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October 12, 2012
New City Attorney To Start Work Without Title
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Changing of the Guard Fall Festival
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P11– Check out the great event line-up as well as supporters of this years Vinton Fall Festival to be held Saturday Oct. 3th from 10am-4pm.
Photo by Valerie Garner
The Taubman has attracted visitors both day and night but not nearly enough to cover its $3.4 Million annual budget.
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Taubman Museum Of Art Receives New Funding and New Board of Directors
Photo by Gene Marrano. P3– The Tinker Creek Some changes are coming to Roanoke’s Taubman Museum Greenway now hasthe 2.5new milesTinker Creek “Tinker Creek1” greenway segment begins with a small bridge built by volunteers.of Art. First, David Mickenberg, the museum’s current presiof “Green” to offer between dent and CEO, is leaving to “pursue other opportunities.” Hollins and the boat ramp at Second, general admission is now free, although there will Carvin’s Cove. be a fee for special events and services. And third, there’s a new Board of Directors at the helm, led by Nick Taubman, who, along with his wife, Jenny, gave the largest contribution to build the museum. Heywood Fralin will serve as the board’s vice chairman. Only Debbie Meade and David Wine are holdovers from the former board. “This board, comprised of Roanoke Valley business and community leaders, including myself and Heywood, is committing the funding necessary to secure the Taubman’s fiscal future,” said Taubman. The new board members have contributed funds to close the $1.5 million gap in funding, putting the museum on solid
Titans Survive P8– Hidden Valley held on for dear life in game four to force a 15-point tiebreaker, then banked the final four points of game 5, to knock off Cave Spring.
Bradley Free Clinic “An Amazing Story”
Photo by Gene Marrano.
Estelle Avner is the longtime executive director of the Bradley Free Clinic.
Moral Decay P5– Keith McCurdy says that as a culture we now focus less on teaching morals and more on trying to minimize the consequences of immoral actions.
New Hampshire lawyer Daniel Callaghan was selected by Roanoke City Council from a pool of 33 applicants to fill the vacant Roanoke City Attorney position on July 16, 2012. Colin Baenziger of Baenziger & Associates was the same City Govt. recruiter that located Chris Morrill for Roanoke city manager in 2010. Morrill, Callaghan’s brother-in-law, in an email inquiry to his expected start date said, “I have not been involved in any of these details.” Morrill forwarded the inquiry to city clerk Stephan i e Moon. Morrill has Daniel Callaghan remained removed from the appointment in order to avoid any appearance of conflict, though the city attorney reports to city council not to the city manager. Moon said that Callaghan is expected to start on October 17 but it won’t be as city attorney. Instead, he will be “appointed as Manager of the City Attorney’s Office, and [appointed] as City Attorney upon his admission to the Virginia State Bar.” City
Thirty eight years after it began the Bradley Free Clinic on Third Street in downtown Roanoke is still fulfilling its mission successfully: providing health care, outpatient surgery and dental services at no cost to working people that cannot afford health care insurance. These are the people that fall through the cracks – they make too much money to qualify for services like Medicaid but not enough to afford their own insurance. That’s where the Bradley Free Clinic has helped since 1974. Its executive director all that time, Estelle Nicholas Avner, calls it “an amazing story.” > CONTINUED, P2: Bradley Free Clinic
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GoFest Exhibition Returns To Roanoke Next Week
It’s been four years since Pete Eshelman was hired for a unique position – Director of Outdoor Branding for the Roanoke Regional Partnership, an organization focused on economic development in the valley. Before he was hired, Eshelman said members of the partnership put their heads together in an effort to reinvent an approach to economic development. Thinking about the area’s greatest assets, one thing was clear: “They all agreed it was the outdoors. It was a great asset [but] a story that wasn’t being told.” Attracting outdoor-related companies or companies that subscribe to that culture are easier when the message is clear. The Sierra Nevada beer maker kept Christiansburg in the running for a long time when looking for an East Coast plant, primarily because of that outdoor focus. Those
Photo by Gene Marrano.
A trick bike demo at last year’s Outdoor Circus. same amenities also help at- Ridge Marathon – “America’s tract young professionals and Toughest Road Marathon,” families that many regions its labeled; he’s also develseem to covet as they look to oped the roanokeoutside.com website as a clearinghouse for grow. That’s been Eshelman’s mis- what-to-do outdoors informasion over the past tion and publishes a four years, to tell that weekly e-newsletter Outdoors guide to events. outdoor story. Over Expect some “rethe past few years he has co-chaired the Blue > CONTINUED, P2: GoFest
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financial ground. In addition to Taubman and Fralin, the new board of directors consists of: David Wine (treasurer), William J. Lemon (secretary), Bittle Porterfield, Garnett Smith, Kent Greenawalt, Leon Harris, Nancy Agee, Stan Lanford, Tammy Finley, Debbie Meade and Jenny Taubman. “The new board is making it possible for this museum to remain open with adequate annual operating funds. The current board has done an outstanding job reducing the deficit while operating on a bare bones budget. But we recognize that a more solid financial platform is needed to ensure our long term success.” Nick Taubman praised outgoing President and CEO David Mickenberg, who has headed the museum for the past three years. “David has done everything to implement our vision during a most difficult fi- > CONTINUED, P2: Taubman
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