Max Mosier of Blue Ridge at the conclusion of his piano recital at the Blue Ridge Academy of Music. He is accompanied by his instructor, Lisa Brooks.

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Botetourt Star have recently teamed up with Roanoke Star Soccer Club to bring a quality program to the youth players of Botetourt. The club currently has three competitive travel teams ranging from U16-U18 boys and girls. Botetourt Star are looking for players to join the new U10 Academy Program designed for U8-U10 players, boys and girls. In the long run, the club is also looking to form more competitive travel teams. Botetourt Star use professionally licensed coaches who know the game as well as having access to the quality Roanoke Star training staff.

For more information and to register for any of the programs, please contact Martin Smith at msmith@roanokestar.com or call 540 345 7820. Keep an eye on our website, www.roanokestar.com for FREE CLINICS coming in September!

Submitted by Martin Smith, Botetourt Star

The James River High School Class of 1974 will hold its 35th year reunion on October 10 at the high school. If you have not received an invitation or need more information call 540-254-1418 or email jrhs74@aol.com

Submitted by Charles Alphin

Attic Productions, the community theatre in Botetourt, will be holding auditions for its Christmas show on Sept. 5 and 7. Details below. The next show at Attic, by the way, is “Moon Over Buffalo,” which opens Oct. 8.

Auditions for “Papa’s Angels” — Attic’s 2009 Holiday Play (Performance dates: December 3 – 12)

When: Saturday September 5th at 2pm and
Monday September 7th at 6pm

Where: D. Geraldine Lawson Theatre (Attic’s theatre)
7490 Roanoke Rd., Fincastle, VA.,24090

The cast needs are as follows:
1 woman between ages 30 and 50 (Sings)
1 woman over 50
4 men ages 30 to 60 (One sings)
1 late teen/early 20′s male (Sings)
7 children ages 6 to 13 (Some sing)
Additional chorus children

Auditioners should be prepared to sing a short song of their choice without accompaniment. Read more »

We have a gallery of photos by S J Carter from Friday night’s game between the Cavaliers and the Knights. You can view them in the slideshow above, or in a more traditional gallery by clicking here.

Lord Botetourt won the contest 21-6. To read Roanoke Times sportswriter Aaron McFarling’s story on the game, click here. The Cavs also won the JV match-up on Thursday; to see photos from that game, click here.

Did you take photos at the game? Send them to news@botetourtview.com and we’ll post them here on The Notebook.

For other recent coverage of Lord Botetourt and James River, see below: Read more »

Gallery by the James in Buchanan has some fancy quilts by Judy Loope of Salem on display through October 4.

She’s also teaching a class on fabric and paper printing from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, September 18 at the gallery.

For details, see this post on our Salem community news site.

It’s a jungle over at the Greenfield Elementary School Cafeteria. New cafeteria manager Jane Thomas and her friend Bev Allman  who teaches at  Salem High school painted and decorated the cafeteria to look like a jungle. Replete with a giant giraffe menu display at the line entry, the bright colors really appeal to both the young and adult alike. Made of wood, the giraffe has a dry erase board and is painted very happily in spots. Thomas’s husband Lonny made the giraffe.

Large tropical flowers grace the window area of the serving line, monkeys sit among greenery above the serving line, a big Toucan perched on the wall at the end of the line and a wooden monkey behind the exit wall really stir the imagination. Even the window curtains to Thomas’s office are leopard print!

The students said they liked the new look as they filed through the cafeteria line. A new milk contract with Southeast United Dairy Association has milk in recyclable bottles in chocolate, whole and vanilla milkshake flavors. With a generation of American children showing symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency, lots of milk is flying from the container holder at the elementary school!

“All of this is part of a green movement,” said Nutrition Specialist Chris Morris. As children dispose of trays they stuff the milk bottles into the artistic recycling container. Indeed Greenfield is living up to its name!

Trash one civic minded Buchanan family picked up that had been tossed out near their home.

A Buchanan area resident sent this picture of trash picked up near their home. For fear having more dumped on the family, the reader wanted to remain under the radar.

Here is what our Cleaner Buchanan resident had to say:

“My family and I moved to Buchanan last fall. Every couple of months we fill up trash bags of roadside trash. Once some one threw a glass bottle right at us almost hitting the kids. Another time we found a dog shot in the head in an old dog food bag. I have seen neighbors of ours also take the time to pick up trash thrown out by others.”

The reader enclosed a poem to the Litter Bugs:

“It’s simple, think twice next time

you a do a drive by dumping.

Together we can keep Buchanan beautiful.”

Perhaps the adults could learn something from the students at the locals schools–last year Buchanan Elementary recycled  paper and plastic and even old Blue Jeans. Recycle and dispose of trash properly! It’s their future.

Rebecca Evans shares this photo gallery of Thursday’s varsity volleyball match between Lord Botetourt and Jefferson Forest.

You can view her photos in the slideshow above or in this gallery format.

We also have Rebecca’s photos from the JV game.

OTHER RECENT COVERAGE OF LORD BOTETOURT:
* Aug. 28: Photos: Lord Botetourt volleyball JVs vs. Jefferson Forest
* Aug. 28: Photos: Lord Botetourt football JVs defeat James River
* Aug. 26: More photos of Lord Botetourt JV volleyball vs. Salem
* Aug. 26: Photos of LB varsity volleyball vs. Salem
* Aug. 26: Photos of LB JV volleyball vs. Salem
* Aug. 26: Video: What will new district rival mean for Lord Botetourt?
* Aug. 17: Lord Botetourt cheerleaders to hold chicken BBQ Sept. 12
* Aug. 13: JV fall sports schedules
* Aug. 13: Photos of fall sports teams at Lord Botetourt
* Aug. 6: Meet Lord Botetourt’s new principal
* Aug. 6: Photos from schedule pick-up day at Lord Botetourt

Rebecca Evans shares this photo gallery of Thursday’s JV volleyball match between Lord Botetourt and Jefferson Forest.

You can view her photos in the slideshow above or in this gallery format.

OTHER RECENT COVERAGE OF LORD BOTETOURT:
* Aug. 28: Photos: Lord Botetourt football JVs defeat James River
* Aug. 26: More photos of Lord Botetourt JV volleyball vs. Salem
* Aug. 26: Photos of LB varsity volleyball vs. Salem
* Aug. 26: Photos of LB JV volleyball vs. Salem
* Aug. 26: Video: What will new district rival mean for Lord Botetourt?
* Aug. 17: Lord Botetourt cheerleaders to hold chicken BBQ Sept. 12
* Aug. 13: JV fall sports schedules
* Aug. 13: Photos of fall sports teams at Lord Botetourt
* Aug. 6: Meet Lord Botetourt’s new principal
* Aug. 6: Photos from schedule pick-up day at Lord Botetourt