Roanoke Times & World News back issues from July 2009:
HOLIDAY CLOSINGS
Jul 01, 2009 ... Federal offices Offices and courts: Closed Friday State offices All state courts: Closed Friday Department of Motor Vehicles: Closed Friday and Saturday Other offices: Closed Friday Montgomery County County government: Closed ...
MALL CUTS ITS SERVICE DESK
Jul 01, 2009; ... Need a mall gift card? Go online. Looking for a stroller? Rent one through a vending machine. Other mall questions? Ask a security guard or call the mainoffice. To save money, Valley View Mall has removed its customer servicedesk, a tall tan-colored counter formerly ...
WE STAY COOL WHILE 'HEAT DOME' SMOTHERS OTHERS
Jul 01, 2009; ... So far this summer, the heat is on somewhere else. One of the things to watch for in the summer weather pattern iswhere the "heat dome" sets up. The heat dome refers to a large high-pressure system -- essentially, a huge mound of stagnant, hot air --that tends to park itself over ...
FOR THE RECORD
Jul 01, 2009 ... The Roanoke County fire department will add a total of 18firefighters to its ranks between now and May. A story in Tuesday'spaper was incorrect on the number because department officials didnot ...
PHOTO - AFTER THE RAIN
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GILES HIGH SCHOOL'S GRADUATES
Jul 01, 2009 ... AWARDS American Academy of Dramatic Arts: Harmony Tripp,$3,000 American Legion Vocational Scholarship: Josh Stump, $250 Army GI Bill & Signing Bonus-Intel Agent (Airborne): TravisScott, $87,000 Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete Award (Female): ...
A SWEET OPPORTUNITY
Jul 01, 2009; ... Remy and Miles Lusk might just be the luckiest kids in Roanoke. For the past few months, as their mother has been testing recipesfor her new bakery, Remy, 5, and Miles, 2, have been her qualitycontrol division. "They have eaten so many cupcakes lately," Lisa Lusk said ....
LOCAL ADVENTURE RACER HEADS TO SWEDEN
Jul 01, 2009; ... Navigating in the dark with only a compass and map, trekkingacross a glacier, carrying a 90-pound kayak up a mountain, swimmingwhile towing a pair of in-line skates and everything in between.That might spell crazy for some, but it certainly spells adventure. It's also a lifestyle ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Jul 01, 2009 ... Not hyperbole to call infanticide what it is As a woman, mother and physician, I find your language in therecent editorial "The doctor's intent matters" (June 26) to behorrific. Although we cannot be included among the categories mentioned of"hyperbole-inclined lawmaker, ...
MINISTER FROM SALEM RESIGNS FROM MEGACHURCH
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Rev. Brad Braxton, who grew up in the Roanoke Valley,resigned Monday as senior minister of New York City's famousRiverside Church. A Baptist minister who describes himself as a "progressiveevangelical," Braxton was called in August to lead the Manhattanlandmark and bastion of ...
PHOTO - AROUND THE VALLEY
Jul 01, 2009 ... Dena Puckett of Christiansburg sent in these photos of AlexisPuckett, who ...
NRV BRIEFS
Jul 01, 2009 ... Baseball Pulaski Mariners look for young talent The Pulaski Mariners baseball team is recruiting kids ages 8 to14 to work during tonight's home game at Calfee Park. Participants will help the staff do their jobs as field manager,announcer, grounds crew and promotional ...
CAMPUS NAMES
Jul 01, 2009 ... The following residents received doctor of veterinary medicinedegrees from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of VeterinaryMedicine during spring commencement ceremonies: - Klarissa Barimo of Blacksburg - Thomas Blaszak of Blacksburg - Stacie Boswell of ...
3 THINGS YOU SHOULD DO TODAY
Jul 01, 2009 ... 1 Enjoy the weather. The average July temperature in Virginia is75 degrees, according to www.virginia.gov. 2 Celebrate Canada's independence. Canada Day honors July 1,1867, when the British government, led by Queen Victoria, allowedCanada to become an ...
BY THE WAY
Jul 01, 2009 ... Can Roanoke beat out Louisville, Ky., as a "Best City?"Kiplinger.com is holding a Reader's Choice Best Cities poll. Userscan vote for their favorite city out of the list of 361 U.S.metropolitan areas that Kiplinger's Personal Finance ...
A DARK BIBLICAL VIEW
Jul 01, 2009; ... I wonder if David W. Clark looks upon the Dark Ages as the goodol' days. A time when church dogma ruled the day and when anyonewith a different viewpoint would be a heretic. In his June 12commentary "The Bible v. evolution," Clark looks to pass judgment onFrancis Collins' statement that ...
RADFORD HIGH SCHOOL'S GRADUATES
Jul 01, 2009 ... SCHOLARSHIPS Candice Akers: Sevareid Memorial Award, $200 Mary Ashlyn Alderman: Shelor Motor Mile Scholarship, $1,000 Rachael Baber: Lois Carr Educational Scholarship, $1,250; GeorgeL. Ducker Music Scholarship, $500 Tevin Black: Black Awareness Scholarship, ...
ROANOKE COUNTY SCHOOLS WEIGH MERITS OF GRADING POLICY
Jul 01, 2009; ... Roanoke County School Board members are considering changing thedistrict's grading policy after a high school student said he andhis peers were being put at a disadvantage on college applications. Right now, Roanoke County students have to score between 94 and100 on a test in order ...
ACADEMY FINISHING UP ITS MATH LESSONS
Jul 01, 2009; ... Although middle-schoolers who failed classes didn't get theoption to take summer school this year, a group of rising ninth-graders who passed is voluntarily hitting the books through a first-year Montgomery County program. This summer's Ninth Grade Academy, designed to help ...
DAYSPRING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY'S GRADUATES
Jul 01, 2009 ... GRADUATES Hannah Marie Anderson***: Salutatorian; Academic Discipline Awardfor English/Literature and Foreign Language; The Radford UniversityAcademic Excellence Scholarship and The Winston and Elma DowdyScholarship, Papa John's Scholarship. Parent Teacher ...
RADFORD'S JOHNSON BOOKED, RELEASED
Jul 01, 2009; ... Radford University basketball player Amir Johnson, who wasindicted more than two weeks ago on two felony charges, turnedhimself in to police Monday. Johnson, 21, is charged with burglary and grand larceny.According to indictments handed up by a Radford grand jury that metJune ...
JOBLESS RATE CONTINUES TO RISE ACROSS VIRGINIA
Jul 01, 2009; ... The auto industry's woes burned through more Virginia jobs inMay. Jobless rates for all of Virginia's 10 metropolitan statisticalareas, including the Blacksburg and Roanoke MSAs, increased fromApril to May, according to the Virginia Employment Commission. Statewide, there ...
SCARE AT FAIR PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON RIDE SAFETY
Jul 01, 2009; ... Cynthia Blankenship had to see it again for herself. Tuesday afternoon, she circled the "Octopus" ride at the BuchananVolunteer Fire Department 4th of July Carnival, the same ride thatbroke Monday night, dropping a car in which her son was riding 15 to20 feet and slamming it into a ...
PLAN YOUR FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY
Jul 01, 2009 ... Stars and Strips Celebration Fourth of July events are planned throughout Pulaski County witha flag ceremony at 9 a.m. at Dublin Town Hall, the Antique Cruise Inat Pulaski's Jackson Park from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., a parade throughdowntown Pulaski at 11:30 a.m., beach music at Calfee ...
NEW FACE STARTS OFF WELL
Jul 01, 2009; ... When you're the 1,304th overall pick in the draft, the leash isshort. Mark McGonigle learned that brutal lesson last year, when theMets released him after one professional season in which he batted.297. "They told me it was just the nature of the business," McGoniglesaid ....
RED SOX STOMP LYNCHBURG
Jul 01, 2009 ... Salem pounded out 16 hits, including six doubles and two homeruns, on the way to a 13-4 shellacking of Lynchburg on Tuesday nightat Calvin Falwell Field. Salem jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first inning before Lynchburg(2-4) responded with three runs in the third. But the Red Sox ...
CORNERSHOT
Jul 01, 2009; ... "Bull: A Puppet Musical," which debuted at last year's RoanokeArts Festival, is headed overseas for a performance at a five-starresort in Crete. Roanoke puppeteer Philip Hatter of Thistledown Puppets and writerAlex Lucas, the creators of the musical, will leave July 6 for ...
PHOTO - AROUND THE VALLEY
Jul 01, 2009 ... The New River American Legion baseball team played the BotetourtAmerican Legion on June 18 and won 4-2. - From top: The team stands for the National Anthem. - Seth Martin pitches for New ...
LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP ON TRANSPORTATION
Jul 01, 2009 ... Virginia voters trying to differentiate between this year'sgubernatorial candidates must look at issues other thantransportation. Both Democrat Creigh Deeds and Republican BobMcDonnell believe money will magically materialize to pay for roads,bridges, rail and other transportation ...
COOL THE SMOLDERING FEAR-MONGERING ON GUNS
Jul 01, 2009; ... In Dan Casey's opinion column "Get ready for guns in bars" (June21), there were some key points I would like to set straight: Unlike what Casey wrote, under Virginia law gun owners currentlymay openly carry into a restaurant and drink if they wish. But theyare not allowed to get ...
CAMPUS BRIEFS
Jul 01, 2009; ... 'Green' Building Tech student wins competition Christina Hicks, a Virginia Tech landscape architecture student,will participate in a national contest after winning the studentdivision in the regional competition of the James River GreenBuilding Council's 2009 Green Spaces ...
PULASKI COUNTY'S SUPERINTENDENT TO RETIRE
Jul 01, 2009; ... Pulaski County School Board members will wait at least a month tostart talking about what they want in a new superintendent, saidboard Chairman Paul Phillips. The school board accepted the retirement of Don Stowers onThursday. The longtime educator who's been superintendent ...
OBIT - PERIGEN, VIRGINIA ELMORE
Jul 01, 2009 ... Virginia Elmore Perigen, 89, of Roanoke, Va., passed away onSaturday, June 27, 2009 ....
OBIT - MEADOR, ALFRED LEWIS SR.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Alfred Lewis Meador, Sr., 80 of Roanoke, Va., passed awaySaturday, June 27, 2009. Military graveside funeral ...
OBIT - SMITHWICK, WALTER CEDRON
Jul 01, 2009 ... Walter Cedron Smithwick, 50, of Roanoke, Va., died on Saturday,June 27, 2009 ....
OBIT - BLAND, NORMA JEAN
Jul 01, 2009 ... Norma Jean Bland, Mama Jean, 62, of Roanoke, Va., passed awaySunday, June 28, 2009. Funeral service ...
OBIT - JONES, GLADYS COLEMAN
Jul 01, 2009 ... Gladys Coleman Jones, 87, of Roanoke, Va., and formerly ofPrinceton, W.Va., passed away on Monday, June 29, 2009. She was bornon April 17, 1922. Gladys was preceded in death by her husband,Randolf Jones; and daughter, Randa Lee Pack. Survivors include herdaughter, Sherri Jones Jarvis; ...
OBIT - BOYD, LELAND MICHAEL
Jul 01, 2009 ... Leland Michael Boyd, five week old son of Clinton and JessicaBoyd, of Galax, Va., died Sunday, June 28, 2009. Funeral ...
OBIT - DILLARD, MARY RUTH HAMPTON
Jul 01, 2009 ... Please join in the honoring of Mary Ruth Hampton Dillard, ofRoanoke, Va., who passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2009. She is tobe celebrated and revered as a devoted and faithful wife, dotingmother and relentlessly spoiling grandmother. She was born August 5,1945, to James Robert Hampton ...
OBIT - JUBA, STEPHEN LEE JR.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Stephen Lee Juba Jr., 28, of Buchanan, Va., passed away onMonday, June 29, 2009. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. onFriday, July 3, 2009, in Buchanan Chapel of Botetourt Funeral Homewith the ...
OBIT - FLAGG, BOBBIE
Jul 01, 2009 ... Bobbie Flagg, 75, of Salem, Va., passed away on Saturday, June27, 2009, at her daughter and son-in-law's home in Stafford, Va. Ms.Flagg was born and raised in Roanoke, Va. She was a retired federalemployee who during her many years with the government worked forthe Departments of ...
OBIT - BLANKENSHIP, H. EARL
Jul 01, 2009 ... H. Earl Blankenship, 88, of Galax, Va., passed away on Sunday,June 28, 2009. Funeral ...
OBIT - ADAMS, FRANK EDWARD
Jul 01, 2009 ... Frank Edward Adams, 78, of Ferrum, Va., died on Sunday, June 28,2009. Memorial services ...
OBIT - JANNEY, DOROTHY A.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Dorothy A. Janney, 84, of Roanoke, Va., passed away on Sunday,June 28, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband, John F.Janney. She was a long time member of Poages Mill Church of TheBrethren. She is survived by her children and spouses, John andTempril Janney, of Roanoke, Helen J ....
OBIT - HART, MICHAEL J.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Michael J. Hart, 71, of Forest, Va., died on Monday, June 29,2009 ....
OBIT - MCKEE, HUNTER R.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Hunter R. McKee, 95, formerly of Chilhowie, Va., passed away onJune 29, 2009. Graveside service will be held 3 ...
OBIT - PAGANS, CINDY SLOAN SAUNDERS
Jul 01, 2009 ... Cindy Sloan Saunders Pagans, 45, of Union Hall, Va., died onMonday, June 29, 2009. She was a graduate of Radford University andtaught Special Education at Franklin County High School. Survivingare her husband, Michael Pagans; her children whom she treasured,Adrian Saunders (Shamron), ...
OBIT - JOHNSON, ALMA
Jul 01, 2009 ... Alma Johnson, 87, of Bluffton, S.C., passed away on Sunday, ...
OBIT - BUCKNER, ROBERT B. (BUCK)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Robert B. "Buck" Buckner, 75, of Vinton, Va., went home to bewith the Lord on Sunday, June 28, 2009. He was an avid outdoorsmanwith a special love of hunting and fishing. He is survived by hiswife, Lillian Y. Young; children, Charlene Oliver and husband,Kenny, of Salem, Sharon Spencer ...
OBIT - RICKMAN, DELORES ANN
Jul 01, 2009 ... Delores Ann Rickman, 60, of Moneta, Va., passed away suddenly onMonday, June 29, 2009. She was preceded in death by her parents,Alex and Kathryn Hatfield. She is survived by and will be deeplymissed by her caring and devoted husband, Kenny L. Rickman Jr.; aswell as other family members, ...
OBIT - ELLIOTT, RUSSELL EUGENE
Jul 01, 2009 ... Russell Eugene Elliott, 84, of Hillsville, Va., passed away onMonday, June 29, 2009. A private ...
OBIT - DANA, ELLA MAIE
Jul 01, 2009 ... Ella Maie Dana, 93, of Salem, Va., went to be with her Lord onMonday, June 29, 2009. Mrs. Dana was a long-time member of MelroseBaptist Church. She was the daughter of the late Charles J. and MaryAustin Hundley, of Ironto, Va. The widow of Samuel M. Dana, Ella waspreceded in death by her ...
OBIT - TUGGLE, VIRGINIA BRIM
Jul 01, 2009 ... Virginia Brim Tuggle, 92, of Stuart, Va., and formerly ofSpencer, Va., died on Tuesday, June 30, ...
OBIT - SMALLWOOD, THOMAS HARRY
Jul 01, 2009 ... Thomas Harry Smallwood, 72, of Roanoke, Va., passed away onTuesday, June ...
OBIT - SMITH, LOIS KATHRYN FORBES
Jul 01, 2009 ... Lois Kathryn Forbes Smith, 91, of Roanoke, Va., died peacefullyTuesday, June 30, 2009, after a brief illness. She was preceded indeath by her parents, Frank T. Sr. and Minnie Crantz Forbes;husband, Davis G. Smith; and a son, Gary D. Smith. Mrs. Smith was alongtime member of First Church ...
OBIT - YOUNG, GEORGIANNA VEST
Jul 01, 2009 ... Georgianna Vest Young, 98, of Vinton, Va., passed away onTuesday, June 30, 2009. She is preceded in death by her husband,Grover S. Young; and sister, Olive Austin. Mrs. Young was a memberof Haran Baptist Church and was a retired registered nurse fromJefferson Hospital. She is survived by ...
OBIT - THOMPSON, ELSIE HUTTON
Jul 01, 2009 ... Elsie Hutton Thompson, 88, of Marion, Va., passed away onTuesday, ...
OBIT - JONES, FLORA JEANETTE
Jul 01, 2009 ... Flora Jeanette Jones, 89, of Bland, Va., passed away on Monday,June 29, 2009. Funeral ...
OBIT - SHEPHERD, ANTHONY LEE (TONY)
Jul 01, 2009 ... Anthony Lee (Tony) Shepherd, 33, of Shawsville, Va., died onMonday, June 22, 2009. Left to love and cherish his memory are hischildren, Haze and Ameris Shepherd, Micah, Salomae and JacindaHatcher; wife, Jennifer; parents, Michael and Barbara Shepherd andVickie Price; brothers, Michael ...
OBIT - ALLISON, CARL ROY
Jul 01, 2009 ... Carl Roy Allison, of Pulaski, Va., son of the late Thornton andMacie Gunter Allison; and husband to his wife of 50 years, SonyaO'Dell Allison, just entered the gates of heaven, on Tuesday, June30, 2009, to walk on streets of gold, put his feet in the soft grassand crystal waters with his ...
OBIT - NUNLEY, WALTER L.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Walter L. Nunley, 80, of Fieldale, Va., died on Tuesday, June ...
NOW, IT'S THE LAW!
Jul 01, 2009 ... A number of new laws take effect today in Virginia. One,involving the suspension of a teen's driver's license for truancy,was championed by retiring Roanoke state Del. William Fralin. Newpenalties for texting while driving are expected to get attention.Another law that made news in ...
LEGAL - PUBLIC NOTICE, THE CHRISTIANSBURG TOWN COUNCIL AND CHRISTIANSBURG PLANNING COMMISSION
Jul 01, 2009 ... The Christiansburg Town Council and Christiansburg PlanningCommission will hold a joint public hearing on Tuesday, July 7, 2009at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Room, Christiansburg Town Hall, 100 E.Main Street to receive comments on Council's intention to adopt anordinance in regards to a ...
LEGAL - TOWN OF BLACKSBURG NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
Jul 01, 2009 ... BLACKSBURG TOWN COUNCIL will hold public hearings on Tuesday,July 14, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in the Roger E. Hedgepeth Chambers of theBlacksburg Municipal Building, 300 South Main Street, Blacksburg,regarding the following items: 1. Ordinance #1467 An Ordinance To Amend Chapter 18 Of ...
LEGAL - NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
Jul 01, 2009 ... Pursuant to the provisions of Section 15.2-2204 of the Code ofVirginia of 1950, as amended, the Montgomery County Board of ZoningAppeals hereby gives notice of public hearings to be held onTuesday, July 7, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. in the Board Room (Second Floor)of the County Government Center, ...