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Students from 26 area high schools gathered at Valley View Mall to try to win a new, bright red Hyundai Veloster, but

it was Sean Warner, a rising senior from Heritage High School and the Central Virginia Governor’s School, who won it.

“I turned the key in the lock and it just kept going,” Warner said moments after the key he had drawn at random success-fully unlocked a box, which held the actual key to the car.

Warner was among approximately 100 students who won a chance at the car by attending after prom parties designed to keep high school students safe on prom night. In order to be eligible, students were required to stay at after prom parties un-til the events concluded. Four students from each school were selected to attend the After Prom Grand Finale Event at Valley View Mall on June 3.

“The car is the incentive,” said Kathy Graham Sullivan, co-ordinator of Roanoke Area Youth Substance Abuse Coalition or RAYSAC. “When the kids think they might win a new car, they tend to stay at after prom parties where they are safe.” Sul-livan pointed out that since the programs’ inception 24 years ago not a single student had been injured or killed in a vehicular accident at a school participating in the car giveaway program. Sullivan thanked First Team Auto Mall of Roanoke, which has

donated the car for the last 22 years.“We think it’s important to keep these kids safe on prom

night,” said First Team General Manager David Dillon, who was on hand for the giveaway. “If we can keep kids safe at 30-plus high schools by making a car available, we think it’s worth the investment in our communities.”

Prior to the car giveaway, the students played games to com-pete for prizes valued at $100 each. At least one student from every high school earned one of those prizes, mostly electron-ics and gift cards. After that, each student drew a key at ran-dom from a basket. Approximately 70 students tried their luck before Warner’s key did the trick.

Warner says he is interested in biology and math and sports a 4.3 grade point average. He says he plans to go pursue biology in college at either Columbia or the University of Virginia.

“It’s pretty awesome,” said Warner of his new Hyundai. “I can’t wait to drive it.”

For more information on how to help keep kids safe on prom night or to make a donation to the cause, call Kathy Sullivan at (540) 982-1427 ext. 2123 or visit www.raysac.org

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Sean Warner from Heritage High School won the 2012 Hyundai Veloster donated by First Team Auto Mall of Roanoke.

Heritage High School Student Wins RAYSAC After Prom Car

Golf Group Contemplates Lawsuit Against City

According to Scott Beasley, vice president of operations for the Florida based Meadow-brook Golf Group: “We have been screwed once again by the City.”

Meadowbrook, as owners of Countryside Golf Course, sold the property to Roanoke City for $4.1 million in 2005. Mead-owbrook operated the golf course until the city closed it in March of 2010.

Beasley said he had made an agreement with the City through Assistant Manager Brian Townsend and then Di-rector of Economic Develop-ment Brian Brown in 2008 to have the clubhouse and pavil-ion painted. Beasley said he agreed to pay half if they would pay the other half.

“We paid our half but the City never paid their half. Now the city attorney is saying the statute of limitations has run out and the City is not respon-sible so we had to pay an addi-tional $1,500,” said Beasley in an email.

He called it “unbelievable,” saying that, “We were not obli-gated to pay any part of the bill but out of good faith we did …then they come back and do this.” The Lakeland, Florida law firm of Peterson & Myers P.A. is considering a lawsuit on Mead-owbrook’s behalf, explained Beasley.

Acting City Attorney Tim Spencer acknowledges being contacted by Meadowbrook’s CFO, Eric Burk, on May 22 re-garding an invoice dated July 16, 2008 from Tim Young’s Painting.

Spencer provided a copy of communication between Meadowbrook and Assistant City Attorney Gary E. Tegen-

Watersheds Rely on EPA and Local Groups Like Trout Unlimited to Keep on Fishing

When it comes to preserving and restoring waterways, local environmental groups, fish-ermen and communities like Trout Unlimited (T.U.) make it happen.

Bill Bainter, president of the Roanoke chapter of T.U., says that cooler waters are needed to support the brook trout, a perennial American favorite, which typically cannot survive in water that is warmer than 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Bainter’s group has focused on an area of Glade Creek in recent years; there are similar projects go-ing on all over the eastern sea-board.

“You need shade cover from trees,” Bainter said, “along with measures to prevent e-coli con-tamination.” Simple steps, such as communities and landown-ers planting new saplings and

refraining from mowing along river banks, help keep waters cool. Fencing to keep cattle away from streams goes a long way to lowering potential con-tamination.

In an effort to determine whether a stream is “trout wor-thy,” Bainter’s group has been monitoring streams and ac-cumulated about three years worth of data; “temperature probes supply data every 30 minutes,” he said.

What makes the brook trout so special? They are the only trout native to much of the eastern United States; “a lot of people can relate to brook trout because they remember fishing for them as a kid,” said Libby Norris of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

Seth Coffman, president of Trout Unlimited in the Shenan-

Brook Trout (Salvelinus Fontina) are native to Virginia.

Broadband Prescription For Economic Growth

Dr. Andrew Cohill, CEO of Design Nine Inc. and a broadband architect, explained to city council on Monday that Roanoke City was behind the curve on supplying suffi-cient broadband access required to recruit and sustain economic viability.

“Roanoke needs big broadband” to attract new businesses, said Dr. Cohill. The city of Danville has a super computer facility and extensive high capacity fiber cable connec-tions throughout the city.

With access to fiber at multiple points companies find fiber more cost effective, he said. It is possible to get high-speed data-transmission in Roanoke but it is very costly. “From an economic development standpoint there are really two issues that need to be addressed – not just capacity but that it is affordable,” said Cohill.

Danville was very aggressive in its broadband efforts for string-ing fiber cable lines. City owned electric utilities have an easier time incorporating the cable in their infrastructure plans. Fiber makes wireless access perform better. Startup businesses are very sensitive to price.

Roanoke is in a good position with fiber coming into the region but not the city itself. Roanoke didn’t qualify for stimulus funds because it wasn’t considered a rural area. “What is proposed is to

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Tim Kaine Tells Veterans “A Promise Is A Promise”Robin Sherwood was a

yeoman in the U.S. Navy on the ground in Vietnam in 1969. The word “promise is really important to me,” he said to former Virginia Gov-ernor and U.S. Senate candi-date Tim Kaine. The Salem Disabled American Veterans (DAV) hosted a roundtable discussion Monday on mili-tary veterans issues.

The seventeen veterans aired their grievances about government bureaucracy and red tape that they had to endure to get promised benefits. The veterans agreed that most of the blame lies with the federal government. The Virginia Department of Veterans Services got high praise, as did the Salem Vet-erans Administration across the street.

Not everything is up for spending cuts, said Kaine. “Some programs are produc-ing more value for citizens than others … veteran’s ben-efits are a perfect example of this. It’s not just a line item in the budget. It is an earned benefit like a contract, like a promise,” said Kaine. He add-ed that benefits are connect-ed to retention and recruit-ment with an all-volunteer military. “As we’re making cuts we need to protect ben-efits that have been promised to people.”

Sherwood said though he was a Republican he worked to get retiring Senator Jim Webb elected and he was a bit miffed on hearing of his impending departure.

Kaine said that as Virgin-ia’s governor he always won-dered why each state had to have its own veteran’s agency. “It shouldn’t be such a com-plicated system at the federal level that you need a state to have their own agency to help get federal benefits,” he said.

Information on veterans’ benefits is collected from many different and some-times conflicting sources. With technology advances, ,delays in processing claims should not be an issue, he said. Kaine still hears com-plaints. Veterans tell him that it is “a disorganized, frac-tured system where people don’t necessarily know what is the access point.”

Kaine would like to see a single point of access. Du-plicate data is being entered unnecessarily, he thought. The veterans at the table gave nods of agreement when he suggested a “turbo-tax” like form that would populate and submit a veteran’s data throughout the benefit sys-tem – a one-form solution.

Reemployment while tran-sitioning to civilian jobs should be easier, said Kaine. He suggested having the skills learned in the military translate to civilian job cer-tifications that civilian em-ployers could understand. Some veterans “get no credit for what they were doing.” In the past it was easier because employers understood what a “gunnery sergeant” does, said Kaine. Today there isn’t

an understanding of a vet-eran’s value.

“There are all kinds of ci-vilian credentials that would work for all kinds of skills these days,” said Kaine. Ex-amples he gave were Cisco system’s administrator and EMT certifications. That in-formation then would be re-tained in personnel files, he said.

Kaine, having conducted multiple veteran roundtables says he hears veterans say, “I was valued while on ac-tive duty but now that I’m a veteran they treat me like I am an antagonist.” Veterans feel like benefits are being delayed to balance the bud-get. According to Kaine these delay tactics make them feel like there are two separate teams – active military and veteran. Kaine said “that made his blood boil.”

Going to an all-volunteer military was a culture change with many people having

no connection to the mili-tary. This makes it harder for people to understand the hardships that both veterans and their families’ face, said Kaine. “Promises to veterans would be easier to keep be-cause everybody would have a stake in keeping promises if they understood,” he said.

After the roundtable broke up Kaine was asked what he learned. “Clearly how we deal with our fiscal reality and how we deal with veter-ans’ issues is very important. Indiscriminant cuts would undercut the promises we have made to our veterans.”

By valerie Garnerinfo@theroanokestar.com

Tim Kaine held a roundtable meeting with vets in Roanoke.

kamp.Tegenkamp’s correspondence

addressed to CFO Burk states: “There is no evidence to support a claim that the City agreed to pay 1/2 of the painting cost. In fact, such an allegation is con-trary to the written agreement between the City and Meadow-brook Golf Group, Inc.”

In the communication, Tegenkamp says that Brian Townsend did not recall mak-ing any agreement or authoriz-ing any City employee to make any commitment to pay any portion of the painting work. He said Meadowbrook had no written documentation other than “written notes on the invoice that were apparently made by someone at Meadow-brook.” He said Meadowbrook had no name of the City em-ployee with whom they made the agreement.

Tegenkamp summarized the 2005 operational agreement with Meadowbrook that says Meadowbrook was “responsi-ble for all repairs, expenses, and

maintenance of the facility, in-cluding the clubhouse at Coun-tryside. Furthermore, there was never any written amendment to the contract that changed Meadowbrook’s obligations to pay for items like the painting work.”

Tegenkamp wrote that, “Since Meadowbrook’s claim is based on an alleged verbal agreement that apparently oc-curred sometime in or around July 2008, the Virginia three year Statute of Limitations that covers verbal agreements in Virginia has expired.” He points to three sections in the opera-tional agreement.

In a FOIA request of the agreement, section 5.3 states: “Manager shall not be respon-sible for any capital improve-ments to the Facility, unless Owner agrees to reimburse Manager for same prior to the undertaking of any capital improvements.” Section 5.10 refers to furnishings in the Fa-cility and section 6.2 deals with wages and overhead.

Beginning November 1, 2007 certain maintenance require-ments were incorporated at the beginning of a lease extension.

Former City Manager Dar-lene Burcham and council agreed that, “In response to neighborhood concerns regard-ing maintenance of the facility, staff [is] finalizing with Mead-owbrook their commitment to adhering to their Standard Op-

erating Procedures (SOP) used at their other facilities.”

That agreement is unclear but it was understood at the time that it referred only to the golf course greens and fairways.

Spencer said that he has not yet received a reply from Mead-owbrook.

By valerie Garnerinfo@theroanokestar.com

The abandoned club house and property at Countryside.

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bring fiber directly into downtown Roanoke from Bonsack,” said Cohill.

Redundant fiber (to provide a backup path) is critical for businesses and traffic ap-plications. There is no fiber access to homes in Roanoke.

Currently there is a public/private explor-atory committee comprised of Botetourt County, Roanoke City, Roanoke County and the City of Salem with high participation.

Moving forward either a regional author-ity or a public/private partnership needs to take ownership of the network. Cohill thought the city should create a fiber overlay

plan that would isolate where fiber is most needed. Finding opportunities to include fiber while performing infrastructure main-tenance should be identified.

Combining facilities including schools will save money. However, according to Cohill, the city shouldn’t be the service pro-vider and no tax dollars need to be used. It needs to operate separately like an airport. Chattanooga, Tennessee has progressed to providing fiber to the home. This should be Roanoke’s long term goal.

Roy Mentkow, director of the city’s infor-mation technology department gave council

a briefing on cloud computing. A cloud is the Internet broken down into application partitions. One cloud of yet to be converted applications resides on a mainframe oper-ated by MFX located in the old Atlantic Mu-tual building. The city has outsourced this platform and its applications for about seven years and expects to convert the last applica-tions by 2015. The cost to the city for MFX services is $15,500 per month according to the finance department.

doah watershed, is involved in projects sim-ilar to Glade Creek, but on a much larger scale. Coffman says that a lot of what he does involves teamwork across several local groups and government agencies. Thanks to grants from the EPA given through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF, see www.nfwf.org) in Washington, brook trout are being restored along rivers that feed the Chesapeake Bay, as well.

The EPA last week released its TMDL or “total maximum daily loads” findings on water pollution. Local fishermen like Bainter and outdoors-oriented people can tell you that things are improving. But so do recent studies.

More than 900 acres of new forests and wetlands as well as buffers have made the Shenandoah region permanently protected.

More amazingly, farmers have reduced over 98,000 pounds of nitrogen fertilizer run-off annually through cost-sharing programs (and nutrient trading). And native brook trout are being restocked and making a comeback in miles of streams where they once flourished.

Coffman explained that June 1 marked the first day of “put and take” for many Vir-ginia streams—meaning the streams that the state stocks (puts) the fish can now be fished and fishermen can “take” them, rath-er than throw them back as required during the cooler months. The trout will not usu-ally survive the warmer water temperatures through the summer anyway, so the ban is lifted. Some like Bainter say they can’t bear to “take” the fish and release them back into the stream anyway.

Most agree it’s not legislation or political in-fighting that works best, it is the water-shed community.

Reducing farm fertilizer run-off, storm-water drain pollution and reforestation has restored the species to be more plentiful for fishermen here.

Trout Unlimited’s Seth Coffman agrees: “If we can restore a stream to a condition that supports trout, we can also improve water quality downstream” when it ebbs into the bay. For Roanoke’s Bainter, the same holds true; for a guy who fishes “as of-ten as I can” the reward is more than worth the effort.

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Terry McAuliffe Remains Undeclared Candidate For Governor

EXCLUSIVE to The Roanoke Star: Terry McAuliffe sat down to talk about his political plans, his electric car business and why he is holding back on formally announcing for governor.

McAuliffe was at the Patrick Henry Hotel Tuesday with a gathering of about 50 elected of-ficials, city economic and plan-ning staff, Carilion representa-tives and downtown developers. He admitted to a not so well kept secret that he was “interested in running for governor.”

The purpose of his visit was to keep “skin in the game” if U.S. Senator Mark Warner decides not to run. Warner, in April when visiting Virginia Tech Car-ilion School of Medicine with U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine, would not deny that he was con-sidering running for governor again in 2013.

McAuliffe said, “I don’t think [Warner] is running,” but con-firmed that he would wait for his decision in November and yield to Warner if he steps up to the gu-bernatorial plate. Attorney Gen-eral Ken Cuccinelli, who is chal-lenging Lt. Governor Bill Bolling for the Republicans’ nomination, said at an ITT Nursing School ribbon cutting on May 7 that he could beat either Warner or McAuliffe. Cuccinelli quipped, “Warner just wants to be gover-nor as he sees it as a better path to the White House.”

Both McAuliffe and Warner said they were laser-focused on getting President Obama re-elected and Tim Kaine elected to the U.S. Senate to replace Sen. Jim Webb in 2012. “If [Warner] runs I am 100 percent with him and if he isn’t running then we’re in and I’m 100 percent in,” said McAuliffe. McAuliffe worries

about the loss of 125,000 jobs if defense cuts hit Virginia.

McAuliffe ran in the Demo-cratic primary for Virginia gov-ernor in a three-way race with Virginia Senator Creigh Deeds and DPVA Chair Brian Moran in 2009. Deeds won and McAu-liffe came in a distant second. Deeds was defeated by then At-torney General Bob McDonnell. “Bolling and Cuccinelli are do-ing their politics … I’m creating jobs,” said McAuliffe.

“I’m also focused on full pro-duction of my electric car vehicle company,” he said. On a trip to China he bought what he called “their most advanced electric car company and moved the entire thing to America.” He expects to begin full production on July 6 and they delivered the first car to Denmark last week. His com-pany will be able to build one car per hour. It will be able to travel up to 100 miles per charge with a top end speed of 45 mph.

“All cars will be made by U.S. workers to be sold back abroad. People in politics should do what they say they are going to do. That’s what I’m doing – I’m cre-ating jobs,” he said.

I asked McAuliffe if he had learned anything from his 2009 primary race. He said, “Some

people thought the economy was fine and we didn’t need big ideas and maybe they were a little too big at the time.” This time he thinks people will be more receptive since they have now seen the economy stall. “We need manufacturing jobs – they are the bedrock of our commu-nity. We can’t be just a service community.”

The Republican’s focus on so-cially divisive issues is not help-ing business recruitment in Vir-ginia, he said. “We are sending a message out nationally and glob-ally about this attack on women. Fifty percent of the work force we are trying to attract are wom-en.” They can go to other more receptive states. “Why would you come here with this legis-lature attempting to pass these ridiculous, very divisive pieces of legislation.”

McAuliffe’s Campaign Man-ager Levar Stoney said that for-mer Secretary of Technology Aneesh Chopra, Paula Miller and Sen. Ralph Northam of Nor-folk are slated to run for lieuten-ant governor. Mike Signer and Sen. Mark Herring are attorney general candidates. Signer ran forlieutenant governor in 2009. Roanoke Goes To Dogs for 6th Time

Elmwood Park went to the dogs Saturday for the 6th annual Woofstock. The event brings people, their dogs, and various animal rescue groups together for a day of contests, music, and fun.

"[We're] giving the dogs some exposure, trying to get them some homes," said Debbie from Angels of Assisi; "To let people know they're just like everybody else's dog. They're not pound dogs."

Debi Smith, with Dalmatian Rescue of Southwest Virginia, was at another booth. "We take in dogs that have been left in shel-ters, get them spayed and neu-tered first, then vetted, rehabbed, whatever they need, [and] find them new homes." She's been doing it for a dozen years after she fell in love with the breed.

"We met one through a friend and after getting to know that dog, there was no turning back. I'll never have anything else. They're crazy, goofy, they're the class clowns of the dog world."

Several deaf dogs were meet-ing human guests under the Deaf Dogs Rock tent. Christina Lee runs the Roanoke group and owns a deaf dog, Nitro.

"When I got a deaf dog and started training him, people started sending me dogs that needed homes that were deaf. So now we have a website. We have 400 dogs listed there that

need homes that are deaf. And we give tips and videos on how to train them and resources. It's a huge community"

She says they have a large fol-lowing from people who are deaf and have deaf dogs. Most White Boxers, white Australian Shep-herds, Great Danes, white Pit Bulls, American Bull Dogs are born deaf or blind.

The biggest misconception is a deaf dog is harder to train, but "If you've ever had a deaf dog, you'll always have a deaf dog. They're very easy to train. They're locked on you all the time. We call them 'Velcro dogs', because if my dog lays down, he's going to lay on my foot to make sure that I don't [move]."

According to Lee, the training of a deaf dog is similar to clicker training, except instead of a click-er, they use a flash hand signal. The person is like a human Pez dispenser for awhile. If the dog looks at her, it gets a treat, so he'll look at her frequently. Not hav-ing any noise distractions makes it easier to train but they feed of the energy off their human.

Neil and Tiffany Bussey and their 6-year-old Great Dane, Ab-bie were taking in the sights and sounds. They've been coming to Woofstock almost since the be-ginning. Tiffany says they came, "Just to support all the great charities that Woofstock sup-ports and to get Abbie out for a little while to see all her friends."

"There's always something new and different and there's always great contests and the food's good and there's always great vendors."

Vinnie, an 8-month-old miniature Australian Shepherd owned by Cassandra and Al-lan Saunders of Salem, made a painting with his paws at the Dalmatian Rescue tent. "He's having lots of fun," says Cas-sandra "It is a perfect day to be out and about and he's making lots of new friends." It was their first time at Woofstock and the Saunders say the event was great socialization for their dog.

Goodlatte / Kwiatkowski Face Off in Republican Primary

Tuesday, June 12 Republicans will go to the polls to pick their nominee for the 6th Congres-sional District and nominee for U.S. Senate. The congressional candidates are 20-year incum-bent Bob Goodlatte and his challenger Karen Kwiatkowski, a retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel who lives on a farm in Shenandoah County near Mt. Jackson.

Kwiatkowski has a Ph.D. in World Politics from Catholic University of America and was inside the Pentagon when it was attacked on September 11, 2001.

In an email Kwiatkowski said, “Upon taking office, I will im-mediately sponsor, cosponsor or propose legislation to read the bills, write the law, and one subject at a time act. I’ll propose legislation to end the congres-sional retirement system, re-quire them to purchase their own healthcare, reduce their annual pay, and drastically re-duce congressional perks. I’ll sign on to audit the fed, and I’ll join the Republican Liberty Caucus in the House in order to start working on and propos-ing legislation to repeal the Pa-triot Act, to repeal the detention provisions in the NDAA, and put forth and propose spending cuts immediately, for all govern-ment agencies and departments based on past performance, constitutional necessity, and ex-isting waste. This includes the DOD . . . If Advance Auto and Amazon can track customer

needs, answer the mail, and en-sure people get what they need, in 2012 the Congressional of-fice ought to be able to answer the mail within 72 hours, with a real answer to a real problem, and conduct follow-ups to en-sure problems are solved and answers are satisfactory.”

Rep. Bob Goodlatte has held the 6th district that includes Roanoke City for 20 years. Goodlatte is best known for his persistence in trying to get a “balanced budget” amendment adopted. As an incumbent his million-dollar campaign has dwarfed that of his opponent. Goodlatte has avoided recogni-tion of his opponent and calls from Kwiatkowski to debate.

Goodlatte’s campaign man-ager Chris Leavitt responded in an email: “The Bob Goodlatte for Congress team has been working hard across the sixth district to reach out to voters directly by going door to door, making phone calls and host-ing events. The support for the Congressman has been won-derful. Voters are proud of how

he is fighting the liberal Obama agenda in Washington. Either by voting over 25 times to de-fund or repeal Obamacare or by pushing to cut federal spending and authoring legislation that would lift the federal ban on off-shore drilling to lower gas pric-es, Congressman Goodlatte has a proven record of conservative values. “

Leavitt also said that Good-latte was, “honored to have re-ceived endorsements from the National Right to Life Com-mittee and the National Rifle Association as well as receiving an ‘A’ rating from the National Taxpayers Union for his strong support of responsible tax and spending policies.”

The winner of Tuesday’s pri-mary will face Democrat An-drew Schmookler who lives in Shenandoah County.

Tuesday will also have the U.S. Senate Republican candidates on the ballot. Those candidates include former U.S. Senator and former Virginia Governor George Allen, Tea Party can-didate Jamie Radtke, Bishop E. W. Jackson who has local Tea Party support and Delegate Bob Marsh best known in the Gen-eral Assembly for sponsoring social bills such as the “person-hood” bill. They have held three debates one of which was in Ro-anoke on April 28. The winner will face former Virginia Gover-nor and DNC chair, Tim Kaine in November.

By valerie Garnerinfo@theroanokestar.com

Congressman Bob Goodlatte

Council Struggles With Moving ElectionsIt was a roundabout that had no exit signs at

Monday’s Roanoke City Council meeting as the topic of moving the city’s elections from May to November. The state has given cities the authority to enact a resolution to change it. Following a May election is the optimum opportunity.

Councilman Sherman Lea first suggested it fol-lowing the May election. Since then council mem-bers have had time to mull it over. Each council member seems to be settling in on the thought process.

Both Ray Ferris and Vice Mayor Dave Trinkle have outright said they prefer spring elections at one time or another. Lea and Mayor Bowers are for moving the elections. Anita Price was unclear and Bill Bestpitch was for it before he was against it. Bestpitch is not exactly against it but sessions at the Virginia Municipal League that pointed to the pitfalls it had him rethinking the move. Court Rosen was absent but indications are he would side with Ferris and Trinkle.

Lea thinks Bestpitch is the swing vote. Lea has been frustrated by his colleagues’ indecisiveness in how to proceed. Lea, in a phone interview, agreed that a neutral party like an academic could help pull in figures that would better inform the public. He repeated that “it is a fact that voting in November will bring out more people – that can-not be disputed.” Secondly he said it would save the city $37,000 dollars.

Lea said he didn’t expect a neutral party to make any recommendations. “We can do that,” he said. Following the fact finding citizens could be heard. “It wouldn’t surprise me that those that are very active in the electoral process will come out to the community meetings – but you never know

because it had not been an issue before.”The data is needed to educate the public and

show who is voting and who isn’t voting said Lea. “That’s the most important step.”

“We [council] can make the decision to vote it up or down,” he said. People that already vote in May will vote in November and it will only add make it more convenient for others to vote who don’t now.

“Anything we can do as a public body to stimu-late the voting process we want to do it,” he said. “I’m appreciative of my colleagues wanting to look at it but yet again I don’t want to draw this out. It’s not that complex. Get the review done; share it with the public then we vote. It doesn’t have to be a long drawn out process.”

By the next meeting Lea expects a list of things for the neutral party to consider. If cities are com-pared Lea said they should compare to Roanoke’s size and demographics.

Lea thought concerns by his colleagues like citizens who don’t keep up with the issues or who might vote party line – “that’s conjecture,” he said. “I trust the citizens of Roanoke to be knowledge-able on the issues.” As an example of November elections that work Lea mentioned Roanoke County that has all their elections in November including the school board. “They don’t seem to get mixed up or have problems.”

“In a democracy you want as many people as you can get to be involved in the voting process.” Lea said he gives the people more credit and that his colleagues concerned with increased cam-paign costs was not warranted.

Terry McAuliffe with Councilman Sherman Lea Sr. (L) and son, Sherman Lea Jr. (R)

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“Bird Feathers, A Book for Those Who Love Birds”

A guide book that I had always felt needed to be writ-

ten was one to help folks to identify feathers. Probably everyone finds a feather oc-casionally, but until recently, there hasn’t been a good way to figure out for sure which kind of bird a feather came from. Now there is!

Bird Feathers was pub-lished by Stackpole Books, a Pennsylvania company that has brought to market many a nature book (including mine). Written by S. David Scott and Casey Mc-Farland, this paperback is dense with informa-tion and photographs, weighing in at over 1½ pounds!

For anyone who loves watching and identify-ing birds and learning about them, this book is a must-have. Some feathers can be identi-fied without a book, such as the gorgeous blue-and-white feathers of a Blue Jay. But other feathers, such as those from hawks that you rarely get to study up close, require research.

Why bother identi-fying a feather? One reason is to know what kind of bird flew over your yard or perhaps landed there. In this way you learn which species are sharing your world, even if you don’t get to actually see them.

If you’ve put up wildlife boxes for birds and other critters that use natural tree cavities, you may find feath-ers when you clean the boxes out in late winter every year. These clues can tell you what animals made use of the box-es and for what purpose.

For example, Eastern Screech Owls have used box-es in my yard for nesting in late winter or early spring as well as for roosting and eat-ing.

By being able to identify the feathers and other animal re-mains that I’ve cleaned out of the boxes, I’ve learned what these little owls consume. In

addition to frogs, crayfish, and mice, their menu has in-cluded birds, such as Cedar Waxwing, Northern Cardi-nal, and even Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

Bird Feathers is so chock full of information that even the inside covers are em-ployed to deliver it. On the inside front cover, you find wonderful diagrams that clearly delineate the vari-ous names and locations of feathers on a bird, under the heading of “Basic Bird To-pography”.

The inside back cover of Bird Feathers depicts the “Topography of a Bird Wing” and both inside covers sup-ply a ruler so you can conve-niently measure the feathers you find.

The book consists of two parts. The first 66 pages

cover such topics as the history of a feather, how feathers became tools for flight, bird anatomy, feather types and wing shapes, and the explana-tion for why blue birds, such as the male Indigo Bunting, look black when the sun is not shining on them (their blue color is not the result of pig-ments, as other feather colors are).

Pages 69-340 contain photos of bird feathers, covering 397 bird species! Feather measurements are provided, along with the variation in them. Range maps illustrate which birds are in what areas of the country and during which seasons so

that you can narrow down the choices appropriately.

Be sure to read pages 64-66 which explain how to use the book. Then you’ll be on your way to learning even more about your avian guests. Af-ter all, you may not be home when a particular bird visits, but if it drops off a feather, you’ll have its calling card!

Naturalist Marlene A. Con-don is the author/photogra-pher of The Nature-friendly Garden: Creating a Backyard Haven for Plants, Wildlife, and People (Stackpole Books; information at www.marle-necondon.com). If you have a question about plants or animals, or gardening in a nature-friendly manner, send it to AskTheNatureLady@aol.com and please watch for an answer in this paper.

Ask the Nature Lady by Marlene A. CondonAdventures in Bush DentistryMy dad Fuller and I

are both dentists and we have just

arrived in Chintatinga, a small bush village in the far north of Ghana in West Africa to per-form basic dental services for people who don't otherwise have access to it. Dad has been returning to this sub-Saharan region for three decades; this is my first trip. I've traveled to similarly remote areas before, but -truly- this is about as "out there" as I've experienced.

Isaac is greeting the village elders, and quiet and purpose-ful Alosan is already unload-ing the truck in preparation for our work. We couldn't do much without our trusty assistants; Alosan and Isaac have been working with Fuller on his visits for years. Employees of the clinic, over the years they have learned basic dental procedures, such as anesthetic injections, and clean-ing and extracting teeth. Our driver, Deacon, rounds out our party by piloting the old Land Cruiser and navigating the faint trails to the remote villages. All three of our Ghanaian assistants help translate for us.

At the front of the truck we place a wooden bench on which we sit as we clean the children's teeth. We utilize ultrasonic scal-ers which are connected to the truck battery through a voltage inverter. Meanwhile, the rear of the truck is dedicated to our surgical setup; the tailgate is neatly spread with anesthetic, extraction forceps, and other in-struments. Dishes of sterilizing solution are positioned at one end. This system has evolved over the years to be streamlined, efficient and effective.

With the village chief, Fuller and I are completing the brief formalities of our visit. The proceedings include kneeling submissively and smiling and nodding, while softly repeating "nah...nah...nah...nah." This is accompanied by gently clasping and unclasping of our hands.

Returning to the Land Cruis-er strategically parked under the village's lone Baobob tree, we join Isaac as he initiates the kid portion of the show. There might be thirty or so kids in a typical small village, and big, grinning Isaac gets their atten-tion as he gathers them in a large circle. He enthusiastically deliv-ers his dental care talk, complete with oral hygiene instructions. He also introduces us Obrunis - white men - as we give tooth-

brushes out to the kids. They start brushing their teeth with great diligence, with no water nor toothpaste, as we walk the inside of the circle offering eye-to-eye encouragement.

After a few minutes of this scrubbing, one of us walks the circle, spraying off the tooth-brushes with water from a pump-up garden sprayer. Then a bit of toothpaste is dispensed upon each held-out toothbrush and the brushing commences once again. More encourage-ment is offered, followed by a rinse-off of their brushes and their mouths with the gar-den sprayer. They giggle and open wide as I walk down the line squirting water into their mouths.

We've lined up the kids now, and we're finally getting a good look into the now-fairly-clean mouths. Those children with clean teeth go home; those with heavy tarter, which is quite com-mon, are gathered for the clean-ing at the front of the truck. Two of us sit on the bench with the cleaning instruments; the kids sit on the ground with their heads essentially in our laps. They clutch plastic spit bowls, and they teach each other exact-ly what to do as each child takes her turn. Our patients are no-nonsense and extremely coop-erative. Serious when they need to be, these kids will drop their guard and howl with laughter at something silly that the obrini does. We have a good time.

As this business of examin-ing and cleaning the children's teeth has been unfolding, adults with abscessed teeth are quietly making their way to the rear of the truck for our attention. One of us examines the patient, ascer-tains which tooth or teeth needs to be extracted and injects the

anesthetic. The patient is then directed to a bench where they await the effect of the anesthetic and the subsequent removal of the offending tooth.

It's late in the afternoon. We've long since finished with the kids and have been steadily extracting diseased teeth for the past few hours. The work is not easy, but our patients are stoic, cooperative, and grateful. The sunlight filtered through the red dust Harmattan sky is lower down now, the soft breeze feels good on my craned neck. I notice that the line of patients has petered out; it's time to call it quits.

As we pack up the last of the equipment and instruments, one of the village elders ap-proaches in his gentle, gracious way. He grasps by the feet two Guinea fowl. I accept the gift as graciously as I can, but lose hold of one of the birds in the exchange. Raucous laughter erupts as Isaac, Alosan, and Deacon give chase to the fleeing bird.

I keep nodding off on the drive back to the clinic, in spite of the non-stop joking and laughing by our crew, the in-credibly bumpy track we're on, and the flapping and flopping of the Guinea fowl in the back. The sound of the Mampruli lan-guage is getting more familiar to me, the feel of the place more comfortable, and the smiles of the people more endearing. To-morrow we plan to visit a few remote villages to the east.

I'm looking forward to it.

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The Preacher’s Corner by Ed Dunnington“I just don’t think I could love a child who isn’t mine.”

It’s Summertime and . . .The livin’ is . . . (WAIT,

hold that thought! The senior prom is tonight

and number-one-son's limo just fell through. Quick, where are the yellow pages? Call 10 plac-es. No more available! But one guy knows a guy who knows a guy... rings us back. How about an SUV for 6? That'll work. Cash only? The other kids' parents can pay us back their share. OK, done.)

Now as we were saying, as the lazy days of summer...

(Wait, you're driving to the next-day-party in the Poconos? Son needs to get his senior license at the DMV. Quick, find the birth certificate, the Social Security card and the 2011 tax return that

proves our son is not, in fact, an illegal immigrant. Off he goes to the tuxedo rental place; he can swing by the DMV on the way home.)

Isn't it great once a kid's se-nior year is over? You can just

sit back and...(Wait, email just

came in from his new University. What's that? They need the health forms they sent us a month ago. They need to be returned TODAY? Quick, call over to the pediatri-

cian, they've got that stuff on file, we can swing by on the

way to the bank to get the cash for the SUV...)

(Son just called, the debit card isn't working down at the DMV! Quick, read him the credit card

number...)So, as were saying, um...(What do you mean, "what's

a corsage?! No, we don't know where your backpack went. Yes the camera battery is fully charged. What's that? You need to bring 50 hamburgers, buns and condiments? No problem, we'll just buy the frozen ones and you can bring it all right in this cooler...oh, don't look in there, that's disgusting! The bar-ber shop called, they've got your backpack? Great, go get it! No gas? Just use the debit card...no, that doesn't work...or, here...take this credit card...)

Okay, he's on his way, hope he has fun.

(Wait! Number-two-son just walked in the door with a nasty case of poison ivy...)

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Creating a Racket on the Tennis CourtFans of professional ten-

nis have been glued to their TV sets over the

last week watching the French Open. But if you plan on view-ing some of women’s matches which culminate in Sunday's championship, go ahead and buy some ear plugs now. You’ll thank me later.

That’s because nowadays, some of these matches are al-most unbearable to watch or at least lis-ten to since many of the top female tennis players can't hit a ball without screech-ing and squawking their way through every ear-shattering point.

Their relentless auditory as-sault on tennis fans makes the wails of midnight neighbor-hood cat fights seem positively melodic by comparison. The worst offenders include top players Maria Sharapova and current world number one, Vic-toria Azarenka.

In fact, Sharapova holds the current noise record and has been measured at 105 deci-bels. A pneumatic drill is 130. It makes you wonder about her vocal outburst in other pursuits.

I mean, could anyone ever play chess with this woman? You’d probably keel over from a heart attack if she ever castled.

As for the Azarenka yelp, her "aye-whooo-aye-whooo-aye-whooo" has to be heard to be believed. She claims it’s “a

natural part of her breathing system,” but it sounds more like a struggling, asthmatic dolphin trapped in a fish net.

Serena Williams is another ten-nis scream queen. She was runner-up

in the 2011 US Open, but was remarkably quiet

compared to her past on-court trilling. However, she upped her annoyance factor by throwing a massive temper tantrum last year (not the first) when a call didn’t go her way (and was later fined $2,000 for verbal umpire abuse). I suspect even many Americans were glad that classy (and quiet) Aussie Samantha Stosur nailed Williams in last year’s US Open.

Of course, some of the men grunt and groan with each shot too, but it is rarely the loud, ear-piercing, annoying shrill that

the women force upon us. But not all the women have earplug-worthy battle cries. Former world number one player Caro-line Wozniacki has a rather sub-dued grunt, like a high pitched hiccup, although she can crank up the decibels when a match gets tough.

Along these lines, let's not forget charismatic Italian player Francesca Schiavone. While not necessarily shrill, her tennis shriek is incredibly annoying and sounds like someone is per-forming the Heimlich Maneu-ver on her every few seconds.

I live in hope that the US Ten-nis Association will one day do something about this situation. But I’m not holding my breath. They make a living off these ten-nis players, and aren’t likely to rile them any time soon. In the meantime, I still plan on watch-ing the televised French Open matches with my finger poised on the remote mute button.

Perhaps former Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova said it best: "They are making sounds like they are lifting 300 pounds…. the ball is not that heavy.”

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Fleming Student Receives DAR AwardThe Nancy Christian Fleming

Chapter of the Daughters of The American Revolution recently awarded the Good Citizens Award to outstanding William Fleming High School senior, Rosa Elizabeth White. The award is intended to encour-age and reward the qualities of good citizenship, and Rosa was selected by her school based on the criteria of Dependability, Service, Leadership, and Patrio-tism. She received a certificate, pin and check to commemorate the selection by her school.

Rosa is the daughter of the Rev. Dr. Quentin and Pamela White. She has an outstanding academic record and has been active in many areas at William Fleming including the band, the Key Club, and the Spanish Hon-or Society. She has also served in the community, working for the Salvation Army as well as her church.

Rosa will be attending UVA in the fall and hopes to major in psychology, followed by a PhD in Clinical Psychology in the future.

Members of Boy Scout Troop 17 of the Blue Ridge Mountain Council received their Eagle Scout Award on Sunday, May 27th at St. John's Episcopal-Church. Seven of the boys have been friends since Kindergarten at Crystal Spring Elementary School and six graduated from Patrick Henry High School this week. The two other scouts at-tend North Cross School.

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That wasn’t what I expected to hear from Christian friends when we announced we were pursuing adoption. However,

it’s not an uncommon response. In fact, before I began looking at what the Scriptures taught, I was indifferent towards adoption.

This month we will celebrate Father’s Day. For many children in America, this day is not a day to celebrate. For those who are in the Foster Care System, this day only highlights their unmet long-ing for a father. How does the gospel equip us to love children who are not our own?

Some years ago, I took a class on Christian eth-ics. We were required to write a paper on a current ethical topic facing Christians. I choose to answer the question, “How far should a Christian couple go to conceive a child with the help of modern medicine?” Though I was interested in the ethi-cal question, I was unprepared for where the Lord was going to take me during my research.

Before jumping into the medical ethics issues, I decided to review what the Bible teaches about children in general. I had not anticipated what I found. I was struck at how often God’s love and care for children is communicated as an exhorta-tion for His people to care for orphans. I was con-fronted with passages like:

“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and wid-ows in their distress and to keep oneself from be-ing polluted by the world.“ James 1:27 NIV

Or, “A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,

is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families.” Psalm 68:5-6a NIV

Such verses began to gnaw at my soul because I had never thought about adoption as an applica-tion of the Gospel in my life. I had grown up in a Christian home, had Christian friends and yet, I didn’t know anyone who was adopted.

Over the course of the next several years, the Lord placed a number of people in our lives who were adopted. The families we met were remark-

able. In the trans-racial adoptive homes, fami-lies that adopted children of a different ethnicity than the parents, these families were a melting pot of cultures. There was no clash of cultures, but rather, all of these family members, including the adopted members, had a clear sense that their primary identity was in Christ, not their race or ethnicity.

I began to realize that I had been thinking about adoption from the wrong point of view prior to writing that paper. Before adopting, I thought of adoption as something a Christian couple could do if they wanted to. I assumed the “Christian” question was, “Do we want to adopt?”

However, through this process, I realized that God has a bigger, bolder, and more glorious view of orphans. God intends for His people to con-form to His image and His heart. The question wasn’t “Do we want to adopt?” but rather, “What would prevent us from adopting?” or “What role does God call us to play in the care of orphans?”

There certainly are sound reasons for a couple not to adopt: familial, financial, etc. However, ev-ery follower of Jesus is called to care for orphans. The question is: “How?”

This only makes sense when we begin to under-stand the deep reality that “God sent his Son…to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.” (Galatians 4:4-5) Apart from Christ, we have no family, we have no home. But in Christ, our elder brother, we receive all the benefits and blessings of being heirs.

Do you know the adopting love of God? If you are no longer a slave, but a son of God, how is God calling you to care for the orphans? And if you are a son, then may we emulate the Father by wel-coming the orphans, literal and spiritual, that they might find a home and meet, The Father.

Ed Dunnington is the Senior Pastor at Christ the King Presbyterian in Roanoke. Visit them on the web at ctkroanoke.org

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Professional Organizer Fulfills a MissionFor Carol Jensen, 62, divorce

was really a new beginning. She had followed her ex-husband around the country while he pursued his career as a Lutheran minister; moving twenty times over the last six decades. But when she came to Roanoke in 1998, she knew she was home.

“By the time I got to Roanoke, I had a Special Education degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and I’d honed some marketable skills,” Jensen said. A mother of twins, her son and daughter were grown and she wanted to utilize her talents.

She had been a Special Education teacher at an elementary school in St. Louis, Mis-souri, Director of The Senior Services Cen-ter in Glen Ellen, Illinois, as well as a school health aide - all in addition to excelling in her responsibilities as a full-time mom and an active minister’s wife.

“When I came to Roanoke, I found it hard to re-invent myself,” Jensen said. “I did some work in the schools that I enjoyed and even worked weekends in an upscale gift shop, but I really wanted to start a business of my own.”

Jensen began to realize that her best tal-ent lay directly before her. Her many moves; including the sale of the house that she and her ex-husband owned in Hunting Hills had prepared her for organizing and pack-ing up a large household in no time flat and for turning a complex ordeal into a seam-less, relatively stress free adventure.

“I was inspired by the book, Digging Out: Helping Your Loved One Manage Clut-ter, Hoarding, and Compulsive Acquiring, by Michael A. Tompkins and Tamara L.

Hartl,” Jensen said. “The book emphasizes the fact that there’s usually some trauma in an in-dividual’s life that gets the ‘over-accumulation’ of things started, and forgiveness is required; but I also knew that my Special Edu-cation degree gave me the abil-ity to individualize, in terms of the needs and challenges of my clients.” Since her epiphany, Jens-

en founded Jensen Services, LLC. She has packed up entire estates for elderly clients and families that are moving due to a life change; she has dealt with clients whose collections and acquired possessions have mushroomed out of control; clients who have trouble focusing and can’t find their checkbooks, much less their tax prepara-tion papers; and clients who just want to improve their quality of life by creating a more organized, simplified environment in their homes or offices.

“I color code to help my ADD or ADHD clients,” Jensen said, “but really, that just makes sense, whether you have difficulty focusing, or not.”

Jensen even color codes at her own home, using red tabbed file folders for clients, black for business, and pink for personals.

“I’ve been lucky enough to have taken hundreds of classes sponsored by The Insti-tute for Challenging Disorganization (ICD) and I am also a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO),” Jensen said. “I learned to carry a laptop that will produce a spreadsheet con-taining identification of items, combined with organizational codes; and I also use lots of three-ring binders.”

Keeping a calendar and writing down everything are two of Jensen’s keys to suc-cess. She says that keeping a ‘to-do’ list is not enough unless the list is tied to a calendar.

“I’m a minimalist,” Jensen said, “I don’t think that new cabinets and space savers do much good if clients have no place to store them, so we begin by choosing the items that are most loved and used, and saying good-bye to the rest.”

Some clients find saying good-by to things extremely hard.

“I’ve been able to use my skills as a Special Education teacher and mother of twins to help clients calm down and focus,” Jensen said. “Sometimes there are panic attacks, so I let clients know that everything is in their control at all times. I never step over those personal boundaries.”

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North Cross Recognizes Graduates At 49th Commencement

North Cross School held its 49th Commencement Cer-emony on Sat., June 2. The outdoor ceremony was held in the school’s courtyard with a reception for the graduates and their families taking place at the headmaster’s home lo-cated on campus immediately following commencement. The ceremony was held in the tradition of independent school graduations across the country with girls wearing white dresses while carrying roses and boys wearing suits and ties while processing to receive their diplomas.

Sarah Kate Holley was named the valedictorian of the 2011-12 graduating class and spoke at commencement about the positive impact the school has had on her life. Several other students were recognized for academic achievement and exceptional leadership during the gradua-tion ceremony. Tyler Lemon was named salutatorian, and Tim Putnam was the recipi-ent of the Thomas A. Slack Award, which is presented to the student in the senior class who has rendered the highest

service to North Cross School through leadership based on the influence of charac-ter. Miranda Clarke, Sarah Kate Holley, Laura Lemon, Tyler Lemon, Shelby Lipes, Drew Maurer, Bryan McDon-nell, Lara Min and Alexandra Worthy were all inducted into the Cum Laude Society, which recognizes academic achieve-ment in secondary schools for the purpose of promoting ex-cellence, justice, and honor.

This year’s commence-ment address was given by Jim Flowers, the Executive Director of VT Knowledge-Works. VT KnowledgeWorks is an entrepreneurship sup-port program located at the Virginia Tech Corporate Re-search Center in Blacksburg. Along with his work at VT KnowledgeWorks, Flowers has been a senior consultant for more than four decades to technology based companies. He published his first book in 2009 titled “Moxie and Other Fundamental Entrepreneur-ial Concepts.” The title of his commencement address was “A String, a Rock and a Can of Moxie!”

Health Is Not The Absence of Disease or Infirmity

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. - World Health Organization

Being healthy is much more than just not being sick. It in-volves all aspects of one’s life and environment. Life is an in-tricate network and if one part fails other parts will eventually fail as well. Proper health in all things requires a balance in what we do. It is an active pur-suit rather than a passive wish to not be ill. Make plans to be healthy instead of excuses to fail. Be a good example to your children; your spouse; your co-workers; your neighbors and by doing so you will encourage others to follow your example. Most of the activities you can do to be healthy are simple, low tech, and low cost. In the long run, your health is the best in-vestment you can make and it has the highest returns!

Maintain a balance between rest and work- Go to bed and awaken at the same time every day. Take the television and computer out of the bedroom. It should only be for sleep not paying bills or watching the news. Leave work at work. Schedule playtime for yourself. Find a hobby you enjoy.

Fresh air and sunshine- Even house plants need sun so why shouldn’t you? Get outside ev-ery day, no matter what. Recent studies highlight the impor-tance of Vitamin D, the sun-shine vitamin in everything from cancer to mood disorders. Reconnect with nature. We are fortunate to live in an area with so many breathtaking vistas and so many outdoor activities for any age or physical ability.

Get up and move- Park fur-thest from the door. Take the stairs. Get out of your chair and walk around every hour. Take hourly stretch breaks. Take ad-vantage of your cordless phone and cell phone and walk while

you talk. Stand instead of sit and walk instead of standing whenever possible.

Rediscover food- if it didn’t grow that way don’t eat it. If your grandparents wouldn’t recognize it as food then don’t eat it. Whole foods are more nutritionally dense so you get more bang for your buck. Half your plate should be vegetables and the other half protein and whole grains. Downsize your plate. What most people are served in restaurants these days is one meal an entire family used to share. Cut your meals in half. You will save money, lose weight and feel better. If you can’t cook every day then take one weekend afternoon and cook for the week then just reheat. Experiment and try something new.

Be with others- Humans are social creatures. We cannot live and thrive without contact. So-cial media and email are fine but there is no substitute for face to face interaction. Talk to your neighbors or your mail delivery person. Go to a wor-ship service or attend a library lecture. Volunteer your time. The best way to help yourself is to help others.

STOP SMOKING- You have heard it all already. When you are ready to quit, ask for help. It’s never too late to quit. One cigarette is too many

Small changes can add up to big rewards to your health. Make one small change at a time not a massive overhaul. Just keep adding one small thing and before you know it you will be a healthier and hap-pier person. It is never too late for health.

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Two County Destination Imagination Teams Place In Top 5 At Global Finals

Destination Imagination is an educational program in which student teams solve open-ended Challenges and present their solu-tions at Tournaments. Teams are tested to think on their feet, work together and devise original solutions that satisfy the requirements of the Challenges. Participants learn to unleash their imaginations and take unique approaches to problem solving.

Several Destination Imagination teams from schools in Roa-noke County competed May 23-26 at the annual global finals in Knoxville, TN. The Hidden Valley Middle School DI team took 2nd place in the middle school, Destination level competition for challenge C.

The HVMS team was tasked to create and perform live a four-minute trailer for an imaginary movie involving characters from at least two nations and including a "cinematic" special effect and an original soundtrack. Two "team choice elements" add to the total score, as does the team's spontaneous solution to an unrehearsed "instant challenge" they learn about only a few minutes before they must present their solution.

Three teams from Oak Grove Elementary School also competed at global finals. One team from Oak Grove took 5th place in the elementary level for challenge D. Their challenge was to create a 5-minute improvisational skit about the cause-and-effect relation-ship between two unrelated news stories and have all their plans sud-denly become totally discombobulated by a One-Minute Glitch.

Two other Oak Grove teams placed 15th and 41st place in the elementary level competition for challenge E, which was to design, build and test a structure made entirely out of wood and glue to hold weight and contain tournament-provided golf balls and to de-sign and build a delivery device that will deposit the golf balls, one at a time, into the structure. Students were to create and present an original story about a “Captivator,” and integrate the weight place-ment and golf ball delivery into the story.

More than 15,000 youth, parents and volunteers from the U.S., seven Canadian provinces and 12 foreign countries competed at global finals hosted on the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville.

Carol Jensen

North Cross Headmaster Dr. Chris Proctor addresses gradu-ates, families and friends.

Hidden Valley Middle School DI team participants: Matthew Harris, Morgan Day, A.J. Vail, Hollins Vieth, Adam Wood, Eliza-beth Wilkin. Team manager: Dr. Steve Harris.

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Cave Spring executed a dra-matic 3-run rally in the top of the seventh to overcome a two-run deficit, and the Knights de-feated Hidden Valley 9-8 in the Region IV baseball final played out at Kiwanis Field in Salem.

Both teams had already se-curred a spot in this week's Group AA state quarterfinals, but bragging rights, along with first-round home field advan-tage for the winner, were at stake in a game that quickly offered an atmosphere akin to a World Series game-seven.

Cave Spring jumped out to an early 4-1 lead before storms arrived in the bottom of the third, leading to an hour, forty-five minute delay. When play resumed, Hidden Valley wasted no time knotting the score at 4 after four innings.

The Knights plated two in the fifth for a 6-4 lead, but Hidden Valley looked to be in a com-manding position after getting 4 runs in the bottom of the sixth.

Down to its last three outs, Cave Spring loaded the bases, and Reece Kingery drew a walk to cut the deficit to 8-7. One out later, Austin Epperly, whose fielding miscue had fueled the Titan rally in the sixth, smacked a 2-RBI, first-pitch fastball to the wall in right-center, giving Cave Spring the final margin.

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The game featured two balks,

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Add to that, both managers being summoned to the field to identify, without success, an outspoken fan who offered an obscene comment on the home-plate umpire's strike zone, and you had quite the evening in a game that lasted just eight min-utes shy of five hours.

Hidden Valley #21 Nic Ratliff swings for the fence as Cave Spring catcher Ryan Gerhardt gloves in the foul-tip.

Cave Spring third baseman Andrew Peterson drops the tag as Hidden Valley baserunner Joseph Bolinger dives to the bag.

Cave Spring's Terrell Simmons (#3) is called out at the plate after trying to score on a passed ball in the Knight second inning.

By Bill Turnerinfo@theroanokestar.com

Cave Spring plated two runs in the bottom of the sixth to break a 6-6 deadlock, and Steve Klaiber turned a double play to end the game, as Cave Spring advanced to Friday's Group AA state baseball semifinal with the 8-6 win over Jefferson Forest Tuesday afternoon at Knights Field.

The Knights opened their half of the sixth with singles off the bats of Steve Klaiber and Jordan Bryant. A sacrifice bunt and in-tentional walk loaded the bases for Cave Spring. Jake Schuyler dropped down a perfect sui-cide squeeze bunt to score Klai-ber, and moments later, Bryant would add an insurance run, scoring on a sacrifice fly to cen-ter.

Cave Spring starter Harrison Richards put down Jefferson

Forest in the final frame as Klai-ber excuted a one-out double play to end the game.

The Knights had jumped out to a 6-2 lead on timely hitting

by Zack Utterback and a 2-run homer by Bryant in the fourth. Jefferson Forest tied the game in the top of the fifth after two were out on three hits and a Knight throwing error.

Cave Spring advances to play Powhatan Friday at Calfee Park in Pulaski, with a trip to the Spring Jubilee final in Radford going to the winner.

Cave Spring starter Harrison Richards got past a 4-run Jef-ferson Forest fifth inning to post the complete-game win Tuesday.

Knights catcher Ryan Gerhardt puts the tag on a tumbling Jefferson Forest baserunner.

Cave Spring third baseman Andrew Peterson drops the tag on a Cavalier baserunner.

Knight batter #2 Austin Epperly swings for the fence Tuesday afternoon.

Cave Spring Advances to Group AA State Semifinal With Win Over Jefferson Forest

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Once again around 10,000 amateur athletes and their families will descend on the Roanoke Valley next month for the annual Commonwealth Games July 20-22, which will feature dozens of competitive events for athletes of all ages and skill levels. They are the Subway Commonwealth Games this year, as the ubiquitous sandwich shop chain has stepped in to replace Coventry as the title sponsor.

The Commonwealth Games are the Virginia state games, with medalists here eligible to go on to the bi-annual national State Games competi-tion. They also pump several million dollars a year into the valley’s economy - all of those people need a place to eat, sleep and play when not at an event. Those events, by the way, include bas-ketball, track & field, badminton, rifle shooting, swimming, chess, softball, all-star high school baseball (held the week before the “main games” weekend at Kiwanis Field in Salem), auto cross, flag football, etc.

Virginia Amateur Sports operates the Com-monwealth Games, along with an army of vol-unteers. The games have been based in Roanoke for every one of its 23 years, although some of the competition is staged elsewhere and can be spread over several months. High School club lacrosse, for example, was played recently in Charlottes-ville, for schools that do not have varsity level pro-grams. Several squads from southwest Roanoke County took part.

One highlight of the Main Games weekend is an Olympic-style Opening Ceremonies, complete with a parade of athletes, pyrotechnics and a guest speaker at the Roanoke Civic Center (July 20, 7:30pm). There’s a tailgate party beforehand for athletes as well.

One new wrinkle for Opening Night this year: a Washington Redskins 80th anniversary public-ity bus tour that will be rolling through the area at that time, complete with several players, will make a stop at the Civic Center to greet athletes at the tailgate party. Instead of musical entertain-ment this year the opening ceremonies will in-clude a BMX bike demonstration after the athletes parade in.

VAS Executive Director Pete Lampman is hop-ing he can persuade one of the ‘Skins to say a few words at the opening night ceremonies as well. “It’s the last stop on the tour,” said Lampman, “so

that’s nice.”The keynote speaker on opening night con-

tinues another tradition for the Commonwealth Games, which have remained in Roanoke de-spite overtures from bigger cities in the state. The Games have welcomed a number of Olympic medalists to the podium, and will do so again this year with speed skating gold medalist Joey Cheek. He took the top prize at the Turin, Italy Olympics in 2006. That’s “10-13” Olympic medalists, ac-cording to Lampman.

Cheek can certainly talk to the opening night crowd about determination: the Greensboro na-tive was 16 years old, watching the Winter Olym-pics on television, when he decided that being in the games himself would be his goal. So he moved to Canada and trained to be a speed skater. “The rest is history,” said Lampman, who has been with the Commonwealth Games for all but the first two as director. “Sixteen years old and you’re set-ting a goal like that?” he marvels about Cheek, “it’s pretty impressive.”

Financially the games “are hanging in there,” despite the economy, said Lampman. He likes to say there is a game for all athletes, “from six to eighty-plus. There’s something there for every-one.” Participants can sign up as late as the day of competition in many cases. See commonwealth-games.org for more details.

By Gene Marranogmarrano@cox.net

Pete Lampman, President of Virginia Ama-teur Sports, announces the appearance of Olympic Gold Medalist Joey Cheek and the Washington Redskins 80th Anniversary Thank You Tour.

Cave Spring's Klaiber Signs to Play Baseball at UVA-Wise

Cave Spring's Steve Klaiber formally signed to continue his baseball career at The University of Virginia-Wise during a cere-mony in the school's auditorium Monday afternoon.

A four-year member of the Knight varsity squad, Klai-ber had also considered VMI, Randolph-Macon and Bluefield State.

He cited the baseball program and academics as the deciding factors in his decision.

It would be hardly arguable that last week offered black-Thursday on the local baseball and softball front for the Wild Bill 'Big-11'.

In one huge swoop, we lost Lord Botetourt and Northside on the baseball side, as well as Northside and Hidden Val-ley in the run for state softball titles. Tuesday was no kinder, as Hid-den Valley fell in state quarterfinal baseball to Brookville, while Glen-var was eliminated in Group A softball.

Cave Spring, with its 8-6 win over Jeffer-son Forest on Tuesday, remains the only local baseball team advancing to state semifi-nal action. The Knights will play Powhatan Friday at Calfee Park in Pulaski at a time to be deter-mined because of graduation conflicts.

In local net action, Cave Spring's Lauren Sledd advanced to the Group AA state singles tennis championship, with semifinals and final slated for today (Thursday) at Virginia Tech.

The Greenbrier Classic held its media day Tuesday after-noon, and the White Sulphur Springs, WV resort was buzzing over the win by Tiger Woods in last weekend's Memorial PGA stop in Ohio.

Woods, who will compete in The Greenbrier Classic the first week of July, tied Jack Nicklaus with 73 PGA TOUR victories after the win Sunday. Green-

brier owner Jim Justice noted Tuesday that the sale of entry badges to the tournament will be cut off at some point, with an estimated attendance approach-ing 250,000.

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Valley at 540-312-5111. At press time, the Sa-

lem Red Sox remained in the hunt for the Car-olina League Southern Division first-half title, trailing Winston-Salem by 1 1/2 games heading

into the Wednesday and Thursday match-ups against the Dash.

Salem returns to Salem Memo-rial Stadium next Thursday, June 14th, for a four-game series against the Carolina Mudcats.

Another VA Tech tidbit from Hokie basketball this week. For-mer recruit Montrezl Harrell, whom new Tech head coach James Johnson said was no big loss since he had never scored a single point at Tech, announced he will play for Louisville next year. Apparently someone thinks he's on track to score a few points. For the record, the 6'8" Harrell averaged 25.6 points and 13.8 rebounds for Hargrave Military Academy's postgradu-ate team.

Congratulations to Jerry Eng-lish for being named as the 39th member of the Roanoke Valley Golf Hall of Fame. English, co-founder and executive director of the Don Holliday Memorial Scholarship, the richest in the

area, was on hand last week as Cody Bushman of Cave Spring received this year's $20,000 award. English has helped the RVGHOF raise nearly $1 mil-lion in scholarships for deserv-ing students.

Finally, the mailbag has burst at the seams after the details of the Mill Mountain Star web-cam continue to come to light. Here's the best and worst of our reader comments on the five-point Peeping Tom.

Dear Wild Bill: My husband goes to the star a couple times a week to "observe the galax-ies and watch for weather pat-terns." Glad you pointed out the live broadcast availability. Now I've got to figure out who the redhead meteorologist is beside him.

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2012 SW Virginia Lacrosse AwardsThe 2012 Southwest Virginia Lacrosse Associa-

tion held their 19th annual Lacrosse Awards Ban-quet on Monday. Special recognition was given to the All-Southwest Lacrosse Team, honoring the top men and women players of this past season. The association also announced winner of the 2012 Brian Thornhill Memorial Award, the boys’ most outstanding lacrosse player of the season, as well as the girls’ most outstanding player award.

Teams participating included: Cave Spring, Hidden Valley, North Cross School, Patrick Hen-ry, Roanoke Catholic, Salem, William Byrd, Wil-liam Fleming and the New River Valley.

All Valley Lacrosse Team 2012Men's 1st Team

Goalie:Minor Smith -PH Defense: Colin O’Donnell - HV Tyler Quinn - NC P. J. Mollica - PH Spencer Hite - S Midfield: George Revercomb - NC Joey Dishaw - SMike Schmidt - HVWill Douthat - PHLSM: Kyle Frazier - NCAttack: Connor Sampson - SWill Pilat - HVBrock Plantinga - PHKurtis Naslonski - NCPlayer of the Year Co-winners: Will Douthat PH / Curtis Naslonski NC

Women's 1st TeamGoalie:Emma Blair - SHSDefense: Mackenzie Beeler - PHKendra Blackstock - SCJordan Dixon - SHSConstance Hull - NRVLC Midfield: Sierra Ashford - WFClaiborne Lucas - PHCate Pace - SHSMorgan Leeson - SHSCatie Vance - PHSarah Lowen - SCMelanie Via - NRVLCPlayer of the Year - Mackenzie Beeler

By Bill Turner • info@theroanokestar.com

The Annual Bob Johnson Memorial Award for outstanding volunteerism in supporting La-crosse in the Roanoke Valley was awarded bu Bob Rotanz (C) to Mark Lucas (L) and Fred Searle (R) for their contributions.

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Some good things, like Christ-mas and birthdays, are worth the wait. And screenwriter, cinema-tographer, and director Vince Sweeney is hoping residents of the Roanoke Valley who have been waiting for nearly three years are ready to view his first independent film, "Blue Ridge."

The 90-minute drama was shot mainly in Craig County. It stars Sean Gullette ("Pi", "Happy Accidents") and introduces Eric Sweeney (who happens to be Vince's brother) and Audra Glyn Smith. You may see some famil-iar faces as the film uses several local actors in smaller roles.

The film will make its Roa-noke debut Thursday, June 14th at 7pm at the Grandin Theatre with a question-and-answer period after the showing. "Blue Ridge" was shown to a very limited audience in Roanoke a couple of years ago, before it was taken on the festival circuit around the country, where it won several awards.

"But I was never really happy with the edit when it was at the festival runs, so I actually did a kind of 're-edit' and made it more of the way that I felt comfortable with it; shortened it by seven minutes than what it was origi-nally. So now it's cleaned up and it's tightened and tweaked", says Vince Sweeney. He also added more music.

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The film may also be shown at other theaters but Sweeney says it requires so much effort and time to line those up, it's more efficient to spent time solidify-ing VOD deals.

Sweeney says he's been learn-ing a lot about the distribution side of the movie-making busi-ness. "I had to start at the bot-tom and learn. Over the last two years I've just been learning how complex and expensive distribu-tion can be."

He declined to say how much it cost to produce the movie because people may get a mis-conception - thinking that a low budget may mean bad quality. The crew shot for 28 days with a professional crew and he was able to keep the budget low by doing a lot of things himself, such as the cinematography and authoring the DVD.

Sweeney says "Blue Ridge" has consumed his life for more than four years. "It's not unusual to spend three or four years with

one small movie trying to get it made." But his involvement began even before that as it took him a couple of years to write the screenplay.

"I never meant to portray a certain town or county or any-thing. It's purposely ambigu-ous." He named the film "Blue Ridge" just for the mountain ridge which surrounds the un-specified location. "I always imagined it somewhere near the West Virginia-Virginia border."

Even as he finishes distrib-uting "Blue Ridge" Sweeney is writing the screenplay for two commercial movies; part of one may be shot in Virginia.

By Beverly Amsler info@theroanokestar.com

Gibson Brothers, Wayne Henderson To Perform at the Blue Ridge Music Center

Friday, June 15th will be an unforgettable night of hot pick-ing, down home stories and the best of American music. As a prelude to the 18th annual Wayne C. Henderson Festival & Guitar Competition, Wayne Henderson & friends from as far afield as Texas will heat things up on the Music Cen-ter stage before turning it over to the award-winning Gibson Brothers band.

The Gibson brothers are renowned for their bluegrass-gospel songs, superb vocals, and

stellar instrumental chops. Steve Leftridge of PopMatters says: "Eric and Leigh Gibson might have, pound-for-pound, the most impeccably fine-sounding traditional bluegrass band on the contemporary scene. The reason these guys can’t lose is that, quite simply, they sound so great. Eric and Leigh sing blue-grass’ tightest harmony blend, and instrumentally the group plays with unmatched alacrity and taste." In 2011, the Gib-son Brothers won IBMA Vocal Group of the year and this year they received the SPGMA Al-bum of the Year award for their

CD, “Help My Brother.” In a relatively short time, the Gibson brothers have become a crowd favorite at many major US fes-tivals. This is their debut perfor-

mance on the Blue Ridge Music Center stage.

Wayne Henderson’s top-notch finger-picking is a source of great pleasure to friends and neighbors in Grayson County as well as audiences world-wide. His legendary guitar playing has been heard at Carnegie Hall, on three national tours of "Masters of the Steel-String Guitar," and across Europe, Asia and Africa. As well as being a renowned gui-tarist, Henderson is also a first-rate luthier, producing about 20, sought-after instruments a year – mostly guitars and occasion-ally mandolins, fiddles or ukes. Wayne is a recipient of a 1995 National Heritage Award pre-sented by the National Endow-ment for the Arts.

The concert starts at 7pm, Friday June 15. Seating opens at 5:30pm. Tickets are $10 or $8 for students and seniors. Children 12 and under are free. For info call (276) 236-5309 x112. Tickets are available at the Galax Visitor Center and online at www.Blu-eRidgeMusicCenter.org.

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Albee’s “Zoo” Duo Offered By GAMUT Troupe

The GAMUT professional live theater troupe has never been afraid to push the enve-lope a bit, or at least to introduce audiences to a work they may have never seen before – or even heard of. They’ll do it again, per-haps, with two pieces by famed playwright Edward Albee, of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? fame. At Home at the Zoo, com-bined with The Zoo Story, tells two stories: At Home at the Zoo revolves around the marriage of New York City couple Peter and Ann. It ends with Peter leaving to go read a book in Central Park.

Enter Jerry, who encounters Peter in the park. That’s where The Zoo Story picks up. At Home at the Zoo was actually written much later than 1959’s The Zoo Story, and functions as a prequel. GAMUT will stage the Albee doubleheader in the June M. McBroom Theatre at Community High School (302 E. Campbell Avenue), from June 21-23 and then again from June 28-30. Curtain is at 8pm each night; tickets are $15.00 or $10.00 for students.

Ross and Kris Laguzza, local veteran actors (and married) are Peter and Ann. Patrick Kelly – an attorney when not acting and like Ross Laguzza a mem-ber of the Big Lick Conspiracy comedy troupe – is Jerry, the man Peter encounters in Cen-tral Park. Miriam Frazier is GAMUT’s artistic director and the director of At Home at the Zoo/The Zoo Story.

“The Zoo Story was already quite a famous play [before At Home at the Zoo was written],” noted Frazier at an early re-hearsal session where the Laguz-zas were still reading from the scripts, “but he meant for them to be performed together.”

Albee is known for the ten-sion in his works; Frazier said the way he uses language is “singular…and very particular to him.” That’s also a nice way of saying that this production is intended for mature audiences. Albee’s characters tend to talk around each other said Frazier, often interrupting the other person in mid-sentence. That makes timing a challenge for the actors as well.

“A lot of the speech is halt-ing and there’s a lot of check-ing with each other – what did you say? What does it mean? It’s naturalistic.” Ross Laguzza adds, “Stumbling” through partial sentences, as he puts it, makes this production a challenge.

Kris Laguzza agrees: “It is a lot more difficult to learn when it’s stilted like this.” Still, the Laguz-zas are pros and will master the dialogue over the course of ten or so rehearsals. “There’s a lot of pausing and not finishing sen-tences,” said Laguzza, a veteran of other GAMUT productions. “You really have to know what the other [actor] is saying.”

Ross Laguzza said actors can-not just “check out” and wait for a cue line – the last word or two another actor might say before their next bit of dialogue. Albee’s writing compels them to listen. “You really have to be focused on every word.” He al-ways found The Zoo Story fasci-nating, because of how “crazy it seems and how violent it gets…between the two men. The arc from sitting on a park bench to its ultimate conclusion is pretty dramatic – and pretty tragic.”

The notion of doing Zoo Story in conjunction with a prequel was “a fascinating idea.”

Kris Laguzza has always “loved…the dynamics between the characters,” in Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, which was turned into a famous movie for Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal and San-dy Dennis. “I was really excited about this prequel. The char-acter of Ann is so very differ-ent for me. She’s always sort of pushing buttons, prodding and poking, trying to get a reaction out of [Peter].”

Frazier is hoping that audi-ences will be compelled to see these combined plays as well. “I’ve been pretty much in love with Edward Albee for as long as I can remember,” said Frazier, who calls Woolf her all-time favorite play. Directing an Al-bee play has always been on her to-do list. “I’d be very excited about seeing this play,” adds Ross Laguzza. Call GAMUT at 540-521-6049 for more infor-mation.

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Local Musician Releases New Album Of “Cathartic” Songs

At age 45, Charlie Hamill says he’s been a music man all his life, playing a number of instruments with a variety of collaborators. Now some of that musical history has been recorded for posterity on a new album, “Late Night at Ha-mills,” which features many of the musical friends Hamill has gathered over the years.

Hamill, a Roanoke area na-tive who also lived in Charlotte and Austin, Texas for a while (“five of the best years of my life”) working on his musical chops, can also be found on occasion down in Key West, plying his trade as a musician. “Late Night” features a wide va-riety of pop music; one might hear tunes that sound like they are influenced by the likes of Lenny Kravitz, or even Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

Among the guest artists: Roanoke Civic Center General Manager Robyn Schon, a Rock n’ Roller herself who supplies some of the harmony vocals. Hamill wrote or co-wrote all of the tunes on what is a very listenable album. “I grew up in the ‘70’s,” explains Hamill, “and a lot of black music was my influence – the soul of Ste-vie Wonder and The Commo-dores, that type of stuff.” Then rock became a focal point, moving Hamill from the drum set to the guitar, where he’s been ever since.

Hamill has made his living for the past 15 years in Roa-noke as a musician, appear-ing solo, in trios and in cover bands, working in original tunes where he can. Late Night at Hamills, which comes from the Charlie Hamill Group, is his fourth album of original

music. His first was back in 1991, when Hamill was at-tending the Full Sail School in Florida for music production. Hamill recorded Late Night at his home studio before having it mastered elsewhere.

A pretty happy childhood “didn’t lend itself to deep lyric writing,” notes Hamill – not much in the way of blues any-way – but life’s journey, includ-ing the loss of friends along the way, has provided that back-ground. “The lyrics started get-ting a little more introspective and deeper,” said Hamill, who recently earned a culinary arts degree at Virginia Western and plans to also operate a mobile food wagon at local events, starting this summer.

Indeed, the ballad Love You took Hamill 26 years to write, following the death of a girl he became involved with as a teenager before going off to college. She died in a car ac-cident a year after he met her. He had already lost his father and a sister: “Loss had become a prominent theme in my high school years. But that was the one that pushed me over the cliff, because it was also roman-tic love.”

Dealing with loss is the only way to get through life, accord-ing to Hamill, “or it will never be done. This album was ca-thartic for me in a lot of ways.” Jayna Bird does the lead vocals on Love You.

Hamill was also a+ big Beatles fan growing

up and has appreciated them more as the years have gone by. “[They are] big influences on me.” The album Revolver was a turning point for Hamill – and the record where The Beatles

left much of their pop back-ground behind. Steely Dan, Van Halen and Jeff Beck are also “huge” influences on Ha-mill, who likes to “rock hard” but employ “catchy hooks” at the same time. He’s not a big fan of music that has been released over the past 10-15 years. “If that makes me sound old and archaic I’ll take that,” he chuckles.

Jason Hill, from local favor-ites the Pop Rivets, appears on several tracks; Schon sings on the single “About My Love,” which deals with people that romanticize a past relationship. “Chump Luv Sucker” addresses current communication tech-niques – and how they can iso-late people from each other.

Late Night at Hamills is avail-able at Cdbaby.com, iTunes, Amazon.com and other on-line music stores; see Hamill’s Facebook page as well of char-liehamillgroup.com. Fret Mill Music, Kelly’s Music and Tin-nell’s are also selling the album. Hamill will put together some touring dates to support the new release. “I wrote a record of music I wanted to listen to,” said Hamill, “because I can’t find anything that I really do want to listen to that’s new.”

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Orchestra Playing Year-End CrescendoAs the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra weath-

ers the recent recession, it will finish the 2012 fiscal year in the black with continued public support through their new "Crescendo Cam-paign." With the Crescendo Campaign, the RSO is seeking to increase its fundraising and sales revenues by $250,000 over the next five months. In launching the campaign, the RSO has acknowledged the receipt of an anonymous contribution of $100,000 towards the goal. The success of the Crescendo Campaign will place the organization in the black for FY 2012 and provide reserves to manage cash flow through-out the coming year.

"In order to continue to serve a growing au-dience with high quality programs and to edu-cate young people in the Roanoke Valley, the RSO is coming to the community for support through the Crescendo Campaign," says RSO Executive Director, Beth Pline. "With an an-nual budget of $1.7 million, the goal to raise the remaining $150,000 will push the RSO across the finish line and bridge the gap necessary for a balanced budget."

Those who wish to help with the campaign

can do so are urged to buy and enjoy RSO tick-ets, encourage businesses to become a corpo-rate sponsor, make a foundation gift to the RSO or make a new, individual gift in any amount.

About to celebrate its 60th Anniversary, the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra remains a vital part of today's Roanoke Valley and the Blue Ridge. The RSO's mission has been supported and fulfilled each year since 1953. The RSO is supported by over 14,000 individuals who at-tend at least one concert / event each year, many of whom come back for multiple performances during the season, and by hundreds of individ-ual donors who contribute monetarily beyond the purchase of tickets.

To make a contribution contact the RSO by phone at 540.343.6221 x.225 or send an email to C.W. Markham, Development Director, at cw.markham@rso.com; or give online at rso.com/community. Contributions should be mailed to: Roanoke Symphony Orchestra | 541 Luck Av-enue S.W., Suite 200 | Roanoke, VA 24016.

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