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Fall Fun on the Farm Mike Keeler

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he weather has turned crisp and cool and it’s the perfect time to grab family and friends and head out to one of several area “farm days.” Roanoke is always blessed with an extraordinarily beautiful fall season and a number of small and large farms offer a wonderful variety of activities - from milking cows to pumpkin tossing to negotiating corn mazes, not to mention an old-fashioned hay-ride . . . Or riding behind a John Deere tractor in a recycled plastic drum with several of your new closest friends in tow. So go on, get off the couch and leave that football game behind this week - there’ll be plenty more of those ahead during the cold days of November and December. (Above) “Fuzz’s Trackless Train” moves out across a freshly mowed field at Homestead Creamery.

P8– The 76er’s and Nets tip off in the Roanoke Civic Center to an enthusiastic and appreciative crowd.

No, it was not a bust, but Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and law enforcement partners announced that more than 5000 pounds of drugs – expired or unwanted prescription drugs – were voluntarily turned over to authorities statewide last Saturday.

Saturday was Virginia’s first-ever Drug Take-Back Day, where citizens from communities across the Commonwealth dropped State Govt off 5182 pounds of unused, unwanted, or expired medications at state police and local law enforcement locations for safe disposal.

The event was a collaborative effort by the attorney general’s office, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Virginia’s Secretary of Public Safety, the Virginia State Police, the Virginia National Guard Counterdrug Task Force, and local law enforcement agencies to prevent prescription drug abuse and to keep trace drugs out of Virginia’s lakes and streams. The take-back was part of the first DEA-sponsored National Take-Back Day. Earlier this week, soldiers from the Virginia National Guard picked up the truckloads of medications at the seven different Virginia State Police regional headquarters. Under

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More ‘Us’ is Theme At Workforce Development Event A diverse crowd of employers and administrators gathered at the Vinton War Memorial last week for the inaugural presentation of the Workforce Development Awards. Presented by the Western Virginia Workforce Development Board (WVWDB), the awards ceremony honored individuals, government officials and organizations that have made an impact in developing workforce skills and continuing education in southwest Virginia. The event featured Carilion CEO Ed Murphy as the keynote speaker.

City of Salem Communications Director and the event’s emcee, Mike Stevens,

said the basic theme of the night came vent themselves at an age where they down to relationships in business: “you don’t usually have to do so.” He lauded don’t get anywhere in business by your- the efforts of the board, saying it creates self.” WVWDB Chair Carroll Gentry, a workforce that is work-ready, with the (the organization oversees workforce skills needed to take on complex jobs. centers that provide training and con- The awards are “good news ... a feel-good nects individuals with potential employ- story” within the context of the country’s arduous economic recovery. ers), echoed this sentiment: WVWDB President Do“We’ve got to stop saying so Valley Business loris Vest presented Sherry much ‘I’ in our community.

Hammerstrom with the ProWe need more ‘us’ and we gram Participant of the Year Award. need to help each other.”

Stevens pointed out that the rough Hammerstrom, a resident of Franklin economic times of the past two years County, was laid off from a local comhas led to adults being “forced to rein- pany last year and took advantage of the

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Workforce Investment Act Dislocated Worker Program to train in computer technology at Virginia Western Community College.

Honing her computer skills in a work experience at the the WVWDB’s Franklin Center for Advanced Learning & Enterprise led her to a position with the Franklin County Information Technology Department.

Franklin County businesses and individuals dominated the awards throughout the evening. Among these were > CONTINUED P2:Workforce

A Roanoke Man for All Seasons

New Twist P10– Twist and Turns of Roanoke checks into their spacious new digs at Valley View Mall.

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Actress Deanna Lund works with students at the Burton Center in Salem.

Deanna Lund is Guest Artist for County Arts Series Fallen Heroes P11– New York mixed media artist Jane Hammond recreates a special work of fallen leaves to honor American soldiers.

Los Angeles-based television and film actress Deanna Lund had nothing but praise for the students in Carol Lyn Webster’s class at the Roanoke County Public Schools Center for Performing Arts, at the Burton Center for Arts and Technology in Salem.

“She [Webster] brought me in to teach the film and television aspect of acting to her students, and I’ve never seen such terrific students,” Lund said of her experience with them. “They’re very advanced. She’s done a terrific job with them. I thought all of them were terrific but there were a few outstanding ones, and I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see their names in lights someday.”

Lund was the kick-off artist to the Performing Arts Center’s 2010-2011 Guest Artist Series, now in its second year. The concept for the center traces its origins back seven years, when then-Roanoke County Public Schools Superintendent Linda Weber presented the idea of merging the > CONTINUED P3:Artist

Scott Dreyer is a very busy man. The Roanoke native is a teacher, entrepreneur, author, pastor, husband, and father.

Dreyer taught at Roanoke’s Patrick Henry High School for 11 years and recently left to join the faculty at Parkway Christian Academy. He says of his career move, “It really wasn’t a switch from job A to job B, but it was an overall kind of retooling of career and life-direction in some ways.”

Dreyer sensed a need for a change and two years ago started teaching English online to Taiwanese students and the business began to blossom. But the time difference caused a conflict with his Photo by Beverly Amsler teaching at P. H. His children attended Scott Dreyer in his classroom.

Parkway Christian Academy and he also embraced the mission of the school, “to ementary classes, and then two middle take Christian education to the masses.” school classes and then one-on-ones.”

Now he does his online There are five students in work with students in the Dreyer’s largest class. He’s set People morning, comes to work with a limit at six so he has enough his wife, Deborah, in the aftime for each student. ternoon, and takes their children home He says distance (16,000 plus miles) is afterward. the biggest single challenge to teaching Dreyer wakes up around 5 a.m., reads remotely. And even with recent advanchis Bible, and begins teaching at 7 a.m. es, technology continues to be an issue.

He says most of the Taiwanese stu- “At some points the kids would say my dents go to a top notch school (where voice was cutting in and out for a moDreyer taught for five years in the 1990s) ment or two - and sometimes I’d hear and they receive his tutoring over the in- their voices cut in or out” (via Skype). ternet in addition to their other studies.

Some comput“My youngest students are in about ers the students > CONTINUED third or fourth grade. I’ve got two el- are using can’t P3: Seasons

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> Drugs Full sunshine returns for the end of the work week. Highs will top out in the mid 70s on Thursday with upper 70s on Friday.

The weekend looks great with sunshine expected to continue. Highs will top out both days near 80.

Rain chances are back in the forecast for Monday and Tuesday with highs in the mid to upper 70s.

DEA escort, the medications were consolidated in Richmond and transported yesterday to an incinerator in Northern Virginia for destruction.

“According to the Centers for Disease Control, in one month alone, nearly seven million Americans over age 12 reported abusing prescription medications. Medications are being taken from friends’ and relatives’ medicine cabinets, and abusers are even rummaging through trash to find discarded drugs. We needed a better way to dispose of old prescription drugs,” said Cuccinelli.

The take-back was also an effort to educate the public that disposing of drugs by flushing them or simply throwing them away poses serious problems.

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“Supporting National TakeBack Day has been an extremely positive experience for the Virginia National Guard soldiers involved,” said Lt. Col. Charlton Dunn, coordinator for the Guard’s Counterdrug Program. “We were able to leverage our resources in support of a very worthwhile project, and that is something that makes each of us proud.”

“This national campaign by the DEA clearly demonstrates

Department of Business Assistance was awarded Professional of the Year for her involvement in workforce training initiatives, with over 159 projects at 70 different companies. Alleghany County resident Jennifer Unroe of the Workforce Board Youth Council was honored as Workforce Community Advocate of the Year for her efforts in developing youth workforce activities. Vest singled out in particular Unroe’s bringing together of Covington and Alleghany schools to offer career development programs.

Carilion Clinic CEO Ed Murphy began his keynote address following the awards by acknowledging that his workingclass background imbued him with a sense of “the importance of people having ways to support their families.” After updating the crowd on the latest developments at Carilion’s new medical school and research institute, a partnership with Virginia Tech, Murphy mused on

the productive impact collaborative law enforcement efforts can have right here in the commonwealth,” said Col. W. Steven Flaherty, Virginia State Police Superintendent. “We especially want to thank the hundreds of Virginians who took time Saturday to participate in the Take-Back Day and in doing so, helped to protect their families, their communities, and the environment.”

In the coming weeks, Cuccinelli will debut his office’s multi-agency drug disposal program, which is designed to teach Virginians how to safely Ken Cuccinelli with DEA Spestore and dispose of prescrip- cial Agent Ava Cooper Davis. tion drugs between take-back days. The team, consisting sist localities that want to host of many of the same players take-backs on their own. from Saturday’s event, will also create a model protocol to as-

From page 1 healthcare jobs and the importance of education.

He praised lesser-known healthcare professions such as personal care assistants, whom he said “are not valued enough,” but he also stressed the need for further workforce development by local communities.

The dream of being able to graduate from high school and find a family-supporting job at a manufacturing plant said Murphy, is one that is “gone and not coming back.” He argued that in terms of boosting employment the region must focus on the right job skills.

Carilion CEO Ed Murphy was However, Murphy did not the keynote speaker. only recommend college degrees and graduate programs, phy also stressed that a ‘vigilant he noted the importance of effort’ is needed to combat untrade schools, even in a global employment: “It isn’t enough marketplace, saying that one to take someone displaced and cannot “offshore” the work of an get them a job for a few weeks. electrician. Even in those jobs We have to make a real committhought to be “lower-skilled,” ment to get them some skills.” he said there is a need for basic

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Franklin County Administrator Rick Huff who led the charge in establishing the Franklin Center, along with the Piedmont Business Development Center.

McAiraids, Inc., an absorbent manafacturer in Rocky Mount, won the Business of the Year Award for their utilization of local workforce centers, to screen and educate citizens in need of jobs.

Franklin County Schools adult education instructor Jo Anne Lempeck was recognized for customizing lessons as needed to help her clientele, while “Kitty” Lambeth of the Franklin Center received one of the two Professional of the Year awards for her Virginia Employment Commission services at the Franklin Center -where she often meets with up to 80 people a day. Lambeth acknowledged the predominance of Franklin County recipients with a cheer of “Franklin County rocks!”

Outside of Franklin County, Debbie Melvin of the Virginia

Sunday afternoon brought the 21st annual “Life Chain” event to the corners of Williamson Road and Orange Avenue in downtown Roanoke.

Life Chain is a peaceful and prayerful pro-life sign waving event organized by local volunteers. It allows the participants to take a stand and according to one attendee, "show the Roanoke Valley that the lives of pre-born babies are not forgotten."

About 100 people, including small children, stood on all four corners and waved at those who honked their horns. Al Bedrosian, one of the organizers, estimated that 90% of those driving by had a positive reac-

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In conjunction with this event, volunteers are also planning to stand in front of Planned Parenthood for the next 40 days where they can speak with people before they go inside to inquire about an abortion.

Father Paul Beutell of St. Thomas of Canterbury Church said he believes that “of the 100 people that come to Planned Parenthood, at least one will walk away with our literature and offer of help.”

Elaine Landry said she was at the Life Chain event to “raise awareness of the support system we can offer, whether they keep the baby or give it up for adoption. These women are scared and we want to offer support, no matter their decision.”

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Susan Edwards of Catawba said she was there to protect “God's rich gift recognized by our Constitution, the gift of Life” and to promote adoption. In fact, almost all the signs waving were promoting adoption, love or forgiveness.

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specialty education centers scattered around the county public high schools into one facility.

The concept was the brainchild of then associate superintendent Dr. Lorraine Lange, who subsequently moved into the superintendent’s job. “This really was her baby,” says Webster. “She took it over, and has just been very supportive. Last year, when we did ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ at the Jefferson Center, she appeared in our performance [during] the curtain call. She came in as the Chinese mother of the two Chinese brothers.”

Webster, in addition to being in her second year as director of the center, teaches theater at William Byrd High School. The center at Burton “was a natural fit, being a school employee and understanding the rigors of academics, as well as the artistic venue.” The center provides the opportunity for students from all five county high schools to learn dance, voice, and acting skills. “They call it the ‘House of Musical Theatre,’” says Webster, “but we’ve expanded that to include film studies and other aspects.”

Classes for the students are held from 7:30 to 9 a.m., and are rotated so that they study acting one day, dance the next and voice the following day—all during a nine-day cycle. Once their performing skills are developed, the students then begin appearing in productions.

To qualify for admission to the program, students from all Roanoke County schools must pass an audition in the eighth grade.

“Students come in and do a song for us, a little bit of a dance movement that we teach them,” Webster explains. “We really look for a potential. We realize that at this level, at eighth grade, they’re not

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download the latest software to include the video and audio components, so Dreyer and several of his students can hear but not see each other. He also finds it challenging to keep the students learning consistently and making sure the parents are getting a good return on their investment.

Dreyer’s English instruction book, “Write Like A Champion,” went through another printing of 2,000 this summer, making a total of 12,000 printed. “Even though the book is now two years old, it’s still selling decently for a two-year-old book.” He’s hoping to find out if the book is now for sale in mainland China. Another book may be on the horizon but Dreyer says when he visited with his publishers in Taiwan this summer, they didn’t see a need for another one just yet.

What’s next? Dreyer says he’s just trying to keep up with what he’s already doing. “I’m quite busy with the online teaching and then here now (Parkway Christian Academy) and I’m also pastor of the Roanoke Chinese Church.”

going to know all of the skills that they need to know, so we’re looking for teach-ability potential. We also look for enthusiasm in students … because you have to be willing to get up pretty early in the morning to come in and be here before everybody else in the county, to start learning and start doing those kinds of activities.”

Once classes are finished at 9 a.m., the students then resume their regular studies at their respective schools. To remain in the Performing Arts Center program, they must maintain a C or better average.

The center’s initial production for this year, scheduled for November, will be an evening of original works consisting of monologues and scenes the students themselves will perform and direct.

In December there’s the annual “Holi-Dazzle” production, and a full-scale musical is slated for the Jefferson Center in March, with “Swinging on a Star” tentatively scheduled.

April will feature a vocal recital. “Last year, it was themed around the USO,” says Webster. “This year, I think they’re looking at maybe 1950s ballads and rock’n’roll songs. And then, of course, at the very end of the year, our seniors do a “Senior Showcase’ where they create their own piece.” Several students to date have been gone on to study their craft at Shenandoah Conservatory, Roanoke College, JMU, Mary Washington, Penn State, and Marymount Manhattan.

Some have done regional work for road shows, professional theater troupes, or worked on stage at Studio Roanoke and Mill Mountain.

“You can be a performance artist who doesn’t necessarily have to train in New York or L.A. to be successful,” says Webster. “If they get

the basis of their foundation and get their skill sets at a really good college. Then they can go from there.”

In addition to Deanna Lund (she appeared in the sci-fi show Land of the Giants), other entertainment professionals scheduled to appear at the Performing Arts Center’s current Guest Artist Series include Jeff Howell, a native Roanoker, William Byrd graduate and the Vice President of World Wide Wadio.

Actress Joyce Meadows will also make a return trip to the Performing Arts Center (her credits include the 1950s sci-fi classic “The Brain from Planet Arous” and the television soap operas “Days of Our Lives” and “General Hospital”).

“Bond Girl” Caroline Munro of “The Spy Who Loved Me,” “The Golden Voyage of Sinbad” and “At the Earth’s Core” fame is also a guest speaker. The center is also seeking to schedule additional artists, and will announce them as soon as they’re confirmed.

Webster’s father, former Roanoke County educator and principal Dr. Fred Eichelman, has connections to Hollywood actors, and no doubt helped land the special guests lined up.

As for Deanna Lund’s feelings toward the area: “I love Roanoke.

It’s like my home away from home.”

Further information about the Center for the Performing Arts can be obtained by contacting Carol Lyn Webster at (540) 857-5000 or (540) 890-3090.

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From page 1 Services are held Sunday at 9 a.m. on the lower level at Cave Spring Baptist Church. Dreyer says the average attendance is 18 to 20 adults, and many are middle aged adults with children. Most members live in the Roanoke Valley; in fact most of the area Chinese community lives in the Cave Spring area. The service is entirely in Mandarin, although most members speak at least some English. “There’s something about hearing something in your ‘heart language’, in your native language, that makes a big difference as opposed to having to process (it) in a foreign language,” said Dreyer.

Most of the youth speak English and mix easily with the Cave Spring Baptist members for youth group or Sunday School.

Dreyer says he never had a master plan for his life, “but the Master had a plan.” “It’s been a step of faith but it’s just been exciting to do the tutoring in the morning and then come to PCA to help out here and then at Chinese Church. It’s just been a wonderful thing to see how things unfold and I don’t know the future but I believe God’s called us at this and we’re just excited about the next step.”

With such a positive, trusting and gifted leader, it would seem that God has indeed called the right man.

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What’s the best way to impress upon middle school kids the importance of doing well in school, in order to secure their future? One good way to do that might include a little razzle dazzle, a little showtime, and that’s what took place at Lucy Addison Middle School last Friday when the Philadelphia 76ers mascot “Hip-Hop” showed up for an appearance, along with an entourage from the NBA team that played an exhibition game here Tuesday night against the New Jersey Nets.

Hip-Hop - a rabbit wearing a basketball uniform – and his sidekick Hare-Raising Twist worked the young crowd into a late afternoon frenzy during an assembly where tickets to Tuesday’s basketball game at the Roanoke Civic Center and slots at last Sunday’s youth basketball clinic were also given away.

Beforehand a product of Roanoke City schools (Ruffner Middle, Fleming) who now works for the Philadelphia 76ers as the community relations director, Amber Stewart, talked about the importance of school. So did Robert Johnson, the Addison principal, in talking about her.

“Look at how far you can go when you put your education first,” said Johnson. Stewart spent a year in the front office with the now-defunct Roanoke Dazzle minor league basketball team before beginning a journey that has now landed her in the National Basketball Association.

Stewart, a former cheerleader at William Fleming who does this type of thing quite often in promoting the 76ers, told students that “you don’t have to work on the court [as a player],”

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By Gene Marrano man pulled out of the crowd that gmarrano@cox.net wanted to be a basketball player to “find a plan B,” in case that didn’t work out. That was part of her message to the entire assembly as well. “You can do whatever you put your mind to,” noted Stewart. (The Sixers entourage also appeared at William Fleming High School Tuesday morning before the game that night.)

Then Hip-Hop appeared, raising the noise level at Addison considerably, shooting confetti into the crowd and throwing Sixers t-shirts into the stands.

For comic relief, Hip-Hop convinced Johnson to do a dance at mid-court, and to kneel down with him on the floor while Hare-Raising Twist performed a back flip over them, to the delight of Addison students and

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ow has Orthodoxy impacted our systems. Second, our basic nature is a consumenvironment? In other words, can ing animal, no matter the layers of governing Orthodoxy be credited with any Orthodoxy. And, third, practitioners of scipositive or negative developments in our his- ence and Orthodoxy need to provide common toric relationship with Earth and its natural ground for their followers, deal with their isresources? sues honestly, and stop their silly squabbling.

In this sense, when I use the term, “Ortho- No one embraces geocentrism or a flat Earth doxy,” I mean the theory and practice of well- these days; it’s time to put the nonsense about researched and well-thought-out accepted “creationism” (a la Duane Gish and his ilk) in norms, particularly in religion. This definition the same pile of discarded myth. Next we must excludes those “professions of faith” deemed accept a few pointers from Orthodoxy such as as cults or fringe societies by conventional be- its emphasis on high-order stewardship – this, lief systems. despite the day-to-day contrary habits of its erRecently, I asked these questions of my en- rant followers. This means that we can never vironmental studies students during excuse the deliberate extinction of a review of the world’s major reliany species or ecosystem on Earth, gions, including Judaism, Christino matter how diminutive or seemanity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, ingly useless to human values. As and even indigenous faith-practices. the great land ethicist Aldo Leopold My students quickly summarized wrote in the early 20th century, “To that each approach has had its posikeep every cog and wheel is the first tive and negative aspects. For examprecaution of intelligent tinkering.” ple, Christianity heralds its Francis Orthodox faith-practices such as of Assisi as the patron saint of ecolJudaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism ogy while, simultaneously, includes are only two or three millennia old strictly anthropocentric and funas compared to the uninterrupted damentalist elements that seem to H. Bruce Rinker, PhD lineage of every species of orchid ignore long-term stewardship beor fish on the planet. Every extant cause of a perceived imminence of the Parou- species on Earth, estimated at 30 million difsia. Even spiritual practices such as Buddhism ferent kinds of living things, has a pedigree at and Native American customs that appear least 3.5 billion years old. Imagine: 3 thousand more benign and Earth-connected than most years compared to 3.5 billion years! As venerin their approaches to the natural world also able as these orthodox practices may be, they have had devastating impacts. represent only one one-millionth of the age of Trich Tri Quang, a Vietnamese Buddhist the planet. That awesome fact should humble monk once wrote, “The Buddha manifested a every prophet of modernity. complete compassion and is respectfully seen At a point of crisis in humanity’s relationas the compassionate protector of all beings.” ship with Earth – global climate change and Yet, in the same article, he continued, “[Hu- mass extinction among our most pernicious mans] have seen themselves as the smartest issues – Orthodoxy seems to have lost its voice species of all beings. [Yet] they have misused of leadership. Where are our priests, rabbis, and abused their power and selfishly destroyed pastors, and imams when old-growth forests animals, forests and mountains, natural re- disappear from the Pacific Northwest or Amasources … reaping the results as their own de- zonia? Where are they when whales and dolstroyed environment. The external environ- phins are haplessly slaughtered in Asia or when ment is seriously polluted because the internal environmental toxins bioaccumulate in loons environment in the mind is seriously dam- and songbirds in New England or in Central aged.” Trich Tri Quang, as well as numerous America? Where are they when giant icebergs other practitioners of Orthodoxy, whatever its break off from Antarctic glaciers because of ecumenical flavor, provides a consistent mes- the planet’s rising temperature? Where are sage about humankind: the adherents to any they when inconsiderate citizens throw their particular belief-system do not always honor trash and cigarette butts out of car windows the teachings of its founder, the mitzvot of or- along our highways? thodox practice, and ignore the limitations of As Buddhist monk Trich Tri Quang warned, Earth’s bounty to meet our insatiable appetites. “The external environment is seriously polHumans represent only 0.05% of the world’s luted because the internal environment in the consumer biomass yet use 32% annually of mind is seriously damaged.” If our minds and the land-based net primary productivity with hearts are not trained properly, we will continhotspots throughout Asia, India, the Atlantic ue to act uncaringly toward Earth and its natucoast of the United States, and other locations ral resources. Though not too late, Orthodoxy overrun by humans. How is this sustainable? seems to have failed us in our relationship with Historically, Orthodoxy has had little posi- an ailing planet. It’s time to demand the attive influence on our collective craving for the tention of Orthodoxy, not only for the human planet’s finite resources. soul, but especially for the soul of the planet.

How do we turn this around? For starters, we must accept a few pointers from the sciencH. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D., es. First, humans are a product of evolution Ecologist, Educator, and Explorer like all other biodiversity on the planet. Thus, brinker@northcross.org we are a part of, not apart from, Earth’s ancient

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esterday, fall was in the air. Â I sat down same stricken, side-lying position - which I came in the maple shade of mid-afternoon to realize was a chicken's way of enjoying the sunwith my legs full out on the stone pavers shine, just like I was. So there were the three of us, on the walk outside the back door. Both hens (the man and hens, basking–-each in his or her own two survivors who remain after last winter's toll on way–-on a pleasantly warm, sunny, early fall afone and a dog too quick for the other chicken hid- ternoon. ing in the grass) were browsing along the branch Somebody shoulda had a camera. where the Jewel Weed blooms. Its dangling orange We hope soon to replenish the flock to four– flowers produce the exploding pods that offer the -annd to bring some egg-laying discipline back seeds that the hens so enjoy pecking up for the two misbehaving survivors of from the damp, dark earth underneath. last year's survivors. They have taken to I had too successfully cooled off the hiding their eggs any random spot they house with the open windows overnight, choose and good luck locating the nest so the warmth of the sun was pleasant du jour until there are 8 or 10 brown eggs and welcomed. Within a minute of my of questionable life-span somewhere in settling into basking position, Dionne the tall grass. Or under the truck parked (the black hen) looked up from her forat the edge of the yard. Or more recently aging along the branch down below the and strongly preferred now–-in the cool big lilac and came running my way like shade of the crawl space under the front the family dog. I am not flattered by this porch.

Fred First because her quest for proximity is only Yesterday, after Ann's fourth grumthe result of the fact that I regularly rebling belly crawl to fetch the secret eggs, ward her for pretending to be my friend by turn- at risk of yellow jackets and copper heads in the ing over a rock or log for her rapid-fire pecking- darkness under the porch, I made sure that the up of a few pill bugs, spiders or slugs. (I turned a crafty Dionne could not slip in around my derock for her last week and found a copperhead!) fenses and get back under the front porch like she She is using me, but I'll take attention any way I has done several times, even after I thought "now can get it. that'll fix her!"

[I should mention that our farm ecology also As I sit here, she's petulantly protesting her sucincludes a feeding guild between chickens and the cessful eviction (that's why they call it chicken dog: he kills the lawn with his morning waterings, wire, deary) and taking running lunges to force then the hens come along later and easily scratch her scrawny body through the 3” holes in the up the dead grass for the seeds, grubs and earth- plastic trellis that covers the rest of the crawl space worms, creating a patchy lawn effect we refer to as access.

Mange Turf.]

She won't give up. I peek out the glass of the Dionne proceeded to hop the one step onto the front door and see now that she's trying a "from porch (alas, we swore early on we'd NEVER let above" tactic, peering down between the flooring them get close to the house) and disappeared out boards of the front porch with one eye, looking of my view, walking around behind me. And then for a way to shape-shift down between them to she promptly collapsed in a controlled fall over on join her precious darling ova. her side. She just lay there, eyes open, her top wing The maternal instinct is irrepressible, and her splayed open above her in the dappled sun like a futile efforts for the past half hour have been fan. Had she had a stroke? (We don't know how heart-rending to watch and nerve-wracking to long to expect these birds, our first flock, to live; hear. She's back now to her incessant scolding, maybe this was the end?) and I am pretty certain I am the object of her fowl Within a minute, the other hen strutted up language.

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Ah, The Price of Beauty...

aria Gunning was born in 1733 to a humble family in central England.

But the family soon moved to a meager rental house in Dublin. To help the family get by, Maria and her younger sister Elizabeth worked as actresses in local playhouses, which was a somewhat dubious profession (actresses were often known to make other "professional income" on the side.) But it earned them a little celebrity, and an invitation to a grand ball at Dublin Castle. Unfortunately, they had no dresses sufficient for such an occasion. So they reached out to a local theater manager, who let them pull a few things off his costume rack. Attending the ball dressed as Lady Macbeth and Juliet, Maria and Elizabeth were presented to the Earl of Harrington, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was so struck by their innocence and beauty he took pity upon the Gunning family and paid for their relocation back to England.

There the girls were a sensation. They were, in the vernacular of the day, "hotties." Soon after, they were attending events in London. When they were presented to the Court of St. James, the event was covered by the national newspapers.

Pop went the Gunning sisters! Within a year, Elizabeth had married the Duke of Hamilton and had moved to a castle in Scotland. In 1752, Maria bagged an even bigger prize: George William Coventry, the 6th Earl of Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst, Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, a Lord of the Bedchamber of King George II and a peer in the House of Lords. The couple were married (he was 30, she was 19) and took a honeymoon trip to Paris. When they returned to London, Maria was

mobbed by adoring fans, and had to be escorted through Hyde Park by the King's Guard. She was now regarded as the most beautiful woman in the country.

But as quickly as the marriage was underway, things got ugly. Maria loved and courted the publicity, but her husband found it vulgar. She would dress up, he would dress her down. She would cover her face in white powder and rouge, he would wipe it off. Maria's face soon broke out, and she used more makeup to cover it up. Frustrated, George turned his affections to a mistress; Maria turned her affections to her adoring public. She wore gaudier dresses, glitzier jewelry, and more makeup than ever.

In the end, her vanity proved to be her downfall.

While still in her mid-twenties, Maria became sick.

Doctors were called in, but could not diagnose the cause. No amount of costuming or makeup could conceal the fact that she was dying. The papers were soon reporting that she didn't have long to live. And so it came to pass: 250 years ago today, the star who had blazed so brightly across London's social scene, flamed out at the age of 27.

The culprit? Well, as Sherlock Holmes might have said, it was the Makeup That Did It. You see, the rouge of the day was based on a lead foundation. All that applying and wiping of toxic lead powder on her face resulted in an acute and fatal case of blood poisoning.

Maria Gunning, Countess of Coventry: Society superstar, fashion victim.

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Listening When It’s Easy—and Listening When It’s Tough

Tell me: What happens to us as a family, a community, a nation—or a world—when the only people we talk with are people who think, act, and believe the same way that we do?

How do we break out of our small, provincial worlds if we never really sit down and talk with people who disagree with us—if we never have a heart-to-heart conversation with people who have dramatically different perspectives on faith and life?

Sure, it’s easier—and far more comforting—to restrict our interactions to people who are just like us, but what do we learn? How do we grow?

Some of the greatest learning experiences that I have had came from conversations with people who, rather than reinforcing my own personal perspectives, challenged me to look at things from a different angle.

Take my seminary experience, for example. Thirty-five years ago, when it was time for me to chose a seminary, I chose as a United Methodist to go to Princeton Theological Seminary, a Presbyterian seminary. One of the reasons that I chose to go there was that there were over fifty-five different denominations represented on campus.

There were Coptic Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Pentecostal Holiness, Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Episcopalians, Assembly of God, American Baptists, and more kinds of Presbyterians than I could shake a stick at. There were Christians from Ireland, Japan, Germany, and South Africa. There were Jews studying at the seminary—and people who weren’t sure what they were.

It was an amazing collection of people.

Talking with all these students, studying with them, reflecting on faith and life together, challenged me in sometimes joyous and sometimes painful ways. But looking back, I realized that, given the small, insulated world that I had grown up in, I needed to be pushed and challenged and questioned. As a result, those three years were a transforming experience for me.

One of the most significant seminary experiences came from a course that caught me completely off-guard. The class was being taught by a woman who had served in the East Harlem Protestant Parish. I went to the first class with pen and notebook in hand ready to take notes. But instead of hearing a well-prepared and well-crafted lecture, we were given a tape recorder and given a series of assignments.

For our first assignment we were to take our tape recorders and record the story of the poorest family that we could find. We were to sit down with them and continue to listen and to record until we felt that we genuinely understood what it felt like to be truly poor—and understood the variety of factors that contributed to their poverty.

I discovered very quickly that almost everything that I thought that I knew about poverty was wrong.

For our second assignment, we had to record the stories of women who felt called to ordained ministry but who were barred from ordination in their denomination.

The third assignment was to invite a gay or lesbian person to sit down and tell us about what it felt like to grow up gay or lesbian.

We were never required to endorse, support or approve any of the stories that we heard. But we were required to listen—and all of us agreed that listening, really listening, was something that we had done far too rarely.

Because of this, I have worked hard throughout my ministry to create opportunities for people to talk and learn from one another.

When I was the Chaplain at Ferrum College I sponsored “town meetings” where students, faculty, and staff could come together to talk about divisive issues like homosexuality and abortion. The ground rules were simple: When someone else was talking you were not allowed to interrupt. You had to listen, earnestly listen, to what they were saying—and you had to listen not just to the words, but to the feelings and emotions.

Then, when it was your turn to talk, you were only allowed to speak in the first-person—“I think…,” “I feel…,” “I have come to believe, because…” I felt that, even if people never came to any consensus, it was important for people to learn to listen to one another—with their hearts as well as their ears.

When I was the Chaplain at Shenandoah University, I took teams of students from the nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy and physician assistant schools on mission trips to Mexico and Nicaragua.

I took them not just so that they could roll up their sleeves and put what they learned into practice, but also so that they would have the chance to see the world through a different set of eyes.

As the pastor of a church in Charlottesville, I participated in a group of Christians, Jews, and Muslims called “The Children of Abraham.” We looked at each other’s holy books and talked openly

and honestly about what we read and thought. I was never asked to give up anything that I believed, but I learned more than I can say from the members of the group.

And maybe that is one of the reasons that I value the Wednesday Downtown Noonday Services offered by the downtown churches.

It is wonderful to hear a Baptist woman say that coming to the Wednesday service gave her her first opportunity to hear a sermon from a Roman Catholic priest—or to hear someone say that he had never heard a woman preach until he came to the noonday services.

We need to have experiences that build bridges of understanding rather than walls of isolation.

I believe that we have to take Paul’s words very seriously: “Now we see through a glass darkly (1 Corinthians 13:12).” No matter how enlightened, how well-read, or how well-schooled we may be, all of our perspectives are partial and limited.

I have come to realize that there are people who see things that I do not see and understand things that I do not understand. There are people whose perspective I badly need if my own vision and understanding is to be more complete and encompassing.

For those of us in the Christian tradition, that should come as no surprise. Paul has told us that we are all part—but only part—of the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12). The body of Christ is not made up of only eyes or ears or noses or mouths. Each of us has something unique and important to contribute. That means, as Paul has warned us, that none of us can cavalierly say to another, “I have no need of you (1 Cor. 12:21).” We do need each other. We need both our similarities and our differences. I need to own and celebrate the hard-won insights that have come through my lifetime of experiences, but I also need to be open to the hard-won insights of others.

I have become convinced that whether we are liberal or conservative, Roman Catholic or Protestant, male or female, black or white, denominational or non-denominational, we all need to come out of our well-insulated and protected shells to talk, to listen, and to learn for one another, for God has so much that God wants to teach us.

Gary Robbins is the pastor of Greene Memorial and an active participant in the Wednesday Downtown Noonday Services. Visit them on the web at: www.gmumc.org.

An Encompassing Empathy Brings Miracles

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met a lady in the ER. “You’re Erin’s dad, Your job? (And it doesn't matter whether you aren’t you?” For years my children were `Dr. have accepted it or not.) Get Myron in the water Garvin’s kids’. As they make their way in the by any legal means. No, sorry - half-nelsons and world, however, the point of reference is shifting, chloroform are illegal. I sense a collective cringe as it should. Now, I am Erin’s dad. from my readers; like trying to bottle a This patient had recently lost a great sunbeam, right? deal of weight with Erin’s help as a perHere's the genius: sonal fitness instructor. The woman Erin made Myron her, "Swimming had always wanted to run a 10K race.

Asistant." From that time forward, My“Let’s do it!” said Erin. ron was the first one in the pool, and The woman worried she couldn’t the last to leave. keep up, but Erin encouraged her unI am powerfully affected by the sustil she consented. “I ran last the entire picion that not only would I never have race, but Erin ran with me. She could thought to do that; I would have signed have won the race easily, but she stayed the psychiatric certification of anyone with me. I wanted to quit. Erin wouldn’t who suggested it. let me.”

But it worked. Rather than put MyLucky Garvin “No crime in finishing last,” I said. ron in dry-dock for the day, she ap‘I didn’t finish last,” the woman anpealed to his sense of self-worth. swered softly. “Right at the finish line, Erin abruptly Erin has an encompassing empathy. She moves slowed down. I went across the line ahead of her.” out of herself - and into others - so well; so instincSometimes the races of which we should be most proud are the one’s we `lose.’ A peculiar notion isn’t it? To win by losing?

From years ago: Erin may have found her `bliss'; her calling.

Teaching. Teaching swimming to all ages.

When a person is gifted or born to a task, there is a sort of genius that trails close by their efforts.

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It makes me jealous.

Erin was the first of two women in history who, together, survived the killer 2500 mile-long Great Divide Mountain Bike Trail.

On one particular evening, the group [2 women, five men] worked out how they were going to deal with the coming day: forty miles through the desert, no water and only one shelter, an abandoned horse barn shown on their map. The next dawned brightly, but as the group set off, stormclouds gathered; lightning and hail began. So brilliant and frequent were the flashes, it was like being caught in a flood of strobe lights. Their maps?

The way to shelter? Forget it. They could barely see the road ahead. Then Erin looked to her side and was amazed to see a large black stallion running effortlessly beside her. “Dad, he was so close to me, I could see the hairs on his muzzle. This odd companionship went on for some miles, Erin’s group was now completely lost. Suddenly the stallion veered off the road over a berm. On an instinct, Erin followed him off the road, and there sat the horse barn – but – the stallion had disappeared.

And, there were no hoof prints…

Make of the tale what you will.

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PH Student Helps Racing Team Win World Title Bless Them, All Creatures Patrick Henry High School student, Niemann Pest is one of five students representing the Southeast team to win the coveted F1 In Schools World Championship after three days of intense competition in Singapore. The Southeast team, Unitus Racing, was one of 25 teams from 18 countries competing for the World Title.

The students had to design, manufacture and race identical CO2 powered balsa-wood race cars, give an 8 minute verbal presentation, defend the manufacture of their cars in front of two engineers, pass technical inspection, design a pit display and prepare a 20 page portfolio detailing their work. More than 25 judges concurred that Unitus Racing had the most consistent

Unitus Racing team members on stage at the Singapore Conrad Centennial Hotel after winning the F1 In Schools World Championship Trophy. Left to Right: Yatrik Solanki, Tony Griffin, Mark Nanney, Brandon Miranda, Roanoker Niemann Pest and Amanda Clark.

DogtoberFest Popular Destination for Dogs and Owners Alike

Saturday dawned bright but a bit cool for the annual DogtoberFest. The annual event, which benefits St. Francis Service Dogs, was held at the St. Francis Training Center in Roanoke. The event featured face painting, a caricaturist, dog and children's games, and much more.

Early estimates show more than 4,000 people and over 2,000 dogs attended the fundraiser.

Morgan Conner from Floyd attended DogtoberFest with her boyfriend and family. "Our family came last year and decided to bring us out." The group also attended with Lacy, a four and a half month mini-beagle, and eight week old Hokie, a minimutt. Morgan says her first date with her boyfriend was to a Virginia Tech football game.

"We rescued (Lacy) from a breeder. He was not treating them right. . . And we got Hokie through foster care in Pearisburg."

"It's been fun, the dog games and stuff; fun for the dogs."

Lacy and Hokie even had their pictures taken for Pawcasso,

presentation in all areas. Unitus Racing also won the award for “Best Team Identity” and was nominated for “Best Portfolio” and “Best Sponsorship & Marketing.” The team returned to the United States on Saturday evening.

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by Advance Auto Parts, Lockheed Martin, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County, Manatee Adult, Career and Technical Education Department, Roanoke City Public Schools, Rapid Prototyping Systems, BASF Chemicals, JBTN Plastics, Trimbach Artistry, Bay Tool, Royal Tee’s, Bradenton Press and Signs by Tomorrow as well as many in-kind donations.

Great And Small

What better place to offer blessings to some of Roanoke’s canine population that at the leash-less dog park inside Highland Park? That’s what the Rev. Donna Hopkins Britt (Calvary Baptist) and Rev. Stephen Stanley (Christ Episcopal) did last Sunday as part of the Interfaith Blessing of the Animals, with Sam Hensley (St. John’s Episcopal) providing musical accompaniment on the guitar. There were readings from the Book of Genesis related to the creation of animals, songs about animals Rev. Donna Hopkins Britt and then individual blessings for blesses a dog. each dog. A table with information about the Angels of Assisi

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Sheriff's 5th Annual Charity Golf Tournament

The Roanoke City Sheriff's Office held their 5th annual charity golf tournament at Hunting Hills Country Club in Roanoke last week. Sheriff Octavia Johnson welcomed 100 golfers and expressed much gratitude to all the businesses that donated food and prizes to help make the tournament a successful event.

All proceeds from the tournament benefit the Roanoke City Sheriff's Office DARE program.

Sheriff ’s Office Deputies teach the DARE (drug abuse resistance) program in the Roanoke City Elementary Schools in a ten week program to

the fifth grade students. During the 2008-2009 school year, 975 students were taught skills to resist drugs and violence. “Teaching our children to resist drugs and violence is the foundation of the DARE program,” stated Sheriff Johnson.

The winning team for first place was Public Defender Tom Love, Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Bill Braxton, Deputy Gary Wiggins and Judge Christopher Clemmons.

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This year’s DogtoberFest was attended by over 4000 people.

(And over 2000 dogs!) where dogs can use their paws to paint a matt to surround the picture.

St. Francis Service Dogs is one of 50 accredited service dog organizations in the world.

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Salem overcame a 21-6 first quarter deficit and held on to defeat William Fleming last Friday night at the new Fleming Stadium. Fleming scored on its first three possessions of the game and appeared to have Salem on the ropes before the Spartan defense stiffened and the powerful Salem runnng game led the comeback. A late-game drive by the Colonels to the Salem 6-yard line was negated by a controversial call that turned the ball over to Salem, allowing the Spartans Salem running back Seth Fisher (#20) runs for a big gain Frito run out the clock. Salem im- day night on his way to rushing for 176 yards on 22 carries. proved to 5-0 on the season as Photos and recap by Bill Turner the Colonels dropped to 0-5.

Photos and recap by Bill Turner Hidden Valley running back #8 Walker Brand is sandwiched between two Northside defenders Friday night.

Northside found itself in a battle Friday night as winless Hidden Valley stormed onto Jim Hickam Field and gave the Vikings all they could handle in the final non-district matchup for both teams. Trailing 3-0 on a 43yard Kevin Draudt field goal in the opening quarter, Northside managed a second quarter touchdown on a Well, I came through mostly unscathed after last 7-yard Adam Hardister pass to lead 7-3 at the break. Northside (5-1) increased its lead to 13-3 in the third quarter on a made-to-order Matt week’s picks with a respectable 5-3 record. The bigSandoval 43-yard interception return. Hidden Valley (0-5) closed to the final margin midway through gest blow to my ego was picking undefeated Glenvar in a romp and having them lose to a winless the final quarter as Titan QB Chad Frazier hit Griffin Brand on a 26-yard strike. team. If my prediction was used as bulletin board material, I suspect I’ll be invited to be the grand marshall in the Rural Retreat Christmas Parade.

Most teams start district play this week and the It was the perfect fall afterstakes get higher. Here’s a look at the matchups and noon for a standing-room-only to make you keep reading, a couple of surprises. homecoming throng gathered PREDICTIONS: In the Western Valley, Patrick last Saturday at Thomas Field Henry and George Washington are both 3-3 headon the North Cross campus. The ing to this district opener. Unfortunately for the boisterous crowd was eager to Patriots they must travel to Danville to play the see the Raiders cap off the day's Eagles. festivities with a win over archriPH is coming off a 34-point loss to Christiansval Hargrave Military. North burg and GW a 35-point loss to Battlefield. GW Cross obliged with a dominatrecovers quicker. GW- 35 PH- 13 ing performance on both sides William Fleming is undoubtably the best 0-5 of the ball as the Raiders rolled team in the state and last Friday they were victimto an easy 49-6 win. ized by a whistle that never blew in a loss to Salem.

It was clearly the best showThe Colonels host once-beaten Franklin County ing of the year for North Cross, at the new Fleming Stadium. The Eagles look poespecially after being somewhat tent and this one should be close if Fleming can inconsistent the previous two The Raider defense swarms a Hargrave ball carrier Saturday put together a strong start. Franklin County- 27 weeks despite winning both afternoon.

Fleming-21 games. "We were in sync today, Northside (5-1) travels to undefeated Alleghany " Raider Head Coach Stephen Alexander said after the game, for Raider scoring strikes. It was "We played well in all three as- an impressive return for Weaver (6-0) in what is undoubtably the biggest game in pects- offense, defense and spe- who had been sidelined for two Low Moor in years. Northside’s only loss was to Sacial teams." weeks with a knee injury. An- lem in a game they only needed to pick up 2 yards The North Cross defense toine Martin capped off two in 4 plays for the win. Last week the Vikings were again rose to the occasion and Raider drives with touchdown taken to the limit by winless Hidden Valley before held Hargrave to minus-10 runs of 4 and 8 yards. Myles prevailing 13-10. It won’t happen three weeks in a yards rushing, a feat Alexander Poindexter added a 9-yard TD row. Burt Torrence gets the squeeky wheel oiled. credited to defensive coordina- run and Trent took a blocked Northside- 35 Alleghany-13 tor Shannon Taylor. "Our de- punt to the house for a North Lord Botetourt goes to Staunton River where fense was stingy today," Alex- Cross score. Micajah Lacy was the Eagles are coming off a shutander noted. "It's a reflection of perfect on 7 PATs. out win over Tunstall, while the how hard they work. Shannon North Cross improved to 5-1 Cavaliers were blanked by Blackshas them understanding the op- as they get set for Friday (Oct. burg. Tater Benson may pull some ponent."

8 ) afternoon's showdown with trick plays out of the bag in this The Raider offense scored on undefeated Liberty Christian one, but will it be enough? Stauntheir first three possessions and Academy at Thomas Field. "We ton River-22 Botetourt- 20 never looked back. Most of the have to notch it up to show we Hidden Valley played its tail North Cross attack centered are a state contender," Alexan- off against Northside and Scott Photo by Rob Revercomb around the arm of QB Thomas der said. "We'll study a lot of Weaver’s squad is ready for its first North Cross defensive back Weaver who was 14 of 26 in film. It will be a high intensity win. Blacksburg looks to even its Brandon Trent reels in an the air for 230 yards. Weaver week." record after the win at Botetourt. interception. hooked up with Spencer Shaff, Photos and recap by Bill Turner Both these River Ridge teams are Brandon Trent and Fuller Clark

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going to be somebody’s headache before the season is over. The home team gets the edge. Blacksburg- 23 Hidden Valley- 17 Undefeated Salem travels to Bogle Field to take on Cave Spring (3-2). The Spartans were very fortunate two weeks in a row in wins over Northside (we need 2 yards in 4 plays) and Fleming (did anyone hear a whistle? ). Cave Spring finds the answer.

The Knights spread the field with its multitude of receivers, throw it in the Wright gear and let the AA battery invade the Spartan backfield. After this code is uncovered: Cave Spring- 26 Salem- 24 Glenvar is still steaming from their loss to thenwinless Rural Retreat 27-20. Giles had an off-week and has the experience of two River Ridge opponents earlier. This should be a dog fight. Glenvar21 Giles-20 Virginia Episcopal returns to Roanoke for the second time in three weeks. This time Bishop QB Danny Alexander will have more success than his previous try against his older brother Stephen, Head Coach at North Cross. Roanoke Catholic had trouble with Fishburne in a 1-point win last week. VES- 31 Roanoke Catholic- 21 North Cross plays its sixth straight home game as powerful Liberty Christian Academy hits Thomas Field for a 4:00 kickoff. The Raiders are looking at this game as a yardstick to notch their program to the next level. North Cross looked strong in its win Saturday over Hargrave, but the sheer numbers may be against them this week. Liberty Christian24 North Cross- 20

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Twenty three years after he pitched in his last major league baseball game it's not hard to see the competitive spirit that Al Holland brought to the mound as one of the most respected relief pitchers in the 1980’s. The Roanoke native recounted some of his big league stories as the featured speaker at the Roanoke Valley Sports Club meeting recently.

Holland was a three-sport star at segregated Lucy Addison High School, graduating in 1971. He was also the only black player on his American Legion Post #3 team, and he credits manager Jim Mitchell – who used to pick him up and drop him off at home after games – for helping get through a trying process so he could focus on pitching.

That’s what the fire-balling Holland did best – he brought the heat to home plate. Holland, whose son Al Holland Jr. played baseball and then coached at William Fleming High School – recalls pitching three no hitters in one week at Addison. He won just one of those however as fielding miscues by his team did him in.

Sports Club president Mac MacCadden, himself no slouch as a baseball player and then an umpire, called Holland “a legend” when introducing him.

“I’d never seen anybody throw the ball as hard,” said MacCadden, whose own journey to the majors as an umpire was only derailed by a serious knee injury after he had reached the triple A level.

Holland signed as a free agent with the Pirates after playing baseball and football at North Carolina A&T. “I proved that I could play the game,” said Holland of having to go the free agent route. He threw four no hitters in college, one in each year he pitched. Initially he dreamed of making it to the NFL as a running back, before realizing that being chased down and tackled by huge linemen might be hazardous to his health.

While playing in Salem for the Pirates single-A farm team, the Buccaneers, Holland was persuaded by pitching coach Larry Sherry to focus on relief pitching. That was his ticket to

Former major leaguer Al Holland is a Roanoke native. the majors, with the Pirates, Giants, Phillies, Angels and Yankees.

In 1983 he helped the Phillies make it to the World Series and was voted the top relief pitcher of the year, while finishing as a top ten vote getter for the Cy Young and National League MVP trophies. “The pressure in the major leagues is unbelievable,” said Holland, who felt he was at the top of his game for about four seasons.

He ended up with the Yankees in ’86-’87 and said “George Steinbrenner and I were like this [very close].” He even called the late New York owner George – not Boss like many others did. “We became pretty good friends,” said Holland.

In San Francisco he lockered next to Willie McCovey, who even in the twilight of his career, “had the wickedest swing” according to Holland. Holland saved Steve Carlton’s 300th big league win while with the Phillies (he was an All-Star in 1984) and laments that ex-Philly teammate Pete Rose is not in the Hall of Fame, due to gambling issues.

A wrist injury finally spelled the end of Holland’s career in 1987 after parts of ten seasons in the majors. He returned to Roanoke after dabbling in a failed senior pro baseball league and assisted students at an alternative school in Roanoke.

Holland also coached football and baseball at William Fleming, and spent time working for the Saint Louis Cardinals as a minor league pitching coach. At the Sports Club meeting he sported a huge World Series ring given to minor league coaches after the Cards won the title in 2006.

In the minors Holland tried to get former pitching phenom Rick Ankiel back on track after his control deserted him. “He didn’t believe he could throw strikes,” said Holland. Ankiel eventually quit pitching and fought his way back to the majors as a slugging outfielder.

Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia was also one of the young pitchers Holland worked with.

Holland said he came ready to play and at one point appeared in 14 straight games.

He’s somewhat critical of today’s young pitchers, who some say are coddled and held back by pitch count maximums and inning restrictions. They should train them to be “work horse pitchers," said Holland.

Pitchers like Roger Clemens didn’t need steroids to succeed, according to Holland. “I believe more people were using it than we know about. A lot of them quit…because they didn’t want to get caught.” Clemens didn’t need steroids; Holland said he was naturally big and strong and was able to adapt his pitching style as he got older.

Holland wondered how he would have done on steroids, since he already threw 97-98 miles per hour as it is - but he never took them. “I was 200 pounds of raw mean machine,” he recalled at the Sports Club meeting. Few seemed to doubt

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Cynthia Willis actually gave up about 2000 sq. ft. when she moved Twist & Turns from the old Shenandoah Hotel at the corner of Campbell Avenue and Williamson Road, but with her lease expired and the property up for sale, she had little choice but to seek a new home for the business. Now the store, which features wrought iron furniture, home accent items and other accessories, has found one in The District at Valley View Mall.

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Goodlatte called the store “really the tip of the iceberg,” noting that Twist & Turns has sent furniture and accessories to far off places, including out of the country, and his own patio deck for that matter. “Word of mouth has been just the most incredible thing for the past 18 years,” said Willis, “we have loyal customer support.”

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This is the 16th place of business that Willis has had over the years, starting with outlets in New Jersey. She owns Twist & Turns with her husband Bo. The wrought iron accented furniture they manufacture is created right here in Roanoke at a shop on Campbell Avenue, where Cynthia Willis and her son Anthony often put their heads together on design ideas. They don’t always agree at first but eventually she says they work it out. “It’s been a family owned business forever,” notes Willis.

Valley View management actually approached Willis about filling a space in The District, a series of stand-alone stores situated behind the main mall. The new store measures about 7000 sq. ft. – 2000 less than the place on Campbell Avenue, but with ample parking and proximity to other Valley View shops, foot traffic could increase.

“They had a great idea and great concept,” said Willis about

the offer from Valley View.

“We’re so happy to be a part of it.” Being part of a true regional mall now, she figures that shoppers who never venture to downtown Roanoke may help swell her customer base. “We’re a destination [store], we know that.”

Calling the old storefront on Campbell “beyond beautiful,” Willis said the new space has “really come together.” Absent the interesting architecture of the Shenandoah Hotel, she opted for “simpler lines” and a more modern-feeling store. “I think we achieved that. I’m ecstatic.”

As for the working kitchen, Willis used it for networking events on Campbell Avenue, often recruiting top area chefs, and she will continue to do the same at Valley View. Twist & Turns features many accessory items for the kitchen and home.

“It’s exposure,” said Willis, who doesn’t cook herself but “loves cooking shows.” She now hopes a move to The District at Valley View is a recipe for increased success.

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Squash Anyone?

Something new is cooking in Grandin Village.

Al Hubbard has been in Roanoke less than two years and he’s been serving up his “Healthy Stuff ” at the Roanoke Market for 13½ months. It is Atlanta’s loss and the Roanoke’s gain. When Local Roots vacated their original space next to the Post Office in Grandin Gardens, Hubbard jumped at the chance to bake in that kitchen instead of the one in his home. His café will be opening on November 14th, but until then customers can stop by on Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9-6 to pick up something that is healthy and tastes like a treat.

Actually, the real treat may be the man himself. Upon entering his café, patrons discover that Hubbard is also an artist; they are greeted by his artwork which adorns the walls. That’s the first inkling that there’s more to Al Hubbard than meets the eye. His personality helps make the place; he enjoys sharing a good thought-provoking conversation with people he meets. Though he has been called the consummate salesman, he deserves a moniker that is less shallow. Hubbard is the kind of man who can change your life with a word or two if you will let him.

He is an articulate speaker and quite opinionated. Those are qualities that can be found anywhere, but a man who lives his convictions is a rare man indeed. “If we try to grasp life from the outside it has no value,” Hubbard states emphatically. He chooses to live life from the inside out; therefore when he enters a room the atmosphere changes.

“We don’t learn anything when we are comfortable--we become real and purposeful in challenge.”

With a sharp eye one can see that the challenges have been many and the mistakes have carved themselves on his heart. His faith comes from a deep place and it appears that the mere walls of a church cannot contain the God he knows intimately. A spiritual sabbatical that he undertook from November 2008 through June 2009 served to reinforce the depth of his relationship with God. He expresses himself in this way: “we are all

Al Hubbard at his Grandin Cafe. what God is; but God is more than we are.”

When Hubbard talks about change, he believes that people must be vigilant about it. He now realizes that his focus had been diverted by the minutiae of life. He believes that “gonna” is always a future tense that never comes. So change is something that Hubbard chases down, it never runs over him. He knows that the world offers him only what he offers the world.

While he is quietly going about the business of baking, he is in the process of change … change that has come in the form of a new hometown, a new business venture, a new relationship with squash (the vegetable, not the game). Somehow this man has a penchant for putting healthy stuff like squash in his baked goods while he’s taking the healthy part of his soul and sharing it with the Star City. It’s good for him and it’s good for the Roanoke valley.

To purchase his baked goods or artwork, visit Al on the Market in downtown Roanoke or at “Healthy Stuff” Cakery and Café in Grandin Gardens. To place an order for his famous squash pie or other goodies for the holidays call 772-3969. View his artwork online at AlHubb.com.

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Local Bar Associations Join Together to Teach Civics Classes for a Day The Salem/Roanoke County Bar Association and the Roanoke Bar Association have joined together to bring the Virginia Bar Association’s Rule of Law Project back to the public middle schools of the Roanoke Valley on November 12.

The Rule of Law Project is a multi-faceted program designed to inspire students to become active citizens by helping them appreciate and protect the rights we enjoy under our laws and the responsibilities we share as American citizens.

Developed by the VBA in a two-year pilot program in several localities including the Roanoke Valley, this year the Rule of Law project is being presented in communities throughout the

Commonwealth with the assistance of local bar associations.

The VBA awarded ten grants to local bar groups to assist in this effort, including one for a joint application by the two principal attorney associations in the Roanoke Valley.

The Rule of Law Project functions as a partnership among teachers, lawyers and judges to provide students in middle school civics classes with an enriching, interactive experience about the importance of the rule of law in their daily lives and gives them a better understanding of the need to preserve and protect it as the foundation for the rights and freedoms we enjoy. In each class, a judge or lawyer serves as volunteer teacher.

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The volunteer is provided with a brief video presentation featuring a teenage narrator who speaks directly to the students about the concepts of the rule of law. It is done in vignettes interspersed with excerpts from interviews with Chief Justice Leroy R. Hassell, Sr. and Senior Justice Elizabeth B. Lacy of the Supreme Court of Virginia, former Virginia Governor Gerald Baliles, and VBA Past President and Roanoke attorney Mike Pace.

After presenting the video, the judge or lawyer speaks to the students about his or her role in supporting the rule of law. Lesson plans for both the volunteers and the classroom teachers are available through VBA’s website and include guides to help tie the concepts of the Rule of Law Project to the Standards of Learning curriculum.

The two bar associations have already begun registering local judges for the program. Registration for lawyers begins on October 9. The goal is to have volunteers for every class at every public middle school in the Roanoke Valley on November 12.

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Artist Jane Hammond works on Fallen before Taubman opening New York mixed media artist Jane Hammond spent several days on her hands and knees last week, installing a very special work at the Taubman Museum of Art. “Fallen,” on loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, is a touring, ongoing piece that memorializes those who have fought and died in the Iraq War. More than 4000 handmade leaves feature the name of a

fallen U.S. soldier, and Hammond takes great care to place those leaves just so every time she installs Fallen, which opened last week at the Taubman. “I do put the leaves down one at a time, and I think as I’m doing it,” said Hammond, who had help for the first two days of the installation process.

“After a while I don’t want any help,” said Hammond, who has never worked on a project of this scale. Since

Fallen is not really her concept, Hammond calls herself “somewhat less of an author and more of a witness in this case … which is a very unusual thing for an artist.”

“This is actually its fifth museum show [on tour],” said Hammond. It first was installed at the Whitney in 2006. Hammond says most people see it as intended: as a memorial to those who have died in the Iraqi theater. “I didn’t mean it as an antiwar piece,” she claims. “I meant it as a tribute and memorial.

There’s a kind of gentle quality about it. It’s sad; it’s not angry.”

Hammond said the impact of seeing all those fallen leaves with names inscribed on them is profound. “One of the things I hear from people a lot is ‘oh my gosh, it’s so many’. There’s something about numbers that condenses something that is very multifold into something that is very small and simple. That’s what numbers

are about.”

Each of the leaves in Fallen has their own characteristics, and the individual names on each “have a great deal of character and specificity about them as well,” said Hammond. It forces people to focus “on the very young lives that have been lost… there’s something slow about the piece,” she adds.

Fallen will be on display until January 11, 2011. As to what people may think about a work she calls evocative and poetic: “you can’t completely dictate what it is people come away with,” said Jane Hammond. “Different people come away with different things … but I do think they come away with a period of time in which they’ve focused on these other people who have given their lives in the service of their country – and the sadness of that.”

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Jimmy Vaughn wowed them last Saturday at the Blues Fest.

Emcee Kerry Hurley said headliner Jimmy Vaughn doesn’t leave his home state of Texas very often, but he was in Roanoke last Saturday as the headliner at the annual Big Lick Blues Fest. The brother of the late Stevie Ray Vaughn played a mean bluesy guitar himself for a crowd of several thousand at

By Gene Marrano Elmwood Park. Blue 5 restaugmarrano@cox.net rant took home first place in the rib cook-off contest that is

also a part of Blues Fest, and a woman – Jenny Franklin – won the rib eating contest, consuming 20 ounces of ribs. John Lee Hooker Jr. and Teresa James also took the stage before Vaughn.

Hooker was also a crowd favorite, paying homage to his father and other blues legends. It was the last Event Zone happening of the season.

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RSO/Korsakov Opens Strong Monday, October 4th, was the opening performance for the 57th season of the highly successful Roanoke Symphony Orchestra. The 76 member strong orchestra is led by Maestro David Stewart Wiley, who is in his 14th year as conductor, and recently had his contract extended thru 2013.

The opening featured the very talented violinist Natasha Korsakova, grand niece of the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. She also was the featured soloist for last year's opening night. At the start it was evident it would be a special night when the sound of the borrowed violin echoed thru the Performing Arts Center. Korsakova was playing an instrument made by Giovanni Franceso Pressenda in 1843, and on loan from an Italian collector. With its hauntingly beautiful deep and rich sound, it was the perfect instrument for the evening’s program.

Korsakova and the orchestra opened with the fast paced "The Flight of the Bumblebee" and then played the very challenging "Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1, Opus 99., written

by Dmitri Shostakovich. Many of the passages are extremely difficult, but Korsakova and the orchestra were up to the challenge, performing beautifully with just a few minor flaws.

After intermission, Maestro Wiley and the orchestra played Elgar's "Enigma" Variations, Opus 36., and closed the program with Tchaikovsky's "Russian March." The very appreciative audience gave a well deserved standing ovation lasting over 5 minutes and the orchestra replied with an encore.

After seeing and hearing a performance like this, it is easy to see why subscriptions and attendance are up for the highly acclaimed Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Wiley, and Executive Director Beth Pline.

Many orchestras and opera companies are feeling the pinch of this economy and either going out of business or declaring bankruptcy, but the RSO is alive and growing.

The combination of Pline and Wiley are obviously magic.

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RSS: How do you like Roanoke so far?

Jessica: The Mall is cool [Valley View]; it’s much better than the mall at home.

RSS: Just curiously, have any of you ever sought out your biological parents?

Jessica: We were told that our adoption was closed. [Our mother] gave us up for a reason and personally I don’t want to know what the reason is, in case it’s a bad one.

Meredith: And I don’t really want to know what my life would have been like if I didn’t have the parents I have now; I love my parents to death and just love the life I have now.

Jessica: I once thought about if we were adopted separately but coincidentally went to the same high-school, would we be friends? I always wonder about if we weren't adopted together… The idea sometimes scares me because I don’t want to think about what life would have been like if they weren't around.

RSS: So, when you were adopted did your mom have to take all four of you?

Jessica: No, she always knew she wanted a girl and she did already have two boys of her own. We have two brothers, 23 and 20. The story goes that she wanted a daughter and we just happened to come with three other people ... she didn't want to split us up.

RSS: You all strike me as high spirited people.

The Jackson’s: [Laughter] Jessica: Yeah, we definitely are. A lot of people say if they’re down, just hanging around us can make them happy.

Stephanie: Normally we are so upbeat, energetic, and loud, people can hear us coming.

They also say that we brighten up a room and that we should be in show business because we always make people laugh.

RSS: So do the hair color streaks symbolize something?

Mackenzie: They are our favorite colors. When we were babies to help tell us apart our Mom and Dad would give us specific colors RSS: Do each of you know what you want to study?

Meredith: Yes! I want to major in music, probably get a teaching degree in that and minor in creative writing.

Jessica: I’m going to either major in creative writing, and minor in theater or flip-flop it; I haven't decided yet.

Stephanie: I’m majoring in English with a concentration in creative writing and minoring in music. I’m planning on writing a book later.

Mackenzie: I want to either do photography or creative writing. I don’t know which one I want to major or minor in yet, but I want to do both so I’m good with that.

RSS: What would you say is a common characteristic you all share?

Meredith: I think that would probably be our sense of humor.

RSS: How big of an influence are your parents in your decision making?

Stephanie: Generally what parents do for teenagers -like don’t drink and drive and

stuff like that and I obviously wouldn't do it because I don’t like the idea of drinking. Overall, like for deciding to come to Hollins, I came here because I was offered a lot of scholarships and it would save my parents money.

Mackenzie: Hollins offered us the opportunity to affordably stay together.

Stephanie: Because they would have to send all of us to college at the same time. And eventually when I write a book or become successful some of our money is going to go to our parents, so we can pay them back for everything.

RSS: How about something that would describe each of you as unique?

Mackenzie: I’m the funny one; I try to make people smile.

Stephanie: I hope you all don’t take offense to this, but I would say I’m the classier one.

Meredith, Jessica and Mackenzie at once: Yes! RSS: Well Mannered?

Meredith, Jessica and Mackenzie at once: No, no, no!

Stephanie: I dress what I would call girly casual. In dress, but in some cases I can be more polite then them.

Meredith, Jessica and Mackenzie at once: Yes. Jessica: I’m the bossy leader.

Meredith: I’m indecisive, but also the least influenced by the opinions of the others.

RSS: Do you tend to invest a lot outside of your sisters?

Jessica: We haven’t really had relationships or friendships outside of us that would interfere, we haven't dated or had boyfriends ... and that wouldn't make a difference because at least two of my three sisters would have to like him and I’m pretty sure they would follow me on my first date anyway!

But when it comes to all of our friends, it’s either someone who all of us are really good friends with or a majority of us.

Meredith: I’ve never personally asked any of my friends if they have found that in order to be friends with one of us they have to be friends with all of us.

There is actually one person I’m not friends with anymore because of something like that... we are all on each other’s side right away without even thinking about it.

RSS: What are your long term goals while in college?

Mackenzie: To get another book written, for my senior exhibit I did a whole thing on writing and publishing, so I did a whole (self-published) book and it went well.

Stephanie: I plan on composing at least two more songs and I want to put together a CD of me either playing the piano or singing or both.

Jessica: There is also a book that all of four of us are working on that I think a lot of people would enjoy and I would like to get that published.

Meredith: I have no idea. I haven't really thought about it except for starting my own band, because that’s something I really want to do.

RSS: Have any words of encouragement for people heading to college?

Meredith: Be happy that you’re not sending five people to college at one time!

All: [Laughter] Mackenzie: Ramen will become your best friend.

RSS: Okay, final question. A one-word phrase or name that sums you up. Go! Meredith: Um, the purple menace.

The Other three: [Laughter].

Jessica: Big Red. Stephanie: The girly one.

Mackenzie: She of constant laughter.

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