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Besides rehearsing for an upcoming concert that fea-tures Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Ode to Joy – a presentation featuring several hundred performers,

including a chorus – the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra laid down some tracks for the movie “Lake Effects” last Sunday. The independent film, featuring actress Jane Seymour, was filmed on location at Smith Mountain Lake.

RSO conductor and Music Director David Wiley and col-laborator Kazimir Boyle wrote original pieces for the movie score. Wiley said he had been involved in discussions for al-most two years with Sarah Elizabeth Timmins, the young pro-ducer of Lake Effects, about the project. Timmins came to an RSO pops concert as a guest and asked Wiley afterwards about contributing to the soundtrack.

“It seemed really like a wonderful possibility,” said Wiley, who splits his time now between the Roanoke Symphony and the Long Island (NY) Philharmonic. “It’s all come together and we’re all terribly excited.”

Seven short selections were recorded; Wiley isn’t sure how much of the music recorded by the Roanoke Symphony Or-chestra will survive the editing process but is hoping for 5 to

10 minutes worth. Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” was also recorded by the RSO for the film, which employed many local actors, extras and production personnel.

Wiley has scored arrangements for musicians like Bruce Hornsby and Billy Joel but had never been involved with a movie project. One of his early mentors, the late Leonard Bern-stein, often talked about his work for “On the Waterfront,” the Marlon Brando flick from the early 1950’s. “One of his great scores, in addition to ‘West Side Story’ …” noted the curly-haired maestro.

Scoring for movies is “a very different art,” says Wiley, who “loved the script” for Lake Effects. “I think it’s going to be a wonderful film.” Wiley also used scenes from the movie as in-spiration as he wrote the score. “I needed to find music that supported the characters and the feel for this.”

Walking around the set at the lake also helped provide mo-tivation. He’s not aware of other regional orchestras being in-volved in such a project; usually studio orchestras from big cities like Los Angeles, New York or Seattle are contracted for symphonic movie soundtracks.

RSO Goes to the Movies

Photo by Stuart Revercomb

An ever creative, energetic and driven David Wiley leads the RSO through its paces during a special closed recording session held last Sunday for the upcoming movie “Lake Effects.” The movie is expected to be released this summer.

Symphony Lays Down Movie Soundtrack

Macher Pleads Guilty

The former owner of several regional restaurants and other local businesses pled guilty on Monday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke to a variety of fraud charges.

Roland “Spanky” Macher, of Roanoke, pled guilty to one count of bankruptcy fraud, one count of willfully evading his tax-es and one count of food stamp f r a u d . At sen-tencing , Macher will face a maximum possible penalty of up to five years for both the tax evasion and bankruptcy fraud charges and up to 20 years for the food stamp fraud charge.

“For years, Spanky Macher deceived his creditors, the bank-ruptcy court and the American taxpayers in an attempt to evade responsibility for his actions,” United States Attorney Timo-thy J. Heaphy said at the trial. “When individuals like Mr. Ma-cher lie to courts of law, illegally obtain federal benefits, and avoid paying their share of tax, we will vigorously respond. This case demonstrates this office’s commitment to prosecuting all types of financial fraud.”

In District Court, Macher ad-mitted that he misrepresented and concealed material facts both in documents and in tes-timony regarding his Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which was filed in November of 2000 and dis-charged in August of 2005.

Specifically, Macher failed to get approval or disclose the fact that on September 23, 2002 he deeded three rental proper-ties he owned, generating over $135,000 in proceeds. Macher also admitted that he failed to get approval or disclose that in June 2002 he bought two con-dominiums in Woodlake Vil-

[Courts]

Energy Audits Help Homeowners Save GreenRoanoke County’s RC Clear

Committee, comprised of citi-zens and county government staffers, is tasked with finding ways to make “going green” something that residents and businesses will want to do. Funded by a small grant from the federal stimulus package, RC Clear will soon debut the “Save A Ton” campaign, working with Roanoke City’s “Clean & Green” group, showing how even small changes – using compact fluo-rescent light bulbs, better insu-lation, plugging drafts in houses, turning off lights when possible, etc., can save a metric ton of carbon emissions per year per household. (RC Clear will be present at the Earth Day event in Grandin Village on April 23 to talk about Save A Ton.)

While some may “Save A Ton” because they want to be green for altruistic purposes, for other homeowners and business people it’s all about the return

on any investment they might make in their property. To that end Roanoke County and RC Clear is working with TAP (se-lected after a bidding process) on a series of free energy audits that are underway now, going through people’s homes to check for poor insulation

spots, leaky windows, drafts around electrical wiring, pipes and the like.

Homeowners who signed up for the free audits (performed

by TAP contrac-tors who normal-ly perform such

an audit on low income homes in the city) receive a written re-

Photo by Gene Marrano

Cap Robinson had a free energy audit at his Hunting Hills home.

[Environment]

Prevention Council Hopes For Teachable Moment

Nancy Hans, coordinator for the Roanoke County Prevention Council, often quotes a saying she has borrowed from a White House office: Underage alcohol use is an adult prob-lem, with youth consequences. “Always is and always will be,” adds Hans, who plans to make a recent incident a teachable moment: police raided a party where Hidden Valley High School students were drinking beer with an adult on the premises.

The federally-funded Prevention Council, which devises programs to curb abusive behavior in young people (involving students themselves in the process) often warns that the notion of letting teens have a beer at home is okay. But in reality, it’s not okay - and is, in fact, against the law.

Hans can also point to data that shows a person’s brain is not fully developed until they are in their early 20’s – why impair that growth with alcohol or drugs? The Council also goes to battle against bullying, whether it’s physical, mental or even digital – as in text messag-ing.

“It ends up being an opportunity if people can understand why it’s [wrong],” said Hans of the Hidden Valley incident, which in-cludes members of the baseball team. Ironically the Titan’s head

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P5– keith McCurdy says that our homes are meant to be the last refuge against the world’s “lesser” influences.

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P11– Blue Ridge PBS will broadcast ken Burn’s re-mas-tered series “The Civil War” beginning Sunday April 3rd.

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“Our players are excited to try new and different things,” said Wiley, “and they worked very closely with us to make this possible.” He had met Jane Seymour (an early “Bond girl”) in 1993, recalling the veteran actress as “incredibly gracious and warm … the antithesis of the Diva,” but did not get to meet her during the Lake Effects shoot. Wiley said he has probably staged at least thirty concerts over the years that featured music from films. “I’m a huge fan of movie scores … and classic films. This is another joy for me in that regard.”

Sarah Elizabeth Timmins is “the driving force behind [Lake Effects] and an incred-ible lady,” said Wiley, “her energy and en-

thusiasm … was infectious from the begin-ning. This was a really collaborative project.” Finding new ways to bring their music to audiences – like the pops series and now the Lake Effects sound track - is one reason Wi-ley thinks the RSO has been successful and stable. “We are constantly refining our busi-ness model for what we do.” Going to the movies “is a new experience for [the RSO players]. It’s always a fun process.”

Wiley also hopes Lake Effects will help attract more film business and visitors to the region. “Projects like this don’t come along very often. When they do, they bring attention to the beauty of our area and the diversity of music in our region – this can

be a real tourist destination – I think that is a ‘win-win.’ The Symphony, I think, is part of that. We contribute to the quality of life; we’re a local business. I am hopeful that it will bring attention nationally and interna-tionally to our region.”

The new RSO season starting this fall will be announced in the next few weeks. “I think this is an exciting time for us,” said Wi-ley, “Our community is going to be, I hope, excited and inspired by some of the things we have planned for next year as well.”

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lage on Hilton Head Island, SC. Macher also admitted that on July 27,

2009 he submitted an application for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro-gram (SNAP) assistance with the Roanoke Department of Social Services. He request-ed benefits for himself and his three chil-dren, ages 20, 18 and 14, claiming all three

children were members of his household. Macher failed to disclose that his two older children were attending out of town colleg-es. He also reported his monthly income to be $1,000, but failed to disclose his associa-tion with Macher Properties or disclose the existence of several bank accounts used to pay his personal expenses.

The investigation of the case was con-ducted by the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Roanoke Department of Social Services. Assistant United States Attorney C. Patrick Hogeboom III is prosecuting the case for the United States.

port telling them where they might be able to save on energy costs – thus lightening the load on utilities that deliver electricity and heating fuel – helping to save that ton.

Once the free audits are over (those who wanted them responded to a TV news sto-ry about the offer), Jim Vodnik, Assistant Director of General Services for Roanoke County and an RC Clear facilitator, hopes that private contractors might see where doing such a service for a reasonable price might be good for their business. He sees 75 dollars an hour (or possibly less as a loss leader) for several hours might be an attrac-tive price point to homeowners and local businesses in the county.

Last week Vodnik and two TAP employ-ees came to the Hunting Hills home of Cap and Deborah Robinson to perform one of the free energy audits. “I’m curious see to see if we can make an improvement,” said Cap Robinson as he watched TAP contrac-tor Philip Brammer check for leaks and poor insulation. Robinson will wait for the written report, to see “how much it’s going to save versus how much it’s going to cost.”

Brammer used an infrared camera to look for signs of poor insulation in the walls but said the Robinson’s house might have been “the best I’ve seen,” of the 40 or so au-

dits he has done to date. Brammer also does a pressure test on furnaces to check for leaks in the duct system; the Robinsons have re-placed the boiler and furnace with more ef-ficient models in recent years.

Making some of the improvements sug-gested “will save you money in the long run,” Robinson was assured by Rick Sheets, the Director of Energy Conservation and Housing Rehab for TAP, “typically in 2-3 years.” Tax credits can help with window replacements he reminded Robinson, who built his home almost 40 years ago.

Depressurizing the house with a fan mounted in the front doorway, Brammer used electronic devices that measured the resistance of air rushing back in, to check for the size of any leaks, which he can relate to homeowners as the size of a hole in the house. “This technology is amazing,” said Sheets, who noted that TAP is also creating a business model where they could charge for future energy audits.

Philips did notice some air leakage around pipes and pathways for electrical lines, and suggested caulk or a foam product that Rob-inson could use himself to make his house have a tighter seal. The amount of insula-tion in the attic seemed sufficient, according to Philips. “You made my day,” said Robin-

son when the audit was completed. Other homes haven’t been so lucky – they can do more to save a ton. The audits developed by RC Clear and TAP are just a start.

A series of small business energy audits will follow the residential pilot project. “We want to create a mindset in the business community that you don’t have to pass your energy costs along [to consumers],” noted Vodnik, “that will possibly make your prod-uct more affordable.”

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coach, Jason Taylor, is also the school re-source officer and a member of the Roanoke County police force who works with Hans on the South County Coalition, a subcom-mittee of the Prevention Council.

Taylor has also reached out to the com-munity, asking to make this a teachable moment, according to Hans. (This may not have been the first time that teens gathered for alcohol-enhanced parties at the home where the police found them, according to a story from media partner WSLS-10). Hans is grateful that Roanoke County police (act-ing on a tip) found out about the party be-fore impaired teens with cars were able to drive away. “[They could] have killed some-body else - or themselves,” Hans adds.

“It’s not a school problem,” she also insists, “it’s a community problem.” Hans points out that it didn’t happen on school grounds or on school time. “These were good kids that made a bad choice.” As for the adult charged by police for allowing teens to have alcohol at her home? “For her to even think it’s okay … I don’t understand that logic.”

Adults that allow teens to drink at home are enablers said Hans; the goal is to make the obtainment of alcohol as difficult as possible. “This is an access issue,” she notes.

“We’ve got to change the culture in the com-munity.”

Prom season begins in a few weeks, with Hidden Valley’s among the first. Hans wants parents to promote the official school after-parties, which will keep kids on campus and alcohol free. “Adults need to be sup-porting the after prom parties – they are at the school until four in the morning for a purpose. They should not even be thinking about having parties [at their homes after the prom].” That’s too much of a temptation and can lead to risky behaviors, according to Hans.

The Roanoke County Prevention Council is also working with YADAPP (Youth Alco-hol and Drug Abuse Prevention Project) on an event for middle schoolers this Saturday (April 2) from 11:30am-4pm, at Northside High School. A “Rachel’s Challenge” rally will be held there, featuring Craig Scott, a survivor of the Columbine High School shooting tragedy in Colorado.

Scott’s sister Rachel was the first person killed there by two teen gunmen who went to the school and wrote about being bullied. Craig Scott will speak at noon; Hans calls it “the most powerful thing I’ve ever heard,” when Scott spoke at the state YADAPP con-

ference several years ago. Hans said Scott talks about his path to

forgiving the two gunmen that killed his sis-ter and two friends. Rachel Scott, described by Hans as a “compassionate person,” kept journals that described ways to reach out to young people that are often difficult to reach. Those being bullied might start us-ing alcohol or drugs, “because it’s going to make you feel better … it’s all related,” said Hans, “the risky behaviors are [all] inter-connected.” Every middle school in the val-ley now has a club associated with Rachel’s Challenge and the bullying issue, according to Hans.

A battle of the bands, featuring high school groups, follows on Saturday night. Students who attend can text in their choice for the best band; $2 or two cans of food is the admission fee. Craig Scott will emcee that event. “It’s all good choices … alcohol free,” said Hans, “[proving] you can have good fun without that.” Information about healthy choices will also be available. She hopes that some Hidden Valley students and at least one parent have learned that same message recently.

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April 21 (Maundy Thursday) at 7:00 p.m.A service of scripture and hymns focusing on eventsfrom the last supper to Christ’s burial.

Good Friday from noon to 3:00 pmThe church sanctuary will be open to the public forindividual meditation and prayer.All are welcome to come and go as your schedules permit.Written materials will be available to assist your meditation.

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Lee Clark, a business execu-tive and nonprofit fundraiser, has been named Regional Chief Executive Officer of the Ameri-can Red Cross for Southwest Virginia. With 25 years of ex-perience in marketing, devel-opment and finance positions, Clark most recently served as Director of Development and Finance for the Rescue Mission where he had directed fundrais-ing efforts aimed at achieving the organization’s annual $4 million operation budget.

Clark, a CPA, has also worked locally in southwest Virginia in positions with The Roanoke Times and Brown, Edwards & Company, giving him a "unique marketing and finance back-ground well suited for a CEO of the American Red Cross," according to a press release sent out by the organization. His professional leadership experi-ence includes serving as presi-dent of the Roanoke Valley Es-tate Planning Council and the

Association of Fundraising Pro-fessionals. He currently serves as 2nd Vice President of the Radford University Executive Council of the National Alumni Association.

“It is an honor to be asked to lead the American Red Cross, an organization that has been an integral part of southwest Virginia for 94 years serving 1.4 million people,” said Clark. “I am humbled and excited to build on what I have learned at the Rescue Mission to work with this incredible humanitarian or-ganization that provides emer-gency assistance and emotional support to victims of disasters, teaches critical life saving and emergency preparedness skills, and supports military members and their families.”

Joe Crawford, Red Cross Board Chair for the Southwest Virginia Region said, “We are extremely excited to have some-one of Lee’s background and tal-ent to lead the Red Cross in our

Region. On behalf of the Board, we welcome Lee in his new role and commend the Search Com-mittee, headed by board mem-ber Tom Johnson, for their hard work and diligence in setting the future direction of our Re-gion through such an excellent choice in leadership.”

Clark succeeds Tom Brown who served as the Regional CEO for 18 years. Brown re-tired in December, 2010. Clark assumed his position with the American Red Cross on March 28.

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The Roanoke County School Board has voted to adopt a budget of $131,373,270 for the 2011-12 school year.

After the past two years of steeply declining state revenue for schools, the General Assem-bly approved an increase in state funding for public education for 2011-12. The General Fund budget for 2011-12 reflects reve-nues based on aid for education in the state budget approved by the General Assembly on Feb-ruary 26, 2011, which is subject to approval by the Governor in April 2011.

The General Fund budget reflects an increase of $2.55 million or 2% over the preced-ing year including the follow-ing:

• Increase in state funding of $0.95 million.

• Increase in the local appro-priation from the County Board of Supervisors of $0.94 million per the joint revenue sharing formula.

“Throughout the budget pro-cess, programs and expenditures continued to be evaluated with a

focus on keeping classes as small as possible and avoiding layoffs of full-time employees,” said Roanoke County School Board Chairman David Wymer.

“Although substantial bud-get cuts were not required in this budget, the School Board intends to continue to evaluate all vacancies and maintain the lower staffing that has resulted from significant cuts over the past two years. In doing so, the School Board is positioning it-self financially to be better able to address employee compensa-tion as the economy improves,” Wymer said.

The General Fund budget re-flects significant adjustments including the following:

Salaries are frozen for 2011-12 at the same rate as 2008-09, 2009-10, and 2010-11.

• Health and dental insurance premiums will remain the same for 2011-12.

• Block scheduling will be im-plemented in secondary schools to maximize instructional time, rebalance teaching time, and staff efficiently.

• The VRS retirement rate (employer’s portion) will in-crease from 8.93% to 11.33% as approved by the General As-sembly.

• The Technology Plan – Year 1 will be funded in conjunction with the allocation of remain-ing stimulus funding to address existing age and obsolescence of technology equipment.

• The joint capital financing plan with the Board of Supervi-sors will continue to be funded.

The School Board is required by state code to adopt an an-nual school budget by April 1 of each year. The adopted school system budget will be sent to the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors for final approval in April.

County School Board Adopts 2011-12 Budget

By the time she came to Roa-noke in February 1998 to as-sume the position of marketing director of the Roanoke Civic Center, Robyn Schon was well established in the field of mar-keting public assembly facili-ties. Starting out as a part-time receptionist at the Greensboro Coliseum, she cut her teeth in the marketing department there, then moved on to Detroit, Michigan, where she worked at the Joe Louis and Cobol Are-nas, the Fox Theatre, and with the Detroit Red Wings NHL hockey team—all of which were owned by the same people.

Then it was off to Atlanta, where she helped the IHL hock-ey team during its inaugural sea-son with pre-season ticket sales and marketing and promotions. When the team was sold and moved to Ottawa, Canada, she returned to her native North Carolina before coming to Vir-ginia.

Following six years as mar-keting director for the Roanoke Civic Center complex, Schon became the assistant director. After the facility was privatized and Philadelphia-based Global Spectrum assumed operations in January 2009, she became as-sistant general manager. Now, only weeks after her boss Chris Connelly’s departure to take over the Iowa Events Center in De Moines, she moved into his seat as general manager of the Roanoke Civic Center, which includes the coliseum, the Per-forming Arts Theatre and the Special Events Center.

One of Schon’s goals in her new position is to eliminate the facility’s public subsidy - which was the principal reason the Civic Center was privatized during Darlene Burcham’s ten-ure as Roanoke City Manager. During that initial period the Civic Center’s food service de-

partment was privatized. Based on the positive results of that action, Schon observes, “it only made sense to kind of go in that direction for privatizing the ac-tual facility management and operations.”

The result: “We have been able to put a positive dent in the subsidy for the City of Roanoke, thereby saving taxpayers more money than had been spent on the facility in the past to keep it operating.”

During its first year under Global Spectrum’s manage-ment, the Civic Center succeed-ed in eliminating approximately a half-million dollars from the subsidy. “Ideally, we’d like to get that to zero, where we’re self-sustaining and not dependent upon any funds from the city,” says Schon. “Realistically,” she adds, “that may not happen for a couple of years. But we con-tinue to strive for that goal, and we’re going to keep moving in that direction.”

Another item on Schon’s agenda is to continue to bring first-rate entertainment to the Roanoke Valley. Economic hard times notwithstanding, the Civic Center’s operations and financial status, as well as at-tendance at Civic Center events,

have continued to trend in a positive direction.

“We’ve actually been able to do some phenomenal numbers. We’ve done several sold-out shows in the last year,” noted Schon, “[and] we’ve added shows when an initial booking sold out. We’ve sold out some shows rather quickly to our sur-prise. We’ve seen nothing but good things.”

Whatever the reason for this performance (timing, people’s desire for relief from real world stresses, etc.), Schon feels that an added factor has been the Civic Center’s ability to attract a really diverse array of enter-tainment to the area—including sports, as witnessed by the Phil-adelphia 76ers-New Jersey Nets preseason game here last fall.

“We continue to bring in top-notch entertainment. People come out and support it, so that’s encouraging to us.”

Among the upcoming attrac-tions at the Civic Center are the sold-out James Taylor concert on May 20 in the Performing Arts Theatre, the Cirque du So-leil “Alegria” production May 4-8 (an eighth performance has recently been added), Max & Ruby - which Schon describes as “a classic little bunny story that pre-schoolers like,” and an-other WWE Wrestling Smack-down in June—which will be televised. “We’re excited to have that because we haven’t had a [nationally] televised event in quite a while.”

Along with providing head-lining entertainment for the public, Schon wants to continue serving the Civic Center’s cli-ents—be they national, region-al, or local—“and service them in the best way possible.”

New Civic Center Manager Builds On Foundation

By Melvin E. Matthews, [email protected]

Photo by Scott Brooks

Robyn Schon is the Civic Cen-ter’s new General Manager.

Roanoke Fire-EMS Conducts Swift Water Rescue Drills In Roanoke River

Roanoke Fire-EMS per-sonnel had passersby turning their heads Tuesday morn-ing as a series of swift water rescue drills were conducted from the Jefferson Street Bridge over the Roanoke River near Carilion Hospi-tal. Fire trucks and rescue vehicles lined the bridge as sophisticated rescue maneu-vers were undertaken using 'mannequin victims' in the river below. Squads from Roanoke County and Salem also participated.

"The swift water rescue is a high-risk, low-occurance event," Roanoke Fire-EMS

spokesperson Tiffany Brad-bury noted Tuesday. "But, when it happens, it's a seri-ous matter. The drills fos-ter regional cooperation among these specialized members."

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Is there such a thing as too much technology? I’m about to release my Inner

Curmudgeon but it’s something to ponder.

In the last hundred years we have seen an unmatched ex-plosion in technology. More has been discovered/developed/invented in that time frame than the rest of recorded history combined.

Everyone would agree that civilization has been immensely enriched by it but little attention is paid to the unintended con-sequences of all those innovations. One could write a doctoral dissertation on that and still leave vast areas unexplored.

There is one realm in which most will have an encounter with the highest type of technology—a trip to the hospital. My career as a cardiologist spans decades in which I have seen advance-ments that are mind-boggling. Because of it countless lives have been saved and health improved for millions. No sensible person would suggest that we go back to the days before modern medi-cine. A sensible person might, however, suggest just because a medical technology exists doesn’t mandate its use in every case.

There was a time when a visit to the doctor or a trip to the emergency room was relatively straightforward: What could be done was done and often it wasn’t much. Today that is no longer the situation.

The recount of the following is not an actual case but an amal-gam of a number of medical events of which I have knowl-edge. A person going to an emergency room will encounter, and quite properly, a nurse or technician who will assess the

severity of the problem; it’s called triage and sep-arates those who need instant attention from those with less serious problems. For example, chest pain needs merits a thorough evaluation. That will include blood

tests, numerous EKGs, monitoring of heart rhythm, continuous

measuring oxygenation of the blood, and some type of stress test usually involving isotopic or ultrasound scans. It may well lead to cardiac catheteriza-tion, a test that is performed for thousands of patients a year in any large hospital. If one has blocked arteries this may lead to life-saving procedures that were unthinkable until recent years. That’s a wonderful use of technology and medical skill, to be sure.

What is missing in that sce-nario is the mention that the patient is known to have heart-burn, did not take his medica-tions that morning, and had a jalapeno pizza and three glasses of red wine for dinner. All the tests will be done . . . and they all will be normal. The patient and the family will be relieved that there is no heart problem. The hospital will have applied all the technology available and the

bill will be more than $20,000. Of course, the actual amount the insurance will cover may be less than a tenth of that, an eco-nomic anomaly that even the hospital financial officer cannot explain.

Those treating the patient had never seen him before and will never see the person again. Of the multiple physicians in-volved, some are located in Aus-tralia or India where scans are interpreted by contract physi-cians because local radiologists are not available at night. Be-cause of this fragmentation of care no one feels comfortable in applying what physicians of my generation called “clinical judg-ment.” No one wants to take the responsibility of saying the obvious: “Here’s some antacid. With your stomach problems, be careful what you eat.”

The questions answered by the technology protect the phy-sicians and the hospital from the malpractice suits. The standard of care seems to be to do all the tests to cover all the possibilities. Perhaps that is the correct stance but it is one of the factors in the astronomical costs of medical care. Technology too often re-places asking a few questions and careful physical examina-tion.

If there is an answer to this conundrum, it will not be a sim-ple one. Maybe someone will develop technology that gives good judgment a rebirth. Good luck on that!

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Have you ever felt like your life was some-one else's science

project? I feel that way quite often. The sense that some-where, someone is measuring my responses to various stimuli and creating reports from those responses haunts me to the brink of distraction. People, this might sound odd, but I think my wife Janet has been experimenting on me.

Janet is a very smart person who holds a master's degree in Psy-chology. Lately, I have noticed a few small in-dicators which appear to suggest that I have been an unwitting subject to a form of verbal, informal psycho-logical testing for a long period of time. In July, Janet and I will celebrate out twentieth wedding anniversary and I fear these ex-periments, which have just now come to my attention, have been going on for years - perhaps de-cades.

This is not my first experience with this kind of veiled science. My childhood friend Neil's par-ents were in the brain game as well; one a psychiatrist and the other a psychologist. Eating dinner at Neil's house meant becoming the guest patient for the evening. The meal normally consisted of Pot Roast with a large helping of emotional prob-ing on the side. A bit heady for a hungry twelve-year old to swallow, I dare say. Our mutual friend Jeff joined Neil's family for dinner once and made the

mistake of sharing one of his dreams with them. Jeff never seemed the same after that night. Poor guy, the life of a lab rat is not for everyone.

My father was a bit of an ama-teur clinician himself. For years, his boss would make unwanted visits to Dad's work area seek-ing a sympathetic ear in which

to deposit all of his rich man's worries. An-noyed, but trapped, Dad listened to this blowhard spout off daily, never once halt-ing his own work pro-duction.

One Sunday morn-ing Dad began read-ing a New York Times

article on the subject of behav-iorism which must have struck a chord. The next day, when the boss began to unload, Pop stopped what he was doing, sat down and listened intently, his work halted by the interruption. Several weeks later, the visits from the boss had completely stopped. Through repetition, Pop's boss realized that the more he talked the less production he received from his worker, a mo-ment of clarity which hit him right in the pocket.

Like my Dad's programming of his boss, I believe that Janet has been systematically shap-ing my behavior. Consider this example; each night when Janet emerges from the bedroom in her pajamas she begins talking to me non-stop. We have spent the entire evening together, alone, and while conversation has been ongoing and at times peppy, the

repartee has now been increased three fold.

Tired and ready for bed, I say my goodnights to Janet and the dogs, feeling guilty that I am cut-ting our conversation short. This pattern continues for a period of a few weeks. The only variable that changes in the pattern is the time at which Janet emerges from the bedroom which is a few minutes earlier each night.

I don't want to jump to conclu-sions, but, I believe something is afoot! I know that the last time someone in Roanoke jumped the gun relying upon faulty in-formation, a SWAT team was dispatched to the mall to take down a guy with an umbrella, but I feel that like I am being psychologically conditioned by my spouse! She is getting rid of me earlier and earlier each night AND I am even feeling guilty about it. Wow, she's good.

This recent revelation has prompted me to cast an investi-gative eye on my own behavior and the sheer genius of the pup-pet master sleeping next to me. Even though I am on to her, I fear that I am way out of her league. Thankfully, due to the courage and efforts of our local police, I can rest easy about at least one thing; if Mary Poppins decides to go all jihad on us, I feel confident that Roanoke's finest are freshly drilled and ready to rumble.

They are no match for Janet, however.

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Preacher’s Corner - Getting Involved by Pastor Tim Harvey

When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom

he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son," and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home (John 19:26-27).

The last thing I need right now is one more thing to do. From conversations with friends and church members, I suspect many echo that sentiment. There is just so much to do. Our work seems to get more challenging by the day. Our children's over-scheduled activities can having us running morning, noon, and

night. Some of us are caught in the challenging role-reversal of middle age and find ourselves being parents to our parents. Others battle frightening sick-ness. In the midst of all of this, we seek to maintain our relation-ships with family, friends, and our faith community.

So I don't need one more thing to do ... except for those times when I do. Consider...

The words of Jesus included above challenge me in a surpris-ing way. The "words" are the third of Jesus' "seven last words from the cross," the seven last recorded sayings of Jesus before he died. In many ways, they are like a "last will and testament,"

where Jesus takes care of things that are important to him. As Je-sus hangs on the cross, he looks down and sees his mother, Mary, standing there watching her son die. It is not difficult to imagine that Jesus is concerned about Mary's needs, and simply asks one of his disciples to look after her. But could there be more go-ing on here? I believe there is.

Jesus lived in a very male-dominated culture. In that day, a widow was dependent on the men in her life (generally the oldest son) to take care of her. On the cross, Jesus recognizes that Mary was vulnerable and would need someone to take care of her. So he tells Mary and

John to be mother and son to one another. In an act of loving compassion for his mother, Jesus protects Mary's vulnerability by asking John to step in, and for the two to be family to one an-other.

Now, as I've said, I don't re-ally need one more thing to do ... except for those times when I do. What I mean by this state-ment is that it's really not enough for me to hope my church and my faith can be an oasis from all of the world's problems, a "haven of rest" in the midst of a troubled world. It's nice when it can be, but there are simply times when for the sake of other people, I need to step into their vulnerability and be family with them. Perhaps someone lives in a dysfunctional relationship and needs a good friend, men-tor, older brother, or father. Per-haps a child has no family to care for him or her, and needs to be adopted into a loving family. Perhaps an elderly or disabled neighbor needs someone to take the place of children who live

hundreds of miles away. Either way there are times when for someone else's sake, I really do need one more thing to do, and am asked to rearrange my life around their needs. For the oth-er person, it could be a matter of quality of life, even life or death. For me, it is a matter of faithful discipleship.

When Martin Luther King, Jr. was finishing divinity school, he had several job options. Most were in the north, where he could either be a pastor or college pro-fessor without the inconvenienc-es and humiliation of segrega-tion. One option, however, was at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Both King and his wife wrestled with the choices they had, because the opportunities in the north were very attractive. They could have escaped segregation. In finally making the decision to accept the pastorate in Montgomery, King says:

"We came to the conclusion that we had something of a mor-al obligation to return [to the

South]—at least for a few years. The South, after all, was our home. Despite its shortcomings, we had a real desire to do some-thing about the problems that we had felt so keenly as young-sters. We never wanted to be considered detached spectators. Since racial discrimination was most intense in the South, we felt that some .. .who had received a portion of their training in other sections of the country should return to share their broader contacts and educational expe-rience. Moreover ... we had the feeling that something remark-able was unfolding in the South, and we wanted to be on hand to witness it" (The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr., pp. 44-45).

King was invited to enter into the vulnerability that black Americans in the South experi-enced, and work to change their suffering. The results of that work are well documented.

So as you look at your day planner and to-do lists and the people, needs, and opportuni-ties around you, I leave you with a simple question: do you need one more thing to do? Consider your answer carefully!

Tim Harvey is the senior pastor at Central Church of the Brethren in Roanoke. Visit them online at www.centralbrethren.org

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My son came home with a journal last week that he had

bought at the school store. He told me he was going to write in it every day. We discussed that not so long ago, before the invention of the camera, the use of words, in journals, was the most common way in which people described and explained the world they lived in and the places they saw.

I asked Anthony this ques-tion … “In your mind, what describes a place better - words from the heart or a photograph from a camera?” He said, “words.” Then he said, “maybe my children will read the words I write in my journal” and I said, “YES, maybe they will.”

My father gave me a recipe book that was my grandmoth-ers and my mother had added to it. It was full of hand written recipes as well as some done on a typewriter. There are recipes from friends and family, reci-pes cut out from newspapers and magazines - some dating back to the early 50s. It is a rich journal of a family culinary his-

tory written on note cards, sta-tionary, grocery lists, the backs of bridge score cards, you name it - even a recipe written on the back of a deposit slip. This fam-ily recipe book may not go up for much at an auction but It is priceless to me.

As I write these words now, they too are put down in his-tory. They may not matter to many but they are certainly recorded and someone who needs to know me or Anthony years from now may read these words and have a sense of who we are, just as I read my grand-mother and mother’s words in the recipe book and feel their presence on the pages. It is tru-ly one of the great blessings of taking the time to write in one context or another. (Even our email - so make sure you back them up from time to time!)

This book was full of cake recipes, which is an indication of something that I was already aware of - these women were far greater than I - spending all that time to bake cakes for their family. Oh well, I have been known to bake a cake for

a birthday or two and I do buy and bake refrigerated cookie dough cookies a lot! Enjoy!

Sift - 2 cups of flour 2 cups of sugarHeat to boiling - 2 sticks of margarine 4 tbs. cocoa 1 cup of waterPour liquid over dry ingredi-

ents and beatAdd – ½ cups buttermilk 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. vanilla 2 eggsBeat well. Pour into cake

panBake at 350 for 20 minutesFor Glaze:Heat - 1 stick of butter 4 tbs. cocoa 5-6 tbs. milk 1 tsp. vanillaPour a box of powdered

sugar (not sure what size, just copying my grandmother’s words, might want to do this part to taste) into mixture and beat well.

Spread over cake while hot.

Grandchildren are like dessert. They are treats – not a regular

diet. When the baby won’t stop crying, you may give her back to her parents. You have the plea-sure of her company, but not the ultimate responsibility for her care.

Harry and I relish our posi-tion in the family hierarchy as grandparents of seven, ages thirteen to twen-ty-six. He is called “Granddaddy” by all seven, but I have to remember who I am when I sign letters or write my name on gift cards – I’m “Nana” to two and “Grand-mother” to all of the others.

We have been privileged to care for all seven of our grand-children at various times – usu-ally in our home but occasion-ally in their homes – while their parents pursue other activities. These times have enriched our lives, and hopefully theirs also.

At this stage in our lives we have more time to share with our grandchildren than when we were raising our own chil-dren. Stories of our past help bridge the gap between the generations and our particular interests and talents spark in-terests in activities that enrich a child’s life. Cooking and crafting have provided bonding experi-ences for this grandmother and several granddaughters – be-ginning with Christmas cookies and later involving more com-plicated recipes, such as mak-ing strawberry preserves, Italian bread, pie crust or chicken and

dumplings. . All grandmothers tend to

share pictures and anecdotes, cute sayings and actions, with friends. Such as the time our two-year-old granddaughter arrived with her parents after dark, looked up at the sky and exclaimed, “We have a moon just like that in Maryland!” Or the time when she was three

and tried to con her mother into buying a Mickey Mouse doll. When her request re-sulted in “No; please put Mickey back on the shelf,” she obeyed without protest. Then, as they walked toward the exit, a shrill little voice called out, “Erin, Erin! Please

don’t leave me here – take me home with you!” (It didn’t work.)

One frustration for grand-parents involves the neces-sity for “hands off” concerning principles of child care. All that wisdom you accumulated dur-ing the years from mistakes you made rearing your own chil-dren, cannot be shared. You are not the parent, so you must stay on the sidelines and keep your mouth shut. So you sit back and watch helplessly as your chil-dren repeat many of the mis-takes you made.

The availability of modern transportation and communica-tion enables closer ties between grandchildren and grandpar-ents today. Although some of our grandchildren have lived as far away as Germany, e-mails have brought instant messages and airplanes shortened travel

time. The longer life span of adults

has also affected the grandpar-ent/grandchild relationship. When our first grandchild was born 26 years ago, she had four living grandparents and four living great-grandparents. Our children knew both sets of their grandparents and were able to see them regularly, since Harry’s folks lived in Roanoke and mine in Augusta County. But I knew only my father’s mother, who lived in Harrisburg, Pennsylva-nia with her daughter’s family.

“Mama Jo” – the name she preferred to “Grandmother” -- visited us for two weeks each summer, arriving by train in Waynesboro. What a thrill it was to see her step down from the passenger car, a bright smile lighting up her face. The scent of lilacs, her favorite perfume, surrounded her as she hugged each of us. Settled up front in the pick-up with Daddy, she chatted with him while we rode in the bed of the truck with her luggage.

For two weeks we listened to her stories, how she loved to fish when they vacationed in the Poconos, and how she fed a tame fawn that visited the cabin daily. Too soon her visit ended, and life returned to the usual routine, with only letters to and from this special person. When she died the year I graduated from college, I no longer had a living link to the past. But I am thankful that now that I am at her stage in life, I have seven strong links to the future!

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I was sitting in church a few weeks ago and I heard a cell phone start beeping.

The thought in my head was, “Man, is there no place that is sacred.” Then the very next moment, the person began tex-ting ….. in church. Come on, have we lost some perspective here? While I know most folks would agree with my disdain for cell phone use in church, it is interesting to me that we have, without a hint of a fight, allowed this type of intrusion, and even worse, into our homes. Our parents would never have put up with the sort of ex-ternal invasion that we allow so readily today.

Think back to your childhood. Once most of us were home, we were home. The outside world was shut out. We were no longer in constant contact with our peers. Our total stimulation was what was occurring in our house. We had no choice but to deal with our siblings and parents. Yes we often played with friends in the neighborhood after school, but home was central to our world even then. Dinner was more traditional and signaled the ending of the day in the world and the beginning of the evening at home. We still had some connection to our friends once at home, but it was more limited and I would say a whole lot healthier.

I remember in our house, we had one phone for use by the kids. It was in the kitchen and had about a ten foot cord. This would allow you to actually lay down behind the counter when you needed privacy. How much privacy did we really need? Our parents never had to discuss with us the idea of not being rude on the phone or using profanity when talking to our friends. If we did, it would be obvious and overheard. The notion that children need so much “privacy” today has allowed many unhealthy be-haviors to fester and grow un-noticed until later in life. All in all, the major influence on our life was our parents. With the world shut out on a regular basis, their role in our lives was clear and powerful. That is not the case with most of us today.

Think about what you ob-serve today. We have constant contact through the internet, every minute of the day to

anything and everything in the world. Cell phones, tex-ting, Facebook, etc. have built highways of intrusion into our homes. Most folks don’t even think about whether or not these things are healthy. “I mean, if it is technology and it makes life easier, of course it is good ……. right”?

Our culture has not only bought into, but has even en-

couraged this false logic that just because something is con-venient, it must be healthy. Here are just a few examples. How healthy is it for a teen-age girl to deal with “drama” at school only to come home and be tormented by posts that have been made

on her Facebook account by her “not so friendly” friends. How healthy is it for a young boy to be so worried about who may text or call him that he is literally “joined at the hip” to his phone all evening after school? How healthy is it for a young girl to be taunted and called names via text? And to make matters worse, because of the nature of these types of communication, most of this is in private and when these chil-dren are most vulnerable and alone. How many of you have

come to realize these types of things are happening to your kids? Based on the population that I treat, it is an epidemic.

When all of this is going on, parents have minimal influ-ence in the lives of their chil-dren. Our children today are consumed by being tuned into the world, not the family. It is time that we begin taking back our families. Although I would love parents to boycott things like Facebook (been trying but still have not found any advan-tage to it that outweighs the un-healthiness of it), we just need to begin at home. Make your house and home a sanctuary for your kids. Have it be a place that tunes out the influences of the outside world. How about not answering the phone dur-ing dinner; not maintaining constant patrol of the cell phone when at home; simple limits on texting and internet usage; how about no Facebook? Build a wall between your family and outside influences, at least part of the time. This allows you the time and attention to be par-ents to your children and, trust me, they need the break.

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DAR Good Citizen Award Goes to Salem Student

At the 115th State Conference of the Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution held at Hotel Roanoke the last weekend in March, Katherine Elizabeth Helvey, a senior at Salem High School and the daughter of James and Lori Helvey of Salem was recognized as the recipient of the District VII DAR Good Citizen Award. Helvey's nomi-nation by Salem High for the award put her in competition with senior class nominees (one per high school) from all across District VII which includes DAR chapters in Roanoke, Salem, Bedford, New Castle, Botetourt County, Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Floyd, Stuart, Bassett, Martinsville and Rocky Mount. Students selected for this honor have the opportu-nity to compete for scholarship awards at the State, Division and National levels.

The DAR Good Citizen pro-gram recognizes outstanding high school students exhibiting the qualities of Dependability, Service, Leadership, and Pa-triotism (love of family, school,

community and nation). Helvey demonstrates these qualities with an impressive record. Cit-ing highlights, Helvey has been captain of the Varsity Volleyball team for both her junior and senior years, holds membership in the Family, Career and Com-munity leaders of America, is in the National Honor Society with a GPA of 4.298 and serves as Vice President of the Visual Arts Club. She is on the staff of Delphi, the high school literary arts magazine and has exhib-ited her work in the Salem Fine Arts Commission Show as well as in ArtView, an international arts exhibit.

Active in her church, she en-joys teaching Sunday school, keeping the nursery, and espe-cially working with children in the day-to-day environments of Vacation Bible School pro-grams and as a counselor at church camp.

Her goals for further educa-tion are at a university where she can major in Studio Art and minor in Psychology with an eventual Master's degree in

Art Therapy that would prepare her for a life that combines her love for art with her desire to help people. She also hopes to become a Youth Minister or an Assistant Youth Minister be-cause "she loves children and God."

Helvey was sponsored by the Fort Lewis Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Don Driskill of the National Sheriff's Association.

The Virginia Transportation Museum was the setting last Saturday night for the Salute To Ronald Reagan Dinner, sponsored by the Roanoke City Republican Committee. Chairman Jim DeLong was coordinator for this year's event, celebrating the 100th birthday of Ronald Reagan.

This reception and dinner were billed as “fam-ily friendly” with BBQ on the buffet and a slide show of Reagan's famous speeches to entertain the crowd during dinner amongst the antique cars. Each place setting featured a pansy in a pot with a sticker that read, “I miss Reagan.”

The keynote speaker was former Governor and Senator George Allen, who accompanied his wife Susan. He said our country was coming back to our foundational principles and he spoke of the concepts of freedom and personal responsibility and opportunity for all. "In recent years all we have been getting from Washington are dictates, mandates and redistribution, and that is why we need to turn this country around now."

Allen said that he first met Reagan when the Allen family moved to California after his dad be-came the head coach of the LA Rams. After Rea-gan was elected Governor of California, he would come to the Ram's practices and Allen thought, “Gosh, here is a politician that really knows what is important.”

After Allen's father took the head coaching job for the Washington Redskins, the family moved back to Virginia and Allen attended UVA. While there in 1975, Governor Reagan decided to run against President Ford for the Republican nomi-nation and asked Allen if he would be chairman of the “Young Virginians For Reagan.” At that time, Allen was not involved with politics and told Reagan he would take the job but he "didn't really

know what to do." He said Reagan told him, “I hear you go around telling people that you like me - so just keep doing that.” So he did.

In 1979, Allen injured his knee during a spring football game and was sent to the hospital. Rea-gan called the hospital at UVA, just to cheer him up. Allen said, “After that, the nurses took real good care of me.” Allen said Reagan was the type of man that tried to help people and that he never minced his words. Perhaps the greatest example being when he told Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.” Allen stated, “Because of Ronald Reagan, there are hundreds of thousands of people who can now taste the sweet nectar of liberty.”

In closing, Allen said we should all remember the applicability of Reagan's first inaugural address in 1981 when he said, “Government is not the solution to the problem, government is the prob-lem.”

Former Governor Allen On Hand for Salute to Reagan

By Carla [email protected]

Photo by Carla Bream

Susan and George Allen

Katherine Elizabeth Helvey is a Senior at Salem High School.

By Gail [email protected]

Humanitarian Award Winner NamedIrene Jones of Roanoke has

been awarded the Frist Human-itarian Award for "outstanding commitment to the humani-tarian values that are the foun-dation of HCA and LewisGale Medical Center." The presti-gious award was created in 1971 in honor of Dr. Thomas F. Frist Sr. (1910-1998) and recognizes individuals "whose dedication epitomizes the highest stan-dards of quality and personal commitment." The award cere-mony was held at the LewisGale Medical Center, where Jones, attending as a nominee, was not only surprised at the announce-ment that she was the award winner, but also delighted that family members (who had been invited unbeknownst to her) were there to share in the cel-

ebration. Jones is a volunteer who is de-

scribed by patients and staff alike as "the kindest woman you will ever meet!" She volunteers twice weekly in the Preadmission testing department and Radiol-ogy where her clerical help and assistance with patients make the days run smoothly. Her spirit of friendliness and care has an amazing effect on anx-ious patients and their gratitude brightens the day for everyone with the good fortune to be in Jones' department that day.

She's also an active volunteer for the Athenian Society for the Arts and Sciences, giving her time to Center in the Square three times a month. She can be seen in a picture in the History Museum of Western Virginia

Newsletter March/April 2011 issue helping at the Edward Beyer's Virginia exhibit recep-tion.

She's a smiling presence at the Colonel William Preston Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, where she greets everyone with a smile and a hug or a pat on the shoulder. She loves our country and takes part in projects that preserve our history and help hospitalized veterans.

Photo by Gail Lambert

LewisGale Medical Center Volunteer Irene Jones.

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Hidden Valley scored a run in the bottom of the first and Titan hurler Andy Richards made it stand up for the shutout win Saturday afternoon. Richards struck out eight in going the distance for the two-hit gem. Hidden Valley improved to 4-0 on the season.

Byrd starter Dallas Chocklette was impressive on the mound, only allowing three hits.

Hidden Valley Defeats William Byrd 2-0 In Non-District Baseball

(Below) William Byrd batter #14 Alex Brown looks for his pitch.

(Above) Hidden Valley pitcher #22 Andy Richards went the distance for the two-hit complete-game shutout.

(Left) Hidden Valley pitcher #5 Liz Klussman throws to third to get the out on a Byrd base runner.

William Byrd scored two runs in the top of the first and never looked back as the terri-ers picked up the 12-3 victory Saturday afternoon.

Byrd pitcher Jessica Mahon-ey struck out nine to pick up the win. Danielle Powell and Rachel Guilliams paced Byrd with three hits each. Amanda

Radford and Maleigh Lom-bard both had two hits for Hidden Valley.

William Byrd Takes Down Hidden Valley With 12-3 Softball Win

(Above) Byrd hitter #12 Jordan Meador bounces a ball off the plate.

By Bill [email protected]


(Left) Jessica Mahoney (#13) deliv-ers a strike in the Byrd win against Hidden Valley.

Well, readers, I surmise you’ve picked up on the new name for the column as chosen by the publisher and agreed upon by yours truly. Now I don’t have to jockey around with a different name every time a sports season ends. And, with roundup in the new name, I can keep you readily informed, without confusion, of any developing news from the rodeo world.

Since today is April 1st, I seriously considered doing an April Fools column where I was going to tell you Va. Tech had come to terms with play-ing Roanoke College in foot-ball. But, as Geoffrey Chaucer once said, “Many a truth is told in jest.” This week, as a Ma-roon alumni, I was informed that the possibility of reinstat-ing football is being studied by the Roanoke brass. I’m totally on board and I’ll go on record as requesting the first season tickets. Hopefully, since I got this stirred up several months ago, I’ll be asked to be on some committee that chooses tailgat-ing events, radio announcers, or even the cheerleaders.

High school spring sports have moved into high gear with the usual non-district pre-liminary matchups. In baseball, three teams have set the bar in early play. Hidden Valley has opened 4-0 with strength evi-dent in both hitting and on the mound. Salem (5-1) and Pat-rick Henry (3-1) round out the early “Wild Bill Top-3.”

In local softball, defending state champion Northside is off to a 4-0 start with William Byrd right in the mix at 6-1. The head-to-head games between these two in the Blue Ridge District should be classics.

We’ve reached college bas-ketball’s Final-Four and the amazing Rams of VCU con-tinue to defy all odds. VCU has become the story of March Madness, much like George Mason was five years ago. The run has opened everyone’s eyes to the Colonial Athletic Con-ference and some interesting comments from within their ranks.

Last year, outspoken Old Dominion head coach Blaine Taylor said that if you listed the top-three college basketball

teams in Virginia, neither UVA or VA Tech would make the list. He might need to make a change on that one for 2011-if you consider ODU, Richmond, George Mason and VCU, Tech and UVA might not make the top-four.

CAA commissioner Tom Yeager may have had the best line after VCU’s smackdown of Kansas Sunday after-noon. “We’re in the middle of ACC coun-try,” Yeager said. “We don’t get the time of day.”

Got news for you, Tom; you don’t need the time of day from the ACC. Your guys are wear-ing the Rolexes now, especially in Virginia.

It will be interesting to see if Tech and the Hoos look to schedule any of the top-four, even at neutral sites. With George Mason having for-mer Hidden Valley star Luke Hancock, and former William Fleming standout Troy Daniels playing for VCU, wouldn’t it be a natural draw to play a Tech-Mason or Tech-VCU game at the Roanoke Civic Center? Even a neutral site in Northern Va. or Richmond makes sense for a big draw.

The days are over on these teams biting on the Tech notion that everyone should beg to play the Hokies in a home-only contest at Cassell. So the door

is wide open- will we see the Hokies-Patriots in Roanoke, or the Hokies-Spiders? Or, will it be Hokies-South Carolina Up-state in Blacksburg?

Stay tuned and ex-pect comments in the next month. Rich-mond head coach Chris Mooney will be the guest speaker at the April meeting of the Roanoke Valley Sports

Club. The question will come up, I can as-sure you. And to hear

the answer yourself, the public is invited to attend. Watch for these details to be part of a very interesting evening.

Finally, everything is not lost for the avid football fan. Roanoke’s entry in the National Public Safety Football League, The Roanoke Rampage, plays this coming Saturday, Apr. 2nd, at Salem Stadium against the South Carolina Commanders. Come out and support a great charity and see area police and firefighters take to the grid-iron.

“Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.” - Alfred A. Montapert

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Knight Classic Invitational Opens Track And Field Season

The high school track and field season got off to a stellar, albeit chilly and damp, start with the fourth annual Knight Classic Invitational Saturday at Roanoke College. Christiansburg and Cave Spring won the boys and girls team titles respectively in the all-day event which also included middle school competitions.

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Hampden-Sydney Wins FLW College Tournament On Smith Mountain Lake

The Hampden-Sydney team of Dylan Bishop and Allen Luck won the National Guard FLW College Fishing Northern Divi-sion event on Smith Mountain Lake Saturday with five bass weighing 16 pounds. The vic-tory earned the team $10,000 to be split between the university and the university s bass fishing club - $7,500 for the bass club and $2,500 for their school. The win also helped them advance to the Northern Division Re-gional Championship.

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North Cross used a relentless offensive attack on their way to a 2-0 halftime lead and cruised to the shutout victory Tuesday afternoon on Thomas Field. Miller School rarely got the ball past midfield in the opening half as the Raiders gained control of the game early.

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If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck! - or, is it a "study"? Maybe it's a study duck. Enough, yet already! (If It's Not a Study and It's Not an Am-phitheater It Must Be A 'Civic Plan'", March 11, 2011).

Can you believe it? Ten years after tearing down Victory Stadium, which was a substantial public structure that was paid for and could have been successfully remodeled and refurbished; and the never ending studying of multiple amphitheater sites to be located on either Reserve Avenue or in Elmwood Park, we are told city council will yet again authorize another study, to cost $300,000.

This makes a grand total of$1,745,000, yes just under $2,000,000, spent on studies and plans alone, and no building structure is even in sight much less open and operating. What an embar-rassment! I thought we had seen it all with the fumbling around at Countryside, at Explore Park and the grossly unnecessary expense for two par-

cel condemnations in the Reserve Avenue area, but this takes the cake.

Whatever happened to all the pious, disingenu-ous statements from "For the City" council can-didates? Do we now hear citizens saying, "I told you so"? Had Victory Stadium been renovated for $8 to $11 million as a clear majority wanted, Roa-noke would now have in operation a beautiful, modem multi-purpose use structure, including an Olympic track, a recommended Sports Medi-cine Complex, 16,000 comfortable seats, and am-ple on site parking - no busing to and from would be necessary.

But regrettably, it is what it is. The rest of Vir-ginia's metro areas invest carefully in worthwhile and successful projects and move on while our elected council advised and supported by busi-ness leaders are still wandering around with stud-ies, studies, and more studies.

-Senator J. Granger MacFarlane

Commentary - Roanoke Spends $1,745,000 and Has Nothing to Show for It

Dear Messrs. Reid, McCon-nell, Boehner, and Ms. Pelosi:

It has been widely reported that the President has directed the Department of Justice to cease defending in court the De-fense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which was passed by over-whelming majorities in both houses of Congress and signed by President Clinton.

The announcement disturbs The American Legion for at least two reasons:

1. The American Legion sup-ports by resolution the proposi-tion that marriage is inscribed in human nature and centered on the voluntary union of a man and a woman in a lifelong cov-enant and we oppose all efforts to undermine, alter, or other-

wise corrupt the institution of marriage.

2. Also, The American Le-gion believes in the separa-tion of powers prescribed by our Constitution. Hence, the President should not have the constitutional power to declare a law unconstitutional and then proceed to ignore it. We under-stand that it is not without prec-edent for a President to be disin-clined to enforce or defend laws he finds unpalatable, and the courts have found that he can do just that under the rational basis standard. However, such action clearly contradicts the in-tent of Congress, which passed DOMA by overwhelming ma-jorities, and it is inconsistent with the powers granted to him

by the U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 3, which states: [The President] shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.

Therefore, on behalf of the 2.4 million wartime veterans comprising The American Le-gion, I respectfully request that the Congress, as a whole and individually, use all means at its disposal to ensure both en-forcement and defense of the Defense of Marriage Act, up to and including appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court for a ruling on its constitutionality in whole and in part.

JIMMIE L. FOSTER National Commander - American Legion

Commentary - Defense of Marriage Act

Who, by now hasn't heard of the controller manning the Tower at Washington's National Airport having fallen asleep on the job?

Over the years we've heard countless stories of Pilot's fall-ing asleep at the yoke (wheel). Anyone else amused besides me that this took place at our Na-tion's Capitol Airport?

After all, we have long been accustomed to our bureaucrats being asleep on the job and fail-ing to get things done, but at least no one's life depended on it at that particular moment.

I don't know what's worse, your pilot being asleep or the guy in charge of getting you back to earth? In all my years of flying, personally, I'd rather have them both awake.

Pilots fall asleep out of shear boredom because today's mod-ern jetliners are so automated they can fly themselves. During the first generations of jetlin-ers National had a curfew and no jets were allowed to land after 11 P.M. Now due to more modern and quieter engines (if you can consider any jet engine quiet) and lower noise levels those jets meeting that level are now allowed to land later. But one controller at anytime at this

airport is certainly unacceptable and I doubt it will ever happen again. Speaking of controllers reminds me of a great story.

I grew up next to National Airport, where my Father worked for Capital Airlines there for almost 30 years. (It be-came United in 1961) Many an hour was spent out at the park at the end of the runway with an air scanner radio listening to the pilots and control tower. One of the more humorous transition heard over the years was when the world-renown Ray Charles's aircraft was cleared to land. The controller inquired, "Is Ray Charles aboard today?" The re-ply came, "He's not only aboard, he's flying it." With that I could hear the roar of laughter in the control tower. His plane was the beautiful British built Vick-

ers Viscount Turbo Prop, which was this country's first jet pow-ered commercial airliner, intro-duced in 1955 by, then, Capital Airlines. My father was a engine mechanic for the Viscount.

Pilots have long considered National Airport to be one of the most difficult airports in this country at which to land. Due to noise abatement guidelines, they are required to follow the Potomac River downstream to the runway approach, which is a twisting and turning pattern. After all, your Congressmen, many of whom live along this approach, need their sleep.

And, obviously the poor guy in the control tower hadn't been getting enough of his of late.

- E. Duane Howard

Commentary - Air Controller Gives New Meaning to Falling Asleep on the Job

Working to reduce govern-ment waste is a significant un-dertaking and one to which I remain firmly dedicated. It is critical to ensure that the Con-gress responsibly manages fed-eral spending, especially our tax dollars, to fund our nation’s pri-orities through greater transpar-ency and accountability. That is why I have worked to rein in wasteful and unnecessary spending by voting for the tight-est budgets offered and support-ing reductions in overall gov-ernment spending. Responsible spending benefits everyone and I strongly believe that all federal programs should undergo scru-tiny in order to ensure that they are working effectively to meet the needs of our citizens. Those that are not should be reformed or repealed.

Recently, the nonpartisan General Accounting Office, known as the GAO, released its first annual report identifying duplicative and wasteful gov-ernment programs, agencies and offices. The report details billions of dollars spent on re-dundant federal programs at a time when the government is already spending money that it does not have. This is simply unacceptable.

Specifically, the GAO found that there are 100 federal pro-grams dealing with surface transportation issues totaling $58 billion annually, 80 federal programs for economic devel-opment totaling $6.5 billion, and 17 different federal grant programs for disaster prepared-ness totaling $34 billion. The report found that there are 82 federal programs monitoring teacher quality totaling $4 bil-

lion. This includes nine sepa-rate programs for science and technology which are adminis-tered by five different agencies. The report also found that at least 5 departments, 8 agencies and more than 24 presidential appointees oversee programs related to bioterrorism totaling $6.48 billion.

A thorough and careful re-view of all our federal agencies and programs must be done to root out any waste, fraud and abuse. We made a good start on that process with House passage of H.R. 1, which cut $61 billion from the federal budget, but as this GAO report shows there is much more work to be done. In fact, the Leadership in the Congress has announced that the House and Senate will work together in a bipartisan way to take the necessary steps to ad-dress this alarming report. All House Committee Chairmen have been directed to use this report to help identify appropri-

ate cuts and terminations within their jurisdiction.

The recent GAO report on the billions of dollars that are being wasted by the federal government should serve as a road map to curtailing waste-ful spending, increasing Con-gressional accountability, and reducing overall government spending. I believe it is our duty as Members of Congress to exercise great care and respon-sibility in managing our spend-ing priorities and I will continue working to make sure the hard-earned dollars of my constitu-ents are handled responsibly in Congress and that wasteful gov-ernment spending is stopped.

-Congressman Bob Goodlatte

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As we watch protesters in several countries throughout North Africa and the Arab Peninsula being met with ar-rests and violent interventions, we are reminded that one of our most fundamental Consti-tutional guarantees -- the First Amendment freedom of speech – plays a critical role in shap-ing American society. Along with protecting speech, the First Amendment protects against the entanglement of govern-ment and religion, provides for freedom of religion, ensures a right of free assembly and asso-ciation, and guarantees citizens the right to directly petition their government -- collectively referred to as the freedom of expression. Significantly, each of these rights is lacking (in varying degrees) in the nations where protests have been rag-ing.

First Amendment freedoms are among the most highly protected legal rights. Even the most loathsome viewpoints may not be silenced by govern-mental action. For example, it is the First Amendment that recently protected members of the Westboro Baptist Church as they protested soldier funer-als. See Snyder v. Phelps, Ac-tion No. 09–751 (U.S. March 2, 2011) (holding that the West-

boro Baptist Church’s funeral protests are a form of protected speech). Moreover, it is not just “pure speech” that is protected, but anything that expresses thoughts or ideas. A dance, drawing or photograph receives First Amendment protection.

While these freedoms are robust, they are not limitless. Speech that creates a “clear and present danger” of provoking violence or panic may be pro-hibited. Under this exception, a law may make it illegal to shout “fire” in a crowded theatre or incite violent uprising or physi-cal assault. Additionally, speech maliciously causing injury to the reputation or solitude of another may also be prohibited. In the same regard, speech that imperils legitimate public in-terests may also be limited, as to its time, place, and manner. Therefore, a law can make it il-legal to wear clothes with pro-fane words printed on them in a courthouse, curse on the radio, or shout through a bullhorn at two am.

Some types of speech en-joy more protection than oth-ers. Political speech, or speech which comments upon matters of public concern, enjoys the highest protection. Therefore, any law that can reasonably be interpreted as limiting legiti-mate political discourse will be struck down as improper. On the other end of the spectrum is obscenity, which enjoys no legal protection but can be difficult to

legally define. The US Supreme Court has noted that any sexual expression that lacks literary, artistic, political, or scientific value and is intended to serve prurient interest is obscene. What is considered obscene in one community may not be considered obscene in another. Therefore, the easiest way to describe obscenity is to say that you know it when you see it. In the middle of this spectrum is commercial speech, or speech that is economically motivated in support of a proposed com-mercial interaction. This type of speech, while protected, can be limited and regulated.

Furthermore, one must re-call that the First Amendment limits only governmental ac-tion. Therefore, there is no First Amendment right to bad mouth your employer in a public set-ting. In fact, a private employer is not legally constrained from firing an employee for any of his or her political views. Theoreti-cally, a private employer could fire an employee simply because the employer didn’t like the em-ployee’s bumper stickers. Ad-ditionally, a speaker engaging in otherwise permitted speech may lose his or her protection if the manner and method of ex-pression is improper. Therefore, a speaker can be arrested for trespassing if he or she pickets or hands out leaflets on private property. Similarly, a political discussion can give rise to crim-inal charges if it becomes overly heated or threatening.

As has been often said, you don’t have to agree with some-one’s views in order to agree with their ability to express them. Robust and public dis-cussion of competing political views is a fundamental part of democracy. It allows our soci-ety and citizens to participate in the marketplace of ideas, in or-der to formulate better solutions to shared problems.

As we look around the world, we see people suffering bru-tal repression for expressing themselves in ways that we take for granted. At times like this, we should remember and be thankful that one of the central pillars of our interactive and re-sponsive political society is our freedom of speech.

Patrick Kelly is an attorney with Glenn, Feldmann, Darby & Goodlatte – visit www.gfdg.com to learn more.

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For decades, many corporate leaders have subscribed to Milton Friedman's dictum that the one social responsibility of a business is to increase its profits. But for today's businesses, it appears that the reverse is true -- increas-ing profits is impossible without adopting a strong dose of social responsibility.

A recent Edelman survey of nearly 5,000 members of the "informed public" -- which the research firm defined as college-educat-ed folks with incomes in the top quartile for their age -- found as much. No longer are corporate social responsibility and corporate profits mutually exclusive. Instead, doing good can help companies do well.

When asked what was most important for a company's reputation, nearly two-thirds of those Edelman interviewed cited "transpar-ent and honest business practices." Half said that a highly regarded company needed to be a "good corporate citizen." Meanwhile, only 39 percent mentioned financial returns to in-vestors as important to a firm's reputation.

Improving society is not just the lot of the dedicated humanitarian -- it's also the charge of the wise CEO. "Business must align profit and purpose for social benefit," the Edelman report concluded.

But corporate social responsibility doesn't just generate public goodwill. CSR can also shore up the bottom line. A 2010 study pub-lished in Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's SAM Advanced Management Journal found a "sta-tistically significant positive relationship" be-tween companies that do good and those that do well.

Three economists examined 120 U.S. cor-porations which were members of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) between 1999 and 2007. To constitute the Index Dow Jones assesses the opportunities and risks companies face in the economic, environ-mental, and social realms.

The authors compared the firms' financial performances with those of 120 companies that were not members of the DJSI. They found that firms that had embraced corpo-rate social responsibility had higher gross profit margins and higher return on assets than those that didn't.

To explain the socially conscious business-es' economic success, the economists cited el-evated levels of loyalty and trust among their customer bases, especially those deemed "morally conscious."

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Its coffeehouses are adorned with pictures of Central and South American farmers with their hands in bags of coffee beans. The cap-tions next to the prints tout the chain's ethi-cal practices -- like fair-trade-certified in-gredients, community-based development projects, and charitable contributions.

Starbucks also trumpets the many benefits it gives its employees -- like health care, tu-ition reimbursement, access to stock options, and retirement savings accounts.

As a result, consumers feel like they're making a positive impact on the world with their daily coffee purchases. That sort of personal connection to purchases defines Starbucks' business. As the company's CEO Howard Schulz has written, consumers "will embrace only the companies and brands they trust and with which they identify. . . The ap-proach Starbucks is committed to is the only one that will enable us to deliver long term value to shareholders, partners and custom-ers."

He's proven right, as Starbucks took in more than $2.5 billion in revenue last year, thanks in no small part to those positive con-sumer vibes.

Of course, realizing the benefits of corpo-rate social responsibility requires more than simply giving money away haphazardly. As the authors of the Texas A&M study wrote, "corporate responsibility must pass more than the 'feel-good' evaluation: it must pass prudent financial value and produce positive economic impact," if it is to have maximum impact.

A simple inventory of a company's exist-ing charitable activities can help ensure that businesses are reaping returns on their CSR investments. And for executives facing pres-sure to trim costs, such a tally can also identi-fy potential opportunities for savings without straining a company's reputation.

Profits are as important to American busi-ness as they were 40 years ago, when Fried-man offered his famous maxim. But in today's marketplace, business leaders will not be able to increase profits, as Friedman exhorted, unless they embrace a program of corporate social responsibility.

Laura McKnight is President and CEO of Greater Horizons (www.givingbetter.org).

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Congressman Bob Goodlatte has announced that he is once again sponsoring the Congres-sional Art Competition, An Artistic Discovery, for high school students throughout the 6th Congressional District. The winning entries are dis-played in a corridor of the U.S. Capitol, in an area which has been designated for the artistic talents of today’s youth.

The Congressional Art Competition is open to all high school students and the dead-line for submission is Wednes-day, May 4th. Any student wishing to participate should contact one of Congressman Goodlatte’s four district offices to make arrangements to sub-mit their art work. The for-mat for the Congressional Art Competition is as follows:

The artwork submitted must be two-dimensional and can be no larger than 28 inches high by 28 inches wide by 4 inches deep. The artwork cannot weigh more than 15 pounds. Drawings, prints, paintings, collages, mixed media, com-puter-generated art and pho-tography are all acceptable mediums. It is important to note that each entry must be original in concept, design and execution and may not violate any U.S. copyright laws.

“The Congressional Art Competition, which first began

in 1982, is a great opportunity for students from Southwest and Central Virginia to show-case their talent in a national forum,” Goodlatte said.

To review the official rules and guidelines for the Con-

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Rasulala first name, Waltye, come from the feminine form of Walter, after her father, Dr. Wal-ter Winston Johnson, Jr., who practiced medicine in Coving-ton for 50 years. It’s pronounced “wall-tea.”

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After two degrees from Westminster Choir College, in Princeton NJ, in voice and con-

ducting, she went on to a varied career of TV and church mu-sic. Today, she works as music director of the Church of the Nativity in Raleigh, and teaches in a program for students whose parents cannot afford private lessons.

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she worked as a producer and on-air talent for live children’s television programs. For the Washington DC show, “We’d finish at 9 AM and start writing the next day’s show.” After three years of this, then came an invi-tation to do her show at WRAL in Raleigh, which she did for 19 years. Also, she toured with a Broadway show, “Dolly,” pre-sented concerts, did more the-ater, and worked with a charity that provided arts education for children. She met her late hus-band during the “Dolly” tour.

The concert at 7:30 PM on April 8 has no admission charge, but the Botetourt Historical So-ciety will accept donations to-ward its work.

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By Priscilla Richardson, MA, [email protected]

Blue Ridge PBS will broadcast the entire se-ries of Ken Burns’ documentary “The Civil War” over five consecutive nights, beginning at 7 p.m. on Sunday April 3, and continuing through April 7. The re-mastered presentation of this award-winning 1990 landmark series coincides with the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War.

“This documentary and the 150th anniversary will be of special interest to our viewers, who have demonstrated a deep interest in Civil War pro-gramming for many years,” said James Baum, sta-tion president and CEO. “Virginia was a pivotal state in the four-year Civil War, with 60 percent of the battles fought here in the Old Dominion.”

The Emmy Award-winning Blue Ridge PBS production team has spent nearly 15 years doc-umenting Virginia’s Civil War legacy, creating more than 11 different Civil War documentaries since Burns’ masterwork first aired. These local productions include “Virginia in the Civil War: A Sesquicentennial Remembrance,” which won a 2010 National Educational Telecommunications Association Award.

“As the region’s storyteller, Blue Ridge PBS is committed to addressing the history of our region and the state,” added Baum. “I’m sure all our view-ers, including the Civil War buffs in the region, will find Ken Burns’ ‘The Civil War’ is as relevant and compelling as it was 21 years ago.”

The Civil War” was a milestone in the history of documentary film and television and it remains the highest-rated series in the history of Ameri-can public television. Ken Burns brings to life America’s most destructive and defining conflict.

“The Civil War” is a saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president, and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one. The storytelling and use of music, experts and personal narratives, along with a stunning collection of period pho-tographs, are just as poignant today as when the documentary premiered. Voices for the series in-clude Sam Waterston, Jason Robards, Julie Harris, Jeremy Irons, Morgan Freeman, Paul Roebling, Garrison Keillor, Kurt Vonnegut, Arthur Miller and Studs Terkel. Historian David McCullough narrates.

Critics have lavished praise on Burns’ epic doc-umentary. The New York Times called it a mas-terpiece and said that Burns “takes his place as the most accomplished documentary filmmaker of his generation.” Tom Shales of The Washington Post said, “This is not just good television, nor even just great television. This is heroic television.” The columnist George Will added, “If better use has ever been made of television, I have not seen it and do not expect to see better until Ken Burns turns his prodigious talents to his next project.”

The series has been honored with more than 40 major film and television awards, including two Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, Producer of the Year Award from the Producers Guild, People’s Choice Award, Peabody Award, DuPont-Columbia Award, D.W. Griffith Award and the Lincoln Prize, among dozens of others.

Educators wanting additional instructional re-sources can find a web link included with infor-mation about the “The Civil War” posted at Blu-eRidgePBS.org. This web site also has more detail about the series and broadcast times.

While The Civil War was not Ken Burns first award-winning film, he credits the documen-tary with raising him and his colleagues out of relative anonymity.

Blue Ridge PBS Presents Re-Mastered Ken Burns Civil War Series

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The Oriana Singers of Roa-noke College and the University of Virginia Glee Club will pres-ent Mozart's Requiem conduct-ed by Jeffrey Sandborg on April 9th at 7:30 PM at Saint Andrew's Catholic Church in Roanoke.

In addition, the Oriana Singers will perform in concert with "Naturally Sharp," the Men's a cappella ensemble from Vir-ginia Tech on April 17th at 4:00 PM at Saint Andrews. Both per-formances are open and free to

the public. Above: The Oriana Singers and Virginia Glee Club perform Mozart's Requiem at Old Cabell hall in Charlottes-ville last weekend as part of the Glee Club's 140th anniversary celebration.

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