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Greenfield Elementary will be hosting a Back To School and Pay Your School Fees event on August 17, 2009. This will give parents and students the opportunity to bring school supplies, pay school fees, place funds on lunch accounts and join Greenfield's PTA. Additionally, each classroom teacher will spend a portion of the time reviewing class routines, grade level content and expectations and answering parent questions. When you arrive, please go directly to your child's assigned classroom.

• Kindergarten and 5th grade: 2 to 3:30 p.m.
• 1st and 2nd grade: 3:30 to 4:45 p.m.
• 3rd and 4th grade: 5 to 6:15 p.m.

The first PTA meeting of the school year will be September 15, 2009 at 6 p.m. The PTA meeting will be followed by a 5th grade performace beginning at 7 p.m.

Submitted by Missy Phillips

All week the Roanoke Road has been full of construction of turn lanes in front of the new Food Lion in Daleville. The store is located on the Ntelos side of US 220 north and directly across from the Daleville Town Center. Here's the scoop! The Chamber of Commerce will hold an After Hours event there on Tuesday, August 18 from 5p.m.- 7 p.m. which is a members only event. The store will officially open for business on Wednesday August 19! So when the kids clamber up the steps of the school bus on the first day of school, hop in the car and drive over to the opening!

Calvin Walters who is currently manager of the Salem Food Lion is the store manager for the new Daleville store and when spoken to by phone, he said is excited about the  new store!

The website provided some interesting informatioin about Food Lion:

About Food Lion
Food Lion LLC is a subsidiary of Brussels-based Delhaize Group (NYSE: DEG). Food Lion LLC operates more than 1,300 supermarkets, either directly or through affiliated entities, under the names of Food Lion, Bloom, Bottom Dollar Food, Harveys and Reid's. These stores meet local customer needs and preferences for the freshest and best quality products. Food Lion LLC employs approximately 74,000 associates in 11 Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states. For more information visit www.FoodLion.com.

Food Lion offers an MVP card program for discounts at the register. For information on that program see the website.

Meritha Rucker who works at Mill Mountain Coffee Shop in Daleville and recent graduate of Hollins University posing in Greece.

Meritha Rucker  spent two weeks traveling in Greece. She shared these photos of her vaction. She said Greece is wonderful. She visited ancient ruins, the town in Santorini filmed in " The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" and many of the smaller islands. While a student at Hollins she had visited Greece but wanted to go back, "Now I have seen all of it!" she said.

Do you have a photo to share of your vacation?

The Aegean Sea from the Santorini Winery

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Growing local has brought out many local gardeners and producers!

Try something new and different! Tickets are only $2 and are on sale now at the following: To purchase tickets, call or go to the Alleghany Virginia Cooperative Tech Extension (VCE) office (862-0369), Botetourt VCE office (473-8260), Craig VCE office (864-5812), or the Roanoke VCE office (772-7524.)

FOOD EXPO
Taste of the Roanoke Valley

August 14, 2009
2 - 8 pm
Greenfield Recreational Park, Botetourt County

• Lots of food samples!

• Taste the freshness and flavor of locally grown food

• Cooking demonstrations

• Meet local farmers

• Food preservation information

• Live music

• Much more!

Tickets on sale now! Service animals only. Here's a list of sponsors. Newest to the list include Homestead Dairy, Marva Maid, United home Dairy, Botetourt Parks and Recreation, Produce Source Partners
Botetourt County Farm Bureau, Roanoke County Farm Bureau, Ned Jeter, Jeter Farm, Michael Beahm
Jason Pratt, Pratt Auctioneering, Graylan Alley, Camp Easter Seal, Blue Ridge Poultry Co-Op
Anne Harrell, Creekside Creations, Amy Fenster and L&D Eggs, Delbert O’Meara, Creative Events of
Virginia, Charlie Woods, Craig Creek Gardens, Farm Credit, Farmland Equipment, Lawrence Ag Equipment
Mountain View Farm Products, Blue Ridge Vineyard, Pinecrest Equipment Sales, Reba Green, The Garden
Blue Ridge Farm Center, Lon and Nancy Reid, Root 2, VDACS Marketing Division, Roanoke VCE Extension Leadership Council, Caldwell Mountain Copper, Roanoke Natural Foods Co-Op, The McKenzies performing group, Beanhead Produce, Valley Conservation Council, Mountain Castle Soil and Water and Farm Service Agency, Good to Go Foods, Shadowchase Farm, Mikie’s 7th, Southern States, Roanoke County Parks and
Recreation, Charlie Potter, Buffalo Creek Beef, Roanoke Fruit and Produce, Ikenberry Orchard, Bent Mountain Fruit Market, Jamisons’ Orchard, Virginia Cattleman’s Association, Virginia Gold Orchard, Willie Morris, Springwood Farm, Thomas Duffy and Fincastle 4-H Club, Wes Chappell of BeBop Hoedown
and No Strings Attached, Botetourt County, Roanoke 4-H, Deb Chappell, Roanoke VCE, Roanoke VCE Master Gardeners, AAH Organics, Big Spring Mill, BPG/The Greenery, Professional Communications
Mattie’s Roastery, LLC, and Mattie’s Mountain Mud, Dairy Farmers of America, Southeast United Dairy Industry Association, Cave Hill Dairy, Etzler’s Country Cured Hams, Mantana’s Thai Cooking School,
Brent Watts

On July 18th, Pack 82 worked on their fishing Beltloop and pin at the Botetourt Country Club Pond near the Hole #2 Tee Box. Using nightcrawlers for bait; our smallest scout, Jacob Helms caught the biggest fish, a 15" large mouth bass.

Cub Scout Pack 82, meets every Thursday during the school year, at 6:30pm in the Church of the Transfiguration, on Route 220 North, just before the Fincastle town line. If you are playing sports on Thursdays, that's great! Pack 82 is an active group, with weekend activities and awards in more than 40 Sports and Academic areas.

First to fifth grader boys are invited to visit the pack and see what scouting offers for their entire family.

Cub Scout Pack 82 has lots of fun family activities planned for this fall, including picnics and hikes; campfires, Camp Ins (nights at the museums!), Troutoree Fishing Tournament at Powhatan, Spookoree Camp Out at Camp AltaMons, Gymnastics Night, Ski weekends at Winterplace, fun activities and adventures each week, Annual Blue & Gold Banquet, Pinewood Derby Races, Trailblazer Weekend, Gold Rush Camp Out, attending the Nascar Truck Race at Martinsville Speedway, special trips to fun and interesting places, not to mention earning awards including belt loops, pins and patches. September 3rd is our Open House at Greenfield Elementary. Den Meetings are at 6:30pm. Call Recruitment Coordinator Donna Haley at 966-4243 with questions or for directions.

Matthew Sullivan Smith has been accepted by Hampden-Sydney College and will begin classes in August 2009. Matt is enrolling with an Alumni Award and is a graduate of Lord Botetourt High School. He is the son of Randy & Margaret Smith of Daleville.

Do you have news about college students from Botetourt County? If so, you can share at news@botetourtview.com

How does your garden grow?

Jake DuVall's is growing quite well, thank you. The rising fifth grader at Greenfield Elementary has quite a thriving produce business on his hands. He not only grows vegetables, he also delivers -- such as to regular customer Theo Evans.

We deliver, too. Each week, we deliver The Botetourt View to more than 90 percent of the households in Botetourt -- and we deliver a whole lot more right here online.

Want more photos from Jake's garden? We've got an entire gallery you can check out.

Each day, we post upwards of a dozen new items about Botetourt here online. Here are some of the other online extras we have this week:

* Sheriff’s Office releases photos of Blue Ridge break-in suspect
* Bear breaks into home near Buchanan -- and other bear sightings
* Camp Bethel still has spots open for campers
* Fincastle Preschool has fall openings
* More photos of the first home at Daleville Town Center
* More photos from "Nunsense," which opens this weekend at Attic Productions
* More photos from Jazz in July
* More paparazzi photos from First Fridays
* More on the band Five Minutes Later
* More photos from the garden party at The Glebe
* More photos from Cow Appreciation Day

AND IN SPORTS . . .
* Blue Ridge Lax Club holds try-outs this weekend
* Botetourt Bobcats 13u baseball try-outs this weekend
* More photos from sports camp at Limestone Park
* More photos of Botetourt swimmers in the city/count meet
* More photos of the Botetourt American Legion baseball team
* More photos of Limestone Park swimmers at Stonegate meet
* More photos of the Virginia Attack baseball team

So how can you get your news and photos in The Botetourt View? Easy! Just share at news@botetourtview.com.

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Local naturalist Ben Schrader has kept us entertained for the past 6 weeks with photos taken with motion cameras along the Appalachian Trail in Botetourt County.

Here's his summary:

"This site captured 75 photos in 6 weeks of 10 different species. Both sites had coyotes but this is the only bobcat the last 6 weeks. The second set produced 66 photos in 6 weeks of 6 species mostly bears. The bears several times changed the direction of the camera away from my scent trap. No camera damage but the bracket is stressed. Smithsonian wants still photos, but this playful cub would have made a nice video. I had scent on the bottom side of the pole. They must think anything with that much odor should have more meat so momma checks it out also."

Enjoy!

OTHER BEAR SIGHTINGS IN BOTETOURT:
* July 28: Gloria Carter of Buchanan tells about her encounter with a bear
* July 28: Sarah Saunders sees a bear near Botetourt Country Club
* July 27: Karen Wright of Buchanan encounters bear in her driveway
* July 27: Bear breaks into Helen Beaver's home near Buchanan
* July 16: Gail K. Stephens sights bear in Arcadia
* July 2: David and Hazel Bowers share photos of a mother bear and two cubs three miles north of James River High School
* July 1: Katerina Yancey sees bear galloping across U.S. 220

Have you seen a bear in Botetourt lately? Let us know at news@botetourtview.com

Outlaws will hold open gym for girls ages 7 thru 9 will be held at Bonsack United Methodist Church Family Life Center gym every Monday in August from 6:30 to 8:30pm. Everyone is welcome and it is free.

Aug 3 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Aug 10 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Aug 17 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Aug 24 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Aug 31 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Teams will be forming in September.

For more information call:

Donald Helms

Outlaws Basketball

540-397-1796

Buchanan area churches had a special guest on the last night of Vacation Bible School during its ice cream social. This year's theme was Boomerang Express. A live kangaroo visited from the Buchanan Carnival. The kangaroo and his owner are shown with some of the Pre-K students and Landon Barger.

Submitted by Susan Woody