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Baseball Hall-of-Famer Lou Gehrig described himself as “the luckiest man on the face of the earth” when he gave his famous farewell speech to more than 62,000 fans at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939, despite knowing he was dying from the rare disease that would come to bear his name.

Judging by the love and energy demonstrated by the 14 people packed into Dan Wright’s hospital room last Satur-day evening, he, too, could be described as one “lucky man” as he also battles amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Dan, a long-time fi xture in the Roanoke Valley running com-munity, was diagnosed last August with ALS, a degenerative neuromuscular condition with no known cure more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Saturday, Dan’s path crossed with that of endurance athlete Ben Davis, who is running/hiking the 2,175-mile length of the Appalachian Trail to raise funds for, and awareness about, ALS. Each day on his website, Davis honors someone as an “ALS Hero” and Saturday he chose to honor Dan, who is a patient at the Brian Center in Fincastle. Ben and his one-man support crew, self-described “clean up man” Rick Cheever, paid a visit to Dan Saturday evening, along with some of Dan’s family and friends.

Ben was impacted personal-

All over the Roanoke Val-ley schools invited Armed Forces veterans to breakfast, lunch and special assemblies on Tuesday, saluting all that have served. One of the lon-gest running and best-known observances is the Veteran’s Day assembly at Green Valley Elementary School in south-west Roanoke County, now in its 18th year. “Honoring All Who Served” featured guests from the World War II era through the current confl ict in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some sat on stage as part of the cer-emony while others remained on the crowded auditorium fl oor with students.

Th e oldest vet on hand – Tony Hehn, 98, and took a bow when recognized by a speaker. Th e Notre Dame Uni-versity graduate, who enlisted during the Second World War at age 32, still takes pictures every year of the Veterans Day assembly and sends them back to Green Valley for its scrap-book.

“Its just the atmosphere, and everyone enters into it,” said Hehn, a southwest Roanoke County resident who added that he is “hanging in there.” He still fi ts in his service uni-form. “Th ey seem to be happy and appreciative. I know what its all about [to serve]. I’m proud to say that.”

Students tried out tunes like America the Beautiful and the offi cial songs of each Armed Forces organization that had

veterans present. “It’s real im-portant that you understand what a real hero is,” said Green Valley principal Tammy New-

comb, who has a 19 year old neph-ew in the military.

Marine gunner Sgt. Bobby Ferguson, now a recruiter at the Marine’s Peters Creek Road offi ce, called en-listing “one of the best things I ever did in my life.” Th e Cave Spring High School graduate said the U.S. was doing “good things” in Iraq, adding, “when our president tells us to do something we do it – he’s our boss.”

Retired teacher Camille Ca-baniss, who spent many years at Green Valley, served as mas-

ter of ceremonies. Th e military is a big part of her life and lin-eage: her husband was a para-trooper, a great-grandfather fought in the Civil War and various uncles and cousins also served.

Cabaniss read a letter sent back from the White House, aft er President George W. Bush had to turn down the school’s invitation to join them at the assembly. “President Bush, like all Americans, believes we owe our veterans a great deal of gratitude,” wrote an ap-pointment secretary. “Th ese patriots have inspired our na-tion.”

Photo by Gene Marrano

Veterans are honored by Green Valley elementary school students.

Ribbon cutting a time for re� ection and kudos

Taubman makes grand entrance

In many ways the Taubman Museum of Art is indeed architect Randall Stout’s baby, and the Tennessee-born L.A. resi-dent made that evident during a private tour of the iconic building last week, two days before it opened to the general public. Stout even led a small group of supporters and media in to the back por-

tions of the building, showing off truck ramps and catering kitchens.

In the second floor galleries, Stout, who has now designed several museums elsewhere, described how he attempted to make each space work for the art to be shown in that room. “It was important

Imagine - swarms of people in downtown Roanoke early on a Saturday morning – away from the farmer’s mar-ket area. Yet there they were, lined up with timed tickets, waiting for entrance to the Taubman Museum of Art.

First came the ribbon cut-ting, with Governor Tim Kaine, Congressman Bob Goodlatte, state and local politicians, arts supporters including Heywood Fralin and the like. Front and center were Ambassador Nicholas Taubman and his wife Jenny, whose 15 million dollar gift led to a name change for the former Art Museum of West-ern Virginia.

“A great event for the city,” said former City Council-man Rupert Cutler before the hour-long ceremony. “A wa-tershed event,” added Cutler, the son of artists himself and a long time supporter. Cutler was “just blown away,” after touring the finished museum and its nine galleries. Later, Goodlatte praised the muse-um’s “Smithsonian-like qual-

Star Line trolley draws Carilion complex closer to downtown

Roanoke City rolled out a blast from the past on Wednesday - a fleet of four trolley buses that will carry people back and forth from the Carilion complex on South Jefferson St. to the City Mar-ket area, where they could have lunch or walk to work at the health system giant’s down-town offices. Amid much fanfare the service was pre-viewed for city officials on Wednesday.

For now, the Star Trolley line, four retro-looking buses that cost $250,000 each, will run every ten minutes be-tween 7am and 7pm on week-days only. Between 10am and 2pm it will run every seven

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Roanoke Mayor David Bowers speaks about the Star Line’s promise on Wednesday.

From one hero to another – ALS crusader Ben Davis visits local runner Dan Wright

[Veterans Day]

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Local schools honor veterans

Photo by Pam Rickard

Ben Davis said that visiting Dan Wright, the “ALS Hero” on Saturday, November 8, has been the highlight of his trip so far.

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> CONTINUEDP2: Dan Wright

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Taubman Museum refl ects Stout’s vision

Photo by Daniel Hungate

The Taubman Museum of Art opened last weekend to much fanfare and ceremony. The festivities began Friday night with a lively black tie affair that was well attended by supporters and local dignitaries, most of who returned early the next morning for over an hour of speeches and declarations before the 11:00 AM ribbon cutting. Governor Tim Kaine was on hand and eloquently stated that the Taubman Museum was just another in a series of “right moves” that have brought him to Roanoke repeatedly over the last three months. Thousands of people mingled in the streets throughout the market area while waiting for their chance to get in. The Roanoke Weiner Stand’s “man in the window,” John Liakos reported that, “all that art has been pretty good for business so far.” (See page 6 for more photos)The Taubman Museum’s hours are Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Open until 7:00 PM on Thurs.) and Sundays from Noon – 5:00 PM.

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ly when he lost two friends to ALS. He says he was inspired by the courage they both ex-hibited despite their diagno-sis.

“It truly makes you wonder how any one of us would han-dle such news,” he said.

Ben, 28, and Rick, 25, began their journey at the AT trail-head on Mt. Katahdin in Maine on September 21 and hope to reach the trail’s southern ter-minus at Springer Mountain, Georgia, by Thanksgiving Day. To meet their goal, they have to average more than 30 miles per day.

Ben said that visiting Dan was the best day of their jour-ney to date. And though he can no longer communicate verbally, Dan’s bright eyes and joyous smile were clear signs that Saturday was a highlight for him, as well.

“[Dan’s] room was full of energy. An electric vibe was present the entire visit. Look-ing around the room, every-one seemed to have big smiles on their faces. The room was buzzing,” Ben said. “It was such an amazing experience, definitely the highlight of our trip so far.”

Dan Wright is a 19-time marathoner, an honored com-munity activist who worked with the Greater Raleigh Court Civic League (GRCCL) and on the Murray Run Trail (the trailhead is named in his

honor), and former president of Roanoke’s Star City Striders running club.

Today he is unable to walk, breathes with help of a ventila-tor, and has limited use only of his left hand and upper body.

Dan has said that the first signs of his illness occurred as early as 2000; it was Oc-tober 2004 when his doctors concluded that a serious con-dition existed, including the possibility of ALS. Dan perse-vered, switching from running to walking, remaining active with GRCCL and the Strid-ers, and continuing to work as long as physically possible. He led the formation of the area’s first Walk to D’Feat ALS last October, and was person-ally responsible for more than $16,000 of the $25,000 raised.

“He needs the help of a ven-tilator to breathe and receives meals through a feeding tube, like many other ALS patients, but Dad is somehow able to tackle challenges…. and rise above them,” said Dan’s daugh-ter Stephanie. “He applies the determination he once demonstrated through run-ning and uses it to overcome new obstacles. Dad’s positive attitude, motivation and per-severance continue to inspire friends and family to join with him in the fight against ALS.”

Brenda McDaniel, Dan’s longtime life partner, says that his laptop computer provided

by The ALS Association has been a “lifeline.” He even con-tinues to coach other runners via email and keeps up with Ben and Rick’s progress daily through their web site.

Rick Watkins, Dan’s friend and former walking buddy said, “He’s grateful for all the equipment and support they have and continue to provide him, even as his own life’s race comes closer to the finish line. But as the runner he remains and always will be, he is swept along with others in a race larger than just his own. If he can ‘carry the baton’ to cure Lou Gehrig’s Disease one step

closer to the finish line, he has done all that can be asked.”

Ben Davis’ goal is to raise $1 million by the end of his AT journey.

He said, “Remember, it is not that one person gives many dollars - but that many people give [even] one dollar.“

Visit www.2175forals.com to donate to the cause and to read more about Dan and Ben. For more information on ALS visit www.alsa.org.

By Pam [email protected]

Photo by Pam Rickard

Friends and family surround Dan Wright in his room at The Brian Center in Fincastle; Amy Rockhill, John Dezember V, Stephanie Wright, Rick Watkins, Jennifer Burnham, Tim Burn-ham, Brenda McDaniel, Dan Wright, Rick Cheever, Ben Davis, Ed Allen and Becky Allen.

> Dan Wright From page 1

minutes, and the one-way trip between the market area and Carilion Clinic/Roanoke Memorial is timed at about ten minutes. In between the seven intermediate stops in-clude Jefferson College of Health Sciences, Franklin & Jefferson Steets and Reserve & Jefferson Streets.

Federal funds made up the bulk of monies used for the initial outlay, with Roanoke City chipping in. Downtown Roanoke Inc., Carilion Clin-ic, the City of Roanoke and Valley Metro are supporting

the Star Line, which will not charge a fee for riders. DRI president Bill Carder said the commitment timeline from all players involved is “open ended” at this point.

Carder pointed out that trolley service was part of the Outlook 2000 plan for the city, but that it had to wait for a “critical mass” before it made sense. With Carilion Clinic’s growth, the Riverside bio-med park and the new Virginia Tech-Car-ilion Medical School on the horizon the time is now, said

Carder.“Another [example] of vi-

sion becoming reality,” add-ed Carder as he stood on the trolley steps before a dem-onstration ride to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. “What a connection to make between downtown and Car-

ilion, and the new medical college.”

“I think it will help us - it’s a very important commu-nity development asset,” said Carilion CEO/President Dr. Ed Murphy. “It’s an oppor-tunity to link [Carilion em-ployees] with downtown for

lunch and so forth, and help the other businesses down-town. It’s also a solution to the downtown parking situ-ation.”

Carilion employees also tried out the trolley before it went into service. Donna Toliver and Pam Davis work in Quality & Patient Safety, and come downtown to eat. “I want to see how it works, how long it takes me to come down here,” said Toliver, who only has 30 minutes for lunch. Davis liked “not hav-ing to walk to the garage and get in our cars.”

Designed to look like a trolley service once available in Roanoke, complete with wood finish interior panel-ing and leather straps hang-ing from poles for standees, Valley Metro General Man-ager Dave Morgan called the Star Line “a blast from the past” and a “true asset” to the

downtown corridor.Roanoke Mayor David

Bowers has long believed that the Riverside Center and Carilion’s growing pres-ence would help extend downtown well beyond the market area. He predicted on Wednesday that within 10-20 years “Jefferson Street will again be the Main Street in Roanoke.”

Bowers was already inquir-ing about adding stops near residential neighborhoods along the way; someone else mentioned extended hours during weekend festivals or other events. Carder said that would all depend on us-age and continued funding support. “We’ll see how it goes,” he said.

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ity,” and predicted it would bring “economic opportuni-ties” to Roanoke.

Heywood Fralin, involved with a trust started in his late brother Horace’s name that purchases works for the mu-seum, called Randall Stout’s edifice at Salem Avenue and Williamson Road “the most exciting building in Virgin-ia.”

Delegate Onzlee Ware (11th district) admitted he didn’t know much about art, but offered that “it brings people together,” and it did all day on Saturday, when museum officials said well over ten thousand showed up on the Taubman’s first day.

Executive Director Geor-ganne Bingham admitted to being “pretty emotional,” about the ribbon cutting, before calling the journey to opening day “scary…re-warding [and] exhilarating. Appreciate what has been ac-complished.” The night be-fore Bingham prompted 1200 people to raise their glass in a toast at a sold-out ben-efit gala, standing atop the sweeping staircase with John Williamson, president of the Board of Trustees.

Roanoke Mayor David Bowers conceded he was a “doubting Thomas” when plans for the 66 million dol-lar museum were first floated,

but said he had come around: “you’re going to love it.”

Bowers acknowledged for-mer Mayor Nelson Harris at the start of his brief remarks, recognizing that the Taub-man project took root on his watch. Architect Randall Stout, given a standing ova-tion for the futuristic exteri-or and other design features, lauded Roanoke City for its part: “what a cooperative endeavor,” said Stout, noting that the challenging project came in on schedule. The November 8 opening date was the announced target for over a year.

Governor Kaine concluded the ceremony, then walked with hundreds of others from SunTrust Plaza to the front doors of the museum, where the ribbon was actually cut. The William Fleming March-ing Band drum line led the procession up Salem Avenue. “This community has a lot of wonderful things happen-ing right now, a true renais-sance,” said Kaine. “The arts are important to all of us – and they need to be…this world can always use a little more beauty and that’s what today is about.”

> Ribbon Cutting From page 1

Members of the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Associa-tion (VHHA) have elected Nancy How-ell Agee, executive vice president and chief operating offi -cer of Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, chair of the association. Ms. Agee was honored last week during the association’s 82nd Annual Meeting of the Mem-bership at Th e Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia. She suc-ceeds Michael J. Schwartz, pres-ident and chief executive offi cer, Prince William Health System in Manassas, who remains on the VHHA Board of Directors

as immediate past chairman.

In remarks to the membership, Ms. Agee stated, “Our mission and vision are clear: to improve the health status of the communi-ties we serve and to make Virginia the healthiest state in the nation. We will face obstacles in the

coming year that will make our goals more challenging. But to-gether, we can and will make improvements to the care we provide, making it more ef-fi cient and safe…and we can weather any storm so long as we are unifi ed.”

Agee elected Chair Of Healthcare Association

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Dayna Palmer, who runs two community resource websites, roanokeforwomen.com and roanoke4kids.com, has also collected clothes for the needy in the past. Now she wants juice box donations – 48,000 of them in fact by the end of November for the Second Harvest Food Bank’s Kids Café program. The Food Bank will deliver the juice boxes to Roanoke City and Roanoke County Schools, earmarked for children that qualify for reduced or free meals. “They do so much good for so many people that truly have need,” said Palmer of the Food Bank, located in Salem and straining to meet demand this year with the economic downturn affecting more families.

Palmer conducted the 100% juice (no Kool-Aid please) and healthy snack drive last year as well. The Southwest Roanoke County resident, who also gives individual swimming les-sons, has worked out an agreement with a number of drop locations, a list available on her two websites. 48,000 juice boxes represents one month’s supply for the Kids Café pro-gram, according to Palmer. Peanut, raisins, applesauce and other healthy, packaged snacks will also be accepted. “For three dollars they can make a difference in ten kids’ lives,” said

Palmer. “The more snacks we can [collect] the more of an impact we will have for these kids and the siblings they have at home.”

Ukrops is a major sponsor and a drop off point; the store on Franklin Road will hold a celebration on November 21 when the Food Bank will pick up donated goods for the Kids Café. “I’m willing to do whatever it takes this year to get to 48,000 juice boxes,” said Palmer, who was disappointed that the drive didn’t come close to that goal last year.

Some children she notes, especially in the city, may not have healthy meals or snacks outside of the school environment. “They’re so, so poor…we need more of the community

to understand that there is so much need. We’re talking about kids.”

Dayna Palmer

Juice and healthy snacks needed for Kids Café


Nancy Agee

Once again, the Center for Digital Government’s Digital Cit-ies Survey has named the City of Roanoke as a Top Digital City. Roanoke ranked fi rst in the nation for 2008 among the cities in the 75,000 to 124,999-population category. Th e survey ranked Roanoke in fi rst place in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006; fi ft h place in 2004 and second place in 2007.

Th e city’s Department of Technology and Offi ce of Commu-nications was involved with the recognition. Th is year’s ranking required entrants to complete a survey focused upon how the city utilizes technology to off er e-government services off ered via the Internet, use of wireless technology, IT strategic plan-ning, and disaster recovery capability. Roanoke’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS), use of technology within pub-lic safety applications, and infrastructure capacity stood out among the competing municipalities. Other top award winners for their population size are the City of Aurora, CO, the City of Lincoln, NE, and the City of Lynchburg. Winners will be an-nounced during the National League of Cities 2008 Congress of Cities and Exposition in Orlando, FL, on Nov. 13.

Roanoke a Top Digital City again


Inspired recently by a noted book that describes how to-day’s youth is losing its zeal for the outdoors to the allure of PlayStation, Ipods and cable TV, Community School has for decades sent its students out in to the wild for a weekend. Pre-vious outings include cycling journeys and hikes to the top of Mount Rogers, Virginia’s high-est peak.

Development and Market-ing Director Carissa South said that last month the children were split up and sent to sev-eral locations, including Camp Bethel in Botetourt County for the younger students. Older students went to Douthat State Park, Camp Alta Mons and Wa-tauga State Park.

“We do this every fall,” said South. “It really gives them a chance to be outside for long stretches of time. Th ey run, they use the playground equipment, they’re doing nature hikes.” South’s own daughter took part in a scavenger hunt at Camp Bethel that relied on the senses – how objects smelled, felt, what colors they were, etc. “It really just allows them to be kids out-side.”

Students hunted for crawfi sh, salamanders and did all of the outdoor activities many associ-ate with their own childhoods. South suspects some parents aren’t keen on letting children out of their sight for unsuper-vised playtime, unlike in previ-ous generations.

Richard Louv’s recent book Last Child in the Woods was an inspiration for Community School, an alternative educa-tion center that goes through middle school, located across from Hollins University. “You can tell – some of them [were] a little unsure when they got there [to Camp Bethel].” By the end noted South they were “slogging through the pond.”

South says Community School is working with the City to see if the Tinker Creek green-way extension planned to termi-nate at Carvin’s Cove can cross its campus, or connect via a spur. Th at might allow students to bike all the greenway to the reservoir from school property. “Th at’s exciting,” says South.

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Election Day began for me on last Mon-day night when I was

rooting against my beloved Washington Redskins. History shows that when the Redskins win their game the weekend before Election Day, the in-cumbent party wins the Presi-dency. When the Redskins lose the game before Election Day, the opposition party wins the Presidency. I was leaving noth-ing to chance. Go Steelers. My co-workers thought I had lost my mind.

On Election Day, my fam-ily and I got in line to vote at 6:10 A.M. I forgot my camera and my notepad. I was in such

a hurry to vote I had forgotten the things I needed to record history. I will, however, never forget this day.

Th e line to vote was long when we got to Westside School. It did not matter. I was going to stand in line all day to vote if I needed to. A one-hundred and three-year-old woman cast her vote while my family and I waited in line. When she exited the building, she got a huge ovation. She was dressed like she was going to church. Her walk told me she was as proud as any person could be on Elec-tion Day. I wanted to say some-thing to her as she walked past me. I couldn’t speak. I was in complete and total awe of her. Overwhelmed, actually. I didn’t know her. But, I knew her his-tory. I wish I had brought my camera, although I would not have been able to take her pic-ture. I was having a hard time fi ghting back tears.

My family and I voted at 7:40. My youngest daughter was vot-ing for the very fi rst time. It was funny watching her. She was nervous since it was her fi rst time voting. She also knew she was making history and did not want to mess up. My wife, a Republican, just beamed as she cast her vote for Obama. Me? I had trouble seeing the touch screen. Th ose darn tears, again. Plus, my hands were shaking.

All day Tuesday, my head was telling me there is no way Obama was going to win. I had Parent-Teacher Conferences at school so at least I could keep track of all the election action on MSNBC. I knew Obama

could win if his people showed up at the polls. But, would they?

I was a nervous wreck when I got home at 6:45. My oldest daughter had bought steaks for me to cook. At least I had some-thing to do until the polls closed. I can cook some steaks. Outback has nothing on me. Not on Tuesday night. I forgot they were in the oven. Luckily, I had to get a cup of coff ee in the kitchen. Th e smoke com-ing out of the oven told me the steaks were going to be a little well-done.

Goodlatte and Warner won early. Th at was good. But, what about My Man? When My Man won Pennsylvania, I did my “Happy Dance.” Trust me, dancing is not part of my DNA. When My Man won Ohio, I knew Obama had won. I start-ed calling people. I called my SCLC friends and told them it was over; that, “at 9:17 P.M. Jeff Artis was calling the race for Obama. Write it down!” Th ey thought I was calling the race a little early.

When CBS fi nally called the race for Obama, I broke down. I called my Mom. I had known my Mom to break down only once before, when my son died. She broke down while I was talking to her. She’s 75. I know her history, too.

Th e morning aft er election all of my students stood for the Pledge of Allegiance without

me having to say anything for the fi rst time. When I asked why, one student said, “We are stand-ing for Obama.” I just smiled.

I never thought I’d live long enough to see a Black Presi-dent. I had hoped it would happen one day. But, in all hon-esty, I thought a pos-

sibility of a Black President was a pipe dream. For the fi rst time in my life I feel like an Ameri-can, not a Black American, not an American with an asterisk beside his name, but an Ameri-can. I am a 100 percent, red, white and blue, American Eagle fl ying, Fourth of July honoring, American. It feels good. Now, I know what I’ve been missing all of these years.

No, racism is not dead in America. I still can’t catch a cab in New York City. I’ve seen and felt the hate in people’s eyes since the election. However, racism is on a respirator. It should be noted that President Obama has pledged to be the President of the United States, not the President of Black peo-ple who live in America. Th at is the way it should be. Th at is the way America wants it. Believe it or not, that is the way Black America wants it - One Nation under God.

Man, this feels so good.

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At long last - a victory that redefi nes us

Jeff Artis

Lego man turned 30 this past summer! It’s not fair. We didn’t have Lego Man when I was a kid. I can remember when

“Lego” only meant bricks, plain bricks that came in red, yellow, green or blue.

I’m older than Lego Man, and all too many of my friends are fi nding out. Th ey are very nice about it, but I’m not sure why they should care that I’m in a Sunday school class labeled “born in the mid to late sixties.” I fi t in just fi ne. Hey, no-body asked for birth certifi cates when I signed up. So what if the 60’s are not even my birth de-cade? And why does using the word “decade” makes me feel older?

SO WHAT if I am turning 50? What’s the big deal?What if I did go out and get the cartilage in my

ear pierced a few months back? I meant to a long time ago but just never got around to it. I’m glad I did it. Really, I am. (But please don’t tell anyone in Sunday school.).

It’s a whole lot cheaper than some shiny cor-

vette convertible.When I read about Lego Man turn-

ing 30, I felt cheated all over again. Not only was there no Lego Man when I was a kid, there were no cool sails to put on cool Lego ships; no in-credibly cool Star Wars ships to build with Lego Men that actually look like Luke, Leia, and Hans Solo in them!

When my kids were little I would debate NOT buying them Lego sets because I was jealous of how amaz-ing they were. But I bought them anyway and now there are giant bins with thousands of Legos all mixed up - stored in places in our house no one will go.

One time I tried sorting them by color and type. Th e favored batch was the Lego Man hel-mets. It reminded me of when, many years ago, one of our toddler’s large cheeks looked even larger than usual. Upon inspection, we discov-ered he had stuff ed bunches of Lego Man helmets

in there like a chipmunk with sunfl ower seeds. We carefully pried each one out and were left to wonder how many others he might have swallowed. I never checked. Said child is now in

college.Which reminds me, I am nearly 50

. . . But really, I don’t care.Back in those older days, kids had

to use their imagination with toys like Legos. What could you do with a bunch of Lego bricks? I think the guys built army forts. I built really cool digs for my…(nostalgia drum roll please)… Liddle Kiddles!

I’ve asked around among some of my friends and was shocked to fi nd a lot of them didn’t get into Liddle Kiddles. It turns out that many were

born in the 60’s, so what do they know? By then the Kiddles were not just the genuine Origi-nal Nine, but these crazy knock-off things de-signed to ride the tide of popularity and make a fast buck. Kiddles in cologne bottles, Kiddles dressed up like Halloween characters, Kiddles every which way you could think of.

But it’s those Original Nine that I loved. As an adult, I would sometimes keep an eye out for them at yard sales because mine were a ca-sualty of being stored in the attic in a forgotten, unlabeled box. I went to college and didn’t give them a second thought. How sorry I have been about that since! I longed to hold a pristine Lola

Liddle, with her white plastic sailor’s hat and tiny sail boat. I never dreamed that one day Lego Man would turn 30 and in the meantime Ebay would pop on the scene! Th ere are TONS of Liddle Kiddles on Ebay, which I have no clue how to use.

So I took the easy way out. I convinced my son in college to be my “Ebay Broker.”

I’d e-mail him the item number and he’d bid, all the while maintaining an intense study rou-tine at college. Th en, when he won one, I’d mail him the payment and await the coveted package. Amazingly, for a rather modest sum, we put to-gether a set of the Nine, which now smile at me from their spot on my nightstand.

I got to thinking, there are some second generation Kiddles I really wouldn’t mind hav-ing. Just recently I asked my Ebay Broker what he thought of a nice-looking Windy Fliddle or maybe a Sizzly Friddle?

“Mom, that’s enough! You’re done!”Darn.Th is is not a mid-life crisis. I do NOT care that

I am turning 50! Happy 30th Lego Man.

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Was it yesterday, or the day before, that your keys went missing, glasses got lost, or mind drew a blank when you tried to recall just where it was that you parked the car before making your way through the longest checkout line in supermarket history?

While it’s easy to forget things amid the jumble of daily life, especially as the holiday season ap-proaches, it’s almost eff ortless to recall how deliciously inviting it felt to attend a gathering, maybe at your grandparents’ or an aunt or uncle’s house, where mugs of something wonderfully hot spiked with mulling spices were off ered or freshly baked apple and pumpkin pies were served.

Th e ease, sense of well being, and comfort that rush back to us just by catching a whiff of a certain spice or aroma is no fl uke. It may be one of the oldest and most highly valued of pleasures known to humankind. Since ancient times, humans have used spices for both sacred and practical purposes. For example, Ancient Egyptians used one of the oldest, most fragrant, and popular of all spices, cinnamon, in their embalming process. In Biblical times, cinnamon was used as a perfume in anointing oils. Medieval physicians blended cinnamon into medicines used to treat coughs and sore throats. Recognized for its preservative qualities, cinnamon also served as a fragrant, eff ective way to keep meat from spoiling long before refrigeration.

In the days leading up to Th anksgiving, it’s worth remembering that voyages of discovery that paved the way for this great national holiday were launched in pursuit of the very same spices used in the making of holiday dishes we look forward to sharing with loved ones today, including

pepper, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger. It’s also worth noting that science is beginning to reveal how using a sweet or savory blend of spices in cooking and baking can benefi t our health, particularly as we get older. As registered dietitians and nutritionists know, substituting culinary spices and herbs for fat, sugar, or salt called for in a recipe helps in the control of chronic diseases like hypertension and diabetes. As many health professionals also appreciate, good nutrition pro-motes healthier aging. Maintaining good nutrition as we age may, in fact, be one of the best ways to lessen the risk of chronic disease, slow its progression, and reduce its symptoms. Better yet, blending spices into a nutritious meal, and sharing it with those who helped us create our own personal trove of deliciously inviting memories may be one of the best and healthiest ways to share a wonderful bounty of fl avor and memory with everyone we treasure, not only during the holiday season, but also throughout the entire year.

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Recently I participated in a crazy and brutal bicycle race on the

fi re road that winds up to the summit of Poor Mountain. Th e race started at Camp Roanoke and ended seven miles later at the very top. It was awful. Th e race reminded me of my old 1973 Land Rover, because the last time I was on that steep rock-strewn dirt road was on a freezing cold winter day, and six of us got kind of – well – very stuck in the heavy snow high on the mountain.

Recalling “Elsa”, as we called the Rover, brings back many good and otherwise interest-ing adventures -and not just in driving it places. On one par-ticularly cold and snowy winter day, Elsa was in her element as fi ve friends and family piled into the Land Rover with me and up Bent Mountain we went. We had a wonderful assortment of sleds and skis on the roof. We were ready for anything - al-most. Aft er reaching the sum-mit we decided to go higher, to the crest of Poor Mountain. Th e snow was deep and Elsa labored, but a few 4WD trucks had already broken a path through the snow and that helped. A few hours spent sledding and skiing on top of the mountain and we had had enough. Time to go home and get warm and cozy. It was getting dark, and colder by the minute. Piling into Elsa with the atten-dant crust of snow covering our clothes, we headed down the mountain. At the intersection where the dirt fi re road emerg-es, not far below the summit, I paused. “Let’s go down this way. It’ll be fun” Th ere could well have been a voice of reason and dissent, but I don’t remember it now. So grinding down the un-tracked, snow-covered dirt road we went. Th at’s right, untracked. No one had been through there, and the snow was very deep and drift ed. But hey it’s all downhill and we’re in a Land Rover. So, no worries – right?

Wrong. It didn’t take long before we

ground to a halt. It seems that the deep snow was overwhelm-ing the Rover’s capabilities and, even downhill, forward prog-ress was a slow grind-and-go proposition. Everyone was cold and wet –the little heater work-ing overtime- and the fun factor gauge was dipping signifi cantly towards “N” as in “NOT much fun anymore.”

Th en we came to a long, straight stretch into which the northwest wind had drift ed the snow dramatically, into huge white waves. We lurched to a stop. We had earlier discovered

that reversing up the mountain was not feasible; we were com-mitted to going down. Our as-sumption had been that it would get easier as we descended the seven miles to the valley. Well, not exactly. At this latest im-passe, my crew jumped -actu-ally they just stiffl y got out- and started pushing as I wrestled with the gears and clutch, trying to make forward progress down the mountain. Down to civili-zation, down to heaters, food, warm dry clothes. But we were out-foxed by the huge drift s. We couldn’t go up and we couldn’t

go down. We were stuck big time.

Some of us of-fered up wisecracks to keep up morale, but nobody felt so good at that point. In fact our buddy Hugh had a nasty cold and wasn’t saying much. He looked kind of

like “death warmed over,” come to think of it. Everybody was

thinking the same thing, that is, it looks like we’re going to spend the night up here and that’s not good. We stomped around in the snow, in the increasing cold and the waning light, and Billy yelled, “Hey there are truck

tracks here!” He was down the mountain a bit, in front of the Rover, and sure enough, about 300 ft . down the road were big-tired vehicle tracks, and they told the story of someone get-ting to that point, hitting the mammoth drift s and then turn-ing around. If we could make it to those tracks we could make it down the mountain and out of here. Th e optimism meter went up and we renewed our eff orts at getting Elsa to that point, through a football fi eld of 5-foot drift s.

Th e technique that fi nally brought success was me at the helm, two pushing from be-hind, and the three other stal-wart workers digging away at the drift s with gloved hands and much vigor. Progress was slow, but progress nonetheless. We labored for what seemed like hours, pushing through the frontier, until we fi nally emerged onto the packed tire tracks. My exhausted crew howled in cele-bration, and we eventually made it, not just down the mountain, but home to warm and dry and cozy. Come to think of it, the bike race up the mountain really wasn’t so bad.

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John W. Robinson

My wife Janet is an ardent fan of horror movies. During the month of Oc-

tober, the ever-present howl of our hound dogs is oft en overwhelmed by screams and the pitter-patter of hum-ming chainsaws emanating from our television.

Janet is generally not a big fan of television. Normally, she is a whirling dervish of activity, a perpetual mo-tion machine who would shame and tire a twelve man chain gang. How-ever, once a year Janet allows herself somewhat of a break and launches herself into a world of lycanthropes, vampires and giggling cannibalistic hillbillies.

With an occasional detour to view the World Series and our favorite show (Th e Offi ce), my son and I will oft en join Janet, gambling our sleep plans to take part in this festival of gore. Janet is unfazed by the most grizzly of scenes, undaunted by the mayhem created by the sick-est minds in show business. Following a few of these productions I laid wide-eyed in my bed, imagining that the bed-side lamp was glaring at me and, somehow, meant me harm.

(Note: As a child, aft er watching Alfred Hitch-cock's "Psycho" alone one night, I hurled a lamp at my bedroom door sensing that I was not alone in the room. As it turned out, I had merely seen myself in the mirror affi xed to my door and had attacked my own refl ection. Th is incident also explains the poor run of luck which I have expe-rienced since.)

During Janet's demented fi lm jubilee, we were treated to screenings of Saw 1, 2, and 3 back-to-back-to-back. For those of you who have not been exposed to this trilogy, the plot revolves around a madman who kidnaps tortures and executes his victims by the use of "Rube Gold-berg" type of devices. If you remember the old board game "Mousetrap" imagine the sequence of traps that needed to be sprung to snare the plastic mouse, then gently replace the mouse with a person who, instead of being trapped by a plastic cage, is disemboweled by a mechanized collection of rusty auto parts.

During the breaks in the fi lm, we would be assaulted by the same collection of "As seen on TV" commercial spots that we had seen dur-

ing the previous break. Talk about torture, where are those rusty auto parts when you need them? As I contemplated the features, functions and benefi ts of "Mighty Putty" for the fi ft h time in the last thirty min-utes, I was seized by a thought. Why not incorporate these "As seen on TV" products into the fi lm? Some of these things already look like torture devices, why not go the next step in product placement?

Billy Mays, the long-standing leather-lunged spokesperson for

most of these products, could play the smiling villain and that cock-eyed, headset wearing car-nie appearing on the "Shamwow" spots would do nicely as his fi endish pitchman/henchman. Is it me or does that dude look like Wilhem DeFoe and Annie Lennox's love child? I digress.

Th is plan would eliminate both the need for commercials and would demonstrate the prod-ucts in ways that most people might not have ever considered. "Grab-it Screw Extractor" sales would go through the roof! Image how fresh those cannibal hillbillies could keep their guests if they had a set of Chef Tony's "Smart Lids" vac-uum lids. And, as they say on the commercial "AND THAT"S NOT ALL!". Hannibal Lechter himself could off er a free recipe book with ev-ery "Pancake Puff " and "Slider Station" cooking system if interested consumers acted within the next fi ft een minutes. Th e opportunities are end-less!

Like many of my great ideas, I am sure this project is already in development somewhere on Madison Avenue. Just think, if Freddy Kruger had been fortunate enough to have a "Pedipaws Pet Nail Trimmer" to tidy up those claws back in the day, his nightmare might have been a whole other dream entirely. Sadly, we might never know.

If you are interested in hearing more about this revolutionary marketing concept, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Box 2991 Radio City Station, New York, New York 10101, or simply return the unread portion of this article for a full refund. Operators are stand-ing by.

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TV advertising is worse than the movies themselves

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor

determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the as-saulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confi dence than an armed man.”

-- Th omas Jeff ersonTh ere have been numerous re-

ports in the local news this past week about people stocking up on guns and ammunition as they fear gun bans may be im-minent with the upcoming Democrat control of Congress and the White House and with the soon-to-be liberal-controlled Supreme Court. While there are still guns available, area gun stores have told me they are having shortages.

Are people’s fears justifi ed? What is the fu-ture of gun ownership in an Obama presiden-cy? Th is week, I was at a meeting with Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, where he gave his take.

He believes there will be a renewal and pos-sible expansion of the Clinton gun ban, but not during Barack Obama's fi rst two years in offi ce, because Obama doesn't want to make the same mistake Bill Clinton did. According to Pratt, Clinton more than once admitted that the reason Democrats lost control of Congress only two years into his administration is be-cause he had pushed through the ban, which had angered many Americans.

Pratt does, however, think that there will be excessive taxes on guns and ammunition imposed in the near term to make gun ownership cost pro-hibitive (some proposals have pushed 500 percent and 1000 percent taxes).

In addition, the new President’s past voting record and public statements may give us a clue as to what else we might expect from him. According to research done by the National Rifl e Association:

Obama voted to ban hundreds of rifl es and shotguns, as well as almost all rifl e ammunition, commonly used for hunting and sport shooting

Illinois Senate, SB 1195, 3/13/03 United States Senate, S. 397, vote

217, 7/29/05Obama endorsed a ban on all hand-

gunsIndependent Voters of Illinois/

Independent Precinct Organization general candidate questionnaire, 9/9/96

Politico, 03/31/08Obama voted to allow the prosecu-

tion of people who use a fi rearm for self-defense in their homes

Illinois Senate, S.B. 2165, vote 20, 3/25/04

Obama supported increasing taxes

on fi rearms and ammunition by 500 percent

Chicago Defender, 12/13/99 Obama said during the campaign

“even if ” he wanted a total gun ban, he wouldn't have the votes in Con-gress to get it passed.

“Even if ”?Even though Republicans are in

the minority, could we rely on them to stop outright bans, excessive tax-es, and new registration schemes if they used the fi libuster? Pratt said

that during his many years working with Con-gress, he has too oft en seen the Republican leadership afraid to stand up for the Constitu-tion -- specifi cally the Second Amendment -- because the leadership is always worried they will be demonized in the media.

So, with anti-gun zealots in the majority and little opposition from the minority party, the future for the Second Amendment looks grim. A trend has begun where our leaders refuse to uphold the very Constitution they swore an oath to protect. Th ey destroyed our right to own private property with the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision three years ago. Now they are going aft er our right to protect ourselves from violent predators and tyrants. One can only wonder which right will be the next to go.

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Beforehand, during a slideshow pre-sentation, he called architecture “inhab-ited sculpture.” Stout explained how he was inspired by the surrounding hills and Roanoke’s “rich urban complexity.” Some of the many roof peaks were de-signed he noted, “to create a dialogue with the mountains.” The glass and steel lobby is, said Stout, “a living room for the city.”

Executive director Georganne Bing-ham said Stout designed the building “from the inside out,” making it “eas-ily programmable and operationally efficient.” Stout’s design, added Bing-ham, “ assures that we will meet our goals.” She also called him “one of the greatest architects of our time.”

The man hired to fill the nine galler-ies seconded that notion: “What Ran-

dall has done is to allow us… to dream,” said David Brown, deputy director of art for the Taubman. Still in the works: a ground floor, hands on gallery that a former Seinfeld producer will help cre-ate.

During the walk-and-talk tour Stout pointed out that the gallery spaces get smaller on the second floor, with other “subtle changes from room to room.” The modern art gallery employs a variety of ceiling heights and is “com-pletely asymmetrical.”

Stout said he was “elated” that many were finally realizing the relationship he was trying to create between the mu-seum and its surroundings, those “im-portant connections to the community from the inside out.”

In the end Stout hopes that visitors have a gut feeling, one that tells them “this is a special place. It sets up a frame-work for a new way of thinking…a new

pathway.” As for his own gut feeling, Stout said he was “uplifted,” especially when considering the programming and goals set forth by the Taubman Mu-seum of Art. “The architecture is com-pletely supporting of that - and that’s what makes me happiest.”

New works announced: before Randall Stout’s tour The Taubman Mu-seum of Art unveiled two new Ameri-can paintings, Thomas Hart Benton’s The Cotton Picker and Emil Carlsen’s The Leeds Jug. The acquisition of the works (both painted in the early-mid 1900’s) was made possible by the Hor-ace G. Fralin Charitable Trust.

“We are delighted to add these two notable works to the museum’s Ameri-can collection,” said John Williamson, president of the museum’s Board of Trustees. “The Cotton Picker and The Leeds Jug are extraordinary additions to what is already a major strength of our permanent collection.”

The works were presented by Hey-wood Fralin, trustee of the Horace G. Fralin Charitable Trust, to celebrate the inauguration of The Horace G. and Ann H. Fralin Center for American Art, an interdisciplinary research and programming center at the Taubman “that will encourage the study of Amer-ican art and offer programs that foster the enjoyment and understanding of American art and enrich the experience of the museum’s visitors,” according to a museum news release.

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Th e William Fleming Colo-nels rushed for over 300 yards en route to a 41-11 disman-tling of the Patrick Henry Pa-triots on Saturday at Patrick Henry High School. Th e win clinched the Western Valley District Championship for the Colonels, who also secured a home game on Saturday against Liberty-Bealeton in the fi rst round of the North-west Regional playoff s.

“We just couldn’t get them off the fi eld,” Patriots Coach Bob Gray said. “Th ey spread us out and then ran the ball, and we couldn’t stop it.

Fleming jumped out to an early 7-0 lead aft er Deonta Hardy ran for a score on the Colonel’s fi rst possession of the game. Patrick Henry re-

sponded with a solid drive of their own, culminating in an Edwin Pena 24-yard fi eld goal to cut the Colonels’ lead to 7-3.

But the Colonels would grab the momentum for good on the ensuing kickoff , which A.J. Johnson returned over 80 yards for a score. “Th at was a big turning point in the game,” Gray said.

For the rest of the game, the Colonels punished the Patriots with their relentless rushing attack. Senior tail-back LaCalvin Hickman ran for nearly 200 yards and two touchdowns for the aft ernoon, and quarterback Derek Brown added a rushing touchdown

that gave the Colonels an in-surmountable 27-3 halft ime lead.

Despite the defensive strug-gles, the Patriots’ off ense had some success on the day, as the team continued to adjust in the new single-wing off ense installed at the beginning of the season. Tailback Xavier Stanley rushed for just over 125 yards and a score for Pat-rick Henry.

Fleming was too much to handle in any case: “top to bot-tom, they’re the best team we have played all year,” Gray said of the Colonels. “Th ey have a real chance to be successful in the playoff s.”

Th e loss dropped the Patri-

ots to 1-9 on the season, and the team fi nished winless in Western Valley District play. But Gray remains focused on the positives.

“We’re a better team now than we were in August,” he said. “We’ve laid a good foun-dation here, and both our mid-dle school and JV had winning records this year. Th e desire is there, we just have to continue to get better.”

Th e Colonels (9-1, 5-0) look to extend their season with a win on Saturday against Liber-ty-Bealeton. Kickoff is sched-uled for 2pm.

Colonels crush Patriots, clinch District Championship

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Aft er beating Isle of Wight Academy handily last Friday the North Cross School Raid-ers face off for a state title against the only team to have topped both squads on the football fi eld this year: Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot, which bested the Raiders in the fi rst game this season. Isle of Wight had won the last three VIS Division III independent school football champion-ships until North Cross dis-mantled them 42-25 last week on the Raider’s home turf.

Raiders fullback Brent Ring scored three touchdowns and helped spring tailback Tyler Caveness for 196 yards rush-ing against Isle of Wight. “It’s been a long time coming, a lot of hard work,” said Ring, who also wrestles and plays base-

ball for North Cross. “Two a days, long season, but it’s well worth it. I thought we had the potential.”

Th e Blessed Sacrament Knights beat North Cross 17-7 on August 29 and will host the Raiders this Friday night for the VIS D-3 champion-ship. Ring said North Cross is ready. “All the coaches know exactly what we have to do to make good adjustments from the fi rst game of the season.”

Second year head coach Lee Johnson joined his play-ers as they raised helmets at mid-fi eld aft er beating Isle of Wight. “I can’t describe it. If you could bottle this stuff up and sell it you could retire early. We worked hard. In the end we wore them out on the off ensive line. Brent came up huge in the fullback spot.”

For about a week in training camp the Raiders broke hud-dle by chanting “state cham-

pions!” then had to scale back and “fi gure out how to meet that goal,” said Johnson.

He noted that last Friday’s semifi nal win euphoria would be short-lived, with Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot loom-ing again. “You can enjoy it for a couple of days and then you get to work. You’d bet-ter play good. [Coach] Mike Henderson does a super job; they’re well prepared. Th ey’re fun to play.”

Johnson will see how much fun it was to play the Knights again aft er this Friday’s fi nal on Blessed Sacrament’s home fi eld. “We have a hard playing football team,” said a jubilant Johnson, “I don’t want to play us…I love our guys to death.”

Photo by Bill Turner

Fullback Brent Ring (#5) scored three touchdowns for the Raiders.

North Cross wins; will play for state title


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PH football team takes the fi eld for senior day (Above). PH kicker #66 Edwin Pena (Right) connects on a 24-yard fi eld goal for the Patriots. The Patrick Henry defense brings down Flem-ing running back LaCalvin Hickman (#7) (Left), who had 195 yards on the day.

Fleming wins easily on way to playoffs: it might have been Senior Day for the Patriots but the des-ignated home team got no love from William Fleming on Saturday. That’s because the Colonels, on their way to the playoffs, drubbed intra-city rival Patrick Henry 41-11. PH will stay home with a 1-9 record, 0-5 in the Western Valley District. Fleming (9-1, 5-0) will host a Group AAA Northwest Region Division 5 playoff against Liberty-Bealeton this Saturday (2 p.m.) at the PH fi eld. LaCalvin Hickman led the way for the Colonels with 195 yards rushing against the Pats, which had a rushing star of its own in Xavier Hardy (126 yards).


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Th e Hidden Valley High school volleyball team seems to be unstoppable when it matters most. Aft er taking down the Cave Spring Knights in the semi-fi nals of the regional playoff s, be-coming champs for the second time in as many years, they had another Knights team to face in the fi rst round of the state tour-nament. No problem there: Hidden Valley now 23-4, defeated the Turner Ashby Knights 24-4 Tuesday night. Th e Titans are now in the state championship semifi nals in Richmond at the Siegel Center on Friday 3p.m. against Salem 22-4. Th ey beat the Spartans in the Region IV championship and now have a chance to do it again this Friday.

Titans Junior Samantha Klostermann has been on fi re in the post season and will have to continue, if Hidden Valley wants to bring the state title back this weekend. Klostermann had a team high 14 kills against Turner Ashby and drilled the ball practi-cally every time. Senior Eva Delaney set her up and had 32 as-sists. “Th e game went really, really well and our defense played great,” said Klostermann. “We just worked it together and had a really strong off ense.”

“We’re very excited to go to Richmond,” added Klostermann. “We have all worked so very hard for this and now it’s paying off . Cave Spring was a big win [in the regionals] and boosted our confi dence up a lot.”

Sarah Church had 10 kills against Turner Ashby: “We came out and played our game. It really hasn’t sunk in yet, but we have worked so hard for this. I’m so excited right now. We just have to stay level headed and calm going into the semis and play our game the whole way through.”

Th e Titans are a mirror of their coach, Carla Ponn Poff , strong and calm under pressure. “We have in the past few games really tried to focus on our game,” said Ponn Poff . “Everyone has really done a great job. At this point it’s more of the mental strengths than the physical part and that’s what were focusing on now. No matter who we play we just need to control our side of the net and take it one step at a time.”

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Titans knock out all the Knights

For the fi rst time in the school’s six-plus year history the Hidden Valley Titans have advanced to the Group AA volley-ball high school Final Four in Richmond. Hidden Valley plays a Friday semifi nal against a squad they know very well – the Salem Spartans. The Titans knocked off Turner Ashby at home on Tuesday to advance. “This was a total team effort. It shows the results of having our goals being met," said head coach Carla Ponn Poff. "This type of match indicates how tough our district [River Ridge] is and the advantage of playing teams like Cave Spring and Salem"

Hidden Valley’s Tori Hodges (Left) checks under the net as #8 Kimberly McDow sets for a Knight hit. Titans senior #7 Kathryn Reichel (Right) rejects a Turner Ashby shot.

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Coach Burt Torrence knew going in to last week’s playoff game with Stuarts Draft that it would take a team eff ort for Northside (6-5) to knock off the Cougars (5-6). Th at is exactly what he got in a 24-8 victory last Friday at Viking Stadium. “We played well all across the board and held them to 150 total yards,” said Torrence. In securing their fi rst playoff victory since 2000, the Vikings “performed at a high level.” Torrence further noted, “Th ey did some things we hadn’t seen on fi lm but we adjusted on the fl y.”

Th e win set up a meet-ing this Friday with the top ranked team in Group AA, the Brookville Bees (10-0) in Lynchburg. Coach Jeff Woody’s team is led by quarterback Lo-gan Th omas. Torrence refers to the Bees as having “lots of playmakers,” in addition to

Th omas and points out, “they are a complete team - a really good athletic team. Th ey ex-ecute up front as well as any team we’ve seen.”

Torrence has seen Brookville play on a few occasions this year and knows what the Bees, especially Th omas, can do on the off ensive side. It will take another total team eff ort to dispatch Brookville; however, Torrence feels he has a good game plan that gives the Vi-kings a good chance for a vic-tory.

Th e motto for Northside’s football team this season has been “fi nish the game.” With the improvement the Vikings have shown from week to week they may not be ready to fi nish their season this Friday.

Northside football moves on

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My mouth is already watering. My proverbial “last meal” would definitely include turkey and all the trimmings of a Thanksgiving feast. Hon-estly, I feel rather guilty that I look forward to the holiday as much for the food as for the fel-lowship with family and friends!

So for any number of reasons, it’s good to have the Day of Thanksgiving etched on the na-tion’s calendar. But it’s particularly imperative to remember that President Lincoln in 1863 established the last Thursday of each Novem-ber as a day of “Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens” in the midst of the greatest crisis in our coun-try. Even in the middle of the Civil War, Lincoln was able to count many blessings, citing them as “the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.”

The context of Lincoln’s proclamation is im-portant to note, I think—especially this year. For on this 145th anniversary of that first Thanksgiving, we find ourselves in the midst of yet another time of national crisis. Some of us are staring down the possibility of job loss. Some of us have loved ones in Iraq or Afghani-

stan. Some of us are barely holding onto our homes and properties. Some of us are facing a troubling health issue.

But Lincoln reminds us of a telling paradox: it’s often when we’re in a time of suffering and turmoil that we’re able (and encouraged) to give thanks the most. For when things are taken away—taken in battle or by a bad economy or an illness—we suddenly are able more clearly to see what we still have. God still sends a blue sky. We still have food on the table. Family and friends still care and lend support. Hope still springs eternal.

Thanksgiving then becomes a way of living, a way of looking at our lives and the world around us each day—regardless of the circumstances—and offering “Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heav-ens.”

Ironically, then, this year, we may find more to be thankful to God for, than ever before.

Mark Graham is Senior Pastor at St John’s Lu-theran Church located at 4608 Brambleton Av-enue in Roanoke (24018). Visit them on the web at: www.stjohnlutheran.org

Thanksgiving as a way of livingBy Pastor Mark Graham

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> Nov. 15Discovering FamilyRoanoke Public Libraries invite you to ‘DiscoveringFamily - An Appreciation of the Southwestern Virginia Genealogi-cal. Society on Saturday, Novem-ber 15. Members of SVGS will be on hand to help you find your inner genealogist. Other activi-ties include exploring volunteer opportunities, learning about the benefits of joining SVGS and see-ing the treasures of the Virginia Room.This event is free and re-freshments will be served.When - 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. Where - Virginia Room, Roanoke Main Public Library.For more-contact the Virginia Room at 540-853-2073

> Nov. 17RAM FundraiserRoanoke Area Ministries (RAM) staff and volunteers are working with the P. Buckley Moss Soci-ety, selling raffle tickets to win a framed, remarqued P. Buckley Moss print. The print is valued at $1,076. The drawing will be held November 17, 2008. A Raffle can be purchased for $1 each, or 6 for $5. All proceeds go to RAM. For more- to purchase tickets, please call 777-3681

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Compost WorkshopThe Roanoke Community Gar-den Association would like to announce a compost workshop Saturday, November 22 When - 1:00pm. Where- The workshop will be held at one of the RCGA plots at 655 Highland Av SE.

> Nov. 21-24Grandin Court Elementary Book FairCome join for a coffee and tea tasting, musical performances by Beggars’ Circus, Bill Lininger, Sta-cy Hobbs, Cyrus Pace and Sec-ond Wynde. We have authors Leonard Adkins, Nelson Harris, Chris Manning, Tristan Perry and Scott Reighard available for book signing. “Minds in Motion” students will be performing as well as Fourth Grade Spanish students and the Grandin Court Children’s Choir. Storytimes with teachers and student art-work will be displayed through-out the store.Where- Tanglewood Barnes & Noble

> Nov. 22Annual Grandin Village Hol-iday Children’s ParadeThe Grandin Village Business Association is sponsoring the Annual Grandin Village Holiday Children’s Parade, Saturday No-vember 22nd. Held the Saturday before Thanksgiving each year, this is a neighborhood favorite and includes Santa on a Fire En-gine and much more. No registration is required to participate and children of all ages are welcome. If you’d like to enter a float, come to the parking lot of Christ Lutheran Church between 10:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. As this is a children’s parade, only small floats will be allowed (wagons, etc). No mo-torized vehicles, please. Scout groups, dance groups and ba-ton twirlers are encouraged to participate as well. If music is needed for this type of group, then a motorized vehicle will be allowed for that purpose. Boy Scout Troop 8 will be col-lecting canned goods for charity so please bring a donation. When - 11 a.m. Where - The parade starts at Christ Lutheran Church (2011 Brandon Ave) on the corner of Grandin Road & Brandon Av-enue and proceeds through His-toric Grandin Village, ending at Mick or Mack (1312 Winborne St.)

Concert with Jim MalcolmThe Scottish Foundation pres-ents in Concert JIM MALCOLM performing the Songs of Robert Burns in celebration of Burns’ 250th anniversary. Jim is from Perth Scotland. When - Doors open at 7pm and concert is at 7:30 pm. Cost - Tickets at the door-SFVH and CPC members & seniors $12, non-members $15, students $8, and under 10 free.Where - Colonial Presbyterian Church, 3550 Poplar Drive, Roa-noke VA 24015. For more - Maggie at [email protected] or Charlene at [email protected] 540-982-2430

> Nov. 25Open Projector Nightn November 25, the historic Grandin Theatre will continue this trend of reinvigorating the valley’s arts scene with its fourth Open Projector Night. This event, held quarterly at the the-atre in Raleigh Court, is open to the public and will consist of a screening of short films made by local filmmakers. However, Open Projector Night is more than just an ex-hibition of local artistic talent. Audience members are invited to give feedback and choose a crowd favorite, which will then be screened at the annual Best of Open Projector Night Show-case in December.When - 7 p.m.Where - Grandin TheatreCost - Tickets are $5.75

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> Dec. 6Gift of Art ShowYou can solve some of your holi-day gift problems at the “Gift of Art” show and sale to be held on Saturday, December 6. Spon-sored by the League of Roanoke Artists, the show will feature original work by its local art-ist members available at a wide range of prices. When - Noon until 5:00 p.m.Where - Brambleton Center, 3738 Brambleton Avenue, Roa-noke.For more-call Mary Buck Bryant at (540)427-3869. .

The Christmas ListShow will feature hand painted gourds, wooden items, home-made items such as fudge, apple butter and soup mixes, orna-ments, bracelets of hand rolled clay beads, dog treats, purses, quilts and quilt racks, yard art, and more. All crafted by local craftsmen and artists. There will be a concession stand selling hot dogs with 50% of proceeds go-ing to St. Francis of Assisi. Admis-sion and parking are free.When - 9 a.m. - 4 p.m..Where - Taylor Masonic Lodge on Texas street in Salem, behind the Salem football stadium

> Dec. 20Christmas at Hillbilly Hide-a-wayThe Singles Travel Club (couples welcome too!), is sponsoring a bus trip to Christmas at the Hill-billy Hide-a-way, Walnut Cove, NC, on Saturday, December 20, 2008.Prior to dinner, the group will visit Church of the Talking Mu-ral and have refreshments there. They will also visit Madison Dry Goods, a historic country store and museum in Madison, NC.At the Hillbilly Hide-a-way, the group will feast on a family style meal consisting of such foods as: fried chicken, meat loaf, country ham, barbeque ribs, pinto beans, potatoes, green beans, creamy corn, slaw, cooked apples, banana pudding, cake, cobbler, bread, tea, coffee and sodas. After din-ner, there is a three hour music show of country, bluegrass and gospel music in the music hall.Cost - $69 per person includes: Roundtrip motorcoach trans-portation, visit to Church of the Talking Mural and refreshments there, a visit to Madison Dry Goods, an all inclusive Family Style Meal at Hillbilly Hide-a-way, a three hour music show and a tour host. Where - Passengers can board the bus at the Bonsack Walmart, Route 460, Troutville; at Hunting Hills Lowes, Route 220, Roa-noke; and at Food Lion, Rocky Mount, VA.For more- call (540) 366-2888.

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During these trying economic times and real es-tate slump, count-less businesses have either closed or downsized, and many homeowners have given up on selling their homes for now. In addi-tion, according to recent reports Roanoke-area homes are changing hands at a much slower pace than a year ago and the average price is down 16 percent.

But one business owner that seems to be immune to both of these slumps is Scott Fleming, who is the owner of CertaPro Painters in Roanoke.

Scott was inspired to start his own business in August 2007 after helping his wife start her own ladies footwear store several years earlier. A former marketing officer for 18 years with Norfolk Southern Corpo-ration, Scott found CertaPro – the only large-scale, full-time, commercial and residential painting business in the home improvement industry – to be an intriguing business oppor-tunity. Though the economy is generally weak, Fleming’s business has been anything but – in fact, he has seen a 73%

increase in business since his opening, and has expanded his business to serve Lynchburg-area resi-dents as well.

When asked how he decided on get-ting into the business and why he chose the franchising route instead of going it

alone, Fleming said, “I used a franchise consultant to select the franchise that seemed to fit my selection criteria and Cer-taPro quickly rose to the top during my selection process. I am also a partner in another small business with my wife Kelly, Dandelionfeet Inc. and Dandelionfeet.com which we started from scratch in 2004. With two small businesses as our livelihood, I chose to go the franchise route so that I could concentrate on refining those processes already devel-oped instead of having to cre-ate them from day one.”

Fleming said he expects his CertaPro business to continue to do better than expected giv-en the current housing slump. “We specialize in residential repainting, so as homeowners stay in their existing homes longer the trend will be to re-model those homes.”

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The Garden Club of Virginia honored Stanley G. Breakell, president of Breakell Inc., with the prestigious Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale Award for Conservation on Friday, November 7, at theVirginia Museum of Natural History, an affiliate of the Smithsonian, in Martinsville, VA. The award was presented at the Garden Club of Virginia annual Conservation Forum and given to an organization, industry or individual who is not a GCV member for outstanding work in conservation.

In congratulatory remarks, Conservation Com-mittee Chairman Anne Doyle said of Breakell, “Your strong commitment to environmental stewardship is evidenced through your leadership of Breakell, Inc., which truly sets a standard for the construction industry to follow. You are to be commended and recommended as an example of a com-pany that integrates environmental responsibility into a business model.”

Under Stan Breakell’s direction, the company has taken a lead-

ing role in implementing sustainable business and build-ing practices both in the office and on the construction site. Some of the energy saving measures include the investment in a fleet of six Prius hybrid vehicles, one of which has been converted into a Prius Plug-in Hy-brid Electric Vehicle; recycling on all jobsites and in the office; retrofitting the office with a new high efficiency HVAC system, low flow plumbing fixtures and switch-ing magnetic ballasts to electronic ballasts with compact fluorescent bulbs in all light fixtures.

Breakell’s environmental commitment has extended to Roanoke’s business community where he helped es-

tablish the Roanoke Business Environmental Leadership Coali-tion. Coalition members, CEO’s of the top employers in the city, agreed to make sustainability a priority by monitoring their car-bon footprint, examining their energy consumption and altering their transportation and office practices.

Stan Breakell receives state conservation award

Two Roanoke-Based Companies Work to Drive Region’s Economic Engine

ADMMicro, Inc. announced today it will move into new corporate headquarters in the former Johnson & Johnson In-notech building located near the Roanoke Regional Airport in early December.

The energy management company will take occupancy of 30,000 square feet of the 146,000-square-foot build-ing owned by Delta Dental of Virginia beginning December 1. ADMMicro currently leases first floor office space at 111 Franklin Road, Roanoke.

The new location will pro-vide administrative and con-ference space for ADMMi-cro's professional engineering and sales operations. It will in-clude office space, a reception area, cafeteria and a highly specialized training facility for customers and distributors.

“This move will provide much needed space for our growing company," says Don Howell, ADMMicro's presi-dent and CEO. Howell says ADMMicro, which began manufacturing its patented energy management and sub-metering systems in 2004, has grown from a few employees to nearly 50, with continuing growth likely.

Delta Dental of Virginia purchased the Johnson & Johnson Innotech building in March 2007. The company originally purchased an op-tion on the factory as a po-tential location to consolidate its Roanoke headquarters and operations facilities. Retrofit-ting the manufacturing facility to office space proved not to be feasible. Delta Dental went through with the purchase as an investment and an eco-nomic development opportu-nity for the Roanoke Valley.

"As a technology company, ADMMicro is a great match for the Johnson & Johnson Innotech building," said Mike Wise, Vice President of Fi-nance, Delta Dental of Vir-

ginia. "It is exciting to see a local company succeed and to be able to provide a state-of-the-art facility that ac-commodates their growth to keep those good jobs in the community."Wise noted that Waldvogel Commercial Prop-erties is actively marketing the world-class manufacturing facility nationally and inter-nationally for tenants for the remaining space.

ADMMicro helps clients monitor and manage energy costs with its patented systems. By combining submetering and energy management ca-

pabilities, ADMMicro is able to track utility consumption and enable customers to re-duce their energy costs and carbon footprints.

ADMMicro's products are used at thousands of sites across the country, and clients include Target, U.S. Postal Service, DSW, and O'Reilly Auto Parts. The company will continue its manufacturing operations at six outside fa-cilities, including three in the Roanoke area.

ADMMicro to relocate offices to former Johnson & Johnson Innotech Building

George B. Cartledge, Jr. received the 2008 Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA) Award for Excellence in Gover-nance. The award was presented during the 82nd Annual Meet-ing of the VHHA Membership at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia.

Cartledge, Jr., chairman of the board, Carilion Clinic in Roa-noke, joined the Board of Carilion Medical Center in February 1975. It was noted that since then, he has delivered outstanding stewardship to a health system that delivers care to more than one million patients annually.

At the ceremony it was noted that as a private businessman, Mr. Cartledge has “brought a strong determination to apply business principles to Carilion’s not-for-profit system of gover-nance.” According to the VHHA, this thinking led Carilion to seek another operating model in which Carilion could improve patient outcomes and continue to deliver care throughout the community. In late January 2006, Mr. Cartledge led the Caril-ion Board of Directors in a unanimous vote to remake Carilion Health System into Carilion Clinic. “In the more than 30 years that Mr. Cartledge has been associated with governance at Car-ilion, he has been one of the most important visionaries in the region during all the pivotal moments of the system’s evolution.”

“All of us in Southwest Virginia are very fortunate to have the quality of health care available to us that generally is only avail-able in urban settings,” says Mr. Cartledge. “It is a comfort to know we have an exceptional health system here when we need it. I have enjoyed my small contribution to this effort.”

The Excellence in Governance Award honors persons from member hospitals or health system governing bodies who have a history of making significant contributions to the health care field, on both a state and local level, through commitment to ser-vice and leadership.

Cartledge receives award from Hospital & Healthcare Association

Pride, smiles and grateful thank yous took the stage beside American veterans Tuesday afternoon as the Vinton/Roanoke County Veterans War Monument received a $10,000 construc-tion donation from Kroger during the Veteran’s Day Celebration at the Vinton War Memorial.

“This monument will shine as a beacon to the land of the free and the home of brave and we are grateful to be part of it,” said Jay Cummings, Kroger Mid-Atlantic president. “Kroger is grate-ful for the opportunity to give back to the community, which has supported us so well for many years.”

The $10,000 donation by Kroger brings the total amount re-ceived for construction of the monument to $260,000 of the $400,000 goal, said Jason Peters, campaign co-chair of the Vin-ton Vision Committee.

The presentation of the Kroger donation added to the festivi-ties of the Veteran’s Day Celebration and the importance of me-morial and monuments was highlighted by the event keynote speaker, Robert B. James, Jr. M.Ed, Vice President and Director of Programs for the George C. Marshall Foundation in Lexing-ton, Virginia.

“Our veterans served our nation when they were called. There are all kinds of monuments to them. From granite and glass, to plain white crosses, to scholarships and a simple bouquet of flowers” but they all say “thank you for your service, courage, sacrifice, compassion, patriotism and loyalty.”

The Veterans Monument will be called “High Ground” and

the name and design was derived from the timeless battlefield practice of soldiers seeking high ground for safety. It is unique because it will stand to honor all the men and women who served America in all wars and national emergency events, said “Boo-tie” Chewning, Chairperson for the Vinton Vision Committee that started the project more than two and a half years ago.

Construction of the monument will begin next month and is expected to take approximately one year.

Fundraising efforts are in full swing and citizens are invited to purchase one or more of the monument’s patio pavers in honor of a deceased veteran, someone who serves or has served, or anyone you would like to recognize. Contact Betty Kelly, 540-345-3342 or Jason Peters 540-353-5963 or Mary Beth Layman, Town of Vinton, 540-983-0613 for more information on the monument.

Monument honors service men and women and veterans

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Thistledown Puppets delight Children and Parents: Saturday and Sunday at the Du-mas Center on Henry Street, the Thistledown puppeteers premiered “Bull - A Puppet Musi-cal.” Seems there was this bull that escaped when a fence was down and he ended up in LA. Then Bull was arrested in a china shop and sent back home. Now all he does is think about the city and what it had to offer - art, culture, and excitement. Other animals tried to help him, including a girl sheep that is in love with Sam the Ram, singing, “he loves me, he loves me not” while holding a daisy. You just had to be there. “Bull” is the brainchild of Hidden Valley Middle School teacher Alex Lucas and puppeteer Phillip Hatter.

Thistledown Puppets is a family-friendly puppet company dedicated to entertaining and inspiring the child in everyone. They also offer custom puppet designs and perfor-mances. For more information go to www.thistledownpuppets.com.

FiddleFest Lite at the Taubman Museum: Bluegrass jam sessions and teaching work-shops filled the new Taubman Museum The-atre Sunday with instrumentals, vocals, and

songwriting. Herschel Sizemore and the San-dy Ridge Group, along with several students, rendered some toe-taping tunes.

The Sandy Ridge Group includes Mike Conner on base, Jack Blankenship on guitar, Jack’s son Spencer on mandolin, and Richard Scaggs on banjo. His son Glenn is also part of the group and plays guitar. Mike Conner is founder and organizer of FiddleFest, held every summer at Hollins University. He can also be heard hosting “FiddleFest Radio” Sunday evenings from 5 to 7:00 PM with Jay King on The Bull, at 106.1.

A Pickin’ Party and a Bluegrass Battle of the Bands will be held November 22nd at noon at the Days Inn on Plantation Road. The first prizewinner will be hired to per-form a 45-minute show at FiddleFest 2009 and will receive $500. FiddleFest 2009 will be held at Hollins on July 31st and August 1st. The Roanoke Arts Festival was moved in its second year to coincide with the opening of the Taubman Museum of Art but is slated for a return to early October in 2009.

I listen to the symphony with my eyes closed. I al-ways have. Somehow it’s as if I will lose something – some meaning in the music – if my ears have to share the world of senses with my eyes. But my recent experience at the second Masterworks concert of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra’s 2008-2009 sea-son was entirely diff erent. I couldn’t take my eyes off of the conductor, Maestro Da-vid Stewart Wiley. Whether it was standing motionless so as not to distract from the solo performances or his won-derfully expressive face and large movements as he led the 67 piece orchestra through the sounds of Shostakovich’s “victory under duress” – it was both mesmerizing and inspiring.

Prior to the performance, Maestro Wiley shared the stage with the evening’s so-loists Akemi Takayama and Bernard DiGregorio for an informal conversation with patrons. Illuminating it was. With palpable pride, he shared in the accomplishment of his concertmaster’s recent award of American Citizen-ship and with clever humor introduced Bernard DiGre-gorio, from the “country of West Virginia”. With impec-cable enunciation, insight-ful perspective and personal connections Maestro Wiley shared the story of how the compositions we would hear came to life.

Setting the scene of the mid-1930s Russian land-scape, he told the story of Shostakovich and many other remarkable artists in Stalin’s

Russia who faced challenges that many of us can’t imag-ine – and certainly have not had to endure. “Aft er a per-formance of Lady Macbeth, Shostakovich was deemed ‘an enemy of the people’ and lived much of the rest of his life with his bags packed” he remarked, “certain that he would be taken away at any moment.” His Symphony No. 5 recounts the drama that unfolded at the height of this era, when Stalin’s ever-watch-ful eye underlined both the joy and pain of the musician’s

achievements.Th is 30 minute discussion

was clearly not an opportu-nity to lecture on the intel-lectual aspects of symphonic composition – but rather felt like Maestro Wiley’s moral obligation to bring to life the story of how the human spirit has – and always will -- win over oppression. As if to say, be fi rm in your convictions, be honest in your heart and the human spirit will take care of the rest.

Th e fi rst half of the concert consisted of Mozart’s Sinfonia

Concertante with lyrical solo performances fi lled with the lighthearted dance of Akemi’s violin strings and the soulful mourning of Bernard’s viola. Th en there was Shostakovich.

Th e following 50 minutes carried us on a powerful and emotional journey through the four movements of Shos-takovich’ Symphony No. 5 in D Minor. “I wept the fi rst time I heard this piece as a teenag-er,” said Maestro Wiley in the pre-concert Illuminations. “I had to take time to process so many layers.” And so it was with the audience present at Shaft man Hall – we are still processing. Th e emotional

intensity lingered in the room as Maestro Wiley’s shoulders collapsed into a bow – like an exhausted cheetah that has tri-umphed in the pursuit of his prey – physically depleted yet emotionally exhilarated. As with any great leader, he had seamlessly guided the musi-cians and audience along for this wonderful shared experi-ence. Th rough the prolonged standing ovation the process-ing began, the depth of mean-ing grew and the signifi cance of the “spirit over oppression” began to sink in.

As for me, it’s simple re-ally; people just need to be inspired. It has never been

clearer than in recent months as we celebrated great per-formances at the Olympic Games, watched as citizens recognized the pride of en-gaging in their democracy and the inspiration that comes from triumph over adversity. Leadership -- the kind that inspires high art or the kind that infuses promise and pos-sibility in to the human spirit – is a treasure. I saw it fi rst hand at as I watched Maestro Wiley and his spectacular or-chestra. I am just glad my eyes were open.

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Photo by Sam BrennemanFaith Christian School students honored Veterans by waving American fl ags to cars passing by their Buck Mountain Road Campus. Later in the morning all students at-tended a moving assembly which included drama students reciting, Folding the Flag, explaining the meaning of the twelve folds in the American fl ag, a salute to the Armed Forces with representatives from each branch carrying a fl ag, a speech by Colonel Roger Talmadge, Taps played on a trumpet, Amazing Grace played on bagpipes, and video clips of actual military service people protecting our freedoms today. Veterans attend-ed and were honored during the assembly and at a reception following.

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