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Hidden Valley baseball defeated Salem 2-0 to win the River Ridge District tournament on Friday.
Matt Gentry of The Roanoke Times has this photo gallery.
Do you have photos from any of the tournament action involving Hidden Valley or Cave Spring? Or anything else, for that matter, involving Southwest Roanoke County? You can share at news@swo-co.com.
CSHS Track and Field went to Districts on May 21-22 2010. Names of the participants and the events to be added later.
Submited by Deborah Shaw
June 2010
Hook a book this summer at the Summer Reading Program, hosted at all Roanoke County Public Libraries.
Vinton Branch
Thursday, July 8 2:30 pm: Vinton Book Club ; Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robison
Monday, June 14 3:30 pm: K -3 Storytime. Ocean Fun!
Tuesday, June 1 3:00 – 4:00 pm: Nostalgic Vinton; Vinton Historical Society
Tuesday, June 22 6:30 – 8:30 pm: Yack & Yarn fiber arts group; Ages 18+
Wednesday, June 23 4:00 pm: Family Movie; Alice in Wonderland
Monday, June 7 4:00 – 5:00 pm: “Read What You Want” Teen Book Club
Thursday, June 10 4:00 – 5:00 pm: End of School Unwind
Monday, June 21 4:00 – 5:00 pm: TAB
Wednesday, June 30 10:30 am: Larsen’s Reptile Farm
Friday, June 25 5:00 – 6:00 pm: Skateboarding-themed gaming; Concrete Waves!
Monday, June 28 4:00 – 6:00 pm: Eclispe Party
For 6 years now Ms. Samantha Jordan, a teacher at Faith Christian School, has been inviting her 1st-grade class to her home at the end of the school year for a special cookout. But the real treat comes after that dinner when the students and their families get to to visit other homes in the community and hand out baskets with fruit, cheese, crackers, and other goodies inside.
In years past the 1st-grade students have taken food baskets to the Morningside Elementary community, Garden City, Maiden Lane, Kings Chase, and Oak Grove Plaza area. This year they handed out food in neighborhoods surrounding Penn Forest Worship Center.
“I really wanted to sprinkle seeds everywhere,” Jordan said. “As Christians we are supposed to be sought and light.”
As a child Jordan’s father owned Uttermost in Rocky Mount. As a child she went with her parents and knocked on almost every door in Rocky Mount handing out Biblical tracts to share the word of Christ to others.
“What you do as a child is in you,” she said. “It’s just a part of obedience.”
As they knocked door to door on Thursday night, students asked if they could sing “This is the Day” and then handed them baskets, equipped with not only food, but a Gospel of John tract, Campus Crusade tract and bookmarks made by the students with John 3:16.
North Cross JK4 students had a blast outside today to celebrate the end of the school year. North Cross turned on the sprinklers on the football field today and allowed the students to run in the sprinklers. Family members of the students were also invited to come and participate and have lunch with their children.
We have photos from this fun day in the sun. Check out our slideshow above or click here for a more traditional view.
County Library to host two special tech programs in June
Roanoke, VA – May 20, 2010
The HQ/419 Library at Cave Spring Corners will be hosting two special programs on current technologies. The first program will be presented by Fast-teks On-Site Computer Services and the second by Verizon Wireless. Both presentations will be in the meeting room at the HQ/419 Library, 3131 Electric Road, SW.
Fast-teks On-Site Computer Services, June 21, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Celie Holmes, from Fast-teks On-Site Computer Services, will be discussing such topics as choosing the right antivirus, antispyware and safe browsing application, how to set up a firewall using a router, data and hardware protection, power spike protection and how to back up your computer. This program is scheduled for June 21, 6:00 – 8:00 pm, at the HQ/419 Library Meeting Room.
Celie Holmes is the owner of Fast-teks On-Site Computer Services in Roanoke, Virginia. She was raised in Norway and England and has called the Roanoke Valley home since 1989.
Celie earned her Bachelor’s degree with honors, at Roanoke College, and believes that her academic skills provide a great complement to her love of all things technical and mechanical. Her business management experience includes work in finance, accounting, research, information technology, advertising, and sales. She serves as President of the Board of Directors for the Conflict Resolution Center.
She attributes her success to providing exceptional service while managing a team of expert technicians who understand the importance of building long-term client relationships. Celie encourages others to live by the Platinum Rule: Treat others as they wish to be treated.
On Thursday, May 27 the final South County Action Team meeting was held by the Prevention Council of Roanoke County at Hidden Valley Middle School.
Updates from Hidden Valley Middle School updates include:
-Prevention Club students would be attending C.O.P.S. Camp.
-There are a lot of 6th and 7th-graders interested in getting involved in the Prevention Club.
-Letters to the graduating seniors were delivered from the 6th-graders and many students received thank you notes from the seniors.
Updates from Cave Spring High School include:
-A successful safe prom was held. In previous years, Cave Spring High School had had the most amount of deaths in years during prom season but this year no one got in trouble for underage drinking and there weren’t any accidents. Target patrols were facilitated by the Prevention Club to increase the amount of Officers on the road.
-Prior to prom, letters approved by the Roanoke County School Board Superintendent Dr. Lorraine Lange and the Roanoke County Deputy Chief addressing underage drinking and prevention thereafter, as well as consequences for those actions were sent to all senior parents valley wide.
The Prevention Council of Roanoke County also has tickets for sale for the Pitch for Prevention Event. Tickets are only $6 if bought by throught the Prevention Council.
Information is below:
Help us hit a “home run” in the healthy development of our youth.
Join us June 16th at 7:05 p.m. at the Salem Red Sox Ball Field.
The Prevention Council of Roanoke County has joined forces with the Salem Red Sox to celebrate the work that is being done in our community to protect our families. Join us in the celebration!
Tickets at available now for only $6 per seat.
Contact tcain@pc4y.org or call 540-772-4341 to get your tickets today. All proceeds from the ticket sales will go to support youth programs provided by the Prevention Council of Roanoke County.
Visit www.pc4y.org for more information.
Trash collection will be delayed one day for all routes due to the Memorial Day Holiday.
Submitted By: Melinda Rector
Hidden Valley softball came up short against Salem in the opening round of the River Ridge tournament Thursday. The Titans now play Cave Spring today at 5 p.m. at the Moyer complex in Salem in the third place game.
Miranda Adkins has this photo gallery of the action.
Do you have tournament photos? You can share at news@swo-co.com.
