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Salem GOP Hosts State Ticket Jon Kaufman

Directional Love P4– Jon Kaufman’s finds his perfect soulmate using a Garmin GPS.

Big Win

P7– Cave Spring notches its 3rd straight win of the season on a last second field goal against Northside.

Olde Salem Days b r i n g s thousands of people out to shop and mingle.

One prelude to the festival for the past sev- Photo by Michael Bream eral years Former Attorney has been General Bob the Olde McDonnell Salem Days Republican Breakfast at the Salem Civic Center. This year’s breakfast event featured the entire Republican statewide ticket, including Bob McDonnell, nominee for Governor, Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling, who is running for re-election, and State Senator Ken Cuccinelli, nominee for Attorney General.

Greg Habib, Salem City Committee Chairman, welcomed a sellout crowd of over 250 to the event. House Majority Leader Morgan Griffith, who has opposition for his seat this year (Carter Turner), told of late nights placing signs around town.

Cuccinelli reiterated his differences with his Democratic opponent, Steve Shannon, and said Shannon will not agree to ten debates as he suggested, but one. Cuccinelli said he was for traditional

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Workforce Center P10– Governor Tim Kaine joins other local dignitaries in cutting the ribbon on the Valley’s new Workforce Center.

Jeepers Creepers P11– New documentary recalls local television’s “horror hosts” of the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s.

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Airport Holds Disaster Drill

Still Rockin’ After All These Years

Roanoke firefighters operate on the airport tarmac.

Periodically, Roanoke Regional Airport is required by the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct a full blown live disaster drill that simulates real life conditions, should a disaster occur on the airport tarmac. The latest one took place last week, involving 23 local agencies and several jurisdictions, according to Roanoke Regional Airport spokesperSafety son and marketing manager, Sherry Wallace.

Volunteers were made up to look like victims of a crash, calling out for help, while fires raged elsewhere. The American Red Cross offered comfort to some while others were triaged and taken to Lewis Gale Hospital, where nurses and doctors brushed up on their disaster response times.

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illy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard are ZZ Top. Even after 40 years together, they still make their bluesy classic rock sound fresh and relevant in today’s music scene. A hastily arranged concert last week with little time for ticket sales still brought in over 2,300 people to hear one of the great rock bands of all time.

The Roanoke Civic Center set up a smaller venue for the band, which made

the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers appear larger than life. The minimal stage setting focused all attention on the group and the digital screen behind them which showed a variety of snippets of their videos. No costume changes for these boys, just straight up rock and roll.

They played all the favorites, includ> CONTINUED P3: ZZ Top

> CONTINUED P2: Disaster

Land Trust, Gov. Kaine Recognize Memorial Tournament Celebrates 13 Years Carvins Cove Easement The Western Virginia Land Trust honored Governor Tim Kaine with its annual A. Victor Thomas Environmental Stewardship Award at the Conservation Celebration Sunday at Hollins University.

A crowd of about 225 land trust supporters, corporate sponsors and elected officials gathered on a warm fall day to celebrate the land trust’s successes over the past year, which included the City of Roanoke’s donation of a second conservation easement in Carvins Cove Natural Reserve last week.

The second Cove easement Photo submitted brings the total area under easement in the vast city park David Perry presents an original oil painting, “Look Off,” by to 11,363 acres, making it the Nan Mahone Wellborn to Gov. Tim Kaine. largest conserved tract of land since Jamestown has taken We’ll cherish this.” in Virginia and the second larg- place in the last twenty-five Named after the late Vic est municipal city park in the years,” noted Kaine.

Thomas, a long-time Roanoke country. It marks a significant To commemorate the occa- delegate in the General Assemstep toward meeting Governor sion, the land trust presented bly, the Vic Thomas Award is Kaine’s goal of setting aside an Kaine and First Lady Anne given annually by the Western additional 400,000 acres of land Holton, a native Roanoker, Virginia Land Trust to an inby 2010. with an original oil painting by dividual or organization that Kaine lauded the efforts Nan Mahone Wellborn. Titled exemplifies outstanding leadof the city, the land trust and “Look Off,” it features a view of ership in conservation. Past restate agencies to protect land the Bent Mountain home place cipients include the City of Roain southwest Virginia from in- of the same name that was spe- noke, Lanier and Thecla Frantz appropriate development. He cial to Holton while growing up of New Castle, and former state said open space preservation is in Roanoke. senator Madison Marye and his a centerpiece of his administra“I can’t imagine receiving wife Charlotte of Elliston. tion because of the pace of de- anything that would be more velopment in Virginia. meaningful to me and Anne,” “Twenty-five percent of all said Kaine. “We have many

By Dave Perry the development in Virginia fond memories of Look Off. dave@davidperryonline.com

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Hunt, McNair, Hunter and Annette Ozmer in 2007.

Hunter Ozmer lost her tary, 501(c)(3) organization life in this world on Janu- committed to finding a cure ary 2, 2008 to Niemann-Pick for NPD. Disease, but her remarkable The illness is a progressive spirit and influence lives on disease that causes neurologthrough her family, friends ical decline, respiratory difand the “Hunter’s Hope” Me- ficulties, loss of motor skills morial Golf Tournament. and early death.

This Friday marks the 13th Ozmer was diagnosed annual tournament and auc- with NPD at the age of two. tion fundraiser to be held Initially doctors told her at Hanging Rock Golf Club. parents, Annette and Hunt The golf tournaOzmer, that their ment, dinner and daughter would Memorial auction will raise not live to see her funds for research third birthday, into the cause and treat- but she defied the odds and ments for Niemann-Pick didn’t show any neurological Disease (NPD). symptoms until age 10. She Proceeds from the event had type C, which prevented will benefit the National Nie- her body from metabolizing mann-Pick Disease Founda- > CONTINUED tion, an international, volun- P3: Hope

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by Friday afternoon, otherwise it will be a mainly cloudy end to the work week with a high near 74. Friday Night: A chance of showers, with a low around 61.

We will be in between storm systems, so it will be partly sunny to start the day followed by mostly cloudy skies with a high near 75. Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, low around 60.

The cool air wedge will come back into play on Sunday, with cloudy skies, light rain, and cooler temperatures. Look for a high near 69. Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, low around 62.

Roanoke City, Roanoke County, Vinton, Salem, Carilion Community Patient Transport, U.S. Airways Express and the Virginia State Police were just several of the agencies involved in a drill designed to look and feel as real as possible. “All commercial carriers have to do a full scale live exercise [every three years],” said Wallace.

On September 30 the parties involved will sit down and assess how they did. In other off years a “desktop” simulation must be performed to make sure the airport and the pertinent agencies are ready.

“Victims” of the plane crash may come from local citizens’

police groups, the Jefferson College of Health Sciences, drama students from local colleges, and even those close to airport personnel. “We make our friends and relatives show up,” chuckled Wallace. Paramedics practice their response to a mass casualty accident, while police and fire departments do their part.

Evaluators and the other groups involved are preparing reports that will be discussed on the 30th, looking for gaps in the response to the live mock drill. “You always find something,” says Wallace.

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Ex-offenders who have done their stint in jail and returned to society should not have such a hard time having their voices heard. That was the focus of a rally at Elmwood Park last Sunday, when “Voices for the Vote,” welcomed speakers like Delegate Onzlee Ware and Roanoke NAACP chapter president Brenda Hale to the stage.

Virginia Cares, an organization that works to help ex-offenders readjust and find jobs, helped sponsor the event, along with Total Action Against Poverty. The Virginia Organizing Project and the nonprofit Oliver White Hill law center were also on hand to give out information.

Ware has helped introduce legislation at the General Assembly that would make it easier for ex-offenders to regain their voting rights, but so far it hasn’t been passed.

“It’s a cause we believe in,” said Sharon Lamar of the Virginia Organizing Project.

“We’re all fighting for the same thing.”

Virginia Cares executive Anthony West, an ex-offender himself, said he just had his rights restored as a voter. Not being able to cast a ballot can leave people feeling disenfranchised, said West. Some feel the restoration process in Virginia is too long, complex and obscure, discouraging some ex-offenders from taking part.

“When people have a right to vote things start to have a ripple effect,” said Correlli Rasheed, a program manager for TAP. Voting is “an opportunity to participate in the community.”

DeCarlos Lovejoy graduated from a VA Cares program that helps those released from prison readjust to the outside world.

Now he wants to vote, and was disappointed he didn’t get a chance to pull the ballot lever for Barack Obama last November.

“I really missed a historic [event] in my

Correlli Rasheed speaks to a small crowd at Elmwood Park on Sunday. lifetime.” The current five year waiting period after probation is an issue for Lovejoy.

“They don’t want you to voice your opinion. [It’s] convoluted.”

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September 11 Remembered at Old Passenger Station Roanoke area dignitaries and local citizens came to the Virginian Railway passenger station last Friday to pause and remember events that occurred eight years ago.

Friday was the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, but in January of that year, a fire (started for warmth) spread and nearly destroyed the historic passenger station.

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The flagpole was installed in front of the dilapidated passenger station.

Woodmen of the World Virginia State manager, Terry Wayne Carroll, read the commemorative plaque at the base of the pole, which declares in part, “In honor and remembrance of the heroes and victims in the fight against terrorism and to celebrate the enduring spirit of all Americans.”

The crowd stood as the Coast Guard Auxiliary Honor Guard raised the flag for the first time. As the flag was raised to the top of the pole and then brought back to half staff, a diesel locomotive train bell tolled three times in memory of those who died at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and those on the hijacked plane that crashed

Historic passenger railway station was a backdrop for 9/11 remembrance. in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Friday’s ceremony also served as an official kickoff by the rail Historical Society and Roanoke Preservation Foundation to restore the century-old station.

Mayor David Bowers announced that the Virginia Department of Transportation has given permission for the Historical Society to

seek bids for phase one of the $2.3 million project, which is stabilizing the building. Jim Cosby, chairman of the Society’s Restoration Committee, says the work could begin before the end of the year.

Alison Blanton with the Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation says Congressman Goodlatte’s office has helped them secure more than $260,000 in T-21 funds.

“We will be applying for grants again through the Department of Transportation for additional T-21 monies.

We will probably be having a capital campaign to help raise some money as well.”

Blanton says, “Obviously it’s an architectural gem in Roanoke and it represents a lot of the history of Roanoke.

We’re kind of the ‘other’ railroad that people need to know about. I think of us as being kind of like ‘the little engine that could.’ We’re chugging along but we’re going to make it happen and it’ll be exciting to see this become an active part of Roanoke again.”

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Daleville Exit 150 Makeover Could Be Years Down the Road

The traffic snarl that is Exit 150 in Daleville will be around at least another three years, even if funding for a fix remains in the state budget. The Virginia Department of Transportation last month unveiled a $20 million initiative, consisting of six different proposals to improve safety and traffic capacity at the interchange. A second public hearing will take place in 2011 and action is scheduled for 2012 at the earliest.

Proposal costs range from an estimated $12 million to $20 million, and could encompass up to 1.65 miles of highway around Exit 150, which is a junction for US 460, US 220 and US 11. About 100,000 vehicles pass through the interchange daily.

Almost 150 people attended a public hearing on the proposal in August, and VDOT received 67 comments, most urging the purchase of two truck stops, Travel Centers of America and the Pilot Station, both of which are located on US 11 at the interchange, VDOT spokesperson Heidi Underwood said.

This alternative is a favorite in a step-by-step approach advocated by Don Assaid, chairman of the Botetourt County Board of Supervisors and representative of the Valley District where the exit is located.

He was among the first to suggest this option to state officials, and was part of a committee of

citizens, engineers, area business owners, and county officials who determined which alternatives to present at the August 27 public meeting.

"My personal belief is that the only effective solution to this traffic ‘nightmare’ has to involve relocating the truck stop and/or the Pilot Station," Assaid wrote in an email. He would propose relocating the truck centers to another Botetourt exit, possibly Exit 156.

Once the truck stops have been purchased and moved, "that will crystallize what else needs to be done at that intersection," Assaid wrote. "I will also encourage them to consider leaving Exit 150A open (although closing it was my idea), provided that VDOT erect a permanent barrier (e.g. poles or a concrete median) that allows a right turn only, so that through traffic on 220 South will not be impeded through that stoplight.”

While closing Travel Center and/or the Pilot station would mean a loss of tax revenue, it is not an overly significant amount, according to Botetourt County Administrator Jerry Burgess. Cracker Barrel brings in more revenue than the other two combined, he said.

Ridding the interchange of truck traffic likely would increase development "because people are concerned about the traffic at Exit 150," he added. "It

would encourage development in other places and have tremendous safety improvements for the residents of the county."

(After the recent closing of a Botetourt County rest stop

by VDOT, some convenience stores at Exit 150 reported an uptick in business from those that left I-81 to find a rest room and/or snacks.)

The state's other bandage proposals for the interchange include adding signal lights at Exit 150B and the Pilot Station, closing Exit 150A, either permanently or to truck traffic only, building a new on-ramp for northbound I-81 traffic, adding medians on US 11 to limit left-hand turns, and the creation of a loop road to send traffic completely away from the interchange.

VDOT has aggressively moved to control transportation expenses this year. A recent effort included the closure of the rest area on southbound I-81 near mile marker 158.

That move, which saved the state about $470,000, may have increased traffic for a single business at Exit 156 but has had little impact on traffic at Exit 150, according to managers at several restaurants and gas stations in the area.

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Addison Middle School Qualifies for First Time

This year most Roanoke City Public Schools are fully accredited, with Lucy Addison Middle School fully accredited by the Virginia Department of Education for the first time in the school’s history. “This is a huge milestone for our students, teachers and faculty,” said Principal Robert Johnson.

In all, 23 of the 25 schools in Roanoke City are fully accredited for the 2008-09 academic year.

William Fleming High School’s accreditation status is listed as To Be Determined and Westside Elementary is accredited with warning. A school’s state accreditation rating reflects overall achievement in English, history/social science, mathematics and science.

Lucy Addison Middle School is planning an accreditation ceremony next month where they will unveil the new accreditation banner for the school.

Medieval Faire Returns to Green Hill Park

Roanokers can experience the adventure, pageantry, magic and romance of medieval times at Roanoke County’s Green Hill Park with the annual Medieval Faire. On Saturday, September 26 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, September 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. merchants will offer wares from mystical lands and times. Revisit history made reality as the living history exhibitors display life as it was in the Middle Ages. Come witness Scottish horsemanship and sword fighting, smell the luscious aromas of roasted meats, tasty breads and delicious treats near the tavern pavilion.

Despite more challenging benchmarks this year for meeting Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements, 14 of 28 Roanoke City Schools still managed to meet the standards under No Child Left Behind. The yearly achievement benchmarks in reading and mathematics, established by the Board of Education as part of No Child Left Behind, are known as Annual Measurable Objectives. Each year, the Annual Measurable Objectives increases several percentage points. By 20132014 the final goal is to have 100 percent of students in every subgroup demonstrate proficiency in reading and writing.

Falling short on just one achievement objective means that a school is classified as not making adequate yearly progress. Five schools, Fishburn Park Elementary, Huff Lane Intermediate, Morningside Elementary, Raleigh Court Elementary, and Round Hill Montessori fell short this year of making AYP by just one objective.

“Our vision is to become a model for urban public education. While individual schools around the country have risen to this standard, no district has comprehensively performed at this level,” said Superintendent Dr. Rita Bishop. “With persis-

kissing, engage in the wooing contest, and learn the dances from days of old charm.

Children of all ages are invited to play imaginative games such as Ratapult, Sheep Toss, Dragon Droppings, Unicorn Ring Toss, Boar Hunt, and Pole Jousting.

Test your prowess at the archery range and ax throw. Admission is $5 per person, with children under five free. For more details about the Green Hill Medieval Faire visit www.RoanokeCountyParks.com or www.medievalfantasiesco.com, or call Roanoke County’s Live Learn & Play Line at 387-6455.

tence, dedication, creativity, and student focus, we will reach our vision.” Dr. Bishop said.

RCPS schools currently classified as making AYP are: Crystal Spring Elementary; Fallon Park Elementary; Garden City Elementary; Grandin Court Elementary; Highland Park Elementary; Hurt Park Elementary; Oakland Elementary; Preston Park Primary; Roanoke Academy Elementary; Virginia Heights Elementary; Wasena Elementary; Breckinridge Middle; and Woodrow Wilson Middle.

RCPS schools currently classified as not making AYP: Fairview Elementary; Fishburn Park Elementary; Huff Lane

Intermediate; Lincoln Terrace Elementary; Monterey Elementary; Morningside Elementary; Raleigh Court Elementary; Round Hill Montessori; Westside Elementary; James Madison Middle; Lucy Addison Middle; Stonewall Jackson Middle; Patrick Henry High School and William Fleming High School The school system has undertaken several initiatives to help close achievement gaps, including a new evaluation system to help improve the quality of classroom instruction that is tailored to the school division’s diverse students.

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town from Las Vegas, and when people there asked him where Roanoke was, he told them to go “watch an old black and white movie with fast cars and bank robbers that get away and you will know what Roanoke is about.”

Well, maybe. “Big Lick,” as we were once called was known as a rollicking frontier

town but that was a bit before the movie scenes Gibbons was referring to. Routine “stage lines” aside, he seemed genuinely pleased to be in Roanoke - albeit in a smaller setting than they are used to.

After a short break, the band performed an encore with two of their better known songs, “La Grange” and “Tush.” They

head back to the studio in January to record a new album to be released later in 2010. Will the band still be rockin’ in 40 years? Based on their longevity to date don’t count the three hard driving Texans out.

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cholesterol and affected her liver, brain and spleen. Only 1,700 cases of NPD have been diagnosed worldwide, according to the NPD Foundation.

During her lifetime, Ozmer dedicated herself to helping future NPD patients. While her parents served on the board for the National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation (NNPDF), Ozmer raised awareness locally, organizing fundraisers just after she began experiencing neurological symptoms of NPD. Hunt Ozmer is unwavering in his faith and certain that he will one day be reunited with his precious daughter. But, when asked what he misses most about her today, he said, “Probably her smile and those special eyes which speak volumes. You see with NiemannPick Disease Type C, the kids lose the ability to speak, so at the end we couldn’t truly

Throughout the day there will be music and merriment, colorful dancers, nobles, ladies, knights and the most noble of all creatures, the regal greyhounds.

Festive tents line the lawn with gifts, garb and wonders galore.

Due to its past popularity, the Highland Games are back and have been expanded to a full two days of excitement. Witness incredible feats of strength and endurance by some of the best athletes around, in seven challenging and varied categories. On Saturday at 5 p.m. a Masquerade Ball will be held; dress for the ball if you so desire, and learn the refined art of hand

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> ZZ Top ing “Cheap Sunglasses,” “Under Pressure,” “Legs”, “Sharp Dressed Man,” and “Mexican Blackbird.” During the tight hour and a half show, they pulled songs from their very first album to their last. Billy Gibbons, lead singer and guitarist, said it was great to be back in Roanoke. He then added that they had just hit

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understand her innermost thoughts. But those beautiful blue eyes could tell the story.

I know for Annette, the fact that she couldn’t speak at the end of her life was very difficult but those eyes could talk and sometimes sparkle.”

The $100 Hunter’s Hope tournament package includes golf cart, greens fee, awards dinner, a special Hunter’s Hope golf shirt, and competitive awards. Four-person teams may be all-men, allwomen, or co-ed. Single entrants will be placed with a team.

The tournament begins with a shotgun start at 1:00 p.m. Friday, with the awards dinner and auction beginning at 6:00 p.m. under tents next to the clubhouse.

Non-golfers are also invited to come and participate in the auction. Auction items will include artwork, pottery,

furniture, jewelry and sports memorabilia items.

Entry forms can be obtained from www.huntershopememorial.com, by emailing ozmer@verizon.net, or by calling 540-774-0944.

The National NiemannPick Disease Foundation was established in 1992, when six families from across the nation joined together to raise money for family support services and research. Since then, the Foundation’s membership has grown to over 350 families, and over $4.1 million has been applied toward research. As a result of this research, the gene responsible for Niemann-Pick Disease has been identified, and experimental therapies are being tested.

The NNPDF provides education and awareness to a broad international audience.

To further support families

dealing with the day-to-day issues of caring for a family member with a terminal illness, the Foundation offers an annual Family Support and Medical Conference, which was held recently in Seattle, Washington.

Family-sponsored fundraisers such as the Hunter’s Hope event support the research essential to winning the battle against NiemannPick Disease. The Ozmers, like many families across the country affected by NPD, work toward the day when no more lives will be lost due to NPD. For more information about the National NiemannPick Disease Foundation, visit www.nnpdf.org or contact the NNPDF at 920-563-0930.

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marriage, states’ rights, offshore drilling and he is pro-life.

McDonnell asked people to “stand up for what you believe in. People do watch the votes on Capitol Hill on issues such as health care, cap and trade and card check, so pay attention to how your legislators vote … if you don’t like it, vote.”

McDonnell also announced that he had just received the endorsement of the NRA, which has over 120,000 members in Virginia alone.

Special guest Congressman Eric Cantor, the House Minority Whip, ex-

pressed dissatisfaction with current government spending: “We are at risk if this spending continues. They dictate to us and tell us what to think and the American people are standing up and saying enough is enough.” Cantor has been a fixture on cable TV programs in recent months.

“This is a critical election, not only to Virginia but to the nation,” said Bolling, who ran down a list of issues. “Unemployment is at its highest in over 25 years. We need to invest in economic development, be an energy leader and

create new jobs. Forty percent of all education dollars goes to the front office, instead of the classroom and we will change that.”

Congressman Bob Goodlatte (6th District) told breakfast attendees that the Republican statewide ticket has 43 years of experience and has won 21 elections between the three candidates. “When people vote, they know that values matter and character counts,” said Goodlatte.

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s there a particularly healthy attitude to have in marriage? This question, or some form of it, comes up quite frequently in premarital counseling. In response, I often point out that there are many different attitudes and approaches to marriage that are not only healthy, but necessary for a marriage to succeed and flourish. Over the years while doing both premarital and marriage counseling, I continue to see one area of confusion that can either set up a healthy approach or allow a very subtle unhealthy idea to remain. This is the notion of having a 50/50 marriage.

At first, this notion makes sense and is simple to understand. A couple gets married and quickly begins dividing up responsibilities and duties. “You take care of this and I will take care of that.” The idea is that we are splitting the obligations in marriage and working together for success. Over time each person falls into their routines and becomes comfortable with these duties, often based on interest and skill. Well then, what is the problem? Isn’t this what a partnership is all about?

The danger with a 50/50 marriage is the notion of equity in the division of labor or burdens.

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GPS Leads Way to Perfect Relationship

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he relationship between human and machine is a delicate one. Regardless of the contraption, people tend to bond with inanimate objects, often assigning names and mortal characteristics to the widgets which spur their devotion.

Until recently I had never developed an affinity for a daily tool which aided lifestyle. Never have I grown an attachment for an automotive vehicle; in fact, my wife Janet refers to me as "Jon the Car Killer." Over the years I have managed to obliterate every car I have ever owned, destroying engines, transmissions, electrical systems and anything else that might turn bad under the hood. To me my car is a machine that transports me from point A to point B, a soulless, nameless future victim of my neglect. Add the well known fact that I can't take a spin around the block with losing my way and you can understand my hesitance to personalize anything with four wheels.

All that changed when Carmen entered into my life.

Carmen was my very first GPS system, a benevolent chaperone who gently guided me to places I would have never dreamed of reaching on my own. My feelings for Carmen were both passionate and genuine and, over time, blossomed into an emotion even more beautiful, even more rare - dare I say it, could it be love?

During our salad days, Carmen and I would glide through the countryside, bereft of worry, reaching each destination without incident. Then, as suddenly as our affair began, things began to sour. Carmen became aloof, often failing to remind me of critical turns in the road, propelling my being into the Contact Keith at unknown with only my wits to psycyou@msn.com guide me (i.e. unarmed). One afternoon, during a routine drive, Carmen experienced a kind of latitudinal breakdown, hysterically repeating "RECALCULATING, RECALCULATING, RECALCULATING, RE-

long, one or the othhours at the office with everyone wanter begins to look at ing your time and what their spouse is energy. The truth doing and they make is, it depends on the a judgment about person and the day. whether the diviThe other significant sion of labor is fair or flaw in the process equal. If it is deteris that no one said mined that things are that marriage would not equal, bitterness be an equal advencan creep in. Before ture. That is why it Keith McCurdy long, a couple begins is a commitment. If to keep score. All of it was equal and ala sudden it is no longer about ways complimentary, it would what each person is doing, it is be a breeze that could be mainabout what the other one is not tained without significant effort doing. This is inflamed even or concern. That sure doesn’t more if one or the other slacks describe marriages that I am off and isn’t fulfilling their com- aware of. mitments. In this mindset there The healthy mindset is to is little room for having a bad have a 100%/100% marriage. day or being off your game. At This type of approach says that this point the finger pointing I am going to love my wife…… begins and the blame starts. The period. This love is not continmindset can move quickly to “If gent on what she does. It is the he isn’t going to do this, then I commitment that I make. Most am not going to do that.” The of us had the famous statement downward spiral continues and in our vows, “In sickness and eventually infects the emotional in health.” That is a 100% marrelationship and stands in the riage. We are to love each other way of the couple being loving even when the other one is not doing their part, for whatever and caring for one another. reason. In practical terms, I The big flaw in this mindset is am going to continue to love, that there is not “equal” in marriage. Who determines what is support, encourage, work hard, fair? To this day I still can’t tell etc., especially when my spouse is not. The focus moves from you which are more difficult or what the other is or is not dotrying, having a screaming baby ing to what I am doing. There is hang on your leg all day that you no keeping of score or blaming. have to feed, change, read to, The commitment in marriage is not have time to go to the baththat I will love and respect, not room yourself, etc. or put in 8 I will love and respect if she is doing her part.

I challenge couples to evaluate if they are keeping score. If they are, then they are not capable of loving each other fully. Take time and ask yourself whether or not you are keeping score.

Then focus on what you can do to improve the marriage…. and let your spouse know what you appreciate about them.

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CALCULATING," Stewie from "The until I nearly proFamily Guy" and a pelled us both off of female voice named Windy Gap MounJill. tain!

Something Funny at first, the was amiss. Had we sitting Governor of gotten too close too California, became fast? Could there be tiresome, rudely callsomeone else? ing me a "punk" each Returning home, time I failed to turn I engaged Carmen at the proper time. in the driveway Yoda was difficult Jon Kaufman and suggested that to understand due it might be best if to his inverted senwe saw other devices. Follow- tence style, scolding me with ing the usual screaming and the phrase "Turn you did not, tears that follow any break-up lost we are!" Similar to his char(my eyes are still a tad puffy), I acter on the show Stewie is just decided to pass Carmen along a mean little cuss who had no to my son Will, who, much to patience for my on-road bunhis dismay, had inherited the gling as well, demanding "DO "Where the heck am I, and how AS I SAY, YOU IDIOT!" with did I get here?" gene which has every wrong turn. If I wanted plagued countless generations to hear that kind of debasement of Kaufman males. Clearly, it I would have brought Will along was time for the two of us to for the ride. move on.

This brings me to Jill. Jill was Like many lonely hearts, I one of two female voices availsought refuge on the Internet, able and, candidly, I am more scouring sites for a new travel used to a woman yelling at me mate. Still reeling from my in the car than an action movie ill fated romance, I carefully star, a wrinkly old puppet or an browsed through the electronics ill-tempered talking baby. The sites searching for "Ms. Right- other female option was named turn." Disheartened and ready Sadera, advertised as Jill's hotto accept a life of solitary travel, blooded sister. Sadera's profile I nearly called it quits, deciding carried a red stamp touting "ilto check one more site before licit material," along with proturning in for the evening. vocative photo. Given my strugThat is when I first saw her. gles with navigation, I decided Sleek, bright, dressed in 3-D to pass on Sadera and forgo any color, and on sale, the Garmin possible distractions she might Nuvi 205 was a smoldering inspire. Jill was my girl. sliver of satellite technology Immediately, Jill and I were that set my bruised heart aflut- a perfect match. Her soft voice ter. Immediately I placed the eased me through every interorder and when my new device section and, when I began to arrived, I could barely recall wander aimlessly, Jill would quiCarmen's name. I felt ashamed, etly purr "Baby, did you lose you yet strangely excited. Once the way again? Let's get you movbatteries were fully charged, I ing in the right direction." began to explore my new comFinally a machine that unpanion's menus and features. derstands me! Recovered from In addition to the usual voic- my brief assignation with Cares available on all GPS systems, men, I have undeniably found I discovered that my Nuvi could my wayfaring soul mate. It was also accept downloads featur- love at first byte. ing celebrity and other voices.

Launching my browser (not a Contact Jon at euphemism), I rushed into a Jon.Kaufman@sprint.com site and purchased the voices of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Yoda,

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Does Afghanistan Really Want to Change?

n a recent column I mentioned the unlearned lessons in Iraq in relation to Shiite-Sunni history. A reader reminded me that the Kurds (Sunni) were not mentioned; he was correct and I pointed out in my reply the challenge of writing about such complex subjects in the allotted word allowance. As the following shows, I have not learned the danger of biting off more than I can chew.

With the terrible anniversary of September 11 just behind us, I have not heard or read much about why that attack occurred. Granted, it was planned by a group of radical Islamic fundamentalists who believed (and still do) in the concept of jihad. If one reads the Qu’ran on jihad it goes far beyond the limited idea of “holy war” and includes a personal, internal, individual, spiritual struggle for self-improvement, moral cleansing, and intellectual effort. Those points, to which we all can aspire, were certainly not present in the minds of the terrorists on that awful day.

In modern times there have been few incidences of where religion and politics, when joined together, have wreaked such havoc. The majority of Muslims stand with the rest of the world against the narrow view of the terrorists but the radical fundamentalists are not deterred. Their sense of righteous martyrdom has not lessened in the least in their “holy war.”

No one with an ounce of sanity condones what they have done and continue to do, but in their own minds, they are justified. How can that be? Certainly there are no simple answers; there are many and they are complex. I won’t attempt to address them here except for one: How our

foreign policy is ofquickly became apten misperceived by parent to them they those to whom it is could never win a applied. military victory and We Americans after nine years of have a strong belief frustration they fithat we know what nally withdrew. We is right. This is parare in a similar poticularly dangerous sition. Afghanistan in situations about has never had, and which we have inprobably never complete informa- Hayden Hollingsworth will, a stable cention. That covers a tral government broad swath of recent history. in a model we understand. It The Palestinian/Israeli wars, has been a tribal society ruled The Korean conflict, The Viet- by warlords for centuries and nam war, The Middle East in will continue so. The westerngeneral, the Balkan wars and ers who have lived and served now, especially, Iraq and Af- among them describe the indighanistan. vidual Afghanis as an extremeIn each case we have taken ly giving people but with lima stand against totalitarianism ited interest or understanding and stood for human rights; of of our goals. Al Qaeda and the that, we can be justly proud. Taliban are more than willing It was not hard to understand to wait us out, just as they did the reasons for our actions in the Soviets. the World Wars but today is The only hope and it is a a vastly different world. No slim one, is to help build an spot of the globe is as much infrastructure that will supas a day away from where we port the country and bring sit. To think we can under- them into some semblance stand all the forces at play in of modernity that appeals to such a different environment them. Allowing them to live is the height of chutzpah. their lives without the threat When we come in with our from their own people would well-intentioned but incom- be a marked improvement. pletely thought out actions we This can’t be done by trying to find ourselves enmeshed in defeat the terrorists militarily. endless complications. That Whether it can be done at all is doesn’t mean we should have a daunting question for a nalooked the other way; isola- tion whose only real power is tionism died when the world held by radical fundamentalbecame so much smaller. The ists and whose only economic free world should always stand success has been in the growagainst tyranny as we have ing and exporting of opium. done in Afghanistan.

There will always be those in The difficulty in so many of the world who interpret our these situations has been that foreign policy as a threat to our expectations are unreal- their own agenda. The job in istic because we don’t under- Afghanistan is finding those stand the people we are try- who will stand up to the tering to help. We are not alone rorists and determine, with in this. In 1980 the Soviets our assistance, their own desinvaded Afghanistan (at the tiny. invitation of the communist government in place there) Contact Hayden at to put down civil strife. It jhayden2003@cox.net

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think that I will always define tenderness by those moments. Those moments I watched a wife caress her dying husband, her grief standing silently at the edge of the room.

Unbelievably, it was his third stroke. At age forty-one. I looked at his CAT scan and my heart sank. A massive bleed; a fatal pressure that was slowly crowding the life from his brain.

No way to get to it surgically. He could not breath. So deep was he in coma that his jaw, unless

held, would sag into a strangling grasp on his own airway.

I bent over him, holding his jaw in such a way as to keep his airway open.

“Is he suffering?” She asked me the second most important question pressing her.

“There is no pain.”

She spoke as if at an altar.

“Will he live?” There it was.

What do you say when you know the answer and the answer is an awful thing? “No, ma’am.”

She looked at me and nodded her head. I had confirmed what

she already knew. must soon be.

I watched her Her fingertips talking to him as if spoke her love for him; they touched soothing a child. I watched her tears fall his eyelashes and and spatter helplesssmoothed his deathly, noiselessly against tangled hair. It was a his chest and begin woman’s touch.

I relocated my to roll away. She bent grip. “Why did you over him, her head do that?” she whisclose to mine. Three Lucky Garvin pered. strangers in the intimacy of a death “So you can betwatch. A patient, a wife... and ter touch his face.” I paused. me. All powerless, by any art “I’m not sure why, but we need or supplication, to change what to do that.”

Lessons Learned In Cruising

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y husband is convinced a cruise is the perfect way to travel. Everything is paid for in advance, so you can forget about day to day expenses. Your room travels with you, eliminating the problem of searching for hotel accommodations. And the food -- well, it’s always available, it’s already paid for, and the quality is unsurpassed. Best of all, you can relax, spared the tension of driving in unfamiliar territory. For weeks we pored over numerous brochures with their colorful pictures of tropical flowers, Caribbean blue waters, and the luxurious accommodations aboard cruise ships, trying to select our first cruise. We finally decided on a Royal Caribbean cruise in the eastern Caribbean. It was the spring of 1991, a few years after I retired, and we looked forward with great anticipation to seven days at sea. We would fly from Roanoke to San Juan, where we would board The Song of Norway. Little did we realize how memorable that cruise would be.

To my dismay, on the Thursday before our Sunday departure, I began to feel ill – headachy, slight fever, -- a virus, I hoped, that would be over in a day. But on Friday I felt even worse and passed out at the breakfast table. We decided I had best see the doctor.

He diagnosed a urinary tract infection and wrote me a prescription for an antibiotic, but added, “I’m concerned about the ‘fainting’ episode. That could be any number of things – some serious. You’ll need an EEG and several other tests.”

I explained we were leaving for a cruise on Sunday and could we do the tests after our

return? celled!

“No, “ he said.

“Don’t know how “You must not leave you got out of Roathe country. It’s too noke,” the puzzled risky. I’ll schedule the airline employee tests for next week.” said.

Naturally we were “I told her we dismayed. Not only would think it over – had we looked forI didn’t say to cancel,” ward to this vacamy distraught husMary Jo Shannon tion, but we had band mumbled. paid in full for the “Just go to the cruise. We explained the cir- travel agency and get it straightcumstances to our sympathetic ened out.” travel agent, but unfortunately, “The agency’s in Roanoke -we had not foreseen such a di- and it’s closed -- it’s Sunday.” saster and had not purchased Harry called Royal Caribinsurance. bean and finally our cruise was “If you cancel, you will lose reinstated. The airline emthe entire amount,” she said. ployee apologized and put us in Harry said we would have to first class on a flight to San Juan, think it over. earlier than the one for which We did. All day Saturday we we were scheduled. At last we argued. First Harry said, “We reached our destination and can’t take the risk.” boarded our ship, a little weary Then I said, “The medicine but relieved that the worst was is working; I feel better. Several over. years ago I fainted when I had a The next evening, dressed up UTI.” “But you were young- in our fancy clothes, we set out er then. The situation may be for the Captain’s party. As we different now.” climbed the stairs to the party “It’s foolish to lose all that deck, I struggled to keep my balmoney,” I responded. “The doc- ance in high heels while the ship tor is just afraid to give his okay rolled gently from side to side, in case something happens.” carrying our ship swiftly to the Finally, at the close of day, we next port of call. Harry asked made up our minds: we were me to step aside so the gentlegoing. I wrote a note to the man behind us could pass. doctor, absolving him of all reThe man had obviously alsponsibility. Harry took it to his ready consumed a few, for he reoffice and slid it under the door sponded, “Thash all right – I’m since office hours were over. in the shame shape she’s in.”

Meanwhile, I called the hospital, Our first cruise was memocancelled all the tests, and began rable, not only for the sun, the to pack. sand and the sea, but also for the We caught our plane early the lessons we learned: always buy next morning and soon were insurance, leave the high heels sitting in airport in Atlanta, at home, and laugh at embarawaiting our connection to San rassing moments.

Juan three hours later. Harry decided to ask if an earlier flight Contact Mary Jo at was available. Imagine his shock info@newsroanoke.com to learn our trip had been can-

Preacher’s Corner

She nodded, and touched his face. If love could have healed him, he’d have arisen from the stretcher and gone home with her. But he was shortly bound for his Heavenly home.

She tended him; and tried to draw from him his sickness; her grieving fingers on mottling skin; loving touches to eyebrows and lash; smoothing his hair yet again. Our faces are who we are, in some way I don’t understand.

The end came. His breath will never more fall upon her cheek.

She cried quietly. Afterwards, she murmured to me, “I’m glad you were here.”

I was glad, too. Not all special moments are happy; some are desolating. But we - all of us are supposed to comfort, even when we can’t help.

Look for Lucky’s new book, “The Oath of Hippocrates”- stories from nearly 40 years in Emergency Medicine, available locally and online.

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The Recipe of the Week from The Happy Chef Tiny Cream Cheese Biscuits I taught in the public schools of Danville for 7 years. The principal at my school was one of the most beautiful, pure-hearted people I have ever known. Her name is Judy Williams. We had problems at our school, like all schools do - problems between teachers and students; problems between teachers and parents; problems between students; problems between teachers and teachers. Always lots of drama to go around!

During all these problems, Judy had us read a book - I think it was called, “Managing from the Heart.” At the time I am sure I rolled my eyes and groaned but surprisingly, or maybe not so surprisingly the main premise of the book has stuck with me all these years. It was to look for the loving intentions behind people’s actions. It has helped me to be more empathetic, less judgmental and to find beauty in some of the strangest places.

When dealing with conflict, hurt feelings or the suffering of others or myself, I try to think of Jesus with the woman at the well. That particular story and the memory of my friend and mentor have informed me about who God is. When I hold a crying two-year old on the first days of pre-school and when I talk to their worried and loving mothers I feel blessed to know

that in that struggle of separation, love is at the heart of it all.

When I am angry or sad that my mother is no longer here with me physically, I remember what my minister and friend, Tupper, told me during those first days of grief – “it hurts because you love her so much, be thankful for that love.” And I am. I thank God for that wonderful love between mother and child, I thank God for the memory of my time in Danville and what I learned there from Judy about people and our beautiful and strangely complicated hearts. May we all be so blessed to feel God’s Spirit and manage each other with a little more compassion.

During the more difficult times these biscuits have always been comforting and so easy to make, But don’t over do it - they aren’t very healthy!

1 - 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened ½ cup butter or margarine; softened 1 cup self rising flour -Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed of with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until creamy.

-Gradually add flour beating at low speed just until blended.

-Spoon dough into ungreased miniature muffin pans, filling full.

-Bake at 400 degrees for 15-17 minutes or until golden. Serve hot. Yields 1½ dozen. *ADD SAUSAGE, BACON OR PEPPERONI to the cream cheese-butter mixture before you bake to make these extra yummy and very BAD!

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It Runs Deeper Than You Think by Gary Robbins

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on’t be naïve! Once you begin to rummage around in your soul you may discover that it runs deeper than you think.

Just listen to the words of Mel Williams, pastor of Watts Street Baptist Church: “A few years ago I was invited to go talk with a class of divinity students about what are the central concerns I deal with as a pastor. I reflected on my work, and I told the students that the primary issue I deal with as a pastor is grief.” Mel writes, “On any given Sunday most of us come in the door carrying some kind of grief.”

And he’s right. It is impossible to escape grief. Grief is sewn into the very fabric of life.

Now you may be thinking, “Not me,” but don’t kid yourself. Grief is the normal, human reaction to loss. And it is universal. Life is full of goodbyes. All of us lose things that we value or love. And when something or someone we love is taken away—whether it is a friend, a job, a neighbor, a pet, a parent, a grandparent, a marriage, a longawaited raise, an unborn child, our independence, our health, our ability to drive—whenever anything we love is taken away, we grieve. The truth is, none of us gets through life without having to say “goodbye” and as Rev. Williams reminds us, “Saying goodbye means grief work.”

For some of us the grief is obvious. You can see it in the tickle of tears running down

our face. For others, the grief is hidden, guarded, or stuffed out of sight. Many of us have learned to lock our grief away in some hidden corner of our heart. But just because we don’t see it, don’t talk about it, or don’t allow ourselves to feel it, doesn’t mean that it has gone away. It’s still there and by hiding it all we’ve done is stored a time-bomb in our chests.

Maybe that is the reason that Jesus said, “Blessed are those who allow themselves to grieve, for they shall be comforted.”

We simply can’t find comfort for feelings we never allow to see the light of day.

But remember, there is no single, right way to grieve. Everyone’s grief is different. As Kenneth C. Haugk says in one of his helpful little books, “No one else will grieve exactly like you.” One of the reasons for that is that everyone’s loss is different.

When my grandfather Parrish died, my brothers and sisters and I all lost a grandfather, but all of our griefs were different.

For me, one of my very earliest memories is running over to my grandfather and walking with him down to his dog kennel. I remember going inside the shed with him and smelling the sweet aroma of the 50pound bags of dog food. In the evenings, I would sit with him when he smoked his pipe and at Christmas he always shared his chocolate-covered cherries with me. He died thirty years

ago, but I still have one of his grey work shirts hanging in my closet.

All of us as grandchildren lost a grandfather, but all of our losses were different.

Don’t assume that your grief will look or feel like another’s.

The important thing is to find a way of unlocking your grief.

Some do that through tears.

Others do it through talking with friends, family members, pastors, or counselors. Some will keep journals, write letters, sing, or pray. Others will read, paint, exercise or knit. Because the great danger is keeping things dammed up inside, healing will come as we find ways of giving expression to all of the feelings of grief that we have tucked away inside.

Ultimately, it may not matter whether we run it out, talk it out, write it out, scream it out, or cry it out. The important thing is that we honor the necessity of grief. One of the signs of Jesus’ emotional health is that he allowed himself to cry.

Many of us know by heart that shortest of New Testament verses: “Jesus wept.”

So please, don’t minimize the importance of grief. Don’t assume too quickly that this article is for someone else. Grief runs deeper than you think.

Gary Robbins, Pastor Greene Memorial United Methodist Church GaryR@gmumc.org

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Artie Levin Memorial Ride Approaches forts of finding a cure. Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic disease that attacks the central nervous system which can lead to mild symptoms like numbness of limbs or more severe such as paralysis or loss of vision.

Symptoms vary from person to person.

The race honors Artie Levin or “Mr. Fitness,� as he was known while hosting the “Artie Levin Show,� an exercise pro- John Carlin, Troy Lenderking gram that ran for 28 years on and Gordie Zeigler completed local and regional television. last year’s 100 mile ride.

An avid cyclist, Levin dedicated his life to fitness and wellness The ride will begin at the Buthrough participation and volchanan Fairgrounds on Saturunteer efforts in the Roanoke day at 7:00 a.m. and will continValley. He also worked endue through Sunday. Sleepover lessly to support charities that options include either camping sought to fight illnesses. in the Best of Blue Ridge Tent The event promises to be an City or in one of the area’s hoall-weekend party that includes tels. Riders have the option of BBQ, bluegrass music and a participating in the 25-mile, 50beautiful scenic view of the Apmile, 75-mile or 100-mile routes palachians. on both Saturday and Sunday.

There are expected to be at least 100 riders this year helping to support the cause.

The registration fee for the event is $40 and all participants must raise a minimum of $250.

Cyclists must be at least 12 years of age to participate.

Registration is available at bikevab.nationalmssociety.org or call 1-800-451-0373 for additional help.

The 2009: Best of the Blue Ridge, Artie Levin Memorial Ride will hold its second bike ride benefiting multiple sclerosis at the Buchanan Fairgrounds on Sept. 26 - Sept. 27.

The Blue Ridge Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society will work in conjunction with the Blue Ridge Bicycle Club to hold the event.

The rides, which vary in length, take cyclists through some of the most beautiful scenery in Virginia along rolling hills, rivers and mountains, but tend to be relatively easy thanks to carefully constructed course design. Cyclists are well supported with numerous rest stops, which include food, water, energy drinks and rest rooms.

All money raised will go toward helping the 3,000 people living with MS in the Blue Ridge area and to national ef-

They Run Like Girls One hot July day back in 1983, 112 women and girls leaned forward, anticipating the starter’s gun, poised to launch themselves with arms flailing and feet pounding on the sticky asphalt. It was 3.1 miles down and back on Wiley Drive for the first all-women’s non-scholastic race in the Roanoke Valley, the inaugural Women’s Distance Festival.

Young husbands and boyfriends (some serving as standin mommies) cheered from the park as the runners passed by while toddlers frolicked and babies wailed. Star City Strider volunteers called out split times and watched entrants for signs of heat distress. Only 17:44 minutes later, winner Beth Dillinger (now Howell) of Blacksburg crossed the finish line. Roanoker Liza Field, then 21, followed, coming in at 18:47, with Laura Shea coming in third at 20:28.

Less than thirty-five minutes after the race began, history had been made in the Star City, although the women standing around laughing and talking weren’t overly concerned about history. They were glad for a chance to compete as athletes, glad for the chance to do something they loved, glad to be with their peers, mothers and sisters, as runners.

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Striders Gary Adkins and Sandy Andrew visit with the first Women’s Olympic Marathon Gold Medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson.

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She purchased a pair of flat track shoes in 1970 at age 37, marked out a loop in her neighborhood, and ran most days before dawn.

Candice Michalik of Lynchburg traveled to Roanoke in 1983 because “it was exciting to run in a woman’s-only race.�

Michalik finished 8th at the inaugural WDF, but her favorite memory came at the 1989 women’s race when her daughter Ellen declared that she wanted to be a runner “ just like you� so they could run as a team.

Peggy Bryant turned 50 in 1983, and ran the WDF near the back of the pack. Some of her friends and family thought she was “crazy� for not acting her age, only making Bryant more determined to keep running.

Her proudest accomplishment as a runner was finishing last at the now defunct Roanoke Marathon in just under six hours, refusing to quit though running alone.

Beth Howell still holds the record in this event’s history, one might assume she had a glorious scholastic running career prior to 1983, when she was 28. She once broke 17 minutes at a 5K, ran a sub-37 minute 10K, and qualified for the 1984 USOC. Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials, where she ran a 2:47:45 over 26.2 miles.

But, Howell never ran in high school because there was no track or cross country program for girls. In college, she began running “one mile most days for fun�. It was only after moving to Blacksburg in 1979 that Howell “began training with the guys.�

When she started winning local road races, finishing far ahead of most male entrants, Howell realized she “might have some talent.�

The WDF race, now the Star City Women’s 5K, is filled with story after story of women who came to running without benefit of coaching, the support of teammates, or the opportunity to compete scholastically. Because they toed the line and ran, the girls and women who raced that July day in 1983 helped blaze a path to a Roanoke Valley where little girls can not only dream dreams of athletic glory, but also have the occasion to pursue them.

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Not once, not twice, but three times – in each of the past three years coming into 2009 the Cave Spring Knights had won just two games on the season. Head coach Tim Fulton pointed that out after his squad toughed out a hardfought, last second defensive battle with the Northside Vikings last week to win 10-7.

At 5’10â€?, 150 lbs. placekicker Ethan Hafey hit a game winning field goal as time ran out, then was mobbed by teammates and fans afterwards. After being stuck on two wins for each of the past three seasons this was a big deal for Fulton, his players and the spectators at Bogle Stadium. The last few minutes featured turnovers and near misses by both teams. “You can’t say enough about our defense‌they were flying around- flawless,â€? said Fulton over the din of a nearby on-field celebration.

He’s not concerned that his Knights might be considered one of the River Ridge fa-

vorites going forward. “We’ll worry about that later.�

Hafey, the son of former Cave Spring athletic director Joe Hafey, had never played football before this year – Fulton found the senior at a soccer tryout and told him he needed a kicker. “[Hafey] answered our call and stepped up for us big tonight.� It was his first ever field goal attempt.

Cave Spring quarterback Josh Woodrum, who passed for almost 200 yards, “is doing a great job,� according to the head coach, while Erik Jacobsen (106 receiving yards) is part of a group that can catch the ball. “We’re getting there,� said Fulton, “those young men are making plays.�

Northside’s highly touted team fell to 2-1 with the loss. “We felt like we played better in the second half, but ‌ Cave Spring played a heck of a football game,â€? said head coach Burt Torrence. They just played better than we

did.� Both the Vikings and Knights are in Region 3 – but in different divisions. “Maybe we’ll have an opportunity to play again down the road,� said Torrence of a possible playoff rematch. “It’s a long season, we’re still 2-1 and control our own destiny.�

The Knights are “still relatively young,â€? on defense said Fulton, with lots more to learn going forward. Earning win number three to go 3-0 was just the tonic needed. “We’ve been stuck on that number [2] ‌ the boys wanted to get rid of it.â€?

Cave Spring visits Patrick Henry this Friday night to do battle with a 1-2 Patriots club that is looking to make its own mark under new head coach Brad Bradley. Taking down an undefeated Knights team would give PH double its win total from all of last season.

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Knights wide receiver Micheal Cole walks the tightrope after hauling in a pass from Cave Spring quarterback Josh Woodrum.

Ethan Hafey (Right) hits winning field goal against Northside.

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William Fleming Colonels Learning on the Job

One would think that a 2-0 start would have William Fleming head football coach Rob Senseney smiling often these days. After all, the Colonels began the season facing the daunting task of replacing all of its starters at the skill positions on offense.

But despite a 27-21 comefrom-behind victory over E.C. Glass in the season opener and a 35-13 win against Magna Vista, Senseney is anything but satisfied. “I think we’ve played OK, but I really think we could be playing a whole lot better – and in some areas we have a long way to go,� he said. “We’ve challenged the kids to get better, to play harder, and to keep improving.�

On the positive side, the aforementioned Colonel offense has been clicking fairly well in the team’s two wins, using an up-tempo, no-huddle attack to average 31 points per contest. Dual-threat quarterback Devin Dean has been terrific thus far, amass-

ing a total of 224 yards rushing and 5 touchdowns -- four of which have come on the ground. Tailback Devin Richardson has also chipped in with 195 yards rushing and a score in two games.

There are some causes for concern. For example, the Colonels passing attack has been noticeably absent, despite Senseney’s efforts to create more balance on offense.

Kevin Waid, a more traditional drop-back quarterback, has seen significant time at the position but has yet to throw a touchdown. “We think that playing two quarterbacks gives us a bit of a schematic advantage just because it keeps defenses on their heels,� Senseney said. “We’ve been pleased with what we’ve seen so far from both.�

The young Colonels defense has had its share of moments, too. Opponents are only averaging 13 points per game against William Fleming, and the unit has forced six turn-

The Colonels still have a way to go says their head coach. overs, including four forced fumbles against E.C. Glass.

But a closer look indicates those numbers can be misleading. For example, the victory over Magna Vista could have been much closer had the Warriors not wasted three opportunities in the red zone.

Against E.C. Glass, the defense suffered a lapse in the third quarter, allowing the Hilltoppers two touchdowns to relinquish a 19-7 lead. “It’s been a learning process for them so far,� Senseney

Knepper Wins Sept. Tournament Bryan Knepper of Southwest Roanoke County was the overall Winner in the Roanoke Valley Senior Golf tour's September tournament held Tuesday, September 15th at The Vista Links in Buena Vista.  Playing in Division 1, Knepper recorded a net score of 61. Other Division 1 net score winners were: 2nd place, Jim Ketron - 62; 3rd place, Lynnis Vernon - 63; 4th Bryan Knepper place, John Hubbard - 65; 5th place, John Parrish - 66.

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Knights Going All Out to Reach Top Again in Volleyball Tamalyn Tanis knows a thing or two about winning. In her seven seasons as the head volleyball coach at Cave Spring High School, the Knights have gone to five state championship games, winning four.

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The Knights are off to a solid but unspectacular start, sitting at 3-2 on the season as of Wednes-

day. Cave Spring, due in part to admittedly poor scheduling by their coach, dropped their first two matches before rebounding to win three in a row. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For some reason I had us playing in back to back games on the same day in September,â&#x20AC;?

Tanis said. The Knights lost the first to Osbourn Park, one of the better AAA schools in the state, and fell in the second to E.C. Glass. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were pretty flat mentally in that second game,â&#x20AC;? Tanis admitted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not good planning on my part.â&#x20AC;?

However, the three game winning streak (over Liberty Christian, William Byrd and Jefferson Forest) has shown what this team can become. The Knights

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Corrected Information: In response to an opinion piece by Col Bob Craig run in the 8/28 edition of the Roanoke Star Sentinel, Roanoke City Director of Finance Ann Shawver has advised the following:

The City of Roanoke did not "pay" the $2.7 million revenue shortfall from the "Rainy Day Fund" (Budget Stabilization Reserve). The City has not reduced our Budget Stabilization Reserve at all.

We balanced a shortfall in FY09 revenues by curtailing expenditures. The Budget Stabilization Reserve actually increased approximately $316,000 in FY 09 as the result of interest earnings.

To be precise, we sold $17.03 million in Series 2002 bonds for stadium/amphitheater, not $18 million.

We are going to spend $1.2 million in bond funding, not "cash money" on the amphitheater design.

We plan to issue $5.7 million in bonds, not $8 million, for the market building.

The State budget shortfall has been cited as $1.5 billion, not $1.3 billion.

Ann H. Shawver, CPA Director of Finance City of Roanoke, Virginia

Letters to the Editor A â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fair and Balancedâ&#x20AC;?

Rebuttal Dear Editor, I read with interest, a letter to the editor in last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edition, from Pat Whitten. Pat claims that â&#x20AC;&#x153;..People in the Roanoke Valley are ignorant concerning the threats to our way of life from thirty plus czars appointed by Mr. Obama.â&#x20AC;?. Pat goes on to say, in paraphrase, that only Fox News reports the truth, and because of this, many of us are left out of the information loop. Pat feels that without the information provided by Fox News and conservative talk radio, we are, quote, â&#x20AC;&#x153;unaware of the truly radical advisors Obama has in the White House, all without Congressional oversight and no accountability.â&#x20AC;?

I mean no disrespect to Pat personally, but felt this letter warranted a â&#x20AC;&#x153;fair and balancedâ&#x20AC;? response! A fast point.

Fox TV and conservative talk radio HAS BECOME THE â&#x20AC;&#x153;mainstream mediaâ&#x20AC;? over the last 15 years. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d point out that more people watch / listen to fox and rush than they do Katie Couric or Charlie Gibson or read the New York Times.

So who IS the â&#x20AC;&#x153;mainstream mediaâ&#x20AC;? now? What other shows are on talk radio, besides conservative talk shows?

Not many. I contend that Fox has become THE mainstream media but doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to admit it. About the Czars... The first â&#x20AC;&#x153;czarâ&#x20AC;? was nicknamed â&#x20AC;&#x153;czarâ&#x20AC;?, and appointed by Richard Nixon. Now, Nixon might have been a criminal but he was no liberal. And, every President since then, has had several mid to upper level bureaucrats, nicknamed â&#x20AC;&#x153;czarsâ&#x20AC;?

by Nixon.Their titles are often long, so â&#x20AC;&#x153;czarâ&#x20AC;? stuck as a nickname. For those who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have Russian czars in the US government.

Some of these so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;czarsâ&#x20AC;? have been figureheads appointed as a symbol of the administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to a specific issue or cause.

Some have been more prominent than others. But, most are just glorified policy wonks,

with an expertise in one area, that serves the administration, with input and knowledge about an issue. Bill Bennett was a czar. Bill is a staunch conservative. He was the â&#x20AC;&#x153;education czarâ&#x20AC;? at one time.

And, olâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bill was just as â&#x20AC;&#x153;unaccountableâ&#x20AC;? as Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s czars are now but Fox didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get too upset about that. In addition, Congress doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t â&#x20AC;&#x153;overseeâ&#x20AC;? the executive branch as Pat suggests should be done with Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s czars. Thats the pesky constitutional provision called Separation of Powers. Conservative hero Dick Cheney was fond of pointing this out, many times, just a few short years ago when he was in the executive branch without Congress overseeing him.

So Pat, you and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;informed folksâ&#x20AC;? can relax. None of these people has the authority to make law- or change â&#x20AC;&#x153;our way of life.â&#x20AC;? In fact, the czars donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t usually get anything done, except a slew of studies and reports - and then they leave.

Secondly, and more importantly, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to address the assumption that most of us here in Roanoke are â&#x20AC;&#x153;ignorant of the truthâ&#x20AC;? unless we get â&#x20AC;&#x153;the truthâ&#x20AC;? from Fox or conservative radio. Pat. most of us have access to the Fox channel, and radios, like you do.We arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ignorant or uninformed.

We just think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wrong.

Imagine this, please. Its 1935 and a new program called â&#x20AC;&#x153;social securityâ&#x20AC;? is being debated in Congress. We turn on our radio and tune in to the Rush Limbaugh program. What do we hear. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, but I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be against it. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you? I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be making the very same arguments he makes now. And you know what? Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be wrong. Like he is now. And, because he knows we think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrong- he just keeps getting louder, and more mean spirited. So we turn off Rush, and turn on our black and white TV . Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the 1965 Fox News station. Lets turn the dial channel selector, (no remote!) to the Sean Hannity Show, 1965 version. I wonder what Sean will be saying about President Lyndon Johnson tonight, as this new Medicare program is being debated in

congress. I think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d probably be opposed to it and who knows what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be calling President Johnson.And heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be wrong. Medicare is a blessing for seniors, that conservatives fought tooth and nail against.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrong now too. yes, Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loud. But loudly wrong. Next on our black and white 1965 TV, comes our favorite. Glenn Beck is here to draw on his chalkboard about whats REALLY behind the Civil Rights and Medicaid programs. That would be pretty interesting, wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it. Let me guess. It would be â&#x20AC;&#x153;a communist plot by people of color and the poor, joining forces to take over our way of life.â&#x20AC;? See, Pat? They would be wrong then.

And theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wrong now, too.

So weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not ignorant. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on the right side of history.

Dave Perkins Roanoke

Golden Age of Radio Dear Editor, I celebrated Independence Day early this year. By the middle of June I was television free.

I do not have to care what Simon thinks before I can be musically entertained. I have found a good varied choice of music.

No more talk shows that are mostly screaming and audience games. I can learn what is going on from allover the world.

The news does not consist of suggestions that we go to the internet to find out what is happening. Interviews give us many sides, told by interesting and humorous people.

I have discovered radio.

There are two stations with no commercials and it will stay that way if we answer their short request for contributions. The commercial stations are clever and do not deafen us. It is easy to take it with us and we do not have to have many cable connections to get it all. I will borrow an old radio ad to say,â&#x20AC;&#x153;Let us go back to the golden days of radio.â&#x20AC;?

Sue Collins Roanoke

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Commentary: Signs of Protest The Silent Majority showed up at the 9-12-09 Protest March on Washington Saturday, between 1.5 and 2 million of them according to unofficial D.C. police reports on Sunday. As far as I know there were 0 arrests, 0 incidents of looting, 0 assaults, 0 destruction of public or private property, and 0 incidents of littering. Really, early in the morning, trash was piled precariously into trash cans. At the end of the day the trash towers had collapsed, but nowhere was there trash strewn with disregard, i.e. litter.

Possibly the lack of criminal excitement was why Big Media covered the event the way they did -- more concerned with earlier Republican comments on the Hill than marchers on the ground -- even though the number of people at the protest march was a significant number, historically.

What were the marchers protesting? Posters tell the story. A picture of Obama with outsized ears was captioned, â&#x20AC;&#x153;With ears like that, why arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you listening?â&#x20AC;? Another was worded, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Can you hear us now, Obama?â&#x20AC;?

Poking at Pelosi, one poster said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are the AstroTurf. Watch us grow.â&#x20AC;? One gentleman carried a broom with a sign attached reading, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sweep the bums out.â&#x20AC;?

Many of the posters were litanies of government abuse, too verbose to decipher. On the jam-packed Metro, however, I was able to read a treatise by Thomas Jefferson on the perils of big government pinned to the back of a protesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shirt.

The Franconia-Springfield Metro Station was wall-to-wall

people by the time we arrived early Saturday morning, most of them having driven from Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia. At the march and later we met people from West Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Montana.

For protesters, they were unfailingly polite, using the phrase â&#x20AC;&#x153;excuse me,â&#x20AC;? repeatedly as people bearing lawn chairs, flags and posters tried to maneuver through the crowds, with some pushing strollers and holding small hands, and others coping with canes and wheelchairs. The atmosphere was that of a friendly community gathering.

The marchers walked down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Federal Triangle Metro Station to the mall across from the Capitol. People marching took pictures of each other as they participated in wave shouts and chants. A very tall black clergyman with a megaphone led chants of, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on the move!

You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop us now!â&#x20AC;? Young adults started chanting the easy favorite â&#x20AC;&#x153;USA,â&#x20AC;? and an instant hit was, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes we can! Vote them all out!â&#x20AC;?

Protesters read each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

signs, smiling at the likes of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Clean house and the Senate,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;USA, not USSR,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go Green â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Recycle Congress,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deficits Destroy,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We the people elected you to serve, not to rule,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Czars in America,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Apprentice Obama â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fired.â&#x20AC;?

There was one poster that gave everyone pause: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bury ObamaCare with Kennedy.â&#x20AC;?

The man holding it said a woman complained to him, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not nice.â&#x20AC;? He told her to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lighten up, Lady!â&#x20AC;?

Whether she did or didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, it was clear that the people who had come to the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Capitol for the 9-12-09 Protest March on Washington were there with serious concerns for their country. In all the myriad ways people were expressing disappointment over the behavior and decisions of government officials, probably two posters sum it up: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spend lessâ&#x20AC;ŚDuh!â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Congress, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t read it. Just sign it. I _______ resign.â&#x20AC;? Signs that We, the People, are sick of the spending and corruption.

Stop it.

By Gail Tansill Lambert

Commentary: "40 Days For Life" This fall starting on September 23 concerned citizens of the Roanoke area are preparing for a 40 day period of prayer and fasting to bring an awareness to and hopefully an eventual end to abortion. After attending a briefing in preparation for this 40 day event I was impressed with the emphasis stressed by the leadership to keep this happening not only non-violent but non-confrontational as well. I believe by keeping it as a peaceful vigil it will be a worthwhile witness to the community. I wish the participants well.

I wonder how we ever got to this point in our attitude concerning living. Why are we giving up on life? What happened to us during the last 50 years?

There was a time when we esteemed value to human life from its beginning at conception through birth, childhood and adulthood to its natural end with death. During this later generation we moved these life defining markers to coincide with our present culture. Today our attitude toward living is based on the quality of our condition to produce for society. No longer is the time in the womb considered of value any more than is the usefulness we have in our reclining years. In the end we are considered more of a burden on the state than an asset.

Our duration now is judged on

cost. And having started on this slippery slope where and when does it stop? Can you visualize your defined vitality starting at the age of reason (around 12) and ending whenever the cost of maintenance exceeds your contribution?

In our busy days we seldom

take the time to just contemplate what is going on around us. So I ask you to take time to ponder these life issues. We owe it to ourselves, we owe it to each other and most of all we owe it to our children.

Peter Stoebe Roanoke

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New Workforce Center Offers One Stop Shopping for Jobs, Skills Sometimes necessity is the mother of invention, and the recent economic slowdown in Virginia is one reason, said Governor Tim Kaine, that many agencies are looking to work smarter and more closely together. That was one major goal of the new Roanoke Valley Workforce Center, where Kaine helped cut the ribbon on Monday morning at Crossroads Mall.

A Goody’s department store formerly occupied the site, which now is home to a handful of agencies, all under one roof: the Virginia Employment Commission, Virginia Western Community College, Goodwill Industries, the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services and Total Action Against Poverty.

The outgoing Democratic Governor was pleased to see that everyone at the center wore the same badge, labeled Roanoke Valley Workforce Center, instead of each individual agency.

One-stop centers and reducing the bureaucracy needed to help people find jobs or training was one of his goals [when taking office],” said Kaine. “The Roanoke site,” added the governor during brief remarks, “is the most comprehensive yet opened in the Commonwealth.”

The VEC’s workforce center had been located at Valley View Mall before the ribbon cutting on Monday, but the employment commission is now part of a larger entity, working in tandem with other agencies to offer job counseling, employment searches, skills training, assessments and even something

planning this, [the] first truly comprehensive center in the state.”

U.S. Department of Labor representative, Jeffrey Gabriel, said Kaine had shown “an ability to understand workforce issues,” during his tenure in Richmond. As for the changes needed to put several agencies under one roof at 1351 Hershberger Road, Gabriel added that, “we understand the hard decisions and the compromises.” To the rest of the state he noted, “[we] will be looking at you,” as they build their own one-stop workforce development centers.

“Sometimes it takes a conglomeration of programs,” said Western Virginia Workforce Development board member, Doloris Vest, about what an unemployed, low-skilled worker might need to raise their stock.

The economy was “going great,” when he was elected four years ago, but Kaine said he knew changes would be needed in the way Virginia approached work force development. “What we needed to do at the state level was simplify.” One change: community college systems like Virginia Western now spearhead skills training. “You’re the role model,” said Kaine before he helped open the Roanoke Center. “Talent is the most precious commodity in the world.”

Governor Tim Kaine and other dignitaries cut the ribbon. called “layoff aversion strategy development.”

Kaine took a brief tour of the building before the ribbon cutting ceremony began, urging Workforce Center employees to “keep up the good work,” as he toured the narrow hallways and stopped by offices, some already occupied at 9:30 a.m. by those looking for work. “It’s good to see this,” said the governor, “it’s important work that you do [in] tough times for people.”

Western Virginia Workforce Development board chair Carroll Gentry spoke about the “many hours that have gone into

By Gene Marrano gmarrano@cox.net

W & L’s Oliver White Hill House Expands Legal Help for Under Served Residents This fall marks the one-year anniversary of services provided by the Oliver White Hill House – Washington & Lee’s community law center located in Roanoke. In May of this year, the center officially began operating out of the childhood home of Civil Rights leader, Oliver White Hill. The mission of the center is to carry out the vision of its namesake by addressing the tragic effects of urban poverty through fair and equal justice.

“The objective is to expand access to legal services in Roanoke,” said Howard Highland, W & L Oliver White Hill Fellow. “It’s an opportunity for attorneys focused in the area of civil rights to better serve their clients by gaining insight into their experience.”

The Oliver White Hill Foundation was established in 2000 and is comprised of key leaders in the local legal community. Their goal is to honor Hill’s legacy by supporting the education of lawyers trained in the field of civil rights and civil liberties. After several years of raising funds to purchase and renovate the facility located at 401 Gilmer Street in Roanoke, the foundation partnered with the W&L law school last year, allowing them to lease the house for $1 a year.

Highland and Anthony Segura, two recent graduates of W & L

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The Oliver White Hill House on dedication day last Spring. law school, serve as the center’s onsite fellows, overseeing daily operations and helping identify additional community needs.

“A team of third-year law students are provided with the oppor-

tunity to gain practical experience while offering a great service to the community,” said Highland. Mentors and volunteer attorneys from the Roanoke Bar Association and W & L law school faculty provide additional guidance and support.

The initial months have been spent focusing on assisting clients, who primarily come as referrals from Blue Ridge Legal Services, in the area of elder law including advanced planning and securing government benefits. Additionally, the center works with Virginia CARES to assist ex-offenders with restoration of civil rights. Most recently, the center has forged a partnership with Christine Poarch, a local attorney who has been instrumental in helping area residents with immigration issues.

“It’s an area of great need in this community,” said Highland. “It’s the next practical step to making good happen.”

Hill was a classmate of Thurgood Marshall at Howard University, and was one of five lawyers who argued the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional. He spent his childhood years in Roanoke, returning home after law school – opening his law firm in 1934. He died in 2007, at the age of 100.

By Stephanie Koehler info@newsroanoke.com

Virginia Is For Lovers Slogan in Running to be Named One of America's Most Beloved slogan. Virginia is celebrating the 40th anniversary with 40 free vacations, travel deals and special label 40th anniversary wine, all found on www.Virginia.org/40.

This nomination comes on the heels of Forbes. com naming “Virginia is for Lovers” one of the top ten tourism marketing campaigns of all time.

We’re excited to be part of this friendly competition and to be named among some of the greatest marketing giants of our time, said Alisa Bailey, President and CEO of the Virginia Tourism Corporation.

“Virginia is for Lovers,” the official state tourism slogan, is in the running to become a top slogan on the Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame. Voting runs through September 18 at www.advertisingweek.com/wof. The winners will be inducted into the Walk of Fame during Advertising Week (September 21-25) and will gain a permanent position on the advertising industry’s version of Hollywood and Vine -- Madison Avenue.

The Hall of Fame nomination coincides with the 40th anniversary of “Virginia is for Lovers.” Launched in 1969, “Virginia is for Lovers” is America’s longest-running state tourism

Marketing is our core mission and the most important service we provide to our local partners across the state. This type of recognition goes a long way to extend our marketing message and bring more visitors to Virginia.

“Virginia is for Lovers” is one of nearly 30 slogans nominated for this year’s Hall of Fame class.

The state faces stiff competition from slogans representing consumer brands, destinations and public service announcements.

Past iconic slogan winners include Melts In Your Mouth, Not In Your Hand (M&M’s);

At Your Service!

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A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste(United Negro College Fund); and Imagination at Work(GE). More than three million votes have been cast in the first five years of the program.

Tourism is big business for Virginia, generating $19 billion in revenue, supporting 210,000 jobs and providing $1.2 billion in state and local taxes for Virginias communities.

Visit www.advertisingweek. com/wof before September 18 to vote for “Virginia is for Lovers”j111 as an iconic slogan.

For more information about travel deals, packages and to enter to win a free Virginia vacation, visit www.Virginia.org/40.

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Sean Kotz’s introduction to television horror hosting came in 1975 when he was a ten-yearold living on the eastern side of Virginia, where TV “horror hosting” was far more common.

Katz discovered “The Bowman Body” out of Petersburg and “Dr. Madblood” out of Norfolk.

“Pretty early on, I found myself fascinated with the bits between the films as much or more than the actual movies,” he explains.

“Years later, I was asked to moderate a panel of horror hosts at Chesapeake’s Monster Fest that brought many of the Virginia hosts together and the idea started germinating there.”

The idea forming in Kotz’s mind has resulted in “Virginia Creepers: The Horror Host Tradition of the Old Dominion,” a documentary produced by Kotz’s Blacksburg-based Horse Archer Productions. It recounts the story of local television horror hosts in Virginia who introduced classic horror and science fiction films on late-night horror shows. The film is slated for DVD release this Halloween.

Though horror hosting was more of an eastern Virginia institution, Roanoke’s own WSLS TV-10 introduced the phenomenon to the Old Dominion when it debuted “Nightmare Theater” on February 6, 1958, featuring “Dracula” as its initial offering. The program featured both the traditional horror films and suspense tales, and aired on Saturday and Sunday evenings at 11:05 after the five-minute newscast.

WSLS (now a Star-Sentinel media partner) broadcast the

show both nights because, as Kotz notes, “Even in the late 1950’s, there was very little national programming. Much (and on weekends, most) of the programming was generated inhouse, so movies were a great way to fill time and hold an audience for hours. The package was there and Roanoke was a town with a lot of shift workers who appreciated anything on that late on a weekend.”

For its Saturday airings, Nightmare Theater was hosted by “Jonathan,” the on-air persona of John Willett. (The Sunday evening installment aired without a host). The character “was created in conjunction with the set, which borrowed heavily from the ‘Addams Family’ cartoons that appeared in the New Yorker magazine. He was rather straight laced and held himself with a little overextended dignity, but in the end it was a little self mocking as well.” Airing for approximately one year, the show left the air in February 1958, with westerns taking its place.

WSLS returned to the horrorhosting fray a few years later with Saturday Theater. Originally called Family Theater, the show switched names in February 1963, possibly due to the films it showed. Saturday Theater featured more recent horror fare such as the Vincent Price film “The Bat,” and 1950’s science fiction films. The show’s host, C.J. “Tiny” Thompson, carried out his hosting duties atop a stool in a dark studio with a single light shining on him and his co-host, a Mynah

"Jonathan" of "Nightmare Theater"- aired on WSLS bird named “Midnight.”

The latter, originally appearing on another WSLS presentation, Klub Kwiz with Hayden Huddleston, was eliminated from that show Kotz says, “after repeating on air some rather colorful phrasing he heard backstage on a regular basis.”

Mynah birds “were often on local TV shows because they would occasionally contribute comments out of the blue. It broke the monotony, for back in those days, live, unscripted interaction was seen as normal.”

Another locally-produced horror show, House of Horrors, aired briefly on WRLU (Channel 27) from October 19, 1974 to February 8, 1975, before fading to black, along with the station, when the latter was unable to pay its electric bills.

Kotz believes a local horror host program could make a comeback in the Roanoke

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Rimsky-Korsakov Descendant to Make U.S. Debut in Roanoke

The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra with David Stewart Wiley, Music Director, opens a new season on Monday evening October 5, 2009. Opening Night is the first concert event of the RSO’s 2009-2010 Masterworks Series and takes place at the Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre.

The season opening concert includes works by German composers Richard Strauss and Johannes Brahms, plus Austrian composer Franz von Suppé and Contemporary Mexican composer Arturo Márquez. Violinist Natasha Korsakova performs the Brahms violin concerto on the Opening Night program with Maestro Willey and the RSO. Unannounced encore selections are also likely.

Korsakova, of Russian-Greek decent, was born into a musical family in Moscow and is a descendant of the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. She began playing the violin at the age of 5 and has appeared in some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls including the Philhamonie in Berlin, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Tokyo’s Santory Hall, Cologne Philharmonie, Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall in

area. “With the expansion of digital television, each station has several bands they could use if they had the programming. In our area, channel 7-2 runs purchased programming from My Network TV and 10-2 runs weather and news updates, but they have other bands and they could be running local programs.” Kotz’s company is exploring this possibility and “would love to see local programming of all sorts make a comeback, from music and arts, to fishing and cooking shows and, of course, hosted movies.

“I honestly think people are hungry for that again.”

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Wentworth’s paintings are on display all month at the WVTF Public Radio studio (3520 Kingsbury Lane, 9-5 weekdays.) This Friday, September 17 from 5 to 7 p.m., the station will hold its monthly open house, with Wentworth in the spotlight.

Catered food, wine and music will also be part of the event.

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Anna Wentworth’s paintings mix realism with impressionism. even calling in one from New York when she admitted to having “a few martinis,” beforehand. Her showing this Friday, entitled Life.Stories, features landscapes and character studies, in paintings that

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Korsakova makes her concert debut in the United States with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra on the October 5th Opening Night concert. More information about violinist Natasha Korsakova may be found at her web site at www. natashakorsakova.com.

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Activities include storytelling, live music, face painting, up-close experiences with animals from the Mill Mountain Zoo, and hands-on educational areas provided by local partners and regional organizations like the Danville Science Center and the William King Museum. Other PBS characters at KidsFest will include Maya and Miguel, Princess Presto, Sid the Science Kid, and Buddy the T-Rex from the new hit PBS show “Dinosaur Train.”

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