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We're hoping this isn't what becomes of your pots and pans this Thanksgiving weekend, but if so, hey, it's for a good cause. This was part of the scene at the recent Young Life banquet and, as promised in this week's issue of The Botetourt View, we have more photos from the fun right here in this photo gallery.

As we always do, we have a lot more photos than we can squeeze into print -- so here's a guide to this week's "online extras."

* More info on Twilight in Buchanan
* Woman involved in wreck on U.S. 220 near Amsterdam dies
* Wildlife photos from the Appalachian Trail
* Another photo of the robotics team at Central Academy
* More photos from "Those Crazy Ladies in the House on the Corner," which opens at Attic Productions on Dec. 4
* More photos from the Girl Scout "bridging" ceremony.
* More photos from Botetourt's first snow (and this is a good time to make a request: Come the next snow, and surely it will come, be sure to take some photos and share at news@botetourtview.com)
* More photos of Botetourt people at The Stocked Market

AND IN SPORTS . . .
* Photos of Read Mountain basketball teams (both boys and girls) against Cave Spring Middle School
* More photos from the Commonwealth Games at the Botetourt Gymnastics Academy

Speaking of sports, you'll see that this is our Winter Sports edition -- with lots of team photos and schedules. As always, if you're at sporting events involving teams or players from Botetourt, take some photos (you probably will anyway, right?) and share them with us at news@botetourtview.com.

And, since it's Thanksgiving, and you'll likely have the whole family gathered 'round the table, why not take a family photo and share that with us, too?

For more information -- including how to advertise and reach more than 90 percent of the households in Botetourt County -- see below:

* You can meet our community journalist for Botetourt, Cathy Benson. She keeps regular offices hours at our Botetourt "bureau" -- at Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea in Daleville. Here’s her schedule.

* So how do we reach 90 percent of the households in Botetourt County? Here’s how: Subscribers to The Roanoke Times get it included in their Friday paper; non-subscribers have it mailed to them as part of the weekly Simply Savings advertising flier. Those two add up to more than 90 percent. Plus, we have some free copies available at Kroger, Food Lion, the Botetourt Athletic Club and the Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea in Daleville, in case you we somehow miss you.

* Are you an advertiser who wants to reach more than 90 percent of the households in Botetourt? To find out more, you can email us at advertise@botetourtview.com. If you want to place a classified ad in our Botetourt edition, you can reach us at classifieds@botetourtview.com.