Cave Spring High School and Hidden Valley High School golf teams competed in the River Ridge District Mini Tournament on Thursday, August 25 at Hidden Valley County Club.

Results are as follows, with 18 holes, par of 71:

• Cave Spring (299) — Nick Brediger 70, Drew Board 76, Drew Lagan 73, Megan Board 80, T.K. Garrett 80, Jessie Hart 89
• Salem HS (300) — Andrew Butts 70, Garrett Sweeney 76, Will Chisom 75, Austin Smith 79, Alex Hart 80, Jack Maxey 82
• Blacksburg (306) — Ryan Mondy 69 (Medalist), Ty Olinger 86, Sam Jones 85, Mike Yourshaw 77, Kyle Stone 78, Tobin Weiseman 82
• Christiansburg (321) — Matt Moschella 70, Jude Cochran 88, Luke Weaver 94, Kyle Nance 90, Josh Moore 84, Jordan Alderman 79
• Hidden Valley (334) — Sara Moir 84, Scott Helgeson 80, Sean O’Connell 85, Tim Yang 85, Jack Henry 88, John Craghead 89
• Pulaski (369) — Carter Brookman 77, Gavin Hanks 88, Matt Martin 103, Adam Griffith 101, Andrew Whitt 111, Chris Tucker 120

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Garbage collection will be delayed by one day for all routes for the Labor Day holiday. Please contact the Solid Waste Division at 387-6225 for any questions regarding the collection schedule.
Date:
September 5- September 9
Time:
7:00 AM-5:00 PM

Submitted by Roanoke County

Beginning today, non-residents may register for Fall session programs offered by Roanoke County Parks. Registration will be taken online, in person at Brambleton or Green Ridge centers, and by phone at 772-PLAY (7-5-2-9). See our program guide for a complete list of offerings!

Click here to see the Fall 2011 Program Guide!

Submitted by Roanoke County Parks and Rec

A public meeting will be held Thursday, Sept. 1 from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Explore Park Visitor Center Auditorium (Milepost 115.1) concerning the future of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The meeting is an opportunity for the public to review and comment on an Environmental Assessment, which may impact the Roanoke Valley Trail System.

According to the National Park Service website, the intent of the Environmental Assessment project is to determine whether development of an integrated trail system that would provide critical linkages between the Roanoke Valley Greenways trail network and the Parkway is appropriate after consideration of project impacts.

The meeting isn’t the only opportunity the public will have to comment on the document. The Environmental Assessment plan is available for review on the National Park Service website: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?projectID=10392. The website also provides a link where citizens can comment online. Written comments may be mailed to:
Blue Ridge Parkway
Attn: Suzette Moiling, Environmental Protection Specialist
199 Hemphill Knob Road
Asheville, NC 28803

Roanoke County leaders will submit comments on the plan. Staff is currently preparing the information. The Parkway will accept comments on the document through September 12, 2011

Submitted by Teresa Hall

The Public Safety Departments of the Roanoke Valley invite you to attend a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony on Sunday, September 11 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Market Square in Downtown Roanoke.

From 4 to 5 p.m., public safety departments from the Roanoke Valley and beyond will showcase safety equipment and 9/11 memorial displays on downtown streets near Market Square.

At 5 p.m., the formal remembrance ceremony will begin, featuring keynote speaker U.S. Congressman Bob Goodlatte, along with a Roanoke Valley joint color guard presentation of colors, a tolling of the bell for those lost on September 11, 2001, patriotic musical performances and more.

Free parking is available in city garages, including Market Garage, located at 25 Church Avenue, and Tower Garage, located at 10 S. Jefferson Street. The Center in the Square Garage will not be accessible to the public. For more downtown parking information, please visit www.roanokeva.gov/parking.

The event will be held rain or shine, with a rain location at the Roanoke Civic Center.

Submitted by Teresa Hall.

Melina Mercier is the recipient of the 2010 Pamplin Leader Award at Cave Spring High School.

The Pamplin Leader is a one-year, $1,000 tuition scholarship to Virginia Tech. It is presented annually to a top student from each public high school in Virginia.

It was established by Robert B. Pamplin, Sr. (VT, Class of ’33) and Robert B. Pamplin, Jr., to acknowledge students with a record of outstanding academic achievement that is balanced with a commitment to community service and leadership experience.

Submitted by Theresa Mercier.

CSHS's Knight for the 2011-2012 school year, Shannon Craighead. Photo courtesy of Sandy Gotschal.

As Cave Spring High School’s 2011-2012 Knight ascended the stairs at the front of the auditorium, the room was abuzz with last minute speculations as to the identity of the helmeted figure. Once Cave Spring’s Principal, Steven Spangler, had finished the knighting, Shannon Craighead took off her helmet. Immediately, the auditorium was bursting with applause as dozens of Cave Spring Students rose to their feet, chanting Craighead’s name.

Craighead, an 18-year-old senior at Cave Spring, has spent most of her high school years participating in student activities and playing volleyball. One of Cave Spring’s star players, Craighead also plays travel volleyball in the offseason.

After being joined on stage by her parents, Raymond and Lisa, Craighead addressed her fellow classmates. Craighead stated that she hoped this year would ‘dominate,’ and wished everyone a good year. She also encouraged everyone to do something that they are uncomfortable with or that they are not very good at in the hopes of bettering themselves. Joking, she added that she’s ‘not very good at public speaking.’

The Knight is the most prestigious honor for a student at Cave Spring High. Student nominations are collected during the student’s junior year. The Knight is chosen out of the nominations by the faculty and staff at Cave Spring High School. Craighead is Cave Spring’s 51st Knight and the school’s ninth female.

Craighead is the youngest of three children. Brother Jason, who graduated in 2002, and sister Stacey, who graduated in 2006, are very proud of their little sister.

Craighead also has ‘Knight blood.’ Uncle Rob Tavenner was the Knight during 1979.

“I know that in years past, I have always looked up to the Knight,” Craighead says, “If I can be half the role model that those people were for me, I would be happy.”

Written and submitted by Helen Bower. Photo courtesy of Sandy Gotschal.

Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea, located in The Forum on Starkey Road, has closed. The new location on Starkey Road, in front of Buffalo Wild Wings, will open for business in mid-September.

Check back at swo-co.com for more information on the move.

Family Affair photo from kathygarver.com

Kathy Garver, who is best-known for playing Cissy on the classic CBS sitcom “Family Affair,” will co-star in a special, one-time-only performance of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play “Love Letters” in Salem, Virginia on Friday, September 9, at the Burton Center for Arts and Technology.

Proceeds from the show will benefit BCAT’s Center for Performing Arts, a four-year, advanced performing arts-focused educational program of the Roanoke County Public Schools.

“Love Letters” centers on two lifelong friends reflecting on their hopes, ambitions, dreams and disappointments, while reading letters, notes and cards they wrote over the course of 50 years. Garver will play the character Melissa Gardner, opposite Roanoke-based actor Chuck Lionberger as Andrew Makepeace Ladd III.

“This is a wonderful play that gives the audience an insight into the relationship of two people, communicated in a way not often experienced,” Garver said. “Love letters are very personal, and sometimes depict the best representation of feelings that cannot be expressed face-to-face. In many ways, it is more honest and telling.”

“We have had celebrities help us with fundraisers before, but I’m really excited to be working with Kathy,” Lionberger said. “I remember watching her on ‘Family Affair,’ so it’s a thrill and an honor to perform on stage with her.”

During her lifelong career in Hollywood, Garver has provided character voices for many children’s animated TV series and narrated many audio books. She has also appeared in a long list of TV shows and movies, including “The Ten Commandments,” “Matlock,” “New Love, American Style,” “Adam 12,” “The Patty Duke Show” and many more. Recently, she finished shooting the soon-to-be released family Christmas film “Santa’s Dog,” with Shorty Rossi of the popular Animal Planet series “Pit Boss.” In the film, Garver co-stars as Sister Augustus, a nun at an orphanage where a priest, played by Rossi, also works.

While in the Roanoke Valley, Garver will sign copies of her book, “The Family Affair Cookbook,” on September 10 at Olde Salem Days, one of the largest arts and crafts festivals in Virginia. She will also teach acting and voiceover workshops at the BCAT Center for Performing Arts and at William Byrd High School in Vinton, Virginia. On Monday, September 12, she will be interviewed on the premier of the new talk show “Daytime Blue Ridge” on WSLS-TV, with hosts Mike Wilson and Natalie Faunce, from 12 – 12:30 p.m. The station, an affiliate of the Me TV network, airs “Family Affair” reruns.

“Love Letters” will be performed at the Burton Center for Arts and Technology, 1760 Boulevard, Salem on Friday, September 9 at 7:30 p.m. (with dinner at 6 p.m.) Tickets are $20, and can be purchased at the door.

*For reservations, call 890-3090 or email cwebster@rcs.k12.va.us.

*More information about Olde Salem Days is available at www.oldesalemdays.org.

Submitted by Chuck Lionberger, Roanoke County Public Schools

Air Force Airman 1st Class Kyle D. Murphy graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
He is the son of Denise and David Murphy of Crowell Gap Road, Roanoke, Va.
Murphy graduated in 2005 from Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, and received a bachelor’s degree in 2010 from Virginia Technical University, Blacksburg.