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YMCA leader visits Prague Volunteer Work P4–Volunteers build a picnic shelter for the Grandin Court Elementary community.

It was the trip of a lifemight be useful here. time, building upon a lifeJohnson, who has been time of experiences, and part of the Y his whole giving shape to a new vision life, called the trip “an eyefor a lifetime’s passion. opening, affirming, and exCal Johnson, executive citing experience all rolled director of the YMCA of into one.”

Roanoke Valley, recently reThere are 29 different turned from the week-long YMCA national organizaYMCA Europe Youth Festitions throughout Europe, val, held in Prague the first Cal Johnson representing almost every week of August.

European nation, with the He was one of 16 YMCA executives European YMCA headquarters locatchosen by the YMCA of the USA to ed in Prague, in the Czech Republic. represent U.S. Ys and to bring back Johnson noted that in Europe, “most lessons from European Y work that Ys are very driven by programming,

especially youth programs, rather than being facility-based like we tend to be in the US. Each approach to Y work has its strength, and the reason for our attendance at their Youth festival was so that we can learn more from each other.”

According to Johnson, over 7,000 participants attended the Youth festival, most of them high school youth.

Five hundred of those attending were teens from U.S. YMCAs. “We had YMCA CEOs from Ys of all sizes, from Pittsburgh and > CONTINUED Detroit, as well P3: YMCA

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A runner enjoys Highland Park last week with dogs in tow. Citizens have been discussing the merits of a dog park for over a year now and Monday’s 3-2 ARB vote finally paves the way for its development.

ARB welcomes off-leash dog park

The Architectural Review Board, though not unanimous, voted 3-2 in favor of the stage area location for an off-leash dog park in Highland Park. Dissenting votes were Board members, Bob Richert and Bill Bestpitch. Barbara Botkin, Alison Blanton, and Derek Cundiff approved.

Prior to the start of the meeting Mr. Richard Conley Edwards, 62, of Walnut Avenue, elaborated on his opposition to the dog park location. Mr. Edwards lives directly at the entrance to the park. Though he is a dog owner himself and his wife, Shari, breeds and shows dogs, his opposition was parking availability and concern for his property value. He asked, “Who will buy my house?” Shari Edwards spoke later in favor of an alternative location, option “B,” near the Gish House.

All who spoke in opposition fell along the same lines as Mr. Edwards - lack of parking - dog refuse - unmanageable dog interaction - child safety - grass sustainability - proximity to the stage - interference with winter sledding - overuse with there being only one dog park for the entire city.

All who spoke in favor fell along the lines of Jeff Campbell, President of Old Southwest, who said that “A great deal of thought has been given to accommodate the concerns,” referring to handicapped accessibility, water and electricity availability, and adding that the closest homes

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Roanoke has tried a lot of different approaches to marketing itself as a progressive region that works together. But efforts have yielded modest to little fruit and the valley’s economic development leaders now seek to learn from the pitfalls of the past as they re-invent how Roanoke is marketed in the future.

RSS Contributor James Sawyer says they need a compelling story to tell.

Roanoke searches for its economic development identity

Helping Kids P14– U.S. Kids Care participants gather bags and sort school supplies for their peers in need.

It’s been 25 years since the governments of our region saw the wisdom of working together for economic growth. Since forming the Roanoke Valley Economic Development Partnership in 1983, the theory of working together has been tested in virtually every conceivable combination. In the late 90s, a group of leaders proposed that all of the economic development entities in the region join forces and truly work together as one staff. That proposal met swift resistance and failed. Soon after that, the Roanoke

Valley-Allegheny Regional Commission helped broaden the scope of collaboration with neighboring economic development groups and formed NewVa. It too, met resistance and withered.

Now, the Roanoke Valley Economic Development Partnership has changed its name to the Roanoke Regional Partnership, complete with a new logo and new executive director. This time, the organization is shooting for a happy medium that encourages cooperation without a merger and encour-

ages regionalism without a formal alliance. The Partnership also boasts a new $7 million, five-year budget that matches private sector donations with public funding.

The Partnership will continue to spend more than half of its time and money recruiting new businesses to the area. However, these efforts will include a new emphasis on retail recruitment. As the Partnership focuses more on attracting > CONTINUED young pro- P3: Development fessionals,

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West End Center meets new challenges World Traveler P15– Eric Fitzpatrick travels abroad to teach in Italy, but loves returning to Roanoke.

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In his syndicated column titled, “We know what works -- now let’s do it,” Leonard Pitts, Jr. writes: I asked Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children’s Zone why anyone should pay to help him help poor kids in crumbling neighborhoods. He told me, “Someone’s yelling at me because I’m spending $3,500 a year on ‘Alfred.’

Alfred is eight. OK, Alfred turns 18. No one thinks anything about locking him up for ten years at $60,000 a year.”

Amen. Forget the notion of a moral obligation to uplift failing children.

Consider the math instead. If that investment of $3,500 per annum creates a functioning adult who pays taxes and otherwise contributes to the system, why would we pass that up in favor of creating, 10 years later, an adult who drains the system to the tune of $60,000 a year for his incarceration alone, to say nothing of the other costs he foists upon society?

Kaye Hale, the executive director for Roanoke’s West End Center would

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West End Center Executive Director Kay Hale chats with one of “her kids” during a recent day at the Center’s Summer Camp. echo that “Amen.”

Established in 1979 by West End Presbyterian and West End Methodist churches and neighborhood organizations, the center now serves some 140 children each year who live in many

of Roanoke’s disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Hale describes the Center’s current program base as its strongest ever. We are using purposeful, research-based curriculums, focused on the 40 Devel-

opmental Assets,” she said. “Our goal is to equip children with what they need to become productive, responsible adults. To do this, we offer a comprehensive program in accordance with the best practices in the field of youth development, community-wide needs research, and the needs of the families served.” Hale has witnessed everything from the grim to the miraculous over the 24 years that she has led the almost 30-year-old organization.

She credits her longevity to her belief in developing long-term relationships with “her kids.” Hale recalls one of her most poignant memories when she tells the story of a young man who came to visit just as he was about to leave for college in North Carolina.

“He just sat right there on that couch and cried. He told me that if it wasn’t for the [West End] Center, he knows he wouldn’t have made it.”

Hale says that stories like that > CONTINUED are the “good P2: West End

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were shielded from view. It will have “a positive impact on Old Southwest�.

One of the solutions for parking was to turn the road through the park into a one way street allowing for parallel parking. There was also anticipation that Wasena Park may accommodate another off-lease dog park.

Bob Richert, ARB member, said he expected that tonight, “is not the end of the subject,� and that there would be a third stage to come before the ARB with plats defining construction.

Chris Chittum, with the Roanoke City Planning department, disagreed with that expectation.

Steve Boucher, Director of Parks and Recreation, said that 60-70 attended Old Southwest Neighborhood input and that, “There was a preponderance in favor of the proposed location�.

ARB staff reported that there would be little effect on the surrounding area.

The ARB Chair, Ms. Barbara Botkin, instructed all speakers to keep the topic to “location� and that speakers will be stopped and asked to take their seat if they veered off topic. The black vinyl fence had been approved and was not up for discussion.

Jan Keister, of Old Southwest, was stopped by Ms. Botkin when bringing up illicit behav-

ior that occurs in the proposed dog park location. Ms. Botkin said we are not here for the “social problems� having the dog park would solve.

Marla Robertson, Old Southwest Public Relations, however was permitted to graphically describe illicit behavior she witnessed in a sycamore tree and said that “I’d rather see my dog pee on it�.

Josh Shields, Treasurer of Old Southwest, said “calls for service� would be reduced and visually the location is hidden from surrounding homes.

There is a “natural sound bowl� that alleviates the noise concerns. He asked the Board to, “not let this become our next Mill Mountain�. Kirsten Shields and Mark Kary, of Old Southwest, followed with their support.

Will Farmer, Chair of NewVAConnects, has been a strong advocate for the dog park. He said that it may “Not be a silver bullet to attract and retain young professionals but it is a start�.

Doug Turner of Highland Avenue produced an informal survey and said that option “B� was the best choice near the Gish House and that the current location, option “E,� was the least favorite choice.

Claire English called the NewVaConnect’s input meeting a “hostile pet rally� and said “we were being railroaded.� She

stated that they were instructed to be “rational and politeâ€? calling it a “one sided debate and no balanceâ€? and that they were told to “keep an open mind and closed mouth‌we were there to learn.â€? She said, “when allowed to talk there was no time to thinkâ€?. She added that there has not been enough planning regarding optimum size, liability issues, aggressive dog behavior, and inattentive dog owners.

Board member, Bob Richert alleged that “no credence was given to evaluation of other considerations,� that Parks and Recreation was “watching the applause meter� and that he “did not agree with the ARB staff report.� He repeated that it is not a complete application and does not follow tradition and historic uses. He asked but received no response to, “Are their going to be any doggie things like fake fire hydrants?�

He said he “was opposed to anything that will impose on the stage� and that the stage “was sculpted for an amphitheatre�.

Steve Boucher bristled at the insinuation that the evaluation had not been thorough and said it was a democratic process. Mr. Boucher said that site “C� was unacceptable due to its typography. Site “A� was too narrow and site “B� was utilized by his staff for storage of heavy equipment.

Board member, Bill Bestpitch brought attention to the magnolia tree planted in memory of Sam Garrison, who was a local attorney and gay rights activist who “worked hard for community inclusiveness.�

This young tree is inside the dog park location and vulnerable to damage. Mr. Bestpitch said, “therefore I will not support this location.� No member of the ARB, NewVaConnects, or Old Southwest alleviated Mr. Bestpitch’s concern for the memorial tree.

After the meeting Councilman Court Rosen, who was in attendance, clarified that the “Roanoke City Democratic Committee� planted that tree and he did not believe a plaque had ever been put there.

Board member, Derek Cundiff stated that he “trusts Parks and Recreation that option “E� is the best option.�

Chairwoman, Barbara Botkin said “it is a wonderful addition to Highland Park and the city ‌animals need taking care of too.â€?

Board member, Alison Blanton wondered whether there would be repercussions if the dog park does not work as envisioned.

Steve Boucher said, “if it becomes burdensome then it will be up for removal.�

der comes from private dona- nors are invigorated by our tions. aggressive and strategic efforts To address the funding to build financial stability and challenges, the organization capacity for the future‌Our has recently hired a develop- intent is not just to survive but ment professional. Annette to thrive. Our bold plans are Patterson is the founder and real and life altering for our president of The Advance- children and their families.â€? ment Foundation, a newly West End Center’s afterformed local nonprofit organi- school program includes inization conceived to help other tiatives such as back-to-school nonprofits “build a stronger backpacks and supplies for future.â€? each child; fitness and nutriPatterson’s initial focus has tion education; new clothing been to help the West End and toys for Christmas; life Center develop a strategic skills programs for middle and fundraising plan, engage the high school students; monthly board of directors, and visit parent group meetings; readcurrent and potential donors ing instruction; recreation; to tell the West End Center’s college financial assistance; story. “We believe that if the social competence and techcommunity sees and under- nology exploration. stands that lives are truly being Children from disadvan$AVID 7ILEY -USIC $IRECTOR transformed, they will stretch taged circumstances often in their giving as never before. require comprehensive, wrapIt is our job to get that message around services to meet their out in personal ways. Our vis- complex needs, Hale said. its have been overwhelmingly Working in collaboration with positive,â€? Patterson said.

Family Service of Roanoke In fact, Patterson reports Valley, the Center’s Child and that in her 20 years working Family Care program adin development, she has never dresses children’s health needs seen such passion and excite- through counseling and comment to “step up� by a group prehensive case management. of donors. “Seriously,� she The center also offers literacy said, “West End Center’s do- enrichment programs through

a partnership with Apple Ridge Farm. Elementary children receive reading instruction two times per week throughout the school year and each day in the summer. “Our staff, board and volunteers have had the privilege of participating in the growth and development of a number of fine young adults. Some have enrolled their own children in the program. Some have gone on to college. Some have served in the armed forces. Many are pursuing successful careers. A few have even come back to work at the Center,�

Hale said. “Each of these successful young people is a testament to the ability of this grassroots, communitybased program, working in partnership with loyal supporters, to make a difference in the lives of young people.�

To find out more about the extensive programs and opportunities at West End Center, visit www.westendcenter. org or call 342-0902.

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good retail is a critical amenity.

The remainder of the Partnership’s budget will be spent on building the region’s image, awareness and infrastructure.

The leadership at the Partnership freely admits that the Roanoke Region is simply not on the radar for the majority of prospects, be they companies or independent professionals. The first major investment the Partnership made was in a new Web site that will give prospects a 360-degree view of the region. Along with the launch of the new Roanoke.org Web site, the Partnership will be spending money on Web banners and search engines to drive traffic. Investing in a better Web presence will certainly guide the first-impressions of interested parties. But what, if anything, puts Roanoke on the radar of interested parties in the first place?

To get “on the radar,� it takes a compelling story that will be picked up and passed along.

Right now, the Roanoke Region’s story is a lot like a hundred other mid-sized metro areas in America. It’s difficult to say what sets the Roanoke Region apart from its competitors. In fact, it’s difficult to establish a set of competitors.

Based solely on data like size, growth rate, and geography, the Roanoke Region is similar to places like Kingsport, Ten-

nessee or Columbus, Georgia.

Quite frankly, virtually every city of similar size in the Southeast can claim a decent quality of life and scenic landscapes.

Part of the problem with defining and branding the Roanoke Region is just how fragmented it is. The Partnership represents the counties of Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig, Franklin and Roanoke, the cities of Covington, Roanoke and Salem and the Town of Vinton.

Each municipality has its own set of priorities and its own organizations to pursue economic strategies. The members of the Partnership also compete with one another for development and tourism. One would think that the first order of business would be to get all of those entities on the same page.

However, the Partnership is already more than a year into a five-year program of work. Trying to build consensus among nine municipalities would take valuable time. So, the Partnership will not be spending the next year trying to convince its members to present themselves using the new Roanoke Region identity. For instance, the Roanoke Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau, which represents the same group of municipalities, will not be marketing the “Roanoke Region� as a destination brand.

Having learned from the

pitfalls of the past, the Partnership will not be proposing the consolidation of economic development groups within the region. While it enjoys a good relationship with Virginia Tech, it will not be attempting a broader partnership, like NewVa, that reaches into neighboring regions. Most of the region’s administrators, including the Partnership’s new Executive Director, Beth Doughty, were directly involved with both of these failed consolidation efforts. This time around, the Partnership seems more focused on results and less on symbolic alliances.

According to the Partnership, the values statement that guides its efforts has been met with general acceptance: “The Roanoke Region offers the best balance between outdoor recreation and urban amenities of any area in the eastern United States. Residents and visitors have easy access to some of the best cycling, fishing, water sports, and hiking in North America.

The region also offers a diverse arts community, acclaimed higher learning, desirable retail, a commitment to “green� improvements, and a favorable cost-of-living. All this, paired with the scenic beauty of the mountains and a mild-temperate climate, make the Roanoke Region an exceptional place to

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visit, work, live, and invest.�

Again, the difficulty will be making the Roanoke Region stand out by creating a story that is unique. It’s no surprise that the value statement is agreeable. If you took the words “Roanoke Region� out of it, the people in Kingsport would probably nod in approval too.

Maybe it’s because every city in America with less than a halfmillion residents is desperately seeking an influx of young professionals. Maybe it’s because every economic development study tells us that young professionals like expensive mountain bikes, martini bars, boutiques, art galleries, higher salaries, lower cost-of-living and green living. Whatever the reason for the parity among America’s mid-sized cities, the Roanoke Region’s story has to be different to be memorable.

If the Partnership spends the next four years increasing population growth rates and household incomes, the initiative will be considered a suc-

cess. However, the larger success will come when educated young professionals can move here and enjoy the opportunities and relative income they have worked so hard to earn.

Until the Roanoke Region can compete on that level, any gains will be purely statistical.

To be clear, the Roanoke Region’s current situation is not necessarily the result of anything that our economic development authorities have failed to do in the past. The Partnership’s strategy is valid, with clearly defined goals and a new level of accountability.

Everyone is in agreement that having responsible, concerned business people involved in promoting smart growth is a good thing. Let’s just hope the effort attracts more smart people who will find a community that values their ideas, gives them a unique place to apply their skills and is able to offer them competitive compensation and an unparalleled quality of life..

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as from the Roanoke Valley and Santa Clara, California,� he said.

The European Youth Festival was held in a large, secure area that had once housed a World’s Fair. “The entire area was like a park, surrounded by a big fence, with numerous stages for music, tent areas for special workshops and gatherings, and a variety of vendors,� Johnson explained. “It was obviously set up with kids in mind, because the structure of the event was very fluid, very casual, with a lot of options for them to choose from.�

Johnson said that over the course of the week, a number of European bands gave concerts, and several of the YMCA youth groups gave their own impromptu concerts. “One of the very popular programming ideas in Europe is something called TenSing, where groups of young people come together regularly, through YMCA leadership, for a variety of artistic expressions, including music and theater,� he explained.

The YMCA in Cincinnati had a “Double Dutch� team at the festival, and the New Orleans Y had a youth singing group that also performed.

According to Johnson, European YMCAs are heavily vested in youth work, with much focus on providing volunteer leadership for community youth development. “Over here, we do a lot of work in wellness and health, in aquatics, in family programs. I think we all saw some exciting things happening with their work with kids,� he said.

Johnson noted that in YMCA work throughout Europe, philanthropy is not commonplace.

During his time at the festival, he was asked to lead a workshop for European Y leaders on “telling the YMCA story to develop support for accomplishing your goals.� “We’re very fortunate in America that we have such a rich heritage of community support, from individuals and businesses, for so many important causes,� he said. “In Europe, that history of personal giving just isn’t part of the culture.�

Johnson, whose father was a YMCA executive, has himself worked for 37 years in YMCAs

in Virginia and Florida, the last 21 as executive director of the Roanoke Valley Y. “In all that time,� he said, “most of the YMCA international tie has been one way, us helping the Ys in other countries. Recently, however, it’s begun to shift, and Ys over here are beginning to find value in partnerships with Ys in other countries.�

Mike Van Haelewyn, the Director of International Services for the YMCA of the USA, began his Y career with the Roanoke Valley Y, and was the founding branch director of the Salem Family YMCA branch. “Mike’s made quite an impact throughout the country on behalf of YMCA international work,� Johnson said, “and I’m hoping we can begin to introduce some elements into what we are doing locally.�

While in Prague, Johnson said he saw only four SUVs, with most locals driving much smaller vehicles, or else riding bikes or walking. “Everything there was very condensed, much tighter,� he said. “Prague is a beautiful city, the architecture is amazing,� Johnson continued. “European cities, of course, are much older than the oldest American cities, and Prague is the only major European city that was not damaged by bombs during World War II, so many of the very old buildings are still standing and still in use.�

The meals, according to Johnson, “were very heavy, with a lot of pork, very few vegetables, some fruit, and a lot of potatoes and gravy and goulash. I was glad to get back here to eat something much lighter.�

The festival was, for Johnson, “an invigorating event. It really was great to see how powerful the YMCA movement is in other parts of the globe, to see how the Y’s mission really does have a worldwide impact, to make connections with other Y workers, and to be inspired to bring back new ideas and visions for what we are doing in our own backyard. “I think each of us who went from America is coming back home with a renewed enthusiasm for reaching out and serving the diverse populations we have here,� Johnson said. “I know that I’m looking forward to doing that here in the Roanoke Valley.�

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Animal Control center launches website to help reunite pets and owners The Regional Center for Animal Control & Protection (RCACP) has just launched a website designed to increase the likelihood that a lost or stray pet will be able to find their way home again – www.rcacp.org. Located in the same complex as the Roanoke SPCA on Baldwin Avenue N.E., the RACAP serves municipalities of the City of Roanoke, Roanoke County, Botetourt County and the Town of Vinton.

The RCACP handles nearly 5,000 stray animals annually.

Of that number, only 20% are ever returned to their owners. The website will make it easier and more convenient for pet owners to search for their lost pet, according to Stan Wrotniewski, Director of

Operations for Animal Care Services, Inc., which operates the animal control center.

Stray, unclaimed pets brought in by law enforcement officers or others are held typically for five to ten days, depending on whether or not the animal has identification. Then it is determined whether they can be put up for adoption by the SPCA – if space is available.

Many are destroyed. “I think people don’t know about us,” said Wrotniewski as to why they might not get more inquiries about pets than they do now, “they confuse us with the SPCA.” The RCACP has returned more than 4000 pets to their owners since June 2004, according to the website.

An owner visiting www. rcacp.org, designed by New City Media out of Blacksburg, will have the option of searching through numbered photographs of lost or stray pets currently housed at the RCACP that are posted on the site, of listing their lost pet on the Lost Pet List, and/or of viewing the list of pets that have been found by members of the community and posted on the site in the Found Pet List. “We’re going to take photographs of all dogs, cats and other pets that come in,” said Wrotniewski, who said that information will be updated

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daily. “People can [look] from home or at work…it saves you a trip and gas coming down here.” Those who see multiples of the same breed would still have to make the trip to confirm their pet’s identity but would be more motivated Wrotniewski reasons if they saw what could be their pet online.

Other features on www. rcacp.org include a section on how to prepare pets in the event of a natural disaster, information on the importance of spaying or neutering a pet, and on the importance of up-to-date vaccinations, including rabies. For those with questions concerning local pet licensing requirements or state regulations on adequate pet care, information is included on the site with links to the actual state and local ordinances. Statistical information on the RCACP as well as comparisons with other municipal pounds is also listed on the site.

The RCACP primarily handles stray animals picked up by the Animal Control Officers employed by the municipalities, but also accepts strays that are found, and animals owned, by citizens of the municipalities served. Each year the RCACP handles between 7,500 and 8,000 animals. The Regional Center is located at 1510 Baldwin Avenue, Roanoke, phone number 540-344-4922, and is open to the public at 11:30 a.m. Monday-Saturday. “We want to see what happens,”’ said Wrotniewski of the www.rcacp. org website, which is less than two weeks old.

Lower-level entry floor plan of the proposed Fallon Park Recreation Center.

Council briefed on community recreation center Roanoke City Council was briefed on a proposal for a new community center following the 2:00 PM Council meeting on Monday.

The Fallon Park Recreation Center feasibility study and conceptual design was performed by Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture. Three other specialists for aquatics design, market research, and operational proforma each added their area of expertise.

According to officials, several public input meetings will be held at the Roanoke Civic Center. Cards will be used by attendees to shuffle costs verses amenity to be included in the Recreational Center. Potential partners in the joint project were Roanoke County, the Salvation Army, the town of Vinton, the city of Salem, Boy’s and Girl’s Club, the YMCA, and Roanoke City Schools.

Surveys were mailed to 2500 households throughout the city and surrounding areas. A total of 579 were completed including 377 from the city and 202 from residents outside the city.

Thirty-six percent of respondents were currently using indoor recreation facilities - primarily private fitness clubs and the YMCA. Topping the survey for the most needed features was space for teens, indoor swimming, a

senior citizens area, indoor running, and gymnasiums. Topping what respondents said they would use the most were fitness, swimming, and instructional classes.

The location at Fallon broke down into 25% of respondents seeing it as a great location, 33% as an acceptable location, 23% as not a good location, and 16% feeling the location has no impact. Preferred funding broke into two primary categories: 26% said taxes should cover the costs while 27% preferred user fees. 21%. of respondents had no preference or “did not know.”

Interestingly, 20 percent said they would never use, it while 30% of those who were responded would use it several times per week.

The next step will be to confirm and develop program elements with public input provided through “choose and prioritize” sessions.

The money to be allocated from the Parks and Recreation Master Plan for the Recreation Center will be funded starting in years 2010 through 2012.

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Council calls for a “Mulligan” on Countryside Golf Club At the 2:00 PM Roanoke City Council meeting on Monday, Councilman Court Rosen made a last minute motion to ask the Director of Finance to put together data on what it will cost the city to operate the long debated golf course for 5 - 10 years.

Mr. Rosen said, “we have to ask as a city do we keep the golf course in our possession at all”. This stirred debate for over 40 minutes between Mayor Bowers and Council members, Gwen Mason, Dave Trinkle, Alvin Nash, Anita Price, and Court Rosen. Councilman Sherman Lea was absent.

What perked the ears of many was a complication that two simultaneous RFPs (Request For Proposals) were being requested. One for operation for 5 - 10 years and one for purchase with the stipulation to operate the golf course for a “certain” amount of time.

Mr. Rosen said that “the larger question is whether we continue to hold the property” and that “the state is going to have a billion dollar budget shortfall …which will cause city government to contract”. He continued explaining how the city is going to have to be fiscally responsible on where it puts its money - into priorities like schools and neighborhoods.

He said that the numbers just don’t add up for Countryside. The $470,000 annual debt service being his main concern.

Mr. Nash said that Mr. Rosen was talking “apples and oranges” when comparing the debt service to operational cost. He hoped that a RFP would include the capital improvements that would give us a deal that would

“pay the bills and take care of itself.”

Mr. Rosen said, “he thinks it would be worth while to engage a broker to see what they believe the value of the golf course is ... as a matter of the city finances the shoe’s got to fit the foot”. “There may be an opportunity to turn it into half park and half business“, Rosen stated, “and maybe someone is out there that may want to buy the golf course and operate it“.

Member Anita Price said, “we don’t want this to turn into a stadium time warp” and she was “still wedded to maintaining it as a golf course”.

Dr. Trinkle made the point that we have already tested the market and it “didn’t work out”. Mr. Rosen was asking for simultaneous RFPs so that there would be more options on the table.

Dr. Trinkle said he would support that and added that “once the RFP numbers come back it will give us a better feel on how much it is going to cost us.”

Ms. Mason said at first the motion was a request for financial data and that now the request seemed to be changed from what she had seconded and that the conversation is getting confusing. She said, “the danger with throwing your drag net out to test the market you may come back with only little fishes in your net.” Ms. Mason then asked Ms. Shaver, Director of Finance, and Ms. Burcham, City Manager, for their input.

Ms. Burcham said that it was “premature to make a judgment until you have had responses to a RFP.” She added that the larger the lease the more likely the operator

from professionals and experts. If you put out an RFP you will get the information on what it takes. Countryside has never been subsidized by anything other than itself.” Nash later added, “I am in support of anything that would not impede on the RFP process because we have a very short deadline with the current operator and we don’t want any interruption with the operation of the golf course … it would Entryway to Countryside Golf Club. would invest in capital improvement and that the RFP could be worded to allow either party to back away with consequences. Ms. Burch emphasized that an operational RFP would have to be separate from one to sell the property.

Then Ms. Burcham said that Meadowbrook, the current operator, wanted a ten year lease and that they also wanted a reduction from the $17,500 they had been paying yearly. The operating agreement with Meadowbrook ends October 31, 2008.

Mayor Bowers then took the floor and said that at the briefing he thought that Council sent a very positive message to the citizens that we want to keep Countryside a golf course. He said, “the timing is off - we are turning in another direction …

We need to stay on course and I’m afraid if the motion is passed it is going to scuttle the current RFP process. If underneath this RFP we’re also looking at other options including selling the property maybe someone who wants to respond to the proposal will say maybe I don’t

want to get into that - are they going to sell it right out from under me.”

Mr. Rosen said that the timing is perfect as we are in a few months of making a decision on a 5 or 10 year lease. “If we don’t talk about it now we won’t talk about it for another decade”, Rosen stated. “I don’t know where the voters say they wanted to save Countryside … I did not get that signal”.

Ms. Mason said you never saw me vote for it and that, “I defy you to go to find it in the record” referring back to Mayor Bowers’ remarks.

Ms. Price said she thought we were looking at a 5 - 10 year lease and it seems like we are “throwing in another dimension . . . and muddying the water.” Ms. Price said she thought we had already asked for data anyway.

Mr. Nash said, “we have found ourselves with a golf course and it is not just a golf course but a landmark . . . and we have our hands around something that is very significant. We need an operator that gives us a good response to what our needs are. We need information

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The tours will promote wise resource management on private forestlands and will focus on science-based forestry and wildlife management practices, invasive species control, public and private sources of technical and financial management assistance, and networking among landowners and natural resource professionals. There will be demonstration stops on private, industry, and public lands that will center on multiple-use management opportunities and practices.

Tours will be held at Fort Pickett/Nottoway County on Oct. 2, Montgomery/Giles counties on Oct. 10, Rockbridge County on Oct. 15, and Essex County on Oct. 16.

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Roanoke City youth gathered at the Hotel Roanoke for the first annual VOYCE Conference.

Youth conference fosters sense of value for Roanoke children On August 14-16, the Hotel Roanoke hosted the first annual V.O.Y.C.E (Valuing Our Youth through Community Engagement) conference. Children from across the Roanoke Valley and throughout the state were invited to attend this three-day event aimed at reconnecting youth with the community. “This was an opportunity to follow through on the commitment the city of Roanoke has made to young people,� said Marion Vaughn, Superintendent of Youth Services for Roanoke City Parks and Recreation. “Young people, no matter what the age, sometimes feel like adults do not value them, and feel their voices are not heard. This was a chance to reach out to those young people and show them that

they are valued, that they are important.�

The youth participated in twelve workshops over the weekend on a variety of topics such as values and etiquette, as well as team-building exercises and seminars on the dangers of drugs and alcohol. They also played games and enjoyed fellowship with one another, including taking part in a dance party that was held on Thursday night.

The conference kicked off on Thursday with a cookout outside the hotel. Afterwards the youth had the opportunity to listen to newly elected Mayor David Bowers speak. Bowers encouraged the youth to persevere through hardships and maintain a positive attitude. “In life you’ll have a lot of defeats

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Mayor Bowers wasn’t the only prominent adult to take part in the conference. Others included City Manager Darlene Burcham, Superintendent of Roanoke City Public Schools Dr. Rita Bishop, Councilwoman Anita Price, and various members of the Roanoke City School Board.

According to Vaughn, the weekend was a success due in large part to the various donors who made the event possible. “The best part about it,� Vaughn said of the donors, “was that they were everyday people like you and me. No matter what amount they gave, it meant so much to us.� Cox Communications sponsored the event.

Vaughn thinks that the conference made a lasting impact on the youth, and adults, who attended. “I can’t begin to tell you how much fun they had, Vaughn said. “Even the toughest child there left with a smile. This city really does care about its children, and it is doing things to turn the tide and better accomplish our goal of reaching out to them.�

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Hundreds of children and their families attended the Rescue Mission’s annual Back-to-School Bash, where thousands of dollars in donated school supplies were dispersed.

Rescue Mission Back-to-School Bash equips children for new year For the second year running the Rescue Mission has been helping students to be prepared for a successful school year.

The Back-to-School Bash was held Monday at the Freedom Center, at the corner of Bullet and Jamison, where students and their parents gathered on this hot August night to receive school supplies that the Rescue Mission had collected for distribution to children of low income families.

Once students and their families were inside the gate, they saw officers from the Roanoke City Police Department including two mounted policemen and the K-9 unit.

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ested in the German Shepherd. There was a fingerprinting station to make a record of children’s fingerprints for safety. Representatives from Boys and Girls Club and Straight Street were each giving out information about their organizations’ activities.

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Angels with Scissors—a coalition of salon owners and hair stylists who do charity work for the Rescue Mission-were working hard inside the church giving free haircuts to students. The Freedom Center provided a live band that played contemporary Christian music. A clown helped children pick out book bags.

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Students and their families pre-registered at the mission’s Thrift Store. Those who didn’t register before the event registered at the church, and received school supplies on a first-come basis. According to Lee Clark, Rescue Mission’s Director of Development, a total of 550 registered this year. “I think it’s amazing,� said Barbara Meyer, of Bedford County. “It’s a godsend to people who don’t have a lot of money.� Meyer is the aunt of a student who will attend kindergarten at Stewartsville Elementary.

The 40 to 50 children in the Rescue Mission’s Women and Children’s shelter needed school supplies, so giving supplies to the children in the community was a way to say “the Rescue Mission cares about them, too,� said Clark. “The Back-to-School Blast is M A S T E R T AY L O R E N T E a greatEway to help families in vent Planning Se Southeast--and all over Roanoke—that need assistance.� “Dedicated to making you The Rescue Mission redaysupply come togethe ceived school lists by grade from the schools, then Cell:for 540-314-6942 asked donations. The school supply kits were “made by different volunteer groups and were assembled by grade level,� said Clark. Each student could select a pencil box and a backpack.

The Rescue Mission copartnered with the Destiny Center last year, which was located in the same church building where the Freedom Center is now, said Leslie Littlefield, Volunteer Coordinator at the Rescue Mission.

This year there were many participating organizations including the Norfolk Southern Volunteer Council, South East Christian Partnership, StellarOne, The Rescue Mission EVE Network, Church of the Holy Spirit, LMC Safety Barricade Corporation, Roanoke Valley Parents of Multiples, South East Action Forum and The Rescue Mission Auxiliary. In addition, “other churches and individuals gave school supplies,� Clark said.

Deborah White, who was there with her nephew, said, “I think that it is a wonderful thing� to receive the school supplies. He hopes to attend Patrick Henry this coming year and will be in the tenth grade. “I think it went very well,�

Clark said. “It was a great turnout and helped a lot of families and lots of children.

He added, “There was a lot of talking and encouraging children about school, and affirmation of children. There was encouragement of families and children to be in school and to enjoy school.�

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Rasoul: A new energy paradigm Two weeks ago I addressed the reasons behind the astronomical prices for gasoline, these serious increases hurt not only individuals and families, but also weakens our already vulnerable economy. The price of oil has decreased somewhat since then, but the cost of both gasoline and fuel-oil threatens to destroy local, state and national budgets.

Because of the high prices, Americans drove less, therefore cutting back on demand and perhaps contributing to the slight and temporary decrease in cost, but because many of us live far from our jobs and our markets, we are limited on the amount of reduction. Additionally, we depend heavily on trucks for transporting goods – again, we can cut back on the miles only so far.

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Goodlatte: Back to School--Higher Education Act

As August comes to a close, students of all ages are stocking up on notebooks, rulers, textbooks, pens and pencils: the telltale signs that another school year is beginning. As teachers and students head back to school we are reminded of the importance of education. President John F. Kennedy once said “let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.� I believe that the structure and quality of education is a direct reflection of the strength of our nation and I continue working to ensure that our education system is accessible and beneficial to all of our nation’s citizens.

For many students and families there is the promise of higher education. But for far too many others, the bur-

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The underground water table gets its supply from only one source: the moisture which falls on the surface of the land. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â -Jay N. Darling Got rain? opment, a drier clisurvive long periods Ordinary residents once inPaying $4 per gallon for milk mate, the revamped without rain. Plant formed can transform things. and gas drew our attention this logging siege in our roots could reach the We may not be public officials year. It seemed to create a funnel Eastern mountains, groundwater, and or developers, but if we live for the reality finally to sink into and the rapid transiwildlife could find somewhere, work, walk, go to our awareness that resources on tion of woods and abundant creeks and school or vote somewhere if we a finite earth are limited. farms into developed springs. Why? have any influence at all over a It also diverted our attention sprawl.

When rain falls small patch of earth we can help from a more submerged shortOfficials in Maryinto meadow grass- store up the priceless resource age of water. This is regrettable, land and Pennsyles, woods or humus- of rain. since water is one resource we vania helped lead buried mountainPermeable paving blocks, could renew, if we tried. And the way in legislating sides, it gets absorbed rain arrels and gray water Liza Field though we don t stand gazing at standards for sending by what permacul- lines are great investments for its price each week at the pump, pollution-laden urban turists call a sponge. groundwater-banking. But at water is far more valuable than storm-water into detention Tall weeds, fallen logs, leaf-litter, almost no cost, homeowners, fossil fuel. ponds, rather than shunting it pine-straw, rotting apples, nut- landlords, schools, churches, We valued it here in the mid- down gutters, creeks and rivers, shells, sticks, moss and lichens hospitals and businesses can Atlantic, last summer, as water into the Chesapeake Bay. But all the mess we've been taught transform their landscape from supplies began to look finite. often, the slowed down, some- to rake off the land's surface high-maintenance lawn (which Their finitude constituted a what cleaner water ultimately help slow down any rain run- can shunt off stormwater like a relatively new idea for eastern gets sent downstream rather off, meanwhile absorbing it for thatched roof) to a landscape states, historically sodden with than into the ground. slow release into the ground. of water-catching mulch, comrain, groundwater, springs, This brings up a vital point.

So while one s neat-mown, post, gardens, shrubs, ferns, creeks and full rivers. Water Expecting government single- sun-beaten lawn may be wildflowers and shade-trees. shortages had always been the handedly to restore the water parched dry as a wicker-basket Such a landscape not only abproblem of people out west, ap- table is as unproductive as ex- on summer afternoons, a near- sorbs rain, it can help retard the pallingly draining their ancient pecting it to solve the energy by woodland walk can reveal immediate evaporation of water aquifer and arguing over rivers. crisis. Ordinary citizens are the a shaded landscape still moist, from the ground.

So for decades, while western ones who must create a water under the leaf-mat, from rain A rain-absorbing, less mowstates lived under strict rules for reserve for the future. three weeks prior. er-dependent landscape also surface and groundwater use, How? After all, average resiThis is one reason smart cuts emissions as well as costs at governments in the east con- dents can no more hoard rain growth advocates link increased that ever-interesting gas pump. tinued handing out water-with- than we can stockpile gasoline land development to future And who knows? If saving galdrawal permits to any indus- down in the root-cellar. Or can't water shortages. Besides more lons of rainwater can also save a try that asked. Meanwhile, we we? residential demand for water, few gallons of gas, groundwater continued to develop, pave and Luckily, nature has been stor- the rain-repellent traits of devel- banking ideas might begin to grow our only limits appearing ing rain underground for eons. oped landscapes keep ground- percolate more deeply into our to be the horizontal landscape, That's why the American set- water from being recharged. awareness, the local neighbornot the vertical situation be- tlers found abundant springs, Curbing development seems hood, the region and perhaps neath our feet. creeks and groundwater sitting essential to restoring our re- the entire, thirsty continent.

In recent years, smartgrowth just a few feet below the surface gion's groundwater. But what advocates have warned that mid- for their spade-dug wells. Across about the vast spread of alreadyContact Liza at Atlantic water shortages would the continent, in those days, or- developed landscapes that we fieldnotes@wiredog.com result from unchecked devel- chards, crops and wildlife could can't exactly undo?

(a retired Chicago Good question.

Tribune writer now And if I had a George residing in Roanoke) Washington for evto the fabulous local ery time I have been arts coverage proasked that these past vided by Gene Marnine months I’d be . rano, to the hilarity . . well, a couple of a of Jon Kaufman and hundred bucks closno holds barred coner to the target. servative writing of When I think Brian Gottstein, the about it, it really is the question that is Stuart Revercomb Star-Sentinel has become (in nine short on everyone’s lips – whether I’m speaking at a local months) a unique platform for rotary meeting or making a sales so many local voices.

And there is no small number call or just bumping into an old friend. So perhaps I should at- of others who also contribute some work bright and boldly on tempt to answer it here.

The Roanoke Star-Sentinel the front page each week –others was born of a genuine leading to like Production Editor Stephen do something good in a world Nelson, Graphics Coordinathat so often is anything but . tor Leigh Sackett, Book Keeper . . To give a forum for positive Denise Knisely, Advertising Dinews and opinion that would rector / Editor Pam Rickard and uplift the life enriching people a host of salespeople, “story lisand events in our community teners� and just plain interested that so often seem to get buried and interesting “souls on board� beneath the negative and dirty make the whole thing tick.

Sometimes it as precise as clamor that rattles on all about us these days . . . To see in the a hand-crafted German time end if maybe, just maybe the piece.

Other times, of course, there’s hunger for a more pure and less pop culture influenced publica- cause for alarm.

Because, just like life, you tion might find a home in the hearts of those who so often never really know what’s comprofess to be seeking something ing next in the community more . . . to be a good word – to newspaper business.

Recently, I was answering this be a stretching and enlightening and, dare I say it - even enter- very question (the why of this newspaper) for a dear old friend taining word.

Now don’t let all that high and I had to remind her that minded talk scare you – we’re there is no way I can really connothing if not simple and in the trol everything that graces these words of one of our advertisers pages. Sure, I can bounce an erlast spring, we do seek to, “keep rant column from a contributor it real.� (Have you enjoyed one that was down on his sleep that of Bud Feuer’s columns? Bud week or refuse an inappropriate keeps it real.) And speaking of ad as I have done on several ocadvertising, we’re here to make casions, but in the end, just like a profit as well – it’s the only way you, I never really know what we can open our doors the next life and the wide variety of conweek to do it all again. Luckily, tributors and commentary writwe seem to be on to something ers are going to throw us. Often with our “subscription plus di- it is some curve in the form of rect mail� distribution model a topic or idea or reflection that that reaches over 30,000 readers I personally am not too sure weekly and over 118,000 unique about, and I find myself being stretched as I hope you are too, readers monthly.

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What an amazing and inroll in, and it’s not rocket science really – we go into a targeted in- teresting endeavor we have all come demographic in a highly been given – a place where stoappreciated vehicle that readers ries can be shared and new ideas look forward to and welcome and perspectives explored or a due to the aforementioned posi- vendor can pull out his new and tive local coverage. Check out surprising wares. Perhaps we the fine local companies rep- should have called it the Roaresented in this week’s edition. noke Star Campfire Circle – or We’re proud to be their market- Meeting House or Round Table ing partners and hope that you’ll or some such thing . . . Maybe all remember to let them know you we’re missing are the grog and saw their products and services the candles and a shaman or here. We value their trust as well two to show us the way home.

This newspaper will never be as that of all those people who have subscribed early in support mine. It will always be ours. I of this effort, and we’ll do our hope you know that and appreciate the beautiful reflection of best to continue to honor it.

And speaking of people, we this valley that it’s becoming.

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Joe confesses that he’s a little less than handy around the house

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Ordinarily I would be blind to all of this, but company is coming tomorrow, so I’m fretting about what to do with the mess.

The fretting will keep me from doing anything. The company is not actually someone I know.

It’s someone from the handyman service, hired to repair the little problems that have begun and languished during the eight years that I’ve had this place.

Fans in two of the baths squeal like livestock in a slaughterhouse. A sliding screen door needs to be replaced, thanks to a former girlfriend who inexplicably walked through it a seem-

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I believe in protecting the environment, in clean water and clean air, and in protecting our land and wildlife.

But I also have to look at the evidence that the predictions of doom and gloom global warming are myths, if not outright lies. In this first column, I’ll address the agenda behind those who use global warming as a scare tactic. In my next column, I’ll show you reputable scientists who debunk much of the global warming hysteria.

The agenda behind global warming You may ask yourself, “Why would people lie about the impending doom of global warming?�

Because many at the radical end of the environmental movement are socialists who want to see our standard of living, our wealth, and our technology destroyed in order to once again attempt to bring about a socialist Utopia. They realize they can accomplish this goal by using the guise of global warming to get people and governments sympathetic to regulations that will drive

industries out of since those are the business, make pritwo big targets of vate automobiles ant i-capit a lists). extinct, and get The largest creator citizens to give up of greenhouse gases their incomes and is livestock. The gas freedoms to supemitted from liveport government stock raised for huprograms to “save man consumption, the earth.� plus the energy Don’t believe used in the producBrian Gottstein me? Will you betion of food for the lieve the founder of livestock, and the Greenpeace? In a 1997 inter- clearing of land for its grazview with News World Com- ing, cause more carbon dioxmunications, Patrick Moore ide than all the planes, trains, (who left Greenpeace in the and automobiles on the planet mid 1980s) stated that, “[T] – combined. he fall of communism brought Although this report hurt an influx of anti-corporate ex- the environmental extremists’ tremism to the environmental argument about the evils of movement because suddenly, cars and factories, they manthe international peace move- aged to spin it into a story ment had a lot less to do. Pro- about blaming people (esSoviet groups in the West were pecially Americans) for not discredited. Many of their being vegetarians (another members moved into the envi- agenda item of theirs). Yes, ronmental movement. By vir- now they tell us the food we tue of their anti-Americanism, eat is “destroying our earth.� they tended to sometimes fa- No matter what it is, it’s always vor the communist approach. our fault.

[They] are now using the I am not suggesting we go rhetoric of environmentalism out and pollute the environto promote other collectivist ment, or let individuals or agendas...� corporations dump toxins An example of their success into our ground and wateris legislation being considered ways. That should be – and is in Congress by both parties – regulated. But you can take which would cut carbon diox- anything too far, and this curide emissions in the U.S. over rent trend to do “anything� in the next 40 years to 1800s-era the name of global warming levels. The lawyers in Con- without regard to its financial gress (not usually people who and societal costs is extremknow business) are proposing ism. That extremism can legislation which will create bring about the ultimate goal standards that are scientifi- for many of instituting a slow cally impossible or too expen- road to socialism. If they can sive for companies to achieve, dupe the rest of us into believwhich will put many out of ing that we have to give up our business. freedom to save the world. So According to a United Na- far, they’ve been very successtions’ report in 2006, the larg- ful. Only by fighting back with est creator of greenhouse gases the truth can we stop them. is not even industry or the automobile (though, that’s what Contact Brian at most people are led to believe, bgottstein1@yahoo.com

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Youthful road trip provides great adventure

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t’s 18 hours into a 39-hour non-stop drive Swiss Army knife and hand it, along with a spoon, to Carbondale, Colorado. I’ve just taken the to Kit. Gripping the can, as well as the steering wheel from my brother Kit, who briefs me on wheel, he’s grinning the grin of a happy man. The the road conditions and disappears into the back of last rays of the setting sun are glinting off his cheap the VW bus. The Missouri road is clear and dry and sunglasses. We’re almost to the Kansas line and life I can coax the bus up to its full cruising speed of 57 is good. miles-per-hour. “Watch out for the cross wind,� is Friends and acquaintances say, with a smile, “so, Kit’s last comment before he snuggles into the mumyou only stop for gas and to pee, eh?� Their smiles my bag on the narrow plywood bunk in the back of dim somewhat when we say, “actually, we don’t althe bus. Sure enough, the north wind threatens to ways stop to pee.� Our pee bottle is called “Little wrestle my hands from the wheel constantly, and John�, and it is well-used. Of course, the bus needs John W. Robinson I feel like I should be crabbing into the wind like gas every 4 hours or so, and visiting the midnight an airplane. Thank goodness we left the heavy snowfall of truck stops and out-of-the-way filling stations is always inKentucky and Indiana behind. It’s the second week in Janu- teresting. Besides tanking up, we clean the frozen grime off ary and I guess we’re lucky to be on dry roads for any part of of the windshield, check the tires, and freshen ourselves up this trip. by washing our faces in the sink of the always spectacularly The plan is to go to Aspen to ski for a few days. We’ll stay at dirty rest room. “Did you see the poem scrawled on the wall Uncle Owen’s house in Carbondale, which is just a short drive over the empty soap dispenser?� I ask Kit as we head out of down the valley from Aspen. I can’t wait to hit the slopes. another first-class joint. Getting up to speed, the bus engine The long wide runs, the perfect snow, maybe some sunshine. sounds like an out-of-control sewing machine. It’s not unRocky Mountains here we come! common for us to be stranded by mechanical failure on treks The “watch schedule� is to switch drivers every two hours. such as this, but on this particular journey the bus continues This seems to work well. In those days we would often switch to run as well as we can hope for. drivers without stopping the car, but this is highly risky be“Hey, hand me the scraper�. I’m in the way back of the bus, havior which I do not recommend. Anyway, changing driv- scraping the ice off the inside of the rear windows. That’s ers every two hours keeps us fairly fresh, albeit less fresh as right, the inside. The little air-cooled Volkswagen engine certhe trip continues. In fact, by the time we return to Roanoke tainly doesn’t provide much in the way of heat, and the conwe are approaching the opposite end of the freshness scale, densation of our breath is constantly freezing on the window towards rotten I guess. Despite waning freshness, our spir- glass. Of course, our driving outfits do not consist of T-shirts its rarely dim, being sustained by youthful enthusiasm more and shorts. No, we pretty much have on our full ski gear all of than anything else. the time, except for when we’re snuggled in our cozy goose “Hey, what’s for supper?� yells Kit from the helmsman’s down sleeping bag, the one which leaks wispy puffs of down position. I set aside the Carlos Castenada novel which I am all over the place. trying to get into, and rummage through the food box. First I It’s dark, snowing, and very cold. We’re pulled off the road pass the driver a banana, which has progressed considerably on the steep approach to Loveland Pass, and we won’t make it beyond its green and yellow stages. Then I unearth some real over without chains. The word is that Vail Pass is even worse food, a can of Spaghetti-Os. I carefully open the can with the tonight. I’m fumbling with the chains, trying to attach the

Healthy boundaries, healthy children

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don’t think that it would of these, they effect demonstrate themsurprise anyone to hear such a small perselves. As they get that one of our main jobs centage of our youth older this is who as parents is to protect our chil- compared to socially they will pursue bedren. In the internet age with driven ills such as cause it is what they media avenues at every turn drug and alcohol have known. it is no wonder that we have a abuse and sexual Think about how heightened awareness of dan- promiscuity to meninconsistent the gers such as child predators, tion just a few. If we message is when we bullying, gang violence, lead truly want to protect teach our children paint in our toys, etc. While our children then we vigorously at home Keith McCurdy this awareness has accom- need to better manthat it is wrong plished many great things it has age the influence of to do A..B..C. yet also lulled us into a sense that their friends. we allow them to continue to if we put in safeguards against When a child is 17 years old spend time with other kids these types of dangers, then our it is extremely difficult to great- that consistently are in trouble kids will be OK. What if we are ly impact who they hang out for A..B..C.. Our children do missing the most important with, without major upheaval. not know at a young age what ways to protect our children?

When a child is 6 it is much is truly healthy. What we alAt a recent conference the easier. This is where we begin low, they will begin to interspeaker was reporting on re- the process of sculpting our nalize as healthy and begin to search about youth over the past children’s interactions with and incorporate into their lives. As several years by the National choice of friends. To do this they grow older we will need to Institute of Mental Health. we first need to know the other continue the process of knowThe question was, “What is the children and their families that ing their friends and restricting number one indicator of delin- make up our child’s life. When access to the undesirables. We quent behavior among youth?â€? we actively engage in this type are told in scripture to “Flee The answer was‌‌who they of process then we begin to from all immoralityâ€?. I do not hang out with, their friends and learn who is healthier and who think it is a stretch for us to asacquaintances. Not only did is not. Now we have a basis for sume that we need to help our this not shock me, it made me who we allow our children to children do likewise. A parent a little annoyed that NIMH had spend time with and who we told me once that her child’s life to spend tons of money to tell avoid. Yes, I said avoid. If we was like a party. I agree, and we us what our parents and grand- do not have the fortitude to say are the gatekeepers and it is our parents have told us for years. “Noâ€? to a play date with a 7 year job to keep out the riff-raff.

We know this stuff. Then as old that cusses and is constantI started thinking about this ly stealing things from other Contact Keith at I realized that as parents we children, then we will soon psycyou@msn.com don’t act like this is the biggest be dealing with these issues in threat to our children. In fact, I our own homes. When we set hear regularly that not only is it our child up to have relationNow Available impossible to control who our ships with healthier peers this For Those Choosing children’s friends are but that provides our children with an Pet Cremation for some reason it is wrong PROOF to understanding of what to look #: 060408P-HBBQ Size: 3 / '' x 7'' x 10'' attempt to. While threats such for in a “good friend� and an DATE: expectancy 06-04-08 as child predators are very seriof what behaviors ous and we should all be aware they should see in others and 1

links around the tire tread. They seem a little tight, and my hands aren’t working so well. Kit takes over and discovers that I’ve been trying to put the chains on inside out. Now we’re in business. We hop in the bus and pull out behind a snowplow.

I’m driving now, my hands taking turns being thrust into my armpits in hopes that some feeling will return to them soon.

Kit hits me with, “Hey, we’re in Colorado!� We’ve been making this jubilant announcement every ten minutes, high fives with cold hands.

A few hours from Carbondale and its just getting light. “Hang in there old bus. We’re almost there.� We figure we’ll have time to stop at Uncle Owen’s house for a minute before continuing up the valley to Snowmass at Aspen. Boy are we excited. It’s going to be a great day on the slopes. “See you boys later. I’ll thaw out some elk steaks and a couple of 12-inch rainbows for dinner.� Uncle Owen waves us on to Aspen, after a brief check-in. The sky is blue and from a distance the mountains look like they’re heaped with powdered sugar. And the skiing is great. We have a full day of it. Later on, the Elk steaks and trout are good too. At dinner Owen regales us with tales of hunting and fishing in the mountains, and we catch him up on some of our own tales. I am so exhausted that my face almost drops into my bowl of ice cream. Sleep comes several steps before I reach the bed, I am sure. “Welcome to West Virginia� announces the road sign. Almost home, almost home. Two glorious days of skiing, eighty hours of driving. The bus stinks. We stink. Goose down is floating around everywhere. Kit’s at the wheel with this maniacal grin. The bus is purring right along, (or its best approximation thereof anyway.) I am watching the grey landscape go by at exactly 57 miles-per-hour.

What a great trip. What a great life.

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Staying awake for life isn’t always easy

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can sleep anywhere at any time. Hook my collar on a sturdy nail and I will nod off without a moments notice. In a matter of seconds I am drifting into a dream world seemingly free of stress, heartburn and grief.

However, sleep does not necessarily denote rest and there is where my trouble begins.

Beneath Jon's shut eyelids lurks an aggregation of sleep disorders that would jar the average bear out of hibernation. I walk, talk, roll, flip, and even shave (half of my beard one night) in the throws of slumber. Amazingly, my long suffering wife has managed to retain her sanity through seventeen years of these bizarre nocturnal antics, though I fear she might gently smother me with a pillow one darkened night.

Scheduled by my doctor to participate in a sleep study several weeks ago, I grew feathers the night before and

surrendered my chickenhearted self to Colonel Sanders rather than attend. Aside from having to wear one of those sleep apnea contraptions that makes the subject look like a test pilot getting ready to leave the atmosphere, I feared my monitoring tape might appear on YouTube the following morning under the heading "Disturbed Old Fat Man in his PJ's."

This affliction has haunted me since childhood. One night my father discovered me kneeling next to my bed, shoving a stack of books under one of the legs. When asked what I was doing I reportedly answered "fixing a tire." Not one to allow an opportunity to pass, my Dad pointed under the bed and informed me that a few of my lug nuts had scattered towards the passenger side. I faintly remember him giggling as I scrambled under my bed for the missing parts.

Several years ago a restless night, I I roused Janet out of eased myself onto a sound sleep claima small bench in ing that our ceiling her showroom fan was bouncing and fell asleep alup and down like a most immediately. yo-yo. Lightly agiI awoke two and tated, she walked a half hours later, to the doorway, decorated like a flipped on the light Christmas tree. switch which conUpon my chest trolled the fan and was a sign stating Jon Kauffman proclaimed "Now "Hi, I'm Jon the it's going 'round Sales-guy! Please and 'round, now go back to excuse my snoring and resleep you lunatic!" member that everything in These acts of quiescence the store is 20% off. I had don't always occur in the wee been transformed into a huhours, sometimes the sand man advertisement. man visits me during the light Flustered, I wiped the drool of day. While employed as an from my chin and sat upadvertising salesperson I was right. Removing the tinsel often asked to wait for a short from my hair and sleeves, I while when my clients were noticed a stack of photos on helping one of their custom- the counter next to me. I ers. Normally, the delay was learned that for the past coushort, however, the customer ple of hours people had not I was visiting on this day was only been trimming me like a notorious for keeping her tree, but were also posing for sales reps waiting. Following pictures with me as well. The store owner assured me that I was the "hit of the day" and that if I didn't like the Polaroid shots on the counter, her partner would be back from the one-hour photo developers in a few minutes with some clearer images. More than a little embarrassed, I apologized for my behavior, yet politely refused to allow her to use my likeness for her Christmas cards the following year.

Perhaps I will reconsider my visit to the sleep clinic. It would be nice to wake up and feel something other than complete exhaustion and maybe, in my absence, someone in my house can get a night's rest as well. If you see a man on YouTube one night gussied-up like a Christmas Norwegian Spruce, you will know that I made it to the clinic safely. Sleep well, gentle readers.

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“Obey” is not a four letter word

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have been watching fami- to help me. At the time he was lies this summer, especial- surrounded by other students of ly children. What makes his own age. In spite of this, he a really good day at home? Is noticed my burden and stepped it peace? Is it harmony? When up to help me. I was delighted we have a fine day with our chil- and thankful for his help. In dren, what has it been like? another occasion his sisters ofI would guess that for most fered to help with preparations parents it boils down to children for another event. I know that obeying. Expectations to simply these children are not just nice obey, cheerfully, obediently, im- children; their parents have very mediately, and from deliberately worked the heart marks the with them. The chilmaturity of a child dren have learned who knows his/her their place in the place in the uniworld in learning to verse. The reality of obey their parents. this is hard to come Yes, their parents by and takes diliare kind and calm, gent and intentional but they also have awareness and work embraced the beauon the part of the ty of teaching obeparent. This kind dience at a young of awareness does age.

Diane Kelly not come naturally.

I wonder many We are all naturally times if parents selfish (sinful) and children bear know that their child can be this out everyday. Learning to expected to obey the first time. obey is the first step in recogniz- Do we tell a child to do someing how to live a life of peace. thing and then listen to excuses A new family moved to Roa- or wonder if what we have asked noke this summer, and I have him/her to do is unfair or too been watching their four chil- much to ask? What does it take dren. What an amazing beauty for your own child to obey you?

I have seen. The children are Do you have to reason with him? keenly aware of their place in Cajole her? Promise a reward or the family, and this makes for prize or treat? Does your child wonderful harmony. The par- do what you say the first time, ents are devoted to training their without whining or questioning children, making them aware of or making excuses? This obeditheir responsibility to live with ence is the key to a happy family, respect for others. This begins full of peace and productivity. by learning to obey and respect Teaching obedience and cretheir parents. ating a peaceful home doesn’t I was surprised by one of the just happen. It arises out of our children, a rising 7th grader, own desire to live in obedience who greeted me in the hallway to God, and recognizing our deto offer a helping hand when pendence upon Him. my arms were loaded with a Contact Jon at heavy box of books. He saw Contact Diane at Jon.Kaufman@sprint.com that I needed help and offered dianekelly@gmail.com

Bonnie and Clyde and the killing fields of Goose Creek

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he yellow jackets this summer are more abundant and more ill-tempered than I think I've ever known them.

Even so, our recent Special Ops maneuver to remove two large nests buried beneath the pasture trail we walk every day seemed just a wee bit over the top--like an absurd, entomological drive-by shooting.

Personally, I'd have just avoided the underground swarms and walked another way around the pasture until winter, but gangster-ette Bonnie here wouldn't stand for such cowardice. Here's the way I remember the crime . . .

As darkness fell, Bonnie and Clyde prepared to make their move, climbing with solemn purpose into the rusted, deer-dented farmuse truck. Tension twisted in their gut. There would be dozens of them-hundreds maybe-and it wouldn't do to make a mistake. A slip-up could be deadly - or at least agonizingly painful. Clyde drove, Bonnie rode shotgun, packin' heat. And she had killin' on her mind.

A few days earlier a farming neighbor at the couple's request became a willing accessory to the crime. He dropped a white rag to mark the spot as he tractored past the gang's hideout in a rush, before they could rally an attack en force. The two would come back a few days later after the hay had been collected, after the buzz had settled

one would ever down, and a false find them there? peace settled over Now, the grass was the colony. The gone, they were stinging menace exposed, edgy. As by then must have the truck of doom thought the threat pulled alongside had passed. their neighborIn the dim light hood, surely they of the evening knew their fate. in question, the Fred First Bonnie was a pair could barely seasoned assassin make out the target. They rounded the bend - determined, steely-eyed, past the barn and out into fearless. Through the open the open. Slowly and with window she fired a deadly grave purpose, the old truck and long sweeping spray creaked by in the gloom of into the enemy's bunker. It dusk, weaving between the seemed to last forever. She large round rolls of sweet was taking no chances. And hay, moving in space and when the job was done, she time closer, ever closer, to doused the place with a half pint of gasoline--a trick the strike.

Air hung wet, cool, and learned from her father, disdead calm; a few bats traced approved of by her partner. arcs overhead as if it were But ties to Family run deep, any ordinary July evening. old habits die hard. To some, Just then, Clyde began to the only good bug is a dead sweat with the heat, but more bug. Real dead.

The wife doesn't know it, than that with the dread of impending terror and the but there's a yellow jacket's possibility of suffering--his nest in a hole in the bank just own, and he wouldn't admit outside the garden fence. I've it--theirs. He rolled up his watched with interest as they window as Bonnie rolled hers patrol the squash and beans, and figure they serve a purdown. The time had come.

They pulled along side the pose in the overall economy of target marked by the pale this place. I'll simply not walk rag. Bonnie lifted her weap- that way until winter comes. on, felt its familiar heft, po- And if she does, well, the story sitioned her finger expertly of the July massacre is making on the trigger for a one-two the rounds; I'll figure they're punch. She was confident; he just getting tooth for tooth. was not so sure.

Contact Fred at The enemy would be quick fred1st@gmail.com and fierce in the protection of the turf they had claimed, squatters once hidden in the tall grass. Did they think no

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Why did the early colonists come to America?

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he colonists came to America because they heard it was a free country. They came from neighborhoods that had problems,” says Nathan, age 7.

I wonder if you’re thinking of Australia instead of America.

“Early American colonists came to America for freedom, God and gold,” says Jenny, age unknown.

Legends of gold cities lured some of the earliest Spanish conquistadors to the Americas, but Natalie, 12, says many early American colonists risked hardship and deprivation for religious freedom: “In their countries, it was illegal to practice religion the way they wanted to. They had to do what their leaders ordered.

“This posed a problem since those beliefs were not their own. When they came to America, they established colonies where they could worship freely. The dream of freedom is what brought them to America.”

American colonization and independence can be partly explained from economic, political and military perspectives; however, any view that omits the longing for spiritual freedom does not adequately explain why people left their homes for this new land.

Question: In the four decades that preceded the signing of the Declaration of Independence, name the man who spoke to the most Americans: George Washington, Patrick Henry, Benjamin Franklin or Samuel Adams.

None of the above. He wasn’t even an American citizen. Does that help? Probably not. Have you ever heard of George Whitefield? I never had until I read about the Great Awakening, which Whitefield led on two continents (North America and Europe). Some church historians compare this spiritual awakening to the spread of the good news in the days of the early church when Jesus’ apostles took the gospel to every corner of the Roman Empire.

With clarity and power that most people had never witnessed, at the age of 22, Whitefield began preaching the necessity of being born again by believing in Jesus Christ alone for eternal salvation. Beginning with coal miners near Bristol, England, Whitefield took the message to the common people by preaching outdoors. As he preached, the crowds grew.

On Sunday, March 25, 1739, it’s estimated that 23,000 people in Bristol heard Whitefield preach.

When Whitefield came to America on the first of seven preaching tours, he preached from the courthouse steps in Philadelphia. One of the listeners was Benjamin Franklin, who became fascinated with the carrying power of Whitefield’s voice. He carefully stepped off the distance and estimated that 30,000 people could hear him. Although Franklin resisted Whitefield’s public and personal urgings to become a Christian, he became a lifelong friend of the

famous evangelist and printed his sermons.

From 1736 to 1770, Whitefield preached more than 18,000 sermons, averaging more than 10 a week. Dr. Rimas J. Orentas described the impact: “Through the universal experience of the Great Awakening, we began to realize that we were a nation.This national identity was rooted in the conviction that we were a people chosen by God for a specific purpose.

“In the earliest prayer of the Puritans was the idea that their colony could be a city on a hill. Through the experience of the Great Awakening, the entire nation became a citadel of light in a darkened world.”

What God did then, he can do now. The power of the gospel hasn’t diminished, but its impact is often diluted by Christians who fail to share the good news with others and live out its implications in their lives. Can you imagine the result if every Christian in America told just one person a month about the saving power of Jesus?

Being a light on a hill as a nation begins with individual Christians becoming lights at home, at work and in the community. Don’t settle for letting your light shine for only an hour on Sunday morning. Live the adventure of taking the light of the gospel into dark places, where it shines brightest.

Carey Kinsolving Carey can be contacted through her ministry at: www.

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U.S Kids Care – children making a difference for children The U.S. Kids Care, a Roanoke based non-profit organization, is ready to make a difference for local children.

The group will be collecting school supplies in South Roanoke August 17 – 24th. The group of children, ages 7 – 18, have left empty grocery bags (donated by Kroger – Towers and Kroger - Tanglewood) on the doorsteps of South Roanoke homes. The hope is to collect enough school supplies to help children in their chosen charities get a great start to the school year. This is the 4th year of U.S. Kids Care’s “Mission School Supply Drive.”

“It feels good in our hearts to help other kids get a good start with school”, says Ann Clare Levy. “It is especially

wonderful to see how much so many people give. There are many times there will be extra bags of school supplies on the doorsteps of our neighbors. It makes you feel good to see the generosity of others.”

U.S. Kids Care members left over 950 bags on the doorsteps this past Sunday. The neighbors have one week to shop and fill the bags with school supplies and new or slightly used book bags. Some of the supplies needed include: notebooks, pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, crayons, markers, glue sticks, ruled paper, and calculators. The group will then collect the bags next Sunday, August 24th, and deliver the items to the children of The Refugee and Immigration Services, The Presbyterian Community Center, and its adopted Head Start classroom.

“Mission School Supply allows us to give local children the tools they need for a successful school year. It is a great thing to see kids helping kids,” says Katie Levy, U.S. Kids Care President and chairman of Mission School Supply 2008.

The special thing about U.S. Kids Care is that it is comprised of young children taking an active role in their community. Since its founding here in Roanoke in 2005, it has grown from 25 members to over 125 members.

Both children and parents love the mission of U. S. Kids Care – ‘Building Young Leaders through Community Service.” All projects by U.S. Kids Care are child initiated. The children create the project, organize it, and carry it through to its completion. Community Service, Individual Development, and Fundraising projects are all a part of what the members take part in creating for the organization.

This community service project is one of many the organization has accomplished over the past 3-½ years. It has been awarded the Emissary Award from UNICEF for being one of the top local fundraising organizations for Tsunami Relief. It also raised over $3,000 for the American Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina relief and sent 100 hand-made picture frames to Louisiana with Roanoke’s Habitat for Humanity “Operation Home Delivery”. However, many of the projects the group performs are for people and animals here in Roanoke.

U.S. Kids Care has partnered with Angels of Assisi, Crystal Spring Elementary School, Roanoke City Parks and Rec. Adopt a Park program, the Roanoke Rescue Mission’s Woman & Children’s Center, several Head Start classrooms, the Presbyterian Community Center, and the Ronald McDonald House. It has also just completed its first Summer Camp for 3 – 6 year olds.

Future service projects of U.S. Kids Care include helping with Habitat for Humanity, helping the elderly, working with Clean Valley and The American Cancer Society,

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U.S. Kids Care participants gather bags and sort school supplies for their peers in need. The group left over 950 bags on neighborhood doors this past week.

Ann Clare Levy (right) loaded down with bags that she has picked up in her neighborhood as part of the U.S Kid’s Care program. She offers a special thanks to Towers and Tanglewood Krogers for the paper bags! creating an after-school camp for “Magic Place” participants, and continuing to help at the Rescue Mission and Crystal Spring Elementary. Wherever there is a need, the group will try to provide some kind of service.

“U.S. Kids Care members are very civic minded and are always willing to help their neighbors,” says Levy.

“They know now, through experience, that they can make a difference. The children have truly proven that they can do anything they put their minds and hearts into… It is our goal to help

foster the young community leader so that they can continue to make a difference in their community as they grow into young adults.”

This past June, three of U.S. Kids Care founding members graduated and are headed off to make a difference in their chosen colleges - one at Virginia Tech and two at UVA. If any child in Roanoke (age 7 – 18) would like to join U.S. Kids Care, they can call 345-0438 or e-mail: uskidscare@cox.net

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Project “School Supply Drive” Dates: • On Sunday, August 17th, from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. the children met at Crystal Spring Elementary blacktop to organize and begin distribution of the supply bags throughout South Roanoke.

• On Sunday, August 24th, from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.

The children will meet again at Crystal Spring Elementary to begin collecting the school supplies in South Roanoke.

• On Sunday, August 24th, from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. the children will sort the supplies to take to the designated charities.

RSO’s Wiley optimistic as new season approaches The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra has dubbed its recently completed 54th year “A Season of Success,” based on increased subscription and single concert sales, plus a year crammed full of more Masterworks concerts than ever (nine), Picnic with the Pops outings and a Vegaslike “Rock Symphony Circus,” performed with members of Cirque De Soleil.

That May event proved very popular and will be repeated.

See RSO.com for the complete 2008-2009 schedule of concerts, which kicks off on October 13 at the Performing Arts Theatre in a “Heroes and Homecomings” program with guest cellist Zuill Bailey.

He’s played with the RSO before. “One of the greatest guys you’ll ever meet,” chuckles music director and conductor David Wiley. Dvorak is one of the composers on the menu.

Wiley likes to deflect credit for the RSO’s increased strength to others but the bearded, curly haired and energetic maestro is clearly a focal point. “This is a really exciting time of growth and stability for the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and chorus,” said Wiley during a recent interview, pointing to “record…almost unheard of ticket sales.” That’s also meant increasing the endowment, ensuring the orchestra’s survival “for another half a century and beyond,” and more funds to bring in top guest artists like Bailey.

The Board of Directors is “energized” by strong ticket sales, making its approach to corporate donors more fruit-

ful as well, added Wiley, who also serves as music director for the Long Island (NY) Philharmonic these days.

A full time strings instructor will soon be hired by the RSO, to collaborate with a string education program already in place at Roanoke City schools and elsewhere.

“It is essential that music happen at the earliest possible age for our students…we are a real resource for the local schools,” said Wiley. The RSO also sends ensembles to schools for outreach programs.

“We’re just really proud of our success,” said Wiley, hailing the team effort with longtime musicians and an “amazing staff.” A 12-year veteran with the orchestra, Wiley knows where he needs to intercede at rehearsals now, and where he can just let the professional musicians take over. “They understand where I am coming from; I understand where the strengths and weaknesses are. We can just jump right in and start making music.

That’s the joy of being a professional conductor.”

Wiley, recently returned from an inspiring trip to Europe where he soaked up music history and listened to the Berlin Philharmonic, will show off his piano playing chops this season as well, at the Pops series (Vince Gill appears on November 21, Glen Campbell is the guest on April 3) and also at a special Jefferson Center performance next April, Behind the Silence, that features the music of Holocaust composers.

His wife Leah, a soprano, will

sing and narrate. The local Roanoke Jewish community is involved with the April 21, 2009 event.

The symphony’s brochure for 2008-2009, dubbed “The Power of Music,” features several musicians in downtown settings, where some of the younger ones live. That is part of the mix said Wiley, in making Roanoke a cooler place to live. “The more we develop programs that are appealing to diverse ages and populations the more it builds that sense of excitement for Roanoke as a destination.”

Being surrounded by music from an early age, listening to classical pieces that affected or even left him speechless for a bit, is all about the power of music for David Wiley, who wants RSO patrons to feel that same power. “I want [others] to have that kind of experience.” Subscription prices have not gone up from last year, in part said Wiley because he knows gas prices and other economic factors are pinching folks in the pocketbook. “We want people to come experience their orchestra and chorus. This is your orchestra, this is our orchestra.” You can even come back stage afterwards said the Maestro, and introduce yourself to him. (see RSO.org for more; single concert tickets go on sale next Monday).

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From Roanoke to Italy, local artist Eric Fitzpatrick shares his passion for art

The sheer amount of art that is housed in the main studio of Eric Fitzpatrick’s Southwest Roanoke home is amazing.

Oil paintings, watercolors, and sculptures in various states of completion color every wall and surface in the large room.

Thick stacks of sketches, arranged by subject, hang on a bulletin board in one corner.

Sculptures line a long desk in the studio’s center. Nodding at the massed work, Fitzpatrick says simply: “I love to paint, and I paint a lot.”

Fitzpatrick will soon travel to Cortona, Italy, to teach a course on watercolor painting to a group of students in the University of Georgia’s study abroad program. The ten day course begins September fourteenth. “The class consists of people college age and older, who want to learn about art,” Fitzpatrick says.

“There are fifty to one hundred people in the program.

I teach about a dozen people, from beginners to professionals. It’s very laid back. Every day we meet at the town stairs at about nine in the morning.

The students will have their coffee and their paint boxes in hand, and we will stroll over to a location that I selected a few weeks before. Then I will show them some techniques and release them to work.”

Fitzpatrick points out a large photograph of Cortona that hangs on the wall amidst his paintings. The city is ancient and picturesque, composed of tightly packed stone buildings with red roofs. The hillside on which Cortona rests rises out of beautiful, rolling plains.

“There are a few field trips out of the city,” says Fitzpatrick, “but we’re in paradise to start with. All the locations are so dog-gone beautiful.”

Fitzpatrick chooses the locations that the class will visit in advance, as well as the time of day that they will visit them.

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best light, when it’s recalls. “I remember easiest to paint,” says calling home at eight Fitzpatrick. “Hopeo’clock one morning fully then the stuand asking mom and dents will have an dad if I could switch easier time than they my major to art, just would if they were fearful, wondering doing it on their own. what would they say.

It’s kind of like having They were extremely a fishing guide. He supportive though, shows you where the and said that they trout are. That will Eric Fitzpatrick had always hoped give them a better in his Roanoke that I would go into chance of success, as studio. art. It was like they will some of the techwere waiting for me niques I show them. I don’t to find out.” want to impose my style on After graduating in 1975 them, but with the input going with a Bachelor’s Degree in into it they will hopefully have Studio Art Fitzpatrick’s para better result.” ents continued to support Fitzpatrick explains that the him as he got started in the students will be given one par- art field. Getting started ticular task to work on each was far from easy or immeday. He demonstrates various diate. “I painted billboards techniques to use in captur- for a while. I was the guy ing the scene, then releases that painted the address on the students to work. At the the bottom of the billboards end of the program there is an for creative displays. You’d exhibition where the students see a large Mack Truck on dress up and view one anoth- the billboard, and then 1234 er’s finished and hung art. “It’s Williamson Road. I was the wonderful to see the glow on 1234 Williamson Road guy. their faces,” says Fitzpatrick. One time I had to get up on “The best is when you get to a ladder on that little ledge in see one of them have a break- front of the billboard, and I through, that ‘ah-ha moment’ thought, I could kill myself when they realize that they up here! I have to get out understand something that of this!” Fitzpatrick laughs. they didn’t know they could “At that point, luckily, I was do before. And they have a starting to do commission lot of those moments when work for people.” they see their work hanging Fitzpatrick says that comup. Last year, I thought that missioned work is still a part everyone raised their level of of the business today, and workmanship.” that work can take the form Outside of Fitzpatrick’s of anything from paintings studio is a well tended gar- of homes to humorous porden with a large fountain and traits of families. Another bottom-lit statues, an area big part of the business is that, he says, reminds him of the non-commissioned art Cortona. It is obvious that that Fitzpatrick creates and he is eager return to Italy, hangs in his well lit and spaand that he enjoys his work cious in-house gallery. Some immensely. Today Fitzpat- of the pieces presently hangrick is respected as one of ing there come from a series the region’s best artists, but of paintings that Fitzpatrick he did not always plan to go is currently working on that into the field. “I started out focus on musicians. An intera Political Science major at esting feature of these brightVirginia Tech,” Fitzpatrick ly colored oil paintings is that

they are painted mostly with Fitzpatrick’s non-dominant left hand. “They say that the right brain and left hand are connected,” Fitzpatrick says.

“The material I make with my left hand is so different, and so playful, I think it’s just a different place that it’s coming from.”

That year, at the Sidewalk Art Show, Fitzpatrick’s lefthanded art earned him the highest award he had ever taken at the competition. “I won second place and the thousand dollar painting prize,” says Fitzpatrick. “Third was the best I had ever done with the right hand. So I said, ‘there’s a message here.’” Today Fitzpatrick paints much of his work with his left hand, even keeping an auxiliary studio in his home that is set up exclusively for left-handed painting.

When Fitzpatrick returns from Cortona he will jump immediately back into the Roanoke art scene when his artwork is featured at Art in the Alley on September 28th.

As much as he enjoys the time he spends in Italy, Fitzpatrick is always happy to come home. “The quality of life in the day to day living in Roanoke is so good. I’m not sure I could pick a different city now that I’m used to this,” he says.

Information on upcoming local painting workshops with Fitzpatrick can be found by contacting the Taubman Museum of Art, and appointments to visit his gallery in Southwest Roanoke can be made by calling (540) 3457887 or you can reach him through his website at www. fitzpatrick-art.com

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WDBJ7 announced the addition of Chris Miles as News7 Sports reporter and weekend sports anchor. Miles worked at nearby WVVA in Bluefield, West Virginia before moving to the Columbus Sports Network in Columbus, Ohio. “Chris has great energy, enthusiasm and fits right in here at News7, “said news director Amy Morris. “He understands our strong tradition of covering local athletes and teams, from his career

Fairfield University in Connecticut.

He graduated in 2003 with a degree in English. News7 viewers will see Miles on the air later this month. He joins Travis Wells and Grant Kittel-

son for the 25th season of Friday Football Extra.

The addition of Miles fills the vacancy left by Mike Stevens’ departure to become communications director for the city of Salem.

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Hey Coach! My parents aren’t behaving . . . Any ideas?

Hey Coach Houser!

Tryouts just ended and I assigned the players to the teams I thought were appropriate. Anyway, I have a freshman setter, who I decided to put on the 'C' team and set. Here are the complaints that the mother called my AD about today. She skipped right over me and my assistant!

She is upset because her daughter was at more open gyms than the girls I placed on the A and B teams; She played in two summer tournaments that the other two did not play in.

Reasons the other two setters did not come to but two open gyms and played in no tournaments, they are outstanding softball players (athletes)and played softball all summer. Their team is so good, they spent a week in Colorado playing softball.

Now my reasons for playing her at setter on the C team are these: More playing time.

She still needs to learn the game.

She is a good setter!

Am I wrong in my thinking here? Should I give into the parents, who by the way told our athletic director that she will be keeping her daughter out of practice until this issue is resolved?

I felt that I have set her up to succeed in the season. The parents probably don’t even realize that I have NO back up setter on the varsity team and will have to move someone up at some point, thus the daughter will probably move up to the B team Hey man!

First: Parents, family, AD’s etc. do not have the requisite knowl-

edge to select athletic teams. The head coach is the person who has seen each player practice/condition/play for 100's of hours. The head coach will place people on teams depending upon what's best (a) for the team and then (b) for the individual.

When I was the head coach at Bassett, we were the home site of the Piedmont Aerial Attack Juniors. Twenty of my girls played in that club. We hosted doubles tournaments in the summer. We had 2 open gyms a night. We offered the girls a home camp and several residential camps. After all that, I knew which girls needed to be on which team. Only a fool would tell me after all my team and I did together for the 9 months of the off-season that he/she knew better than I did which girl should be on which team.

Second: The parent trying to have her way really bothers me.

You're there in the trenches. You know what the girl can/can't do.

You've seen her at those open gyms and at those tournaments. You know how she compares to the other girls. If the parents keep her out of practice, then the player is skipping practice and she will suffer the consequences specified by your team rules!

Furthermore, parents do not have the power to have their daughter break team rules without consequences. Parents also cannot tell their child that they're free to get to school tardy, or speed, etc. In other words, parents don’t have the authority to say, “Honey, you’re free to break the law. Nothing will happen to you.”

In the summer of 2005 I directed a camp back at Bassett High.

At the end of the camp, the head coach and I were talking about whom to keep on her varsity team. Some of her opinions surprised me, but I’d left 5 years ear-

lier, so she now knew the players better than I did. I just told her, "If ‘What’s best for my team’ is how you’re going to base your decisions, then you can't be wrong. In other words, if you’re relying on ‘TEAM first and individuals second’ to guide you, then you should not lose sleep doubting yourself.”

So Coach, it sounds like you've done both: looked after the team while simultaneously doing your best to put the individual in a successful situation. It’s hard to do. If the parents are unhappy, what do they expect you to do? Please THEM? Nope. They’re not a part of this equation. Team first. Players second.

It’s obvious from your email that you've thought arduously about THE RO who to put on what team before making the final decision. Therefore, don't second guess yourself. Tell the A.D. that what you did was (a) in your program's best interests, and (b) in the best interests of the child. And that's that. There will be no changes and you hope the A.D. will have your back. What team a player is selected for is not an issue for debate and does not have to be discussed with parents and players. It's been done, it's over. And every day the girl stays out is another set of consequences for skipping another practice. Period. If the girl decides to quit, then that’s her and her family’s choice.

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In these last summer days my kids and I have barely slid our feet into shoes. We have acted as if being inside once the sun is up is a crime, yet we have not left the neighborhood except to restock the cabinets with food. It has been a real simple and carefree time. Summers were like that when I was growing up. I told my children how blessed I am to have jobs that allow me to work from home and be with them.

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4855 Golfview Drive

Carol Michie 355-6862

1227 Juniper Road

429 Locust Avenue

Teresa Prillaman 540-761-5148

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1906 Belleville Road

Garry Angle 540-529-5990

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gas logs. $199,500.

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garden space, fruit trees.

Privacy. $132,900.

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1133 Huntington Heights

103 Clement Drive

2130 Memorial Avenue

Cedar Bluff Lane

7127 Pine Court

Grandin Area Brick Home SML Waterfront w/ Dock & Gazebo SW Roanoke County Condo Unique 1.5 story brick home, 4BR Beautiful lot (.5 acres) Lovely 2BR condo & 2BA, HW ямВoors, and previously parked for w/ recent updates, updated kitchen, w/ all 3BR. Great community, built-ins, gas logs, CA, stainless steel, tilt-in private & public boat neutral decor, and all windows. Appliances dock, gazebo, tennis appliances included. included. Full ямБnished court, and picnic area.

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Just тАЬStepsтАЭ to Water Spacious waterfront home near: 4H Blackwater 3-4BR 3 FullBA, stone FP, 2 kitchens, wrap around deck.

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Community Calendar > Aug. 22

Third Annual Roanoke Valley Democratic Women’s Picnic Bring a dish to share or make a $5.00 donation. Chicken, drinks, and paper products will be provided. Please contact Mary Bowers @ 343-1186 and indicate the number who will attend and your choice of food to share or if a donation.

Guests and family are welcome.

This will be an opportunity to enjoy music and fellowship and learn about events and news for the upcoming election.

When- 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Where- American Legion Pavilion at 710 Apperson Dr., Salem,Va.

> Aug. 23 “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre The Singles Travel Club (couples welcome too!) is sponsoring a bus trip to see the matinee of Smokey Joe’s Cafe at the Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre, Wytheville, VA. The price of $72 includes: Roundtrip motorcoach transportation, an all inclusive sit down lunch, ticket to Smokey Joe’s Cafe matinee and a tour host.

Where- Passengers can board the bus at the Bonsack Walmart, Route 460, Troutville; and at Hardee’s, 2038 W. Main Street, Salem (Exit 137).

Cost- $72 For more- call (540) 3662888.

> Aug. 27 Postal Basics Workshop Roanoke Postmaster Edward Schaben, in conjunction with the Southwest VA Postal Customer Council (SWVA PCC) will be holding a Postal Basics Workshop for customers.

This is a free event to assist customers in utilizing postal products and services. Business customers are invited to attend the workshop.

When- 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM Where- Main Post Office located at 419 Rutherford Ave., NE For more- If you would like to attend this workshop, or have questions, please RSVP to Charlene Yeagley, Customer Relations Coordinator, at 9858738.

Road race scene at the Blue Ridge Parkway November 15th and 16th (spectators/fans) Contact

> Sept. 6, 20 & Oct. 5 Virginia DeRailers Series The series continues with the final three races in the fall with the MW Windows Mountain Bike Race in Franklin County on September 6th. Assault on Liberty Mountain in Lynchburg on September 20th and the final race the Poor Mountain HillClimb in Roanoke County on October 5th. Camp Roanoke will once again host the championship award ceremony for the entire series. Racers will have plenty of time to train throughout the summer months and come back strong for the finish this fall. There are presently 156 competitors able to qualify for the series if they continue to race this fall.

Cash awards totaling $2000 will be awarded to winners at the conclusion of the DeRailer series. Due to course difficulty no one under 14 years of age can participate in the Poor Mountain HillClimb. For information on how to join the series visit the DeRailer website at www.vaderailerseries.com

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Screen on the Green Roanoke County Parks, Recreation & Tourism is hosting the Free Drive in Movie Series along with media sponsors K92 and The CW5.The continued growing popularity of this event makes it a summertime favorite. The final movie for “Screen on the Green” takes place on August 30th featuring “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.” There will be concessions available serving your favorite movie snacks.

The CW5 will be passing out free goodies to the kids. So come on out and park under the stars, sit back, relax, and enjoy the free movie with the entire family.

When- Dusk Where- Green Hill Park Cost- Free For more- (540) 387-6455

> Sept. & Nov. Extras Needed for Cycling Film There is a need for riders and extras.

Film Website: http://www.redcloudproductions.net/ People who are interested in being a part of the movie may confirm with the casting department at casting@maxvo2themovie.com.

The dates for the race scenes are: MTN bike race scene in Lynchburg September 13th and 14th (approximately 30 expert level racers and fans/spectators) MTN bike race scene in Lynchburg September 20th and 21st (Spectators and approximately 30 expert level racers)

> Sept. 9 Import/Export Compliance Automated Export System Update for Electronic Export Documentation. Be the first to attend the AES) Compliance Seminar in the Roanoke Valley since the release of the New Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR).

The Salem-Roanoke County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to sponsor an AES Compliance Seminar and Workshop on September 9, 2008. The U.S. Census Bureau will participate as presenters.

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The Census Bureau experts will teach you about export regulations, explain your responsibilities under the laws, and thoroughly cover the filing of required export information through the AES. Automated Export System ( RSVP by Aug. 22 When- 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Where- Greenfield Education & Training Center

> Sept. 12-14 2008 Roanoke Greek Festival You are invited to participate in this cultural three day event where Greek food will be served up amidst ethnic costumes, energetic dancing and live music. Greek pottery, jewelry and arts and crafts will fill the fellowship hall. The grounds will be the site of children’s activities, face painting, caricatures and tattoos with Greek mythological themes while the young and young-at-heart can try their hand or feet at grape stomping contests or climb Mt. Olympus! If you feel fortune is shining on you, you may even win a free trip to Greece.

In addition, guided Church tours will explain the unique Byzantine iconography and Church design and highlight the recently completed project of spiritual artwork. A drive through will be available to take food back to offices or homes. Once again, portions of the proceeds will be going to the Rescue Mission and the Center in the Square along with other charities.

When- Fri. & Sat. 11 a.m. - 10 p.m., Sun. - Noon - 7 p.m.

Where- Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church facilities, 30 Huntington Blvd., Roanoke,VA For more- www.roanokegreekfestival.com

> Sept. 17

Don Reid visits First Presbyterian FDon Reid, author of Sunday Morning Memories, Presbyterian Elder and lead singer of the Statler Brothers, will be the guest speaker at First Presbyterian Church in Roanoke.

The September 14, 2008 visit is part of “Super Sunday” at the church. This annual event is a time to celebrate the new year in Christian Education.

At 9:30am. Don Reid will speak to our youth and adult Sunday School classes in the fellowship hall, and he will deliver our sermon during our eleven o’clock Worship Service.

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When- Sept. 17-21 Where- St. Louis, Mo. For more- Destroyer Leader Association, 2311 Idavere Road SW, Roanoke, VA 24015-3903, email: DestroyerLeader1@ cox.net Roanoke Valley FRIENDS of the Blue Ridge Parkway Chapter Meeting The program will feature a presentation and book signing by Karen J. Hall, author of Building the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Blue Ridge Parkway Postcard Series.

We will also discuss the many ways you can help preserve and protect the Parkway, including the FRIENDS annual tree plantings and other ongoing projects.

When- 7:00 p.m.

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Lu Merritt Tournament The 2008 Lu Merritt Tournament will celebrate its 30th year at Hidden Valley Country Club; Seniors: September 26, 27 & 28th; Junior & Novice: October 3, 4 & 5th USTA registered players can register online at: http://www.usta-va. com/ Novice players, please call Tom Gibbs, Hidden Valley Tennis at 540-387-1524 All proceeds benefit Apple Ridge Farm’s academic and outdoor enrichment programs.

> Sept. 27 Singles Travel Club The Singles Travel Club (couples welcome too!), is sponsoring a bus trip to the matinee of Seven Brides For Seven Brothers at the Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre, Wytheville, VA,.

Where- Passengers can board the bus at the Bonsack Walmart, Route 460, Troutville; and at Hardee’s, 2038 W. Main Street, Salem (Exit 137).

Cost- $72 per person includes: Roundtrip motorcoach transportation, an all inclusive sit down lunch, ticket to matinee of Seven Brides For Seven Brothers and a tour host.

For more- call (540) 3662888.

> Sept. 28 Blue Ridge PBS KidsFest Elmo, Curious George, Arthur, Clifford, Mr. McFeely and friends are coming to the Roanoke Valley for the first annual Blue Ridge PBS KidsFest. Admission is free.

Activities include storytelling, live music, a children’s play zone with a moonwalk and giant inflatable slide, face painting, hands-on educational areas and up-close experiences with animals from the Mill Mountain Zoo. There will also be safety education information for children and their parents about the Internet, dangerous weather and emergency vehicles. Other PBS characters at the KidsFest include Word Girl, Maya and Miguel, and Digit. Bring your camera!

When- 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Where- Salem Civic Center For more- www.blueridgepbs. org

> Oct. 1

Sculpture Unveiling at Roanoke Civic Center The public is invited to join the City of Roanoke and the Roanoke Arts Commission (RAC) for the unveiling of a signature sculpture at the Roanoke Civic Center on Wednesday, Oct. 1. The sculpture has been created by artist Rodney Carroll of Baltimore, Md., to celebrate the city’s 125th anniversary and its theme of “People, Pride, Promise.” The unveiling will include a “meet the artist” reception and music by musicians from the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra.

When- 5 p.m.

Where - Roanoke Civic Center For more- www.roanokeva. gov/publicart.

> Oct. 4

Annual Fall Waterways Clean-up Save the date for the annual Fall Waterways Cleanup and Celebration to be held valley-wide is scheduled October 4th.

When- 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.; celebration to follow at 11:45 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Where- Wasena Park For more- register to participate, please visit the Clean Valley Council’s website link at: http://www.cleanvalley.org/ fallwaterway.htmlgepbs.org

> Oct. 25

Bus/Amtrak to North

Carolina State Fair The Singles Travel Club (couples welcome too!), is sponsoring a bus/Amtrak trip to the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh, NC, on Saturday, October 25, 2008.

The group will travel by motorcoach from Roanoke to Greensboro. In Greensboro, they will board Amtrak to the state fair grounds in Raleigh.

They will spend the day at the fair and then take Amtrak back to Greensboro where the motorcoach awaits to bring them back to Roanoke.

The Fair will have exhibits for children, agricultural exhibits and various animals. There will be various entertainment and shows going on throughout the state fair grounds.

There will be several food vendors and midway rides.

The price of $79 per person includes: Roundtrip motorcoach transportation from Roanoke to Greensboro, 2 way ticket from Greensboro to North Carolina State Fair Grounds in Raleigh, NC, continental breakfast on bus, admission to NC State Fair and a tour host.

Passengers can board the bus at Bonsack Walmart, Route 460, Troutville; and at Hunting Hills Lowe’s, Route 220, Roanoke.

For further information, call (540) 366-2888

> Oct. 31 - Nov. 2

Dollywood Harvest Celebration - Bus Trip The Singles Travel Club (couples welcome too!), is sponsoring a bus trip to Dollywood, Country Tonite and The Smokey Mountains on Friday, October 31 - Sunday, November 2, 2008.

Where- Passengers can board the bus at the Bonsack Walmart, Route 460, Troutville; and at Hardee’s, 2038 W. Main Street, Salem (Exit 137).

Cost- The price per person of: $295 double occupancy; $275 triple occupancy; $265 quad occupancy; or $365 single occupany includes: Roundtrip motorcoach transportation, 2 nights lodging, 2 breakfasts, admission to Dollywood, ticket to Country Tonite Theatre, a riding tour of Smokey Mountain National Park and a tour host.

For more- call (540) 3662888.

> Fall

Master Garden Training Roanoke VCE will offer MG training this fall. It is a daytime class on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM starting September 4, 2008. Further details and official recruitment materials will be available 7/16/08. If you know of someone interested in the fall training class, please have them call the Roanoke VCE office (540-7727524) and place their name on the waiting list. You can get the latest information on our activities by visiting us on the web at http://offices.ext. vt.edu/view.cfm?webname=r oanoke&section=calendar When- Fall 2008 Where- Roanoke VCE For more- (540)-772-7524 or http://offices.ext.vt.edu

> Nov. 17

RAM Fundraiser Roanoke Area Ministries (RAM) staff and volunteers are working with the P. Buckley Moss Society, selling raffle tickets to win a framed, remarqued P. Buckley Moss print. The print is valued at $1,076. The drawing will be held November 17, 2008. A Raffle can be purchased for $1 each, or 6 for $5. All proceeds go to RAM. For more- to purchase tickets, please call 777-3681 Have an item for the calendar? email it to submissions@theroanokestar. com

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Paper Memories 774-1881. > For Rent Furnished Bedroom for Rent All utilities furnished. $100 (540) 345-8605 > Wanted Baseball and other sports cards and items from 1870 to 1975. Tobacco, Candy and early gum cards especially wanted.

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2002 Harley Davidson carbureted Road King for sale.

Great condition, many chrome upgrades. Leather saddlebags and Samson pipes. Only 15,000 miles. Perfect for trips around town or cruising on the Parkway. $14,000. Call 353-3500. > Help Wanted Office Support ADMINISTRATION Full time position opening at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Cemetery assisting the Administrator and Sales Staff. Requirements must include 2 years of Administrative Experience, Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, multiline phone experience, Customer Service and able to perform tasks with minimum supervision. Apply in person at 5737 Airport Rd., Roanoke, Virginia After School Program Coordinator Part time elementary coordinator for Presbyterian Community Center after school program. Requirements: combination of education, experience equivalent to bachelor degree in counseling, education, childhood development or related field. Experience working with at-risk children preferred. Resume to: PCC, 1228 Jamison Avenue, Roanoke, 24013 and/or call 540-982-2911 for Tom MacMichael pathways@pccse.org Part-time Dining Room Assistant Are you looking for a part-time position with great hours in a professional work environment?

Shenandoah Life has an opportunity for you. We are seeking a high-energy, customer focused, individual to join our Corporate Services staff. This individual will assist the dining room staff with the preparation of food services.

Qualified candidates must have a desire to provide quality customer service and have good communications skills. Candidate must be able to lift up to 25+ lbs and stand for long periods of time. Previous experience with or knowledge of food service is preferred.

Part-time hours: 20-25 hours a

week between hours 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. with regular hours of 8:00-1:00 p.m. Starting salary $10 + 401K benefits.

If customer service is your priority and have a strong work ethic, submit your resume today to: Shenandoah Life Insurance Company, Attn: HR Job # 103007, PO Box 12847, Roanoke, VA 24029, Fax: (540) 857-5915 or Email: human.resources@shenlife.com. or visit our website at www.shenlife.com. We are pleased to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Home Repair Technician Part Time

Mr. Handyman of Roanoke seeks qualified person to service residential and commercial customers on a part time basis. Must have valid driver’s license and at least 15 years or more experience in all types of construction.

Van furnished. Must supply own tools. Interviews by appt. only.

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Honda Lawnmower HR173 $100.00 540-342-2183 Double Mattress, Boxsprings and Frame Serta Perfect Sleeper $40.00 540-342-2183 World Book Encyclopedias 60’s and 70’s Yearbooks $10.00 540-342-2183 Canon StarWriter Word processor, good condition $25.

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Taubman Museum of Art to receive certificate of occupancy this month

Construction continues to progress on schedule for the new Taubman Museum of Art, formerly the Art Museum of Western Virginia, and it is expected to be substantially completed this month. The museum expects to receive a Strumming a six string want to improve but need help certificate of occupancy in the Lessons are your hope next few weeks, and the staff is Call Greg @ 540-354-2049 expected to move from its current facility in Center in the Summer-Fall tutor Square in early September.

Enriches and reviews skills to keep learning fresh.

First Floor Call Emily 725-1464, emilym@ Installation of the travercox.net tine marble floor for the first floor auditorium and atrium is Art Lessons private art lessons nearly complete. Installation drawing ,painting and sculpture of Hokie Stone in the atrium ages 6 and up call Katherine Devine 427-5919 is complete at the grand staircase, in the auditorium, thedevinestudios@yahoo.com ater lobby and museum store.

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And ‘has beens’ galore. by metal stud framing for the partitions and walls. Off-site Emily, Vendor 1806, 725-1464, fabrication of the stations for emilym@cox.net the museum’s interactive galI repair the tabs or whole lery and art center has begun. shingles. You provide material Second Floor and ladder.

Construction for the sec7 dollars per tab. ond floor gallery spaces and Robspad@hotmail.com dramatic central hall is nearly spinet Piano complete. The striking lumiin excellent condition nous ceiling for the central Would you like to play? hall is 75% hung. The lumiCall Peggy@342-2183 nous ceiling extends through or pae-onia@juno.com the central hall and partially into the contemporary art galReal good condition lery and American art gallerDot Matrix printer for sale No longer needed ies. The backlit translucent Call Crystal @ 989-6138 ceiling panels provide lighting continuity throughout the inSelf-defense lessons Free for women and children terior spaces by using artificial > Haiku ads For teens and adults, Fun Summer Painting Classes, With retired artist Call Janet Wimmer, 977-1681 or e-mail janet.wimmer@gmail. com

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Third Floor The third floor administrative offices are complete. Office furniture delivery and setup is expected to take place towards the end of August.

Exterior The concrete sidewalks and plaza are complete. Installation of the aluminum doors and hardware is complete. Exterior lighting is complete as is landscaping on the Market Street side of the building and will be followed by landscaping on the Salem Avenue side of the building.

The museum, located in

downtown Roanoke, will feature nineteenth and twentieth century American art, decorative arts, modern and contemporary art, and works on paper, and will present exhibitions of both regional and national significance. Tours, gallery talks, family days, special events, classes, and camps will be part of the Taubman Museum of Art’s regular programming.

The museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums (AAM).

For more information, visit www.artmuseumroanoke.org.

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Eddie is a founding member of the Meridian Group at Smith Barney based in Roanoke, Virginia. Eddie has over 22 years of experience in the Wealth Management industry and has been with Smith Barney since the Roanoke office opened in 2000.

The Meridian Group at Smith Barney is a highlyfocused five person team that serves high net worth clients and their families with a holistic approach to wealth management. His team works with individual investors, business owners and retirees.

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Additional measures include: in-depth interviews and discussions with senior management, peers, and customers, and telephone-based and in-person interviews with the nominees. Because individual client portfolio performance varies and is typically unaudited, this ranking focuses on customer satisfaction and quality of advice. For more information on ranking methodology, go to www.WCorg.com. The rating may not be representative of any one client’s experience because it reflects a sample of all of the experiences of the advisor’s clients. The rating is not indicative of the advisor’s future performance. Neither Smith Barney nor its financial advisors pay a fee to The Winner’s Circle in exchange for the rating. Š2008 Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Member SIPC. Smith Barney is a division and service mark of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and is used and registered throughout the world. Citi and Citi with Arc Design are trademarks and service marks of Citigroup Inc. or its affiliates, and are used and registered throughout the world. Working WealthSM is a service mark of Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

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