Director. “Averill has played an influential role in Virginia’s conservative turnaround,” said Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity. “She’s a great example of how conservatives can be community organizers, too. We’re proud that she will be the one to hold the line during Virginia’s crucial budget battle.” Averill is no stranger to the Western part of Virginia, where she has worked on the political campaigns of several candidates for the last 20 years. She has built a strong network of activists throughout western Virginia, from the Shenandoah Valley to the Cumberland Gap who have stood with her on tough issues like a balanced budget and health care. She has also been successful at grassroots lobbying for various consulting firms over the years. Outside of politics, Averill is well connected in her community. She currently serves on the Boards of the Roanoke Valley Convention and Visitor Bureau and the Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority. Before that, she served on the Board of the Virginia Tourism Corporation for seven years. She spends her free time volunteering for two animal rescue groups, Westie Rescue and several all breed dog transports. “Virginia has the potential to
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Virginia chapter of Americans for Prosperity is ready to organize its members to urge the governor and legislature to rein in wasteful spending and get a hold of the state’s unsustainable budget.” Averill currently lives in Roanoke with her husband, Dan, and has two grown children and three grandchildren. By Carla Bream info@newsroanoke.com
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USO Dance Takes Seniors Down Memory Lane Inspired by a resident’s heart-melting love story, Beverly Adams, Life Enrichment Coordinator at the Center, first came up with the idea for the USO dance about nine months ago during her weekly manicure session with resident Betty Smith. According to Adams, she put on a Glen Miller CD, started polishing Betty’s nails
A Richfield resident enjoys dancing with USO girl Heather Redding. and as she did so, Betty would close her eyes and reminisce about how she and Bill used to dance, and said how “the music brought back so many memories.” Adams wanted to bring all of her residents back to “a sweeter time in their lives” and hoped the USO dance would do just that. Married for 57 years, Betty and husband Bill, the couple behind it all, have been together since they met in the Radford Arsenal cafeteria in 1953. “He was going to V.P.I. and I was working at the Radford Arsenal,” Betty recalled of meeting Bill. “He was watching me in the dining hall at the arsenal when a friend noticed his interest. She said ‘I’ll show him to you.’ “ Bill, a Korean War veteran, currently resides at the Virginia Hospital, leaving them very limited time to spend with one another. Unfortunately, due to his declining health, he
was unable to attend the dance. Betty and the other guests enjoyed their time in spite of his absence. “We used to love to dance,” Betty Smith said of her and Bill. “I’ve had a ball tonight. They went all out for this.” Richfield resident Phyllis Holdway echoed Betty’s enthusiasm. “I’ve had a very good time,” Holdway said with a smile. “I just loved the music. It Residents listen to the music brought back memories.” The show-stopping event of the Marc Baskins Trio. included musical guests, the “Marc Baskins Trio,” a hat check played songs like “Red Roses girl and cigar girl (both dressed for a Blue Lady,” “Unforgetin costume), donuts donated table,” “New York, New York” by the local Krispy Crème, and and “Chattanooga ChooGlenvar High School football Choo,” the gleam in the eyes of players and wrestlers dressed the residents, many of whom in military uniforms to escort took to the dance floor, made the senior ladies to the dance. the evening a priceless one for “Rosie the Riveter” and “Uncle all. Sam” also were on hand to meet Story & Photos By Bill Turner and greet. info@newsroanoke.com As the Marc Baskins Trio
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Money is on everyone’s mind ums, their previous fund raiser, these days and none more so by a long shot. than charitable organizations. Where it originated I am not The federal government, every sure, although it immigrated to state assembly, and any locality Roanoke from Richmond. The you mention is in the same boat: idea was simple: Bring in wellThere is barely enough money known authors for a dinner and to keep afloat, let alone expand book signing. The profits would programs. While it has never go to charities which the Founbeen easy to raise revenue for dation would select. The first charitable groups, I candinner featured, among not recall a time when it others, Willard Scott, the has been more difficult. ebullient NBC weathWith 501(c)-3 orgaerman from the Today nizations every board show. The amount meeting, every news raised was only $5000 letter, every e-mail, and and it was distributed to every mail delivery cara RAMA Scholarship ries the same request: Hayden Hollingsworth Fund for students in Send money. That’s a health-related study, message that has little resonance CHIP, and The Bradley Free when almost everyone is having Clinic. the same problems with their Once the kinks got worked out personal budgets. of that initial year, the amounts Many of these groups do vital raised soared. Now in its 13th and worthwhile work and, now iteration, the total funds disespecially, need our support. tributed will likely exceed a half It’s alarming to see staff laid off, million dollars. Over the years programs curtailed, and in the that amount has been divided worst cases, agencies shut down. between more than 30 chariOne of the key factors in judg- table organizations. This year’s ing how well fund raisers oper- recipients will be CHIP, Project ate is the amount that it spends Access (they bring medical care on administrative costs. to the underserved), Children’s We are subjected to every Trust, St. Francis Service Dogs, type of fund raising. From the and the RAMA Scholarship harassing robocall, to car wash- Fund; that’s always chosen by es and bake sales, to walkathons the Foundation. and much more, coming up with This year’s program promises a new idea for contributions is to live up to past performances increasingly difficult. In 1999 which have included such lumithe Roanoke Academy of Medi- naries as David Baldacci, Oliver cine Alliance Foundation found Sacks, Frank McCourt, Homer one of the best ever: The Book Hickam, Nikki Giovanni, and and Author Dinner. RAMA is Martin Clark to name only a an organization of spouses of few. One thing has always been physicians whose mission is to, certain: A delightful evening among other things, support at Hotel Roanoke listening to charitable agencies. They knew authors, who are never shy, talk Book and Author would beat about the craft of writing and do selling impatiens and gerani- it with humor.
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“NYSHA, NYSHA!” Osetta repeats again, her high-pitched wail directed toward the keyhole in the heavy, dented steel door. “NYSHA, NYSHA!” This has been going on for quite a while now. With me, besides Osetta, are my American anesthesiologist friend Rocky, as well as Vitale, Antoly, and Simavar, the latter three all doctors and professors at the medical institute. We’ve been milling about in this dark, freezing cold concrete hallway trying to get into Osetta and Vitale’s apartment. Apparently, they don’t have one of the three oddly-shaped keys it takes to open the massive, crudely welded door, and their 3 and 6 year-old daughters are inside. Nysha, the oldest, will hopefully hear us and open the door. As usual, Rocky and I learn what’s happening on the fly, in real time, a grasp of common language being slight at best. We gather that the plan is for us all to sleep here tonight, saving for tomorrow the extra hour of driving back to the center of the city. It’s after 2:00 am and we’ve been awake and on the move –we were at the institute all day- since early the previous morning. Some hours ago, in the evening, our Russian friends had picked us up in front of our shabby hotel on Amursky Strada. They had whisked us off in their little Volga jeep to the sprawling outskirts of Khabarovsk and beyond, where the cold Siberian wind blows across the icy plains. At a cozy cottage, Rocky and I were treated to an unforgettable banya –sauna- experience, not to mention a midnight Siberian feast of fish stew and boiled potatoes. I would have fallen fast asleep on our return to the city, if not for the weight of the vodka-saturated Simavar wedged upon me in the cramped cargo space of the Volga. Finally arriving at Osseta and Vitale’s apartment building, it had taken a while to find the guard of the chainlink fenced car lot. The guard’s midnight loneliness is obviously tempered by an acquaintance with some of the locally-distilled spirits. Anyway, in the Russian Far East one doesn’t dare leave a car parked on the street, with any hope, that is, of finding it there the next morning. While Osetta maintains her plaintive “NYSHA” routine, the rest of us talk and move around to keep warm. With so many suggestions of a difficult life all around me, I muse about it again. Rocky and I, here for a three-week medical volunteer trip, have learned by now that this is a crime-ridden part of the world and to make ones way through it is a leap of faith. The most common crime is thievery. The hallway in which we huddle has no light, the bulbs in the crummy ceiling fixtures impossible to maintain; they are pilfered at once. There’s just a bit of the harsh glow of a mercury vapor lamp on a steel tower outside, shining through a dirty window 10 meters away. Everyone learns to grope confidently through dark halls, to creep steadfastly up dim flights of stairs. And it’s rare to find elevators which are operable, even in 10-story Sovietera apartment towers. Vandals too quickly remove any usable parts. My attention returns to the apartment doors which look like ones from crudely constructed bank vaults. They are always adorned with an assortment of medieval-looking locking mechanisms. Sometimes there are two separately opening doors one after the other. Apparently the thieves are quite determined. Hmmmm…I ask Antoly if the thieves kill people who get in their way. “Don’t get in their way,” he replies with that maniacal grin. These ugly apartment buildings do not have bal-
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conies. That might make it easier for us to get into the fortified apartment. I guess that would make it easier for thieves too. Then Vitale laughs and tells me about the burglars who break into apartments by climbing down ropes suspended from the roof or from an upper window. They hang there, spider-like, and bust through a window of an unsuspecting apartment, rob the place, and exit the same way they entered. Kind of like a twisted Santa Claus story. Antoly leans back in the dim glow and laughs heartily, at the grim, desperate humor of it all, I guess. Obviously, Nysha and her little sister are fast asleep –hopefully they’re fine- and there’s no waking them by yelling through the thick doors. A neighbor investigates our little gathering by peeking through chains attached to a cracked open door. He sees Vitale, and after a bustle of clanking lock cylinders the heavy door swings opens and jovial Andre invites us into his cluttered space bright with fluorescent light. His apartment has the air of a going concern, that’s for sure. Working the black market is how people supplement their modest earnings provided by their state jobs, and Andre is in the illicit business of pirating videos for sale on the street. At the time of my visit business is good, and on this night Andre has a bank of six battered VCR’s wired up, recording, and copying. There are boxes of video tapes scattered on the floor. These he smuggles from China, which is only a short, highly unauthorized trip across the solidly frozen Amur river. It feels good to get into a heated space; thanks to Andre. And thanks to hot water heat delivered through leaky underground pipes to aging apartment towers like this one. There are several hot water plants which supply this heat source to the city’s residents. Before I knew about this tactic to keep Khabarovsk residents from freezing I was wondering of the source of all the steam rising from the ground throughout the city. A lot of energy goes to waste here. I’m checking out the windows now, the panes of which buzz from the icy breeze outside. It’s funny how everybody here seals the ill-fitting sashes with a papier mache kind of glop which they mix up using “bad milk and newsprint”. They do this with the first frost of fall and don’t pick it out until the late-arriving spring allows the opening of the windows again. Rocky and I sit on the floor of Andre’s apartment and lean against the wall, amid the whir of VCRs and the soft Russian conversation of our comrades. We’ve given up on getting into Osetta and Vitale’s apartment; tonight we sleep on Andre’s floor. Rocky’s face is pale with a coming flu, but a smile –wan as it is in this case- steadfastly crosses his face with every turn in our fortunes. He reminds me that he is supposed to be at a pediatric neurology clinic in just a few hours. Oh, we’ll make it all right. We have to laugh, as the curComputer Repair • Free Diagnosis • New & Used Computers & Laptops tain falls on another day with our friends in the Russian Far East. The mountains, people and easy way of life in Southwest Virginia seem even farther away than (takes care of everything, parts not included) they are - but all will be well.
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Frustration is Necessary
With regularity I am asked that we don’t have the right to by exasperated moms and dads just demand or require things “why do we keep getting into or our children? These are just arguments with our kids when a few examples of how our culwe ask them to do things?” It ture today has watered down the seems that one of the most authority of parents. We have common battles in parenting become negotiators attemptis trying to get our children to ing to gain agreement with our comply with our wishes and the children instead of parents who conflicts that ensue. “We argue, demonstrate authority. Yet, debate, threaten and negotiate most of us know that this proon a regular basis, but it rarely cess is wrong. seems to improve the process”, When we are attempting to one mom exclaimed recently gain agreement, we have bought in my office. So why do we get into the idea that it is our job to so entangled? I would suggest keep our children happy or that that one reason is that we be- we are to never be the source of lieve, at least at some level, that their discomfort. When we newe need our children to be OK gotiate with our children, rather with what we are asking than hold them accountof them. Even the noable for their choices, we tion that we should be are communicating that “asking” our children in we have no authority matters of obedience is a over them. When we little questionable. give reason after reason Over the years the for what we require, the very field that I am Keith McCurdy message is that our autrained in has, I believe, thority alone is not sufdone a disservice to many par- ficient for their obedience. This ents. How many books and is a recipe for disrespect and articles written by those of us in disobedience and is a great disthe mental health arena recom- service to our children. mend that we give our children In contrast, when we clearly all of our reasons for what we state the expectations on the are requesting of them? How front end (and only the expecmany suggest that we ask our tations) and then hold them acchildren to follow along instead countable on the tail end, they of requiring obedience? We are usually aren’t going to be that told that when our children ask happy. But in the long run they why, that we should give them begin to be obedient to the aua full explanation and of course thority, not because they agree never respond with, “because I with it, but because they respect said so.” How many of us think it. They will realize that it is
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non-negotiable. This switch of perspective is tough. It is hard to realize that it is OK for our children to be upset. I would even suggest that it does our children good to be frustrated and that part of our job is to frustrate them. It is the process of working out of their frustration that promotes growth. When a child has to work to a solution for their frustration, they develop both competence and character. When we give in to our children to keep them happy or we negotiate issues of obedience, they learn to become master manipulators. We are told in the beginning of the book of James that we are to be happy in tough times because through these times we develop the ability to persevere. This perseverance will eventually lead to maturity. Sounds like a good description of parenting. If we want our children to be durable and mature, we need them to go through the tough times of childhood. There is no tougher time to a child than when they have to be obedient to something that they don’t agree with or like. So ask yourself this week,” am I negotiating with the kids or am I requiring obedience”? “Am I promoting maturity in my child or just keeping them happy”? Contact Keith at psycyou@msn.com
Correction: Last week’s Preacher’s Corner was written by Barkley Thompson of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Roanoke. We incorrectly ran Our Lady of Nazarath’s Pastor Joe Lehman’s photo and name. We apologize for this mistake!
Preacher’s Corner Several weeks ago, around a dinner table with friends, the question was asked, “What are you most afraid of?” The common things came up – heights, small spaces, the unknown, loneliness, disappointing others. As the conversation continued, the topic shifted to men and women who have lived before us and who followed Jesus all the days of their lives. As some of those individuals got up in years, several of them said or did things that seemed to be contrary to their faith in Jesus. For some of us, the greatest fear we have is that we will do or say something that will ruin our reputation or disgrace our family. Some live in fear of being disqualified from heaven because of something you might do in the future. What is at the heart of the fear of disgracing your family or disqualifying yourself from heaven? Part of that fear is rooted in a healthy desire to please God - a commendable quality in anyone. Though I believe there is another side to this fear. A part that is rooted in a self-centered view of one’s relationship with God. At its root is a focus on my faithfulness to Jesus rather than Jesus’ faithfulness to me. This is a focus that has plagued followers of Jesus from the beginning. Take the apostle Peter’s words to Jesus at the Last Supper. Peter said he would NEVER disown Jesus. Peter was more focused on how capable he was to remain faithful to Jesus. He didn’t see that Jesus’ faithfulness to Him was what mattered most. His self-reliance and his dependence upon his ability to be faithful lead him to desert the very one he loved. If Peter had been at that dinner party several weeks ago, I think he might have smiled and said, “Friends, I can see how you would have concern about disqualifying yourselves or disgracing your name. Church history is filled with countless tales like that, mine included. Yet to use the fear of disgrace or disqualification to motivate us to be faithful is not the way of the gospel. There is a much deeper question you must ask and that is, ‘How am I relying on myself to secure the comfort I desire, the joy I seek, the satisfaction I want?’ Friends, it is our self-reliance, our dependence upon ourselves that is at the root of our failures and shameful actions. The question isn’t, ‘How can I avoid disgracing Jesus?’ but rather, ‘How
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Every family, despite of sta- pictures found among the pages, tion, seems to have an under- such heady material was alien. achiever in their midst, that one Could I have actually spawned person who fails to rise to the from this academic? I had my level of the rest of the brood. doubts. Next Thanksgiving take a look Despite my reservations, around the table, if you are un- Mom always insisted that I was able to identify the bottom smart. I thought she feeder in the group, one of was crazy. Perhaps she two things are certain; 1. bumped her head on me You are part of an amazwhile I was hurtling toingly successful family or wards her front stoop? 2. The factory reject spillWhile my sisters exing gravy on their pants is celled in school, I strugyou, or, in this case, me. gled. I would remind Jon Kaufman Born into a family Mom that even if I was of brilliant people, I ofa dud, her percentage ten wondered if I had been left of success was still way above on their doorstep by a simple average, and would have prominded parent who mistook vided mathematical documenme for a newspaper. My mom, tation of my theory if I had any an avid reader of The New York understanding of how to arrive Times must have stumbled upon at the necessary calculations. me one Sunday morning while Still, I couldn't convince Mom looking for the book review sec- that, among the stars in the firtion. Noticing that I bore a re- mament, I was a five watt bulb. semblance to her, I guess Mom Mom lost her battle with cancer decided to keep me, removing several years ago. True to form the rubber band attached to my she hung in there long enough head, placed there to make me for me to race up from Virginia easier to toss from a moving ve- to say goodbye. She never gave hicle. up on me. Mom was a librarian by trade A few years ago my sister Emand loved books. She would ily told me to write a book for often read the most incredibly children about a little league dense historical biographies or team. I would have said that novels for fun. These were vol- Em "convinced" me to write umes that, if assigned in any level the book, but she is a year and of schooling, would cause honor a half older than me and I am students to whimper and search still compelled to obey. Much Netflix for a movie version of of the book was taken from my the text. A typical title on Mom's experiences both playing and night stand would be "The Gu- coaching baseball over the years lag Archipelago: 1918-1956" by and Em (a published author) Alexander Solzhenitsyn - light was a great mentor. After many reading by her standards. re-writes, Em lined me up with a For a dyslexic ten year old who book agent. Months turned into judged books by the amount of years and the book languished.
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will I respond WHEN I do?’ When we find that we are depending upon ourselves for our spiritual life, we are exposed as the inadequate, ill-equipped and faithless people scripture teaches us we are. The question is how do we respond? There are several ways for us to respond but one response is reserved exclusively for those who know Jesus! If you are not a Christian you need to understand that when you fail to meet the standard you have set for others and yourself you really only have two options available to you. You can either deny you have not met the standards, either by adjusting the standard or lying about meeting it. The other option is to recognize that you did not meet the standard…again, and feel remorse, grief and despair for your failure. What you cannot do is repent. Apart from a relationship with Christ, repentance is not possible. Now, for those who are in Christ you have the opportunity to repent. It is because of Christ’s death and resurrection that repentance is not only possible but we are told that it is a gift of his grace. The only difference between Peter’s betrayal of Jesus and Judas’ betrayal is that Peter repents. As Donald English expressed it, “[Peter] had the grace to break down and weep. There might be a chance for him [and us].” On writing about Peter’s betrayal Sinclair Ferguson wrote, “Peter was without excuse, and in the mercy of Christ he realized it…he looked across the courtyard and met the eyes of Jesus…he saw in those eyes not condemnation but compassion. That was the turning point in his life…Peter saw himself as he really was, repented, and was remade into the great apostle.” So what is biblical repentance? What does it look like? What does it involve? In short, repentance means to turn one’s direction
Maybe one has to have a wizard, a vampire or a talking lion to claim victory in today's literary climate, or, perhaps my book isn't all that good, either way, I enjoyed the journey. A few weeks ago, my friend Steve alerted me to an article regarding eBooks which appeared in USA Today. It seems that Barnes & Noble allows people to download books to there website, making these homemade creations available to the public. Shooing the dust off of my ill fated manuscript, I launched my little novel entitled "Bench Jockey" on the unsuspecting public, at no cost to me! "Bench Jockey" can be found in the Nookbooks aisle at barnesandnoble.com for the bargain price of $2.99. So far I have cleared $6.28 in profits, $3.14 of which will go to Steve for his timely inspiration. Earning just above the cost of the Whopper Combo at Burger King wasn’t the goal of my little publishing project. More importantly, someone out there actually took a moment to download my book and hopefully read it. The result was a smile I haven't seen since Stuart Revercomb gave me the opportunity to write for this wonderful newspaper. Somewhere above the clouds, my Mom has put down her copy of Anthony Trollope's "Barchester Towers." Peering over her bifocals, trying to mute her delight, she leans forward and wags her finger as if to say, "See, you should have listened to your mother." Maybe I do belong after all. Contact Jon at Jon.Kaufman@sprint.com
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from death to life, from foolishness to wisdom, from despair to hope. It is the way of the Christian life. I have found it helpful to remember three things about repentance. First, it begins with confessing in our minds and then with our lips that we have blown it. We have sinned. In confession we are agreeing with God in our minds and with our lips. Second, biblical repentance involves contrition. Contrition simply means allowing the weight of our sin and its consequences lead us to grieve our actions. It does not sound like, “It is not your fault, I misunderstood” or, “I am sorry but I was angry or tired.” There is no BUT in contrition, no excuses, no blame-shifting. True contrition says, “I did it. I take full responsibility for my actions. My heart is broken because of what I have done, please forgive me.” Finally, biblical repentance leads to a change in what we desire and what we actually do. The gospel invites every one of us to come as we are but beware, the gospel will not permit any of us to stay as we are. It is a call to change; it will demand change. Jesus will relentlessly lead us to be transformed. If you are a believer today, is your life marked by repentance? Jesus came and died because he knew our self-reliance would lead us to betray him. He was faithful because we are not and through his faithfulness we have the hope of salvation. We come to faith through repentance and belief; we remain in the faith through ongoing repentance and belief. The question isn’t, “How can I avoid dishonoring Jesus?” but rather, “How will I respond WHEN I do?” Ed Dunnington is the Senior Pastor at Christ the King Presbyterian Church in Roanoke. Visit their website at www.ctkroanoke.org.
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Science Fair Showcases Bright Minds - And “Interesting” Experiments The Roanoke County Science Fair for middle and high school students filled the William Byrd Middle School auditorium with dozens of science projects last Saturday. Judges selected a number of students that will move on to the Western Virginia Regional Science Fair at Hollins University on March 19. Two winners at that competition will receive paid trips to the International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles (May 8-13). The first place winners at the regional fair also can receive a year’s worth of free tuition at Virginia Western Community College. While there were plenty of more “mainstream” science projects on display there were also some more unusual ones – like “How do colors affect stink bugs?,” and the “decomposition of Sun Chips bags.” Savannah Stalnaker (William Byrd Middle called her entry “Popcorn,” which simply applied the taste test to several brands of popping corn. Stalnaker also counted the kernels from three different brands and measured how quickly they each popped. Her choice? “In my opinion Orville Redenbacher,” said Stalnaker. Gwendylan Turner (William Byrd Middle) stood by her exhibit, “The Effects of Different Materials on Evaporation,” dressed in a stylish outfit for the big day. “I was curious about how you could color diffuser reeds, without affecting the amount of evaporation they would put off,” said the first time participant, using some sort of science-speak language. She called the exercise “pretty fun.” It took Turner nine days to put her entry together. Michael Waering, who attends Northside High and the Roanoke Valley Governor’s School, entitled his project “Effect of solutions in water on the index of refraction,” which was inspired by something he learned in science class. “It measures how fast light goes through a substance,”
Gwendylan Turner measured evaporation for her project. said Waering, who used some- groundwork at our teacher’s thing called Snell’s Law to mea- meeting in August. From alsure that speed. most day one [teachers were] Studying to be an engineer introducing the notion of this or doctor may be in his future. project.” Much of the work was Waering will go on to the re- done on the student’s own time. gional competition, courtesy of As for some of the topics winning a competition at the selected for projects, Barnes Governor’s School. “It will look chuckled: “its just great minds. good on the college application,” You just wonder where the he noted. kids are. It’s powerful stuff. The Julian Barnes, in his third kids want to make an impact.” year as the science coordinator Barnes said as many as 40 Roafor Roanoke County, made his noke County students could be rounds at the fair, along with chosen for the regional compethe judges that selected proj- tition at Hollins. ects for advancement to the Barnes is heartened that sturegional meet. Some of them, dents are still interested in sciadvanced students for the most ence. “These kids are very inpart, worked for “months and volved. Its great science and its months and months,” noted absolutely wonderful. It’s a good Barnes, who still teaches some cross section [of students].” classes when not at the central By Gene Marrano office. “We started laying the gmarrano@cox.net
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Hidden Valley Stuns Christiansburg Salem Claims Girls' Regional Title With 78-62 Win In Regional Final With Win Over Hidden Valley
Hidden Valley put on a clinic Friday night at Salem High School as the Titans rolled to the 7862 win over previously unbeaten Christiansburg in the Region IV Division 4 final. Hidden Valley advances to play William Byrd in state quarterfinal action this Friday night (Mar. 4th) at the Salem Civic Center in a 8:45 tipoff. The Titans never trailed against the talented Blue Demons as Hidden Valley jumped to a 38-
29 halftime lead and never looked back. Taylor Walker led the Hidden Valley attack with 21 points, while Carter Wright and Riley Worrell each added 13. Center Austin Beecher chipped in 12 tough points for the Titans while Dee Fletcher came off the bench for 10 points at key moments late in the game. Brenden Motley led Christiansburg with 19 points.
Salem pulled away from a 21-21 halftime tie to capture the Region IV Division 4 girls basketball title with the 45-38 win over Hidden Valley Friday night at Salem High School. The Spartans advanced to the state quarterfinals at the Salem Civic Center this Saturday where they will play E.C. Glass. Hidden Valley, also moves
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a game-high 17 points while Carlye Garst added 12. Hidden Valley's Kelsey Crotty led the Lady Titans with 15 points and Tyler Evens chipped in 11. By Bill Turner info@newsroanoke.com
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The state high school basket- JMU to take on Turner Ashby ball tournament is upon us with (18-8) for a 7:15 tipoff Saturday four Roanoke-area teams left to night. The key for Turner Ashby hopefully bring home a cham- is whether they can find a way pionship. Here’s a look at who’s to stop prolific Hidden Valley still standing and their road to scorer Tyler Evans. If so, the TiRichmond. tans have other players who can In boys Group AA Division 4 pick up the slack, but will they we have two teams in the hunt. produce in a hostile environBy Friday night one will earn a ment? Randy Bush knows how spot in the final-four while the to motivate these girls. Look other will see their season come for the tie to come off and the to an end. William Byrd sleeves to get rolled up (11-14) takes on Hidden before halftime. PredicValley (18-7) at the Salem tion: Hidden Valley in a Civic Center for an 8:45 squeaker. tipoff in the nightcap Moving to the colof the day-long VHSL lege ranks, the world of quarterfinals. On paper basketball is still spinthis one looks like a misning over Va. Tech’s win match. Hidden Valley is over Duke Saturday Bill Turner peaking and took down night. It was like a cirpreviously undefeated cus as College GameChristiansburg last Friday night Day came to the Cassell, fans in the Region IV Division 4 fi- stormed the court and Dick nal. Byrd got in due to a strange Vitale high-fived everyone in formula despite finishing third sight. As I predicted two weeks in the Blue Ridge and losing ago, Tech is firmly in the big to E.C. Glass in the regionals. dance. Likewise, as I indicated The game pits veteran Hidden earlier, the Tech dance team did Valley coach Troy Wells, who its part in offering a fine bit of has three state championships, distraction. I clearly underesagainst Byrd first-year coach timated the girls in black- not Kevin Tuck. The teams split reg- only did Coach K take a couple ular season games with Hidden peeks, but apparently the whole Valley winning by 18 at home Blue Devil squad did as well. and Byrd taking the rematch in The question remains, was Vinton by 2. this more of a statement on Look for Byrd to slow things ACC basketball than a sudden down to keep the score in the shakeup of the national rank40s. If Hidden Valley jumps out ings? Earlier that afternoon the to a quick start and has its tran- ACC faithful had to endure the sition game going, this one may Boston College-UVa undercard be over in a hurry. Prediction: in which the Cavs, at home, Hidden Valley heads to Rich- managed to muster a measly mond 44 points in a total meltdown. In girls Group AA Division 4, UVa was 4-for-21 from 3-point Salem (17-11) tangles with E.C. range and 17-for-53 (32%) from Glass (16-10) at noon on Satur- the field. Don’t laugh Hokday at the Salem Civic Center. ies; this is the same group that After a 2-5 start, Salem has gone swept the two regular season 15-6 and is playing its best ball games against your orange and of the season. The Spartans de- maroon. feated Hidden Valley in the ReTake away the carnival atmogion IV Division 4 final last Fri- sphere from Saturday night’s day night on their home court. feature presentation and you Glass lost by 20 to Turner Ashby had much of the same. Duke in the Division 3 final played at was 4-for-20 from behind the TA. Prediction: Salem gets to arc and shot under 40% from the play close to home. The Spar- field. Tech, not to be outdone, tans shatter the Glass hopes. was 39% from the field and was After losing to Salem, Hidden a pathetic 8-for-19 from the free Valley (18-8) has to travel to throw line. Considering they
use the same size ball, same size rim and same shooting distance, one would be hard-pressed to find a high school team shooting that poorly from the charity stripe. The jury’s still out, but make no mistake about it-at the big dance, performances like these will send the ACC packing in a hurry. Congratulations go out to the Lady Maroons of Roanoke College who took Randolph-Macon to overtime before losing in the ODAC final Sunday. Roanoke looked to have this one until a last-second desperation shot fell for Macon in regulation. It was another great season for Susan Dunagan, who in her 29th year at the helm, continues to lead Roanoke with class and character. Hats off to Roanoke. Now to the infamous mailbag, where last week’s tutorial on pianos brought out the letters. Dear Wild One: Your memory must be failing. I distinctly remember being in your class at Oak Grove Elementary where we both played in the flute-ofone band. How could you forget? (Emma/Franklin Co.) Answer: Easily, Emma. That flute-o-fone racket sounded like a herd of misguided camels. Even Lady Gaga wouldn’t endorse that clamor. Dear Maestro Bill: I’d like to play the piano like Liberace. What can you tell me about his eccentric life? (Bob/South Boston) Answer: Well, his stage name at one time was Walter Busterkeys, he once had a swimming pool shaped like a piano, he owned 39 grand pianos, has 2 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and (here’s the answer you been waiting for) he called the top of a piano the lid, demanding it be Plexiglas so TV viewers and the live audience could see his face. See readers, you’ll learn something when you read my column.
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Roanoke College Women Fall Short In ODAC Championship
The Roanoke College women's basketball team came up just short in their effort to capture the ODAC tournament championship as the Lady Maroons were defeated 77-68 in overtime by Randolph-Macon at the Salem Civic Sunday afternoon. Roanoke led 63-60 with under seven seconds left in regulation before Randolph-Macon went the length of the court and tied the game on a de-
spiration heave at the buzzer by Macon's Jennifer O'Briant that banked in off the backboard. R-M controlled the overtime period, outscoring Roanoke 14-5. The Lady Maroons were led by Jordan Gholson's 21 points. Rebecca Bays (William Byrd) and Kendra Porter both chipped in 11 for Roanoke.
Roanoke's #12 Kendra Porter brings the ball into front court in Sunday's championship contest. Lady Maroon senior #24 Rebecca Bays (William Byrd) drives past a Randolph Macon defender for a Roanoke score.
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The Chairperson of the Botetourt/Craig/Roanoke Farm Service Agency County Committee, Will H. Stinnett (left) presented Carson L. King, county committee member, Roanoke County (right), a certificate for his 30 years of service to the ASCS/FSA county committee at the committee’s January meeting. Mr. King has produced fruits, vegetables, wheat, corn and mixed hay for the past 45 years in Bent Mountain. He is also a director on the Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District for Roanoke County. Beginning in 1975, Mr. King served on the Roanoke County Committee for a number of years and has served on the combined Botetourt/Craig/Roanoke County Committee beginning in 1997. After a term limit break-in-service, he was re-elected to the County Committee in the 2008 election. Throughout his many years of service, he has served as chairperson or vice chairperson on numerous occa-
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From the time she was a fifth grader, Hollani Davis knew she wanted to be a broadcast journalist. Vacationing with her parents in Atlanta, Georgia, she visited CNN headquarters, where she watched a taping and, from that experience, was set on her life’s path. “Everything that I have tried to do with my life,” she says, “I’ve tried to do to position myself to be where I am, and also, to continue to go further.” The path Davis followed from the inspiration she received in Atlanta has brought her to WDBJ-7, where she now is the full-time anchor of the station’s 11 p.m. news broadcast and the 10 p.m. newscast on My 19—replacing the recently departed Natasha Ryan. Along the way, Davis attended Hampton University and the Scripps-Howard Journalism School, benefiting from instructors who were real life journalism professionals, as well as interning each summer in places such as El Paso, Texas, and Wichita, Kansas, gaining hands-on experience and learning the true nature of her chosen profession. With such a background, Davis felt she was prepared upon her graduation. Then came a let down. “I did not get into the business right away. I had a tape. I thought I was ready to go. But everyone said, ‘No, no, no.’” It now became a matter of sheer perseverance and determination. “I actually went home the year after I graduated and became a permanent substitute teacher at the high school where I went to school. All the while I would still get up at 6 a.m., I would still look on some of these websites. I would still be sending tapes off, still writing news directors and, finally, it paid off.” She got a job as a weekend reporter in Abilene, Texas, where, among her other duties, she reported for the station’s Friday football show—despite the fact she was a novice in gridiron matters. After a few years, she began sending out tapes again. While she never dreamed of coming to Roanoke, she knew she wanted to return to Virginia. “WDBJ came calling. I came in for the interview, absolutely fell in love with this place, but I also fell in love with the people right away. Everybody was so nice.” Ryan, now in Seattle as a reporter/anchor, convinced her that News 7 was the place for her. “She pulled me aside and said, ‘You will never find a better station than ‘DBJ.’” Davis knew “that this is where I was
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Hollani Davis on the set at Channel 7. supposed to be. I didn’t know why - but I knew this is where I was supposed to be.” She also feels that many factors help make WDBJ an attractive employer: a sense of pride, long-time employees such as Keith Humphry, Jean Jadhon and “newbies” such as herself— allowing people like her to learn and do things that, as a rule, one likely wouldn’t have the opportunity to do— and News 7’s broad coverage area. “One day, I can be in Roanoke, the next day I can be in Galax, the next day I can be out at the [race] track in Martinsville. You get opportunities that, say, another small town/ city would not afford you. Southwest Virginia, Central Virginia is gorgeous, and the people, no matter where you are, (are) always so friendly— different but absolutely friendly. And that’s just the beginning
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Space Shuttle Whistle-Blower Now Resides In Roanoke
It’s been just over 25 years since the Challenger shuttle disaster on January 28, 1986. Just after Mission Control spoke the words “throttle up” the Challenger blew apart, 73 seconds into the flight, killing all seven astronauts on board, including Christa McAuliffe, an elementary school teacher from New Hampshire. School kids from around the country watched the liftoff at assemblies – only to witness the disaster. It was a preventable disaster, caused by the contraction of Orings on an ice cold morning, a morning when there should not have been a shuttle launch. Morton Thiokol engineers in Utah (they built the solid rocket boosters) expressed that sentiment to superiors but were overruled – the company was under extreme pressure from NASA to keep the launch on track. Six months before the accident, now-retired lead resource analyst Richard C. Cook warned his colleagues at NASA about a possible catastrophic failure. That warning fell on deaf ears; after the shuttle disaster, Cook, who now lives in Roanoke, leaked his original memos to the New York Times. He also became a whistle blower, along with Morton Thiokol engineers, at Congressional hearings. Cook’s 2006 book, “Challenger Revealed: An Insider’s Account of How the Reagan Administration Caused the Greatest Tragedy of the Space Age,” details how the shuttle disaster could have been presented. Veteran astronaut John Young also testified about the extreme pressure to stay on track with launch dates, Cook noted. Cook touched on Challenger By Melvin E. Matthews, Jr. and the entire history of the U.S. info@newsroanoke.com space program during two pre-
of what Channel 7 has to offer.” In addition to her duties at WDBJ, Davis is involved in other roles, such as co-hosting the United Way Luncheon with fellow News 7 anchor Jadhon. For Davis, being more than “that woman on TV” is important. During her free time, she works with kids, reading to them, and serving as a mentor to young girls with self-esteem issues, making certain they— especially young African American girls, realize they have options available to them irregardless of their present situation in life. “It’s important that young girls see that they can do what they set their minds to do,” she says. Looking toward the future, Davis feels that the viewers will have considerable say in the direction television news takes. “People want the news of the day, but they want it quick. People also want those unique feature pieces, and we have always have to make sure that we’re striving to find those pieces that captivate our audience. [Viewers] don’t want just surface stuff. I think we do a good job here at 7 of striking a balance. You’ll continue to see us strike that balance.” Davis says she’s currently living out her dream at WDBJ: “I don’t know what the future holds but I’ve done pretty well so far. Right now, Channel 7’s stuck with me, and I see the viewers are stuck with me. I hope that’s OK with everyone.”
sentations at Roanoke City libraries last week. He will return to the main library downtown on Jefferson Street on Tuesday, March 29 (6-8 p.m.) with a program called “Challenger to extra terrestrials: answering the call of space.” Cook had two children that attended Virginia Tech so he is not stranger to the area; his wife Karen is a preschool teacher in Roanoke now. After the Chal- Richard Cook returns to the lenger incident and his testi- Roanoke library on March 29. mony, Cook was not welcomed back at NASA and he finished risky in many cases. NASA also knew about the his government career in the missing foam during the entire Treasury Department. “I was lucky to land [at Treasury],” said Columbia flight, but elected not Cook before he gave his program to tell the crew. After Columon the history of space travel to a bia, a visual inspection procesparsely attended session at the dure was put in place to look for missing foam and tiles after Gainsboro library branch. “Man has been dreaming of all launches. There have been space for a long time,” said Cook 132 shuttle launches to date said as he began his slide show. He Cook, and “two of them were recalled the Apollo 1 fire in 1967, catastrophic failures.” As early which killed three astronauts on as the second space shuttle flight the launch pad, and the 2003 a problem with charring of the Columbia disaster, in which a o-rings was noted. Cook has written two other missing piece of insulating foam caused a wing to burn through. books besides Challenger ReUltimately that led to the shuttle vealed- one of them he says warned of the economic downcoming apart, killing seven. Another investigation after town at financial institutions that disaster was “highly criti- that led to the recession. “I forecal of NASA’s decision mak- casted the crash as early as 2007,” ing and risk assessment pro- he noted. The crew of the Challenger cess,” said Cook, “NASA knew about the problem with foam had no real way to escape the [for years].” Cook, who has “no shuttle explosion, even if it seems doubt” that UFO’s exist, isn’t that the crew compartment did surprised that NASA will shut remain intact until it hit the down the shuttle program after Atlantic Ocean. “[The] invesone more scheduled flight, as it tigation concluded that NASA readies a new reusable vehicle. should have grounded the shut“Any launch of the space shuttle tle,” said Cook. It’s a story he has … we hold our breath,” he said been telling for 25 years. See loof the highly complex machine. cal library branches for Richard “They’re tired of holding their Cook’s book on the Challenger breath.” Like many others he disaster, or thundersmouthpress. touts unmanned flights as being com. By Gene Marrano more productive and much less gmarrano@cox.net
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