Roanoke Times & World News back issues from July 2008:
NEW VIRGINIA LAWS TAKE EFFECT
Jul 01, 2008 ... The fruits of the General Assembly take effect today, and, asusual, it's a mixed harvest. As Virginians head out into a tweakedlegal landscape, they can enjoy, curse and disregard what theirelected officials have wrought. Some of the most obvious changes take place on the ...
IGNORE PROPHETS OF DOOM
Jul 01, 2008; ... In his piece "The fundamentalist population bomb" (June 26commentary) Daniel Malore wrongly characterizes Mormons as"fundamentalists" whose irresponsible family size will doom ourplanet. This label "fundamentalist" certainly does not apply to membersof Church of Jesus Christ of ...
NEW RIVER VALLY FIREWORKS
Jul 01, 2008 ... Shawsville It's a real piece of Americana, an old fashioned Fourth of Julyif ever there was one. There's a parade, music, food, kids'activities, a magician, a juggler, a dunking booth, a petting zoo,face painting, raffles, an auction (that raises money for communityservice ...
WET WORKOUTS [Corrected 07/12/08]
Jul 01, 2008; ... Doing exercises in the middle of the newly renovated YWCA poolMonday morning, Helen Kitts of Vinton was a trouper. Every time aquatics coordinator Bernetta McGuire called outanother exercise routine, Kitts, who turns 82 this month, did themeffortlessly. Until the dastardly ...
CAMPUS NAMES
Jul 01, 2008 ... n Virginia Tech's College of Engineering recently presented itsDean's Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Service. Winners in the Teaching Excellence Category are Amy Bell ofelectrical and computer engineering, Randy Dymond of civil andenvironmental engineering and ...
BOND DENIED IN SHOOTING AT STOP MART
Jul 01, 2008; ... A Roanoke General District Court judge denied bond Monday for aman accused of shooting another man to death in the parking lot ofthe Melrose Stop Mart. In asking the judge to deny bond for 34-year-old Antonio R.Burnette, Assistant Roanoke Commonwealth's Attorney Joshua ...
ADULT CARE CENTER IS UNDER WAY
Jul 01, 2008; ... The Adult Care Center of Roanoke Valley broke ground Monday on a$1 million facility in Salem that will allow it to expand servicesto area elderly and disabled adults. Plans for the building, due to be completed next spring, call forthe consolidation of the two adult day-care ...
QUARRY WORKERS FIND A 2-TON FOSSIL
Jul 01, 2008; ... It looks like a turtle shell, or a mushroom top, or maybe eventhe remnants of a flying saucer. And it's coming soon to theVirginia Museum of Natural History: A rare fossil nobody expected tofind in Botetourt County. Alton Dooley was working in Wyoming in early June, looking ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Jul 01, 2008 ... Public-private projects should be used more for Virginia roads Re: "Special session may come to nothing," June 24 Virginia newsstory: I am glad to see that Gov. Tim Kaine is so concerned withVirginia's transportation infrastructure. It is clear that he hastraveled the state ...
12-YEAR-OLD BOY INJURED IN WATERCRAFT ACCIDENT
Jul 01, 2008; ... A child was hospitalized Saturday after an incident on SmithMountain Lake, officials said. Sgt. Bryan Young with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries said the incident occurred about 5:30 p.m. Saturday at theend of Beaver Dam Creek in Bedford County. Young ...
ROANOKE LAW FIRM SUES VA. LOTTERY
Jul 01, 2008; ... A Roanoke law firm has followed through on a plan to sue theVirginia Lottery on behalf of a Washington and Lee Universityprofessor. Associate professor Scott Hoover, who teaches applied business statistics, played a scratch-ticket game called Beginners Luck inAugust 2007. After ...
CEREAL BAGS AREN'T GR-R-REAT TO OPEN Series: GRRRRRRRRRRR.......
Jul 01, 2008 ... What is it about good old American ingenuity that sometimes makesus run amok, and ruin things that used to work perfectly well?Examples are so numerous (hey -- anybody want a New Coke?) that it'shard to focus on just one. But consider the cereal box. In the old days, you could open ...
GOODLATTE SEES PROGRESS ON IRAQ VISIT
Jul 01, 2008; ... On his third visit to Iraq in five years, U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlattesaid Monday that the country has made "considerable progress" sincethe United States' invasion in 2003 -- but that much work remainsbefore troops can be withdrawn. "While progress is being made, the Iraqis are hopeful ...
PHOTO - LEARNING TO STAY SAFE
Jul 01, 2008 ... Caption ...
PHOTO - APPRECIATING NATURE
Jul 01, 2008 ... GIVE US YOUR BEST SHOTS. Send us candid (not posed) photosfeaturing the people of the New River Valley. Photos must have beentaken within the past month and include subjects' names, location,date and photographer's contact information. Photos will not ...
SOX RALLY FOR APPALACHIAN WIN
Jul 01, 2008; ... It was a stirring way to launch a rally. With his Pulaski Mariners down two runs at the start of thebottom of the ninth inning, batter Kris Sanchez arrived at the platewith a purpose Monday night. Soon after, Sanchez hit a pitch from Bristol Sox closer KevinAsselin deep into ...
DUDLEY GOES DEEP FOR FLW WIN IN TENN.
Jul 01, 2008; ... With career winnings topping $2 million, professional bass anglerDavid Dudley is firmly established as one of the sport's mostdominant anglers. Yet he got there despite what he felt was a glaring weakness:deep-water fishing. Dudley dreaded events on lakes where the bestfishing ...
BEATING VICTIM COULD BE A JUVENILE
Jul 01, 2008; ... Roanoke police are investigating an aggravated assault. Officers were called Saturday at 10:45 p.m. to the 800 block ofWestside Boulevard Northwest, where they found an injured male lyingin a parking lot, said police spokeswoman Aisha Johnson. He had been beaten, and was taken ...
A FOCUS ON ENERGY
Jul 01, 2008 ... Virginia Rep. Randy Forbes has the right idea -- sort of. The Chesapeake Republican proposes a new Manhattan Project, aconcerted effort like the World War II project that made the UnitedStates the world's first nuclear power. Forbes' new project wouldhave a different goal -- one ...
FLOYD CLINIC SEEKS NEW HOME
Jul 01, 2008; ... FLOYD -- Blink as you're driving on Locust Street and you mightmiss the Floyd Community Health Center. The 1,200-square-foot clinic sits in front of the JacksonvilleCenter for the Arts in a building that once served as a dormitoryfor the art center's campers. Inside, it's just ...
HOST OF NEW LAWS COME INTO EFFECT TODAY [Corrected 11/26/08]
Jul 01, 2008; ... Mental health reforms prompted by last year's Virginia Techshootings take effect today, along with a host of laws that includea new surcharge at the Department of Motor Vehicles and newpenalties for underage drinkers who get behind the wheel afterconsuming alcohol. Gov. Tim Kaine ...
SAFETY IN THE SKY
Jul 01, 2008; ... Helicopters in Virginia have been used in medical emergencyresponse for only 27 years, but they first took flight in Roanoke. During the nearly three decades since Carilion Clinic became thestate's first to introduce the faster way to transport patients, airresponse has evolved ...
NEIGHBORHOOD PROFILE: SPRING AT VILLAMONT
Jul 01, 2008; ... It's still a mystery: the source of spring water trickling downthrough the white plastic pipe on U.S. 460, just east of itsintersection with Tower Road in the Villamont area of BedfordCounty. A sign posted by the Bedford County Health Department in the mid-1990s and updated ...
LIFE & LIPSTICK [Corrected 11/26/08]
Jul 01, 2008; ... When taping began on an episode of the Roanoke TV show "Life and Lipstick" in May, a reasonable estimate for the total length of highheels in the studio was 18 inches. Those heels were under the feet of the show's three hosts. Butthat did not slow the women as they teetered to the ...
YARD SALE RULES A TOUGH SELL
Jul 01, 2008; ... A recently passed city ordinance tightening restrictions on thesummer tradition of yard sales was the talk of the city lastweekend. Beginning July 23, anyone who holds a yard sale in the citylimits must have a permit to do so and may not post signsadvertising the event anywhere ...
FOR THE RECORD
Jul 01, 2008 ... Corrections Dr. Alexander McCausland was born March 3, 1913. This informationwas incorrect in a Saturday Business story about the late Roanokeallergist. The Pulaski Mariners play in Calfee Park this ...
DOCTORS' REPRIEVE WON'T FIX SYSTEM
Jul 01, 2008; ... A last-minute Bush administration decision may have givenphysicians a temporary reprieve from a looming 10.6 percent cut inMedicare payments, but those in the health care industry say thatisn't a fix to a system becoming increasingly broken. Under political pressure from doctors, ...
OLIVER'S PAST, FUTURE MEET
Jul 01, 2008; ... Don't blame Abby Oliver if she gets high school basketball andthe college game slightly mixed up this week. The former Hidden Valley guard is in summer school at theUniversity of Richmond, taking part with her future collegeteammates in late-night pickup games after the Spiders' ...
ROANOKE POLICE ARREST 2 MEN AFTER ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
Jul 01, 2008; ... Two men have been arrested following an attempted robbery Mondayin Northwest Roanoke, police said. The incident occurred in a parking lot in the 1100 block ofPeters Creek Road about 11 a.m., according to Roanoke policespokeswoman Aisha Johnson. Two males approached a third male ...
PUBLIC PULSE
Jul 01, 2008 ... BLACKSBURG What: Town council work session When: 11 a.m. today Where: Police department training room, 200 Clay St. On the agenda: Review of public hearing on acceptance of grantfunding for a portion of the proposed Ellett Valley Loop Trail andan update on ...
ENLISTING HELP
Jul 01, 2008; ... Luke Hancock is looking for a promotion. That's why the next step in his basketball career will begin atHargrave Military Academy in Chatham. The recent Hidden Valley graduate will suit up this winter forHargrave's postgraduate program, which won the Prep NationalChampionship ...
SALEM RALLIES GO FOR NAUGHT
Jul 01, 2008; ... Sisyphus, punished by the gods of ancient Greece for his hubris,was condemned to roll a boulder up a steep hill for eternity only towatch it slide all the way down again before he could reach the top. There's no telling why, or even if, the Salem Avalanche is being punished. But ...
OBIT - CRITCHER, BRENDA S.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Brenda S. Critcher, 58, of Roanoke, passed away Friday, June 27,2008 ....
OBIT - BURNETTE, ELSIE M.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Elsie M. Burnette, 86, of Roanoke, passed away on Sunday, June29, 2008. She was preceded in death by her husband, John MasonBurnette, and son, John William Burnette. Surviving are herdaughters and son-in-law, Brenda and Jay Wass, of Roanoke, andSandra Burnette, of Canton, Ga.; eight ...
OBIT - DEANE, ARTHUR W. SR.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Arthur W. Deane Sr., 83, of Salem, Va., died at the VirginiaVeteran Care Center on Sunday, June 29, 2008. He was preceded indeath by his parents, John and Delia Carey Dean. In addition to hisparents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Alma S. Deane;seven sisters; and three ...
OBIT - COOTS, FREDERICK ALBERT SR.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Frederick Albert Coots Sr., 92, passed away Monday, June 30,2008, at his home in Daleville, Va. He had lived in the RoanokeValley since 1983. He was the husband of Roanoke native, JeanPerkins Coots, 89, and the father and grandfather of two local-areadentists bearing his name. Born ...
OBIT - SIMPSON, VINSON BOWMAN
Jul 01, 2008 ... Vinson Bowman Simpson, 82, of Roanoke, Va., passed away on June28, 2008. Funeral ...
OBIT - MUSE, HILDA MAE
Jul 01, 2008 ... Hilda Mae Muse, 80, of Roanoke, went to be with her heavenlyFather on Friday, June 27, 2008. She was born in Roanoke, Va., onNovember, 13, 1927 to the late John E. and Lelia Jenning Leftwich.Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her son,William L. Muse Jr., brother, James ...
OBIT - HUYNH, CHIEU NGOC
Jul 01, 2008 ... Mr. Chieu Ngoc Huynh, 102, of Roanoke, passed away on Friday,June 27, 2008. Funeral Mass 5 p.m ....
OBIT - THOMAS, BETTY BRADLEY
Jul 01, 2008 ... Betty Bradley Thomas, 75, of Fincastle, formerly of Eagle Rock,entered into her Heavenly home to join her husband "Jack", onSaturday, June 28, 2008. She was born on November 26, 1932 in EagleRock. Betty was the daughter of the late Dennis William and BessieKidd Bradley. Betty always had ...
OBIT - PADIS, LESLEE ANN
Jul 01, 2008 ... Leslee Ann Padis, 50, of Roanoke, passed away Sunday, June 29,2008. Funeral ...
OBIT - SCOTT, FRED LAWRENCE
Jul 01, 2008 ... Fred Lawrence Scott, 93, formerly of Salem, died June 26, 2008.Graveside services 11 a.m ....
OBIT - TRIBBETT, HERSHEL THOTH
Jul 01, 2008 ... Hershel Thoth Tribbett, 70, of the Mt. Pleasant area of RoanokeCounty, died Sunday, June 29, ...
OBIT - FOX, ALFRED TK JR.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Alfred TK Fox Jr., a native of Roanoke, Va., departed this lifeon Sunday, June 22, 2008. He was the devoted father of Alfred(Sharon) Fox, III, Xavier L. (Vanessa) Fox and Leslie (Samuel)Terry, all of Roanoke, Va., Alvis R. Fox, of Baltimore, Md., ZeniadaF. Williams, of Washington, D.C ....
OBIT - STEPHENSON, JOHN MARK
Jul 01, 2008 ... John Mark Stephenson, 48, of Wirtz, passed away Sunday, June 29,2008. Visitation will ...
OBIT - ALBACH, LINDA G.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Linda G. Albach, 63, of Huddleston, passed away Saturday, June28, 2008. Funeral 11 a.m. Wednesday, July ...
OBIT - FERGUSON, JOHN LOUIS
Jul 01, 2008 ... John Louis Ferguson, 72, of Roanoke, passed away Friday, June 27,2008, in Roanoke at Friendship Manor Retirement Community. He wasborn in Franklin County, Va., on February 22, 1936. He was theyoungest of 13 children born to the late Alex and Anna BellFerguson. He was also preceded in ...
OBIT - JACKSON, CLIFFORD RAY SR.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Clifford Ray Jackson Sr., 54, of Roanoke, entered into rest onSaturday, June 28, 2008. Funeral services will be conducted 11 ...
OBIT - BISHOP, LUCY MAE WOOD ROYAL
Jul 01, 2008 ... Lucy Mae Wood Royal Bishop, 94, of Blacksburg, died Sunday, June29, 2008, at South Roanoke Nursing Home, Roanoke. She was born inWalkertown, N.C., on August 12, 1913, to the late William Andrew andRachel Elvina Sell Wood. She is survived by her daughter, ClaraUnderwood Meador and ...
OBIT - DOUTT, MILTON LEROY
Jul 01, 2008 ... Milton Leroy Doutt, 88, of Roanoke, entered the church triumphanton Sunday, June 29, 2008, the day of our Lords resurrection. He wasborn on January 18, 1920, in St. Louis, Mo., son of the late GeorgeRoy and Adele Hanheide Doutt. He was a member of Trinity LutheranChurch and served as ...
OBIT - PARKER, BOBBY JUSTUS
Jul 01, 2008 ... Bobby Justus Parker, 82, of Montvale, Va., passed away ...
OBIT - SWANSON, JOHN PARKER
Jul 01, 2008 ... John Parker Swanson, 87, of Salem and formerly of Lakewood, N.Y.,passed from the loving arms of his family to be with his HeavenlyFather at his home in Salem, Va., on Saturday, June 28, 2008. Parkerwas a gentle spirit who touched the lives of all who knew him. Heproudly served in the ...
OBIT - GIBSON, DORIS VIRGINIA
Jul 01, 2008 ... Doris Virginia Gibson, 75, of Roanoke, passed away on Monday,June 23, 2008. She is preceded in death by her brothers, Charlie M.Stevens, William L. Stevens and Joseph N. Stevens; and sisters,Margaret Clark Stevens and Carrie S. Nickols. She is survived by herchildren, Mary Lou Mitchell ...
OBIT - MCGILL, RITA DENISE
Jul 01, 2008 ... Rita Denise McGill, 41, of Roanoke, died Monday, June 30, ...
OBIT - GRIMM, ROBERT VIRGIL
Jul 01, 2008 ... Robert Virgil Grimm, 89, of Vinton, passed away, Saturday, June28, 2008. A memorial ...
OBIT - MCMULLEN, CONLEY A.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Reverend Conley A. McMullen, 91, of Uniontown, Ohio, and formerlyof Roanoke, went to Heaven on Sunday, June 29, 2008. He was born inBath County, Va., and was a World War II Army Veteran, serving inthe 29th division from 1941 to 1945. Reverend McMullen was a UnitedMethodist Pastor for 50 ...
OBIT - WOODS, KATHRYN BLUNT (KITTY)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Kathryn Blunt (Kitty) Woods, of Roanoke, passed away on Monday,June 30, 2008. She was born in Blackshear, Ga., to Ida King andAbron Vincent Blunt in 1915 and moved to Roanoke as an infant whenher father took a job at the Viscose Corporation. She graduated fromJefferson High School where ...
OBIT - WICKHAM, HAZEL MARIE WIMMER
Jul 01, 2008 ... Hazel Marie Wimmer Wickham, passed away Sunday, June 29, 2008.She was a beloved and devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to many. She was born October 6, 1918 in theCopper Hill section of Floyd County, Va., the daughter of the lateDaniel Moses Wimmer and Cammie ...
OBIT - WOODS, HARRY BERNARD
Jul 01, 2008 ... Harry Bernard Woods, 94, of Ferrum, died Monday, June 30, 2008.He was preceded in death by his wife, Wilma S. Woods and agranddaughter, Jessica Austin. Mr. Woods is survived by his daughterand son-in-law, Barbara W. and Charles Young; his son and daughter-in-law, H. B., Jr. and Tammy ...
OBIT - MCNEIL, JOHN THOMAS
Jul 01, 2008 ... John Thomas McNeil, 90, of Check, passed away Saturday, June 28,2008. Funeral ...
OBIT - KESTNER, GEORGE WASHINGTON
Jul 01, 2008 ... Mr. George Washington Kestner, 93, of Abingdon, Va., passed awaySunday, June 29, 2008. Funeral services noon ...
OBIT - BROOKS, WILBUR WORLEY SR.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Wilbur Worley Brooks Sr., 82, of Marion, Va., died Sunday, June29, 2008. Graveside services 11 a.m. Wednesday, ...
OBIT - HODGE, HARRY PRESTON
Jul 01, 2008 ... Harry Preston Hodge, 89, of Blacksburg, passed away Sunday, June29, 2008. Funeral services ...
OBIT - MCMICKLE, JAMES AQUILA SR. (BUZZ)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Mr. James Aquila (Buzz) McMickle Sr., 57, of Pulaski, Va., diedFriday, June 27, 2008, in the Pulaski Health and RehabilitationCenter. He was born in Pulaski on July 12, 1950, and was the son ofthe late Theodore Roosevelt and Clonee Lands McMickle andstepmother, Gladys McMickle. Surviving ...
OBIT - COMBS, RONALD DEAN
Jul 01, 2008 ... Ronald Dean Combs, 67, of Narrows, passed away Sunday, June 29,2008. Graveside service will be conducted 11 ...