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Elmwood Park Moves Forward with Funding

A Brief Bow To Winter A Perfect Trip

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P4– Johnny Robinson discovers beautiful vistas as well as laughter and dancing on a recent trip to Columbia.

Greener Pastures P6– Roanoke County’s “Common Sense” group will meet Monday to discuss ways to improve recycling opportunities.

Patriots Rolling P7– Patrick Henry keeps its championship hopes alive with a tough win over Stonewall Jackson Tuesday.

East & West P9– Botetourt County Artist Magae Hartzell and Taiwanese-born Elaine Yeh will feature their work together at The Market Gallery downtown.

In April 2011 Roanoke City Council reached consensus on another study for Elmwood Park that included the Park in its entirety and a $300,000 maximum figure for plans that would result in documents “ready to be put out for bids.” The City Council completed Master Plan on display to the public in January by Hill Studio, P.C. totaled $150,000.

With $150,000 still available City Manager Chris Morrill said this week that he now needed more to complete the Architectural and Engineering documents. Morrill said he negotiated a contract with Hill Studio for $425,000. Minus the $150,000 remaining of the initial $300,000 for bid documents City Council Tuesday was asked to authorize an additional $275,000. The total maximum to prepare for construction now amounts to $575,000.

Councilman Bill Bestpitch said he was excited about the project but lobbied for through traffic on Bullitt Avenue versus a dead-end street. The Master

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ith unusually warm temperatures all winter long, plants throughout the Roanoke Valley have been budding and even blooming recently. These bright yellow daffodils couldn’t help but come out and enjoy the bright sun and 65 degree temperatures last Saturday which was followed on Sunday with 6-8 inches of snow and a high of only 38 degrees. The

snow was a fleeting surprise, however, as warmer temps immediately returned on Monday with temperatures once again returning to the lower 70’s by Thursday. Will old man winter show up for one more visit before giving way to Spring? If Punxsutawney Phil and our own Happy Chef are on top of their games look for at least one more big snowfall in March!

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Photographs are “Windows to Goodlatte Applauds Passage of Energy Bill the Blue Ridge and Beyond” Provisions to Open

Images and Stories Tell State’s Appalachian History

Virginia for Oil / Gas Exploration and Production Included in Legislation

On February 20, the Virginia Historical Society (VHS) opened a new exhibition featuring twenty-three silver sulfide prints by award-winning naturalist photographer and Farmville, native Jack Jeffers.

The images depicted in End of an Era: The Photography of Jack Jeffers feature Virginia’s rugged mountain people, weather-beaten structures, and well-hidden Appalachian landscapes. With the prints presented, visitors can read excerpts of stories Jeffers shares about what he saw in Virginia’s Blue Ridge region in the late 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s.

“Like many of life’s advenPhoto by Jack Jeffers tures, my documentation of This image was taken west of Hightown, Virginia. It is featured the Appalachian mountain on the cover of the book “Appalachian Byways” published in people was not planned, but evolved through a series of 1984 by Jack Jeffers. unexpected discoveries,” the of those people. In fact, I know phones,” VHS lead curator 78-year-old Jeffers said. “I re- that to be true about at least a Dr. William Rasmussen said.

“When organizing this exhibialized half way through my few of them.”

“Jeffers presents environ- tion, I wanted Jeffers’s words journey that I was documentments that some- to paint the picture and be the ing a way of life times startle us with ‘windows to the Blue Ridge that was rapidly Virginia History a sense of isolation and beyond’ as he said in one disappearing from that is unknown in of his books.” the rural byways.

I might be the only person to today’s world of cable telehave ever photographed some vision, internet, and smart > CONTINUED P2: Photographs

Representative Bob Goodlatte applauded the House passage of a comprehensive energy bill which included provisions from Goodlatte’s legislation allowing for the exploration of natural gas and crude oil in Virginia’s waters Offshore oil rigs may soon of the Outer Continental Shelf stand off the Virginia coast.

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The Protecting Investment ginia that have been delayed in Oil Shale the Next Genera- or cancelled by the Obama Adtion of Environmental, Energy, ministration. The legislation and Resource Security Act, requires lease sale #220 off the known as the PIONEERS Act, coast of Virginia to occur withpassed the House by a bipar- in one year after enactment of tisan vote of 237-187 and is a the bill.

“I am pleased that the PIOjobs plan that would permanently remove governmental NEERS Act included language requiring the barriers to AmeriObama Adminiscan energy producState Politics tration to move fortion by allowing for ward with oil and the offshore exploration of oil and gas, the de- gas exploration off the coast velopment of U.S. oil shale re- of Virginia,” said. Rep. Goodsources, and opening a portion latte. Every day, folks across of the Arctic National Wildlife the Commonwealth and the Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska to nation are confronted with the rising cost of energy, from energy development.

Specifically, the PIONEERS the cost at the pump to soarAct requires the Secretary of ing electric bills. I believe that the Interior to conduct oil Virginia should have every tool available to access its energy and natural gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and off > CONTINUED the coast of Alaska and VirP2: Energy Bill

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Page 2 | The Roanoke Star-Sentinel | 2/24/12 -2/30/12 Plan indicated that only vehicular traffic for the Social Security building employees would be allowed as they need it to access the parking lot behind the building.

Bestpitch said that extra parking could be provided on Bullitt since it would not be heavily used. “Nobody has complained that there is too much parking in downtown Roanoke,” Bestpitch said tongue and cheek. “This too would be used to support one of the basic concepts that the park should be ventilated,” he said. He also pointed to planning documents that call for street connectivity where possible.

Councilman Sherman Lea agreed with Bestpitch and wanted to hear from citizens.

Vice-Mayor Dave Trinkle said that he didn’t see a decision on Bullitt Avenue “tied to what we’re voting on today.” The park connects to Market Square and he thought that vendor cart arrangement would have implications on opening Bullitt Avenue. He said he understood there would be ample time to make that decision in the final design.

Council member Anita Price agreed saying there are several items to be fleshed out. “As we look for options it will give us

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ees and “the approval of this ordinance doesn’t restrict that in any way.” Bowers said he’s heard from event organizers that “vendors were concerned where the beer trucks were going - that’s what funds these festivals.”

Trinkle also thought there might need to be more hardskape space to accommodate vendors. The vote for the additional $275,000 was unanimous.

Greenway Update: Greenway Coordinator Liz Belcher gave council an update on the Greenway system. Volunteers have played a big part in construction of the Roanoke

Greenway. They have contributed 2000 hours of time at an estimated dollar value of $42,350.

Belcher concluded that the Greenway has contributed substantially to Roanoke’s economic development. “It helps Roanoke compete with places like Bolder, Colorado,” said Belcher. They are halfway to the $7 million goal of funding 18.3 miles of the Greenway by 2013. The goal is to connect the entire length of the Roanoke River Greenway system.

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did. I still feel that way.”

In 1996, Jeffers donated 119 prints featuring Virginia scenes to the society. In addition to the VHS, four venues in Virginia own a collection of Jeffers’s prints: Longwood University, Radford University, Ferrum College, and the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum.

Jeffers still owns all 2,500+ negatives. He says photography is a “serious hobby” for him today. Recently Photo by Jack Jeffers he has explored the This image was taken near Bluemont, digital photography Virginia. Bluemont is located west of world and has been Leesburg. capturing images of the American West, The exhibition displays large-format silver sulfide including the mountains of prints—images made on pa- Colorado where he currently per coated with light-sensitive lives.

End of an Era: The Photograsilver salts. All were hand prophy of Jack Jeffers is on display cessed by Jeffers.

“No one else has ever at the VHS until August 26, touched my negatives,” Jeffers 2012. Admission to the socisaid. “I don’t think anyone ety is free. The VHS Museum could print my images like I Shop is selling signed copies

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Should Roanoke have Bullitt Avenue or the “Art Walk” - having through traffic or a dead-end is the question.

Photo by Jack Jeffers

This image was taken between Blue Grass and Hightown, Virginia. Blue Grass and Hightown are located in Highland County, close to the West Virginia state line. of a catalog featuring Jeffers’s work.

“It was always my intention to have my work displayed in a historical context,” Jeffers said.

“I wanted my prints in a museum devoted to the history of Virginia, and the VHS is the ideal place for that.”

“I preserved for future generations a viable record of this

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time.” She reminded council that Morrill has said that, “they have one time to get this right.”

Morrill said he appreciated the suggestions and confirmed that Bullitt can be a multi-use space. It could be tried with parking and pedestrian traffic and could even be open to two-way traffic as designed.

He indicated the decision for through traffic or a dead-end would not impede completion of the A & E documents.

Councilman Court Rosen asked why the additional funds were needed. Morrill reiterated that the first $150,000 of funds were for a concept plan that included surveying, a geotechnical report, community meetings and citizen comments.

“Now we are moving forward with the architectural drawing while continuing to get input from stakeholders.” The new drawings will be bid documents.

When closed off for festivals Social Security building employees could access the parking lot by way of Williamson Road, suggested Bestpitch. He also pointed out that many vendors would need hardscape services for health department reasons.

Mayor Bowers said he has received comments on Bullitt Avenue too. Access for employ-

supplies which will help lower energy costs for all our citizens by putting America on a path to energy independence.”

It has been estimated by the U.S. Department of Interior’s Minerals Management Service that Virginia’s OCS has 130 million barrels of recoverable oil and 1.14 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas. This translates into a significant boost to the economy of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In fact, some estimates have shown that development of Virginia’s OCS will create

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over 2,500 full-time positions on an annual basis, induce capital investment of $7.8 billion, yield nearly $645 million in direct and indirect payroll, and result in over $270 million in state and local taxes.

For many years the Commonwealth of Virginia has seriously been considering the potential positive impact that OCS development off Virginia’s coast would have on the state. There has been wide support for environmentally responsible energy production by the Governor of Virginia, the Virginia

General Assembly and by many local governments.

Goodlatte has long supported opening Virginia’s OCS for oil and gas exploration.

Most recently he, along with a majority of the representatives from Virginia, introduced the “Virginia Access to Energy Act” which would require the Department of Interior to proceed with the Virginia lease sale no later than one year after passage of the Act.

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Watching the Calories? Don’t Forget The Drinks

Liquid calories are the ones most of us never consider but the ones that may contribute to major health problems. According to their own calorie counts a Bojangles sweet tea is 150 calories for a 32 ounce large size with ice while the same size Mountain dew is 340 calories. McDonald’s sweet tea is 280 calories for a 32 ounce large and the same size CocaCola is 310 calories. So get something smaller, right? A 16 ounce chocolate McCafe shake might do the trick. How about 720 calories?

Maybe coffee is a better choice. Perhaps not since a 16 ounce Starbucks Café latte is 190 calories and a skinny version is only 10 calories less at 180. Okay then a smoothie. That has to be healthy, right? A little 12 ounce strawberry-banana smoothie at McDonald’s is 210 calories.

One teaspoon of sugar is 15 calories making that Bojangles sweet tea like eating 10 teaspoons of sugar and that Coca-Cola is more than 20 teaspoons of sugar! Studies have shown that most of us can’t taste more than a 3 teaspoon level of sweetness anyway so more than 45 calories of sugar is just overkill.

At this point you are thinking about switching to diet soda drinks. The phosphates in colas and other soft drinks that give them their tang and “bite” leach calcium from your bones. This puts you at risk for osteoporosis.

Researchers at Walter Reed Medical Center found that diet sodas are as much at fault as those sweetened with sugar. The phosphorus can also damage your tooth enamel by changing the pH of your saliva causing your teeth

Roanoke Meetings To Help Gather Input for Outdoors Plan Planners with the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation will hold two public meetings on March 8 in Roanoke to gather regional input for the 2013 Virginia Outdoors Plan.

Meetings will be at 3 and 7 p.m., at the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission, 313 Luck Avenue SW in Roanoke (24016). Residents are invited to share their ideas for outdoor recreation and land conservation needs. The following are matters relevant to the region: · Expansion of trails such as the Roanoke River Greenway, the James River Heritage Trail and the Great Eastern Trail · Increased water and trail access throughout the Roanoke River and James River Basins · Increased access on Johns Creek, Jackson River and Lake Moomaw · Further development of locals parks along greenways and blueways · Potential for state Scenic River designation for sections of the Roanoke and James Rivers and Johns and Craig Creeks · Expansion of partnerships and collaborative efforts to connect the region’s natural, historic and recreational resources The Virginia Outdoors Plan is the state’s comprehensive plan for meeting outdoor recreation, land conservation and open space needs. Estab-

lished in 1965, the plan provides guidance for all levels of government and the private sector. In addition, it assists the state in prioritizing projects and allocating funds for outdoor recreation and land conservation. The plan was last updated in 2007.

“The Virginia Outdoors Plan serves as the guide for increasing and enhancing outdoor recreation opportunities for all Virginians, as well as our many visitors and tourists,” said Danette Poole, DCR’s director of planning and recreation resources. “We look forward to gathering feedback from communities across the state so that the upcoming plan continues to reflect the needs of citizens.”

The Roanoke meetings are part of a series of public input sessions scheduled statewide. Anyone who cannot attend a meeting may submit written comments. Email comments to Janit Llewellyn at janit.llewellyn@dcr.virginia.gov or write to: VOP Comments, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, 203 Governor St., Suite 326, Richmond, VA 23219.

Residents can view the 2007 Virginia Outdoors Plan at: http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/recreational_ planning/vop.shtml

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Nobel Laureate To Speak At Virginia Tech On The Mysteries Of The Flow Of Time Sir Anthony Leggett, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and MacArthur Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne, will present a public lecture on quantum physics on March 22. The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Assembly Hall at the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center.

Leggett's visit is sponsored by the Department of Physicsin the College of Science and the college's Institute for Advanced Study.

Leggett was co-recipient, along with V.L. Ginzburg and A.A. Abrikosov, of the Nobel Prize in physics in 2003 for his contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids. His work on theories of matter explores the connection between microscopic quantum effects and our everyday world. Leggett is particularly known for his

Literacy To Hold Seventh Annual Scrabble Tourney Blue Ridge Literacy (Formerly Literacy Volunteers) will hold its seventh annual Scrabble Tournament on Thursday, March 22. This year for the first time a daytime tournament will be offered, along with the regular evening event.

"We have grown to the point that it makes sense for us to offer a second opportunity for people who prefer daytime functions," said Molly Bell, President of the Board of Blue Ridge Literacy. "Last year's evening event was full, and we don't want to limit the playing opportunities, so we're now holding a second event earlier in the day, for folks who prefer not to come out at night, and even for people who want to play twice on Tournament day."

According to Bell, almost 200 people attended the event last year.

The Scrabble Tournament will again be held in the Fitzpatrick Hall of the Jefferson Center. The daytime event begins with a luncheon at noon, with actual play starting at 12:45. The evening event opens with a light supper at 5:00, with play beginning at 6:00. Competition is through three-person teams. Persons can register as teams (many with very creative names) or as individuals, to be placed on teams.

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have major improvements in your life and health. You don’t have to make a huge commitment in time or money. A few extra steps a day, water instead of soda, even a good night’s sleep can go farther for most of us then doing something drastic. It’s easier in the long run to do something we can stick with over time.

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Beautiful Scenery, Love and Laughter In the Valley of the Rio Cauca

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uben coaxes the veteran 4WD Mit- to the Caribbean settlement of Cartegena, subishi van over the dirt and rock and then home aboard galleons of the famed which has inundated this section of Spanish treasure fleet. Today Damasco is a roadway; the vehicle crawls over the alluvium sleepy place; men and women sit in the shade of earth spread before it. The state of the roads of doorways, a few children kick balls against in this part of Colombia –Departamento An- the walls of stucco buildings, the gaily painted tioquia- isn’t so good, but at least it hasn’t wood trim echoing the brightness of the turrained in the past few days. Back on the hard quoise sky overhead. surface, we rumble along, the sliding panel Our midday visit to La Pintada, a riverside door open like a big-screen TV –one that I town, is memorable not only for the replacegawk at as the landscape unfolds at 45 km/hr. ment of a long-suffering front tire for a someThe Rio Cauca cuts a fine figure through its what better retread, but also for particularly verdant valley. Sediment filled, it’s substantial, good Bandega paisas -hearty platters of local with eddies and waves betraying boulders hid- Colombian fare which includes eggs, beans, den beneath the undulating surface. Expan- rice, and pita-like arepas. I show my appreciasive gravel bars periodically extend from the tion to the cook with my smile and my meager shore. Above the vine-tangled banks the land espanol –they call the language "castellano" in rises gradually at first. The road we’re traveling this part of the world- and he laughs the laugh is on a broad step above the river. Much of the of a contented man. land is relatively open, wild and uncultivated, Late afternoon, the sky has become quite but there is the occasional grove of orange overcast, and we roll into Bolombolo, antrees or pasture. other Cauca valley town. This one is Cottage-sized, black boulders –relcharacterized by lush green foliage ics of volcanoes past- appear planted of massive trees which overhang the in the landscape at irregular intervals. main street and the scattered buildAs the land abruptly steepens above ings along it. All of this shady green, this step of rolling land, mans’ toil is coupled with the closed-in sky, evidenced by clinging coffee plants, makes the town seem especially cozy the bushes arranged like patterns on and welcoming. fabric. Clumps of lean cattle graze on Ruben wrenches the wheel John W. Robinson mountainsides that appear imposabruptly –testing the new tire, eh?sibly steep. Deep grey rain clouds and we pull up to a fruit stand for shroud the higher peaks. fresh pineapple and, especially, mangostino Earlier today, in the mountains upstream of -our new favorite fruit. I walk off to stretch my here, we visited the small village of Damasco, legs and end up approaching a knot of enthua 400-year-old (!) town settled by the Span- siastic kids behind a chain link fence of the loish. “Wow, this place looks just like it did way cal school yard. The children, about six to ten back then,” I remarked as we rumbled down years old, are poor but neatly dressed in their the dusty cobblestones. Ruben corrected me, khaki uniforms, and seem eager to meet me.

“Ah, mi amigo, it was way busier then.”

I take some photos of their smiling faces and The Spaniards discovered gold nearby, and they shriek with delight as I show them the this village was the center of the mining busi- images on the scratched screen of my camera. ness for 100 years or so. In its lengthy passage Moments later a teacher approaches, unto Spain, the gold was shipped from Damasco, locks the gate, takes me by the hand and leads down the Rio Cauca and its tributaries, on me into the school courtyard. Thirty kids sur-

A Rainbow arches over the mountains just outside of Damasco, Columbia. round me and they’re clapping and singing along to loud music playing through worn-out speakers. To the beat I start clapping and dancing myself and the kids go wild. A group of the youngsters pulls and pushes one of the teachers to me and we dance. She’s a good dancer; me, not so much. Before I pull away and return to the van (my mates are wondering what happened to me) I’ve danced with all the kids ‘till breathless, and I’m overwhelmed with the spirit of the experience. I am left speechless as I hop back into the van, the kids yelling and waving through the fence after me.

Later, we’re chugging through the mountains, leaving the Rio Cauca valley behind.

The sun slips behind the pale green ridges to the west. It’s visible for a moment between the horizon and the blanket of clouds. Here, near

the equator, the sun goes down fast; none of the sliding-obliquely-into-home-plate like it does most of the time in higher latitudes. As we head in twilight to our next destination, Medellin, “City of Eternal Spring,” I’m thinking about those kids back in Bolombolo, with their unbridled enthusiasm for life. They gave me such a great gift in welcoming, in the astonishing way that they did, this stranger into their midst.

It seems a timely reminder for us all, those kids in a village in central Colombia, in the valley of the Rio Cauca, embracing uncertainty with grace and optimistic hearts.

Too bad I can’t dance.

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Anti-Gravity Movement Gaining Momentum Across the USA!

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fifth anti-gravity bill of 2012 – and the second in Missouri.

If enacted, the bill will call on state and local education administrators to “endeavor to create an environment within

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public elementary and secondary schools to explore scientific questions, learn about scientific evidence, develop critical thinking skills, and respond appropriately and respectfully to differences in opinion about controversial issues, including the theory of gravity” and to “endeavor to assist teachers to find more effective ways to present the science curriculum where it addresses scientific controversies.”

“Toward this end,” the bill continues, “teachers shall be

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permitted to help students acted, require “the equal treatunderstand, analyze, critique, ment of science instruction and review in an objective regarding gravity and all altermanner the scientific strengths native scientific theories to the and scientific weaknesses of scientific theory of gravity.”

Then, after the bill is enacted, the theory of gravity.”

Rick Brattin (R-District new textbooks purchased for 124), the chief sponsor of the the public schools will have to conform to the equal bill, told the Kantreatment requiresas City Star that his ment. A committee bill is not about rewill develop suppleligion. But he was mentary material on also quoted as saying, “I keep pointing “alternative theories to gravity as one of to a Gallup poll that many approaches to shows 90 percent of Americans believe understanding the in a higher power. H. Bruce Rinker, PhD intelligent design of Yet our schools only our universe.” teach gravity. I think students Such approaches to science should get both sides of the education would be dogmatic issue and get to come to their at best, fascist at worst.

Of course, the actual story is own conclusions.” Defending his bill, Brattin said, “The jury not about gravity or anti-gravity. The actual story, emergis still out on gravity.”

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My point with this transposition is to highlight the fact that, as scientific explanations for the workings of the universe, evolution and gravity are both upheld equally as fact-supported and timetested. No controversy exists whatsoever in the scientific community about either as legitimate postulates for natural phenomena. The controversy exists only in the grieving souls of men and women unsure of themselves and their place in their world at large. In our complex, uncertain, and ancient world (Darwin’s “tangled bank” comes to mind), folks frenetically seeking blackand-white explanations seem willing to throw reason aside to embrace – and impose on others – a worldview that is strikingly medieval.

As a scientist and a man of faith, I reject utterly this fundamentalism and all its fallacious assertions.

Those who reject evolution are those who might also reject gravity even if Newton’s apple knocked them on the head. I wonder what other demons lurk in their dark spaces?

The world at-large just celebrated Charles Darwin’s 203rd birthday on 12 February 2012.

Let’s honor the intricacies, interconnections, and illuminations that we can harvest from the natural world to make ourselves better stewards of Creation. Whether it’s antigravity, or anti-evolution, let’s also discard all the medieval baggage that goes hand-inhand with fundamentalism, whatever its flavor.

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The Halt And The Lame

here are trip wires in small part getting sons Chester our days; some set to and Cailan back on track when such a low tension they have been outcast for some that we don’t feel them snag our minor infraction of the civil feet. Moths at the window pane. code of teenagers. As a physiWho notices? cian, I am not frequently looked But sometimes, they are of down on; on the whole, I am such compelling nature as to `cool’. [For an old guy.] I have make us stand in pause, forgotten how it feels trying to figure out not to be. But, the look where Heaven ends on this youngster’s face and earth begins; or reminded me. to wonder if there is a Cailan and Chester seam there at all. are only temporarily The Creator arranged out of step with their a rendezvous with me, I contemporaries; the think. Oh, not He and right clothes, the right I; no, me and a young haircut or music; or boy; maybe fourteen arranging to have Lucky Garvin years old. them seen hanging I sat writing fifteen years ago out with older [and therefore as he and his parents walked by; certifiably `cool’] young people; out for a stroll in the afternoon these remedies provide a quick light. The youngster followed, fix to short-lived interpersonal somewhat behind. He had an disharmonies. awkward gait and carriage.

But this young man, for no Cerebral palsy. reason he has control over, has I strained to see his face. Our fallen from grace; that grace eyes met through the window. which permits us to be taken on It was there...the sadness. No our own merits. He is in a pergleam of a defiant outcast. It was manent state of exile; no matter the high and lonesome song of what he does he will never be not belonging; a look which tore cool, at least in the eyes of those at my heart. He lives outside still immature enough to risk consensus. He is different; be- such reckonings. Because you ing different is perilous, for we move funny, young sir, you have have let reason escape, you see. been dismissed.

We judge by what is similar or When he yields to the soft acceptable to us. nursing of sleep, I wonder He is not. I saw it in his face. what he dreams of? Running I must occasionally play a smoothly? Speaking plainly?

Smile at a winsome young lass... and have her smile back?

What places does he visit in his dreams, I wonder?

Yet, I must not pity him, for then I merely judge him by his infirmity, not who he truly is.

That judgment is as shallow as theirs.

I wonder another thing: Why did this meeting affect me so?

Then, a memory surfaced...

I was seven, maybe eight years old. I was outside with my dad. Up the street walked two parents and behind them... I laughed at how he looked.

I laughed the kind of laughter that could not be suppressed. I guess I thought it was funny because I could not see the child’s pain or notice him wince. Nor did I see the helpless anguish I am sure must have inflected the faces of his parents who, yet again, had to try to protect their son against the lash of peoples’ mindless disapproval and scorn.

But that day, years and years ago, I laughed; Today, I did not.

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eorge Washington was born on Febru- ebrated on the 22nd. In 1879, Congress added ary 11, 1731. At least, that was the date February 22 to the list of paid vacation days for on the Julian calendar then in use in federal employees in the District of Columbia, America and throughout the British Empire. But and in 1885 expanded it to all federal employees. on the continent of Europe, they were using a dif- And that made it official: Washington's Birthday, ferent calendar, the Gregorian calendar, which had February 22. been created in 1582; when Pope Gregory XIII orBut then along came that whippersnapper Abradered everyone to skip forward ten days ham Lincoln! Born on February 12, and then use Leap Years to keep things 1809, Lincoln became a legend almost straight going forward. All the Cathoas important as Washington. Soon after lic countries conformed, the Protestant his death in 1865, folks were clamoring countries refused. And so the two calfor equal recognition for Lincoln, a endars, Julian and Gregorian, co-existed February 12 holiday co-equal with Feband clashed for almost two centuries. It ruary 22. Most of the northern states wasn't until Washington's lifetime that conformed; the former confederate the British and her colonies finally went states refused. And so the two holidays, Gregorian, and Wednesday, September a national Washington's Birthday and a 2, 1752 was immediately followed by regional Lincoln's Birthday, co-existed Thursday, September 14, 1752. (It was and clashed for almost a century. It Mike Keeler a shift of 11 days, as the Julian calendar wasn't until 1968 that the situation had slipped another full day since the was finally rectified. Congress passed time of Gregory.) the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which moved For Washington, this meant that, for the first 21 Washington's Birthday (as well as Memorial Day, years of his life, he celebrated his birthday on Feb- Columbus Day and Veteran's Day) from a fixed ruary 11 (Julian calendar). But from that point on- dates to a specific Monday. It didn't rename the ward, he could also have celebrated it on February holiday, it just gave it a new official date: Washing22, (the date on which he would have been born ton's Birthday, third Monday in February. had America been using the Gregorian calendar).

And so we come to it, our great long-weekend As Washington's legend grew, and as celebrations tribute to the father of our country. Officially, it is of his birthday became more common, folks had NOT President's Day. Officially, if has NOTHING to choose which date to use. Washington seemed to do with Lincoln. Officially, it is STILL Washto prefer the 11th, and most of the birthday bashes ington's Birthday. he personally attended occurred on that date. But Which is ironic, since it falls on the third Monin the national discussion, the 22nd was more day in February, it could land anywhere from common. By the last year of his life, Washington February 15th to February 21st. But it CANNOT had fully accepted it; in a 1799 letter regarding the land on Washington's actual birthday. Either one upcoming wedding of his granddaughter Nelly, of them. he proudly reported that she would be married on Contact Mike at his birthday, February 22. info@theroanokestar.com And so it was, from his death onwards, that Washington's Birthday was most commonly cel-

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Making Big Assumptions

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ur scripture from Mark 1:40-45 tells us that moved with pity, Jesus healed a leper and then sternly warned him, "See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

But then the man goes out and proclaims it freely. Why do you think he did that?

Well, my guess is that he probably had every good intention. I mean wow, this Jesus had just healed him.

Surely everyone should know about him - then more healings could happen - then more people would know who he really is . . . There would be less suffering in the world!

His motivations were noble enough but instead of TRUSTING what Jesus had told him and openly seeking God's will, the man actually counters it, thinking that all the while he is serving the Lord. Given all his good intentions, how could it be otherwise?

Of course the ultimate reality was quite different, and from then on Jesus could no longer go into the towns openly - and the people had to come out to him as they could.

How often do we, with the best of intentions, likewise break our savior's heart with assumptive declarations and actions that cut across the grain of God's most perfect will.

One is reminded of Judas -who many theologians believe actually didn't act so much for the silver shekels as he did in the hope that if he forced Jesus' hand that he would then have no other choice but to act and bring about a new world order in some political, worldly way.

But of course things didn't quite turn out as Judas thought they would, and when he saw the end result he took his own life - which in the end was perhaps his greatest sin - not believing that Jesus would forgive his short-sighted treachery.

Here's a simple truth for a very complex world: We cannot make ANY assumptions

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about how God might work through events to bring about His greater purposes for the future - NONE. Because God can use anything in this world - and does - to effect His Perfect Will. We need to learn to trust that.

Sure, there are some "safe assumptions" out there and as rational, thinking human beings we need to trust those.

You may well assume that Uncle Sam will want your tax dollars in April and that the rains that fall in that same month will bring May flowers.

You may assume that 50 year old men like me with very bad knees are not capable of dunking a basketball . . . And you may even chose to assume that the Hokies will beat the stuffing out of my beloved Wahoos in football next year. (They seem to have that down pretty well.)

But when it comes to what others may or may not do and the motivations that drive them . . . Well, assume very little. Because you really don't know - and in the end, the respect and benefit you give them by making no assumptions, often allows the kind

of mutual trust and freedom by which God's perfect will is made manifest.

And when it comes to God - make no assumptions. Do your part. Live your life in accordance with His Holy Word - adding nothing to it. Taking nothing away. Trusting it with all your heart and soul for the living, breathing, miracle working (yet all the while simple) power it has to transform you into His New Creation.

Jesus has promised that the Spirit will come . . . And he does.

In the end there is, perhaps, only one "safe assumption" and that is that God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit knows what's best and will never give up on you . . . He will Love you until (as we say in my neck of the woods quite literally) the cows come home - until we have all come home - and found our perfect peace in Him.

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“As they get older I am never quite sure if they are laughing with me or at me but regardless, I am going to continue to tell them what they need to hear.

So just like those big ocean waves of summer that we just couldn’t drag ourselves out of, we only came out of this big winter snow for a quick cup of cocoa and more dry clothes.

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Recycling Options In The Spotlight At Next Common Sense Meeting Although it was created by former Roanoke County Democratic Party Chair Richard Evans, the “Common Sense” group, which bills itself as “Progress for Roanoke County,” has a decidedly nonpartisan tone.

The group, which now meets monthly at the South County Library (from the old 419 location to its new home on Merriman Road) focuses more on giving people an insight into how their local government works, often inviting county employees to give talks on their departments or decisions that affect residents.

The topic for the meeting coming up on Monday, February 27 (7-8:45 pm in meeting room 1 at the library) was suggested by several members of Common Sense. “Recycling for Roanoke County Residents,” will include representatives from the City of Roanoke, which offers free curbside collection of recyclable materials for its residents, also providing them with storage bins.

Roanoke County offers no such curbside recycling services, giving up on that effort years ago as being financially unfeasible. As will be highlighted at the Common Sense meeting, the county does however offer six recycling drop-off locations that accept mixed paper, aluminum and certain plastics at Cox Communications on Fallowater Lane in Southwest Roanoke County, Hollins University on West Campus Drive in North Roanoke County, Hidden Valley High School in Southwest Roanoke County, Glenvar Middle School in West Roanoke County and William Byrd Middle School in East Roanoke County. Roanoke County does not offer a location for glass recycling.

Also on the agenda for the

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Roanoke County’s recycling station at the Cox Communications building in Southwest County.

February 27 meeting is a presentation by a private company, Greener Pasture Services of Boones Mill, which does something Roanoke County does not – provide curbside recycling services. For a fee of $18 a month (less when signing up for a year), GPS will pick up recycling bins it provides to home and business owners. Paper must be separated but all other recyclables can be commingled.

Co-owner Raina Bantner started the company with husband David after they moved to Franklin County more than two years ago. Not only was the regular trash not even picked up at their new home, there were not options for “single stream curbside recycling,” like they had access to in Maryland, according to Raina. The multiple bins provided in their last home became a chore as well.

Thus Greener Pastures was born, focusing first on Franklin County. “We noticed our trash volume getting larger and then the hassle of carrying it down to dumpsters,” said Bantner of how the idea for GPS was conceived. “We knew that recycling should be easier and accept more [ma-

terials]. More people would recycle if it weren’t such a hassle.”

The Bantners then took GPS to southwest Roanoke County and are now spreading their services to other quadrants of the county. The couple targeted Roanoke County because they knew there was no curbside recycling available there. Group rates are available when homeowner groups order services together. They in turn make some money by sorting and selling what is collected to recycling firms like Cycle Systems and Recycling and Disposal Solutions (RDS) on Plantation Road, which does accept glass, unlike many recyclers.

The Bantners also feel they are offering a public service with their green business: “that’s definitely what our aim was to begin with,” said Raina Bantner. Making recycling less of a hassle, at affordable prices to boot, seems to be a “common sense approach” to the recycling problem. “It’s a solution that Roanoke County needed.”

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Collaborative City Public Art Project on Display

During January, the 8th grade art students of Dan Kuehl at Breckinridge Middle School worked in coordination with art students of Professor Jennifer Anderson from Hollins University. The 20 college students worked in the middle school art room with 55 middle schoolers, teaching them the process of printmaking. Students created prints, which have been installed in the Williamson Road Library, as part of the library's recent renovations. The college students also created prints in their own studio, which are intermingled with the young artists.

Titled "Our Collective Wishes" the art work is a project of the City of Roanoke's Public Art Program which is funded by a Percent for Art Ordinance, established by the City of Roanoke as a way to fund public art in city neighborhoods and public places to reflect its vibrancy and heritage.

The art installation which had a grand opening with a reception on Saturday, Feb 18th, is part of Roanoke's Marginal Arts Festival.

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Hollins students worked with Breckinridge Middle School students in creating prints for the Williamson Road Library.

Jefferson Center Shows Off Their New Roof

The Jefferson Center’s leaky roof leaks no more. Wednesday Executive Director Cyrus Pace gave a tour of the completed roof. The cement roof now has consists of one inch of insulation with one inch of rubber covered with gravel rocks.

The Jefferson Center expects to keep its historic, 1920’s era facility free from additional water damage. “Before the replacement, the roof had very serious leaks and we couldn’t be sure what area of Jefferson Center would be damaged next,” said The Jefferson Center’s new roof is just the beginning of several new capital maintenance improvements.

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Patriots Second Half Surge Takes Down Stonewall Jackson Roanoke Express Mites

Early in the third quarter Tuesday night, it looked as if the end of the Patrick Henry basketball season might be on the horizon.

The Patriots had endured a frustrating offensive performance and Stonewall JacksonManassas had slowly built what appeared to be a comfortable nine-point lead.

“I told the guys, we gotta go now,” Patriot Head Coach Jack Esworthy noted afterward. PH picked up the pace on both ends of the floor and Stonewall Jackson failed to capitalize on opportunities handed to them on a silver platter, as PH pulled off the 55-48 win in the Northwest Region quarterfinal on the Woody Deans Court.

“There was a sense of urgency, but we didn’t panic,” Esworthy added. “We just stayed with what we do best.”

Stonewall Jackson led 23-20 at halftime, and 35-33 after three quarters. The teams traded leads early in the fourth quarter and, with PH holding a slim 42-40 advantage, Stonewall Jackson failed to capitalize on a golden opportunity that ended up being a potential 8-point turnaround.

A substitution gaffe resulted in PH being assessed a techni-

“They have some big-time players over there. I felt good when we held them to 23 in the first half. Our offense hurt us early, but we started making some shots in the second half and that got us over the hump.”

Banks led the PH scoring attack with 24 points, leaving him just shy of the 1,000-point mark at PH. B.J. Hamlett added 7 for the Patriots.

Patrick Henry (21-4) advances to face Gar-Field (24-1) Thursday night at PH.

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PH #3 Cortez Ogden races past a Stonewall Jackson defender as he drives to the basket during the second-half comeback. cal foul for too many men on the court. Stonewall Jackson missed both of the technical free throws, and given the ball at midcourt, turned the ball over on an errant inbounds pass, which Marcus Banks promptly converted into a layup and foul. PH suddenly led 45-40 and used the momentum to hold off the Raiders down the stretch.

“They (Stonewall Jackson) were averaging 72 points a game,” Esworthy pointed out.

Bring Home The Gold

Patriot # 30 Nick Ollie battles for a rebound in the first half Tuesday night.

Titan Athletes Ink College Scholarships Two Hidden Valley athletes formally inked college scholarships during a ceremony in the school's library last Thursday afternoon.

Ashley Torres received a running scholarship with the University of South CarolinaUpstate in Spartansburg, SC. She was a standout at Hidden Valley, participating in crosscountry, indoor and outdoor track, as well as basketball.

Also, Thursday, Katie Young signed a swimming scholarship at the United States Naval Acad- L-R Katie Young, Ashleigh Torres and Hidden Valley cross-counemy in Annapolis, MD. Young try coach Dan King during Thursday's signings. was a four-year swimmer for the Titans, with specialties in

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Wild Bill’s Weekly Sports Roundup

It’s great to be back after a Field Thursday night at PH at sion 2 semifinal. one week vacation in the Colo- 7 p.m..

Finally, North Cross (15-7) rado Rockies where I managed Cave Spring (14-11) was hosts Covenant School (12-9) to remain in one piece after a still in the hunt with a Wedne- Thursday night in a VIC Divipair of snowmobile excursions day night showdown at the sion II semifinal at 5:45. across the Continental Divide. Knight gym against MartinsWe send you off this week While it snowed nearly two ville (11-14). with a Greenbrier Classic feet during the time I was in Hidden Valley (13-12) concert preview for the PGA Breckenridge, I’ll take pulled off a 65-63 win TOUR event set for July 2ndthe blame for bringover Bassett Tuesday 8th. The concert lineup was ing the white stuff east night on the road and announced February 10th in what was Roanoke’s has the upper hand in and the show simply gets betfirst snow of the seahosting Carroll Coun- ter each year. On tap for Julyson. For the record, I’ll ty (19-4) Wednesday Toby Keith, Rod Stewart and take the deep powder night in the Titan Bon Jovi. Watch this column and cold temperatures gym. for ticket information availover the dog days of Lord Botetourt able through The First Tee Bill Turner summer any day of (10-15), with its 54- Roanoke Valley to support our the year.

51 win over William local First Tee chapter.

The only exception would Byrd Tuesday night, travels to be if the Star-Sentinel decides 22-3 Amherst County for a Send your questions to: info@ to put out our first-ever swim- Thursday night matchup. newsroanoke.com suit edition, for which, since Glenvar (17-8) takes on

By Bill Turner it clearly falls in the sports 21-4 Radford Thursday night department, I get first dibs on at Radford in a Region C Diviinfo@newsroanoke.com being the lead photographer.

Hey, high school sports takes a breather in June, so it I work full-time. gives the publisher plenty of I want to advance my career. time to line up a posh seaside penthouse at Myrtle Beach for I am a face of National College. what could easily push SI to a possible RSS merger in order to protect their position.

In the meantime, we’ll National College’s take a look at the local high school basketball scene in orflexible class schedules der to maintain some sort of perspective in the world of made it possible for me. sports, as well as swimsuits.

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The Roanoke Express Mites Hockey Team (15-3 on the season) won the 3 Rivers Mites Cross-Ice Jamboree held Saturday, February 18 and Sunday, February 19 at the Blade Runners Harmarville Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Roanoke Express Mites lost their first two games but found their winning game to take the next four, the semi-final and winning the championship game by beating Canton-Akron (Ohio) Penguins 5-1. Mason Esworthy – goalie for the last four games -- was named MVP for allowing only one goal in the four games. The Mites is an 8-and Under travel team of the Valley Youth Hockey Association. Pictured (1st Row Left to Right) Alexander Scott, Alex Firebaugh, Mason Esworthy, Kell Kirtley, Caden Travis, Conner Gilkeson, Clay Caldwell, Maddox Haskins (2nd Row Left to Right) Alek Goodman, Jacob Travis, Benjamin Skelton, Madison Caldwell, Jackson Haskins, Daniel Abbott. (3rd Row Left to Right) Assistant Coaches, Chris Gilkeson, Paul Haskins, Ernie

By Bill Turner Caldwell and Head Coach Steve Esworthy. The 2011-2012 season info@newsroanoke.com will end March 9-11 as the Roanoke Express Mites play in the Triad Stars Tournament in Greensboro.

Cave Spring Comes Up Short In River Ridge Final - Earns Bye In Regional Cave Spring's third meeting with River Ridge power Christiansburg fell just short last Friday night, as the Blue Demons prevailed 47-43 in the district tournament final played at Salem High School.

The two teams had split their regular season contests, with Christiansburg winning at home in overtime and Cave Spring taking the rematch on the Knight hardwood on February 3rd.

Friday night's title game looked all Christiansburg in the early going. The Blue Demons jumped out to a quick 10-0 lead that left Cave Spring playing catchup most of the first half.

The Knights kept clawing back and managed to forge a 28-28 tie heading to the locker room.

Christiansburg opened the third quarter by scoring the first eight points, but Cave Spring again came back to take a 43-42 lead on an Aaron Cupp 3-pointer with 3:32 left in the game. It was Cupp's second bomb from behind the arc in the decisive final frame.

Christiansburg closed the deal down the stretch by scoring the game's final 5 points as Cave Spring couldn't get potential goahead shots to go down.

Ryan Gladfelter led the Cave Spring scoring with 17 points.

Cupp and senior center Amin Abuhawwas each added 9.

"We made two great comebacks against a very good team," Cave Spring head coach Billy Hicks noted in the Knight locker

Cave Spring ballhandler #5 Ryan Gladfelter looks for a pick as the Knights attack in the closing minutes. room afterward. "We were down After the game, Abuhaw10 out of the gate and eight to was was named to the River start the second half. I'm prouid Ridge All-District Boys Basketof our guys. They battled back to ball First Team, as well as River take the lead in both situations." Ridge Player of the Year. Glad"This game didn't change felter was named to the Second things for our regional seed- Team, while Cupp picked up ing," Hicks added. "For many honorable mention. of our players, this was the biggest game they've played. Now,

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Advance Medical Directives

Many articles on wills and powers of attorney address the financial side of estate planning. This article examines planning ahead for medical decisions when a person is unable to give directions on healthcare.

Traditionally, there have been two basic kinds of healthcare documents. First was a document naming a trusted person to direct your healthcare if you are unable to do so yourself, a sort of medical power of attorney.

Second is a document indicating the types of medical treatment a person would or would not like to receive in certain situations; this document has often been known as a “living will.” In Virginia, these two documents are combined into a single form called an Advance Medical Directive, or AMD. Typically, upon admission to a hospital, a patient is presented with an Advance Medical Directive form. Patients who are conscious and competent may express consent themselves and may likewise express their refusal to give consent. This decision is not possible for comatose or incapacitated patients. In the absence of an AMD, if a patient is determined incapable of making an informed decision, the State has selected a decision-making hierarchy, beginning with a legally appointed guardian (which is rare), followed by a spouse, an adult child, a parent, an adult brother or sister, and other relatives in descending order of blood relationship.

If none of these are present, the healthcare provider may consult with a person who has exhibited special care and concern for the patient and is familiar with the patient’s religious beliefs and basic values and any preferences previously expressed. Just as a will avoids having one’s estate distributed by the legislature, a directive may mean that the patient has made end-of-life decisions and has decided who will make other medical decisions if the patient is unable to do so. We are all familiar with the heartbreak-

ing stories of the may be appointed collapse of famiis not limited—the lies in the face of patient may authothese momentous rize a spouse, child considerations. or friend to be an The AMD avoids agent or proxy to these concerns. make decisions on In the living their behalf. The will portion of the document can also AMD, a person specifically tell the expresses wishes agent what kinds regarding lifeof care the patient Ted Troland sustaining or other does and does not medical treatment want. In any event, in specified circumstances. it is always a good idea to Designed to be used at the have a lengthy and detailed time the individual is inca- discussion with the appointpable of stating a preference, ed person as to ministrations the AMD generally instructs to be permitted or avoided. family and doctors not to Although a lawyer is not prolong life artificially. Not necessary, it is prudent to only does such a statement have a lawyer review your keep this decision away from AMD. There are forms onother persons, it also relieves line at the Virginia Departthem of the often wrenching ment of Health website, but decision as to whether or not they may not include recent a loved one should continue changes in the law (e.g., the to live in a persistent vegeta- new concept of a “capacity tive state. reviewer,” meaning a profesThis declaration should not sional to assess whether a be taken lightly and merely person is capable of making completed as another form an informed decision). to fill out. Religious, ethical Finally, Virginia has and personal viewpoints may launched a new statewide affect the nature and extent of Advance Health Care Dia person’s wishes in this mat- rective Registry. Virginia is ter. For example, the Virginia unique among states that ofstatute identifies procedures fer this kind of service, since as artificially prolonging the there is no cost to residents dying process to include arti- or Registry users. The Regisficial respiration, cardiopul- try allows Virginia residents monary resuscitation, and to store important docuartificially administered nu- ments regarding healthcare trition and hydration. At one so that medical providers, time, there was some doubt emergency responders, famas to whether food and water ily members and anyone else were included in the defini- they grant access will honor tion of life-prolonging pro- their wishes. It protects each cedures. Different persons person’s legal rights and enmay have different wishes in sures that medical wishes are this regard and careful con- honored if the person besideration should be given comes incapacitated and unto these instructions. The able to manage her own care.

AMD does not mean that Registering relieves one’s measures to alleviate pain family of the responsibility and provide comfort care are for making healthcare deciwithdrawn, but only more sions and makes a person’s heroic efforts to artificially wishes known to healthcare postpone death. providers. Registration is Aside from embodying a available by a visit to the Adpatient’s right to refuse life- vance Health Care Directive sustaining medical treat- Registry website. ment, the AMD also acts as a healthcare power of atTed Troland is an attorney torney, addressing medical with Glenn Feldmann Darby decisions the patient cannot & Goodlatte – visit www. make because of incapacity. gfdg.com to learn more.

The range of persons who

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Forget Email, Have Business Class Video Calls on Any Device Handy Expert Says Face-to-Face On-Demand is the Next Tech Trend

Imagine you’re in the United States, but you speak no English. You fall ill and go to the hospital but you can’t tell the doctor that your pain is sharp and radiates from front to back; that you’re allergic to penicillin; that you have a history of asthma. You’re being seen in the best healthcare system in the world, but you can’t access it because the doctor doesn’t understand you.

You fear a misunderstanding could kill you, or you’ll die waiting for them to find someone who speaks your language.

Your physician pulls out his iPad and in seconds you’re talking to a professional interpreter via a highdefinition video conference call. This person can see you point to and explain your pain; she can follow along as the physician examines you. If your illness is serious, this phone call may have just saved your life.

That’s the vision of Stratus Video (www.stratusvideo.com), a company that launched in early 2011 as the corporate child of a national video relay services provider for the deaf and hard-ofhearing community. The Z, as that service is now called, was the first to offer 24/7 availability and is utilized in government agencies and businesses across the country, including the Social Security Administration, Boeing Corp. and Wal-Mart.

The future of that technology is one that saves both businesses and consumers time, money and frustration, says Sean Belanger, CEO

of Stratus Video, based and prowhich is already vides on-demand providing on-devideo interpretamand video intertion for American preting service for Sign Language and hospital patients spoken languages. with limited or no • Video Call English.

Center integrates “With the enorvideo communicamous success of tion into customer our products and service for faceservices, we are Sean Belanger to-face communicamoving into a new tions, while making era of video technology,” Be- it easier for employees to do langer says. “On-demand, their jobs more efficiently. high-definition mobile video • ViewME is a cloud-based conferencing linked to a 24/7 high-definition video comcall center can solve life-or- munication tool that links death problems, like the hos- business employees, custompital patient who needs an ers and suppliers. interpreter fast. And it can “The world has gone vidmake life much simpler for eo,” Belanger says. “Video both service providers and phone technology adaption customers, like the client is increasing at a rapid pace. who can’t figure out how to Every day, 23 million Skype install his printer cartridge.” users are on-line; YouTube The technology lays the serves more than 2 billion foundation for simplifying videos per day. Personal life -- for consumers who adaption of video is across access call centers to resolve the all age groups, not just problems and the support the 14- to 35-year-olds.” people who answer those Want to look into the fucalls, Belanger says. ture? It's face-to-face con“We’re not far from a future tact, now acceptable for where your Maytag repair- business class, on all of your man dials into a call center mobile devices. from the field for live video support,” Belanger said. “Or Sean Belanger is the chief the customer herself calls in executive officer of Clearwaand is visually instructed on ter, Fla.-based CSDVRS, the how she can replace the part parent company of Stratus herself. Instead of the cus- Video, and CEO of Stratus. tomer and the support person A graduate of Virginia Tech, wasting their time struggling he has 30 years’ experience in to communicate, problems the technology industry. He get resolved quickly.” previously served as CEO of The company offers three the Paradyne Networks and video relay services that lay general manager of 3Coms’ the groundwork for that vi- network service provider division: sion.

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Hot Jazz in Roanoke

The fifth annual Marginal Arts Festival concluded its six-day run with a day focused on events in Grandin Village this past Tuesday. Pictured: Asheville's “Big Nasty Jazz Band,” on stage at Community High School last Saturday night, capped off an evening of music, tap dancing and magic on the June McBroom Theater stage.

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New River Valley Symphony To Hold Winter Concert

The New River Valley Symphony under the direction of James Glazebrook, will perform its winter concert on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 8 p.m. in Burruss Auditorium on the campus of Virginia Tech.

Concert-goers will be rewarded with a program that includes colorful, contrasting pieces with international appeal, including the ever popular "William Tell Overture" by Gioachino Rossini; "Quiet City" by

Aaron Copland, featuring John Walker on English horn and Jason Crafton on trumpet; "Three Dance Episodes" from "On the Town" by Leonard Bernstein; "Polka and Fugue" from "Schwanda" by Jaromir Weinberger; and "Huapango" by Jose Pablo Moncayo, one of the most widely performed orchestra pieces in Mexico.

The New River Valley Symphony is a university-community orchestra with approximately

80 student, faculty, and community resident musicians selected through an audition process.

Tickets are $9 general, $7 senior, and $5 student, and are available at the Student Centers and Activities Ticket Office in Squires Student Center. To order tickets, call 540-231-5615, order online, or purchase tickets at the ticket office. Tickets will also be sold at the door beginning one hour prior to the performance.

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When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ my God! All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood.

See from His head, His hands, His feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down!

Did e’er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

His dying crimson, like a robe, Spreads o’er His body on the tree; Then I am dead to all the globe, And all the globe is dead to me.

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East Meets West At New Art Show

Botetourt County artist Magae Hartzell has been a featured artist at The Market Gallery before, where she is part of the co-op, but this is the first time in years where she will take center stage.

Her new show of abstract oil, acrylic and watercolor paintings, “Seeing from the Heart,” debuts on February 28. Taiwanese-born landscape and still life painter Cheng Fen “Elaine” Yeh is cofeatured. Hartzell and Yeh will then hold gallery talks during Art By Night on March 2, at 6:30 and 7:30pm.

Hartzell said she had to overcome a bit of a pause in her creative thought process – call it a block – before producing a new round of works that will make their debut at The Market Gallery (23 East Salem Avenue, near the corner with Wall St.) She terms it “a radical departure of creative energy that pushes boundaries and possibilities.”

Yeh, who studied fine arts in a master’s program at Radford University, said her new works to be displayed at The Market Gallery, beginning with the February 28 opening, “captivate feeling yet offer simplicity [via] washes, brushstroke, color and shape – conveyed through both east and west watercolor techniques.”

Hartzell said she wanted “to do something different,” and her new works will feature placards that explain what she was feeling and her thought process when creating these pieces. “I just want [the show] to be poetic,” said Hartzell, who will write short poems to accompany each piece at The Market Gallery exhibition.

“I never know where I’m going with the whole thing – which is amazing,” she notes, “I don’t have a clue.” Hartzell sets out several pallets of paint but the direction she often starts out with isn’t necessarily where she ends up.

She went through a period where painting was the farthest thing from her mind – flooding at Hartzell’s Botetourt County home helped loosen that focus – before getting back on track. “I said the heck with it [and] just let it fly,” Hartzell chuckles. A door that felt like it was shut “only opened after I transformed.”

Her use of vivid colors and alluring abstract shapes often comes as the result of an “intuitive process.”

While a lot of art in everyday culture is conceptual, “thinking through every piece…paint this way,” said Hartzell, she instead goes with the flow and lets the creative process lead her. It’s an abrupt 180-degree difference from her pairing at the show with Yeh, who favors landscapes, portraiture and still life, often in watercolors. Yeh’s pieces will highlight her Chinese heritage and brushstrokes.

Yeh, a Taiwan native, was told by her parents that, “art cannot put food on the table, [but] I have continued pursuing art as a career, never doubting that it

The abstract world of Magae Hartzell will be on display at The Market Gallery February 28 through March 28. could be done.” She was trained idea. I’m just doing something both in the Chinese ink painting different.” style and in Western watercolor Hartzell is also a big fan of the painting. “My painting is an ad- move from Thursdays to Fridays aptation of my Eastern training of Art By Night, which took to Western styles,” said Yeh. place last year. “It does bring a “I think that’s pretty special,” lot more people in – people that said Hartzell, who used to paint might [normally] come. They in some of the styles favored by get to know us, whether they buy Yeh before she became an ab- or just browse.” Those who don’t stract artist. “[Now] mine is ex- make the show’s debut on Febactly the opposite, [but] each one ruary 28 can meet Hartzell and painting from our hearts in a dif- Yeh at the next Art By Night on ferent way.”

March 2. Their show at The Mar“I’m hoping that people think ket Gallery runs through March of things in a different way,” said 28.

Hartzell of the reactions she

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Roanoke College Presents Variety of Arts Events

Faculty Concert: Neoclassical Chamber Music Sunday, Feb. 26, 4 p.m., Olin Recital Hall The concert will present Jeff Midkiff, clarinet; Geronimo Oyenard, violin; and Gordon Marsh, piano. The program will include Dmitri Shostakovich’s Prelude and Fugue No. 1 (1951), Sergei Prokofiev’s Sonata for violin solo (1947), Francis Poulenc’s Sonata for clarinet and piano (1962), and Darius Milhaud’s Suite for violin, clarinet and piano (1936).

Reflections on the Death Penalty Wednesday, Feb. 29, 7:30 p.m., Colket Center Wortmann Ballroom Dr. Todd Peppers, an associate professor of Public Affairs at Roanoke College, will speak about the current issues involving the death penalty in the United States. Peppers, who is the Henry H. and Trudye H. Fowler Chair, is co-author of “Anatomy of an Execution: The Life and Death of Douglas Christopher Thomas,” a book about the death penalty in Virginia.

His lecture is sponsored by the college’s Public Affairs department.

Art Exhibition: Thursday, March 1 – Sunday, April 1

Olin Gallery: “In the Event of Andy Warhol” Artist Lecture, Eric Shiner, director of the Andy Warhol Museum: Thursday, March 1, 5:30 p.m., Antrim Chapel Opening reception: March 1, 6-8 p.m., Smoyer Gallery.

Staniar Gallery at Washington & Lee University, Olin Hall Galleries at Roanoke College and the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University have been selected by the Andy Warhol Foundation to receive collections of Warhol’s polaroids and black and white prints as part of the Warhol Photographic Legacy Program.

“In the Event of Andy Warhol,” a collaborative exhibition of Warhol photographs and contemporary artists that are inspired by or reference Warhol in their works, debuted Jan. 9 – Feb. 4 at Staniar Gallery. The exhibition continues at Roanoke College’s Olin Hall Galleries on March 1 – April 1. It concludes at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum May 31 – Sept.

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Smoyer Gallery: Max Mitchell Max Mitchell began painting in high school

under the tutelage of Brian Counihan, a local artist and dean of Art and Humanities at Community High School in Roanoke. Mitchell is a recent graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and attends the University of Pennsylvania’s BFA program. He was the first place winner for the Olin Hall Galleries 2011 Biennial.

Jazz & Wind Ensembles Joint Concert Thursday, March 1, 7:30 p.m., Olin Theater The Roanoke College Jazz & Wind Ensembles will perform under the direction of Dr. Joseph Blaha. The Jazz Ensemble will perform big band arrangements of such diverse tunes as “Magilla,” originally recorded by Phish, and a hard-swinging rendition of “Georgia on My Mind.” There will be the usual salute to funk and fusion with the Jaco Pastorius vehicle “The Chicken,” and a samba rethinking of Duke Ellington’s “Caravan,” composed by Ellington with Irving Mills and Juan Tizol, and arranged by Mike Tomaro.

The Wind Ensemble will open its portion of the concert with Clifton William’s elegant and majestic symphonic march, “The Sinfonians.” The ensemble will then perform the

first movement of Haydn’s Symphony No. 83, nick-named “The Hen.” It will be followed by the three movement composition, “Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo,” by English film composer, Malcolm Arnold.

Roanoke College Coffee Shop Talk Series “Good Girls Don’t: Salome in Renaissance Art,” Dr. Jane Long Thursday, March 1, 8 p.m., Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea, Salem Roanoke hosts a series of discussions on the first Thursday of each month at Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea in Salem. The hour-long talks are meant to provide a relaxed forum for discussion and inquiry. Roanoke professors will give a 20 to 25 minute introduction to a topic, followed by an open forum conversation.

Admission Charges: Many events are free of charge and do not require tickets. When admission fees or tickets are required for an on-campus event, this is stated in the individual listing, as is information on how to obtain the tickets.

Additional nominal fees for online ticket purchases apply.

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