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Yard Dawgs Unleashed. Photo courtesy of Val Tensen

Yard Dawgs Unleashed, a local baseball team of boys ages 10 and under, recently took first place in the silver bracket at the Nations Spring State Finals.

Pictured left to right are (front row) Seth Rakes, Justin Craig, bat boy Bradley Craig, bat boy Gianni Cacciatore, Spencer Craig, A.J. Cacciatore, Liam McCaul, (second row) Charlie Urgo, Parker Stallard, Trevor Gallagher, Nick Witt, Brody

Photo courtesy of Val Tensen

 Luckey, Adam Gordon, Hunter Tensen, and (back row) coaches Dan Stallard, Rob Craig, and Ryan Urgo (sporting his blue “victory do”).

Yard Dawgs Unleashed is sponsored by the Yard Indoor Baseball and Softball Training Facility on Starkey Road.

– Submitted by Val Tensen

Jamie Clark of Macaroni Kid Roanoke shares the following news release:

Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is a not-for-profit organization committed to raising funds to support research for new and improved therapies for pediatric cancers. Through local bake sales, Cookies for Kids’ Cancer provides the inspiration and support for individuals, communities and businesses to help fight pediatric cancer.

Macaroni Kid Roanoke is hosting a bake sale on June 23 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside of Glazed Bisque-It in Promenade Park, located at 3534 Electric Road in Roanoke. Many local families and businesses will be donating their time and kitchens to bake cookies for this sale.  Cookies will be available by donation only with 100 percent of the proceeds going directly to Cookies for Kid’s Cancer.

Together we can raise the funds and awareness necessary to change the face of pediatric cancer research and to provide more families and children with the hope they deserve. Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is committed to raising the funds to support research for new and improved therapies for pediatric cancer. Make the future of pediatric cancers something more than a scary statistic. Join the fight because every child deserves a chance to live their dreams.

Macaroni Kid Roanoke hopes to see many families come out to Glazed Bisque-It on Saturday, June 23, to purchase some delicious cookies knowing that 100 percent of those donations will be going directly to Cookies for Kids’ Cancer.  If your family or business would like to get involved, please contact Jamie Clark at jamiec@macaronikid.com and visit www.roanoke.macaronikid.com for details about this bake sale.

And, please visit www.cookiesforkidscancer.org to find out more about Cookies for Kids’ Cancer.

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Samantha Hoback, a senior at Wake Forest University, was one of 85 students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Beta Kappa celebrates and advocates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. Its campus chapters invite for induction the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America’s leading colleges and universities. In her address to the inductees at the annual awards dinner, Director of the Wake Forest University Humanities Institute and Associate Professor of Religion Mary Foskett underscored the values and skills new Phi Beta Kappa inductees will take with them out into the world. She said, “This evening I want to affirm and confirm for you the great worth of the education you have been attaining here at Wake Forest. The liberal arts education is as valuable today, perhaps even more valuable, than it was in the past.”

– Submitted by Wake Forest University

The Cave Spring High School girls’ tennis team is undefeated this season and won the district tournament in singles and doubles. Lauren Sledd was named District Player of the Year.

– Submitted by Carol Hall

Pictured in our photo gallery are Lauren Sledd, Ebony Ruffin, Gillian Horn, Emily Meyers, and Coach of the Year Susan Delp.

Emily Rieflin and Joshua DeFalco. Photo by Ashley Galyen

Students from Gooseneck Studio, directed by Linda Pasquarell, performed at Tanglewood Mall on May 19 in celebration of National Foster Care Month, sponsored by the Extra Special Parents program.

In the top photo, Emily Rieflin of Salem High School and Joshua DeFalco of Cave Spring Middle School perform an alto saxophone duet.

In the bottom photo, a flute ensemble includes Emily Care of Woodrow Wilson Middle School (from left), Emily Rieflin of Salem High School, Megan Pasquarell of Cave Spring High School, Julia Treubert of Cave Spring High School, and Willis Greenstreet of Cave Spring High School.

Both photos were taken by Ashley Galyen. Gooseneck Studio, with instructor Linda Pasquarell, is located in the Cave Spring area. These students and others will perform a spring recital at Penn Forest Worship Center on Saturday, June 2 at 10 a.m. The public is welcome to attend.

– Submitted by Linda Pasquarell

Emily Care, Emily Rieflin, Megan Pasquarell, Julia Treubert, and Willis Greenstreet. Photo by Ashley Galyen

Laurence Loesel has submitted the results for event finals at the River Ridge District track meet at Cave Spring High School on May 18-19.

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From the Roanoke County website:

Roanoke County administrative offices will be closed May 28 for the Memorial Day Holiday. All garbage collection routes will be delayed by one day due to the Memorial Day holiday. Please contact the Solid Waste Division at 387-6225 for any questions regarding the collection schedule.

From the Roanoke County website:

Splash Valley Waterpark opens next Friday, May 25! Save off regular gate admission prices by purchasing a Weekday Splash Pass at the Green Ridge Recreation Center front desk. This 15-punch pass lets you in the park on Mondays through Fridays at a discounted rate.

Passes are $75 for Roanoke County residents and Green Ridge members and $105 for non-County residents who are not Green Ridge members. Punches do not have any age restrictions and may be used to admit entry for your family or friends. Passes expire on September 4, 2012. Call 777-6300 for more information.

Click here for more information.

Addison Wilner, a junior biblical studies major and resident of Roanoke, was among more than 250 students from Eastern Mennonite University who made the spring semester Dean’s List.

To qualify for the dean’s list a student must achieve a semester grade-point average of at least 3.750 or above and complete at least 12 semester hours of credit.

– Submitted by Eastern Mennonite University

The following Washington and Lee students from Roanoke have earned honor roll status for the recently ended winter 2012 term:

Hillary Cooper, of Roanoke, VA, a member of the class of 2014
Robert Day, of Roanoke, VA, a member of the class of 2012
Catherine Shelor, of Roanoke, VA, a member of the class of 2012

Honor roll status at W&L represents a term grade average of at least 3.75 on a 4.0 scale.

– Submitted by Washington & Lee University