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Hokie History P3– Learn how a hard scrapple school in the VA mountains became one of the leading research universities in the US at Tech’s new online history site.

Goodlatte Cracks Down On Identity Theft

Identity theft is a serious and growing threat. The Federal Trade Commission estimates that as many as 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year. Identity thieves use identifying information such as a consumer’s Social Security number, credit card numbers, or other financial account information in order to conduct U.S. Govt. such fraud as opening up new credit cards and gaining access to bank accounts. The ramifications can be financially disastrous for citizens and can be extremely difficult to resolve.

“The fear of identity theft is consistently cited as a reason many Americans are cautious about engaging in more transactions online,” said Congressman Goodlatte. “This is unfortunate because of the multitude of ways the Internet can help consumers shop, do business and communicate efficiently and at low cost.

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Mayor David Bowers addresses the crowd at William Fleming High School during Tuesday’s art-bus-shelter dedication ceremony. The artsy display doesn’t appear to offer any real shelter, but a closer inspection reveals a hard to see plexiglass top that will provide some protection from rain and snow. But if you’re looking for a little shade on a hot summer day you’d better have a parasol, as function doesn’t always follow form.

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The City of Roanoke, the Greater Roanoke Transit Company (GRTC) operating as Valley Metro, and the Roanoke Arts Commission dedicated the second of two public art bus shelters on Tuesday near the entrance to William Fleming High School.

The design of the project combined both industrial and organic elements.

As with the bus shelter installed in front of Patrick Henry High School last November, this one involved a collaboration among the city, Valley Metro and Roanoke City Public Schools.

Artists applied for the project through a Request for Proposals issued by the City of Roanoke and the GRTC. A citizen selection panel including Arts Commission members, educators, students and GRTC representatives reviewed the responses and recommended artist Ed Dolinger based on his artistic and teaching experience.

Real Gem P8– Nancy Weekly restores, retools and creates “wearable art” in support of the Roanoke Rescue Mission.

Henderson Headlines P9– Guitar Master Wayne Henderson will headline this year’s New River Land Trust “LandJam” Festival.

Mr. Dolinger worked with the students in William Fleming High School art teacher Jimmy Deck’s classes during the 2008-2009 school year. Together they developed designs for the shelter, which now stands at the entrance to the school. Students dealt with the full scope of a public art project including design, fabrication and presentations to and approval by Roanoke City Council, GRTC and the School Board.

Titled “Coalesce,” Mr. Dolinger describes the bus shelter as a happy merger of the two main designs developed by the students. One design had an industrial feel while the other was organic in nature. Combining the two allowed the students to design a piece of art that has the features of a bus shelter while giving a nod to natural elements in the landscape. “The final two design groups could not have been more disparate in their concepts, yet remarkably, and creatively, they de-

veloped a product that merged beautifully without subverting the essence of each concept.”

Dolinger, a painter and sculptor who resides in Bassett, studied at the Corcoran School of Art and currently serves as adjunct faculty at Hollins University. His public art commissions include the Salt Lake City Library, the Park City Utah Transit Center, the Lynchburg Children’s Museum and the Festival of Lakes in Madison, Wisc. He is represented in public and private collections across the country and has received numerous fellowships and awards. Dolinger is the founder and director of Dialog Gallery in downtown Roanoke. His work received the Best in Show award at the annual City Art Show in 2009.

The project was funded by a federal grant received by the Greater Roanoke Transit Authority and the Percent for Art Program of the City of Roanoke.

Splash Valley Makes Big Splash for Roanoke With the Green Ridge Recreation Center already a big hit – more than 7000 members have signed on since it opened the doors in North County – did anyone doubt that the reception for the outdoor water play park, Splash Valley, would be any different? Roanoke County officials cut the ribbon last Friday, as dozens of children fidgeted eagerly, waiting for the speeches and platitudes to end.

Then it was everybody in the Splash Valley pool, which features two slides and tubes that end up in the water. Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Chief Rick Burch had the honor of making the first run down one slide that ends in a cone-shaped contraption, spinning people around several times before they are dropped into the water. “A good ride,” said Burch after he made his way out of the pool.

“We’re very excited to bring this type of facility to the Roanoke Valley,” said Roanoke County Parks, Recreation and Tourism Director Pete Haislip. “It’s going to be an exciting summer.” In addition to the new outdoor water attractions, the Green Ridge Center has indoor pools as well.

Haislip praised the teamwork among county departments in helping to make sure Green Ridge and Splash Valley came together at the $31 million facility. “It has a lot of exciting components,” said Haislip, noting that 1000 people a day – including those non-members who just drop in – are now showing up.

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Teen Outreach Makes A Difference

A Tops Plus Student at work.

Family Service of Roanoke Valley (FSRV) presented the 20th annual Teen Outreach Program Plus (TOP Plus) Positive Action Banquet on Tuesday, May 25 at Straight Street Youth Center. The celebration honored the contributions that over 200 Teen Outreach Program Plus student volunteers have made Valley Youth to the Roanoke community during the 2009-2010 academic year.

Nine of this year’s youth volunteers were honored at the banquet for their community volunteerism, and class rings were presented by the Junior League. Roanoke Mayor David Bowers and local school and after-school partners took part in the recognition ceremony.

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Haislip also called Splash Valley, which will remain open through Labor Day, a “destination attraction,” on a regional basis. “This is a place you would plan to come… with relatives or visitors.” He said Splash Valley and Green Ridge would be one of the places visitors to the valley will want to experience, after going to the Mill Mountain Star and downtown.

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TOP Plus students have had the opportunity to work with community mentors, and from those experiences have in turn become mentors for younger students.

They have been enthusiastic in their work with preschoolers, their own peer groups and with Roanoke Valley’s aging population. During the first semester of the academic year, the students facilitated a service activity, the first of many inter-generational projects that addressed the safety concerns of senior homeowners.

Youth who engage in service learning opportunities have been found to develop such positive skills as goal setting and healthy decision-making. Outcomes include: improved school attendance, grades and attitudes toward school; enhanced personal restraint regarding use of substances and other problem behaviors like fighting;

the parking lot.”

Church said county residents are already asking about building another recreation center elsewhere – perhaps in southwest Roanoke County. “The future will tell the story [on more centers],” said Church. Already Green Ridge has covered its operating expenses. “This place will be like a [busy] bee hive,” he predicted.

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because it’s been oriented towards families,” said County Administrator Clay Goodman. “It’s filling a need or a void [for entertainment].”

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only that the defendant used identity documents that were not his own, but also that the defendant knew the identity documents were those of another actual person.

Goodlatte continued, “Identity theft occurs when someone intentionally and unlawfully uses identity documents that are not his own. Our federal statutes should reflect this reality. My legislation makes it clear that when an identity thief intentionally and unlawfully uses identity documents that are not his own, prosecutors do not need to show that the criminal also knew that the identity documents were those of another actual person. This clarification will help prosecutors put identity thieves behind bars and will help safeguard American citizens from identity-related crimes.”

This legislation has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee, where Congressman Goodlatte serves as Vice Ranking Member.

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My legislation ensures that identity thieves are rightfully punished for their crimes.”

While the U.S. has many federal statutes targeting identity theft, some of these laws were weakened by a recent Supreme Court case.

In 2009, the Supreme Court ruled that the language of those federal statutes require not only that the criminal use the identification documents of another person, but also that the criminal knew the documents were those of another actual person.

The context of that case was that an illegal alien had given an employer counterfeit social security and alien registration cards containing his name but the identification numbers of other individuals. He was charged with two immigration offenses as well as aggravated identity theft. The Supreme Court overturned the conviction on the aggravated identity theft count explaining that the language of the relevant statutes required prosecutors to prove not

service to help lead teens toward productive decisions and positive behaviors. The number of students who participate has doubled since the program began 20 years ago.

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The Junior League of Roanoke Valley started the Teen Outreach Program in Roanoke in 1990, when the City of Roanoke led Virginia with a teen pregnancy rate of almost 10%. This year Roanoke’s teen pregnancy rate has declined to about 6%, but is still fifth in Virginia. The Junior League

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Civil War Re-enactors Gather on Memorial Day to Honor All Soldiers Memorial Day – a day set aside to commemorate the men and women who died while serving their country – too often gets overlooked as simply an opportunity for family gatherings, barbecues, and Frisbee tossing.

Flags flying at half-mast until noon helped serve as a visual reminder across the nation, and this year, another reminder gave pause for passers-by in Roanoke, as a small group of Confederate re-enactors set up camp on the lawn in front of Lotz Funeral home on Franklin Road.

The unusual commemoration came about as Sherry Lucas and Myrna Trussler (both Lotz employees), struck up a conversation with Doug Camper, the force behind the Confederate group, at last year’s Vinton Fall Festival.

For several years, Lotz has conducted two Memorial services—one in November for Veteran’s Day and one in December for all families who have lost a loved one.

This year, they decided to add the living history camp … “because honoring veterans really does go back all the way to the Civil War.” Lucas adds that she felt this would be a great event because “we wanted it to be interactive with people so kids would come and learn more about how they [Civil War soldiers] lived.”

Camper’s group is the 60th Virginia Infantry Company K, which he chose to form because “my ancestor was in Company K out of Botetourt.” It was formed on July 4, 2009 at the Vinton War Memorial. They describe themselves “as a Christian oriented Civil War reenactment unit that has as its goal to help educate the public on the War between the States.”

Onlookers conversing with the re-enactors were educated on everything from where the unit would have been going on this day in 1864 (moving towards Staunton after fighting at Cloyd’s Mountain in Pulaski County) to what kind of clothes soldiers wore, what they ate and what they might have talked about while at camp.

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Civil War “soldiers” from left, 1st Sergeant Jason Bryant, 1st Lieutenant Doug Camper, Sergeant Russell Chu (also re-enacts with 11th VA Co. G), Private Jeryl Bryant (Jason’s real-life dad).

Camper’s father, Raymond D. Camper, Jr., set up camp inside the building. He and Doug have been re-enacting for 18 years.

The five hour event began at 10 a.m., and was replete with important tasks such as Roll Call, the Quartermaster handing out rations, a drill, and an address on the background of Memorial Day. The event was concluded when the Infantry broke camp at 3 p.m.

Camper, who characterizes his involvement with Civil War reenactment as “much more than a hobby,” is earnest when he says they “are trying to honor the soldiers and their memories – ALL the soldiers.” He adds, “When people read about the Civil War, they tend to read about Lee for example. We want to remind people about those soldiers not heard about as much, because everybody in this war was important. We want to commemorate the smaller battles as well.”

The men are well-versed down to the minute detail of their company’s experiences.

Part of the reenactment also included a roll call of those injured or lost in the Cloyd Mountain battle. During Roll Call, Camper read the names of the one killed, four wounded, and nine taken prisoner.

Organizers were pleased with the feedback; Sherry Lucas said, “We’re so excited about the positive comments we are hearing. People are saying ‘This is so neat; I’m so

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Camper’s group pointed out that Memorial Day actually traces its roots to the Civil War as it was originally known as “Decoration Day” – “a time set aside to honor the nation’s Civil War dead by decorating their graves.”

Reliving a day in the life of his Civil War ancestor, Camper was resting under his Confederate-issued tent.

He nursed his “wounded” left hand and wrist, saying “happened at the Battle at Cloyd’s Mountain, ma’am. Finger’s broke. I’m pretty sure a bullet went right through it. They wanted to take off my hand just ‘cause of a broken finger but I won’t let them do it.”

The 60th Virginia Infantry Co. K can be found on Facebook, or those interested can contact Doug Camper at 540-309-9827 or email rebel1861dc@ver izon.net.

The group is actively seeking members.

By Cheryl Hodges Cheryl@NewsRoanoke.com

Virginia Tech History Now Published Online

OK, you think you're an astute fan of Virginia Tech. You know the evolution of the university's mascot, the Hokie-Bird. You can recount unusual etymology of the hoki-name. But, who was the first academic dean? What was the score of this fledgling college's first football game?

What is the origin of the class ring tradition?

Find answers to questions you hardly knew to ask. Relive the events leading to the establishment of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg, now known as Virginia Tech.

Researched and written over the past decade by Clara Cox, director of university publications in University Relations, this online trove of university history will fritter away the hours of anyone curious about the evolution of the hardscrabble school in the Virginia mountains that later became Virginia's leading research university.

Read biographical sketches for every Virginia Tech president, including one whose administration was so short that he is not counted among the university's leaders.

Read about the life of William Addison Caldwell, the first student to register, and the war-time actions that earned the Medal of Honor for seven alumni.

Find the history of the university's academic colleges and schools and the name of every academic dean since the first four were appointed in 190304.

"This is an extraordinary compilation," said Larry Hincker, associate vice president for university relations. "Admittedly, it likely appeals to those with orange and maroon living rooms or university history wonks.

But, even casual readers will enjoy Clara's coverage of that young Add Caldwell's late 19th century trek over the mountains from Sinking Creek to be the first enrollee in Virginia's new educational experiment."

Compare the records of football coaches since E. A. Smyth

was appointed the first coach in 1892, and see how women's basketball has fared since Ruth Louise Terrett "stirred up an enthusiasm for basketball," which spurred women students to form their own team in 1923 -two years after the first full-time female students were admitted.

The History and Historical Data of Virginia Tech, an updated and expanded edition of the Historical Data Book first published in 1972, has been published online (http://www. unirel.vt.edu/history). The online book was compiled, written, and edited by Cox, who received a Master of Arts in English from Virginia Tech in 1984, and the late Jenkins M. Robertson.

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The matter comes not uncommonly into con- flight” response. Our systems respond to noise as versations: how might we sustain, in our corner of a threat to our well-being, health and safety. It insouthwest Virginia, those amenities and virtues terferes with a fully working thought-world. that make it a highly-livable place? We want to Think about it. Complete this sentence: “When perpetuate the abundance of healthy local food, it’s noisy, I can’t __________. untainted and ample water, and a clear, odorless You responses might include: Sleep. Relax. and breathable atmosphere. We’re very careful Rest. Think. Focus. Concentrate. Read. Rememand concerned about what we eat, drink, inhale ber. Heal from stress, injury or illness. Meditate. and see.

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What we don’t think about so much as an enChildren in noisy schools don’t learn well. Testvironmental quality is our acoustic commons or ing after airport runways or train traffic is reduced “audiosphere.” show significantly higher scores and In mine just now there is sound measures of well-being. from outside. Two things have to hapWe may sleep through the night, but pen before I fully “hear” it—an initial our brain waves register traffic sounds objective perception followed by a subthat don’t wake us up but still trigger jective processing. stress responses in our brain waves First, those sound waves have to and leave us less fully rested. Noise inreach the working parts of my middle cidents and related aggression are high and inner ear and be converted to on the list of civil complaints and crime nerve impulses that travel along the reports in our cities. auditory nerve to the temporal lobe of Noise—unnecessarily loud or perthe brain to be registered in my awaresistent or ugly sounds, and especially ness as simple sound, as a “raw percepauditory pollution that could be avoidFred First tion.” ed or is used intentionally as a means While hearing loss among our young people is of annoyance—is as bad for our health as seconda mounting problem, it is the second part of this hand smoke. We need freedom from noise to be body-sense I’d like to focus on here—the process- fully healthy and fully-functioning humans. ing of this sound into the context of my life so I They go together, as Forrest would say, “like can make a judgement about the nerve message peas and carrots”: Peace. And quiet. that’s reached my brain.

Quietude is a prerequisite to clarity of mind and Okay: my sound is the sound of a bird. Do I rec- soul. We claim it as a right yet we can deny it so ognize the pattern and quality? Is it threatening? easily to our neighbors by our indifference. Like Are there good or bad memories associated with smoke from a careless fire, noise passes unimpedthis sound? It this good sound or bad sound and ed across property lines. We can close our eyes, does it make me fearful or happy? but we can’t close our ears.

Unwanted sound we call noise, an insult of It takes so little to shatter another’s peaceful civilization nineteenth century writer Ambrose front-porch moment. And it is all the worse when Bierce described as “a stench in the ear.” Even low it happens in places we go to for respite from levels of secondhand sound produce a variety of busyness and the racket of everyday life. Unmufinternal changes in our bodies that are bad for our fled engine noise along the Blue Ridge Parkway health and quality of life. or a passing car’s full-volume boom box through Noise is a “non-specific stressor” triggering open windows at midnight as we sleep can accost changes in our hormones and the working of in- us like acoustic litter tossed into our lives. ternal machinery in what is called the “fight or So the moral of this tale of good and bad decibels is to do acoustically unto others, and respect the quietude of your neighbors like you’d want them to do for you. We have a good thing going here. Listen.

It is 9:30 in the morning.

I look out the window at the counterpane of snow that fell throughout the night, at the long shadows of this winter morning. Strange how an overspread of new snow seems to quiet the mind.

I see Sabrina wearing her knee boots and bulky overcoat crunching along seeing to it that all her babies are properly fed. She is the self-appointed Patron Saint of Anything Sick, Injured, Abandoned, or Lost. What St. Christopher is to travelers, Sabrina is to her ‘littles.’

Juncos, woodpeckers, gold finches, gray squirrels, doves, chickadees, nuthatches, cardinals, titmice, and even bluebirds keenly await her feeding rounds. No matter how early in the morning Sabrina goes out, the birds are already there waiting; impatient, and long-awake.

The expansive white mantling lends an opalescent backdrop to their activity.

A medium-sized white pine dusted here and there with snow becomes her outdoor Christmas tree, and her birds, its ornaments. They flit from bough to earth unconscious and unconcerned that they are creating a rich bouquet of color no artist’s palette could rival; name the color, describe the shade, you will see it there.

As they did before the storm, the birds feed ravenously now. They seem like shoppers descending on a close-out sale, furiously devoted and single-minded in their task. But this is understandable. Biologists say more small beings die of exposure than disease or predation.

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demands on energy require care most about. This unruly a very high metabolism to profusion of bushes and trees remain warm through sub- are life, food, home, and profreezing temperatures and tection to them. wind chill, and this metaboAlthough she is cold, Salism is fueled by food… lots brina will see this work done. of it.

This afternoon, the temperaNo one dies of starvation ture notwithstanding, she will on Sabrina’s watch. I watch be at it again. Her babies will her devotion with awe. Some- eat. They will be cared for. times I think she and they This she provides in return for share a single heart. their beauty, for the way they Interestingly, the colder it make her feel, and finally and gets, the more the usual dic- simply, because she must. tates of personal space are This is the work she was suspended in the interests of born to do, of that I have no survival for birds and mam- doubt, and I am privileged to mals. The urgency of preser- bear her witness. I am blessed vation trumps the instinct of to have come at last in my territoriality in this life to a simpler circumstance. time and theme.

For example: you To watch and tend ‘the least of these’ will rarely see more is to be washed, than two finches baptized in a warm eating from a thistle river of something bag. Today I saw four. Mixed species genuine, and projoined together eatfound, and spiriing. tual.

Afterwards, the Gently coaxed from you are the birds fly to the stridences of our protection of tall Lucky Garvin days and our grasses or trees.

But in winter, most leaves are times, and the soft rhythms gone. Thankfully we have four of this truth plays: having is Bradford Pear trees in the not the same as being; only backyard, their still-attached being is the same as being. leaves defiant against the Do I have the finest car, the wind and temperature of the grandest home? Is all value to season. I see the birds take be reckoned by the gold stanrefuge in this heavy-boughed dard of prosperity? No. But I shelter. This is understand- have bluebirds and God-made able, for theirs is a dangerous forests and often beautiful world, and the predators they days. Being is knowing you face are more forthright than are about your proper business. Life is precious; time is our own.

Much of our property is short; this is a good thing to intentionally neglected. We know. Soon.

My prayers, once so concould own a manicured, pesticided, herbicided lawn. Vis- voluted and dutifully styled, itors would approve and cast now contain but two words. favorable remarks, I am sure. ‘Thank You.” Thank You for But then where is a baby rab- her, for them, for those bebit to hide or a mother bird to ginnings which shaped me, teach her young to survive? for my life, for my family.

In my gratitude for all this We could cut down or cut up the old or fallen trees, but then providence, those invisible, where would small mammals nagging and usually unimtake cover, and what would portant things (which tether camouflage the stealthy pas- the mind, often without us being aware), fall away, and sage of turkey and deer?

Especially in winter, our in their place comes a peacewildlife depends on the spare fulness, a liberation, and the economies of leafless brush, knowing that you are set on barren limbs, and the im- a right path, doing a good possible tangling of briars to thing.

Saint Sabrina … Everyone defend their place in a most should be as blessed as I. perilous world.

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On my frequent “walk-abouts” with students in The former is the first federal conservation law to my biology and environmental studies courses, I protect wildlife; its 2008 amendment expanded its set a couple of important rules for our hikes: (1) protection to include plants and plant products, go single-file through the forest, staying on estab- including wild orchids. The latter is an exemplary lished trails as much as possible, and (2) do not law to protect critically imperiled species from pick flowers unless we can see at least 10 others extinction, thereby acting as a model for similar just like it nearby and have a good scientific rea- laws across the planet. On an international scale, son for doing so. These are “common to prevent illegal trafficking in ensense” rules to minimize our ecological dangered species, the USA and other footprint so that those who follow us countries are signatories of CITES, an will also enjoy the natural world and so acronym for the Convention on the Inthat viable populations of wildflowers ternational Trade in Endangered Spewill remain to guarantee local biodicies of Wild Flora and Fauna. It affords versity. varying degrees of protection to more During a recent ramble in a Roathan 33,000 species of plants and aninoke City park, however, something mals, wild lady slipper orchids among happened that seriously challenged the them. CITES is enforced in the USA sensibility of my second rule. First, we via its Endangered Species Act. Connearly trampled a pink lady’s slipper trary to some extreme viewpoints, orchid directly on a public footpath, H. Bruce Rinker, PhD such laws have proved essential to the only one within sight. Second, we protect endangered or threatened spewere faced with the gut-wrenching decision about cies from exploitation. moving it to safety.

So, for ecological and legal reasons, please do This native orchid is known in the scientific not pick native wildflowers on public land, leavworld as Cypripedium acaule. It has two broad ing them for others to enjoy and allowing them to basal leaves from which emerges the flowering propagate in their natural settings. stem carrying a single magenta-colored pouched Did we move that pink lady’s slipper orchid flower. Typically, the plant grows in mixed hard- from the public trail? No. It is unlikely that it wood forests in deep, well-drained soils here in would have survived transplantation. Aside from the eastern United States and north into Canada. its ecology, however, remains the simple fact that Because of its obligatory fungal association need- wild orchids are provided varying levels of proed for healthy growth, C. acaule is difficult to grow tection throughout their native range here in the in gardens and is unlikely to survive attempts at United States and abroad. Only with official pertransplantation. You may find more informa- mission (that includes all the incumbent scientific tion about this plant, including its distribution justifications) should one tamper with wild orand select images, at http://plants.usda.gov/java/ chids on public lands. Thus, we left it alone on the profile?symbol=CYAC3. Simply put, it is a queen side of the trail with the hope that others will not among our numerous spring wildflowers. harm it. It was a tough decision, but the correct What’s more, C. acaule is listed in Georgia as one for the plant. unusual, Illinois as endangered, New York as exIt was also an important moment for my stuploitably vulnerable, and Tennessee as commer- dents who have spent the year learning about cially exploited and endangered. In other words, environmental conservation and stewardship of throughout its native range, the pink lady’s slipper natural resources. Wild flora and fauna are not orchid is beginning to succumb to anthropogenic provisions for human comfort and happiness. change. Habitat fragmentation, along with indis- They have their own intrinsic right to exist in the criminate collecting, has begun to leave its ugly economy of nature … and deserve our protection mark on this lovely wildflower. for the generations who follow us.

When discussing the ecological status of wild orH. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. chids, two pieces of legislation in the United States Science Department Chairman come to mind: the Lacey Act of 1900 (amended BRinker@NorthCross.org in 2008) and the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

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Preacher’s Corner

When Suffering Clouds the Sun It’s a bright time of year, and the beauty of the greater Roanoke Valley has opened to its full splendor. We are so blessed to live here in such a place as this in God’s creation.

Like many, I have traveled far and wide, but I have yet to visit a locale that I thought would be a better place to live.

It’s a bright time of the year. But even on sunny summer days, clouds of suffering, pain, and evil can block our views. Beauty can be blurred.

Joy lost. God nowhere to be found. What then? How do we deal with days when suffering clouds the sun—or maybe even the Son Himself?

The reality of suffering and evil in our lives and in the world at large is perhaps the singularly most pressing issue that challenges a person of faith. Many of us struggle to hold to belief in a good and gracious God, all powerful and knowing, in every place

and time, in the face of great suffering, terrible acts of violence, war, disease, and death.

We are not alone in these questions, and two authors in particular have recently offered their deep, theological and biblical help. Christopher J. H. Wright, an Anglican scholar in England, invites us into contemplation with The God I Don’t Understand- Reflections on Tough Questions of Faith.

Wright’s analyses of the problems evil and suffering pose to Christian faith are never superficial and always personally engaging. He especially invites us to consider Psalm 73 and the meaning of Christ’s cross when dealing with these troubling issues.

Another helpful recent volume is John Stackhouse’s, Can God Be Trusted? Faith and the Challenge of Evil. Stackhouse, a professor of theology at Regent College in Vancouver, draws upon 2,000 years

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I put a couple of lemons aside for him and was still able to make that lemonade. It was a hit and is already gone. But all this talk of lemons gave me a hankering for fresh fish with lemon squeezed over it, which made me think of shrimp (which my son also loves) and the beach and the end of school and SUMMER! What a wonderful time of year.

As I walked outside tonight the air was just right - cool but warm, the perfect early summer air with the promise of so much summer time fun to come. So get your summer started and throw this fish on the grill with some lovely lemons or save this recipe for your beach trip. Just remember to enjoy this glorious time of year wherever you are!

of Christian theological wrestling over the presence of evil in the world. Stackhouse also includes ancient philosophical perspectives to add depth to his arguments.

Both books are ideal for a small group discussion series or for personal edification.

Especially in this bright time of the year, it’s a good time to prepare our hearts and minds for those days that inevitably come, when clouds block our view of God and His beauty and joy. These books and others can be valuable aids toward helping us see through those clouds.

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Sidewalk Art Show Going Strong

The Taubman Museum of Art will present the 2010 Sidewalk Art Show. In its 52nd year, the show will take place on Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6, transforming downtown Roanoke into a paradise for thousands of art lovers who will enjoy the extensive display of artworks by regional and national artists while enjoying the charm of the Historic Market Square area.

One of western Virginia’s most anticipated summer traditions, the Sidewalk Art Show infuses downtown Roanoke with creativity and creates a premier destination for fine art shopping that offers visitors the opportunity to meet and talk with the exhibiting artists. All of the works exhibited are for sale, including original paintings, prints, watercolors, etchings, mixed-media, fine art photographs, fine crafts, and sculpture.

Over 160 outstanding artists, many well-known and others recently discovered, will show and sell the highest quality of fine art. The 2010 Sidewalk Art Show features artists from across the United States, with a strong representation of artists from across Virginia. Awards will be presented in the categories of painting, watercolor, mixed media, photography, fine crafts, sculpture, drawing, and original print-making, as well as best in show, second prize, third prize,

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Allison Perkins, executive director of Reynolda House Museum of American Art since 2006, will serve as the judge for this year’s Sidewalk Art Show. As an arts leader in the Triad, she has helped Reynolda House develop and build collaborative initiatives with the Winston-Salem Symphony, the North Carolina School of the Arts, the National Black Theatre Festival, River Run International Film Festival, and the Eastern Music Festival. Prior to joining Reynolda House, Perkins was the deputy director for education and interpretation at the Baltimore Museum of Art. The Sidewalk Art Show’s Art Zone encourages children to explore their own creativity and artistic talents through handson activities. This year, children of all ages can create their own

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The Sidewalk Art Show will be open on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and admission is free.

Foundation for Roanoke Valley has awarded more than $144,000 in educational scholarships during its second annual scholarship reception at Jefferson Center’s Fitzpatrick Hall.

The Foundation administers 49 endowed scholarship funds and received more than 500 applications for scholarships ranging from $500 to $10,000. Recipients were selected on a competitive basis using criteria established by donors at the creation of the scholarship endowment.

The Foundation also awarded the Holland Scholar Award, a minimum award of $10,000 that will be given annually to an outstanding graduating senior from the Roanoke Valley who shows exceptional promise in his or her future college career.

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self. Victory Stadium had been home to Festival in the Park concerts before it was torn down. “They’re getting so big now,” said Landolt of the ticketed concert series; this year’s lineup featured several artists with a slew of #1 country music hits. All told there was music on three stages throughout most of the weekend.

“Attendance has been just terrific,” said Landolt. The crowd for the Chris Young concert on Sunday night “was just busting at the seams” at around 4000, noted Landolt.

During the day Festival in the Park was bustling with its usual mix of arts and crafts, free music and children’s activities, with a splash of commercialism thrown in - as with the demonstrations of cookware and other household goods for sale.

At the Gazebo stage on Memorial Day, Johnny Barnett played guitar and sang in his

The antique muscle cars always draw a lot of interest. red, white and blue shirt. “Let’s remember all the guys that gave all so we can do this here today,” Barnett said as part of his offthe-cuff tribute to war veterans.

In front of the Roanoke Public Library, college professor Dr. Laura Mann donned her red hat, singing opera tunes and numbers from hit Broadway musicals as part of her “Operatunity” program. “Opera is wonderful,” exclaimed Mann, who teaches at George Mason University.

From kettle korn to cotton candy and funnel cakes, from fine art to novelty items, the 41st edition of Festival in the Park offered its usual dizzying array of variety. “The daytime activities have been great,” said Landolt, grateful that Festival dodged bullets when it came to the weather as well.

What makes Festival in the Park work, besides Landolt’s small paid Event Zone staff, is

an army of 400 volunteers that really makes the long weekend possible. “Many of the volunteers have been here 5, 10 years, [even] 20 years,” noted Landolt.

Some volunteers wore badges noting how many years they had stepped up to the plate to help out at the festival. “It’s an enormous amount of work,” said Landolt. “That’s the behind the scenes stuff that people don’t really see. This is 6-8 months of planning. What many see on Festival weekend seems to work smoothly.”

The landmark Festival is about more than one entertaining weekend. Landolt added, “This is the community coming out to celebrate itself. In the whole region citizens come together, whether they are performing or just coming out to enjoy [the Festival].”

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Pats Fall to Woodbridge in Extra Innings PH Defeats Heritage-Leesburg 2-1 in OT to Advance in NW Region Boys Soccer Good things happen to those that wait. Nothing could better summarize the action Tuesday evening for the PH boys soccer team as they pulled a dramatic come from behind victory over Heritage - Leesburg at Gainer Field. It had clearly begun to look like they had waited too long.

Down 1-0 with the clock winding down below the final two-minute mark, Patrick Henry put on a desperate offensive push to beat the referee’s on-field whistle. Patriot forward Cameron Chavira, who had been blanketed all evening by the Heritage defense, blasted a rebound into the Pride net to send the game into overtime as the PH bench and Patriot crowd went into a frenzy.

Heritage protested the goal, claiming a violation, but after a brief discussion among the officials, it was allowed to stand.

With momentum in their favor, PH senior midfielder Nick Lasky scored the winner with just over two minutes left in the second overtime with a high shot that beat Heritage goalkeeper Adam Knight. The Patriots held on and punched their ticket to the Region semifinal against North Stafford.

Heritage looked like it had all it needed after an unusually executed first half goal was the only score until the final heroics. On a side-in pass midway through the first, the Heritage player went up the berm that surrounds Gainer Field and ran down with such momentum that the throw was precisely launched in the air all the way to front of the PH goal where it was punched in by the Pride.

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Patrick Henry baseball players after their earlier win at the Western Valley Championship.

Following their 9-2 victory over the Franklin County Eagles in the Western Valley District tournament championship game, the Patrick Henry Patriots baseball team traveled up the road to Woodbridge, Virginia to take on the undefeated Woodbridge Vikings on their home field.

The game was a classic pitching duel between Junior PH ace Zach Whitaker and Tyler Thomas of Woodbridge. Will Kaufman singled and scored in the third inning on a RBI blast by Locher Grove. Grove then scored from third on a

base hit by Brit Dunnavant, lifting the Patriots to a 2-0 lead. Woodbridge then rallied to tie the game at two pushing the contest into extra innings. A single off the bat of Justin Petock in the bottom of the eighth scored Nick Rogowski from second base, sneaking Woodbridge past the Patriots 3-2, and propelling the Vikings into the second round of the regional playoffs, ending a truly remarkable year for Patrick Henry Baseball.

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Financial Moves To Help Stay-At-Home Spouses Not all households have two wage earners. By choice or circumstance, either you or your spouse may be out of the work force for an extended period of time. But that doesn’t mean you can’t make progress toward your joint financial goals, such as a comfortable retirement. It does mean, however, that you need to carefully review your situation and make the right financial moves.

For starters, consider one of the best retirement-savings vehicles you have available: an Individual Retirement Account, or IRA. Even if your spouse isn’t earning income, he or she can open a “spousal IRA” to which you, as the income-earning spouse, can contribute.

(Keep in mind, though, that you must file a joint tax return if you contribute to a spousal IRA.) Depending on your income level, you can designate a spousal IRA as either a traditional IRA, which grows on a tax-advantaged basis, or a Roth IRA, which can grow tax-free, provided your spouse has held the account for at least five years and is at least age 59½ before taking distributions. And a spousal IRA has the same contribution limits — $5,000 in 2010, or $6,000 if your spouse is 50 or older — as a traditional or Roth IRA. Clearly, if you want to increase the cumulative opportunities for building tax-advantaged resources for both your retirements, a spousal IRA can be an attractive option. Furthermore, if your spouse allocates his or her IRA funds to investments that complement — rather than duplicate — those investments inside your IRA, the spousal IRA can prove to be a valuable tool for diversifying your overall holdings. While diversification, by itself, cannot guarantee a profit or protect against loss, it can help reduce the effects of volatility on your portfolio. To help achieve this diversifica-

tion between your IRA and the spousal IRA, you may want to work with a financial advisor. Another move you can make to help your stay-at-home spouse is easy to accomplish but also easy to overlook — namely, updating your beneficiary designations on your 401(k), IRA, other investment accounts, life insurance policies and all financial and legal documents. This step is particularly important if you’ve been divorced or widowed, and you want to be sure your stay-at-home spouse comes into possession of all the assets you had intended for him or her.

Of course, in this day and age, “stay-at-home” status can change quickly. If your spouse enters or re-enters the work force, you as a couple should consider adjusting your financial plans. Your spouse can continue contributing to the spousal IRA you’ve established, but he or she may now have other opportunities in which to save for retirement, such as a 401(k) or similar employer-sponsored retirement plan. And if your spouse has been out of the work force for a while, it will be important for him or her to contribute as much as possible to a retirement plan.

In any case, whether your spouse stays at home or returns to the work force, you’ll want to be proactive in making sure he or she doesn’t get left behind on the road to financial security.

Carl Grove is a Financial Advisor at Edward Jones located in Roanoke, VA. He may be reached at 540-344-9211 or carl.grove@edwardjones.com. Edward Jones, its associates and financial advisors do not provide tax or legal advice.

Ghumman Named Director of Campaign for United Way Let it not be said that all twenty-somethings care about are their Facebook accounts, who’s having a party next weekend, and what’s new at the mall. Jasdeep Ghumman, just 25 in March, has been busy instead building an enviable resume in Roanoke since she came to town three years ago, lured here by her college boyfriend Josh Heim, a Botetourt boy whom she met at the University of Virginia.

She graduated from UVA in 2007 with a BA in Foreign Affairs and History, and while at college, having participated in three national and international Alternative Spring Break service trips, discovered she had a passion for the making the world a better place. Hence, her decision to apply for work

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United Way of Roanoke Valley, where she started as a Development Associate, managing corporate fundraising campaigns for the community-wide impact organization.

Handling major accounts with a skill that belied the brevity of her experience, she was promoted first to Campaign Manager and just recently to Director of Campaign.

“Jas” (pronounced like jazz music), whose parents were born in India before locating in Northern Virginia to raise Jas and her two younger siblings, has performed Indian cultural dances on a number of occasions, such as last month’s 25 Anniversary Local Colors.

She is also an officer of the local chapter of the UVA Club,

and she sometimes travels back to Charlottesville to encourage new graduates to consider moving to Roanoke.

In April she and Mr. Heim became engaged and will marry in May 2011. Big career, marriage plans, and a fierce dedication to making a difference even at this early stage of her journey: not bad for a mere quarter century.

For the record, she is not opposed to Facebook, parties, or the mall, just like any other well-educated and ambitious young American woman making her way in the world, but she also has a serious mission, and she is very determined and focused about it. Good qualities to have for a member of this up and coming generation, who are so crucial to the future

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New Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore Scholarship Awarded Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, LLP announces the first Dick Rakes Kiwanis Scholarship, awarded Wednesday, May 26 at the Kiwanis Club of Roanoke's scholarship luncheon meeting held in downtown Roanoke.

The recipient of this newly created scholarship is Mary Ann Nguyen, a 2010 graduate of Northside High School in Roanoke.

The one-time $1,500 scholarship, which was awarded based on academic performance, community service, and need, was presented to Nguyen by Kiwanians Dick Rakes and Bob Bersch.

Rakes, who retired in 1991 after 40 years with the Firm, is one of the founders of Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore and is one of the four partners for whom the firm is named.

Volunteer service to the Kiwanis Club of Roanoke has been a very big part of his life, says Mike Pace, Managing Partner at Gentry Locke. We all agreed that a Kiwanis scholarship honoring Dick

Rakes was appropriate. Rakes has been a member of the Kiwanis Club of Roanoke since 1972, served as past president of the Club, and has been one of the organization,’ top fundraisers for 30 years.

Nguyen, a valedictorian of her Northside graduating class, maintained a 4.0+ GPA during her high school career. In addition to her scholastic achievements, she has volunteered for the Special Olympics, the Red Cross, Bradley Free Clinic, and a local food bank, and has been a first chair saxophonist for the school symphonic band.

She will announce her university selection following her graduation on June 12.

The Kiwanis Club of Roanoke is a community service organization in the Roanoke Valley that caters to the needs of young children, youth, and the elderly.

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A Real Gem Finds Home For Her Jewelry at 2nd Helpings

Anyone who walks into 2nd Helpings, the fundraising art gallery / clothing store / restaurant arm of The Rescue Mission, on Wednesdays from 10 - 5 is going to meet a real gem in the person of Nancy Weekly. She can be found just inside one of the doors, sitting next to a jewelry display case demonstrating the art of making jewelry. She is easy to pick out because she will be wearing beautiful, unusual jewelry most people will wish they owned and had the courage to wear. She calls her creations “wearable art.”

On a recent visit she was demonstrating a Scotts Knot. She took a straight silver wire and expertly wrapped it into smooth links that became the basis for a stunning charm bracelet. Nothing remarkable turned into something stunning right in front of her visitor’s eyes. Everyone who walked in the door was drawn in by her outgoing attitude and obvious passion for her work.

Fueling that passion is a deep belief in the mission of the Rescue Mission. “The Rescue Mission is local and I feel very strongly about supporting local missions,” she stated emphatically. Weekly backs up her beliefs in two very substantial ways. On Tuesdays she teaches wire and metal arts throughout the day at the Mission. Her three classes of six students are constantly filled with men and women. Weekly says, “life hasn’t always been kind to these people. I do this so my folks can turn out quality pieces that they can wear and give.”

She donates some of the “findings” (articles / tools used in making craftwork) and is known for collecting broken and old pieces of jewelry and turning them into something new and beautiful with her students.

Much of what her students use is recycled jewelry and metal.

Her other contribution is the sale of her one-of-a-kind items at the gallery. There is an unsuspecting wife in Roanoke who will be receiving a stunning anniversary gift purchased recently. The husband came to the gallery looking for Weekly and her collection. Judging by the piece, that is one loved wife.

Just recently, Weekly was wearing some antique family amber that she had retooled into striking pieces with an updated look. Another visitor to

A hand cut Jasper / Australian Jade Intarsia with a Turquoise and Flame Jasper fashioned into a Southwest Style pendant on a Jasper and Turquoise necklace. her work station was treated to a fun fact: Virginia has a state stone called “Unakite,” which is often found in the Shenandoah Valley.

Weekly quickly admits that she prefers cut stone to faceted gems. She has turned her education at the William Hollis School of Lapidary Arts into both an income and a ministry.

Some of her pieces are very versatile and can be transformed into more than one look, making them a great bargain for the price. Her freshwater pearl necklaces combine a delicate sparkle of tiny crystals with the timeless look of pearl.

Her artwork that showcases a technique called married metal provides a unique way for a woman to express herself. Making a selection from her dichroic glass pendants can be difficult as one gazes from one stunning display to another. Whether purchasing a custom made piece of art from the Mission, or at a home party, customers are always delighted. Cat lovers will find an expression of their fancy in the hand tooled reflection of her logo as wearable art.

Weekly is a surefire example of combining skill with compassion for the community she lives in. She is as much at home selling to a connoisseur of wearable art as she is instructing someone down on their luck in the fine art of finding a new life for themselves. She is a gem indeed.

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Opera Roanoke Positioned to Impact Community with New Leadership tinuity and provide dynamic leadership as we move into the future,” Dalton said.

“I could not be more enthusiastic about the company’s decision to bring Scott Williamson to Roanoke,” said Steven White.

“While Scott’s artistic prowess speaks for itself, his on-theground leadership will be a big boost to the company. I know of nobody who can more persuasively make the case for the necessity of opera in Southwest Virginia. And I believe the community will respond.” White’s whole-hearted support of Williamson can’t be missed; the additional leadership is clearly going to be welcomed.

Williamson has already hit the ground running, as he says “We are truly hopeful for the best … I anticipate that my being here will shore up support for the “brand” [of Roanoke Opera] and make Opera Roanoke a vital center -- that it will be a real ‘star’ in the star city.”

Scott Williamson has a doctor of musical arts degree from the University of Maryland, as

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As general and artistic Director, Scott Williamson will be responsible for all aspects of Opera Roanoke’s operations.

The announcement comes as the company prepares for the 2010-2011 season, featuring a fully-staged and costumed production of Madama Butterfly.

Three paintings by artist George Solonevich, which have been missing since April, were found outside the president's house at Roanoke College this morning. No one saw the person or persons who left the paintings near the back door of the home on Market Street. Roanoke College Campus Safety was called to the home and secured the paintings. The investigation into the disappearance will continue. At least two frames were slightly damaged and the glass on one was scratched but the paintings themselves did not appear to be damaged.

The three paintings found today feature President John F. Kennedy, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and Adolph Hitler.

"We are delighted the Solonevich paintings have been returned to the college in undamaged condition," Roanoke College President Michael Maxey said. "This artwork is valuable and unusual and of great importance to us in terms of the political and cultural statements the paintings make. It's great to have them back. We look forward to having the entire collection together soon."

The reward previously offered by Roanoke College for the safe return of the paintings has been cancelled.

The paintings were noticed to be missing in the early morning hours of April 9 in West Hall,

Solonevich’s missing painting of JFK. where a collection of Solonevich paintings was displayed. The Solonevich collection has now been removed from West Hall until security can be reviewed.

George Solonevich, son of an anti-communist political writer, was born in Russia at the beginning of the Russian Revolution, and as a dissident, escaped political persecution in four countries before coming to the United States.

After moving to the United States, he settled in Roanoke County. The "Movers and Shakers" collection express the feelings and emotions of Solonevich, who lived, as well as observed, some of the most tumultuous times in our century.

Music Lab’s “Suite 325” Set to Make Debut

The Music Lab at Jefferson Center, which came to life about a decade ago as the Downtown Music Lab elsewhere, has been helping musically gifted high school and middle school age kids for years. Now The Music Lab, founded by developer Ed Walker, and still funded with proceeds from Walker’s Kirk Avenue Music Hall, is about to go a step further.

Introducing: “Suite 325,” a six-man band comprised of Music Lab students, plus guitar teacher Greg Ayers. Suite 325, which includes members from Roanoke and Blacksburg, will make its stage debut this Saturday night (June 5) at 8 p.m., in a free concert at Kirk Avenue Music Hall. Most of the band members range in age from 13 to 16. The group’s name comes from the suite at Jefferson Center where The Music Lab is located.

Simon Kiser, who plays piano, other keyboards and sings backup vocals, is home schooled in Blacksburg. He comes to Jefferson Center to take classes at The Music Lab, which also exposes students to the production and business side of the music world. Kiser says Suite 325 is a mixed bag creatively. “It’s hard to say – we do so many different [style] songs, [from] The Police and The Beatles … to alternate modern rock bands. There’s so many different sounds of rock represented.”

Suite 325 is working on their first original songs but won’t have them ready for Saturday’s performance at Kirk Avenue Music Hall. “The plan is to write and record a few of them this summer,” said Kiser, whose teenaged sister Claire is a talented ballet student at a prestigious school of dance in Washington

DC. True to his nature as a 15 year old, Simon Kiser said the notion of recording their own songs “is a blast.”

Kiser is impressed by how “really professional” The Music Lab is, and he appreciates the support of people like director Chris Stup. “The equipment is certainly professional,” he adds.

“It feels really real.” As students progress through a series of classes at The Music Lab they get to use progressively better equipment. “It’s all about putting in the time and effort,” said Kiser; “You can’t just show up.”

Jefferson Center artistic director Dylan Locke has encouraged musicians booked for the main stage to spend time with students at The Music Lab, who come there after the school day is over. Kiser has been able to hang with the group Snarky Puppy and blues piano player, the Rev. Billy Wirtz. “He’s awesome,” said Kiser.

Appearing at a music-friendly venue like Kirk Avenue is icing on the cake for Kiser and Suite 325. “Usually the first concert is in your parent’s basement or backyard,” he notes. Kiser expects “a ton of people,” with friends and family in tow on Saturday. A second concert is planned for August, with plans to sell a CD of songs yet to be recorded.

Suite 325 has practiced under stage lights at Jefferson Center’s rehearsal hall, getting them ready for Saturday. “I’m pretty sure we know what we’re doing,” chuckles Kiser.

Being in a band like Suite 325 at such a young age fulfills one of Kiser’s “childhood dreams ... really everything about it is pretty cool.”

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Beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 14, a portion of Route 720 (Colonial Avenue) will be closed to through traffic between the entrance to North Cross School and Route 1991 (Colonial Place Drive) in southwest Roanoke County.

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