Looking for something to do this holiday weekend? See our picks for some fun local events.
The First Tuesday Book Club will meet Tuesday, Dec. 4 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the South County Library to discuss “Lamb” by Christopher Moore.
For more information, call (540) 772-7507.
– Submitted by Roanoke County
Caroline Boone Hidden Valley 12
Erin Holsinger Cave Spring 12
Hannah Helbert Patrick County 12
Callie Mellinger Marion 12
Jenny Clark Hidden Valley 12
Jordan Joyce Bassett 12
Alyssa McKinley Cave Spring 12
Jessica Sheek Carroll County 11
T’keyah Hines Patrick County 11
Madison Morris Hidden Valley 11
Sarah Smith Cave Spring 12
Bailey Ratliff Marion 12
Eustacia Smith Carroll County 10
Olivia Ingram Bassett 11
Beth Williams Patrick County 10
Rachel Alley Richlands 12
Corbin Holder Tunstall 12
Haven Leland Abingdon 12
Lindsey Cusimano Blacksburg 12
Carleigh Studtmann Salem 11
Submitted by Jon Hartness, Athletic Director Cave Spring H.S.
The Roanoke County Christmas Tree Lighting will be Monday, Dec. 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the South County Library. The event is free.
From the Roanoke County website:
Join us for Roanoke County’s annual Christmas Tree Lighting, now in a new location! Join us at 6pm for the official tree lighting ceremony, with a special performance by Penn Forest Elementary School After School For Kids participants. Afterwards, come inside for fireside chats with Santa, a puppet show, refreshments, crafts, and a full showing of The Polar Express movie.
The Rev. Rodney T. King to pastor congregation of Garst Mill Presbyterian Church, Roanoke, VA: The Reverend King is to be installed by the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) as Pastor of Garst Mill Presbyterian Church on Friday, November 30, 2012 at 7:00 pm. He will be the third pastor in the church’s history.
Since his graduation in 1974 from Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi, Rev. King served as pastor of churches in SC, NC, AZ and WV in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination until February 1997. At that time he was received into the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) where he served as pastor of Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church in Des Moines, Iowa for over 15 years. He has been on several short term mission trips to Uganda, and also served on various denominational committees. “Christ’s Church is local, and it is also world-wide” says Rev. King.
Having grown up in North Carolina and received his college education in Bristol, TN and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC., this part of the country is familiar both to him, and to his wife Anne. Pastor King says, “It is a joy to come back to this region, where there are such deep roots of Presbyterianism and the Reformed faith. What a privilege to pastor only fifty miles from Stonewall Jackson’s home, and a hundred miles from Robert L. Dabney’s pastorate!”
The Reverend King now comes to Garst Mill Presbyterian Church, a congregation which he says he has already come to love. “It is wonderful to minister among a people who rejoice in the knowledge that we are saved entirely by God’s grace, and who join with the OPC in taking that Gospel out into the world!”
The installation service will have a special family aspect to it for the Kings. One of the officers speaking will be Rev. King’s oldest son, Nathan King, who is an elder in the Redeemer OPC of Charlotte, NC. Another will be his son-in-law, Robert Lynam, a deacon in the Shiloh OPC of Cary, NC.
Submitted by Anne King
Perched at 1,360 feet the tree can be seen for miles.
Roanoke, Va. (November 29, 2012) – There’s a new light shining over the Roanoke Valley. Actually there are 675 of them, as the South Peak development joined the spirit of the season with the lighting of a 35-foot tall Christmas Tree on Thursday evening of November 29.
“This tree symbolizes the spirit of the season and South Peak’s bright future as a part of the Roanoke community,” said Smith/Packett CEO and founder James R. Smith, speaking to a crowd of about 100 people at the tree lighting. “Tens of thousands of people pass by here every day and we at South Peak want to share with them the warm thoughts of family and community during the holidays.”
The tree is a Leyland Cypress adorned with 675 lights. It can be seen as far away as the Roanoke Regional Airport. The tree came from a farm in Floyd County. At 35-feet tall and perched on the rim of the South Peak development, it overlooks Roanoke’s busiest corridors of Route 220 and Route 419 that service Hunting Hills and South Roanoke communities, as well as, the businesses in and near Tanglewood Mall.
The tree’s lights will come on every day at dusk until New Year’s Day.
The South Peak luxury condominiums, featuring arts and crafts design, with true mortise and tenon, timber frame trim work, is progressing quickly with its 32 one, two and three bedroom condominium residences now under roof. Crews will work through the winter, and a grand opening is expected in the first quarter of 2013. Eventual plans for South Peak call for additional residential housing, as well as space for a hotel, restaurants, offices and shopping.
You can see more photos from the event here.
About South Peak:
South Peak is unlike any other property in the region, offering a new luxury condominium community with spectacular, unimpeded vistas of downtown Roanoke and the Blue Ridge Mountains. When completed, South Peak will combine condominium residences, residential home sites, retail shopping, restaurants, office buildings, and a hotel, creating a true lifestyle community for its residents. Nestled between the Blue Ridge Mountains, Hunting Hills, and the South Roanoke area, South Peak offers easy access to shopping, dining, downtown Roanoke and Smith Mountain Lake, and provides a luxury living solution for people of all ages, from young professionals to successful executives.
Submitted by The Carlin Agency
Cave Spring Pillows Available for a Donation
• A unique gift for any senior or CS Knights fan.
• A handsome addition to a family room, bedroom, or dorm room.
• Pillows available for a $50.00 donation to the CSHS Band Boosters.
Less than 2 dozen pillows remain.
Don’t be disappointed; these are one-of-a-kind gifts.
Online orders at – http://tinyurl.com/bandpillow
These handsome pillows are made from retired CSHS Marching Knights uniforms. Each pillow is hand-crafted, 100% wool, featuring distinctive black and red embellishments. Designs will vary. All proceeds from the pillow sales will benefit the CSHS Band Program and are designated toward the purchase of instruments and equipment.
Submitted by CSHS Parents
Roanoke County fire and EMS releases the following:
Fire Investigators from Roanoke County Fire & Rescue Department and the Virginia Department of Forestry have determined that discarded ashes from a woodstove caused the fire that charred 13 acres earlier this week on Bent Mountain.
Officials were first able to rule out all natural causes, such as lightning and downed power lines, and then honed in on a pile of ashes found in the woods in back of one of the homes. Although the homeowner believed the ashes were cool when he discarded them, investigators were able to determine that the ashes were hot enough to spark the fire.
Fire Officials would like to remind citizens of the proper way to dispose of ashes from a fireplace or woodstove: Store ashes in a metal container that can be tightly closed with a metal lid. Dump ashes into the container. Douse the ashes with water. Place the lid on the container and place the closed container outside your home away from combustible materials. Leave ashes in the container for several days before disposing of them. Wood ash, once completely cooled, can safely be disposed. DO NOT store your metal ash container on your deck, in your garage or in any location that may allow heat to transfer from those hot coals to nearby flammable items. DO NOT place hot ashes in a dumpster. There are certainly other combustible materials already in the dumpster.
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DO NOT dispose of ashes in paper, plastic or cardboard containers. DO NOT assume the ashes are cold and pour them onto the ground (even into a hole) where leaves can blow onto them or the wind can stir up sparks. Once you are POSITIVE your container of ashes is “cold,” place in a pile and prepare your container for the next load. Teach other family members about the dangers associated with hot ash disposal. Be careful with ashes around areas you might not consider as combustible during wetter times, such as mulched flowerbeds and lawns that are drought stricken.
For more information on how to dispose of and use ashes, go to www.dof.virginia.gov.
Hidden Valley High School
1st Nine Weeks
A Honor Roll
Freshman Class:
Krithika Arrabothu, Stuart Beveridge, Taylor Braford, Samuel Burton, Ashley Chang, Sarah Chen, Morgan Day, Yavuz Durmaz, Madeline Eckermann, Georgia Farthing, Sally Greenberg, Paige Harman, Michael Jacoby, Simranjit Kaur, Katherine Kirby, Shane Leigh, Madison McRoy, Nhi Nguyen, Teddy Paisley, Emerald Pullon, Antoni Saade, Faith Settles, Ali Sharpe, Hailey Singleton, Tanner Smith, Ashley Sweet, Yun’Yun Wang and Elizabeth Wilkin.
Sophomore Class:
Nathanael Atkins, Hannah DeLaney, Taylor Flynt, Nermina Hodzic, Howard Huang, Haley Kidd, Marta Kodin, Keli McClure, Palmer Peery, Jillian Pettygrove, Lauren Pile and Hannah Sheppard.
Junior Class:
Anton Androsov, Walker Brand, Henry Bui, Landon Dermott, Massinisa Flici, Shreyas Hirway, Kathryn Iler, Nicholas Lee, Samantha Leigh, Tristan Loflin, Tara Loughery, Brittany Mabry, Kathryn Martin, Kelly Martin, Akirah Mattox, Cameron McCarty, Faith McGuirt, Lucas Moles, William Moles, Allison Printz, Brooke Sauerwald, Diana Schaefer, Laura Sowder, Jocilyn Walters, Katherine Yang and Elizabeth Zeigler.
Senior Class:
Ethan Bates, Karen Blair, Tyler Blankenship, Morgan Boggs, Nicholas Bolin, Catherine Caldwell, Samuel Carr, Jennifer Clark, Shannon Conway, Joseph Coro, Alexandra Cox, Ceyda Durmaz, Christopher Evans, Sarah Gray, Sachith Gullapalli, Morgan Julian, Stephanie Karras, Caroline Lanzara, Margaret Larson, Ryan Lauria, Zachary Martin, Savannah Neal, Jessica Nelson, Saloni Patolia, Samuel Peake, Mackenzie Plaia, Jonna Rodenberg, Tim Roehr, Kathleen Sadler, Matthew Scribner, Lauren Skolrood, Hannah Stephenson, James Stewart, Suhaib Tahir, Kelsey Tibbs, Emily Tousman, Suzanna Whiteside, Scott Wiggington, Katherine Wilkin, Kara Williams and Cora Wright.
Hidden Valley High School
1st Nine Weeks
A/B Honor Roll
Freshman Class:
Jonathan Anglin, Marc Arner, Emma Ayers, Benjamin Bauer, Nicholas Bauer, Alexandra Baylor, Mark Bolinger, William Bower, Logan Brand, Alexander Brenton, Carly Broadwell, Heather Brogan, Heather Clark, McKay Coolbaugh, Mary Cooper, Jessica Counts, Jonothan Crandall, Rachel Crutchfield, David Custer, Nicholas Eaton, Nicholas Elder, Jake Elton, Richard Epperly, Rachel Frazier, Jonathan Geiersbach, Samantha Godoy, Tyler Hampton, Hunter Hanes, Bailey Hannabass, Matthew Harris, Bruce Hedrick, Margaret Helle, Hailey Holdren, Hunter Huffman, Anthony Iannone, Michael Innacelli, Evan Jamison, Cameron Jones, Grant Kallam, Rebecca Kilian, Joseph Koehler, Erin Langheim, Nicholas Lawrence, Harrison Lionberger, Alexander Lipscomb, Zachary Long, Michaela Maddox, Trevor Mason, Adam McLuckie, Mikara Mitchell, Courtney Murden, Lucas Nelson, David Noetzel, Erin Otruba, Isabel Payseur, Stephanie Pekic, Mary’Catherine Pennino, Caroline Poff, Hannah Richardson, Bailey Roberts, Henry Roberts, Keyona Robertson, Jacob Rosenberger, Angela Sainz, Julia Sainz, Ashley Schaefer, Thomas Schmitt, Claire Sheilds, Gabriella Smidt, Liam Smith, Rylie Smith, Julia Snyder, Kayleigh Starkey, Emily Stoner, Cameron Stout, Lindsay Stuart, Hannah Sturgeon, Lyndsey Switzer, Sydney Switzer, Rachael Thayer, Matthew Utermark, Andrew Vail, Hollins Vieth, Andrew Webb, Chase White, Mason Williams, Page Williams, Bailey Wood, Madison Wooddell and Hannah Zeigler.
Sophomore Class:
Emily Atkins, Sean Barker, Garrett Baum, Paulina Benyah, Emilie Berger, Lucas Blankenship, Hunter Boone, James Braford, Kayla Brammer, Kala Bridgers, Grant Brown, Sarah Brown, Taylor Brown, Anna Burton, Jaret Butenschoen, Gabrielle Chahine, Matthew Cole, Kye Coolbaugh, Claudia Desimone, Jade Doolan, Kerry Dooley, Skylynn Dragoo, Emma Duff, Sydney Durham, Colin Dy, Nichole Ebel, Zachary Efkeman, Christian Ekirch, Wahib Farooqui, Kathryn Forbes, Kirsten Hagestad, Michael Hale, Lindsei Hamilton, Elijah Harding, Keaton Harris, Tyriq Harris, William Harrison, Phoebe Hart, Juan Hernandez, Jacob Holmes, Ammon Hunt, Martha Kakouras, Harjot, Kaur, Mitchell Klockenbrink, Erynn Landrum, Cory Lane, Christina Lauria, Rachel Lazaga, Samuel LeHardy, Jacob Lichtenstein, Kathryn Lucas, Andrew Luther, Noah Martin, Shaylynn McNamara, Sarah Mitchell, Kendall Moore, Rachel Moore, Kevin Murdock, Erin Newell, Lindsey Parker, Laura Pence, Cody Prater, Rachel Rice, William Saul, Lily Schmeling, Jonathan Secrist, Devashish Sinha, Saterra Spears, Javkhlan Tugs, Haille Urguhart, Mary Walters, Matthew Watts, Ian Webster, Carla Weidner, Alexis West, Graham Whitaker, Lindsay Wilkerson, Kayla Willard, Reid Williams, Lauren Woods, Zoe Wulff and Emily Wyatt.
Junior Class:
Jessica Akers, Samantha Alexander, Luke Baker, Tsolmondorj Batsambuu, Ajla Becirevic, Kyle Blaukovitch, Mikala Board, Kelsey Broadwell, Evan Bushkar, Jordan Criss, Amanda Data, Ashley Dedulonus-Deeds, Hailey Dennis, Hannah Divers, Christopher Driscoll, Brent Edwards, Richard Elliott, Kean Finucane, Grant Fonacier, Jennifer Graves, Tyler Grimm, Sarah Hanns, Helena Harding, Michelle Hedrick, Jackson Henry, Sheyla Hernandez, Cecilia Hoover, William Howe, Lisangela Huang, Brian Irvine, Kelsey Jones, Kathryn Kallam, Kara Kaushal, Elizabeth Kraslavska, Misela Krtic, Monika Krtic, Haley Leipzig, Gretchen Lionberger, Ebony Logan, Noah Long, Lauren Maddox, Komalpreet Mahal, Bryan Marceau, Manuel Matta, Megan Matteodo, Jason McLuckie, Nathan Melius, Hannah Miko, Brooke Mitchell, Madison Morris, Christopher Nelson, Timmy Nguyen, Taylor Norman, Shannon Otruba, Samantha Pease, Holly Peery, Lauren Petrone, Harry Preas, Gerald Richards, Matthew Roach, Matthew Rowe, Alexis Salinas, Jesse Sloane, Sydney Spangler, Elijah Stickney, Aaron Sunil, Jacob Sutherland, Ann Tirico, Leslie Weidner, Emma White, Madeline Wilson, Mina Wolfe, Catelyn Wright, Brian Yohe and James Zelenik.
Senior Class:
Kaitlin Agee, Summer Back, Jacob Bartel, Kathryn Bell, Carolyn Bethel, Joseph Bolinger, Caroline Boone, Jacob Bowen, Ryan Bushkar, Ariel Cohen, Christina Corker, Catherine Devlin, Hannah Distasio, Peter D`Ortenzio, Charles Eckert, Sheldon Ekirch, Morgan Firing, Molly Flanigan, Hunter Flick, Danielle Gailey, Miyabi Gaskell, Gabrielle Gatze, Callie Gregg, Chelsi Griffin, Kayla Hale, William Hartley, Mary Hirst, Christopher Huffman, Ashley`Anne Iannone, Brandon Jennings, Tahriana Kasey, Jordan Keith, Kelly King, Jacob Kite, Savannah Kramer, William Laughon, Alexis Long, Rachael Magri, Ava Marrano, Deven McDaniel, Kasey McGhee, Rhee McMillen, Katelyn Meade, Matthew Meyers, Kristin O’Connell, Sydney Odenwelder, Jordan Parke, Cheyenne Parker, Paras Patel, Avery Pierce, Christopher Pile, Elise Poffenberger, Lauren Puckett, Rachel Rosenfeld, Michael Saunders, Lauren Snyder, Dalila Softic, Patricia Sorrentino, Adnan Sosic, Courtney Staton, Jenny Sukh, Emma Sweet, Lauren Thomas, John Tran, Charlotte Turner, Cameron Vaughn, Timothy Vermillion, Jesse Womack, Bria Wooten and George Wootten.
Teams entered:
William Byrd Northside
Alleghany Floyd County
Blacksburg Patrick County
Cave Spring Patrick Henry
E. C. Glass Radford
Hidden Valley Salem Liberty Staunton River
Lord Botetourt Parry McCluer
Glenvar Carroll County
Virginia Episcopal School Rustburg
Coach’s Seeding/Scratch meeting: Thursday Dec.6, 2012.
All coaches welcome to come to participate. 7:00PM at Hidden Valley High School in Room 314. Meeting conducted by Larry Hall for seeding of individuals.
Time/Date:
Friday Dec.7, 2012.
Session 1:
Weigh-ins between 12:00 PM
Coach’s final meeting: 1:30 PM
Matches begin at 2:00 PM
Saturday Dec. 8, 2012.
Session 2:
Weigh-ins at 9:00 AM.
Matches begin 10:00 AM-
Session 3:
Finals- 4:00PM
Entry Fees: $175.00 Please send in by Nov.23.
Admission: $6.00 Friday $8.00 All Day Saturday $12 Two-day pass
Dressing Areas: Locker Rooms available, but each team is responsible for their valuables.
Lunches: On Friday, teams are welcome to eat in the school cafeteria after they weigh-in.
Hospitality Room: Coaches, Officials, and workers only.
Concessions: Food prepared for teams to buy in the concession stand by Boosters. Also, breakfast for teams on Saturday morning after weigh-ins will be available.
*Each team will be allowed two additional people besides wrestlers and coaches and they must enter with their team.
*All coolers will be confined to the back hall area and not allowed in the gym.
***SATURDAY***
Due to ACT Testing on Saturday morning, all wrestlers and coaches must enter the school through the outside gym doors. There will be no one allowed through the front doors until 9:00AM.
If you have questions please call: Chris Morris AD or Ray Broughman, Coach
(540) 776-7320 or Fax (540) 776-7322
Submitted by Christopher A. Morris, RAA, Athletic Director Hidden Valley High School
The residents of Roanoke County have been given the opportunity to collect Christmas toys for the victims of Superstorm Sandy.
WSLS/10 has contacted Cave Spring HS which will kick off this goodwill project the week of December 3-7. They will provide a large truck which will come for the toys on Monday, December 10th.
We encourage everyone in South County to bring at least one new unwrapped toy to CSHS or their own school next week. We will arrange pickup from your school to the truck at CSHS.
Thanks for helping us show Christmas love from Roanoke County, Virginia!
For more information contact: Ann S. Rutherford (arutherford@rcs.k12.va.us) or Margaret Taylor (mtaylor@rcs.k12.va.va) SCA co-sponsors
Submitted by Cave Spring High School
