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The Roanoke Star-Sentinel Community | News | Per spective
4/4/08
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Nash, council pass each other’s test Selling Theatre P8– John Bryant didn’t quite know where or what Mill Mountain Theatre was starting out, but now he’s a pitch man for the stage.
Singing Day P9– Amondre Johnson joined his William Fleming teammate, Marcus Bratton, by signing to play for UVA Wise next year..
Alvin Nash said he wasn’t trying to pass anyone’s litmus test during the interview for a place on Roanoke City Council. In fact, he said, council had to pass his test. He said if appointed, he wanted it to be unanimous. Council passed his test Monday with a 5-0 vote and Nash was sworn in Tuesday. “Everybody on council, I trust them, I felt like I can work with them, but from them I wanted 100 percent acceptance,” Nash said. “To hear a unanimous decision with my name was a great thing. I got their support, which I truly appreciate.”
P9– Senior pitcher Daniel Motes pitched a shutout for the Vikings against Liberty High School. Northside took the game 10-0.
Spiritual Garden P5– What does your spiritual garden look like today? Read Ruth Graham’s walk in the spiritual world of Spring.
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BBQ on the house with Memphis victory There’s a reason for everyone in the Valley to root for the Memphis Tigers this week, at least everyone who’s not vegetarian. Henry Caldwell of Jeff Robinson Henry’s Memphis BBQ said that if the Tigers win the national championship, he’s going to give away barbecue sandwiches for free. The Memphis native and Tiger alumn said his two stores will give away one b ar b e qu e Good Eats s andwich per person of April 8 between 4 p.m. and 5 p,m, if the school can claim their first national title in basketball. “It’s our way of saying thanks to our current customers and welcoming in new ones,” Caldwell
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He said being sworn in as a Roanoke nate but it happened and created this situCity Council member was an emotion- ation and void so I dusted off my thoughts al experience. “I was as nervous being about council.” sworn in as I was when council Nash said he’s withholding was making the vote,” Nash said judgment on several key issues, City Council Nash said he’d considered runincluding possible Mill Mounning in the general election, but tain development, downtown put those thoughts away after pondering parking and a new amphitheater, until he’s the money and time required for a cam- up-to-date on council’s private briefings. paign. He said that all changed when it He did, however, say he was concerned was announced council would have to ap- about the way the city handled Counpoint someone to a seat. tryside Golf Course and was in favor of “The situation with Dowe happened,” keeping it as a municipal golf course. Nash said. “It was unexpected, unfortu“Council has some serious issues and
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I feel that what I bring to the table ... is a balance of how you handle problems, common sense,” Nash said. He said affordable housing is a big concern of his as a new council member. “Affordable housing not only means low-income housing,” Nash said, “but whatever an individual’s income is we should be able to accommodate that.” He said he also wanted to see Roanoke’s > CONTINUED P3: Nash
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‘Ties’ opens this weekend
A sure sign of Spring . . .
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The Southwest Virginia Ballet will give several unique performances this weekend (Sat. night, Sunday matinee) of a new work that relates to Roanoke’s railroad history: “Ties” is an original contemporary ballet created by their artistic director, Pedro Szalay. It is a work inspired by Ballet Roanoke’s connection to the railroad and is being put on as a collaboration with O. Winston Link Museum. “This is a concept I’ve had for a long time in my head,” said Szalay, whose family comes from Hungary, where traveling by train is a way of life. The O. Winston Link Museum, local artists and a music score originally crafted for the museum are all in the mix. Szalay designed “two real trains” that will appear on stage with his dancers, with the help of Hill Studios in Roanoke. Pictures of trains from the Link Museum archives will also be projected. Szalay recalls his family leaving Hungary by train, and his journey from New York City to Richmond by train. He worked
Photo by Bill Turner
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he on again off again weather may have some people and flowers confused, but Spring is clearly here as evidenced by the sight and sounds of wood and metal striking leather and umpires barking calls. Sandlot and high school baseball teams from around the valley took to the fields over the last week with varying
results. Northside cruised to an easy 10-0 win against Liberty High School, while Patrick Henry fell to Franklin County 7-1. In the above picture, the dirt flies as Patrick Henry second baseman Rob Floyd expertly applies a tag for the out as a Franklin County base runner attempts to steal second base
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James Bray treks to Antarctica to study climate change James Bray was selected by his company to travel to Antarctica for a 14 day environmental expedition to help bring awareness to the current environmental crisis (according to most scientists) facing the polar regions today. The Roanoke resident and General Manager at Akzo Nobel, the world’s largest paint and coatings company, was chosen based on his exceptional leadership within the company and his deep commitment to help preserve our planet’s natural resources. The 12 Akzo Nobel employees that embarked on the Antarctica journey were part of a greater environmental initiative organized by Robert Swan called the Leadership on The Edge Program. This expedition is primarily researched-based. Of course the arctic region was chosen because of the well documented and highly publicized melting of the ice caps that many scientists believe is due to man-made pollution. Akzo Nobel, like all companies, is ultimately looking out for its own business interests in order to create sustainability for its future. Their website indicates that it can, and should, combine environmental protection practices, and business growth within it’s company’s long-term business
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their leadership, so that they could begin a new, more environmentally friendly approach within each of their departments here at home and throughout their worldwide empire. “People make up corporations and Akzo’s goal is to change the way people look at conservation, for the good of the planet,” said Bray. It’s a progressive move that’s catching on around the world with other large corporations. Is the corporate world, including Akzo Nobel, really concerned about the environment? Or are these environmental expeditions just a way to eventually increase profits by exploiting a popular issue among consumers? On Akzo Nobel’s website the slogan for the expedition reads “Leadership, Sustainability, Inspiration, and Adventure.” But Photo courtesy James Bray James Bray off the coast of Antarctica in March. He was chosen by his employer on that same site they make it very clear that their mission is to “endeavor to deliver Akzo Nobel due to his commitment to help preserve natural resources. whatever our customers require, wherplan. It’s a move that several large corpora- is melting up there. During one of our first ever and whenever they need it.” Additiontions have taken, at least in part because it briefings an iceberg about 10 stories high ally, according to information on the EPA creates a good image. and two football fields long fell off website Akzo Nobel released over 25,000 But Bray described his experia ridge and nearly disintegrated Adventure ence as almost out of body-like. before our eyes. It was as if a bomb “It’s something I will never forget. exploded,” said Bray. This was the > CONTINUED We witnessed first hand how much the ice kind of experience Akzo Nobel hoped for P3: Bray
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