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New Greenway Stage Dedicated
Market Building Renovations Forecast to Cost 7.6 Million Could Displace Vendors for Eight Months
Centennial Scouts
P3– Local Boy Scouts celebrated their 100th anniversary at the Hotel Roanoke with a special visitor - a baby T-Rex.
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P4– Jon Kaufman finds that being snowbound with teens is not for the faint of heart or anyone else for that matter.
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Legend Returns P9– Renowned Hollins Alum George Butler returns to Hollins College for a film retrospective.
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Roanoke Parks and Recreation held a frigid dedication on Tuesday for the new Hamilton Terrace section of the Roanoke River Greenway. The long awaited section was completed in December and turned what was a dangerous jog on busy roads surrounding Roanoke Memorial Hospital into a safe swing beneath no less than four bridges that come together just above the new section. In the above picture the Greenway can be seen following the Roanoke River and then disappearing beneath the Carilion pedestrian bridge. The new section then sweeps beneath the small bridge at the end of Reserve Ave before continuing beneath the Jefferson St. and Norfolk Southern bridges and going on another two miles through River’s Edge, Smith and Wasena Parks. Cost estimates for the new 600 foot section hover around $420,000 or about $700 per foot.
Roanoke Environmental Activist Well-Traveled Mark McClain’s passion for local interest in issues like the planet grew out of spendsustainability, energy effiing time outside. ciency, and renewable energy “My interest in environmensources. tal matters really grew out of McClain’s activism was my outdoor things—the canoeborn when he joined some ing and hiking and so forth— paddling outings sponsored because you see the outdoors by the local Sierra Club chapand you see the things that ter in the Dallas area. He soon need to be protected,” said Mcdiscovered a passion for canoe Clain, 64, a Salem resident and camping. Oklahoma native. McClain is “The kind of trip that I reinvolved in a number of local ally like to do is where you get green organizations, including in the boat and throw all your the Sierra Club, the Roanoke camping gear in there and Valley Greenway Commisspend the night out on the sion and the Roanoke Valley river,” he said. “Before long Photo by Dave Perry Cool Cities Coalition, which he Mark McClain at Saltburn-by-the-Sea, a resort town in Yorkwe were doing three and four co-founded with his long-time shire, northeast England. and five day trips, and pretty sweetheart Diana Christopulos. soon I wasn’t doing anything a thing called ‘Cool Green Biz,’ which is a The Cool Cities Coalition is shorter than a seven day trip. one of the Valley’s environmental success business certification. We hope to expand That would be my vacation. I’d spend all stories. Its purpose is to make a difference that greatly and get more and more busi- my vacation on the river someplace.” in the fight against climate change through nesses involved in reducing their carbon He met Christopulos on a canoe trip education, outreach and community ac- footprint. We’ve started an awards pro- down the Brazos River in Texas around gram for people in the community who 1990. He was seeking an escape from Daltion. “We’re really involved now with the are doing things to reduce carbon emis- las because “the weather there was terribusiness community,” said McClain of the sions.” ble,” said McClain. > CONTINUED “Long-term, we really aren’t sure where “It was hot all the coalition. “We’re working with the RoaP2: McClain noke Regional Chamber of Commerce on it’s going to go,” he adds, noting there is time in the sum-
Virginia Tech Engineering Team to Build Battlefield Robots for 2010 Competition The roving, walking robotic soldiers of the “Terminator” films are becoming less sci-fi, and more certain of a future every day. Now, a team of robotics researchers from Virginia Tech will build a team of fully autonomous cooperative battle-ready robots as part of a 2010 international war games challenge that could spur reallife battle bots. The 2010 “Multi-Autonomous Ground-robotic International Challenge” tasks teams with building squads of fully autonomous ground robots that will coordinate, plan, and execute a series of timed tasks
- including hunting objects, classifying and responding to simulated threats, and mapping diverse terrains at a field competition in Australia late this year. Some specific tasks in the challenge include differentiating friendly non-targets from enemy targets, shooting lasers at and jamming the communications of the latter. The top three winners will get cash prizes worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the chance to work with Australian and United States Tomonari Furukawa is leading a group of faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students from Virginia Tech’s Virginia > CONTINUED Center for Autonomous Systems in building a team of battleP2: Robots ready robots as part of an international war games challenge.
Architects for the Roanoke City Market renovation gave city council its first detailed look at the project earlier this week. Cunningham Quill Architects told Roanoke City Council at its noon briefing Monday the total cost will be around $7.6 million. Under the plan the architects prefer, the building would continue to be open for two months this summer while contractors stockpile supplies. The plan calls for the city market building to close around September 7, 2010. The full-fledged renovation is estimated to last eight months, followed by two months during which vendors would be back in their spaces as work continued. Vendors would have to foot the bill for that work, but would get first dibs on new spaces in the renovated building. The newly renovated city market building would then reopen sometime around July 2011. Council members kicked the plan back to architects at the meeting, saying that putting the vendors out for eight months was unacceptable. Architects told council jspeeding up the process would cost an extra $1.5 million, and probably only knock one > CONTINUED P2: Council Notes
Craig Announces Exploratory Committee for City Council Run
Potential Candidate Bob Craig
Retired Marine Corps colonel and long-time citizen watchdog over Roanoke City Council, Robert (Bob) Craig has organized an exploratory committee to look into a potential run for city council in May. Craig says he is concerned about the precarious position of the city’s finances after 10 years of what he considers ill-conceived spending that has compromised the ability of the city to fund its core government functions. Craig recently released a list of three areas of primary concern about Roanoke: Financial responsibility - Craig claims that Roanoke city government does not pri-
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SCLC to Host Awards Banquet and Youth Celebration Day Any precipitation should end early Friday, with increasing sun for some of us by Friday afternoon. It will be colder with highs only in the lower 30s. Mountain snow showers are possible from Friday into Saturday, but most of the activity should stay towards West Virginia. Saturday will be partly to mostly sunny (sun east, more clouds west) and frigid with temperatures only in the upper 20s. High pressure should be large and in charge of our weather (FINALLY) from Sunday through Wednesday, bringing all of us mostly sunny skies.
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The Roanoke Chapter of the SCLC will host its annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Banquet and Youth Celebration Day on January 15th and 18th 2010. The theme this year is “Moving Forward in Different Times.” The banquet will be held on January 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Valley View Holiday Inn, 3315 Ordway Drive NW. The speaker is the Honorable Rosalyn R. Dance, House of Delegates 63rd Dis-
trict; Petersburg, Virginia. The Youth Celebration Day activities will begin on the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge in downtown Roanoke on January 18th at 4:00 p.m. The SCLC has announced the recipients of several awards: The Drum Major for Justice awards, Dr. Frank Coulter, M.D.; Dr. Eric Williams, M.D.; Mr. William Dabney; Mr. Cabell Brand; Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell and Mrs. Bea-
trice Burwell. The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Awards: Mr. Dwayne Powell; Mrs. Carla Lewis and Mrs. Maria C. Thomas. The MLK, Jr. Business Awards: Heiner’s Bakery and Little Debbie. The Dr. Perneller Chubb Wilson Award recipient is the Bethlehem Bible College. For further information contact Bishop Edward Mitchell at 540-345-5030.
> Council Notes From page 1
month off the construction time - going from ten months to nine months. Roanoke City councilman Sherman Lea first proposed an idea to do the renovation work on a round-the-clock schedule, with the hopes vendors would only be out of the building four to six months. Architects told council they would have to get back to them to see if that option was even feasible. Vendors told council it was not financially doable for them to leave the building for any more than six months. Other items addressed by
Council: City Council voted to approve projects like the Washington Park pool upgrade, the demolition of the National Guard Armory on Reserve Avenue and further Roanoke River flood reduction work, after the city applies for recovery zone bonds backed by the federal stimulus package. Council also approved Ed Walker’s planned renovations at the shuttered Patrick Henry Hotel, for $2.4 million in bonds. Also discussed at Monday’s meeting were possible future
uses for the vacant William Ruffner Middle School and Raleigh Court Elementary School, which have been used for community events since their closing. School Board members briefed Council on the two schools; Raleigh Court could be torn down, at least partially, to create more park land. All of the spending taking place in the city and a weakened economy that has meant less tax revenues could hurt Roanoke’s AA bond rating. Bonds used by the city to fund projects in recent years
has raised its debt ceiling. “I do not like the thought of a downgrade in our bond rating,” Mayor David Bowers remarked on Monday. A weakened bond rating could mean higher interest rates when the city tries to borrow money again in the future. Roanoke’s projected budget shortfall for the current year stands at about nine million dollars, and finance director Ann Shawver has said the next fiscal year could be even worse. By Gene Marrano gmarrano@cox.net
> Craig From page 1
oritize its spending and accordingly ends up buying luxury items (an amphitheater, civic center expansions, etc.), then has little left to fund its core functions, such as storm water drains and schools. He says that taxpayers should not be hit with more taxes or face service cuts every time the budget comes up short. Stopping the proposed new storm water utility fees - Craig believes they will further burden citizens and businesses already strapped by a tough economy. “This excessive tax will kill more jobs in Roanoke than the recession, and unlike the recession, it will return year after year to exact its toll.” Better financial support for the school system - Craig says that city schools
have improved their performance and efficiency during the last few years. Yet, when the schools run efficiently and save money, the city penalizes them by counting that savings against them in the following year’s budgeting process, rather than allowing them to use that extra money to improve programs. The exploratory committee will look into the level of support for a Craig candidacy, and is comprised of Roanokers who agree with Craig that city hall is in a financial mess: Stuart Barbour, retired business owner; John Kepley, minister, business owner, and long-time Republican activist; Kathryn Debnar, community volunteer; and Frank Cotter, M.D. Craig’s entire working career has been
in leadership and financial management. He commanded four artillery units in Vietnam, and spent his last 17 years on active duty as a financial manager, including serving as the chief financial officer of two Marine Corps bases with budgets the size of Roanoke’s. Following his military career, Craig was a senior financial executive with the U.S. Treasury Department and an adjunct faculty member in financial management and organizational management at several colleges and universities in Hawaii, Mississippi, and Maryland. By Brian Gottstein bgottstein1@yahoo.com
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was on a trip to the UK and was surprised to find the country criss-crossed with trails. Said McClain, “We thought, ‘man this is really cool.’ So the next time we got the idea to go over there, I said ‘How about if we do a trip that’s all walking?’” In 2005, they did “and we just loved it. We thought it was the greatest thing that we’d ever done.” “So we did it again,” in the fall of 2009, this time to Yorkshire in northeast England, where they covered 124 miles of the countryside, carrying their belongings on their backs, staying in bed and breakfasts and eschewing the use of automobiles. “England is generally a much more pedestrian and bicycle
friendly area,” said McClain. “That’s just the nature of the way they evolved. The country was fully developed, fully built out, and fully populated before the age of the automobile.” “These walking trails or footpaths are all over the country and you can get almost anywhere without walking on a road,” he added. “It’s much more expensive to drive a car there and much more expensive to park a car there.” McClain and Christopulos kept a diary of their journey on the website trailjournals. com, complete with pictures of the quaint English countryside and tales of pints, crisps, and McClain’s morning repast of choice, the FEB (full English breakfast: fried eggs,
tomato, bacon, sausage, toast, cereal, juice and tea or coffee, and sometimes baked beans, potatoes and black pudding or blood sausage). The couple will present a slide show of their trip set to music titled “A Yorkshire Walk” at the Sierra Club’s Earth Friendly Friday on Feb. 12 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Grandin Rd. in Roanoke. The presentation is free and open to the public. For more information, call Bob Egbert at 3847448.
part of the MAGIC competition, culled from 23 proposals. Chiba University in Japan, the University of New South Wales in Australia, America’s Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, and Cornell University are among the competitors. “We have a group of talented students who are very competitive, and that helps in situations such as this one,” said Furukawa. “The multidisciplinary approach to both the team members and the faculty advisers give our team an extra edge. Dennis Hong’s experience in the DARPA Urban Challenge is invaluable, and his success as a leader in robotics research not only is confidence-building for our students, but also is extremely helpful as we try to best a very competitive slate of competitors.” As each of the 10 team heads toward the November 2010 robotic war game in Australia, they will be visited at their home campus by MAGIC organizers for preliminary tests of the robots. Organiz-
ers will then cut the roster of ten to five. In addition to seed money of $50,000, the Australian-American agencies will provide successive funding to finalists, Hong said. Virginia Center for Autonomous Systems director Craig Woolsey provided the team with an additional $20,000 for support. Final prizes, in addition to the coup of directly working with defense agencies, are $750,000 for first place, $250,000 for second place, and $100,000 for third place. (All amounts equal U.S. dollars.) The team, thus far, plans to re-engineer several high-end remote-controlled trucks and tanks for autonomous operation. “The robots must be able to drive autonomously and communicate with each other. They must think for themselves and cooperate with each other to work,” Furukawa said. “That is the biggest challenge.” Perhaps these Robots are more like people than we thought.
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> Robots From page 1
defense agencies to develop their robotic designs that one day may work alongside and instead of soldiers in future wars. Co-hosting the international competition are the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center and the Australian Department of Defense’s Defense Science and Technology Organization. The American unit is the core ground robotics development agency for the U.S. Department of Defense. “We’ll have multiple small fully autonomous ground vehicles working together,” said project team member Dennis Hong, director of RoMeLa and an associate professor with the Virginia Tech mechanical engineering department. “There’s never been anything like this.” Leading the team, which includes graduate and undergraduate students, is Tomonari Furukawa, an associate professor of mechanical engineering with Virginia Tech’s Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville, Va. In all, 10 international teams are
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Habitat’s “ReStore� Gets Big Boost From Rowe Furniture
Habitat for Humanity’s “ReStore� in downtown Roanoke recently received three truckloads of new furnishings from Rowe Furniture – for free. The proceeds from the sofas, chairs, tables etc. from the Roanoke Valley furniture maker will help raise funds for future Habitat homes in the area. “The retail value is $150,000� said Habitat deputy director Betsy Whitney. “This will help us fund many, many houses.� Whitney called it “first quality, new merchandise in the box.� The ReStore sells all sorts of building supplies, architectural salvage and furniture, all of it donated, much of it new. Shoppers can often save 30-75% over retail prices. At any given time there are a handful of Habitat homes under construction. Future owners, typically from low income families, must contribute their own “sweat equity� to complete the work on their house. “Every time there is work [to be done] they have to be out there,� said family services coordinator Jeannie Darby of the commitment required of the owners. Project manager Katherine Gray said the money raised by sale of the Rowe Furniture do-
nation will help buy lumber needed for Habitat houses, as well as mechanical and electrical system items. Rowe Furniture president Stefanie Lucas said the company’s donation to Habitat for Humanity and the ReStore is “just part of a long-term relationship.� Excess inventory and extra fabric that Rowe turned into even more furniture all wound up at the ReStore, “rather than [trying] to sell off that inventory to one of our customers.� Lucas added that as part of a new program, Rowe employees will be allowed to take days off without pay if they want to pick up a hammer and work on a Habitat house. “We wanted to find an organization that has similar core values to us,� said Lucas. “We felt that aligned quite well with what Habitat’s mission is. [The donation] is a small token on our part.� ReStore Hours: Monday - Saturday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; 403 Salem Avenue, Phone 767-2267 By Gene Marrano gmarrano@cox.net
Say “Happy New Year� to Edward Slayton Schilke, Roanoke’s 1st Baby of 2010 Edward was born at 1:43 a.m. at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital to proud parents Jennifer and Mark Schilke. He is 7 pounds, 8 ounces, and looks especially dashing in his new argyle sweater.
"The Big Read" Offers A Lesson Before Dying
“The Big Read� Roanoke Valley is an effort to encourage people in this area to make reading a part of their daily lives and to foster a stronger sense of community. As part of The Big Read in Virginia, Roanoke Valley residents will read Ernest Gaines’ "A Lesson Before Dying." "The Big Read" is actually a nationwide program created by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. The program is designed to revitalize literary reading in America. The Big Read invites communities to read a single book of American literature and to then meet for book discussion groups, panels, lectures, film screenings and other activities in relation to the book. You might want to see it as an opportunity to be part if a very large, well organized book club. In 2009, the NEA awarded 269 grants across the country - one that went to the Virginia Foundation Center for the Book
to conduct The Big Read in Virginia. The Center, located in Charlottesville, furnishes NEAproduced educational and promotional materials to participating localities in Virginia. The Big Read Roanoke Valley is part of The Big Read in Virginia. Lucy Lee and Ann McCallum, co-chairs of the The Big Read Roanoke Valley are hoping that everyone in the Roanoke Valley [ninth grade and older] will have read the book by March. The board of the Friends of the Roanoke County Library are in charge of The Big Read. Many of the area’s school systems, colleges and area businesses are also participating. The setting of “A Lesson Before Dying� is on a plantation in Louisiana during the late 1940’s and is about a young African American man who is sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit. The novel follows the relationship of the young man and the plantation’s college-educated teacher and the development of their relationship against a backdrop of
racial segregation. It examines how a man should live when confronted with "what it takes to be a man" in the certainty of death and uncertainties of life. It also explores the issues of racism, death, families, injustice and strength. Upcoming events to complement the community book study. March 4: Virtuoso banjoist Bela Fleck and an ensemble of all-star African musicians transcend barriers of language and culture with African music at The Jefferson Center 7:30 p.m.– 9:00 p.m. March 5: an international champion of hip-hop culture will perform with her original songs and spoken-word poetry at The Jefferson Center beginning at 8:00 p.m. March 12: “A Lesson Before Dying� film version will be screened at 7:30 p.m. Directed by Joseph Sargent, the film won two Emmy awards when it was released in 1999. In 2000, the film won a Humanitas Prize.
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission Gives Project Updates •
The Roanoke Valley Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) held a citizen information meeting Thursday, December 3 to present recommendations to address transportation needs along the Route 419 corridor. Over 50 citizens attended and reviewed the recommendations and made comments on how to make the corridor safer and more efficient. Comments from the public will be used to update the draft Route 419 Corridor Plan in preparation for review by the MPO. For more information contact Jake Gilmer, (540) 343-4417 or jgilmer@ rvarc.org • The Roanoke Valley Area MPO recently updated the region's Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) with increased funding for the widening of US 221 in Roanoke County and for RADAR (Roanoke Area Dial-a-Ride). For more information contact Jake Gilmer, (540) 343-4417 or jgilmer@rvarc.org ¡ Summary results are available from the Bikeway Plan Survey, completed in support of the
Regional Bikeway Plan Update. The survey was geared towards existing users of the bikeway network in the Roanoke Valley, including on-street accommodations like bike lanes and wide shoulders, greenways, bike to work routes, etc. Comments, a selection of which can be found at the RIDE Solutions blog, reflect a growing and diverse community of bicycle users in the region. For more information contact Shane Sawyer, (540) 343-4417 or ssawyer@rvarc.org • The Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission will be holding two public open house meetings on the region's Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy to gain feedback and input on the listing of investments included in the strategy. The first meeting will be held on Thursday, January 21 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Clifton Forge Public Library in Clifton Forge, VA and the second meeting will be held Thursday, February 4 from 4PM to 7PM in Multipurpose Room B at the Green Ridge Recreation Center in Roanoke, VA. For more information contact John Hull, (540) 343-4417 or johnhull@rvarc.org
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Boy Scout Chapter Celebrates 100 Years, Walks With Dinosaurs
Scouts and company meet baby T-Rex on Monday at the Hotel Roanoke. Earlier this week the Boy Scouts celebrated their 100th anniversary at the Hotel Roanoke with a special visitor - a baby T-Rex. The dinosaur “guest� was an anniversary gift courtesy of the upcoming show “Walking with Dinosaurs,� playing at the Roanoke Civic Center January 8-10. Marla Baker, local community specialist, said that the Boy Scouts still uphold the virtues established 100 years ago and continue to create individuals with character. “The Scouts are not a virtual reality; [they are] a virtuous activity that teaches morals, character and leadership,� commented Baker. The Southwest Virginia chapter of the Boy Scouts encompasses 21 counties and 8 cities. The program is for boys; however there is a special unit for girls 14 and up. Another program, the Explorers and Venturers Club, and is a coed group, where teens participate in team building activities like rappelling down cliffs, caving, rock climbing and white water rafting. The Southwest chapter of the Boy Scouts has opened a new center at Claytor Lake, servicing 10,000 campers from 25 states across the country. Baker is “really excited to start a new century, celebrate the adventure and continue the journey.� A two-year veteran of the scouts, Houston Hays, dreams of being a paleontologist one day. The Walking with Dinosaurs preview at Hotel Roanoke was right up his alley. Hays said that he likes the Scouts “a real lot - and we get to do a lot of fun things.� He enjoyed planting 400 trees recently to help the environment and also participating in the venerable Pinewood Derby, a yearly scouting event. “I made mine into a truck,�
noted Hays. On Monday, the Walking with Dinosaur’s “Baby T-Rex� entertained the Boy Scouts and allowed them to pet his nose. This weekend the dinosaurs at the Roanoke Civic Center will feature the mechanized breed, done on a much larger scale, not a man dressed like a T-Rex. That didn’t matter at Hotel Roanoke on Monday, when Boy Scouts and other invited children cheered on and played with the ancient
creature. The century-old Boy Scouts organization thus began the next 100 years with a growling dinosaur at their side. For more information about the Boy Scouts or the Co-ed Explorers group, call the local counsel office at 540-265-0656 or visit bsa-brmc.org. (See roanokeciviccenter.com for more on Walking with Dinosaurs.) By Alice Shook info@newsroanoke.com
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Being Snowbound With Teens Not for the Faint of Heart
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enerally, I am not a big fan of houseguests, particularly those of the overnight variety. Relatives excluded, visitors strewn about the house tend to sour my spirits, vaulting my borderline petulant manner into an escalated state of grumpiness. However, when those visitants are five snowbound seventeen-year old boys bent on fleecing my fridge; occupying my recliner and filling my domicile with painfully loud music, this agitated elder whizzes right past grumpy, steaming towards inconsolable. Please don't misunderstand, my son Will's friends are very fine fellows indeed. In fact several of them have become such frequent visitors that I am considering claiming them on my taxes next year. Although the revolving door on Windsor Avenue welcomes a variety of visitors of all shapes and sizes, the core group of Paul, Chad, Doug and Ian seem to have taken root. Rarely a day goes by without one, if not all, of the posse present and accounted for. The afternoon prior to the "Great Snow" a plot was afoot for a planned stranding at our house. In preparation Janet braved the madness of the supermarket to secure the necessary supplies, calculating her purchases for an overnight or perhaps two night hunker down. My intrepid wife could not have imagined that the gang intended to ride this event out until spring! Gazing through a backdoor window the following morning, I could see Shiloh (our Beagle-mix) disappearing and reappearing into the snow, struggling valiantly to find a spot to deposit his previous meal. Slowly my back began to ache in anticipation of the shoveling that awaited Janet and me. In the den (a common area commandeered by Will and his troops) lay the slumbering forms of our guests, exhausted from a challenging night of Madden Football and Guitar Hero. The remnants of
abandoned potato net had bought the chip bags, scores of previous day were empty bottles, and reduced to rumor pizza sauce stained status. Twelve twoplastic plates litliter bottles of Cotered every flat surca-Cola met their face in the room. match during that Repairing to four day period and the living room, I began to think I plopped mythat we would have self down on our to fill pots with Jon Kaufman couch, only to sink snow and boil the like a torpedoed flakes lest we perbattleship into the frame of the ish from thirst. furniture. Apparently, during When the gang was not eatthe wee hours of the morning, ing they were either on their someone had cleverly removed laptops Skype-ing girls (sort the couch-bed mattress (added of like a video conference, comfort for those unfortunates but with lots of giggling) who who had to sleep on the floor) were similarly snowbound, from the sofa where I was now watching movies, battling trapped. X-Box, or playing music in a With one foot free and the tiny room where Will's drums rest of my body wedged deep- reside. Fellow parents, the ly in a mixture of cushions, only thing worse than having springs and metal, I tried to a drummer in your home is extricate myself - my muffled having that drummer's mucries unheard by the snooz- sical friends stranded in that ing mattress thieves who were same home at the same time. still in a state of hibernation. As the accumulating drifts Eventually, like a burrowed rose outside, I knew that there groundhog, I emerged from was no escape. my upholstered prison, unnoPouring the contents of a ticed and unaided. large bottle of Extra Strength Due to the possibility of Excedrin into a candy dish, more snow arriving later on I was able to prevail though that first day, Janet and I de- numerous attempts at "Smoke cided to forgo the digging out on the Water" and "Give it to period and remain indoors. me" until my overwhelmed Not so for the boys who awak- brain veered into a pleasant ened at the crack of two and state of semi-consciousness. I decided to revisit their child- would remain in that blissful hood with a day of sledding. stage for the remainder of the Unfortunately none of our weekend and through Monboarders had packed any ad- day when the horde eventuditional clothes to wear during ally dispersed. their stay, prompting Will to While I am quite thankrummage through my closet ful that Will's friends feel so and drawers for warm clothes comfortable in our home and for his buddies to wear. Paul that they are really wonderful and Chad (both 6'4") found young men, I now can add the some too large sweatshirts irrational fear of my own livand too short sweatpants to ing room couch to my mountwear, as did Doug and Ian. ing list of personal issues. That is not to say that I am fat Strangely, I did notice that I mind you - on the contrary, cast a shadow when I crawled I am simply too short for my out from under the sofa, thus weight. When they returned signifying a longer winter every hat, glove, pant and than expected. Clearly, we are warm shirt that fit me was going to need more chicken. sopping wet and tossed on the floor. In the space of thirty-five Contact Jon at minutes the four twelveJon.Kaufman@sprint.com packs of chicken which Ja-
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Real Change for the New Year
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ow is your New Year’s resself-seeking, it is not easily angered, olution going? Have you it keeps no record of wrongs. Love gotten back into the gym does not delight in evil but rejoices yet? Are you still avoiding that cup in the truth. It always protects, alof coffee or dessert? Doesn’t it seem ways trusts, always hopes, always kind of silly, the things we attempt perseveres.” to change as the New Year unfolds? Now ask yourself, Am I patient A young client commented recently with my child or am I easily angered “I can’t wait to see what my Mom when they are not obedient? Am and Dad try to change that they give I kind or do I act rude when I get up on in two weeks and then try to frustrated with my spouse? Am I change again next year.” humble or do I like to point out all of Keith McCurdy During this past month I have had my great achievements? Do I forgive several conversations with children about reso- easily and often or do I like to keep track of how lutions. The question I asked received some re- I have been wronged and remind others of how ally interesting answers. I asked, “What change they have done this to me?......This is a tough would really make your life better?” Here are passage and we can use it as a hammer to point some of the responses. “If we had more family out and nail home where we miss the boat or it time”; “If Mom would stop yelling as much”; “If can be used as an encouragement for how we Dad were around more”; “Probably if my par- can love those that we care about. ents got rid of all of my video games”; “If I had I recently read a devotional put together by a cell phone” (I think this one had an agenda a friend and colleague of mine. In it he chalbehind it); “If I had more friends or if the ones lenged individuals to meditate on this passage I have were nicer”; “If we did more fun things to begin their day. Each morning read this pastogether”; “If I wasn’t fussed at as much”. sage and ask how you can apply it. How can I Not one of the answers had anything to do be kind today? How can I rejoice in the truth? with their parents losing weight or getting in How can I persevere? When our brain probetter shape. Yes, there were the comments cesses the same information repeatedly, that about giving away baby brothers and buying X- information becomes ingrained…….the key to box games, but the overwhelming type of com- learning is repetition. ments were about feeling loved in a family and So here is the 30 day challenge. Read these healthy family relationships. Maybe we should words each morning and evening for 30 days. ask if we are missing the point. If we are to re- To make it easier, put the passage on your ally change something substantial in our lives fridge, but blow it up so that it can be read from for the New Year, let’s listen to the children. more than 6 inches away. After 30 days, ask if it In this column over the past two years I have has impacted your life. written about loving each other, our kids, our Now, to be quite honest, if it hasn’t, I would spouses and so on. Guess what, this article is suggest that maybe your application was a little not that different. Instead of targeting just one weak so try again for another 30 days. I predict behavior like hugs or kind words and the like, that this will make a bigger impact on your fulwhat if we had a daily overarching goal to con- fillment in life and the lives around you, than sider all of our behavior. losing a few inches off your waistline. Have a Consider this passage written by the apostle great 2010! Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians: “Love Contact Keith at is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does psycyou@msn.com not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not
The Best Laid Plans . . .
“The best- laid plans of mice and men / Go oft awry" .. Robert Burns , To a Mouse hen our son Harry bought a farm in Rockbridge County last September, he was already anticipating hosting our family Christmas dinner. Harry lives and works in New York City, but hopes to retire there in several years. In the meantime, he comes as often as possible for a weekend respite from the bustle of city life. He intended to drive down several days before Christmas, cut one of the cedar trees to decorate, and with my assistance cook a feast for the family on Christmas Day. But his daughter could not arrive in New York from San Francisco until the evening of the 23rd, which meant he could not drive to Virginia until Christmas Eve. And that would not allow time for the preparation of many of the traditional dishes. So I volunteered to prepare them ahead of time. I thawed the turkey, cooked the cranberries, made Italian bread, coconut pies, cookies and custard. We would cook the potatoes and macaroni and cheese and kale while the turkey was roasting. By Christmas Eve everything was ready. Then the weather report called for ice after midnight and during the early hours of Christmas Day. I pictured the narrow, winding road, shaded by trees on either side, which stretched for thirteen miles from the highway to the farm. By mutual agreement, we postponed the
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Of Tots and Terrorism
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he smoke is clearing . . . at least it seems to be happening. The entire furor of the holidays has quieted. No missing grandchildren have been discovered in the closets, despite their tears about leaving. The lighted deer, while still standing in the snow, are dark. The tree is down and all the paraphernalia of December thoughtfully stowed in the garage. The promise we secretly made midway through the visits that, “Next year we’re going to really keep it simple,” has been replaced with, “I wish it was this time last week.” One of the most sobering thoughts about the holidays is the requirement for travel. In years gone by that was usually limited to a car trip or two, but now our families assemble from all over the world. That’s hard enough given the security concerns and this year, it was complicated by the weather. Airlines pose their own universe of problems. Some years ago, Heathrow was nearly shut down at Christmas when it looked as though countless tins of an explosive similar
the facts. We probably haven’t. to Semtex that brought down Pan The most frightening aspect is Am Flifgt 103 in December of 1988, we are so vulnerable to anyone who were being picked up by luggage xwants to do us harm. It doesn’t take ray. They all turned out to be Enga complicated plot like September lish plum puddings. 11 to bring us to our knees. HomeEasy to laugh at that now, but made devices, placed in strategic this Christmas came tragically spots, could paralyze the country. I close to being remembered as horleave it to the mystery novel writers rible. Being told by the Secretary to enlighten the public about how of Homeland Security that “the system functioned perfectly” was Hayden Hollingsworth easily such terror could be visited particularly alarming. The only on a hundred cities in one hour’s thing that saved NorthWest Flight 253 was time and no one would have had a clue that we the ineptitude of the bomb carrier. were at those risks. Finding the perpetrators That anyone could be so stupid as to think would be next to impossible. you could sew pouches of PETN, a deadly While we should never relax our guard, we brew, into your underwear and get within a must avoid becoming a police state where inhundred yards of a loading airliner is mind trusive government surveillance is viewed as boggling. Add to that he was on the terror list, our only haven. Our enemies have shown he had no luggage and bought his ticket at the their willingness and ability to attack their counter with cash. It’s beyond unbelievable. own people while taking their own lives. They But it happened, leaving us to wonder who the do so with apparent impunity in Iraq, in Pakitruly stupid ones are. In this case, everyone stan, and in Afghanistan. It is surprising that was unbelievably lucky, if we have heard all there have been so few attempts to do damage
to us here at home and most of them unsuccessful. Those who believe it is our security system keeping us safe are whistling as they pass the graveyard, as the people on Fl 253 nearly discovered. How sad that a time of joy for tens of millions Jews, Christians, and Muslims can be transformed by a tiny number of terrorists who have become so radicalized as to believe they alone know the will of some malevolent god. This holiday, as always, we looked forward to the headlights swinging into the driveway, car doors opening and precious cargo tumbling across the lawn. Happy confusion reigned for a week. To be honest, there was some relief when we saw the taillights rounding the curve, heading for home. But two things are certain: We won’t make it simpler next year and we should be profoundly grateful the clearing smoke was not caused by bombs.
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Some Insights from Will and Ariel Durrant
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n my last column I wrote about two extraordinary historians, Will and Ariel Durrant. Here are some of the stories, thoughts and wisdom from these two remarkable individuals: In Granada, Spain in the year 1601, there lived a strange and complex man, Alonso Cano who was a master sculptor of his time. His was a temperament which possessed what Durant describes as: "...that creative fury which throws off guidance and convention, and cuts a path, almost violently, for its own way." Commissioned to render a statue of St Anthony of Padua, he completed it in 25 days and went to the royal accountant for his promised fee [100 doubloons.] "You esteem your labor at 4 doubloons a day?" said the auditor learning how long the statue had taken. "You are a poor accountant!" came the response from the fiery artist. "It has taken me fifty years to arrive at the point in art where I could create such as this in 25 days!" "I spent my youth and patrimony in the university at Padua," retorted the accountant. "And now being the auditor of Granada, a profession far more noble than yours, I make 1 doubloon per day." "Nobler than mine?!" Cano screamed. "A king can make an auditor from the dust of
the earth but God reserves for Himself the creation of an Alonso Cano!!" With that, he smashed the statue. As with some artists, he was far more responsive to beauty than to reason. On his death bed, he rejected an offered crucifix because it was poorly carved. Ninon de Lenclos, France, born 1620, prostitute at age 15; suffered no formal education but picked up Italian and Spanish "Perhaps as an aid to international commerce," speculates the wry Durant. She read Charron, Montaigne and Descarte and after a time in prison gathered about her the most expansive minds in France. Even the king visited her Salon. She outlived almost all of her contemporaries but remained the hostage of feminine vanity until the end. "If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on her feet." Jesuits and Jansenists vied for the honor of converting her to their respective doctrinal perfections as the end drew near. She converted to both creeds concurrently - why hurt anyone's feelings? - the effort of choosing one over the other striking her as not worth the effort; the final choice probably to be met with much shouldershrugging in Heaven. She left a small amount for her funeral,
to ensure simplicity art. `The value of world smiled at his naivete; and a large amount statuary is owing to and bought 30 million copies." of money so the its difficulty. You The book has been translated son of her lawyer, would not value the into more languages than any M. Arouet, might finest head cut upon other work except the Bible. purchase books to … a carrot?’ He tried study. Later in life, Napoleon was speaking to learn some musithe lawyer's son cal instrument, `But with his secretary, “Well, changed his name. I never made out Bourrienne, you too will be To Voltaire. a tune.’ `Pray, sir, immortal in the minds of Perhaps you've who is this Bach? man, because I am.” To which Lucky Garvin heard of him. Is he a piper?’ He the more realistic Bourrienne Strange how things come so disliked music that, upon answered, “Tell me, sire, the around, eh? hearing a violinist praised name of the secretary of Alex... for the difficult feats he per- ander the Great.” ‘Religions are born and may formed, commented, `Dif... die; only superstition is im- ficult, sir? I wish it had been Napoleon said to a French mortal.' Durant. noblewoman, “Madame, I do impossible.’” ... not like it when women mix in … Madame De Pompadour Cervantes, author of Don politics. She answered, “You lay on her death bed on April Quixote, died in 1616. On his may be right, General. But in a 15, 1764. A priest, having just death bed he predicted that country where they may have finished conferring last rites his book would sell 30 million their heads cut off, it is natural turned to leave. She whis- copies. Per Will Durant, "The for women to want to know pered, “Wait a moment; we will leave the house together.” And died. ... I have previously written of the extreme height of If You Suffer From A Single One Of These French hairdos worn by the Torturous Symptoms – Numbness, Tingling, aristocratic women who lived Or Sharp Nerve Pain – THEN THE FACTS during the reign of Louis 14. BELOW MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT YOU Durant reports that a German HAVE EVER READ IN YOUR LIFE! visitor calculated that the chin of a French lady lay exactly Neuropathy affects every part of your practic’s effectiveness in helping nerve life -- walking, sitting, and even sleep- conditions... halfway between her feet and ing. the top of her hair. “Manipulation [chiropractic adjust... Maybe you’ve had multiple tests, only ments], with or without exercise, imOf Dr. Johnson, Durant to find out no one has any idea what proved symptoms more than medical wrote, “Being nearsighted, you have. Maybe you’ve even been care did after both 3 and 12 months.”– put on a drug with heavy side effects. British Medical Journal he took little pleasure in the beauty of women, nature, or
By Donna Hopkins Britt Something will disappoint us. I wonder, consistently, how to lower expectations and simplify life. Our Sunday School class will soon be studying The Organic God, by Margaret Feinberg. In preparation, we were talking about organic food. A Sunday School classmate noted how odd it is that we have to pay more to get less. Organic and local food has fewer food colorings, preservatives and chemicals, and costs more. It’s just another way we have spun out of control, looking for quick and cheap solutions, and forgetting the long-term problems that usually accompany them. One impressive thing about Jesus is that he was not into quick fixes. I’m thinking specifically about his organic—natural, simple, pure—relationship with God. Time and again, the gospel writers tell us Jesus went away by himself to pray. He knew that he couldn’t just go to Shabbat services once a week and expect that to fulfill God’s expectation of him. He knew God expected more from him. God needed more from him. He could do things God, as Spirit, could not. Is not the same true for us? We have connections and abilities that God does not have. God needs us. And to be able
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Which Of These Neuropathy Symptoms Do You Suffer From?
Preacher’s Corner “How was your Christmas?” my friend asked me. “Fine.” “What do you mean, ‘fine’?” she said with concern. She had expected,“Great!” or “A blast!” Instead she got the very noncommittal, “Fine.” She reads me well. We forgot to lay down the Christmas Morning Ground Rules for our 5- and 7-year-old. We forgot to remind them to wait until after the clock says a certain time, and to come get us before racing to the tree. Consequently, their excited voices at the Christmas Tree awoke us at 4:01 AM. We didn’t get to set up the camera or enjoy the magic on their faces or understand what they said when they saw their new things under the tree. Christmas morning was not great, it was only “fine.” It helped to admit it: I was disappointed that the morning had not gone as I had intended. You can bet we’ll remember those Ground Rules next Christmas Eve! Expectations are at an alltime high over the holidays, and we cannot fulfill them all well. The perfect gifts, the perfect parties, the perfect New Year’s Eve plans, the perfect worship services, the perfect family members…. Impossible.
why.” … The Tale of Columbus’ Egg. At court one day, there were couriers diminishing Columbus’ exploits in the New World. They jibed, “If you hadn’t found the Indies [original name of Americas], wouldn’t someone else have done it?” By way of answer he asked for a hen egg to be brought to him. “Make it stand on its end,” he said, passing the egg to the skeptical gathered around him. Several tried; none could do it. Columbus took the egg and broke the end gently pon the table top; and there it stood. On end. “Once shown the way, it is a very easy thing to follow,” he demolished his critics.
to fulfill God’s expectations— whose expectations are more important than anyone else’s— our best example is Jesus. As you think toward the 51 weeks ahead of you, how much of that time do you want to devote to God? How many hours do you need to set apart to pray, so that God can be active through you the rest of the time? Do you think setting aside time to talk and listen to God would positively affect your priorities and expectations? I can’t get that Christmas morning back. So how do I/how do we cope with our unfulfilled expectations? Since the people who do not fulfill them are beyond our control, the change has to be within us. I can only make changes in how I handle disappointments and plan to do things differently next time. Thankfully, God is always willing to give us more chances to get it right. That’s “grace.” If you do set aside time to pray, invite that grace to surround, relieve, and guide your actions and priorities throughout the year. Donna Hopkins Britt is pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, 608 Campbell Avenue, SW, Roanoke, and can be contacted at pastor@ calvaryroanoke.org.
Do you have any of the following symptoms... • Pins and needles feeling • Numbness in the hands or feet • Tingling or burning sensations • Weakness in the arms or legs • Sharp shooting or burning pains
If so you may have a condition called peripheral neuropathy. My name is Chris Lauria D.C., clinic director at Lifestyle Wellness Center. I’ve been helping people with neuropathy and nerve problems for more than 15 years. More than 20 million Americans suffer from peripheral neuropathy, a problem caused by damage to the nerves that supply your arms and legs. This painful condition interferes with your body’s ability to transmit messages to your muscles, skin, joints, or internal organs. If ignored or mistreated, neuropathy can lead to irreversible health conditions. Why not get help by those trained to correct the major cause of peripheral neuropathy? Data from the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners’ Job Analysis of Chiropractic lists arm and leg neuropathy as the second most common nerve problem treated by chiropractors. Often neuropathy is caused by a degenerating spine pressing on the nerve roots. This can happen in any of the vertebral joints from the neck all the way down to the tail bone. Possibly the Single Most Important Solution To Your Neuropathy By using gentle techniques, I’m able to release the pressure that has built up on the nerve. This allows the nerve to heal and the symptoms to go away. Numerous studies have proven chiro-
Patients showed an 85.5% resolution of the nerve symptoms after only 9 chiropractic treatments. - Journal of Chiropractic Medicine 2008
With chiropractic care, patients had “significant improvement in perceived comfort and function, nerve conduction and finger sensation overall.” – JMPT 1998 “Significant increase in grip strength and normalization of motor and sensory latencies were noted. Orthopedic tests were negative. Symptoms dissipated.” – JMPT 1994 What these studies mean is that with chiropractic care, you could soon be enjoying life...without those aggravating nerve problems. How To Find Out If This Will Work For You It’s time for you to find out if chiropractic will be your neuropathy solution. For 14 days only, $37 will get you all the services I normally charge new patients $350 for! What does this offer include? Everything. Take a look at what you will receive: • An in-depth consultation about your health and well-being where I will listen…really listen…to the details of your case. • A complete examination including computerized static EMG testing and Toronto Clincal Testing for Peripheral Neuropathy.. • A full set of specialized x-rays to determine if a spinal problem is contributing to your pain or symptoms… (NOTE: These would normally cost you at least $200). • A thorough analysis of your exam and
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Commentary: An Open Letter to City Council on Lack of Snow Removal Dear Mayor & Members of City Council: I'm asking that among the seven of you, is there anyone willing to speak up and address the lack of snow removal in our city at your Council Meeting on Monday? Sunday morning, while driving downtown, I noticed that the right turn lane from Campbell Ave on the corner of the back of City Hall (across from the Roanoke Times) was still blocked by snow. (Actually, ice mounds at this point.) Over two weeks since this record setting snow, why are plows not clearing such obvious obstructions? Throughout our city, sidewalks are blocked by mounds of ice from, in particular, businesses who piled mountains of snow on sidewalks to
clear their parking lots. Some that are directly in view from the Mayor's Office and the City's Manager's office had at best 10 feet of snow on the sidewalks from clearing their parking lots. It is obvious these businesses have no intention of opening up the sidewalk even after two weeks. I asked code to follow up, but of course no action was taken. This is certainly understandable days and or at best a week after such a storm. But, no one is going back and making ANY effort to clear these mounds of ice off of our sidewalks to open them up for pedestrian use. Just drive down Williamson Road for but one example. Another horrible situation is on Tazewell Ave. S.E. near the Rescue Mission. It's bad enough for all the homeless but now they can't even use
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Dear editor, I asked Mark Wood that sells produce and wreaths on the market to make three large wreaths for Lee Plaza - the war memorial for all deceased veterans. When I received them I asked how much. His response? "No pay for the deceased veterans," dad said. That brought tears to me. Ms. Shirley Dean made the big red beautiful bows, and a homeless soul helped me put them up, God bless these people, they have my deepest thanks. The deceased veterans should never be forgotten for the great freedom we have. It is a wonderful place for any one to go by to visit or pray. They deserve the best. The city should have an employee to keep it clean at all times and in my opinion schools should take students there, and explain to them about the wars of the past and how their freedom was won by men and women who made
Suttie Economy Roanoke,Va.
Government Spins Further Out of Control Dear editor, With the Healthcare bill in the balance, cited is a list of misdeeds committed by our “public servants.” 1. Senator Ben Nelson won a provision exempting his state from paying usual costs for the new Medicaid program. It will cost taxpayers 100 million. 2. Senator Mary Landrieu won an extra $300 million in extra spending in exchange for her vote. 3. Senator Carl Levin received a $7 billion tax reprieve for his state’s insurance companies for his vote. 4. Senator Chris Dodd received a no-strings-attached $100 million kickback for the
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the sidewalk and are forced to walk out in the street. Why after the storm, after the initial work was completed, didn't snow plows go through the Market area in the dead of night and clear snow from the curb lanes? Four days after the storm I finally got my car out and went to the Market area for Christmas Shopping. It was still such a mess I just left and went to Valley View. I wonder if the business's there have any idea of how much money they lost before Christmas due to the cities failure to properly clear the area? Now with temperatures predicted to barely go above freezing for a week or more, are you going to allow this situation to correct itself via the sun or start issuing citations to make our primary
pedestian-ways passable? I have sent a copy of this letter to our City Manager and have received no response. Maybe her replacement will be amiable to addressing citizens concerns. Why don't police officers notice such traffic obstructions and call in and ask that they be cleared? I have lived in NYC and Washington, DC. One would never see this situation two weeks after a major snow storm and city plows parked and not being used. Is there any leadership in this administration who will address these failures and take steps to correct their cause(s)?
E. Duane Howard Roanoke , Va.
Commentary: Our Region Needs Unserviced Workforce to Make Right Decisions With the start to any new year, resolutions are made and are either kept or broken. Many will make resolutions to find a new job or become employed again. As one starts their job search process, ask yourself which one of the three segments of the workforce fits you – white collar, blue collar, or are you like me, a member of the unserviced workforce? Let’s define each segment. White collar professional workers are being serviced by private third-party groups (headhunters). Typically their skill sets are in high demand and companies are paying a premium for their services. Professions such as health care, engineering, information technology, accounting, architecture are all in high demand, regardless of region. These workers are coveted because they will most likely drive the regional economy forward. The blue collar skilled workers are being serviced by public third-party agencies (community colleges, workforce in-
vestment boards, employment commissions, etc.). Typically their skill sets are in high demand and companies try to create a pool of candidates to become trained to perform these jobs. Professions such as manufacturing, trades, technicians are all in high demand. These workers are coveted because they can stall the regional economy from moving forward. The unserviced workforce is caught in the middle. Neither the public nor private sector is serving this group. This segment of the workforce can be characterized as: younger with potential or upside; has some form of higher education; has good skill sets, but not billable skill sets, which are in demand; and are looking for a “professional” job paying a salary between $30-$60k. This is the critical mass of knowledge workers who are underemployed, overeducated and are job hunting. Members of the unserviced workforce will be forced to do
one of these seven things: 1. Acquire new skills through formal education and move up in the workforce ladder 2. Humble themselves and take a job or jobs lower in the workforce ladder 3. Start a business 4. Continue to stay in the unserviced workforce by looking and finding lateral jobs 5. Remain unemployed for an extended amount of time 6. Leave the region for opportunities in others areas 7. Retire, if able Those who complete their job resolutions in 2010 will pick options 1, 2 or 3. Those who come short will pick options 4 thru 7. Our region and economy need these job seekers to successfully achieve their resolutions. Get out of the unserviced workforce in 2010. For more help getting out of the unserviced workforce, go to www.unservicedworkforce. com.
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Harsha Sankar Like 99.9% of all other Americans entering the New Year, I am on a health kick! But my resolution is Covington,Va not to start eating healthy but to NOT STOP eating healthy once the month of March comes along and the thrill of the New Year’s promise has worn off. Maybe this approach will help . . . I certainly have one thing that everyone needs to succeed – FRIENDS! I am convinced that great things occur for all of us when friends are by our side. My friend Nicole 4444 Pheasant Ridge Road, asked me to begin a regimen of clean eating and serious weight lifting for the New Year and I said “YES” South West Roanoke and then I asked my friend Audrey to work out with me at the gym early in the morning in the New (Across Rt. 220 from Hunting Hills) Year and she said “YES.” www.pheasantridgecondos.com I would not be able to stick with “Clean Eating” alone and I certainly would not brave the cold at 5:00 AM if my friend wasn’t there waiting. It helps me to be responsible to others; I am a mess on my own. We are blessed to have them - our friends, for fun times, for hard times, and for the help we all need in ~Henry David Thoreau life to try to be better than we were in the past. There is so much promise in a new year;1 I love that. I hope you see it too. I promise I will still put delicious recipes out there, even in the midst of all this “Clean Living.” Join me and try out this way of eating! It is rather simple and easy and very fresh and delicious – clean is a good word for it. This recipe comes from "Clean Eating Magazine Online. "
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1 pint cherry tomatoes 1/4 cup olive oil, divided salt and black pepper to taste 1 tsp minced garlic 1 small onion, diced, divided 2 cups diced zucchini 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice 1 lb Arborio rice 2-3 cups fat-free chicken broth 18 sea scallops 1 bunch parsley, chopped (optional) Roasted tomatoes – Toss tomatoes in 2 teaspoons oil with a pinch of salt and pepper. Place on non-stick baking sheet and bake 1 hour at 250ºF. Zucchini purée – In a medium pan, heat 1 teaspoon oil over medium heat. Add garlic and half the onion and cook until translucent. Add
zucchini and cook 5 minutes. Place all these ingredients in a blender. Add lemon juice and 1 tablespoon oil and purée. Add salt and pepper to taste. Set aside. Risotto – Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a medium pot on medium heat and sauté remaining onion until translucent. Add rice and stir to coat. Add broth 1 cup at a time until absorbed, stirring continually for 20 minutes or until rice is tender (add more broth if necessary). Once rice is cooked, stir in zucchini purée. Set aside. Scallops – Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a small pan. Season scallops with salt and pepper and cook both sides until lightly browned. Add roasted tomatoes and sauté 5 minutes. Place risotto on a plate and top with scallop and tomato mixture and parsley. By Leigh Sackett leigh@newsroanoke.com
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Patrick Henry Routs GW Danville 76-53 in Western Valley District Showdown
During pre-game introductions at the Patrick Henry gym Tuesday night, Patriot courtside announcer Woody Deans heralded GW Danville as the state's #1 ranked AAA team. The Patrick Henry basketball team then took to the court and made sure no further proclamations would be needed. The Patriots totally dominated the Eagles, breaking open a one point advantage after the first quarter, and eventually expanding their lead to 28 points in the third quarter before cruising to the blowout victory. The key point in the game came at the start of the second quarter when PH, holding a 15-14 lead, scored eleven unanswered points aided by six from Melvin Henderson on two foul shots, two technical free throws and a jump shot to expand the lead to 26-14. GW clearly got rattled and could find no solution to Patriot Head Coach Jack Esworthy's superb game plan that left PH with an overall 7-2 record and 1-0 in league play. Photos by Bill Turner #23 Ty Smith skies to the basket for two of his 14 points against GW. Terrell Wilson and Melvin Henderson shared top scoring honors for PH Patriot guard Melvin Henderson sinks a key free throw with 17 points each. Ty Smith added on his way to a 10 for 12 night at the line. 14. The Patriots took advantage of the foul-happy Eagles by canning 28 free throws. PH held Virgina Tech signee C.J. Barksdale to eleven points with more than half of his total coming on 2 back-to-back 3-pointers late in the game after the outcome had long been decided.
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Knights Off to Another Fast Start The Cave Spring Knights seem to have all the pieces in place for yet another state title run in 2010. The Knights return 7 players from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s championship team, including all five starters. Head Coach Billy Hicks had only one concern for his veteran squad: could they stay hungry? So far, the answer is a resounding â&#x20AC;&#x153;yes.â&#x20AC;? The Knights have steamrolled their opponents en route to a 7-1 record going into district play, perhaps serving notice that Marchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s title run hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gone to their heads. Billy Hicks (center) with Knights at last year's title game â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was our biggest concern, celebration. by far â&#x20AC;&#x201C; could we keep the boys fense, describing it as â&#x20AC;&#x153;lackadaisical at times.â&#x20AC;? focused?â&#x20AC;? Hicks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we were really good on defense last year, have a bunch of seniors, and guys who have a ton of experience, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve continued to and I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be tough on defense again this year,â&#x20AC;? he added. compete and push each other.â&#x20AC;? Cave Spring began River Ridge District play Of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seven wins, five have been by double-digits. And the Knights havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly Tuesday night at Pulaski â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a venue in which been beating up on creampuffs. Cave Spring none of the seniors on the roster had ever won. won the Holiday Hoopla held at the Salem Civ- The Knights will then take on Salem at home on ic Center last week, handing Roanoke Catholic Thursday night. Is a second consecutive state title in the (6-1) their only loss of the season in the process. Two weeks earlier, the Knights tagged North- Knightsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; future? Hicks isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t looking that far side (6-1) with their only loss of the season to ahead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m kind of a live in the present kind of guy,â&#x20AC;? date, an impressive 73-51 home victory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to play a competitive non-district he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all know that last year is over, that this is a different season, a new season. But the schedule,â&#x20AC;? Hicks said. Scoring has come relatively easy for the one thing that will help us is our experience. We Knights, who are currently averaging 71.5 have a lot of guys who have played in a bunch of points per game. Center Josh Henderson leads big games in front of big crowds.â&#x20AC;? the team with nearly 20 points per game, while forward Clay Lacy isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t far behind, pouring in By Matt Reeve nearly 19 a game. If there is an area in need of Matt@newsroanoke.com improvement, Hicks points to the Knightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s de(540) 982-6983
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Warriorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Standout Shoots for 1,000 Points On Thursday night, the Faith Christian girls basketball team will host the Roanoke Catholic Celtics in a clash of two highly regarded independent schools. In addition to supporting the Warriors as they seek their eighth win of the season, Faith Christian fans will be rooting hard for senior forward Rachel Nymeyer, who currently sits just 20 points shy of 1,000 for her career. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will be a big accomplishment for me if it happens,â&#x20AC;? Nymeyer said of the milestone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
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Roanoke Star of the Week Gerard Mitchell was born and raised in Roanoke County, graduating from Northside High School in 1973. He then went to work for Goodyear Tire Company and continued there until 1996. He was then employed by White Tire Company as the Retail Manager, a position he Gerard Mitchell still holds today. Gerard and his wife, Sandy, were married in 1978 and have a son, Blake, who is a student at James Madison University. They live in the North County area. His favorite places in the area are Hilltop Bowling Lanes, Elmwood Park, and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Favorite restaurants include Coach and Four, Three Little Pigs,Texas Tavern, and the New Yorker. Have someone in mind for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Roanoke Star of the Week?â&#x20AC;? E-mail Jim Bullington: JBullPhoto@Hotmail.com
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PixelOptics, Inc. (“Pixel”) of Roanoke has announced that Pixel and Panasonic Shikoku Electronics Co., Ltd of Matsuyama, Japan will collaborate in the development of PixelOptics’ electronic eyeglasses. Pixel, the world’s first composite ophthalmic lens company, is developing, and plans to market and sell both static (fixed focus) and electronic dynamic (changeable focus) lenses. Panasonic Shikoku Electronics is one of the group companies of Osaka, Japanbased Panasonic Corporation (NYSE: PC). Bill Kokonaski, Pixel’s CTO said “Pixel and Panasonic Shikoku Electronics have been jointly developing the first ophthalmic eyewear solution that crosses over into the consumer electronics sector. We are most pleased to have Panasonic Shikoku Electronics assisting us with this development.” In 1999 e-Vision, LLC began the development of electronic eyeglasses. e-Vision exclusively and globally licensed its intellectual property, trade secrets, and know-how to Pixel in 2005. Pixel, with the help of nine other development partners from around the world, has been aggressively and diligently furthering the development. Panasonic Shikoku Electronics is one of the development partners playing a major role in creation of this product. To date, Pixel has amassed an IP portfolio of over 300 patents and patent applications around the world.
Carilion Clinic is now accepting applications for a number of nursing scholarships. In an effort to recruit more people to join the healthcare field, Carilion Clinic is encouraging current employees and members of the public to further their education. “These scholarships are intended to support diversity in nursing and to advance education in healthcare,” says Lauren Crowder, education benefits specialist for Carilion Clinic. “We strongly encourage those interested in pursuing a career in nursing to look into these scholarship opportunities.” The following scholarships are now accepting applications: Thomas L. Robertson Honorary Nursing Scholarship The Thomas L. Robertson Honorary Nursing Education Award was named for Thomas L. Robertson, who was with Carilion for 32 years - 15 of those as president / CEO - before retiring in 2001. Monetary awards are given to individuals in professional nursing education programs leading to licensure as registered nurses or to registered nurses pursuing baccalaureate or master's degrees in nursing. Both employees and members of the community are eligible for awards. Scholarship
Custom lenses being produced by PixelOptics of Roanoke. Ronald D. Blum, O.D., President and CEO of Pixel stated, “Pixel’s electronic eyeglasses auto-focus faster than the blink of an eye using chemistry, electricity, and optics and do so without moving parts. These eyeglasses allow for clear focus from far to near, and everything in between. They are lineless on the face of the wearer and provide significantly wider and less compromised fields of clear vision having far less areas of distortion than that of progressive addition lenses of an equal optical power. “Progressive addition lenses presently are the most common and preferred way of correcting for presbyopia - a condition that results in the poor near and intermediate distance focus of one’s eyes after 45 years of age.” “Panasonic Shikoku Electronics is very pleased to have had the opportunity to work on such an exciting project and one that will benefit so many
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parents are eligible for this scholarship. They must be enrolled or in the process of enrolling in a nursing degree program. Other criteria, such as GPA and extracurricular activities, are also considered in the selection of applicants. Both employees and members of the community are eligible for awards. Roanoke Memorial School of Professional Nursing Alumni Association Scholarship The Roanoke Memorial School of Professional Nursing Alumni Association Scholarship was created to enhance interest and education in the nursing profession. A monetary award of $1,000 will be awarded. Both employees and members of the community are eligible for this scholarship. However, preference will be given to graduates of or descendents of graduates of the Roanoke Memorial Hospital School of Professional Nursing. Applications and supporting documentation may be sent to Lauren Crowder, Carilion Clinic, Human Resources, 1202 Third St., Roanoke, VA, 24016. Deadline for applications is Feb. 26, 2010. To learn more about the scholarships, please visit www.carilionclinic.org/Carilion/Scholarships or call 9833600 or 1-800-599-2537.
people around the world,” said Yukinori Okazaki, Chief Technology Officer and board member of Panasonic Shikoku Electronics Co., Ltd., “We anticipate there will be a lot of opportunities in health care that will benefit the world’s aging population in which Panasonic Shikoku Electronics can play a significant role. We see Pixel’s electronic eyeglasses as one of these opportunities.” Lined multifocals account for approximately 50 million pairs sold each year worldwide. Pixel’s electronic eyewear (the name has not been released) was invented and developed to compete within the progressive addition lens market worldwide. Progressive addition lenses account for an additional approximately 50 million pairs sold each year worldwide. Together there FedEx Ground, the small-package ground delivery service of FedEx Corp., has recognized Daare approximately 100 million pairs of multifocals sold each vid Campbell, a resident of Roanoke, for achieving 20 years of safe driving without a preventable accident. Campbell has been a professional truck driver for 22 years with FedEx Ground and year around the world. works out of the company's Roanoke facility. "FedEx Ground drivers are among the most highly skilled in the industry, and the fact that David has reached this important milestone shows his commitment to making the nation's roads safer for everyone," said Stephen Johnston, Managing Director, Carolina Region. "Safe drivers like David embody our unwavering focus on safety in everything we do."
School Board Awards Contract To Build New Elementary School
The Roanoke County School Board has awarded a $9.8 million dollar contract to G&H Contracting of Salem to build an entirely new Masons Cove Elementary School. Construction on the new school is set to begin in late winter or early spring 2010. The board also approved additional project items such as architectural and engineering design services as well as other costs including furniture, fixtures, testing and technology, bringing the total project cost to nearly $12.1 million. The new school will be located behind the existing building, where the baseball field currently is located. Once the new school has been completed by winter 2012, the old school building will be demolished and will be replaced by a new baseball field. The School Board first recognized the need to renovate or replace Masons Cove Elementary several years ago due to the building’s age, deteriorating condition and poor energy efficiency. “The school was built in 1961 and still has a coal-fired boiler,” said Roanoke County Public Schools Superintendent
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Known by some as the man who helped put Arnold Schwarzenegger on the map more than 30 years ago with “Pumping Iron,” noted documentary filmmaker George Butler is coming home again January 10-12. Butler, who graduated from the Hollins College creative writing masters program in 1968, returns for the George Butler Film Festival, with showings at both Hollins University and the Grandin Theatre. Besides “Pumping Iron,” which followed the body-building exploits of a pre-Terminator, pre-Governor Schwarzenegger, the five other Butler films to be shown include his 2006 work “The Good Fight,” which traces the life of recently-retired Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden. Another work, “Roving Mars,” allows viewers to explore the Martian surface through the eyes of two NASA rovers. “The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition,” is a tribute to a band of explorers who endured being locked in that icy environment for almost two years, close to a century ago. Ernest Shackleton “was one of the great leaders of his time,” said Butler. The explorer “wasn’t on my radar,” until a friend suggested it as a topic, according to Butler. The $12 million dollar film
was shot on location in the Antarctic. “I think it’s the biggest documentary film project ever done,” said Butler shortly after its release. He also called Antarctica “the most beautiful place on earth,” as well as “one of the wildest in terms of weather. I can verify that with my film.” During a previous visit to George Butler Hollins, when “The EndurButler then took advantage ance” was screened, Butler, who went to school there with of an opportunity to take picnoted writers Lee Smith and tures at a bodybuilding show in Annie Dillard, talked about New England. Shortly after that how good it was to come back he met Schwarzenegger. “He was interesting.” Butler “absoto the valley. He managed to slip in a little lutely” saw the Austrian bodytrout fishing and reminisced builder as a budding movie about a defunct restaurant star, something that happened where he used to eat break- soon after he filmed “Pumping fast while studying at Hollins. Iron” - after shooting pictures “Now it’s gone” he lamented. for a book of the same name. “In many ways Hollins saved He also noticed how the apple orchards had been replaced by my life,” said Butler, who lost a housing developments near the number of friends in Vietnam. north Roanoke County univer- First a photographer and then sity. “[But] I’m delighted to be a filmmaker, Butler’s documentaries are often screened in back.” After Hollins, Butler re- IMAX theaters. Butler’s appearance this Sunceived a draft deferment and wound up in Detroit, where day through next Tuesday is he worked in the inner city, at part of the Hollins 50th annithe same time befriending Mo- versary celebration for its cretown giants like Marvin Gaye ative writing program. (Visit hollins.edu/calendar and The Temptations. He became a newspaper publisher in for more information.) Detroit during the tumultuous late 1960’s, and also collaboratBy Gene Marrano ed with Senator John Kerry on gmarrano@cox.net a book about Vietnam.
Foundation for Roanoke Valley Scholarship Applications Available Foundation for Roanoke Valley is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2010 academic year. By completing one scholarship application, applicants can be considered for multiple scholarships. Students about to complete their senior year of high school, students already enrolled in a trade school, college or university, and non-traditional students who have waited a number of years before starting their post-secondary education are eligible to apply. To access the scholarship
guidelines and application, please visit the Foundation's website at www.foundationforroanokevalley.org. Guidelines and applications will be available through the guidance offices of local high schools and some college financial aid offices. Completed applications should be mailed to Foundation for Roanoke Valley, Attention: Michelle Eberly, P.O. Box 1159, Roanoke, VA 24006. All completed applications are due no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 5, 2010, at the
Foundation's office. This is not a postmarked deadline. Applications with all necessary attachments received after the submission deadline will not be considered, and incomplete applications will not be accepted. Some scholarships require applicants to complete the FAFSA (Federal Application for Free Student Aid) and submit a Student Aid Report (SAR). For more information on the FAFSA, please visit www.fafsa.gov.
Virginia Western Ranks 2nd in College Safety Rating Second only to Arkansas State University’s Bebe campus, Virginia Western Community College was ranked one of the safest schools, nationwide, by StateUniversity.com, the leading web site for college information. Virginia Western’s designation came as the result of taking “The underlying crime data from the FBI's crime reports, which are submitted by campus safety officials, for calendar year 2008. The rankings were determined with an algorithm developed by StateUniversity.com,” said Bill Richards, vice president of business development. To arrive at these ratings, StateUniversity.com compared crime statistics for more than 450 colleges and universities nationwide, and assigned each school a safety score based on frequency and severity of crime reported. The StateUniversity.com website is a top online destination for students. The web site features information about schools, careers, and financial aid, and serves more than 1.4 million monthly visitors. “This was an unexpected honor and compliment that reflects the high, professional standards of the Virginia Western Police force, lead by Chief Craig Harris,” said Cheryl Miller, Vice President of Financial and Administrative Services.
“Virginia Western’s officers are diligent when they patrol campus parking lots and buildings,” she said, “Our officers interact with students and staff and they are proactive when it comes to checking the neighborhood around the campus as well,” she added.
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The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra with David Stewart Wiley, Music Director, continues to prepare for their special concert event, A Night at Woodstock - The Magic, The Moment, The Music. The RSO and Maestro Wiley will be accompanied by an all-star lineup of rock & roll instrumentalists and vocalists from Jeans ‘n Classics. Devoted to a defining moment in music history [the Woodstock Festival at White Lake, New York in August 1969], the event will take place at 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at the Salem Civic Center. The concert is sponsored by Allstate. A Night at Woodstock will include music by Crosby Stills & Nash, The Who, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Santana, Jimi Hendrix, The Band, Jeferson Airplane, and many more, in special music arrangements for Jeans ‘n Classics instrumentalists, vocalists and full symphony orchestra. Previous collaborations
A high flying moment from last years RSO Special Concert with Jeans and Classics, "Rock Symphony Cirque!" between the RSO and Jeans ‘n Classics talent include the recent Motown celebration at the RSO’s “Rock, Symphony, Cirque” in May of this year. This time, the RSO jumps in headfirst with a classic Rock program start to finish, reliving the excitement of Woodstock. A Night at Woodstock will adhere to the RSO’s popular “Picnic at the Pops” concert format, taking place at the Salem Civic Center with au-
"Civic Projects" to Make Stop at Roanoke Valley Horse Rescue During 50 State Journey On January 4th of 2010, Tim Malcolm and Kirsten L'Orange, founders of "The Civic Projects," began a 14,000mile cross country journey to promote social awareness and service by volunteering at 50 community organizations in 50 states in 50 days. On January 16th, from 9am to 5pm they will be making a stop at Roanoke Valley Horse Rescue located at 1725 Edwardsville Road in Hardy. Malcolm and L'Orange point out that as the number of unemployed Americans climbs to approximately 15 million and charitable giving declined for the first time in 20 years, nonprofit organizations are struggling to meet increased service demands on smaller budgets, making volunteers even more vital to the health of our nation's communities. "The Civic Projects" they have begun seeks to bring awareness to communitybased service organizations hard-pressed by today's economic climate. "Though most Americans cannot spend 50 days away from home or out of the office, we have decided to keep
moving throughout our journey - to show that every little bit helps and that although a few hours here and there may not seem like a lot, it adds up quickly," says L'Orange. Over the course of their 50 day, 50 state journey, The Civic Projects will volunteer in 50 communities, performing approximately 800 hours of community service. Malcolm and L’Orange will document their journey across the country, reflecting on the rewards of volunteering, lessons learned, and individuals encountered along the way. It
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Virginia Records Lowest Number of Traffic Fatalities Ever Preliminary data indicates there were 750 traffic fatalities in Virginia last year, the lowest number in one year since traffic deaths began being recorded in 1966. The number is nearly a 27 percent decrease in fatalities from the high of 1,026 traffic deaths in 2007. Many factors may have contributed to the reduction in deaths, including increased seat belt use. A survey conducted by Old Dominion University of 23,758 vehicle occupants revealed the Virginia seat belt use rate for May 2009 as 82.27 percent, the highest rate ever. It was
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Client Service Associate 2 years of Experience
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Junior Kindergarten 3 & 4 • Kindergarten OPEN HOUSE January 12 & February 3 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Junior Kindergarten 3 - Grade 12 •
Warm nurturing environment
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Low student-teacher ratio
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Foreign language instruction beginning in Junior Kindergarten 3
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Extended day and bus service available
To reserve a space for an Open House, please contact Deborah C. Jessee, Director of Admission & Financial Assistance, at 540-989-6641, ext. 330 or djessee@northcross.org.