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Downtown Living Shines Hometown Rail P3– The VA Museum of Transportation celebrates Roanoke’s heritage with their Virginian Railway exhibit.

A Coca-Cola sign that was once on the outside of an adjoining building gives an artistic touch to a living room.

The living quarters for Keith and Cindy Hummer at The Inn on Campbell - a soon to open B&B downtown.

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Many of the living spaces downtown have a modern motif that offers clean lines and plenty of open space.

Keith Hummer in the kitchen at The Inn on Campbell.

P4– Johnny Robinson sets out to build a couple of quick “saw horses” and finds them to be a difficult breed.

At times the annual Downtown Living Tour, a fundraiser for the Arts Council of the Blue Ridge, resembled a real estate outing, with agents at the ready to point out the features of available spaces or to preview buildings not yet ready for occupancy. Yet what came through at the eight locations on this year’s tour was this: there are a number of very interesting apartment spaces in place or in the works in downtown Roanoke, perfect for empty nesters, single young professionals and couples. Even those with a child or two who are looking for an urban experience would find living in downtown Roanoke unique. Highlights of the Downtown Living Tour this year included 111 Campbell Avenue, a building that was attached to the structure next door. The Coca-Cola sign that adorned the brick wall on that building is now in the living room of a downtown condo, which features 14foot ceilings and exposed duct work. Elsewhere, The Lofts at Sixteen West, eight new residential units at 16 Church Street, are part of the renovations underway at what was once an S&W Cafeteria.

Raiders Rolling P7– Stephen Alexander’s North Cross football team appears to have found its groove after knocking off Blue Ridge 41-21.

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Tour Demonstrates Allure of Urban Living Scheduled for completion this year, tenants at the Sixteen West Marketplace also located in the building (which used to house the Downtown Sports Club) will include Comfort Cuisine Market, RAC Xpress (an offshoot of the Roanoke Athletic Club) and Core Chiropractic. Most of the buildings being renovated or already turned into living units downtown are 50 years old or more; exposed wooden beams, brick walls and large picture windows are features that will remain after renovations. One apartment complex located away from the core of downtown was on the tour this year—The Lawson Building East, in the old H.L. Lawson building, located at 631 Campbell Avenue SE, across from the Norfolk Southern east end shops in an industrial part of town. But development is moving its way. The new Community High School / Big Lick Junction apartment complex signals that downtown is heading southeast. The Lawson apartments feature exposed steel beams in what was once an industrial building; the original wooden (refinished) floors feature distress marks from its former days as a work site. On

its upper floors, the building also provides a great view of downtown Roanoke, highlighted by the Taubman Museum and the Wells Fargo tower. Perhaps the most interesting space on the Downtown Living Tour this year also provided a preview of what’s to come in the next month or so: The Inn on Campbell, an upscale bed & breakfast with three units at 118 Campbell Avenue SW. Owners Keith and Cindy Hummer (he’s in construction management and consulting, she’s an interior designer) have already lived and worked in the building for several years. With a downturn in the construction business, the Hummers turned their office into living quarters, and they are completing renovations on three other spaces that will become bed & breakfast suites. Keith Hummer said they are planning on an early November launch and have already booked several B&B rooms for late this year. “Hotel Roanoke gets about 150 [guests] a night; we just want three of them,” chuckles Hummer. > CONTINUED P2: Downtown

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Reprising its role as a focal point in the community, the recently renovated Patrick Henry Hotel Ballroom was the setting for the “Roanoke Valley Reads” kick-off last week. Introducing this year’s book and complementary event schedule were volunteer coordinators Meg Carter, Ann McCallum and Lucy Lee. The undertaking has expanded from last year’s (Roanoke Reads) but the idea is the same; “A community-wide reading program that connects individuals through the reading and discussion of a common book.” New this year is the inclusion of the younger set; there are two

companion books selected for younger readers (one each for K-3 and grades 4-6). Lest the bulk of modern-day techies commence a collective eye-roll, this endeavor sounds like a lot of fun, with plenty of events planned for people of all ages. The idea is to “encourage people to make reading a part of their daily lives”—to get people reading again, and perhaps spark that first-time enthusiasm for reading in a younger child. The book the group has chosen this year is “Outcasts United:

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Senator Webb Visits Vinton War Memorial In between an event for Sen. Phil Puckett (D-38) and a fundraiser for fellow Marine Sen. John Edwards (D-21), U.S. Senator Jim Webb put politics aside as he spoke to and took questions from veterans at the Vinton War Memorial Monday. Webb served as a Marine Rifle Platoon Commander in Vietnam and was awarded the Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star Medals and two Purple Hearts. He later served as Secretary of the Navy. He has served on the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations, the Armed Services Committee and the Veteran Affairs Committee. Webb is stepping down from the Senate when his term ends in 2013. “Don’t take your son to a combat zone,” Webb told the veterans. He recounted that he brought his son with him to Afghanistan as his photographer when he was writing one of his books. When they returned, his son Jimmy enlisted and was then sent to Iraq just as Webb’s campaign kicked off in 2006. > CONTINUED P2:Vinton

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Doris Kearns Goodwin speaks at Roanoke College. Simply put, Doris Kearns Goodwin is a “rock star” – as evidenced by the several thousand people who jammed the Bast Center at Roanoke College to listen to the noted historian and author last week. Goodwin – also known for being an avid Boston Red Sox baseball fan – delivered a lecture entitled “Presidential Power After Lincoln” on Constitution Day. That was apropos, since Goodwin wrote “Team of Rivals,” about the Abraham Lincoln presidency, focusing on the fact that after he was elected in 1860, the 16th president brought his three closest rivals for the Republican nomination into the White House cabinet. Steven Spielberg is making “Team of Rivals into a movie.” Goodwin appeared as part of Roanoke College’s Henry H. Fowler Program for 2011-2012, a series of lectures that will be held

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Target markets include the business sector during the week, with tourists more likely to book rooms over the weekend. The Inn is the first bed & breakfast in the core of downtown, according to Hummer. Nightly rates may start around $140; a communal breakfast will be served in the dining area. There’s also a small sitting room / library and a space where guests can watch television. Wine tastings and cooking demonstrations by local chefs are among the events being planned by the Hummers. (Their new website, theinnoncampbell.com will soon be up and running; call the Hummers at 400-0183.) Cindy Hummer is a Roanoke native who was gone from the area for 30 years; she met Keith in 2007. By 2008 they were married and had purchased the three-story building at 118 Campbell. They lived on the top two floors – which was on the Downtown Living Tour several years ago – before moving

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NewsRoanoke.com From page 1 downstairs into the office space and turning honeymoon suite,” said Hummer, “it will be those top two levels into the B&B. beautiful. We’re really excited about it.” The Hummers looked at a property in Keith Hummer, also president of the Maine for their venture, before deciding Downtown Neighborhood Association, that “we were sitting on a good bed and likes the burgeoning residential scene. “It’s breakfast [in Roanoke],” said Keith Hum- really turned into something great. With the mer. “We were talking about ways to put the Patrick Henry Hotel (also on the tour) now business to good use for us.” They believe open, there’s that many more people.” the bed & breakfast venture will provide that Going from several dozen to more than opportunity. Hummer is quick to point out 600 people living downtown has a “huge that their concept is not the typical country impact,” according to Hummer, who exinn approach. “This is not your grandma’s pects to see a critical mass build for amebed and breakfast. It will be a very elegant, nities like a pharmacy, and a grocery store. upscale, inner city type experience.” “It will really make it a great place to live.” Each of the three suites will have a dif- Judging by the spaces shown on the Downferent feel. The Campbell Avenue on the town Living Tour, it appears that being in second floor features two rooms; one suite Roanoke’s downtown corridor may already has a four person hot tub (The Kirk Avenue) be a great place to live for some. and The Palladium, which used to be the Hummer’s living room, is 30’ by 20’, with By Gene Marrano 15’ ceilings and a king-sized four poster gmarrano@cox.net canopy bed. “I guess you can call that the From page 1

Senator Webb said “he felt very strongly that [veterans after 9/11] were the next ‘greatest generation’ and wanted to make sure they had the same opportunity for the future as the [WWII] ‘greatest generation.’” Webb began working on a post 9/11 GI Bill on his first day in office. He learned quickly how to get things done in a “divided political system.” Along with the help of Republican U.S. Senator John Warner, the GI Bill passed. “Veterans who served since 9/11 now have the best GI Bill in history,” said Webb. Webb estimated that 580,000 members of the armed forces serving since 9/11 have access to the benefits of the GI Bill. “For every tax dollar spent on the WWII GI Bill, we got seven dollars back of professional output,” was his argument to his colleagues in getting the bill passed. With extended tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, Post Traumatic Stress was a big issue in 2006. Webb, a Democrat, along with former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, introduced the “Dwell Time Amendment.” The legislation basically said that “no one should have to be deployed if they haven’t been home as long as they’ve been gone,” said Webb. It established a one-to-one ratio where previously it was .75-to-one. “It’s not political – it’s a safety net for the people that served,” said Webb. It got 56 votes, 4 votes short of the 60 needed and they lost. Defense Secretary Robert Gates threatened to recommend vetoing it, predicting “force management problems” and

fear of another national emergency. In response to a question from a veteran, Webb confirmed that deployment frequency had improved since then and is now reaching a two-to-one ratio. Webb is the Chairman of the Personnel Subcommittee of the Armed Service Committee. He credited the standards he laid down as a committee member for his successful efforts on behalf of all veterans. “The obligation our country made to the people who have served may not be specifically contractual but it is a moral obligation,” he said. He stayed firm in his position to never denigrate veterans’ health care or change the 20-year retirement system. “We’re not going to solve the country’s problems on the backs of the people who served,” said Webb. Robert Gray, an 80 year old Korean War veteran, asked for Sen. Webb’s help in including National Guard active duty time (ADT) as part of the 180-day requirement to be eligible for Veterans Administration benefits. He wants Webb to champion that in Washington. Senator Webb left the Vinton War Memorial and dashed to Fork in the City along with Sen. Edwards. The Edwards’ reelection fundraiser immediately followed Webb’s speech. His attendance was to be brief. Webb had to get back to Washington to vote on another extension to fund the federal government. After his two-minute speech supporting fellow Marine John Edwards turned into 5

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Feeding America Brings Politicians > Read Together for Common Cause Virginia politicians put their politics aside for a day and worked together to help end hunger in Southwest Virginia. The lawmakers, their families and friends, along with community partners and volunteers participated in the first Virginia Legislators Volunteer Day. Several elected officials, including State Senator John Edwards, Salem Mayor Randy Foley, Roanoke County Board of Supervisors Vice Chair Charlotte A. Moore, and Roanoke City Councilwoman Anita Price helped out at the Feeding America Southwest Virginia Food Bank in Salem this past Tuesday. Food Bank President & CEO Pamela Irvine said “September is Hunger Action Month. Individuals are asked to take action to fight domestic hunger all month long.” She says they selected the month to create awareness that hunger exists and that it will take everyone working together to eliminate hunger in Southwest Virginia. Salem Mayor Randy Foley encouraged all Salemites to contribute their time and resources “to ensure that Southwest Virginians do not go hungry.” He said hunger is something that can’t be tolerated in this day and age. Delegate Greg Habeeb was there volunteering his time. “We’re also trying to bring attention to what these folks are doing. We have increasing poverty, and really you see that at the level of the kids. When kids don’t have food … that really goes right to the heart of what we as a society are supposed to be taking care of.”

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Local officials help out at the SW Virginia Food Bank in Salem. That sentiment was echoed by educator and Roanoke City Councilwoman Anita Price, who presented the city’s Hunger Action Month proclamation to James E. Pearman Jr., Chairman of the Board of Feeding America Southwest Virginia. “The work that is done here is so tremendously important. How appropriate that September is designated as an observance of looking at hunger because that’s when our children begin going back to school. And making certain that children are fed and are able to do their best in school cannot be done unless their little bellies are full.” Senator John Edwards agreed. “Nutrition is extremely important for children. And it’s also important for adults. People have finally become aware of the importance of quality food and good nutritional food … this generation may be the first generation that does not live as long as their parents because of bad nutrition.” Of the 200,000 residents in Edwards’ 21st Senatorial district, about 20 percent live in poverty. “A lot of those are chil-

dren. And a lot of these children only get a good meal, a good quality meal, in school. The school breakfast program, for example, is extremely important so children are ready to learn when they come to school,” he said. Councilwoman Price told Irvine and others affiliated with the Food Bank to “Keep on keeping on.” Irvine and the staff at Feeding America Southwest Virginia plan to do just that. The food bank serves 26 counties and 10 cities in Southwestern Virginia and is celebrating its 30th birthday this year. “We’re excited to know that we have made it 30 years. Some days we weren’t quite sure. It’s not been easy.” Irvine says the next hunger awareness event is titled “The Paper Plate Campaign.” They will be collecting 250 paper plates with comments written on them from those “struggling to put food on their plate.” Those plates will be put on display in time for Thanksgiving this November. By Beverly Amsler info@newsroanoke.com

Virginia Museum of Transportation Celebrates Virginian Railway One of the most unique and fascinating rail stories in America was celebrated last Saturday at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The Museum showcased various Virginian Railway equipment and artifacts throughout the day while knowledgeable hosts and docents were on hand to describe the history and operation of the railway. “The Virginian Railway is one of our least often told transportation stories in the Commonwealth,” said Beverly T. Fitzpatrick, Jr. executive director of the VMT. “Our hope is that people [continue to] come out and learn about this fascinating piece of Virginia history.” The Virginian Railway was founded in 1907 to transport high quality “smokeless” bituminous coal from southern West Virginia to the port at Hampton Roads. “The Mountains to Sea” railway was known for its efficiencies in the mountains, across the rolling piedmont and into the flat tidewater terrain. Known for operating some of the largest and best steam, electric, and diesel motive power, it was nicknamed the “Richest Little Railroad in the World.” The Virginian Railway merged with the Norfolk & Western Railway in 1959. On display during Virginian Rail Day were: Virginian Railway’s steam locomotive #4, the sole remaining Virginian steam locomotive, Class ELC, General Electric Rectifier #135, one of the Virginian Railway’s last locomotives from the 1950s, Virginian Railway Class C-10 Caboose #321, built in 1949 by the St. Louis Car Company and a Virginian Railway Sheffield Motor Car built in 1921,

An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference,” by Warren St. John. According to the book’s site (www.outcastsunited.com), it chronicles the story of Luma Mufleh, a Jordanian-American soccer coach who is living in the midst of a refugee resettlement area outside of Atlanta, Georgia. She decides to form a soccer team for the children in the area, who are from many different cultural backgrounds. Despite their differences, including language barriers, soccer becomes a “binding commonality and helps the children adjust and succeed in their new surroundings.” The topic of refugee resettlement is one that resonates in every community, including the Roanoke Valley and there will be plenty of opportunities to join in discussions on the book and the various issues it raises. But the program goes beyond reading and book discussion several events are planned for the next two months, including a talk next week by Warren St. John, author of “Outcasts United” (Oct. 5 at the Hollins University Theatre) and the “First Annual Refugee Cup” soccer tournament to be held here in Roanoke. Three soccer matches scheduled for Nov. 12 and 13, culminating in the Refugee Cup Championship Game Nov. 13 at the William Fleming High School stadium. Participating teams include the Roanoke team as well as teams from Columbus OH, Charlottesville, and Nashville. The “heroine” of the book, Coach Luma Mufleh, is also scheduled to speak at Fleming on Nov. 13 at 2:00, the same day as the championship game. The idea for communities reading a book together is not original to Roanoke. A study done in 2004 showing that “literary reading in America was declining rapidly,” sparked the National Endowment of the Arts to initiate the “Big Read” which has since spread to over

9/30/11- 10/6/11 |The Roanoke Star-Sentinel |Page 3 From page 1 400 communities. Ann McCallum, one of the volunteers for Roanoke Valley Reads, is retired from Fairfax County schools where she “worked for 120 schools’ reading programs and every school had a reading specialist.” McCallum said she met Lucy Lee through the Taubman art museum where they both volunteered. They knew community reading was being done other places and wanted to “bring it here.” While the movement spreads and spinoff events draw people into many venues, McCallum does hope people will be introduced to or revisit “the value and pleasure of reading a book,” which she laughingly says can even be an e-reader. There will be opportunities to attend book discussions, “Conversations with Clergy,” Roanoke refugees telling their stories, a panel discussion, a Local

Colors event and the chance to see an awe-inspiring “talk video” featuring “Emmanual Jal, who was rescued by an aid worker and “became an international hip-hop star and an activist for kids in war zones.” Schools across the area including those in the City, County, as well as Hollins College freshmen English students will also be reading “Outcasts United.” Perhaps many will be able to echo the words of Lucy Lee who said, “I just love to read; it has always been a part of me.” All events are free and open to the public; visit roanokevalleyreads.com for dates and events and for places to get a copy of “Outcasts United.” Libraries have copies as well as many local bookstores, some of which will give a discount. By Cheryl Hodges cheryl@newsroanoke.com

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ell, let’s see now . . walked out. But the real fire. is anything going works will come when the Unitwell? ed States vetoes the Palestinian The world financial markets bid for statehood. Given it is an are totally unsettled and, as if idea that is totally unworkable at that wasn’t bad enough, there is the moment, it would be polite a nagging feeling that no one re- to have the General Assembly ally understands a) how they got nix it, rather than have the Unitthat way, b) how ed States veto in the Secuto fix it, or c) what rity Council giving Hamas really happens more ammunition to call when a nation us irrevocably pro-Israeli. defaults. Given Let’s hope it’s only words those disquietthat are hurled at us, not ing facts the Dow bombs. Jones responds to Presidential politics each bit of news seems on a road to imwith wild swings molation. No sooner does that would give Rick Perry leap to the stage, anyone vertigo. arms wildly waving and It only involves Hayden Hollingsworth preparing to step into a money which phone booth for a cosis more important than life or tume change than we find he’s death; at least Wall Street feels a demagogue who substitutes that way. political prattle for genuine unThe Boston Red Sox, our par- derstanding of the problems. ent team, is in the terminal stag- Good news that Michelle Baches of an end-of-season swoon. mann has plummeted faster We have come to expect that but than the expended satellite. At it is made worse by the natural least neither did much damage, enemy of all that is fair, the New although Ms. Bachmann did York Yankees, poised to win it add some comic relief with her all. How can they manage, with HPV vaccine announcement. their payroll which is larger than Given the current theatrics of the GDP of Greece, not to win? the Republican hopefuls, there The United Nations . . . now seems little need for Sarah Pathere’s a group that gets things lin, although the Democrats are done . . . at least when Mahmoud praying she will run. One wonAhmadinejad is speaking many ders if we can survive all this

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until November 2012. Congress! No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while Congress is in session. So said Mark Twain but he didn’t know about our current group. If there was an award given for the most noise with the least results, those 535 gentlepersons would be hands down winners. Unfortunately, they are doing what they like best: Trying to hold on to their seats while appearing to do meaningful work. It seems unlikely that anyone could manage the mess into which successive decades of Congress has led us. The fall television shows are debuting and are carefully aimed at an audience with a mental age of 12. If it were not for sex and the so thinly veiled double entendre coupled with the clever and beautiful lady-cop shows, we would be reduced having to talk to one another or, heaven forfend, learn how to read a book. Evolutionary studies may show the possibility of future generations having a perpendicular appendage to the side of the thumb. It will allow for more rapid and accurate texting, obviating the need for abbreviations like c u l8er, lol, and the like. One can hope vocal cord atrophy will not be the end product of not talking. Then there’s the matter of Islamic jihad which encompasses less than a nano-fraction of Muslims but continues to be a threat to civilization, not just ours, but the whole world. Obesity is rampant, drug use everywhere, unemployment frozen at 9 %, skyrocketing national debt, the government about to shut down . . . again, and an expanding loss of confidence about everything. It’s enough to make one long for “the good old days.” Just remember, when we were living them they were called “these trying times.” Despite all the pessimism this fall, we are told that hope springs eternal. Maybe it will happen before spring. Maybe the Red Sox will win. At least it would be a pleasant surprise and we could use a few of those.

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Saw Horses Are So Easy

y friend Broaddus had built a workshop out of a shed and I was helping him finish it out. There were shelves and a workbench to build, lighting to install, and tools to organize. A fun kind of a project for sure, even if it’s not my shop. The main objective for the afternoon was to build a substantial workbench, and maybe get a good start on some shelves too, but we decided that first we’d whip out a pair of saw horses. We figured that we’d need some, not just for the making of shelves and the workbench for the shop, but also for future projects. Saw horses, as you probably know, are simple affairs, usually quickly made from surplus 2x4’s. Typically made in pairs, they are used to support lumber or works-in-progress for cutting, trimming, and sanding. The height is such that the work is situated ergonomically, although saw horses are far too plain and simple to be comfortably associated with such a fancy word. While Broaddus located the circular saw in the pile of tools, I searched the scrap wood pile, which was pretty much everywhere, for some suitable pieces of lumber from which to assemble the horses. We cleared the debris out of an area of floor we deemed large enough to work. "Man, it’s going to be good to get this place organized," I thought as I started in earnest. I had gathered suitable wood, and besides the saw, Broaddus had collected other odds and ends such as tape measure, square, pencil, screws, and nails. Now, I had used saw horses extensively in earlier projects, notably a farmhouse redo in 1987, but I had never built a pair, never really appreciated them for the elegant utilitarian structures that they are. Clipping right along, in no

A couple of sawhorses being employed in a previous life. time we had the first saw horse built, or so we thought. Setting it up on the plywood floor, we quickly noted that it didn’t sit evenly on its four legs. Maybe if we kind of push it down a little. “Oh, it will be fine once a little weight is applied to it,” I offered, as I gently rocked the sawhorse back and forth with my index finger. Broaddus nodded hopefully. Hmmmm. But no, it’s back to the drawing board. Not even we could tolerate such a rocking horse. The next hour or two was spent in hilarious frustration as our efforts to construct a proper pair of saw horses continued. Lots of cursing -excuse me, discussion- and many more tools, were employed in the effort. The result of the original attempt was partially dismantled and evaluated. Different angles were introduced to the positioning of the legs, screws were placed in different ways and in different sequence. A warped leg was shaved here and there where it rested on the floor, and this produced an undesirable effect upon the other legs. Each change introduced into the configuration of the horse created a new source of unevenness, a different character of the rocking, the elimination of which remained elusive; we were outsmarted at every step.

The comedy of our efforts was not lost on Broaddus and me. Between us there were quite a few years of formal education -and I’m talking about even beyond the fourth grade- and we actually have a fair bit of experience at basic carpentry, the previously mentioned farmhouse reconstruction, for instance. Yeah right, I hear you say. Anyway, we well knew that both of our dads would be shaking their heads and roaring with laughter if they could have seen us there. After all, they represent a legacy of creative genius, and here we were bumbling hilariously along in our elementary carpentry shenanigans. We finally got an acceptable design –through several incarnations- and the construction details figured out, and the second saw horse progressed fairly smoothly, a few minor issues notwithstanding. Such was the day’s progress: two passable saw horses. But more than that: a renewed appreciation for the simple and for that which is taken for granted. And gosh whenever I see those crazy saw horses I will certainly have to laugh. Next time we’ll build that workbench. Contact John Robinson at jwrobinson77@gmail.com

The Preacher’s Corner -Tending the Garden

his summer I planted a very nice garden on my land in Callaway. I had two rows of carrots, four rows of lima beans, six rows of pole beans, four different kinds of peppers, two rows of obligatory tomatoes (six varieties), as well as cucumbers, squash, cantaloupes and watermelons taking up the balance of the 15' x 40' foot space. It was quite the congregation! As all the seeds and plants went in I must say that my confidence was high. My garden had thrived in recent years and I expected this one to do the same or even better. In the past I had perfected weed control using the black biodegradable covering that you simply roll out, but this past year a master gardener had told me that I really didn't need to do that as long as I kept up a weekly regimen of light hoeing to keep the weeds down. "Hmmm," I thought, "That's the ways the pros do it and I won't have to purchase, roll out and then pull up all that covering in the fall. I'll give that a go." I also decided that I really didn't need to add fertilizer this year - last year's plants had done so well. Here was another place I could avoid the extra cost and effort. The best laid plans . . . Between unexpected and planned obligations having to do with children's schedules, a continuing education class I am enrolled in and "other gen-

eral duties" I soon found that I had very few Saturdays open to devote to the garden. In fact, I was only keeping up with my weeding schedule maybe half the time. Additionally, I was having a hard time managing my watering schedule. Weather reports kept predicting thundershowers so I held off on several occasions, but the rains never seemed to come. I was only managing to get intermittent waterings in and by July I could tell they had likely been too far apart. The garden wasn't looking so good. I struggled on for another several weeks and by the time some old friends from Richmond (who happened to be amazing gardeners) visited for the weekend in late July, the garden was pathetic. In fact, it was worse than pathetic. It looked like a neglected overgrown weed lot in suburban Detroit, boxed in by a tidy six foot tall lattice fence. It was awful. Al and Carolyn laughed heartily as I tried to explain my "lack of Saturdays" dilemma. It was embarrassing. Not only that, but later on that weekend when we visited them at their home on Smith Mountain Lake they sent us home with a cornucopia of fresh vegetables grown from THEIR garden back in Richmond. Woe was I. There were, of course, some lessons to be learned in this

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failure.. Number one for me was that sometimes we need to stick to a plan that works well for us. My friend’s "light hoeing" technique was likely a wonderful approach for a retiree who happens to be a Master Gardener, but for my scheduling needs the groundcover was clearly the way to go. But perhaps more importantly, were the basic and fundamental reminders about life. If we want our "garden to grow" it is going to take the required amount of time to work it, nutrients to sustain it and abundant water to allow it to do so. Skimping out on any or some part of all three is bound to lead to "a crop" that is less than hoped for or a failure altogether. In the context of church health and growth the lessons are, of course, obvious as well. For without "time to work it," (our "physical efforts / presence) nutrients to sustain it (our financial support / presence) and abundant water (God's grace and presence) the odds of any meaningful results are slim to none. It takes all three to "produce produce" as it were and the same is true in Discipling others for Christ. I believe we have a very good garden planned at Peace Church and hopefully you do at your place of worship as well. We should all be thankful that good seed is going in and that some have even begun to sprout. God will certainly water our efforts with His grace. All that's left is for us to do our part in time, talents and resources. Here's to The Harvest. Stuart Revercomb is the Minister at Peace Presbyterian Church on Cloverdale Road. Visit them at peace-church.net

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Sweet and Sad - The Timing of Life

ad I arrived 60 sec- couldn’t see. He was making his onds sooner or sixty way up a steep hill, back to burseconds later, I would row on instinct alone. Hearing have missed one of the sweetest, my voice, a voice he knew, he saddest things that ever hap- stopped, turned, and started topen to me. This is the story of a wards me maybe ten feet away. groundhog, and I am well aware Now it was clear - something that, like me years ago, had mauled him; his some of you are thinkhead, his face. Such are ing, “So what?” Since the frail dimensions of that time, Sabrina and life in the wild I have raised twenty He was gaunt. He or so of them; and our paused at the empty opinion has changed. food bowl; I hurried to Not long ago, a lady fill it. He grasped some who has horses – and kale, and began to eat. a dim view of g-hogs I needed one of two Lucky Garvin - volunteered to rehab things: heavy gloves, with us. At the end of or gloves plus Sabrina. the day, she said thoughtfully, “I Any attempt to bare-hand an will never look at groundhogs injured, adult ground-hog – the same way again.” whether you raised him or not Get your rehab license, raise – has got ‘stupid’ written all over a few of these precious babies; it; I’ve learned that the hard way. then, we’ll talk. He’s now wild and injured But I Rehabbing is one of those en- was thirty yards from the house. deavors you won’t practice long Yelling for Sabrina would have without injury; injuries of the spooked him; leave him and heart, the spirit. Little did I ex- he might disappear forever into pect it, but last night, I was to be his tunnel. So I hoped he would badly injured. I took some food keep eating while I got help. out to the groundhogs we had But as I backed away, he raised and released. They are dropped his kale and followed not pets, but since they’re new to my sound. He followed my soft the wild – as with all our newly- scuffing over gravel. I stopped freed critters - for a month or and gave him more food. He two we supplement their graz- stopped to eat. Then I moved; ing with meals in the morning he dropped his food and came and at nightfall. Typically, they toward me. He wanted food; run from us, and come back he needed me. I walked backlater for their food. wards the remaining fifty feet As I neared their burrow, lo- to the house; he followed my cated under a raised cage, I was sounds. At one point I stopped; gladdened to see one coming up he kept coming and butted into the hill. I had to pass behind a my ankles. He was truly blind. tree to get to the feed site; I lost His head looked like termites sight of him for a second. When had invaded it; holes; I’ve never he again came into view, I was seen anything like it. puzzled: he was moving slowly, He followed me into the ‘anipicking his way; I couldn’t see mal room’; the scents and sounds his eyes, but then, my vision is familiar to him. He seemed to not that good. I called out my relax, but only a bit. By then usual greeting, “Where’s my Sabrina had come checking on baby?” His head turned and me – physical injuries to each of he started for me. He tripped us are not infrequent - my eveover a ground-branch, and a ning feed having taken longer cold wind blew down my neck. than usual. She knelt down with Groundhogs don’t trip. He great trepidation; she braced

for a bite; instead, he sniffed her, and climbed onto her lap. Pain-dazed, he weakly began to eat. We examined his wounds. A dog or coyote had gotten ahold of his head; I’ll spare you further details. But when had it happened? A day or two ago for sure; the wounds neither bled nor oozed. Perhaps concussed, could he have just now come to himself, and made his way back to his burrow by instinctive reckoning; back to his burrow to die. The grey hand of Death was upon him; he stood near that trembling membrane between being, and being no more. We cleaned his wounds, and realized with sinking hearts they were past remedy. We bundled him in blankets, gave him some medicine for pain, and called our vet. She came, and within minutes we knew with a lip-biting sorrow, that his unrelenting pain was over. It’s so regrettable that this anonymous little creature had to die. But this is nature, brutally impartial; a calculus which, like all other mathematics, is neither sympathetic nor fair. Nature always speaks the final word. Groundhogs protected, say, in a zoo, live twenty-some years; in the wild, eighteen months. Yet, if he had to die, better with us than a solitary, unmourned death exposed to predators on that hill or alone in his tunnel. I thank my Father that I was at that special place at that specific moment. The little injured, blind guy followed me home; he followed me Home. Look for Lucky’s books locally and on-line: The Oath of Hippocrates; The Cotillian; A Journey Long Delayed.

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Trouble In The Classroom

nly once during my Miss Watson’s shrill, off-key brief lecture. “I’m surprised and disapelementary school tones rose above the muted days did I find my- sounds of twenty-four uncertain pointed in both of you,” she said. self in trouble with school au- children’s voices. She gave it her “Such behavior is not like you. thorities. The memory of that all on the lines “His chariots of You should be ashamed to laugh one unfortunate episode, and wrath the deep thunderclouds at a guest in our class room. Next the recollection that I exhibited form, and dark is His path on Thursday, before Miss Hawes beboth unacceptable behavior and the wings of the storm.” I lost the gins her lesson, you will apologize a bit of cowardice, has morphed image of a powerful God. Miss to her. Do you understand?” We nodded, silently, with our through the years from fear to Watson’s wrath and the darkness of her personality wriggled their heads bowed. amusement. During the week we discussed From first grade on, my aca- way into my mind. I looked at demic work and classroom be- Mary Lee, my best friend, and our dilemma. It hurt us to have our eyes met. I knew Miss Hawes think we were havior placed me in the she was thinking the laughing at her when the object upper half of my class. same thing! And we of our derision was Miss WatNow in the fifth grade, both began to giggle. son. But did we dare confess the I enjoyed the benefits The more I tried to truth, and look forward to Miss that usually accomcontrol myself, the Watson for the rest of the year – pany that position. I more the giggles burst and next year in sixth grade? didn’t especially like forth. I felt the eyes of Miss Watson remembered her the teacher personally every student on me, decree, and took us outside the — I considered her too and when the hymn class room to meet Miss Hawes harsh and egotistical, ended, Miss Watson’s when she arrived. “These girls so unlike the two Mary Jo Shannon eyes blazed with a have something to say to you,” kind, soft-spoken ladies who had led our class of fury I had not seen before. The she announced. Miss Hawes smiled, put her twelve students for the past four giggles stopped immediately. Miss Hawes ignored our out- arm around each of us, and said, years. (In our small school, two classes were combined for one burst and closed her lesson with expectantly, “Yes? What is it, teacher – first/ second, third/ a lovely prayer, thanking God for girls?” “the opportunity to teach these I felt like a traitor and a coward fourth, and fifth/sixth.) Reflecting today on those precious boys and girls” before combined, as I mumbled, “We’re years in her class, I realize that she departed. Miss Watson re- sorry we were rude to you last Miss Watson was probably only viewed her homework assign- week .” Miss Hawes laughed and forty years old – or maybe even ment, and then announced that younger. At the time, I thought she would see Mary Jo and Mary pulled us closer to her. “Don’t she was ancient. She was a good Lee after school. I was distraught. worry,” she said. “I remember teacher, at least in the academic What would she do to us? What what it’s like to get the giggles! realm. We learned our facts in if we missed the bus? How would You just can’t stop! I was once a little girl, you know.” arithmetic, geography and his- we get home? When the room was cleared, Somehow, I think she really tory, but the images I recall most vividly are her penetrating black she looked at us with angry eyes. understood. eyes, her sharp chin and most of A hint of disappointment soundContact Mary Jo at all her shrill voice that pierced ed in her voice as she began her maryjoshannon@ymail.com the air whenever one of her charges strayed from her strict guidelines. We looked forward to Thursdays, for on that day we enjoyed a real treat. Miss Florence Hawes, from the Weekday Bible School program taught our class one hour during the afternoon, just before the bell rang for school to be dismissed for the day. Gentle and modest, she was the antithesis of Miss Watson. She smiled as she welcomed each Office Suites from of us by name and we felt warm and loved. Paying attention as 250 Sq Feet to 3000 Sq Feet she told a Bible story was easy. The words flowed like honey on hot pancakes, and left warm imNewly Renovated and pressions on our young minds. Best Location Next to Green Way One Thursday she taught us a hymn – “O, Worship the King, All Glorious Above!” She read Restaurant/Lounge Space Over the words before we tried to sing, and explained the metaphors for 3000 Sq Feet Plus Large Kitchen God’s power. The phrase “ whose robe is the light” created a vivid at Ramada Conference Center picture in my mind. When she drew an arc on the blackboard – “whose canopy space,” I felt the majesty of a God surrounded by daylight under the cover of his unlimited space. But when we sang the hymn,

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Grand Home Furnishings “Goes to the Mattress” for Habitat

Families from West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee will reap the benefits of “Grand Gestures” for Habitat for Humanity affiliates across a three-state region. Grand Home Furnishings decided last fall to celebrate its 100th anniversary by saluting the communities that helped the company reach 100 years. As a part of the company’s new Grand Happiness Foundation, each store’s employees have been implementing “Grand Gestures” throughout the year. From painting gymnasiums to car washes, from donating furniture (there is more to come) to volunteering at food pantries, the staff has been researching and identifying neighboring organizations that will benefit from a gesture of kindness. Grand also decided to take advantage of the success they

(l to r) Hasib Hodzic and Julius Cole of Grand Home Furnishings deliver mattress sets to Habitat for Humanity of the New River Valley. have been having with their mattress department with a gesture that would benefit 10 Habitat for Humanity affiliates. Since late August, Grand has been delivering eight mattress sets to each of the ten Habitat affiliates ranging from Roanoke

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Main Library Kicks Up Heels!

The 1st Annual Square Dance with the Foghorn String Band, held last Thursday at the Downtown Roanoke Library on the Jefferson Street Patio was previewed as “ a highlight of the year for downtown Roanoke!” Folks were indeed a-tappin’ and a-twirlin’ to the sounds of the fiddle, guitar, banjo and country vocals. Many came dressed in their country best to go all out for the evening. The event started with a Photo by Ron Bergeron show from the Foghorn String The Foghorn String Band delights the crowd at the library. Band, then transitioned into a no-holds-barred square dance a “repertoire that has always South, from the hollers of Apfor all ages and skill levels with inspired their work: the tunes palachia to the bling of 1950s renowned caller and dance and songs of the American Nashville.” River Laker, Creaficionado Anna ative Development Roberts-Gevalt guidCoordinator for Roing even beginners anoke City librarto square-dance ies, was happy with stepping around the the turnout, adding patio. Many who athe was pleased that tended showed they Roanoke Public Licould do-si-doe with braries could “once the best of them. again brings folks The internationally of all types together renowned Foghorn for light-hearted String Band was a and enriching acgreat “catch” for the tivity!” Downtown Library. Photo by Ron Bergeron Foghorn draws from Attendees demonstrate their square dancing skills.

National Merit Scholarship Winner The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced on September 14, 2011 that Ethan Law, a current senior and liferat Roanoke Valley Christian Schools, is a semifinalist in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. Of the more than 1.5 million students who took the PSAT/NMSQT, some 16,000 were recognized as semifinalists based upon their selection Index Score. Of the 51,938 students in the Commonwealth of Virginia who participated in the National merit Program, Ethan ranked in the top 125 students. Ethan will have the opportunity to further compete for scholarships granted by the National Merit Program.

Harvest Time in Downtown Roanoke

The annual Harvest Festival in downtown Roanoke last Saturday meant seasonal fruits and vegetables, pumpkins, squash, gourds, live bluegrass music and apple butter, made on site in the Farmer’s Market. There were tractors to ogle – and miniature versions of the classic John Deere model for the little runs to ride.

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Patriots Fall Short In 19-17 Loss To Battlefield

The stage was set last Friday night for the classic AAA showdown at Merrill Gainer Field. Patrick Henry, which opened the season with four decisive wins over AA schools, hosted powerhouse Battlefield, who rolled into Roanoke having won 11 of their last 12 games, including the Division 6 AAA state championship in 2010. Things looked good for the Patriots early as David Prince orchastrated a first- quarter touchdown drive culminated by a 11-yard pass to Cortez Ogden. Jacob Otterman's point-after put PH up 7-0. Battlefield had little success moving the ball early, and Patrick Henry appeared set to go up by 14 before a Bobcat interception thwarted a Patriot drive deep in Battlefield territory. The turn in momentum led to the tieing Bobcat touchdown in the second quarter. PH regained the lead on an Otterman 36-yard field goal to send the Patriots to the break with the 3-point advantage.

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PH running back #23 Xavier Whorley heads through the Battlefield defensive front to pick up yardage.

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Battlefield retook the lead to start the third quarter on an 83yard drive, finished off by a Michael Tolliver 2-yard run, The PAT put the Bobcats up 14-10. Battlefield capitalized on Patriot miscues to add to their lead in the fourth. A misplayed punt set up a Bobcat field goal and a bad snap handed the Bobcat a safety, increasing the Battlefield lead to 19-10. PH would close to 19-17 on a Xavier Whorley 7-yard run with just under five minutes to play, but a final Patriot drive fell short in the final minute. Prince led the Patrick Henry rushing attack with 106 yards on 20 carries. Whorley added 56 yards on 15 totes. Battlefield was held to 77 yards on the ground by the tough Patriot defense, but Bobcat QB Ryan Swingle picked apart the PH secondary for 193 yards on 14-of-23 passing. PH is off this week before traveling to GW Danville on October 7th.

Cave Spring was looking to avenge last season's one-point loss to Alleghany that provided a minor bump to the Knights who eventually reached the regional championship game. The Mountaineers were well contained this time as Cave Spring rolled to the 45-21 win on homecoming night at Dwight Bogle Stadium. The final score was deceptively closer than the game that had played out after a 30-minute lightning delay. Cave Spring wasted little time getting on the scoreboard. A Reece Kingery 10-yard run and a Sam Wright scamper from the same distance had the Knights up 14-0 after one quarter. Wright would add two more touchdown runs in the second from 42 and 64 yards, sandwiched around an Alleghany TD, to send Cave Spring to the halftime break up 26-8. Kingery, after being named homecoming king at the half, scored on the first play of the third quarter with a weaving 62-yard run. Wright, the homecoming prince, followed with his fourth TD run of the game on a 38-yard burst. Cave Spring running back Ryan Gearhardt continued the Knight onslaught with a 6-yard touchdown run that gave Cave Spring a 45-8 lead after three. With Cave Spring head coach

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The PH student section was dressed for a toga party during last Friday night's showdown with Battlefield.

North Cross Rolls Over Blue Ridge The North Cross Raiders Improved to 3-2 on the year in a convincing 41-21 win over The Blue Ridge School. The Raiders built a 27 point half time lead and never looked back as their offense kept the pressure up behind Quarterback Thomas Weaver (14 of 26-for 238 yards and 2 touchdowns) and Evan Anderson who carried 19 times for 85 yards and a touchdown. The North Cross defense remained stingy allowing the Barrons only 16 yards on the ground and 172 through the air. George Revercomb Cave Spring running back pulled down two interceptions, returning one 52 yards for a touchdown. Sam Wright takes a breather during his 4-touchdown performance last Friday. Photo by Amy Murray

George Revercomb forces a fumble as he sacks Blue Ridge quarterback Andre Roberts.

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A swarming North Cross defense throws a Blue Ridge running back for a loss near the goal line.

Cave Spring head coach Tim Fulton (center) goes over a playcall during a Knight timeout Friday night.

L-R) Cave Spring Homecoming Queen Shannon Craighead, King Reece Kingery, Princess Meredith Young, Prince Sam Wright. Tim Fulton playing every reserve in sight, Alleghany tacked on two meaningless scores, including one on the game's last play. The Knights improved to 4-1 on the season, heading into the evertough River Ridge District schedule. Wright, despite coming out of the Cave Spring quarterback Reece Knigery game with just under sets the Knight offense in Friday's 453 minutes left in the 21 win. third quarter, led the "We get to rest a week," Fulton Cave Spring rushing attack with said of his team's 4-1 start over 184 yards on 15 carries. His sea- tough opponents, before openson rushing total through five ing River Ridge play October games is just shy of 1,000 yards, 7th. "We got some help tonight. including 16 touchdowns. It's hard to stay in a ball game As a team, Cave Spring with six turnovers." amassed 329 yards on the ground. Kingery threw for an additional 150 yards on 9-of-16 By Bill Turner passing. Alleghany was its own info@newsroanoke.com worst enemy, committing six turnovers.

North Cross / Catholic Volleyball

Tuesday night Roanoke Catholic defeated crosstown rival North Cross in a rematch of last year’s VISAA Division 3 Volleyball State Championship game. The Celtics won the first game 25-17 and the second game 2518. The Raiders came back and took the third game 25-22, but the Celtics finished the match with a 25-22 win in the fourth game. The Celtics were led by Mairin Guilfoyle with 20 kills for the night and 18 digs. Ava Perez had 43 assists, Amie Scott added 11 kills and Anne Deer anchored the back row with 12 digs and 40 serve receives. Leading the Raiders were Gussie Revercomb with 11 kills and 4 North Cross 8th grader Piper Roe (red) is blocked at the blocks, Piper Roe 8 kills and 5 blocks, net by # 12 Mairin Guilfoyle and #8 Alexandra Arnold of Alexandra Martin with 20 assists, and the Celtics. Nikki Bates with 11 digs.

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The discriminating spectator would have kept notes last week as the Vinton Raiders took on the Cave Spring Pee-Wee Knights in a rec-league football showdown at Darrell Shell Park. There appeared to be numerous future high school prospects among the talented participants.

Week five of high school tetourt, Cave Spring and PH football is in the rear view having an open week on the mirror, and last week’s stellar schedule. That leaves us with predictions went 7-1 for a .875 only five games involving local winning average. That’s the teams on the crystal ball lineup, third week in the opening five so let’s get to it. I’ve only had one miss among William Fleming at Salem: the local eleven teams. The Colonels are still looking So much for my record; with for win number one. Salem is it halfway through the season smarting from their overtime for most teams, let’s check the loss to Northside. This is no standings for our Roanoke-ar- time for an invasion of Salem ea elite-11. Stadium. Salem 35 Northside remains William Fleming 9 standing as the only William Byrd at unbeaten at 5-0. The Glenvar: Glenvar has Vikings escaped unpassed the test afscathed after close ter the opening loss calls at Hidden Valto Giles. Byrd had a ley in week four, and week to regroup after an overtime win an 0-4 start. AA vs last Friday at Salem. A. The Highlanders Bill Turner Cave Spring and Patlook too good. Glenrick Henry both come in at 4-1, var-28 William Byrd-19 with the Knight’s loss against Hidden Valley at Bassett: The Northside and PH falling last Titans two losses came at the Friday to Battlefield. hands of two teams that have Glenvar follows closely at one combined loss. Bassett has 3-1 with an early-season over- sputtered at 1-4. The Titans fintime loss to Giles as the only ish non-district play with a win. blemish to date. Hidden Valley Hidden Valley-27 Bassett-20 and Salem are both at .500 with North Cross at Hargrave identical 2-2 marks. Military: Blue Ridge hung Lord Botetourt follows at 49 points on Hargrave, win2-3. Williams-Byrd and Flem- ning by 17. North Cross beat ing are still looking for their the Barons last week by 20. first wins. In the private school Enough said. North Cross-34 ranks, North Cross and Roa- Hargrave- 20. noke Catholic check in at 3-2. Roanoke Catholic at FishThe midpoint of the season burne Military: Catholic won brings an unusual break with by a single point last year. The four teams- Northside, Bo- Celtics win by a single touch-

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A Jewel of a Store on Luck Avenue Uptown Joe’s Keeps Patrick Henry Revival In The Forefront The rebirth of the Patrick Henry Hotel in downtown Roanoke continues with the formal opening of Uptown Joe’s, the donut and coffee shop lured to the Star City from its home base in Daleville. That store, Blue Collar Joe’s, which has been in existence for three years, will bake all of the donuts and send fresh ones daily to Uptown Joe’s, which had a soft opening about three weeks ago. On hand for the ribbon cutting last week was Ed Walker, owner and redeveloper of the Patrick Henry, which has been converted into living spaces, commercial offices and eateries, while maintaining the historic Ballroom and much of the building’s original design. Roanoke city manager Chris Morrill and Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce executive director Joyce Waugh also stopped by to cut the ribbon – and to try samples of the wildly creative confectionary treats put together by Uptown Joe’s owner Daniel Knight. Morrill said the opening of Uptown Joe’s “represents so many things we’re trying to accomplish in Roanoke. The whole idea of regionalism [expanding from Botetourt County], and it’s a small business. That’s really where we need to focus.” That and the shop’s hand in reviving the once-moribund Patrick Henry are just the ticket said Morrill. “We really want to reach out [to small businesses].” “People want to live in downtowns; they want to be able to walk,” said Morrill, who also referred to upcoming renovations at Elmwood Park across the street. “[Uptown Joe’s is] a part of the whole energy that’s going on here,” added Morrill, who wants to make connections along the Jefferson Street corridor to the Virginia Tech-Carilion campus down the road a “seamless experience.” Waugh said small businesses like Uptown Joe’s “are the backbone of our community, the fabric. This is a homegrown business that could be anywhere.” Waugh has taken Blue Collar Joe’s donuts to Richmond; friends have transported them to Ohio. “These donuts are getting around.” Businesses that start in the Roanoke area “generally stay in the region,” said Waugh, pleased to see Daniel Knight opening a second location. “We got to Daleville from here because we had a very good fan in Ed Walker,” said Knight. “Ed’s people actually approached me about coming in. They asked if I would be interested – who wouldn’t be? It’s gorgeous. It was a tremendous opportunity.” Knight said he actually moved to Roanoke almost 20 years ago partly because of the Patrick Henry Hotel – he was snowed in while scouting locations for the company he worked with, and wound up staying at the hotel. “After three days of walking around Roanoke in the snow I fell in love with it.” He soon left San Francisco and headed

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Uptown Joe’s owner Daniel Knight cuts the ribbon on his second location at the Patrick Henry Hotel. east. “Almost twenty years later I have a new business here.” Walker said the First and Sixth Restaurant should open within the next month, as the building also fills up with commercial tenants. Only one or two apartments out of more than 130 are unoccupied. “We were hoping to find the businesses and entrepreneurs that exemplify the best of what Roanoke has to offer,” said Walker of the decision to bring on Uptown Joe’s. As to the level of interest in his building so far from all of the tenants involved, Walker said he was “pleasantly surprised—and grateful.” The Patrick Henry renovation “rediscovers a former downtown boundary,” said Walker, “it certainly does fill in a gap.” The Roanoke developer said he might be working on “probably his last large scale project” now – the River House in Wasena just off the greenway, which will feature 108 apartments and commercial tenants geared towards the recreation crowd. Knight aimed for a look that fit in with the Patrick Henry’s motif, with more subdued, earthy colors than the bright industrial look he employs in Daleville. The big sellers in downtown Roanoke are about the same as in Botetourt County so far: the Botetourt Bog – triple chocolate with an Oreo crust – “they fly out the door,” along with chocolate cheesecake, blueberry pancake breakfast (with bacon dust). A “Big Lick” donut made with sea salt and caramel – in honor of the Patrick Henry – is in the works. Knight commends his staff and gives them wide latitude when creating new donuts – he’s nixed only one suggestion over the past three years. “So far, so good,” said Knight of reaction to Uptown Joe’s so far. The café is open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. “The sky’s the limit,” he adds. By Gene Marrano gmarrano@cox.net

Handcrafted jewelry, Stone. fashionable scarves Without a sandwich knitted by hand, gift board on the too-small items and prints from sidewalk or a shingle local visual artists – all hanging outside, many can be found tucked weren’t aware of Third away in a little shop at Stone until they hap33 Luck Avenue. Passpened to walk by it. ersby may not even “A lot of people didn’t notice that “Third know it was here beStone” is there until cause they didn’t expect they stumble upon it, something to be away a half block away from from the market area. Martin’s Restaurant on A lot of people happen Photo by Gene Marrano upon us,” said Steele. First Street around the corner. “There’s a lot of busiShirley Steele carries unique and eclectic Owner Shirley Steele items at Third Stone. nesses that can’t be on – she and husband Eric the [City] Market.” something that is unique and has are both musicians as well – “I like unique [and] handvalue…but is not overpriced,” named the store Third Stone made things,” added Steele, anysaid Steele, who looks forward to after a Jimi Hendrix song. The where from “casual to classy.” the Christmas shopping season, name refers to the fact that the Third Stone is on facebook already on the horizon. “Most of Earth is the third planet from the and the store’s website thirdstone. the artists [we carry] are pretty sun. The couple plays together com will soon allow visitors to reasonable.” There’s also not the in a band called Tri-scale (she’s purchase items online. “We hope “huge markup” found at departa keyboardist) and he also has to have that up before Christment stores added Steele, who the Eric Steele Project. They’ve mas,” said Steele, “that’ll make likes to promote local artists like played at Kirk Avenue Music it easier for people that want to Sauer, a silversmith, and Brian Hall, Blues Barbecue, and Marshop but can’t get here.” But they Zickafoose, whose prints she cartin’s to name a few. may want to visit Third Stone to ries. Bundy recently reopened A Jewelry created by Pam see some of Steele’s unique offerLittle Bit Hippy at Towers ShopBranch, Heidi Bundy, Marla ings anyway … tucked away in a ping Center. Roanoker Rebecca Sauer and Karen Hammer little shop on Luck Avenue. Paxton’s Lavender Day Creadorn the shelves and counters ations, hand stamped greeting By Gene Marrano at Third Stone, which has been cards, are also carried at Third gmarrano@cox.net open for almost a year. Some are produced locally; some, like Hammer’s Crimson Fairy line Sydney... (Sedona, AZ), come from artists that Shirley Steele keeps her Young Shepherd mix radar out for. Others hail from Looking for love. Georgia and California; “we Running, hiking, playing ball. have items from artists around the country,” said Steele. Items Adopt a homeless pet are reasonable – Hammer’s penand help us share the love. dant and earring line for instance is priced starting at $35-40. 339-WAGS rvspca.org Your unconditional love headquarters “I like to shop,” chuckles Steele, referring to her vigilance in finding new products and sources. A She is also a jewelry designer MORE SECURE FUTURE herself. Other artists come recMAY BE ommended to her. Steele had CLOSER sold her pieces through Art on a Mission and had worked in THAN YOU THINK. retail before opening her own shop last year. A Girls Night Out event is scheduled for November 17 at Third Stone. “I like for people to have

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L.L. BEAN ED. AWD L.L. BEAN ED. AWD 8 $20,995 #:PB4718 $20,995 Stock #:210648A Stock #:PA4539 $23,595 Stock #:PB4715 Stock Stock #:PF4618 $20,995 Stock #:PB4718 $20,995$22,595 Stock #:210648A $22,595 Stock #:PA4539 $23,595$32,595 Stock #:PB4715 $32,595

CCORD EX2010 HONDAVANS 2007 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY 2008 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE GLSHYUNDAI 2008ENTOURAGE HONDA ODYSSEY LXHONDA ODYSSEY LX ACCORD EX 2007 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY 2008 GLS 2008 VANS 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY LX 2005 HONDA ODYSSEY LX

A $23,995 #:210531A $10,995 Stock #:PFA4684 $14,995 Stock #:210135A Stock #:PF4719 $22,995 Stock Stock #:210665A $23,995 Stock #:210531A $10,995 Stock #:PFA4684 $14,995$16,995 Stock #:210135A $16,995 Stock #:PF4719 $22,995

4WDEX 2005 PILOT ELEMENT EX 4WD EX2005 AWD EX2005 2003 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 2003 4WD TOYOTA 2005 HIGHLANDER HONDA PILOT 4WD HONDA 2005 HONDA AWD HONDA 2005ELEMENT HONDAEXCR-V 4WDHONDA CR-V EX 4WD SUVS 2002 LEXUS RX300 4WD X300 4WD

Stock #:210553A $10,595 #:P4567 $10,995$11,995 Stock #:210317B $11,995 Stock #:PB4732 $14,995$15,995 Stock #:PFA4655 $15,995 A $10,595 Stock #:P4567 $10,995StockStock #:210317B Stock #:PB4732 $14,995 Stock #:PFA4655

20102010 TOYOTA RAV4EQUINOX 4WD LTZ2010 EQUINOX LTZ 2WD 1500 SLT CANYON 4WD 2009 GMC CANYON TRUCKS RAV4 4WD CHEVROLET 2WDCHEVROLET 2004 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT2004 4WDDODGE RAM 2009 GMC TRUCKS 2004 CHEVY COLORADO2004 4WD CHEVY COLORADO 4WD

StockStock #:PF4661 $24,995 Stock #:PB4464A $27,595 Stock #:220025A $13,995 Stock #:PB4695 $17,995$23,595 Stock #:PF4670 $23,595 1 $24,995 #:PB4464A $27,595 Stock #:220025A $13,995 Stock #:PB4695 $17,995 Stock #:PF4670

Alltitle, prices plus tAxes, title, tAgs, AndFee. $299 Processing Fee. All vehicles preowned unless stAted As new. rices plus tAxes, tAgs, And $299 Processing All vehicles preowned unless stAted As new. photos for illustrAtion purposes only. offer ends 10/7/11. 9/30/11. photos for illustrAtion purposes only. offer ends 9/30/11.

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