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Countryside Property Master Plan Amended

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P3– The Horace G. Fralin Charitable Trust puts Roanoke first and makes a gift of $5 Million over five years to Virginia Western Community College.

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Roanoke City Schools Superintendent Dr. Rita Bishop reads a book to the children during Friday’s kickoff ceremony.

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P4– Given other needs, Bruce Rinker wonders if we should be investing over $2.5 Billion to learn more about life or the lack thereof on Mars.

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P7– In a matchup of two strong teams from Roanoke County and Roanoke City, Cave Spring starts strong and hangs on for the win over Patrick Henry.

Little More Hippy P8– After one year under new ownership, “A Little Bit Hippy” finds new even more ways to spread the free love of the 60’s generation.

Monday evening another episode in the seven year saga of “what to do with the old Countryside Golf Course” played out with an amendment to the year-old council adopted master plan.

The master plan was developed by the Planning Commission City Govt. at the direction of City Council over an 8 month period that began in late 2010.

The plan had a former airport-owned 12-acre parcel designated for urban agriculture. The amendment unanimously adopted by City Council Monday changed its use to recreation and is intended to make the area home for three soccer fields as part of a sports complex.

The parcel came into the city’s hands when the city swapped golf course land for the 12-acre airport plot that lays in the glide path of Roanoke Regional Airport’s runway 6. It is adjacent to Portland Avenue on the west and Ranch Road on the east.

Miller Court, a neighborhood to the west, nixed a proposal by Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op that the planning commission envisioned would trigger a build-out of a town center restaurant or deli. The co-op would have fulfilled this vision while also supplying fresh vegetables to local restaurants. But the chicken farm in their plan met heavy resistance and the co-op dropped their proposal.

Planning commission members had voted against

Roanoke Celebrates All-America City Win Some of Roanoke’s youngest citizens — kindergarten students from Roanoke City Public Schools and children from local childcare centers — gathered last Friday on Mill Mountain for a kickoff ceremony to celebrate Roanoke’s recent recognition as an All-America City.

In July, the city was selected by the National League of Cities as a winner for its “Star City Reads” campaign, a plan to ensure that more Roanoke children are reading at grade level by the end of third grade. Additional celebrations to involve the community will take place in the months ahead.

During Friday’s celebration at the Roanoke Star, Mayor David Bowers, Roanoke City Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Rita Bishop, and City Manager Chris Morrill spoke to the children about the award and the importance of learning to read. Afterward, refreshments provided by Roanoke City Public Schools were served under the Mill Mountain Picnic Shelter, and the children were given goodie bags containing books and other surprises.

Roanoke’s “Star City Reads” plan makes the city a charter member in the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Community Network – a national movement of local leaders, nonprofits and foundations putting a stake in the ground on third-grade reading. As a charter member, Roanoke will have access to a Promising Practices Clearinghouse, an on-

line help desk, peer-learning opportunities, meetings with national experts and policymakers, and a foundation registry designed to expand and replicate successful programs.

Partners in the plan include the City of Roanoke, Roanoke City Public Schools, United Way of Roanoke Valley, Smart Beginnings of Greater Roanoke, Total Action Against Poverty, Roanoke Public Libraries, Blue Ridge Literacy, and Dr. Craig Ramey and Dr. Sharon Ramey from the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute—for their contribution to the development of the campaign.

This marks the sixth time Roanoke has earned the distinction as an All-America City – a feat achieved by no other city in the United States. Other years the city has won include 1952, 1979, 1982, 1988, and 1996. This year, Roanoke was one of 32 finalists selected through a peer review process from a field of more than 100 entries selected from across the country. In all, the National League of Cities named 14 communities All-America Cities.

For more information about the “Star City Reads” campaign, contact Sheila Umberger, Director of Roanoke Public Libraries, at 853-2476 or sheila.umberger@roanokeva.gov.

For information about the All-America City Awards, contact Mike McGrath at 303-571-4343, Mikem@ncl.org.

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Vice Presidential HazMat Exercises Teach Agencies Candidate Paul Ryan How to Work Together Promises to Fix the Mess

“We’re going to take responsibility and fix this mess,” said Paul Ryan, the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate, at a Hotel Roanoke fundraiser Friday evening.

Ryan spoke for 12 minutes and continued to touch on many of the same themes he had presented while at Northwest Hardware in Roanoke on August 22nd – saying rights don’t come from government but from nature and God. “The very idea of our country is up for grabs . Paul Ryan and wife Janna arrive in Roanoke. ..“ Ryan was introduced by 9th district Congressman Morgan Griffith followed by 6th district Congressman Bob Goodlatte. Griffith cheered the fact that Virginia was a battleground state but then said that the battle > CONTINUED, P2: Paul Ryan

The Environmental Protection Agency’s regional office in Philadelphia sponsored a three day HazMat exercise at the 9th Street Industrial Park in Southeast Roanoke City last week. Local residents and those who work at the park were asked not to be alarmed if they saw police, fire and hazardous material cleanup trucks flying around – or folks dressed from head to toe in HazMat suits.

It was all part of the first large-scale exercise of its kind in the area said Myles Bartos, the on-scene coordinator for the EPA. Participants included Roanoke Fire-EMS and Police, as well as local and state public safety, environmental, and health agencies.

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Members of the Roanoke based Haz-Mat team practice evacuating an injured person during last weeks drill. ios were played out in a vacant that even though this particuwarehouse and lar HazMat sceoutdoors – with a nario involved Emergency Drill “meth lab” being the investigation the principal sceof a meth lab, nario. Each agency involved > CONTINUED had a role to play. Bartos said P2: HazMat

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where dangerous chemicals can lead to explosions and fire, the lessons learned and the way each agency interacts with each other can apply to many types of disasters, natural or manmade.

“These scenarios are somewhat canned but we always tweak them to the venue and the target audience,” said Bartos, as he took a break in the regional EPA’s command center mobile unit.

He is one of 27 on-scene coordinators in the mid-Atlantic region, charged with ordering cleanups when environmental issues arise. The National Contingency Plan, noted Bartos, requires that localities prepare and train for disaster response.

Bartos met with local public service agencies in Roanoke before the HazMat exercise, asking this question: “Are we properly prepared to respond to catastrophic events?” It doesn’t have to be terrorist activity, adds Bartos. In any case he asks, “How do we respond to it?” In addition to Roanoke City police and fire/ EMS, the state bomb squad, the Department of Environmental Quality and HazMat crews took part.

The primary target for last week’s exercise was the regional HazMat team – there are 13 across the state – with one based in Roanoke. The scenario involving a crystal meth lab also included simulated explosives and booby traps set to keep law enforcement and others away. One scenario included an injured security guard and a fatality. In another, people were trying to rob the meth lab operators.

“The [Roanoke City] SWAT team came in to clear the building and find the suspects,” noted Bartos, who devised ways to “keep

it fresh, keep it real, keep people guessing.” The vacant building being used was ideal he added, since it contained rooms set up like a laboratory, making it easier to simulate a meth production facility.

In some cases Roanoke City police were the first players in the scenario exercise, responding to a report of a burglary for example, when Bartos acted as a dispatcher calling about the possible break-in. “There’s been very good communication,” said Bartos, who sat down with each agency and assessed their performance on a daily basis during the exercise.

Bartos observed how each agency communicated with each other and how they worked together once the hazardous scenario was identified. He pronounced himself pleased with the roles Roanoke City agencies played during the HazMat exercise.

“All the planning and training we do – it doesn’t really matter what the [specific scenario] is – the assessment and the protocols are going to be the same.”

Bartos was a contractor for the Environmental Protection Agency until 9/11 happened; when the federal government freed up more money to train agencies for disasters he came aboard full time. One of his first assignments was testing for anthrax when shortly after 9/11 someone started shipped that deadly powder through the mail. As for last week’s exercise, “It’s been a good learning experience.”

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amending the Portland parcel 2-5 retaining its original purpose and Northwest Recreation Club finally made their case sucfor urban agriculture in hopes of another taker. The Country- cessfully with the support of the Miller Court neighborhood. side Neighborhood Alliance, Bob Reed, president of the Miller bordering the east side of the Court Neighborhood AssociaPortland parcel, that had fought tion, is hoping to work a deal for unsuccessfully to save the former walking trails and fitness stops golf course supported the plansimilar to the park and trails that ning commission’s decision. are in the works for the 10th, 11th The story of what to do with and 12th fairways of the former Countryside is a long one with golf course in the Countryside many twists and turns. In 2005 neighborhood. An unattached Toll Brothers had submitted their portion of the Roanoke Valley interest to the city in a response Greenway is also in the plan. to a Request For Qualification Now that Council has cleared (RFQ) sight unseen. The high-end the way for the Portland parcel’s builder pulled the plug after visitdesignation change allowing use ing the property, leaving it shiftfor three soccer fields, negotiaing in the wind for many years tions between both groups and as interest mounted on the $4.1 the city can begin. Three other million loan the city used for the Part of the 12-acre Portland parcel lying just beyond the sports fields are planned across last airport guide light. original purchase. the street from William Fleming At first council approved keepHigh School and will include reing the Countryside Golf Course going for 5-10 years hoping furbishment of the Countryside tennis building and an expected the housing market would recover. But in March of 2010 they addition for basketball and volleyball tournaments. shut it down. All the while the property went through several According to Chris Chittum, city planning administrator, iterations of proposed use.

ABear Sports Training is still negotiating use of the barn and In 2006 the issue became a primary topic during city council silo portion of the Countryside property on Frontage Road to elections. That fizzled along with Victory Stadium. Council first be used for sport fields and athlete training. No other proposals did not want to split up the property that was encumbered by have been submitted for the other parcels on the property that, both flooding and the Runway 6 Protection Zone in the middle according to the master plan, still includes residential areas exwhere nothing could be built. pected to support a town center and future branch library.

A real estate development project known as “Colonial Green” By now most Roanokers have probably learned that the future spearheaded by Joyce Graham, was originally rejected in 2005 in of any part of the original Countyside property is very hard to favor of Toll Brothers. predict.

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has yet to be won. embassies under attack by vicious mobs. They were there for the Goodlatte thanked the host committee of Nick and Jenny most peaceful purposes in service to our country. And today our Taubman, Patricia Eggleston, Dane McBride and Heywood Fra- country honors their lives and grieves with their families.” lin and said he thought the event was the “largest fundraiser ever “Amid all these threats and dangers, what we do not see is held in these parts.” He later remarked that Virginians can help steady, consistent American leadership. In the days ahead, and “fire” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid by electing Republican in the years ahead, American foreign policy needs moral clarGeorge Allen to the Senate, helping deliver the chamber to the ity and firmness of purpose. Only by the confident exercise of GOP. American influence are evil and violence overcome. That is how Ryan arrived at Roanoke Regional airport with his wife and we keep problems abroad from becoming crises. That is what mother just in time to make it to the dinner set for 5:30 p.m. keeps the peace. And that is what we will have in a Romneyat the Hotel Roanoke. The $10,000 a plate dinner, $2500 pho- Ryan administration,” said Ryan. tos and $250 a person reception had about 120 attendees which At a September 13 press conference in Roanoke former Demhelped to bring in the coveted high dollars needed in the high ocratic Congressman Patrick Murphy, an Iraq war veteran, took stakes presidential campaigns of today.

Romney to task for not mentioning Afghanistan or the AmeriHis path to Roanoke started in Washington, D.C. at a Values can troops serving there. Murphy said that the Romney-Ryan Voter Summit. He told them that President Obama’s whole case budget could severely cut funding from veterans’ health care these days is, “asking us to forget what he promised four years programs, and that the campaign’s 59 point economic plan does ago, and focus instead on his new promises. That’s a fast move to not even include the word “veteran.” get around accountability . . . He made those ringing promises After speaking in Washington, Ryan arrived in Harrisonburg to get elected. If we renew the contract, we will get the same where he was joined on stage by Goodlatte. He focused his redeal – with only one difference: In a second term, he will never marks on the economy and the disappointing jobs report for answer to you again,” said Ryan. “When a Romney-Ryan admin- August. “Sugar high economics is no substitute for pro-growth istration takes office, we will also take responsibility. Instead of! economics,” said Ryan. dividing up the wealth, our new president will get America creRyan referred to President Obama’s visit to Roanoke in July: ating wealth again.”

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Two-hundred and 25 years ago, Virginia stood at the forefront of a national discussion about the future of the country.Today, more than two centuries after the signing of the United States Constitution, the Old Dominion could once again prominently shape the future political direction of the nation.

Virginia’s role in the 2012 presidential election was that of key swing state long before Mitt Romney claimed the Republican nomination, but its emergence this year as an important piece in the path to the White House harkens back to a time when the commonwealth helped guide America’s political destiny.

“Many of the stars aligned in order to ensure that Virginia had a large and justifiably important voice in governance,” said Doug Smith, executive director of the Center for the Constitution at James Madison’s Montpelier in Orange. “It shouldn’t surprise us that Virginia continues to play an important role on the scape of American politics. Virginia has a long, long history of being a leader and setting the governance direction.”

In 1787, delegates from the young nation’s 12 states gathered in Philadelphia to design a more effective government after the Articles of Confederation failed to resolve a number of lingering issues challenging the United States.

Among the delegates was Madison, a Virginian who Smith said played one of the most integral roles in setting the table for what was to become the Constitution.

“In 1786, Madison is in Virginia, at Montpelier, and he is immersing himself in books that really outline what has worked and hasn’t worked in ancient government and modern governments, and that is what he uses to pull together the main features of what would be the Virginia Plan,” said Smith.

The Virginia Plan introduced such features as the bicameral legislature and population-designated representation in Congress, while providing a blueprint for the debate that would shape the Constitution.

Those principles play heavily into the scope of American governance every election year, but have become a focal point in 2012, as Virginia plays heavily into not only the presidential race, but also a contentious U.S. Senate race between former Virginia governors George Allen and Tim Kaine.

Some see today, with an economic turbulence that mirrors the heady times that formed the Constitution, as a crossroads for the direction of the country.

“Every time we have a presidential election everybody says it’s the most important election

we’ve had in our lifetime, blah, blah, blah,” said Lucas Morel, professor of politics at Washington and Lee University in Lexington. “I wouldn’t say that. I would say it’s at least this much: Four years ago, we decided to reject one way of looking at the role of the federal government in people’s day to day lives. … The question is, are we on the right track, do we see signs of that now, and how is that connected to our understanding of the Constitution?”

The debate over the Constitution essentially breaks down into two camps, said Morel — those who view it as an “organic,” breathing document, the perspective of most law school professors, and those who view it as something concrete and unchanging, as do some tea party activists.

“They’ve done this much — they’ve at least brought the Constitution front and center,” Morel said of tea party advocates.

John Jaggers, director of operations for the Northern Virginia Tea Party, said the government has become more intrusive than it was designed to be, and the tea party is helping to lead a course correction this election.

“I think we have gotten away from the founders’ vision in a significant way,” Jaggers said. “The federal government assumes far too much responsibility for activity in our lives, from banning light bulbs to mandating what kind of health care we can have. I think that there is a significant rollback that is in the works, and you see that manifesting itself in property rights fights throughout the country.”

Constitution Party presidential candidate and Virginian Virgil Goode couldn’t agree more that the nation has drifted from the core principles of that governing document — after all, that’s why he’s running, much to the chagrin of the Republican Party that fears he’ll split votes.

“The federal government, from 1789 down to the present time, has certainly grown in size and scope,” Goode said in an interview on Monday.

“Its influence is far more than what it was then.

No one would have ever thought the federal government would be the supplier of so much social services.”

Smith said the engagement Virginians bring to political discourse makes the state a natural battleground state.

“We take our politics and our governance very seriously” Smith said. “I think that sense of engagement and interest means we have a very welleducated electorate, and that has to be appealing to anyone looking to be in higher office.”

Fralin Trust Commits $5 Million to Virginia Western Community College

Virginia Western Community College has an- the needs of the local workforce by providing asnounced that the Horace G. Fralin Charitable sociate degree and certificate programs in all the Trust has made a commitment of $5 million over region’s most sought-after fields. Virginia Westfive years to create an endowment for scholarships ern associate degree students have guaranteed at the college. At least 75 admission transfer options percent of the funding to more than 32 four-year will be used for scholcolleges and universities. arships in the areas of “With our new century science, technology, enwell underway, there is gineering, mathematics nothing that is a more im(STEM) and healthcare. portant differentiator for “Like all commuwestern Virginia than an nities, the economic educated workforce ready future in the Roanoke to accept the employment Valley is dependent on opportunities of tomorthe steps taken to enrow,” Heywood Fralin sure success. The apsaid. “Horace always beproach to economic lieved in quality higher development should be Heywood Fralin addresses Virginia Western education and wanted to changed. Our country supporters during Tuesday’s announcement. do big things for the Valno longer has an enerley. We think this gift fulgy-based economy. The economy is knowledge- fills both goals.” based, and therefore, a focus on a more skilled Virginia Western maintains the second-largest and educated workforce is a must,” said W. Hey- enrollment, behind only Virginia Tech, of postwood Fralin, co-trustee of the Fralin Charitable secondary institutions in the Roanoke region.

Trust. “The focus should be in areas where clus- Eighty-five percent of Virginia Western’s graduters of business activity exist. In the Roanoke Val- ates remain in the Roanoke area and 65 percent ley we have a healthcare cluster and it should have are enrolled in programs that fill the workforce a priority focus.” needs of the region. With a new center for science “This gift, with an emphasis on science, engi- and health professions slated to open for students neering, technology, mathematics and healthcare, in 2013, the College’s impact on area healthcare should give the younger citizens of the Roanoke professions will continue to expand.

Valley an opportunity to become a part of the ValThe Fralin family’s involvement with higher ley’s future economic success,” Fralin said. “Hope- education is well known across the state. The fully, others will join this effort to enlarge Virginia late Horace G. Fralin, co-founder of Fralin and Western Community College’s scholarship en- Waldron Inc. and a graduate of Virginia Tech, dowment. It’s important to the future economic endowed a charitable trust that has provided growth of this Valley.” significant gifts to Virginia Tech and numerous The donation is the largest ever made to the charities throughout the Roanoke Valley. W. HeyVirginia Western Educational Foundation, nearly wood Fralin and William H. Fralin Jr. administer doubling its assets to $10.9 million. The gift sin- the trust and have been active in shaping higher gle-handedly moves the foundation from the 16th education across the state.

– largest foundation among the 24 in the Virginia W. Heywood Fralin, chairman of Medical FaCommunity College System to fourth. The gift cilities of America, is the former rector of the Uniis the largest donation dedicated to scholarships versity of Virginia’s Board of Visitors, served on in the history of the Virginia Community Col- Virginia Tech’s Boards of Visitors and was a malege System and one of the largest for community jor influence on the state’s Top Jobs legislation as college scholarships in the country. The unprec- chairman of the Virginia Business Higher Educaedented increase in scholarships will help more tion Council. students prepare for rapidly growing career fields William H. Fralin Jr., who served in the Virand enhance the local workforce. ginia House of Delegates from 2004-10, is the “Virginia Western is extremely grateful for the president and chief executive officer of Medical generosity of the Fralin Trust, Heywood and Wil- Facilities of America and director emeriti of the liam Fralin,” said Dr. Robert H. Sandel, President Virginia Western Educational Foundation Board of Virginia Western. “Their support will make our of Directors.

Kathryn Watson community stronger as we can see more students “The support of the Fralins is an endorsement katie@olddominionwatchdog.org. pursue STEM and healthcare fields. Those are the of Virginia Western’s growing importance in areas where local businesses are seeking qualified our region,” said Dr. Angela M. Garcia Falconworkers, and this gift allows the College to re- etti, vice president of Institutional Advancement. spond to the needs of the local economy.”

“The College impacts the lives of nearly 13,000 Like the trend nationally, the Roanoke region students, paving a pathway to lifelong success is experiencing growth in the middle-skill jobs through higher education. This unprecedented that require additional education and training gift will more than double the number of scholarpast high school. Virginia Western is addressing ships awarded in perpetuity”.

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A Little Curiosity About A Great Big Universe

If you were in charge of the federal budget, would you pay $2.5 billion to investigate the potential for life on a remote rock? NASA did just that with its Curiosity space probe to Mars. Its other objectives include the study of the Martian climate and geology, and the collection of data for any future manned missions to the Red Planet. The one-ton, car-size Curiosity joins five other functioning spacecraft on the planet’s surface, all humming away and sending us bits of information.

Marvelous technology to be sure, but $2.5 billion to study the potential for life? For an estimated two-year mission, that’s an investment of $3.4 million per day! Can’t we do that kind of study more cheaply from Earth?

What instruments does Curiosity harbor to detect life, present or past? At it turns out, despite all the hyperbole, none whatsoever.

The little beast carries 10 science gadgets including a drill, scoop, radiation emitter and detector, magnifying lens, and cameras. Yet nary one can detect either present-day life or fossilized microorganisms. The rover is capable only of verifying three conditions necessary for life as we know it: the presence of liquid water, certain chemical ingredients, and an energy source. Any kid with a whit of curiosity knows that you won’t get a beaker of bugs from a simple bouillabaisse of water, chemicals, and an electrical spark even with a lifetime of shake-and-bake! The stuff of life is billions of years in the making, and Mars had its stuffing knocked out of it over the eons by meteor strikes and volcanism. Some scientists – me included – think it’s not a dead planet, but a nonliving planet – and there’s a world of difference. Using a little basic biology and chemistry, we figure it never had life in the first place.

Here’s the raison d’être. The “signature” of life is embedded in a planet’s atmospheric chemistry. Life and nonlife leave a recognizable, co-evolutionary seal on their relations over time including the composition of its sky. Space research affords these features of Earth and its closest neighbors: Venus: 95-96% carbon dioxide, 3-4 % nitrogen, trace of oxygen Earth: Trace of carbon dioxide, 77% nitrogen, 21% oxygen Mars: 95% carbon dioxide, 2.7% nitrogen, trace of oxygen The devil’s in the detail, so to speak. Thus, an alien from a remote location in the universe with the proper instruments might surmise that Earth is a living planet simply

from its surprising atmospheric spectrograph compared to its neighbors. So there goes mission objective #1: the chemistry is all wrong. Mars and Venus are planets in expected chemical equilibrium; and Earth with its 30 million species interwoven dynamically with air, water, and soil is not – and that evolving disequilibrium shows up historically in the gaseous composition of our blanketing atmosphere.

What about the other two objectives: study of the Martian climate and geology, and the collection of data for future manned missions to the Red Planet? I’m just as curious as the next guy about a planet or a galaxy “far, far away.” But I keep thinking about that price tag. The average cost of bringing a new drug to market is a staggering $1.3 billion. The average cost of listing an animal or plant as an endangered species (with all the incumbent protections) is a mere $85,000. So the Mars mission equates to two new drugs on the market or 30,000 types of organisms afforded the protected status of endangered species!

As a less-than-stellar steward of Earth, why would we humans mosey over to Mars to try it again? We’ve already left some of our junk there, the working probes notwithstanding.

That’s not a great start on stewardship.

So my recommendations as a scientist?

First, let’s have NASA stop sending these risky, somewhat frivolous toys into space at great expense to taxpayers. Instead let’s work on near-space exploration via the international space station and orbiting telescopes. Second, let’s invest alternatively in conservation projects on Earth. Species are vanishing across the planet, threatening the tapestry of life itself: let’s do something positive about that. We also need to work quickly and effectively on human-accelerated climate change. Third, let’s fix science education in the country. Let’s stop trying to impose religion or politics on science instruction in public schools (e.g., creationist myth and anti-climate change bunkum) and teach instead the subject matter with rigorous methodology and standards. Fourth, let’s clean up our home base before venturing far afield to demonstrate the worthiness of our expansionism. I offer these recommendations especially as we move toward 2050, a sure point of no return if we cannot fix our human-caused woes for a planet in crisis. It’s a great big universe, but our curiosity needs to be focused first and foremost at home.

- H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D.

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The Preacher’s Corner The Keys to Effective Church Leadership -Tim Harvey

During the past year, I enjoyed the privilege of serving the Church of the Brethren as our Moderator, our highest national office. It is truly a humbling experience to have one’s name recorded in the same list as those I have read about in our history books. It makes me wonder what God saw in me to call me to this particular role!

A large part of this calling involved visiting Church of the Brethren congregations and districts, sharing my hopes and dreams for the church, and learning what is happening in our local congregations. It also provided many opportunities to think about healthy leadership.

Along the way, I observed some things.

First, there are many congregations that enjoy strong leadership, both from the pastoral staff and the membership. By looking around at bulletin boards and church bulletins and talking with members and pastors, I could tell that certain congregations love Jesus, love one another, and clearly understand their mission in the Kingdom of God. These congregations are served by strong and compassionate pastors, who have a clear sense that their job takes them outside the walls of the church. Typically, these congregations enjoy long, healthy pastorates.

Second, there are some congregations that will not exist in 10 years. While they get along well with one another and love their Lord, it seems their main purpose is to get together again next Sunday for worship—in the same manner they have for years—all the while wondering why more people (especially young people) don’t join them. Somewhere in the past, these congregations have traded the challenge of leadership for the comfort of management, and they have been managed nearly out of existence.

As I consider what I observed in visiting congregations, along with what I’ve learned and read about leadership, I offer these four observations, and how they might apply to our congregations. As you read the word “leader” in what follows, don’t only substitute the word “pastor.” All levels of church leadership are in view here.

1. Ineffective leaders focus on weakness; strong leaders focus on strength. A medical example helps us understand this point. In the long run, we are more likely to experience good health if we practice healthy habits: good diet, regular exercise, plenty of sleep. Congregational life is similar; over the long term, we are more likely to create strong churches by strengthen-

ing what is already strong, rather than focusing on our problems. In your congregation, what is your focus: strengthening areas that are already strong? Maintenance of the status quo without really thinking about it? Struggling with conflict and decline?

2. Ineffective leaders focus on symptoms; strong leaders seek enduring change. Many congregations gather each week, wondering where all the young people are. “If we just had more young people” is a refrain sung in churches about as often as Amazing Grace. This is “symptom thinking.” Rather than trying to hire a rock band to lead worship in an aging, declining congregation, strong leaders insist that their congregations take a hard look at themselves, the Gospel, and their ministry context, identifying the reasons and roadblocks for why people (of any age) aren’t in attendance, and seek to improve or change those areas.

3. Ineffective leaders are stuck trying harder; strong leaders are fed up with the treadmill.

No matter how hard or fast you nail shingles to a roof, you will not be able to stay ahead of a hurricane’s wind! It’s a losing effort, so don’t even try. Working harder is not effective when we are working against the natural forces of the system, or when the congregation (or individual) doesn’t really want to change.

4. Ineffective leaders try to minimize conflict; strong leaders recognize that conflict and sabotage are often signs of effectiveness.

My friend Keith McCurdy has written numerous articles in this newspaper illustrating how this point applies to families: When you assign more chores or expect better behavior, you will get resistance. The parent’s role is to not give in to the complaining! The same is true in churches. If we want to bear fruit for the Kingdom of God here in Roanoke (as Jesus said, “on earth as it is in Heaven!”), we will need to change.

We should value and encourage leaders who have thick skin, tender hearts, and backbones of steel. Many churches are already changing in some uncomfortable ways anyway—they are declining to the point of non-existence. So it really boils down to “what kind of change do we want to see?”

As you consider this brief look at four leadership principles for congregations, where does your congregation fit in?

Tim Harvey is the senior pastor at Central Church of the Brethren in Roanoke. Visit them on the web at www.centralbrethren.org

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Shouting “Fire!” In A Crowded Theater

In 1919 the United States Supreme Court in Ohio. Every so often the crazy man would show Schenck v. United States issued a unanimous up in a crowded theater and shout, “Get ready!

Get ready! The woorrlldd is comdecision about what the first amending to an end!!!” He became known ment does not cover. It was Justice as “The Get Ready Man” and he was Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. who said routinely escorted from the movie; no that freedom of speech does not inone paid any attention to him. clude falsely shouting “fire!” in a The problem today is that anyone, crowded theater. That has been paraeven “The Get Ready” man, has an phrased into the deletion of the word instant and world-wide audience. “falsely” but the principle still applies.

While the people of Columbus had It was construed to mean that speech the good sense to ignore him, considdesigned to inflame or incite for no er the mustachioed “reverend” from useful purpose was not protected by Florida and his Qur’an burning. He the first amendment.

Oh, Oliver! Where are you when Hayden Hollingsworth nearly incited a major catastrophe because of the media coverage. we need you? We have been strugSomewhere in the world, there will always gling with this concept for decades. In 1964, a radical by the name of Mario Savio, among be people who will find any message suitable/ others, started what became known as the Free objectionable as long as it fits their particular Speech Movement or FSM for short. It began set of beliefs. No sensible person would argue at the University of California, Berkeley and that we could or should try to control anyone’s was partly responsible for the pejorative of the beliefs, even if they have no useful purpose according to our standards. The trouble comes time of “UC, Beserkly.”

There was a lot more to it than simply be- when those with widely different beliefs intering able to say whatever you wanted to say, pret a message as an attack on them and then regardless of its offensiveness, lack of purpose, launch an attack on whoever they perceive as or inflammatory nature. They also wanted to the enemy.

The violence as a result of a clumsy attempt end the UC ban against on-campus political rallies and establish more academic freedom. in a “movie” to portray Muhammad in an unfaThe movement in various forms spread to cam- vorable light shows what a hair trigger can do. puses nationwide and found a new home in the I suspect that the vast majority of the Islamic world is as horrified as we are at the reaction of anti-Vietnam war demonstrations.

It was a time when liberty morphed into li- a few. But in the time of the Internet, YouTube, cense in the name of a constitutional right. We and all the instant telecommunication there are still dealing with the first amendment and will be some who take extreme action. It’s no the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United longer just a crowded theater where words can v. Federal Election Commission is but the lat- explode; the whole crowded world can explode.

With freedom comes liberty and the line beest. It said, “Money Talks” so corporation campaign contributions cannot be restricted be- tween that and license is not distinct. We must cause of first amendment protection. That may rely on clear-headed thinking before leaping to the conclusions of self-justification that lead to well have a major influence on November 6.

How does all that play into the disastrous violence. Let’s hope the world can do that and week we have just been through in the explo- not be led by extremists, regardless of who they sion of anti-American protests in 23 countries? are, what they believe, or where they live.

Here’s a humorous example of how times have changed since that 1919 Supreme Court decision. James Thurber was a famed journalist of Contact Hayden at that era. He once wrote a piece about a crazy jhayden2003@cox.net man who lived in his hometown of Columbus,

The Statistics Don’t Lie

At about 11:22 PM, EST on Tuesday, Sep- Department of Transportation requires all vetember 4, 2012, the US national debt clock hicles to have rear-view cameras with a video registered $16 trillion. In case this does not display on the dashboard. Estimated cost of concern you, note that the share per taxpayer this auto and truck upgrade is around $2.7 is $140,000. And it doesn’t end there; billion. our nation also has unfunded liabiliWhile the massive debt and addties of $16 trillion for social security, ed regulations are discouraging, $21 trillion for the prescription drug the unemployment rate in July was program and $83 trillion for Medi8.3%, continuing the joblessness of care for a total of $120 trillion.

8%+ for more than three years. SubThe individual share of this awedividing segments of joblessness, some amount is over $1 million for the rate for Hispanics was 10.3%, each passenger on this 236 yearadult men 7.7%, adult women 7.5%, old ship-of-state called the United teenagers 23.8%, whites 7.4%, States of America. blacks 14.1% and Asians 6.2%.

Dick Baynton Wherever there is debt, there are The USDA reported that in holders of debt (creditors). Thirty-five foreign June a record 46.7 million recipients received countries plus other entities hold more than Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program $5 trillion of our US Treasury Securities. The (SNAP) benefits costing more than $6 billion. principal debt holders are China, Japan, Bra- That’s one in about seven people or 15% of zil, Taiwan, Switzerland, Russia and the UK. our population. The current US population is The national debt has increased $5.4 trillion 314 million with a civilian labor force of 155 since January 20, 2009 and interest on the debt million. There are 12,800,000 unemployed, was $454 billion in fiscal 2011. As of January 61,639,000 receiving social security benefits, 30, 2012, the current debt limit authorized by and just two employed workers for every unCongress is $16.394 trillion, meaning that a employed and retired citizen. This ratio is unnew debt ‘ceiling’ will be subject to political sustainable but politicians in their quest for demagoguery and wrangling. votes continue down the myopic path to soThe uncertainty of tax increases and re- cialist oblivion. duced government spending may create a ‘tax Before we reach the untenable position of cliff ’ after year-end with dire consequences. Greece and other crumbling economies, there These two economic changes create turmoil must be a heightened focus on the future of and uncertainty when they collide in govern- this country. Although there has not been a ment, industry and throughout the private congressionally approved budget in more sector. In addition, there are new regulatory than three years, a balanced budget must be provisions that could be introduced after the created and implemented rigorously. first of 2013.

The most important lesson is that we must The Labor Department will probably intro- all take personal responsibility. The value of duce ‘The Fiduciary Rule’, increasing litigation liberty and freedom are too great to place risks for businesses that offer certain forms of total dependence on the patriarchal tendeninvestment guidance for employees. The EPA cies of government, unions and employers is expected to awaken the ‘Ozone Rule’ that to assure our retirements. Precious financial was originally proposed in 2010. This rule resources are being hemorrhaged at the rate would be priced in the $90 to $100 billion of $42,860 per second. Time is of the essence. range for industry. There would be certain As Winston Churchill once said, “I never geographic locations that would be off-limits worry about action, but only about inaction.” for some industries that could not meet the strict EPA-mandated air quality standards.

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Wild Bill’s Weekly Sports Roundup

Wow, what a week on the prediction front. From plagiarism Blacksburg at Lord Botetourt: Botetourt comes off backto pilfering, the boys with the crystal balls were hit hard. First, to-back road wins at Bogle Stadium that have put new life into one of my esteemed colleagues was victimized by the the Cavalier program. Jame Harless must guard against ‘Copy-Cat Predictor’, someone who exactly matched a letdown.

78 high school football outcomes. I’ve got to admit, it Homecoming success in Daleville. Lord Botetourtmade for a hilarious halftime discussion at last Friday’s 29 Blacksburg- 20.

Cavs-Knights game.

Northside at Salem: The Vikings evened their record Surely, you imposters must realize we pros can spot at 2-2 last Friday, while Salem stayed perfect with a win you a mile away. When you make 39 picks, much less at Byrd. If Northside comes to play, the Spartans may 78, there are just shy of 550 billion combinations posbe in for a tussle. It’s hard to win at Salem Stadium unsible. I would have also figured the odds for 78, but my der any conditions. Salem: 28 Northside: 27. logarithm calculator blew up after 39.

Covington at Glenvar: Glenvar had the open week Bill Turner Closer to home, someone purloined one of my melast Friday to mend the wounded and prepare for the dia passes at another recent game. No worry, I’ve got others. 2-2 Cougars who were a 34-point winner over EastMont last But, the culprit should take note – the one he or she filched had week. Covington has averaged over 38 points in its last three expired. You’ll probably get nabbed if you try to use it to get in games. Can the Highlanders defense stop the train? the World Series or next spring’s Masters.

Covington- 30 Glenvar- 20.

A couple of you wise-guys asked me this week if I solicit help North Cross at Blue Ridge: Blue Ridge enters the game unon my picks. Nope, my Ouija is still purring like a kitten. Plus, defeated after their 23-7 takedown of Blessed Sacrament-Hufor the record, I have to get my predictions to the editors by guenot last week. The Raiders short bench and young squad Wednesday morning, and they’re on the newsstand for review may have their hands full again on Saturday. Blue Ridge- 26 by noon Thursday, a full 31 hours before the first Friday night North Cross- 16. kickoff. With all this going on, it’s amazing I only had one miss Roanoke Catholic at Parry McCluer: For the record, in case last week, finishing 6-1 in the ‘Big-11”. you’re wondering, Parry was a former Buena Vista school adNow, to this week’s non-collaborated predictions where ‘Big- ministrator. You always learn something in this column. The 11” members Byrd and HIdden Valley have an open week. young Celtics will have to execute to perfection to slip by in Patrick Henry at Patriot: The Patriots travel to Manassas this one. Parry McCluer- 26 Roanoke Catholic- 12. to take on Patriot. Actually, the Northern Virginia school is One quick look at this week’s mailbag, where a reader sugcalled the Pioneers, so it may be simpler to stay with that. The gests guest predictors for the column.

Pioneers enter the game 1-3, with the brightest star being three Dear Wild Bill: Have you ever considered inviting outsiders field goals in their last two games. Our Patriots are 4-0. The to challenge you in picking the games? (Norman/Salem) extra ‘s’ gets the win. Patrick Henry- 28 Patriot- 10.

Answer: Well, Norman, I thought about celebrities or presiR.J. Reynolds at William Fleming: The 3-2 Demons from dential candidates. But, can you imagine if I had Barack or Mitt Winston-Salem, NC visit Fleming after losing their last two giving their best shot? I’d print their selections and by next games to a pair of Forsyths, East and North, by the combined week, they’d swear they had score of 79-12. Could this be the first-ever Colonel win in picked the other team.

Fleming Stadium? R.J. Reynolds- 21 William Fleming- 17.

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100’s Take Up The Challenge At 17th Annual Mud Run

Constitution Day Commemorated

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Richard Cummins, Organist and Director of Fine Arts at Greene Memorial United Methodist Church plays the bells which pealed throughout downtown Roanoke on Monday at 4PM. Bells rang out simultaneously across the nation to commemorate the 225th Anniversary of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.

Peanuts Comic Strip Fans Hold Collectors Weekend in Roanoke The 17th annual Marine Corp Mud Run was held Saturday at Greenhill Park in Roanoke County.

Over one hundred participants ran the three mile course that finished with a full body plunge through the specially prepared mud pits.

Friends and family cheered the runners on as they made their way to the finish line for obligatory pictures and a soon to follow rinsing.

The run honors military veterans and is a fundraiser for Toys For Tots.

Photo and Story By Gene Marrano gmarrano@cox.net

Oh To Be Greek for a Day Thousands ventured out to the Greek Orthodox Church on Williamson Road this past weekend to sample the food, music and ambience of Greece- especially the food. Lines were long as attendees waited to order stuffed grape leaves, spinach pies, baklava, gyros and the like. This was the Roanoke Greek Festival’s 25th year.

The 14th East Coast Peanuts Collectors held their meeting in Roanoke last week – the very first time the group has met outside of Pennsylvania. The East Coast Peanuts Collectors formed in 1994 as a way for fans of the Peanuts comic strip to stay in touch. Approximately 200 attendees from all over the country attended the event.

Proceeds from this bi-annual event benefit Canine Companions for Independence (CCI).

While here, the group enjoyed a bus tour provided by Commonwealth Coach & Trolley Museum to the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford. Charles Shultz, creator of the comic strip, was a great supporter of the D-Day Memorial project. Mr. Schultz chaired the National D-Day Snoopy paraphernalia dominated the offerMemorial Foundation Capital Campaign and ing. donated $1 million to the project. Jean Shultz, Charles Schultz’s wife, is expected to donate Macy, Event Coordinator, stated, “This will be memorabilia from the Shultz Foundation to the the Peanuts party of the year!”

National D-Day Memorial Foundation.

The Roanoke Valley Convention & Visitors Weekend highlights for the group included a Bureau estimates the group contributed over Collectors Market Extravaganza, “LIVE” trivia $120,000 in direct spending to the Roanoke Valcontest, Scavenger Hunt, Decorated Scarf Con- ley economy. test, Tee-shirt contest, and Bake Sale. Chuck

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Titans Sweep in Three Games In Battle of Volleyball Unbeatens

The early-season showdown between volleyball stalwarts Hidden Valley and Roanoke Catholic ended last Wednesday night with the Titans’ superior height being the deciding factor in Hidden Valley’s 3-0 victory.

A packed Roanoke Catholic gym looked on to see if the Celtics, coached by former Hidden Valley assistant Aaron King, could keep pace with the perennial Group AA powerhouse Titans.

Roanoke Catholic came into the match with plenty of credentials itself, having already taken down Northside and AAA Patrick Henry, along with a pair of wins over Group A Division-1 defending state champs Bath County.

The match was dominated by the taller Titans, who controlled the pace from the outset on their way to the 25-10; 25-13; 25-16 win. Hidden Valley had its A-game going from the opening serve. “We played really well tonight,� Hidden Valley Head Coach Carla Poff noted afterward. “It was a total team effort.�

Titan 6’2� senior Caroline Boone Photo by Bill Turner. launched 15 kills past the Celtics, while Hidden Valley’s Hannah Podeschi backhands a junior teammate Madison Morris rejected shot past the Celtic front line. five Catholic shots.

Hannah Podeschi set the Titan front line ley’s height,� King pointed out after the match. in motion all night with 30 assists, and senior “Plus, they have such a good defense. One Jenny Clark controlled the back line, bringing good thing- we get right back with a match toup 10 digs and firing six service aces. morrow night, so we can move on.�

Mairin Guilfoyle led the Celtic attack with King’s message rang true as the Celtics plas7 kills, while Ava Perez added six. Perez also tered Chatham Hall 25-6; 25-13; 25-9. contributed 15 assists, with junior Anne Deer keeping busy by posting 15 digs against the relentless Titan barrage.

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Cave Spring Holds On for 3-1 Volleyball Win Over Patrick Henry

Cave Spring jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead, then held on for dear life to knock off AAA Patrick Henry last Thursday night in a game relocated to Cave Spring Middle School due to ongoing construction at the Knight’s home court.

The Knights took the first two games 25-22; 25-21 before Patrick Henry got on track to win the third 25Photo by Bill Turner.

19. The match looked to be headed to a fifth-game, Cave Spring’s Piper Roe drops a shot past Patriot defender #4 15-point tiebreaker when Lauren Deck. the Patriots held a commanding 22-16 lead in game four.

But, Cave Spring scored off the PH serve for their 17th point, and Knight freshman Alayna Foutz calmly delivered eight-straight service points to put the match away.

Erin Holsinger led the Cave Spring attack with 20 kills. Patriot Sarah Miller had 19 kills, with teammate Caroline Brailsford putting up 35 assists.

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Botetourt Comeback Nets 22-17 Win Over Cave Spring

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Led by #10 Jack Woody, the Cave Spring defense swarms over a Cavalier ball carrier Friday night.

It would be hard to argue that Lord Botetourt seconds left in the second quarter that sent the Head Football Coach Jamie Harless is feeling teams to the locker room knotted at 14. right at home at Dwight Bogle Stadium.

Cave Spring’s defense came alive in the third The former Cave Spring defensive coordina- and Daniel Seymour connected on a 25-yard field tor, who took over as the head man for the Cava- goal to put the Knights ahead 17-14. But, the Cavliers this season, returned to Bogle for the second alier air show struck again. time in as many weeks, this time to face many of With a fourth-and-three on their own 30his former players at Cave Spring. yard line, backup quarterback Alex Hampton Only one week prior, Botetourt had used a scrambled before lobbing a wobbly, dieing quail grueling rushing attack to defeat Hidden Valley that was brought in by Gusler for a first down.

22-14. This time around, it was surprises through Moments later, with Cave Spring secondary the air that helped knock off Cave Spring 22-17. stalwart Jack Woody forced to the sideline with an The Cavaliers had entered the contest only injury, Hampton hit a wide open Austin Oyler in throwing the ball a combined seven times for two stride for the winning 44-yard bomb with just uncompletions in their first three games. der five minutes left.

Things changed when Cave Spring jumped Cave Spring was unable to mount a serious out to 14-0 lead in the first quarter after the Cava- threat the rest of the way. liers fumbled the ball away on their first play. “It’s weird,� Harless noted after the game, on Knight quarterback Connor Baker scored on a beating a team in which he had coached most of one-yard keeper and running back James Jackson the players last year. followed with an 18-yard run that had Botetourt “Cave Spring was prepared,� he added. “You in a quick hole. take what you get. Tonight, we drew it up in the But late in the first quarter, wide-open Cava- dirt on the sideline.� lier receiver Bobby Staples slipped past the Cave “In the second half, our defense stopped Spring secondary to bring in a 22-yard touch- their running game,� Cave Spring Head Coach down catch from quarterback Conner Bronson Tim Fulton said. “But, our seconday broke down that cut the deficit to 14-6. Bronson connected on twice, and that was the difference.� a 12-yard toss to Dylan Gusler and 2-point conBy Bill Turner info@theroanokestar.com version throw to Thomas Kennedy with fourteen

Colonels Fall Just Short in 17-13 Loss to Hilltoppers

William Fleming spotted E.C. Glass a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, and the Colonels valiant comeback effort fell just short, as the Hilltoppers held on for the 17-13 win Friday night at Fleming Stadium.

Glass used its efficient ground game for the pair of early touchdowns before Fleming freshman quarterback Tyrell Adams got the Colonels on the board in the second quarter with a 9-yard pass to senior Malik Bonds, cutting the Glass advantage in half after the Joel Ugochukwa point-after.

The Hilltoppers picked up a field goal later in the second, before Fleming struck with a 92-strike from Adams to Bonds that sent the teams to the locker room with Glass holding the 17Photo by Bill Turner.

13 edge.

Photo by Bill Turner.

The second half turned into a Fleming freshman quarterback Tyrell Adams gets a pass

By Bill Turner PH hitter Sarah Miller fires one of her 19 kills as defensive battle of field position, off before being hit by a pair of Hilltopper defenders. info@theroanokestar.com the Knight front line looks for a block. with neither team being able to add to their first-half totals.

Fleming will look for its first win of the Adams was the offensive shining star for season this Friday as the Colonels host R.J. the Colonels, connecting on 8 passes for 170 Reynolds of North Carolina.

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People with serious disabilities—either physical or mental—typically receive important government benefits that help provide for their basic needs, such as income replacement, health insurance, and special education. Some of the government programs that provide support to disabled persons, however, are based on financial need. Supplemental Security Insurance (SSI) provides a minimum level of income and Medicaid provides medical services to financially needy individuals. It is critical to structure payments or gifts to a person with disabilities very carefully to ensure that receipt of the payment or gift will not disqualify the person from receiving these benefits.

There are two types of trusts that can be used for the benefit of a person with a disability: Amanda (1) A special needs trust is a trust created to hold the person’s own money or assets, including funds from the settlement of a personal injury lawsuit or of a claim against the Virginia Birth Injury Fund for injuries that created the disability.

(2) A supplemental needs trust, or thirdparty special needs trust, is typically created by parents or grandparents from their money and assets to be used for the benefit of their disabled children or grandchildren.

While a special needs trust must be created and approved by the Social Security Administration before it can be funded, supplemental needs trust can be created and funded at any time—as a revocable inter vivos trust, as an irrevocable inter vivos trust, or as a testamentary trust created in a will to receive the decedent’s residual estate. Most people create supplemental needs trusts as a separate inter vivos trust so that other family members (or interested parties) can make use of the trust in their own estate plans.

The primary difference between the two types of trusts, other than the source of funding, is that the funds remaining in a special needs trust at the time of the beneficiary’s death must be paid back to the government up to an amount equal to the total amount of medical assistance that the government has paid on behalf

of the beneficiary. Assets remaining in a supplemental needs trust can pass on to the family of the trust’s creator.

Special needs trusts and supplemental needs trust are very different from ordinary trusts. A more typical trust gives the trustee the power to make distributions to or on behalf of the beneficiary for the beneficiary’s health, education, maintenance, and support. Limiting the trustee’s powers to these criteria ensures that the trust assets are protected from any potential creditors of the beneficiary, including the IRS. The focus of special needs and supplemental needs trusts is quite different.

Because government disability benefits provide for the health, maintenance, and support of the trust beneficiary, the trust assets are used to pay for extras that can E. Shaw improve the quality of life of the person with the disability. In fact, if assets from the trust are used to pay for the beneficiary’s health, maintenance, and support, the beneficiary most likely will be determined ineligible for need-based government benefits.

While government benefits can help a disabled person meet basic income and medical needs, those benefits do not provide for extras that can make a substantial difference in a disabled person’s quality of life. Special needs and supplemental needs trusts can fill in that gap.

Specifically, the trustee of a special needs or supplemental needs trust can make disbursements to pay for caregivers (including family members) and personal services, educational and vocational services, pets and pet supplies, travel and vacations, recreation, the purchase and maintenance of a car or van and the purchase of gasoline to operate the vehicle, and other such expenses. These “extras” can make the difference between mere subsistence and an enjoyable life.

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Heidi Bundy is a self-confessed Sixties enthu- back as much as we can.” siast. Her parents were “hippies” and she has The parties are “as structure-free as possible, always been quite taken [and available] for any by “the free spirit and the age,” and are all inclufree love that they had at sive. In addition to a that time. I don’t see why Ladies’ Night Out, the we can’t continue those store will be offering traditions on today.” an upcoming Dad’s or Bundy now has the Men’s Night Out. Moreopportunity to combine over, the store offers nuher interest in the Sixmerous craft workshops. ties with her livelihood, “We do a lot of leather as the new owner of A working, a lot of jewLittle Bit Hippy. Locatelry, some basic jewelry ed in the upper level of services, a lot of things Towers Shopping Centhat we can do with hair, ter, A Little Bit Happy just natural crafts,” says originally opened in Photo by Melvin E. Matthews, Jr. Bundy, “things that they 1999 and was one of sev- Children enjoy a recent “unstructured” would have done when eral stores up and down birthday party at “A Little Bit Hippy.” they were living off the the East Coast—with a land and trying to be one second Roanoke store in addition to the Towers with Mother Earth I suppose.” location.

Bundy admits that she experienced “a huge The original owner decided to close the stores learning curve” when she initially purchased so she could spend more time with her sons in the shop. “I’ve never owned my own store beCalifornia. Attracted to the store by its spirit, fore, so there was a lot to learn.” Just the same, Bundy bought the business on June 1, 2011. it wasn’t an insurmountable challenge. “I’ve Now, over a year later, “A Little Bit Hippy – had amazing employees, from those that came The Next Generation” (as the sign outside the with Denise to those that we’ve brought in on store reads) has indeed embarked upon a new our own. [They’ve] helped as far as getting the path by expanding the number of services it store to where my vision is for it, as well as havprovides. ing a great rapport with the community – and “The Next Generation,” Bundy says, “sym- keeping everybody happy.” bolizes a few different things. It was actually a In addition to retaining the store’s old clientagline that my marketing girl came up with. It tele, Bundy has also managed to broaden its started from really the fact that it was just me customer base by offering services that appeal purchasing it from Denise [Sweeney, the origi- to young people. “We’ve got a lot of kids and nal owner]. Our ownership is the second gen- teenagers and families coming in. We are a fameration.” ily-friendly store and there’s nothing that you Acknowledging that she herself isn’t a child have to shy away from showing your children in of the Sixties, Bundy still adheres to the inter- our store—nothing that you would have to exests and passions of that generation. As she plain to them, in a darkened corner somewhere puts it, “So here we are—the next generation of that’s got a weird connotation to it. We keep hippies. It also symbolizes all the new things it that way. I’m a family person myself, so feelthat we can do with the store now.” ing that everybody is welcome into the store— Amanda Shaw is an attorney Among the new services, A Little Bit Hippy that’s kind of what I want to encourage.” with Glenn Feldmann Darby & Currently A Little Bit Hippy is looking for a Goodlatte – visit www.gfdg.com now offers a natural hair studio and birthday parties.

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