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Activists Make Waves at Public Meeting Fred First

New Sight P4– Fred First says that with a little thought, imagination and patience we can see all things anew.

P6–7 See our special coverage highlighting Breast Cancer survivors and companies that go out of the way to support awareness and research.

Eleven & Zero P9– Star-Sentinel Football Swami Bill Turner ran the table with a perfect 11-0 forecast last week giving him a 55-11 record for the year. Check out this week’s picks!

Top Secret P11– From a childhood spent on a farm to the halls of power in Washington, D.C., retired Secret Service agent Joe Dye has a very interesting story to tell.

James Cosby, chairman of the Virginia Railway Passenger Station Restoration Committee, told council at Monday’s meeting that an additional $30,000 was needed for legal fees associated with the project. “Due to an oversight in the line item budget, I have overlooked legal fees,” said Cosby.

The extensive passenger station project resulted in complex bid documents of over 800 pages. “We are dealing with three different funding sources,” said Cosby - the Federal Transit Administration, Brownfields grants, and Transport 21 funds.

Bids for restoration will be due

by November 22. Construction will begin by the end City Gov’t of the year with completion expected by fall of 2013.

Vice Mayor Dave Trinkle said, “it is important for the public to know this is an extra grant that you are working through and it gets very complicated.” He supported the additional request but said, “I do worry about the timing and the delays.” Trinkle asked Cosby if there was a chance construction would again be delayed.

Cosby said, “I’ve learned with much sadness that if something can go wrong it does.” He added that he’s been working on the project almost full time for over four years and that schedules they have made before seemed reasonable. “We haven’t met a one of them,” said Cosby.

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Joe Ramsey, one owner of a parcel of property located at the Hershberger Road entrance ramp to I-581 believes “this thing is so far off in the future,” referring to potential development of the area. Ramsey’s father acquired the property in 1909.

No one has shown interest in his parcel since a company out of Wisconsin took an option on it and the houses on an adjacent street. That fell through as the economy collapsed. “They did it right … going to the neighbors, explaining the process,” said Ramsey. That was the closest the property has come to being developed.

Ramsey said he understood that Mayor Noel Neighborhoods Ta y l o r promised that no one would come through the neighborhood to get to his land.

“I don’t know if that is in writing but that’s what I’ve always been told,” he said. The company hired Alvin Nash to negotiate with the neighbors at the time.

Ramsey, a realtor with Long & Foster, said there had been some unscrupulous realtors talking to residents along Brooklyn Street.

The street would connect his property with another and create more attractive options for development. Ramsey counseled the neighbors, explaining that they didn’t have to sell to anyone.

“I have no one looking at our property that I am aware of,” said Ramsey. “It could be 20 years

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by Star-Sentinel Columnist Fred First is a “photographer’s photo” and a study in sublime beauty that is simple in presentation yet complex in detail. The less than full canopy of reddish leaves in the tree suggests the inevitable change of the season and life itself. The stark tree in the background framed up beneath the arching right branch of the main tree also has a limb arching down at a slightly sharper angle creating a tunnel effect that the eye follows to the deepest part of the mountainous background in the distance. The clouds above offer a variety of texture > CONTINUED P2:Tree

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GIS Application Improves Stadium Local Barber Establishes Security at VA Tech Home Games Community Endowment A new Geographic Information Systems (GIS) application for event management was tested during the Virginia Tech Hokies home opener against Appalachian State this year, and after only minor tweaks and adjustments, the application is now being used at all home games at Lane Stadium.

The application allows police and emergency responders to track and view security and safety activities digitally using a Web-enabled, spatial platform.

The map displays GIS lay- Emergency Management’s Bobbi Myers (center) and Virginia ers for incidents, rescue squad Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum (right) were among those and police resources, stadium testing a new Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applicaseating location references, and tion during the Hokies home opener vs. Appalachian State. interior space floor plans overData points are immediately redeploy assets in response to laid on top of an aerial view of the stadium and surrounding stored in the university’s Enter- changing circumstances,” said prise GIS system, from which Seth Peery, senior architect for areas.

As police and rescue squad they can later be used to analyze enterprise GIS and one of four university response developers of the application. calls come into the and plan for future Perry collaborated with Mastadium emergency Technology events. hesh Narayanamurthi of Blacksoperations command “As each game is burg, a graduate student majorcenter, Bobbi Myers, unique, the application provides ing in industrial and systems an administrator in Virginia Tech’s Emergency Management, a picture of events as they hap- engineering in the College of inputs both reported incidents pen, giving responders the inand the location of responders formation they need to identify > CONTINUED problem areas and strategically deployed to the scene.

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At the age of 18, Earl Daniel Doran cut his first head of hair.

That started him on a journey as a barber that would span five decades, including being a long-time fixture in the Hotel Roanoke and then later on Church Avenue in downtown Roanoke. His clientele would regularly include the leading citizens of the community.

Now, the community has been blessed by the same generosEarl Doran ity of spirit that made Earl so beloved, as Earl has provided provide shelter, care and assisa major charitable bequest tance to battered women. through his estate.

Shelby Tucker, owner of At his passing last year, Earl Corporate Image barber shop bequeathed approximately $1.8 on Church Avenue, vividly remillion to the region’s commu- members her first meeting with nity foundation, Foundation for Earl. In March 1988, Earl called Roanoke Valley, to establish The the Virginia Hair Academy to Earl D. and Carrie Leigh Doran inquire if any of the Academy’s Fund. The Doran graduates might Fund, a permanent have an interest in Citizenship endowment, will buying his business, annually support a as he was looking number of nonprofits that were to retire. Shelby decided to go of interest to Earl and Carrie; look at the space, then located it will support nonprofits that at 8 Church Avenue, next to help individuals and families her current location. She knew confronting catastrophic, life- immediately that she wanted to altering circumstances; and it will support nonprofits that > CONTINUED P2: Barber

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buy the business from Earl, and he agreed to stay on with her part-time for several days. Tucker said, “I learned more from him in those four days than my 1500 hours of school studies. In addition to his sheer knowledge of the craft, his personality and how he interacted with customers was what really made him an outstanding barber.”

While barbering was a major part of Earl’s life, there were many other facets to him. He was a decorated World War II veteran, investor, gentleman farmer, world traveler and member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church of Troutville. During World War II, Earl proudly served his country as a member of the First Infantry Division - known as “The Big Red One” – which landed at Sicily, fought in North Africa, and went ashore in June 1944 as part of the Normandy Invasion.

He received the Purple Heart for wounds incurred at Utah Beach.

In 1965, Earl purchased a 45 acre farm in the Catawba Valley and he would spend many hours on that property.

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garages under residences and some had alleyway entrances.

Residents in the area want to see a chain grocery store and one slide showed a street-accessible Kroger store with no front parking lot.

A deal with the developer may help extend the greenway along Lick Run or at least a partial segment.

Mayor Bowers asked if the town center concept was a hybrid of commercial and residential. Chris Chittum, Planning Administrator, said residential would surround the town center. He explained that there is a choice – “you don’t have to wall it off and separate commercial and residential.”

Gusler told Estelle McCadden of the Melrose-Rugby neighborhood that they have purposely avoided contact with landowners and developers so as not to be influenced by their concepts.

A rumble then erupted from the crowd.

Outspoken neighborhood leader Estelle McCadden told Gusler that the neighborhood organizations should be able to meet with any developer. “We don’t need to meet with them with the city,” she said. “We want to meet with them ourselves,”

demanded McCadden.

This may alleviate some of the tension because the “city doesn’t care whether there is tension or not,” said McCadden.

Gusler disagreed as more rumbling came from citizens. Gusler thought that any promises made by developers and citizens with- Estelle McCadden out city involvement would not Gusler called it an update of the be kept. seven-year-old Fairland plan.

McCadden’s point was that McCadden said the neighborthe city steers any plan in the hood plans should incorporate direction they want it to go ver- the Evans Spring development sus what the neighborhood and plan. “I don’t like the idea of a developer may come to con- you saying that it will supersensus on. It was clear that both sede the plans that we have,” she the city and the citizens want said. “Why did I make a plan … control. McCadden fears that there’s no need of me having a the city will dismiss a develop- plan if this one is going to come er’s plan and will force changes in and take it over.” neighbors don’t want. “It’s all Estelle McCadden made her about money,” she said emphati- point and the city at least seemed cally. to agree on “incorporation” of Gusler said, “If there is some- the existing neighborhood plans thing agreed upon [with a de- rather then “superseding” them veloper] then don’t come back with another “one size fits all” to the city and say we made a plan. promise with the city – they After this third meeting it was might not have been at that not clear if citizens were ready meeting.” for any more.

Cheryl Hilton, a teacher at Virginia Western Community College, asked about the neighBy Valerie Garner borhood plans. Gusler said the info@newsroanoke.com plan they are now developing will supersede the Fairland plan.

friend of Earl’s noted: “Over the years, Earl was devoted to his wife Carrie, and she was equally devoted to him. In 1985, when Carrie retired, they bought an RV and planned to drive around the country. Carrie fell ill before the first trip, and she would die about a year later. Over that year, Earl dedicated himself as a tireless caregiver and never once complained.”

Wetherington continued, “Earl met no stranger, and many considered him a friend. He was equally comfortable in the company of power brokers or the minimum wage [earners]. I never heard him speak an unkind word about anyone, and gossip was no part of him. During his earlier retirement years, he’d sometimes tell me, “You need a haircut,” and he’d set up shop on the pavement at the edge of his garage, wrap a sheet around me and deliver the usual package of fine haircut and funny stories, but always without charge. “Just friendship,” he would say. “I tell you, for Earl, the mold was used but once.”

Ginny Jarrett, First Vice President for Investments with

From page 1 Davenport & Company, LLC, worked with Earl in a professional role but was also a close friend. Jarrett said, “Part of what made Earl so special was that you couldn’t walk down the street without him knowing everyone that passed by. He had such a special sense of humor, but he called things like he saw them. There was never anything phony about him. And one of my dearest memories was being able to spend Father’s Day with Earl shortly after the passing of my own father.”

One of Earl’s friends and traveling companions was Carl Pollard of Salem. They traveled throughout Europe and rode camels together around the pyramids of Egypt. Carl said “Earl and I had a lot in common, and in addition to our travels, we both really enjoyed square dancing. He was a good fellow all around.”

Alan Ronk, Executive Director of Foundation for Roanoke Valley, said “I had the opportunity to visit with Earl on several occasions and his fondness for the Roanoke Valley and his concern for others were always

> Council However, he did not anticipate any more delays. Alison Blanton, who serves on the committee, said that phase-one funding was already available.

In phase-one the building will be stabilized, asbestos and lead paint removed and the roof will be replaced in its entirety.

That pleased council, who had questioned the weeds and trees growing through the roof. The interior and landscaping will take place in phase two. No city funds are required for the project.

Roanoke River Greenway: Valley Greenway’s coordinator, Liz Belcher, said that $7 mil-

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and form - from the puffy pastel softness of those in the top left to the streaking contrail that arches from the top right of the tree out of the picture implying the promise of a rainbow. The line formed by the contrail also acts as a bright and renewed extension of the long dark shadow that stretches itself across the grass into the base of the tree on the lower left. The valley flows colorfully outward with the one discernible distant mountain making “contact” with the tree itself - connecting the most distant part of the picture with its primary subject in the foreground. The variety of demurred color

before anything might come of development,” he added.

The Valley View Interchange completion won’t occur until 2015. The property currently has no plan for growth and the city says they want to get ahead of any development and create a plan for the area. The land encompasses most or in part Fairland Court, Melrose-Rugby, Villa Heights and Washington Park neighborhoods.

Fredrick Gusler, senior planner, showed design concepts as part of the city’s Vision 20012020 plan. Mixed-use pedestrian friendly streets are the concepts in favor today.

It’s all about connecting streets and creating a sense of community and creating an attractive and memorable sense of place with the efficient use of natural resources. “Narrow tree-lined street designs will eliminate cutthrough traffic,” said Gusler.

Examples of cities shown to the 25 residents at Thursday’s meeting at Lucy Addison Middle School were developments like Birkdale Village in Huntersville, NC, Old Trail Village in Crozet, VA., Baxter Village in SC, and West Broad Village in Henrico, VA. All had brick-paved streets,

lion was estimated to complete the Regional Greenway system from Green Hill Park in Roanoke County through Salem and Roanoke. This would hook the Roanoke River Greenway to the Tinker Creek Greenway. Six million of the amount is needed to connect Bridge Street to Salem.

This year’s application requests $998,400 in Enhancement Grant funding. The required local 20% match is being provided through donation of land, existing Greenway capital project funds and other funding sources.

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quite apparent. It is an honor for the Foundation to hold and administer this Fund, and its annual grants will touch the lives of many, many people in very real ways. The Fund will also perpetuate Earl and Carrie’s lives in the Valley for generations to come.” Jarrett added, “It is so nice to know that their estate assets will now continue to help the community they loved.”

Earl Daniel Doran’s passing last year may not have been met with a lot of fanfare, but the Valley lost one its most colorful, complex and beloved personalities. In his own way, he was a Renaissance man: a man of integrity, a loyal-to-a-fault friend, a shrewd businessman, a gentle conversationalist who held deep convictions, a man comfortable in a sophisticated restaurant in China or herding livestock in Catawba, a war hero, a jokester and entertainer, a deeply devoted husband, an occasional distiller, an accomplished dancer, a barber par excellence, and now a major community philanthropist. That seems like an 88 year life well-lived.

From page 1 miles finished in the next three years,” said Belcher. They are soliciting contributions from businesses and individuals to help match locality money.

Gainsboro History Walk: Phases one and two are expected to cost $103,180 and phases three and four are expected to cost $84,300 for a total project cost of $187,480. This application includes a request for funding for phases one and two only. The matching funds will be provided through in-kind contributions of architectural design services and the design of a brochure for the walking tour. Cash contributions are ex-

pected from a City of Roanoke Neighborhood Development Grant, the Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation and the Gainsboro SW Neighborhood Organization. No additional City funding is expected.

Virginia Museum of Transportation Claytor Pavilion Improvements: A new project request for improvements to the Claytor Pavilion. For this Enhancement Grant application, the Museum sought $533,200 in funding to support phase one.

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Use The Restroom Before Going To City Market Early

Bodily functions are a fact of life and they say that functioning only increases with age. It wasn’t clear whether council or city administration understood that the more “mature” adult often requires more frequent visits to the restroom.

Mark Woods, who owns Woods Farm in Boones Mill, said elderly customers who come early to the market have nowhere to use a restroom. The Market building doesn’t open

until 11:00 a.m. Prior to the Market renovation it opened at 10:00 a.m.

Construction at Center in the Square has taken their restrooms off the market for the foreseeable future too. It leaves customers and farmers without a facility until the Market building opens at 11:00 a.m.

Woods said that Hall and Associates charges $20 an hour to have the restroom in the Market building available before

it opens. “I think that’s kind of silly because I think the Market building is a public place,” said Woods.

The city relinquished control of the Market building to the Market Foundation and they want someone there staffing it. “The foyer area cannot be opened separately without someone there,” explained city manager Chris Morrill.

Woods said that Tracie Hughes, market manager and

Officer Eric Pendleton, who polices the downtown area, would keep an eye on things prior to 11:00 a.m. for free.

“It will be an issue until the Center in the Square reopens in about 14 months from now,” said Morrill. Woods anticipates that relief for farmers and customers will be forthcoming soon.

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AARP Forum Focuses On Seniors Issues

Del. Nutter sidestepped the question from Jay Warren when asked which Republican primary candidate he would support for President. Pressed again by Warren he said he could “live” with Gov. Mitt Romney. Sen. Edwards responded that “as a Democrat I support the President.”

Moderator and Channel 10 News Anchor Jay Warren opened the AARP forum saying that it would “cover issues that usually don’t get covered.”

The debate was held at the Holiday Inn Tanglewood last Wednesday.

Democrat Senator John Edwards is defending his seat in the 21st district that includes Roanoke City. Republican challenger Delegate Dave Nutter of Christiansburg and other Republican challengers throughout the state are jockeying for control of the Senate.

Discussing the topic of helping seniors remain in their homes as they age, Nutter said “there are opportunities for us to provide grants to seniors to help them stay in their homes and lower costs of institutionalized care.”

Edwards voted for Virginia’s long-term care partnership program. With the purchase of a partnership policy, a consumer can become eligible for Medicaid coverage after using the insurance benefits without having to exhaust his or her own assets to qualify for such coverage. “This protects seniors – it gives them peace of mind,” said Edwards.

Edwards said the Governor would like to turn the Virginia Retirement System into a defined contribution plan subject to the ups and downs of the stock market.

Nutter said that legislation had been proposed to set up a voluntary defined contribution plan.

Edwards called the governor’s program a “breach of trust.”

When it came to increasing jobs, Edwards said that investing in education was the way to create jobs. He blamed the House for cutting funds from the Virginia Extension Program – “it is a job creating institution … you don’t create jobs by cutting, cutting, cutting,” he said.

Nutter’s response: “jobs are created by the private sector. We have to live within our means.”

Nutter advocated for certificates and associates degrees in needed skills that would put students to work immediately after school.

Rather then cut 6% more from agencies as the governor has suggested, each candidate was quizzed on tax increases to avoid more drastic cuts.

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John Edwards and Dave Nutter at AARP Forum.

Edwards called for prioritizing education and healthcare in the budget. He admonished depletion of the general operating fund to shore up the transportation trust fund. The general fund finances education and healthcare. “That’s wrong— we shouldn’t be doing that,” he said.

Both said they would not support shifting secondary road maintenance to localities.

“These are challenging times … government has to live in the confines of its budget. I’m not supporting any more tax increases,” said Nutter.

He advocated for reallocating resources to critical areas.

Edwards advocated for Pre-K education for all children saying, “it has been proven that these children do better in life.” Nutter voted against Pre-K because “schools don’t have the capacity for it.” He wants to see more parent responsibility.

Nutter’s mailings paid for by the Republican Party of Virginia have been targeting Edwards’ support for raising the gas tax to fund road maintenance. During the debate he explained how raising the gas tax would result in increased costs for moving goods that would only end up being passed down to consumers.

Edwards wanted to know “what about taking money from education to pay for transportation— that’s what my opponent wants to do – that’s what the governor wants to do.” Edwards called it “stealing” from public education to fix potholes.

Regarding payday lending Edwards said he has tried to get a 36% cap on car title loans to close that loophole, but the house voted against it. Nutter blamed Senate Majority leader Dick Saslaw and the contributions he receives from payday lenders. Saslaw pushed passage of the bill allowing car title loans across

By Valerie Garner state lines in the 2011 info@newsroanoke.com session.

Candidate Forum Covers New Topics

> Security Engineering; Luke Ward, technology manager; and Richard Phipps, systems administrator, all working in the Department of Converged Technologies for Security, Safety and Resilience and reporting to the Vice President for Information Technology Erv Blythe.

“Each type of resource is referenced using a unique icon or color, and a legend provides a visual reference,” said Peery. “To prevent information overload and improve situational awareness during the event, these layers can be selected individually to appear on the map or to not appear as needed.”

The application also provides a search capability, enabling responders to enter an officer’s name and quickly pinpoint on the aerial image where that officer was last stationed. Because the time of each incident is recorded, responders can view the day’s unfolding events as a time-

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lapse animation, to help them better understand when, as well as where, “hot spots” of activity took place.

The application also can be easily adapted for use at other stadium events, not just football games.

“In past seasons for home football games, police and emergency responders used large paper maps in the command center and manually annotated resource positions and incidents of note,” said Brenda van Gelder, executive director of Converged Technologies for Security, Safety and Resilience.

“The GIS application facilitates more efficient viewing and tracking of resources and responses, and also significantly enhances post-game analysis of safety and security events.”

On average over 66,000 fans attend home football games at Va Tech.

As the season progresses, po-

lice will have a historical record of all the security and safety incidents from each game, along with the number of officers, emergency vehicles, and rescues that were needed.

Virginia Tech Police captains Joey Albert and Vince Houston participated in the development of the application, and were on hand at the Sept. 3 game to put it to use for the first time.

“The GIS application, which was very user friendly, made the task of tracking events and resources during the football games more efficient,” said Houston. “Tracking our resources is a critical component to ensuring public safety during the game which enables the unified command in the Emergency Operation Center to manage each event effectively.”

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Aptly Named Biscuit Fund Saves Furry Lives Frost and Scout, eight-weekold beagle pups, were found in a Bedford County ditch in November of 2009. Both had what turned out to be “Demodectic” mange that had gone into secondary infections. Jill Deegan, the Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney in Botetourt County says, "It looked like somebody had set her on fire; it was that bad." The pups were turned over to Angels of Assisi in Roanoke where the employees nursed them back to health, including giving them daily medicated baths.

Jill Deegan plays with Frost.

Angels held a first-ever reunion Saturday at Blue Collar Joe's in Daleville for those helped by the fund. O'Neill says it was a way for dogs that have benefited from the fund to come back "and say 'hi' to us.”

Pumpkin, the "ancient" Pekinese, was at the reunion. She was a neglect / cruelty case from Roanoke County. According to O'Neill, when Pumpkin came in, "she had no hair. She was covered in disgusting mats; her eyes were completely crusted over and she couldn't walk.

And now, she can [walk] and she has hair."

O’Neill explains, "we (get) all the neglect-cruelty cases from Botetourt County—that’s the deal that we have with them.

They don't go to the Roanoke Pound, so any dog that comes in that needs medical care will benefit from the Biscuit Fund.

Sometimes it's heartworm treatment. With Pumpkin, it wasn't very much. It was just a matter of medicines. Sometimes it's surgery; we have a dog that just had his leg removed."

One hundred dogs and cats recently taken from a home were referred to the Biscuit Fund because they all needed medical treatment. Cheryl Jennings from Roanoke has been fostering one of the dogs, Coco, since July and is thinking about adopting her. "She's a great dog and she's very loving and sweet and she gets along with our other dogs."

Debra Saunders, the business manager at Angels was part of another success story. She adopted Bruh Bruh, a 4-and-a-half month old Australian Shepherd and Pit bull mix. Bruh Bruh's mother and six puppies were relinquished by their Botetourt County owner. They all had mange and all also benefited from the fund which paid for the medicine they needed—a two month oral treatment. Homes have since been found for each of them.

Deegan says it doesn't matter what jurisdiction the animal comes from. If it's a neglect or cruelty case, it's eligible to benefit from the Biscuit Fund.

Channel 7 News Anchor ment rights and also the Hollani Davis moderated a right to protect our citiforum with Republican Del. zens that makes them so Dave Nutter and Incumbent distraught that they would Democrat John Edwards, take their own lives.” who are vying for the 21st In closing statements district Senate seat. In their each was asked to address Jill Nelson holding Hamlet. first real forum for the 17th candidate promises that House of Delegates district, are not kept once in office.

Deegan says if they had been Democrat Freeda Cathcart Edwards touted his ac- taken to a shelter, they probably and Republican Chris Head cessibility to constituents. would have been euthanized had a chance to differentiate Photo by Valerie Garner Nutter said it “all comes rather than treated. “We just themselves on the issues. down to the promise of didn't want to see that happen Chris Head holds map of 17th HOD to Two uncontested candi- help people know their district. jobs” and his 10-year Gen- because you can see with these dates, Delegate Onzlee Ware eral Assembly record of dogs how much spirit they have

By Beverly Amsler (D-11) and Democrat City Clerk our application we ask if [the kept promises. Head promised once they get through what info@newsroanoke.com of Court Brenda Hamilton, each conviction] was in the last seven to be accessible to constituents. they've been through." got three minutes to speak about years; that’s a more reasonable Cathcart closed by pointing to Lisa O'Neill, spokeswoman their accomplishments. About approach for businesses to take.” Virginia being the 7th wealthiest for Angels of Assisi, says they How Does Guaranteed Income Sound?

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Don Lilly Agency | 540-989-1931 sored by the Roanoke Branch of going to happen overnight,” said dress that disparity in Richmond Deegan saw a need to do the NAACP and the Roanoke Nutter. The House and the Sen- and to create a foundation for something for the animals, "so Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sig- ate need to come together to find businesses to thrive. “Our chil- that they're not seized (and) put a way to make it work. ma Theta Sorority, Inc. dren and citizens need to own to sleep because of their needs.

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Head said, he was a “big fan of automatically get their voting rights restored under certain cir- rail transportation.” It is very important for business to be able to cumstances,” he said.

Cathcart believes that “keep- easily connect with Roanoke. “It ing the [felony] question off of is a wonderful way to travel,” said certain job applications would Head. He encouraged everyone help ex-felons to reenter the to travel by rail and to talk it up.

All candidates agreed that workforce.” She too would seek In this letter, a woman described how she had gone to another funeral home that parent involvement was needed a more expedient way to restore to combat youth “sexting.” “You promised low prices. She soon discovered however, that the low price advertised is not their voting rights. what she received once all the “add-ons” were added to the total. Add-ons are items that Head addressed employing can’t sue Internet search providex-felons from the perspective ers … I’ve tried that,” said Edthe family usually wants or needs but are not included in the initial price. When she left, of an employer. He owns Home wards. Nutter thought that the her price was much higher than she expected. At Oakey’s, many items and services are Instead, an elder care facility. He crime commission needed to get involved.

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Over one hundred and twenty five people, including 90 pastors representing a variety of denominations came to hear award winning evangelical Christian author, Phillip Yancey, at the Pastor’s Lunch and Learn Luncheon on Monday, October 17th at the Rescue Mission.

Yancey’s 25 books include What Good is God?, What’s So Amazing About Grace?, Where is God When It Hurts?, and Disappointment With God. Yancey’s books have won thirteen Gold Medallion Awards from the Christian Publishers Asso-

ciation and have sold more than fifteen million copies in English, as well as translations in thirty-five languages.

Yancey does not present himself as a theologian or as an expert on any one subject. Rather, he says he writes as a reporter who is trying to find the answers to his own questions. His questions take him to the library and to people who are experts on theology and philosophy, but he also finds his material on field trips all around the world.

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"He (Yancey) is looking for places where the Body of Christ is alive and working and "real" ... and it just doesn't get more real than at a Rescue Mission" continued Sylvester-Johnson.

Yancey was also the speaker for the annual Dodson Lecture hosted on Monday by St. John’s Episcopal Church where he talked about the seasons of his life and faith to a filled to capacity church.

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rowsing the web one our universe much simpler and recent morning, a far less rich and complex than it, “space exploration” site in fact, is. Our blindness comes displays two images side by side from a tacit assumption that on my monitor. On the left is a only that which our senses deregion of space viewed with the tect is real and the measure of visible spectrum of light that the “what is.” Seeing is believing, the human eye can see unaltered but old axiom holds. for magnification— You have only to go what you would see on a walk with your through a very powerdog to be disabused ful backyard telescope. of this false notion of The image includes a reality. “What is” to hundred fine points of his nose is quite undelight—stars and galaxtectable by yours, and ies of various distances therefore, it does not and ages--and a dozen exist for you. So why more prominent, flaris he pulling you along ing silver dots set so frantically? He against a pure black would tell you “smellFred First vacuum of space. ing is believing.”

Then, in striking contrast The animal kingdom is rich on the right, the same region is with abilities of perception, ways shown as a composite of visible, of knowing, that reveal true realx-ray, gamma and radio wave ities in our shared worlds. There days-long exposures. are a multitude of fact-recording There, around the very same abilities among birds, insects shining stars and galaxies of the and fish that go some distance first image appear vast swirling beyond our own wonderful but columns and clouds of ruby-red limited human-scale senses. Redust, jets of exploded star-stuff ality with a capital "R" is wider and streams of massive energy and deeper than we know. We heating gaseous elements to an see through a glass, darkly inincandescent glow. The effect of deed. this image seen through the inBut maybe there is hope. strument’s computer-enhanced Let’s stand in the midst of a eye is mind-boggling. forest where you may at first But after my initial thrill at only see a mash-up of namethe magnificence of such cosmic less standing timber—so many grandeur came the thought that board feet of inanimate wood-this second image was somehow lovely perhaps, but mere shapes. not real, a kind of counterfeit, a How much richer a walk there bit of high-tech special effects. will be if we can see a tree as a Through the portholes of a fu- creature no less alive than ourture starship in deep space, trav- selves. Let’s momentarily imelers would see blackness and merse ourselves in the reality of white and faintly blue and red a single oak. cosmic objects—and nothing Our perception stops at bark else. So the seeming something and leaf, even though, beyond else of the enhanced picture did our senses but not our knowing, not 'really’ exist. And yet, there it cellular nano-scale chemical facwas in front of me. tories are at work down inside This common human bias— the living tissue in chloroplasts, that our perceptions show us cambium, root tips and shoots, the whole of “reality”—makes ceaselessly manufacturing the

substances necessary for life.

Our most powerful nanotechnology can not come close to duplicating a plant cell’s abilities.

Now consider our tree in time. It has lived here for 75 years. This tree’s distant kin have dominated your slope for countless human generations. Until the past century of logging, this tree’s ancestors lived as a virgin expanse of massive trees almost impossible to match in today’s fragmentary forests.

Go back far enough in time, the mountain chain under our feet—and the oak's—was barren rock pushed tens of thousands of feet high, as colliding continents lifted up the early Appalachians. There was a time when “oak” was a future potential not yet present on the earth scene, a tree yet to have a family tree.

But we live with this other human impediment, another limitation that keeps us from comprehending the grandeur of the apparent ordinary. We seldom appreciate the time-lens view of present moments and places because we are burdened with the conceptual blind spot of the perpetual “now.” This peep at the whole of reality through a tiny keyhole of the present moment makes the reality of time’s flow as invisible to us as those cosmic castles of glowing star stuff.

But again, maybe there’s another way to see.

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beds. Their medical revelations reminded me that I'm not overly diligent about my regimen, either.

More interesting were the customers' comments about relationships. Suffering and betrayal seemed to have visited every door. "I loved her to death, but she cheated on me," a young-sounding man told a visitor, not, one suspects, for the first time.

"They say I'm obsessed with Kathy but I'm not," a senior woman in another spot insisted.

A moment later, she summed up another person's relationship by saying, regretfully, "Liynn was too nice a woman."

I was tempted to say, "I know what you mean."

While the customers spilled their deep secrets, the staff carried on without rolling a single set of eyes. Their behavior was so professional it left me wondering whether their degree work included a semester of imperviousness training.

I'm trying to sound entertaining, but the ER is not a place you'd enjoy, though it can be diverting at times. Simply by paying attention to the conversations of the nursing staff, EMTs and others I learned a lot about City Market restaurants, current movies and public events I might be interested in.

It was also fertile ground for a would-be novelist in search of plots -- which I am not. In general, The tenor of the customers' comments, including mine, brought one of Mark Twain's famous quotes to mind: "When you remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained."

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esterday began early as ment. we boarded the Smart Wow, I am getting soaked.

Bus at the Roanoke Ok, so a raincoat (or someCivic Center, destined for the thing!) might have been a good Lynchburg Amtrak station. A idea after all. Feeling somewhat few hours on the train got us to -only somewhat- sorry for me, Alexandria, where we walked Marybeth again offers to share to our swanky hotel. Ok maybe her umbrella. Up to now such not so swanky, but hey we’re only offers have been met with “Oh, sleeping there, right? An after- I’m fine, thanks” but now I sidle noon on the metro and strolling up close and tuck my head under the mall was our opening to this the bumbershoot. “empty nest expedition.”

We’re laughing silly That’s right, the youngas we trudge past the est, -“Our baby!” I wail Washington monuwith all the drama I can ment, which seems to muster- has recently stare down stoically at flown the coop to colus through the foggy lege a month previous rain. With my head and has not been seen poked under Maryor heard from since. beth’s umbrella, rain is Our second mornno longer obscuring John W. Robinson ing in D.C. had begun my vision. However, in thick overcast, and the not-so-modest I knew that rain was a distinct sheet of water which the umbrelpossibility. However, sunny op- la deflects is cascading down my timism prevailed, “We’ll be fine, left shoulder, absolutely soaking and besides, we’ll be in museums that side of my fashionable polo all day,” I offered up confidently. shirt, which by the way is a cast I hadn’t brought a shred of rain off from son number one. All of gear on this now-pouring Sep- this strikes us as particularly funtember morning. Marybeth, in ny, and one of us states, “ I’m gocontrast, is wearing her rubber ing to pee in my pants if I laugh shoes, raincoat, and carrying a any harder!”

Roanoke College umbrella. For Running the final block to our some reason she chose not to fol- next destination, the Corcoran, low my lead on the free-n-easy we duck inside the stately art mutourist walker status. seum. I purposefully walk to the Now we’re at the FDR memo- reception desk, as if all is under rial, which features, especially control and I always walk around appropriate today, fountains half soaked. The smiling woman and walls of cascading water. We behind the thick glasses informs pause to read the elegantly pro- us that we are just in time for found quotes inscribed into the the docent-led “highlights” tour. stone walls. “Wow, this is great. If Perfect. Linea, a fine-featured I’ve ever been here before I don’t woman of impeccable manner remember it.” Onward we go to and poise meets us. If one were the new Martin Luther King, Jr. quick to judge, then Linea might Memorial, which is especially be wrongly labeled as a haughty moving and meaningful in the art critic. But no, she graciously dark weather. It’s quiet there and smilingly accepts this wet in the rain, but I can sense that beatnik with the squeaky shoes strong, booming voice of Rev- into her small tour entourage erend King delivering another – the wife is clearly lending me message of hope and encourage- some much-needed credibility

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y daughter had a lemonade stand two weeks ago to raise money for the Angels of Assisi Animal Shelter. It will be our last lemonade stand since it is October and soon the neighbors will be wanting cider to warm them up and not lemonade to cool them down.

I made cookies for the lemonade stand. We offered quite the bargain by giving out free cookies with the lemonade! I used to make homemade cookies but these days I buy those square ones that you break apart that Tollhouse has been so kind to make available for all of us busy Americans. I was not always like this; when the kids were little I made a variety of my own cookies but somewhere along the way I guess I gave up and settled on the easy out.

It just so happened on the day of Maddie’s lemonade stand I had a box of oats in the cabinet so I made 4 dozen chocolate

here- and off we go on a tour of the fine works housed in this hundred-year-old mansion.

“I’m sure they’re all good,” I remark as we pause in front of another restaurant in China Town.

“This one must be good ... it’s full of what appears to be a representative from every country in the world.” Not unlike the persona of the greater city, I’m reminded.

We’re somewhat dried out now, and it feels great to be here wielding chopsticks and tucking into some of the best Chinese food I’ve ever eaten. And, as Marybeth points out, “It’s just us two.”

Our time in D.C. is fleeting.

The rain stops but my shoes remain squishy for the remainder of our stay. We visit the “Newseum” and its 6 floors of journalism history; we see the Museum of Crime and Punishment, where we are befriended by a lonely security guard who enthusiastically gives us a private tour of his wing of the place. We explore the tower of the Old Post Office building. We stroll New Hampshire Avenue on Friday night. We sample “half smokies” and milk shakes at Ben’s Chili Bowl near Howard University. We learn the fine points of navigating the Metro, and laugh hard again as we completely bungle the ticket vending machine process.

It’s time to head home. We board the train in Alexandria, and I spend the pleasant ride back to Lynchburg watching night fall over the panorama of countryside rolling by. Now and then I nap with my head on Marybeth’s shoulder.

You know, we were concerned about being sad and out-of-sorts over our empty nest situation, but we think we’re going to be ok after all.

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dolescence has always thought of as an "opportunity" been filled with hard for divine protection. From the lessons such as how start, we did everything wrong. to deal with ennui. When bored, Shortly after crossing the North teens engage in a whole host of Carolina border, we decided that activities which, at my age now, I'd relief-drive. That's funny in itwould lead to a 911 self, since ninety-five call and shock paddles. miles is hardly exStill, I remember the hausting. Then we ran dullness of life which out of gas, which led motivated me to do to a literal comedy of dumb things. For inerrors. Foolishly, "gas stance, the "road trip" money" had become taken by me and my pretzel and soda curgood friend Bert. We rency. Desperate to had psyched ourselves continue our quest, into believing that our we began nosing Robert Adcox middle class lives were around in sheds and just so difficult, and barns for a can of gas. we couldn't be expected to deal Tired, but somewhat frantic, we with parental pressures like go- decided to look for the nearest ing to school and staying out of town. We reasoned some kind trouble. soul would spare some change The horror. for two dumb kids who by now Sufficiently primed, we slipped just wanted to go home. I think out one night in his mom's '68 we had walked about half of a Plymouth Fury. With more than mile when I heard it, and alerted half of a tank of gas, a box of gin- Bert to freeze. ger snaps, and about five dollars An eerilie familiar, metallic between us, we were out to get click-click. jobs somewhere in North CaroWe were staring down two lina and start our poor, unloved .357 Magnums connected to two lives over. I think we had planned VERY serious police officers. Apto connect with his older sister parently, they take gas cans seriand stay with her while looking ously in Union County. In mere for lucrative jobs as dishwashers. seconds their prey had been Now, I believe in God. I be- cuffed and taken to an awaiting lieve the Lord protects us long squad car. The county's finest, enough for us to glorify Him be- apparently, had suffered some fore calling us home. I'm grateful serious budget issues; rather than for that. Our misadventure was feeding us at the jailhouse, we defined by several experiences were instead driven to the nearculminating in what can only be est drive-in restaurant for ham-

burgers. Putting catsup on fries while handcuffed takes intense focus and determination, by the way. Sufficiently fed, we were much happier. That is, until we were taken through the "in-processing" process. Fingerprinting was, for me, difficult to master.

It turned out "roll your finger" didn't mean from thumbnail to palm. That was nothing compared to the incredulous looks I got when, posing for my mug shot, I gave my best glamour shot grin. Honestly, I was that naive. The officers seemed to be on the verge of crying -whether from laughter or frustration I'll never know.

All told, it was a harrowing experience - though the hamburger was great. I can't say the trip home was great, since mom was trying to decide whether to be angry or relieved. As usual, dad was stoic. I'm not sure what Bert's trip home was like. I imagine it was much the same thing.

"What were you thinking?" seemed to be my dad's prevailing theme while mom settled on the classic, "We were so worried . . ." which ensures you won't be getting into any mischief for a long, long time.

Five days maybe.

I learned that I was indeed up for a road trip . . . And that I couldn't wait to get home.

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chip and oatmeal cookies for the lemonade sale. When I tested the first cookie the difference between it and the square refrigerated Tollhouse kind was night and day! (Sorry Tollhouse - that’s just the way it is . . .)

Homemade cookies are so GREAT! I took the cookies to a meeting at church and all my friends ooohhed and aaahhed over them, so I wrapped them up and sent them home with them. And I thought once again “Now why did I start buying the square cookies?”

So ladies, I know we don’t have much time in our days but homemade cookies move people in a way the store bought kind never can. They help sell lemonade for the sake of puppies and kitties, they dazzle friends and are fun to give away - they even make great Halloween treats with the right ingredients - orange and black M&Ms! So leave that package stuff on the shelf and get out your mixing bowl and take back

your passion for cookies! ¾ c. butter 1 ¾ c. flour 1 c. packed brown sugar ½ c. sugar 1 egg 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. vanilla ¼ tsp. baking soda 1 ½ c. oats 1 cup of Halloween M&Ms -In mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer medium high for 30 seconds.

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While in Bluefield, the “heart of the million dollar coalfields“ eat at one of the nearby restaurants before returning to Roanoke.

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Carilion Clinic Breast Cancer Center Goes All Pink

Bunches of bright pink her. Lewis said that “the pinwheels glinting in the most important thing sun were “planted” last when all this ‘awareness’ Thursday on South Jefcame out is that [she adferson Street, alongside vises] women not to be the Carilion Clinic Breast afraid to go get checked Care Center, making the because they fear what spot hard to miss for those might happen.” passing by. The Center Lewis is younger than decided to “go pink” this the recommended age of year to raise awareness of Pink pinwheels line Carilion’s walkway. 40 to begin screening, but breast cancer and honor she knew “something was survivors. Actually, there were exactly 300 pink not right” and decided to get a mammogram. pinwheels, representing the 300 survivors who Her treatment lasted “six months going start to are diagnosed with breast cancer at Carilion finish, without chemo or radiation” which were Clinic facilities each year. not recommended for her. She wants women The mood was lighthearted amongst attend- to know that each situation is different, and no ees, most of whom sported pink pins or brace- one should shy away from screening as early lets, as they hope this effort will cause more detection is so important. women to include cancer screening / mamIt turns out there is not a standard pink paint mography in their busy schedules. that is used for breast cancer awareness camBreast cancer survivor Angie Lewis was there paigns, so the Carilion design group had to to join in the effort to raise awareness, along figure out the closest match to the pink ribbon with her “Dream Team” of doctors who treated that is now so recognizable. Carilion Engineer,

ing is pink. According to Howard, who was finishing up with the painting project, the plan is for the “pink” to remain.

It will serve as a perpetual pink reminder for women to make their appointment for each year.

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Angie Lewis (2nd from R) with her Dream Team of doctors (L-R) James Mullet MD, Roxanne Davenport MD, and Barton Thomas MD. Kelly Howard laughed as he said, “there are so many shades of pink.

The Carilion Clinic Breast Care Center could almost take their sign down now as the new pink accents make it pretty clear what the facility does. The railings are pink, the parking lot and adjacent planter are pink … even the light-

Carilion engineer Kelly Howard puts the finishing touches on a pink planter.

Helping Others Battle Cancer Gives Roanoker Focus to Fight Her Own Battle Helping others diagnosed with breast cancer is helping Shanon Sparr, 40, of Roanoke County to keep focused and fight her own ongoing battle with breast cancer that has resulted in a double mastectomy and removal of her ovaries.

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date I was diagnosed,” Shannon said with a determined lift to her voice. “It was all done by the end of March 2011. Now, I’m back to work and I’m starting college. I’ve just had my six-month checkup and I’m doing great.”

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At that time Shannon had a 16-year-old daughter, Kamie and a 14-year-old son, Keenan and a 26-year-old daughter, Kasey.

“We sat in the living room when I told them. There were lots of tears. Kamie would not leave my side. She slept with me for five months and held my hand. She dug into information anywhere she could get it. She read brochures, articles and searched the internet. She knew more about what was happening that I did.”

“My son’s hockey team, The Roanoke Express, skated on the ice with pink ribbons, pink gloves and pink shoe laces the first game after we found out.

My step mother came immediately and stayed with us. My best friends, whom I’ve known for 20 years, Martha Gulley and Lisa Bailey, were always there to help. It was amazing.”

And then it hit. “It wasn’t until I started back on my routine.

Back to work, planning with the children and just getting back into the stream of things.”

“So many losses: my marriage, my hair, my breasts, my ovaries, my car. The children are growing up. I had never cried. This August I cried . . .”

Shannon was quiet a moment as she reflected on her journey.

“But it’s October now and I have more good days than bad days. Life is so short. Kids picking up their clothes off the floor and dishes in the sink - it doesn’t matter. I’d always wanted everything to be perfect, but there are more important matters now. I’ll be there for my kids, my grandkids and my great grandkids.”

In January Shannon met face-to-face with some of the members of the Red Devil Warriors, a nonprofit charity that performs “random acts of kindness for cancer patients.”

They had been quietly working in the background providing support in any way she needed them.

“Now I stand and I have no problem walking with anyone who needs my help. I’m here and I’ll be there for anyone who needs me. I’ll tell them, let’s take it one step at a time,” she said cheerfully, adding that the most important thing to do when you first find out the diagnosis is to “Tell someone - tell everyone you know and always,” she stopped and laughed. “Take two people with you to the doctor’s office: One to hold your hand and one to talk to the doctors and nurses and take notes. You’ll never remember everything that’s being said or what you need to do.”

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Salem Fire and EMS Goes PINK

Pink shirts have been worn this October for Breast Cancer Awareness by firemen at all three of Salem’s Fire Stations.

Servpro in Salem purchased the shirts for the fireman to show their support for the cause.

The shirts have the Salem Fire and EMS name with the slogan Find a Cure on the front and the hose in place of the traditional ribbon on the back.

The Salem Fire & EMS members also wore special shirts in honor of 9/11’s 10th anniversary last month.

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Roanoker Michelle Tozier was first diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago, and says that “for me, the initial diagnosis of cancer was very frightening … because of the unknown. It took a few weeks for me to rebound” from that news. “Now I count it as a blessing actually,” referring to the deep and valued friendships that have resulted from that trial.

Tozier says that when she first started chemo treatments, she noticed a gal (Marsha Underwood) who was also beginning her first treatment on that very same day. Tozier says when she saw the same woman a few treatments later, “she had all her hair” and I had already had to shave my head.”

The nurse whispered that she thought that “hair” was a wellmade wig. Suddenly there was something to really laugh about. It wasn’t long before the women became fast friends and confidantes, bonding through the hours of chemo treatments, which coincidentally they also finished on the

same day.

Underwood introduced Tozier to two of her friends who were also dealing with breast cancer, Gaye Blevins (whose husband Dave worked in county schools, retiring as principal of Hidden Valley High School), and Susan Jordan. The four were all diagnosed around the same time and are now all approaching their four year survivor mark.

Tozier stopped by Valley View this past weekend to see the “Pink Parade” and visit Panera which had tents and vendors outside. “They did some really neat stuff this year,” she said. The four ladies make it a point to support breast cancer causes; “we get to a lot of things that [center around] breast cancer.” They plan on going to Le Cheveux salon at Towers Mall on October 27 for the upcoming ladies night out.

“This is friends for life,” says Tozier, “[we will] be there for each other forever.” She adds that currently they are “all doing well and surviving.” Tozier

Three of the four “forever friends,” Marsha Underwood, Susan Jordan and Michelle Tozier. points out that “some women don’t want to talk about it; [they feel] they have ‘been there and done that.’ But to me it’s great to share; it inspires other women who are just beginning the journey.”

“I’ve met so many women; everywhere I go I meet a survivor and we talk and we share things,” she added. “It has opened up a whole different world of sisterhood.” Tozier

is upbeat as she describes her experience: “These are such deep friendships - and it’s all through cancer.”

She wants other women facing the diagnosis to know there is hope, and with a laugh adds, “your hair is going to be pretty and thicker.”

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Cave Spring Comeback Nets 22-20 Win Over Pulaski County

Sam Wright's 1-yard touchdown run with 54 seconds remaining propelled Cave Spring to the come-from-behind 22-20 win over Pulaski County last Friday night at Dwight Bogle Stadium.

Pulaski County had taken a 20-16 lead with 8:43 left in the fourth quarter, before the Knights would go on a 61yard, 13-play drive, for the clinching score.

Cave Spring was led by Wright's 287 rushing yards on 40 carries to anchor the Knight attack. Wright became the all-time carreer rushing

Knight running back Sam Wright breaks into the open field for a 65-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. leader for Cave Spring, surpassing noted Cave Spring and NFL running back Tiki Barber. Wright, who also scored Cave Spring's other two touchdowns on second quarter runs of 65 and 3 yards, now has 22 TDs on the season and over 3,750 total career rushing yards.

Cave Spring led 16-6 at the half, before Pulaski came roaring back on a 45-yard interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter, followed by a fourth quarter TD drive to take the lead.

Cave Spring improved to 5-2 (1-1, River Ridge).

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The playoff picture presented by North Cross head coach Stephen Alexander to his players was crystal clear during practice. "We are positioning for the playoffs," Alexander told the squad. "We can't afford any more losses."

The Raiders took their coach’s words to heart as North Cross dominated on both sides of the ball in rolling over Atlantic Shores Christian 41-7 Saturday afternoon on senior day and homecoming at Thomas Field.

North Cross opened an early 13-0 lead on touchdown passes from quarterback Thomas Weaver to Hugh Cundiff (2 yards) and George Revercomb (5 yards), before Atlantic

Atlantic Shores quarterback Garfield Christie is sacked in the backfield by North Cross senior lineman #55 Chris Shelton as a host of Raiders close in.

Shores took advantage of an injury-plagued Raider secondary for the Seahawk’s only

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Weaver added a 24-yard toss to Mark Dakermanji, with Anderson adding a one-yard plunge to stake North Cross to the final 41-7 margin after three quarters.

The Raider defense likewise rose to the occasion, shutting down an Atlantic Shores offense that had scored 40 points on private school powerhouse Norfolk Christian one week earlier.

Weaver threw for 248 yards on the day, hitting 22-of39 passes. Anderson led the Raider rushing attack with 126 yards on 20 carries.

"We approached the game like it was week-one of the playoffs," Alexander noted at midfield after the game.

"These guys really rose to the occasion."

"Half of our secondary was out today," Alexander added.

"We can't afford any more injuries. But, today, I'm really proud of these guys."

North Cross improved to 5-3 on the season against what has been an exceedingly tough and ambitious schedule since week-one.

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PH head coach Patricia Sheedy leads the Patriots to the regular season title with the 3-0 win Tuesday night.

Patrick Henry #4 Lauren Deck skies above the net to alter a Franklin County shot.

Patrick Henry locked up the Western Valley District regular season volleyball title Tuesday night with a 25-20; 25-16; 25-16 sweep over second place Franklin County at the PH gym. The Patriots improved to 6-0 in district play (15-4 overall).

Caroline Brailsford had 18 assists and 4 aces for Patrick Henry, while teammate Sarah Miller fired 10 kills to lead the PH front line attack.

Patriot #2 Caroline Brailsford finesses a shot over the Franklin County front line in the 3-game sweep over the Eagles.

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Wild Bill’s Weekly Sports Roundup

Readers, I humbly apologize. dle with a last-minute win over I take full responsibility with Pulaski last week. Blacksburg is much regret. If this were foot- still looking for its offensive diball, I'd surely get a referee's rection. Sam Wright may be on flag for undue celebration. cruise control in this one. Cave Undoubtably, most of you Spring- 40 Blacksburg- 10 opened this week's edition of Salem at Christiansburg: The Star-Sentinel only to dis- Both teams are 2-0 in the River cover smoke billowing from Ridge showdown. Salem has a the sports section. It way of hanging tough, was the remnants from but it may be a push to my illegal Cuban ciexpect a win. gar that engulfed your Christiansburg- 34 presence. A celebratory Salem-20 stogie after last week's Pulaski County at perfect 11-0 prediction Hidden Valley: The performance.

Cougars looked too My thanks to everygood for an 0-7 team one who offered their last Friday at Bogle Bill Turner congratulations, and Field. Pulaski's reothers who likewise turn to SW Roanoke made note that I took advantage may again go down to the wire. of a timely seance to overcome Hidden Valley- 21 Pulaski the challenges of eleven tough County- 19 matchups. I'll try to address a Glenvar at Radford: A close couple of your questions about Three Rivers matchup may be the paranormal in today's mail- in store. Glenvar is smarting box, but first, let's take a look at from Giles, while Radford is this week's games. looking to keep pace with the Halifax County at Patrick Spartans. Radford- 28 GlenHenry: The Blue Comets in- var- 27 vade Gainer Field to take on Carlisle at North Cross: a PH team that has only two Hey, it's on the schedule. I can't

By Bill Turner losses to a pair of defending help it if somebody won't show info@newsroanoke.com state champions. Most often, up to play. Raiders improve to comets burn out before hitting 6-3 heading to their regularthe ground. Patrick Henry- 38 season finale at Virginia EpisHalifax County- 12 copal. I take pride in accuracy.

Lord Botetourt at Staunton North Cross- 2 Carlisle- 0 River: One team will get its first Roanoke Catholic at Fuqua: win in the Blue Ridge. The two The Celtics stand at 6-2 while got beat by a combined 80-0 score last Friday. Home team get the nod. Staunton River- 27 Lord Botetourt-16 William Byrd at Northside: Byrd is on a three-game winning streak; Northside is 7-0 and looking stronger each week. Big clues in those numbers: Northside- 41 William Byrd- 13 Cave Spring at Blacksburg: Cave Spring got over a big hur-

Fuqua has lost three straight after a 3-0 start. Roanoke Catholic seems to like road games.

Roanoke Catholic- 26 Fuqua23 Now, straight to the seancefilled mailbox.

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Dear Wildest One: Did you get any signals from the other side after your 11-0 week?

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The North Cross Volleyball team defeated inter conference and inter division powerhouse Eastern Mennonite Tuesday night at The James Muscaro gym at North Cross. In an exciting game the Raiders overcame the Flames in 5 games 25-23, 2522, 18-25, 17-25, 15-4. Gussie Revercomb and Piper Roe led the Raiders with 19 kills and 13 kills, Alexandra Martin had a career high 44 assists in the win the senior also achieved her 1000 career assist earlier in the week and is about to hit 100 aces in serving. This last regular season win clinches a playoff spot for North Cross in the VISAA D2

- the Raiders (back to back D3 winners) have been moved up to the bigger division because of an increase in the number of female students at the school. Conference playoffs begin on 10/25 and Division playoffs on 11/8.

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Save A Ton About To Roll Out

A campaign spearheaded by Roanoke County’s RC Clear committee is about to roll out, highlighting the merits of going greener. “Save A Ton,” as in saving a cubic ton of carbon emissions annually, per household, will debut with a media push and a presence at the 12th Annual Green Living and Energy Expo (Nov. 4-5), at the Roanoke Civic Center’s special events hall.

Before that, RC Clear, in conjunction with its partners on Roanoke City’s Clean and Green Committee and others, will hold a news conference about the initiative, which will appeal to people’s pocketbooks as much as it will a sense of civic responsibility to embrace going green.

The Regional Planning Commission will soon take over management of the SaveATon. org website, where valley residents can learn about ways to save energy. Production of that energy – from coal plants used to create electricity to vehicles that transport people – help fill the air with carbon that mars views, and more importantly, is a health hazard to those with breathing problems.

“We’re hoping that other regional [organizations] will be able to join shortly,” said Anne Marie Green, director of general

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The Save A Ton website will offer ideas and resources towards saving a cubic ton of carbon emissions a year – enough to fill a 27 square foot space. RC Clear may try to demonstrate what that looks like at the Energy Expo in November.

Billboards and other printed materials may urge residents and local business owners to: “Learn.

Change. Save A Ton.” RC Clear hopes to spread the Save A Ton message to local school systems, hoping that the message will “bubble up” to parents, according to tba president Thomas

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A $50,000 Department of Energy stimulus fund grant helped RC Clear – an offshoot of the ICLEI organization – get off the ground. Roanoke County spends an additional $1200 a year on ICLEI dues, a practice criticized recently by the local Tea Party.

Cave Spring supervisor Charlotte Moore defends the practice. “We learn so much,” said Moore in an interview recently on “Roanoke This Week (Fox Radio 910am), disputing Tea Party charges that the international ICLEI groups want to take away electric dryers and air conditioning. “I like my AC and I like my dryer,” said Moore, noting however that there are very energy efficient models available now.

Roanoke City representative Ken Cronin hopes that a number of localities sign on to the Save A Ton effort in the near future; “air and water pollution doesn’t stop at the corporate line,” said Cronin, who works as a city government liaison to Roanoke’s citizen-driven Clean & Green group.

Richard C. Cook first came to public attention more than 25 years ago when the then-NASA analyst blew the whistle on the Challenger space shuttle disaster at a congressional hearing. He also wrote a book, “Challenger Revealed,” about how the tragedy that began with faulty o-rings could have been prevented.

Cook was persona non grata around NASA after he testified and soon found himself at the U.S. Treasury Department for the remainder of his government career. It was there that Cook focused in on what ails the country economically, a viewpoint he honed over the years. “We Hold These Truths: the Hope of Monetary Reform,” released several years ago, is Cook’s manifesto on the issue. He claims to have forecast the downturn in 2008, brought on by the real estate value collapse.

Now retired and living in Roanoke with his wife Karen, Cook has been speaking here and abroad. He recently addressed a group in Mexico on the monetary and economic crisis. Cook, like the group that invited him down to Mexico, believes that a form of the barter system and local currencies could be used to augment and strengthen the federal monetary system.

“We had businesses create their own currencies (in the 1800’s),” said Cook; “every town had its own currency.” He sees merit in that and said there is even a local currency movement in Roanoke, which would augment – not supplant – the federal monetary system. Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe were early supporters of a hybrid monetary system “until the big banks took over,” said Cook. “[Now] it’s all built on debt.”

It is “Money Power” – the might that large banks have

– which has led to changes in monetary policy. “The Fed has taken away the community banker’s ability to compete in the free market,” Cook told Mexican conference attendees in prepared remarks.

“The Wall Street money houses are basically getting free money that they can hedge … while local banks are stuck with deposits costing more than the federal funds rate,” contends Cook, who predicts that “for the extended future capital will be difficult if not impossible to raise, stifling growth on America’s Main Streets.”

Cook also believes that nei- Richard Cook’s book advocates ther major political party has a a hybrid monetary system. real handle on the problem at Stimulus bills like the several this point. He advocates a “Basic passed by Congress and signed Income Guarantee” that would into law by the President since assure every adult a subsistence 2008 work “to some extent,” said level of living in the form of a Cook, “but it is money that’s voucher to cover necessities. coming down from the governThose vouchers would then be ment through federal programs. placed at community banks, en- A lot of that money never actusuring them of funds that can be ally reaches the street.” Much of invested in local enterprises. the Obama stimulus funds for The current system, based on example, went into military conborrowing from the federal gov- struction, which he labels “a dead ernment “has created this huge end. It has never produced the conglomeration of debt in order results they thought it would.” to finance the cash needs of the “We Hold These Truths: the U.S. economy. It has been like Hope of Monetary Reform” (tenthat for decades,” Cook believes. drilpress.com) is bound to raise The outsourcing of U.S. man- some eyebrows, but Cook seems ufacturing jobs overseas and to relish that role. To wit: “it is a the sending of American dollars fact that the U.S. government, as abroad has also meant that the have most governments, has delmiddle and working classes in egated the creation of a medium this country have been “sacri- of exchange to the private bankficed on the altar of dollar domi- ing system,” Cook told confernation,” to Cook’s way of think- ence attendees in Mexico. “But ing. As a financial manager at this system does not work in the Treasury, “I saw the whole system long run.” from the inside out … 3-4 trillion See richardccook.com for more dollars in taxpayer money makes on “We Hold These Truths” and its way through the department the author’s viewpoint. every year,” according to Cook,

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Potters Guild Show Keeps On Growing

The Annual Blue Ridge Potters Guild show held last weekend may need to look for yet another venue with more space; additional vendors want in and lines out the door on opening night at Patrick Henry High School attest to the event’s growing popularity. Some of the potters exhibiting and selling their wares “throw clay” and create bowls, plates, vases, etc. as a way to unwind from jobs or other busy facets of life. Some make a living in part by selling the pottery they create.

The Blue Ridge Potters Guild, (blueridgepotters.com), a group of potters in the Roanoke and Photo by Gene Marrano New River Valleys, manned more than 70 booths and gave demonstrations on the art of pottery at The Blue Ridge Potters Guild show featured the 12th annual show, which relocated from Cave 70-plus vendors and hands on demonstrations.

Spring High School several years ago. Jennifer Mulligan, who had thrown clay at Potters Guild peared at this year’s show. Proceeds from sales of shows for visitors in the past, taught law at Virgin- the pottery go in part to the Guild, which is a nonia Western and found pottery a great way to relax. profit. Many Guild potters will donate works for the Souper Bowl, a January event where attendees She now teaches at a private studio in Salem.

“It’s great – it allows all the life lessons. It teaches sample soups from local eateries; proceeds from you patience, and how to be calm and centered. ticket sales support the Rescue Mission.

Carr collected pottery for years but did not try As a teacher it’s really neat, it herself before moving because you provide an enhere about four years ago. A vironment for someone else class she took at the Bramto achieve all that.” Mulbleton Center (a Roanoke ligan teaches both younger County Parks & Recrestudents and adults. “Many ation program) that got her of them have gone on to bestarted. “I now consider come professional potters. myself a potter,” said Carr, I’ll bet there are 7-8 potters noting that many of the here who took lessons from potters at the show started me.” by taking classes there. “It’s Some come to her proan outstanding program – claiming that they have Photo by Gene Marrano they have excellent teachers no artistic talent, that they Little hands work to shape clay on a [with] wonderful workcannot even draw a straight Potter’s Wheel. shops.” Students can go in line. “That’s okay,” said Mulat other times and throw ligan; “we have no straight lines in pottery. People clay at the Brambleton Center, if the wheels and might come in feeling a little intimidated, but very kilns are not in use. quickly they realize they can succeed, even on a Anne Piedmont, a freelance writer and website small level.” She’s back in school as well, trying to developer who has written for the Roanoke Starhone her artistic side. Mulligan earned an associSentinel, had always wanted to try her hand at ates degree in art from Virginia Western last year. pottery but never got around to it. A New Year’s Mulligan said the Blue Ridge Potters Guild resolution in the 90s finally spurred her to take show started with about ten potters, with maybe a class.

Piedmont thought the first things she 1000 attending. “Now we have tens of thousands turned out look like something from a summer that show up. It allows exposure for the artistic camp.

“On the last lesson I ‘got it, ’ and have been community. Roanoke has become a center for throwing ever since. ” pottery sales.” She also likes the diversity – some After pounding on a keyboard all day, Piedturned their pottery into statues or other creative mont enjoys the change of pace that creating potforms of expression, often with an assortment of tery provides.

“It keeps me centered and gets my colors and different “firing” techniques. hands dirty.

It uses whatever part of the brain that Many pieces are functional; Mulligan points is.

And I love the people that I throw pottery with out a colorful bowl or serving dish that “they can [in classes]. ” Piedmont is a big fan of the annual use every day,” or display. How and at what temGuild show; “it really showcases the talent in the perature a piece of pottery is cured in a kiln can area. ” make a difference in the way it turns out. “There is Jennifer Mulligan observed that thirty years ago a huge diversity.” it was hard to convince people that pottery was Becky Carr, co-organizer of this year’s Blue art.

“They’re now recognizing that evolution.”

Ridge Potters Guild Show, said what started out small is now “the largest [all pottery] show in Virginia. We keep outgrowing our venue, wondering where we’ll be going next.” Twelve new potters ap-

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Opera Roanoke Soars in “Il Trovatore” Opera Roanoke opened the 2011-12 season with a fully staged production of Giuseppe Verdi’s much beloved opera “Il Trovatore” to a sold out house on October 14th and 16th at Shaftman Performance Hall-Jefferson Center.

An outstanding cast of Verdi singers joined the ever popular Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, the Opera Roanoke Chorus and Young Apprentice Artists, for one of opera’s greatest romantic hits.

An outstanding job of conducting the entire production was done by Scott Williamson, General and Artistic Director of Opera Roanoke. Williamson is also a tenor who performs with Opera Roanoke.

Full of stirring choruses, breath-taking arias and fiery ensembles, Il Trovatore is one

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Roanoke Resident Was Once In Secret Service At The White House

From a childhood spent on a farm in rural Western Virginia to the halls of power in Washington, D.C., retired Secret Service agent Joe Dye had a story to tell.

So he did, in a memoir originally intended for his grandchildren.

When he showed it to friends they suggested that Dye, now retired and living in Roanoke, find a publisher. The result is “From Appalachia to the White House” (Crossbooks), detailing Dye’s life, which included a twenty-year stint with the Secret Service—in large part at the White House.

Dye rubbed shoulders with six U.S. presidents from Kennedy to Reagan, along with their vice presidents and assorted family members. He first came to the White House as a Washington D.C. police officer during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 – during which time he was not able to go home for three weeks.

“It was very tense,” recalls Dye, who was in his early twenties at the time. “I really didn’t grasp the seriousness of it until later.” Soon thereafter he was asked to transfer to the Secret Service.

He liked John Kennedy, observing him mostly from a distance, but thought his wife Jackie a bit cold. “She sort of just ignored us and went on her way,” he recalls. Young John Kennedy Jr. – “John John” – once asked him for gum, something his nurse did not approve of.

Dye had a much more somber task during the Kennedy White House years – standing guard in the East Room when JFK’s closed casket was brought back after the assassination in Dallas. Only family members were allowed in the room as agents worked twelve-hour shifts. One night the Catholic Bishop of D.C. – Kennedy was the first Catholic president – came in with Jacqueline Kennedy to perform posthumous last rites. Dye opened

Joe Dye with his cherished retirement plaque. the casket for Mrs. Kennedy at her request.

Dye made some trips with the presidents he served, provided security at the White House and was often called to New York City when the president or a foreign dignitary would be speaking at the United Nations.

“I made a lot of good friends in New York,” recalled Dye. One of his fondest mementos is a plaque given to him by Ronald Reagan when he retired from the Secret Service during the Gipper’s first term in 1982.

It features a personal letter from the president and medallions depicting the six Chief Executives he worked under.

Dye also recalls that Jimmy Carter would occasionally spend the night in Roanoke as the expresident traveled on the I-81 corridor; in his post-Secret Service job as head of security for local Marriott properties, Dye made sure the agents traveling with Carter had comfortable rooms.

Dye became close to Carter’s Vice President, Walter Mondale, and his family. “We had a very close relationship,” said Dye, adding that he and his wife attended some Mondale family functions.

In fact Dye first began his public service career as a clerk for the FBI, where he met his wife Sue.

The next fully staged production of Opera Roanoke will be “Carmen” by Georges Bizet on April 27th and 29th, 2012 at the Jefferson Center.

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The main cast consisted of Hope Briggs as Leonora, Jennifer Roderer as Azucena, Scott Piper as Manrico, Gary Simpson as Conte di Luna, and Keith Reed as Ferrando.

Director J. Edgar Hoover often chatted with Dye and gave him advice about life. Sue worked at the switchboard outside of Hoover’s office. “I often say that J. Edgar was the one that got my wife and me together.”

Lyndon Johnson was “very dominant” and ruled with an iron fist at times. “I sort of had mixed feelings about him,” said Dye, who is still active working with seniors at his church today. “[Johnson] used some very colorful language, quite often to his staff. He was the main character.”

He liked Richard Nixon, writing about his photographic memory and a knack for remembering names. “I still think he’ll eventually go down as one of our greater presidents,” Dye adds. He didn’t hear the profanity others heard on the infamous Watergate tapes. “Around the White House [Nixon] was always very friendly – nothing like came out on those tapes.”

Ronald Reagan was “probably my favorite.” What people saw on television was what Dye saw at the White House. “He did not put on airs,” noted Dye. Reagan spoke to him and the other agents in the same manner – as a straight shooter. “He did not pretend,” said Dye. “I find it fascinating that an old country boy can go from the Appalachian region of southwest Virginia [to] eventually working at the White House for 20 years, for six presidents” said Dye. Those who read the simple, sweet prose in “From Appalachia to the White House” can’t help but agree.

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Carilion Clinic Children's Hospital Literacy Organization Sets Roanoke “Spelling Bee World Series” Unveils Mobile Intensive Care Unit Heads will be turning in southwest Virginia this fall as the new Carilion Clinic Children’s Hospital (CCCH) mobile Intensive Care Unit (ICU) hits the road.

The mobile ICU is the first of its kind to serve southwest Virginia. It was purchased through local funds donated to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

The mobile ICU is designed to transport neonatal and seriously ill children from area health care facilities to CCCH in Roanoke.

The vehicle is equipped to provide life-sustaining care along with convenience and comfort for patients.

The vehicle features a large “box” layout, able to accommodate two patients (or neonatal twins). It also features: • Central computer system monitoring GPS navigation, climate control, light/sirens and oxygen levels • Large capacity air, oxygen and heliox tanks • Large capacity external generator • Dual suction capacity • Temperature-controlled compartments for medication and fluids • Air ride suspension to soften vibrations • Monitors capable of caring for neonatal and pediatric patients: EKG, Respiratory rate, SpO2, Invasive and non-invasive blood pressure monitoring, Invasive CO2 monitoring, Invasive and non-invasive temperature monitoring, Defibrillation and

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The event, to be held the evening of Tuesday, October 25, from 5:30 until 8:30 at Christ Lutheran Church on the corner of Grandin Road and Brandon Carilion Clinic Children's Hospital Mobile Intensive Care Unit Avenue, will raise funds for the was on display last Friday in front of the hospital. literacy organization to continsynchronized cardioversion Photo By Bill Turner ue its mission to overcome illit• Hydraulic lift for neonatal info@newsroanoke.com isolettes • Triple insulation for noise reduction • 26-inch flat screen television and DVD player The mobile ICU will be staffed by the CCCH Neonatal Pediatric Transport Team, a group of specially trained medical professionals dedicated to safely an evening of torch transporting neonatal and pedisongs with atric patients by ground and air Susanne FitzGerald throughout the region. The team performs more than 600 transports each year, covering 13,000 square miles, which includes three states, 44 counties and 25 referral facilities.

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