Womanless beauty pageant brought lots of laughter and good funds for the King Memorial Parsonage

The Oriskany womanless beauty pageant was hysterical. The sweet young thing “Beth” Surber (in the white blouse and brown skirt) won the contest and Jackie ( in the yellow dress) the Miss Congeniality award. Rain dampened the turnout but not the fun at the second annual Oriskany Fall Festival. Re-enactors, antiques including tractors and tons of food. For more photos, click here

BCHS Executive Director Weldon Martin presents the Emily Gordon Honts Award to George Kegley for his work in historic preservation and conservation.

On Friday night September 26, at the Botetourt County Historical Society Annual Founder’s Day Dinner, three deserving historians including long time Roanoke Times writer (1949-1994) and local historian and conservationist George Kegley received the Emily Gordon Honts Award for work in the field of historic preservation and research. Kegley lives in Monterey, a home in Northeast Roanoke that became the first in the Roanoke City to be in a conservation and perpetual historical easement according to the introduction by Historical Society Committee member Angela Coon. He has contributed much to local Botetourt County historic research and preservation as well she noted.

The other two awards went posthumously to Charles Burton of Troutville and Dr. Charles Ayers who were prolific authors in the field of local history and genealogy. Burton was highlighted for his work in locating Confederate soldiers in cemeteries in the area.

Dr. Phillip Stone, president of Bridgewater College, gave an inspiring speech about Abraham Lincoln’s family in Virginia. He interjected many facts about the great grandparents of Lincoln who lived in the Dayton area of the Shenandoah Valley. The Lincoln family in Virginia was prosperous. Abe Lincoln’s Father Thomas Lincoln hailed from there and migrated to Kentucky.

The attendees enjoyed a sumptious buffett and music from the period by A-Chord. For more pictures, click here.

Fifth graders at Colonial Elementary traveled to Camp Roanoke for a day of team building activities. Those activities included low course challenge events and one high course challenge–a 44 foot climbing tower. Activities were designed to help students improve communication and leadership skills, develop trust and teamwork among team members, and build self-confidence. In this picture, Allison McCaul in Mrs. Bychowski’s class climbs to the top of the climbing tower.

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OTHER RECENT COLONIAL ELEMENTARY COVERAGE:

* Sept. 23: Colonial Elementary welcomes Ralph the Great
* Sept. 18: Colonial Elementary experiments with bubblegum science
* Aug. 15: Photos from “taking care of business” night at Colonial Elementary

13U RAVENS Baseball team celebrates at Salem Sept tournament on 9/21.

Most players live in Botetourt, with four from Roanoke & Christiansburg. Ravens Baseball practices and play year round in USSSA AAA regional tournaments.

AAA Players are: Nathan Arnold, Cody Dooley, Hunter Thompson, Matthew Doughty, Tanner McCoy, Jared Arney, Will Arney, Matthew Byrd, Samuel Spickard, Tyler Wolfe, Caleb Caldwell.

Submitted by Anita Arnold

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See more pictures from this accident

A tractor-trailer that hit a bridge on Interstate 81 caused major delays in Botetourt County for much of the afternoon, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

The accident occurred around noon on I-81 southbound at mile marker 167 near Buchanan. Traffic was backed up about 9 miles as of around 3:30 p.m., according to VDOT.  VDOT spokeswoman Heidi Coy said all lanes were clear by 5:15 p.m.

Coy said that a tractor-trailer hit the left side of a bridge over Purgatory Creek, resulting in a 70 gallon diesel and oil spill that closed the right northbound lane. The lane was closed while crews cleaned up the spill. A bridge inspection crew was also at the scene to survey the damage.

– Jessica Marcy | The Roanoke Times

Photos by S. J. Carter | Special to The Botetourt View

LBHS Homecoming King & Queen, Rob Cary & Robyn Olichwier

** UPDATED **  Here’s the link to the photo gallery: LBHS Homecoming Game

We have a photo gallery coming from Friday night’s Lord Botetourt homecoming game against Blacksburg — with more action photos from the field, and also photos of the homecoming scene at halftime.

Check back later in this space for the entire gallery. In the meantime, we thought you’d like to go ahead and see this photo of the Lord Botetourt homecoming king and queen, Rob Cary and Robyn Olichwier.

Photo by SJ Carter

OTHER RECENT LORD BOTETOURT COVERAGE

* Sept. 26: Four inducted into Lord Botetourt Sports Hall of Fame
* Sept. 25: Lord Botetourt’s Clay O’Connor is district golf Player of the Year
* Sept. 25: Lord Botetourt inducts four into Sports Hall of Fame on Friday
* Sept. 24: Photo from See You at the Pole event at Lord Botetourt
* Sept. 22: Photos of Lord Botetourt cross-country team in action
* Photos of Lord Botetourt’s fall sports teams.

Lord Botetourt emerged victorious in its homecoming game against Blacksburg on Friday night. The Cavaliers won 20-17 over the Bruins.

For more scores, schedules, stories and standings, see varsity.roanoke.com

Check back later for a gallery of game photos. If you have photos from the game, or any game, for that matter, involving teams or players from Botetourt, you can share at news@botetourtview.com

OTHER RECENT LORD BOTETOURT COVERAGE

* Sept. 26: Four inducted into Lord Botetourt Sports Hall of Fame
* Sept. 25: Lord Botetourt’s Clay O’Connor is district golf Player of the Year
* Sept. 25: Lord Botetourt inducts four into Sports Hall of Fame on Friday
* Sept. 24: Photo from See You at the Pole event at Lord Botetourt
* Sept. 22: Photos of Lord Botetourt cross-country team in action
* Photos of Lord Botetourt’s fall sports teams.

The James River Knights won on the road at Glenvar on Friday night with a score of 21-7 over the Highlanders.

For more scores, schedules, stories and standings, see varsity.roanoke.com

If you have photos from the game, or any game, for that matter, involving teams or players from Botetourt, you can share at news@botetourtview.com

OTHER RECENT JAMES RIVER COVERAGE:

* Sept. 26: James River volleyball JVs fall to Covington
* Sept. 25: James River FCCLA collecting for Botetourt Resource Center
* Sept. 25: Photos of James River cross-country team
* Sept. 24: James River volleyball JVs win two games
* Sept. 20: James River’s football team falls to powerhouse Buffalo Gap
* Sept. 19: James River volleyball JVs defeat Alleghany
* Sept. 19: James River team makes coach proud
* Sept 19: James River chicken bbq is October 11
* Photos of all the fall sports teams at James River.

The James River JV team played in full wind and rain and fell to Glenvar 39-18. the game was injury free for the knights but they just could not keep the right end around from by Glenvar from going the distance.

Central Academy lost 7-6 to Hidden Valley Middle School in football.

The CAMs girls volleyball team beat Cave Spring Middle School in two sets.

Tonight both high schools will see action if weather permits. LBHS hosts Blacksburg High School for homecoming and JRHS goes to Glenvar.

Weather journalist Kevin Myatt has just posted an update with implications for tonight’s football games: The short version is, don’t be fooled into thinking you won’t get wet just because it’s not raining now. Kevin tells us: “It might not be a total downpour throughout the whole game, but some showers are likely — it’s all a matter of when the bigger mass of rain arrives, which might be teasing with the end of the games.”

For more details, click here.

If you go to either game, sounds like you need an umbrella — and also a camera. If you take photos, you can share them at news@botetourtview.com