Roanoke Times & World News back issues from April 2008:
BEDFORD COUNTY'S RED BARN HAS FUTURE
Apr 01, 2008; ... Officials in Bedford County are putting the future of the RedBarn, built from a Sears & Roebuck kit more than 70 years ago, inthe hands of a group from Virginia Tech. Michael Stokes, the county's director of parks and recreation,said the Community Design Assistance Center will work ...
CHORUS HONORS ITS MANAGER AS 'BARBERSHOPPER OF THE YEAR'
Apr 01, 2008; ... Roanoke's Jim Karl, who has been performing with the VirginiaGentlemen Barbershop Harmony Chorus for 16 years, is the"Barbershopper of the Year." Before his group sang the national anthem at a Virginia Techbasketball game, Karl received the award that recognizes members ...
PUBLIC PULSE
Apr 01, 2008 ... Montgomery County What: School board When: 5 p.m. closed session, 7:30 p.m. meeting today Where: 200 Junkin St., Christiansburg On the agenda: The board will decide whether to approveinvolvement in a Virginia Tech Transportation Institute projectaimed at ...
ADVANCE AUTO FINANCIAL BREACH MAY AFFECT 56,000
Apr 01, 2008; ... An intrusion on customers' financial information at 14 AdvanceAuto stores could have put the financial information of up to 56,000customers at risk. The customers shopped at locations in eight states from December2001 to December 2004, said Shelly Whitaker, a spokeswoman for ...
DESPERATE MOVE TO ALTER ROLES
Apr 01, 2008; ... Davidson was one of those teams that makes you root against yourbracket. So what if Kansas has to make it to the final to provide any hopeof at least breaking even in the office pool? So what if a Kansas victory will put four No. 1 seeds in theFinal Four for the first ...
SENATOR RUNS FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL SPOT
Apr 01, 2008; ... State Sen. Ken Cuccinelli of Fairfax County became the firstdeclared candidate for Virginia attorney general on Monday, hopingto join a 2009 Republican ticket that already has presumptivenominees for governor and lieutenant governor. Cuccinelli, a stalwart conservative and ...
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
Apr 01, 2008; ... SALEM SCORES 2 IN OT TO WIN Stuart Maxey and Johnny Hughes scored in overtime as the Salem boys' soccer team rallied to beat Lord Botetourt 3-1 on Monday. Maxey also had two assists for the Spartans (1-1-1). Robert McBain scored 2:34 into the game to give Lord Botetourt ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Apr 01, 2008 ... Roanoke should make all of downtown a historic district Downtown Roanoke Inc. recently proposed to city council a much-needed facade grant program to assist owners in improving/restoringthe exterior appearance of buildings in downtown. Anyone who goesdowntown can see the wisdom of ...
FRANKLIN COUNTY STUDENTS CHARGED WITH CHILD PORN
Apr 01, 2008; ... Four Franklin County High School students have been charged in achild pornography investigation involving a video that was passedaround by cellphone, the sheriff's office said in a news release. The students' names weren't released because of their ages. Two students were ...
POLICE SUSPEND MANHUNT IN FLOYD
Apr 01, 2008; ... Police called off the manhunt Monday for a Floyd County mansuspected of shooting a state trooper on Friday. The suspect isstill at large. Steven Dale Branscome, 32, had been believed to be hiding Sundayon a stretch of farmland around Indian Valley Elementary School inFloyd ...
ONE-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS REQUIRE SACRIFICE
Apr 01, 2008; ... In her book "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life,"Barbara Kingsolver writes, "Full-time homemaking may not be anoption for those of us delivered without trust funds into themodern era." She is making the argument that cooking meals becomes a chorerather than a ...
CORNERSHOT
Apr 01, 2008; ... At first, it seems to come down to this: Do you want your childto be healthy or smart? By now, anyone who's thought about getting pregnant, has beenpregnant or is pregnant probably knows about the dangers of eatingfish. You know, because of possible mercury ...
TALKING POINT
Apr 01, 2008 ... "I think during this entire primary coverage, starting in Iowaand up to the present -- Fox has done the fairest job, and remainedthe most objective of all the cable networks. You hate both ...
WOMAN ROBBED AT GUNPOINT, POLICE SAY
Apr 01, 2008; ... A woman was robbed in her car Saturday night in Southwest Roanokebut was not injured, Roanoke police said. According to police spokeswoman Aisha Johnson, a 43-year-oldwoman was sitting in her car, which was parked in the 500 block ofLuck Avenue about 11 p.m., when she was ...
SHARE THE ROAD WITH CYCLISTS
Apr 01, 2008; ... Did you know that the first paved roads in America came aboutbecause of lobbying efforts of the League of American Wheelmen, anorganization of bicyclists? As a mountain biker and the wife and mother of road bikers, Ihave a fairly well-rounded knowledge of what makes bicyclists ...
ALL VIRGINIANS DESERVE IN-STATE TUITION
Apr 01, 2008 ... Here's the situation. Anton was born in Virginia. He grew up inVirginia. He went to school in Virginia. He's a U.S. citizen bybirth. Now he wants to go to one of the state's fine publicuniversities. Unfortunately, his Russian parents overstayed theirvisas and illegally live in the ...
LANDMARK PROFILE: MOUNTAIN VIEW RECREATION CENTER
Apr 01, 2008; ... Spring is here, and the daffodils provide a blanket of yellowaround the lawn at the historic Mountain View Recreation Center, afixture on 13th Street Southwest. James Okeyo admits he can't take credit for those early springblooms, but he predicts a beautiful spread of roses from ...
LEITAO TO DEMAND DEFENSE
Apr 01, 2008; ... Dave Leitao's message after Virginia's final game of the men'sbasketball season wasn't much different than it had been on numerousearlier occasions. Leitao can only hope it sinks in this time. "His last words as he left the locker room were, 'We're going toplay defense,' " ...
CITY, DEVELOPERS DISCUSS ROANOKE'S MARKET BUILDING
Apr 01, 2008; ... An internationally known expert on the revitalization of publicmarkets was in Roanoke on Monday, working as a consultant with agroup that might want to overhaul and manage the increasinglyrundown City Market Building downtown. David O'Neil, a senior associate with the Project for ...
FOR THE RECORD
Apr 01, 2008 ... Corrections Your Best Shot in Saturday's Current showed the moon illuminatinga contrail. The caption was incorrect. The New ...
FIVE MYTHS ABOUT 'NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND'
Apr 01, 2008; ... It's the 800-pound gorilla of U.S. education. The No Child LeftBehind Act, the sweeping legislation enacted six years ago toimprove public schools, seems to make a lot of people unhappy. But President Bush, undaunted by the barrage of criticism aimedat this beleaguered measure by ...
O'CONNOR'S MILITARY DEFENSE
Apr 01, 2008 ... Sandra Day O'Connor, retired U.S. Supreme Court justice, warnedVMI cadets last week of a new danger they will face if they take uparms in the so-called war on terror: There is no clear code of conduct for fighting an asymmetricalwar. If, for example, the Geneva Convention ...
GET OUT: MADRONE, GREENCARDS
Apr 01, 2008; ... Get a slathering of good, midweek music in Roanoke. At Jefferson Center, it's Roanoke Live!, the Jeff's local andregional talent showcase. Tonight, it's a rock mix, with hard stufffrom Madrone, and indie, Byrds-influenced goodness from the YoungSinclairs. Catch Madrone on the ...
A BREED THAT'S HOUNDED
Apr 01, 2008; ... Laurie Seidel knew Raider was in trouble when she first saw himin the cold rain near the intersection of Virginia 419 and StarkeyRoad. After he bolted into traffic, she followed him into a parking lotto observe him up close. The emaciated black pit bull didn't look good. His ...
ROANOKE POLICE INVESTIGATE CRASH OF UNMARKED VEHICLE
Apr 01, 2008; ... Roanoke police are investigating a wreck involving an officerthat sent a woman to the hospital. Officer D.L. Miley crashed an unmarked police car into a vanSaturday in Northwest Roanoke while responding to a call fordomestic assault, police said. Miley was driving north on ...
FRANKLIN COUNTY BEGINS PROCESS TO REPLACE FLORA
Apr 01, 2008; ... Interviews to replace Steve Flora, one of the longest servingFranklin County school board members, are underway -- although thereis no timetable for naming an appointee and the school system isreleasing scant details about the process. Confidential interviews began on Friday and ...
TWINS CELEBRATE 75TH BIRTHDAYS WITH FRIENDS
Apr 01, 2008; ... Garnett Epperly may have grown taller than his twin brother,Garland, but he has one fewer finger. "I cut that off for him," Garland said with a laugh, motioning tohis brother's missing finger. The brothers love to tell the story ofthe day they were chopping wood on their family's ...
COUNTY MULLS PLANS FOR NEW COURTHOUSE
Apr 01, 2008; ... Montgomery County could break ground on a new courthouse as earlyas this time next year. A rough draft of the first phase of the plan, prepared byThompson & Litton engineering and architectural firm, calls for a98,500-square-foot facility to be built adjacent to Pepper Street ...
PHOTO - SWING, BATTER, BATTER
Apr 01, 2008 ... GIVE US YOUR BEST SHOTS. Send us photos featuring the people ofthe New River Valley. Photos must have been taken within the pastmonth and include subjects' names, location, date and contactinformation for the photographer. Photos will not be ...
OBIT LATE NOTICES
Apr 01, 2008 ... CAUDILL, Jeanne D., of Roanoke died Monday, March 31, 2008.Funeral arrangements by Oakey's South Chapel. MEADOWS, ...
FOR THE RECORD
Apr 01, 2008 ... Correction The incorrect Sudoku answers ran in the Sunday and Monday Extrasections. The correct answers ...
TECH OUTLINES ITS PLANS FOR APRIL 16 AND BEYOND
Apr 01, 2008; ... Less than three weeks before the one-year anniversary of theApril 16 shootings, the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors heard plansto honor 32 students and faculty killed that day, the future ofNorris Hall and the status of recommendations for campus safety. Jay Poole, director of ...
NEW ROANOKE CITY COUNCILMAN WILL BE SWORN IN TODAY
Apr 01, 2008; ... Newly appointed Roanoke City Councilman Alvin Nash said Mondaythat he won't be an automatic vote for or against any of the hot-button issues facing Roanoke during the next two years. Nash, who served on the school board from 2004 to 2007 and ispresident and chief executive of Blue ...
TEMPORARY GREEN SPACE A BARGAIN FOR ROANOKE
Apr 01, 2008; ... Anyone downtown in the past few weeks probably has noticed thenew "green space" at Campbell Avenue and Third Street. The half-acre site next to the city jail and behind thecourthouse is beautifully landscaped. It contains a wooden arbor,butterfly bushes and paths that lead to ...
ANGLERS AWAIT FATE OF BEACH DRIVING
Apr 01, 2008; ... Dwayne Martin has been having a blast with a new fishingtechnique he's been using in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina'sOuter Banks. But Martin doesn't just enjoy taking his 23-foot Jones Brothersboat off the coast to vertically jig for grouper, tuna, amberjackand whatever ...
OBIT - CANNON, LINDA MEADOR
Apr 01, 2008 ... Linda Meador Cannon, 56, of Roanoke, passed away Saturday, March29, 2008. Funeral 11 a.m ....
OBIT - COLLINS, SHIRLEY MARGARET
Apr 01, 2008 ... Shirley Margaret Collins, 62, of Troutville, went to be with theLord on Friday, March 28, 2008. She was employed by Wal-Mart. She issurvived by her sister, Betty Trewhella; nephew, Roger Collins; andmany friends. Funeral Services will be held at ...
OBIT - BAZZIE, CARL
Apr 01, 2008 ... CPO Carl Bazzie, 87, of Roanoke, went on Eternal Patrol onFriday, March 28, 2008, after a long illness. He was born June 1,1920, in Windom, W.Va. He was a graduate of Pineville High School inPineville, W.Va., where he was known as "Flash" Bazzie due to hisspeed and agility on the ...
OBIT - BAVCIC, HAJRA
Apr 01, 2008 ... Hajra Bavcic, 75, of Roanoke, passed away early Monday, March 31,2008. Surviving are daughter, Azra Poljac and husband, Sulejman;son, Amir Glibo, all of Roanoke; grandson, Bakir Poljac; cousins,Nusreta Berbic; and her sons, Elvir and Edi; as well as numerousother friends in the ...
OBIT - JAMISON, GAY B.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Gay B. Jamison, 52, of Boones Mill, died Saturday, March 29,2008. Funeral services, 11 a.m. Tuesday, ...
OBIT - DRISCOLL, TIMOTHY JOSEPH
Apr 01, 2008 ... Timothy Joseph Driscoll, 73, died on Saturday, March 29, 2008, inChapel Hill, N.C. after a courageous battle with brain cancer. Hewas born in Roanoke, Va., on March 30, 1934, to the late WilmerClyde Driscoll and Edith Smisko Driscoll. He shared almost 48 yearsof marriage with his beloved ...
OBIT - CLIFTON, CURTIS DILLON
Apr 01, 2008 ... Curtis Dillon Clifton, 90, of Roanoke, passed away Friday, March28, 2008 ....
OBIT - HICKOK, LILLIAN FLORENCE ROBERTS (GRANNY)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Lillian Florence (Granny) Roberts Hickok, 87, of Buchanan, diedSaturday, March 29, 2008. Services ...
OBIT - PRILLAMAN, RUBY AKERS
Apr 01, 2008 ... Ruby Akers Prillaman, 90, of Vinton, went to be with the Lord onSunday, March 30, 2008. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother,sister and friend, who will be greatly missed by all who knew her.She was a member of Campbell Memorial Presbyterian Church in Vinton,a longtime professional ...
OBIT - STEBBINS, CHARLES HARVEY SR.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Charles Harvey Stebbins Sr., 84, of Roanoke, passed away Sunday,March 30, 2008. Memorial service 10:30 ...
OBIT - DUFFY, DANIEL RAY
Apr 01, 2008 ... Daniel Ray Duffy, 65, of Roanoke, left this Earth for a betterplace on Sunday, March 30, 2008. He owned and operated Star CityCleaners prior to his retirement. He had served the dry cleaningindustry for 43 years. He was loved by all of his customers,friends, and neighbors. He was ...
OBIT - WIMMER, DONALD N.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Donald N. Wimmer, 72, of Roanoke, passed away on Sunday, March30, 2008. He was born in Roanoke on January 8, 1936, to the lateHoward R. and Toyia Wimmer and was also preceded in death by hisbrother, Randall W. Wimmer. After working for General Electric foralmost 20 years, Donald and his ...
OBIT - NEW, RONDA RENAE MCCLURE
Apr 01, 2008 ... Ronda Renae McClure New, 44, of Goode, passed away Friday, March28, 2008 ....
OBIT - FALKENSTEIN, REBA K.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Reba K. Falkenstein, 97, of Roanoke, died Sunday evening, March30, 2008. She was a member of Temple Emanuel, where she was PastPresident of the local Sisterhood and Past Regional President ofDistrict 8 National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods. Reba wasretired from Roanoke City Schools, ...
OBIT - GARMAN, JEAN
Apr 01, 2008 ... Jean Garman, 87, of Roanoke, passed away on Friday, March 28,2008. There will be a celebration of her life held at 11 a.m.Thursday, April 3, 2008, at St. James Episcopal Church, 4515 DelrayStreet, N.W., ...
OBIT - LAMBERT, PAULINE BURNS BECKNER
Apr 01, 2008 ... Pauline Burns Beckner Lambert, 88, of Cove, Ark. and formerly ofRoanoke, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday evening, March 26,2008. She was born in Roanoke, Va., a daughter of the late Samueland Sallie Burns. She was a long time member of Mount PleasantUnited Methodist Church and was ...
OBIT - CHRISMAN, MARY ANN TUCKER
Apr 01, 2008 ... Mary Ann Tucker Chrisman, 70, of Wirtz, died Sunday, March 30,2008, in Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born April 4,1937, in Montgomery, Ala., a daughter of the late Pearman Tucker andAlienne Smith Tucker. In addition to her parents, Mary was precededin death by a daughter, ...
OBIT - WILLIAMS, ARTIS ROY (BILL)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Artis Roy (Bill) Williams, 92, of Roanoke, passed away Sunday,March 30, 2008. He is preceded in death by his first wife, MaryFrances Ralston Williams and son, Donald Roy Williams. Mr. Williamswas a member of Calvary Baptist Church and former member ofNorthminster Presbyterian Church. He ...
OBIT - COLLINS, EVELYN ANN
Apr 01, 2008 ... Evelyn Ann Collins, 82, of Beckley, W.Va. and formerly ofBedford, passed away ...
OBIT - GILKESON, MATTIE MARTIN
Apr 01, 2008 ... Mattie Martin Gilkeson, 88, of Troutville and formerly ofFairfield, died Monday, March 31, 2008, at Carrington Place. She wasborn January 21, 1920, in Moneta, a daughter of the late WilliamPenn and Magdeline LaFoon Martin. In addition to her parents, shewas preceded in death by her ...
OBIT - HOLLAND, ANITA L.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Ms. Anita L. Holland, 47, of Rocky Mount, Va., died on Monday,March ...
OBIT - NICHOLS, WILLIAM N.
Apr 01, 2008 ... William M. Nichols, 52, of Bedford, died March 30, 2008. Amemorial service will be ...
OBIT - PAYNE, WALLACE GENE
Apr 01, 2008 ... Wallace Gene Payne, 67, of Goodview, passed away Monday, ...
OBIT - HOLDREN, ROY DAVID
Apr 01, 2008 ... Roy David Holdren, 81, of Bedford, died Sunday, March 30, 2008,in Bedford Memorial Hospital. Born August 5, 1926, in BedfordCounty, a son of the late Charles Harrison Holdren and Hallie MaeJones Holdren. Roy was a member of Bedford Presbyterian Church and aretiree of the former Piedmont ...
OBIT - MORRIS, LILLIAN
Apr 01, 2008 ... Lillian Morris, 78, of Roanoke, died Saturday, March ...
OBIT - GRAYBILL, DAWN M.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Dawn M. Graybill, 38, of Roanoke, passed away Sunday, March 30,2008. At the time of her death, she was employed by the HomeShopping Network. Dawn was a member of Hollins Road Baptist Church.Surviving are her mother, Sharon Shifflett; father, Charles D.Graybill; paternal grandmother, ...
OBIT - EUBANK, DONALD EUGENE (DON)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Donald (Don) Eugene Eubank, 63, of Roanoke, passed away at hishome on March 31, 2008. Don was born on June 25, 1944, in OklahomaCity, Okla. to the deceased parents, Helen Wiseman Eubank and PaulDelarue Eubank. He leaves behind his wife of 41 years, Sandra R.Eubank and their three ...
OBIT - SHOWALTER, DENNIS SHANE
Apr 01, 2008 ... Dennis Shane Showalter, 56, of Roanoke, died Monday, March ...
OBIT - WHEELING, JUNIOR HOUSTON
Apr 01, 2008 ... Junior Houston Wheeling, 71, of Rocky Mount, passed away onSaturday, March 29, 2008. Funeral services 2 ...
OBIT - LUCAS, JAMES DOAK
Apr 01, 2008 ... James Doak Lucas, 85, of Clover Hollow, Newport, departed thislife Sunday, March 30, 2008, at Heritage Hall Health Care inBlacksburg. He was preceded in death by his parents, Luther L. andSarah Rose Doak Lucas; his stepmother, Thelma Z. Lucas; and abrother, William H. Lucas, of ...