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Mother’s Day P11– Our Mother’s Day page offers history, quotable quotes and more . . .Thanks Mom!

Hopefully, it was hard for you to miss the new banner above that debuts today in this our 233rd edition of . . . The Roanoke Star.com. Yup - that’s it - we’ve shortened our name and added an all too familiar moniker on the end. We hope you like the idea!

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City Council Restores Funding in Three Areas

The state has increased funding to Roanoke by $163,000. This has allowed restoration of recent cuts to the three areas that have taken hits. At the April 26 budget hearing Council members heard from 17 speakers opposing cuts to the Virginia Cooperative Extension Ag r i c u l City Gov’t ture and Natural Resource component. Other speakers asked for restoration of the 25 percent cut to the Arts Commission.

In the end they didn’t get full restoration but enough was restored to make the impact negligible. VCE gained back $18,000 of the $19,000 of their cut. A memorandum of understanding will be developed with measures that will include logging calls to the VCE by locality, explained Director of Management and Budget Amelia Merchant.

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City Green P17– The Roanoke City Municipal building is sporting a brand new “green roof ” complete with butterflies, insects and songbirds.

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After delivering the keynote address to the Roanoke Bar Association for Law Day last week, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli participated in a ribbon cutting at ITT Technical Education Institute’s Breckinridge School of Nursing in Salem.

After the ceremony, staff took Cuccinelli and attendees on a tour of the facilities and met with students. The simulated hospital room included patient mannequins in hospital beds hooked to monitoring equipment. Standing beside one of the hospital beds, the life-like demonstration led Cuccinelli to take the patient’s hand, check for a pulse and ask him for his vote. Cuccinelli has announced his plan to run for governor in 2013.

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oanokers enjoyed an active day downtown last weekend as the annual Strawberry Festival and Chili Cookoff were held. Light rain showers were present through the early part of the day but that didn’t keep attendees from the smorgasbord of beans and berries. Given the available calories to be consumed walking between the two events located on opposite sides of the Roanoke City Market area was a very good idea. For those wanting to resist the food temptation altogether the annual Mayor’s Bike Ride provided an even healthier option. (See more coverage of all three events on Page 7.)

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Roanoke City Farmer’s Market Goes Uptown In June

Downtown Roanoke Inc., which manages the Historic Farmer’s Market for the City of Roanoke, is taking its fruits, vegetables, meats and plants uptown.

On Thursday nights in June –and maybe beyond – it will be open for business outside the Kirk Family YMCA, at the corner of 5th and Luck. That will allow greater access to locally produced goods for residents of West Downtown apartments and condos, and others who can’t get to the market during the daytime.

YMCA spokesperson Kim Bratic called it “a long overdue partnership” at a news conference last week. If successful, the June pilot project could be continued throughout the summer months.

“It’s good that we’re coming together to do this,” added Bratic. DRI President/ CEO Sean Luther has wanted to weave the Farmer’s Market further into the fabric of the city ever since he came from Pittsburgh several years ago.

“We really need to better integrate the Market into the community,” said Luther, who also announced the Friends of the Farmer’s Market program, where people can contribute funds directly to efforts designed to promote that cause. Friends supporters can sponsor the market at different levels, receiving items like a special T-shirt, a “Produce of the Seasons” box and tours of local apple farms.

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DRI’s Sean Luther announces the new Farmer’s Market programs.

and the Foundation for the Roanoke poor on Saturday.

Valley ($2500) will also expand the “Ready to use is what we like to call it,” SNAP/EBT program, allowing custom- said Tracie Hughes, the Farmer’s Marers of the Farmer’s Market ket manager for DRI. The to receive a SNAP dollar for Foundation for the Roanoke Downtown every token they purchase.

Valley and future donors will SNAP was formerly the food identify which organizations stamps program and is geared towards should get the unused food. An anonylow-income patrons, encouraging them mous donor has helped jump-start the to pursue a healthier lifestyle with better program, with money donated through food choices. In addition, the grants will the new Friends program. kick-start a program where unsold proWe’re always growing and changing,” duce for the week can be purchased for said Luther, “and downtown is becoming distribution to local food pantries for the increasing important for the region [as

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Luther said they had been thinking for some time about efforts like the evening market at the YMCA. Most of the current Farmer’s Market vendors are on board with the pilot program, added Luther, who said he “was wowed” by just how ingrained the market was as a local institution when he joined DRI. “This is a great opportunity.” About six vendors currently on the market, including those that offer seafood, baked goods, poultry and meat, will set up shop at the Y. “It’s more than just buying your fruits and vegetables,” noted Luther.

With a downtown residential population that Luther said had grown about forty percent since last summer; he sees a market for the pilot program. “The growth has been in the western half of downtown. This is an opportunity to cement the market as part of that emerging, dynamic neighborhood.” Those working out at the YMCA can also take advantage of the Thursday night Farmer’s Market at 5th Street and Luck Avenue.

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Temperatures over the weekend will continue to climb into the middle 70s.

back $59,000 still leaving it with a four percent deficit but more palatable than the original 25 percent reduction. The Human Service Committee had $86,000 restored which was still five percent short of last year.

City Manager Chris Morrill said that all departments squeezed their budgets including his own department. Real estate taxes are down as a result of depressed assessments but sales tax increases have made up for it for now. The fiscal year 2013 budget increased one percent to $252.7 million.

The Citizen Budget Engagement Team was not all in agreement on Elmwood Park and streetscape expenditures. The team wanted to eliminate the 2.5 percent fees assessed when paying city taxes and bills by credit card. Councilman Bill Bestpitch said, “We don’t want to increase taxes to pay for that fee.� Private businesses are able to increase the cost of merchandise to compensate.

Vice-Mayor Dave Trinkle thought that some of the positions in these categories could be matched with the city’s own available resources. Bestpitch said that commercial services provided by the VCE “should have some kind of fee for training on pesticides.� Bowers said he supported the city manager’s proposal for the VCE saying, “it is a popular program.� Councilman Ray Ferris said, “not to minimize VCE contributions

From page 1 but the issue for us is needs versus wants� but he went along with Council members Lea and Price who supported the recommendations.

Councilman Court Rosen said he’d “sure like to know what that $18,000 [for VCE] is going toward.� He asked to have the information before budget adoption. Morrill though said that he didn’t want to hold up the budget for it.

Finance Director Ann Shawver explained that the 1.5 percent cost of living adjustment for city retirees would not impact the budget until 2014. They had not received a COLA increase since June 30, 2007 the same as active employees. Retirees will see a $221 increase.

The future proposed COLA formula is 2/3 of the Urban CPI not to exceed four percent and not to exceed active employee pay raises. Shawver thought that the 1.5 percent increase “is kicking the can down the road ‌ ‌ their costs are increasing and not keeping up with inflation.â€?

Council will meet Monday at 2 p.m. to adopt the budget.

Code Enforcement Overview: Skip Decker, solid waste manager, said that they strive to provide a safe and sanitary neighborhood with citizen education being the goal. “We don’t want to cite anyone,� said Decker.

They have four collection inspectors – one for each quadrant.

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bration included Delegate Greg Habeeb, Senator Ralph Smith, Roanoke City Sheriff Octavia Johnson and Salem Sheriff Eric Atkins along with representatives for Congressman Bob Goodlatte, Morgan Griffith, U.S. Senator Mark Warner, area Chamber of Commerce representatives and school administrators.

During the celebration Salem ITT Director Ron Charpia said, “We take great pride in our students and our staff � since ITT opened its doors in 2009. He said the school brings students with a diversity of backgrounds “who have committed to lifelong learning and community service.�

The program has provisional approval for its two-year nursing associate degree. The degree comes at a cost of over $50,000 - at a per credit hour price of $493 with 109 credits required to graduate, according to their website. Class size ranges from 15 to 20 students and the first class will start in June.

Cuccinelli addressed staff and attendees saying how acutely aware he was of the growing need for nurses. He explained

how his responsibility as Attorney General places a high priority on investigating and prosecuting Medicaid fraud and elder abuse. “I can tell you first hand what you probably already know, that our aging population is growing significantly ‌ the demand for more skilled nurses and caregivers is only going to rise.â€? His office hires nurses that do medical analysis in healthcare cases.

He told the attendees that he thought that ITT’s nursing curriculum would address nursing values and not just from a book - It teaches communication skills and competent care learning. “There is a need for not only competent technical care but also for the compassion and nurturing that caregivers and nurses can give ‌ they not only have an awesome responsibility to help improve the health of the patients but also to give peace of mind to their family,â€? he said. “Our goal for every student enrolled in the Breckinridge School of Nursing is to become a competent nursing clinician dedicated to a lifetime of caring and continue learning. Each student will be held to rigorous ex-

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Sen. Ralph Smith, Del. Greg Habeeb, Pam Lindsey, Ken Cuccinelli and Ron Charpia cut the ribbon. pectations without apology for the safety of our patients,� said Pam Lindsey, nursing program chairwoman. Lindsey holds a master’s degree in nursing and adult health and is a board certified adult healthcare clinical nurse specialist. The dignity of the patients, the highest standards of ethics and an active exchange between the faculty and the student is the basic philosophy of the nursing program, she explained.

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Cuccinelli, in closing, quoted Sir Winston Churchill – “We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give.�

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He said that illegal dumping has increased to 1101 for 2012. Container violations were at 539 but only 3-4 citations had been issued.

Decker said that they are maintaining a database that keeps track of landlords. Police Chief Chris Perkins’ “walk through neighborhoods has been a big plus,� he said.

Morrill said he didn’t want business owners to rely on the inspectors to check on their properties. He tells them, “It is your job to go around checking on your properties.�

Southeast and Northwest has a lot of weeds and cars, said Councilman Sherman Lea. He hears from area residents that enough resources are not allocated to these parts of the city. “I’ve seen that,� he said.

Dan Webb, the code compliance officer, said the top code issues are weeds and trash, inoperable vehicles and abandoned houses.

Rental inspections correspond with higher violations but state code says the owner is responsible and not the tenant.

Tom Carr, director of Planning Building and Development, said that in their last survey 65 percent of citizens said they were doing a better job. The 20 code inspectors work in assigned quadrants throughout the city and become familiar friends of the neighborhood.

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Roanoke City School Board Seeks to Stay On Budget Finance Director Ann Shawver said, “We are not out of the woods yet with the possible lack of growth in real estate.” Employment is still recovering and with high fuel cost the city might need to draw on its fund balance.

Baker said with the governor’s amendments they “still don’t know what the budget is ... all bets are off in the 2014 – 2015 school year.” Trinkle said that he hoped that the new formula would be a win/win and that their fund balance would continue. “I’m not a big fan of dedicated taxes,” he said. “We don’t tell you how to spend.”

Carson said that at the beginning of the year the state announced implementation of a new math SOL. “School systems across the state are concerned about how this was rolled out.” Assistant Superintendent Vella Wright said that teachers are working very diligently and are testing now.

“Teachers are stepping up,” she said.

Mayor Bowers was concerned about the impact that the lack of teacher’s aides had on the teachers. Carson said that parent volunteers are taking up the slack and urged more parents to volunteer. He said that they have not been able to write contracts with teachers because of the VRS schedule.

Later at the council meeting incumbent school board members Mae Huff, Todd Putney and Dick Willis were reappointed for additional three-year terms that will begin in July.

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County School Board Approves Final 2012-2013 Budget The Roanoke County School Board approved the 2012-2013 budget at their meeting April 26, 2012. The General Fund budget for 2012-13 reflects revenues based on aid for education in the General Assembly budget released on April 19, 2012 via the State Superintendent.

The General Fund budget of $132,562,485 reflects an increase of $1,189,215 or 0.9% more than the preceding year.

“I’m pleased with this budget and I’m very thankful for the continued support of the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors,” said Roanoke County School Board Chairman Fuzzy Minnix. “I’m pleased we were able to give our employees a well-deserved raise, we were able to avoid layoffs of full-time contracted employees and we did not need to close any schools.

This has been a difficult, frustrating year. A great deal of work has gone into this budget,” said Minnix.

“This is a good budget. Fortunately, we were able to receive additional funding from the state that helped us afford raises. We are still making some painful cuts, though, and we will still maintain a hiring freeze,” said Roanoke County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Lorraine Lange.

The School Board is required by state code to adopt an annual school budget by April 1 of each year. Despite the fact that the General Assembly had not yet adopted a state budget, the School Board adopted a school budget at their meeting on March 27, 2012 in accordance with this provision. Since that time, the General Assembly has passed a state budget which is expected to be approved by the Governor in the next few weeks.

The 2012-13 school budget

approved on March 27, 2012 has been revised to reflect the final state aid for education and the Superintendent’s recommendations to balance the budget.

The proposed budget does not include school closings or layoffs of full-time contracted employees. It moves the technology plan purchases out of the operating budget and into grant, minor capital, or yearend balance funding sources in order to free up operating money to offset a portion of the increase in VRS rates.

This budget continues the hiring freeze and many positions that are being voluntarily vacated through resignation or retirement will not be filled next year in order to balance the budget.

The largest impact on the school budget for next year is the significant increase in VRS retirement related expenditures and the change in the laws governing the VRS retirement plan. For the first time since the early 1980’s, all school employees will be required to contribute 5% of their pay into the Virginia Retirement System. This legislation also requires School Boards to provide an offset-

ting salary adjustment to school employees.

To that end, the General Fund budget reflects salary and benefit adjustments including the following: - Salaries have been frozen for three years. This proposed budget includes a 3% cost of living increase for next year.

- Health and dental insurance premiums will remain the same for 2012-13.

- The VRS retirement rate will increase from 6.33% to 11.66%. (Net of the 5% employee contribution.)

- All full-time school employees will be required to contribute 5% of salary as the employee share of the VRS premium effective July 1, 2012.

- The School Board is required to provide an offsetting salary adjustment per this legislation. (Also known as the “5 for 5 swap.”) This budget includes a salary offset of 5.75% and the related employer payroll costs on the salary adjustment.

- The deferred compensation matching program has been suspended and no new participants will be enrolled.

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Councilman Sherman Lea said that while campaigning that it was evident that the community “doesn’t understand how the state plays a part.” Lea asked Carson to help explain that to citizens. Carson said, “The school board unanimously passed a resolution to fully fund education for three years in a row and asked [legislators] to quit sticking mandates on us that you are not paying for.”

School board member Lori Vaught said that the legislative conference lobbies legislators even outside the district. Bestpitch said you have citizens concerned about taxes and want the state to cut them.

“There are a lot of citizens not thinking that through,” he said. “We need to do a much better job of explaining.”

Councilman Ray Ferris asked if Carson’s predicted economic outlook was any different than the city’s. Carson said their fund balance would prevent teacher cutbacks and give teachers a one-percent raise. “We are not spending excess but spending down savings,” said Carson.

Richmond’s increase to school funding for the city is due to the increase in the student population. The increase is dwarfed by the increased costs associated with required contributions to the Virginia Retirement System (VRS). The result is that “we are receiving less money net,” said Carson.

Curt Baker, deputy superintendent said, “It is clear VRS is going to be the wild card if it keeps increasing.” The drawdown comes to $4 million this year and is a third of our total fund balance, he said.

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Councilwoman Anita Price was concerned about class size.

Carson said that, “The student to teacher ratio has increased far less than at surrounding districts.”

Councilman Court Rosen asked Carson how he felt about getting through the next fiscal year without the 2-cent meals tax. Carson said that they were in “reasonably good shape but spending down savings.” He complained about Roanoke not getting the assistance needed from the state.

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RoanokeStar.Com; the busi- The National Geographic, a ness reasons for making the childhood favorite, remains change will become evident in a changeless treasure as does other areas of this issue.

The New Yorker. If they ever While there will still be a decide to delete their cartoons paper version, one does won- in the latter, then even they der how long similar publi- will have entered a new age. cations can last. Name the The New Yorker realizes the newspapers or periodicals that lucrative nature of that porhaven’t had to redesign its im- tion of their work since many age and redefine its audience editions of cartoons have apand the list will be very short. peared as stand-alone coffee In my childhood, there were table items. In legal offices, I two Roanoke dailies, both always look around the recepowned by the same family, but tion area for the one about still with a different slant. The lawyers.

Roanoke World News, the afIn a column some months ternoon paper, disappeared ago, I suggested that in the decades ago. next decade there will be only There were other standby a handful of surviving daily staples in the world of pub- newspapers: The Washington lishing that no longer see the Post (or not—they just laid off light of day. When Life Maga- a huge number of staff), The zine announced their collapse, New York Times, The Wall it was accompanied by similar Street Journal, The Atlanta

Journal- Constitution, The St. Louis Dispatch, The Los Angeles Times, and a few others. They will be published in many cities, perhaps even Roanoke, and will contain a page or so of local interest, the obituaries, advertisements, and the like, but will be written for regional readers with a staff of a half-dozen. All of them have a huge online presence now and that will only increase. The RoanokeStar.

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We have all learned to read on a TV screen, even one that you hold in your hand.

It’s not as irritating as it used to be, but online print material loses the ability to leaf back through a paper or riffle through a magazine and book with ease. There is no sound from the computer that is nearly as enchanting as hearing your father snap the open newspaper to get the wrinkles out; that signified that evening was starting, and there might be interesting conversation following, “Did you see the article about . . . . ?� Booting up doesn’t quite measure up.

I suspect moving to a more online format is good for this paper. I would miss my Friday delivery in my mailbox. No doubt there was a lot of grousing in Egypt when scrolls were replacing papyrus; especially irritated were the sheep. They got through it and Arab Spring would never have happened without electronic media.

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It is my delusion, my compulsion, or some- those doing Heaven’s work. Can we bring a smile where in my software that I believe in angels; that’s to the face of Heaven, and not know it? why I loved the movie, Bagger Vance. It is wellI think yes. scripted film that reminds us to be careful whom I’m sad I’ve never seen an angel or been witness we dismiss. Essentially, the story deals with an an- to an epiphany. I’ve never had any objective proof gel who comes to help a young golfer. The advice of Heaven’s existence and regard. While I desper“Bagger� offers to the young man applies ately want such an encounter, I would as well to life as to golf. never pray for it. I fear the effect. What, Most of the angels I’ve seen on the in a human being, is the price of knowscreen possess an enviable serenity, the ing? To believe in a god who stands beresult of their perfect confidence in God’s fore me makes no demands of my faith. presence and involvement. It does not Given such a revelation, I would cease come of faith; angels have no need of searching, and the search, the struggle, faith. They know. is requisite for becoming. I would be a Reflecting on the movie, several foolish man to pray for the one thing thoughts occur: that would remove from faith its most Lucky Garvin “This is a game that can’t be won, important element: doubt. Still, it would it can only be played.� This suggests something be reassuring if God were more real to me. other than winning is the intention of our experiPerhaps I should content myself with Bagger’s ence here. Could that intent be growth; becoming counsel: “There’s a place inside you where all the more than we have been? tides, all the seasons, and every turning of the The biggest challenge I face in “becoming� is to earth - where everything that is - become One.� I get out of my own way. believe he’s right. This is where Serenity lives. PerThe things I fret about are mere backdrop, not haps I should stop swinging so hard and “loosen the play; and the play’s the thing, our proper fo- my grip.� cus.

So here’s a physician who believes in angels, “See the field through soft eyes.� whether in truth they exist or not. I concede that Heaven’s alchemy: a simple smile or a “thank belief may make me an irrational man, but it also you�, spoken at the right time, spoken to a person makes me a better man; and what else may we ask we don’t recognize as needful, is transformed into of a philosophy? something incalculably, transcendently precious.

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The Toilet Sloop’s Farewell Voyage

It was made of maroon-col- kids. There were a few small ored, stiff plastic. The hull was pools which were ideal voyaging about four inches long, and an- for toy boats, including the little other piece of the same stuff was sloop. Indoors, which wasn't too colored white, and in the form often in those days, did afford an of a combination mast occasional sail as the and mainsail. The sail, bathtub was home to although rigid, had a one of the smaller of graceful curve to it, and the seven seas. I never the mast was meant to objected to taking the be inserted into a hole occasional bath, what in the tiny deck. It with all the boating could be removed by adventure associated a simple twist with a with it.

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I realized that anJohn W. Robinson jhayden2003@cox.net That's all there was other dominant fixto it; just a simple toy ture in the bathroom sailboat. Plain, yes, but for a time held promise for toy boats as it was my favorite plaything. At well: the commode. One day age four I was crazy about boats, I was playing with the boat in for as far back as I could remem- the toilet - sorry mom, really ber, which I guess isn't really -simulating oceanic tempests saying much. Anyway, my vast by flushing it, and then retrievbook collection -there were two ing the vessel just in time. Well, siblings ahead of me- included you guessed it; I waited a little volumes that featured boats and too long one time and the little ships and voyages, and those red sloop disappeared into the books were the most dog-eared. vortex. Oh no! Saddened, a bit Even though I could not yet shaken and certain that the boat read, the illustrations in those was unequivocally gone, I silentbooks stirred my imagination ly slunk off to other pursuits. like nothing else; girls were quite Soon after, the toilet started a few years away at that point. showing signs of a major stopThere was a tiny creek be- up, and no amount of plunging hind our house, and this was of could remedy the situation. The course a well-frequented play next day was a Saturday, and at venue for all the neighborhood first light my dad unbolted the

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Unfortunately, no amount of snaking and probing resulted in dislodging the toy sloop from the innards of the toilet. The next step was setting the toilet on bricks and building a small fire beneath it. Like I said, he was on a mission. For my part, I didn't have any notion of recovering the boat; I had accepted its loss and was secretly delighting in this performance.

The fire did not produce any tangible results, but I thought maybe we could see some drops of melted red plastic if we peered into the hole at the underside of the toilet. The fire was extinguished, and then things really got exciting. My dad went back into the house and emerged with not only a sledge hammer in his hands, but a determined look on his face as well. Sure enough, with a few well-placed whacks from the sledge hammer the toilet lay in pieces, the slightly melted little red sloop and its disconnected sail laying there in the midst of them.

When the dust settled, my dad plucked the boat from the shards and gently handed it to me.

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P. Buckley Moss – The People’s Artist

Upon my retirement from though most children learn to drawings as gifts to birthday the Shedd Early Learning Cen- read words and make sense of parties. “This isn’t a proper prester in 1988, the parents and sentences, printed letters con- ent,” they complained. “I’ll look faculty gave me a signed print fuse dyslexic children. Some- silly!”

by P. Buckley Moss. A school- times they seem to be turned But such distribution caused house stands in the background, around or go in the wrong di- word of her art to spread. She while children, in Mennonite rection. They must labor hard to entered the Sidewalk Art Show dress, play in the foreground as read or write each word. in Roanoke and sold paintings the schoolmaster rings a bell to Although Pat was intelligent, for practically nothing. People summon them. The picture was wanted to learn, and worked came to her house wanting to appropriate, for P. Buckley Moss hard she made many mis- buy paintings of geese, horses, supports education for dyslexic takes when she tried to read or houses, churches and the “Plain children, and the write. Other chil- People.” These were Amish and Shedd-Montessori dren laughed at her, Mennonite families whose simcurriculum was decalled her “dummy” ple lives and religious devotion signed to prevent or “stupid.” Her inspired her. Many of her paintand/or remediate teachers accused her ings show them working on the children with dysof not trying, rapped farm, caring for their children, lexia and other perher knuckles, and or riding in their horse-drawn ceptual problems. sent her to the prin- buggies.

I was fascinated cipal’s office. Even In a short time, P. Buckley by this artist whose her parents did not Moss became famous. Prints of unique style prounderstand. her work are displayed in hospiduced paintings Pat was tempted tals, schools and homes of many Mary Jo Shannon that sell for thouto give up but two collectors. Charles Kuralt, who sands of dollars, things saved her – interviewed interesting people who has an avid following of her talent for drawing and her for television, called P. Buckley collectors, and heads a foun- Grandpa Buckley. While her Moss “The People’s Artist.” Her dation dedicated to increasing family read after dinner, she paintings celebrating everypublic awareness of the need for drew pictures. She learned she day life are sold throughout the schools to develop and imple- could tell stories through her world. ment effective art instruction to drawings. And Grandpa BuckP. Buckley Moss remembers children with special needs. ley believed in her. After school how dyslexia made her school I decided to interview her and she would race across the grassy days miserable. She visits schools learn what led her to this philan- field that separated their houses. and talks to children – especially thropic work. She granted an in- Sitting beside his brown rocker those who are dyslexic. terview gladly, eager to share her she would pour out her prob“It’s very important to let chilexperience and help educate the lems. dren know they can become public about dyslexia. We sat in “If you really want to do some- successful,” she said. her spacious house, “The Barn,” thing, and try your hardest, you One of her paintings is called so named because it was previ- can do it,” he told her.

“The Tree of Learning,” which ously a real barn, located near Pat took his advice and con- was auctioned off to benefit the P. Buckley Moss Museum centrated on the things she Roanoke’s Achievement Center, on the outskirts of Waynesboro, could do well, such as drawing where dyslexic children receive Virginia. and sports. As her confidence special education. The tree’s outPat was 45 years old when she grew, even school work was eas- stretched limbs welcome all chilrealized she was dyslexic. She ier. Her talent earned her a place dren as their teachers sit under saw herself in the description of at a special art school; and later it, reading. In the background a this perceptual disorder that ren- she won a scholarship to college. star shines faintly at the top of a ders intelligent children unable Now her reports to Grandpa mountain, symbolizing the shinto read unless they are taught Buckley were joyous ones. ing hope of success, if they work in a different way. This was the Pat married after college and hard to climb the mountain. reason for her own unfortunate soon had a family of six chilP. Buckley moss encourages experience as a school girl. dren. Even then she found time children to believe in themShe recalled one instance to paint each day and gave away selves, work hard, and develop when her teacher read a student’s most of her paintings. She made their special gifts. And she conessay to the class. Although Pat her own Christmas cards and tinues to paint every day. did not understand what was so since money was scarce someContact Mary Jo at funny, she laughed with the rest times the children had to take maryjoshannon@ymail.com of the class. Then the teacher handed the paper to her. Her stomach squeezed into a tight little ball and her cheeks flamed red. She wished she could take a deep breath and disappear. Ugly red marks covered the paper and she realized her own misspelled words and topsy-turvy sentences had caused the laughter.

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Them’s Fightin’ Words

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YouTube chasing down rumors Verna finally got to applying the Who, I ask, would take THAT of an engine explosion (How stucco, what with the ensuing lying down? many opportunities do you get heated debate drawing my atI wasn't born yesterday, I'll to see something like that?), and tention away from the finishing tell you. The battle of words was all set to add my comment touches to Prairie County's fin- escalated, and in no time I was when I noticed that a couple of est new home. wheepling past the graveyard. other motorheads were engaged By now, I was in a mood What had I gotten myself into? in a battle of words. to exercise a little I never expected to find myself Now, I'm all for cischadenfreude of agroof amidst so much vitriol. In vility and order. So my own. Since all mere moments I had gone from when "your mom's the great comments looking for a good internet fight hairy knuckles drag seemed to be taken, to experiencing allodoxaphobia. when she walks" was I was determined to I had to get back on my feet and met with "well, your respond with origi- tell these two what was what. sister models for ugly" nality, precision, and Just in time, I found my inspiI was taken out of the brevity. That meant ration: I would show them who mood to chime in. one thing: I'd have to was the more churlish. Having Robert Adcox Pardon me. I'm not consult the diction- issued such knockout punchsure what engines ary of obscure words. es as "you're a coccydynamic going kaput has to do with at- Indeed, amassing an arsenal wonder" and "your hircismus tacking one's genetic makeup. of altiloquent verbiage would is making my eyes water," I had Seems to me that there should thus afford me the opportunity clearly dominated the battlefield be a rumpus room set aside for to inform Jason (on a football of words, albeit with my share of hotheads to vent so the rest of page) that he's a boanthrope. linguistic cicatrices. us can engage in such adult dia- Now, like you I'd have expected But I must confesss that prelogue as "What, are you crazy? more than a little cachinnation. vailing in such battles is more A pentroof cylinder head is a far None, however, was forthcom- than a little tiring. In my case, cry from a hemi OR a wedge!" ing. What was forthcoming, of it was utterly dyspnaeic. Still, I It's as though the whole site course, were responses like "u have no regrets. I had joined the has been overrun with net r a idiot" and "your an ignorant battle and I had endured, with nerds -all of whom harbor insa- looser." my cache of terms utterly spent. tiable grudges against life since Pretty soon things got heated.

And them was fightin' words. the class bully issued wedgies to Jason et al started to make fun of them during eighth grade. Des- my ancestry while I made vague tined to seek vengeance, these references to their then-current giants of the gigabyte gridiron state of gambrinousness. In no Contact Robert Adcox at stop at nothing to express con- time at all both of my enemy robadcox@hotmail.com tempt for any who dare oppose combatants accused me of witthem. One person -somewhere in the "how to build straw bale homes" section- suggested to a rival that he should put some Community | News | Perspective straw in his pipe and smoke it.

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Ask the Nature Lady by Marlene A. Condon English Soccer Is Hard On The Brain I really like how “friendly” dragonflies seem to be. These creatures are not as easily frightened by humans as are most large—and therefore easily visible and vulnerable—animals.

Thus you can get fairly close to dragonflies for a look at them, and if you are working around your yard, you might even feel as if they are keeping you company.

A dragonfly has huge eyes with which it will watch you about as much as you watch it! It can turn its head as you change your position so you will know if it is keeping tabs on you.

However, the main reason for those large eyes is to help dragonflies find and eat other insects to survive. You may see these masters of the air catching other insects in flight or you may see them dart out from a perch on a twig or a rock to catch an insect passing by.

One of the most common species of dragonflies is the Whitetailed Dragonfly, so called because it sports a white “tail” that is more accurately known as its abdomen.

Depending upon the lighting conditions, the tail sometimes looks like it is a pale blue, so it

The White-tailed Dragonfly is very common in Virginia. It can be easily spotted hunting, especially around ponds where it will mate. helps to also notice if the dragonfly has a thick amber (orangey-brown) marking across each of its four wings. These two field marks (markings that are easily distinguished while “in the field” or outdoors) conclusively identify this insect.

A White-tailed Dragonfly overwinters in the larval or immature stage that is known as a “nymph” or “naiad.” Nymphs look entirely different from adults and are much more difficult to see because they are underwater.

However, if you carefully scoop up some of the muck from the bottom or the edge of

a pond, you may find one or a few of these little animals hiding in the mud. A dragonfly nymph is only about half an inch long, with a segmented dark brown body and six long legs. It feeds on other animals, just as an adult does.

When a nymph is mature, it crawls out of the water, up a plant stem, and breaks out of its aquatic skin (exoskeleton) that is no longer useful for its adult life in the air. The new form that emerges is the one we recognize so well.

Before taking flight, a dragonfly must rest for several hours while its wings dry and its body hardens. It may be several days before the adult colors fully develop.

Then it feeds for a few weeks in yards, woods, and fields. It’s only when the males and females are ready to mate that they then return to a pond or slow-moving river.

Naturalist Marlene A. Condon is the author/photographer of The Nature-friendly Garden: Creating a Backyard Haven for Plants, Wildlife, and People.

The Preacher’s Corner - Why I Need The Church I need the church because I am naturally spiritually lazy and there is accountability and godly routine to corporate worship and being part of a fellowship.

I need the church because I can easily deceive myself and I need other brothers and sisters to

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I need the church because we can do more to change the world together than we can individually. I think this is called synergy: “Synergy is the creation of a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.”

I need the church so I am able to join in corporate praise and worship, the Lord’s Supper, Baptism, preaching of the Word, prayers of the people, etc. I need the church to have a “storehouse” to bring my tithe and to be sure that widows and orphans are taken care of by the Body of Christ.

I need the church because history has shown that people who are free floaters invariably get off track and into spiritual foolishness.

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With the aggro of being passed over as national team skipper, Redknapp suddenly has Spurs back in 4th with games remaining at Villains and against Fulham at the Lane. Surprisingly, Roy Hodgson has been given "the impossible job" of leading the Three Lions into Euro 2012; long-suffering fans have been puzzled by the choice, asking "Woy from West Bwom?

Weawy?" And the Potters are still "doing the Wenger" in delight after Stoke drew with the Gunners, leaving a mere 5 points separating 3rd and 6th.

There! Two weeks to go, three pieces of hardware in the mix, and now you understand it all.

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January 2009. Good The construction news, the President sector, especially exclaimed! Looking residential housing, deeper, however, the has been suffering number of jobs addfor several years ed amounted to just largely as a result 115,000, the lowest of pressures by govincrease since Ocernment agencies tober of last year acto lower (mortcording to the Lagage) credit stanbor Department. dards by banks Dick Baynton This new lower and other lending unemployment rate sounded institutions. good but another problem apPresident Obama is urgpeared in the minds of skepti- ing Congress to take actions cal politicians and analysts. The that will accelerate job growth, main reason for the percentage but has not offered any specifof improvement of unemploy- ics. Many of the President’s ment was that 342,000 people past ideas have produced no left the labor force. Some retired substantial job increases. The from their jobs while many $800 Billion stimulus package other men and women simply of 2009 aimed in part to fund gave up looking for work. ‘shovel-ready’ public works This means that at this time projects provided a dismally there are about 12.5 million small amount of additional men and women US citizens work. Subsidies to ‘green’ inlooking for work. Causes of the dustry developments have current employment situation uncovered poor management, vary by geographic area and poor planning or lack of effiindustry. However, many ob- cient employment of capital, or servers agree that the main im- all of the above. pediments of the unpredictable Here is an added problem jobs market are uncertainty of when the government steps tax burdens, new and emerging in with special incentives: the government regulations and ex- Federal government is picking isting healthcare commitments winners and losers with capital in addition to new government that is borrowed from China entitlement mandates. and other countries. The opConsider that the Federal erating record of Federal govgovernment has more than ernment running businesses 70,000 pages of complex tax is beyond mediocre when con-

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43rd Annual Strawberry Festival

Elmwood Park was the setting last weekend as the Community School held their annual fundraiser, the Strawberry Festival. As in years past, the focus was on the strawberry shortcakes with ice cream, chocolate dipped strawberries, sundaes and more on the menu.

The school and their volunteers prepared more than 120,000 strawberries for the estimated 30,000 attendees, who gobbled up more than 12,000 shortcakes which, as always, sold out.

In addition to the strawberries, the festival also featured craft vendors selling everything from â&#x20AC;&#x153;dream-catchersâ&#x20AC;? to jewelry. New this year were additional food vendors, offering chicken wings, BBQ, hot dogs and more. The park was also ringed with political booths, and youth events / and clubs including hockey, basketball, bean bag toss and more. The main stage featured concerts throughout the day on Saturday.

Organizers hoped to beat last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total of over $90,000 - money that ultimately goes to pay for tuition and salaries.

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Nothing can stop the roar of the Harley Davidson motorcycles to start the annual Virginia chili cook-off. Every time the engines rev, more chili is ready to be tasted.

The annual event brought close to 10,000 people to the Railside Plaza on Salem Avenue in downtown Roanoke last weekend. The cook-off is sanctioned by the International Chili Society and the winning team receives $1,000 and has the right to represent Virginia at the World Championship Chili Cook-Off in Las Vegas or Omaha each year.

All proceeds benefit the sponsor, Greenvale School, with tuition assistance and scholarships.

Greenvale provides high quality, developmentally appropriate child care services for children of working parents, according to each family's ability to pay. Typically this festival raises $30,000 in net proceeds.

The chili cook-off is a family affair with activities including a free Children's Zone staffed by Greenvale teachers. In addition to the 30 or so chili cooking teams, there was also a beer garden, a music stage, a jalapeno pepper eating contest and many craft vendors.

All attendees got a chance to sample the various chili recipes and vote for their favorite team, which wins the People's Choice Award. The winner this year was the Q99 Breakfast Club Team.

The overall Best Red Chili Team winner, as judged by 60 chili tasting judges, was the "Cowgirl Chili" team from Palmyra VA.

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Fulp is a sales manager for East Coasters and has been a cyclist all his life and in the bicycle industry for 12 years as a professional. In addition, he instigated the Junior Cycling program - a junior bike and race team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We conduct weekly rides â&#x20AC;Ś any kids are welcome to come, especially to the mountain bike based team,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Mayor Bowers leads the start of the bike ride.

RIDE Solutions Program Director Jeremy Holmes presented the Bike Hero award plaque to Rob Issem for his personal dedication and passion for cycling.

Issem is a racer for East Coaster Bicycles and a competitive mountain biker. He is also a cyclo-cross competitor - a form of racing that requires endurance and sharp bike-handling skills while maneuvering steep hills and obstacles. He started â&#x20AC;&#x153;STARBOMBâ&#x20AC;? - an event that is held on or close to a full moon.

They start at the top of Mill Mountain and race down on childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bikes while usually in costume. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is really an advocate and activist and is always trying to get more bike racks at establishments and make people aware of the cycling community,â&#x20AC;? said his wife Lisa. Issem just started Bike Sherpas Touring Co. It offers backcountry mountain bike guided tours of regional trail systems and road cycling tours.

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Bowers recognized Dr. Stuart Tousman with the Virginia Asthma Coalition. It is also Asthma Awareness Month. As an asthmatic and biker himself he encouraged people to exercise. Dr. Tousman advocated for making Asthma Month a part of Bike Month.

Last month The League of American Bicyclists designated Roanoke as a bicycle friendly community at the bronze level, said Bowers.

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Cave Spring Out-Scores Spartans North Cross Topples Covenant 17-7 In River Ridge Baseball 8-3 in VIC Semi-Final The North Cross Raiders avenged a disappointing regular season loss to The Covenant School by knocking off the powerhouse from Charlottesville for the first time ever by a score of 8-3. The game was a defensive struggle through three quarters with the Raiders holding onto a 4-3 lead going into the final quarter before the offense took charge racking up 4 straight goals to close out the win. Kurtis Naslonski notched 3 goals with Pendleton Draper scoring 2 and Christopher Pollock, Paul Ross and George Revercomb adding 1 apiece. The Raiders advance to Saturdays VIC Championship game against Blue Ridge .

Cave Spring scored eight times in both the first and fifth innings as the Knights overpowered Salem 17-7 in a River Ridge baseball matchup shortened to five innings via the slaughter rule Friday afternoon at Knights Field.

Salem jumped out to an early lead with five runs in the top of the first before Cave Spring roared back with eight of their own in the bottom of the opening frame.

The Spartans cut the Knights lead to 9-7 after four, but Cave Spring plated eight more in their half of the fifth to end the game with the 10-run advantage.

Ryan Gerhardt, Reece Kingery and Steve Klaiber each had three hits and three RBIs for Cave Spring. Zach Utterback connected on a home run for the Knights. David Boston led Salem with a 2-hit, 2-RBI afternoon.

Cave Spring starter Ben Walker went four innings to pick up the win, while Clayton Benton pitched a scoreless fifth to get the save for the Knights.

Cave Spring remained in the hunt in the River Ridge regular season race, at 4-2. Salem fell to 2-4 in district play.

Cave Spring second baseman Austin Epperly brings down the tag for the out on Salem base stealer #8 Chris Stocki.

Salem third baseman Cody Dooley fires across the diamond after bringing in a hot shot down the line.

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Hidden Valley Defeats Blacksburg North Cross Tops Miller School in 4-3 In Extra-Inning Softball Extras to Advance in VIC Baseball Derek Mason plated Thomas Weaver with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth, as North Cross defeated Miller School 5-4 in the first round of the VIC baseball playoffs Tuesday afternoon at Porterfield Field.

Matt Doughty replaced starter Sam Lawrence on the mound in the seventh, going the final 2 1/3 innings to pick up the win for the Raiders

Hidden Valley senior Kelsey Crotty connected for the two-out, walk-off double in the bottom of the ninth inning, as Sidney Agee came home for the game-winning run.

Blacksburg forced extra-innings after coming back from a 3-1 deficit. Crotty got the win in the circle for Hidden Valley, going the distance for the Titans. Hidden Valley evened its River Ridge record to 3-3.

Blacksburg won the completion of an earlier suspended game by the score of 11-10.

Raider first baseman #55 Chris Shelton holds a Miller School baserunner in the early going Tuesday.

Hidden Valley #17 Maleigh Lombard waits for her pitch against the Bruins.

By Bill Turner info@theroanokestar.com North Cross starter Sam Lawrence deals Tuesday afternoon as the Raiders advanced in the extra-inning win.

Craighead Signs To Play Volleyball For Stetson University

Cave Spring volleyball standout Shannon Craighead made it official Monday afternoon in the school auditorium.

Craighead signed her letter of intent to continue her play at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida.

An All-State, All-Region and All-District player this past year, Craighead was co-captain of the Knight team that won the 2011 Group AA state volleyball championship, going 29-3 on Cave Spring head volleyball coach Tamalyn Tanis (standing), along with Shannon Craighead (seated between parents, Lisa the season. and Ray Craighead.

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OK, readers- Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m grantQuite frankly, speaking for ing you a full timeout. Not a those of us in the sports de30-second TO, a full. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s well partment, I never could spell documented that many of you Senitenial (or whatever it was) grab at each weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edition anyway. I often coughed it up and tear the pages apart to get as Centennial, Sententia, or to the Wild Bill column first even Sentipede (thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bug thing. with a thousand legs, give or Obviously, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m flattered and take 900.....often spelled with understand your eua â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) phoria that another I want to compliWild Bill exposeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is at ment the publisher for your fingertips. the change, so I can But, this week, concentrate on writyou need to go to the ing this column withhuddle. Regroup, and out having to practice return to page one. saying â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;aluminumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ten For those of you who times. havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t already spotNow, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to Bill Turner ted it, we have a new spell everything out banner- The Roanoke Star. in sports, from the Kentucky com; or The Roanoke Star for Derby to the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Big-11â&#x20AC;&#x2122; baseball those readers with 14-letter and softball Top-3, to the everlimitations. popular Wild-Bill late-night

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Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Derby winner, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll Have Anotherâ&#x20AC;?, was quite the performer in the last 300 yards. The name alone should have offered a clear hunchplay for me. But, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still two races left with the May 19th Preakness and June Belmont Stakes. So what better time than to offer Wild Billâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Know Your Triple Crown Racing.â&#x20AC;?

If you find a sucker that thinks this horse is unbeatable, keep in mind only 11 horses have won the triple crown, the last in 1978.

Also, in 1968, we had a presidential candidate attend the Derby, whereupon the winner, Dancerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Image, was disqualified for cheating. It was old tricky-Dick Nixon in the crowd. Draw your own conclusion if Obama shows up at the Preakness and a horse named Solyndra goes off at 9-to-1.

The Wild Bill â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Big-11â&#x20AC;&#x2122; baseball Top-3 stays pat this week with Lord Botetourt (16-1), Northside (16-1) and Hidden Valley (11-4-1) holding steady in the 1-3 spots. A shakeup may be in the cards May 15th when Botetourt visits Northside with the Blue Ridge regular season title on the line.

In the softball Top-3, Northside has pulled away from the pack with its win over Byrd Tuesday, and a 17-1 mark.

Byrd stays in the place position at 13-5, while Glenvar shows at 13-4.

We close this week with a

Team recaps- Top-5 finishes, boys and girls, among local teams in the three divisions Championship DivisionBoys: William Fleming- 2nd Patrick Henry- 4th William Byrd-5th Girls: William Fleming- 5th Junior DivisionBoys: Salem- 1st William Fleming- 5th Girls: Cave Spring- 2nd William Fleming- 3rd Middle School DivisionBoys: Breckenridge- 1st Lucy Addison- 2nd Read Mountain- 5th Girls: Lucy Addison- 1st Cave Spring- 3rd

Northside's Courtney Rice and Alyssa Walker react to the starter's gun as they compete in the girls 1,600-meter.

William Fleming's Taija Miller Until next week, enjoy our grasps the baton as she runs new banner and send those Patrick Henry runner Shaheed in the lead position for the comments toâ&#x20AC;? info@theroaFleming girls 4 x 1 relay team.

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This is pitched to be an essential gadget that picks up lint, pet hair and crumbs from a silicone-coated roller. I always thought silicone prevented sticking, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not a chemist; therefore Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take their word.

For one price, you originally got a little shticky and a medium shticky. The new offer says you can now have a big shticky, which is long, for hard-to-reach places. I got interested at this point, but when I woke my wife up and asked if sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like a big shticky for Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, she cut off the game in the middle of the sixth inning, before I got the toll-free number.

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