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The inspiration for the project came from both the mayor of Vinton and Vinton Town Council member Carolyn Fidler, who then approached Barbara (“Bootie”) Chewning about it. The next step was the formation of the Vinton Vision Committee to set the project in motion. The committee’s purpose was to realize the building of a monument as part of the already existing Vinton War Memorial Building, to commemorate both past Vinton and Roanoke County

Patrick Henry Getting New Lease on Life For several years, the Patrick Henry Hotel languished neglected and forgotten on Jefferson Street. It seemed as if there was no hope for the 85-year-old structure. Last October, though, developer Ed Walker acquired the property with the aim of renovating the building and converting it into residential and commercial spaces. At a press conference held in the former Jefferson Ballroom on Tuesday, Walker and a number of his partners in the renovation projDowntown ect spoke about the hotel’s future. Plans includes 133 residential units and a number of commercial spaces on the first two floors including a new restaurant and lobby bar.

A number of those present had teamed with Walker before in his most recent downtown renovation projects. Interior designer Cameron Harris worked with him on developing both the Hancock Building and the Cotton Mill while current Cotton Mill building manager Michelle Rose will transfer over to the Patrick Henry property. Har-

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veterans who gave their lives in service to ration for the monument was conceived, their country and men and women of the the Vinton/Roanoke County Veterans armed forces currently on active duty.

Monument is near completion. The “We wanted something finishing touches are cur[where] someone could . . . go rently being set in place, Memorial and sit down and pray and just with the dedication of the . . . think about what’s gone on monument to occur by in our wars and how many people have November 9 of this year—provided that left us because of the wars,” Chewning construction and final financing work says. “That’s how the inspiration came out. Regarding the former, Chewning around.” says you never know. Veteran’s Day is Now, five years after the original inspi- November 11.

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“Last year we got delayed, like everyone did, from the snow. There were days that they couldn’t do anything, and it pushed the construction back.” As for the financial aspect of the project, the Vision Committee is seeking the help of the community, businesses, and individuals.

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Montague is currently the Brown Foundation Professor of Neuroscience and professor of psychiatry in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, where he founded the Human Neuroimaging Laboratory and the Computational

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Friends Come Out to Honor Former Marathoner

The sunlight on Dan Wright’s face was outshone by the smile he displayed on a recent Sunday as friends honored him by running a multi-stage marathon for the former runner.

The Brian Center, a health and rehabilitation facility situated along a picturesque lane out of Fincastle, was the site of a mid-day gathering of Wright’s friends and family. They were there to help the former president of the Star City Striders, a running club, meet a life-long goal of running 20 marathons.

Wright had completed 19 marathons when in 2006 he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

He became a resident of the Brian Center in 2007 when his condition required him to be placed on a ventilator, according to his partner, Brenda McDaniel, a former member of Roanoke City Council. She was there to help Wright oversee the activities of the day.

The 63-year-old Wright watched from his motorized wheelchair as five friends lined up to run 5.25 miles each. Other runners formed a relay and ran from Roanoke to the Brian Center.

Rick Watkins, a friend of Wright’s,

Dan Wright is surrounded by family and friends just prior to a multi-stage marathon held to honor the former runner. walked the entire 26.2 miles in nine the equivalent of almost ten marathons,” hours. “We had about 28 or 29 people Watkins noted in an email. this weekend who ran or walked various The event was a forerunner of an ALS distances in honor of Dan, inwalk to be held October 10 cluding six teams of from two at Hollins University. Wright Community to five people who combined plans to be at that event in orto do the equivalent of a marder to cheer on participants. athon (26.2 miles). The total mileage run “He usually challenges others to a wheel/ walked by everyone this weekend was chair race,” McDaniel said.

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The Brian Center is a walk sponsor, and a team of employees will participate as they have in previous years, Gary Watson, facility administrator, said. “My daughter, who was eight last year - she even walked it,” Watson remarked.

The Brian Center is one of only three facilities in the state that offers ventilator and tracheotomy care to patients requiring breathing assistance. “We’re extremely fortunate that it’s right here in our backyard,” McDaniel said as she waited for runners to return to the facility parking lot. “It allows his family and friends to stay in touch.”

The facility, which can house up to 60 residents, including 25 ventilator residents, recently received the 2010 American Health Care Association Bronze Award. The national award recognizes the quality of the healthcare operation, Watson said.

“We’ve had referrals from as far away as Hawaii from people wanting to come here,” he added, noting that the healthcare facility serves 11 different states on a regular basis. “We’re taking people from all over.”

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in Virginia. Last year, Scott said, a project management component was added. Participants identify a project relevant to their job responsibilities before arriving in Blacksburg in June for the weeklong program. They develop the project over the course of the summer, applying their new leadership knowledge and skills, and implement it in their jobs in the fall. During the program’s concluding two-day session in September, participants present their projects to the class.

“The projects enable the sponsoring departments to see an immediate return on investment from their graduates,” Scott said.

“This year, in an effort to build a stronger and larger community of practice, the project information is also being presented to the sponsoring agency’s chief as well as board members of the Virginia Police Chiefs Foundation,” she said. “With state agencies continuing to face budgetary constraints, this simple form of sharing practices

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Virginia has “one of the most comprehensive leadership development strategies for public safety in the country, beginning with the foundation course delivered at Virginia Tech through the Pamplin College of Business,” said Jim Atkinson, chairman of the foundation’s board. “We have found Pamplin’s management and professional development staff to be customer-service oriented, quick to respond, and supportive of our needs,” he said.

The 2010 graduation will feature a keynote address by Col. David Miller, director of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets W. Thomas Rice Center for Leadership Development. Participants in the ceremony will include Pamplin dean Richard E. Sorensen, Virginia Tech police chief Wendell Flinchum, Blacksburg police chief Kim Crannis, and Christiansburg police chief Mark Sisson.

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ris said that the design for the hotel would preserve the hotel’s “old grandeur” while adding modern amenities. Both modern and classic light fixtures would share space and she hopes to recreate the look of the hotel’s original reception desk as the new bar.

While she aims to keep the white trim that characterizes the hotel, modernized paint schemes will be put into place.

After announcing the beginning of preleasing projects starting the day of the conference, Rose claimed that the interest in the residential units, which will range in price from $500 to $1200, is “fantastic” and estimates that the spaces “will go faster even than the Cotton Mill.” Walker alluded to already being inundated with requests for information on the residential units: “People want to sign leases far ahead of next summer.” Interested residents will not be able to tour the property due to the current construction setting but can consider leases off of floor plans.

Blair Godsey, the director of Patrick Henry’s commercial leasing, began his portion of the conference with a call out to the community to aid him in finding a financial services or business enterprise firm to serve as a business hub in the former Jefferson ballroom space. “Every space requires a very unique user,” he said, stressing the importance of help in identifying additional clients to move into the Patrick Henry property. According to Walker, Godsey has more than half of the commercial space filled.

One of the first tenants to sign up was the local philanthropic group, “The Foundation for the Roanoke Valley” who will oc-

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cupy 3,600 square feet on the second floor.

Foundation Executive Director Alan Ronk, whose organization awards more than $2.5 million in grants to local organizations annually, pointed out that coming back to the Patrick Henry was akin to “coming home” since the Foundation’s original location when it was founded in 1988 was just up Jefferson Street from the hotel.

The newest commercial tenants, Mike Caudill and Eric Di Lauro of Table 50, were revealed to the public at the conference. Di Lauro said that he sees the Patrick Henry renovation as part of a “renaissance downtown.”

While Table 50 will remain on Market Street, Di Lauro and Caudill will move into 5,000 square feet in the building where they will establish a restaurant in the former Hunter’s Grille space and a lounge bar in the lobby. When discussing the benefits of the new building, Di Lauro highlighted the landmark aspect of the building while Caudill showed enthusiasm in particular in the mixed-use setup of residential and commercial in the building: “it creates a captive audience for the lounge and restaurant.”

The “captive audience” will have apartments ranging from 600 to 1,200 square feet to choose from in terms of living space.

Over 60 to 80 workers per day are currently working in sequence down from the top of the building with workers already installing the hardwood flooring on the 10th floor.

General Superintendent Nathan Vaught emphasized the mix-and-match granite countertops that will be put into place as one of the particular features of interest as

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A worker puts finishing touches on an exterior railing at the Patrick Henry. he took reporters on a tour of the top floors of the building. Leases will start on September 15, 2011.

While the Table 50 co-owners are tightlipped about the name and menu of their new restaurant, Caudill hinted at a new approach at the Patrick Henry building: “I’d rather not repeat myself.” With the project team’s aim of using the hotel’s past as their “blueprint for recreating the building as it was in its heyday” standing in stark contrast to Walker’s modern lofts at the Cotton Mill, the same could be said of Walker’s new venture.

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star-shaped brick cobblestone walkway entrance surrounding the monument. Each brick will bear the names of those who have and are serving the nation, and provide an enduring tribute to them. The cost of purchasing a brick is $150.

Chewning adds that the brick can honor veterans from any war. “This is for all people and, again, it is for Roanoke County and Vinton. The applications for bricks are available at the war memorial and (from) any Vision Committee member . . . They can go online at our website (www.vintonva.gov) and download it, and send the application in.”

Those not wishing to buy a commemorative brick can still help by making a donation of any amount. “It can be ten dollars, twenty-five dollars, or even kids going from house to house collecting for it. Anyone can make a donation to it,” said Chewning.

Donations from larger companies are also welcome, with the firms making such contributions being recognized as well.

The final design for the monument was chosen from four proposals culled from sub-

missions from artists nationwide. The four finalists submitted their final designs for consideration. Both the public and Vinton Town Council chose the same design as the final winner. Designed by the team of Larry Bechtel, John Kirtley, and Mary Babcock, High Ground (the title of the monument) is an octagonal pavilion with columns— each of which bears various quotations. A bronze American flag occupies the center of the monument, with a fountain beneath it.

The structure will bear the names of soldiers who gave their lives for their country as well as an inscription: HERE PAUSE AWHILE – TO BLESS THEIR SLEEP -- WHO FELL IN WAR -- TO SAVE OUR PEACE -THEN GO RENEWED -- AND BUILD THE LIVES -- THEY LOST FOR YOU – IN GOD WE TRUST. The name High Ground came from a Vietnam veteran who said that in battle, “ a soldier always looks for the high ground.” Similarly, the monument was designed in such a way that visitors would continually focus their attention upward.

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Vinton Vision Committee members Bootie Chewning, Kathryn Sowers and Audrey Thrasher.

For more information about how to make a donation to the Vinton/Roanoke County Veterans Monument, contact Candye Ann Peters, Assistant Campaign Director, at (540) 525-8449 or Mary Beth Layman, Town of Vinton, at (540) 983-0613.

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“The relocation of Dr. Montague and his research team and programs to the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute is a major event in world neuroscience,” said Friedlander. “Professor Montague has absolutely revolutionized our ability to measure the function of the brain of conscious humans in a series of conditions that have heretofore been beyond our reach.”

Montague is organizing and will lead the Roanoke Brain Study, a cradle-to-grave effort at understanding the neural basis of human decision-making and its impact on health. Overall, he says he plans to integrate human neuroimaging research between the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and Virginia Tech.

“I am excited about the opportunities offered by the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and collaborations with the university, Carilion, and the community,” said Montague. “My ambition is that the Roanoke Brain Study be the brain equivalent of the Framingham heart study ­ the 60-year long study has given us so much information about life style, medication, and heart health.

The same thing has never been done with brain health, in particular for decision making ­the decisions you make about what you eat, life-style, who you associate with, risks … Have never been chronicled before. Roanoke is a good-sized place for that. It is big enough for diversity in brains and small enough for committed community engagement.”

Montague will develop human neuroimaging studies of decisionmaking and social cognition throughout the lifespan under normal conditions and in a wide variety of neuropsychiatric disorders in children and adults.

“Dr. Montague’s approach has led to important new insights into how we interpret and value decisions and acts by others, plan for the future, and interact,” said Friedlander. “Deficiencies in these processes in the human brain manifest in such conditions as autism spectrum disorder, personality disorders, and addiction and sub-

stance abuse. This work has been widely recognized by the scientific and medical communities as providing some of the most significant new insights into mechanisms of human brain dysfunction in a variety of diseases.”

He has invented a new way to functionally image multiple human brains as the individuals interact behaviorally while evaluating their social cognition. This approach allows for the functional linkage of brain scanners between local sites and throughout the U.S. and the world. “Roanoke will be the hub for this international effort,” said Montague.

Montague’s research is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and several private research foundations. He has active research collaborations with other leading neuroscientists in the U.S. and at universities in Hong Kong, Seoul, South Korea, and Germany. The results of his research have been published in the world’s leading scientific and medical journals including Science and Nature Neuroscience, and he is the author of Your Brain is (Almost) Perfect: How We Make Decisions, (Plume, 2007).

“We are very fortunate to have Dr. Montague joining our research programs,” said Friedlander. “His presence will add mightily to research discoveries and the overall scientific enterprise at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute, as well as to Virginia Tech and Carilion Health System, and will send a strong message to the scientific and medical communities that the Roanoke and New River Valleys are major international sites in neuroscience research.”

Montague did his undergraduate work in mathematics and his Ph.D. in biophysics at Auburn University and University of Alabama at Birmingham, respectively. He then served as an Institute Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology at the Rockefeller University in New York in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Gerald Edelman, followed by serving as a fellow and staff scientist in the computational neurobiology laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, Calif. Montague then joined the neuroscience faculty at Baylor College of Medicine.

Stuck in the Mud

The 15th annual Marine 5K Mud Run was held last Saturday at Roanoke County’s Green Hill Park. The event was attended by over 2000 runners who made it through the challenging three mile course with varying degrees of success.

The most challenging part of the race was a 75 foot mud-pit postitioned at the end of the course where runners were forced to scamble, slop and slog their way to the finish under the watchful eye of friends, family and other onlookers who cheered them on.

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Like good fathers the world over, I wish to teach my son.

The other day, as we came out of a store in a small shopping center, a gleam erupted in his eye. "Beat you to the car, Dad," he challenged.

He is too young to know that for a ten year old to outrun someone close enough to fifty is an event unlikely to be snatched up by World Press International.

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America's Great Outdoors: What Makes Here a Special Place?

The America's Great Outdoors initiative aims has become special because we know it well: every to develop a new strategy for 21st century con- tree, every moss-covered boulder and bend of the servation and to reconnect Americans to the out- creek through every season. I have made memodoors. Conservation ideas and personal stories ries cutting firewood here to warm us through about special outdoor places are being collected hard winters. I have walked on fog-shrouded from the American public. They will incorporate mornings in that sweet-smelling pasture among our ideas and stories into a report outlinthe giant hay bales that make our valley a ing a revitalized national conservation kind of organic Stonehenge for a few days plan that benefits all Americans this fall. every summer.

Here is my story. Submit yours. http:// I’ve tasted the fruit of it soils and my twurl.nl/0fmiwm own garden toil, know by heart the sound A five-acre sliver of floodplain pasture of wind in winter whistling through reeds opens a ribbon of sky in steep forest, deep of oaks and tulip poplars on the ridges, and in this remote valley carved over the ages know where to look for the first bloodby two jump-across creeks that meet a root each spring, when to expect the first Fred First hundred yards from my desk. I am not a Louisiana water thrush or scarlet tanager native here in this county or on this piece to call each summer. I love this space in of land, and this parcel of mountain slopes is not particular because work and play, daydreams and really unique for this part of the Roanoke and tears, great expectations and front porch converNew River Valleys in the Blue Ridge mountains of sations with family, friends and neighbors have southwest Virginia. But I have a deep bond with happened here. This, over time, has made space this particular place because it is and because it is into a place of the heart. not special.

But I love this place, too, in the ways that it is This land—a place my wife and I feel had been not special. Where our boundary ends, this counwaiting for us all our lives to find, finally, at 49— try goes on, to the next and the next parcel, over

For years now, I have had a “cabinet of curiosities” in my home that accommodates oddities collected throughout my life.

My cabinet is an antique Japanese cupboard with shelves, drawers, and fancy carved details.

Inside are hundreds of carefully labeled specimens from around the world: Byzantine coins; a braid of hair from one of John James Audubon’s sons; a fragment from the family Bible of Robert E. Lee; a hand-forged nail from the USS Ticonderoga; ancient artifacts from the Olmec and Aztec Empires; a pine cone from the home of poet Emily Dickinson; 18th-century Indian trading beads; a plesiosaur vertebra; Libyan desert glass; an old miniature Russian icon; gold flecks from Ecuador; a second-class relic of Pope John XXIII; and even a nice dinosaur coprolite (aka fossilized dung).

In a sense, my cabinet of curiosities is a threedimensional journal of some significant points in my life.

Otherwise viewed as a microcosm of the world and meant to dazzle the onlooker, a cabinet of curiosities was once honored as a visible sign of a gentleman’s (or a lady’s) refined link to the global theater. Originally, it was a collection of objects, usually displayed in a room rather than in a piece of furniture, that emerged during the Renaissance as a precursor to modern museums. Scholars, aristocrats, merchants, physicians, and lawyers engaged in the practice of collecting and displaying their rarities. Connoisseurship was expected of proprietors and their visitors. Today the term, cabinet of curiosities, has morphed into a blandlynamed piece of furniture called a “curio-cabinet,” no longer carrying the near-reverential aura of times past.

A Cabinet of Curiosities

Nearly a decade ago, several close friends and door experience for young people. Our recent I founded a little group called “The Curiosity So- bad winter and summer weather notwithstandciety” to help restore the esteemed tradition of ing, the trappings of our 21st century lifestyles encollecting and displaying oddities from around tice children indoors rather than encourage them the world. Members include a direct descendant outdoors. Like any other addiction, sitting inside of John James Audubon, an early screenwriter with all the comforts of classroom, home, and offor Sesame Street, realtors, educators, fice becomes progressively easier with scientists, and explorers. The motto for subsequent opportunities lost for disour society is “Leave no stone unturned” covery in the natural world just beyond but we’re guided by a principle to collect the walls of their confinement. We forget only where it’s legitimate: all items must our animal nature in such situations, behave an indisputable provenance. Entry coming both warden and inmate in our is only by invitation, and each candidate contrived worlds, at great peril to our must pass a grueling interview called psyche and our spirit. With every oppor“The Nine Levels of Scrutiny” … or opt to tunity lost to explore the outdoors, howhost a dinner party and tell a good yarn! ever briefly, we lose yet another chance Further, each member of the Society has H. Bruce Rinker, PhD to enrich our wonderment about nature. a cabinet of curiosities to display our And to diminish our sense of wonder is catholic interests in the world’s rich biological and to diminish our humanity. cultural diversity.

In order to protect the world’s natural resources During our meetings, we members share stories long-term, we need to invest unambiguously in and artifacts with gusto and childlike wonder. It’s the education of young people, especially to get an inborn habit of most children to bring into their them outdoors for healthy, even life-changing, lairs choice items collected from the natural world. experiences in the natural world! Without such I remember with not a little timidity my own col- an experiential base that is wide and deep, their lection of beetles, snakes, rocks, birds’ nests, skel- generation may lose any serious commitment to etons, and fossils stored in every nook and cranny of my bedroom as a small boy: my poor parents!

These came from my daily explorations throughout the countryside in Northern Virginia in the days when a youngster could romp without undue parental concern from breakfast to dinner. Thus, we members of our little Society have simply extended our driving childhood curiosity about the world into our adult lives.

These days I worry about the quality of the out-

uniquely livable. Our homes are widely spread across the rolling, high plateau of the county, whose largest town of less than 500 boasts a single stop light. We love our own places, but we celebrate our shared natural belonging here to the larger landscape of southern mountains. Neighbors we don’t often see in our coming and going are reliably there when we need them.

It is our sense of belonging to and of responsibility for the landscapes of our lives here that make this southern Appalachian region of southwest Virginia a special space of special places. Those of us who live here understand that to carry forward its prosperity and its character will require finding a balance of sustainable economies, right-livelihood for our young people, and preservation of that which should remain unchanged so that this land-relationship will go on unbroken, so that our special spaces will be the legacy of our children’s children—nameless meadows, wetlands, woods and ridges not known to many but cared for and very special for those whose lives are cast, by choice or birth, on this stage.

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conservation when today’s youths become tomorrow’s voting adults. It’s easy for young people to overlook a bald eagle or monarch butterfly or lady-slipper orchid when they can’t even remember their last experience, exploring the out-of-doors.

As a science educator, I would rather my students have an overarching sense of wonder about the natural world over a head full of arcane formulae and memorized trivia. First the heart – empathy, compassion, imagination, humility – then the mind. Ultimately, we need to engage both for the wisdom of maturity manifested as a life-long, rational commitment to the natural world around us; but let us first awake the soul of our humanity through a joy-filled heart.

Thus, for me, a cabinet of curiosities is a happy representation of my travels, a palpable reminder of my connections to the diversity of life and cultures across the planet. Having such a cabinet of curiosities might be a behavior to encourage in young people to engage their minds and hearts in the world around them.

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Rescue Mission Thrift Store Prepares for Grand Re-Opening Hard work over the weekend at the Rescue Mission Thrift Store has resulted in a very strong start for their planned renovations. By Monday the store had already made great progress towards being ready for their Grand Re-opening scheduled for Saturday the 25th.

According to Charlotte Anders, Store Manager, new bric-a-brac shelves—made by a volunteer-were a part of the improvements. Two teams of volunteers installed a "slat-wall system" for the art, making it more like a gallery setting and. Roanoke artist Ken Stockton painted the Rescue Mission Ministries mural on the back wall of the store.

Clothing is being divided into three distinct departments—men’s, women’s and children’s—with related accessories in each departments. The work was accomplished in 72 hours with the help of six volunteer groups working in eight hour shifts. Individual and church volunteers were some of the many helpers.

There will be a “low price point” on clothes, Anders said, with pricing levels at $1, $2, $3 and $4.

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Artist Ken Stockton puts the finishing touches on the Rescue Mission Logo. bric-a-brac, art, boutique items and plus sizes.

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At an agency meeting on Aug. 17, RMEF volunteers and staff spoke passionately in favor of elk restoration, although several other organizations were opposed. The board voted unanimously to restore elk into Buchanan County, which strongly supported the concept.

"Hats off to the citizens of Virginia, and especially those of Buchanan County, who understand there is no higher calling in conservation than restoring a native game species to sustainable, huntable, balanced populations. For everyone who doesn't

understand it today, I believe you'll be convinced over time that this was the right decision, the right thing to do, the right way to go about it," said David Allen, RMEF president and CEO.

Preacher’s Corner - What Does the Bible Mean When It Says Not to Love the World?

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to love him. He doesn't mean that you can never go out and play. It just means not to play all the time."

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Puppies, kittens and even lion cubs all testify to the joy God must experience from seeing his creatures engage in healthy play. Just because some people can't imagine a spiritual Christian as anything but a killjoy doesn't mean joyful saints don't exist. Jesus himself challenged religious stereotypes by eating and drinking with sinners. By the way, he drank wine.

According to the way some Christians define "worldliness," Jesus wouldn't make the cut. He not only drank wine; he made gallons of it at a wedding feast.

Am I trying to get you to drink wine? No. If you're an alcoholic or you have a history of alcohol abuse, don't even sniff a cork. Alcohol abuse continues to destroy many lives and families. But don't define loving the world by something so superficial as having a glass of wine. It's much

deeper than that.

"It means that the world is not love. God is," says Daniel, 6. The Apostle John says, "God is love."

He also writes: "Do not love the world or the things in the world.

If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him" (I John 2:15).

When the Apostle speaks of the "world," he isn't referring to the physical sphere we call Earth. Rather, it's a system of thought, motivation and ideas.

"Love" should define Christians in their relationship with God and each other. "Lust" characterizes people imbued with the spirit of the world and the demonic forces that shape it.

"The Apostle John means loving and living for God is more important than being rich or famous. Worshipping God should be the most important thing in our lives," says Anissa, 7.

The Apostle names three lusts that govern the world, and Anissa refers to two of them. Putting riches before God is the lust of eyes, which is materialism or coveting. A desire to be famous is the pride of life. The third, lust of the flesh, refers to sinful sensual pleasure. God created sensual pleasure to be enjoyed by a man and a woman within the confines of marriage, but

sex outside marriage is driven by lust, not love.

"I think you need to worry about God and not worry about having the biggest house, the fanciest car or the most toys," says Kaele, 8.

Christians are called to live by another life -- the life of Christ within them. When the Lord Jesus controls a Christian, his grace and love draw some people and repel others. Lustmotivated people often perceive love-motivated people as a threat to the status quo.

In summary, Marshall, 12, says, "If we love the things on Earth, we cannot concentrate on God. You can't serve two masters."

Think about this: The Holy Spirit and the spirit of this world are contending for control of your life (I Corinthians 2:12).

Memorize this truth: "Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him" (I John 2:15).

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Cave Spring Rebounds With 33-7 Romp Over Patrick Henry

rick Henry was led on the ground by quarterback Zach Cochran ( 26 yards on 11 carries) and David Prince (38 yards on 3 carries).

Cave Spring broke away from a 7-7 second quarter tie for two unanswered touchdowns to take a 19-7 lead to the locker room at halftime.

The Knights pulled away in the second half as the tough Cave Spring defense held the Patriots (2-2) scoreless. Cave Spring travels to Low Moor Friday night (Sept. 24th) to take on undefeated Alleghany County; Patrick Henry looks to rebound at home against Blacksburg.

Cave Spring running back #11 Michael Cole breaks to the outside as Patriot defender #7 Melik Green looks for the tackle.

Cave Spring is back. Make no mistake about it. Only a week after its disappointing loss to cross-town rival Northside, the Knights put on a clinic Friday night with a 33-7 pounding of AAA Patrick Henry at Dwight Bogle Stadium. The game wasn't as close as the score may indicate.

Cave Spring dominated on both sides of the ball as the Knight defense held Patrick Henry to 97 yards rushing and a paltry 8 yards in the air. Meanwhile, Cave Spring ran for 245 yards and Cave Spring quarterback Josh

Woodrum spread the field, finding seven different receivers for 212 yards in the air. The Knights's control of the game was best shown by first downs, where Cave Spring amassed 25 while Patrick Henry could only muster 4, two of which came in the waning minutes.

Cave Spring (3-1) was led on the ground by Michael Cole's 103 yards on 10 carries, while Sam Wright added 92 yards on a workmanlike 26 totes. Adam Anderson led the Knight receiving corps with 9 catches for 92 yards on top of two TD runs. Pat-

Patrick Henry running back #24 Brandon Terry searches for an opening against the Cave Spring defense.

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Cave Spring Downs Patrick Henry In 3-Game Volleyball Sweep (Left) Patrick Henry #6 Morgan Robison serves against the Knights.

Cave Spring improved to 4-1 on the season with the 25-11; 2518; 25-17 volleyball win Monday night at the Knight's gym. Cave Spring took advantage of strong play at the net to overcome the Patriot (3-4) attack.

Raiders Grind Out Win Over Bishop Sullivan Catholic

North Cross running back Antoine Martin splits two Crusader defenders for a big gain.

North Cross combined a steady, ball-controll offense along with an upstart defense as the Raiders won for the third straight week in the shutout victory at Thomas Field over the visitors from Virginia Beach. North Cross improved to 3-1 on the season.

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Martin led the Raider rushing attack with 105 yards on 17 carries. Clark, who came in after a knee injury to starting QB Thomas Weaver, threw for 113 yards. Lacy was 3-for-3 on conversions. The North Cross hurry-up, no-huddle offense kept Bishop Sullivan off-balance most of the game as the Crusaders were continually looking to the sideline to get a defensive set just as the Raiders called the play.

The key, however, was the North Cross defense. "Our defense was great today," Raider Head Coach Stephen Alexander said after the game. "We wanted to shut down their running game. Our work in the weight room showed itself."

"Last week (against Blessed Sacrament) it was up and down the field, " Alexander added. "Today we focused on field position. The early fumble by them was a big turnaround and momentum shifter. This was a must-win for us to make the playoffs."

Next up for the Raiders is a visit by Virginia Episcopal School this Friday (Sept 24th) for a 4:30 kickoff. The contest should provide a little extra incentive for Alexander and his squad - VES is coached by his father and the Bishop's quarterback is his younger brother.

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The Trip Advisor website has already rated the Roanoke property as one of the top Cambria hotels in the country after just three months. “The Cambria focuses on service,” notes Laidlaw, “you can have this beautiful product and … hotel. If you get bad service you’re never coming back.”

The Cambria Suites Roanoke also has a full service restaurant.

Laidlaw said they are trying to capture more of the lunch crowd from the VT-Carilion complex it borders. “It’s a wait and see game, we’ll see how it goes.”

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Cambria Suites Celebrates Grand Opening It came down to the wire in terms of qualifying for tax incentives offered by Roanoke City for developing on what was formerly a brownfield property, but the upscale Cambria Suites finally opened its doors with a soft launch in June. Last Friday the hotel at 301 Reserve Avenue finally held a grand opening celebration, showing off its modern motif, the Wolfgang Puck coffee bar and rooms with every sort of amenity a business traveler might want.

General Manager Lynne Laidlaw said about 50% of the Cambria Suites Roanoke business currently comes from the Virginia Tech-Carilion medical school-research complex next door, from visiting physicians at Carilion Clinic just down the road, and from related entities. “[But] we’re getting a lot of business from other places in the area,” said Laidlaw.

The Cambria Suites Roanoke is the 21st built in a chain owned by Choice Hotels, which launched its upscale brand in 2007. Rooms range from about $99-$130 a night, according to Laidlaw. The hotel also features an indoor pool and hot

In recent months, you may have heard a lot about investing in gold. But is gold the right choice for you? Actually, many factors are involved in this investment decision —and you’ll want to consider these factors before you invest.

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Throughout history, gold has been perceived as having great intrinsic value. And this year, as you may know, gold prices have hit record highs, at well over $1,200 an ounce, as people have sought “shelter” from the stormy financial markets.

But as an investment possibility, gold has some “scratches” to it. First of all, contrary to what you may believe, gold prices do not always go up; instead, they will fluctuate, sometimes greatly.

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Also, even when its price is considerably lower than it is today, gold is still a fairly expensive investment compared to other choices. It can be costly to go into the gold futures market. And

you’ll likely have to spend thousands of dollars if you want to buy a bar of gold or even a bunch of coins.

Given these drawbacks to investing in gold, what can you do to fight back against market volatility? One of the best ways is to diversify your holdings among a variety of investments suitable for your financial objectives. Market downturns often affect one type of asset class more than another, so if you can spread your dollars among a variety of asset classes, you can help blunt the effects of volatility. Keep in mind, though, that diversification, by itself, cannot guarantee a profit or protect against loss.

In coping with volatility, you’ll also help yourself by taking a long-term view of your investments’ performance. If you look at your investment statement for a given month, you might not like what you see. But holding your investments for the long term may help your portfolio better weather the ups and downs you’ll encounter in the investment world.

So try to avoid the allure of gold as a “quick fix” to whatever seems to be ailing the financial markets at a particular time. Other investments may be less glitzy and glamorous than gold, but they can have their own sparkle.

Carl Grove is a Financial Advisor at Edward Jones located in Roanoke, VA. He may be reached at 540-344-9211 or carl.grove@edwardjones.com.

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Maria St.Clair has been named (See cambriasuitesroanoke. vice president of business development and member services of com for more information) the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce. St.Clair is in charge of Chamber membership development, retention, memBy Gene Marrano ber benefit programs, as well as gmarrano@cox.net identifying and implementing new programs.

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Jen Chapin Trio to Headline Weekend of World Hunger Activism On Thursday, Sept. 30, at 8 p.m., hunger activist/singer/ songwriter Jen Chapin and her band will headline Virginia Tech's three-day Local Food and Global Hunger: Learning, Sharing, and Serving event with a concert at The Lyric Theatre, 135 College Avenue. The Local Food and Global Hunger event, from Sept. 30-Oct. 2, focuses on the intersections of world hunger and global food sustainability activism in SW Virginia.

Jen Chapin’s music is urban folk — story songs that search for community and shared meaning, powered by the funk, soul and improvisation of the city. (Check out Chapin's original "Let It Show" and Stevie Wonder cover "You Haven't Done Nothin'" on YouTube.")

Critics have hailed her work as “brilliant ... soulfully poetic” (NPR), “thoughtful ... worthsavoring” (People), and “addictive” (Boston Globe). She has been featured on Late Nite with Conan O’Brien, honored by the USA Songwriting Competition, appeared on stage with Bruce Springsteen, and opened up for Bruce Hornsby and the Neville Brothers.

The band includes Chapin's husband/acoustic bassist Stephan Crump and guitarist Jamie Fox. Jen Chapin is a longtime member, chair and secretary of the board of WHY (World Hunger Year), an organization started by her late father, Harry Chapin, the singer-songwriter best known for his folk rock songs, including "Cat's in the Cradle."

Chapin will participate in "Sustainable Agriculture for the Common Good," that will be held on the Tech Drillfield from noon-4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30. Participants, including representatives from local community gardens, farmers markets, and county extension agents, will exhibit research and provide hands-on demonstrations related to sustainable agriculture. On Friday Oct. 1, she will perform and be interviewed on WUVT's "The New River Sampler" from 7-9 a.m. by the show's host, Jim Dubinsky, director of Virginia Tech's Center for Student Engagement and Community Partnerships.

Chapin will also give the plenary speech after lunch during the day-long summit that will

Jen Chapin, Stephen Crump on acoustic bass, and Jamie Fox on electric guitar. work to bridge the issues of food sustainability and hunger at the New River Valley Competitiveness Center in Radford. This event, co-sponsored by CSECP and the Community Foundation of the New River Valley, will bring together members of New River Valley Food Share and the Local Food Coalition with the AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers. (Registration is required to attend this part of the event.)

For more information, go to VT Engage (engage.vt.edu) or call (540) 231-9186.

On Saturday, Oct. 2, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Chapin and about 2,000 volunteers will pack 1 million meals for Stop Hunger Now in the Commonwealth Ballroom in the Squires Student Center. The meals will benefit the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. This event is sponsored by Blacksburg United Methodist Church and supported by Hokies United and VT-ENGAGE. The concert and these activities are part of a year-long series of activities in support of Virginia Tech's Common Book for 201011, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver. The Common Book project continues a universitywide commitment to involve first-year undergraduate stu-

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Through the comprehensive Arts Initiative, Virginia Tech has made a strong commitment to the arts on campus and in the surrounding communities. The cornerstone of the Arts Initiative is the $89 million Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech.

Opening in 2013, the Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech will include: a 1,260-seat, state-of-theart performance hall for music, theatre, and dance performance and visual arts galleries for traditional, digital, and new media exhibitions. It also will include the Center for Creative Technologies in the Arts, a laboratory for innovation where faculty and students in coordination with partners from Virginia’s school systems can research, develop, and apply modules for learning in a collaborative, trans-disciplinary setting. Built in conjunction with the existing resources at Virginia Tech, the charge of the Center for Creative Technologies in the Arts will be to address educational, economic, and cultural needs in southwest Virginia.

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Big Lick Blues Presents Another Strong Line Up The 4th annual SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival on October 2 may have kicked it up a notch this year with headliner Jimmy Vaughn, formerly of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and John Lee Hooker Jr., son of the late blues legend. Also on the bill are Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps, and the winner of the Blue Ridge Society’s band competition at the Blue Ridge Blues Fest, Clarence “The Bluesman” Turner.

Event Zone executive director Larry Landolt expects to match or exceed last year’s crowds of 2500, which was attracted by headliner Delbert McClinton and others. “I think there’s no question across the board that this is the strongest lineup,” said Landolt recently. “I think Delbert was terrific last year but if you look at all the acts this year they’re pretty terrific.”

Vaughn, whose brother was the late blues-rocker Stevie Ray Vaughn (they collaborated on the album Double Trouble), has just released an album of old time favorites, “Jimmy Vaughn plays Blues, Ballads and Favorites.” Landolt said Vaughn “has kind of gone back and done favorite [songs],” including "I’m Leavin’ It Up to You" and "Just a Little Bit." John Lee Hooker Jr. “has an interesting story,” said Landolt, one that includes substance abuse issues, bankruptcy and time in jail. The younger Hooker performed with his legendary father at the age of 14. “He kind of hit rock bottom but now he’s doing well,” said Landolt. “He can sing about it – in fact all of his music is about that. Tough times seem to be the root of much blues music," he notes.

James has performed her "New Orleans meets Texas" blues style all over the world, but Landolt said the Big Lick Blues Festival will mark her Virginia debut. “She’s been described as kind of a female Delbert [McClinton],” said Landolt.

In fact, James has been a fixture on McClinton’s Blues Cruise for the past seven years and booking her was in part “to get those Delbert fans back

John Lee Hooker Jr. without bringing Delbert back again. This was one way of trying to do that.” Clarence Turner, from the DC area, will open the show at 2 p.m. “and apparently is terrific,” said Landolt.

Five rib vendors will compete for the designation as having the best ribs in town, and the American Cancer Society will be helping out with the People’s Choice portion of the voting. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month; ballots available at the organization’s tent will come with a suggested $1 donation to the American Cancer Society. Each rib vendor will have $2 samples for sale.

“It’s going to be a great show,” promises Landolt.

Tickets are $28 the day of the festival, $22 ahead of time and $20 for SunTrust customers. Children 12 and under are free. SunTrust locations are selling advance tickets.

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