THE ROANOKE TIMES FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2014

Foot Levelers hit with $16,000 ine

State regulators have assessed a ine of nearly

$16,000 against a Roanoke manufacturer that

improperly disposed of chemicals used in the

making of shoe orthotics.

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The Roanoke County Board of Supervisors this week select-ed Dan O’Donnell to tempo-rarily take the helm of county operations as the search for a new county administrator con-tinues.

O’Donnell has served as an assistant administrator since Ju n e 20 0 0, a n d s p e n t the past five years under the direction of outgoing Administrator Clay Good-man.

Good-m a n , w h o announced his retirement from Roanoke County in early May, later confirmed he would be taking over the administrative duties of neighboring Craig County. His last day in Roanoke Coun-ty is set for July 31, after which O’Donnell will assume Good-man’s responsibilities.

O ’ D o n n e l l ’ s re s u m e includes stints working in gov-ernment across multiple states. From 1996 to 2000, he served as the administrator for Steu-ben County, New York. Before that, he worked for five years leading Berkeley County, West Virginia.

O’Donnell oversaw the completion of the Roanoke County Public Safety Center on Cove Road, Green Ridge Recreation Center and the Glenvar Library. His is current-ly managing the construction

County chooses interim manager

By Chase Purdychase.purdy@roanoke.com

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Assistant Dan O’Donnell will fill in while Roanoke County searches for a new administrator.

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Residents of southeast Roa-noke will have a new place to purchase alcohol if an ABC license is issued to Dollar General.

The Dollar General at 1302 Jamison Ave. has applied for an off-premise ABC license to sell wine and beer. Currently, Dollar General has 19 stores in the same district as the Jamison Avenue branch, and 12 of those locations already have an ABC license.

But community members have filed two objections. They believe that the addi-tion of the license will disrupt “peace and good order,” and that the number of licenses already granted is “detrimen-tal to public safety.” With the Roanoke Rescue Mission less

than a mile away, they fear that adding another store to the mix will exacerbate the issue of public intoxication and lit-tering in the neighborhood.

At a hearing on Thursday, Roanoke Police Chief Chris Perkins, alongside members of several neighborhood groups, spoke out against the store obtaining a license.

In a letter of opposition Perkins filed with ABC on March 13, he writes, “It has been found that the number of such businesses within a city block have a statistically significant relationship to the amount of crime.”

Perkins wrote that “increas-

Residents oppose Dollar General’s planBy Cameron Austin

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A store on Jamison Avenue has requested an ABC license to sell wine and beer.

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The world comes to the Lyric

Photos by MATT GENTRY | The Roanoke Times

Blacksburg actress Catherine Breske pumps up the Lyric Theatre crowd Thursday with a version of the “I believe we will win” cheer during the United States’ World Cup match against Germany. The youth soccer league New River United hosted the viewing party.

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Dan O’DonnellApparently will not seek the permanent job.

Top: Fans react to a play during Thursday’s World Cup match between the United States and Germany at Lyric Theatre, one of the World Cup game viewing parties in Blacksburg.

At right: Soccer fans Oscar Coddington (left) and Wyatt Boyle look on in frustration as the U.S. team fails to score in the closing minutes of the World Cup match against Germany on Thursday. The match was shown on the movie screen of Blacksburg’s Lyric Theatre. Germany won 1-0.

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Miss Chesterfield Savannah Lane (left) walks down the runway Thursday with Miss Virginia, Desiree Williams, following her preliminary talent award at the Miss Virginia Preliminary Competition held at the Roanoke Civic Center.

There was no shortage of sparkles and smiles to kick off Miss Virginia 2014 at Thurs-day night’s start to the prelimi-nary competition.

Miss Chesterfield Savan-nah Lane walked away with the Preliminary Talent Award, a $1,000 scholarship provided by the Margaret R. Baker

Charitable Foundation. Lane sang “Defying Grav-

ity” from the Broadway musi-cal “Wicked” in a floor-length green dress reminiscent of Elphaba.

Lane, of Chesterfield, is a student at the University of Virginia studying foreign affairs and Arabic. She has a background in dance, having previously trained with the Radio City Rockettes Summer Intensive, and is currently a

vocal student. Miss Dominion Veronica

Robertson was the Prelimi-nary Swimsuit Award winner, and took home a $500 scholar-ship courtesy of the Margaret R. Baker Charitable Founda-tion.

Robertson, of Woodbridge, is a pre-med student at Virgin-ia Commonwealth University studying exercise science.

The swimsuit competition makes up 15 percent of the score, while talent counts for 35 percent.

This year, the pageant will make available more than

$300,000 in cash and in-kind scholarships to colleges and universities, a Miss Virginia pageant record.

Former Miss Virginias Chinah Helmandollar Jewell (2009) and Caitlin Uze (2010) co-hosted the show along with soap star Bobbie Eakes.

The contestants also took part in the on-stage question competition, which accounts for 5 percent of the scores. Eakes asked the women ques-tions based on their respec-tive platforms, and the women

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By Lindsay Cateslindsay.cates@roanoke.com

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The first night included preliminary awards for talent and swimsuit. The contest concludes Saturday.