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Recent plantings of the nearly extinct American chestnut tree–a beloved and once key species in the east-ern U.S.–have thrived during their first growing season in national forests, according to partners involved in the res-toration effort.

This milestone, jointly achieved by the U.S. For-est Service, The American Chestnut Foundation and the University of Tennessee, involved the test planting in 2008 of hundreds of blight-resistant American chestnut trees in three national forests in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. In an effort to protect the seedlings, project partners are not disclosing the exact locations of the test plots.

“The American chestnut is important because it was once an integral part of the Appalachian culture pro-viding food for wildlife and contributing to the diversity of the forest ecosystem,” said Roger Williams, director of Forest Management for the Southern Region of the U.S. Forest Service. “The success-ful plantings we are announc-ing today are another step in the effort to re-introduce this keystone species back into its native range.”

Once a dominant spe-cies, the American chestnut was virtually wiped out by an exotic fungus from Asia called the chestnut blight. During the last 26 years, The American Chestnut Founda-tion worked with partners to develop a blight-resistant American chestnut. Tradi-tional backcross-breeding with the blight resistant Chinese chestnut produced a blight-resistant American chestnut that is 15/16th pure.

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Roanoke County’s Green Hill Park stepped back in time and looked like a page out of the Middle Ages with the 8th annual Medieval Faire last Saturday and Sunday. There was jousting, sword fighting, greyhound races, arts and crafts, face painting, and food booths. Wandering musi-cians and bards enchanted the crowd. Bagpipe players gath-ered in a circle and serenaded those in attendance, and chil-dren participated in games such as “Ratapult” and “Sheep Toss”.

The Highland Games were back, too, with unusual com-petitions, like lifting a 115 pound rock over one’s head as many times as possible in a timed competition, and seeing how long a competitor could hold a large, heavy pole up-right without it tipping over and hitting the ground.

The event has been known to at-tract as many as 2,000 spectators. Saturday’s attendance was lower because of continuous rain but Sunday was sunny and warm. Denise Pully, with Roanoke County Parks, Rec-reation and Tourism, said Sunday’s crowd more than made up for Saturday. She says several Scottish “clans”

(tied to the Highlands games) attended this year, which is something new.

Who comes to this event? “Somebody who appreciates

history and living history, for sure. It enables people to feel like it was back

in the day,” observed Pully. Sir Blackwolf agreed. “A person who loves history and pag-eantry and festivity. This is the place for them, without a doubt.” He was portray-ing a Welch knight from the 15th Century. His wife, Lady Dagrny, was a Danish knight.

“It’s little known that women are knights, as well,” he said.

“Sir Blackwolf ” and his wife have produced the Medieval Faire the past four years. They also own Medieval Fantasies Company, located near Staun-ton, and travel throughout the country teaching living histo-ry, while performing at wed-dings and other events.

Many people came decked out in costume for the event. Sir Blackwolf wore a harness, part of his armor, along with a

Photo by Beverly Amsler

Roanoke County’s annual Medieval Faire is a wonderful step back in time.

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Students in the third and fourth grades at Faith Chris-tian School planted flowers at the Salem VA hospital this week as a service project in honor of the hospital’s

75th birthday.Over three thousand red, white, and blue flowers were plant-

ed in an American Flag design on the lawn at the center. Fol-lowing the planting, the students released balloons in celebra-tion of the event.

Faith Christian is also considering building a healing gar-den for their upcoming “Project Faith” event in April 2010. The planned garden would provide needed exercise and stress re-lief for patients suffering from Dementia and Alzheimer’s, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and traumatic brain injury, as well as treating those receiving physical therapy and cardiac reha-bilitation.

Photo by Anna Grubb

Asphalt Plant Proposal Déjà Vu All Over Again

Adams Construction Com-pany, thwarted once in large part by community opposi-tion in Glenvar, is turning to another parcel in western Roanoke County, in hopes of building an asphalt manufac-turing and distribution plant there. This time it is land near the new Western Virginia Re-gional Jail, on tracts already zoned industrial.

The matter would still need to come before the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commis-sion however, since a special use permit (SUP) is required. Both groups will consider the SUP request in November, after a public meeting which will be held this month.

The earlier plan, to build a plant on the site of Salem’s

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Opposition to an asphalt plant in Glenvar was very evident earlier this year.

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The arts "need champi-oning," according to Carol Bewley Dalhouse, the first executive Director of The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge. Dalhouse made her comments at the organiza-tion's annual meeting, held September 22 at Hollins Uni-versity.

The 1989 Roanoke “Moth-er of the Year in Arts” urged creative types to join togeth-er with one voice. "When artists get together, they have a powerful voice," she said. "We speak in every language, visual, audible, and silence." During a question and an-swer session held in conjunc-tion with current Executive Director, Laura Rawlings, Dalhouse explained how The Arts Council was formed in 1976.

It essentially began with a first meeting, held in a bomb shelter , she told the 30 or so art patrons gathered to hear her talk and to view a show-ing of sculptor Betty Branch's work at The Eleanor D. Wil-son Museum at Hollins.

Around 1974, a bicenten-nial grant proposal from the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) sent Roanoke City officials looking for

folks to help create and fos-ter an environment for art-ists, Dalhouse said. She was tagged because of her knack for creating partnerships. Other area artists, many of whom have since passed away, joined forces with for-mer City Manager Bern Ew-ert in hopes of promoting and raising awareness of lo-cal art efforts.

The first meeting in the Roanoke City Municipal Building basement proved fruitful. Community lead-ers decided the area needed an Arts Council to unify and coordinate the various arts organizations in the valley. Subsequent meetings were held in private homes or at Junior League meeting halls. The Junior League was a ma-jor supporter of the endeav-or, Dalhouse said.

The biggest challenge for the fledgling organization was the valley's four govern-ments. "There was no sense of this being 'the valley,'" Dalhouse said. "There was no way to coordinate the dif-ferent calendars."

The challenge of writing the grant fell to Dalhouse, who at the time was attend-ing Hollins College (now Hollins University). Her ef-forts were successful, and the Arts Council was one of only 37 groups nationwide to receive this specific NEA grant.

However, the $12,500 grant required matching funds, and appeals to localities went unheeded. "We even consid-ered lying, but we were afraid we'd go to jail," she said of

the search for funding.Finally, the organization

sent a letter to Roanoke City Council, asking them to take the money back because they weren't able to raise matching funds. Fortunately an official stepped in and explained the idea of "in kind" services to Dalhouse, so that the group understood that it did not need to match the grant dol-lar for dollar.

Dalhouse, who calls her-self "an arts appreciator," was then named executive direc-tor, and the Arts Council be-gan working with public and private school systems. The organization also refused to recognize locality lines, in-stead seeing the school sys-tem in particular as a valley-wide entity.

The organization now pro-motes the arts in the Roa-noke Valley and provides

services to more than 100 local cultural groups and 260 individual artists of all disciplines. Programs and services include a regional cultural calendar, arts edu-cation classes, arts manage-ment workshops for member organizations and individual artists, directories and cul-tural tourism initiatives.

The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge is currently of-fering an arts package and calendar called 40 days + 40 nights, an Arts and Culture Explosion (4040fest.com). The event continues through November 9 and showcases local art exhibits, music festi-vals, ballet, orchestral events, children's theatre and other activities.

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Carol Bewley Dalhouse (left), the first Director of The Arts Council, urged members to view artist Betty Branch's sculp-tures, which are currently showing at Hollins University in The Eleanor D. Wilson Museum. Branch, right, has a major retro-spective of her work, Through the Crow's Eye, on display now.

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Once developed, the garden is proposed to be replicated at other Medical Centers throughout the country. Several challenges still have to be met before the project can take place, however, which include the finishing of architectural drawings, construction work, and the procurement of needed funds.

The school will try to make a decision by late November as to whether the time line would be appro-priate and all challenges have been met in order to move forward with the project. If the Medical Cen-ter garden does not work out the school will need a back-up project. If you have a suitable suggestion

you can e-mail potential projects to Jay Whitmore in the Develop-ment Department: [email protected].

A project should be able to accommodate 300 students and 150 adults and take around 6 hours to complete. The school would like to work with a non-profit organization that needs assistance in completing a proj-ect or clean-up work. Whitmore says that “No suggestion is silly, and we really appreciate the help in finding a suitable site.”

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of Tennessee are monitoring blight resistance, growth and survival of the seedlings to de-termine whether the chestnut trees will survive and thrive in a real world setting,” said Bryan Burhans, president and chief executive officer of The American Chestnut Founda-tion.

The trees, now 4-6 feet tall and flowering, are doing well after only one year, accord-ing to Stacy Clark, a research forester with the U.S. Forest Service’s Southern Research Station. “These plantings are small, but represent the first scientific experiment using blight-resistant trees from the Foundation planted on Forest Service land,” said Clark, who establishes and monitors the test plantings. “Our results can be used to predict how blight-resistant American chestnuts will grow when restoration ef-forts become larger.”

This is “the beginning of re-storing an old friend to eastern North American forests,” said Dr. Scott Schlarbaum, profes-

sor of forest genetics and Tree Improvement Program (TIP)

Director at the University of Tennessee.

In 2010, 500 more blight-resistant chestnuts will be planted in national forests in the South.

Detailed information about the test plantings and future aspirations for a large-scale restoration of the American chestnut species can be found at www.fs.fed.us/r8/chestnut. The website also features pho-tos of recent tree growth, video of the monitoring process and historic information about the American chestnut.

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former water treatment facil-ity, drew stern opposition and protests from the crowds com-posed of the nearby Glenvar residents. Adams said then it would consider other par-cels in that part of Roanoke County, where planned road construction on US 460/Rt.11 would make an asphalt plant there ideal, according to com-pany officials.

Adams Construction and county personnel will hear what the neighbors think at a community meeting to be held on Monday, October 12 at Glenvar Middle School at 7 p.m. County planner David Holladay points out that long

range plans for that part of Roanoke County already call for industrial uses: “It is an area where we encourage… all types of industry, industri-al parks, even mining and ex-traction, and manufacturing.”

Henry Bryant has lived near the Peaceful Drive ad-dress desired by Adams for more than two decades and doesn’t want to see an asphalt plant built there, or the truck traffic that would come with it: “We’re trying to organize and get information, and find out exactly what’s what. Any-way you look at it, an asphalt plant in a residential area is not a good thing. I hope our

friends in Glenvar will come to our aid. The more infor-mation we have the better we are.”

Bryant said the adjacent Ro-anoke River contains endan-gered fish that could be im-periled by any asphalt runoff and noted that part of the riv-er near the proposed site has flooded in the past. He added that Glenvar isn’t all that far away, and remembered the protest signs that read Not In Anyone’s Back Yard. “Well, it’s in my backyard now, and in a sense, it’s still in their back-yard,” said Bryant. “We’re not that far from where [Adams] wanted that plant to be in the

first place. The zoning up here is all wrong.”

Bryant calls the west end of Roanoke County and the neighboring eastern por-tion of Montgomery County (where an intermodal train/truck facility is planned) the “orphan children,” adding, “things tend to get dumped at county lines and in more rural areas,” where Bryant claims, elected officials “tend to for-get about us.” Butch Church is the Roanoke County super-visor for the Catawba district where the plant is proposed.

By Gene [email protected]

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leather tunic. “My armor weighs 80 pounds, all told,” he noted. Lady Dagrny’s armor weighed a mere 26 pounds.

Brenda Ragland from Vinton and her great-niece, Reece, from Check, came for the fun. “Today it’s not raining,” said Brenda. Reece was dressed in a new, royal blue gown with pearls adorn-ing the waist and a large pearl on her headband. Princess Reece, as she called herself, was called out of the crowd to play the tam-bourine during one of the bard’s performances. The princess said she enjoyed the “dog race, sword fighting, and the puppet show.”

The next event for Roanoke County Parks, Recreation and Tourism is the Poor Mountain Hill Climb (a bicycle endurance race) on October 4. The county department is also one of the sponsors of Enchanted Eve, held every New Year’s Eve in Vin-ton.

By Beverly [email protected]

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The American Chestnut was once one of the most dominant trees in the U.S - growing up to 10 feet in diameter and as tall as 150 feet. It was known for its strength, rot resistance and durability. An airborne disease began killing the trees in 1904 and within 3 decades over 3 billion had died out and "the Tree that built America" was on the brink of extinction. New scientific techniques in crossbreeding have raised hopes that a "15/16 pure tree" is ready to make a comeback.

You might say that Diane Kelly is Roanoke past and pres-ent. A native of the Mill Creek area of Botetourt County, an active Baptist musician "until I was 50," and for 22 years the executive director of the valley unit of Mental Health America, she works in an office in Cen-ter in the Square, lives down-town in an apartment in the old Grand Piano building and loves to help inner city children and their families.

Now she offers her many talents to the old revitalized West End Methodist parish as well. Kelly (who declined to be photographed for this story) also has ties with Hollins Uni-versity and knows of or about, it seems, every human service agency in the valley.

Mental Health America, still known to some as the Men-tal Health Association (often confused with Blue Ridge Be-haviorial Healthcare Services and the National Alliance on Mental Illness [NAMI]), is es-

sentially an education and ad-vocacy agency. Kelly's quaint office suite is also the focal point of three other major pro-grams that offer direct help to a variety of folks touched by mental illness.

And Kelly herself is one of them. At 59, she admits to be-ing bipolar, a relatively com-mon but disabling disorder, that in her case is controlled by medication. Her work, she adds, provides some of her most valuable therapy.

Self-described as "A people person,” Kelly's energy is phe-nomenal. Always single, she comes from a large connected Botetourt family with her fa-ther, Burger Kelly, and two brothers, Tony and Reed, still active in the county. She is a 1972 graduate of Hollins Uni-versity and has done doctoral work at the University of Vir-ginia.

Kelly says she was too eager to be out working with peo-ple to pursue more academic

credits. A temporary job at the college led to nine years on the staff, working with finan-cial aid. That brought her in contact with the late Dr. Perry Kendig of Roanoke College and in turn to membership on the board of the Mental Health Association, a Roanoke area entity since 1947.

In time, she was chosen to do the day-to-day work of the association and with adminis-trative assistant Stacy McClure, she stays busy either in her of-fice or by leading workshops, serving as an advocate for men-tal health issues for political leaders, or running therapeutic groups in the office area.

More than 60 volunteers share the work "and I still love it all," she says. "I really think of it as ministry."

In her earlier years as a Bap-tist member at the historic Mill Creek Church, Kelly played the piano and directed a hand bell choir. Later she continued to work with the Roanoke Valley

Association of Southern Bap-tists as a mission supporter of small congregations in low in-come neighborhoods.

Through contacts with law-yers, school counselors and social service personnel, she has known many children whose mental health has been affected by difficult home situ-ations. She recalled a small boy who could not use a red coloring crayon for months because it reminded him of his father throwing a mirror at his mother, resulting in her death.

Her work, Kelly explained, is focused on five areas. The education and advocacy com-ponents are perhaps most familiar to the professional community, as she continu-ally upholds the human face of mental illness, demonstrat-ing how people can be treated successfully or at least enabled to live with their disability.

There are three practical aspects as well. Since 1998

her office has offered help through a free mental health clinic, held in the Center in the Square office, for those whose mental illness can be helped by regular contact with physicians and counselors. The clinic, known as the Roa-noke Valley Mental Health Collaborative, was started with a Carilion grant to serve the "least sick" patients which nearby Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare could no longer af-ford to serve. There is a big de-mand, especially now in hard economic times when finan-cial worries can drive many into emotional collapse. Kelly estimates that about 300 are helped annually on a skimpy budget.

There are also two programs, KidsFirst and Family Matters, which bring people to the of-fice regularly. The children’s program, which Kelly takes on in cooperation with attorney Ellen Weinman, concerns it-self with those who have been

abused. Pointing out that statistical-

ly 60 percent of abused chil-dren develop mental illness, Kelly has worked with more than 200 people via support groups, a day camp and anger-management classes.

Family Matters, which helps emotionally disturbed children and people affected by suicide, pairs Kelly with Sereina Paynter, a staff mem-ber at Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare. Three times a year, six-week workshops are held, each with a different focus. Childcare and a meal are in-cluded in the enrollment.

A United Way agency, Men-tal Health America does its work on an annual budget of $300,000. “Dedication and volunteers really keep it go-ing,” Kelly insists. And one might add, a director who is passionate about her work.

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When I entered medical school a long time ago

my classmates and I had a number of things in common: We liked science and math, we enjoyed the challenges of hard work, and all but two were male. When I completed five more years of training after medical school (plus two in the Army) I felt I was quite ready to enter practice.

To my surprise, the older physicians, for whom I had a great respect, were dismayed at their younger colleagues’ differing views of how we should practice. We rarely made house calls, not because we were lazy, as the older phy-sicians suggested, but because it was an extraordinarily in-efficient way to deliver care. They considered us pampered because we had been paid $75 a month in our early training while they had received only room, board, uniforms, and were not allowed to marry. Some things really needed to change!

In the mid-1960s sub-spe-cialties and group practices were just starting. A free-standing private practice was the way many of my colleagues chose to start their profession-al lives. It served us and our patients well, but with the ad-vent of third-party payers and the government institution of Medicare things changed rap-idly.

Today, those entering medi-cal school have many of the same aptitudes and interests as we had and half of them are women, a definite plus. Their training is as long, if not as arduous as ours, and I find myself, as a very senior physi-cian, grousing about their ex-orbitant pay, their insistence that they not work 80 or more hours a week, and that they have a life beyond medicine. I must admit that they have

important points. They have earned their pay; just be-cause we worked for peanuts did not make it right. Most young physi-cians have massive educational debts. By wanting more control over their working schedule, they may well turn out to be better-rounded, particularly in family life, than we were.

The expectations of the younger physicians will be difficult to meet in the private practice model. Like every-thing in this country, conglom-erates and government have moved in to take the place of the stand-alone company, be it a family pharmacy, a mom and pop grocery, or a local banker who deals directly with you as an individual. The personal touch has often been lost in fa-vor of economies of scale.

The future of medical prac-tice will be determined by those who do not actually deliver the care: by the gov-ernment, by the insurance companies, and the medical suppliers who have political clout. A private practitioner will have little choice except to be swept along with the flow.

The new model, if medicine is to remain an art as well as a science, will be an integrated system such as is being imple-mented by the Carilion Clinic, Lewis-Gale, and other centers across the country. Without question there is the possibil-ity of much greater efficiency in such a model and the power they wield will allow physicians to do what they are trained to do: Care for the patient. Let the administrative side be at-tended to by those who enjoy that sort of thing.

The concern of the medi-cal community is that we will become pawns in a medical/

government com-plex, that no one will take seriously our concerns about patient welfare, that finances will rule, not quality of care. Objections to the formation of the

Carilion Clinic were, as least in my mind, not to

the concept itself but the in-ference that those of us who built the infrastructure of our medical community had been practicing inferior medicine. That was not Carilion’s intent, I am sure, but had they in-cluded the established medical community in their planning that misunderstanding might have been avoided. As good business persons, Carilion and others like them, under-stand it is often easier to get forgiveness than permission. It is possible that including the doctors in the planning stages might have ended in a pitched battle which would have served no one well.

Change is upon us, physi-cian and patient alike. We must all work together for the commonweal recognizing that our old way of doing things is as out-dated as the house call. As these changes come, there is one thing we must not lose. We should all remember that in any illness, in every emer-gency one of the most impor-tant treatments is delivered by ear: words of comfort. Only doctors, nurses, and ancillary personnel can speak those words. If that voice is silenced, then we will have lost the greatest thing of all: our abil-ity to care for one another.

Hayden Hollingsworth

The Changing Face of Medicine

Contact Hayden [email protected]

Coincidence,” Web-ster says, “is the occurrence of two

events that happen at the same time by accident, but seem to have some connec-tion.” I wonder if there might be a plan, an unseen direc-tion that puts us where we need to be to help someone. An experience I had a couple of years ago leaves no doubt in my mind that such was the case.

Twice a week I participate in water aerobics. I usually go on Tuesdays and Thurs-days, but because of a Tues-day meeting, I “happened” to attend the Monday class. This class is quite large and there is little opportunity for conversation. However, it “happened” that the instruc-tor told us to walk back and forth across the pool, allow-ing us to chat a bit.

A woman I did not rec-ognize approached me and called me by name. “You were my son’s teacher,” she said, and she told me his name. The name was famil-iar, but I could not remember the circumstances. My teach-ing career included a tutorial program, four schools, pub-lic and private, and covered a span of over forty years.

“At Raleigh Court kinder-garten,” she added, “he really loved you.”

Now I could picture the little boy as he participated in a cowboy dance for May Day – 37 years ago.” Sure, I remember him,” I replied. “What’s he doing now?”

“He died sixteen years ago,”

she said. “A drown-ing accident.”

Just as I mum-bled “I’m so sor-ry,” the instructor called us back to our positions and our conversation ended. I felt empty – I felt she need-ed to say more and I desperately wanted to offer some words of comfort.

Usually the sauna is crowded after the class ends, but it so “happened” that she and I were the only ones that morning. I asked her how she was – something told me she was still grieving. She poured out her story – that he was her only child and they were so close she couldn’t get over his death. She and her hus-band had moved since she could not bear to stay in the same house. I asked if she had counseling and she said for sixteen years she saw a psychiatrist and took medi-cation for depression. She said her pastor was “a good preacher” but not much help with her problem. I invited her to visit our church and she thanked me. By this time we both were ready to leave the sauna – 200 degrees sends you out after a short time!

I felt humbled and inad-equate, as if I had not com-pleted an assignment. I told my pastor, and he suggested I call her and ask her to have a cup of coffee with me. I found her listing in the phone book, took a deep breath, ut-tered a prayer for help, and

dialed her number. She accepted with pleasure.

We met after aerobics the next week, and I lis-tened for over an hour. As if a dam had burst, all her

fears and anxiet-ies gushed out. She finally ex-

pressed her fear that his death was not accidental, but self-inflicted. What assur-ance could she have that he was with God?

All I could offer was a lis-tening ear and my convic-tion that God is good and I can trust him. I know she was relieved after talking and appreciated having someone who would simply listen. She has not visited our church but we correspond and her letters seem to reflect a calm-er mind-set these days.

Was our chance meeting just a coincidence? Is there really ever such a thing?

Writer Frederick Buechner has this to say about a coin-cidence: “Every once and so often we hear a whisper from the wings that goes some-thing like this: ‘You’ve turned up in the right place at the right time. You’re doing just fine. Don’t ever think that you’ve been forgotten.’”

Maybe that definition is more accurate than Web-ster’s.

Mary Jo Shannon

More Than Coincidence

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How can I make friends? What a great question. Unfortunately this is

not the question that most kids ask when they are struggling socially. The thoughts that run through the average child’s mind are more along the lines of; “Why doesn’t anybody like me?” “What is wrong with me?” “Why do I feel this way?” In a perfect world, our children would know that most of their emotional struggles in school come from problematic socialization, an inability to navigate the social world around them. Instead, they most often turn inward and believe that they themselves lack something that makes them likeable or loveable. This leads to much of the depression and anxiety that we see in the preadolescent and adolescent communi-ties today. The key is equipping our kids early in life to have the tools and skills to maneuver in this emotionally delicate environment.

As parents we need to be aware of many things such as our children’s personalities, whether or not they have tendencies to be shy or even obnoxious in social settings, if they think they have anything to offer another in a relationship, do they know how to start a con-versation, and are they willing to take risks in a social setting. All of this takes attention and time with our children but is necessary in our ability to help them socially. With this infor-mation we have a starting point to give them good basics in the art of making friends. When a child comes in my office and our topic is mak-ing friends, here are some of the main skills we attempt to master.

The first rule in making friends is “not” to be nice; it is to “go where people are.” It doesn’t matter how nice a child is if they are never ex-posed to social scenarios. We have to first iden-tify if a child has the opportunity to be around other kids on a regular basis. Yes, school for most of them is obvious, but often kids play sports, take piano lessons, go to scouts, etc. All of these environments can be valuable in devel-oping social skills and all are good resources. If your child is uninvolved, get them in some-thing social.

The second rule is to “Notify your face.” This means in simple terms, lift your head, make eye contact and smile. A child needs to be good at the non-verbal. It is amazing how many chil-dren walk through the halls of school looking at their shoes. A young girl told me once, “If I don’t look up then I can’t see them, so I think they can’t see me.” A child’s whole perspective

can change when they lift their head and smile, and someone smiles back. Children are rarely aware of their facial expressions and many need encouragement to put on pleasant faces. Encourage your kids to smile and laugh and make eye contact with you when talking. The more this happens at home the more they show happy, pleasant expressions other places.

Rule number three is to “Acknowl-edge others verbally.” This for some

is very difficult because as one young boy put it, “To do that, something actually has to come out of my body, I mean my mouth.” He was right on both accounts, this is where a child takes the step to share something more substantial with the outside world and that can be scary. The as-signment I often give is for a child to say “hey” or “hello” when someone makes eye contact with them in the hall. After they have tried this a few times I have them say hello to at least one peer in each class and to use that child’s name. Eventually one of those individuals will say hel-lo to your child first. Encourage your child to say hello to friends when they see them at ball games, the pool or out in public. This is also when we focus on giving compliments, saying nice things and being verbally supportive of others. This initiation of verbal contact is cru-cial in the socialization process. The earlier in life that a child learns this, the more able they will be to build relationships with less anxiety.

Rule four is to “Ask questions about the other person.” Kids often report that they have no idea what to talk about or how to start a conver-sation. Instead of trying to come up with some-thing “cool” sounding or some interesting topic, the goal is to pay attention to the other person. When a child knows that another is interested in them, they want to be around that person more. The best way to demonstrate this is to ask them questions about themselves. When your child is effective in this, many kids will en-joy their company and eventually will begin to ask your child questions in return. This process is the beginning of friendships.

Last but not least, let your children see you being social. As parents we are the number one source of how to deal with the world that our children have. A huge part of that information is what our children see us do. We need to say hello, engage others in conversation, introduce our children to our friends and in general dem-onstrate both the tools and desire for relation-ships. We can equip our children to be socially effective!

Keith McCurdy

Contact Keith [email protected]

How Can I Make Friends?

PersPectiveNewsRoanoke.com 10/2/09 - 10/8/09 |The Roanoke Star-Sentinel |

The calls are coming in so fast and furious that I am beginning

to wonder if the article which has been my top priority for the past three days would ever be written. It’s the Invasion of the Aliens. I am referring to the Brown Marmorated Stinkbug and the Asian Lady Beetle. Nei-ther insect is native to our coun-try and both have the nasty habit of all convening for one winter-long party in some warm and snuggly site (aka: your house or mine). Now if you don’t mind creepy things with bad body odor sharing your home with-out paying rent or mortgage, this is not a bad thing. But for most of us this is just downright aggravating.

Yes, you heard me. These guys stink. One finds a nice snug overwintering site and re-leases a pheromone, drawing all of his buddies over to share a good thing. Luckily, they are only interested in overwintering. They are not eating, breeding, or laying eggs. Unfortunately, they still have to go to the bath-room, so things can become, shall we say, less than clean. If they can get into the house, es-pecially through the attic, they have access to all of the wall and floor voids. From this system of voids they emerge around light fixtures, under baseboard or crown molding, through the wall switches or other cracks every time it is warm enough for them to wake up and have to make the decision, “Do I go inside or go outside.?” So off and on all winter we are deal-ing with these guys. Try not to squash them and release more stink. Flush them, sweep them up with a whisk broom and dust pan, or hold them loosely in your hand and toss them back outside to go find a more

suitable site, like under a rock or something. Anywhere, but with you!

There are some things you can do to make living with them easier. Check the attic vents and make sure they are screened and that the screening is intact. Also check other access points to the house. Are your soffits sagging? Are the cable line, telephone line and water pipes all caulked up? Are your rubber door sweeps intact?

Once everything is sealed, you can purchase a household insect killer that is in the group of insecticides called pyre-throids or pyrethrins. The ac-tive ingredient name will end in THRIN. Examples are cyflu-thrin, tralomethrin, bifenthrin, permethrin, tetramethrin. These are all cousins with simi-lar modes of action. Look for one that is labeled for house-hold use and for insects of the type you are trying to eliminate (beetles or bugs). At best, you may hope to repel enough of them that you can get through the door before they fly in. It may take a few days to notice much difference. You may have

noticed that they move around the house with the sun when it is cool and into some shade if it is hot. If you have the option to use a different door at the time of day they are congregating, do so.

There is another American insect that has a similar habit. It is the Boxelder bug. Boxelder is a type of soft maple found in old neighborhoods and wild along rivers and streams, though these insects are happy with silver or other maples, too. It is a long black and red bug shaped like a lightning bug. The nymphs are raspberry red with a more bulbous rear end and short black wings. The pyrethroids may kills nymphs if you find them in a cluster, but otherwise, treat them the same as the above insects. For more info go to: http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/2902/2902-1100/2902-1100.html , http://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/444/444-275/444-275.html , http://sites.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomol-ogy/factsheets/boxelder.html .

Barbara Leach, Horticulture Technician, VCE Roanoke

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I have this little Basil plant that has been so good to me. He is really little yet so bountiful. I have picked off all of his leaves so many times over the last few months yet each time I go back for more there he is with new leaves to pick! I am just amazed at how well he has continued to produce. When we first planted him, he did not look like he would do so well. In fact, he was scrawny (I think he was on-sale when we bought him) and I wasn’t sure he’d produce the first crop. Well cold weather is coming so when I picked some basil leaves the other day I felt like it might finally re-ally be the last batch, so I spoke these goodbye words to my Basil plant, “Thank you, you have been so good to us.” I know these words were not just meant for the Basil plant but for the good earth as well and most of all for the God who made it all. When I look at my little Basil plant I think of the wonderful children’s book, “The Giving Tree” – and I remember that my little plant was made to give. I like that this plant made me stop and no-tice the specific blessing He brings. He has reminded me to slow down and pay attention . . . How great life is when we are inspired to do just that.

There are so many wonderful recipes for chicken salad - this is one of my favorites!

1 yellow bell pepper, cut up2 tablespoons white balsamic or white wine vinegar 1 tablespoon olive oil 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper 1 (2-lb.) cooked whole chicken 1/2 cup thinly sliced onion 2 medium ripe tomatoes, sliced 1 tablespoon olive oil

1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper 1 cup whole fresh basil leaves -For the dressing, in a blender container combine the yel-low pepper, white balsamic vinegar, 1 tablespoon olive

oil, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Cover and blend until smooth; set aside. - Remove meat from chicken; tear into large shreds. Toss chicken and onion with half the dressing in medium bowl; let stand 10 minutes. - Meanwhile, arrange toma-toes on large serving platter and drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil; sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. - Add basil to chicken; toss. Arrange on top of tomatoes. Drizzle with remaining dress-ing.

By Leigh [email protected]

The Recipe of the Week from The Happy ChefChicken Salad with Some Determined Basil

How's your pH, these days?

If you're on a fast-food diet, heavily-caf-feinated, burning up the road and burning yourself out, you may be acidifying your system, say numerous health researchers.

But don't feel alone! All of this high-speed combustion is giving the entire world indigestion, scientists warn, as we embark on one big acid trip through our blood-streams, mountain streams, atmosphere and oceans.

To understand the prob-lem, we might begin with hu-man health, since it gets our attention the way mountain-tops and oceans don't.

The human bloodstream requires a slightly alkaline pH. If it starts to acidify, the blood leaches alkaline min-erals from the body's bones to restore balance.

This re-balancing effort takes energy from other life processes, like the immune system—as well as leaching vital minerals. Some research links even slight acidification of the body to cancer, tooth decay, osteoporosis, heart disease, insomnia, irritability and depression.

How did Americans be-gin this acid trip? Well, we burned our way into it, refin-ing, processing, beefing-up and transporting our food enormous distances, then buying it on-the-go, through the car window.

Once a more local, plant-based menu (along with plenty of plain old water), the American diet has moved to highly-processed, acidifying fare sprinkled with additives and pesticides, washed down with coffee and colas, com-pounded by acid-producing stress—all helping decrease pH, leaving our engines prone to what old-timers called “rust.”

The pH scale (in case your high school chemistry is also rusty) runs from 0-14, acid to alkaline—or “sour” to “sweet,” as American home-steaders used to describe their soil or springs.

Ironically, the same ener-gy-burning habits required for so much food processing and transporting have soured not just human health, but the land, water and air.

In the 1970's, the term “acid rain” evolved to de-

scribe acid enter-ing the landscape, largely from coal-fired power-plant and auto emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen ox-ide.

Acid deposition had been occurring since the Industrial Revolution, but at-tracted little study. Then Eastern U.S. mountain-top trees began dying, along with native fish and craw-dads. Ecologists realized the eastward drift from various coal-burning power plants was providing a continual acid bath for the Appala-chians and Smokies.

This acid deposition con-tinues, despite somewhat cleaner emissions, poisoning soil organisms and stressing native plants and trees like sugar maple—now less able to withstand weather ex-tremes, insects or disease.

Meanwhile, alkaline soil minerals like calcium and magnesium get leached away by the constant acid rinse, compounded by nitrogen saturation. With less alkaline soil buffer, acidified ground-waters then free up natural aluminum deposits and send them into waterways, where they threaten aquatic spe-cies. The acid load itself can make for an unlivable pH in Eastern waters once teem-ing with trout, mollusks, and other natives.

Acidified Eastern rivers then damage coastal waters. But here, another acid prob-lem is eating away at ocean life.

Over the years, carbon dioxide emissions have not simply retained solar heat and then “floated away.” As carbon comes from the earth, it returns to earth—about 1 million tons per hour landing in the sea. Having now accu-mulated over 500 billion tons of it, our oceans have grown 30% more acidic than before the Industrial Revolution.

What's this done? For one thing, oceans

“breathe.” Their inhabitants require oxygen, just as we do. As the forced intake of CO2 rises, oxygen expires from the sea, leaving lower levels for marine life.

Meanwhile, corals and shellfish are subject to cor-rosion by the carbonic acid

formed from CO2. Unabated, acidifi-cation levels may be intolerable for shellfish by 2050. Their extinction would have a rip-ple effect on other creatures—includ-ing us

If we think of oceans as the “bel-ly of the world,”

having to digest whatever we drop into them, while still nourishing the planet, it's clear that we've unwit-tingly created an enormous bellyache—one we must try to feel now—not after it's progressed to irreversible pa-thology.

Scientists see one tonic. Action—now.

A first key to balancing a soured system is to stop pour-ing acid into it. The reduc-tion of atmospheric carbon should be delayed no longer by special interest claims of “not-enough-evidence” or “too costly.” The simple pH scale is not a matter of opin-ion or politics. And surely life has more value than any-one's particular profit.

Protecting a livable earth means real effort to shift from our high-carbon energy diet of fossil fuels to solar, wind and hydrogen—while striv-ing for much leaner, more ef-ficient consumption—some-thing each one of us can do.

Reforestation is also vital for carbon absorption. Re-generating native Eastern forest, after clear-cutting, will be far more difficult in acidi-fied soil, so mature forest is highly-valuable and worth protecting—as are the trees in your neighborhood.

The question may arise: won't this kind of nature-balancing prescription sour economies already burdened with the cost of human health-care?

That depends on where we think money and health ac-tually come from. A dying planet? Or a living Earth that can heal?

Liza Field is a hiker and conservationist. She teaches

English and philosophy in the Virginia Governor’s School

and Wytheville Community College. This column is dis-

tributed by Bay Journal News Service.

Liza Field

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Up to 75 percent of net pro-ceeds generated by the affili-ate stay in the Roanoke Valley Area. The remaining income goes to the national Susan G. Komen For the Cure Grants Program to fund research.

Grant proposals accepted: The Board of Directors for the Greater Roanoke Valley Affili-ate announce the Request for Proposals (“RFP”) -- an ap-plication process for grants re-lated to breast healt--are now being received. Applications will be accepted for screening, treatment, education and pre-vention programs related to breast health and cancer pro-grams across the service area. Special consideration is given to applications proposing to serve the highest priority communities and population groups, as indicated by the re-cently completed Community Profile Report.

The priority communities include the City of Roanoke, Henry County, and Pittsylva-nia County. These three locales have lower screening rates, and consequently, lower incidence rates, and correspondingly higher percentages of Stage III and IV cancers.

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Breast Cancer AwarenessMonth

“Our Health” magazine announces The Promise Day, the first annual celebration to help save the lives of women through breast cancer aware-ness. The event will be held on October 5 in downtown Roanoke’s Elmwood Park.

The Promise Day will com-plement the October issue of “Our Health” magazine, says publisher Steve McClintic. In this issue, they are spot-lighting area women who are cancer survivors, profiling the greater Roanoke chapter of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and providing valu-able information about breast cancer resources available in our communities.

The Promise Day will run

from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. and will include a public proc-lamation issued by officials from municipalities in south-west and central Virginia declaring October 5th the Promise to Schedule Your Mammogram Day. Breast cancer survivors will speak during the daylong event, and The Promise Day Edu-cation Center will provide information and resources from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Greater Roa-noke Chapter and from area healthcare organizations.

Over 20 booths will be set up for qualifying orga-nizations to offer education and information about ser-vices benefiting people who

have been diagnosed with breast cancer, as well as fam-ily members and friends of those who have breast cancer and survivors.

The Promise Day will cul-minate with a concert to be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at Blue 5 restaurant in downtown Roanoke. Local musicians will perform. There will be no admission charge and an open bar and a special menu will be available. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Roanoke chapter.

For more information on The Promise Day please visit: www.ourhealthvirginia.com.

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When Patrick Henry hired Brad Bradley as their new football coach in February, many figured this season to be a lost cause – a rebuilding year as Bradley and his coach-ing staff started the process of putting their stamp on the program.

Turns out, the rebuild-ing is ahead of schedule. Not only have the Patriots been competitive, they’ve already doubled last season’s win total. Even close losses against Pu-laski County (35-26) and Cave Spring (13-10), two teams with a combined record of 7-2, have shown that this Pat-rick Henry team is one to be taken seriously.

“We’re starting to get the quit out of them – and the kids are starting to believe in themselves, and they’re having fun,” Bradley said. “Honestly, if a couple things [had gone] a different way in the past 3 weeks, we could have won a couple more games.”

The Patriots scored a moral victory against the Cougars last week when they stormed back from an early 14-0 deficit to cut the Pulaski lead to 21-

20 early in the third quarter. “When we were down early, you could kind of see the kids thinking ‘Here we go again,’” Bradley said. “But they kept fighting, kept coming back.”

Against Cave Spring, Pat-rick Henry had the ball in the red zone three times, only to come away with no points to show for it – a big factor in a game that was decided by a mere field goal.

And just last week, in a tes-tament to the team’s determi-nation and depth, the Patriots were able to overcome the loss of their starting quarterback, Matt Wood, to an MCL sprain and defeat Blacksburg 35-34 in overtime. Backup Shon Chisom performed brilliantly in the win, going 14-23 for 222 yards and a pair of touch-downs.

“We’re really lucky that we have a good backup like Shon who can go in there and get the job done,” Bradley said.

Against the Bruins, the Pa-triots showed their growing resiliency, coming from be-hind twice to win. With the Bruins leading 14-7 in the second quarter, Patrick Henry

responded with three touch-downs to take a 28-14 lead in the third quarter, only to allow Blacksburg to tie the game in the fourth quarter and force the game into overtime. In OT, the Bruins scored on their first possession, but the Patriots blocked the extra point. On

Patrick Henry’s ensuing pos-session, Zach Cochran scored from 7 yards out, and Reming-ton Henshaw nailed the extra point, giving the Patriots their second win of the season.

“Learning how to win a close game was huge for our kids,” Bradley said. “When we

blocked the extra point, the kids all knew we were going to win, we could just feel it.”

Amidst the excitement of the win is the knowledge that the Patriots (2-3) could perhaps be above .500 – possible even 4-1, but for a few mistakes. Bradley, however, is maintain-

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The Patriots will get another opportunity to measure their progress when they take on the undefeated Christiansburg Blue Demons on the road Fri-day night. “I think they’re the best coached team we’ll have played so far,” Bradley said. “They’re extremely disci-plined; they don’t beat them-selves, and do a lot of different things on offense that could give us some problems, so our defense will have to be ready.”

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Blacksburg’s Sean Gibson (#10) goes up for a pass against PH’s Zach Cochran (#3) in last week’s thrilling 35-34 overtime game.

It looks that way … Cave Spring remains undefeated as the Knights went to 5-0 on the season after topping Alleghany 19-13 last Friday. Quentin Dill had a game-high seven recep-tions for 86 yards, including a catch that led to the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter. Cave Spring quarterback Josh Woodrum was 16 for 21 on passing attempts, for 152 yards. It was also homecoming night for Cave Spring, which named its court at halftime. The Knights (2-8 last season) have the week off before facing their sternest test of the season on the road at Salem Oct 9.

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As far as high school volleyball goes, the Roanoke Valley is one of the most competitive regions in the state. Patrick Henry, Cave Spring, and Salem all have talented rosters, and each has been to the Final Four of the VHSL state tour-nament during the past three seasons. Right now, however, the best of the bunch may well be Hidden Valley. Last year’s state AA runner-up, the Titans currently sit at 10-0, having dropped only one game in all of their matches thus far this season.

“If we’re on, if we’re playing the way we’re capable, we are a pretty good team,” Head Coach Carla Poff said.

Last season, the Titans lost then-junior star Samantha Ringer to a torn ACL and meniscus in mid-October, but rather than fold Hidden Valley rallied to reach the state championship match, where they lost to Loudon County.

“The girls I think were really proud of themselves for getting there – they re-ally came together as a team and played well,” Poff said.

Ringer is back this season, but there are a lot of new faces around her. Five impact players were lost to gradua-tion after last season, which makes this year’s undefeated start all the more im-pressive.

“We lost a lot of talent and leadership, [including] two all-state players, so that has been tough,” Poff said. “But we’ve got a really good core group coming back now. They work hard, do whatever I ask, and will do anything for the good of the team.”

As the team gels, they may become even scarier for opponents. The Titans have already defeated Patrick Henry twice 3-0, and enter district competi-tion as the clear favorite.

“Our district is really strong, and we have a big target on our backs from last year,” Poff said. “We won’t be able to take a game off with such strong compe-tition, and we’ll really have to fight and claw to get to where we want to be.”

But can the Titans go one step further than last year’s squad?

“The sky is the limit for this team, de-pending on what they want to do,” Poff said. “They want that experience [of be-ing in the state championship match] again. They know what it’s like and it drives them. And we definitely have the potential to be a state contender again this year.”

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Inter-Conference Showdown: perennial River Ridge District contender Salem squared off with defending Western Valley District champion Patrick Henry in a volleyball match last week. The Patriots prevailed 3-2, running their record to 5-4 on the heels of a three match winning streak. The Spartans fell to 4-5 on the season, heading in to Tuesday’s match against Cave Spring.

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Salem’s Emily Richardson goes up against Patrick Henry defenders Caroline Brailsford (2) and Tyler Sparrow (4).

Big Lick Triathlon Not Dampened by Rain

Spartans Roar Back: Trailing in the fourth quarter on the road at Northside – a rare occurrence – the Salem Spartans overcame a 22-13 deficit last Friday to defeat the Vikings 26-22. Salem re-mains undefeated at 4-0 on the season, while Northside fell to 3-2. The Vikings had more than 250 rushing yards, which helped keep them in the game. The winning Salem TD was scored with less than two minutes left in the game.

Northside defensive back Dal-las Manspile (10) breaks up a pass in the end zone against Salem Spartan’s wide receiver Stephen Barnette, who did catch a TD pass later in the game.

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More than 300 athletes, from 16 to 71-years-young, participated in this Saturday’s 10th annual Big Lick Triathlon, benefiting the YMCA of Roanoke Valley’s Partners program. Competitors traveled from 14 states for the event, including California and Texas. The tri-athlon, held at Smith Mountain Lake State Park, is an international distance event, including a 1,500-meter swim in Smith Mountain Lake, 40K bike ride and 10K run.

YMCA of Roanoke Valley executive director, Cal Johnson, said, “It’s the 170 volunteers that upheld our tradition of having a first class event, providing the best possible experience in the safest en-vironment.”

John Dewey, 36, of Greensboro, NC won the triathlon with a time of 2:05:13. Female first place winner was Katie Steadman, 30, of Winchester, VA, crossing the finish line at 2:25:41.

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> October 3Caring Ministry WorkshopHalf day workshop featuring ministering to those experiencing grief, an introduction to the Stephen Series System, How to give care in distinctive Christian way. Saturday, Oct. 3 - 9am-1pm (registration begins at 8:am) at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church 4608 Brambleton Ave. $15.00 per person, $50 per congregation (four or more.) To register visit www.caringministry.org or call Stephen Ministries at (314) 428-2600

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> October 3-4Floyd County Arts & Crafts FestivalThe 43rd Annual Floyd County Arts and Crafts Festival will be held on October 3-4, 2009, at Floyd County High School in Floyd. Festival hours are from 9am to 5pm on Saturday and from 12 to 5pm on Sunday. GFWC Floyd County Wom-an’s Club sponsors the event of more than 150 craftsmen.. There will be entertainment in

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> Oct. 5 - Nov. 2Farming on Few Acres Seminar SeriesVirginia Cooperative Extension in Botetourt, Craig, and Roanoke Counties announces the fall seminar series, Farming on a Few Acres, held Monday nights, October 5 November 2, 2009, from 6-9 pm at the Higher Education Center in downtown Roanoke. Registration ($10 per person) is being handled through the Roanoke VCE office. Please see the attached press release and event flyer (including registration form) for more

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> October 8Candidates DebateHouse of Delegates, 8th District and Roanoke County Board of Surpervisor - Windsor Hills District. Moderator-Hollani Davis WDBJ-7 News Anchor. Thursday, October 8, 7pm. at Bent MountainElementary School-10148 Tinsley Ln. Sponsored by the GFWC Bent Mountain Woman’s Club

> October 11Fall Historical Walking TourSunday Oct. 11 at 2pm at Evergreen Burial Park in the heart of Raleigh Court-1307 Summit Ave, 540-342-2593. Join us for an informal walking tour that highlights points of interest in the cemetery .

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In his response to my recent criticisms Mayor Bower’s tri-angulation of Roanoke’s debt policy was excellent and indi-cates he understands money borrowed must be repaid.

In answering my question: “How much debt does the city have,” I would have appreciated a copy of his answer being sent to me, at the same time he sent his commentary to the papers. However, first and foremost, David is a politician.

I would have been more re-assured if Mayor Bowers had addressed our short-term “tri-angulation” problem involving debt, the city manager and op-erating budgets.

First: The $264.4 million of debt is the maximum amount of debt the city can carry. There is little, if any capacity, to sell bonds to raise money until 2013.

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ity to raise significant money by selling bonds. Therefore, using debt to influence what happens in Roanoke, at least until 2013, is not an option for the new city manager.

Third: Budget planning for 2010-2011 begins during Janu-ary. By March when the new city manager arrives, the budget will be shaped. The new city manager will have little imprint on it, yet will be expected to successfully execute it. That is a set up for failure.

When I triangulate those items, they intersect at the sta-tus quo. That is all the new city manager will be able to do for the next several years.

That may not be an attractive option for potential city man-ager candidates.

The amount of money to operate the city will decrease for the next several years. That means (more) cuts in services.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see a fee proposal for trash pick-up. The recession may be over but the recovery has not begun. That is reality.

Discussions of “capital im-provement money,” (i.e. money from the sale of bonds) and its use, never seem to get around to the fact borrowed money must be repaid. The city pays $27 million annually in debt service. That amount comes from the annual tax revenue collected by city. One has to wonder what alternative use could be made of any portion of the $27 million.

An amphitheater at Elm-wood Park is a “nice to have” addition. So is a golf course at Countryside, supported by all taxpayers, for the benefit of a miniscule number of users, but it is not the most efficient use of tax revenue.

The school system has been underfunded for years. That

financial neglect gave us the state’s second worst school sys-tem. Our schools should be our number one priority.

There is a $60 million storm sewer problem, caused by the city’s failure to maintain them. Taxpayers, particularly busi-nesses and some churches, are about to be penalized for the city’s neglect/failure to maintain the storm sewers, by a proposed fee system. In its present form, the fees won’t begin to correct the problem. It will only get worse.

David Bowers wanted to be Mayor. I’m glad he can trian-gulate the repayment of debt. However, I don’t think he un-derstands the city’s real prob-lems or spending taxpayer’s money for the maximum ben-efit of all the citizens.

Bob CraigRoanoke

Commentary: The Colonel Responds to Mayor Bowers

After our country finished lionizing the passing of the “Liberal Lion,” Ted Kennedy, we began hearing concern expressed about the void he had left in the wake of this country’s health care cover-age debacle. Supporters of the Obama plan lament that his death could not have come at a worse time because he might have been instrumental in uniting the left as a common voice of support for universal coverage rather than leaving them in the fragmented state where they currently find themselves. Instead of con-sidering the possibility of the nuclear option as intimated by Tom Daschle, it is argued that Kennedy might have been able to gather together a cohesive majority and thereby have the 60% vote needed to seal the deal.

Some discussion has evolved as it relates to the Obama plan about end of life counseling or “death panels.” This is a component of the health bill which has not received much lip service during this debate. It is a proposal for patients who, near the end of life from whatever health related cause stating that he or she should receive counseling regarding the appropriateness of future interventions. A preview of what may be a watered down version of this idea is a coun-seling measure which has been resurrected by the current ad-

ministration. This program was created for patients re-ceiving care through the Vet-erans Administration health system during the Clinton administration that provides details about the necessity of near-end-of life procedures and postulated “death with dignity”. It was subsequently suspended during the Bush administration.

Now, consider this: Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with one of the most malignant brain cancers known to the medical community, glioblas-toma multiforme or GBM, a little over a year ago at the age of 76. The prognosis for GBM is abysmal especially in a person Kennedy’s age with only about a 50% chance of survival at one year and 4% chance at 5 years. Likely, if all the prognostic indicators for his specific presentation and treatment were known, I ex-pect that his prognosis for one year survival would have been dramatically less than these very conservative numbers.

So how would an end of life review panel have han-dled this? For you and me under the Universal Health Care proposal, a review panel might examine the known survival statistics of GBM and could have possibly decided comfort measures were the only option. In its opinion, knowing the high likelihood of death within the year, this

panel might have considered it imprudent to spend literally hundreds of thousands of dol-lars in an attempt to hopefully provide some degree of pre-served function for this short period of time. Fortunately for Senator Kennedy, he was given options which included a chance to receive the high-est level of care available from Duke University Medical Center.

Mr. Kennedy only lived a little over a year from the time of his diagnosis with his over-all course probably similar to much more conservative ther-apy. But there was one thing that was not taken away from Kennedy by this aggressive treatment - the ever-present hope that he and his family had for a lasting cure. Physi-cians routinely treat patients, after extensively detailing the prognoses and outcomes of treatment A, B or C. Fre-quently, a patient, along with his or her family, will dismiss a grim prognosis praying that that 1 in 1,000,000 chance for a cure might be theirs. Every-one deserves the option of this chance.

And so we are told by the Obama-ites that if we like our insurance provider, we may keep it. If we do retain this right, this might eliminate the death panel at least in the private sector. But it must be remembered that insurance premiums paid by individu-

als, small businesses and ma-jor corporations, are based on the number of enrollees; the more enrolled in a group, the better the rate. Disease preva-lence and its associated cost, becomes more diluted as it is shared by more people in a larger group. As a physician, I am a member of a group who is considered a small business by insurance providers and we are slowly being threatened by this practice (believe it or not, doctors do have doctor bills). We, as a whole, are happy with our coverage. But because of a gradual loss of members in our group, we are approaching the threshold number of sub-scribers where our premiums will rise astronomically. Con-trast this with the Federal Plan that will enroll tens of millions of people. With this size of membership, it should keep its costs exponentially lower (theoretically, remember, this is a government run plan). So if a small business owner had to make a business decision about cost containment, and it came down to health care premiums, which insurer do you think would be chosen? Eventually, private insurance would undergo massive attri-tion and subsequent extinc-tion through the large shift of subscriber enrollment.

While we have all had nega-tive experiences with our in-surance providers, I believe that the majority of people are

happy with what they have. But most of us can still see the physician we want and change our provider if we are not happy. My family has also ex-perienced a period of dissatis-faction. My daughter, who is diabetic, had been treated for years with insulin injections to manage her condition. A pro-vider she had at that time said she was too young to be on the insulin pump so we sought

other opinions. Eventually, we also contacted Duke Uni-

versity, the same place Senator Kennedy was treated, and they prescribed the insulin pump we wanted for our daughter. So it is, if finding the best care was a mandate for Sena-tor Kennedy, it should be the same standard for all of us-not based upon the whim of an uninformed bureaucrat.

Jackson Kiser, MDRoanoke

Commentary: Doesn’t Everyone Deserve Ted Kennedy’s Health Care Plan?

We have felt recently the dishearten-ing effects of our struggling economy, of war, of underhanded political ma-neuvering, of scheming and lying in the private and the public arenas, and we have been left to believe that the an-swer will come if we but hold out hope, and embrace a new America, which promises to reverse the effects of all these things and more.

We have been told that a change for the better is on the way. We have been told that a fundamental shift in our nation’s basic structure is needed, and that we are incapable of healing our wounded country without the heavy

hand of a vast authoritarian govern-ment. We have been told that our Founding Principles are flawed and that new principles are presently more desirable. But we have been misled. How long we shall continue to be so is entirely contingent upon your good sense and patriotic virtue.

It is true that we struggle greatly with the profound issues of the hour, as our ancestors did in their own time. But it is also true that the same ideas and vir-tues which carried them through their storms must carry us today. We cannot divorce ourselves from them. We can-not abandon the proven in favor of the

unproven. We must never turn in fear from the difficult in favor of the easy. We can no longer shift from ourselves the perpetual responsibility of a free citizenry in favor of the relative com-fort of apathy. We must account for our part in the crisis.

If we want true change we must ac-cept that we alone are responsible for the failings of our government, and that its corruption, deceit, greed, and ignorance are but ugly reflections of our own. Our great nation, and the Constitution which governs it, were designed for a moral people, and only such a society could uphold and foster

them. Just as a moral and just society would elevate this country from a peo-ple languishing in the stagnant waters of mediocrity and poverty to a shining fortress upon a hill, so an immoral and unjust society would undoubtedly re-duce it to a dilapidated hovel.

We must all take up the struggle of reform in earnest, with righteous inten-tion to transform our nation from the inside out, rather than rely on an ever expanding government which would strike at even our most basic personal freedoms in the name of “change.”

A frantic plea to a faithless govern-ment for salvation can avail us nothing but greater misery. If salvation is what

we seek then we must appeal to a more qualified Author and we must accept that we ourselves be its publisher and distributor.

The recovery of our Nation begins not in White House, or in the Capitol. It begins around the dinner tables of our homes. We must decide that we will leave to our posterity, a nation of excellence, responsibility, and liberty, rather than one of mediocrity, apathy, and sameness…

Only then can we begin the revival of our country.

Chris WalkerRoanoke

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"We're pleased to welcome Michael to our Firm,"said G. Michael Pace, Jr., Managing Partner of Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore. "He will be a great ad-dition to our team."

Finney joins Gentry Locke after having served as a Judicial Law Clerk in the Western Dis-trict of Virginia U.S. District Court. He previously gained liti-gation and appellate experience

as an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins, LLP. His internships include the Cybercrimes Division of the Mas-sachusetts Attorney General's office; the Elder Abuse/De-pendant Adult Unit of the San Francisco District Attorney's office; and a judi-

cial clerkship with the Criminal Division of United States Attor-ney's office, Eastern District of California.

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Michael J. FinneyStellarOne Bank has won the American Bankers Asso-ciation 2009 Financial Mar-keting Award in the Impact Campaign category for banks $1 billion to $5 billion in as-set size. The ABA Financial Marketing Award is one of the nation’s most prestigious honors for financial market-ing.

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components: commercials aired on local television sta-tions; print advertising in area newspapers and maga-zines; and radio advertise-ments within the StellarOne Bank footprint. All segments encourage their audience to rely on StellarOne Bank as they move toward their fi-nancial goals during the re-cent economic challenges.

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It seems every candidate running for office talks about how they are going to create jobs for their constituents. Politi-cians do not create jobs. Businesses do.

However, compa-nies are not in the business of creating jobs; rather compa-nies exist to create profits. If a company can be more profitable with fewer people, then it will. If a company can realize a return on the investment in creating a job, then it will. Profitability is the goal and job creation is the by-product.

When will the political con-versation evolve from creating jobs to creating profitable com-panies? Clearly, job talk equates to votes. Let’s put propaganda aside, and instead focus on real economic prosperity for our re-gion.

But it’s not just politicians who must be held accountable, it’s job seekers too. In a recent job fair in Roanoke, there were 30-plus companies in atten-dance with a total of 600+ jobs available. Media outlets indicate how there are no jobs, but clear-ly there are. But are job seekers willing to fill jobs that exist?

One employer whose 50 avail-able jobs involved phone sales in the collection industry received a no thank you comment from an unemployed worker. “That does not sound good. I will just

stay at home and col-lect my unemploy-ment, and oh by the way, will you please sign my form saying I talked to you about a job so I can keep getting paid to stay at home?”

The tough ques-tions for job seekers to answer - that few will ask - (1) are job seekers willing to

acquire the skill sets needed to do the available jobs, (2) are job seekers willing to take their less than ideal job, and (3) are they willing and capable to create their own job through an entre-preneurial start up? Our region desperately needs all job seekers to answer yes to these questions, especially the latter.

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Both Politicians and Job Seekers Need to Walk the TalkHeidi Garrabrant has been

eating raw food for almost 3 years - and now teaches others how to prepare deli-cious meals using raw ingre-dients. She recently taught a four-part series of classes at the Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op in Grandin Village, including sessions on break-fast, lunch, dinner and des-sert.

Garrabrant is a wellness team member at RNF. The classes were held in the Co-op’s new community room kitchen. Many people “have tried raw food,” she said, but couldn’t stick with it “be-cause of a lack of knowledge of how to prepare the food.” People were enthusiastic and there was an “overwhelming amount of questions” in her first class.

What is a raw food diet exactly? “Fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and greens” ac-cording to Garrabrant, who doesn’t eat any soy, except for miso, which is fermented soy. She doesn’t eat dairy foods or animal protein, so it’s a true “vegan” diet.

“I like the fact that it’s raw nutrition,” said Robert Keitzer of Fincastle, who at-tended the desserts class with his wife Jeannine. “The tapi-oca really tasted like tapioca. She didn’t use regular [pre-pared] ingredients.”

Everett Craft and his wife Mary Sue learned a lot from the classes. Everett, who also teaches a health class, said he was eating “85% raw” before-hand. Mary Sue found it to be a healthy change from all the “comfort foods” with high fat content that Americans typi-cally eat. “This is wonderful.

This really is,” she said. Linda Pratt of Roanoke

County heard a lot about the “Hallelujah Acres Diet” which is 85% raw and 15% cooked. “Raw food can taste good and can be cooked for the family,” she said. Pratt said she was interested in learning more.

Garrabrant first heard about eating “raw” through word of mouth and began doing some research. She read books and searched the Internet for information. She decided to try eating a raw food diet for a month and has stayed with it ever since. Initially, Garrabrant said she went “cold turkey,” starting out with salads, and gradu-ally incorporating more reci-pes as she went along.

Health benefits of raw food include a stronger im-mune system and healthier digestion. Garrabrant’s skin cleared up and she has in-creased energy. “A raw food diet is environmentally friendly,” she also noted.

At first she experienced cravings for non-raw foods like cheese and bread. “There are addictive substances in cheese,” she said, and “bread is comforting.” After begin-ning the raw food diet she had additional yearnings for comfort food like macaroni and cheese and peanut but-ter, all urges that were over-come.

In the desserts class she demonstrated using a dehy-drator and a blender. “The internet is a good place to purchase dehydrators,” Gar-rabrant told attendees. She put blueberries in the dehy-drator for a blueberry tart,

and ground almonds in a blender for the crust. She also used ground dates and cashews for this recipe. She prefers a bamboo cutting board because it won’t “dull your knives so fast.” Another tip: ceramic knives won’t oxi-dize fruit as quickly.

Garrabrant’s cooking classes weren’t the Co-op’s first. Christopher Parkhust taught three classes in Au-gust that included recipes for summer vegetables, beans and grains. “Everything went well,” he said. Seating is lim-ited to 20 people, so classes fill up quickly. Co-op owners (members) attend for free and non-owners pay $5 per class.

Garrabrant said she re-cently bought a home that is temporarily without a kitch-en due to remodeling, so she’s been preparing her food in the RNF community room kitchen. She spends one day a week preparing staples--

like bread and crackers--to get ready for the week.

After growing up on meat and potatoes, Garrabrant is sold on the raw food diet. Her parents “always love” the raw food recipes she shares with them, but when visiting she takes her own food, since they aren’t sure what to pre-pare for her meal.

For information on raw foods, Garrabrant recom-mends the website www.gon-eraw.com.

People looking to buy raw food should try www.raw-guru.com. To sign up for an upcoming cooking class, call Roanoke Natural Foods at 343-5652 and speak to a rep-resentative at the customer service desk.

Going “Raw” at Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op

Heidi Garrabrant prepares raw food during a recent class at Roanoke Natural Foods Co-Op. (Courtesy RNF)

By Joan [email protected]

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Ronny Cox’s recent three-man band performance at the Roanoke Main Library was moved from the Brady Room Patio to the mezzanine due to rain, but the weather did not adversely affect turnout (every seat was occupied) or dampen the spirits of those attending. Cox’s charisma and charm, cou-pled with his skilled storytelling as he introduced each song, brought about a strong connec-tion with the audience.

Touring with the veteran ac-tor (well known for the Bev-erly Hills Cop movies) were David Ferguson and Radoslare Lorkovik. The trio showcased an eclectic mix of folk, coun-try, jazz, and blues that brought out toe-tapping, and hand-clapping, evoking audience responses such as “Crank it up Ronnie!” and sing-a-longs. A Roanoke-based artist known best as Toobz created the stage backdrop for the show, repre-sentative of some of the acting roles that Cox has played.

Cox said that he loves music more than acting because with acting there is “an imaginary fourth wall. The thing that gives me the most pleasure is the op-portunity of sharing music with other people. Half the fun is to see how a song affects someone

and how their reaction affects me. The audience’s reaction gives me direction.”

Preferring to perform in smaller venues, Cox likes for his audience to be as close as possible and for the lights to be turned up. The goal “is to en-gage the audience” in every per-formance, Cox stressed. Dur-ing intermission, he posed for pictures, chatted amiably with those in attendance, and signed CD’s.

The line-up of tunes per-formed included material from his latest CD, “Songs…With Repercussions,” which recently was named number one on the Folk DJ’s play list. The songs concern the absence of Mary, his wife, who passed away after a bout with cancer in 2006. The love of his life and his soul mate of 45 years was “the most intelli-gent and well-educated woman that I have ever known -- and she was the only woman that I ever dated,” said Cox.

He went on to add, “Mary read at least five books every week and she was so much fun to be with. She went to every single movie shooting and ev-ery performance that I did and she never complained. She would carefully search the au-dience for a face who had not

previously seen the show and make a point to sit beside of that person to gain a fresh perspec-tive through that individual’s viewpoint. Mary thought that I was the ‘cat’s meow’ and her support of me was the greatest validation I ever had.”

The couple have two sons and were a close-knit family. “We had a wonderful rich home life that had nothing to do with the Hollywood lifestyle. We focused on each other and family.”

While the world has seen Ronny Cox evolve over the last ten years from a Hollywood ac-tor to singer, ironically it was his talent as a guitar-picking musi-cian that provided him with the opportunity to make his acting debut in the 1972 box-office hit “Deliverance.” He worked alongside Burt Reynolds, and in one scene, leaned against an old station wagon and played “Du-eling Banjos” with the character Lonnie (Billy Redden).

He grew up near Clovis, New Mexico, where a major record-ing studio was located during his high school and college years. “I was at the record-ing studio when several hits were recorded, including when Buddy Holly recorded the song ‘Peggy Sue,’” said Cox, who worked his way through college

with a band. In 1984, Cox appeared in his

first blockbuster, “Beverly Hills Cop,” playing the role of a play-by-the-book California Police Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil, squaring off against Eddie Mur-phy, a free wheeling detective from Detroit. Cox played the

same role in the sequel to “Bev-erly Hills Cop.” Other movies included “RoboCop,” “Total Re-call,” “Stargate SG-1” and “Per-fect Murder, Perfect Town.”

Cox also played roles on tele-vision shows including “Apple’s Way,” “St. Elsewhere,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Chain

of Command” and “Desperate Housewives.” While Cox con-tinues to have opportunities for acting roles, his transition from being primarily an actor to mu-sician has come full circle.

• There are numerous up-coming events also scheduled at the Roanoke City Main Library (on Jefferson Street) in October. Lunchtime “Music on the Patio” from 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. will fea-ture Billy Joe Chambers and Al Coffey on October 8, Bob Hale on October 15, and Grace Note on October 22.

• On October 15, John An-derson will be speaking at 6 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. about his book, “Stand by Her: A Breast Can-cer Guide for Men,” and he will be signing books afterward. (Note: Anderson’s Today Show appearance, mentioned in a Star-Sentinel story last week, has been moved to October 8.) On October 20, Jess Gearing will be speaking 6 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. on, “Alternative Thanks-giving: Cooking for Vegans and Gluten-Free Eaters.” For more details about other events at Roanoke City libraries, visit roanokeva.gov/library and click on “The Spot Newsletter,” or call (540) 853-1057.

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Actor-musician Ronny Cox drew more than 300 people to the Roanoke City main branch library for his performance.

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The third annual SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival takes over Elmwood Park this Sat-urday from 2-9 p.m., with a lineup that includes three-time Grammy winner Delbert McClinton, plus boogie-woo-gie piano player Rev. Billy C. Wirtz, accompanied by fellow pianist Victor Wainwright, and blues/jazz songstress Stacy Brooks. Waynesboro’s The Mo’ Hippa Band, winner of the 2009 Blue Ridge Blues Society competition, will open the show.

Event Zone stages the Sun-Trust Big Lick Blues Festi-val. Executive director Larry Landolt says the “blues festival world is exploding across the country. We hope to join that momentum.” About 2,000 fes-tival-goers showed up last year and Landolt plans to build on that number.

This time, Big Lick Blues, which succeeded the Taste of the Blue Ridge Blues and Jazz Festival three years ago, is being presented under the banner of the Roanoke Arts Festival, which will showcase all sorts of cultural events this weekend. There is also a rib cook-off, featuring a handful of local restaurants: Bastian’s, Pit Boss, Martin’s, Blue 5 and Blues Barbecue. They will be

selling samples of their food again this year, always a popu-lar attraction.

Get there early for the rib cook-off; in past years the ribs have disappeared before the headliner – McClinton this time around – has taken the stage. There’s also a rib-eating contest, which was good if somewhat greasy fun to watch last year.

Landing McClinton was a coup for Big Lick Blues says Landolt, who has seen tickets being purchased from else-where in the country. “We wanted to step it up just a notch, and I think we did that with Delbert.” McClinton, who crosses into a number of music genres, has just released a new CD, “Acquired Taste.” “He has a very loyal fan base,” notes Landolt, who says ticket sales “are way up.”

Landolt was in South Da-kota this summer, where a blues festival drew 90,000 over two days, so clearly he has his sights set on larger numbers. “I don’t know if we’ll ever draw 90,000 people but I’m looking forward to growing this thing.”

The Rev. Billy C. Wirtz (not really a pastor) combines piano playing with humor on stage, and will be accompa-

nied by Victor Wainwright. Landolt calls it a “vaudeville-kind-of-ish, rockabilly, blues, dueling piano thing…quite irreverent.” Wainwright does a rendition of the Ray Charles tune “Georgia” that Landolt says will “blow people away.”

Brooks sings gospel tinged blues and jazz and was nomi-nated for best new artist in the DC area recently. The Mo’ Hippa Band won the local Blue Ridge Blues Society competi-tion in Roanoke. “They’re ter-rific,” says Landolt, who calls the blues music scene in the area “exploding” these days.

Event Zone stages numer-ous events, including the Par-ty in the Park series, held at Elmwood Park every year. The sluggish economy presented “a lot of challenges this year,” says Landolt, “[but] festivals

are doing well.” Landolt also wants to make

sure Event Zone has a seat at the table regarding any deci-sion on a new amphitheater. He says it was only recently that local festival organizers and music promoters were asked for their input. “A lot of city leaders are now seeing that a community amphitheater … needs to be for the commu-nity. Local producers of festi-vals and music need to be able to use this [facility]. We don’t necessarily need to have some-one come in from out of town [i.e. Charlottesville’s Red Light Management] to share with us how to do things. There’s a lot of talent here locally.”

Landolt worked with Kirk Avenue Music’s Gary Jackson on this year’s SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival. Tickets for Saturday (Oct. 3) are available at all regional SunTrust Bank locations or through the Event Zone website, or at the door. For more information about the SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival, visit www.EventZone.org.

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Neighborhood groups from all over the Commonwealth met in Chesterfield County last week for the 10th anniversary of the Virginia Statewide Neighborhood Conference. Roanoke neighborhood activ-ist and founder, Estelle McCadden, chaired the three-day event along with committee members from several localities in Virginia. McCadden addressed City Council last week about the conference.

Virginia and Florida are the only two states in the nation that hold a statewide neighborhood confer-ence. On Saturday awards were presented to winners in several different categories. Old Southwest, Inc. won Best Neighborhood Project for their annual “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” event, which assists a neighbor that otherwise is not financially or physically able to perform maintenance on their home.

Volunteers from Old Southwest and elsewhere donate a Saturday in mid spring to paint and land-scape a property for a resident in need. Money raised from the annual holiday parlor tour of homes, which is the neighborhood’s only major fundraising event, helps offset the cost of materials used. Old Southwest was awarded Best Neighborhood Organization in 2007 for Virginia Statewide; in 2008 they received second place in the nation at NUSA (Neighborhoods USA) for Best Neighborhood of the Year, and this year take home first place for Best Neighborhood Project in Virginia. Roanoke will host the Statewide Conference in 2010. Visit vsnconf.org for more information.

Old Southwest Wins Best Neighborhood Project 2009

The Roanoke Star-Sentinel

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