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Cathy and Friends offer (2 )Saturdays of Holiday Shopping Fun!

Dates: November 7th and December 5th
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Location: Bellacino's Pizza & Grinders 1176 Roanoke Rd., Daleville, VA
Directions: I-81 to exit 150, take 220 North towards Daleville/Fincastle (appx. 1 mile on right)

Cathy Quinn's Jewelry Collection
Diane Taylor's Pampered Chef
Debbie Welch's BeautiControl, Spa Treatments and Skin Care
Donna Hoover's Garden & House Flags
Emma Brown's Ebee's Crafts and More...Presenting Tote Bags
Bobbi Fisher's Mary Kay Products
Pam Thompson's Lighted Creations

Great Gifts or Just For You!

Fincastle Preschool Trick or Treats Fincastle County offices

Fincastle Preschool's 2nd Annual Fall Festival will be held on Saturday, November 7 from 6-8 PM in the Family Life Center of Fincastle United Methodist Church located at 137 South Church St, Fincastle.

It will be an evening of family fun with music by David Austin & Friends. The evening will include a hotdog dinner, silent auction, bake sale, and entertainment for children.

This is Fincastle Preschool's largest fundraiser. All proceeds benefit the Preschool. Admission is $2 for adults/$1 for children (2 and under are free. Hotdog dinner is additional and bidding on auction items is optional.)

Fincastle Preschool's goal is to focus on total development of the child emotionally, physically, socially, and cognitively. Fincastle Preschool is an independently operated non-profit organization focused on early childhood education since 1976.

submitted by Casey Bolling

Rex Kelly was in the first WRE class in 1936 pictured here with Robert Mcrea.

The Botetourt County Council of Weekday Religious Education is celebrating 74 years of Bible teaching to public school students. The program began on January 1, 1936, with the help of several people, including Mrs. Ethel Reid who recruited support from most of the Botetourt County churches at that time.
In other areas of the State of Virginia, WRE had been initiated in the Fall of 1929 under the leadership of the Reverend Minor C. Miller and the Virginia Council of Churches (VCC). After the Botetourt County Council of WRE was organized and began classes in 1936, it remained under the auspices of the VCC until 2008 when the Virginia Weekday Religious Education Association (VWREA) was organized.
Although the Virginia Council of Churches was instrumental in initiating the WRE program in the state and had been very supportive of WRE for many years, the downturn in the economy had taken its toll on the budget of that group. Out of a deep concern for WRE's future affiliation with the VCC, some longtime supporters of WRE came together in Lexington to form the new state organization, the Virginia Weekday Religious Education Association. The Botetourt County Council of WRE, along with twelve other county and city groups, has become affiliated with the VWREA and has discontinued direct ties with VCC.
At their Fall Dinner Meeting on October 26, hosted by the Buchanan Baptist Church, the Botetourt County Council of WRE recognized one of the members of the first WRE class in 1936, Mr. Rex Kelly. Rex has been one of WRE's most ardent supporters over the years and remains active serving currently as a Trustee.
WRE is offered in portable facilities just off the campus at each of the seven elementary schools in Botetourt County. It operates under a released-time program established by a U. S. Supreme Court case, the Zorah Decision, that dates back to 1952. Students attending WRE classes must have written parental consent. The Bible is the primary text for WRE classes and the program is supported solely by donations from churches, businesses, civic organizations, and interested individuals.
The official mailing address for WRE in Botetourt County is P. O. Box 451, Troutville 24175. Email inquiries about the WRE program may be sent to wrebotcova@gmail.com. Information about VWREA and its affiliate councils can also be obtained through the state website, www.vawre.org.

submitted by Rev. McCrea

The Child ID program by Catawba Lodge continued at the Greenfield Fall Festival

Catawba Lodge #342, A.F. & A.M., Fincastle, held a Child ID event during the Greenfield Elementary School Festival on Oct. 24. The event provided free identification materials to the parents of 69 children. The service includes fingerprints, pictures, video with voice on a CD and a DNA swab kit. The hardcopy and CD information is compatible with Amber Alert, and, if needed, could provide useful information to Public Safety Officials. The entire process takes about 10 minutes. Fingerprints are taken with a thermal imaging device which does not require any ink. All information is returned to the parents; the Lodge does not retain any information about the children. The volunteers providing the service are members of the Free Masons, their spouses and Eastern Star sisters. The computer equipment is provided and shared by Lodges from Roanoke, Craig and Botetourt counties.

Masonic volunteers run the program.

submitted by Dick Vinal

Skits are part of the YL banquet and this one was just great! Jeff Stritskey looks striking in a dutch oven fedora and he was "struck" by wife Irma.

The annual Young Life Banquet will take place on November 10. The banquet serves to inform the community and also to raise funds to continue the worthy youth ministry. Dinner will be served that night starting 7:00 p.m. If you are interested in attending please call Dave Harris at 525-1395. Further information on the banquet can be found on the Young Life website at botetourt.younglife.org.
For the past two months Young Life serving Lord Botetourt students has been meeting in the red training building of the Troutville Fire Department on the hill above the fire station. "We would like to thank the Troutville Fire Department for providing us with a facility to meet every week. It is an environment that has been adaptable to our changing needs, and could not have been given to us at a better time," said Colt Emswiler a Young Life staffer for Botetourt County. The building opened up just in time for Young Life to start meeting there this year, and they will continue to meet there the rest of the semester.

Approximately 60-70 young people come to Troutville every Monday at 7:34 p.m. The Young Life group from James River has between 45 to 50 that meet each week. They meet at the Bank of Botetourt in Buchanan on Monday nights as well. James River Young Life has met there for the past three years and would like to thank the Bank for their continued support.

Fincastle Baptist Church has Octoberfest on tap for October 31.

Octoberfest is coming at Fincastle Baptist Church on Saturday, October 31, 2009 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Join us for this FREE community outreach event! There will be games, CANDY, Moon Jumps, Emergency Response vehicles on display, blood pressure checks, The Hay Maze, CANDY, Hayride, popcorn, cotton candy, refreshments, and lots of CANDY. The event will be held at Fincastle Baptist Church, 7330 Roanoke Road, Fincastle, VA and will go on rain or shine. Please make your plans to attend this FREE annual event!

submitted by Fincastle Baptist Church

Pumpkins waiting for carving!

Come to to the second annual St. Marks United Methodist Church Trunk or Treat on Halloween night from 5p.m. -7 p.m. There will be awards for best costume and best trunk.

"One of the reasons we do Trunk or Treat is so the small child doesn't have far to walk," said Katie Pickard the Youth Director at the church. The MYF will serve the little people who come to the event. It also allows folks who live out in the countryside who never get a Trick or Treater the ability to come in and decorate a trunk or truck bed and have some fun as well. "We also get to have fellowship with our church family and community as well," she said.

St. Marks is located on the hill across from Botetourt Commons in Daleville.

3rd annual Halloweenies-- come by for a free hotdog on Halloween night between 6 and 8 at Fincastle United Methodist Church's Family Life Center parking lot.

Parents and trick or treaters, Fincastle United Methodist Church will offer Halloweenies! Free hot dogs and drinks for the taking. Over the past three years, harried parents and happy ghosts and goblins have stopped by for a hot dog, drink and candy. this year, there will be chips, too. Look for the decorated tent and a few Halloween good sports handing out the tokens of good will to the Halloween revelers in the back parking lot of the Family Life Center.

They will be serving from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. so don't forget to go up Church Street!

File Photo Cathy Benson the Botetourt View

Scrapbook your favorite memories on November 7

The Women's Ministry of Fincastle Baptist Church is going to sponsor a Scrapbook Day on Nov. 7, 2009, from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm in the Chapel. Finger foods and lunch will be provided. Michelle Adkins, a Creative Memories Consultant, will be here for the class. This class is for the avid scrapers as well as those just beginning. Don't forget to invite all your friends as this will be a wonderful time of fellowship with other women and preserving our family memories. If you would like more information, call the church office at 473-2861.

Barb Vinal of Fincastle thought to send in photos of the multitude of items that are available at the Fincastle United Methodist Fall Sale this Saturday at the Family Life Center on Church Street in Fincastle from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Household goods, toys, seasonal decorations, children's items, furniture, tools and lots of stuff are going for bargain prices. All proceeds benefit missions and programs of the church.